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

Chapter 1485 I Miss Chang'an
The nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, six quarters past the hour of Mao.

It was dark in the Zhenguan Hall.

The sound of "Bi-pa-bi-pa" came from the stove.

The blazing flames made the entire Zhenguan Hall as hot as a furnace.

"So... so... cold."

A slight murmur came from the imperial couch. After murmured for half a minute, the emperor finally opened his eyes weakly.

Tired, exhausted.

Li Zhi only felt endless fatigue pressing on him, and he had no strength at all.

He could feel his hands and feet, but he couldn't even move his fingers or toes.

Even the strength to breathe became extremely weak, as if his breathing would stop completely in the next moment.

"Come... someone come!" The words finally came out of the emperor's mouth.

The next moment, a slight sound of footsteps came from the corner of the imperial bed. Wang Fulai, still in high spirits, walked quickly to the side of the imperial bed with a serious look on his face. He carefully helped the emperor up and quickly massaged the emperor's Neiguan, Beishu, Tanzhong and Taiyuan acupoints.

A breath involuntarily surged up from the depths of my heart, and finally rushed straight to my mouth and nose. At this moment, a long breath rushed into my body from outside.

"Huh!" A long breath was sounded, and the emperor's face was as relaxed as ever.

"Okay." Li Zhi's eyes were fully opened, and he looked completely sober.

Wang Fulai carefully placed the emperor on the bed. At this moment, the emperor's fingers moved slightly.

Lying on the imperial couch, Li Zhi looked up at Wang Fulai and asked solemnly, "What happened to my body?"

Wang Fulai quickly knelt down, then leaned close to the emperor's ear and said, "Your Majesty has been moving too much every day, you need to rest."

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and immediately understood what was going on.

In the past few days, relying on his improved health, he has begun to take charge of the government again.

However, he did not interfere in Empress Wu's affairs. He mostly dealt with the clearing of hidden fields in Hebei and Shandong, and made some minor personnel transfers.

But after all, I was a little tired.

"I understand." Li Zhi nodded slightly.

At this time, his limbs were gradually able to move, but his torso was still cold.

"I remember, today is the 19th." Li Zhi took a deep breath.

Wang Fulai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, today is the nineteenth day, the day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince marries his concubine."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This was first proposed by Prince Peng. I originally thought that... never mind. Today is also a happy occasion. Pass the decree down and cancel the curfew tonight so that the people and the royal family can have fun together... In addition, if Princess Fuchang enters the palace, let her accompany me and let Prince Peng take her back at night."

After a short pause, Li Zhi couldn't help but smile and said, "Tell Prince Peng that I also missed Princess Fuchang a little today."

"Yes!" Wang Fulai bowed without any hesitation.

"Dong Dong Dong" endless bell sounds rang throughout the entire Luoyang City and directly rushed into the Zhenguan Hall.

Morning bells and evening drums.

Li Zhi couldn't help but look up at the deep darkness outside the palace, and said softly unconsciously: "Fengshan, Fengshan, after Fengshan, I will return to Chang'an. I miss Chang'an."

Wang Fulai leaned forward heavily, and this time he did not speak again.

……

At Chengtian Gate, Li Xuan carefully handed Xia'er to Wang Fulai, and at the same time said to Xia'er, "When we get to Zhenguan Palace, be good and don't disturb the emperor's rest."

"I got it, Aye, the Emperor is very easy to talk to!" Xia'er showed her little teeth happily, as if meeting the greatest supreme being in the world was a very relaxing thing for her.

Wang Fulai took Xia'er and put her down carefully. Then he smiled and bowed to Li Xuan and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Princess Fuchang is different with Your Majesty. Your Majesty is eager to hear Princess Fuchang's laughter in the palace."

"Thank you for your help, Your Majesty!" Li Xuan bowed slightly.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." Wang Fulai bowed quickly, looked up at the ministers passing by, and bowed again, saying, "I will take the princess to see His Majesty right now. When Your Highness returns home, I will pick her up at Chengtian Gate."

