Chapter 126: Successor Candidates

"Your Majesty is already sick, and seeing that the prince is here again, the situation is probably even worse." Hongfu sighed heavily, and didn't dare to think about what Li Xian looked like now: "If there is a case in this case...... "There is no lord in the country, isn't this a great opportunity for the foreign enemies who are waiting?" Not to mention that there are still countless civil strife in Beijing. No matter how she looks at it, it will be a messy situation, and she just hopes that Li Xianneng, who has always been cowardly, will be tough and carry it for a while, at least, until the successor is given.

"As soon as Li Chongjun goes, it doesn't matter if he is sick or not." Tao Yao looked at the flames dancing in the charcoal basin, and her eyes looked a little hollow: "Anyway, most of the affairs of the court have been handed over to Wei's hands, and now, it is just getting worse, there is no difference." "In Li Xian's lineage, except for one Li Chongjun, there are no other outstanding heirs, and no one can compete with Wei and Li Bao'er. This was discussed between her and Princess Taiping as early as when the crown prince was elected, otherwise, in the end, Li Chongjun, the king of Wei, who was still in the fiefdom, would not have been recalled back. No matter which son Li Xian chooses to succeed him, it is basically a sure thing that the power will fall.

"How can it be the same!" Looking at Tao Yaodu, who showed a little discouraged look, Hongfu retorted unwillingly: "As long as Your Majesty reigns for a day, even if the actual person in charge behind the scenes is Empress Wei, she will not be able to come to the stage." Besides, after this battle, His Majesty will be more or less sober, and he will definitely be cautious when choosing the crown prince, so as not to let Princess Anle pick up the cheap. Perhaps because his mother's example was too painful, with Wu Cao in front, Li Xian was especially wary of the female emperor. Therefore, even Li Bao'er, whom he loved so much, begged him to make himself the crown princess, Li Xian categorically refused. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was still Haiyan River Qing and peaceful, which was very different from the delicate situation now. Come to think of it, as long as His Majesty the Tang Dynasty is not too sick to lose his mind, he will never allow his daughter to bring up the old matter again. After all, although Li Bao'er's husband's family has fallen, Webster's maiden family is still there. The Li family has just recovered, and no one wants another powerful relative to have another strong relative by his side.

That being said, in fact...... Tao Yao didn't want to hit Hongfu, but she really couldn't keep her spirits, she shook her head coyly, and before she could say anything, she heard Hongfu continue: "Your Highness, have you not forgotten that there is more than Your Majesty's lineage in the current capital. His Royal Highness King Xiang is also in the prime of life, and he has several sons under his knees, plus Princess Taiping's calculations...... In the opinion of the slave maid, it is far from the point where Empress Wei will finally win, so why should you be so pessimistic? ”

"Xiangwang...... Li Dan? Tao Yao was stunned for a rare moment, and it took a long time to react. If it hadn't been for Hongfu mentioning it, she would have forgotten the name completely.

The man who was the same as Li Xian's mother, since he beat her when she entered the palace when she was a child, it seems that he has rarely heard any news about him. I heard that Li Xian was exiled by Wu Cao during the period when he stayed in Shendu and became a puppet emperor for his mother to drive, and later Wu Cao ascended the throne and became emperor, he was ousted from power, and he rarely saw him in the palace. Compared with his submissive brother Li Xian, Li Danqi seems to be more low-key and does not like publicity, living in seclusion all day long, and even the daughters he raised are the same as him. When Tao Yao first arrived at the school palace, the county lord of Chongchang and the others he met were obviously good-looking and outstanding, but they followed the rules and abided by their duties to the point where they didn't even have many words, so that they looked boring and unpopular, and they became the shadow of Li Jijiang, making it difficult for others to pay attention. Now that I think about it, why doesn't Li Dan himself pursue the same principle? Obviously, he is the concubine of Gaozong and Emperor Wu, and he reached the center of power one step earlier than Li Xian, but when the latter came back and was made the crown prince, he seemed to have become an invisible person, hiding behind his brother without any sense of existence.

Tao Yao never paid attention to this person, so she didn't explore it much. However, after thinking about it at this time, she couldn't help but be surprised to find that what Li Dan did was actually an alternative way of survival, and she had to admit that it was quite effective. I'm afraid that for a long time, the people of the entire imperial city have ignored his existence, so even if his identity and status are there, no one has taken the initiative to involve him in the chaos. Whether it was Wu Cao's ruthless punishment of the Li family's heirs or the later Shenlong coup, Li Dan, the prime minister, sat firmly in his position and watched the changes in the Shendu without moving. Thinking about it this way, he really isn't a simple character anymore.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister's bloodline is much purer than that of Duke An Le, and those ministers should know this if they are reasonable." I didn't know that in just such a moment, my master's mind was already nine twists and eighteen bends, and Hongfu was still seriously analyzing: "However, Empress Wei's mind is so unpredictable, and I don't know if His Royal Highness King Xiang is an opponent." In comparison, the slave maid thinks that Princess Taiping is more suitable...... "With Wu Cao in front, the people of the Tang Dynasty have no great resistance to women being emperors. In Hongfu's opinion, Princess Taiping is not an excellent candidate. In the final analysis, she was brought up by Wu Cao, and her style of acting and way of thinking are very similar to her mother, and there is nothing bad about having such an empress for Datang.

Thinking of Li Dan's tricks when his daughter might be sent out to make peace, Tao Yao smiled when she heard Hongfu's words: "Whether it is an opponent or not, it's too early to say." As for Princess Taiping...... "This time, Li Chongjun rashly raised troops, and that person must have gotten a little rumor, but she probably knew that there was no room for things to turn around, so she simply abandoned this useless nephew." With her temperament, once she loses, I'm afraid she will have to wait and see for a while, and she won't strike again so soon. So in a short period of time, Princess Taiping will definitely not be against Webster.

"This is a thousand ways and ten thousand, no matter who is chosen in these two parties, it must be our emperor's majesty who is willing to delegate power." Tao Yao, the only elder she respects, didn't plan to say too much, but turned her head and sighed on the other side: "I don't know if this chaos can make him see it more clearly, if he is blindly stubborn and narrow-minded, the situation I am worried about will really be inevitable." ”