Chang'an ancient meaning

After eating Sushan, Li Zhi showed a tired look on his face, and said: "Meiniang, take them out for a walk, just leave Ah Yue Shaoer to sit with me." , but also stood up and said: "You and Ah Yue are both in poor health, don't talk for too long."

After Tianhou waited for everyone to go out, Li Zhi stretched out his hand to his daughter again, and said in a trembling voice: "Ah Yue, Shao'er." Both Xue Shao and Princess Taiping were amazed by the sadness in Li Zhi's eyes, and quickly stretched out a hand to meet her. Li Zhi held his old hands together, and Li Zhi asked anxiously, "How are you all?" Princess Taiping hurriedly said, "Okay, he treats me well, don't worry, Daddy, I'm your daughter, who dares to bully me Li Zhi nodded: "Okay, that's good...I..." Suddenly, turbid tears fell from the old man's blank eyes, and Taiping was so frightened that he was at a loss, and panicked: "Daddy, Daddy, what's wrong with you?" ?” Li Zhi sobbed, “I, I miss Sixth Brother very much.”

Taiping was at a loss for words for a while, so he had to force a smile and said: "After a while, mother's anger subsided, so I begged mother to let second brother out." Li Zhi shook his head and said, "No, she hates sixth brother so much. She wants to move Sixth Brother to Bazhou..." Taiping was surprised: "Why?" Li Zhi said: "She said that keeping Sixth Brother in Tokyo or Chang'an is a threat to Xian after all... Ah Yue! You go Beg her, she only listens to you in this world, go and beg her to let Sixth Brother go, Bazhou is poor and rough, and with Sixth Brother's temperament, letting him go there will be death!" He said while crying, desperately He held Princess Taiping's hand until Taiping couldn't bear the pain, and let out a soft ah.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then silently let go of his daughter and son-in-law.

Princess Taiping suppressed tears, wiped Li Zhi's face and said: "I know, I told my mother these few days, I will go to see Sixth Brother again, and let him say something nice to Mother, after all, he is my own flesh and blood. Mother won't be so cruel." Li Zhi smiled miserably: "Actually, I know her... I don't ask her to spare Brother Six, but Brother Six's children are still young, so can we not go to Bazhou? Yue, Daddy wants you to do something."

Princess Taiping nodded: "Father, just give orders."

Li Zhi's voice was a little weak, and tears were still streaming from the corners of his eyes: "Your elder brothers, except Hong'er... all have children now, and you have been with them since childhood. In the future, their children will be in danger. You must try to protect them."

Princess Taiping listened to her father's words with the intention of asking for help, and she couldn't help but tremblingly said: "Father is serious, the third brother will be the emperor in the future, and the fourth brother will also be the prince, how can they be in danger?" Li Zhi shook his head and choked up: "Daddy is a little scared , seems too loyal, Xu Lun is addicted to calligraphy, painting and music, both of them are like children who haven't grown up. Daddy's time is running out, Ah Yue, you have to remember, your surname is Li after all..." Princess Taiping couldn't bear it any longer Unable to stop, wept bitterly in his father's arms, while Li Zhi stroked her hair bun, he stretched out his hand to Xue Shao again, saying: "Shao'er, Ah Yue... she was spoiled by us since she was a child, if she does Wrong thing, you read it for me and your mother's sake, don't blame him." Xue Shao's hand trembled slightly in Li Zhi's hand, and then there was a light of Shen Yi in his eyes, he knelt down and said: "Uncle Don't worry, I will do my best to take care of the princess and assist the crown prince and Xiangwang."

That night Princess Taiping begged the Queen of Heaven and asked Shangguan Wan'er to play with her across the mansion. When Princess Taiping first got married, she often invited Shangguan Waner to her home to talk, but the Queen of Heaven didn't care.Xue Shao knew that their boudoir friends hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they must have a lot to say, so they rested in the study that night.Shangguan Wan'er and Taiping chatted for a long time about the abolition of Prince Li Xian, and finally comforted Taiping to sleep, she just said that she was copying scriptures, she put on a jacket and walked out of the room.

