Linzhi

He Tai was a little embarrassed by Zhou Ying's words. He recalled the state of his father's death. For the emperor, this was indeed not a matter of honor. A catastrophe happened, which directly affected the temple name after the death of the first emperor, a "ancestor", indeed passed away.

"Then Taizong, the first emperor in this dynasty is only the second emperor. According to past habits, the first emperor's temple name should be Taizong." He said in a deliberative tone.

The new emperor has just ascended the throne, the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, everyone is still cautiously probing each other, and the others are not good or too shameless, Zhou Ying said: "Then follow your Majesty's order."

Seeing that his will was carried out, He Tai happily said: "What else is there today, let's discuss it together."

"There is also the posthumous title of Leping County Lord and Yin Guifei." Xue Tan said, "The Ministry of Rites intends to posthumously confer the title of Leping County Lord Leping Princess, and be buried with princess ceremony."

Speaking of his daughter, He Tai's expression darkened, and he said: "I would like to add one more thing, build a Buddhist temple next to the princess's tomb, it doesn't need to be too big, and one or two monks should live in it, pray for Jia Niang, and bless her to die soon , prosperity and peace in the next life."

After the death of the previous princess, there had never been such a precedent, but He Jia was the only daughter of He Tai, and all the officials were sympathetic to the pain of the new emperor's loss of a daughter, and no one ran out to object at such a time.

Zhou Ying also said: "Your Majesty, the old minister would like to donate some of the monthly salary to the temple to pray for the princess, and I ask for your Majesty's permission."

He was not courting the new emperor for no reason. Everyone present knew that there was a reason for Zhou Ying to say this.

When He Jia was still alive, the late emperor bestowed a marriage on her and the youngest son of the Zhou family. He Tai married He Jia, but He Tai didn't agree on the spot, and asked Zhou Ying to go back to discuss with his son, but Zhou Yu refused to agree, saying that he didn't want to go home with a dead person, and he would feel restless when he slept in the future, so Zhou Ying was so angry that he sent him to his home. After scolding, the father and son fell out because of this, Zhou Yu ran away in anger, Zhou Ying had to enter the palace to plead guilty, after He Tai found out, he comforted Zhou Ying in turn, telling him not to mind, saying that he didn't intend to insist on it. Let the daughter marry and so on.

Although the emperor was reasonable, Zhou Ying couldn't help expressing his feelings.

He Taiwen said: "I accept Zhou Xiang's wishes, but since the marriage contract is over, there is no need for Zhou Xiang to spend money on this matter."

He motioned to Xue Tan: "Xue Qing, let's continue."

The next step is the posthumous title of Concubine Yin.

During the palace change, many family members were killed or injured, among them was Concubine Yin Gui who was seriously injured and died.

Although Concubine Yin had not formally formed an alliance with He Tai during her lifetime, she allowed Princess Pei to come to her house, and hinted to Princess Pei from time to time to reveal the late emperor's intentions. This kind of favor was well known to the He family, but few others knew about it.

Therefore, the Ministry of Etiquette only followed the traditional regulations, allowing Concubine Yin to be buried with the etiquette of a noble concubine and posthumously made a concubine.

He Tai nodded slightly, without expressing any objection.

He Rong couldn't help looking at He Tai, and was about to speak, but saw his elder brother He Mu winking at him, He Rong was slightly startled, and finally kept silent.

When the court meeting was over and everyone dispersed, He Rong said to He Tai who was about to leave: "Your Majesty, please stay."

He Mu sighed secretly and rubbed his forehead.

He Tai was surprised: "What, what's the matter?"

He Rong: "I would like to discuss with Your Majesty about concubine Yin's posthumous title."

He Tai frowned slightly: "Isn't this matter just settled?"

He Rong said: "The noble concubine served the late emperor for decades. She was virtuous and gentle, and she was very respectful. She was killed by rebels during the palace change. It can be said that she is very strict. I think it is possible to be a little more grand in the posthumous gifts as a token of respect. Your Majesty's kindness to the late emperor's concubines?"

