At the wine table, the three daughters-in-law, no matter how big or small, chatted happily over wine. It was the deep love between sisters and the harmonious atmosphere that made Princess Changle see it and be happy in her heart.
The Qin family attaches great importance to the unity of the family. The relationship between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, aunts-in-law, and sisters-in-law is harmonious, so that the men in the family will not be troubled by the fire in the backyard.
After a happy meal, Princess Xiangcheng took her grandson to rest early. Qin Xiaole and three ladies were left in the hall. After the banquet was removed, the maid served fragrant tea. The three ladies joked and had fun with their husbands, talking happily.
When the moon rose in the night sky, Wang Feng'er and Fan Lihua resigned and went to rest, leaving their alone space to the couple who had not seen each other for several years.
One night passed, Princess Taiping got up in the morning, her face flushed with embarrassment, and her face was radiant. The maids who made her close to her and were as close as sisters also made fun of Madam.
Let her husband take her in.
When the beautiful maid heard this, her face turned red with embarrassment, but her heart beat happily. She really wished to be Xu Xiaole's concubine one day. She thought that women grow old easily when they are young. How pitiful it would be for her to be favored by the master.
Giving birth to a boy and a half girl to the Xu family, wouldn't it mean that they would have lifelong dependence.
Seeing that the maid was shy, Princess Taiping didn't know what the girl was thinking, so she didn't tell her. She just thought it would be an advantage for her husband that day.
A few months after Qin Xiaole returned to Luoyang Mansion, Princess Xiangcheng missed her husband Qin Wenyuan and took her grandson to the palace to say goodbye to Emperor Li Zhi. She mentioned that she wanted to go to Chang'an to reunite with her husband Qin Wenyuan. Emperor Li Zhi was very reluctant to leave his sister and stayed in the palace.
After talking for a long time, Fang felt unhappy and agreed to allow Xiangcheng to leave Luoyang.
Princess Xiangcheng took her grandson and left Luoyang under the protection of many Qin family guards. She did not expect that she would never see her emperor brother Li Zhi again, and they would be separated from each other...
Due to natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and locusts in Guanzhong, Emperor Li Zhi was exhausted and worried, making his body very weak.
In the second year of Yongchun of the Tang Dynasty (683), Li Zhi led the civil and military forces to Fengtian Palace to pray for good weather in the world. At that time, Wu Zetian, after consecrating Zen in Mount Tai, petitioned the emperor to enshrine the title of Zhongyue in Songshan Mountain. Li Zhi terminated due to physical discomfort, and soon
, the Crown Prince Li Xian was ordered to take charge of state affairs, and the ministers Pei Yan, Liu Qixian, Guo Zheng and others were appointed Pingzhang Shi in the East Palace.
After returning from Fengtian Palace to Luoyang, the eastern capital, Li Zhi's condition suddenly worsened, so that no officials from the imperial court to the prime minister could see him.
In accordance with the emperor's order, Qin Kai brought his wife Princess Chang Xiangcheng and grandson Qin Dezhi from Chang'an City to Luoyang, the eastern capital. They entered the palace to check on Li Zhi's condition. Seeing that he was terminally ill, he knew that there was no way to save him, so he used Taoist methods to help him live for several months.
After arranging his posthumous affairs, he then settled in the palace of "Lord Zhongguo" in Luoyang, the eastern capital. He often went in and out of the palace to have secret conversations with Emperor Li Zhi.
In December of the second year of "Yongchun", Li Zhi felt that his life was not long, so he changed the Tang era name to "Hongdao" (683).
After the change of Yuan Dynasty, Li Zhi had a whim and wanted to climb up to the Zetian Gate Tower in person to overlook the imperial city at his feet. However, he was unable to do so due to bad luck. He probably had a bad omen in his heart, so he summoned the ministers to announce an edict of amnesty to the world.
That night, Li Zhi passed away in the Zhenguan Hall of Ziwei Palace in Luoyang at the age of fifty-six.
