Fu Tang

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Li Congjia had just finished his breakfast, and when he heard the news, he felt that everything was lying on his chest, and his whole body felt uncomfortable just standing there for a while.

He turned his head to look at Shi Xueting on the side, opened and closed his mouth, and said after a long time: "Did she not understand me?"

Li Congjia specially appeased Zhou Ehuang, just because he was afraid that she would have some thoughts. Of course, he was worried that Zhou Ehuang would kill him without stopping. After all, there were only two queens he met who killed the emperor, and one of them was his own mother.

What if Zhou Ehuang learns from her mother-in-law?

However, what I never expected was that Zhou Ehuang did not intend to kill him, but committed suicide!

Li Congjia immediately had someone call Li Zhongyu over. At this time, Li Zhongyu hadn't heard the news. When he came over, he heard the news of Zhou Ehuang's suicide, and he was dumbfounded.

No matter how mature Li Zhongyu is usually, at this moment he is only a ten-year-old child.

Li Congjia pulled him by his side and said, "You go to Penglai Pavilion with me now."

Li Zhongyu held Li Congjia's hand tightly, and habitually relied on Li Congjia when he was at a loss. In fact... he had no one else to rely on.

Li Congjia brought Li Zhongyu to Penglai Pavilion. At this time, Zhou Ehuang had been put on the bed, and his condition...was not very good. After all, he died by hanging himself. This is the result of finishing.

After Li Zhongyu saw it, he was silent for a while, and then threw himself on the bed and cried loudly.

At this moment, he has forgotten all about the demeanor of a prince and all the etiquette. He only knows that his mother left him overnight.

Seeing Li Zhongyu crying sadly, Li Congjia's eyes were a little red, and he turned his head to look at the group of people kneeling on the ground around him, and found that the maid Xiaoqiao who usually followed Zhou Ehuang was kneeling there wiping tears.

Li Congjia walked up to Xiaoqiao and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why did the Queen hang herself when she was fine?"

Xiaoqiao was just sobbing just now, but at this moment she burst into tears: "Slave...it's the fault of the slave, the lady didn't keep anyone on guard last night, and when she woke up this morning, she found that the lady has...already..."

Li Congjia looked up at Fangliang for a while before saying, "Impossible, Ehuang is not such a person, there must be something wrong with this matter!"

After Xiaoqiao heard this, she immediately persuaded: "Your Majesty, the lady has already gone, and her spirit in the sky must not want to see you so sad, you..."

Li Congjia turned his head and looked at Xiaoqiao for a while, then said coldly: "You talk too much, come here, take it down and ask!"

Li Zhongyu was so sad that he almost fainted from crying, but his quality as the heir to the throne also played a role at this time. After hearing that Li Congjia asked Xiaoqiao to be taken down for interrogation, he wiped away his tears and said, "That's right, yesterday my son sent A When Niang came back, A Niang was still doing everything as usual, how could it suddenly... must...someone must have murdered A Niang!"

Li Congjia walked over and hugged Li Zhongyu in his arms and said, "Don't worry, father has already found justice for your mother."

Justice needs to be found, but people have already gone, and funerals have to be done. After all, the mother of the country has passed away, and there are corresponding rules and regulations. The first thing to do is to notify the Ministry of Rites, and these things are under their control.

So not long after, everyone in the court knew the news of the queen's death.

Li Congjia's original thought was that Zhou Ehuang's death was strange, so he didn't want the official historian to record it. However, after the inspection, the Feng Yumen all said in unison that he died by hanging himself, not homicide, so he could only record it.

The only thing Li Congjia can do is to let the historian only record the cause, time and place of death, and no other speculative language is allowed to be written.

However, even this can't stop everyone from thinking that Zhou Ehuang committed suicide in fear of crime.

As Li Zhongyu's son, he was going to guard his mother's spirit. Li Congjia comforted him for a long time, and when the child was not so dull, he told people to watch him and went back to Zichen Palace by himself.

Shi Xueting was waiting for him in Zichen Palace. After Li Congjia returned, Shi Xueting asked, "Did you really hang yourself?"

Li Congjia nodded with a serious face, but still said: "How is it possible?"

Shi Xueting asked: "How is it impossible?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "You don't understand her, she's not stupid, committing suicide in such a precarious situation won't do any good, instead it may implicate Dalang."

Shi Xueting really didn't understand Zhou Ehuang, but when he heard Li Congjia say this, he felt a little strange, he put the strangeness aside and asked, "Do you think it's impossible for her to commit suicide?"

Li Congjia sat behind the imperial case and nodded slowly. Zhou Ehuang has encountered very difficult situations in recent years. When she saw that Li Congjia was not the original Li Congjia, she was just a princess and her son was very young. She herself had no one to believe her feelings.

