Empress Wang's elder brother Wang Shouyi was already Xuanzong's brother-in-law and Princess Xueguo's concubine at this time, and of course he was very worried about his sister's situation.

As the saying goes, "the sick rush to the doctor", Wang Shouyi inquired around, found a monk named Mingwu, this Mingwu after a practice, drummed out a piece of "thunderbolt wood", engraved with the words heaven and earth and Li Longji's name, handed to Wang Shouyi and said: "Pei has a son, should be compared with the queen of heaven." ”

When Queen Wang heard this, she was very happy, she was able to directly participate in her husband's conspiracy to kill Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, needless to say, she also has the best for power, and now her husband who has changed her mind has no love for herself, of course, she is more eager for power and hopes to control her husband in the palm of her hand.

However, things were not as perfect as the queen had hoped. The news quickly leaked out.

Li Longji, who was taken aback, immediately inquired into the matter in person, and soon the truth was revealed. In the face of human and material evidence, Li Longji was furious, and issued an edict in the autumn and July of the twelfth year of Kaiyuan (724 AD): "The queen Wang clan is not in heaven, and it is flashy. Creating a prison lawsuit, fanning the court, seeing that there is no general's heart, there is a deniable evil. How can you respect the temple of Chengzong, the mother of the world? It can be abolished as a concubine and placed in another hospital. Punished in the family, ashamed of the former king, for the great plan of the country, Gai Fei has been obtained. ”

Queen Wang was deposed as a concubine, and the crown prince Shaobao Wang Shouyi was first demoted to Zezhou Beijia, and then given to death. Three months later, Wang Shuren died in the cold palace, and the cause of death is a mystery.

Empress Wang died, and Tang Xuanzong wanted to canonize his beloved Wu as the queen. Therefore, he immediately officially canonized the Wu family as "Concubine Hui", which is the creation of Xuanzong, ranking above the concubines of the harem, and the original "Concubine Wuchen" created by Gaozong back then. Subsequently, Xuanzong named Concubine Wu Hui's biological mother Yang as Mrs. Zheng Guo, and her younger brother Wuzhong and Wuxin were also promoted by leaps and bounds.

This series of actions looked at in the eyes of the courtiers, and they naturally understood that this was to prepare for the Wu family's advancement. Thinking that there would be another "Empress Wu" in the Tang Dynasty, everyone was in an uproar.

As a result, the ministers led by Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling worked together to block Concubine Wu Hui's road to the post-seal. And the most vehemently worded is the royal Shi Pan gift. He wrote: "When the ministers hear the courtesy, the parents do not share the hatred of the sky." "Spring and Autumn" 'The son does not take revenge, nor does the son. 'Your Majesty wants to take Concubine Wu Hui as the queen, how can you see the corporal of the world? The concubine is not him from the uncle, and he thinks twice; From the father is not him, Yan Xiu also. Both of them are disciplined and courteous, and the world is jealous. The evil wood is in the shade, and the people are endless; The stolen spring overflowed, and the incorruptible man did not drink it. The husband and the wife are still choosing each other, but what about the son of heaven? May the Chinese be carefully chosen to be the heart of the gods. …… The current prince is not born to Concubine Hui, and the concubine has a son, if a Li Chenji, the storage position will be uneasy, and I hope Your Majesty will examine it carefully. ”

The public was angry, and when it came to this, Li Longji had to dispel the idea of making Concubine Wu Hui the queen. However, he was still unwilling, and ordered that in the palace, Concubine Wu Hui enjoyed the same rank and grade treatment as the queen. And never to mention the future again. The courtiers also knew each other, and when the emperor took a step back, they also took a step back. In this way, Concubine Wu Hui became a queen who was not a queen.

The courtiers were not wrong, Concubine Wu Hui's ultimate goal was not only to stop at the queen, she would want to be easy to store.

Since Concubine Wu Hui's mind can be guessed by Pan Haoli, it will naturally be guessed by others.

This person is Li Linfu.

Li Linfu is the fourth-generation grandson of Li Yi, the sixth brother of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, who is a generation higher than Xuanzong, and served as a servant of the Ministry at this time. He tried his best to entrust someone to bring such a message to Concubine Wu Hui in the deep palace: "I am willing to serve Prince Shou Lizhu."

Li Linfu hit the target, and Concubine Wu Hui began to cooperate with him for a long time.

In May of the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan (734 AD), after repeated efforts, Li Linfu finally ascended to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites with the help of Concubine Wu Hui, and was listed as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty with Pei Yaoqing, the servant who opposed Concubine Wu Hui, and Zhang Jiuling, the secretary of Zhongshu.

