[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 12 Hibernation 1

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Zhi sat in the Hall of Liangyi with a gloomy face. It was raining heavily outside the hall, and there were rumbling thunders from the gray sky from time to time, which made people have the illusion that the whole hall was shaking slightly...

This is the first rain since the beginning of spring, and it is also a timely rain.

In the spring of this year, there was no rain in the Yongzhou area, and it turned out to be a spring drought. Although the court was prepared, the people were still panicked, and the death of Li Shimin pushed the people's anxiety to the extreme...

Under Li Shimin's careful arrangements for the transfer of power in the empire and the tough policies of his ministers, the transition went smoothly, but there were still a lot of discordant voices.

Among them, there are not a few people who make a fuss about spring drought and natural disasters...

What do you mean God thinks that Li Zhi's succession is unscientific, so it doesn't rain as a punishment...

There are even various rumors around Gyeonggi, such as 'Lao Tzu was born, Li Hongxing' and the like.

All these seriously affected the prestige of the emperor, and the grandson Xianggong, the uncle of the country who had been gentle and refined for many years in the Zhenguan Dynasty, finally showed his iron and blood...

Martial law started from the time of Li Shimin's funeral, and it has been extended without a time limit...

Under the care of Sun Xianggong, the shepherd of Yongzhou, he personally leads people to patrol the Gyeonggi area every day, and anyone who spreads rumors and creates troubles is immediately arrested...

Until the heavy rain fell, the prison in Chang'an City was almost overcrowded...

The arrival of this rain not only greatly alleviated the drought, but also eliminated all the rumors that were not good for Li Zhi.

The eyes of the people finally began to look at the emperor...

There is no doubt that Li Zhi is under a lot of pressure.

He has a prestigious name Hehedi, a great monarch, like a high mountain, only for people to look up to...

And he himself is only the youngest son enthroned, he is not young enough to be crowned, and his career in politics is getting worse, his skin is thin and his face is tender, and even the civil and military skills his father left him can't deter him, let alone those vassal kings with malicious intentions...

There are also his two elder brothers, which makes Li Zhi feel at a loss every time he thinks about it!

It is true that if there is no battle for power, he will be closer to the two elder brothers...

But now, the two of them have become a big threat to his first throne.

This feeling of wanting to get close but not being able to get close makes him very uncomfortable...

And the bad news is yet to come. When his two elder brothers heard that their father had passed away, one of them fell to the ground and was dying. The other rushed back to Beijing overnight and fell ill halfway, so he could only recuperate on the spot...

If something happened to the two of them, how should he explain to his father under Jiuquan? !

"Saint!!" Xiao Shunzi's exclamation interrupted Li Zhi's contemplation.

Li Zhi's eyes became focused, and his dark eyes stared at Xiao Shunzi motionlessly: "His...how is the situation?"

Xiao Shunzi didn't even have time to wipe off the rain on his face, so he fell to the ground and cried: "Little slave is incompetent, I went one step too late, the Duke, he has passed away..."

At the beginning of Li Zhi's ascension to the throne, various clans were conferred, and from the time Li Ke, king of Wu, was conferred the title of Sikong, every brother was greatly rewarded.When he arrived at Chengqian, Li Zhi named him the eldest son of the first emperor, and named him a duke of the country, which was neither high nor low. no disagreement.But the clan relatives turned a blind eye and made a fortune in silence...

It's just that I didn't expect that not long after this imperial edict was issued, the duke passed away after it was released!

Li Zhi almost fainted after hearing Xiao Shunzi's words.

It's just a wave of just flattening and a wave of rising...

Li Zhi sat on the couch and swayed twice, supported his head to suppress the dizziness, and said in a deep voice: "Please come here..."

This phrase comes up so often these days.

Xiao Shunzi didn't dare to talk too much, he hurriedly got up, and exited the Liangyi Hall in a hurry...

At this time, there was a loud explosion of thunder suddenly from outside the sky, and the entire hall was shaken and rumbled...

Li Zhi rested his forehead, closed his eyes tightly, and muttered to himself: "How did this happen, how did this happen..."

The waiter Cui looked at Li Zhi worriedly, for fear that he would also suddenly fall ill...

However, the bad news this day seems to be piled up, coming one after another.

Xiao Shunzi hadn't invited his eldest grandson, but Wang's servant came back from the East Palace, bringing another bad news.

As soon as he entered the door, the Wang's servant habitually took a peek at the expression of the person sitting there—the familiar place had been replaced by a not-so-familiar face, and the Wang's servant could not help but pause...

Li Zhi gave preferential treatment to the old man who had served his father, and the palace people were well arranged according to the will. They should be female officials as female officials, and they were released from the palace when they should go out of the palace. The first emperor's concubine could not go out of the palace to go home to farm, and was sent to a Buddhist temple according to the rule of childless concubines.

The internal servants were not allowed to leave the palace for the rest of their lives. Cui and Wang's internal servants had been with Li Shimin for many years and they were very useful. Li Zhi kept them by his side, mainly responsible for the internal affairs of Liangyi Hall and Ganlu Hall.The Wang's servant who was originally in charge of the affairs of the Lizheng Hall in the East Palace was transferred to serve the Queen and continued to stay in the East Palace.

Only Xiao Shunzi was left by Li Zhi's side to accompany him, so it meant that this kid would take over from Cui and Wang...

The king's servant knew it well, and he took special care of Xiao Shunzi on weekdays, while he himself often ran between the harem and the Hall of Eryi, delivering messages for the young saint...

