Crossing the East Palace

When Ning opened her eyes, she felt cold.

The body is also cold and hard.

And the place she was in was very familiar to Ning.She thought about it for a while, and then she remembered that the place where she was staying was the place where Emperor Tianyuan used to handle business - Zichen Palace.

"Your Majesty..." Ning couldn't help muttering.She has not seen Emperor Tianyuan for several years.

Tang Luojin walked over slowly, stood beside Ning Shi, and looked down at her.

After all, Ning is getting old, and was locked up by Concubine Xian for too long, lying on a bed all day, locked in a room, her eyes are not working well, when she just opened her eyes, she saw Tang Luojin, who was standing in front of her, thought he had seen Emperor Tianyuan.

"Your Majesty." Ning couldn't help calling out again.

Ning Junyu's face was livid.Until this moment, he hadn't recovered from the shock of his youngest son being thrown to death by his own sister.

Ning Shan knelt at the side, knowing that Ning had admitted the wrong person, but how should he say it?There is nothing wrong with Ning calling the new emperor "The Emperor", isn't it?

After all, Empress Dowager Ning had already died in the fire in Mingshui Palace, and the old woman lying on the ground now... is just a sweeping woman in Mingshui Palace.

With such an identity, if you meet the emperor, if you don't call him the emperor, what should you call him?

"Oh." Tang Luojin rarely hooked the corners of his lips, and said, "So, you know the current affairs like this."

The outlines of Emperor Tianyuan and Tang Luojin were somewhat similar, but their voices were completely different.Moreover, Emperor Tianyuan was old, and Tang Luojin was still young. Even if his voice was cold, it was as cold as ice and snow. Hearing it once, he would never forget it again.

When Ning Shi heard Tang Luojin speak, she immediately woke up.

She suddenly got up from the cold ground, closed her eyes, opened them again, went back and forth several times, and finally saw the person in front of her clearly.

"It's you!" Lady Ning eats two meals a day in Mingshui Palace. Concubine Xian will not intentionally abuse her, but these meals must be disliked by Ning Family, and even if she likes them, they must be cold. The leftovers from the meal, Ning's body will not recover after suffering for the past few years.

But she still struggled to stand up, even after she stood up, she was still much shorter than Tang Luojin by a head.

"It's you." Ning Shi calmed down slightly, looked around, and saw that only she, Tang Luojin, Ning Shan, and Ning Junyu were there in the spacious and luxurious Zichen Palace. She was stunned for a moment, and then hummed With a sound, he said: "Xiaoqi is very capable. Without outsiders, you let Ai's family lie on the ground and ignore them? As a son of man, as an emperor, you are so disrespectful of filial piety and conduct. Improper? Such an emperor, how can he deserve the support of thousands of people?"

In any case, the Ning family was raised as a lady from a young age.And after entering the palace, she has also been a queen for more than ten years, in charge of palace affairs, with great prestige, so when she said these words, Ning Shi was extraordinarily confident.

A mocking smile appeared on Ning Junyu's face.

Ning Shan bowed his head deeply and remained silent.

Tang Luojin looked at her, seemingly puzzled: "Aijia?" Then he was furious, "Presumptuous! The Mingshui Palace is flooded, the Queen Mother has just passed away, and the Queen Mother's bones are not yet cold, you little servant girl, you actually tried to pretend to be the Queen Mother, committing crimes, bullying Your Majesty, you are so courageous!"

Tang Luojin stayed on the Tubo border for three years, and stayed on the Turkic border for nearly a year. On the battlefield, either you die or I die. His hands were stained with the blood of many people, so he was furious Underneath, Ning was so surprised that she couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"You, you... What nonsense are you talking about?" Ning couldn't help but touched her face, and said, "Although Ai's family is old and his appearance is not as good as before, it will not be recognized by others! Even if you refuse to admit it Aijia, but Aijia's father and younger brother are here. Why don't you come and ask them, who is Aijia? On the contrary, it is you, the emperor, who refuses to recognize your biological mother. If the history books are passed on in the future, will someone say you Is it okay?"

Tang Luojin remained silent, only staring at her with a pair of pitch-black eyes.

Ning's heart felt chills from being stared at, and she couldn't help but took two steps back, just in time to trip over Ning Junyu who was kneeling behind her.