Li Zhi reigned for more than thirty years and created the "Yonghui Rule" in the Tang Dynasty, which enabled the people to live in peace and harmony, and had the legacy of the late Emperor Li Shimin's Zhenguan.
When Li Zhi passed away, Xu Tian, as the general who ruled the country, immediately took over the Sixteenth Guards of the capital with the Emperor's Sword given by Li Zhi in accordance with Li Zhi's request when he last talked to him.
Qin Xiaole followed his father's order and led the Jinwu Guards to quickly take over all the gates of Luoyang City.
In the city of Luoyang, the common people, officials and gentry suddenly discovered that there were more troops on the streets. They didn't know what was going on at this time. Those who were timid and afraid of causing trouble kept their families behind closed doors, but those who were good at things and curious wanted to watch the excitement. After all, they were not afraid of bringing trouble to themselves.
Come and kill yourself.
In the Taiji Hall of the Daming Palace, the 28-year-old Crown Prince Li Xian was sitting in the Dragon Court, and Queen Wu Zetian was sitting behind the Crown Prince. The royal family members, civil and military officials, court nobles, aristocratic families and other dignitaries crowded the large hall.
It was full of darkness.
Qin Wenyuan sat beside the prince with his head lowered, his eyes slightly closed, and his face without any expression. His indifferent and indifferent expression was filled with cold evil aura. The atmosphere in the palace was so oppressive and solemn that none of the officials dared to come here.
Talking nonsense at times.
The imperial chamberlain and several prime ministers came out to ask for the imperial edict of Emperor Li Zhi, which was read out in court by Prime Minister Pei Yan, the Pingzhangshi of the East Palace.
Emperor Li Zhi's posthumous edict evaluated his merits and demerits during his lifetime, and ordered the prince Li Xian to take over the throne in front of his coffin. Pei Yan and other ministers assisted the new emperor as ministers of Gu Ming. In case of matters that the court was unwilling to decide, the decision was made by Queen Wu Zetian.
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Li Zhi's posthumous edict was simply because he was afraid that Wu Zetian would take the opportunity to seize power after his death.
Because he was seriously ill and the queen was in charge, Wu Zetian already had a certain amount of royal and military power. I am afraid that Li Tang changed his mind and made Xu Tian sit in Luoyang to act as a deterrent to the royal family members who coveted the throne and wanted to do evil, so that the prince could go smoothly.
succession.
Prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne and respected his mother Wu Zetian as the empress dowager. In accordance with his father's imperial edict, he appointed Minister Gu Ming Pei Yan to assist the government, and all political affairs depended on his mother Wu Zetian.
According to the arrangements for his funeral in Li Zhi's posthumous edict, he was buried in Qianling Mausoleum seven days later, and his subjects mourned for three days.
After the funeral of Emperor Li Zhi, everything in the capital returned to normal. Xu Tian fulfilled the emperor's instructions and made the prince ascend to the throne smoothly. However, it was because he knew the trend of history and knew that the prince was not a hero and his ability to govern the country was even weaker. Li Tang
The country would soon fall into the hands of Wu Zetian. In order to prevent the direction of history from changing due to his time travel, he suddenly wanted to stay away from the court and made up his mind to be an out-of-sight and out-of-mind carefree prince from now on.
A few days later, Qin Wenyuan went to court to see the emperor and the empress dowager. On the pretext that his spiritual practice had reached a critical juncture and that he needed to return to his ancestral homeland, Qizhou, "Licheng" for seclusion in the Taoist temple, he proposed to resign from the position of general.
Wu Zetian knew that Qin Wenyuan, Prince of Qi, had far-sighted vision and did not want to be involved in the whirlpool of the imperial power struggle. The resignation was just an idea to protect oneself and retreat bravely. She greatly admired Qin Wenyuan's ability to see the world's affairs. The emperor agreed to Xu Tian's request.
The decree is given to the Prince of Qi to share the glory of the country and enjoy the honor of the world, and all officials must not be disobedient in the slightest.
