Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The queen, as the folk saying goes, is called a loving mother who loses her children.I know you love your son, but why don't you love them?However, I must teach them a painful lesson today, so that they can realize their mistakes as soon as possible and repent as soon as possible.I know that the punishment is harsher, but the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. If today's punishment can bring back the old affection between their brothers, I think everything is worth it. "

Empress Changsun seemed to understand some implication from her husband's words, her eyes suddenly lit up with joy, and she cautiously speculated: "Your Majesty, you mean that as long as the two brothers realize their mistakes and repent, you will recall them to Chang'an in the future. Moreover, will Tai'er be restored to the title of Wei Wang and Cheng Qian's crown prince?"

His Majesty Li Er didn't nod, but he didn't shake his head either. Instead, he prevaricated: "I didn't say so, so don't guess, take good care of the pheasant slaves. I'll go to Wangbei Pavilion to review the memorial first, and then come to Ganlu in the evening." Stay overnight in the palace."

After finishing speaking, His Majesty Li Er abandoned Empress Changsun and strode towards the outside of the palace.

Seeing her husband's resolute and hasty back, Empress Changsun held the child tightly in her arms, and said quietly to the infant baby: "Pheasant slave, pheasant slave, the queen mother is getting more and more unable to understand your emperor father!" .Is it a tiger poison eater? Or is it well-intentioned? The queen mother can't see through it either, the pheasant slave must learn to be good when he grows up, and he must not learn from your two unsatisfactory brothers."

"Chuck, cluck..."

The infant child seemed to have woken up, but he didn't cry or fuss. Instead, he opened his eyes and smiled cutely.

At the same time, in Sufeng Hall, which is some distance away from Ganlu Hall.

At this time, Concubine Yang, who was born as a princess in the Sui Dynasty, was sitting in front of the bronze mirror dressing table as usual, letting the maid comb her hair with black hair.

Two court ladies, one was holding a wooden tray containing combs and gold and silver hairpins, and the other was standing behind Concubine Yang, combing her hair gently and softly.

Concubine Yang looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and sighed faintly: "Oh, Yi Ren is haggard and thinner, and in a blink of an eye these years have passed, and Ben Gong has gray hair."

"Hee hee, the imperial concubine was joking." The palace maid who was combing her hair said with a coquettish smile, "Where did you get white hair from your black hair? Excuse me, I can't find a single white hair. .”

"Yes, yes, according to the servants, the empress walked out of the Sufeng Hall and stood in front of the emperor, and she brought six palaces of powder and black color."

Concubine Yang heard the conversation between the two maids, she couldn't help but yelled with a smile, "You two cunning girls, you really made me happy. Watch it, watch it all."

As she spoke, Concubine Yang randomly picked up two jade hairpins from the wooden tray and gave them to the two palace maids.

The court ladies were rewarded, so they naturally smiled and thanked the empress for a thousand years.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of kicking footsteps outside Sufeng Hall, and a voice rushed into Concubine Yang's ears: "Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, something... serious!"

Keer?

Concubine Yang's complexion couldn't help changing when she heard about the big event, her face was covered with frost, and even the two maids who had received the reward just now had their complexions stiffened, and they all turned their heads to look at the door anxiously.

In an instant, Li Ke, the King of Shu, wearing a crown soaring to the sky, a python robe with a jade belt around his waist, and a handsome face like a crown, ran into Concubine Yang's sight.

Chapter 869 Concubine Yang and Shu King Li Ke

"Ke'er? Why are you here?"

Concubine Yang stood up from her seat in front of the bronze mirror dressing table, motioned to the two court ladies who followed her to step back, and walked towards her son Li Ke with a beating heart.

Taking a closer look, Li Ke's face was full of excitement at this time, she couldn't help frowning and said to herself, could it be that something good happened instead of something big?

Then she asked: "Ke'er, seeing your excited expression, what happened to make you so happy?"

With a smile on his face, Li Ke's face was full of joy. After seeing the two maids walking out of the palace gate, he immediately rushed to Concubine Yang and asked, "Mother and concubine, happy event, great happy event, you know that when the emperor passed by Ganlu In the hall, did you see anything?"

Manna Hall?

Concubine Yang couldn't help but thump in her heart when she heard these three words, and that dignified and elegant face—Changsun Wugou couldn't help but appear in her mind.

Suddenly, Concubine Yang boldly speculated: "Could it be that the woman Changsun Wugou has passed away?"

"Uh... not!"

Li Ke knew that his mother had always held a grudge because the eldest grandson queen was favored by his father alone, and he wished for the eldest grandson queen to die all day long, so that no one would compete with her in front of his father's favor.

When Concubine Yang heard that it was not the case, her sense of anticipation was instantly shattered, and she said angrily, "Then what other happy event can there be in Ganlu Palace? Ke'er, don't go around in circles, let's talk about it quickly."

Li Ke saw that his mother was quite disappointed, so he stopped being a secret, but said excitedly: "Mother, the emperor was furious in the palace of Ganlu just now, and the emperor was furious. He personally delivered the decree to the eldest grandson Wuji, not only demoting the king of Wei. He was assigned the title of Qianzhou fief, and also deposed Li Chengqian as the crown prince. It is estimated that after such a short period of time, Changsun Wuji has already finished drafting the imperial decree and went to Zongzheng Temple to find Uncle Jiangxia to sign and seal it."

"what?"

Concubine Yang turned pale with shock, a gold hairpin and jade hairpin trembled on her head, and a phoenix hairpin fell to the ground, making a jingling sound.

