Originally, Li Zhi wanted to give way to the crown prince in order to give Li Hong the motivation to continue to survive, but he never expected that it would backfire, and the prince's excessive joy led to this disaster!

Empress Wu and Li Zhi were discussing things, and Yuan Xiu stumbled in with sadness on his face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Father, mother, prince... Prince...."

"What's wrong with the prince," Li Zhi had a bad premonition when he saw the blood stains on Yuan Xiu's body.

"What's wrong with the prince, you are talking?"

Empress Wu also asked, but Yuan Xiu couldn't even say a complete sentence because he kept crying, so Li Zhi ran towards Li Hong's bedroom in a hurry. When he opened the door and saw Li Hong, who was already lifeless, Li Zhi fainted as soon as his feet were weak.

"Your Majesty!! Hong'er!!" her son died, and her husband fainted, and Empress Wu's heart also swelled with desolation, but she did not faint like Li Zhi, because now she still needs to stay awake and preside over the overall situation.

"Someone will send His Majesty back to rest, and the imperial doctor will find out if the prince is still alive, and all the ships will turn around and return to Chang'an!"

When Li Zhi woke up, his eyes were dim, and he could see some things clearly before, but now everything he could see from a little farther away was blurry except for the scene around him.

"Mei'er, Mei'er!" Li Zhi shouted.

"Your Majesty, Mei'er is here" Empress Wu shook Li Zhi's hand.

"How is Hong'er, is it true... Is this true?" Li Zhi couldn't believe it, "My son is just twenty years old."

"Your Majesty, Hong'er really went" Empress Wu hugged Li Zhi and cried, Li Zhi couldn't stand such a blow and fell on the bed.

"Are we going back to Chang'an now?"

"Well, the concubine ordered the whole ship to turn around and return the same way"

"Pass on my edict, since I have given way to the crown prince, the prince is the new emperor, honor the emperor for my Tang Dynasty, and all the etiquette specifications for the dead will be handled according to the emperor"

"Your Majesty, this.... Isn't that a bit appropriate?" said the Ministry of Etiquette official.

"There's nothing inappropriate, just do it," said Empress Wu.

"It's Your Majesty's Mother"

Empress Wu who came out of Li Zhi's bedroom had mixed feelings, she was ambitious, Li Hong was both her son and her biggest rival, and even when Li Zhi ordered the prince to be passed on, she even thought of the advice of the man in black in her heart. It's a pity that now that Li Hong is dead, she should be happy, but the dead person is her son, who was pregnant and gave birth in October, and has been raising mother and son for 20 years.

Li Zhi's reward to the crown prince is a bit overstepping, but what if it is overstepping, even if it is too much, the queen will still agree, Li Hong's death will prevent their mother and son from going hostile in the future, and there is nothing more fortunate than this. Although Li Xian will take over the crown prince, but the flaws in the character of Li Xian and Li Zhe make it easy to remove them, Li Hong is different, he has both ability and political integrity, and is deeply admired by the ministers, and if he does not die, no one will be able to ascend the throne.

Li Hong's body had not yet been transported back to Chang'an, and the news of the death of the prince, no, the filial piety emperor had spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. Qingya Academy Li An looked at the letter in his hand and was uneasy, what he was most worried about was happening step by step, Li Hong's death was the biggest loss of the Tang Empire, and the loss was even more serious than the erosion of the North Court in Xizhou.

Li Hong has both ability and political integrity, and is the most perfect heir to the throne, which has not only been recognized by Li Zhi but also by the ministers. It's just that Ang Lee has been worried about his body, and the worst has finally happened. Li Xian and Li Zhe were unable to obtain the approval of the courtiers, which was very similar to the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty before Li Zhi ascended the throne, because the identity of the heir to the throne could not convince several princes to launch a mutiny to fight for the throne, and that civil strife almost made the Tang Empire fall, which was the last thing Li An wanted to see in his lifetime, and he was unwilling to lead troops to quell the rebellion again.