When she came outside the study, the door was ajar, and she could see the figure of the person in the room standing quietly in front of the bookshelf holding on to a book.Xue Shao is tall and slender, even if he stands in a place where no one is around, he does not have the slightest slack posture. With such a slender figure, any woman would be willing to lean on it.He didn't seem to be reading a book, and he didn't turn a page for a long time. The complexion of his face was illuminated by the light, and the brilliance of pearls and jade flowed.Shangguan Wan'er stood quietly in the shadows outside the door, staring at the man who was so close to her and could never be found.

After a long time, Xue Shao sighed softly and put the book back.Shangguan Wan'er lifted her skirt, walked into the room slowly, and chanted in a low voice: "The river is clear and shallow, how far apart is it? There is a gap between the water, and the pulse is speechless." Her footsteps were silent, Like an alert cat.

Xue Shao turned around and asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?" Shangguan Wan'er turned around and closed the door, smiling, "Princess is asleep, I will tell you to copy scriptures." Xue Shao walked to the other end of the study and said: " Ah Yue's room has pen and ink." Shangguan Wan'er saw that his attitude towards her was so strange, her heart ached unbearably, she still smiled and said, "When I went out, I saw the moon shining brightly, and remembered some old things. Now my heart is not calm, If you are dishonest, copying the scriptures is deceiving the Buddha, and you will go to the tongue-pulling hell after death.”

Xue Shao closed his eyes tightly, and said helplessly, "Wan'er, I shouldn't see you again." Shangguan Wan'er said quietly, "Just because she gave birth to a child? But, she also gave birth to someone else." Xue Shao turned his head abruptly, A rare coldness flashed across her eyes: "I've been hearing from Ah Yue that you are her best friend." Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said, "You are the best servant girl. Before she got married, I found a man for her , She was pregnant, I gave her advice, helped her find a husband, and she always told me what was on her mind, like telling her own cats and dogs, something that would never betray her."

Xue Shao said: "The crown prince is very kind to you, he never regarded you as a slave." Shangguan Wan'er walked in slowly, pressing her soft fingers on Xue Shao's chest, and said with a light smile: "Xian's head is empty. Yes, he just yearns for something he doesn’t have.” She raised her head, her eyes were like spring waves, “I wrote a lot of poems when you were away, can I read one to you? The dew is thick and fragrant, and the moon is falling on the screen. I want to play the Jiangnan song, and I want to seal the book of Jibei. There is no other meaning in the book, but I am away from home for a long time..."

She read slowly word by word, but her hand slipped quietly to Xue Shao's waist, and pressed on the buckle of the gold millet, treasure, and jade locket belt. Startled, he grabbed her hand.Shangguan Wan'er murmured: "Is it a new gift from the Queen of Heaven? This belt is not suitable for you. I said that you look better with a white shirt." Xue Shao turned his head slowly, and saw the lights on the silver stage making the two hug each other The shadows cast on the wall are black and white, unable to distinguish each other.He closed his eyes for a moment, remembered what Li Zhi said on the sickbed today, took Shangguan Wan'er's hand away forcefully, took a few steps to fasten his belt again, and said: "This belt is given by the Zhai family, I promised him."

Shangguan Wan'er frowned and said, "Who, the princess?" Xue Shao shook his head and said, "Zhaijia, I promised that he would treat the princess well." Do you want to be loyal to her daughter? Then I have a word for you. The king treats his ministers like dogs and horses, and the ministers treat him like a countryman. She will betray you first." Xue Shao stared at Shangguan Wan'er with clear eyes and said: "Then Ah Yue was too young at that time, so I can forgive her. Chongjian is my flesh and blood, I know." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "She tied you with this child, and she will find another man in the future, isn't Princess Taiping? A woman who is willing to be with someone forever. You say that, unless——you are in love with her. "