"Thank you, Lord!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, Wang Fulai nodded, and then took Xia'er into Chengtian Gate.

Li Xuan's gaze followed Xia'er into Chengtian Gate, and it took a long time before he slowly retracted his gaze.

Li Xuan lowered the car curtain and hugged Liu Jinyu directly. Without the gazes of the outside world, Liu Jinyu couldn't help sobbing softly.

Li Xuan gently patted Liu Jinyu's back and said softly, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. There are only two possibilities for His Majesty to publicly summon Xia'er to the palace this time.

Either his condition is really too serious, or his body is gradually getting better and he no longer needs to care too much about the outside world’s attention.”

Liu Jinyu raised her head slightly and looked at Li Xuan with pleading eyes.

Li Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, you and I will be in the palace today. After everything is settled, we can bring Xia'er into the palace in the evening..."

Liu Jinyu saw Li Xuan suddenly pause and asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

"Something might happen tonight." Li Xuan's face became serious, and then he glanced at the palace and said softly: "If that's the case, it might not be a bad thing for Xia'er to come to His Majesty today."

"What will happen?" Liu Jinyu sat up from Li Xuan's arms, wiped the tears from his face, and became serious.

"Someone might be causing trouble." Li Xuan pondered and said carefully, "It's the Zheng family's business, and there's still some aftermath. Don't rush to leave tonight. Your husband will send you and Xia'er back... If there's really something wrong, go to the Youwei government office, it's absolutely safe there."

"Yes!" Liu Jinyu nodded solemnly.

As they were talking, the carriage had stopped.

Li Xuan took a deep breath, forced a smile on her face, then lifted the car curtain and walked away.

The officials and ladies around saw how calm Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu looked, and any suspicion in their hearts faded.

……

Li Xuan stood in the central hall of the Mingli Hall, bowed to the guests, and then had them lead into the various courtyards of the Eastern Palace.

Su Liangsi welcomed guests at the door, Yao Lingzhang directed the flow in the middle, and Li Xuan entertained guests at the back.

After layers of screening, very few people can finally reach Li Xuan's sight.

From time to time, someone came to report something to Li Xuan. Li Xuan nodded slightly, but looked at everyone in front of him with a deep look. Although Zheng Xuanguo said that he would only target Wang Yinke, who knows.

His method was obviously to create chaos first and then wait for an opportunity to kill people.

Who knows if he will sneak into the East Palace and cause even greater chaos.

Although Zheng Xuanguo sneaked back to Luoyang alone, he is the real head of the Xingyang Zheng family and the former general of the Right Jinwu Guard. The amount of manpower he can mobilize is absolutely terrifying.

If we take it lightly, even though this is the Eastern Palace, something bad is bound to happen.

Li Xuan took over the security of the entire Eastern Palace. Even from the Eastern Palace to the Zheng family residence, and even everything in the Zheng family residence was under Li Xuan's control.

Any slight change would attract his attention and be resolved quickly.

Time passed little by little, and the visitors from all over were properly settled, and all kinds of gifts were taken care of by special people.

Li Xian went to the bride's house in person, and everything went smoothly. In the end, Zheng Jiuniang was successfully welcomed into the Eastern Palace.

All the servants from the Zheng family also successfully entered the Cuihua Hall of the Eastern Palace.

Li Xuan just watched calmly without communicating with any member of the Zheng family.

After all, Zheng Jiuniang was only the Crown Prince's Consort. When she married into the Eastern Palace, neither the Emperor nor Empress Wu showed up. Only the Crown Princess Wei took the tea offered by Zheng with an expressionless face.

Afterwards, Zheng Jiuniang was sent to Cuihua Palace.

After the ceremony was completed, Wei quickly entered the harem.

Li Xuan stood at one side, watching calmly the whole time.

Although the Crown Princess was unhappy about this matter, the people of Jingzhao Wei family were all aware of its importance.

