The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

Everyone looked at the prince, and Li Chengqian's expression was astonished.

Then he hurriedly raised his head to look at Li Shimin, knelt down and hurriedly said: "My son has absolutely never hooked up with King Qi!"

Li Shimin didn't call out, and asked the prince to get up after a while, Li Chengqian's eyes flickered slightly, and said: "Please also ask the sage to trust me."

Li Shimin didn't say he believed it or didn't believe it. There was a suffocating silence in the room, and the others seemed not to be breathing.

In the end, it was Fang Xuanling who asked the sage to find out the truth and restore His Highness the crown prince's innocence.

It's not that Fang Xuanling knew that His Highness the Crown Prince had no connection with King Qi's rebellion, but gave Li Shimin a step down. If the Crown Prince is innocent, His Royal Highness's grievances can be cleared. explain.

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, but Changsun Wuji, who is the prince's uncle, did not speak all the time. After Li Shimin ordered a thorough investigation, he glanced at him, but Li Shimin didn't say anything after all. To avoid suspicion.

Li Chengqian sneered in his heart, he still didn't know what Changsun Wuji had in mind.

After the future "he" was abolished, Changsun Wuji's words dispelled the emperor's plan to make Wei Wang the crown prince, and instead let Jin Wang, Jiulang Li Zhi, become the prince, although there was also his wish in it, But... the emperor's excuse was to save the life of his eldest brother, the prince. Jin Wang was benevolent, but Li Chengqian, the deposed prince, died soon in the so-called fiefdom.

It is said to be a fief, but it is just a frontier fortress in exile and a bitter cold place.

Li Chengqian was in a gloomy mood, but his face remained unchanged. The informant soon came to Li Shimin. He turned out to be one of the confidantes of Yu Zhining, Prince Zhan Shi of the Eastern Palace. He usually helped Yu Zhining with some paperwork as the secretary.

Everyone saw that it was him, especially Fang Xuanling's complexion was not good.

Part of him is worried that the prince is really related to the rebellion of King Qi, and the other part is that his Erlang has gotten too close to the prince recently, and he is afraid that Fang Yiai will not be able to get involved... By then, it will be about rebellion, the prince One life may be saved, but the Fang family may be wiped out.

The whistleblower is not only the document, but also the officials of the palace of Qi Wangfu who are loyal to the emperor and the court. The urgent military situation was put on the table in front of the emperor.

Li Shimin unfolded the dusty and blood-stained letter, read it with a serious face, and kicked the case over.

He glanced at the prince, his facial muscles twitched, obviously suppressing it, and even handed the letter to the prince to read, but seeing the prince's expression was not guilty at all, he just frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Aye, my son, please search the East Palace... ...Your minister never hid his armor privately with the intention of plotting rebellion."

Fang Xuanling and the others didn't know what was written in the letter, but they could hear clearly what the clerk in the East Palace said. Combined with Li Shimin's reaction and what the prince said now, it was originally a matter of rebellion by the vassal king, but it was actually involved Prince——this incident is a big deal!

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, including Changsun Wuji's complexion.

Although the crown prince doesn't value his uncle, but the crown prince conspired against him... the closest blood relationship is the Changsun Wuji's family. Even if the eldest grandson Wuji had other plans in mind, he didn't want the crown prince to commit the crime of treason.

The bloody end of becoming a prince is still there, and she is not a soft-hearted woman today.

As the emperor's relative, Changsun Wuji naturally knew many of Li Shimin's secret schemes, even he knew much more than Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other pure ministers who knew or helped the emperor start from the hidden mansion. ...

"Duke of the State of Wei, Duke of England... You guys should send people to the East Palace to search." Li Shimin didn't object when he saw the prince, and the prince hadn't been flustered all this time, and the doubts in his heart gradually disappeared. He didn't want the prince to object to him. father emperor.

Li Shimin is usurping the throne, but he hopes in his heart that his sons will be brothers and sisters, filial to their elders. Qi Wang Li You's rebellion shattered his illusions, and he is even more worried about the secrets in his heart... the prince.

Li Shimin closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and waited for the final result.

There was a lot of chatter in the East Palace, and the Crown Princess, Prince Liangyuan and others were all panicked, and quickly found a "foreign object" at the designated location.

It's just that after reporting to Li Shimin, Li Shimin's face was half a smile, and it was slightly distorted.

"...Is this the result of your report?" Li Shimin pointed to the messy pile of dirty clothes on the ground.

Everyone took a closer look and found that the clothes were all the old clothes of the court ladies, and there were also some sundries such as rags, curtains and curtains.

It is said that it was found from a dry well, and there are still a lot of them placed outside the Ganlu Hall.