When the first emperor hadn't made up his mind to establish a crown prince, and when Concubine Pei was planning to follow Yin Guifei's footsteps, He Rong suggested that he be granted the title of empress dowager to show his sincerity. He Tai was also there at the time and acquiesced. Although the imperial concubine is dead, He Rong doesn't think his father's memory is that bad.

Combined with He Mu's desperate winking at him just now, the only possibility is that He Tai is not willing to chase after Yin Guifei.

He Tai really said: "When the late emperor was in power, he already had a queen. Now that I'm on the throne, your own grandmother will naturally follow suit. The space in the late emperor's mausoleum is limited, and there is no room for another queen tablet."

He Rong couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to continue: "Father, Concubine Yin had no sons before her death, and she has not been conferred, so it is impossible for her to be ranked ahead of her grandmother. You don't have to worry about this."

He Tai was still the boss who didn't want it. In his opinion, the first emperor, one queen, and his biological mother, two empresses, happened to be in the left and right stone chambers of the late emperor's coffin. He was grateful to Concubine Yin, but he didn't have any feelings for it. Naturally, she doesn't want to add another mother to herself.

"I remember that the daughter of the imperial concubine married far away in the south of the Yangtze River, so let her and her husband return to Beijing to take care of the elderly, and it will fulfill the imperial concubine's long-cherished wish."

He Rong: "Concubine Yin is already dead. Even if you pursue the title of Empress Dowager, Your Majesty does not have to wait and see. On the contrary, the concubine was born in the Yin family of Taiyuan, and both of them are famous families in Taiyuan. In order to appease the aristocratic family, the first emperor promoted the poor family several times and suppressed the aristocratic clan. Furthermore, it was not the aristocratic clan who colluded with King Qi in rebellion, but Cheng Yue, who was promoted by His Majesty. Although many people did not show their faces, they were inevitably criticized , Now that His Majesty is in power, Vientiane is renewed, and it is time to take the opportunity to repair with the family."

He Mu also said: "Father, what Saburo said is reasonable. In today's world, the family is very powerful. The former emperor wanted to marry the family, but was rejected by the latter. In this dynasty, although it is not so outrageous, but in the court, The aristocratic family is still loud, such as Zhou Ying, Zhang Song and others are all from high schools, if they can benevolent to the aristocratic family with the title of Empress Dowager, why not do it?"

Under the persuasion of the two sons, He Tai finally made a concession: "Forget it, then I will posthumously confer the title of Concubine of Rongguo on Yin's family. In recognition of her meritorious service to the late emperor for many years, she will be buried as a queen."

Although he was not satisfied, his father had already taken a step back, and He Rong couldn't say any more: "Father is reasonable and will be praised by the world."

He Tai curled his lips: "You don't mention the aristocratic family, I'm not angry yet, Jia Niang married Zhou Yu, could it be possible to humiliate him? I don't want him to mourn for Jia Niang for life, and he still has the face to run away from home? Really? That bone, when the first emperor bestowed the marriage, why didn't he go out and resist?!"

The more he talked, the more angry he became: "Thanks to their Yixing Zhou family being a famous family for generations, they don't even understand such etiquette!"

He Jia is dead, and the marriage contract naturally no longer exists. Whether the Zhou family marries or not is justifiable.

He Mu said: "Father, we only have Jia Niang as a younger sister, why don't we want her to live well? But Jia Niang is a princess, she is different from ordinary women, so there is no need to force this matter. It is difficult for an upright official to decide on family affairs, Zhou Xiang is old , I can’t figure it out.”

He Tai waved his hand: "I don't blame Zhou Xiang! I got up early today, and I'm a little tired. I'll go back and rest first. You two can take care of yourself."

The two stood up and sent them off.

Seeing his father disappear, He Mu said to him: "Sanlang, you are good in everything, but sometimes you speak too bluntly, knowing that your father doesn't want to pursue Concubine Yin, you still keep asking, the identity of your father is different now, he is already The king of a country, although we are sons of men, there are differences between monarchs and ministers, you have to pay attention to your sense of proportion, the eldest brother is doing it for your own good."

