Although the several houses in the nanny's residence are not small, and they also have backyards and pavilions with flowers and plants, they still cannot satisfy the older prince's curiosity about the outside world.
Since the wet nurses and concubines of Li Cong and Li Ying all lived in the huge Yeting Palace, they sometimes asked the young eunuchs not to be so strict and go back and forth to each other's residences to play. But they are not allowed to go to the mother-in-law. When they want to see their mother-in-law, they need a wet nurse to go to their mother-in-law and ask their mother-in-law to come and see them. Of course, their mothers and concubines can visit them, but they cannot stay overnight with them.
Li Heng's mother-in-law Yang Guibi, her great-great-grandfather was Wu Zetian's grandfather, and her grandfather and father were both important officials in the court, so compared to other concubines, Xuanzong still looked up to her. Therefore, the East Palace was originally the residence of the prince. Xuanzong let Yang Guibin live in a separate hall of the East Palace, and also let Li Heng and the wet nurse live in a set of residences in the East Palace.
That evening, Xuanzong and Yang Guibi had dinner together. After Xuanzong finished his dinner, Yang Guibi made tea for Xuanzong.
When Xuanzong was drinking tea, Yang Guibi said: "Your Majesty, I have something to discuss with you. I don't know whether I should talk to you or not?"
Xuanzong said: "Yang Aifei, if you have anything to discuss with me, just say it directly."
Yang Guibin said softly: "The Queen takes great care of Heng'er. Sometimes she goes to see Heng'er with me, and she also gives Heng'er some cloth tigers, roosters and other toys. Can I adopt Heng'er into the name of Queen Wang? ? When Hen'er was just born, the palace asked a Taoist priest to divine it, saying that it was not suitable for concubines to raise Hen'er. The solution was to adopt Hen'er to the Queen."
Xuanzong said: "Who invited that Taoist priest?"
Yang Guibin said: "It was recommended to Queen Wang by Mr. Wang Shouyi. The Taoist priest did not come to the palace. Queen Wang liked Heng'er very much, so she recorded Heng'er's birth date and my birth date. Come down and find the Taoist priest who divines."
What Yang Guibi said made Xuanzong somewhat impressed. Two and a half years ago, when Li Heng was born, Queen Wang told him that the birth date of Li Heng and the birth date of Yang Guibi were obtained by an old Taoist priest. The biological mother is not suitable to raise.
At that time, Empress Wang wanted to adopt Li Heng into her own name and asked Xuanzong for his opinion. At that time, Xuanzong was very nervous because of Princess Taiping and did not agree to her. Princess Taiping did not want Xuanzong to have too many heirs. When Yang Guifei was pregnant with Li Heng, Xuanzong was afraid that if he gave birth to another son, he would be further persecuted by Princess Taiping.
At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was still the prince. He was afraid that Princess Taiping would ask Ruizong to abolish the prince and establish a new prince on the grounds that the prince favored his concubine and not the princess. Coincidentally, Queen Wang was never pregnant, which gave Princess Taiping reason to say so. This kind of thing is not without lessons learned. The prince Yang Yong of the Sui Dynasty neglected the princess because he doted on his concubine. The princess suddenly died of illness while staying alone in an empty room, which made Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and his wife very dissatisfied with Yang Yong. At this time, Yang Guang pretended to only love his first wife, which was greatly appreciated by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and his wife. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, originally disliked the prince Yang Yong. After this incident, he firmly demoted Yang Yong to a commoner and made Yang Guang the prince.
At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty discussed with his confidant Zhang Shuo and asked Yang Guibin to take abortion pills. With Zhang Shuo's persuasion, Xuanzong gave up this idea, and Li Heng was fortunate enough to come to the world.
At that time, Li Heng was born in a tense and oppressive atmosphere imposed by Princess Taiping, so naturally he had to be as low-key as possible, because there were many eyes and ears of Princess Taiping in the harem. Naturally, Xuanzong would not agree to let the princess raise Li Heng at that time. (That was one year before Xuanzong ascended the throne, so Queen Wang was still the crown princess.)
