Chapter VI: The Grand Duke

In less than two days, it coincided with the opening of the Hanyuan Palace, and the Beijing officials of the imperial court above the fifth grade, the local officials of the third grade or more in Beijing and the envoys of various countries all went to the Hanyuan Hall to congratulate. After the ceremony, the emperor ordered the Beijing officials above the third grade to meet in the Lin De Palace, and the Beijing officials above the third grade are actually mainly the "three provinces, six ministries, one department", and generally this situation is a major national matter to be discussed. For example, Xue Chongxun's official title is that of the head of the household, although the title is not low, he is still not qualified to participate in such a summons.

However, many people have already guessed the main content of the discussion, the recent event, isn't it the appearance of a comet in the western sky?

Li Dan on the throne looked a little tired, but everyone couldn't raise their heads to look directly at the emperor, but when they first entered the palace gate, they looked from a distance, and the emperor's demeanor today was not very energetic.

Everyone had arrived, and all the officials were lined up at the bottom of the steps, listening to what the emperor had to say. Li Dan was silent for a while, coughed twice, and spoke in a loud voice: "A few days ago, Si Tiantai detected a comet entering the western sky, and the official admonished me, and the appearance of the comet is a sign that the heavens will show the world to get rid of the old and welcome the new. After thinking about it, I decided to pass on the crown prince and obey the mandate of heaven......"

Such a holy will was beyond everyone's expectations, and the temple was in an uproar. Especially those prime ministers, they hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty has no fault during his reign, and he is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, how can he pass on the throne at will?" Never! ”

The other person didn't care about etiquette and shouted: "Your Majesty has five princes, and another prince can also conform to the will of heaven, and the succession is the most inappropriate plan!" ”

Li Dan listened to everyone's noise, as if he was very patient, and listened for a while before he spoke: "Spread virtue and avoid disasters, I am determined." ”

The ministers still persuaded him, and many people made it clear that they did not support the crown prince's accession to the throne, which made Li Dan a little difficult...... He hesitated, pondered alone for a long time, and didn't know what he thought, his eyes revealed a rare look of firmness, and he waved his sleeves to calm down the noise of everyone. Shaoqing, he said very sincerely: "At the time of Zhongzong, the group used treachery, and the sky changed repeatedly, and the official of Si Tiantai asked Zhongzong to choose a virtuous son to deal with the disaster, and Zhongzong was displeased, and some officials were exiled to Lingnan. The consequences include Chongjun's rebellion, Wei Hou's chaos and other disasters, and Zhongzong also fell into the hands of poisonous women. The teachers of the past and the future are also unwilling, but they are going to be in danger? ”

What he said in his mouth, "Zhongzong is also in the hands of poisonous women" is just a saying, because at that time, a coup d'Γ©tat was going to be launched against Empress Wei, in order to justify the name, so the unanimous remarks of the monarchs and ministers of Li Dan Dynasty were Emperor Zhongzong who was poisoned by Empress Wei. There is no evidence of the facts, and no one can figure it out.

After the ministers heard him say "trapped in danger", they were stunned: Lao Tzu persuaded you to continue to be the emperor, but you became ill-intentioned?

…… There was still discussion in the hall, but such a sudden change made everyone's heartstrings tense, and the news immediately spread out, and after the crown prince Li Longji knew about it, he immediately set off for the Lin De Palace.

Princess Taiping was also taken aback, she was surprised and had only one thought in her heart: she couldn't let Li Sanlang ascend to the throne! She immediately asked someone to prepare the carriage and horses, and decided to go to Daming Palace in person to take advantage of it, hoping to persuade the imperial brother to change his mind.

Before the honor guard walked out of the gate, they saw a white horse galloping from the gate, and the person on the horse was her eldest son Xue Chongxun. Xue Chongxun went to see the Han Yuan Palace Dynasty in the morning, but he couldn't participate in the court meeting, he waited outside, and as soon as he got the exact news, he hurried to the Taiping Princess Mansion of Zhenguo, and happened to meet his mother who was going out.

Xue Chongxun rushed directly to the front of his mother's team to block the way, and when he reined in his mount, the horse neighed and raised its front hooves high.

