After sending Li Zhi to the gate of Luoyang Palace, Li Hong thought about it and decided to follow Father Long to Zhenguan Palace. While helping Father Long hide his mistress and fourth son, he also felt a little guilty towards Mother Long. .
Moreover, what made him feel even more jealous was the true love between Father Long and Mother Long. He believed that with his mother's current status, he would not feel any hatred towards her because his father had taken in two foreign women. If there is any threat, there is probably only one reason why the mother will be unhappy, and that is the usual jealousy of a married couple.
It stands to reason that in the Tang Dynasty, men and women were more open-minded, not to mention that it was an imperial family. The queen mother should not be jealous of her father having a concubine in the harem.
But for some reason, Li Hong felt that the relationship between his mother and his father was just like the relationship between ordinary people's husband and wife. They were full of care and dependence on each other. Emotionally, they were a bit like a bachelor's eyes. Meaning.
The relationship between the two of them was more like the one in the previous life, developed on the basis of equality between men and women, with a strong possessive color.
Whether in terms of emotions or personality, Wu Mei is strong and Li Zhi is relatively weak. Historically, after giving birth to Princess Taiping, the two never had any children. Perhaps this is also related to Wu Mei's possessiveness.
Now, with the intervention of Li Hong's ninth reincarnation and tenth life, history has long deviated from its original track, and is developing in a direction that Li Hong was unprepared for. The feelings that Li Zhi and Wu Mei had in history may have Under the witness of Li Hong, it became much stronger than before.
"I'm staying in the Qianyuan Hall today. If you want to go to your mother's place, just go and comfort your mother for me." Li Zhi looked at the Zhenguan Hall behind the Qianyuan Hall, where there were no more lights, and said worriedly.
"Yes, I know. Actually, you go..."
"Stop talking nonsense. If you hadn't revealed this matter, would your mother have been sad? It's up to you to make up for it." Li Zhi was impatient with Li Hong's excuse. If you step back at this time, the queen's love for you is really in vain.
"Yes, you are really willing to risk your life. For the sake of your queen, you are really willing to bring your prince in. I surrender... I will go now." Li Hong quickly avoided Li Zhi's kick. Hehe smiled and continued: "Don't take it too seriously. Remember back then, the emperor gave Duke Fang Xuanling two beauties to Liang Guogong, but his wife rebelled and kicked them out. In desperation, Duke Liang had no choice but to return them to Fang Xuanling. The emperor was furious and summoned Fang Xuanling's wife to the court to question her. Mrs. Fang would rather die than obey. Faced with the "poisonous wine" given by the emperor, she drank it all without hesitation and then There are such allusions as "jealousy jar" and "jealousy". So you don't have to worry about the queen, and don't think too much. It's enough to know how much the queen cares about you. "
"I don't need you to comfort me for my troubles! The affairs of the harem are also my business. It's enough to do your duty as the prince. I'll give you half a year to implement the three million taels, and..."
"Don't worry about it anymore. Since it is your own matter, you can handle it yourself. I have resigned."
"Li Hong, are you deliberately misinterpreting my words? Believe it or not, I will prevent you from leaving this palace."
Li Hong was speechless. He learned such threats from Long Ma. Is this the behavior that an emperor and empress should have? Why are you threatening in such rogue ways
Forget about being a queen, she is still a woman no matter what, so she just accepts being a cheater. How can an emperor be like this
He waved helplessly to Li Zhi and continued to walk to Zhenguan Hall without looking back. Facing Li Zhi's worries about how he was almost certain to comfort his mother, Li Hong's lazy voice sounded in the relatively empty palace space: "Ninety percent."
Hua Meng and Jingzhe were both sent away by Li Hong. In the palace full of Jinwu guards, Li Hong walked slowly along the passage in the palace, walking steadily towards the Zhenguan Hall where there were still a few lights left.
Li Hong envied Father Long and Mother Long, just like he envied the relationship between the late emperor and Grandma Changsun. He envied their sincere and equal relationship, which was not mixed with any emotions of high or low status. It made him Li Hong’s most touching emotion.
Now he seems to have several women around him, but those who can really touch the soft depths of his heart and be as emotionally equal to him as possible are Xiaoxue and the others, and Bai Chun can only be considered half of them at most. .
As for Pei Wanying, who attracted him the most, maybe it was because of her father's relationship. In terms of feeling, he could still feel that Pei Wanying unconditionally obeyed him most of the time, but only a few days when she was as equal as in Lantian County.
And it was those few days that made him feel as if his state of mind had been activated, as if he felt something called love. Before this, I had only felt that way when Bai Chun went to Anxi.
