〖Dayong Wuwei twenty-three years (Southern Chu Zhihua first year) on November 3rd, the holy decree, add special grace to the king of Qi, everyone knows that its intention is also for the king of Yong.
- "Yong Shi · Taizong Chronicle"〗
Leaving the Cuiluan Palace, Concubine Ji took a deep breath and expressed her depression. Liang Wan is the beloved disciple of the door master Fan Huiyao and an important chess piece in Fengyi Sect. The agreement was unexpectedly destroyed in Jiangnan this time. How could it not be heartbreaking? The door owner sent a secret letter asking him to find out all the details of Liang Wan's madness. He knew that the door owner suspected that King Yong had acted. After all King Yong was already dissatisfied with Liang Wan, otherwise he would not have sent someone to establish another intelligence network. However, from Princess Changle, who was the only one who had personally experienced that incident, she did not get any useful information.
Concubine Ji sneered, besides King Yong, who else would be there? If it was from Southern Chu, Princess Changle would not be spared, unless it was a subordinate of King Yong, who would treat Princess Changle like this, but there is no evidence. , I can't accuse King Yong Li Zhi without any reason. Thinking of the emperor's award, Concubine Ji is even more cold-hearted. At today's ceremony, Li Yuan announced that because King Yong has made outstanding military exploits over the years, and in recent years, he has successively destroyed Shu and defeated Chu, and his achievements are unparalleled. Due to the merits, he issued an edict to appoint King Yong as the Marshal of Tiance, lead the great Situ, and stand above the princes, rewarding 20,000 households in the town, and giving him a set of crowns, a golden sedan chair, a pair of jade bi, and 6,000 catties of gold. , before and after advocating the music of the nine divisions, the banjian forty people, what kind of glory, even the prince's guard of honor is only slightly better.
What made Concubine Ji feel even more chilling was that the emperor also issued an edict to authorize the Tiance Shuaifu to appoint officials. There were four signings, two chief registrars, two recorders, two military officials, two men from Gong, Warehouse, Soldiers, Cavalry, Armor, and Shi Cao, two from each of the army, and six from the military. In this way, Li Zhi's Tiance Mansion became a small court with all the internal organs. Will the emperor change his mind and make Li Zhi the crown prince? After thinking about it for a long time, Concubine Ji shook her head. Although King Yong is of high merit, the crown prince has no obvious wickedness, and according to her understanding of the emperor, I am afraid that tonight the emperor will regret that the reward given to King Yong is too generous. It is estimated that it will not be a few days. The emperor will try every means to reduce the power of King Yong. Since ancient times, there have been a few who have had a good end to their power, and when she thought of this, Concubine Ji showed a smug smile.
At this time, a red-clothed eunuch hurried over and reported: "Niangniang, the emperor has sent a decree to rest at the empress tonight, please return to the palace quickly, it is estimated that the emperor will arrive in less than half an hour. "Concubine Ji is overjoyed, she knows very well that although she looks good, she is not outstanding in front of the emperor when it comes to feelings and favors, not to mention that she has always shown meager favors, which makes herself seldom obtained. I love pets, but on the other hand, my identity as a contact between Fengyimen and the emperor is more prominent, so the emperor often allows himself to participate in state affairs. Tonight, the emperor wants to stay here with him. It seems that he wants to discuss the matter of King Yong. Now, it seems that my thoughts are correct. The emperor is already very jealous of King Yong. Thinking of this, Concubine Ji Gui's pretty face showed a smile like a spring flower.
Some people were happy and some were worried, and it was the same after the grand celebration feast. In the splendid Prince's Mansion, Li An angrily swept all the documents on the desk to the ground, and shouted wildly, "Li Zhi, I won't kill you alone, and I swear I won't be a human being. " After shouting, he fell on the chair and looked at the study door fiercely, as if King Yong was about to come out from there. After a long time, he said tiredly: "Come on, please come to see the solitary master."
But after a while, a plain-looking black-bearded scribe walked in. He was wearing the official uniform of the prince's young master. He didn't salute when he saw the prince. He sat on a chair in the prince's left hand and said with a smile, "Why is Your Highness so annoyed? "
Li An said angrily: "Li Zhi is now the Marshal of Tiance, and the old man almost didn't give him the position of the prince. How can you tell me not to be annoyed."
