"The royal throne is actually made of snow, which cannot withstand all kinds of scorching sun. When the snow melts, it will turn into water, and eventually it will be the same as ordinary people.
Not long ago, your father was an emperor who had the power of life and death in the world. Now, your father has become a butcher, and everyone in the world is craning their necks to wait for me, the butcher.
I can no longer kill you, so your father and I will lose my power.
You must be careful in the future. When killing people, you must not personally order the killing. This approach is fatal to the emperor.
There are many emperors in history who lost their kingdoms because of their cruelty and too many killings. In fact, they not only lost their kingdoms, but also their own lives.
The question is, are they really cruel? Have they really killed so many people? Have they really cut off the legs of old people and young people to identify the quality of bone marrow?
There are certainly cruel people among them. Could it be that there are not one or two who have been wronged, like me?
Everyone I kill has a way to die. Killing people for no reason is not my original intention.
Now, I have become a tyrant that everyone can punish.
I’m not convinced.”
Li Zhi stood on the listening platform, facing a pine tree that didn't look very straight and looked like a prince, and taught earnestly.
Songshu didn't respond, so Li Zhi sighed and said: "You also agree that I am a tyrant, right? Also, if I were not a tyrant, you would not be able to ascend the throne as soon as possible. I understand this.
I think back then, when the late emperor was seriously ill, I was in the same mood as you. On the one hand, I was worried that my father would really leave, and at the same time, I was worried that my father would suddenly become healthy. This kind of mood is really not a good one.
So, you don’t have to worry, I still have to leave this Tang Dynasty to you. Even if I know that you are among the people who persecute me, I will not hurt you.
When my father left this world, he looked at me with a strange look. There was some affection, some reluctance, some worry, and of course, the most disdain.
I know what my father is thinking, so I won’t look at you like this before I close my eyes..."
Apart from the emperor, there was only one giant bear left on the listening stage. The eunuch He Chun stood outside the stage, and behind He Chun there were a group of eunuchs from the Baiqi Division wearing high black hats and dark red cloaks.
As early as two years ago, after Zhang Donghai, the last non-eunuch governor of Baiqisi, was squeezed out of Baiqisi, there was no longer a real man in Baiqisi.
The good man who followed Emperor Taizong on the battlefield finally came to an end.
The giant bear held the bamboo shoots in its arms, but did not gnaw it. It just looked at Li Zhi with its round eyes.
A gust of wind blew in from the entrance of the valley, causing waves of pine waves, which brought Li Zhi back from his confusion. Before, when he heard the pine waves, he only thought that Wanshan was paying obsequious worship to him as the emperor. Now, when he listened to the pine waves, he only felt that the sound of the pine waves was
There are always bursts of ridicule mixed in.
His legs suddenly became weak, and just when he was about to fall down onto the wind platform, the giant bear's head rested behind him, allowing him to sit down decently.
Li Zhi grabbed his legs with his hands, and then shouted angrily at the mountains: "You have taken away my glory, and now, are you going to take away my body again?"
He Chun saw it from a distance, and immediately rushed to the emperor and said: "Here, help your majesty back to the palace."
Hearing this, Li Zhi suddenly turned his head and looked at He Chun and said, "You also betrayed me?"
He Chun knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is aware that I only want to do your Majesty's good and help your Majesty back to the palace as soon as possible."
Li Zhi was lifted up by a group of eunuchs. He looked down at He Chun and said, "You are dead."
He Chun smiled and said: "When Your Majesty takes good health, I will be willing to submit to the law."
Li Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "You are no longer my subjects. Let the giant bear carry me back."
He Chun and Li Zhi looked at each other for a moment, but they were finally defeated. They bowed and said, "I obey the order."
Li Zhi straddled the back of the giant bear. The bear, who didn't know the strangeness of the world, was very happy. It carried Li Zhi away and turned around to ask Li Zhi for credit.
Li Zhi gently stroked the giant bear's round ears and whispered to He Chun: "You are the Queen's person, so Ruichun should be the Prince's person, right?"
He Chun smiled and said: "No matter what, the slaves are His Majesty's people."
Li Zhi shook his head and said: "From now on, you are no longer my ministers.
But, I really can’t figure it out. Since I’ve made you so miserable while I’m alive, and the troubles will be endless, why don’t you take the last path?
If you don't take that path, once Yunchu and Xue Rengui know that you are treating me this way, you will die without a burial place."
He Chun shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the two generals Yun and Xue will never know about this."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "I will tell them both."
He Chun sighed and said, "Your Majesty won't tell you."
Li Zhi smiled even more warmly and said to He Chun, "Tell me about it."
He Chun said: "Her Majesty the Queen said that the Tang Dynasty is more important to you than anything else. Now, it is just the Queen and the Prince fighting for power. No matter who loses or wins, the country will eventually fall into the hands of the Li family.
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Once the two generals Yun and Xue get involved, the world will definitely be in chaos and the Tang Dynasty will be torn apart. This is definitely not a scene that Your Majesty wants to see."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, it is better to know your husband than your wife. The ancients did not bully me."
