After the locust plague has passed, the people's harvest has been guaranteed, and the country is safe, Li Longji has even eaten locusts, which shows how happy he is. At the end of the year, when he learned that Concubine Wuxian was pregnant again, Li Longji became more and more happy, and took advantage of the New Year's Festival to reward him happily.

And so far, there is still no good news. She felt that she was destined to have no children in this life, so she gradually looked down on it, thinking that it was good to raise the prince well. But in the harem, Li Longji has more and more children, and almost all the favored concubines have given birth, which makes the queen's childlessness more and more prominent, at least in the eyes of the national abbot's family.

As early as when the crown prince was established, Wang Renjiao, the father of the queen, couldn't sit still, but after all, he didn't say anything, and the queen's brother Wang Shouyi couldn't be so calm. Since then, he has searched for folk remedies, and often asked his wife, Princess Qingyang, to send them to his sister, which made Queen Wang cry and laugh.

In order to reassure her family, Queen Wang was reluctant, and poured bowls of home remedies into her stomach, but there was still no sign of pregnancy. She asked Princess Qingyang to go back and talk to her father and brother, just as she, the queen, could not give birth to children in her life, as long as she had no other faults, there would never be a day when she would be abolished, and their family could enjoy wealth and prosperity in peace.

Over the years, this has been said countless times by the queen and queen. Wang Renjiao has always listened to his daughter, and he will also restrain his son Wang Shouyi, but his son-in-law can't reach it.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, just after the Shangyuan Festival, there was such a scene before the court meeting: Li Jie, the imperial historian, wore a crown of pigs and official clothes, and stood on the square in front of the Xuanzheng Hall with a solemn face. The strangest thing is that his official uniform is not only not neat and undamaged, but also very tattered, and if you look closely, his face seems to be a little bruised.

All the officials avoided him and stood far away, whispering incessantly.

"Normally, if Li Gong wears such a dress, there must be a big event, either to impeach a certain official, or to prepare for death, but this official uniform ......"

"Untidy appearance, this is going to be impeached by the imperial history, but he himself is the imperial historian......"

"Look, those little imperial histories are at a loss......"

Every time he held a court meeting, Li Longji would come to the Dongshang Pavilion on the east side of the Xuanzheng Hall in advance to rest and eat, so he could see everything in front of the palace. As soon as his eyes fell on Li Jie, his face sank.

Xiao Jiangyuan was really angry when he saw Li Longji, and said, "That official uniform must not have been damaged by Li Yushi himself." ”

"I know." Li Longji said coldly, "Look at it, today's court meeting is very interesting." ”

As soon as the court meeting began, some officials came out to impeach Li Jie for being untidy, and before he finished speaking, he saw Li Jie, knelt on the ground with a thud, and cried bitterly: "The minister doesn't want to, but the minister has to do this!" The minister's hair and skin were damaged, but the pain of the skin and flesh was insignificant, but the minister's court clothes were given by the country's son of heaven, and being bullied by this was to humiliate the dignity of my Tang Dynasty! How can the minister be willing to swallow his anger, and how can he not let the saint and the hundred officials see it clearly?! ”

Li Longji frowned: "What happened?" ”

As a spokesman, Li Jie is very eloquent, and he quickly explained things clearly and clearly. It turned out to be Wang Renjiao's son-in-law, that is, Empress Wang's brother-in-law Sun Xin, together with his brother-in-law Yang Xianyu, because of his discord with Li Jie, he actually ambushed in the alley and beat Li Jie who passed by!

If this matter is put on the heads of others, most of them will suffer this dumb loss, after all, it is a relative, and they can't afford to offend. Li Jie is different, he is already hot, and he is the head of the public, this matter is definitely going to make a big fuss. In order to make the effect better, he also deliberately made such a play today.

The imperial history is an official, and even the Son of Heaven can't beat him, and Li Jie is the imperial historian, and he is the head of all the imperial history. Although there have been cases of officials beating each other, although there have been disagreements in the court, they are all above board, and it is the first time that Li Longji has seen such a despicable and vicious person.

What made him most angry was that it was none other than his relatives, the queen's brother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, if it weren't for the queen's relationship, he wouldn't dare to beat the official if he gave the eldest grandson Xin ten dares!

When Yao Chong agreed to be prime minister, he made it clear that Li Longji should not shield his relatives. Li Longji also told Queen Wang many times that don't let anything happen to his relatives, that is not only to smear the queen's face, but also to make him ugly. A few years ago, Li Longji was very appreciative and gave more grace, but he didn't expect this grace to be wrong, and it made them more and more arrogant!

Li Longji immediately dragged the eldest grandson Xin and Yang Xianyu to the palace.

Seeing that Long Yan was furious, the eldest grandson Xin and Yang Xianyu were very frightened, and when they saw that Li Jie's official uniform was torn like a beggar, they shouted wronged. The eldest grandson Xin is still dressed in royal clothes, and he takes care of Li Longji's clothes on weekdays, so he naturally knows that he usually wears regular clothes in the court, and the ministers naturally follow the steps of the sage. When they beat Li Jie, Li Jie was also wearing regular clothes, why did they destroy them today and become official uniforms?!

It is already a crime to beat officials, and it is another crime to damage official uniforms, plus Li Jie's "humiliating the country" crown is buttoned, can their lives be saved?

