Ten miles of red makeup, the city is full of lights.
King Wu marches in line, and a thousand oxen clears the way.
The wedding of the royal prince was very grand, and it happened to be the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. People all over Chang'an came out to watch the excitement.
After welcoming the bride at Dou Mansion, the bride and groom went to the palace to worship the emperor and the queen.
After receiving the blessings of the two saints, the bride and groom went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to settle down.
Coming out of Yanxi Gate to the east, Li Dan's face turned ugly for a moment, but then he regained his joy.
That trace of displeasure was deeply suppressed in his heart.
Li Xuan stayed by Li Dan's side calmly, and she could clearly feel the reluctance in his heart.
Not to mention that when Li Hong got married, the emperor held sacrifices in the southern suburbs, officials celebrated in the imperial city, and the people of Chang'an were full of excitement. Even when Li Xian got married, the entire imperial city was covered with red silk, and officials were happy. But when Li Xian got married, Here, there are only red lanterns hanging all over the streets.
It looks festive, but in reality it is extremely deserted.
But there was no way. This was a joint decision between the emperor and Empress Wu.
They are telling the world in a subtle way that they do not plan to change the prince.
In other words, even if it were to change, it wouldn't be Li Dan's turn.
On one side is the extremely festive wedding banquet, on the other side is the cold and ruthless reality.
It was much easier for Li Xuan to accept it. After all, he had no chance in the first place, but it was not so easy for Li Dan to accept it.
After all, he is still young and dreaming wildly.
It is almost certain that Li Dan once thought about sitting on that dragon chair when he dreamed back at midnight.
But unfortunately, a wedding, even if it was unintentional, hit him with the coldest reality.
However, Li Dan had no idea that just a few years later, his brother Li Xian would die. His brother Li Xian would be deposed after ascending the throne, and even he himself would be under house arrest after ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.
Even Li Xuan didn't expect that all this would happen much earlier and much more fiercely than he originally expected.
…
Under the red light, Li Dan, who was a little drunk, was sent into the room, and then Li Xuan walked towards the banquet hall.
Li Dan doesn't have to worry about the rest, the people in the palace will ensure that he has enough sobriety tonight.
There is no room for confusion when it comes to important matters in life.
It was not the first day that Li Dan had a woman, but after tonight, he would have his own home.
Just as he entered the banquet hall, a voice suddenly sounded behind Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!"
Li Xuan turned around, and there was a fifty-year-old man wearing a scarlet robe and a half-inch short beard standing on one side, looking at him from the prime minister's palace, Zhang's Doulu.
Li Xuan was a little surprised, but she still saluted politely: "Mr. Doulu!"
Doulu Qinwang returned the favor to Li Xuan, and then said with some embarrassment: "There is a little trouble over there, please ask the prince to help deal with it."
"Oh?" Li Xuan's face was full of surprise, what could happen in the Prime Minister's Mansion where the Prime Minister has a long history, but he still nodded seriously: "Dou Lu Gong, please lead the way."
"Your Majesty, please come this way." Doulu Qinwang led Li Xuan and walked inside, towards the main hall.
Li Xuan paused slightly, with a look of surprise on her face.
In the main hall, those who were dining were all the elder princes of King Han, King Huo, King Shu, and King Lu, as well as the eldest princess of Huainan, Princess Qianjin and other elder princesses. Li Xuan did not even enter them. qualifications.
Of course, there are also elders of the Dou family, such as Dou Xuande, the Minister of Household Affairs, Dou Sitai, the doctor of Zuosi, and others. Accompanying them are Doulu Qinwang, Wu Chengsi, Ming Chongyan and others.
Doulu Qinwang was the chief historian of the Prime Minister's Palace, and Wu Chengsi was Li Dan's cousin.
In terms of bloodline, Wu Chengsi is even closer than Li Xuan.
Not to mention, Li Xuan also has to accompany his wife and mother-in-law.
Their main hall is filled with younger generations of clan members, and they get along easily.
Li Xuan's mother-in-law Ouyang also had her own group of sisters-in-law.
Entering the inner hall, Li Xuan took a look. King Han, King Huo, King Shu, King Lu and others were all eating attentively, as if they had not noticed Li Xuan's arrival at all.
Only the eldest princess of Huainan looked up at Li Xuan with a half-smile.
Li Xuan nodded slightly in response. Since it wasn't the clan that had the problem, then it was the Dou family.
Sure enough, at the round table on one side, Dou Xuande was sitting calmly eating, and the other Dou family disciples were the same, not even raising their heads to look at Li Xuan.
Or don't dare.
Li Xuan glanced at Dou Sitai, who was sitting on the right, pouring glass after glass of wine down his throat. There was also a man about the same age as Dou Sitai, who was also pouring glass after glass of wine down his throat.
Li Xuan was slightly surprised. He didn't know this person. He had never seen him before when he went to Dou's house to pick up his bride. He had no idea why he suddenly appeared here.
"Dugu Zhong, the governor of Fuzhou." Doulu Qinwang whispered, and Li Xuan immediately understood what was going on.
Today is the wedding day between the Dou family and Li Dan, but at this time, people from the Dugu family came.
There is no problem for people from the Dugu family to come here. They are related to the royal family and the Dou family.
I come here to celebrate, but I also come here to provoke.
Li Xuan didn't understand why the Dugu family came to make trouble for no reason, but today, the Dou family could not have an attack; in addition, the methods used by Dugu Qi were also very special, not only the Dou family, but even Ming Chongyan and Doulu Qinwang were not easy to deal with.
The best way to deal with it now is to let Dugu Zhong and Dou Sitai continue drinking until they are both drunk.
But no, who knows if these two guys will make a big fuss at the wedding banquet after getting drunk.
But for a while, they couldn't figure out how to deal with this matter?
Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan in surprise, couldn't even he handle this matter?
Ming Chongyan nodded with a wry smile. Otherwise, he would not have called Li Xuan over.
At this time, countless pairs of eyes fell on Li Xuan.
Li Xuan nodded slightly, walked lightly behind Dugu Zhong, then gently patted his shoulder and whispered a few words in his ear.
The next moment, Dugu Zhong looked up at Li Xuan in great surprise.
Then, he stopped, glanced at Dou Sitai, then stood up unsteadily, bowed respectfully to Dou Xuande, without saying much, and then left the banquet table with Li Xuan's support. .
In the extremely surprised eyes of others, Li Xuan had already supported Dugu Zhong and left the hall together.
In other side halls, there are smart people paying attention to what is going on here.
Including Wu Chengsi, Li Jingye, Di Renjie and others, Li Xuan also saw Liu Yizhi, and they were all surprised that Li Xuan brought Dugu Zhong out so calmly.
Most of the people who were in the Prime Minister's Mansion today were officials of the fourth or lower rank in the court. Almost none of the other fourth-rank officials and above were here. At most, they had their nephews and nephews at home bringing congratulatory gifts.
Regardless of the intrigues of many people in the palace, Li Xuan left the front yard with Dugu Zhong and went directly to the backyard.
…
Li Xuan stopped by a small lake.
Dugu Zhong stood firm, then looked at Li Xuan and raised his hands seriously and asked: "Your Majesty said that someone wants to impeach my father, do you know if this is true?"
"Yes." Li Xuan nodded, looking at the bright moon reflected in the lake, Li Xuan said softly: "It was the case of three hundred soldiers who were killed, murdered and robbed in June. Someone at the Yushitai has planned to do it in a few days. Looking forward to the great dynasty, I impeach your Majesty for engaging in banditry, selling stolen goods, threatening the army, and having evil intentions."
The intention was evil. As soon as these four words came out, Dugu Zhong's expression suddenly changed.
Soon, Dugu Zhong collected his thoughts and looked at Li Xuan with a solemn face and asked: "How did the prince know about this? Is there someone else at the Yushitai who told the prince about this? I'm afraid that Yushi Di is not like that. Human right?"
Di Renjie was called the Wei Zheng of the Dynasty by the emperor. Naturally, Di Renjie would not do such a thing.
Li Xuan turned around, looked at Dugu Zhong, and said calmly: "The surname of the captain of the three hundred soldiers who died was Chen. He was a son of the Chen family in Gushi. He was the Marquis of Jiaqing and the nephew of Chen Zheng, the general who returned to Germany. In January, At that time, Chen Jiazi was already engaged to the granddaughter of Zuo Xiang's family, and originally planned to come back to get married after the war."
"The granddaughter of Zuo Xiang's family, isn't that the prince..."
"She is my sister-in-law." Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said: "Although it is an engagement, there is no marriage after all, and I do not have a deep relationship with the Chen family, so I just investigated the root cause of the matter. I immediately discovered something interesting.”
"My lord, please teach me." Dugu Zhong looked solemn.
Li Xuan did not get involved in this matter, which really made him relieved, but something that made Li Xuan feel interesting after the investigation was definitely not a trivial matter.
"I told the Chen family the truth of the matter through a hidden channel, but there was no movement from the Chen family." Li Xuan raised his head and glanced at Dugu Zhong, who looked calm. There is no doubt that the Dugu family has settled the situation with the Chen family. .
Li Xuan sighed softly in his heart, and then continued: "Originally, I thought this matter would be over, but at this moment, I discovered that someone was reviewing the files of the Ministry of War, and that person was Jian Ming, the supervisor of the Yushitai."
The imperial censor of the Tang Dynasty did not hear about the reports, and the reports must be well-founded, and many of them even involved false accusations and rebellion.
Not everyone in the Yushitai can impeach someone casually. In fact, every censor has his or her own area of responsibility.
Naturally, there are supervisory censors and censors who keep an eye on Dunhuang. Jian Ming is the supervisory censor responsible for Dunhuang.
Li Xuan looked at Dugu Zhong's solemn face and said softly: "Normally, except for relevant people like me, other people should not pay attention to such things, and even if they pay attention, the files of the Ministry of War are also well done. Most people don’t see the problem at all.”
"Someone leaked the secret." Dugu Zhong's breathing suddenly became serious, and many names flashed through his mind in an instant.
"Of course," Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said, "Brother Dugu may not know something about the censor Jian. Before he passed the examination, he had been sponsored by King Yong at that time."
King Yong Li Xian, Prince Li Xian.
This Jian Yushi is Li Xian's subordinate.
The person who wants to impeach Dunhuang Governor Dugu Qi now is not an ordinary censor, he is the prince's man.
In other words, it was the prince who was impeaching Dugu Qi.
Dugu Zhong's face suddenly turned pale.
He couldn't see the entanglement here. The Dugu family had just become the Prime Minister. Let's not talk about what happened in the future, but now, they were fiercely targeted by the prince in an instant.
The prince, the prime minister, seizes the legitimate son.
How could the Dugu family not know these things? How could the Dugu family not know the dangers here?
They are Yang Guang's mother clan.
Li Xuan took a breath, and then said: "I have informed Brother Shi about this matter. After Brother Shi goes back, let your father-in-law write a letter of apology and apply for transfer away from Dunhuang, right?"
After being transferred away from Dunhuang, Dugu Zhong looked at Li Xuan with disbelief.
Li Xuan shook her head calmly and said, "Does the Dugu family really want to work in Dunhuang and not expect the center?"
Dugu Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up.
Spoiler in advance, Li Jingye secretly instigated Dugu Zhong to cause trouble, but Dugu Zhong controlled it very well.
(End of chapter)
