Entering Chang'an City, Li Qinzai entered the Taiji Palace non-stop.

Entering the palace gate, Li Qinzai walked towards the Anren Hall under the guidance of the eunuch.

From the palace gate to the Anren Palace, you must first enter the Chengtian Gate, and then enter the Taiji Gate, and enter the Taiji Gate to be regarded as the scope of the palace city, and enter the door is the Zhongshu Province, the Sheren Temple, the Menxia Province and the Hongwen Museum.

As Li Qinzai's identity, of course, he is not qualified to go straight through the Taiji Hall after entering the palace, so he also needs to bypass the Taiji Palace, from the left side of Zhongshu Province, through the Yeting Palace, then the Chengqing Gate, and finally to the Anren Palace.

The route is complicated, and it's a long way to go.

In the past, the emperor's reward for meritorious ministers often added a sentence "Permission to ride horses in the forbidden palace", this sentence is really the emperor's thoughtfulness to his courtiers, because the Taiji Palace is really big.

For example, an old minister like Li Tao, after entering the imperial city from the Vermilion Bird Gate, has to walk to the Anren Palace, and it is estimated that he has to walk at least 30,000 steps.

This is estimated that this person who is so athletic and a little worse in health will die on the way to meet the Son of Heaven, Li Zhike can't say clearly, so it is indeed the welfare of the old minister to allow the Forbidden Palace to ride a horse.

It's just that basically no one dares to use this kind of welfare, dare to ride a try, not to mention whether the Son of Heaven will be suspicious of you, and the spitting stars of the supervising imperial historians can drown you.

Li Qinzai, who walked into Chengtianmen, walked cautiously and maintained the etiquette that a courtier should have. It's not because I'm respectful, but I don't want to get into trouble, and I don't want to make myself uncomfortable with a disrespectful mouth.

When passing through the Yeting Palace in Zhongshu Province, Li Qinzai suddenly heard a howling cry coming from the palace gate of the Yeting Palace.

Li Qinzai paused for a moment, then pretended not to hear anything, and continued to walk with cautious steps.

The water in the palace is deep, don't meddle with things, once you get involved, you may poke a hornet's nest.

However, the crying in the direction of the gate of the palace is getting louder and louder, and it is becoming more and more miserable, and there are men and women listening to the voices, for some reason.

Li Qinzai asked the eunuch who led the way, and the eunuch glanced lightly in the direction of the Yeting Palace, and said: "The Yeting is a cold palace, and the slave maid heard that His Royal Highness King Liang entered the palace today to visit the two princesses Yiyang and Gao'an, probably because the King of Liang is about to go to Liangzhou, and the brother and sister are inseparable from each other." ”

Li Qinzai was stunned.

Li Zhong, the king of Liang, this is not an ordinary prince, he is the eldest son of Li Zhi, originally from Li Zhi and the palace man Liu, because the queen has no heirs, Li Zhong passed to the queen, and was later named the prince by Li Zhi.

Until Wu Mei was canonized as the queen, the poor prince was immediately deposed and renamed King Liang, and the current prince is Li Hong, the eldest son of Li Zhi and Empress Wu.

The two princesses Yiyang and Gao'an are Li Sujie's own sisters, and the three sisters and brothers are all born to Concubine Xiao Shu, after Concubine Xiao Shufei was killed in a failed palace fight with Empress Wu, the two princesses were imprisoned in the cold palace for a long time.

This is also the reason why Li Sujie always maintains a trembling posture, and the Empress Wu is not a soft-hearted person.

Looking at Li Sujie's two sisters, you will know that the four words "cutting grass and eradicating roots" are not for fun, the reason why Empress Wu didn't start is because the position has just been secured, and he is afraid of falling into the truth.

If in a few years, Empress Wu will sit firmly, who knows what she will do.

However, Li Qinzai is curious, one is the stepson of the previous queen, and the other two are the daughters of Concubine Xiao Shu, the relationship between half-brothers and sisters is said to be not much better, why did King Liang actually enter the palace today to visit the two imprisoned princesses?

The eunuch smiled faintly, obviously a court slave, but he showed a look of arrogance.

"They are all fallen people, of course they get closer, anyway, there is no hope for glory and wealth in this life, so they simply don't shy away from it."

Li Qinzai was silent for a moment and said, "What about Li Sujie?" He is the younger brother of the two princesses, doesn't he come to the court to take care of the two sisters? ”

"I've been here a few times before, but the two princesses love him very much, and I'm afraid of killing him, every time His Royal Highness King Xun visits, the two princesses beat and scolded him and drove him away, and then His Royal Highness King Xun didn't dare to come, but often instructed the palace people to send some clothes and food."

Li Qinzai nodded, turned his head and glanced again in the direction where the cry came from, and continued to follow the eunuch to the Anren Hall in silence.

Li Qinzai is just a mortal, not so great and noble, there are too many injustices in the world, how many things can he manage? The important thing is, even if he takes care of it, can he manage it?

When he came to the Anren Palace, in addition to entering the temple, the ministers worshiped Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was not in a good mood today, and was slammed to the wall by the ministers at yesterday's court meeting, which has rarely happened since he ascended the throne.

"Jing Chu came just in time, I want to drink today, you drink with me."

After the ceremony, Li Zhi didn't talk nonsense and opened the banquet directly.

The banquet of the palace is no bigger than the mansion of the powerful.

As soon as the food is served, the maiko of Taichang Temple will dance in, dancing in the center of the main hall with the music class singing, like a butterfly wearing flowers, which is dazzling to see.

Li Qinzai looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, and he didn't dare to glance around.

The women in the palace, even if they are an aunt who takes out the garbage, theoretically belong to Li Zhi, if the ministers want to live to the end of their lives, it is best not to look at the thief's eyes, it is easy to cause big trouble.

After three rounds of drinking, the dancers happened to finish a dance, and after saluting, they quietly withdrew.

Li Zhi drank a glass of wine head-on, put down the wine cup and sighed: "At the beginning of the Jing, I deserve to be aggrieved as the emperor, it is obviously a thousand years of merit for the benefit of the country and the people, everyone in the court has their own careful thoughts, and in their mouths, I have become a faint king who is so happy." ”

"Since I ascended the throne, I have been diligent, walking on thin ice, not daring to slack off for a day, every decision I make is for the benefit of the people, why don't those courtiers understand? The country is mine, am I a loser, deliberately trying to defeat it? ”

Li Qinzai pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you worried that the matter of building roads and ships is not recognized by the courtiers?" ”

Li Zhi bowed his head: "It seems that you also know, yes, I almost quarreled with the courtiers in the Taiji Hall yesterday, and they all said nothing, as if I had done something crazy, and a few imperial historians were going to hit the pillar to death in court." ”

Li Qinzai smiled bitterly: "After the minister made the cement, he inadvertently said to His Majesty those words about building roads and ships, but I didn't expect to bring so much trouble to Your Majesty, it was the minister's fault." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand: "Jing Chu, you are public and considerate of the country, what's wrong?" It's the old stubborn, old puppets who are wrong! Those people are selfish and short-sighted, so they naturally want to oppose me. ”

Li Qinzai thought for a while and said tentatively: "Or, let's delay it for a few years?" ”

Li Zhi was angry: "Why should you delay it for a few years? This year's drought in the north, cash-for-work is an opportunity, there is a precedent, you can follow this in the future, if this year is slowed down, the courtiers have gained momentum, and it will be more difficult to implement it in the future! ”

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