Li Linfu knows how to repay his kindness, not to mention that he is both prosperous, since he has taken the path of Concubine Wu Hui, he has to go to the end. He began to spare no effort to provoke the relationship between Xuanzong and Pei Yaoqing and Zhang Jiuling, clearing the way for Concubine Wu Hui and Yi Chu.

Princess Xianyi's marriage also found a right-hand man on the road of Yi Chu for Concubine Wu Hui - Yang Hui.

Li Linfu knows how to repay his kindness, not to mention that he is both prosperous, since he has taken the path of Concubine Wu Hui, he has to go to the end. He began to spare no effort to provoke the relationship between Xuanzong and Pei Yaoqing and Zhang Jiuling, clearing the way for Concubine Wu Hui and Yi Chu.

Princess Xianyi's marriage also found a right-hand man on the road of Yi Chu for Concubine Wu Hui - Yang Hui.

Yang Wei was scheming, he used the identity of "aunt's relatives" to take the initiative to approach the prince and the kings, while deliberately inquiring about their small mistakes, and on the other hand, he publicized these small things to the outside world. Of course, he couldn't forget to tell his mother-in-law and his wife Princess Xianyi about these things, and they went to blow the wind to Xuanzong and separate the relationship between father and son. Gradually, Xuanzong's ears were full of rumors about the prince's misbehavior, and the father-son relationship for the crown prince Li Ying, who was already small, became more and more shaken.

China's feudal dynasty has one of the biggest strange circles, that is, the matter of "establishing a reserve".

The emperors are called "long live", but in fact, they will never live to be 10,000 years old, and if they can live past 60, they can already be regarded as long-lived figures among the Chinese emperors. Moreover, the work of the emperor is not only dangerous, but also the pleasure of beauty often makes them happy and sad. Therefore, in order to be prepared, one of the first tasks of the emperors was to have sons and to designate an heir as soon as possible. After the canonization, the government and the opposition breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that there was a successor to the dynasty.

However, when the government and the opposition relaxed and talked about training him to be the future emperor for the "emperor-elect", it was when the "current emperor" began to be suspicious of his son. This kind of situation can never be understood by the father-son affection of ordinary people. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple:

Because they are no longer father and son, but competitors. - Can the chief executive of your company have a good idea of the deputy who is very popular among the masses and has already determined to inherit his position? Could he not be afraid that this deputy would empty himself or force himself to leave early?

In this regard, the more ambitious and conceited the leader of his "career", the more wary he is of his most likely heir (and sometimes this possible heir or more than one) - even if the heir is honest, the leader will not be happy: when he sees the young man, he thinks that he will retire one day, and he is full of anger. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for China's crown princes to live comfortably. And "no one is good for a thousand days", the longer you are a prince, the more intentional or unintentional mistakes you will have. At this time, if there is some external cause to induce, then the pustule is a sure thing. In Chinese history, there are many princes who have ended miserably because of this, like carp crossing the river.

And now, it's Li Ying's turn.

Li Ying's mother, Concubine Zhao Lifei, was Xuanzong's favorite concubine in his youth, she was so beautiful that Xuanzong once loved her so much that he even turned a blind eye to her humble Kabuki background. Also favored at the same time as Concubine Zhao Lifei were Huang Fu Deyi, the biological mother of Li Yao, the old king of Hubei, and Liu Cairen, the biological mother of Li Ju, the old Baguang king. Although the three women serve a husband, they seem to get along well, so the brotherhood of the three is the deepest. Among the thirty sons of Xuanzong, the appearance of these three sons is probably the most outstanding, and they are praised by the world as "Langxiu". This is, of course, because the mother's genetics are excellent. In addition to being beautiful, the three brothers are also quite talented, and Li Longji once loved them very much. It's just that with the appearance of Concubine Wu Hui, things began to change.

Concubine Wu Hui's special favor made the former favorite concubines become miserable people who kept empty houses. The abandonment of the mother by the father is inevitably a little dissatisfied for any son with a modicum of filial piety. However, unfortunately, these complaints of Li Ying, Li Yao and Li Ju carrying human hair behind their backs in the private house were also heard by Yang Huan. He immediately reported to his mother-in-law. Concubine Wu Hui of course won't let go after hearing this, and turned her head and cried to Xuanzong: "God, because the prince hates you for being biased towards me, he actually formed a party and wanted to harm our mother and son, and even complained about you. What can I do about this...... Xuanzong's affection for his son was worn out under the long-term effect of Concubine Wu Hui's feminine martial arts, and when he heard this, he rushed to the top of the door, and immediately put it into practice under his anger, and found the prime minister to discuss the deposition of the "prince and his comrades".