At that time, Zhou Ehuang's situation was actually more dangerous than it is now. After all, the whole palace obeyed Li Congjia. If Li Congjia had malicious intentions, neither she nor her son could live.

However, under such circumstances, Zhou Ehuang insisted on dealing with Li Congjia to the end, trying his best to save the lives of himself and his son.

And later Li Congjia ran to the Western Regions. In fact, Zhou Ehuang could choose not to follow at this time. Li Congjia still finds it incredible, because anyway, staying in the South at that time must be much more comfortable than going to the Western Regions. can remarry.

However, Zhou Ehuang still took her son to the Western Regions. It can be said that Zhou Ehuang's intuition is very keen, and she can always find the most beneficial way of survival for herself at the most dangerous time.

This case of the Zhou family's rebellion has indeed had a great impact, but whether the queen will be involved is a matter of Li Congjia's words. As long as Li Congjia believes in her, then only the Zhou family may be severely sentenced in the end. Several in-laws of the Zhou family.

Li Congjia worried that Zhou Ehuang would think too much yesterday, so he reminded Zhou Ehuang that strictly speaking, her surname should be Li now. They will not be punished, except of course those who really got involved in it.

The only difference is that Zhou Ehuang has a special status because she will become a vested interest.

But Li Congjia believed that Zhou Ehuang should have a better way to deal with it. Suicide is the next strategy, and after she committed suicide, she almost nailed the Zhou family to the position of conspirators.

What's more, even if she really participated in the rebellion, the most important thing is that she is just abolished. The future life may not be easy, but it will be much better than now.

What does Li Congjia think? Zhou Ehuang should not be so stupid, and the people around her are also very suspicious. If the queen commits suicide in fear of crime, then no one around her will try to run away, and everyone around her will be killed. Of course, the official comparison The civilized term is burial.

As for the reason for the burial, of course, these people want to show their loyalty. In fact, suicide with Zhou Ehuang may be the least painful way.

However, no one in the entire Penglai Palace lost their lives except Zhou Ehuang. These people... are they really stupid or fake?

Li Congjia was thinking about the cause of Zhou Ehuang's death here, while Shi Xueting reminded him: "Prince, you should pay more attention."

Li Congjia paused, feeling his head hurt even more.

If Zhou Ehuang really just committed suicide, then this matter is an inextricable knot.

The three people who were most affected by this incident were Li Congjia, Zhou Ehuang, and Li Zhongyu. However, all three of them were innocent. His father may also be estranged from him.

Li Congjia also worried that Li Zhongyu had a estrangement in his heart, and worried that he would only want to avenge his mother.

What the hell is this? After finally raising my son, this kind of problem turned up.

No matter how serious Li Congjia was, he had to doubt it. He closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Just wait for the result."

No matter who it is, they all expressed their incomprehension to Li Congjia's insistence on interrogating the people around Zhou Ehuang, because Zhou Ehuang had reasons and motives for committing suicide, why should he interrogate?

Everyone agreed that Li Congjia was so sad that he couldn't accept such a result for a while, so he asked others to trouble him.

Many people still sympathize with Li Congjia, and feel that good fortune has tricked people, and the emperor and empress have such a good relationship, so this kind of thing happened.

Only Shi Xueting knew that Li Congjia was very sober at this time, and he must have his purpose in doing so.

After two days, Xiaoqiao finally couldn't stand it any longer and uttered the truth.

Zhou Ehuang did commit suicide, but there were external reasons. Ever since Zhou Ehuang found out about the Zhou family's rebellion, she fell into a state of anxiety. She naturally didn't believe it at first, but after Zhou Qing was arrested, Confessions appeared one after another, and the last hope in Zhou Ehuang's heart disappeared.

Originally, Li Congjia had comforted Zhou Ehuang very well yesterday, but the bad thing was the people around Zhou Ehuang. Xiaoqiao has been intentionally or unintentionally talking to Zhou Ehuang, such as "Will your majesty suspect the prince?" "The prince has already supervised the country." Twice, His Majesty should trust the prince very much, but after this time... what should we do?" These words.

Zhou Ehuang was already in a state of desperation. After hearing what Xiaoqiao said, she was very worried that Li Zhongyu would be implicated. At this time, she had faint thoughts of suicide. After all, Li Zhongyu was only Li Congjia's son after she died. , will no longer be influenced by her mother, she is alive, after Li Congjia has dealt with the Zhou family, she always has to worry about whether she will instigate Li Zhongyu to take revenge.

Xiaoqiao used words little by little to push Zhou Ehuang to the brink of collapse.

