Chapter 166: Intensification of Contradictions (II)
The ministers trembled when they heard this, and they subconsciously wanted to refute, but everyone's eyes touched King Qin's cold gaze, and their hearts suddenly cooled.
In addition, the emperor also glared at them with an angry face, and everyone's rebuttal slipped to their lips and couldn't spit it out for a while.
Of course, it's not that there are not one or two hard stubbles among so many courtiers who dare to fight with the emperor and the king of Qin, the main reason is that the excuses they refute are really untenable.
With Princess Pingyang's military exploits, coupled with the reason for her death, no matter which one is buried according to the military ceremony, the only thing that can make them say is that Pingyang is a daughter.
In the hearts of the ministers, a golden and precious princess was buried with a military salute by virtue of her military merits, which is a naked slap in the face of a man in the world!
It was precisely because of such a filthy heart that so many people opposed Gao Zu's proposal.
But this kind of thing can only be thought about in the heart, but it is not appropriate to say it, it is true that the family is a daughter, but this glory is earned by people with real skills, there was no princess buried according to the military salute before, and no princess has such a ability as her.
It would have been nice if the person who made this suggestion had no power or power, but now it was the emperor and the most influential prince of the dynasty who supported him.
If they continue to argue against the obviously inappropriate old customs, they are afraid that they will soon be criticized by the King of Qin and regarded by the emperor as villains with dirty hearts.
Gao Zu saw that the ministers were silently asked, and nodded with satisfaction. Soon, a holy decree was issued to bury Princess Pingyang with military salutes, and at the same time, the court was boycotted for three days, and the Ministry of Rites was asked to treat the princess's funeral.
At the end of the early dynasty, everyone went to the princess's mansion to mourn, and Yuanji's face was gloomy as if it could drip water.
He glanced at the moment when no one was paying attention, and came to the side of the prince with a disgruntled face, and said: "Brother prince, have you seen the majesty of the second brother in the court?" ”
"With his own strength, he refuted the ministers silently, and he didn't even dare to open his mouth, this is simply not taking the prince brother in his eyes at all, but his father still supports him, I am really angry."
"Fourth brother, be cautious, although there is no such precedent before the burial of Pingyang with military honors, it is not considered a violation of the rules to be buried according to military rites with Pingyang's military merits."
"The second brother has always had a deep relationship with Pingyang, and it is understandable that he will support his father in this matter, you know his father's feelings for Pingyang, and he is about to go to the princess's mansion, don't mess around."
The prince is actually very uncomfortable in his heart, but his heart is much stronger than Yuanji, and the relationship with Pingyang is also good.
Li Yuanji glanced at him, snorted heavily in his nose, remembered his father's feelings for Pingyang, and knew that this place could not allow him to mess around, so he could only press down and stop talking.
Princess Pingyang's prestige in the court is already extremely high, coupled with the emperor's holy decree, her funeral specifications are extremely high, not only the ministers of the court, princes, nobles and clans all come to mourn, but also her colleagues in the army also came.
And because Chai Shao's mother has died, his father only has one son-in-law, and the woman Zhang Luo needs to be the first to deal with it, and can only be represented by the crown princess, Princess Qin and Princess Qi.
The relationship between the crown prince, the king of Qi, and the king of Qin is not as close as it was back then, but the relationship between their wives is quite good.
The eldest grandson princess and Princess Pingyang have a bad relationship, she helped in the process of the funeral, her tears almost never dried, after the three-day funeral, she lost a lot of weight, and her spirit was very poor.
When she returned to the Qin Palace, Li Chengqian, who was now five years old, was frightened when she saw her mother's appearance.
He hurriedly approached the eldest grandson, and called lightly with a worried face: "Mother concubine ......" Li Tai, who was more than three years old, also followed with a milky voice.
Several children in the family are young, and the eldest grandson only took them to the spirit to give Princess Pingyang a look, and then let people bring them back, and the eldest grandson princess, who has been stationed in the princess's mansion for a long time, has hardly met the children in the past few days.
The eldest grandson looked at the two children around him, his heart softened, he cheered up, stretched out his hand and gently stroked their heads: "The mother concubine is fine, you don't have to worry." ”
"Guanyin." Li Shimin, who came in from outside, saw this scene, and came to his wife in three steps and two steps, he was in a sadder mood than the eldest grandson these days, and he didn't notice the changes in his wife for a while, and now he saw his wife's haggard appearance, and his heart was very pity.
"I'm really fine, Erlang, you look haggard than me, hurry up and freshen up, let's not think about anything today, sleep well, my sister is in the spirit of the sky, I guess I don't want to see us fall like this." The eldest grandson met her husband's gaze and said.
The eldest grandson and the princess said a few words to the children, and then let them take them away, and then went to freshen up, the husband and wife did not say anything all night, the emperor boycotted the court for the princess for three days, and everyone will go to the court after three days.
Li Shimin and the princess of Pingyang are sisters and brothers, and it is reasonable to take a few days off to mourn for them.
The next morning, Li Shimin and his wife suddenly said after breakfast: "Guanyin, during the time I am not in the capital, what friction does Yuanji and my sister have?" ”
"No? Why do you ask? After you went on the expedition last year, Yuanji was sent by his father to Hebei to conquer Liu Heimin, and then he suffered a defeat, and his father transferred the prince back and let him take over Yuanji's marshal seal, and Yuanji became his deputy. ”
"My sister was also sent out at that time, but my sister went to Niangzi Pass, mainly to prevent the Turks from coming to help, and to cut off Liu Heimin's back road, from September last year to this year's return to the court, they should not have a chance to meet." The eldest grandson asked with a surprised expression.
"It's nothing, it's just that his attitude makes me a little strange, although Sister Pingyang treats him harshly, but he never loses his love, although he is a little afraid of Sister Pingyang on weekdays, his relationship with her is good."
"Now that my sister has died of a sudden illness, he has no sorrow in front of her sister's spirit, I really can't figure out why." Li Shimin frowned and said, Yuan Ji's indifference in front of Pingyang's spirit in the past few days almost made him unable to resist making a move.
Princess Eldest Sun was shocked when she heard this, and she couldn't help but remember what Princess Qi said to herself outside the Chengtian Gate two months ago.
With Yang Qiniang's temperament, she shouldn't have said such things inexplicably, unless Yuan Ji had complained to her at home.....
Thinking of Princess Pingyang's injury, which was about to recover, suddenly reversed, the eldest grandson's face suddenly turned as white as paper.
"Guanyin, what did you think of?" Li Shimin looked at his wife's suddenly white face, and his eyes couldn't help narrowing slightly.