People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1195 The arrival of aristocratic families

In front of Prince Peng's Mansion, a dozen carriages stopped at the door.

Countless servants moved silk, tea, porcelain and other gifts from the carriage into Prince Peng's Mansion.

Riding on the horse, Li Xuan looked a little confused at the sudden scene in front of her.

Even he, in all his years in Chang'an, has never seen anyone move so many things into his house.

"Go and ask, what's going on?" Li Xuan's face became solemn. You must ask for something when you are polite.

"Here!" Li Zhu cupped his hands and walked quickly into the courtyard.

Li Xuan got off the horse, handed the horse rope to the servant on the side, and then entered the courtyard from the side.

At this time, Li Bi quickly came up to him, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the doctor is here."

"What's going on with these things?" Li Xuan still frowned and said, "In this world, only nephews have ever given gifts to uncles' homes, and no uncle has ever given gifts to nephews' homes..."

"My uncle didn't give this to you. Someone else asked my uncle to give this to you." Zhao Gong walked out of it with a smile.

Li Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and held her hand, and asked curiously: "Who is so generous? More than ten carts of silk, tea, and porcelain are probably worth a lot of money. Is there anything about my nephew that is worthy of others?"

"Your words are enough." Zhao Gong turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard, and Li Xuan quickly followed.

"Uncle, this sounds a bit scary!" Li Xuan's face was filled with a wry smile.

"Okay, no need to pretend, there are still things in this world that can make King Nanchang so scared." Zhao Gong shook his head and said, "At worst, you can just send everything back."

Li Xuan calmed down, entered the central hall, and asked the maid to serve tea quickly.

Zhao Gong sat at the top, took a sip, looked at Li Xuan who had calmed down, and asked, "Have you guessed it?"

"It must be the Cui family. The only people who can let uncle come to deliver things are members of the aunt's family." Li Xuan turned to look at the gifts that had been sent to the warehouse outside, and then sighed and said: "I'm afraid only the Cui family It’s so heroic to give so many gifts just to say hello.”

Yes, just say hello.

Zhao Gong would not harm Li Xuan, so even if the Cui family sent so many things, there would be nothing to embarrass Li Xuan.

So it can only be a princess thing.

But Li Xuan couldn't make the decision regarding the princess's affairs, so she asked Zhao Gong to deliver gifts to her, just asking him not to say bad things.

Some people are not successful enough, but they are more than capable of failure.

……

"When you can help, you can just say a few kind words." Zhao Gong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said: "The Cui family does not expect to be the princess, but it wants to leave a good impression in the eyes of the emperor and empress. , is the most practical.”

Li Xuan nodded slowly. Real aristocratic families were not eager to marry princesses as consorts.

Unlike the Du family, which has a poor settlement, and unlike the Yang family, which is too deeply involved with the former Sui Dynasty, the Cui family is very clear about all the pros and cons of Princess Shang, so there is no urgency.

In this way, he showed a bit of magnanimity.

Li Xuan nodded, then looked at Zhao Gong and said, "Uncle, having said so much, who is the disciple promoted by the Cui family this time?"

Yang Zhiyi from the Yang family, Du Pengju from the Du family, and Lu Zangyong from the Lu family are all excellent in talent and learning, and the Cui family...

"Cui Wei, the son of Cui Xuanwei, a doctor in the household department." Zhao Gong said one word, and Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn.

Cui Xuanwei's father, Cui Shen, was the Duke of Boling County and the Boling of the Cui family in Boling.

"The Cui family really showed great sincerity!" Li Xuan sighed softly, and the grandsons of Lord Boling showed up.

"You should remember Tang Jian. Tang Jian's son Tang Shanshi married Taizong's daughter Princess Yuzhang." Zhao Gong saw Li Xuan nodding and then said: "Tang Jian's daughter married Boling County A cousin of Gong Cui Shen, the former secretary supervisor, Cui Xinggong."

Li Xuan nodded slowly. When Li Jing killed Jieli, he used Tang Jian, who was in Turks, as a cover to deceive Jieli into relaxing his guard, and then launched a surprise attack.

"Boling County Duke Cui Shen also has a son, Cui Sheng, who is now a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment and was an imperial censor earlier." Zhao Gong sighed softly and said: "The Cui family does not expect to be a princess, but they hope more. Achieve the position of Minister of the Sixth Department."

"But the Cui family is already very powerful in the court." Li Xuan sighed.

The Cui family has Huangmen Shilang above them, Cui Zhiwen of the third rank under Tongzhongshu Men, Luo Governor Shi Cui Zhiti, in the middle there is Yushi Zhongcheng Cui Mi, and below them there are Hubu Langzhong and Xingbu Langzhong.

You must know that the Household Department is controlled by Empress Wu, and the most important force for Empress Wu to control the Household Department is the four Household Doctors.

The Cui family can have a hand in this. In addition to their good methods, they also have a vicious vision.

"The Pei family is more powerful." Zhao Gong rolled his eyes at Li Xuan and said, "Pei Yan is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Pei Xingjian is the Minister of the Ministry of War. They still control hundreds of thousands of troops, as well as Pei Guangxiao, Minister of Zongzheng Temple, Pei Judao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Xue The strength of the family is not bad either, Xue Yuanchao is the prime minister, the concubine of Zuo in the East Palace, and Xue Li is the general of Zuowei."

"The Cui family, the Pei family, and the Xue family, among the major families, these three families are the most powerful." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

"The Wei family is not bad either. With the crown princess here, Prime Minister Zhongshu will have one of them sooner or later; there is also the Li family. In addition to Zhongshu Ling, the Li family of Zhao County also has successors." Zhao Gong shook his head slightly and said: "This is the result of His Majesty's prohibition of marriage between their families. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say who has the last name in the world."