Li Congjia felt that Zhou Ehuang basically committed suicide impulsively. She just walked into a dead end and couldn't think of another way. Maybe after a while, or with Li Zhongyu by her side at the time, Zhou Ehuang might not have chosen this path.

However, the most fundamental reason is that there is no trust between Li Congjia and Zhou Ehuang. The two of them have always been in peace with each other like strangers. Matters of life and death are very troublesome.

Zhou Ehuang did not trust Li Congjia, even if Li Congjia gave her a verbal guarantee, it was useless. In fact, such a guarantee was indeed useless. If the courtiers felt that the queen was not suitable and wanted to abolish the empress, how long could Li Congjia resist?

After Li Congjia knew about it, he naturally wouldn't hide it, and announced it directly. Then when he saw Li Zhongyu, he pulled Li Zhongyu into his arms, touched his cheek that had obviously lost weight in the past two days, sighed and said: "I'm sorry for your mother."

He said this sincerely, but if the relationship between him and Zhou Ehuang was relaxed, even if they were friends who trusted each other, they would not reach the point where they are today.

However, it is impossible. Li Congjia may be able to accept Zhou Ehuang as his friend, but Zhou Ehuang cannot accept it. What she needs is a husband who loves her. If she cannot, then be a stranger.

Li Zhongyu hugged Li Congjia and buried his head in tears. The small confession transferred Li Zhongyu's hatred to her very well.

Now Li Zhongyu hates Zhou Qing and Xiaoqiao, but he doesn't have much hatred for Li Congjia. Perhaps Li Congjia should be thankful that Li Zhongyu is not too young now, and he can be regarded as able to distinguish right from wrong, at least his hatred has been transferred.

Zhou Ehuang's funeral was not very grand. During this process, Li Congjia quickly dealt with the Zhou family. Among them, Zhou Qing was directly executed, the Zhou family was directly exiled, and several in-laws of the Zhou family were also punished to varying degrees. Generally, the level is lowered, and there is no real injury.

During this process, the Crown Prince Li Zhongyu didn't say a word of intercession. He really couldn't understand why the Zhou family did this. If it hadn't been confirmed that this matter had nothing to do with him, he, the Crown Prince, might have been abolished.

Li Congjia found that after the initial grief passed, Li Zhongyu seemed to have grown up a lot at once. He lost some innocence and softness, and more of an inexplicable temperament. If he had to describe it, maybe he was a qualified prince. The temperament it should have.

Regarding this point, Li Congjia regretted it. He originally hoped that Li Zhongyu would live a less tiring life, at least not put too much pressure on him, but it was too late to say anything now.

After this incident, Li Congjia directly transferred Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu to the cabinet. Since then, there have been no former Southern Tang ministers in the cabinet, but no one can say that these two people are not qualified enough.

After thinking about it, Li Congjia still gave Fan Zhi the first assistant. After all, Fan Zhi is more suitable. Zhao Pu is still a bit young, and his qualifications in the cabinet are not enough. He has never been a prime minister before. However, Li Congjia is most optimistic about him, basically Take him as Fan Zhi's heir.

As long as Zhao Pu doesn't have a convulsion halfway through, he's scared now, Zhou Zong... Well, maybe Zhou Zong didn't have a convulsion, it was Zhou Qing who had a convulsion, but Zhou Qing's convulsion is also inexplicable.

The death of Zhou Ehuang actually made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, which proved that the previous astrology was correct, and the death of the empress was naturally a great funeral.

As long as it's not the emperor, it's fine.

After being suppressed in the court for a few days, he returned to his normal state.

Although Fan Zhi hadn't had much contact with government affairs before, he had the foundation to govern the state of Zhou. Thinking back, the territory of the state of Zhou was not small. Basically, it was just a little bit short of being able to unify the Central Plains, and the result was...

The first thing Fan Zhi said to Li Congjia after he took office was: "Whether it is the Southern Zhou Dynasty or the Yanyun Sixteen States, it is best to fight as soon as possible."

Li Congjia couldn't react for a while, isn't it... You guys... are different?

When Zhou Zong was here before, every time Li Congjia said that he wanted to fight Yanyun Sixteen States, Zhou Zong first objected, why did Fan Zhi change?

Fan Zhi's reason is very sufficient: "Now that the people are still bloody and accustomed to the life of war before, they will fight if they can. In the future, the world will enter a stable stage, and if they can't do it, then don't do it."

Li Congjia resolutely ordered Gao Huaide to continue to lead the fight. Gao Huaide was also trembling because of the previous incident. After all, he started the fight, but later told him that the cabinet gang ordered it, and the emperor didn't know?He also became a member of the rebellion?

In this case, even if Gao Huaide is allowed to fight, he can't concentrate on leading the troops to continue the attack.

