Above the Qianyuan Hall, Li Xuan lightly picked up his clothes, raised his head proudly, and walked out of the crowd with great solemnity.
Three steps behind King Huo Li Yuangui's left, Li Xuan stood with his hands bowed: "Reporting to the saint, the Queen of Heaven, it is undeniable that what Uncle Huo Wang said is indeed true, but your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven are doing light corvee and doing nothing with the people. The act of resting is also to celebrate the prince's kindness and accumulate merits, and the parents' love for their children will be looked up to by the world; however, the two are not absolutely opposite. From my perspective, I might as well use a method that has the best of both worlds!"
"What kind of way to get the best of both worlds!" Wu Zetian was the first to be unable to resist.
She proposed that Prince Li Hong be buried in Jingshan, but there was really no other way!
In recent years, the finances of North Korea and China have increasingly been unable to make ends meet. The wars on the Korean Peninsula and the Western Regions have never stopped, and North Korea and China have been actively preparing for war against Tibet.
Once too much money is spent on the prince's funeral, it will inevitably affect preparations for war against Tubo.
War has always been promoted by the emperor.
Li Xuan stood up straight and looked at Emperor Li Zhi and Queen Wu on the high platform.
Li Zhi was wearing a golden uniform, his face was a little pale, but his eyes were bright.
The Queen of Heaven was wearing a black windbreaker with gold trim. She was a little thin, but her sharp eyes were still watching with eagerness.
"How can one live without a descendant? It is a pity for the prince to have no sons. It is a pity for both heaven and man. Please ask the saints and the queen to choose one or two of the sons of King Yong, King Ying or King Xiang to adopt the prince, inherit the incense and spread the branches and leaves. In this way, A hundred years later, the prince will also have countless descendants to support him, and he will be happy in heaven and on earth!" After Li Xuan finished speaking, he bowed deeply and fell to the ground!
"That makes sense!" Empress Wu's loud voice immediately echoed throughout the Qianyang Hall. If you looked up at this moment, you would definitely see Empress Wu's eyes full of tears.
"Okay, okay!" Li Zhi stretched out his hand to hold Empress Wu's somewhat cold figure, and then said with a gentle smile: "Xian'er, some of Xian'er and Dan'er have just gotten married and have no heirs, and some are still young. Young, not yet married, in the future, whoever among you will have prosperous heirs and a prosperous foundation, just choose one or two sages among them and pass them on to Hong'er to inherit the incense, there is no need to worry now!"
Li Xian, Li Xian and Li Dan all looked a little shy for a moment.
"Why bother with one or two? Just choose one or two from each of their children and pass them on to Hong'er to inherit the incense. Your Majesty, there is no need to favor one or the other!" Empress Wu slightly pressed Li Zhi's hand, and Li Zhi was slightly startled. His face darkened, and he nodded slightly.
"What the Queen said is true, Xian'er, Xian'er and Dan'er, you must work harder in the future!" Li Zhi's majestic voice sounded in the hall!
"Here, father!" Li Xian was the first to say yes, followed closely by Li Xian and Li Dan.
Li Zhi's eyes fell on Huo King Li Yuangui and Nanchang King Li Xuan in the center of the hall, and nodded slightly: "In this case, this matter..."
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing!" King Zhuang Li Feng finally couldn't help but walked out at this time.
"Your Majesty, before your visit, many princes and princes in the court asked your Majesty to tell you that when the prince is buried, will the princes and nobles from Chang'an come to Luoyang to see him off? Is there any restriction on the number of people who can come and go?" Prince Zhuang Li Feng said. As soon as this question came out, the eyes of the kings present immediately fell on Left Prime Minister Liu Rengui.
This is not a trivial matter, it involves the scale of the prince's funeral.
Although Luoyang is the capital of the East, the center of the Tang Dynasty is still Chang'an, and 80% of the world's princes and nobles are in Chang'an!
Even left prime minister Liu Rengui, if the prince had not died of illness this time, he should have been in charge of government affairs in Chang'an instead of accompanying him in Luoyang.
If all the princes and nobles in the court rush to Luoyang from Chang'an at once, the whole of Luoyang will be overcrowded.
So there must be a choice. Some people come and some don't come. Who comes and who doesn't come? It's all a mess.
Li Xuan's brows furrowed. Is Prince Zhuang desperate and at his wits' end?
Although the scale of the prince's funeral is not a trivial matter, compared to other burials in Luoyang and the suspicion of murder, they are insignificant matters.
"Liu Qing, has the prince's posthumous title been decided upon?" Li Zhi suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"It's done, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has decided it is respectful!" Liu Rengui took a step forward and said with a serious face: "Being vigilant all night long is called respectful; making good orders is called respectful; being respectful all night long is called respectful; being upright and diligent is called respectful; being honest and upright is called respectful; being honest and upright is called respectful. Being straight and vigorous is called Jing; being unforgettable about the Lord is called Jing; fearing Heaven and loving the people is called Jing; being prepared with majesty and etiquette is called Jing... Therefore, the posthumous title is Prince Changjing!"
