Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 60: Lobbying

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After seeing off the royal relatives, Li Hong looked at the sky and saw that it was getting dark. In just one stick of incense, it would be time for his father and mother to have their meal. It just so happens that I went there by myself today to get some food.

These three groups of people today did not come for nothing. Whether they were aunts, daughters, or uncles, there was actually someone behind them. As for who is behind it, it's as obvious as the lice on a bald man's head.

As for the origins of the royal clan, haha... These people are not given for free, but they are always waiting to counterattack their father's throne. At this time, they were keenly aware of the undercurrents among the emperor, empress, and prince. If they did not add fire, they would be very sorry for the confidants who have been deployed in every corner of the palace for so many years.

Therefore, apart from the undercurrent of voluntary participation by clan members, the arrival of the aunt and uncle is actually an implicit compromise and a prerequisite for negotiation. Now, he can enter the palace to negotiate with his mother and father.

Xia Zhi and Mang Zhong followed him into the palace. Li Hong was leisurely and swaying on his skateboard, like a child who had just finished school. He started walking towards the palace with his backpack on his back.

"My son, Li Hong, has met his father, the emperor, and his mother. Hey, the little thing has grown taller." Li Hong jumped to the steps on his skateboard. He happened to see Li Xian and Li Zhe walking inside and rubbed their hair and said. .

Li Xian and Li Zhe rolled their eyes at him helplessly, ignoring the prince as he stepped on a skateboard, crossed the threshold of his mother's palace, and then landed smoothly on the soft carpet.

"Lian Tie continues." Li Hong stood still on the carpet with one foot and pushed the skateboard hard with the other foot. The skateboard quickly slid towards Lian Tie. Lian Tie hurriedly stretched out a hand and leaned over to take the skateboard. He got up and handed it to the palace maid beside him.

"Lian Tie doesn't have to worry about him from now on. If he breaks something, let him pay for it. Now who doesn't know that his East Palace will soon be richer than the imperial palace." Wu Mei looked at the half-year-old Li Dan in her arms without even looking at it. Li Hong glanced at him and said coldly.

"Yes, I will obey the Queen's will." Lian Tie replied with a smile.

"Where is your father? Haven't you come here yet?" Li Hong didn't even look at Li Xian and Li Zhe, who were greeting Wu Mei and walked back and forth in the palace casually, looking extremely relaxed.

Wu Mei watched Li Hong wandering around from the corner of her eyes, and finally handed Li Dan in her arms to the palace maid next to her. She raised her head and looked at Li Hong, who was wandering around, and her jade-like forehead was condensed again. Full of black lines!

"Li Hong, come here!" Wu Mei said through gritted teeth.

If it was just Li Hong, Wu Mei wouldn't get angry, but as long as the three brothers are here, look at Li Xian and Li Zhe, who are quite law-abiding and have extremely standardized royal etiquette, and then look at Li Hong, who is like a wild boy, among the three, After a slight comparison, Wu Mei felt an urgent urge to strangle him to death.

"What's wrong with the queen mother?" Li Hong, who was about to move next to the palace maid to tease Li Dan, looked wary and assumed a posture of being ready to escape at any time.

Wu Mei looked at Li Hong, who was wary and ready to run away. She first motioned for Li Xian and Li Zhe to sit down, then sighed and said softly to Li Hong: "Hong'er, come here, my mother hasn't seen you these days, come here. Mother, take a good look."

"This distance is good. If it is too close, the queen will not be able to see clearly." Li Hong said as he stepped back. If he ran now, the queen would not be able to catch up.

Wu Mei's face began to turn livid, and she stared closely at Li Hong, who was ready to retreat at any time, and said in a deep voice: "Lian Tie..."

"Lian Tie, if you dare to come here, try it. I still have some debts to settle with you. Don't think that with my mother's support, you can do whatever you want. I dared to deal with you when I was three years old, and I will be even more daring when I become the prince. Deal with you!" Before Wu Mei could finish her words, Li Hong interrupted her and warned Lian Tie.

Lian Tie stopped in a hurry and did not take back the step he took. As long as the queen spoke again, he would immediately capture the prince to the queen without hesitation.

Wu Mei still looked at Li Hong with a livid face, and Li Hong also looked at her warily. The two of them just looked at each other from a distance of seven or eight steps. After watching for a long time, Wu Mei finally gave in, sighed and leaned back on the chair. Lean lightly.

After adjusting his anger that was easily aroused by Li Hong, he said calmly: "The prince is here today..."

"Hey, Queen Mother, please don't call me like this. As soon as you call me Prince and call yourself my palace, I will not be disappointed in my heart and always feel uncomfortable... Ouch... I have realized my sin, Queen Mother, let me go. Erchen’s ears are about to break!”

"Hmph, do you think I can't catch you, a wild boy, without even using iron? You fight against me every day, can you please have some rules? You've been the prince for several years, can you help me change your habit? Once you change, is the royal face so unimportant to you, Li Hong? Is it so worthless to you, Li Hong?" Wu Mei clenched her silver teeth, and the veins on her delicate hands that were holding Li Hong's ears were clearly visible. gained strength.

"I know I was wrong. Tomorrow I will let Shangguan Yi teach me to accept my royal etiquette. I will never deal with you, my queen." Li Hong begged for mercy.

Wu Mei contentedly let go of Li Hong, who had his ears tugged red, then clapped her hands with satisfaction, and then said: "Tell me, you must be up to no good. Before your father comes, tell me what you want to do." Tell me what you are saying, so that when you and your son start talking, I will act like a nobody again."

