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

Chapter 1494: Shock: Honoring the Emperor and the Crown Princess

The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, Little New Year’s Eve.

Yulong Garden, in the east courtyard.

Liu Jinyu, dressed in a purple skirt, helped Li Xuan tidy up her clothes face to face.

After carefully tying the Nine-Beam Crown, Liu Jinyu looked up at Li Xuan and asked softly, "Husband, nothing will happen tonight, right?"

Li Xuan lowered his head slightly, looked at the worried face in front of him with a hint of worry, and sighed in his heart.

None of them had ever experienced the emperor's death.

The further back you go, the more everything becomes pressing before your eyes, making you feel uneasy.

Li Xuan smiled calmly and said, "There is nothing unusual in the palace today. At noon, the prince brought medicine to His Majesty, and everything was peaceful afterwards. If His Majesty had something wrong, then tonight's New Year's Eve banquet would naturally not be held. But right now, there has been no news of cancellation."

Liu Jinyu let out a long sigh. She looked up at Li Xuan and asked, "Although this banquet was held by His Majesty to celebrate the birth of the princess and the pregnancy of the crown princess, I always feel that something is wrong."

Li Xuan nodded, stretched out his hand to grab the eight-sided long sword on the table beside him, and then said: "In fact, tonight's banquet is prepared to make up for the New Year's Eve banquet and the New Year's Day banquet. Your Majesty is grateful for the hard work of the ministers and the royal family for a year. Although now he has found an excuse, in fact, Your Majesty still has something to do."

"Is it about Prime Minister Xue?" Liu Jinyu immediately understood.

"The Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel." Li Xuan hung the long sword on his waist, and then said softly: "Prime Minister Xue has a stubborn personality, Prime Minister Pei has a tough personality, and Prime Minister Wang has a gentle personality. The three of them have conflicts, but they can reconcile them, and reconcile them while restraining each other. With the Queen Mother suppressing them, the government is naturally stable. But now that Prime Minister Xue has a problem, Your Majesty may have to find someone to make up for it."

"Is it possible to find someone to directly replace the Shangshu You Pushe?" Liu Jinyu looked surprised.

Li Xuan shook his head and said, "Who knows? Your Majesty has more people in his pocket than we think, such as the Duke of Pingyang and the Duke of Pengcheng. Especially the Duke of Pengcheng, he is the Minister of the Central Secretariat after all. If he is transferred back to the court, he may be directly promoted to the Minister of the Left. This way, Prime Minister Xue will have less pressure."

"What about the Anxi war?" Liu Jinyu raised his head and stared at Li Xuan.

"Just find someone to replace him." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "My husband or the Duke of Wenxi can transfer anyone over. The Anxi War will not be affected at all. In this way, the Duke of Pengcheng can be transferred back."

"Doesn't that mean that my husband is about to set off for Anxi?" Liu Jinyu suddenly became nervous.

Li Xuan shook his head and whispered in Liu Jinyu's ear: "Your Majesty's affairs should be resolved in the next one or two days. Even if he wants to do something, it will be nothing more than a will. As a husband, do you think I can leave?"

Liu Jinyu's eyebrows immediately raised, as the emperor would pass away in a day or two.

Once the emperor passed away, Li Xuan, the successor king, had to observe mourning and would not be able to leave Chang'an in the short term.

"Moreover, this kind of thing is not something that your Majesty can decide in a day or two. Even if you want to leave a will, you may not be able to do so." Li Xuan took a step forward and opened the door directly. At the same time, he turned to look at Liu Jinyu and said, "Besides, no one knows what your Majesty is thinking."

Liu Jinyu nodded slightly, and said at the same time as Li Xuan, "It was I who lost my composure."

"Tonight, be careful and don't reveal too many expressions." Li Xuan warned carefully before walking into the room.

Liu Jinyu hurriedly followed, and the two walked out of the courtyard together.

The black carriage stopped at the door. Pei Shitong stood there with her four sons, looking at Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu with confusion. She didn't know why they had so much to say.