He Rong: "Brother, when Concubine Pei promised Concubine Yin the title of Empress Dowager, although no one else was present, the matter is well known by heaven and earth, and by all gods. People cannot stand without faith. I can't let my father be a man without faith. "

He Mu disapproved all over his face: "Why do you have to be stubborn on this matter? Now that my father has agreed to allow the Yin family to be buried as a queen, this matter is considered to be over. Don't bring it up again in the future, so as not to make father unhappy for nothing, you know? ?”

He Rong was silent for a moment: "Understood."

He Mu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, be happy, my father has already told me that after the enthronement ceremony, you will be canonized. Change the plaque, change the regulations, don't forget to invite me to have a wedding wine!"

He Rong: "Whenever big brother wants to go, he should welcome you. I heard that Da Lang was frightened and woke up crying in the middle of the night. Is he better now?"

Mentioning this matter, He Mu also sighed: "Not only Da Lang, but your sister-in-law is also like this. She can't sleep well at night. The imperial doctor came to see her and prescribed some tranquilizers. I hope it will work."

The impact of this palace change on everyone is not only the scars on the body, but also the harm deeply burned in the heart.

He Mu said: "Your second brother has been in a bad mood recently. If you have time, please help me persuade him. Live life and always look forward. Everything will be fine in the future. He wants to run away now, and his father also wants to run away." I won't agree."

He Rong was surprised: "Where does the second brother want to go?"

He Mu: "He told his father yesterday that he wanted to ask him to go to Ganzhou to replace Zhang Hou to guard the border, but he has never been in contact with military affairs, unlike you and Wu Lang, how could my father agree, so he naturally rejected it."

The two brothers left the palace together, chatting some gossips on the way, the carriage drove to the market, He Rong stopped the carriage, and said to He Mu: "I'm going to find Yang Jun, do you want to come together?"

He Mu shook his head, and said to him again: "It was fine in the past, but now we have different identities as brothers, even if we don't think about ourselves, we still have to consider the prestige of the Tian family. It doesn't matter, but he is a merchant after all, not a son of the Yang family, if you get too close to him, it is easy to breed disputes, you have to pay attention to it."

He Rong: "Thank you brother for reminding me, I understand."

He Mu saw that the other party couldn't listen, so he didn't say any more. He suddenly remembered his father's previous instructions, and said to the coachman, "Changing the road, go to Yiyang Princess's Mansion."

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Sitting in the rickety carriage, He Xi almost vomited out all his internal organs.

With the experience of coming out of Chang'an, he also chose to rent a carriage this time, and he learned his lesson and brought enough money before leaving, so he was full of confidence.

Unlike He Zhan's expectation, He Xi couldn't bear the hardships and turned back quickly. Before he made up his mind to leave, he spent a lot of time planning the route, and finally chose Beiman Mountain, which is not far from Luoyang, as his foothold. .

There is no other reason. Beimang Mountain used to be the place where the celestial master Zhang Daoling practiced, and there were several generations of emperors' tombs here. It can be seen that there is plenty of spiritual energy and immortal energy. He Xi had already inquired about it. There are also countless Taoist temples, which are the best choice for practicing with great concentration.

This carriage originally had to carry enough five people to be willing to go on the road, but He Xicai was so rich that he directly hired the entire carriage and asked the other party to take him to the foot of Cuiyun Peak. As a result, the carriage traveled for a day and a night, but it still hadn't arrived at the destination. , He Xi, who was dizzy, gradually realized that something was wrong. Cuiyun Peak was right next to Luoyang, so it was impossible to walk so far anyway, right?

"How far is it, haven't we arrived yet?" He couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car to look outside, and saw the greenery outside, and he couldn't tell the difference between the south, the north, and the north. "Where are you?"

"It's almost there, it's almost there!" the coachman replied for the one hundred and eighth time without looking back. "Do you see the mountain in front of you? It's Mang Mountain!"

He Xi endured it for a while, but couldn't help it: "No, stop quickly, I'm going to vomit!"

The driver hurriedly stopped the car: "Mr., don't spit on my car. My car is also rented from a car dealer. If it gets dirty, I have to pay for it!"

He Xi rolled his eyes and was in no mood to talk to him. As soon as the carriage stopped, he scrambled and scrambled to get out of the carriage, holding onto a tree by the side of the road to vomit.

After spitting out all the dry food that he ate along the way, he felt much more comfortable. He Xi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he heard the carriage behind him, he couldn't help turning his head.

