Chapter 60: The Night Banquet in the Palace
When Li Xiaochang and a group of rebels bit each other, Emperor Li Er spoke, "Sure enough, it's a group of fools." The reason why I waited until today to let you fall into the net is just to get rid of the troubles forever. Now, the generals Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde have rushed to Lizhou and Huazhou respectively, your retreat has been broken, surrender or self-cut, choose one. ”
Everyone was like ashes, but they didn't expect that the back road was also blocked. Especially Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an County, who served as the governor of Lizhou and operated in Lizhou for many years, thought that if he was defeated this time, or something went wrong, he could flee to Lizhou's lair, and maybe he could survive for a long time.
Or even if he is imprisoned, he can use Lizhou to threaten the imperial court to release him, etc.
The plans he thought of were very reasonable, but he didn't expect that his retreat had already been understood, and there was only one dead end left.
Yuan Hongshan, the commander of the Su Guard, cried and begged: "Sage, the last general was confused for a while, and was bewitched by Liu Deyu, begging the sage to spare me from death, I am willing to die on the battlefield in the north......"
"Whew! Yuan Hongshan, you are so shameless, you are Liu Deyu's nephew, but you are like this at a critical time? If there is such a thing as you in the northern battlefield, I am afraid that you will be the first to take the lead in turning against the water. Zhang Shigui scolded.
Liu Deyu's face was dark, he really wanted to vomit blood, his own nephew had always been the most important to him, but he didn't expect it to be a soft bone? If it weren't for the wrong timing, Liu Deyu would definitely kill Yuan Hongshan with one sword.
Li Xiaochang was also tough, and said loudly: "The winner is the king and the loser is Kou, if you want to kill, you will kill, dare to do today's things, I didn't think about being afraid." ”
Emperor Li Er sneered: "Okay, good spirit. I underestimated you Li Xiaochang. came, put them all in the prison to await trial, Zhang Shigui, sent someone to raid the house overnight. Don't let one go. ”
Liu Deyu looked at the soldiers who came up, he couldn't bear the humiliation, he took out the sword at his waist, laughed three times, and killed himself with a horizontal sword. The crying Yuan Hongshan looked slightly sad.
Li Xiaochang, Du Gancai and others have a sad sense of kinship for the dead rabbit and the fox.
In the small study room of the Taiji Palace, the eldest grandson Anye was tied up and knelt on the ground, and Emperor Li Er's eyes were gloomy, and he felt worthless for his wife.
"Back then, you drove the young auxiliary machine and Guanyin out of the house and monopolized the family property. It stands to reason that now that the two of them are rich, they should hold a grudge against you. But the two of them are broad-minded, thinking of the brotherhood of their compatriots, and they don't care about you, and even Guanyin personally persuaded me to help you, so I let you be in a high position and be reused. But how do you do it? ”
The eldest grandson Anye buried his head deeply, as if he was afraid of death, but in fact, he was still unconvinced, and said in his heart, "You call it reuse? Let me show you the gate, it's called reuse? Phew! The eldest grandson Wuji can live in the court as the prime minister, and my eldest grandson Anye is worthy of being a gatekeeper?
Seeing that the other party looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, Li Er didn't want to say more, waved his hand, and motioned to the waiter Lao Gao to take it down, and try it as it should be.
Li Er thought that this time he was benevolent and righteous, and killed the white-eyed wolf eldest grandson Anye, and also vented his anger for his wife, the eldest grandson queen.
Even the eldest grandson Anye himself knew that he was going to die, Li Xiaochang was the emperor's brother in the four suits, so he would be killed, not to mention a relative?
But that night, the upset emperor returned to the Lizheng Palace, and what was waiting for him was the queen's plea.
So the result of the last rebellion made everyone eat melons, Li Xiaochang, Liu Deyu and others were all killed, but the eldest grandson Anye was spared death, demoted to a commoner, and exiled for thousands of miles. As for the rebels, there is a promise not to kill, and in the end they are all punished.