Li Xuan walked over, took Xia'er and Zhao'er, and said at the same time: "Tong'er, I'll leave the house to you tonight, be careful."

"Hmm!" Pei Shitong suddenly became serious.

Li Xuan told her a lot of things, and she knew what would happen.

"Don't worry, my husband." Pei Shitong nodded heavily.

"it is good!"

……

Inside the carriage, Li Xuan placed the black-sheathed sword on his knees and stroked it gently, his eyes lowered and his expression lost in thought.

Liu Jinyu sat opposite with Xia'er and Zhao'er in her arms. She glanced at Li Xuan unhappily and said, "Since my husband said that he has nothing to do tonight, why do you have to act like this?"

Li Xuan smiled, raised his head and said, "My wife is right."

After saying that, Li Xuan reached out and pressed down.

A secret compartment was opened, and one could vaguely see that there were a lot of things packed inside.

Li Xuan put the black sheathed sword into the secret compartment, then looked up at Liu Jinyu and said, "If anything happens in the future, my lady, remember where to get it."

"Hmm!" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan in disbelief. Has the situation reached this point?
Li Xuan shook his head, looked outside and said, "Let's go."

"Yes!" Li Zhu responded, then slowly drove the carriage out.

Li Xuan didn't say anything else. He calmed down, closed his eyes, and began to collect his mind.

The sound of firecrackers continued to be heard outside, and the noise from the streets of Luoyang also poured in through the gaps in the car curtains.

Now everything is gradually coming to an end, and Li Xuan wants to avoid any unexpected events.

His mother once told him that at this moment, the most feared thing is that someone would overturn the table.

The power of Prince Xiang to overturn the table was directly eliminated by him, but there was still a person who had enough power to overturn the table, and he was still staring at the people of the world with a covetous eye.

This person is Empress Wu.

The death of Yuan Wanqing did not seem to cause much harm to Empress Wu, and she continued to handle the government affairs in a stable manner.

But Yuan Wanqing is the leader of the Northern Gate Scholars after all, and his death will inevitably cause huge waves within the Northern Gate Scholars.

The more Empress Wu suppressed them, the more violent the means of revenge these people would take in the future.

There is no time to wait for the future, revenge will come in an instant.

Li Xuan lowered his head slightly. He could reach in and grab the sword at any time. If it really came to killing someone, who could compare to him, a veteran on the battlefield.

Xue Rengui is old, and Pei Xingjian is old.

As for the remaining Wang Xiaojie, Heichi Changzhi and the like, Li Xuan had already figured them out thoroughly.

Li Xuan raised his head slightly and looked towards the direction of the imperial palace.

In the whole world, there were only two people there who were worthy of his respect.

……

The Duanmen Gate opened wide, and the carriage drove straight to the Duanmen Gate. Li Xuan helped Liu Jinyu get off the carriage, and then each of them took a child down. A purple-covered carriage slowly stopped at the back, the curtain was lifted, and a cautious voice sounded: "Uncle Wang!"

Li Xuan turned around subconsciously and saw Pei lifting the curtain of the carriage. Next to her sat Prince Linzi Li Guangren, who looked curious.

Li Xuan subconsciously looked at Liu Jinyu, and both of them had horror in their eyes.

Why are they here?

Li Xuan hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Your Highness!"

Pei bowed slightly: "Uncle Wang!"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Guangren, then quickly asked, "Your Highness, Your Highness and the Prince of Linzi, why are you here tonight?"

Pei was the Crown Princess who was filial to Emperor Li Hong. Her position in the court was already awkward, and with the addition of Li Guangren, whose identity was even more awkward, she generally would not appear on various occasions.

The Emperor and Empress Wu would not normally call him, but tonight, she happened to appear here.

Li Xuan didn't understand what the emperor wanted to do.
Pei shook her head, looking cautious and slightly worried, and said, "Today, the palace has issued an order to summon my niece-in-law to the palace for a banquet, and bring Ren'er with her."

