To the northeast of the Tai Chi Hall in the Imperial Palace is a huge building complex comparable to the Tai Chi Hall. This is a royal place, but few people come here, or in other words, few people dare to come. Because the person living here is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan who abdicated to his son last year.
It was said that he abdicated, but in fact everyone knew that the Supreme Emperor was forced to abdicate. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Jiancheng was destroyed and King Yuanji of Qi was destroyed. The throne could only be held by the remaining King of Qin. Now, all the courtiers don't have to worry about which side they take. From the moment the Xuanwu Gate decides the winner, they are all King Qin's people.
Li Yuan's heart was full of mixed emotions, the grief of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man away, the sorrow of watching his sons and brothers killing each other, the depression and even anger of being forced to step down as the founding emperor, but none of these emotions seemed to be able to change. ending. Therefore, voluntarily abdicating was his only option.
After all, Emperor Li Er is Li Yuan's son. He may not be very kind to his father, but he cannot be called unfilial. Of course, forcing the palace to seize power does not count here. Other than that, Li Er is pretty good.
The father was placed in the most luxurious Daming Palace, where he had everything he needed, including concubines and playmates. Even though the palace treasury was scrimping on food and clothing, the Daming Palace's filial piety to the old man was never lacking.
The only thing was that in order to prevent the old man from having any other ideas, Li Er tightened the guard of Daming Palace a little bit, making it look like he was under house arrest.
No one dares to test human nature. Even if Li Yuan is sixty years old and has only a few years to live, who can guarantee that he does not want to be emperor again? Li Er, who became the emperor, knew this even more clearly. Even if he was eighty years old, let alone sixty years old, he would not want to go down again even if he only sat in this position for one day. He wanted to sit in it for one more day.
Li Er's behavior is indeed suspected of being a villain. Because as the founding emperor, Li Yuan has enjoyed what he should have enjoyed and established his achievements. There should be no worries about letting go. Now that the rights have been taught to his son, for the sake of the stability of the Tang Dynasty, if he has to go through it again , maybe there is a danger of the country overturning.
Old Li Yuan should have this awareness and not act recklessly. But the common problem among emperors in the world is to be suspicious and careful, even if they are scolded for being unfilial?
Now, as Xiao Rui's reputation has risen, and he has solved the major case of Feng Deyi, and then reformed the Yushitai and other measures, everyone in the court can see that the emperor wants to use this fledgling prospective son-in-law to clean up A veteran of the Supreme Emperor's old ministry. Feng Deyi is just the beginning.
Who's next? No matter who it is, win one and lose one.
Among the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, the leader was undoubtedly Shangshu's right servant She Pei Ji, the most favored minister of the Wude Dynasty and the well-known first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan had great trust in him. Even in the Zhenguan Dynasty, Pei Ji was the nominal head of the civil servants who commanded all officials.
But now, Pei Ji keenly felt the danger, so after Feng Deyi fell, he hurried to the Daming Palace to meet with the Supreme Emperor.
Why after the fall of Feng Deyi? Why didn't he save Feng Deyi?
It's not that he didn't want to save, but it happened suddenly. Xiao Rui didn't follow the rules and suddenly launched an attack. He took advantage of the people and took advantage of Feng Yandao's guilt in a long time. Originally, Feng Deyi could hold on for a while, but who would have thought that his son Feng Yan said he was cheating on his father and exposed his own father's violent revelations. The next day, Feng Deyi's family was ransacked, and Pei Ji couldn't even think about moving.
Because of this, even Pei Ji, who had experienced three dynasties and was weathered, panicked when he saw the emperor and Xiao Rui's thunderous methods.
When he found the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, Pei Ji burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, Deyi is so miserable. (Feng Deyi's original name was Feng Lun, and his courtesy name was Deyi). He worked hard for the Tang Dynasty all his life, but he died without a good death. His son was killed by others. On the street, white-haired people gave away black-haired people; at the time of my son's funeral, a child violently ransacked his house. No one could stand the successive injustices and blows, and he, he vomited blood and left!"
oh? Deyi went? Xuanzhen, is this true? (Pei Ji's courtesy name is Xuanzhen)
Li Yuan was slightly surprised, but there was not much joy or anger on his face, just symbolic concern.
"It's absolutely true that his family was completely ransacked and he has no descendants. Therefore, a few of our old friends pooled money to arrange the funeral arrangements for De Yi. Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for De Yi... His Majesty was confused for a moment and allowed a child with a yellow mouth to play nonsense, and then he killed a prime minister. This, this... I and other senior ministers were filled with chills. Looking at De Yi's body, everyone felt as if the rabbit had died and the fox had died."
As he spoke, Pei Ji began to cry again, and he couldn't stop the tears. The scene was quite touching.
He did not dare to say that the emperor was suppressing his old ministers. He only dared to say that His Majesty was confused and used the wrong word Xiao Rui.
But after many years of working with old Li Yuan, everyone knows these jargons, but old Li Yuan doesn't understand. Pei Ji is here to ask for help.
He waved his hand to summon Lao Wang, his confidant, who bowed down and sent a piece of information. Li Yuan read it slowly and sighed: "I see. Xuanzhen, you are worrying too much. You are killing the people by saying that it is a heinous crime and death is not a pity. As for Deyi, alas...he is swinging from side to side, it's true."
"The Great Emperor, you,..."
Li Yuan waved his hand and pressed Pei Ji down, "I believe in Erlang's character. When he came to the throne, he promised to continue to reuse old ministers and not harm Zhongliang. You are loyal to the country, feel free to do it, and don't be afraid. As for granting De Yi, it is a blessing and a curse. There is no way, we can only invite it ourselves.”
this……
Pei Ji was dumbfounded. He never expected that he would get this result? What does the Emperor mean by not caring about me?
What can you do with confidence? Among us, who doesn’t have some scandalous material? Which one can withstand inspection? If there is no one to protect you, then wait to be cleansed by His Majesty. Feng Deyi’s today is our tomorrow.
The Supreme Emperor...
Pei Ji cried and begged for help.
Old Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji who was crying on the ground and seemed to be a little unbearable. After all, he was an old minister who had been with him all his life. Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji were the first to be credited with the army in Jinyang. Now Liu Wenjing is dead and only Pei Ji is left.
Alas, that's all, I'm getting old, and there are fewer and fewer people around me who can talk to me.
"Erlang is indeed a bit hasty in letting a kid do things. I will have a good talk with him. Xiao Rui? I heard that Xiangcheng is going to marry him. He is young and energetic. He killed people just after he became an official. Hmph, come here, take this Let me take a look, kid."
The chamberlain Lao Wang bowed down to do the work, and Pei Ji bowed again. At this time, the tears were still in the corners of his eyes, but the corners of his mouth had already curled up, and he was already cursing secretly in his heart, Xiao Rui? Is an old prime minister who is looking for a country so easy to kill?
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I will take my leave and come back to visit you someday." Pei Ji resigned with satisfaction.
Old Li Yuan looked at his leaving back, shook his head, and murmured, this world belongs to my Li family after all, don't make a mistake.
Li Er of Taiji Hall received a report that the Supreme Emperor summoned Xiao Rui? what happened? Pei Ji? snort! Old dog, you are seeking death!
Xiao Rui followed the chambermaid Lao Wang into the palace in a daze. He even thought that Li Er wanted to see him secretly.
As everyone knows, the harem established the Zhengdian Palace, and the empress anxiously asked someone to urgently notify Princess Xiangcheng.
