Li Zhi's roaring voice and continuous coughing kept coming from the imperial study. The maids and eunuchs standing outside the study were all silent, motionless, lowering their heads and looking at their feet, trying their best to let their brains sink into it. In the ethereal realm, just keep your ears straight up and don't miss His Majesty's call.
"Sooner or later I will be pissed to death by you three beasts!"
"Father, calm down!"
"Sooner or later I will be pissed off by you!"
"Father, calm down."
Lian Tie stood at the door. The two sentences that had just reached his ears had been heard from His Majesty's study more than thirty times today.
Every time the words "Sooner or later I will be pissed to death by you three beasts" are heard from His Majesty's mouth, the following must be the words His Royal Highness the Crown Prince speaks to the King of England and King Pei in a low voice, the only words spoken since entering the study. : "Father, calm down."
Li Zhi's chest was heaving violently, and he was sitting behind the desk with a livid expression. In front of him were three "beasts" headed by Li Hong, who were kneeling with their heads down.
"Is this really what happened? Wencheng actually shot you?" Li Zhi's anger softened slightly after listening to the three brothers' narration.
If Wen Cheng really had murderous intentions towards the three of them as they said, then he would be guilty of a crime worthy of death!
But Wencheng also made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty! Although she is not as good as Princess Pingyang Zhao who conquered the country with Gaozu and guarded Niangziguan, she still has certain achievements in the temple. Although she has done some things that are detrimental to the interests of the Tang Dynasty in recent years for the restoration of Tubo. things.
But these things are nothing compared to the short-term peace that was brought to the Tang Dynasty through marriage and marriage.
And this is also the reason why Li Zhi is angry. If such a royal princess, who can match the merits of Princess Pingyang Zhao, is forced to death by three of his "beasts" for no reason, how will he face Li Zhi in the future? Ancestors? How to face the court officials and other royal families!
How will this event be recorded in history books? Do you want to follow the example of the late emperor and discuss with the historian to revise the history books
Moreover, on this day in the court, the memorial of Princess Wencheng who died in Xishi and was sent to Zongzheng Temple was put up. Before he had time to recover from his sadness, Di Renjie began to report: Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, Gao Zhizhou died inexplicably and mysteriously in Dali Temple last night.
There were all the news that frustrated him early in the morning. As the emperor's younger brother of the Tang Dynasty, when Yuan Day was about to come, something like this happened. It was hard for Li Zhi not to be angry.
Therefore, Wu Mei was reprimanded by him for no reason early in the morning. He even blamed Wu Mei for the three "beasts" who ran to the West Market last night to save Lao Ba and forced Wen Cheng to death. It means that you, the queen, indulge the three "beasts" too much.
But who is Wu Mei? That was also the man who later became the emperor! There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, let alone two dragons existing in the same Daming Palace!
So as expected, the couple had a fierce quarrel in the Penglai Hall, and naturally a male dragon and a female dragon broke up in an unhappy quarrel.
Wu Mei finally vented her anger on Li Xian and Li Zhe, the two unlucky men who entered the palace, so when Li Hong entered, the anger in Wu Mei's chest had almost dissipated.
But now, above the court and in the Penglai Hall, Dragon Father Li Zhi, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, naturally wanted to vent his anger on the three unlucky guys kneeling in front of him.
The injury on his shoulder was exposed by Li Hong, which made Father Long look better. He weakly waved his hand and motioned for the three of them to get up and answer.
So the three of them stood in a row and continued to wait for Father Long to scold them again: Sooner or later, they will be angry to death by you three beasts.
"Sigh... Sooner or later I will die of anger at the hands of you three beasts!"
"Father, calm down."
"Enough! Li Hong, you are the prince, the minister, and the governor of Anxi. Tubo has always been under your control. Now that Wencheng is dead, will the situation in Tubo change? Do you have any What's the countermeasure? Are you going to hold Zampu Mansong Mangzan to death?" Li Zhi, who was almost exhausted, began to think about the next situation in Tubo.
"Back to my father, I do have this intention."
"Does Mansong Mangzan have to die? You have kept Wencheng until now. Aren't you just afraid that Wencheng's death will cause turmoil in Tubo? Now that he is dead, you have to let Mansong Mangzan die. You Aren't you afraid of the unrest in Tubo and it will be difficult to suppress it? Are you doing it for your own selfish interests, regardless of the interests of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hong angrily and walked to the door of the study. Lian Tie handed over the tea.
"Kill people and punish the heart, subjugate the country and destroy literature! Dai Zhide has also made some achievements in Tubo in recent years. The texts, books, speeches, etc. of our Tang Dynasty have now begun to become popular among Tubo. Not to mention the execution of Mang by his ministers "Song Mangzan is not doing it for his own selfish reasons, and besides... I don't want him to die immediately. No matter what, I have to wait for three to five years until the Tubo Protectorate is completely stabilized before he is executed." Li Hong stood. Next to Li Zhi, he lowered his head and said.
