Chang'an ancient meaning

When Taiping and Xue Chongjian returned to Xuanwu Gate, the morning light was already light in the east, and the morning breeze still carried the heat of fireworks, but everyone felt that the breath was extremely warm. After fighting and fighting, the artifact of Sheji finally returned to the hands of Li's children and grandchildren.Li Dan and Taiping looked at each other, the emotions in their eyes were different, Taiping saw the sadness in his elder brother's expression, walked over to hold his hand and said softly: "For a while, the fourth brother needs to go up to the tower to tell the world to appease the subjects, Use some food pads first, and then you will have to work hard." Li Dan understood the meaning of the Taiping language and smiled wryly.

Li Chengqi helped Xue Chongjian to get on the shoulder, and got on the horse himself: "Huanu's injury needs to be taken care of, I will accompany him back." Taiping suddenly remembered the words of Shangguan Wan'er, glanced at Li Longji and said "There are too many important things today, and you have to go to court early, you should accompany your father." Xue Chongjian hurriedly said: "I want my cousin to accompany me." Li Chengqi said: "With my aunt and Sanlang here, I can't help you much. " Taiping still wanted to talk, Li Dan nodded and said: "Fengnu was also frightened just now, let him go back and rest for a while."

Arriving at Princess Taiping's mansion, the imperial physician arrived shortly thereafter. The priest was supposed to be on duty in the palace tonight, but in the middle of the night he heard the sound of killing, so he hurriedly hid in the cabinet.After Yulin searched him out of the closet, and said that he was going to take his life, he was so frightened that he wept bitterly. After the person explained, he realized that he was sent to heal the wounds of Princess Taiping's husband.When he arrived at Princess Taiping's mansion, his expression was still in a daze, why did he sleep, the world changed hands.

The priest inspected Xue Chongjian's wound again, and comforted him and Li Chengqi: "It's okay." While writing the prescription, he confessed: "No water can be seen within seven days, and spicy fish and shrimps should not be eaten. You must not have sex..." At this point, Xue Chongjian suddenly looked at Li Chengqi and pursed his lips and smiled. Li Chengqi was swept away by his slightly frivolous smile, and immediately understood his joking intentions, and a layer of blush appeared on his face , hurriedly lowered his head to look at the prescription, but fortunately the priest did not see it either.

After the priest finished writing the prescription, he smiled at Li Chengqi and said, "Does His Highness the King of Song want an official to feel your pulse?" Li Chengqi was confused for a moment before he realized that this was his new title, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, I am not injured. "The worshiper said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness is the second son in the future, and you belong to the country. You should cherish it. Let me have a look." Li Chengqi said in horror: "The sacrifice is a slip of the tongue! Your Majesty hasn't said anything yet. My son, why are you here to save the second!" Seeing Li Chengqi's displeasure, the priest stopped and said, "Yes, yes, my minister made a slip of the tongue."

After the man withdrew, Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "This man climbs high and fast, knowing that you are going to be the prince, he immediately came to curry favor with you." Li Chengqi slapped his face and said, "If you talk nonsense again, I will beat you!" Xue Chongjian stuck out his tongue and said, "It's so fierce when we just met! Well, stop talking nonsense, and talk about something important." Li Chengqi was taken aback when he saw his sudden seriousness, and said, "What's important?" Xue Chongjian suddenly stretched out his left arm Grabbing Li Chengqi's waist, he pulled him onto his body, and said with a smile, "I miss you."

Li Chengqi looked at Xue Chongjian's smile close at hand, his eyes were illuminated by the lights in the room, just like the Kunming Pool illuminated by thousands of lanterns during the Shangyuan Festival, thousands of strange lights flowed and rippling in the deep pool, warming It's so bright that it's heart-shattering.Li Chengqi originally wanted to ask Xue Chongjian about the past few days, but now he felt that all other words were superfluous, and really only this sentence was important.The outside is turning upside down, they have come back from life and death several times, and now they are staring at each other, but there is no strong joy for the rest of their lives.It seems that all kinds of hardships have been separated by seven lives and three lives. Only the heartbeats that match each other, and the singing and singing of cicadas outside the window are the only real memories in this life.

