Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 73 She doesn’t want to live anymore?
The officer lowered his body even further and said loudly, "Yes." He got on his horse and led the convoy away.

The carriage really left, and you could only see Li Chengqian sitting next to the carriage, with half of his shoulders and feet exposed.

Only then did Princess Jinyang feel panicked. She took two steps forward with the rabbit in her arms, crying and shouting to Li Chengqian:
"Brother Prince, I will go to see you with Wu Cairen!"

Li Chengqian didn't respond, as if he didn't hear him. As the carriage went further and further away...

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Li Shan was in a low mood when he went back, and he didn't have to rush, so he could finally take a breath and walk slowly.

Wu Rou took Princess Jinyang and rode two horses side by side with Li Shan.

Princess Jinyang was still immersed in the shock that Li Chengqian had become so strange. She was holding the little rabbit in her arms and was in a daze, thinking about random things.

Wu Rou turned her head and glanced at Li Shan, and saw that he still had heavy shadows under his eyelids. In addition, he had just cried, his eyes were lowered, and he was completely listless.

So she ran out of words to find something to say and wanted to divert the attention of the brothers and sisters, so she said:

"Is His Royal Highness still unable to sleep well? If Your Highness has trouble mentioning it, let the princess say, please allow Your Majesty to still live in Wude Hall."

Sure enough, after saying this, Princess Jinyang also looked over, looked into Li Shan's eyes carefully, and said:
"Yes, I'll go talk to my father."

Li Shan shook his head gently and said:

"No, my father is already troubled enough. I can't overcome this trivial matter. It would be extremely unfilial to cause trouble for him."

Wu Rou said:

"It's not a trivial matter not to have a good rest. If you fall ill over time, wouldn't it be a bigger trouble? Besides, Your Majesty will not scold you for being unfilial just because you don't sleep well."

Princess Jinyang now has a deep fear of the word "disease". Not only did their eldest brother lose his position as prince because of an illness, he was demoted to a commoner, became a stranger and terrifying, and was also expelled. Have you left Chang'an?

She said hastily:
"Wucairen is right. Brother, you must take good care of your health. You must not get sick or leave me to go elsewhere! I will tell my father later that I am unhappy and I must let you live in Wude. Palace, we can meet you sooner or later."

Li Shan smiled weakly and said:

"That's against the rules... If you want to give it a try, just give it a try. I'm not qualified to be willful, but we rhinoceros are. The worst is that my father won't agree, and he won't be disappointed in you just because of this."

Wu Rou heard the tiredness and reluctance in his words. After a while, she whispered:
"Does His Majesty the Crown Prince dislike being the Crown Prince so much? Think about it from another perspective. Holding power in your hands will make you safer and more dignified, right?"

Li Shan turned his head and looked at her in surprise, his eyes flashing, thinking and trying to understand her. After a while, he said:

"With my identity, these things are not what I lack. I have never felt unsafe or disrespected since I was a child, so these are not attractive to me.

On the contrary, the prince's responsibilities make me feel even more uneasy.Because I know how much I weigh, I feel panicked every day, fearing that I will mess up everything and become a sinner of the Tang Dynasty. "

He paused, his voice was hoarse and a little choked, and he said:
"And I don't want to be a sinner of the Tang Dynasty, not at all..."

Wu Rou's beautiful eyes flashed, full of doubts, and she stared at him with one eye and two tail eyes, as if she was born with the taste of teaching people, and said:

"Why are you so presumptuous, Your Highness? I think you are quite good. You are good at literature and martial arts. Although you are certainly not as good as Your Majesty, you are still a rare and extremely rare person.

To be honest, there is no second best in the world for His Majesty.If there is no second, then you are the best. "

Li Shan glanced at her. Although he didn't agree with her words in his heart, he seemed to feel much more relaxed. With relief, he changed the topic and asked politely:
"What have you been busy with recently? Xizi said he rarely sees you."

After hearing this question, Wu Rou seemed to have thought of something, her eyes trembled, and then she took a deep look at Li Shan's profile and said:
"It's nothing important. There have been a lot of small banquets in the palace recently. Nobles from outside the palace often come into the palace to talk to the imperial concubine and several other empresses. Everything needs someone to take care of it, so it's a bit busy."

The prince said doubtfully:

"Has anything happened in the harem recently? ... It seems that except for the rebellion of King Qi who is far away in Qizhou, which may implicate Concubine Yin De, there should be nothing major, right?"

Speaking of King Qi's rebellion, it was actually a big deal, but his rebellion with the prince happened so quickly that people didn't pay much attention to him.

Wu Rou was in the harem, and all the news she heard was that Qi King Li You was the governor of Qizhou. For some reason, he killed his long history, established himself in Qizhou, and forced all the people of Qizhou into the city, preparing to occupy Qizhou City. Resistance.

When His Majesty received the news, he wrote a letter to scold him, telling the world that he was unfaithful, unfilial, and stupid.Then he sent the Minister of Punishment to gather troops from several state capitals near Qizhou to quell the rebellion.