When Emperor Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he was dissatisfied with Prince Qi's refusal to assist him. He wanted Xu Tian to resign his official position voluntarily, but he showed no intention of holding back. This made many sober-minded and wise ministers in the court very disappointed with the emperor.
When Qin Wenyuan resigned from his official position and left Luoyang, he called his son to the study room at the "Zhongguo Gong" residence to give him an interview. He spoke with a serious face when he talked about serving as an official in the imperial court.
"Li Xian will not be emperor for long. When I serve as an official in the imperial court, I will act according to the opportunity and act according to my own heart. I will not participate in the struggle for imperial power. The power of the world has its own trajectory and cannot be controlled by human power. What the Xu family has to do is to make the family stronger, so that the officials who follow the Xu family and the people have a place to live. Everything else is vain. Remember what my father said!"
After hearing what his father said, Qin Xiaole's expression changed drastically. He thought that Li Xian had just ascended the throne and his father had predicted that he would not sit there for too long. Could it be that the prince could not convince the public, or that some courtiers wanted to rebel?
Qin Xiaole said: "Can my father tell the Lieutenant General clearly what happened, so that my son can take precautions early?"
Qin Wenyuan sighed when he heard this and said: "This is the cause planted by the late emperor Li Shimin, Li Zhi and his son, and it is ultimately the result of women's participation in politics and the decline of imperial power. As far as the empire is concerned, although the country and the country are populated by virtuous people, there are inherent The traditional and Confucian ideas made many ministers in the court not know that the country is the people and the people are the country. They forgot that officials should put the people first and only knew the orthodoxy recognized in their hearts. This would make the court officials Most officials are involved in the struggle between the emperor and the queen for imperial power. Under such circumstances, what my son has to do is to protect himself wisely."
Speaking of this, Qin Wenyuan sighed and continued.
"Power is a double-edged sword. If used well, it can benefit the people. If it is used improperly, it will bring chaos to the world and bring disaster to the ancestors and families. I hope the emperor and the queen can care about the common people and never only care about themselves. Desire. Alas...!"
With a sigh, Qin Wenyuan said no more.
Qin Xiaole heard his father's cautious words, and his heart was filled with turmoil. Knowing that such a shocking event, I am afraid that only his father in the world can predict it. I feel grateful that the Xu family has a father as a great god to control it. This is the greatest blessing for children like them. He knelt down and said .
"Sir, please remember your father's teachings!"
The father and son were talking in the study, but in the hall, Princess Changle was talking to several daughters-in-law.
"My mother and your father-in-law are going back to their ancestral home in Qizhou. You and the capital should live in harmony, support your husband and teach your children, and never cause trouble. In a prosperous age, you should go home to worship your ancestors every year to fulfill your filial piety to your children and grandchildren!"
Princess Taiping, Wang Feng'er, and Fan Lihua heard their mother-in-law's teachings and all said "Yes!"
In the study, after Qin Wenyuan finished talking with his son, he took out a pile of equipment for sending reports and summoned the personal guard commander Xu Nianjiang.
Qin Nianjiang was summoned by the prince and came to the study to listen to the prince's words.
"You should appoint a personal guard who knows how to send reports to stay in the capital to follow the young master. If anything happens, I can get it in time."
Qin Nian and Jiang were ordered to make arrangements themselves, leaving a total of a hundred people, including the personal guards who knew how to send reports, at the "Zhongguo Gong" Mansion in Luoyang. In addition to being responsible for sending reports, they were also the young master Xu Dezhi who guarded the Xu family.
After everything in the capital was settled, Qin Wenyuan and his wife led the crowd to leave Luoyang. Qin Nian led thousands of personal guards to protect the prince, and ordered a hundred people to fly the flag in front of the cavalry representing the royal status of the prince and the princess, followed by a large group of well-equipped troops to protect him.
The carriage in which the prince and his wife rode.
All the officials of the imperial court were ordered to see off the prince at the city gate early, and the princess left the capital.
Qin Xiaole, his wife, and his son sent their parents out of Luoyang City, knelt down and worshiped their parents before leaving.