"Is it the will of His Majesty or the will of the Queen Mother?" Li Xuan asked immediately.

"It is your majesty's order." Pei nodded seriously.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "That's fine, but you still need to be careful, the same goes for the Prince of Linzi."

"Don't worry, Uncle Wang. Your niece understands." Pei nodded seriously.

"Okay." Li Xuan turned to look at Liu Jinyu, and said after a moment's hesitation, "After entering the palace, I will take you to see the Crown Prince first, and ask His Royal Highness to take good care of you tonight. With the Crown Prince here, you should have no worries."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Pei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei knew in her heart that in the entire palace, the person who could not tolerate her the most was not the emperor, but Empress Wu.

When Li Hong died of illness that year, there were many rumors in the court that Li Hong was killed by Empress Wu.

There was also Li Xian, who was also forced to rebel under the heavy pressure from Empress Wu.

Pei and Li Guangren, one with a strong sense of Li Hong, the other with a strong sense of Li Xian, they are the people that Empress Wu least wants to see.

"Let's go." Li Xuan nodded slightly, turned around and took Liu Jinyu, Xia'er and Zhao'er to walk towards Chengtian Gate.

Pei and Li Guangren followed closely.

Li Xuan looked upwards and saw that the person guarding Chengtian Gate was still the familiar General Cheng Chubi of the Zuo Jinwu Guard.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, then stepped into Chengtian Gate, and his heart felt a little relieved.

It was the Emperor who called Pei and Li Guangren into the palace tonight, which meant that, at least tonight, Pei and Li Guangren had nothing to worry about.

But there is no doubt that their appearance tonight will inevitably arouse Empress Wu's disgust.

I may even find time to take action against them after tonight.

But the only lucky thing is that the emperor will not live long.

As long as she could get through this period of time, Empress Wu would no longer have the energy to do anything else.

When the emperor died, heaven and earth fell into chaos.

It is inevitable that Empress Wu will lose a few of her chess pieces in the world. As long as she does it cleverly, even Empress Wu will not know who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes.

……

In Qianyang Palace, as soon as Li Xuan walked into the palace, the voices of greeting in the palace decreased slightly, but soon became even lower.

When King Peng arrived, everyone naturally paid attention. Then, when they saw Pei, they couldn't help but hold their breath.

Li Xuan didn't care so much. Seeing that Li Xian had not arrived, he took Pei to the Ministry of Justice.

Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice Su Liangsi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice Pei Judao, and Minister of the Ministry of Justice Duan Baoxuan have all arrived.

"Mr. Duan." Li Xuan bowed deeply.

"Your Highness!" Duan Baoxuan returned the greeting seriously, glanced at Pei, and bowed.

Pei bowed slightly in response.

Li Xuan walked towards Su Liangsi, who quickly asked in a low voice: "Prince, what's going on?"

"I don't know either. This is the order of His Majesty." Li Xuan turned sideways to look at Pei, who had already walked in front of Pei Judao and bowed, saying, "Aye!"

"Yes!" Pei Judao just looked solemn, glanced at Li Guangren, and bowed, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Li Guangren immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Grandfather."

Pei Judao nodded, then asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"

"His Majesty has ordered that my daughter bring the Prince of Linzi to the banquet." Pei raised her eyes and looked at Pei Ju worriedly.

Pei Judao hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "In that case, it may not be a bad thing."

"Oh!" Pei blinked her eyes. She couldn't understand why she came here tonight. Could there be some good thing?

Pei Judao looked aside and said with a salutation, "Princess!"

Liu Jinyu walked up from behind, smiled and nodded to Pei Judao, and said, "Minister Pei, the Crown Princess and the Princess of Xiang are here. I will take Princess Dai with me."

"Yes!" Pei Judao immediately bowed: "Thank you, Princess."

……

With a "ding" sound, the sound of bells rang.

"Your Majesty is here!"

　Empress Ai, filial piety to Emperor Li Hong, Crown Princess Pei
　　
　
(End of this chapter)