After that, Li Zhi didn't say a word, and allowed the giant bear to carry him to Qingliang Hall, and allowed the eunuchs to help him onto the bed, and allowed the eunuchs to take off his clothes, and allowed them to feed him water and feed him.
meal.
Just stopped talking and looked like a real patient.
Li Hong watched his father being sent to the Qingliang Hall, and turned around and said to Ruichun: "I will definitely have my retribution in the future."
Ruichun knelt down and said: "This slave can only serve the prince for so long."
Li Hong was startled when he heard this, and then stretched out his hand, and saw Ruichun kneeling slowly falling to the ground, with a pool of bright red blood slowly flowing out from under him.
He was so cruel to himself that he inserted a sharp knife through the gap between his ribs and went straight to his heart, killing him instantly.
Li Hong's hands trembled so much that he wanted to touch Ruichun, but finally withdrew his hands and walked into Qingliang Hall step by step.
He knelt in front of Li Zhi's bed, held his father's cold hands and said, "I know I was wrong."
Li Zhi stared at the roof of Qingliang Hall without saying a word or looking at Li Hong, like a wooden man without emotions.
Li Hong talked in front of Li Zhi for a whole hour. Even he himself didn't understand why he told his father everything about himself, everything he could and couldn't.
Li Zhi seemed to have heard it, but also seemed not to have heard it. He did not judge a word from beginning to end, but just turned his head in the direction of Chang'an and stared at it.
When Li Hong saw this, he sighed softly and said, "Master is less than ten miles away from Jiucheng Palace. My father will be able to see him tomorrow."
Hearing what Li Hong said, Li Zhi slowly closed his eyes. In an instant, his breathing became slow and long, as if he had fallen asleep.
Li Hong covered his father with a blanket and tiptoed to leave. He walked to the giant bear that was chewing bamboo and stopped, and said to Li Zhi on the bed: "Father, please raise more bears and less sons in your next life."
A string of tears slipped from the corners of Li Zhi's eyes, eventually dripping on the pillow, and nothing could be seen.
Not long after Li Hong left, the door of Qingliang Hall was opened again. Wu Mei walked into Qingliang Hall in court clothes, came to Li Zhi's bed, knelt on the bed stool and looked at Li Zhi carefully.
He looked at Zhi Zhi's face for a long time and then said: "Pheasant slave, I'm here. I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you miss me?"
Li Zhi slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Wu Mei, and then closed his eyes again.
Wu Mei said softly: "Pheasant slave's eyes are a little colder, but are you angry with me?"
Li Zhi didn't say a word, and didn't even show an expression.
Wu Mei continued: "Tomorrow morning, Yunchu, Xue Rengui, and Pei Xingjian will come to see your majesty. If your majesty has any pain in his heart, just tell them that I will stay in front of your majesty and wait to be punished."
Li Zhi opened his eyes again, his eyes full of ridicule.
Wu Mei didn't seem to notice, and continued: "They are not the only ones coming, Master Xuanzang and Sun Simiao will also come together. At that time, no one will be able to embarrass Your Majesty in the slightest.
Your Majesty can decide who you want to kill."
Hearing this, Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Wu Mei and said, "What are you going to do?"
Wu Mei chuckled lightly, gently brushed Li Zhi's lips with her white fingertips and said: "Pheasant slave still can't calm down. I am a woman, what can I do to these people?"
Li Zhi suddenly laughed and said: "Yes, you are just a woman, so what can you do to them?"
Wu Mei smiled and said: "Actually, I have thought about burning down the Jiucheng Palace. From now on, it would be good for my Li family to truly unify the country. If the pheasant slave agrees, I will arrange it now."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "That's not right. You only have the ability to conspire, but you don't have the ability to conquer and bring peace to the world. You will eventually die without a burial place."
Wu Mei smiled and said: "I don't believe it."
Li Zhidao: "You'd better believe it."
Wu Mei smiled and stopped answering, but waved. Aunt Chun came in carrying a food box. After opening it, there was a bowl of Tremella and lotus seed soup inside. Wu Mei took it and stirred it a few times with a spoon.
The sound of the porcelain spoon colliding with the porcelain bowl is very pleasant.
"Your Majesty always has a bitter taste in the mouth after taking the medicine. Drink a bowl of sweet porridge to relieve it."
After saying that, he scooped a spoonful and brought it to Li Zhi's mouth, but Li Zhi closed his mouth tightly and refused to drink.
Wu Mei frowned and said, "There's no poison in it."
Li Zhi burst out laughing, turned to Wu Mei and said: "Yun Qing told me a story before, which is very similar to our current situation. Queen, do you want to know what the story is?"
Wu Mei shook her head and said: "Yunchu has a brilliant literary talent, I can't guess who I am."
After the smile on Li Zhi's face quickly dissipated, he said word for word: "It's a story about an adulterer and an adulterous woman who conspired to poison her husband. Before the adulterous woman poured poison on her husband, she said exactly what you just said.