- But Li Longji only asked them if they had beaten Li Jie.

The eldest grandson Xin suddenly understood that his brother-in-law didn't want to protect him, and his face suddenly turned to ashes.

Of course, Li Longji didn't want to protect what a bad influence his relatives had on the officialdom, and if he didn't kill his relatives righteously, even the emperor's authority would be affected. It's not that he hasn't been instructed by a thousand times, why didn't the queen restrain his family?

Yang Xianyu is not Li Longji's brother-in-law, and he has already confessed in fright. Li Longji immediately ordered the eldest Sun Xin and Yang Xianyu to be killed immediately in this Xuanzheng Palace!

After the death of the eldest Sun Xin and Yang Xianyu, Li Longji looked at Li Jie with a smile and persuaded: "These two are my close relatives, and it is my poor discipline that makes them dare to violate the ministers of the imperial court. Now that they have been sentenced to death, it is not enough to apologize, but I hope that Aiqing still has a righteous heart and must not take such wicked people to heart. ”

Li Jie thought that Li Longji would punish these two people severely, but he didn't expect the punishment to be so fast and ruthless, and he was busy thanking Li Longji.

The matter of the court, this passed vigorously, and the harem of the inner court has just begun.

Queen Wang was ordered by Li Longji to think about it behind closed doors because of this matter, and the affairs of the harem were temporarily handled by Concubine Wuxian.

The emperor's relatives became more and more honest after this incident, and there were some who did not give up, and entered the palace to meet the emperor Li Dan, and wanted to persuade the saint through the emperor not to let the relatives be too wronged, but Li Dan angrily refused. This anger turned out to be seriously ill, and the illness took a sharp turn for the worse in just a few days, seeing that Li Dan was about to run out of oil and dry up.

Li Dan had already moved back to Taiji Palace at this time and lived in the Baifu Palace. Li Longji wanted to go back to Taiji Palace to serve the sick in person, but he didn't want to have another locust plague this year, so he really couldn't leave. At this time, Queen Wang came to the table and said that she would go to Taiji Palace to serve the emperor for Li Longji, and Li Longji agreed after a little hesitation.

Li Xian and the other four brothers had already entered the Taiji Palace and took turns to serve the decoction, but Li Dan did not wake up for a long time, which caused Princess Xue to cry constantly.

They all know that this legendary man, who has twice ascended the throne and ascended the throne twice, has come to the end of his life.

As soon as the locust plague improved, Li Dan collapsed in the Baifu Palace, and Li Longji didn't have time to see him for the last time after all.

Before Li Dan died, he had opened his eyes, but he mistook Li Xian for Li Longji, and kept saying: "Be kind to your brother......"

At that time, Li Xian held his father's hand tightly, was silent for a long time, sighed deeply, and closed his eyes before the tears fell. The other brothers all cried the moment Li Dan lost his breath.

When Li Longji arrived, Li Dan had already changed into the imperial uniform and was lying quietly in the coffin. It was Princess Xue who personally decorated Li Dan, making people look away, although she was still alive.

Li Longji never dared to believe that his father was really dead, and his heart seemed to have been hollowed out by something, and the dull pain lingered for a long time. He couldn't cry or tear, he just sat by his father's coffin, silent, eating or drinking.

Xiao Jiangyuan has always been by his side, and when no one is around, she sits beside him, leaning against his body, as if in this way, she can give him some warmth. Outside of this, she didn't know what else she could give him, and it wasn't until Li Xian arrived that she didn't seem to understand.

She looked at Li Xian and didn't say anything, only stroked Li Longji's head, and then hugged him in her arms. Soon, Li Longji cried out and had tears.

The death of the emperor is a national mourning, and the world is vegetarian and does not listen to music. Despite this, the results of this locust plague were faster and better than last year's, and Concubine Wu Xian gave birth to the ninth son of the emperor, which still relieved Li Longji a little from his grief. As a result, within a few days, he received two more Sunny Thunderbolts.

"Gong Yao is sick, and Gong Lu is also sick?" Li Longji only felt his brain smack.

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "Xu is the two ministers are very old, and the locust plague was too exhausting and laborious. In this case, it is better for everyone to temporarily choose two people to replace them, so that the two ministers can have a good rest. ”

Li Longji said in his heart, I still want to take a good rest, I thought that such a big thing was done, and I could finally live a good life with peace of mind, which is good. He can't let the two ministers run the government with illness, so what kind of person will he become? And......

Li Longji sighed heavily: "...... Do you think this temporary person is a good choice? The courtiers have always been keen, and they have a very accurate grasp of the direction of the wind in the court, although I am only selected for temporary replacement, but in their eyes, they are the ones who will succeed Yao Gong and Lu Gong in the future, not to mention anything else, just the ability to serve the public. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan thought about it, but said: "If everyone is only for temporary generation, why bother what the ministers think, choose a person who does not seek merit, but seeks no fault, there is no problem in virtue." If you have outstanding ability, you may not be able to get it in the short term, and you will miss the state affairs. ”

Li Longji looked at Xiao Jiangyuan unexpectedly, and saw that her figure seemed to have grown a little longer, and she was also a little plumper, which made her purple clothes a little tighter. He remembered that when he first saw her, she was wearing a scarlet dress that was so fat that it didn't fit well, and he suddenly felt like a world away: "You have really grown a lot......