The scribe said with a smile: "Your Highness has been overly concerned. The Emperor loves and protects His Highness. If you want to make Prince Yong the heir, why should you wait until today?"
Li An said dejectedly: "Young Master didn't know, his mother was the first wife of the father, although I was the eldest son, but he was a concubine. Later, his mother was short-lived and returned to heaven early. After the emperor proclaimed himself emperor, he posthumously named his mother Empress Xiaoxian, so I am not as good as him in terms of direct descendants, but I took up the title of the eldest son, and the queen mother was the current queen, so I became the heir. , Now, I really don't know what to do, if the royal father changes his mind, I really have nothing to do."
The scholar's eyes flashed and said: "His Royal Highness is a fan of the authorities, but this minister thinks that the crown prince's position is on the surface as dangerous as an egg, but in fact it is as stable as Mount Tai. Your Highness thinks that the emperor loves King Yong, but this minister thinks that the emperor is suspicious of King Yong, think about it, King Yong Over the years, during the wars between the South and the North, most of my Dayong’s world was conquered by him, and the emperor would inevitably feel that he had received the favor of his son. Now, King Yong’s merits are highly rewarded. The emperor would rather give a special reward than change the crown prince's throne, which is obviously partial to the crown prince. The minister thought that the emperor did not love his highness, but that his enthronement symbolized the emperor's supreme authority, so the emperor would not change his decision anyway. As long as His Highness shows his filial piety to the emperor and the queen, respects his concubines and concubines, respects King Yong, and respects his brothers and sisters, the emperor will never change the prince, not to mention the support of Fengyimen. It's because of her own decision. In a few days, the emperor will think of him a hundred years later, if the crown prince can't subdue King Yong, what should he do? He will think of ways to suppress King Yong. With the help of King Qi, and the help of Fengyi Sect, it is easy to want King Yong's life."
Li An listened to it for a long time, and finally smiled and said, "Young Master, thank you for enlightening the Lone King. According to your opinion, what should we do now?"
The scribe smiled and said, "Do more and do more mistakes, and do less and make fewer mistakes. Your Highness may wish to join forces with you, but with King Qi, His Highness has to win over a lot. When King Qi was defeated a few days ago, His Highness gave King Qi a lot of looks. It is too inappropriate, without the help of King Qi, His Highness will not have a general who will protect the sky in the future."
Li An stood up, gave a deep bow and said, "I would like to be taught." With an ambiguous expression on his face, he said, "Sixth brother likes beautiful women. I have recently chosen two stunning women. Originally, I wanted to give them to my father. Just pick one for him first."
The scribe also had an ambiguous smile on his face, but he immediately turned his face. Li An glanced at him and said with a smile: "Young Fu is still pretending to be serious here with the solitary king. I can't give you that stunning look, but this king still has a few beauties. How about sending you two."
The scribe lowered his eyelids and said, "Then thank your Highness for the reward."
Li An laughed loudly, and the laughter came out of the study, far away, far away.
Li Zhi, who returned to the mansion drunk, took the medicine for hangover, hurriedly took a shower with cold water, and then came to the council hall with a fresh body. There were already some people sitting in the hall, it was Shi Yu, Shi Ziyou, Guan Xiu, Dong Zhi, Gou Lian and several advisors, the generals were all drunk and returned today, but Li Zhi did not let them over. Seeing that they were discussing in a low voice, Li Zhi ordered Sima Xiong to guard outside. He walked in and smiled. : "I made the gentlemen wait for a long time, this king is late."
Several advisors stood up and saluted and sat down. Li Zhi looked at Shi Yu and asked, "Have you met Jiang Zhe, what do you think?"
Shi Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Jiang Zhe arrived at the palace, calm and composed, as if it was his own home, his subordinates arranged the best yard for him, he just smiled lightly, after living in, he didn't care about the maids and servants arranged by His Highness. Any objection, if it is not for knowing that this person has always refused to submit to His Royal Highness, I would have thought that he has been loyal to His Highness. I think if His Highness assigns him an official position, he will not refuse, I think he seems to like a comfortable life very much , at least not to fight to the death."
Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "This king is also clear about this, if it is not the case, I am afraid that this king still has some ways. If he wants to die with his full name, as long as this king treats him well and takes good care of him, there will eventually be a change of heart. Today, but he is so comfortable with the situation, this king just gave him an official position, I am afraid that he will also eat vegetarian meals, write poetry every day, talk about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. This king can't wait to incarnate Zhao Jue, Prince of Virtue. Although Zhao Jue was unfortunate, he once had to treat him sincerely. Alas. What this king is most worried about is King Qi. Although King Qi is reckless, he is not without scheming. Treat Jiang Zhe as a teacher."
Guan Xiu and the others looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Your Highness has been overly concerned. If this person was so easily moved by King Qi, we wouldn't have to worry so much."
After thinking about it, Li Zhi also felt that he was overthinking it, and was about to make a few words of ridicule, but when he saw Shi Yu thoughtful, he was a little worried: "Ziyou, do you think it is possible for King Qi to recruit Jiang Suiyun? "
Shi Yu came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Your Highness, King Qi's idea is not bad, but it is a bit flattering, but we can learn from it. The prince is smart and enlightened. Although he is only five years old, he has already mastered the language. Worship him as a teacher, then he will become His Highness's assistant, I don't think he will meet the talent and would rather miss it."
Li Zhi was overjoyed and said: "Ziyou is really a good strategy, good, tomorrow will hold a banquet to wash the dust, and let the prince come out to apprentice. You must move quickly. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, I have reported his affairs to the father, the father wants to summon him. After the imperial father summons him, we can no longer place him under house arrest."
Although it may not be able to achieve the goal, but finally found a way, Li Zhi suddenly felt relieved, smiled: "By the way, Ziyou, you said what happened to the robbery of Princess Changle, I sent someone to check, but the time It was too short to find any clues. I sent people to investigate the place where they were attacked. It was like the handwriting of a small army, but at that time, who rushed to hijack the princess? Moreover, what this king does not understand is, Why did the returning secret agents commit suicide, the princess is safe and sound, and in any case, their merits outweigh their demerits, even if they are afraid of their crimes, they should explain the incident in detail to this king?"
They have discussed these matters many times, and Li Zhi now suggested that he just wanted to see Shi Yu, and Shi Yu replied: "My subordinates have also thought about this issue, and the only conclusion is that, first of all, they are not targeting the princess' highness. Yes, their target is Liang Wan, otherwise Liang Wan would not be the only one who was hurt, and those secret agents committed suicide, their subordinates felt that it was not because they were afraid of crime, but it was probably an agreement. They saw the hijacker and probably knew a lot of things , but they were able to bring the princess back safely. This not only shows that they have no ill will towards the princess, but also shows that they are sure that they will not reveal their secrets. The princess has always known nothing, so these spies must have made a promise to commit suicide. "
Li Zhi said: "Nevertheless, to put it in a bad way, although these spies are my Great Yong warriors, they should be loyal and trustworthy, but they have already returned to this king. Telling this king the truth should be better than keeping promises, right?"
Shi Yu sighed and said, "This is the most terrifying point, unless they think that committing suicide is more beneficial to His Highness than telling His Highness the truth."
Li Zhi's expression froze, and he said, "You mean that those people have enough power to threaten this king."
Shi Yu nodded and said: "Yes, listen to Yongquan, His Highness checked the bodies of those secret agents afterwards and found that although they received some punishments, they were basically not serious. From Liang Wan's point of view, her memory is completely destroyed. This method is very secretive, that is to say, the other party's method is sinister and vicious. I think the pressure on those secret agents must be very high, and in the end it even exceeds the limit they can bear , so that they keep their promises and commit suicide.”
Li Zhi said angrily, "I can't believe that these people are still active in the dark, Ziyou, what do you think these people are from?"
Shi Yu replied: "The only thing that my subordinates think can be guessed is that those people are not hostile to me, Dayong, otherwise Her Royal Highness Princess will not return safely, but those people are targeting Liang Wan, but the subordinates think that if it wasn't for Hefeng The ceremonial gate is related to what Liang Wan did in Southern Chu, so Your Highness may wish to start from these two aspects."
Li Zhi nodded again and again and said, "Ziyou is the courage of this king. If there is no Ziyou, how can this king still have fighting spirit."
Shi Yu smiled and said, "Jiang Zhe is His Highness's wings. If His Highness has this person, it will be even more powerful."
The people looked at each other and smiled.