Wei Ji, Wei Hongmin, Wei Siqian, Wei Daijia and others helped a lot in everything inside and outside.

……

Pushing cups and changing cups, drinking and drinking together.

The banquet ended in great joy.

A eunuch quickly ran from the East Palace to the Zhenguan Hall, talked with Wang Fulai for a few words, and then returned to the East Palace.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Fulai approached the imperial bed.

"What's the matter?" Li Zhi, who was sitting on the imperial couch and watching Xia'er writing, looked up with a relaxed expression.

"The banquet in the East Palace has ended, and Prince Peng has prepared a variety show in front of the Duanmen Gate to celebrate." Wang Fulai looked at Xia'er.

Li Zhi couldn't help but stretch himself and said, "Yes, the curfew is lifted tonight, so we'll have some fun."

Turning around, Li Zhi looked at Xia'er and said, "Okay, Princess Fuchang, we won't write anymore. Let's go find your father."

"Okay!" Xia'er finished writing the last word obediently, then looked up at Li Zhi and said with a smile, "Okay, Uncle Huang."

"Yes!" Li Zhi smiled and nodded, then raised his head and said, "Bring two fur coats here, one for me and one for Princess Fuchang, and tell the Queen to come with me to the Duanmen Gate."

"Yes!" Wang Fulai turned around and made arrangements without hesitation.

The emperor wanted to leave the palace in the middle of winter, and Wang Fulai did not advise to stop him. Instead, he tried his best to take measures to prevent the cold.

Finally, the emperor, surrounded by countless people, met up with Empress Wu and arrived at Chengtian Gate together.

All the soldiers of the Left and Right Jinwu Guards and the Left and Right Qianniu Guards bowed their heads and knelt on the ground.

The banquet in the East Palace has ended, the palace gates are about to close, and all officials and their families have already arrived outside the city.

As soon as the emperor walked up to the Duanmen Gate, two huge stoves had been set up on top of it. The blazing firewood made the surroundings warm.

Although it is not as good as indoors, it is the best level that can be achieved outdoors.

Not to mention, there were countless officials and soldiers inside and outside the Duanmen Gate.

A bare-armed soldier, holding a large iron spoon filled with red-hot molten iron, quickly came to the thatched shed in front of the Duanmen Gate.

The soldier saw that he smashed the big iron spoon hard.

The next moment, countless iron flowers shot up into the sky, blooming brilliantly, which was extremely spectacular.

Fire trees and silver flowers never go night.

The people outside Duanmen looked up subconsciously, their eyes accidentally falling on Chengtian Gate, and they saw the emperor and Empress Wu standing there at a glance.

All the ministers, their families, and even the various people who came to offer gifts on both sides, all knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live forever."

"Everyone, please stand up." Li Zhi's voice was steady, without any sign of weakness.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers then slowly stood up.

Li Zhi smiled and nodded, saying, "It's a rare occasion to celebrate tonight, I will enjoy it with you all."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers bowed again.

"Go on." Li Zhi raised his head and a calm voice came down. The soldiers on both sides immediately began to make iron flowers, followed by shouts of surprise.

Li Zhi turned sideways to look at Xia'er and said, "Princess Fuchang, have you seen your father? Go find him."

"Yes!" Xia'er had already seen Li Xuan standing at the door and couldn't help but want to run down, but at this time, she still bowed to Li Zhi and Empress Wu calmly and said, "Uncle, Aunt, Fuchang is leaving!"

Li Zhi and Empress Wu smiled and nodded at the same time.

Watching Xia'er running down quickly, Empress Wu said with emotion: "If only Taiping had been so well-behaved when he was a child."

Li Zhi smiled, raised his leg slightly, and looked towards the southwest, where there was an inexplicable red light.

But it's like this everywhere in Luoyang tonight, so it's not noticeable.

Turning sideways, Li Zhi said calmly: "It's time, let Wang Yinke go."

Empress Wu's expression suddenly became solemn, and she nodded and said, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)