Xue Shao looked at Shangguan Wan'er quietly and said: "I love my son." Shangguan Wan'er smiled coquettishly: "So you don't have room for me in your heart?" Xue Shao said: "At the beginning...you just wanted to test and prove You are no worse than Ah Yue, and I am because of a momentary jealousy." Shangguan Wan'er smiled sweetly: "So you miss me that much." Xue Shao sighed: "Wan'er, I need to find a reason for us to break up. I don't want to delay you either. He is obviously a good person, and he will treat you with all his heart. When he becomes emperor, he will give you the most honorable status. You are much smarter than the princess." Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head and said with a smile: "You Do you think you can succeed?" Xue Shao frowned and said, "What?" Shangguan Wan'er shook her head lightly, and said, "Forget it, you don't have to worry about my affairs." The moment she turned around, a little gleam shone on her cheek , Xue Shao hesitated, he couldn't tell if it was tears, or just a flower on her cheek.

Shangguan Wan'er walked down the steps slowly, and she saw her faint shadow cast on the ground by the moonlight, it was so delicate and pitiful.For so many years, wandering among the emperor, queen, princess, prince, prince, and ministers, the paintings behind her are piled with gold and jade, prosperous and beautiful, but she is still empty-handed and has nothing.Just like the 14-year-old girl who walked out of Ye Ting with her arms around her arms and her shoulders hunched.

The emperor Li Zhi estimated his own health very accurately, and the imperial physician Qin Minghe tried their best to save Li Zhi's withered body again.In the first year of Hongdao, Li Zhi's wish to enshrine Songshan Mountain did not come true. On the way to Songshan Mountain, his old illness relapsed, and after reluctantly returning to Luoyang, the eastern capital, he fell ill.Before he died, his two sons and one daughter surrounded him. They saw his father tightly holding his mother's hand. He could not break free from this hand in his life. This hand tightly bound Li Zhi's love, conscience, and ambition throughout his life, but so far Maybe he still wants to.

The flustered prince Li Xian and the quiet Yu king Li Dan knelt under the couch, listening carefully to the chaotic words of the emperor when he returned to the light. He said, Mei Niang, I will go to see you at Ganye Temple. Slave...Meiniang, my head hurts so much, I saw Mrs. Wei Guo, the blood she vomited was black...Meiniang, I am afraid, the scriptures say that on the day of birth, women will be men, men will be women, Desire to commit adultery on the bed of parents... After death, fall into the hell of copper pillars, cut bones and flesh with knives, and cut liver and intestines with swords.

The Empress Wu Zhao wept and comforted Li Zhi's convulsed body with whispers and kisses.At dawn, Li Zhi finally calmed down. Prince Li Xian, who was kneeling exhausted and about to fall asleep, suddenly heard a mournful howl. He hurriedly opened his eyes and saw his mother hugging his father's body tightly. He cried so hard that his heart was broken and his heart was broken. He had never seen his mother lose her composure like this in his life.

After crying, Tianhou wiped away her tears, carefully laid the late emperor's body flat on the couch, held Li Xian's hand, and said calmly, "You are now the emperor."

However, Li Xian didn't understand that the title of emperor he obtained was bestowed by his mother, not inherited from his father, and he was not qualified to treat it wantonly and indulgently.So Empress Dowager Wu Zhao's abolition of the emperor has become a legend in the history of the Tang Dynasty. In this year, Li Xian reigned for only 44 days, and was abolished because of a frivolous joke.When he saw his favorite Shangguan Wan'er supporting the majestic queen mother to come to Qianyuan Palace again, and Zhongshu Peiyan dragged him off the throne, he was still ignorant of the reason.

Xiang Wang Li Dan, who had been hiding behind the three elder brothers, was pushed to the throne helplessly. The 23-year-old emperor claimed that he was too young to be in charge of the government, and asked the Queen Mother to listen to the government behind the curtain.From then on, whether it was the abolition of Prince Li Xian who was forced to commit suicide, or the suppression of Xu Jingye's rebellion, all were controlled by the queen mother.The Empress Dowager would still call her son's nickname affectionately, Xulun, Xulun, just like before he was ten years old.