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Chapter 53 Necessary Lessons (3)

On the third day of May in the second year of Linde, it was almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and it rained heavily all night, until it was almost dawn, and then stopped for a while, but the sky was still very gloomy, and the clouds were extremely low, which made people feel a sense of humor when they saw it. Breathless and depressed, it is not a pleasant thing to drive in such weather, even if there is a car to cover the rain that falls from time to time, but the humid air is inevitable, so it has not been on the road for long Well, the clothes I just changed after waking up early are already too damp, sticking to my body, sticky and uncomfortable, making Boss Li Xian feel uneasy, plus worrying about the upcoming court meeting, I am in a natural mood He was quite irritable, and he was just trying to hold back his energy. Finally, when the carriage stopped, Li Xian hurried out of the carriage almost as if fleeing. As soon as he raised his head, he saw countless eyes. He glared at himself, and Li Xian was stunned immediately.

Ugh, what are we doing, we're not wearing the wrong clothes, are we?It suddenly became the focus of the courtiers' eyes. Even though Li Xiancheng's mansion was deep, some people couldn't help muttering for a while. He hesitated beside the carriage, and then walked slowly towards the courtiers. He quickly adjusted his mentality while walking, and when he was in front of all the ministers and workers, his face was already full of spring breeze.

"See Your Highness."

Even though Li Xian is just an idle prince, he doesn't have any authority in his hands, but after all, the title of prince is there, he is the most honorable master in the field, seeing him coming over, how dare all the ministers neglect , each bowed and saluted incessantly.

"My lords, please be polite, let's just skip it." Seeing all the ministers saluting him, Li Xian hurriedly bowed his hands and returned the salute, and replied with a smile.

"Why did Your Highness come here?"

Before Li Xian could finish performing the routine of being a virtuous and virtuous corporal, the old prime minister Dai Zhide suddenly asked a question, his voice was flat, but the sense of confusion and displeasure inside was very strong——among the five prime ministers, Xu Jingzong and Xu Yushi They all drove to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and now the officials in the court are headed by Dai Zhide. This old man has always been upright and never likes princes fighting in secret. At this moment, I saw Li Xian, an idle prince, come here to participate in the court discussion Naturally, he didn't take it too seriously. Others were afraid of the prince's hat on Li Xian's head, but Dai Zhide didn't care much, and he didn't save Li Xian any face in his words.

Uh, this old man is really serious, asking so directly!Even though he knew Dai Zhide's nature was like this for a long time, Li Xian still choked hard and muttered a few words in his heart, but his face was full of humility, and he said with a smile: " Dai Xiang didn't know about it, Xiao Wang received an order from the elder brother of the crown prince yesterday, asking Xiao Wang to come to the East Palace to have an audience this morning, Xiao Wang also didn't know what was going on."

"Well……"

Dai Zhide is an old official, so he knew Li Xian's words were not true as soon as he heard them, his long eyebrows twitched, and when he was about to say something more, he saw Wang Dequan walking all the way from the east palace gate. He walked out at a trot, and shouted, "His Royal Highness orders, announce to all ministers to discuss matters in the Xiande Palace!"

Entering the palace, hurry up and slip away!Li Xian didn't want to be tortured by Dai Zhide in public, so when he heard the shouts, he hurriedly smiled and bowed to the ministers, and said: "My lords, all are invited, don't let His Royal Highness I'm in a hurry." As soon as the words fell, he had already slipped away without waiting for everyone to return the courtesy.

"Xingzhi (in Dai Zhide's words), why did you come here, don't worry about it, gods fight, beware of mortals suffering."

When Dai Zhide saw that Li Xian had slipped away like this, he couldn't help being a little annoyed, shook his head, and muttered in a low voice, that displeased look fell into Hao Chujun's eyes, and couldn't help but make him secretly amused. He leaned close to him and said with a smile.

"Hey, that's all, let's go to the palace."

Dai Zhide and Hao Chujun are both colleagues and good friends, at this moment, hearing what he said, although they don't quite agree with it, but they don't want to argue with them in public, so they sighed, raised their feet and walked towards the palace, with such a move, The rest of the courtiers naturally followed behind.

Li Hong was obviously very concerned about the matters to be discussed today. He had already arrived at Xiande Hall early in the morning, wandering back and forth in the hall restlessly, and finally made it to the agreed time for discussion. Among the ministers, he himself was sitting on the big seat on the front wall. When he was in a trance, he saw Li Xian strolling in first. He was overjoyed and just opened his mouth to greet him. Seeing that a group of ministers headed by Dai Zhide had arrived, he hurriedly swallowed the words that had come to his lips, but quickly gave Li Xian a look, and then sat solemnly with his back straight, perhaps Because of his excitement, his usually pale face showed a slight blush.

"Your Majesty, please see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

All the ministers and workers marched into the hall, took their positions according to their ranks, and each bowed to salute incessantly.

"Everyone who loves you is free from courtesy."