"What are you doing! I'm not in the car yet?!"

Seeing that the carriage was about to leave, He Xi was taken aback, and ran forward to chase without even thinking about it. Who knew that his body was weak and weak from motion sickness and vomiting, and he fell to the ground within a few steps, and could only watch the carriage drive away.

"Bastard! Do you know who I am? How dare you leave me behind!" He Xi cursed angrily. Remembering that the luggage was still on the carriage, he couldn't help shouting, "Give me back the fucking luggage!"

The carriage disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the coachman didn't know his identity. Just seeing He Xi as an outsider, and traveling alone, and brought a lot of money, the evil started from his heart, and he cheated him. How could he wait for him? Find yourself to settle accounts?

A flock of birds above the head startled up, flapped their wings and flew away, screaming, as if they were mocking He Xi.

He got up angrily, supported his waist, and looked up while muttering and cursing the coachman.

Since the person said just now that he has arrived at Beiman Mountain, there is no reason for him to turn around and return to Luoyang now, right?If Goro finds out, he will be laughed to death for the rest of his life.

He Xiru thought, thinking that if you don't come, you won't come. Now that you have no money, you can't go back even if you want to go back. Why don't you just go up the mountain to have a look, find a family to live in, and then inquire about the practice.

He made up his mind, kept walking, walked up the mountain road when he found it, and thought about it while walking: I heard that Beiman Mountain is not high, and the terrain is quite flat, so it doesn't feel like walking all the way.

I don't know when the sky turned gloomy, and it started to drizzle. After a while, He Xi's outer clothes were all wet. He began to regret it, but he didn't turn back when he opened the bow. There is no place to cry.

In desperation, He Xi had no choice but to continue walking up.

He was looking forward to meeting someone on the way, even if it was a woodcutter or a hunter, but he didn't know if it was raining, so everyone made an appointment not to go out, and He Xi was panting and crawling to the point of dying, so he couldn't see him. a living person.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and He Xi's underwear was gradually soaked with dampness. His heart saw back and forth between going down the mountain and going up the mountain, but his legs seemed to keep going up the mountain, numb and tired. , the foot slipped, and the whole person almost rolled down.

He endured the feeling of wanting to cry, and looked back at the steep mountain road, not even having the courage to go down the mountain.

At this moment, there was a slight movement in front of him. He Xi raised his head and saw a small figure at the end of the mountain road. He couldn't care whether it was a mandrill or a living person, and hurriedly shouted: "Help me!" ! Help!"

"Who—ah—"

There was a quick response from the front, the voice was crisp and tender, like a child.

In He Xi's current mood, as long as he meets someone who is angry, no matter male or female, old or young, he will be overjoyed.

"I'm lost! Help!"

The child walked very fast, and he arrived in front of He Xi in a short while, under the hat, a pair of round eyes looked at him curiously.

"How could someone go up the mountain to chop firewood in this weather?"

He Xi hurriedly said: "I'm not a woodcutter, I came up the mountain to learn from a teacher, who knew that someone cheated me of my money at the foot of the mountain, and it rained again on the way, boy, where is your home, can you let me take shelter from the rain? On that day, I will repay you a hundred times!"

The little boy was very straightforward: "Come with me!"

He Xi thanked him, and followed him. With a goal, his legs seemed to be stronger, and he was not so tired. He asked curiously, "You little boy, why do you live in the mountains?"

The little boy walked quickly without looking back, "I have lived in the mountains since I was a child!"

He Xi seemed to think of something, and tremblingly said: "You, you are not some kind of mountain spirit, are you?"

The little boy turned his head and gave him a blank look: "You are the monster! I grew up without father and mother, and was adopted by my master."

He Xi snorted: "As expected of the blessed land where Zhang Tianshi practiced, even the people on this Mang Mountain are kind-hearted!"

Child: "What Mang Mountain, this is Shaoshi Mountain!"

He Xi thought there was something wrong with his ears: "What Shaoshi Mountain?"

Little Tong: "How come you have ear problems at such a young age, Shaoshi Mountain is Shaoshi Mountain, this is Laixian Peak of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain!"

He Xi's eyes darkened.