On the east side of Chengtianmen Street in the imperial city, in the province under the gate, Pei Shiju, who had just heard a piece of news, was feeling a rather indignant or jealous mood.
Pei Shiju never had any concubines in his life. He was only loyal to his first wife. He had three sons and one daughter. However, his second son and third son all died young. Only Pei Xuanji and Pei Shuying grew up.
Moreover, Pei Shiju is 80 years old this year, while Pei Xuanji, who died last year, was only 38 years old, and Pei Shuying is 36 years old this year. In other words, Pei Shiju did not enjoy making bricks and tiles until he was over 40 years old.
Li Shan had only been married for three or four months, and her wife became pregnant... This made Pei Shiju feel very uncomfortable, although he himself knew that this feeling was somewhat unreasonable.
"After all, they are father and son." Pei Shiju murmured in a low voice, "The son is not worthy of his father, but he does have something similar."
Well, Pei Shiju always felt that Li Dewu was not worthy of a son like Li Huairen. He was too far behind in Taiyuan. Whether it was literary talent, military strategy, scheming, methods, or even dealing with people and his style of conduct, Li Dewu lagged behind in all aspects, and still lagged behind. Not a little bit.
Now it seems that the father and son are somewhat similar in this respect. The next year, Li Dewu went to Lingnan to marry his wife Zhu, and soon gave birth to Li Shan. After abandoning his wife and son, he reunited with Pei Shuying, and also soon gave birth to Li Shan. A son was born.
"Pei Gong." Huangmen Shilang Tang Jian came in holding the memorial, "Li Yaoshi, the general manager of Daizhou, presented the memorial. Zhu Yichen, the commander of Daizhou,
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"The age has not yet expired. Send it to Renzhi Palace and ask His Majesty to judge it." Pei Shiju said calmly.
In the early Tang Dynasty, local officials generally served for three to four years according to their grade. Of course, in areas facing war, the tenure was not certain.
Daizhou Sima was from the fourth rank, and Er Zhu Yichen took office in the first month of the eighth year of Wude. Logically speaking, his term should expire at the end of this year or early next year... It is abnormal for him to be transferred back to the court now.
Tang Jian, who is also the chief historian of the Prince of Qin's palace, could not see anything on Pei Shiju's face. He could only smile and nod, "Speaking of which, Er Zhu Yichen tried to prevent Ashina She'er from going north to Yanmen Pass during the battle in Nao County. Your Majesty has many things to do." Appreciated.”
The corner of Pei Shiju's mouth moved, "If this were not the case, Yanmen Pass would not be able to be defended, Guji Town would be destroyed, and Wei Siwang would not have the feat of defeating the Turks three times."
"Yes, among all the wars His Highness King Si of Wei has experienced, this battle is the most dangerous. It is said that there are still rumors in the grasslands that Li Huairen is good at shooting." Tang Jian said with a smile: "By the way, King Si of Wei has a new work, I don't know about Duke Pei. Did you hear that?"
Pei Shiju really didn't want to hear this name, "Another famous story?"
"Although it's just two lines of broken poems, they should be passed down to later generations as allusions." Tang Jian laughed and said: "A ruthless man may not be a true hero. How can he not be a husband if he pities his wife!"
Pei Shiju was stunned, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be a little deeper, "Li Huairen returned to Beijing?"
"Yes, it's been several days." Tang Jian clicked his tongue and said, "Hearing that his wife was pregnant, King Wei Si set out from Renzhi Palace and rushed home all night long. He stayed with her day and night. It can be said that the whole case was raised with eyebrows."
Pei Shiju forced out a smile, complimented Tang Jian a few times and sent Tang Jian away. Then he ordered the door to be closed and fell into deep thought for a long time.
The pregnancy news has spread in Chang'an. It is difficult to fake this, but rushing back to Zhuangzi overnight... Pei Shiju shook his head slightly, this is not Li Huairen's style.
One of the reasons why Pei Shiju advised Li Jiancheng to stay quiet in the past few months was that he realized that Li Yuan's summer vacation in Renzhi Palace was likely to cause unpredictable changes.
Before, he thought that this change was probably related to the East Palace because of Yang Wenqian, the governor of Fangzhou, but this possibility was quickly completely ruled out by Pei Shiju... because he had made insinuations, and Prince Li Jiancheng had no idea in this regard.
Pei Shiju then speculated that it might be related to Li Shan, or to the King of Qin, because Feng Lun, who was also the Sima of Tiance Mansion, refused to transfer Yang Wenqian. But now it seems that Li Shan rushed back to Beijing, at least it should not have a direct relationship with him.
Pei Shiju wondered in his mind that maybe Li Huairen discovered something and chose to leave Renzhi Palace... Then who would do it?
Who will be the target?
If it was a rebellion, no matter who it was, the first target would definitely not be Li Yuan, but Li Shimin. And why did Li Shan leave Renzhi Palace at this time?
Is it Li Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao County?
Is it Li Yuan, Prince of Lujiang County?
Pei Shiju still couldn't figure out a clue. He couldn't blame these famous officials for not suspecting King Qi. After all, Li Shan was a time traveler. He could clearly judge that Li Yuanji had the intention to seize the throne through the Xuanwu Gate incident in history. Otherwise, he would not have been killed together with Li Jiancheng, and would have been exterminated.
Moreover, Li Yuanji has not made any outstanding achievements in the court or on the battlefield in recent years. He even lost Taiyuan back then. Last year, he insisted on encouraging Li Yuan to return to Beijing immediately, which led to him being chased by Liang Jun... As long as he has the brains Those who did not get into the water eliminated Li Yuanji from the list of candidates to inherit the throne.
Pei Shiju simply got up and went home. Anyway, during this period... there was no so-called political affairs hall in the early Tang Dynasty. The ministers in the provinces had the power to review edicts, sign memorials, and have the power to refute. Memorials were usually handed down first. They were sent to Menxia Province, but during this period, any memorials that were slightly more sensitive were sent to Renzhi Palace.
After returning home, Pei Shiju went straight to his daughter's yard.
Pei Shuying was sitting by the window in a daze, and her almost five-year-old child was sleeping on a couch not far away. This poor child... has barely tasted maternal love since he became sensible. As for fatherly love, Li Dewu wanted to give it, but unfortunately no chance.
In this regard, Li Shan is much luckier than his half-brother. He does not have father's love, but at least he has mother's love.
"Father."
"Li Huairen has returned to Beijing." Pei Shiju thought about the wording, "Leave a message for Madam Zhu."
Pei Shuying blinked, "Did something happen?"
"I don't know." Pei Shiju hesitated before saying, "There might be something going on in Renzhi Palace."
"That……"
"This matter has nothing to do with the East Palace..." Pei Shiju said softly: "Publish the post first and see if he is willing to come."
Asking Pei Shuying to post to Zhu was actually inviting Li Shan to visit.
Pei Shuying responded and asked in a low voice: "If Your Majesty and King Qin are in Renzhi Palace..."
"Then what is Li Huairen doing back in Beijing?" Pei Shiju sneered: "This man is good at planning and will never do anything stupid."
After a pause, Pei Shiju added: "If the prince ascends the throne, at least his mother can survive. If your majesty and King Qin are not here, and the prince is not here, I am afraid that Li Huairen's entire family will die."
In this regard, Pei Shiju, who has been in officialdom for decades, witnessed and even participated in the change of the former Sui Dynasty to seize the direct descendants, naturally sees it clearly.