On this sleepless night, I didn't rest either, standing in front of the window, looking at the beautiful scenery of the snow-covered garden, Xiao Shunzi came over and complained, "Young Master, your health is just a little better, and you are blowing wind here again, and you won't be able to. Knowing how to take care of your body, it is very cold here, and I have asked them to prepare a hand stove." After speaking, he shoved a hand stove into my arms, and put a fox fur cloak on my shoulders.
I smiled and said: "Don't worry, my body is not so weak, how about it, have you seen the defense of King Yong's Mansion?"
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "They are closely monitoring them. I just looked at them casually. If I was alone, it wouldn't matter.
I waved my hand and said, "It's okay, I didn't plan to ask you to save me out, no matter what, I can always save my life, I just don't want to sacrifice my life for others, those people will kill and kill, there will always be someone who can rule the world, whether it is It doesn't matter to anyone, let alone King Yong's chances of winning. Xiao Shunzi, look, it's snowing again."
Xiao Shunzi followed my gaze and looked out of the window, the snow falling silently, the cold north wind blowing, he couldn't help laughing: "In Nanchu, when Xiaoxue happened by chance, the son wanted to enjoy the snow and drink. Snow is so good, but the young master is interested again."
I nodded and said, "Yeah, go and ask them tomorrow to ask for some good charcoal and some good wine. I don't think the snow will stop tomorrow. How about I drink and write poetry?"
Xiao Shunzi said, "I can only warm the wine for you. I don't understand those poems."
I sighed: "Yeah, you, the only thing that makes me dissatisfied is that you can't accompany me to write poetry papers, but without you, I will inevitably lose interest in drinking, good friends, fine wine, and flying snow, but it is indispensable. Ah, it's a pity, if the fragrance is still there, alas."
Xiao Shunzi comforted him: "Young Master, the deceased is gone, don't be sad."
I looked at the flying snow outside the window and said nothing.
The next day, it really snowed continuously, and Li Zhi got a piece of news. Li Yuan decreed that because King Qi attacked Nan Chu twice, he fought hard and made great achievements, and Prince Nan Chu De was seriously injured and died. A set of Gongmian, golden sedan chairs, double jade, and 2,000 catties of gold. Twenty people in front and back preached the two divisions and banjian.
Hearing this news, Li Zhi was not angry, but completely chilled. He won the battle, but ended up being suspicious of his father and rewarded King Qi. Isn't it just to check and balance himself, he said to Shi Yu indifferently: "My son. You, the royal father treats me so poorly."
Shi Yu also sighed and was about to console Li Zhi when Gou Lian hurried in and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Jiang Suiyun's servant went to ask for charcoal and wine, and to enjoy the snow, I already had someone lead him there. Linboting went."
Li Zhi immediately turned his anger into joy and said, "Okay, you did a good job, let's go, let's join in the fun, Ziyou, make arrangements, and take the prince to Linboting in half an hour."
At this time, I was already sitting in Linbo Pavilion. There is a small lake of about two acres in the back garden of Yongwangfu. It is said that there was a clear spring in the garden with abundant water, so I dug this small lake and passed it through. Chang'an's drainage system merges into Yong'an Canal, which connects to the Wei River in the north of the city, supplying half of Chang'an's water, and it is also a major waterway for transportation. Therefore, although this lake is within the imperial city, it is living water.
Xiao Shunzi said while warming the wine, "Young Master, why is it not cold at all in this pavilion?"
I smiled and said, "I've only read it in books. You see, although only a thick layer of sagebrush can be seen on the top of this pavilion, there is actually a lot of articles under this layer of grass. A layer of linoleum, another layer of saffron and another layer of linoleum, there are three layers in total, and then a tile is placed under the last layer of linoleum. This tile is also specially made and is hollow, so it is not afraid of running on the top of the head. , look at the stone floor of the pavilion, the stools around it, and the pillars made of copper. In fact, fire dragons are lit under the pillars and the pavilion, just like the kang in ordinary people's homes. Besides, water, water The thing that is warm in winter and cool in summer, the water is flowing, it will bring in all the heat from the ground. The pavilion, as long as you put on a light fur and hold a hand stove, it will not freeze. Well, you can see the snow outside, fluttering pear blossoms, and Qiongyao everywhere, it's really a good place."