Lei Yue Longmen

In just a short while, Li Jingmei had already entered the palace, and I heard that Li Pinghong, Concubine Wen Gui, and Li Jingmei were waiting in the inner room.Princess Chang, Concubine Pei, King Dun, King Cheng, and many concubines, princes and princesses were all standing and waiting in the outer hall.Li Jingchen waited in the outer hall with everyone.The fifth princess, Li Jingchun, approached Li Jingchun and asked in a low voice, "Sister Huang, why didn't Second Sister come?" Li Jingchun closed his eyes and asked her not to ask any more questions.

Suddenly, Cai Ya, the head of the imperial court, hurried out, "Prince Cheng, the Queen Mother has summoned you, hurry up..."

Everyone's eyes turned to King Cheng, the eyes of Concubine Pei and King Dun? Visible anger and jealousy.Cheng Wang himself was a little surprised, he entered the inner room in a daze, and saw Li Pinghong sitting on the bedside and waving at him.

King Cheng walked forward quickly, and saw an old lady with gray hair lying on the sickbed, unconscious, but she kept babbling words in a daze.Listen carefully, you can vaguely hear the words "King Cheng"...

"King Cheng...no...King Cheng...no..."

Everyone didn't understand what she was? What did she mean? They thought she wanted to see King Cheng when she was dying, so Li Pinghong hurriedly called Li Jingnan in, "Your grandma misses you!"

King Cheng thought he was not close to the old queen mother, so he didn't know why she missed him at this moment.Looking back at his mother and concubine, he was even more helpless as he was alone in a daze.

"Mother, your beloved grandson, King Cheng, is here. What else do you want to say?" Li Pinghong snuggled up in front of the old queen mother, crying.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Yan's eyes widened suddenly, she raised her neck suddenly, pointed forward, her lips trembled, her eyes were sunken, and her expression was very stern.

Everyone was taken aback, and King Cheng even fell back a few steps.Only? Concubine Wen Gui didn't move her face, she responded calmly as always, and called out loudly: "The imperial physician!"

"You!" At this moment, it seemed that Yan's whole body strength had been drained, and he finally hiccupped and fell down again, his hand was hammered on the bed, his eyes were staring at the bed curtain, and he had already passed away.

"mother--!!"

"Queen Mother!!"

"Grandmother—!!"

When everyone heard Li Pinghong's grief-stricken cry from the inner hall, they couldn't help but shudder. Then, Cai Ya came out and announced the news of the empress dowager's funeral.All the royal family members knelt down and cried loudly. King Dun even knelt and climbed to the door of the inner room, calling out hoarsely: "Grandmother!" for fear that Li Pinghong would not hear.Li Jingchen, Li Pingzhu, etc. Those who are at odds with the Queen Mother must also make a superficial effort to show sadness and sadness on their faces.Li Jingchen even squeezed two tears out, Li Pingzhu couldn't do that, so he could only tighten his face so that no one would accuse her of taking pleasure in other people's misfortunes.

In the inner room, King Cheng was pushed out from the bed by the crowd, and took a few steps back.Just now, the old empress dowager glared and pointed at their mother and child, it hit his heart like a heavy hammer.He had never been so afraid, and he didn't understand what he had annoyed her with.Looking at her mother in panic, she was supporting the heartbroken father, and shook her head slightly at him.King Cheng consciously avoided the crowd and turned behind his mother.

Li Pinghong passed out from crying in the inner room, and was helped out of the room by someone. The imperial doctor put incense under his nose, and then he slowly regained consciousness.Waking up again? Crying loudly, when he cried, everyone also cried together!

"I ascended the throne for twenty to seven years. I didn't recognize my biological mother until I was thirty or three years old. I wanted to stay by my side and be filial forever. However, the queen mother was sick and had no choice but to go to Weiyang to recuperate. My son couldn't bear the joys of her knees. She was already ashamed of being a human being." My son. Now that I finally have the opportunity to continue my family relationship, who would have thought that the old mother would abandon me? I wish I could hit my head to death so that I can follow my old mother to the ground.”

