Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 600: Wu Meiniang, the Gravedigger of the Hongnong Yang Clan (Part )

In front of Linzhao Palace, the imperial sedan slowly descended.

Li Chengqian stepped down from the imperial carriage and looked at the Linzhao Palace in front of him, his expression gradually calming down.

In October, Yang Mi gave birth to the ninth son, Li Ji.

This is Li Chengqian's ninth son.

The so-called nine is the extreme number, so Li Chengqian was named Li Ji.

Taking a deep breath, Li Chengqian walked up the stairs, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

Before, he was still plotting against the Yang family of Hongnong, intending to plunder their property to pay for military supplies. Now, he had to face the woman of the Yang family of Hongnong who had just given birth to a son for him.

Fortunately, he did not intend to kill all the Hongnong Yang family. He only wanted to completely wipe out Yang Gongren's lineage, and he would leave the rest to Yang Sizhi to deal with.

In this way, Yang Sizhi became the patriarch of the Hongnong Yang family.

Yang Sizhi had to suppress all the internal dissatisfaction of the Hongnong Yang family on his behalf.

This is why Li Chengqian appointed Yang Mi's son as King of Chen.

The cold wind blew from the side, sweeping across the face of Wu Meiniang who was leaning beside her.

The emperor walked into the Linzhao Palace without even looking at her.

……

Inside the inner hall, Yang Mi, dressed in a light white gauze dress, stood at the entrance of the inner hall. She bowed to Li Chengqian and said with a sweet smile, "Your Majesty."

Li Chengqian came over, helped Yang Mi up, looked at the carriage behind her, and asked with concern: "Jiulang is not naughty, right?"

"No!" Yang Mi stood up, leaned against Li Chengqian's arms, and walked to the carriage together. She whispered, "Jiulang is very quiet, so quiet that he doesn't seem like a boy."

"It's better to be quiet, so that I can be quiet when I rest here with you." Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. After teasingly playing with his son for a while, he walked to the bed and lay down.

Yang Mi came over and gently massaged Li Chengqian's arms and shoulders, whispering, "Your Majesty, you must be exhausted today."

"Hmm!" Li Chengqian closed his eyes and said casually, "It's the end of the year now. All matters from all corners of the country need my attention. Besides, there are matters concerning the royal family... It's the end of the year now. The New Year's Eve banquet needs to be prepared. The kings will present gifts, and I will return the favor..."

While he was talking, Li Chengqian had already fallen asleep completely.

The sound of light snoring echoed throughout the inner hall.

Yang Mi smiled sweetly, then walked to the side and looked at Li Ji, who was blinking, waving his arms and whispering playfully. Then she turned sideways to look at Wu Meiniang in the middle hall and nodded slightly in gratitude.

Wu Meiniang bowed and saluted with a calm expression.

Before I knew it, the night had deepened.

Li Chengqian gently opened his eyes in the darkness.

Looking at the darkness above, he couldn't help but sigh.

For some reason, since he ascended the throne, Li Chengqian would wake up in the middle of the night every night.

It's the same now.

Even though the person guarding Xuanwu Gate was Li Xizhi's son, Li Xuansi, the General of the Imperial Guard.

Even though the person in charge of Chengtian Gate was Su Dingfang, who had just returned.

Even those sitting at the Vermillion Bird Gate have lost their ability to think.

Even though Li Anyan was secretly investigating everything in Chang'an City.

But for some reason, he always woke up in the middle of the night.

Only by listening to the silence in the darkness can he feel at ease.

Li Chengqian turned sideways to look at Yang Mi who was sleeping soundly beside him, then gently stood up and walked into the central hall.

In the central hall, Wu Meiniang and another maid were still awake on duty.

Seeing Li Chengqian walk to the long couch in the central hall and sit down, Wu Meiniang skillfully handed him a bowl of warm lotus seed soup.

Li Chengqian glanced at Wu Meiniang, nodded slightly and said, "Thank you very much, Concubine."

"I dare not." Wu Meiniang immediately bowed and stood aside.

Li Chengqian finished a bowl of lotus seed soup before casually saying, "Your brother has done well in Hongnong. I'm thinking of giving him a concurrent position as a tutor in Prince Chen's mansion. What do you think?"

Wu Meiniang's eyes narrowed, and then she bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wu Yuanqing did a great job in Hongnong this year.

Especially with Chu Suiliang in charge, he was able to do things efficiently and effectively at the front.

Now, he even has his own spies in Hongnong, who can monitor the Hongnong Yang family.

Wu Meiniang naturally knew this.

His brother was at odds with a part of the Hongnong Yang family, and now the emperor had tied him and Prince Chen together.

Everything happened just as Wu Meiniang had expected. The emperor wanted to force Yang Mi's father, Yang Sizhi, to take the position of the head of the Hongnong Yang family.

Once Wu Yuanqing takes over the position of tutor to Prince Chen, his future actions will represent Prince Chen and the Yang Sizhi lineage.

What did the main line do to make the emperor want to kill them all?

Li Chengqian looked at Wu Meiniang's solemn expression and smiled gently.

Wu Meiniang had already understood something a long time ago, and after several attempts, she was finally sure.

Li Chengqian reached out and gently stroked Wu Meiniang's cheek.

Wu Meiniang, who was bowing beside her, was stunned.

The next moment, she did not retreat, but knelt down in front of Li Chengqian, and put her delicate cheek completely into Li Chengqian's hands.

"You are very smart and you did a good job." Li Chengqian gently stroked Wu Meiniang's delicate cheek.

Wu Meiniang lowered her head, then turned sideways to look at another maid beside her and waved gently.