If the Crown Princess has adopted Li Heng, it means that the Crown Prince's next generation will be determined. Xuanzong knew very well at that time that such a high-profile action would anger Princess Taiping.
Now that Yang Guibi mentioned this matter again, Xuanzong felt sudden. Xuanzong said: "Since Empress Wang regards Li Heng as her own, adopting her is no different from maintaining the status quo. What the Taoist said should be that it is not suitable to raise Li Heng when he is just born. Heng'er is almost three years old now. Nothing will happen again.”
"I am seeking His Majesty's opinion and will comply with His Majesty's wishes in everything."
"Well, don't mention this matter again."
Xuanzong looked at Yang Guifei. She was slightly taller than Concubine Wu Hui, and her face was not as refined as Concubine Wu Hui, nor as handsome as Concubine Liu Hua, but she gave people a sense of stability, dignity, and simplicity.
The two drank tea and chatted for a while. Yang Guibin said that she wanted to exchange methods of painting ink paintings with Xuanzong, and Xuanzong happily agreed. Yang Guibin went to the door leading to the backyard and called two palace maids to come over and prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones for them.
A palace maid wiped the desk clean. Another maid brought drawing paper, pen and ink, and an inkstone. The two palace ladies laid out the drawing paper and stood aside. Yang Guibi was studying and mixing ink, while Xuanzong was sitting at his desk thinking about what to draw.
Xuanzong said: "Yang Aifei, I want to draw you. You stand still and I draw you. See if I can draw you well."
"How dare I, my concubine, let Your Majesty paint me?"
"It's okay, don't stress so much now."
Xuanzong was very talented, and when he became interested, no one could stop him, so he would paint as he pleased. It didn't take long for Xuanzong to draw Yang Guibi's standing appearance. Although her thin robe was outlined in a freehand manner, the face was unambiguous and highly recognizable.
Yang Guibi said happily: "I thank you, Your Majesty. I will take good care of this precious painting."
Xuanzong said: "I don't want to sign it, you can keep it."
Yang Guibi wanted to paint a portrait of Xuanzong. However, Xuanzong said that my portrait was too difficult to draw, so he did not let Yang Guibi paint it.
Xuanzong has a slightly fat body, sits upright in a bright yellow dragon robe, without a hat, has a high bun on his head, a straight face, and a short black beard on his chin.
Yang Guibin felt that Xuanzong was right. If the dragon face was not painted well, it would desecrate the image of the Holy Emperor.
That night, Xuanzong slept with Yang Guibi.
On July 13, Xuanzong ordered the demolition of Tianshu, which symbolized Wu Zhou's regime.
In 630 AD, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, sent Li Jing to attack the Eastern Turks. The Eastern Turks were destroyed and returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. In 657 AD, Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, sent Su Dingfang to attack the Western Turks. The Western Turks were destroyed and returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
In the later years of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian took over the power. In order to remove all obstacles that hindered her from taking power, she not only killed a number of civilian and political opponents, but also killed a number of military generals who had military exploits and were capable of fighting. In 682 AD, one year before the death of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, the Eastern Turks regained their kingdom, and were known as "Post-East Turks" or "Post-Turks" in history. They officially broke away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and began to have constant friction with the Tang Dynasty, fighting and peace. .
During the Wu Zhou period, although the Turks had separated from their territory and no longer surrendered, Wu Zetian also sent generals many times to defeat the invasions of Tibet and Turks.
In 694 AD, the Wuzhou Dynasty gained great international influence. The tributary countries raised a large amount of copper coins and ironware, smelted and cast a huge "Wuzhou Dynasty Tianshu" tower, which symbolized the center of the world, and stood in the divine capital. Luoyang.
Wu Zetian may not have expected that nineteen years later, in 713 AD, this Tianshu metal tower symbolizing Wu Zhou's regime would be demolished on the order of his grandson Tang Xuanzong.
Xuanzong ordered that the copper and iron from the demolished Tianshu Tower be re-smelted to make weapons.