When the news reached the Chang'an court, it was shocking, although Li Hong was weak and often lingered on the sickbed, he should not have died so quickly, and even rumors began to circulate that the prince died unexpectedly. As soon as the crown prince died, the situation in the court had some subtle changes, and the prime ministers in Fengtai even had some differences.

"As soon as this filial piety emperor dies, I'm afraid that the position of the crown prince will fall into the hands of His Royal Highness."

"I also see it this way, after all, His Majesty let him see it, which can be regarded as a test for him, just these days, we underestimated the second prince in the past," Gao Jifu said.

"A prince who has been marginalized by the imperial power can now show such a non-arrogant and impatient attitude when he is in charge of the country at the beginning of his reign, just like his usual attitude, according to my understanding of the prince, there must be someone secretly pointing out" Pei Yan knows a lot about the temperament of several princes.

"I heard that Queen Muyue, the grandson of Wang Qingyang, the old assassin of Tongzhou, has been in frequent contact with the second prince recently, could it be that Wang Qingyang is secretly instructing?"

"I don't think so, Wang Qingyang has this wisdom, but after all, he is in Tongzhou, Wang Tai was transferred to the Criminal Department a few days ago, in my opinion, before the filial piety of the emperor had an accident, the Wang family had already taken refuge in the second prince," Liu Renliang said.

"This Wang family is really calculating" Yuwenjie is most worried about the problem of the crown princess now, and as a Guanlong nobleman, he naturally has to consider the Guanlong nobles in the six towns of Wuchuan.

"How do we choose?"

The prime ministers also can't pay attention to it, originally when Li Hong was there, everyone was eager for the virtuous prince, but now that the prince is dead, Li Xian is immoral and incompetent, and Li Zhe is arrogant and lascivious, all of which are not the demeanor of Mingjun, but if Li Xian is not chosen, there is no other candidate.

"Let's wait and see."

"That's all it can be"

Hanye Zhuang Ji Ruopu and Han Tongwen were also thinking about it, and the change of the crown prince would have a great impact on their next actions.

"Li Xian is ruthless and unsuitable to be an emperor, if you choose Li Zhe, I'm afraid that Yushitai will have to collectively scold her mother, and only Li Dan is left among the four princes born to Empress Wu," Han Tongwen said.

"Li Dan is impossible, Li Dan's age is too young, although Datang is peaceful on the surface, there are many restless forces in secret. The vassal kings of various places, the powerful assassins of various states, the six towns of Wuchuan, etc., are not restless, Li Dan ascended the throne and even the courtiers could not deter them, let alone these people, plus the Golden Wolf Empire, the Yiren Empire, the Great Xia Empire, every time the throne is handed over, these empires will be ready to move, and Li Dan's accession to the throne of the Tang Dynasty will really be roasted on the fire."

"I have no choice but to choose Li Xian," Ji Ruopu was also a little helpless.

"There is one more option"

"What choice," Ji Ruopu asked.

"Your Majesty, in case the real dragon royal returns to heaven, I think Li Dan is a very good choice, what you said is true, Li Dan is difficult to deter people with bad intentions, but the martial queen can!"

"You mean..."

"After Li Dan ascended the throne, Empress Wu can be regent, but after Li Dan performs the crown ceremony, he needs to return to Li Dan"

Han Tongwen was just talking about the regent, and he didn't say the idea of Empress Wu ascending the throne as the emperor, because not only these scholars who were deeply influenced by Confucianism would not believe it, but even Ji Ruopu would not believe it. Throughout history, there has never been a woman who became an emperor, because she never appeared, so no one thought of being negligent, but there will always be the first person to eat crabs in history.

"Now there are many people in the court who are dissatisfied with the regents of the Empress Wu, such as the four prime ministers, no one is used to groveling to a woman, you still want to continue to make the regent of the Empress Wu The prime ministers will definitely oppose it, and His Majesty will not make Li Dan the crown prince"

"I will go to Master Pei to discuss, and I will also ask Mr. Li's opinion," He mainly needs to rely on Pei Yan's strength in the court.