In front of the crown prince's palace, the clan, the court, the kings, princes, prime ministers and ministers all wore white linen mourning clothes and stood respectfully and solemnly.
In the entire team, no one said a word, and even their breathing stopped silently.
Li Xuan stood solemnly in the center between Li Jing, the heir to King Zheng, and Li Xu, the crown prince of Huo King, with his eyes lowered.
At this moment, the crown prince's palace door opened wide, and a figure stepped out steadily.
Li Xuan looked up and saw that it was Wang Fulai, the chief steward of the inner court.
"All the kings and ministers pay homage to the Emperor here!" Wang Fulai waved his fly whisk, stepped back and stood respectfully to one side.
Immediately, King Li Yuanjia of Han, King Li Yuangui of Huo, Prime Minister Liu Rengui on the left, and Dai Zhide, Prime Minister on the right, stepped into the crown prince's palace one after another.
Li Xuan followed Li Jing and walked Shenbu towards the crown prince's palace.
White flags hang high in the palace, incense fills the air, and there is a slight chill in the hot May day.
There was no guard in the palace, but no one dared to make any rash move at this moment.
In front of the mourning hall, Li Yan, the crown prince's commander, and Hou Cheng, the prince's servant commander, stood on the left and right sides, bowing and holding their hands.
In the mourning hall, King Yong Li Xian, King Ying Li Xian, and Prime Minister Li Dan were kneeling on the left side wearing sackcloth; Crown Princess Pei, Princess Taiping, and the Lord of Guangping County were kneeling on the right side.
An old man with white beard and hair, wearing a black robe, stood on one side with a haggard face and eyes filled with pain.
"Brother Hongzhong, my condolences!" After offering incense, King Li Yuanjia of Han bowed his hands solemnly to the old man.
The old man just nodded lightly, and after that, whether he was looking at King Huo Li Yuangui, the left prime minister Liu Rengui, or the right prime minister Dai Zhide, he always had a calm face.
"My condolences to Pei Weng!" Li Xuan cupped her hands, took a step back, and then cupped her hands to Crown Princess Pei and Princess Taiping one after another. Then she walked out of the mourning hall and her eyes fell on King Yong Li Xian on the left.
There's a turbulent undercurrent!
The man just now turned out to be the father of Crown Princess Pei, General Zuo Jinwu Guard Pei Judao.
Qiu Shenji is still the general of Zuojinwu Guard, and the other general of Zuojinwu Guard is Cheng Chubi.
Still no one spoke. When Li Xuan walked out to the door of the Crown Prince's palace again, Wang Fulai, who was standing here before, had disappeared.
Standing at the door was a fifty-year-old general wearing gold armor and white linen mourning clothes.
This man was Fang Xianzhong, the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard. new
Today, in the palace of the Crown Prince, the Imperial Guards from the North Government and the Sixteenth Guards from the South Government, including the generals, generals, and Lord Lang of the Central Government are all here.
The only ones who came were Pei Judao, the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard, who was a filial father-in-law of Emperor Li Hong, and Fang Xianzhong, the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard, who was the father-in-law of King Yong Li Xian.
General Zuo Jinwuwei Fang Xianzhong was the fourth son of the former Shangzhu State, Minister of the Ministry of War, General Zuo Xiaowei, governor of Youzhou, and Gongfang Renyu of Qinghe County.
The greatest achievement of Qinghe County Gongfang Renyu's life was not that he took refuge with Emperor Taizong in his early years, nor that he clearly supported Empress Wu in deposing the king and establishing Wu.
But when he was the governor of Yangzhou, he personally put down the rebellion of Chen Shuozhen of the Tianyin Sect, and paid tribute to the Minister of War and General Zuo Xiaowei.
The other two heroes of that year, Cui Yixuan, the governor of Wuzhou, served as the imperial censor after leaving Wuzhou, and was summoned to judge Sun Wuji.
Cui Xuanji, Sigong joined the army. After leaving Wuzhou, he successively served as governor of Long, governor of Guizhou, and Sima of the capital of Jingzhou. He served as governor of Yuzhou and his official career was smooth.
The battle that year was only about Cui Yixuan and Cui Xuanji. The most important thing was Fang Renyu. He was the biological father of Princess Yong's Fang family. Once Li Xian came to the throne, he would be the head of the country.
Li Xuan turned around and looked at where she was sitting in the mourning hall. After everyone entered the mourning hall, they first bowed to King Yong Li Xian, King Ying Li Xian, and King Xiang Li Dan. After bowing, they bowed to Crown Princess Pei. What seemed like a normal scene at first, now But it showed a different flavor.
