"Though the saints were afraid, they did not believe in their hearts. So Yan Gong said again that the joint funeral ceremony is not an ancient ceremony, and there is no basis to follow. Looking at the mausoleums of the Han Dynasty, most of the queens were not buried with the emperor, and it was not until the Wei and Jin dynasties that there was a saying that the emperor and queen were buried together. The two Han Dynasty have been in Zuo for more than 400 years, how long did the Wei and Jin dynasties add up? The mausoleum is related to future generations, why dig the Qianling, choose another auspicious place on the side of the Qianling, and build a mausoleum, so that the heart of the queen and the saint can be fulfilled, and the Tang Dynasty can be stabilized, why do you have to be buried in the same mausoleum? If the emperor and queen gods were aware, they would reunite with their husbands and wives in the underworld, but if they were ignorant, what was the use of burying them together? ”

Li Longji couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head as he spoke: "Yan Gong already had some fierce words, and the wording may be inappropriate, which has already aroused the dissatisfaction of the saint, but the Ministry of Rites saw that someone said everything he wanted to say, and thought that even if the saint did not agree, he would not be angry with them, so he quickly seconded the proposal, but the saint seemed to be nothing on the surface, but in fact, he didn't want to do what he wanted to do?" ”

"The saint insisted on this matter." Xiao Jiangyuan was a little relieved. In the end, it is flesh and blood, the blood is thicker than water, if it is buried in a single mausoleum, it will be difficult to protect the peace in the future by virtue of the fact that His Majesty once changed the Tang Dynasty to Zhou and slaughtered the Li Tang royal family, so that there will be no worries.

"In public and private, he has to insist." Li Longji saw it even more thoroughly, "Don't talk about this." Gorou, didn't you just say that you came to A-Yuan because of something, what is it, let's hear it? ”

Only then did Li Longye remember the purpose of his coming, and hurriedly said, "Ah Yuan, I heard that the saint has promised to give you to Princess Anle!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji were both stunned, and said in unison: "When did it happen?" ”

Li Longye was taken aback by the two of them, and concluded: "...... It seems that I agreed last year, saying that after my grandmother was buried in the Qianling, I would send you over, I heard it from King Wen, I can't be wrong! ”

Li Chongmao, the king of Wen, is the youngest son of Li Xian, who has not yet left the cabinet, and is usually well-behaved and sensible, quiet and kind. Li Bao'er doesn't look down on other brothers, but he still gets by with him, and always likes to show off to this young brother.

Seeing that Li Longji hooked the corners of his lips slightly, only squinting at Xiao Jiangyuan, while Xiao Jiangyuan lowered his eyes thoughtfully, neither of them spoke, Li Longye hurriedly said: "The funeral has been set for May 18, and there is only half a month left!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head and sighed: "Everything is destined by heaven, and people can't act rashly." ”

Li Longji was slightly stunned - when she said the last five words, she glanced at herself, right? She didn't even believe in the destiny of heaven, and now she could say such a fateful word? Thinking of this, he chuckled lightly: "Maybe it can be seen that people will win the sky, maybe it's not true." ”

In the second year of Shenlong, on May 18, Li Xian and Empress Wei led hundreds of civil and military officials and clan wives to send Wu Cao to be buried in Qianling. The banner exhibition, the rumbling of the rites and music, the winding long queue of Haohao soup, like a white dragon soaring clouds, jumped out of Luoyang, and then slowly returned to the old land.

Xiao Jiangyuan was still wearing a light crimson round-necked robe, with no ornaments on his body, and his head was covered with white linen, and his head was changed from black to white. She followed not far behind Li Xian, like an ordinary eunuch, she could see Wu Cao's coffin in front of her when she looked up, but there was no grief in her heart - so many people respectfully sent her back to him, why was she sad?

Xiao Jiangyuan just regretted that he couldn't be buried here when he returned in the future, even if it was nearby.

After the solemn and solemn funeral, Li Xian led everyone to the Chongsheng Palace next to the mausoleum to rest and eat. After Li Xian brought Empress Wei, Shangguan Wan'er and the princesses into the Chongjian Temple, they saw that the hall was empty, so they called the Xiangwang family in.

Chongsheng Palace was originally a place to settle the childless concubines and concubines in Li Zhi's harem, but after many years, many of the concubines who were as beautiful as flowers have now turned into white bones under the loess, and only a few white-headed old women are still doing nothing. They never thought that there would be such a lively day here.

Right now, they were sitting on the sidelines, eating the food given by the Son of Heaven, and couldn't help chatting: "How many years have passed, Empress Wu has ascended to the top, but you and I are still there." ”

"What kind of Martial Queen, it should be called the Great Sage Empress."

"I only remember Empress Wu, but I haven't seen Empress Zetian ...... the Great Sage."

"It would be nice if I could see it......"

Several old concubines looked at each other as they spoke, took each other's hands, and laughed one after another, but at the same time, tears rolled down. At this time, a snow-white silk handkerchief appeared in their field of vision. They turned their heads to look, and the one holding the silk handkerchief was a young eunuch, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a straight waist, very regular from head to toe, but not rigid, revealing delicacy everywhere. They had not seen such a young eunuch for a long time, and they were stunned, so they listened to the little eunuch say: "The slave maid only carries a silk handkerchief, and the highnesses are afraid that it will not be enough, so don't blame the slave and maid." ”

The eldest woman took the handkerchief and said, "How can we be worthy of being called 'Your Highness'?" My surname is Yang, if you don't dislike it, just call me grandma. The few people sitting next to her also bowed their heads, but they never mentioned their identities back then.

