Half blood

Li Xuanyang wrote a three-page excerpt, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of opening the city gate to accept refugees, and discussing the pros and cons. After finishing writing, Li Xuan felt that he had written it really well. If you hand it over, everyone will still be amazed.

The emperor read the excerpt written by Li Xuan, and was amazed, "You, what are you writing!" Li Zhengya roared angrily in the hall.Fortunately, Li Xuan specially asked Li Xuan to hand over his written papers one day in advance before the court, so as not to make a fool of himself during the court.After reading this brochure, Li Zhengya felt really lucky for her wise decision.

"You actually want to open the city gate to let in refugees from outside the city, what on earth are you thinking?" Li Zhengya roared angrily.

Li Xuandao: "Father, they are all refugees affected by the flood in the south, and we are also responsible for the flood in the south..."

"Shut up," Li Zhengya pinched the center of her brows, and said, "Just let go of this idea. As long as we don't open the city gate, they will all be gone in a few days."

"They'll all be dead in a few days. When they're dead, your goal will be achieved, won't you?"

"Presumptuous," Li Zhengya said: "Let hundreds of people from outside the city gate come in today, and hundreds more tomorrow. It's not like you don't know the current situation. You are not young, why are you still awake? "

Li Xuan knelt on the ground and asked forcefully: "Don't you just ignore it? Just watch them die one by one outside the city?"

Li Zhengya said: "I will send them food regularly, and if the food is broken, let them wait at the door every day."

Li Xuan stopped talking, he felt very heartbroken, a kind of powerless heartache.Separated by a thin city wall, one end is Guotai Minan, and the other end is mourning.He retreated from the palace and saw a person waiting for him outside, Li Xuan walked over and said, "Why, did you come to see my joke?"

Li Xiuqi said: "Where is Your Highness thinking? I just want to persuade Your Highness..."

"You won't be able to call me Your Highness for long," Li Xuan said, "My father scolded me to death today, but I just don't accept it. Is it just not doing anything like this? Let them wait outside to die? I don't know What will happen to them coming in, but I can't just watch it like this."

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness, you are different..."

"Why is it different!" Li Xuan shouted, "Because my mother's queen is the princess of Qingzhou, so I am a traitor if I do this? Why is there such a big difference? We are all human."

Li Xiuqi whispered: "Your Highness, please don't be impulsive..."

But Li Xuan was so impulsive, he went to the city gate that night and ordered the guards to open the city gate.The soldiers guarding the city recognized Li Xuan as someone who had returned to the capital a few days ago, and hesitantly said, "There is an order from above that the city gates are not allowed to be opened, and nothing can be said."

Li Xuan said quickly: "This brother, you are really conscientious. I also came down with the order from above. When I go back, I will give you a good compliment from my superior."

The soldier guarding the city smiled and said, "Don't make fun of me, this door really cannot be opened."

Li Xuan said, "This brother doesn't believe me?"

The guarding soldier said: "You must at least give me a certificate, otherwise I will not know if what you said is true. This order is from the top, or you said it yourself."

Li Xuan then took out the seal he had just received, and said, "This thing can always be proved, right?"

Of course the soldiers guarding the city knew this thing, their complexion changed slightly, and they hurriedly saluted: "It's the one who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai," and then immediately shouted to the soldiers next to him: "Go, go and open the door!" Li Xuan Urged: "Drive faster."

The city gate opened slowly, and the refugees outside the city gate showed horrified expressions on their faces. They didn't know what it meant. They had knocked on this door countless times before but it didn't move at all, but it opened quietly in this night that was undoubtedly the same as usual.

I don't know who moved first. Amidst a burst of shouting, hundreds of refugees rushed in, like a swarm of locusts saw a fertile field, and swept across the sky in an instant, leaving a mess outside the city.

A boy fell to the ground among the crowd. Li Xuan walked over and helped the boy up. The boy raised his head, looked at Li Xuan with those brown eyes, and said, "Is it you? Is it you?"

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said, "It's me, are you and your mother okay?"

The boy nodded numbly, and said: "Okay, very good!" Li Xuan patted the boy's shoulder with his hands, and said, "That's good." The boy followed his mother and walked away for a few minutes. Bu Bu turned back to look at Li Xuan, Li Xuan grinned at the boy.There seemed to be a gleam of light in the boy's confused eyes, and then he turned his head away.Li Xuan watched the little figure disappear along the stone road in front of the city gate with the crowd, thinking that no matter what he did, at least he helped one person, and if he could help one person, it was one person.

A burst of infantry footsteps sounded from behind Li Xuan. Li Xuan turned around and saw Li Xuan standing in front of the city gate with a group of troops behind him.He stood with his back to the moonlight, and the shadow covered his face. Li Xuan couldn't see clearly what kind of expression Li Xiuqi had at this time.He said, "You came a little later than I thought."

"Your Highness," Li Xiuqi said in a sighing voice, "Your Highness, why don't you just listen to me once?"

Li Xuan laughed at himself, and said, "I can't stand my uneasy conscience."

Li Xiuqi said: "You don't want your conscience to be disturbed, so why don't you think about the consequences of doing so? For your own peace of mind, don't you care about others and the consequences?"

Several soldiers came up and suppressed Li Xuan.The soldiers guarding the city shouted: "I don't know, I don't know, he gave the order, I thought he was pointing the finger at the Holy One." Li Xiuqi said: "No one is going to arrest you, you go and lock the city gate. Closed. Remedy."

