Chapter 391: Ninety Cheng Palace
Ordered the crown prince Li Hong to go to Jiucheng Palace immediately to see him!
There is no beginning, no tail, no reason, if it weren't for the upright seal on it, I am afraid that it would be suspected of being a false will, but it was such a simple sentence, but it made Li Hong's face instantly solemn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
You must know that Li Hong stayed in Chang'an City to supervise the country, once he leaves, who will deal with the major affairs of the country?
So under normal circumstances, Li Zhi would not have called him at this time, unless...... Something happened that he had to go!
"General, but what happened to Jiucheng Palace?"
Slightly calm, Li Hong stared at Pei Xingjian's face tightly, and his voice became cold and hard.
"Back to Your Highness, the minister doesn't know!"
After hesitating for a moment, Pei Xingjian slowly shook his head, but after a pause, Pei Xingjian raised his head, and there was a hint of complexity in his eyes.
"However, before the minister came here, he first returned to Chang'an City, His Majesty had a decree, and ordered Xu Jingzong to serve in the door, Hao Chujun in the middle book, and Dai Zhide, the servant of Shangshu Province, also went to see the driver, and all the affairs of the political hall were handed over to Li Yiyan, the waiter of the Zhongshu, to deal with it for the time being......"
The words are not clear, but the meaning is extremely clear!
Li Hong's body trembled slightly, and the hands in his sleeve robe trembled uncontrollably, and he took a few deep breaths before calming down and sitting down slowly, but he was not in a hurry to go out.
After pondering for a moment, Li Hong took up the pen and wrote down a document, and then raised his hand to Pei Xingjian.
"General Pei, you give this document to Li Yiyan, the squire of the Chinese book, and order him to settle the Eastern Expeditionary Army, now that it is close to the end of autumn, the winter clothes and food for the winter must be arranged, and the treatment should be preferential! Don't treat these soldiers badly! In addition, the edict of the orphan will be temporarily rewarded in the name of the East Palace! ”
This is the first time that Li Hong has made his own decisions and decided such a big thing!
You must know that according to the usual practice, it is a big crime for these soldiers to besiege Chang'an, even if they are deceived by Liu Renliang, they cannot be completely exonerated from the crime, at least the credit of this Eastern Crusade must be exempted.
But Li Hong really couldn't bear that they had suffered because of Liu Renliang alone, so he took the first step to determine the nature of the matter, so that at least these soldiers would not be guilty of Liu Renliang alone!
He was also able to leave Chang'an City with peace of mind!
When Li Hong returned to Chang'an City, Xu Jingzong and the others had already finished explaining the affairs of the political affairs hall, and prepared horses to wait at Jinguangmen, but the expressions of these people couldn't help but be anxious.
Although he already knew that Pei Xingjian led the troops to the rescue, after all, anything could happen in the enemy camp, if Li Hong really had an accident, I am afraid that these people could really only come to see him!
"Everyone!"
It wasn't until they saw Pei Xingjian escorting Li Hong galloping over in the distance that everyone let go of their heartstrings, but it was only a short moment, thinking of the emperor's sudden will, their faces became a little heavy.
Li Hong, who was on the other side, had a calm face and no special look, but careful people could still find a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
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It was not yet dark when starting from Chang'an City, but when it arrived at the Jiucheng Palace, it was already vaguely dawning, and the Jiucheng Palace was the summer palace built by Emperor Wen of the previous dynasty, and was later repaired by Emperor Taizong, it was used as the emperor's palace, and it also became a summer resort.
When they arrived, they had already felt a trace of unusual meaning before they had gone up the mountain, the defense force on and off the mountain was much stronger, and along the way, the patrol of the Royal Forest Army was much denser than usual, and even Li Hong saw the soldiers and horses of the Junzhou Military Government stationed at the bottom of the mountain......
Thinking of Pei Xingjian's military speed, Li Hong's heart vaguely understood, but this realization made his steps heavier and heavier.
It was Shangguan Wan'er who came out to greet her, and the hall was full of guards, so the two didn't have a lot of intersections, but Li Hong could see a trace of worry in her eyes, and only after seeing Li Hong did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty's dictation, summon the subordinate Xu Jingzong, the Zhongshu order Hao Chujun, and the servant of Shangshu Province to shoot Dai Zhide into the palace to see the driver!"
What everyone didn't expect was that the emperor didn't let Li Hong go in directly, but summoned Xu Jingzong and others first.
And the latter was obviously also confused, glanced at each other, confessed to Li Hong, and stepped into the palace gate, but Li Hong clearly saw that when Shangguan Wan'er turned around, he handed him a complicated look, but his face was slightly gloomy.
It didn't make him wait for a long time as Li Hong imagined, just a short moment, Xu Jingzong and the others walked out, but for some reason, their eyes looking at Li Hong were a little more complicated.
"Your Highness, please!"
Shangguan Wan'er came out with them, and without waiting for Li Hong to speak, she stretched out her hand and motioned for Li Hong to enter.
Taking a deep breath, Li Hong stepped into the main hall!
At this moment, the lights in the Jiucheng Palace are bright, but it is unexpectedly filled with a sense of depression, Li Hong, who is serving on the side, knows all of them, all of them are Li Zhi's henchmen, and on the cyan curtain couch, Li Zhi smiled, leaned on the couch, and sat the Empress Wu on the side, with a faint tear in the corner of his eyes.
Li Hong has never seen such a Li Zhi, in Li Hong's impression, although he often lingers on the sickbed, but his face has never been as pale as it is now, although he is smiling, but his face is irrepressibly filled with a withered atmosphere.
And the look of the martial queen on the side also made Li Hong's heart sink, in all fairness, for so many years, the martial queen has always been a strong and decisive image, but the tearstains are something Li Hong has never seen before.
"Erchen...... See Father! ”
His voice trembled slightly, Li Hong lifted his robe, knelt on the ground, and bowed respectfully.
"Good, good boy, get up!"
Li Zhi's face became more and more satisfied, but his voice was very weak.
"How are these days, and how do you feel about being in charge?"
Li Hong got up and just wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Li Zhi with a gentle wave of his hand, and then asked with a smile.
"It's not easy, when Erchen really started to take charge of the court, he found that the difference between peace and Surrey was much greater......"
With a slight movement in his heart, Li Hong glanced in the direction of Empress Wu and said with some hesitation.
"Many things that Erchen didn't understand before, now they are clear!"
This is actually true, the so-called not in his position does not seek his own government, even if Li Hong was in charge of the country in the past, the major affairs of the court and government were also taken care of by the military later, he was just assisting from the side, and even more of a learner's role, rather than a decision-maker's perspective.
And many of his previous political disagreements with Empress Wu are not really irreconcilable contradictions, but Li Hong has not yet recognized his identity from the bottom of his heart, and he has always put himself in the position of a courtier like Xu Jingzong, Dai Zhide and others, rather than an identity as a monarch and a decision-maker.
In any case, Empress Wu has been in charge of the government for many years, and her vision and courage are much higher than Li Hong's, and she can take into account many things that he can't notice, coupled with Li Hong's natural prejudice against Empress Wu, which makes the gap between the mother and son bigger and bigger.
But when Li Zhi completely delegated power to Li Hong and let him control the court situation, Li Hong realized the feeling of being in a dilemma and struggling......
ps: I really don't feel it today.,There's only one chapter.,Sorry...... (To be continued.) )