The Crown Princess and Pei Judao were crowded with people and had long been hidden from view, while King Yong Li Xian's side was in good order.
Li Xuan can now clearly see Li Xian's appearance even when standing at the palace gate. He is gentle, calm and steady.
Li Xuan turned around,
Mixed in the crowd, walked out, looking solemn.
When he came to Fang Xianzhong, he stretched out his hand and bowed: "Fang Weng!"
"Prince Nanchang, please rise!" Although Fang Xianzhong tried his best to cover up, the sadness in his eyes could not be covered at all.
Li Xuan nodded, then turned and walked away.
The emperor's move was really cruel!
Prince Li Hong has not yet been buried, but on his May 7th day, he has already begun to clearly hint to the kings and ministers that the next prince will be King Yong Li Xian.
As the father-in-law of King Yong, Fang Xianzhong, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, stood at the gate of the Taipei Palace to see off guests, which is enough to make people think.
This move was extremely cruel to the Crown Princess and Pei Judao, but Fang Xianzhong may not feel comfortable with it either.
The Fang family has always taken prudent self-preservation as its family motto. The fate of the descendants of Fang Xuanling, a member of the same clan in the early years, is disappointing.
Fang Renyu is Fang Xuanling's clan uncle, Fang Xianzhong is Fang Xuanling's clan brother, and he is also the clan uncle of Fang Yiai and Fang Yizhi's brothers.
Fang Xuanling's family fell apart due to Fang Yizhi and Princess Gaoyang's rebellion. Even Fang Renyu was implicated in his early years. If it hadn't been for the Wuzhou War, it would have been difficult for his family to rise again.
Fang Xianzhong, who is used to seeing the ups and downs of personnel and has a deep understanding of the current political situation, feels worried.
I am afraid that today, if I respect the emperor, my family will suffer tomorrow.
In addition, he and Pei Judao have been colleagues for many years, and now they feel the same way.
What a rare sobriety!
Li Xuan glanced across Fang Xianzhong's face and couldn't help but be amazed.
After thinking about it carefully, he knew that the root cause of all this was the strong pressure from Empress Wu.
No one knows better than these close officials of the imperial palace how many chess pieces the Queen of Heaven has laid out, both covertly and overtly, in the month since Prince Li Hong passed away due to illness.
No one knew how fierce the struggle for power between the emperor and the empress was in the depths of the palace.
Li Xuan shook his head. Even though he had gained a lot of limelight in Luoyang recently, that was all. Among today's big men in the court, he was still a little transparent on the edge.
Li Xuan followed the Successor King Li Jing and moved forward silently.
The same goes for everyone around. I don’t know how many people are thinking about the scene just now.
The emperor's arrangement was probably also based on the balance of political rights.
Although Prince Li Hong died, now that Li Xian has taken over, the hearts of the people in the government and the public have completely changed after just one incident today.
This move was really clever, but it still hurt some people, but there was nothing that could be done about it.
At this moment, the forward steps suddenly stopped. Li Xuan subconsciously raised his head and saw in front of him, the palace manager Wang Fulai standing on the side of the palace road.
Liu Rengui, the Prime Minister on the left, Dai Zhide, the Prime Minister on the right, Hao Chujun, the Secretary of the Central Committee, Zhao Renben, the minister of the Central Committee, and all the prime ministers and ministers stopped in front of him.
Li Xuan turned around, and everyone behind them walked away from the Crown Prince's palace one after another, a little faster than usual.
Seemingly seeing someone appear, Wang Fulai's eyes lit up, and then he stood in the middle of the palace road and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Majesty decreed: In the coming days of the great dynasty, all the kings and ministers in the Eastern Capital should respond to the civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above. , all present."
"I obey the order." Li Xuan bowed respectfully, and the others did the same.
Li Xuan calculated in his mind that the day after tomorrow would be the first day of the sixth lunar month, the thirty-seventh day of the prince's death, and the funeral of all the officials. It was also the first day of the month for the court meeting.
In May, because the prince died of illness, all the New Year's Eve meetings were suspended until the thirty-sixth day later, which coincided with the New Year's Day in June.
Li Xuan's brow suddenly jumped. He was a civil and military official of the fifth rank and above in Shendu. Li Xuan was now a fifth-rank Shang Yao Fengyu, a fourth-rank Tongyi doctor, and a general of the Zuo Qianniu Guards. What's more, he was the current commander of the county. King, he will also participate in this court meeting.
In Li Xuan's mind, so many prime ministers and six ministers who had appeared before flashed through his mind.
They rushed from Chang'an, probably also for this court meeting.
The political affairs accumulated by the government and the opposition in the past month must be unified
At the same time, Li Xuan had a feeling that his post as governor of Wu was about to come down.