Ning immediately grabbed Ning Junyu's arm and said, "Yu'er, tell me quickly! Tell me that Aijia is your sister! Say that Aijia is still alive! There are generations of military exploits from the Ning family, and Junchi is still here." The frontier serves the country, even if Tang Luojin is the emperor now, he must recognize the mother of the Ai family! He is delusional to say that the Ai family is dead, so that the Ai family will not torment him... Hehe, he robbed Min Why don't the Ai family torment him because of his son's position? All goodness and filial piety are the first priority, and it is right for the Ai family to torment him no matter what! It is due!"

Ning's words were particularly straightforward.

Ning Junyu looked at her steadfastly, and for a while, asked without answering: "So, you are only thinking about getting the Ning family to recognize your identity? So, now you don't even remember the child who was thrown to death by you? "

Ning was stunned, thinking of the child she fell to death, her eyes blurred, and then said: "That, it wasn't Aijia who fell to death. It was that child, it was that child who has been struggling in Aijia's hands, I struggled to fall!" Perhaps in her heart, she also felt a little guilty about that child, so after she finished speaking, she waved her hand and said, "What are you talking about? He is just the little prince left by the late emperor. It's just Shen's son! Yu'er, don't just care about him, Yu'er should be thinking about Aijia! With Aijia here, the little nephews of Aijia will get better and better in the future!"

Ning Shan turned his head aside.He obviously couldn't bear to listen to Ning's stupidity.

"I, myself, struggling, struggling, falling, falling, falling, going?" Ning Junyu asked word by word, seeing that Ning Shi was still nodding in a daze, and suddenly stretched out his hand, pushing Ning Shi to the ground on the ground.

"El..."

"Don't call me Yu'er!" Ning Junyu was impulsive and confused when he was young. When he woke up, he had military achievements, but his sweetheart never came back.He could treat his six sons and one daughter kindly, but Ning Junyu didn't like Ning Qi who was born after being drunk.This is also the case, when he proposed the son-changing plan, he was able to really send Ning Qi, who was in his infancy, to the palace with the idea of ​​Ning Qi's "future", so that the little Ning Qi could make a future for himself.Ning Junyu thought at that time that he was doing this child a favor.After all, this kid would be the luckiest one of his kids, wouldn't he?

However, Ning Junyu was wrong again.Not only was he reckless when he was young, but he is also reckless now.

His biggest recklessness was not to send Ning Qi to give himself a better future, but to save Ning Shi and Ning Qi outside Chang'an City, and obviously he could hug Ning Qi to comfort the child. Obviously, when Ning Shi took the initiative to say that he wanted to hug Ning Qi, there was something wrong with his eyes, but he clearly knew that there were so many things wrong, so he finally mistrusted Ning Shi and his own judgment, and sent little Ning Qi to the Ning's hand, and then, he turned around, and when he turned back again, the little Ning Qi had already been thrown to the ground to death.

"When the second sister threw that child? Did you see that child's appearance?" The anger in Ning Junyu's heart welled up, and she couldn't help but stepped forward. This time, she grabbed Ning's neck from the front, "That Son, he doesn't look like me, but like you, Second Sister! That child is my child, and your nephew, Second Sister!"

"But, you just threw him to death without any hesitation! Second sister, did you really not even glance at him when you threw him to death? His appearance looks like you! Like you!"

Ning Junyu strangled Ning's neck like crazy, as if planning to strangle Ning to death.

Ning Shan wanted to stop him, but he was old, and he was not as young and strong as Ning Junyu. For a while, Ning Junyu couldn't help him.

Ning's eyes widened, she didn't know if it was because of being pinched like this, or because of guilt in her heart.

Ning Shan couldn't help turning his head, and begged Tang Luojin: "Your Majesty—"

Tang Luojin squinted her eyes, watched Ning's struggle for a while, then stretched out her hand, and patted Ning Junyu's arm a few times, Ning Junyu's arm went numb, and then let go.

Ning coughed as hard as she could, and it took her a long time to recover. She said in a daze, "The one who fell to my death was really not Shen's child, but the blood of the Ning family?"

Ning Shan nodded.

