After that, Empress Changsun said to Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty: "I hope I can always accompany Your Majesty, but now it seems that I can't do it." Your Majesty, the concubines are going, and the only thing that the concubines are worried about is Your Majesty and the three sons of the concubines - Prince Chengqian, King Li Tai of Wei, and Li Zhi, King of Jin, I hope that Your Majesty can discipline them well and take care of them. ”

Li Shimin burst into tears and couldn't stop crying.

After that, Empress Changsun took out a packet of medicine from her bosom and said to Li Shimin: "The concubine has been following Your Majesty for twenty-three years since she was thirteen years old. His Majesty has been fighting in the south and the north to seek peace in all directions, and the concubines secretly prepared this bag of poison because they were worried about His Majesty's safety. Once His Majesty encountered an accident, the concubine took medicine and committed suicide and followed His Majesty. Now, the concubines don't need it, they really don't need it......."

After that, Empress Changsun died of anger at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

The Tang Emperor Li Shimin wept bitterly and almost fainted.

After that, Empress Changsun was buried in Zhaoling by the Tang Emperor. At the same time, Li Shimin did two unprecedented things to mourn his wife, Empress Changsun.

After Empress Changsun was buried in the Yuan Palace of Zhaoling, Li Shimin asked people to build a palace on the stack (zhan) road outside the Yuan Palace, and ordered the palace people to live in it, serving Empress Changsun like a living person, three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, to pay respects and greet him. In the heart of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, he believed that his wife, Empress Changsun, must be alive.

Li Shimin also asked the craftsmen to build a layer view in the imperial garden (yuan), which was used to look at the Zhaoling Tomb from afar. Li Shimin often climbs Zeng Guan to look at it from afar, pinning his deep thoughts on his wife.

The death of Empress Changsun made Li Shimin unable to eat normally for a month, and he had to grieve dozens of times a day, and his body was emaciated.

The ministers comforted and enlightened him.

Li Shimin said: "How can I not know the truth that people cannot be resurrected after death, and it is meaningless for me to be so sad? I just can't help it. I don't know why I can't control my grief and be so sad? ”

Li Shimin's gaffe behavior and gaffe remarks did not make the ministers persuade him, but he was moved by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's unforgettable love for Empress Changsun.

Regarding the words of Empress Changsun, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty also complied one by one, re-demonstrating his absolute trust in Fang Xuanling to the ministers, establishing the position of the head of Fang Xuanling's ministers, and removing the eldest grandson Wuji from the post of secretary of the ministry. He was only granted the vacant position of opening the palace and the three divisions.

For himself and the three sisters-in-law of Empress Changsun - Prince Chengqian, King Li Tai of Wei, and King Li Zhi of Jin, Li Shimin also began to persuade Prince Chengqian and King Li Tai of Wei to be more concerned about the studies of King Li Zhi of Jin.

Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is the residence of Sun Wuji, the chief of the Ministry of Officials.

In the study, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was dismissed from his official position as a secretary of the ministry and was idle at home, paced back and forth in the study.

He couldn't figure it out. Why did his sister, Empress Changsun, ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to transfer her from the position of the secretary of the Ministry before she died? If you say, the eldest grandson queen wants to harm herself. The eldest grandson Wuji would never believe it. He and Empress Changsun are brother and sister, their father is a famous general of the former Sui, Sikong, Shangzhuguo, Duke of Qi, and Zuo Xiaowei general Changsun Sheng (sheng) went early, he and Empress Changsun have been dependent on each other since childhood, and the brother and sister are deep. The eldest grandson Wuji felt in his heart that the eldest grandson queen had arranged it like this. There must be a deep meaning to her.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji was puzzled and couldn't understand the hints of the eldest grandson queen.

Tai Chi Palace. Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair in a dragon robe.

Li Zhi, the king of Jin, stood beside Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said to Li Zhi: "Zhi'er, you have gradually grown up, your father can't let you only learn theory all the time, you should learn to deal with military affairs." Tomorrow, my father will issue an edict to make you a prince and participate in the inner court meeting of the imperial court. In order to avoid that you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty that your father likes, at the inner court meeting, you only need to bring your own ears and your own brains to listen to how Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, Liu Xun, Cen Wenwen, Xiao Yu, Cui Gan, and Lu Chengqing see the problem and solve the problem, and use your brain to think about how you will do it if you do it, and what you can learn from Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, and Wei Zheng in the process of dealing with the problem. At the inner court meeting, don't open your mouth, don't say what you think, return to the Taiji Palace, and your father will communicate with you and comment on your plan. ”

Li Zhi, the king of Jin, bowed and promised.

On the second day, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin issued an edict to let his third son, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, also participate in the inner court meeting, so as to understand from the strategies of the important ministers, so that Li Zhi, the king of the Jin Dynasty, could return to his fiefdom in the future - after merging the state, he could become a virtuous vassal king who worked for the benefit of the people.

The ministers all felt that this idea of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin was very good, and it was normal to make this request. Only the eldest grandson Wuji, who is idle at home, has seen some clues from this little thing (ni).

In the study of the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji was in the room, pacing back and forth, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin stays in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin has the opportunity to compete for the prince of the Tang Dynasty; King Yong'an asked His Majesty to send His Royal Highness King Jin to Zhongnan Mountain to learn new knowledge and new ideas, and in the future, King Jin really became my Tang Prince, so that he could make the students of Zhongnan Mountain use it for him; Now His Royal Highness the King of Jin participates in the inner court meeting, in order to be familiar with the country's major policies and policies, and to prepare for the management and control of the entire Tang Dynasty in the future. Your Majesty is cultivating His Royal Highness the King of Jin as the prince of the Tang Dynasty. This, this, why didn't I think of it before?

It's careless, it's too careless, I was bent on helping the crown prince Chengqian, and my eyes were also staring at Li Tai, the king of Wei, and the supporters behind Li Tai, the Shandong Hao clan and the Southern Shi clan, so many signs show that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has long been interested in His Royal Highness the King of Jin as my prince of the Tang Dynasty, and I didn't even see it.

At the beginning, my sister asked me to be so close to His Royal Highness King Jin, and let me take care of His Royal Highness King Jin, not without deep meaning. Sister, she knows Your Majesty's thoughts, Your Majesty is interested in His Royal Highness King Jin as the crown prince, she hinted to me, I didn't understand, she asked Your Majesty to remove my official position, let me be idle at home, away from the court. Or my sister, she knows me best, she must have guessed that as long as I stay away from the court, I will definitely understand His Majesty's good intentions. (To be continued.) )