Not long after the maid knocked on the door, Li Chengqi blushed slightly and pushed Xue Chongjian away, standing up.Xue Chongjian was not reluctant either, he smiled and leaned against the painting screen, peacefully enjoying the food that Li Chengqi fed into his mouth.Because the maid was by his side, Li Chengqi still maintained a dignified expression, but he showed tenderness when he raised his eyes inadvertently.Xue Chongjian secretly savored Ning Xin, whose fragrance was blowing gently from the bottom of his sleeves, and secretly savored the charming charm of his cheeks without smiling, and felt that even the faint pain on his arm was somewhat sweet.

After eating, Xue Chongjian smiled and told the maidservant: "Go get some hot water, I want to take a bath." Li Chengqi said: "You can't take a bath yet." Xue Chongjian said: "My body is covered with mud and blood How can you sleep without washing in this weather." Li Chengqi finally obeyed him and said, "Well, I'll wipe your body." Xue Chongjian smiled and said, "Cousin, wipe the bath beans for me."

After a while, a few maidservants came in with several buckets of water, and put a large rosin wooden bath bucket in the room, first mixed half a bucket of hot water, then pointed to the buckets next to it and said: "The water is cold for a while, Your Majesty Just add some." Li Chengqi nodded, sent them out, closed the doors and windows, took off his own robe first, and helped Xue Chongjian take off his clothes carefully, except for the hair bun, helped him step into the bucket, put only his right arm out of barrel.He made Xue Chongjian lean against the wall of the barrel, scooped up a wooden ladle of water and carefully poured it over his hair, grabbed some bath beans and rubbed them between his hair.

Summer in Chang'an is very hot in Japan, and when it is steamed by the heat, the room is immediately filled with hazy smoke with a pine aroma.Xue Chongjian looked up at Li Chengqi's face, his mind was floating like in a dream, Li Chengqi ordered him: "Close your eyes, and be careful of the water flowing in." Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "If you close your eyes, you won't be able to see you." Childish, so rogue and obsessive, exactly the same as the children in the soup pool a few years ago, Li Chengqi could no longer suppress the love in his heart, bent down, and kissed Xue Chongjian's smooth and white shoulder like creamy fat, Xue Chongjian said with a smile: "Come down and wash with me." Li Chengqi hurriedly shook his head and said, "No." Seeing his solemn expression, Xue Chongjian was a little surprised and said, "I don't eat people, what are you afraid of?" He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but chuckle , The more I think about it, the more I laugh uncontrollably.Li Chengqi knew that he had guessed his mind, so he reached out his hand into the water basin in embarrassment, and twisted Xue Chongjian's buttocks. Xue Chongjian let out a pain and said with a smile: "Brother, hard work, wait another seven days, after seven days ..." He paused, then changed into another gentle tone, and said in a low voice, "I'll eat slowly."

After bathing, Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi slept together on the couch. Xue Chongjian was extremely tired these days, and fell asleep quickly while lying in Li Chengqi's arms.Li Chengqi stared at Xue Chongjian's cheeks, there was still a layer of moisture on his face, and that layer of blush came from his flawless skin, it was a gorgeous color incomparable to any rouge in the world.Li Chengqi sighed softly in his sweetness. He is not ignorant of the intention of his aunt to let him accompany his father, and he is not puzzled by the meaning of the enshrining words just now. Stand up.Now that Wei Shi died, no one from his aunt Longji to the court officials would allow Li Chongmao to occupy the great treasure again.Daddy was finally forced to be pushed to the throne again, but he never thought about being the crown prince again. He didn't bring down these thousands of miles of land, and he had no intention of snatching them.He loves the beautiful rivers and mountains, the breeze and the bright moon, but he only wants to enjoy their beauty and not have to keep it for himself.All he wanted to have was this person in his arms.