Li Xuan suddenly felt a heavy pressure falling on herself.

Zhao Gong continued: "It's not like you don't know the reason why you were forced to stay in Beijing this time. Although His Majesty is not afraid of things happening on the front line, but you are in Beijing, so even if there is an incident on the front line, His Majesty can handle things."

"But my nephew will leave Beijing on the ninth day of next month. Unless His Majesty orders to stay temporarily, otherwise..." Li Xuan raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Gong with doubts in her eyes.

Zhao Gong shook his head slightly and said, "Don't think too much. His Majesty will not exchange the princess easily. Who can be the princess depends on the ability of each family." Li Xuan nodded slowly. From this angle, The context of many things can be followed by routine.

The granddaughter of Pingyuan County Duke Gao Kan married into the East Palace as the crown prince's concubine, and the son of the Xue family wanted to be Princess Shang.

Li Xuan sighed with emotion and said, "The Pei family seems to have done something wrong."

"But that's not necessarily the case." Zhao Gong lowered his voice and said, "There are benefits to a quarrel between Pei Yan and Pei Xingjian. You did the right thing..."

"I heard that Pei Shangshu inspected the Ministry of War doctor in his early years." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Zhao Gong in particular.

"Have you forgotten? During the Yuan Dynasty, Shangshu Pei personally led his troops to sweep the grasslands." Zhao Gong brought up the past.

Li Xuan immediately understood that Pei Yan also had a group of his own forces in the army...

"Your Majesty." Li Bi stood in front of the hall silently, with his hands tied.

"What's the matter?" Li Xuan looked up.

"The Zheng family sent someone here." Li Bi's face was still a little uncertain.

"Who?" Li Xuan and Zhao Gong stood up at the same time.

"The Zheng family, it's the housekeeper who came here with the same gift as the doctor." Li Bi couldn't believe it.

Li Xuan understood immediately: "The Zheng family also wants to take this opportunity to show off."

"Fanyang Lu family, Qinghe Boling Cui family, Zhaojun Li family, Xingyang Zheng family, Jingzhao Wei family, Jingzhao Du family, Hedong Xue family, Hedong Pei family, Hongnong Yang family, I am afraid they will all show up this time ." As the commander of the secret guards, Zhao Gong knows far more than others.

Li Xuan couldn't help but shook her head and said: "This time it doesn't matter who is the princess... It seems that my nephew will have to stay at home less these days. Forget it, my nephew happens to have something to see Duke Zhou. .”

Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile expression on his face.

……

"Duke Zhou, Duke Zhou, walk slowly." Li Xuan strode to catch up with Wu Chengsi who was about to get on the carriage at the Danfeng Gate, and said with a smile: "Duke, how about a talk in the East Palace?"

Wu Chengsi stood on the carriage, looking at Li Xuan with a wry smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, you think Chengsi hasn't had enough trouble recently."

Recently, for some unknown reason, news spread among the scholars that Kaiwu Chengsi intended to return to the court.

In the eyes of interested people, it has become clear that Wu Chengsi will return to the court to compete for the position of Minister of Household Affairs.

Almost at the same time, a censor had already impeached Wu Chengsi for violating the imperial system and acting wantonly.

He has been in a lot of trouble recently, but now Li Xuan wants to drag him to revise "Han Shu".

Wu Chengsi couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart.

"Okay." Li Xuan unexpectedly let go of his hand, and in Wu Chengsi's surprised eyes, he cupped his hands and said to him: "Actually, Xuan's meeting with the Duke today was not what the Duke wanted, but there was another thing. We need help from the Duke."

"It's not about the "Book of Han"?" Wu Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was not about compiling and annotating the "Book of Han", other matters could be discussed.

"Where did the Duke go?" Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "This time, Duke Pingyuan did not return to Beijing because of the sudden emergency on the front line, so the East Palace hopes that the Duke can go to the Duke of Pingyuan County to welcome the bride."

Wu Chengsi was slightly stunned, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Didn't the prince do this?"

Li Xuan shook his head bitterly and said: "Xuan also wants to go, but the best date selected by Zongzheng Temple, Taichang Temple and Taishi Bureau is on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, but Xuan will leave on the ninth day of the lunar month."

"Why don't you stay a few more days, Your Majesty?" Wu Chengsi really didn't expect that the emperor didn't let Li Xuan stay in Chang'an for a few more days.

"The war is urgent." Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "According to normal, the end of March and April in Tanggula Mountain is enough time to start the war, but Xuan has a feeling that Qinling will not give Xuan that long time, so It’s better to go back early and prepare. Besides, there will be war on the grassland this year, so prepare early to avoid trouble later.”

"I see." Wu Chengsi immediately understood what Li Xuan was thinking. No, this was the emperor's idea.

"Then, the prince's affairs will be left to Chengsi." Wu Chengsi fully agreed.

Li Xuan smiled, took a step back, and said sincerely: "Then Xuan will not disturb the Duke, so that others will not think too much."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Chengsi glanced in the direction of Chengtian Gate, where the ministers were slowly leaving. Wu Chengsi quickly handed over and left.

……

The car curtain was lowered and Wu Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to get involved at all with the "Book of Han" matter.

No relative in the world is willing to be tainted with the affairs of "Han Shu".

Wu Chengsi sneered slightly, I am afraid that this test in the East Palace will not be easy.

Immediately, Wu Chengsi couldn't help but frown.

The King of Nanchang has always had many plans in doing things. This time, it may not be that simple for him to be the crown prince, marry the crown prince's concubine, and become the best man.

What is he planning?

(End of this chapter)