Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Mansion of the King of Chu

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Obviously, Li Ke, who came back from the army, has become mature, although it is said that it is experience, just like inspection, he has not done anything at all, but Li Ke firmly believes that this Tang Dynasty is everywhere to give people opportunities to show, so he is not in a hurry, what he has to wait for is the opportunity, the opportunity, he has won the title of the king of Chu from the title, but he has not yet opened a mansion.

Today, he woke up a little earlier, because there was something more important waiting for him than sword training, that is, moving to the palace of the King of Chu.

From now on, he will no longer be able to live in the palace. In fact, many princes in history were proud to live in the palace because it was a privilege given by the emperor. Those who can enjoy such treatment, the emperor will only be favored by his favorite son, this is an opportunity for the prince, an opportunity to get directly close to the holy hearing, it is very easy for the emperor to pay attention to himself, if he makes a little more achievements, it is easy to win the sacred heart. At the same time, this also shows that he is more favored among the princes, and he is fortunate to receive such an honor. But Li Ke doesn't need him at all now, what he needs now is to be able to develop his own power well, so that he can compete with the eldest grandson Wuji.

Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi was the luckiest, in the later period of Zhenguan, Li Shimin left Li Zhi, who had become the prince, by his side, for which the ministers wrote twice in the 18th year of Zhenguan and the 20th year of Zhenguan, and said in the chapter that "father and son can not stay in love", and asked the emperor to let the prince go back to the East Palace, and finally the two sides compromised, and the prince Li Zhi was in the East Palace on the 15th, and stayed with his father on the 15th.

Now that Li Ke is now a prince, it is a matter of course to move to the prince's mansion. And during this period, a lot of effort was delayed, although Li Shimin did not specifically order him to move out as soon as possible, he didn't have to be in such a hurry, but he liked to move to his Chu Wangfu as soon as possible. Because he saw Feng Deyi fall on the hospital bed for himself yesterday, Li Ke was very unwilling, in his memory, relying on Feng Deyi's strength is very little, why? Is that because Feng Deyi is too old? Therefore, what he wants is to grasp the present, have resources, and he must not give up.

Li Ke practiced swords as usual, had dinner, and went to the Qianqiu Hall to greet Concubine Yang, and then took Xiao Guizi out of Chengtianmen to Zongzheng Temple.

Zongzheng Temple is one of the five eunuchs of the nine central temples and is the direct organ that manages the affairs of the emperor's clan. For the promotion of ordinary officials, the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the allocation of official uniforms and seals.

As the emperor's family, the clan belonged to a privileged class and enjoyed a high political and social status, so it rarely interfered in the management of the clan, the Zongshoji Temple. Li Ke was named the prince and belonged to the Li royal family, and the officials only issued official documents symbolically, and other matters were under the control of Zongzheng Temple. Zongzheng Temple generally has: Qing one person, from three products; Shaoqing and the two, from the four grades. Qing is in charge of the sect's affiliation, and his relatives are determined by not Zhaomu, and Shaoqing is the second, and the Cheng participates in it. Most of the chief officials are people with high royal morality, or people with extremely high seniority and status.

Therefore, those who can come to Zongzheng Temple are either royal relatives or national relatives. When the messenger saw that it was Li Ke, he hurriedly welcomed him into the inner room, served tea and fruit snacks, and told him to wait for a while, and then go to report to the steward on duty.

Li Ke took a sip of tea and sat boredly, while Xiao Guizi behind him stood cautiously. After a while, I saw a man in royal robes, nearly forty years old, walking in, followed by the errand officer just now. Li Ke hurriedly asked Xiao Baozi in a low voice who was coming, and Xiao Baozi replied that it was Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, his uncle, Li Ke didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly got up to greet him, and stepped forward to salute and said: "Li Ke has seen Uncle Wang." ”

Li Xiaogong helped Li Ke up and said: "The virtuous nephew doesn't need to make this big gift, I don't know what is the so-called thing here today?" ”

Li Ke's mind turned quickly, and the information about Li Xiaogong in his memory was searched out by him, Li Xiaogong was one of the twenty-four heroes of Zhenguan Lingyan Pavilion, with outstanding military achievements, and he was a rare handsome talent in the clan.

Li Ke was puzzled for a while, although Zongzheng Temple Qing manages everything in the clan and has a respected status, he has no real power, he is idle, and he mainly houses some royal families with outstanding military achievements in the clan, how could Li Xiaogong be the secretary of Zongzheng Temple?

It is rare that Li Shimin already has a heart for him, but throughout the Zhenguan period, there are very few cases of so-called meritorious people being killed. It's still important to do business, Li Ke muttered for a while, it was inconvenient to think about it, and said in a respectful tone: "Ke was named the king of Chu a few days ago, and he should move to the palace of the king of Chu." Therefore, today I came to Zongzheng Temple to go through the relocation procedures and receive the seals. ”

Li Xiaogong knew the news that Li Ke was named the king of Chu not long ago, and these things had already been done in these times. just said lightly: "Wait a minute, this king will handle it for you." Then he gave a few words to the officer behind him, who nodded in understanding, and bowed out.