Princess Taiping's four carriages were also in a hurry, and they almost hit Xue Chongxun. At this time, Taiping scolded, lifted the curtain and said, "What happened...... Chongxun, what are you here to do? ”

Xue Chongxun said in a deep voice on horseback: "What does Mother want? ”

Taiping said: "I'm in a hurry to go to the palace." ”

Xue Chongxun said coldly: "Go and persuade Jinshang?" This time, I will not listen to my mother, there is no way, find another way, the child has prepared a little thing these days, and wants to dedicate it to his mother. ”

Taiping frowned and said, "At least give it a try, get out of the way!" ”

Xue Chongxun sighed, rode his horse to the side of the road, and said, "My son is waiting at my mother's house, and you can come back as much as you can." ”

When Princess Taiping arrived at the Lin De Palace, the courtiers had already dispersed, but they saw that Li Longji's kid had already arrived in front of the emperor first.

As soon as Princess Taiping heard Li Longji's fake crying, she almost didn't get sick of what she had eaten in the morning. I saw Li Longji kneeling on the ground, and said with a handful of tears and snot: "The minister is a small merit, not the eldest son but the prince, he is already afraid of being embarrassed, and he has not been judged by His Majesty to pass on the throne, the minister is panicked, please take back your ......."

Li Dan glanced at Taiping, who was full of anger, ignored her for the time being, and said to Li Longji with good words: "Sheji is so safe, the reason why I have won the world is the power of San Lang!" There is a disaster in the emperor's seat today, so he is given a great position, turning disaster into blessing, why do you doubt San Lang? You are a filial son, why do you have to wait in front of the coffin and then ascend the throne? ”

Li Longji suddenly burst into tears, shouting that his filial piety was not enough. Princess Taiping listened to it with a bad breath in her heart, this guy obviously wants to laugh, but she has to make a crying look, do you say disgusting or not?

"Your Majesty, is San Lang here to force the palace?" Princess Taiping was furious, pointed at Li Longji and scolded viciously.

Li Dan said: "Why did my sister say this? My throne is safe, but because of a vision from heaven, I am very afraid of the heavens, and I dare not disobey the heavens and repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Taiping immediately cried, tears were wet, she was born gorgeous, such a cry is really pitiful pear blossoms with rain. If it was before, as long as she cried like this, Li Dan, as an elder brother, had no reason not to meet any of her unreasonable demands. But...... This time it was different.

Li Dan suddenly became indifferent and ruthless, which made Taiping puzzled. He suddenly muttered: "Taoism says that self-cultivation and governing the country must get rid of private thoughts and go with the flow, but since I ascended the throne, I have not done it, so that the situation is turbulent and the world is unstable, and I am ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors...... This time for the Li Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations, for the world's hundreds of millions of subjects, I passed on the throne, why not? ”

When he said this, he was sitting precariously, his face full of grimness, and there was not even a trace of the previous warmth. After that, Li Dan stepped down from the throne, helped Li Longji and said: "San Lang can live up to me, but he can't live up to the ancestors of the Li family!" As he spoke, he took Li Longji's hand, pulled him up the steps, and pressed him on the throne.

There seemed to be a needle on the couch, and Li Longji's ass just touched the chair, and he immediately stood up. Li Dan stubbornly pressed his shoulder: "Sit down!" ”

"Father......" Tears welled up in Li Longji's eyes.

And Princess Taiping on the side could only look at their father and son in a daze, she didn't know what kind of feeling she had in her heart.

Yes, Li Dan is her own brother, born to a parent! However, even if they are brothers and sisters, they can't compare to the direct bloodline, after all, the father and son are the real family......

Princess Taiping didn't cry anymore, it was useless to cry again, but the tears that cried out just now hadn't dried yet, stuck to the long eyelashes and sparkled and crystal clear against the backdrop of the palace lamp.

Li Longji sat on the throne in a daze, although his ass was only lightly touching the edge of the chair, he already felt that it was difficult to breathe, and he only felt that his chest was pounding like thunder. On this throne, looking down on the main hall, the whole space is in sight and so on, this feeling of sitting on a high place is like standing on the top of the world, looking down on the world, except for the sky, it is the highest here! Otherwise, how can you call the Son of Heaven?

Li Dan said: "I have made up my mind, let the secretary prepare the ceremonial guard and music, and I will officially issue an edict to be located in Sanlang." ”G