The secretary of the Eastern Palace was shocked at this moment, shook his head, and murmured: "This is impossible! This is impossible! Obviously..."

"Obviously what?" Li Shimin looked at him in disgust, and someone dragged him out, "Framed the prince, death penalty!"

After all, this person was quietly hanged in the Ganlu Hall.

No one in the palace dared to intercede, and the angry emperor's face was frightening, because at this time there was another [-] li urgent report, and the rebel army of King Qi had already conquered three cities in a row!

Now that there is no time to find out who framed the prince, Li Shimin said a few words to appease the prince, and said a few words to other important officials.

Fang Xuanling said something pertinent, telling the sage and the prince not to be distracted, "This must be the strategy of the Qi army, a tactic to disturb the emperor's mood."

Fang Xuanling has always maintained the system of eldest sons, and even Li Ji and Li Jing persuaded the emperor in the same way. Changsun Wuji nodded. At this time, the Tang court cannot tolerate chaos, and the first priority is to suppress the rebels.

Li Shimin knew that the prince was still the prince in his heart, and he had no other outrageous thoughts. Naturally, his mood was much calmer, but he was still a little angry in his heart, because he carefully selected and arranged for him to enter the East Palace, including Yu Zhining and the document that reported the prince. People, but at a critical moment, he was able to frame the prince. If he said that there was no one behind him, Li Shimin would naturally not believe it.

The first thing he thought of was King Qi, "Wolf ambition, evil breed!" Li Shimin cursed again and again.

The military situation was urgent, and Li Shimin, who hadn't taken it seriously at first, was also afraid.

Just a few hours passed, and the battle report even conquered three cities. If we don't go to quell the chaos, this half of the Tang Dynasty will not be allowed to be harmed by Li You.

Li Shimin knew very well how the huge and prosperous empire of the Sui Dynasty collapsed.

Under the background of the Tang Dynasty under the prosperity and peace, the aristocratic family behind it has always been powerful. Some rebels just wait for the chaos of the Tang Dynasty in order to seek their own interests. Li Shimin has always taken the disintegration of the former Sui Dynasty as a warning.

Since then, people of all colors came in and out of Ganlu Hall, and the court issued various decrees, ordering the available troops around Qi to quell the chaos. However, although King Qi's rebellion was hasty, it was not unprepared, and he conquered more than a dozen counties. Afterwards, it became apparent that there was a climate of change. Naturally, a lot of supplies and soldiers were obtained from the treasury and the garrison, and then coerced by ordinary people, and soon the number of rebels snowballed like a snowball.

Because of framing His Royal Highness, the civil official in the East Palace died, but Li Shimin turned his head and remembered why there were discarded clothes of the maids in the deep well of the East Palace, but the report came because of the laziness of a small eunuch, because it was convenient to save trouble, There is no other reason to put the sundries that should be disposed of here.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and for the time being, he believed that the prince didn't know about it, and what Wu Mei said was right, even the dry well in Tai Chi Palace also had a lot of discarded debris.

After Wu Mei finished speaking, someone naturally went to investigate. Sure enough, the dry well in the Leng Palace was the same as the East Palace. There were a lot of sundries. It was hidden by the palace guards who guarded themselves.

Li Shimin laughed angrily, and the eunuchs around him dealt with these sinners, ranging from beating the board to beating them to death.

"Wu Mei, do you have a heart for the prince?" Li Shimin's words were full of meaning.

Wu Mei's eyes flickered, she poured tea for the emperor, and said softly: "The sage, the servants and concubines naturally have their hearts towards His Majesty, the crown prince is the prince of the country, the saint loves him, and the maids and concubines naturally hope that the father and son of the saint will be harmonious. The country is peaceful and the people safe... Besides, the maids and concubines are not only interested in the crown prince, but also the maids and concubines have spoken for King Jin and the princesses."

Wu Mei didn't evade the fact that she did speak for others, not to mention these things and intentions, the emperor naturally knew, Li Shimin hummed if there was nothing, Wu Cairen waited in front of him, and sometimes did things for the harem and the emperor's children. She said one or two good words, and she also passed on the words and ordered others, but they were all within the emperor's allowable limit. She did what was appropriate and did not cross the line.

This is why Li Shimin loves her to serve her. Wu Mei is indeed a smart girl. Even when Li Shimin deals with political affairs, Wu Mei often has different and bold opinions. Mei really sees it differently.

At this moment, the King of Jin asked to see him and came to say hello, Li Shimin rubbed his head, looked at the memorial on the next table, and there was another memorial, and asked Wu Mei to go out and talk to the King of Jin.

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In the East Palace, because the little eunuch was greedy and lazy, after dealing with the criminals in the Taiji Palace, the little eunuch who threw the miscellaneous things was naturally dealt with and was about to be executed, but Fang Yiai strongly opposed it after hearing about it.