Li Pinghong burst into tears, and the room choked with sobs as he spoke.

Princess Chang? comforted Li Pinghong: "The emperor mourns. People die? They can't be resurrected. You should take care of the dragon's body. Don't let the empress dowager go down in peace."

"My father's condolences. The emperor's grandmother must not want my father to be so sad. I wish I could go underground to perform my filial piety for my emperor's grandmother on my father's behalf." After speaking, she threw herself on his knee and wept bitterly.

"Good boy, you have such a heart, it is not in vain for the Queen Mother and I to love you."

"Okay, okay, Don't want to make your father sad anymore." Li Pingzhu said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's Eucharist? It's not yet safe, and the funeral matters, please arrange for the emperor to show you."

While crying, Li Pinghong pushed aside the veil handed over by Concubine Wen Gui, and casually wiped his face with his hands, "Sister Huang is polite."

"Is the princess here?"

Li Jingchen stood up, stepped out from the crowd, and knelt down in front of him, "My son is here."

"When did you enter the palace? I summoned you for a long time, why didn't you come?!"

Facing his questioning, Li Jingchen held back his mind, "I have gone to Qixia Temple to beg for a peace talisman for the Queen Mother."

"Is that so? Where is the talisman obtained?"

Li Jingchen took out another safety talisman from his skirt, and presented it to Li Pinghong with both hands.

Li Pinghong didn't even look at the wooden talisman, but just stared at her coldly.Suddenly he raised his hand and knocked the wooden talisman into the air, and the safety talisman jumped up and rolled until a woman's fingertips stopped bouncing.No one expected this turn of events.Li Pinghong seemed very angry, and shouted sharply: "Can a mere wooden talisman turn your hard-hearted heart into filial piety? Tell me! Who did you meet at the Little Mirror Summit?!"

The hall, which was still crying bitterly just now, fell silent in an instant.Everyone didn't understand the situation, nor did they understand why Li Pinghong was so angry.

Li Pingzhu was surprised by Li Pinghong's sudden attack.As far as I can remember, this is the first time Li Pinghong has embarrassed the East Palace like this in public.This is too unusual, no matter how much he runs on the East Palace in the past, because he takes into account the forces in the northern border, he will only do it secretly, and will not bring it up on the table.This Li Jingchen just came a step late, why did he vent his anger?

Li Jingchen also felt that it was unusual, and thought to himself that Li Pinghong was gone? When asked who she met with, she must have figured out the news of Tan Xuanjing's coming to Beijing.It is meaningless to deny it anymore, so he said: "I did go to Xiaojing Peak to meet an old friend first, but then I went to Qixia Temple to pray for the Queen Mother. Master Qinglian, the abbot of Qixia Temple, You can testify for your son."

"Old man? Do you mean the old man? You mean Tan Xuanjing!"

"How does he treat you as a student? That's great. He came all the way to Beijing, and you won't leave just after seeing each other. You met privately at Xiaojing Peak. What kind of plan are you discussing?"

"Back to Father, Taifu Tan is just?..."

"Tan Xuanjing is no longer the Grand Tutor!" Li Pinghong raised his voice and said, "I think he is old and has not been held accountable for his crimes, and he has been treated extra leniently, so he should know his identity! Is it possible for a sinner to go to Beijing privately to contact the Empress Dowager?"

"But? My father also told my son-in-law that Master Tan is the master of my father's emperor, and also the master of my son-in-law. Master, the kindness of a master is as high as heaven and earth, and more important than his parents. Although we are like a king and minister with him , but we must not forget what we are good at today. Most of it is taught by our teacher. If the teacher is in trouble, we should try our best to imitate it. Be an example for all people to respect their teacher, and never offend the teacher easily! Don't you have any jokes!"