"How could it be? How could it be?" Ning said, "It shouldn't be like this, obviously it shouldn't be like this!"

Obviously, according to her thinking, once the sixteen princes left by the late emperor were killed, Tang Luojin would have no other more suitable heirs, and could only have children with a woman by herself.And once this is the case, Tang Luojin and Ning Junchi will no longer have any hope of being together.Under such circumstances, she and Min'er hoped to regain the support of the Ning family.

Just didn't expect...

"How could it be the blood of the Ning family? Mingming Tang Luojin also resembles my appearance, but it has nothing to do with me. When I saw that child's appearance, I thought, I thought he was the same as Tang Luojin... ..." Ning cried bitterly, "I didn't think of it, I really didn't think of it! Dad, Yu'er, if I knew that the child was from the blood of the Ning family, I would definitely not be like this!"

Ning Shan sighed: "Huan'er, Huan'er, don't you know what's wrong with you even now?" Seeing Ning's crying, Ning Shan said, "It's your fault, you shouldn't treat what you have lost Have hope again. Also, human life, in your heart, is it really not important? Can it really be given up so easily?"

Ning was stunned, and murmured after a long time: "But, the Ai family will compensate the Ning family. The Ai family is the queen mother, the queen mother!"

Ning Shan wanted to say something more, but seeing Ning's distressed appearance, he couldn't say anything.

Ning Junyu snorted coldly and said, "The queen mother? The queen mother is dead!" He stood in front of Ning and said slowly, "Since you thought you were smart enough to follow Princess An out of the palace, the queen mother It has been announced that the empress dowager died in the Mingshui Palace, and it was only a sweeping woman who got lost! The empress dowager and the emperor, as well as my father and I, have all gone to see the empress dowager's body to confirm the dead one. It's really Empress Dowager Ning, my second sister."

Ning looked at Ning Shan in disbelief.

Ning Shan nodded heavily: "Yes, the second daughter of the Ning family, the former emperor and empress Ning, is dead. You are no longer the queen mother."

The empress dowager forbids her to be, the emperor forbids her to be, and the Ning family... will no longer recognize her identity.

"Then who am I now?"

"Mingshui Palace, lady who sweeps." Tang Luojin turned the finger on her hand, and said slowly, "Mingshui Palace is where my biological mother, Empress Xiaorong, lived when she died, so I will naturally live for a long time. Keep it there. You are an old man by your mother's side, since you are back, you will continue to work in the Mingshui Palace, and be your housewife!"

This is the ending that Tang Luojin arranged for the Ning family.

Ning Shan heaved a long sigh of relief, knelt down and thanked Long En: "My lord, thank you for your kindness."

Ning Junyu also knelt down.

Ning yelled a few times, but still refused to admit her fate, Tang Luojin clapped her hands, and the two hidden guards quickly gagged her and took her away.

Tang Luojin did what she said, and she really sent Ning to Mingshui Hall.

It’s just that the Mingshui Palace is also huge. The work of sweeping the mother-in-law Ning’s house is to clean a remote courtyard and live there. Someone will stuff her daily meals through a small hole in the wall. During the day, the gates are locked.

Ning can yell freely and reveal her true identity, but in this Mingshui Palace, there are only a group of palace servants who can't hear anything.

Except Concubine Xian.

When Concubine Xian saw Ning's being imprisoned, she said a few words to her in a very bad mood.

"Why didn't you die? If you were dead, then I would be free." Concubine Xian said, "If you are still alive, I will guard you here. However, only in this way can the emperor Will you be kind to Min'er?"

Ning said: "I don't know what you're talking about? Anyway, you should find a way to contact Junchi, elder sister, younger sister, they will definitely find a way to save me!"

Concubine Xian ignored her at all, and just sighed to herself: "In the past, I only thought that I could marry a good man and not live under the oppression of my second sister's direct birth status all day long. I never thought that now, Instead, the second sister wants to live under my care. Fate is really unpredictable."

Then he decisively shut Ning in.

Although boring and quiet, to Concubine Xian, what she cares most about is Tang Luomin who is far away in Fujian.As long as Tang Luomin is well, bored, be bored.

She will guard Ning's until she dies.

But, in her heart, she still hopes that that day will come sooner.When Ning Shi died, she died next.