He knew very well that this little eunuch was completely arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even if the little eunuch "deservedly died", Fang Yiai felt very upset.

Yu Zhining always puts benevolence first, and always persuades the prince to be kind, but at this time he doesn't persuade him.

"It's just a mistake, correct it if you know it, why bother to kill a person." Fang Yiai frowned and said to Zhining.

Yu Zhining knew that the sage's rage was nothing more than an eunuch who made a mistake, and the punishment was upright, what happened to Fang Shanlang? !

At this time, Fang Yiai was particularly opposed to the powerful class not taking the eunuch's life as human life, "The eunuch is also a life, and his mistakes are not worthy of death. Is he going to die just to please the saint and appease the anger of the saint? "

The little eunuch who was lying on the ground and was ready to die for the prince lowered his head, but at this moment tears were in his eye sockets, he blinked vigorously, wishing to take back the tears.

After a long while, the little eunuch kowtowed vigorously, and said to the prince, Fang Yiai, and the prince Zhan Shi Yu Zhining: "The little one made a mistake, and he deserves death. Shan Lang doesn't need to plead for the little one, the little one is willing to die."

Fang Yiai choked up, turned to look at the prince.

Li Chengqian was expressionless, pouring tea, seeing Fang Yiai looking at him, still looking aggrieved, with a look of contempt for himself, Li Chengqian's eyes flashed, and suddenly he smiled and said: "Fang Er, you are kind."

Eh, the prince has changed his address recently, and actually called himself like Du He.

Suspicion flashed away in Fang Yi's heart, but he was very firm in demanding small punishments and big punishments, insisting on keeping the little eunuch alive.

This matter was due to Fang Yiai's insistence. In the end, the prince still let go and asked Yu Zhining to deal with it according to the palace rules. He beat the little eunuch fifty times. I am afraid that the medicine I received will only last for a few days, and then I will report my illness and death.

But Fang Yiai made the little eunuch alive and kicking, and the palace people in the East Palace, not only the little eunuch, but even the maids, when they mentioned Fang Yiai, the son-in-law, all of them were full of praise.

"Fang Concubine is a kind person with extraordinary talent, both civil and military." It was a little palace lady who said this, her eyes showed that she admired Fang Yiai very much.

"Fang Shanlang is the most amiable..." The person who spoke was the little eunuch of the Dian Shan Bureau. Since the concubine came, the conditions of the palace servants in the Dian Shan Bureau have improved, and they have received a lot of rewards.

"Fang Shanlang is the reborn parent of a servant girl." These were the words excited by the little eunuch Fang Yiai. Although he was ready to be loyal to the prince, who wanted to die.The little eunuch's eyes were dim with tears, and his heart wished to split the two petals, one for the prince's loyalty, and the other for Fang Yiai.

"Fang Jia Erlang is excellent." This is the female official of the Taiji Palace who was accidentally helped by Fang Yiai, relying on Fang Yi's son-in-law, she was not pushed into the water and framed for her life.

All of a sudden, many people have a very good impression of Fang Yiai. Fang Yiai has done too many good deeds recently, and the people in the palace have nothing to do with him. But if he meets Fang Yiai, as long as he has difficulties, he will help solve.

——I have never seen such a self-sacrificing, selfless and kind person!

Erlang of the Fang family is clearly a noble son-in-law, an honorable dude, but he is so sympathetic to these humble palace people.

With a strong heart and flesh, everyone still knows about Fang Yiai's various help, whether it is for nothing or sincerely.

King Qi's rebellion is of great importance. The emperor, prince and courtiers are all busy with the matter, and they are going to launch an army soon, but the general who will lead the army has not yet been decided.

Fang Yiai went to the East Palace every day, but she was "punishing the strong and helping the weak", "helping the poor and helping the poor", and she became a living Bodhisattva. The first reaction of the palace people when something happened was to come to Fang Yiai for help.

Including, Wu Mei——

Today, Wu Mei was waiting for someone in Ganlu Hall.

Fang Yiai followed the prince to Ganlu Palace, the prince advanced to the front hall, and Fang Yiai waited outside.

In his heart, he always wanted to quell the chaos and defend his home and country. Fang Yiai never allowed the people to suffer from the war because of someone's ambition, so he kept begging the prince to go with the army to conquer the rebel army of King Qi... ...The prince had been noncommittal before, but he couldn't help the obscene and righteous words of his beloved, but he just brought him to the Manna Palace. In the end, it was up to the emperor to decide.

However, at this time, Wu Mei frowned deeply, hesitated for a moment, and quickly made up her mind, she approached Fang Yi'ai lightly, and begged him for something.