"Always respect the prince, always respect the prince!" Li Zhi thought about these words, and finally said with a slightly troubled expression: "It's not enough, long respect is not appropriate either. I want to change it to filial piety, filial piety to the prince, no, directly to filial piety. Emperor, Wang Fulai!"
Wang Fulai, the chief eunuch on the side, stepped forward directly, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and read loudly: "By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: Crown Prince Hongsheng knows the nature of his birth, but only his nature. Zhicheng came to drive, and he respected the three dynasties... ...The beloved Zhou Wen of the past extended his life to the ninth year of his life; my unkindness will be forever sealed in the eternity. The weight of nature makes me choke up in memory, so it is appropriate to declare my destiny and honor my name. The posthumous posthumous title is the trace of the deeds, and the title is the deeds. To express kindness and love for one's relatives is called filial piety, and to never forget the king even to death is called respect... He was given the posthumous title of 'Filial Piety Emperor' and was buried in Jingshan with the emperor's rites. He was named Gongling and all officials mourned for thirty-six days."
"I obey the decree!" Li Zhi's words and an imperial edict completely settled everything.
No matter what objections anyone has, they can find refutations in this imperial edict.
The prince is lonely?
The emperor's tomb is meant for one person.
The Xianling Mausoleum of the great ancestor Li Yuan, the Zhaoling Mausoleum of Taizong Li Shimin, the Qianling Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, and now a Gongling Mausoleum that honors the emperor Li Hong.
Li Xuan's suggestion just now solved the issue of descendants and incense through adoption, and posthumously named the prince as filial to the emperor, which was enough to quell all the rumors!
Anyone who obstructs the prince on the grounds of grievance has ulterior motives!
At this moment, King Zhuang Li Feng stared at King Huo Li Yuangui with eyes that were like fire, wanting to pounce on him and devour his blood and flesh.
Li Xuan's heart moved. Prince Zhuang Li Feng definitely had an ulterior motive for asking the question before. However, before he could reveal his intentions, the emperor immediately sealed the coffin and made a final decision.
King Zhuang Li Feng raised his head and stared at the emperor, hesitating slightly, and softly said a few words: "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this!"
The sound was not loud. Wang Fulai's voice of reading out the imperial edict still echoed in the entire hall, and Li Feng's voice was completely drowned out.
But even so, the people in front of Li Feng all heard it, but at this time, they all pretended not to hear it and lowered their heads.
Li Zhi, who was above him, didn't know if he heard it or not. Anyway, he didn't answer, but his eyes lightly passed over the kings.
For a time, many of the kings present began to tremble.
The imperial edict in Wang Fulai's hand had been prepared long ago. It can be seen that the emperor had made such a decision long ago.
The Queen did not stop it, nor did Zuo Xiang, Zhongshu Ling, Zong Zhengqing, or Honglu Temple Minister. I believe that the Minister of Rites, who was not present today, would not stop it either.
It’s scary to think about it!
Li Xuan frowned, "Wait a minute, if the scale of the Prince's Mausoleum increases, the cost of money and food will be huge!"
Just upgrading the prince's mausoleum to the emperor's mausoleum cannot be completed overnight.
It would take at least a few to more than ten years, not to mention that the Qianling Mausoleum of Emperor Gojong Riji was being built at the same time, which would take even longer.
This means that the money that needs to be spent now will be spread evenly over more than ten years, and the imperial court's finances will not be nervous for the time being!
The imperial court's finances were tight... Li Xuan bowed her head deeply.
"Okay, let's do this. You uncles will go down to rest first. Later I will hold a banquet to welcome you." After saying that, Li Zhi stood up first.
"I will respectfully send you off to the saint, and I will respectfully send you off to the Queen of Heaven!"
Li Xuan stood up slowly and looked at Li Zhi, Empress Wu, and the princes who had disappeared. For some reason, there was always a cloud in his heart that could not be solved. There was something wrong, but where exactly was he? I couldn't tell clearly for a while.
"Brother Wang, why is this so?" A voice suddenly sounded beside him. Li Xuan looked up and saw Zhuang King Li Feng grabbing Huo King Li Yuangui's sleeve and looking at him coldly.
Today, if King Huo and Li Yuangui hadn't defected in advance, they lost their biggest excuse to question him. After that, they even cut and slashed to completely settle everything, and they would have no room for questioning!
It can be said that King Huo Li Yuangui completely betrayed them, which made King Zhuang Li Feng unable to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Fifteenth brother, do you think that with His Majesty here, who in the world can harm his son?" Li Yuangui asked in return, leaving Li Feng speechless.
In fact, all the kings know that it seems that the Queen is in charge now, but the one who really controls everything is Emperor Riji.
Emperor Riji's skills are much better than those of Empress Wu!