In Li Hong's heart, he wished to get to the point quickly, but the necessary etiquette is unavoidable. Facing the greetings of the ministers and workers, Li Hong could only suppress the deer jump in his heart, smiled and raised his hand, saying A cliché.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

All the ministers and workers are old officials, so naturally there will be no mistakes in etiquette. After thanking them, they each stood on both sides of the hall according to the rules, except for Li Xian, who was originally standing in the middle of the first place. There was no other way, Li Xian had never been to court in a serious way in his life, and naturally there was no place for him in this hall, so Li Xian looked left and right and didn't know which side to stand on.

"Come here, let His Highness King Zhou take a seat."

Although Li Xian's behavior of looking around in the hall was hidden, Li Hong who was sitting high on the front wall could see it clearly. In the past, Li Hong might sit and watch him make some jokes, but today is different, after all Later, Li Xian will have to come forward to settle the affairs of the ministers, so naturally he can't embarrass Li Xian, if Li Xian runs away in a fit of anger, then Li Hong's plan will probably be ruined, in view of Therefore, Li Hong announced in a timely manner, which relieved Li Xian's embarrassment.

"Thank you, Brother Prince, for your kindness."

Naturally, no one wants to stand if they can sit. Of course, Li Xian would not be polite to Li Hong. After thanking Li Hong with a smile, he calmly walked to the right and sat on the brocade pier carried by several eunuchs. , looked at the courtiers who attacked with a smile, and felt very comfortable.

"My dear friends, I invite you to come here alone today. I only want to discuss one matter. A month ago, Mr. Shangguanyi was robbed on his way to Aizhou. His family was buried in the Lijiang River. His bones have not yet been found. His feelings are embarrassing." Pity, loneliness, and the old demeanor of the old man, I really feel guilty. I should ask for a posthumous title for him as a sacrifice. Now that the matter has not been discussed, I am lonely and anxious. I especially invite you to come to discuss with me, so as to be safe. Why." After all the ministers and workers took their positions, Li Hong could not wait to speak, and set the tone of the matter as soon as he spoke, although the volume was not loud, but it was full of unquestionable meaning.

"Your Highness wants very much. I am ashamed. I stole the position of Taichang Bo (another name for the Minister of Rites), but I can't share the worries for Your Highness. After several days of competition, I still have nothing to decide. I am ashamed of my love for Your Highness. I should ask for punishment. As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, he saw Liu Daoxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, flashing out of the side in a tacit cooperation, confessing his mistakes repeatedly, and his face was so painful that he almost cried bitterly.

Tsk tsk, the acting is excellent, not bad, not bad, old Liu really has two brushes!When Li Xian saw that it was Liu Daoxiang who appeared, he couldn't help being amused, but it wasn't all because of watching the play, it was more because he suddenly remembered something - when Li Yi's mansion fell, Liu Daoxiang was the presiding judge One of the officials, this move deeply offended Empress Wu. In the previous life, as soon as Shangguanyi died, Empress Wu immediately took Liu Daoxiang to the knife, kicked him to Shuozhou to guard the border, and did not allow him to beg for his bones. As a result, Liu Daoxiang eventually died of old age in a foreign land, but now, Liu Daoxiang is still staying in the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, which shows that Li Xian's efforts in the past few days were not in vain, and it is worthwhile to be happy for a while.

"Liu Shangshu doesn't have to be like this. I know that Liu Aiqing has done her best. You must know that this matter involves a final conclusion. Of course, it cannot be ignored. Some disputes are also normal. I just think that the dispute is a dispute, and the discussion is a discussion. There must be a good result, but I don’t know if the Ministry of Rites has any regulations now?” Liu Daoxiang’s acting skills are good, and Li Hong’s is not bad either. Liu Daoxiang is still blaming himself on one end, but Li Hong on the other end has already connected, completely They never left the slightest space for others to intervene, and they cooperated so wonderfully.

"Returning to Your Highness, after days of deliberation by the old ministers, there is already a first draft, and I plan to ask for the posthumous posthumous title of Mu, in order to honor the merits of the old man's life, or it may be appropriate." Liu Daoxiang obviously had a private rehearsal with Li Hong long ago, In this way, you sang "Erren Zhuan" with one sentence and one sentence with great joy. After a few rounds, the posthumous title, which was originally a lot of controversy, showed signs of being finalized.

"Well, Mu? I think this posthumous name is good. Do you have any different opinions?" Acting has to act in the whole version. Li Hong is obviously familiar with the three flavors, and he himself opened his mouth and said it was good. Next The sentence of asking the big guy what he disagreed with was simply putting pressure on the ministers with his identity as the prince of the supervisory country, and he almost took a big stick and shouted who dares to object, look at it!

The prince is a half-lord, but he is not the emperor after all. Since ancient times, there have been many princes who have been deposed. How respectful and pious, but in private, he doesn't seem to take the prince seriously, but Li Hong is different, because he still has the word "Jianguo" on his head, which is a terrible title. After all, the county magistrate It's better to take care of it now, if Li Hong's stick is hit at this time, I'm afraid there will be no place to complain, so all the ministers in the hall all pretended to be wooden figures, and the hall became strangely quiet.

"His Royal Highness, I think that the word Mu needs to be considered carefully."

There are always people who are not afraid of authority. No, after a suffocating silence, a loud voice suddenly rang out, breaking the silence in the temple into pieces.

(End of this chapter)