Li Chengqi listened to Xue Chongjian's thin breathing, and slowly closed his eyes, feeling peaceful and dreamless for a while.

They slept until noon, and the priest came to change Xue Chongjian's medicine. After a while, Princess Taiping came back, looked at Xue Chongjian's wound, smiled and took out a memorandum and said, "Aunt has already had someone write it for you. , you can sign it yourself, if it is inconvenient, you can use your left hand." Xue Chongjian said in surprise: "What is this?" Taiping said: "Today, the emperor has granted you the title of King Lijie, in charge of Weiqing's affairs. Shane's playlist."

Although both Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi knew that after this battle, they would definitely reward the heroes, but they didn't expect to make an exception and add Xue Chongjian as the king of a county with a different surname.On the contrary, the priest was very clever, and quickly kowtowed: "Congratulations, Your Highness!" Li Chengqi looked at the inscription, his expression slowly froze, and said to the priest: "The priest should go back and rest first."

After everyone in the room withdrew, Li Chengqi said: "Auntie, the reward of Hua Nu must be resigned." Taiping was quite happy on the face, but at this moment, he was taken aback, and said with a slight sneer: "Why? Your brother stood watching the fire from the other side of the Xuanwu Gate , Du Jin became King Ping, and Hua Nu was born and died to save you and your father, so he is not even worthy of a county king?" Li Chengqi said: "My aunt misunderstood. To put it simply, there are very few kings with different surnames in this dynasty who have a good death. What's more, Hua Nuruogui is the county king and controls the palace and military power, so he is easily suspected by others, which is not a good thing for him."

Taiping snorted coldly, and said: "Your tone is exactly the same as your third brother, you really are brothers with one heart. Who suspects him, is it your father, is it you, or Li Sanlang? Are you cursing him not to end well?"

Li Chengqi seldom heard his aunt talking to him like this, and his face flushed with surprise and fear, he quickly stood up, lifted his clothes and knelt down, saying: "Auntie calm down, Chengqi has made a slip of the tongue." Xue Chongjian hurriedly defended Li Chengqi: "Cousin is For my own good, I didn't raise troops here for rewards, I don't care about being king or not."

Taiping glanced at Li Chengqi, sighed, helped Li Chengqi up and said, "I'm really afraid that you two are too stupid to marry someone else and die without knowing it! Huanu, mother, let me ask you, why did you get married yesterday? You were the first to rush into the palace at night?" Xue Chongjian said: "I discussed this matter with Cousin Sanlang, in order to prevent Wei Shi from taking risks and harming Uncle and Cousin first, someone needs to go into the palace to rescue them. So Gao agreed Lishi took me into the palace first, and after he succeeded, Ge Fushun and Li Xianfu moved again. I did this voluntarily, and I don't worry about others going." Tai Ping smiled and said: "You don't worry about your uncle, but he doesn't worry about his father. Then Cheng Yilong What about them? Why weren't you at the Xuanwu Gate yesterday?" Xue Chongjian said: "Cousin Sanlang said that our actions are too dangerous, and if things fail, their brothers will have nothing to do with them. I will take this matter as my own. That’s fine, there’s no need to implicate Cheng Yilong Fan and the others, so they were not allowed to participate in the beginning.”

Taiping smiled and said: "He deserves everything. He doesn't want to share the credit with others." Li Chengqi listened to his aunt's ridicule of Li Longji, but it was not easy to intervene, so he bowed his head silently.Taiping glanced at him and said: "Feng Nu, this is what we said in private, my aunt still wants to persuade you to pay attention to your third brother. Today, he personally ordered the killing of Webster's remnants in the city. If you don’t let it go, I’m a little startled. He’s cruel and merciless, and you four brothers are no match for him. You also need to be careful these few days, and move more about the ministers who have made good friends between the court and China. I always feel that he may not be reconciled to the title of King Ping."

After Taiping finished speaking, she finally forced Xue Chongjian to sign the memorial. Now that she has a lot of important things to do, she has no time to sit idle in her son's room, so she instructed Xue Chongjian to say a few words, and left in a hurry.

