Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 383
Li Qinzai, who was accustomed to the state of salted fish and was unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the court even if he was beaten to death, took the initiative to stand up this time to build the road. Perhaps the ceremony of taking off his boots when the people of Bingzhou saw him off at the beginning took a large part of the reason.

It is a good memory, but also a motivation.

In order to make life better for this group of simple and industrious people, Li Qinzai is willing to do something for them, even if he breaks his own principles, even if he makes enemies with the powerful.

Enjoying the beauty of the world and pursuing peace of mind, after all, you have to pay some price.

Li Qinzai was willing to pay the price.Everyone in the world suffers. If you can do what you can, you can make the kind-hearted people less miserable. In addition to eating and drinking, you can give your life a different meaning.

On the second day after Di Renjie returned to Chang'an, Li Qinzai accompanied him into the Taiji Palace, and the three monarchs and ministers discussed road construction after the autumn harvest.

Including the mobilization of food relief in the south, dispatching officers and men from the Ningshuo Governor's Mansion to station in Bingzhou, writing various detailed rules for labor relief, and building cement kilns. Di Renjie was in charge, and King Teng supervised. Internal law and so on.

Promoting a national policy is not just a matter of patting the head and leaving it alone. In fact, it is very cumbersome and meticulous. A major event is ultimately made up of countless trivial matters.

The monarch and his subjects discussed for a long time before Li Qinzai and Di Renjie left.

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Li Sujie stood in front of the gate of Yeting Palace, looking at the eunuchs standing at the gate, his eyes were cold, staring at the old and heavy palace gate.

The gate of the palace is closed tightly, and the two worlds inside and outside are completely different.

Just standing outside the palace gate, Li Sujie could feel the oppressive and gloomy atmosphere in the courtyard. There seemed to be countless innocent souls wandering silently in the mid-air. Even the sun in the sky shone in the courtyard, giving off a gloomy coldness. , like the night wind blowing over a mass grave.

After standing silently outside the palace gate for some time, Li Sujie gritted his teeth and walked forward.

The eunuch on duty at the gate naturally recognized the fourth prince, and bowed down to accompany the smile very attentively. Before Li Sujie could speak, the eunuch opened the palace gate of Yeting on his own initiative.

Li Sujie was still expressionless.

Living in the palace since he was a child, he knows better than anyone else how dark and vicious these eunuchs with smiles on their faces are. Once the nobles in the palace lose power, these slaves are often the first to stab in the back.

Li Sujie's mother, Concubine Xiao Shu, was hanged and killed by Empress Wu, and the eunuchs around Empress Wu carried out the execution.

Li Sujie was not present when Concubine Xiao Shu died. This may be the only trace of kindness that Empress Wu left for him.

As for Li Sujie, he didn't walk out of the Taiji Palace until he was accepted as a disciple by Li Qinzai. At that time, he really felt the warmth of the sun.

Accompanied by eunuchs, Li Sujie walked into Yeting Court.

Yeting is built on the west side of Taiji Palace, which is actually the legendary "Lenggong".

The emperor in the film and television drama roared, pointed at a certain concubine and said "into the cold palace", in fact, there was no such title as the cold palace in all dynasties.

Ye Ting is a veritable cold palace. In Taiji Palace, anyone who commits a crime, falls out of favor, or is unlucky, regardless of concubine or court lady, will be dispatched to Ye Ting.

Once these concubines who fell out of favor and committed crimes entered Yeting, they became slaves. No matter how noble your status was before and how much the emperor favored you, as long as you enter Yeting, you will basically never see the light of day.

They do heavy work every day, washing clothes, washing barrels, weaving and spinning. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are reform-through-labour prisoners, or even worse than reform-through-labour prisoners.

The long-standing grievances and grievances accumulated in the palace, once they lose their power, the nobles who enter the court will often lose their lives for no reason. There are countless unnamed corpses carried out of the court every year. These people die as soon as they die, and no one will care.

This is the cruelty of the palace, how beautiful it used to be, how miserable it would be if you made a wrong step.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the only woman who has been able to make a comeback after being thrown into Yeting Court is Empress Wu.

This is a special case and cannot be copied.

Li Sujie doesn't like Ye Ting, the suffocating and oppressive atmosphere makes him very uncomfortable, the first step into the Ye Ting, the hairs on his back stand on end, it's hard to imagine how the people living in it can survive the day. A day of torment.

Li Sujie came to Yeting to see his two older sisters, sisters of the same father and mother.

After the death of Concubine Xiao Shu, things were still going on, and because Li Sujie was the prince, she escaped for the time being.But Concubine Xiao Shu also had two daughters, Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng, who were assigned to Yeting by Empress Wu. They worked every day without enough food, and lived a life worse than slaves.

Li Sujie came to Yeting to visit the two sisters this time.

In the past, he also tried to save the two sisters, but the cruelty of the palace struggle, how could a teenage child be able to get involved, just a look from Empress Wu scared Li Sujie out of his wits, and he didn't dare to mention it again, for fear of arousing anger. Empress Wu's murderous intentions simply killed his two sisters.

After all, the two princesses are different from other nobles who have fallen out of favor. The place to live in Yeting is not bad.

Li Sujie followed the eunuch to a dilapidated palace that had been in disrepair for many years. The palace did not know when it was built, and it seemed that it had never been repaired. There were countless holes in the paper pasted on the window lattices, and gusts of cold wind came in through the holes. .

Such a palace is already considered a very good place in Yeting.

Li Sujie stood expressionlessly outside the hall, looking at the dilapidated hall doors and the peeling and mottled pillars, he couldn't help but took a deep breath, his eyes turned red involuntarily.

Li Sujie did not enter Yeting alone, he also brought a few followers, who carried the load, which was full of various food and clothes, as well as thick mattresses and tanned sheepskins.

Enduring the nausea, Li Sujie took out an indistinct silver cake from his bosom, tried his best to squeeze out a smile and gave it to the eunuch who led the way, and gently asked the eunuch to treat the two princesses kindly.

The eunuch happily left with the silver cake in his pocket.

Li Sujie pushed open the door of the palace, what he saw made him startled.

The two princesses are both in the palace. They have lost their former grace and noble demeanor. Both of them are yellow and thin, their eyes are dull, their eye sockets are deeply sunken, their hair is as dry as weeds, and their lips have no color at all. The Walking Dead.

Li Sujie stepped forward quickly and said anxiously: "You two sisters, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Princess Yiyang is the oldest. She is the eldest daughter of Li Zhi. She is almost 20 years old now. As for her appearance...the so-called appearance no longer exists for her at this time.

Seeing Li Sujie approaching in a trance, Princess Yiyang's face was full of weakness and exhaustion, like a lamp that was about to burn out.

"Sujie, how many times have I told you not to enter the court in the future, don't forget that you also have a knife hanging on your head, don't you understand the principle of avoiding suspicion?" Princess Yiyang said in a serious tone.

(End of this chapter)