The Ning family was tightly locked up, and Tang Luojin no longer cared about her.

To Tang Luojin, the Ning family was indeed hateful.However, in his heart, the most important thing is Datang who just took over, as well as some people and things he cares about. In his heart, the Ning family is now just an ant that can be easily crushed to death.

He doesn't care about her.

Even though Ning shi hated him to the bone now, wishing to eat his flesh and drink his blood, Tang Luojin didn't care about this person at all.

It is now the night of December 28th in the 29th year of Tianyuan, and until tomorrow, he must officially ascend the throne—although it was a bit hasty, but before he returned to Chang'an City, the Empress Dowager and many people who stayed in Chang'an, He made full preparations for his official enthronement, pilgrimage to ancestors, etc., so on the second day, although the official enthronement seemed rushed, all the procedures that should be followed were gone through, and all the people in Chang'an City knew that the new emperor I'm home!Bringing back an army of one hundred thousand, no one can break through Chang'an City, and no one can bully the people of Chang'an City!

And in the imperial palace, many people ran out one after another, and began to send news to various places-the old was removed and the new was welcomed, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the year name was going to be changed!

On the second day, Xindi officially changed the reign name to Tianrui.

Emperor Tianrui was 21 years old and officially ascended the throne as emperor.Because of his wise youth and his sharp sound, the ministers drafted the year name "Tianrui", and he was known as Emperor Tianrui in history.

Emperor Tianrui came to the throne at a young age, but the officials did not dare to deceive him wantonly.Because Emperor Tianrui gained military merits when he was young and held military power in his hands. At the age of 16, he personally led troops to drive back the Tubo people for hundreds of miles. He did not dare to be an enemy of Datang for several years. The Turks repelled thousands of miles away, and all the captives died.The means are fierce and decisive, and none of the officials dare to make things difficult for him.

In the first year of Tianrui, on the first day of the first lunar month, he went to court.

Emperor Tianrui was heartbroken over the death of his parents. Before his death, the first emperor died on the battlefield. His last wish was that Emperor Tianrui could repel the Turks. When Emperor Rui came to the court for the first time, he said that he would keep filial piety for his parents for three years, not to use the day to replace the month, but to actually keep the filial piety for three years.

All the ministers persuaded each other, and Emperor Tianrui did not change his mind.

Then, Emperor Tianrui officially added the titles to the empress dowager, concubine and others, and gave titles to the princes and daughters left by the previous emperor who had no titles—the sixteenth princes of the previous emperor, who were given the title Yu.

Next, the new emperor's ascension to the throne, routine tax reductions and other things.It's just that when the courtier proposed to amnesty the world, Tang Luojin resolutely refused.

"Amnesty to the world, isn't it true that innocent victims cannot be compensated for the harm they have suffered? Once the thief is released from prison, he may continue to steal, although it makes the victim distressed, or there is no fear of his life; After being released from prison, if such people have repentance and kindness in their hearts, if they have no repentance in their hearts and continue to do evil, wouldn’t they cause more murders?”

Tang Luojin said: "Punish the law, and those who make mistakes will be punished. Unless it is an unjust, false or wrong case and the law is amended, it should not be pardoned at will. Only in this way can the people be convinced and trust in the laws of Datang."

Among the officials, although some people agree with Tang Luojin's approach, after all, as Tang Luojin said, many prisoners dare to do a wrong thing once, and dare to do it a second time or a third time. It may just be the theft of a steamed bun, or it may be murder, arson, rape of women, and kidnapping of children. The former may be a trivial matter, but what about the latter?Not to mention that for the former victims, the criminals who hurt them were sentenced to prison terms or even the death penalty, and in the end they were pardoned for the reason of the new emperor's ascension to the throne. To them, how absurd and sad it is , that is, for the new victims, isn't it because of the amnesty of the world that they were released by people who knew they were criminals?

However, since some people agree, there must be some people who oppose it.

"This matter is impossible. The new emperor's ascension to the throne and amnesty to the world are the actions that should be done in all dynasties. The emperor's first enthronement, even the emperor's throne has not been firmly established. How can we deny the actions of our ancestors like this?"