It has to be said that as a prince of the Tang Dynasty who is respected by the world, his personal emotions often do not exist within himself. Every woman appears in her own life and develops from an original parallel line to a mutual entanglement, more or less. , all have their own overbearing attitudes and the pressure of their status, which makes women with original distinctive personalities lose their original beauty in front of them.
Bai Chun is a smart woman. She knows how to make a man leave a little place for herself in his heart. It is precisely because of this that Bai Chun has to face the huge prince's intimidation from time to time when facing him. Strength, showing his original character.
But that's not entirely true. She can only occasionally fully demonstrate her charming personality. Most of the time, she still succumbs to Li Hong's strength.
Emotional inequality, for a man, is a shame. If you don't have anything, the more you want, the more you want, and the things you have are often ignored.
Li Hong has been trying not to let himself think about these things, even when he is in extreme emotional emptiness, even when he is licking his wounds alone in the dark night, but some things are often beyond his control.
Whenever he was in a room that was too empty, the tenderness deep in his heart would be infinitely magnified by the power of emptiness, forcing him to have to hope for a real emotion to fill that emptiness, that emptiness when he was alone. It is the emptiness that should belong to the royal prince and the emperor.
Without buying and selling, there is no killing; without comparison, there is no harm.
The most ruthless imperial family, whether it is the late emperor Li Shimin or his father Li Zhi, both generations of emperors have the tenderness to fill the void.
All this made Li Hong sadly find that sometimes he had to face the dog food thrown at him by his father and mother.
Facing Wu Mei's livid expression, Li Hong sat down and looked at the sleeping Li Lingyue. In a low tone, he analyzed and confessed his heart to his mother.
Wu Mei sighed silently, looking at the flickering candle in the lampshade with thoughts. After a while, she said: "Do you think I am angry with your father? Or do you think your mother is too petty? , don’t want to see your father take concubines into the harem?”
"Uh... Okay, actually, both my father and I understand that you are not angry about this matter. What you are concerned about is that my son and my father kept it secret from you." Li Hong scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
At this moment, the Qiangu Queen is just an ordinary wife of an ordinary husband, an ordinary mother of ordinary children, and a family. However, because the father and son did bad things without telling her, it would be strange if she didn't feel that it was heartbreaking. .
Wu Mei let out a long sigh again and asked slowly: "Your father came back with you, didn't he say anything to you?"
"Don't mention it anymore. He came back by carriage, and I ran back with the carriage. I was so exhausted when I had the chance to talk along the way." Li Hong glanced at Long Ma in annoyance and complained.
"Haha, you deserve it. This idea was also yours, right?" Wu Mei asked with motherly love shining in her bright eyes.
Li Hong admitted honestly: "Yes, I was afraid that the queen would be upset, so I... chose to hide the queen."
Wu Mei nodded with satisfaction: "Fortunately, it's not a big deal. If you dare to hide something big from your mother, see how I deal with you. After your father went to court today, he mentioned it to me in the court. I originally wanted to let your father handle the matter after he comes back with you, but I never thought that your father would come to let me make a decision again. "
Li Hong frowned, looking at the worry on Wu Mei's eyebrows, and asked: "Is it Zhang Wenguan's plan to retire and return to his hometown?"
"You know?" Wu Mei asked in surprise.
"I know something. After all, I am also the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. If my subordinates don't know, then they are really not worthy of being the Minister." Li Hong nodded and guessed in a low voice: "Is the father hesitating? …Who should be appointed to the position of Minister of Finance?”
"Then what are your plans? Why don't you ask anything about this matter if you know it?" Wu Mei asked doubtfully.
The position of Shangshu Youpushe is very important. Together with Shangshu Zuopshe, he governs three of the six departments. Zuopshe governs: Hu Bu, Li Bu and Li Bu. Youpushe is in charge of: Ministry of Industry, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Punishment.
Most of the candidates for the left and right servants in the Shangshu Province are from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. Those from the other three departments who can be promoted to the position of servants have a much smaller chance.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has been newly appointed, so it is impossible to promote him. Ren Yaxiang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is getting older now, and it will be almost two years away. In recent years, Liu Rengui and others of the Ministry of War have also served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, which has made it easier for Ren Yaxiang to handle the affairs of the Ministry of War, so other The possibility is also very small.
Fang Xianzhong of the Ministry of Industry also took up the post of Shangshu not long ago, but today he has become the one with the highest voice in the court. Therefore, after Li Zhi saw the secret dispute between Li Hong and Li Xian, he made a decision on his selection. It became very confusing.
(End of chapter)