The people talked a lot, and the emperor sent people to guide public opinion, praising the measure of the eldest grandson queen to save her brother with righteousness, and for a time hundreds of officials praised it, and the eldest grandson queen took advantage of the situation to win the reputation of the virtuous queen.
After quelling the rebellion, followed by the Chinese New Year, Chang'an City seemed to be unaffected at all, and even had a lot of fun to talk about.
According to the old practice, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the imperial palace would hold a banquet to entertain hundreds of officials, and the emperor would hold a banquet to celebrate the New Year, and the first year of Zhenguan was no exception.
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Rui, who finally came back from the construction site from vacation, was also invited by the emperor.
When the civil and military officials heard that Xiao Rui was also coming, most of them looked strange, as if they had eaten a dead fly. Where did this evil star come from? I can't eat.
The emperor seemed to have expected that Xiao Rui's popularity in the court was not very good, so he simply arranged him to a family banquet in the harem and let him attend with a group of princes and princes, after all, Xiao Rui's qualifications as a quasi-concubine are still enough.
After receiving the edict from the chamberlain Lao Gao, Xiao Rui was very reluctant: "Are you sure you are not mistaken?" Let me attend the family feast in the harem? ”
"The old slave has passed the decree many times, it will not be wrong, Your Majesty also said that you will officially become a pro next year, you are the eldest brother-in-law of the princes, you don't have to be restrained." The waiter Lao Gao saw Xiao Rui's performance in his eyes, and admired this young horse master more and more, so he didn't dare to joke.
Xiao Rui: "Restraint? It's not a matter of constraints. I'm also the six-pin imperial history of the real power of the imperial history platform. It's time to participate in the Tai Chi Hall banquet, Your Majesty asked me to go to a table with the children? How? Can't you dislike my drinking? ”
Drinker?
If Cheng Zhijie hears it, he must be the first to stand up and say: Who dares to say that Xiao Rui can't drink well, my Lao Cheng is the first to smoke his big ear scraper, damn, the most powerful burning knife in the new brew, my Lao Cheng will spin around under his feet for half a catty, and people will be fine if they go down for a catty, this amount of alcohol, one person will not be in the way of drinking the entire military department, right?
The waiter Lao Gao smiled, didn't dare to answer, and hurriedly found a reason to leave.
Seeing her son's sullen appearance, Mrs. Xiao smiled and comforted, "Isn't it just where to eat?" The court is full of old men, you are young and you are not bullied by them? Eating with the princes of the harem is your majesty's consideration for you, and this is treating you as your own. ”
Mrs. Xiao's maiden family is a Dugu family, and the Dugu Queen of Yang Jian, the former Emperor Wen of Sui, is this aunt. The biological mother of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is also her aunt. The Dugu family has produced two founding queens, which shows their status. Therefore, even if it is the current eldest grandson queen, when she gets together with Mrs. Xiao on weekdays, she is also courteous.
Xiao Rui saw that the old lady was worried, so he hurriedly changed his words and smiled: "That's it, what my mother said is right, I don't bother to see that group of hypocritical civil and military officials playing on the wine table." Why don't you just go have a meal and watch me eat him? ”
"Oh, no, I've eaten the food cooked in the imperial dining room, and the taste is bland, and there are only a few kinds of dishes over and over again, which are not as good as the big pot dishes I made." I'm afraid I won't be able to eat enough when I go, can I not go? ”
Mrs. Xiao glared at her son, "What nonsense?" Are you still picky about the food in the imperial dining room? If you don't want to go, why didn't you say it when the man preached the decree just now? ”
Xiao Yu, the father who had sorted out the dress, walked out and reprimanded his son: "You will do whatever Your Majesty tells you, why don't you go to the main hall to serve the table?" What is your popularity in the court, don't you count it in your heart? ”