Li Ke saw that Li Xiaogong immediately sent someone to handle it, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Uncle Wang." ”

Li Xiaogong smiled softly and said: "Why should the virtuous nephew be so polite, it is the duty of this king to manage the affairs of the clan, and these things have already been done, the virtuous nephew will wait a while." Saying that, Li Xiaogong sat down next to Li Ke, and continued: "The virtuous nephew is a hero, if there is no virtuous nephew's empty city plan, I'm afraid the result will not be like the current one, it is really gratifying, and the virtuous nephew will definitely be the brave man of my Li family's generation in the future." Uncle Wang is here to congratulate you first. ”

Li Ke hurriedly thanked him, "Uncle Wang praised it in seconds, Ke is just sharing worries for his father and Datang!" ”

Hearing that Li Ke was so modest, Li Xiaogong secretly sighed that the second son was really a great talent, and at this moment, the errand officer and an official in a six-grade court uniform walked in, holding a bunch of things in their hands, including official documents and seals. After the six-rank petty official saluted Li Xiaogong and Li Ke, he handed over the things to Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong took it and handed it to Li Ke, and said with a meaningful smile on his face: "Virtuous nephew, all the formalities have been completed, the Chu Palace's Mansion is in Pingkangfang, Your Majesty will definitely be satisfied with this arrangement." When he said this, Li Xiaogong said something with a special taste, but Li Ke didn't notice it.

Li Ke said: "There is Uncle Wang, since the formalities have not been completed, Ke has to say goodbye in advance, and when he has time to visit Uncle Wang, if there is any problem in the future, he will definitely come to disturb Uncle Wang!" ”

As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, Li Ke said this, and Li Xiaogong also replied: "Hehe, if the virtuous nephew is not afraid of trouble, you can come over at any time!" ”

Li Ke came out with a fist on Li Xiaogong.

Li Ke came out of Zongzheng Temple, and the question that he didn't have time to think about just now came to his mind uninvited, how could Li Xiaogong be Zongzheng Temple?

According to historical records, in the early years of Zhenguan, he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he was not seen at the court meeting of the crown prince, nor did he see him when the Turks went south.

Li Ke thought that he was leading the troops outside, but he didn't expect that he was in Chang'an, and he was still the chief officer of Zongzheng Temple.

This made him feel a headache about whether history and reality were consistent, and also put him in a dilemma: should he believe in history or not? I don't know if it's a step-by-step process according to history? Or, seeing the opportunity to move, is it because of himself that his fate will change? Li Ke questioned in his heart.

When the frame stopped at Pingkangfang, Li Ke's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, and he got off the frame when the king's palace. His face darkened, and he said angrily to the servants beside him: "You and other little officials dare to tease this king, this is obviously the palace of the king of Qin, why is it said that it is the palace of the king of Chu?" Li Ke was a little impatient, but when he saw the door plaque of the Han Palace, he was shocked. What kind of Chu Wangfu is this, isn't this the original Qin Wangfu, could it be that someone wants to harm himself? If this is true, then even if you have a few heads that are not enough for others to cut off? ”

Don't blame Li Ke, because the messenger brought him to the Qin Palace, he was going to cut off his head, it is really a human statement, he originally came out of the Qin Palace, if he was in the past, it would be no big problem to come and see. However, during this period, he would inevitably be gossiped about and impeached by the imperial history.

As soon as he was crowned prince, he regarded the Qin Wangfu as his Chu Palace, and once it spread, it was not as simple as a rumor. The messenger was obviously frightened by Li Ke's words, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Highness is angry, the little one is not taking the wrong way, this is indeed the Chu Palace." It's just that the emperor just issued a holy decree not long ago, and it was delayed by Turkic affairs, and now he is free. Today, before I had time to clean up and replace the plaque, His Royal Highness came to handle the palace procedures, so it was like this. ”

After listening to the words of the errand officer, Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief, no wonder Li Xiaogong was saying that his Chu Wangfu was in Pingkangfang with deep meaning on his face, so it was.

However, another doubt arises, why did Li Shimin give him his former palace as the Han Palace?

Chang'an City is the capital of the previous dynasty, no matter how poor Li Shimin is, one or two palaces can still be handled, there is no need to send his own palace, there must be a deep meaning in this.

Li Ke can only think of these now, perhaps, only when he knows which palace Li Shimin gave Li Tai, will his problem just now be solved. Since the palace was given to him by Li Shimin, it is inconvenient for Li Ke to think about it. Is it because of what I gave up last time? Will Li Shimin reward himself? I'm afraid that this question will be left to Li Shimin to answer for himself.

Because the palace had not been cleaned up yet, the door of the mansion was closed, Li Ke took a look at the gate of the mansion and left Pingkangfang.

Besides, even if the gate of the palace was not closed, he did not dare to go inside to see it. Although, in the past, he could come and go freely, but now he definitely can't. After Li Ke asked the messenger to leave on his own, he saw that it was not yet noon, so he did not rush back to the palace, but went towards the West Market with Xiaobaozi. The prince is sealed, and the palace is also there, and now what is lacking is people.

He wanted to go to his shop to see if there would be one or two Wang Zuozhicai in this restaurant, and he also wanted to go back to Juxianzhuang to have a look, because he hadn't been back for a long time!