The maid came over with a red face, then knelt down on the other side of Li Chengqian and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I am Yang Shan, your servant."

Li Chengqian frowned and looked outside the palace. Yang Mi was pregnant, and the Yang family sent their daughter, Yang Shan, the daughter of Yang Siqian, the fifth wife of the Yang family and Guanglu Cheng, to the palace to take care of her.

Although Yang Shan was dressed as a maid, she was not a maid in the palace, but still the daughter of a court official.

But under normal circumstances, it is possible to become the emperor's concubine.

For example, Yang Zhaoyi and Wei Zhaorong during the reign of the previous emperor were sisters who lived in the palace together.

Of course, there were also many who entered the palace but were never touched by the emperor and were then sent out of the palace.

In fact, there are not many families who can ask their families to send sisters to the palace to accompany the concubines when they are pregnant.

The Wei and Yang families are naturally qualified.

After Yang Mi gave birth to a prince, she was promoted from a beauty to Chongyi, one of the nine concubines.

"Your Majesty, Yang Shan is Chongyi's cousin, but Chongyi's cousin isn't the only one." Wu Meiniang bowed her head and continued, "Former Right Jinwu Guard Yang Sijian had a daughter, a concubine's daughter of the Yang family's second branch. She was later expelled from the family by the Yang family."

"Yang Sijian, I know." Li Chengqian looked up and said thoughtfully, "Yang Sijian was exiled to Zhenzhou because he was implicated in the Zhinu treason case."

"Yes!" Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "I asked my brother to find her. If Your Majesty agrees, you can also send her to the palace."

Li Chengqian frowned and asked sideways, "Is this also what the second branch of the Yang family meant?"

"Yes!" Wu Meiniang bowed and said, "The Second Branch of the Yang Clan does not expect Yang Sijian to be reinstated, as long as he is pardoned."

"They should understand what this means?" Li Chengqian looked at Wu Meiniang deeply.

Wu Meiniang lowered her head and said, "Yang Sijian is the eldest son of the second wife, and he is more than enough to represent the second wife."

Li Chengqian took a deep breath. Yang Mi's father was Yang Sizhi from the third branch of the Yang family, Yang Shan was from the fifth branch of the Yang family, plus there was a person from the second branch of the Yang family.

The Hongnong Yang family is mainly composed of the lineage of King Guan Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong had seven sons, the eldest son Yang Gongren was the legitimate heir and was in charge of the entire family.

However, most of these brothers died of illness, and only Yang Shidao survived.

In addition, Yang Xiong's sixth son, Yang Gongdao, had no children, and the family line ended.

This means that the main branch of the Yang family has only six branches. As long as Yang Sijian's daughter enters the palace, it means that the second, third, and fifth branches of the Yang family will all support Li Chengqian.

Of course, they also support the third branch to replace the eldest branch and take charge of the family.

In addition, Yang Shidao can basically guarantee neutrality.

Also, because Yang Sijing was involved in cheating in the imperial examination, the fourth branch fell into decline.

In fact, it became the third branch of the Yang family against the eldest branch of the Yang family.

The Yang family has been completely divided.

……

Li Chengqian looked at Wu Meiniang, nodded gently and said, "My beloved concubine, please arrange it."

"Yes!" Wu Meiniang nodded seriously. She did not object to the emperor calling her his beloved concubine instead of Jieyushi.

Because she knew that from this moment on the emperor completely accepted her.

Even in the future, Wu Meiniang will contribute to the splitting of the Yang family.

Li Chengqian didn't realize that he had addressed her wrongly. He turned around and looked at Yang Shan.

Yang Shan blushed, but still imitated Wu Meiniang and leaned forward.

Looking at the charming woman who was as cute as a kitten, Li Chengqian smiled gently and reached out to gently stroke Yang Shan's fair neck.

The blush on Yang Shan's face immediately spread from her cheeks to her neck.

Looking at this face that somewhat resembled Yang Mi, Li Chengqian whispered, "Chongyi is here today, so I can't be too presumptuous."

Yang Shan's face suddenly turned pale.

Li Chengqian reached out and touched her cheek, and whispered, "One day, I will summon you to Ganlu Palace, and then I will eat you."

"Yes!" Yang Shan's face turned red again.

Li Chengqian stood up, looked at the two of them and said, "Don't let anyone else know what happened tonight."

"Yes!" Wu Meiniang and Yang Shan bowed at the same time.

Li Chengqian turned and walked towards the inner hall, but his expression gradually calmed down.

Now, King Chen had a fief in Hongnong.

In the future, when Yang Shan has children, he can also be granted the title of Marquis of Hongnong.

In the early years, people from the Yang family could indeed enter officialdom through the prince's palace and the princess's palace, but after all, that was the royal territory.

The ownership there is in the hands of Li Chengqian.

If he wanted, he could drive out all the Yang family members one day.

The entire Hongnong Yang family will be completely revealed before his eyes in the future.

Let him give and I take.

Wei, Pei, Xue, Liu, Yang and Du, one of the top families in the world, will be completely dismembered by him.

Li Chengqian turned sideways and looked at Wu Meiniang who was standing respectfully outside the hall.

He didn't know whether Wu Meiniang had thought of this.

Because of her, the Hongnong Yang family will gradually fall from the top of the family hierarchy. Although they will survive in the future, they will gradually become ordinary.

To a certain extent, Wu Meiniang became the gravedigger of the Hongnong Yang family.

Li Chengqian's heart suddenly calmed down.

Isn’t Wu Meiniang such a person?

(End of this chapter)