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Without any surprise, three days later, Princess Taiping read out the imperial edict on behalf of the young emperor Li Chongmao on behalf of the young emperor Li Chongmao.The Tang Dynasty has experienced too much suffering in the past 50 years. The heroine is in power, the cruel officials are rampant, the rules and regulations are abolished, and luck is blocked.The people of the world put their fanatical hopes on the only surviving grandson of Emperor Taizong, wishful thinking that Li Dan, without the hindrance of his mother and elder brother, will inherit his grandfather's behest and restore the Tang Dynasty to the Qingming and prosperity of the Zhenguan period. .

On the same day, in the name of the young emperor Li Chongmao, Li Chengqi, king of Song Dynasty, was canonized as the general of the left guard, Li Chengyi, the king of Hengyang, was the general of the right guard, Li Longji, the king of Ping, was the supervisor of the palace, the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen, and Li Longfan, the king of Baling, was the general of Zuo Yulin. Li Chengyi, king of Hengyang, was General Youwei, and Xue Chongjian, son of Princess Taiping, was General Youqianniuwei.These youths with faces like crowns and jade eyes like bright stars are all dressed in purple robes, and they go out to thank each other one after another. The dull and hazy atmosphere that has accumulated in the court for many years is swept away in their clear and clear voices of thanks, and Datang seems to be Overnight, it is full of vigor to remove the old and bring forth the new.

On the second day, the ignorant young emperor was still sitting in the Tai Chi Hall. Maybe he didn't understand the content of the imperial edict read out by his aunt on his behalf the day before. Maybe it seemed to him that the opposite of him was his father's coffin. A little peace of mind.Prime Minister Li Dan still hangs his head in the book of the late emperor's coffin, and the officials are hesitant between the merit of supporting him and the crime of usurping, and no one dares to be the first in the world.It was still Princess Taiping who broke the silence. She stood beside the emperor and said loudly: "Is it possible that the emperor wants to use this as a concession to his uncle?" Liu Youqiu responded first, knelt down and replied: "The country is so difficult. The emperor is benevolent and filial. Follow Yao and Shun. Sincerity and cooperation are supreme. Xiang Wang’s generation has a heavy responsibility, and love is especially generous.”

This absurd reason is somewhat laughable, Cui Riyong and other prime ministers of Zhongshu saw that a great contribution was taken away by this humble Zhongshu Sheren, how could they back down, and they all knelt down and begged the prime minister to ascend the throne.Princess Taiping smiled slightly, walked straight up to the throne and said: "The heart of the world has belonged to the king, this is not the seat." She pulled the young emperor Chongmao up by the arm, made him stand aside, and then bowed to herself brother went.She did not kneel down to the officials like that, but stretched out her slender white hands to Li Dan, and said: "God's will and the people's will, please ascend the throne." This solemn sentence was said with infinite tenderness, as if Soothing a frightened child.

Li Dan finally raised his head, and for a moment he was out of breath, it seemed that it was because the weather was too hot, or because the imperial incense in the temple was burned too thickly, sweat soaked his hair, and slid down his temples , and got into the neckline of his court clothes, and spread out between the jacket and his skin, like thousands of tiny needles, pricking his flesh lightly, it turned out that this was needle felt.Li Dan knew that all the ministers and officials behind him were bowing their heads respectfully, but their eager eyes had already pierced through his body like a red-hot arrow. What they want is nothing more than conferring marquis and worshiping prime ministers, and if they don't sit on it, their meritorious deeds will not be realized.Once the emperor and the courtiers, for this courtiers, he has no other choice but to be the emperor.He sighed, stretched out his hand to hold Taiping, and when he walked forward, his clothes brushed against the late emperor's coffin, as if he was slightly dragged by someone, he called out in his heart: "Third brother."