But she didn't care to pick it up, but asked with a surprised expression: "Ke'er, is this true?"

Li Ke said complacently: "Can this be false? To verify this, I even asked Dong Shun, the eunuch who is in charge of Ganlu Palace today, to inquire. Hehe, there is indeed such a thing, concubine mother."

Concubine Yang lived deeply in Sufeng Palace, and she didn't even know what happened in the Wei Palace today, let alone the whole story of the incident in Ganlu Palace, so she naturally asked perplexedly: "What...what is this for? Your Majesty today Why uncharacteristically deposed Wei Wang Li Tai, and also abolished the prince? As far as I know, Li Tai is the emperor's favorite prince, and the prince Chengqian has the strong support of the grandson Wuji and other important officials. This, this is true It's incredible."

Li Ke promised Dong Shun some benefits, and naturally learned the basic situation from Dong Shun's mouth.

Afterwards, he sent the prince into the Wei Palace, and Li Chengqian and Li Tai brothers in the Ganlu Palace bit dogs and dogs, which finally provoked the emperor's wrath, all of which came out one by one.

The more Li Ke talked, the more excited he became, and the more he talked, the more elated he was, he couldn't stop talking, and finally expressed the ambition hidden in his heart: "Mother and Concubine, now Li Tai has been demoted to Qianzhou, and Li Chengqian has been deposed again." After taking over the position of prince, next among these princes, the son-in-law is the most qualified to succeed the prince? Haha, it is the emperor who pays off, and the snipe and clam compete for the fisherman’s benefit. I did not expect that I, Li Ke, also have this One day. Concubine Mu, you must help me lobby my father so that he can make me the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Li Ke looked at Concubine Yang who was pensive and silent, and gently reminded: "Concubine Mother, haven't you always wanted to dominate Empress Changsun in the palace? This time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. .As long as the child becomes the crown prince and crown prince of the Tang Empire, you will be more expensive than the mother. I am afraid that the eldest grandson empress will abdicate to let the virtuous, and give you the position of the master of the six palaces? Hahaha... Eh? Concubine Mu, why don't you seem to be very happy, not very happy? What's wrong with you? Could it be that you are not feeling well?"

After Li Ke sat there alone for a long time, he found that his mother didn't seem to be interested, but instead looked horrified, pale and slightly ugly.

Concubine Yang forced a smile, looked at Li Keyu and shivered, and said, "Ke'er, do you really think you have the last laugh? Child, do you know that our mother and son have already walked outside the gate of hell just now in a daze?"

"Gah? Why did the concubine mother say such a thing?"

Li Ke looked puzzled, and asked: "Could it be that Li Chengqian's deposed crown prince is not a good thing for the child and mother?"

Concubine Yang shook her head, and said: "No, Li Chengqian's deposed is certainly gratifying, but did Ke'er forget the body that Dong Shun mentioned to you just now that was brought into the palace?"

Li Ke said: "My child knows, didn't Dong Shun say that? It was the body of the former Sui prince Yang Yong. Li Chengqian just discovered that Li Tai was harboring Yang Yong in the palace of Wei Wang, so he led his troops in and finally forced Yang Yong to surrender. He's killing himself. What does that have to do with us?"

"My silly boy, there is a lot to do here."

Concubine Yang glanced at her son who had a heart higher than the sky, but she was careless, and reminded: "Who is Yang Yong? That is the former Sui prince. And who is the mother concubine? The concubine mother is the princess of the former Sui Dynasty. You and Yang Yong are blood relatives. And Yang Yong is Ke'er, who are you?"

Li Ke snapped his fingers and said, "According to seniority, Ke'er should call him uncle."

Concubine Yang said: "Isn't this the end? Ke'er, half of the blood of the former Sui Dynasty is flowing on your body. Do you think your father will hand over Li Tangtianxia to you? You heard Dong Shun's words clearly just now, you Father has repeatedly issued a gag order in the Palace of Ganlu, forbidding everyone to mention Yang Yong's death in Wei Palace, and forbidding people to publicize Yang Yong's affairs outside the palace. Do you know why?"

Li Ke thought for a while and said, "Isn't the father worried that the death of Yang Yong will arouse the hearts of those former Sui officials and elders in the court and the opposition to remember the old master?"

Concubine Yang shook her head, glanced at Li Ke reproachfully, and said, "Silly boy, you only know one thing, but not the other. Others don't know your father's style of conduct, so could it be that mother and concubine don't understand your father's behavior?" Is it? The reason why he did this is to protect you and my mother and son. He is worried that someone will take advantage of Yang Yong's death and go into Chang'an to hide in Wei Wang's mansion. My mother and son."

Li Ke's face changed suddenly, and he said in horror: "How is this possible? I am a descendant of Li Tang, the king of Shu in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Yong is Yang Yong, and the former Sui Dynasty is the former Sui Dynasty. What does it matter to me?"

Concubine Yang gave a wry smile, and said, "My child, because we all have the blood of the Sui Yang family flowing through our bodies."

Li Ke was speechless for a while, but after Concubine Yang's words, he had long since lost the excitement and excitement just now.

On the contrary, he is more full of loss and helplessness.

Why didn't he know that because his concubine mother was the former princess of the Sui Dynasty, he was destined to be different from other princes from birth.Since he was sensible, he knew the embarrassment of his identity.

However, he still did not give up and asked: "Concubine Mother, is it because I have the blood of the former Sui Yang family that I am doomed to miss the throne in this life?"