Due to the need to observe filial piety, the emperor Li Zhi temporarily lived in Liangyi Hall, but could not immediately move into Ganlu Hall.The people in the backyard of the East Palace also stayed in the East Palace and did not move their nests, and they could only move when the filial piety period expired.

Wang's servant was going to the East Palace today to report the progress of Yeting Palace's reorganization, but it was very unlucky to encounter Wei Liangdi going crazy.

Wei Liangdi was shortly after the Spring Festival in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, and it was difficult to give birth to a daughter, who was Li Zhi's second daughter.But at that time, His Majesty Li Er's condition worsened, and Li Zhi waited on the sickness in the Manna Hall day and night, and had no time to take care of his own backyard. He even responded casually to Webster's delivery, and he never went back to the East Palace after that.And Wang Shi was also very disappointed when he saw that Wei Shi did not give birth to the emperor's grandson. He just hastily arranged for the second wife Miyue, using the excuse of a saint not to hesitate, and even saved a hundred days, turning a deaf ear to Wei Liangdi...

This situation is completely different from the scene where Xiao Liangdi gave birth to a daughter more than a year ago!

Wei Liangdi was so angry that she couldn't help it!

Originally thought that after giving birth to a daughter, she would be able to compete with the little aunt for favor, but who knew that the prince would not even come back to take a look!

She hurt her body when giving birth, and accidentally contracted a cold syndrome during confinement. She couldn't get a bed for several months, and her whole body quickly withered like a dehydrated flower...

It's all right if you lose your face, if you can't even keep your status, can Wei Liangdi not go crazy?

At the beginning of Li Zhi's ascension to the throne, Chu Suiliang strongly demanded that he immediately canonize the crown princess as a queen in order to command the harem.But the people in the backyard of the East Palace did not get canonized immediately.

It wasn't until the beginning of this month that Mrs. Wang was on the "Secrets for the Girls" Chen. Today, she happened to gather everyone to announce the results of the canonization after Li Zhi's approval.

Xiao Liangdi's status in the East Palace was already high, and she had a son and a daughter, so she was made a concubine when she came up;

Wei Liangdi was left as Jieyu, Liu Ruren and Zheng Ruren as beauties, Yang's as talented, and Li's as Baolin.

This ranking was revised by Li Zhi. Originally, Wang proposed to confer Xiao as the ninth concubine Zhaorong, which was already a very high status, but Li Zhi promoted her to another level with a swipe of a pen, and her status was directly comparable to that of the queen.

When all the girls saw this result, they were all jealous, especially Wei Liangdi, who heard that she was only concubine for the first time, but Xiao Liangdi, her love rival, directly conferred the concubine position, she was so angry that she sprayed blood on Wang's skirt...

Wang Shi was so shocked that his face turned pale immediately, and he shook his hands to help Wei Shi up.

A group of palace people called the imperial doctor called the imperial doctor, pinching people among them, and suddenly became a mess...

After Wei Liangdi woke up, she tore at Wang Shi's clothes, crying and shouting that Wang Shi lied to her and hurt her...

He also scolded Mrs. Xiao for being cunning, causing her to have a daughter, Yunyun...

Xiao Shi just sneered when he heard the words, and went back to his yard without saying a word.

Wang's face turned black, and ordered someone to pull away Webster's hand. As a result, Webster stuck to Wang's body like brown sugar, and he refused to let go. Between the two pushing and pulling, Webster accidentally bumped his head on the steps, and immediately Blood flowed all over the place...

By the time the imperial physician arrived, Webster had already exhaled more and breathed less...

The king's servant dared not delay, leaving a small servant to continue to observe the situation, and hurried back to Taiji Palace to report.

Who knows, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu is in a bad mood right now.

When Wang's servant saw Cui's wink at him, he understood that it was better not to report the situation in the East Palace for the time being.

"Wang Weng is back?" Li Zhi remembered that the royal servant was going to arrange for Concubine Wei and others to go out of the palace today, so he asked a series of questions: "Have the concubines and their carriages and horses been arranged properly? I promised Sanlang to enter the palace tomorrow. Let Concubine Shu not be too anxious... Also, how is Xu Chongrong's condition? Bring 22 Niang with you later, let's go visit..."

Wang's servant was busy going back one by one, and when it came to Xu Hui, he couldn't help but say a few more words: "Chengrong is seriously ill, and this old servant seems unwilling to move to the palace when he looks at her..."

"If you don't move it, don't move it..." Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said: "Anyway, the empress and the others will temporarily stay in the East Palace during the filial piety period, and I won't go back..."

"Mother 22 is still young, it's not good after all to leave the palace, and it's okay to continue living in Caisiyuan..."

"What the sage said is very true..." Wang's servant said with a bow.

In fact, underage princesses generally do not live out of the palace with their mothers, and Xu Chongrong's current physical condition does not allow running around, it is beneficial to stay in the palace!

"It was very diligent to serve my father in the past. In my father's will, maybe she was a concubine, but now I am entangled in common affairs, so I can only announce the imperial edict after the illness is better..."

Li Zhi thought for a while and then said: "Keep Xuan Chongrong's mother and younger sister coming to the palace to accompany her, comfort Chong Rong and 22 Niang..."

"I would like to obey." Wang's servant hurriedly responded, and then left the Hall of Liangyi to send a message.

Not long after the king's servant left, the eldest grandson arrived. His clothes were half wet and his expression was gloomy. When he entered the door, he rushed to Li Zhi and said, "Why did the sage keep King Wu in the capital?"

The author has something to say: Big brother packed lunch =. =

Li Xiaojiu was in trouble, all kinds of depression...

Classmate Xiao Wu... let's eat bird food for a few days first. =