When the officials saw Li Dan walking up the imperial steps, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed solemnly again.It's just that when Li Longji was bowing down, he accidentally saw that his father's hand was actually being held by his aunt, and he suddenly felt a little stagnant in his heart.A thought popped up all of a sudden, from grandmother to aunt, and then to aunt, why in this court, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is always in the hands of women?He quickly took a deep breath, trying to suppress the thought.

So Li Dan led the officials to inherit Tianmen and pardon the world. After the officials said a few words of congratulations such as "Zhongxing", he hastily completed the ceremony of ascension to the throne.To his surprise, after this usual etiquette, a large-scale impeachment broke out suddenly and impatiently.I don't know whether the ministers have been planning for a long time, or they are all familiar with the scriptures, and their gorgeous and sharp words are like swords flying all over the sky, pointing at the former high-ranking ministers.In addition to Prime Minister Zong Chuke who was killed by Wanqi generals and soldiers that night, and Si Nongqing Zhao Luwen who was turned into a skeleton by the people under the Anfu Gate, Zhongshu Ling Xiao Zhizhong, Minister of the Ministry of War Wei Sili, Zhongshu Minister Zhao Yanzhao, and officials were also impeached. Zhang Jiafu, Minister of the Ministry, Cui Shi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Song Zhiwen, Li Qiao, etc.All of their crimes are high-sounding and ambiguous - attached to Ni Wei.For a while, the officials were eager to eat all the prime ministers of Zhongshu Province alive. Those with humble official positions thought that the people in power blocked their hope of promotion. Years of unrecognized talent and jealousy and greed merged together. Desire and anger finally Get a gap, like the water of the Yangtze River rushing out.

This venting eventually turned into a ridiculous and frightening farce. Many officials were still complacent about impeaching others, but they were surprised to find that they were also the target of attacks by the officials.Just like Cui Riyong who personally participated in the coup three days ago, he ignored that there are too many burning eyes coveting his position, only when they make room can they give hope to the upstarts.

For the first time in many years, Li Dan needs to rely on his own judgment to control the government.He looked at the frothy chaotic scene with a little helplessness. He knew that there was no way to verify these many crimes, such as helping the tyrant, such as mutilating Zhongliang. Jiao and Li Chongjun.Then everyone who survived the scene, including myself and my sister, also paid homage to His Majesty after Wang Tongjiao was killed, and celebrated with each other in the garden built by Princess Anle and Queen Wei with tens of thousands of people. Who has never lived by flattery and dependence, and how many people have never helped the evildoers.

Since the beginning of the Great Weekend, the court has experienced a great disaster, because the emperor's doom and incompetence led to the fall of power, and the power was torn apart by various forces.Some people kill others with cruelty, ambition, greed, cowardice, obedience, silence, voluntary or passive, and use their own desires to achieve the despair of others.Everyone is contributing to this catastrophe, everyone is the murderer of this tragedy.

In the end, the emperor Li Dan still had to comply with the wishes of most of his officials, and dismissed several prime ministers such as Xiao Zhizhong, Cui Riyong, Wei Sili, Zhao Yanzhao, Zhang Jiafu, Cui Shi and other important ministers, Song Zhiwen and Song Zhixun were imprisoned in Jingzhao The government is pending trial.For a while, the Zhongshu Province was almost vacant. Out of the emperor's natural caution, he did not suddenly promote anyone. Cui Gui, the only remaining prime minister, and Zhang, who was moved to Zhongshu's assistant minister, said that the emperor only considered that they were the leaders of literature. Scholars, now that the imperial edicts are out in all directions, we still need a few people who are good at writing.After this noisy liquidation, the emperor looked obviously tired and asked the ministers if there was anything else to start.

Liu Youqiu, a member of Zhongshushe, came out of the class again and said: "Your Majesty revives the court today, the nine states are unified, and the wind is the same for thousands of miles. However, people's hearts are not at ease, and family and state affairs are important. In the past, Jia Yi said, one person has celebrations, and the people rely on it. Please, Your Majesty, Establish a storage position, the crown prince is upright and the world is settled."