After the dust settled on this incident, Gao Huaide was finally relieved, and reported: Li Congshan seems to have run away.

When Li Congjia got the news, he didn't care. He knew that Li Congshan couldn't have the courage to die.

Anyway, for Li Congjia, he would not die so easily, but Li Congshan who ran away has no use value, and I don't know how the people in Xiuguo will treat him.

Gao Huaide went straight to Ruzhou this time, but what surprised him was that the people guarding Ruzhou were not people from Xiuguo, but Khitan people!

Gao Huaide's footsteps into the palace were restrained, and he didn't know whether to fight for a while. After all, Datang and Khitan had formed an attack alliance before, and it was a disguised agreement on the ownership of the territory. state?

If it was Gao Huaide before, he would definitely fight without saying a word, but now...he thought about it and still didn't dare to send troops directly, but wrote a note to ask for instructions.

After Li Congjia saw the excerpt, he said directly: "What's wrong with Gao Huaide? He wasn't such a cautious person before, right? What are you waiting for when you meet a Khitan? Just call and talk to the Khitan? It was just a joke before, and both sides were concerned." It’s unspoken, but we had a lot of things to do here before, and we didn’t have time to let them take advantage of it.”

Shi Xueting said: "Gao Huaide is worried. Everyone should be worried about the previous incident. Didn't you see that the King of Chu and the King of Shu are complaining about illness these two days?"

Li Congjia said helplessly: "They are all like this. Pan Mei is still in the Western Regions, and Gao Huaide alone is definitely not enough. Otherwise... National Teacher, only you can share my worries."

Shi Xueting was a little helpless: "There are so many people in the court, why should I come?"

Li Congjia shook his head and said, "No, they must have been scared out of their wits. These guys are still military generals, why are they more cowardly than each other? I'm still in Chang'an now, who can directly pass me and give orders? What are you afraid of?"

Shi Xueting said with an unpredictable expression: "If you really want to kill someone, it's not impossible. They also have their own concerns. The king of Shu and the king of Chu have made a lot of contributions. I'm afraid they are worried about the high meritorious deeds. Others... and Personally available, that is Yang Ye."

After hearing this, Li Congjia was a little confused: "Yang Ye...he was defeated by Khitan before, I'm afraid he will have a psychological shadow."

Shi Xueting looked puzzled: "What psychological shadow?"

Li Congjia explained: "I am worried that he is afraid of the Khitan people."

Shi Xueting didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's just that you lost once, or because you underestimated the enemy, so what? Who can guarantee that you will be invincible?"

Li Congjia cupped his face and said, "You are."

Shi Xueting: ...

Shi Xueting somewhat understood what Li Congjia meant, he wanted to set an example, so that everyone should not worry, he would not implicate too many people.

So Shi Xueting was ready to go, and Li Congjia gave him an order to do things cheaply, and Shi Xueting suddenly realized that Li Congjia thought that Gao Huaide and the others had to write notes every time to ask for instructions, which was a waste of time, and they might be waiting for a reply. The warplane is fleeting.

However, Li Congjia is still suspicious of others. Through the Zhou family, he feels that these courtiers may not be as loyal to him as he imagined.

He needs to observe again, and he will clean up if he is restless, so in this case, the only person he can trust is Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting took Li Congjia's order and left Chang'an. At this time, everyone could see that Li Congjia trusted Shi Xueting the most at the critical moment.

Li Zhongyu didn't understand this, and Li Congjia couldn't explain his relationship with Shi Xueting to him, so he had no choice but to say: "The national teacher is aloof, so there is no interest involved, and he will not betray because of power."

Li Zhongyu felt that it seemed reasonable, but he also felt that something was wrong.After going back and thinking about it for a long time, it can only be attributed to the deep relationship between his father and the national teacher. Of course, in a sense, Li Zhongyu can be regarded as the truth.

After Li Congjia fooled Li Zhongyu, he received a letter from Shi Xueting. Because Shi Xueting was not a courtier, he didn't need to write a note.

Li Congjia was puzzled at first, considering that the time should have just arrived, why did he write so soon? Did he miss him?

After the result was opened, Li Congjia saw that it said that Li Congshan had surrendered to Khitan, Xiuguo was split, and the Khitan people sent Jurchens to accept the surrender.

Li Congjia's face was gloomy immediately, why didn't Gao Huaide kill Li Congshan at that time?

The author has something to say: Li Zhongyu: After looking through the history books, the only ones who can find such a relationship between father and state teacher are Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Wei Qing.

Li Congjia: Son, you make it impossible for me to look directly at these two people.

Li Zhongyu: In the future, I will also find such a person, so I will leave a good story through the ages.

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