Qin Wenyuan and his wife returned to the ancestral home of Licheng in "Qizhou" and ordered his eldest son Qin Xiaofeng to telegraph his second son Qin Xiaoyong and third son Xu Xiaogang respectively in "Dragon City" and "Goguryeo" in the northeast.
turmoil.
When Qin Xiaofeng heard what his father said, he was confused and wondered why the world was in turmoil just after the new emperor succeeded to the throne.
Seeing that his son was puzzled, Qin Wenyuan talked to Luoyang City and his fourth son Qin Xiaole in detail, and then explained it in detail to his eldest son, which made Qin Xiaofeng feel that the situation was critical. He followed his father's order and asked the Xu family army to prepare early and act according to the opportunity.
After asking his son and others to make sure plans, Qin Wenyuan and several wives went to the "Qingfeng Temple" on the mountain behind "Xuanyuan" to practice and cultivate their health. They spent the whole day with their nephew who had completed his mission from the Franco Kingdom and traveled all over the world and returned to the temple.
Xu Mu talks about scriptures and Taoism, and talks about the mixed-race young son who has succeeded his mother on the throne of Franji Kingdom, and has already completed the foundation construction of his body with the help of Xu Mu. Since then, he has been practicing Taoist Kung Fu with his aunt, Mrs. Taohong.
, Qin Wenyuan really wants to see what this kid looks like now.
Not long after Li Xian ascended the throne, he reused Empress Wei's clan members and tried to form his own power group. He wanted to promote Empress Wei's father, Wei Xuanzhen, to serve as a minister. With Wei Xuanzhen's official record as the governor of Yuzhou, he was promoted to the prime minister in charge of the provinces in the Tang Dynasty. Obviously, this was
Too hasty.
Pei Yan, the Minister of Gu Ming, firmly opposed the emperor's decision, but he did not expect Li Xian to say angrily.
"I can just give my country to the Wei family. What does a servant mean?"
These words came from the mouth of the emperor, who regarded the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty as child's play. Such an irresponsible emperor, who had no imperial ambitions, made Pei Yan very disappointed when he heard this, so he reported the matter to the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian.
When Wu Zetian heard that Li Xian was so willful, she would not be merciful to this mediocre and incompetent son. Li Xian succeeded to the throne for less than two months, so he deposed him as the King of Luling and demoted him from Chang'an City. Queen Wei was also deposed as the King of Luling.
princess.
Li Xian was deposed, and Wu Zetian made her youngest son Li Dan the emperor.
Li Dan came to power. Compared with his brother Li Xian, this kid was more clear-headed. He knew that he was just a decoration in the Jinluan Palace. Behind him was Wu Zetian, who was the Queen Mother and was in charge of the court. He could be deposed at any time.
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Understanding this truth, Li Dan was very shrewd and obedient. All he had to do was support the Queen Mother, but he did unreasonable things all day long, making the courtiers dispensable to him as the emperor.
Qin Xiaole was outside the incident, but he could see clearly and knew Li Dan's difficulties. At the same time, he admired how smart this kid was compared to his brother Li Xian, who knew how to be patient to save his life and wealth.
Qin Wenyuan's prediction of Li Xian's outcome came true. Xu Xiaole admired his father so much that he often talked to his three wives in the house.
"The person who can see the major events in the world clearly is not my father!"
When Princess Taiping married into the Xu family, she naturally put the interests of her husband's family first. She rarely mentioned court affairs even in casual conversation. In addition, she was pregnant at this time, so she regarded herself as a good wife and mother, and she was committed to supporting her husband and raising her children.
That's it, no matter how you fight in the court, as long as it doesn't involve the husband and son she protects and relies on, the affairs of this world have nothing to do with her.
Wang Feng'er and Mrs. Fan Lihua are cultivators, and they are not interested in the struggle for power in the court. It would be great if they could share the joys and sorrows with their husbands. From time to time, they would do some human-creation activities with their inner lust, which is really a pleasure.