None of the ministers expected that on the first day of Emperor Fang's ascension to the throne, someone would propose the establishment of a crown prince, and they couldn't help but gasp.Zhang, who had just returned to work with Xie En, subconsciously looked sideways and looked at King Ping Li Longji, but unexpectedly Li Longji was also looking at him. Their eyes met. The way out of the class: "Liu You is justified in asking for words. Today, King Ping has made great achievements in helping the country. No one among the princes can match it. He should be the crown prince."

Li Longji was mentioned that he could no longer sit in the class, so he hurried out of the class and knelt down and said: "This time, I did this for the sake of my relatives and not for my own body. If I covet meritorious service and seek to save my position, how will I see the world! The way of succession is to be respected by the son of the tomb. The king of Song has been established as the prince in the past, how dare I think about it." Liu Youqiu said: "Ping Wang's words are wrong. I heard that the one who eliminates the world's disasters should enjoy the world. Blessing. Prince Ping saves the country from danger and saves the king from the difficulties. He has done a great job and has the most virtuous speech. He is unquestionable." Xue Chongjian knew that Li Chengqi was calm, even if his uncle wanted to make him the prince, he might not be willing to do so. , but couldn’t get used to Liu Youqiu’s eagerness to fight for the reserve position for Li Longji, so he sneered in the class and said: “This is really funny, those who save the world’s scourges should enjoy the world’s blessings, shouldn’t your majesty give up the throne too?” Half of you, Mr. Liu?"

Li Chengqi hurriedly turned his head to stop him and said: "Please be careful with the king of Lijie!" Taiping sneered at the side of the throne and said: "I think this is not bad. Saving the emperor from danger is also the role of a son. If you use this, you can invite credit and seize the heir. My Great Tang will surely fall into the strife of flesh and blood from generation to generation. Now that Your Majesty has Yuanzi here, anyone who dares to criticize others should be beheaded!"

Li Chengqi knew that he had to speak at this time, he had already made up his mind, and he didn't hesitate to panic. He came out of work and bowed to his father: "If the country is safe, the heirs will be the first; if the country is in danger, the meritorious service will be the first; The whole world is disappointed. Your majesty knows how humble and immoral I am. Over the past few years, I have not made any achievements in the country, nor have I filially cared for or respected my relatives. I have survived until now, all relying on..." He tilted his head slightly, as if he wanted to look back at someone , but held back, and said sternly: "...Your Majesty, aunt, and Longji took shelter. Virtue is weak but status is high, knowing the small but seeking the big, power is small but the responsibility is heavy, and it is seldom inferior. "Yi" said: "The tripod folds the foot , Fugong is frightened, its shape is fertile, fierce.' Words are too much to do. I hope that your majesty can take pity on me for half a lifetime, give me poems and wine for the rest of my life, and be with relatives and friends, and enjoy the peace of the holy dynasty. I dare not be above King Ping when I die." At the end of his speech, his voice was choked with sobs, and many ministers in the court couldn't help but sigh in their hearts thinking of what happened to Song Wang Li Chengqi in his life.

Tai Ping said in a loud voice: "The king of Song has never heard that if God takes it away, he will be guilty of it! The prince is the master of the world tomorrow. How can he get it by killing and conspiracy!" Li Chengqi looked calm, slightly Looking up at his father and aunt with apology, he said: "I remember that your majesty abdicated the position of emperor's heir to the first emperor, and wept for several days without eating. Although I am not sensitive, I dare not betray my father's virtue." He said At this point, he suddenly changed his address and said, "Father, a few days ago in the Baifu Courtyard, Daddy once lamented to me the many regrets in this life, and my wish and ambition, Daddy has already understood. I don't have the guts to put myself on top of Jiuding I don’t want to put the people close to me in the eyes of hundreds of officials and people. Even if my son is spoiled and arrogant, I ask my father and my aunt to grant my only wish!" He respectfully kowtowed He was tall, got up and didn't go back to work, but walked straight out of the hall without looking back.