"Exactly. The Master said: 'When the father is alive, watch his aspirations; when his father is gone, watch his deeds. If he has not changed the way of father and son for three years, it can be called filial piety.' Apart from other things, just for the sake of filial piety, your majesty will not It should be so reckless to deny what the late emperor has done." The courtier who brought up this matter this time was very shrewd, and he reminded implicitly, "I think back then, when the late emperor canonized His Majesty as the crown prince, he even pardoned the world and let the world Thanks to His Majesty, the world has more labor force. If the former Emperor is like this, how can His Majesty change his will so easily?"

The ministers immediately quarreled.

Tang Luojin let them quarrel without speaking, and when they finished their quarrel, they continued to talk about the next thing.

King An's rebellion colluded with the rebellion of the previous dynasty and the people of Goryeo and Wa. Although it was because Tang Luojing, the son of King An, suffered from being dismembered on the battlefield, King An angered the Ning family from top to bottom, so he did not want to have a Tang of Ning family's blood. Luo Jin ascended the throne, but a mistake is a mistake. This kind of high treason will naturally lead to the death of nearly nine clans.

Of course, within the Nine Clans, minors will be degraded to humble status and will not be killed.

Tang Luojin knew that this was the case in this era. If King An didn't punish him heavily, then when other people saw it, they would think that they would not be severely punished like King An, so exterminating the Nine Clans was a must.It's just that King An is a member of the royal family, so the Nine Clans... Naturally, they are the discounted Nine Clans.

The matter of King An was settled, and then there was the matter of Goryeo and Wa.Leaving aside the Wa Kingdom for now, Gao Li and Da Tang are so close, yet they dared to deceive Da Tang, Rao Tang Luojin was also annoyed.

"Ice and snow melt in March, and Korea will be destroyed! They won't be obedient, so let our people go and make them obedient."

As soon as Emperor Tianrui's words came out, the officials immediately fell silent.

They almost forgot that even though Emperor Tianrui had just ascended the throne, his temper was completely different from that of the previous emperor.Whether it is the first emperor or the previous emperors, when they first came to the throne, they were all very tolerant and generous.But Emperor Tianrui is different.

Emperor Tianrui's wisdom and wisdom are true, and his generosity and benevolence are true. However, who can expect an emperor who can fight and kill captives without changing his face? What about the "generous and forbearing" emperor who has repeatedly compromised?

That is simply impossible.

In the first year of Tianrui, in March, Emperor Tianrui led an army of 15 to conquer Goryeo himself.

Goryeo was in the civil war before, so it was invincible, so it asked for help from the Wa Kingdom, but the Wa Kingdom did not respond. In June, Goryeo was destroyed and became the capital of Datang Prefecture, which was jointly ruled by Koreans and Han people.

After Emperor Tianrui personally conquered Korea, the officials felt obedient, not only abolished the matter of amnesty to the world, but also various ideas of Emperor Tianrui were slowly implemented in Datang.

Before Emperor Tianrui came to the throne, he consulted Qiansou, so he wrote a farming book, and according to the book, he started to grow grain on the field, and tested which method could grow more grain.After Emperor Tianrui ascended the throne, those experimental officials finally got results, and then slowly implemented the method in various places.Grain production has gradually increased in various places.

When Emperor Tianrui was not enthroned, he opened male and female charity halls all over the country.Except for men, women are given special preferential treatment, and they are taught how to survive.Now that Emperor Tianrui is enthroned, he acts like a leader. Many people, in order to please Emperor Tianrui, have also started to open philanthropic halls to treat women kindly. Come out, making the number of civilians in Tai Tong more.

In the three years of Tianrui, Tang Luojin really did what he said to Ning Junchi. In three years, he sent 10 soldiers to Turkic—of course, among the 1 people, there are [-] people who are purely women soldiers .

Although the officials objected, Tang Luojin insisted on going her own way. These women's soldiers have received three years of training, and now they are no better than the men. The officials wanted to object, but they couldn't resist Emperor Tianrui at all, so they had to let them go.

Emperor Tianrui sent [-] troops to the Turkic border in three years, and everyone knew that Emperor Tianrui planned to attack Turkic again, and the news spread quickly.

Even Tang Luomin, who lives far away in Fujian, also knows about this matter.

"How is it possible, how is it possible... Obviously, it shouldn't be like this."