"Execution in a few years... Forget it, you single-handedly defeated Tubo. As for how to do it... I am old and have lost my energy. I will let you do whatever you want." Li Zhi naturally understood what Li Hong meant by execution. Same thing.
If a person wants to die alone, there will naturally be many ways to die for him. Li Hong is not an idiot. Of course, he cannot blatantly execute Mansong Mangzan. As for how Mansong Mangzan died three to five years later Yes, Li Zhi naturally knew that there was no need to pursue this issue further.
Such is the cruelty of political struggle, death will make you die great! valuable! It will never be unclear!
Just like Princess Wencheng's last question before she died, could Mangsong Mangzan survive, Li Hong gave a negative answer.
But both of them knew in their hearts that when discussing whether Mansong Mangzan could survive, the discussion was not about whether Mangsong Mangzan would be executed immediately.
After all, Mansong Mangzan still has value for Li Hong to use at this time. When Li Hong squeezes out all the value from him, then Mansong Mangzan's real death will be.
When Princess Wencheng interceded with Li Hong on behalf of Mansong Mangzan, she understood that when Mansong Mangzan had no value in Li Hong's eyes, Li Hong could give him a way out.
"Father, Tubo has a high terrain and is prone to landslides and other natural disasters, so in Tubo..."
"I won't ask about this matter anymore, you can figure it out yourself." Li Zhi waved his hand weakly again.
But Li Xian, who had his head lowered next to him, suddenly had his heart beating violently!
What Li Zhi just said about letting Li Hong do what he did made him feel a little desperate. Now that he heard his father calling himself me in front of Li Hong, Li Xian felt even more desperate!
Is there really no chance? Does this throne belong to none other than Li Hong? Can I really only be a prince for the rest of my life
No one noticed the subtle change in Li Xian's expression for a moment. Instead, they all looked at the hands of the palace maids who filed in one after another. The delicious meals that made people's mouths open were brought up one by one.
Li Hong entered the palace late and came after dinner in the East Palace. However, Li Xian and Li Zhe came from their own mansion with empty stomachs. In addition, they did not eat breakfast after spending the whole night last night. Seeing the fragrant meal at this moment, Li Zhe's stomach began to growl unsatisfactorily.
The sound was so loud that even Li Zhi, who was farthest away from him, heard it. He stopped the ink pen in his hand and glanced around the three of them dissatisfied, and then said coldly: "Go back and have a meal, I don't have you here." meals.”
"Yes, Father, I will take my leave." Li Zhe, the hopeless one, was the first to say.
After hearing Li Zhi's voice, Li Xian woke up from despair, glanced at the meal blankly, and hurriedly bowed and left.
"You stay here, I still have something to discuss with you." Li Zhi snorted angrily when he saw that Li Hong was about to leave with him.
"Yes, Father." Someone pretending to be a filial son also imitated Li Xian and Li Zhe's Gong Jin behavior and said salute.
After Li Xian and Li Zhe left, Li Zhi angrily walked to the table where the palace maid had set the meal, but did not let Li Hong sit down. Instead, he sat down and asked Li Hong while eating. Hong, what do you think about the death of Pei Yan and others
Naturally, it was impossible for Li Hong to tell the truth, so he repeated what he said in Penglai Hall and told Li Zhi.
"This matter is too strange. Although Xue Zhongzhang is the supervisor of Dali Temple, did he save Pei Yan or harm him? Now it seems that there is no evidence, so we can only look to Di Renjie to see if he is Can we find any clues so that we can give an explanation to the court?" Li Zhi said with a headache.
It was almost the first day of the new year, and there were more and more disturbing facts, none of which made him worry. Sometimes he really wanted to give up the position of emperor to the "beast" in front of him, but look at it now What this "beast" did in the past two days made him hesitate again. His mind was really unstable.
"Sit down and eat." Li Zhi looked up again, glanced dissatisfied at the prince who was still pretending not to dare to sit down, and snorted coldly.
"No, if you have something to do, just tell me. If I can do it, I will definitely spare no effort to help my father, no matter what, no matter what, no matter what." Li Hong waved his hand and refused to sit down, saying firmly.
"Okay, then... since you said so, I just have a little thing here that I want you to help me with. That... what, you... where is the queen mother, do you think you can go over and give me a nice word? Today The constant incidents in the court give me a headache..."
"Father, this... let's forget it. If you cause trouble yourself, it's you..."
"Didn't you just say that you would go through fire and water without hesitation?" Li Zhi put down his chopsticks, unhappy.
"But this can't be done by going through fire and water without hesitation. It requires giving up half of one's life. I can't do it, so I'd better take my leave first. You can use it as you please."
"You... come back! You try..." Li Zhi watched a figure disappear in a swish, then looked at a table of delicacies decadently, and suddenly lost his appetite: "Well... take these meals with you, I want to follow... Queen… let’s have dinner together!”
When the word "meal" was mentioned, Lian Tie didn't hear the determination, but he could hear a hint of generosity and generosity!
(End of chapter)