Li Xuan was thrown into the dungeon, and there was a cold air rising from the bottom of the dungeon.Li Xuan walked in and sat down among the piles of hay in the middle of the dungeon.

Li Xiuqi didn't come in, he snapped the lock on the door with a click.Then he said to Li Xuan through the railing: "The Holy Majesty is very angry now, you may have to stay here for a while."

Li Xuan turned his back to Li Xiuqi, and said: "I know, I thought it through before I opened the city gate."

The moonlight passed through the small window above the prison and shone on Li Xuan's face. It was late autumn, and the moonlight filled the room like a layer of frost. Li Xuan sighed softly. He thought he could sleep peacefully, but found that he I feel even more guilty in my heart, it seems that my self-willedness is really wrong, is it really wrong?

He stayed in this dungeon for several days, but Li Xiuqi didn't come to see him. He guessed that he had made a big mistake. Li Xiuqi was busy now, so he didn't have time to come and see him, but he knew in his heart that Li Xiuqi was angry. .

Sitting in prison, Li Xuanku wondered if his father would order him to be killed, after all, he had committed a serious crime; then he thought, thinking about the little boy he met outside the city, if the boy survived, he Either way, it was a good thing to do.

Li Fei came to see him and brought him some of his favorite pastries. She looked at the decadent Li Xuan and said, "Why are you so upset? If you want to let the refugees in, you should talk to your father." Discuss, and brother Qi can also give you advice, why do you directly pass the imperial decree?"

Li Xuandao: "I can wait, I can wait for the imperial decree, and I can wait for my father to change his mind, but they can't wait for the refugees outside the city. Have you ever left the city gate?"

Li Fei shook his head.

"They're really thin. It's really just a layer of skin glued to the top of the skeleton. And those children, their faces are so small that they can only hold a pair of eyes. They are very similar to us, and the eyes are also brown. It’s like a cat.” Li Xuan paused, clenched his fists, and said, “It was I who caused them to be like this, I swear, and I am confident that I will build a water diversion dam in the south. The water in the river has passed. This year’s water is already unprecedented in a century, and the water from the river I divided has washed away ten thousand hectares of fertile land in Qingzhou.”

"If it wasn't for me, would they be like this? Who wants to be displaced? Who wants to leave their hometown? It's me that makes them unable to even eat a bite of food, so they can only wait outside the city gate for alms."

Li Fei sighed, lowered her red eyes, took out the cakes in the tray, and said softly: "I know you are guilty, but this is not the result you want. If you don't build this dam, they will If they are affected by the disaster, the people in the south will also be affected. It’s just a matter of balancing the two disadvantages and taking the advantage. Don’t be angry, I specially brought you your favorite food, you can eat whatever you want.”

Li Xuan lowered his lips and said, "I can't eat..."

Li Fei smiled and said: "Why do you look like a child now? When you are angry, you are angry, if you are unhappy, you are unhappy, but you still have to eat. How did you look like this before, isn't the sky big and the earth big, and the food is the biggest?"

Li Xuan lowered his head, picked up a piece and ate it.Li Fei went on to say: "Father really wants to accept a concubine. He is going to accept the He family first, and then another one. But I haven't decided whether the other one is from the Nazhu family or the Wang family. The power of the two families is equal. If Huang accepts one, the other will definitely not follow."

Li Xuan said quickly: "Since you have already paid, then you can accept everything."

Li Fei smiled and said: "Father really meant that. Anyway, it is impossible to accept only one, and the two must check and balance, fearing that the mother will suffer."

Li Xuan snorted, and said: "If he is really afraid of his mother's loss, then he should not accept any of them. Now that the three families are coming together to bully the mother, who can bear it?"

Li Fei said: "In this emperor's family, how can anyone really be jealous of a man? Of course it is for power and status. The identity of the queen mother is not a threat to them at all. It's just that she has the title of queen. If you really want to fight Yes, it is the seat of the crown prince."

Li Xuan sneered and said: "Before anyone comes, and there is no seed in the stomach, you start to fight for the position of crown prince. Should I be dead, or my father is dead?"

Li Fei paused and said, "What about you? What do you think?"

Li Xuandao: "What can you think? Of course, congratulations to my father, I finally have the son he wants."

Li Xuan admired his father. His father could always do things so beautifully. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to do this.He will only marry one, no matter how the outside world persecutes him, he will only marry this one, even if the world is turned upside down, he will only marry this one.But he remembered what Li Xiuqi said to him that night: "Your own conscience is at ease, what should others do?"

Is he selfish?For my own peace of mind, for my own refreshment, I will go my own way regardless of the consequences, harm others and myself, and cause endless harm.Li Xuan wiped his face, and suddenly regretted that he had softened his heart, let Li Xuelin go, Bai Yuan let go, and let in a large wave of refugees.

Li Fei put away the dishes, and said: "It would be great if you can see it this way. I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable, after all, everyone thinks that this person must belong to you. Who knows, it's better to be human than heaven." Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and said: "From the treasure that thousands of people have loved all their lives to the abandoned son who has been thrown into the cold palace, this is not a good feeling." Li Fei tapped Li Xuan's forehead with her finger, and said: "It's time like this, and you're still playing tricks."