"The queen mother is so wise. You are really the incarnation of wisdom, the goddess of wisdom, the model of kindness, and the empress of the world. Really, I think you can be compared with the imperial grandmother." Li Hong fawned over Wu Mei. Li Xian and Li Zhe were dumbfounded and nauseated when they heard the flattering words behind them, rubbing their shoulders.

"Let's talk about your business. When your father comes later, the queen mother will not help you." Wu Mei said leisurely while enjoying Li Hong massaging her shoulders.

"Mother, I want Li Xian and Li Zhe to go to Chongwen Hall to study, instead of just staying in Hongwen Hall. I have almost read the royal etiquette model and the books of the sages. In my eyes, these are all enlightenments. It's just reading, it'll be fine after you read it. Now you should go to Chongwen Hall to accept some new things, so that the heirs of the royal family will not fall too far behind others in their university studies." Li Hong whispered in Wu Mei's ear seriously. .

"Mother, my sons and ministers are not going." Li Xian and Li Zhe stood up at the same time and said.

"Hey, do you have the right to speak? This is a discussion between my mother and I. You have to listen or not. Besides, I am doing it for your own good. After I go to Chongwen Hall, I will follow your instructions. According to your hobbies and talents, I will tailor a learning method for you. You can learn whatever you like. In the future, you may be the great Confucian of the Tang Dynasty." Li Hong stopped what he was doing and scolded the two of them in a pretentious manner.

"Don't stop." Wu Mei closed her eyes and said.

"Yes, Queen Mother, just listen, I will continue to reprimand them. I will tell you two..."

"I told you not to stop!" Wu Mei opened her eyes angrily and raised her neck to look at Li Hong.

"Oh, I know. Then the queen mother agreed to let them go to Chongwen Pavilion?" Li Hong was overjoyed and asked with his hands continuing to honor Wu Mei's shoulders.

"You let them go, aren't you just trying to bully them?" Wu Mei closed her eyes again and asked, enjoying Li Hong's massage with appropriate strength.

"Of course not. They are Erchen's younger brothers. It's not like Li Sujie follows Jin and Li Xiao, so they won't bully them. Erchen really wants them to learn some serious things, and in the future they will Just to contribute to the Tang Dynasty."

Today in the East Palace, he was forced by the clan to share Taiyi City, which forced Li Hong to accelerate his inner plan, which was to train his brothers and sisters according to their interests and hobbies, relying on his unique talent.

Li Hong looked out the window at the thriving tree that he and his father planted, and said in his heart: "Okay, it's still a small tree now."

Li Hong's ultimate goal is naturally to use his own abilities to train them into princes who are not just focused on the throne, but princes who can make achievements in a certain field.

"What about Li Xiao and the others? Will they also go to your Chongwen Hall? The royal heirs have all gone to your Chongwen Hall. Who do you want to study at the Hongwen Hall?" Wu Mei asked.

"Hongwen Hall naturally has some disciples from the clan who are unwilling to go to Chongwen Hall to study. Are there also those children from famous families?" Li Hong replied eloquently.

Wu Mei slapped his hand away, pulled him forward, looked at him and asked solemnly: "Tell your mother, what are you planning?"

Wu Mei relied on her intuition and felt that this wild boy was not joking this time, but seemed to be planning something big.

"How about we wait until the father comes soon? Otherwise, I will have to waste a lot of time... Wrong, it's not a waste of time." Li Hong looked at Wu Meifeng and hurriedly changed his words.

"Okay, then I'll be patient and wait." Wu Mei glanced out the window, why was Your Majesty late today? Normally this would be the time.

He turned around and looked at Li Hong, who looked like an old god, as if he already knew that His Majesty would be late.

Li Hong carefully took Li Dan from the hands of the palace maid, held him in his arms and shook him, and said nonchalantly: "I plan to take Li Yifu out of Dali Temple tomorrow."

"Okay." Wu Mei stood up and walked to the door to prepare to greet Li Zhi.

A question and an answer, two simple sentences, showed Wu Mei's attitude. Tomorrow, Duan Baoxuan, the minister of Dali Temple, can release him with confidence. What Li Hong needs to do is not to be cruel to his two uncles and He Lan Minzhi.

Otherwise, Duan Baoxuan would not be released easily because of Li Yifu's crimes of entering the harem without permission, attacking Yiyang and Gao'an, flattering and bewitching the queen.

But now that he has his mother, Li Yifu is pardoned from these so-called crimes, and it is easier for him to bring Li Yifu out.

This is the royal family. Everything is simple or simple. Behind the scenes, some kind of compromise must be made with all the overt and covert words or contradictory words.

The death of Li Yifu's daughter and son-in-law also made the court less likely to impeach Li Yifu. After all, his father would cooperate with him in removing him from all official positions and naming him the crown prince's guardian. This could be regarded as an explanation to the officials in the court.

"My son has met my father."

Li Xian and Li Zhe's greetings interrupted Li Hong's thoughts. After waking up, Li Hong hurriedly hugged little Li Dan and saluted.

"How dare your mother allow you to hold Li Dan? Have you done anything worth bragging about?" Li Zhi joked, looking at Li Hong who was holding Li Dan.

"Father, you are joking. When Li Xian and Li Zhe were young, their children were too young to hold them. Now that they have grown up, they naturally have to help the mother to share the burden, right mother." Li Hong's playful smile on his face It is in sharp contrast to the well-behaved Li Xian and Li Zhe.

(End of chapter)