The people of Qizhou did not support him at all, and as a result, he was captured without even starting a fight.

Now he is on his way back to Chang'an City.

Wu Rou retracted her thoughts and said lightly:
"It's not because of this, it's because His Highness the Crown Prince hasn't chosen a concubine yet. They all want to find out what His Majesty has to say through the concubine. By the way, they want to bring the girl to be married to show her face in front of the concubine, hoping to get her support."

Li Shan was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking about himself.He looked away awkwardly and said nothing.

Seeing how reserved and reserved he was, Wu Rou wanted to tease him very much and said, "What kind of girl does Your Highness like? I'll go talk to the imperial concubine and let her choose for you."

Li Shan looked at the road ahead, his face flushed. He frowned slightly, glanced at Wu Rou quickly, then looked back and said:
"I don't have anything I like or dislike, it doesn't matter."

Wu Rou suddenly felt a little sad. She stopped teasing and said seriously:

"Indeed, Your Highness, it's good to be like this. What's the use of liking it? You can't eat it if you like it. As long as you just think about what you should do, you won't have any worries."

Afterwards, neither of the two people spoke anymore, and the atmosphere became tense again.

Princess Jinyang didn't understand what these two people were minding at all, and gave them a strange look.

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The emperor was approving memorials in the Hall of Wude, but he was obviously in a bad temper. He was holding a vermilion writing brush in his hand and was about to dip it in cinnabar ink, but he reached out and touched the hand of the inking lady.

The emperor raised his eyes and saw that he was a stranger. The female official smiled charmingly at him, and the emperor immediately frowned.

He withdrew his hand and said displeasedly to the eunuch on duty next to him:
"The chamberlain is so blind that he arranges such a thing to serve pen and ink."

His voice just fell.

The female officer and the chamberlain eunuch looked at each other, and both became frightened. The female officer quickly retreated under the throne, knelt down, and trembled with her hands on the ground.

The chamberlain quickly stepped forward, bowed and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, it turned out that the two female ministers were ill. They were desperate and couldn't find a suitable candidate, so they temporarily found your Majesty's maid to take over. I thought she would have some sense of control... The slaves are indeed blind. , please inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find someone more reliable."

As he said this, he was about to retreat. The emperor stopped and said irritably:

"No need! Go to the side hall and call the martial artist over. Also, punish this reckless person for thirty years and never let me see her again!"

"Your Majesty..." The female officer, who was originally the royal maid, shouted pitifully. The chamberlain quickly summoned two young chamberlains, dragged her out and covered her mouth.

The palace became quiet again, but the emperor was still in a very irritable mood, holding up his pen and frowning as if he couldn't write any more.

After a while, Wu Rou came with the eunuch Xu who was delivering the order.

Naturally, Chamberlain Xu told her all the reasons in advance, so as soon as Wu Rou arrived, she quietly walked to the inkstone and stood there, observing the emperor's needs on the pen and ink at any time. She did not need to move, so she remained motionless.

Not long after she took her place, word spread outside that Concubine Yin De was here.

Concubine Yin De is almost 40 years old, but she is very well maintained, with a plump forehead and bright facial features. She is usually very eye-catching among the concubines, but today she has lost her luster, and her whole person has a feeling of being on the verge of death. of paleness.

She entered the palace in despair, bowed politely, and said:

"Yin, I have met Your Majesty."

The emperor didn't even raise his head, looked at the memorial, and said coolly:

"Well, have you gone to see Lao Wu?"

Concubine Yin De was dressed in gorgeous clothes and should have been very noble, but she was hunched over like an 80-year-old woman. She said in the same cool voice:
"I've seen it. Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. You also let me watch my son die with my own eyes. It's very nice."

Wu Rou's brows twitched. Concubine Yin De usually talks little, and her words are indeed always half-tepid, but anyone can hear that "strangely good" is a sarcasm, right?
Sure enough, when the emperor heard this, he paused with his hand holding the pen and directly pressed a thick red dot on the memorial.

He removed the pen, the veins on his forehead throbbed, and Wu Rou said quickly:

"Your Majesty, I dipped in extra ink for you."

After saying that, he took out the handkerchief, carefully dipped the remaining cinnabar ink on the ink pad, and then immediately stepped back to the side, acting as an unconscious pillar.

The emperor ignored her and said directly to Concubine Yin De:
"I listen to you, but you still have complaints? You have raised a good son who is unfaithful and unfilial. It is a kindness from me to let you see him for the last time. What else do you want?!"

When Concubine Yin De heard this, she sat down softly on the ground, as if she had lost all strength. She lowered her eyes and said in her still half-tepid tone:
"This child is not mine. He has not been with me for a few years. If Your Majesty cared about his quality, he should have been around to teach him in the early years.

Oh, he is probably an unfaithful and unfilial person who took him to teach him. Didn’t the deposed prince also commit rebellion?It can be seen that it has nothing to do with religion, but everything to do with blood. "

Wu Rou was shocked, and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace were shocked.

This Concubine Yin De doesn’t want to live anymore.

(End of this chapter)