Li Pinghong's face darkened, and the whole hall was silent.In Princess Chang's impression, this was also the first time that Li Jingzhu "contradicted" Li Pinghong face to face in public.No one can remain rational and calm in such a situation, especially when others throw away the peace talisman she begged for with good intentions in public, and raise it to the level of false filial piety, insulting her personality.She knows Li Jingchen's temperament very well, you can bully her once and twice, but when she can't bear it anymore, she will definitely have the temperament of blood spattering five steps, bleeding three feet, absolutely impossible to sit and wait for death.This is? The most like her.

The atmosphere was at a stalemate for a short time. After the emperor and the empress dowager exchanged a few words with hidden meanings, everyone had forgotten that they were still in the sorrow of the empress dowager just passed away, and they just felt that they were in the Shura field.Even King Dun, who was always happy to see the East Palace unlucky, felt that something was wrong this time. Why did the father seem to want to tear himself apart from the East Palace? Wasn't he worried that Tu Yuanshan would rebel?If Dong Gong falls, is it good or bad for him?

At this moment, some palace officials from the former court came in to report, Zongzheng Yuan Zongzheng Li Taizhong, Minister of Rites Pan Suiyong, and all the elders of the court? After hearing the news, they all stood by in the former court Gongming Pavilion.The emperor wants to appoint someone to preside over the funeral of Empress Dowager Yan, as well as drafting a posthumous name, moving the catalpa coffin into the imperial mausoleum, etc. Many matters are urgently waiting to be resolved.Li Pinghong avoided the subject, and ordered Pan Suiyong to preside over the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and that Zongzhengyuan, Taichang Temple, and the six ministries should cooperate with the Ministry of Rites in organizing the funeral.In the end, he looked at Li Jingzhu coldly,

"Since you have been rejected by the queen mother, the queen mother does not want to see you again. You go out! Go back to the East Palace and contemplate your mistakes behind closed doors."

"My son doesn't have any!"

"Get out!" Li Pinghong pointed out, glaring.

There was water in Li Jingchen's eyes, desperately biting his lips to keep the tears from flowing down, he kowtowed and said: "Your servant obeys the order!" After speaking, he stood up and retreated outside the hall.

Li Pingzhu watched her stepping out of the threshold, and couldn't stand it any longer, "Your Majesty..."

Unexpectedly, Li Pinghong waved his hand, "Sister Huang doesn't need to plead for this girl anymore. Even grandma's funeral can be absent and late, so? Unfilial people, I can entrust the country and society with peace of mind!"

The latter sentence was heard by everyone? It set off a huge wave.If the previous threatening words were just "small punishments and big warnings to Li Jingchen", the latter sentence meant "to abolish the reserve".How... so suddenly?

"But? The Empress Dowager's funeral happened suddenly, who would have expected it? Could it be that just because of one late return, all the previous ones should be rejected?"

"Why is it that Miss Huang is doing all the talking for this girl today?"

"I'm not speaking for her, I'm just talking about the facts. The emperor's filial piety to the queen mother is truly touching. But if innocent people are involved in the matter of the queen mother, I'm afraid that the government and the public will criticize it, which may be detrimental to the queen mother. "According to Li Pingzhu's character in his early years, he had to say "Because you don't have any children today who slandered your own daughter."However, the edges and corners of her now have long been smoothed out, and she will consider the consequences before deciding whether to be straightforward.

Li Pinghong's expression relaxed, "Sister Huang is right, so we can discuss this later. It is more important than anything else to guard the empress dowager's spirit."

For three consecutive days, all the concubines, concubines, princes, and princesses kept vigil for the old queen mother in the Cixiang Palace.Only Li Jingchen was missing.And the news that the emperor was preparing to abolish the reserve also spread like wildfire.Everyone in the Eastern Palace was in panic, while the other palaces gloated.Rumors in passers-by's teahouses can make your ears feel cocooned.

Although King Dun has always dreamed of the vacancy of the reserve position and the reshuffle of the status, but when the matter is approaching, he is a little confused and uneasy.Is the father really planning to abolish the reserve?If the royal father abolishes the crown prince, who will be appointed as the prince next?Is he still King Cheng?With King Cheng's recent momentum and his father's preference, it seems that the chances of winning are better.How can he stand out? Out of it?