Xiao Jiangyuan bowed his head and said: "A few grandmothers are the emperor's concubines, how dare the slaves and maids dislike them?" ”

"It's perfunctory, but it's comfortable to listen to." Yang Shi said and looked at the little eunuch, "Look at your clothes, five grades?" ”

"Exactly."

"It's a good young age. Who do you serve on weekdays? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan raised his eyes and looked at the mountains stretching out of Qianling, and said, "The Great Sage of Heaven...... Empress. ”

Several old concubines were quite surprised, looked at each other and smiled: "No wonder." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was a little puzzled: "I don't know what Grandma thinks, what's the problem?" ”

Yang said: "You ascended to the fifth grade at a young age, it must be because the Empress of Heaven is important, but why does the Queen of Heaven pay attention to you?" I waited until I saw you clearly, and then I got a glimpse of the reason. I ask you, if there is a fierce horse that no one can tame, and I let you come, what will you do? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan thought for a while and said, "First prepare three things, an iron whip, a moon scepter, and a Tang knife. At first, it was tamed with an iron whip, and if it couldn't, it was changed to a lunar staff to hit its head, and if it didn't work again, it had to be cut off with a Tang knife. ”

Yang nodded with satisfaction: "Although things are not the same, the way is the same. This is no wonder what we said, no wonder the Queen of Heaven will value you. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan understood a little: "This matter ...... Then the Queen of Heaven also had it? ”

Yang said: "When Empress Zetian first ascended the throne, she had a banquet and chatted with all the harem sisters, and mentioned this anecdote. It is said that when Emperor Taizong was alive in the past, he got a good horse and a lion, which was a good horse, and his temperament was always more rebellious and violent, and no one could tame him. Emperor Taizong didn't believe that a little lady could have any ability to say that she could tame this fierce horse, so he asked the queen how she planned to tame it, and the queen asked Emperor Taizong for three things: an iron whip, an iron rod and a dagger. ”

At this time, a slightly young old concubine said: "Speaking of which, I want to ask you, forget about the iron whip, the other two, how did you choose the moon staff for playing polo, and the long Tang knife that is not easy to change?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was stunned for a moment, and said: "The slave and maid said something when they thought of it, probably because these two things have been more impressive to the slave and maid since these days." Let's not talk about slaves and maids, grandma will talk about it quickly, what happened later? ”

Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan looking at him with a serious face and blazing eyes, Yang secretly sighed that this little eunuch really treated the queen with sincerity, and continued: "Later, it was the same as you, the queen said to whip it with an iron whip first, if it didn't work, she would change the iron rod to hit the head of the good horse, and if it didn't work, although this thing was good, it was not used for himself, so he had to kill it with a dagger." After that, the queen didn't continue to say, I and the concubines naturally wanted to flatter and flatter, and they went elsewhere as they spoke. ”

Regardless of the truth or falsity of the content of the story for the time being, he ascended to the throne for the first time, held a banquet to entertain the concubines, and talked and laughed, but it was this story that was told...... It really looks like His Majesty made it. Thinking of Wu Cao's eyes shining when he first saw him, Xiao Jiangyuan's heart warmed slightly. She always said that she and Shangguan Wan'er were like her, almost one person, but she never mentioned it, she wanted to say that she and Shangguan Wan'er were a little like her.

Just thinking about it, Xiao Jiangyuan saw several old concubines standing up one after another, facing his blessings. She hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and saw that Li Bao'er had arrived at her side at some point, and hurriedly said, "Princess Anle is fine." ”

Li Bao'er didn't look at these white-headed concubines, and only took Xiao Jiangyuan's hand: "It seems that your body is really well." Let's go, follow me to the main hall, I have to tell Aya, this time from Qianling back to the Eastern Capital, you don't have to go back to the palace, just follow me to the princess's mansion. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan insisted on saluting the old concubines, and then let Li Bao'er pull him and walk to the temple. In the palace, Li Xian and Queen Wei are located in the main seat, Princess Taiping is located on the left, and the next is Li Xian's third son, King Wei Li Chongjun, Princess Taiping's four sons are located behind him from the order of eldest and youngest, and King Xiang is located on the right, Li Chengqi sits with him, but the position is behind, and the next head of King Xiang is King Wen Li Chongmao, and Li Longji and other four brothers are the same as the four sons of Princess Taiping.

But the people are all together. As soon as Xiao Jiangyuan entered the hall, he saw that everyone looked at him with different expressions, some surprised, some panicked, some contemptuous, and some uneasy. After Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Bao'er saluted Li Xian together, Li Bao'er really smiled and said, "Aya, do you remember what you promised last year?" ”

If Xiao Jiangyuan was not there, Li Xian gritted his teeth and agreed with a wave of his big hand, but now Xiao Jiangyuan was standing not far in front of him, his face was still pale, his posture was even thinner, his waist was still straight, and his smile was still harmless. He couldn't help but think of his mother's dying gaze. He will never forget, it was the first time, and the last time, so longing and longing, so loving and gentle. Even when I was a child, I never had it.

He didn't really believe it until today, and his mother was gone. Regardless of whether he Xiao Jiangyuan is a national soldier or not, after all, his mother still solemnly entrusted him before she died. But what about wrapping up here......

Li Xian hesitated, and saw Xiao Jiangyuan take a few steps forward, knelt down solemnly, and his voice was sonorous and clear: "The slave and maid implore the saint, the quasi-slave and maid are here to guard the mausoleum, and the ancient Buddha of the green light is always with the side of the emperor and queen!" ”