Prince Tang looked at the letter in his hand, smiled wryly and shook his head. The wrinkles in his eyes were now masked, and he said angrily, "What the hell do those old priests want to do? "Now I am asked to give the letter to my brother the Emperor. Although the tone of the letter was quite gentle, after all, Yan Suqing's death was an internal matter. Even if Yan was once a disciple of Xishan, they didn't have the right to inquire. How could my emperor's brother not be angry?

A housekeeper of the Imperial Mansion stood politely behind him and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that Your Majesty doesn't like those priests in Xishan. Due to Haotian's high reputation, he probably didn't want to send this letter directly to His Majesty, and was directly rejected. That's why he's asking you to deliver.

Then he respectfully continued, "Anyway, you are the only one who is qualified to pass the message between His Majesty and Lord Haotian.

"Well, do I want to be a middleman?" Li Peiyan sneered and said, "In the first year of Tianqi, my imperial brother had just taken office and went to the south to visit Daze. He asked me to stay in the capital Chang'an to oversee the country. However, at that time, I was young and impulsive, and I believed the words of these Xishan guys. My emperor's brother was angry with me. It took me many years to repair our relationship.

As we all know, the Tang Dynasty royal family and the Xishan Shrine belonged to the secular and religious worlds, respectively. They don't like each other. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is an outlier, he not only has a good relationship with Haotian in the Tang Dynasty, but also occasionally has contact with Xishan Shrine. This kind of communication originated from a company in the first year of Tianqi.

The butler looked at His Highness, and His Highness raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he had served His Highness for so many years, he still couldn't understand why His Highness would take the risk of making friends with Xishan. He didn't dare to ask, but at this time, seeing His Highness holding the letter in a trance, he finally made up his mind. He looked out the window, and then whispered, "Your Highness, you have a strong external assistance force that can keep you safe inside......"

Li Peiyan hesitated for a moment when he heard this. He looked at the butler who had served him since he was a child and smiled faintly. Then he suddenly patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "You really understand me, you have lived here for so long.

The smile on Li Peiyan's face disappeared immediately after the housekeeper left. He gently tapped the bell next to the table and sent a bodyguard. He thought for a while and said coldly, "Something happened to the housekeeper." Let the secret guards in the mansion keep an eye on him.

"No, just kill him!" Li Chengzhu said seriously: "Since he dares to sow discord between me and the emperor's brother, he will definitely die." Then let the military department check how the butler entered the palace when I left the palace, especially his relationship with Xishan.

After arranging these things, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spent a long time alone in the study, sitting at his desk, reminiscing about what happened back then. As he thought, his brow was as straight as a sword. He didn't think it was wrong for him to deal with General Xuanwei and kill all the villagers in Yan Territory, just as he did these things for Tang.

The Tang Dynasty now has countless cavalry and great soldiers. There are also the presidents of the faculties and colleges. Even the Xishan Divine Kingdom did not dare to show any hostility. However, will the Tang Dynasty go on forever, and will future generations become weaker? The dean of the academy will die one day, so how? How did the enlightenment of the seven volumes of euphemisms in the temple come true? In order to maintain a good relationship with Haotian Taoism, which believes in the heavenly face, the death of these unimportant people is not important.

As long as it does not affect the fundamental interests of Don, he does not care about those who died innocently.

Neither did his emperor brothers, he believed.

In early autumn, the Daming Palace in the north of Chang'an is quiet and peaceful among the dense ancient trees. For hundreds or even thousands of years, these ancient trees have been very tall and strong. But they still could not hide the grandeur of the palace and could not suppress the solemn atmosphere of the political center of the world.

Qingsi Temple is the most beautiful place in the imperial palace. Looking out at the back mountain from the lake behind the temple, you can see the leaves that gradually wither after the autumn breeze blows, and the lush green mixed with bright colors such as yellow and light red. All in all, there is a mysterious enchantment to this scene.

The bright-eyed and high-spirited Tang Emperor Li Zhongyi gently held the queen's soft hands, looked at the early autumn scenery in front of the mountain in front of the temple, and then signed gently. "Trees have grown through thousands of years of trials and tribulations. The Tang Empire was founded in order to gain respect from others through numerous wars and the sacrifices of countless warriors. Back then, Pei Yan actually sacrificed the Tang clan and even the general for the sake of those Taoist priests in Xishan. I'm afraid he didn't expect that in the eyes of those Taoist priests, there would be such a surprise. If the Tang Dynasty could not resist the pressure of outsiders sacrificing their courtiers, how could such a Tang Empire make others shudder? As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, why shouldn't I care?

The queen handed him back the letter and leaned gently against him. Between the eyes, there is a natural feminine tenderness in her beautiful eyes and eyebrows. She whispered to him. "That's a thing of the past." Your Majesty, why do you bother about this? ”

"The dead courtiers are still my courtiers. If he wasn't my brother, if he wasn't ......" The emperor looked at the empress deeply and said, "How can I spare them like this?"

The queen knew what he wanted to say, and slowly straightened up, calmly looking at the mountains and old trees outside the bar. She said: "At that time, His Majesty went to Nanze. When the prince received a letter from Haotian's high-level executives, he also felt a little tricky. After all, the Monastery of the Governor also broke its silence and showed concern. Who in the world can be sure of the presence of the omen indicated by the Arcane Seven?

After being silent for a long time, the emperor said slowly: "When I was young, I was studying in the academy, and the principal of the academy once taught me that for things that I can't understand for the time being, I should admit its existence and don't have to deal with it. If one can't handle anything in the world, then why bother thinking about those things in hell?

"After all, a legend is just a legend. In the year I ascended the throne, three missionaries from unknown lands went out into the wilderness without the slightest clue. If the Arcane Seven in the temple made this clear, why couldn't those people find it either? In that case, what happened later was nothing but the evil of anxious liars.

"You said the prince may have been frightened that year. It is indeed possible. But he still made the most fatal mistake. He grew up under my protection since he was a child, so he couldn't see why the Tang Empire was able to take the lead in the world, regardless of the Xishan Divine Palace, and he didn't even care about the pressure from the Zhidu and Xuankong Temple. In addition to the strong national conditions and the protection of the college, it is more important to ...... The Tang Dynasty never compromised.

The emperor sometimes used "I" as a self-designation, as the subject matter of each part he was referring to was different. The queen looked silently at his familiar face, noticing that he had deliberately omitted a name. She said, "I did not speak for the prince. But there are too many people involved in this matter. He had to be cautious.

"He was cautious for an illusory story, sacrificing the lives of innocent courtiers and civilians for a possible catastrophe......" The Emperor frowned slowly, then laughed at himself. Then he sighed softly. "I can understand the difficulties and pressures that many people have. This is one of the reasons why I haven't punished them all these years.

The queen bowed slightly, forcibly suppressed the feelings in her heart, and then said in a low voice: "I embarrassed Your Majesty."

"I am the Lord of the World. It doesn't matter if I get some criticism for my woman.

The Emperor smiled and took her into his arms, pointing to the mountain in front of the temple, where the forest was in ruins. He said: "Now there are a lot of restrictions in the country, and the Don cavalry has been recuperating for many years. If the prophecy of the Arcane Seven-Part in Zhishou Temple is indeed true, it is not necessarily a bad thing. At that time, I will lead the imperial warriors to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the other side of the world. Then I'll go with you to the mythical White Bone Temple, and then see the autumn scenery. I will write a beautiful piece of paper as a sacrificial ritual for my ancestors. It can be regarded as the fulfillment of your sect's million-year dream.