At this time, the first assistant prime minister was still Zhang Jiuling, and he resolutely objected, saying: "Your Majesty will compile the heir to Hongye, and it will be thirty years, and the prince has been under the throne, and he will always never leave the deep palace, and he will receive holy training every day." Today's people, all celebrate the country for a long time, and the children and grandchildren have not heard of it, why did the Majesty abandon the three sons in one day? Fu Wei Majesty xià thinks. And the prince's country is difficult to shake. In the past Jin Dynasty, the prince Shen was worried about his death, and the country was in chaos. Han Wu Weijia**, suffering from Jiang Chong's witch Gu, will affect the prince, so he will bleed in the city. Emperor Hui of Jin had a virtuous son as the crown prince, and he was so embarrassed by Jia that he died. Emperor Wen of Sui took the words of his favorite woman, abolished the prince and bravely established Wang Guang of Jin, and lost the world. From this point of view, it is not to be careless. Now the prince has no faults, and the two kings are virtuous, and the ministers are left and right to deal with crimes, and dare not know in detail. ”

Xuanzong was extremely displeased when he heard Zhang Jiuling pointing the finger at the woman he loved, but he really couldn't find evidence of his sons' crimes, so he had to endure it for the time being. However, he never listened to Zhang Jiuling's words.

In the same year, Zhang Jiuling objected to Xuanzong's opinions on several personnel appointment and dismissal cases, and Xuanzong felt that it was unbearable for this prime minister to dare to sing against him in public and private. Finally, in November of the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan (736 AD), an edict was issued: Pei Yaoqing was the left prime minister of Shangshu, and Zhang Jiuling was ordered to be the right prime minister of Shangshu, and the governor was dismissed. And Li Linfu, who has always welcomed Concubine Wu Hui, replaced Zhang Jiuling's status and power.

The biggest stumbling block was removed in this way, and Concubine Wu Hui, who had been waiting for a long time, began to make a final effort for the deposed prince.

In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Princess Xianyi's concubine Yang Wei spread the word that the prince, the king of E, and the king of Guang conspired with the princess's brother Xue Yan to conspire in rebellion - the biggest reason why Xue Yan was inexplicably involved was probably because of his identity as a concubine. For Yang Xun, this can not only make the rebellious thing more weighty and realistic, but also get rid of another person related to the prince, which is really a pleasure. For a while, rumors spread everywhere, and Xuanzong also heard about it.

After this foreshadowing, the highlight directed by Concubine Wu Hui finally appeared.

She falsely conveyed the decree to the crown prince and the second king, saying that there were bandits in the inner palace, and the emperor asked the prince to immediately put on armor and lead the troops to escort him.

- The princes of Xuanzong did not open the mansion and lived separately, their residence was connected to the palace, if there was really anything, it was reasonable to summon their sons to escort them. The matter was urgent, and the young and experienced prince and the second king did not doubt this will, and immediately complied, and just ran into the big net carefully arranged by Concubine Wu Hui.

When the three brothers entered the palace with a large group of guards, Concubine Wu Hui immediately reported to Xuanzong, saying that the prince had really rebelled and led troops to break into the inner palace! Xuanzong was really "shocked" as Concubine Wu Hui thought, he himself was a master of coup d'état, he knew what it was like, of course he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately mobilized the regular army to "round up" his sons as if facing a great enemy.

It was only then that Li Ying knew that she had fallen for her stepmother.

Xuanzong was very satisfied with the fact that he had quelled the "coup d'état" so quickly, and he felt that his majesty had not diminished that year. Under the excitement, he immediately summoned the important ministers and decided to abolish the prince resolutely.

Li Linfu spoke obediently: "This is a family affair, and ministers should not intervene." "When the others saw the virtues of the emperor and the prime minister, they knew that there was nothing to say about the matter, even if there was a wrong, and they also agreed with it wisely.

And so it was decided. Xuanzong issued an edict on the same day, abolishing the crown prince Li Ying, the king of Hubei Li Yao, and the king of light Li Ju as "concubines". Li Ying's brother-in-law, Xue Yan, was exiled - in fact, he was killed in the east of the city just after leaving Chang'an City.

Without any interrogation and investigation, the crown prince and the two princes were deposed in one day, and the news shook both the government and the public. Although many people dare not speak, they deeply regret the three of them, and because of the haste of the matter, the relatives and officials related to the three are still in office, and they are secretly running for them. Li Linfu, the prime minister, has only been in office for less than half a year, and his foundation is not stable. Concubine Wu Hui soon felt that she was a little weak, and she also knew that the prince's rebellion could not stand scrutiny, lest the "Sanshu people" still have the opportunity to speak and overturn the case as the party who received the internal servants she sent, so she decided to do her best to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. So Concubine Wu Hui, together with Li Linfu and her daughter and son-in-law, vigorously poured into Xuanzong's ears after changing the grievances of everyone for the "three concubines", creating a tense atmosphere for him that "the abolished prince is still likely to plot again". (To be continued.) )