Chapter 10 Starlight (Part 2)
The door of the imperial study room was gently pushed open by the palace maid. Empress Shuntian Yisheng Wei Wushuang, holding a bowl of soup in his own hand, walked in gracefully.
Princess Anle, who was kneeling at the door, took the opportunity to cry loudly, but Wei Wushuang seemed to have not heard it. She walked straight to Li Xian, who was covered in armor and advised softly: "Master, drink some lotus seed soup! Why did you put on your armor in a hot day? Come and serve the Master to change your clothes!"
"No need!" Li Xian glared at the palace maids who were surrounding him with anger, with a clear breath in his voice, "It's good for me to wear this way! Avoid someone being unhappy one day, and send an assassin to give me a knife!"
After saying that, he took a big step, and returned to the desk, and put the Panlong helmet on his head. He touched the mechanism without any instruction and pulled down his face with a "click". In an instant, no one could see the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy on his face.
After being a couple for so many years, Wei Wushuang didn't need to observe his expression and expression to grasp Li Xian's mind clearly. He followed him with a smile, first put down the white porcelain soup bowl in his hand, and then gently took the lacquer plate, silver bowl, spoon and other items from the palace maids, and placed them one by one on the desk. From beginning to end, he did not ask his husband if he was wary of who was assassinating, nor did he ask for a word for his daughter who was kneeling at the door.
Li Xian's heart was immediately surrounded by his wife's tenderness, and his anger was suddenly unsustainable. However, he turned his head and saw Princess Anle, who was carrying an unblack axe outside the study door, and was apologizing for a precious place. In an instant, she hated her teeth and itched.
The assassin bought the assassin to murder the minister of the dynasty just because the other party had swept her face a few months ago and did not present her life-saving medicine with both hands! How could this be what the princess should do? The daughter of a robber would not be so arrogant in the counterfeit! What's more, that "leader" has always done his best in doing things, and is almost indispensable for the development of the "cursor"?!
"You all retreat!" Wei Wushuang moved his body intentionally and unintentionally, blocking Li Xian's vision. Then, he scooped lotus seed soup into the silver bowl with his own hands, while giving soft instructions.
"Yes!" The palace maids agreed and bowed to leave. Zheng Kejun, who was originally at a loss in the study, quickly pulled his young subordinate and took the opportunity to escape.
"Father, Queen, the child is wronged, wronged!" Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Princess Anle immediately cried even more and more aggrieved.
Li Xian's eyebrows were frowned quickly, and his fingers pressed on the table. Although Wei Wushuang could not see his forehead, he keenly realized that he was on the verge of furiousness. He stood up first, walked to the door of the study, and closed the thick wooden door with his own hands.
Most of the crying was blocked, and Li Xian no longer felt as irritable as before. Wei Wushuang walked back to the desk, scooped the lotus seed soup with his own hands, first tasted the hot and cold with his mouth, and then smiled and raised the silver spoon to Li Xian's face armor, "Master, this face armor is not done well. At least, you should leave your mouth so that I can feed you soup."
"The axe is on the side, how can I have time to drink soup?!" Li Xian could not let down his wife's tenderness, raised his hand and pushed the face armor again, responding gritted his teeth.
"Even if it's Sun Wu and Wu Qi, they still have to eat." Wei Wushuang deliberately pretended not to understand what he was saying, and retorted with a smile, then sent the spoon to his mouth, "Master, drink some soup to relieve the fire. I cooked it myself, and it took me two hours to stew the Tremella inside. The Tremella inside has been stewed."
"Well——" Li Xian's anger was extinguished by tenderness for half again. He pondered for a moment, and opened his mouth obediently.
After so many years of the couple, Wei Wushuang knew all his habits. He fed the lotus seed soup to his mouth like serving a child. It was not until the lotus seed soup in the bowl was wiped out by half, but he slowly put down the silver spoon, smiled and grabbed a sweat towel from the lacquer plate, and wiped the corners of his mouth.
Under the double "encirclement" of Lotus Soup and the couple's affection, Li Xian's anger was almost gone. He couldn't bear to continue to act arrogantly. He looked at Wei Wushuang with pity, sighed and took the sweat towel. He wiped his lips a few times first, and then shook his head gently, "Don't think about pleading for her. She caused too much trouble this time. If I let her go, all the civil and military officials in the court would be disappointed. The laws and order of the court would be gone!"
"Ah?" Wei Wushuang widened her eyes in surprise, her red lips slightly opened, like a rose in bud.
"What?" Li Xian rolled his eyelids and responded angrily, but his voice was not very high: "Even if I want to kill any minister, it will be in the name of national law. She is so good. She summoned a large number of bandits through the White Horse Sect to intercept and kill officials of the current dynasty. She even bribed the Youyi Guard Brigade who escorted the other party to assassinate halfway!"
"What?!" In an instant, Wei Wushuang's eyes widened even more. Just as ordinary parents heard that their children had committed a case, they instinctively expressed their refusal to believe, "Impossible! Unable to be happy! You said she was naughty and bullied people with power, I believe it. It is impossible for her to buy assassination and collude with bandits! She is widowed at home and has no power. What benefits can she give to others?! Why should the White Horse Sect listen to her orders?!"
The heart of Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian was deeply hurt by the four words "Widowed at home". He slapped the table with his hand and stood up, "She has no power or power? She has sold many official positions in the past six months. Do you think I don't know? I am inclined to her because I miss her pitifulness, but not acquiesced to her doing whatever she wants!"
"Qilang, what are you saying? Isn't you selling official positions and titles? Isn't you hoping to attract talents from all over the world for the court? Whether it is the imperial examination or the recommendation, how many dozens of families can bypass the world?" Wei Wushuang was startled, but raised his head and argued with tears. "And a mere empty position will recruit talents with talent but no way to the emperor, which will benefit the Tang Dynasty without any harm. If this is also a crime, the official position I sold here will be three times more happy! I have lost my morality, please give Qilang the order to depose me and reign the harem!"
After saying that, he wiped his tears hard and wanted to kneel down. When he was about to be angry with his daughter, he bypassed the case and supported him with his hands: "Wushuang, what are you doing? When did I accuse you of selling official positions and titles? I mean, I mean, alas, you get up first, sell official positions and titles, which is my tacit approval, and I should not rely on you!"
"Master, the priest loves you, I am so fucked to pieces, I can't repay you!" Wei Wushuang was not as strong as Li Xian, and stood up weakly, crying in tears, "Yes, but Buer is innocent, she was born with a miserable life. In recent years, for the sake of our husband and wife, she has tried her best to feed the tiger! Although she has been spoiled and willful, she is definitely not the irrational person. Whoever she hates, she can only come to the door. With you to make the decision for her, she doesn't need to collude with bandits. She doesn't need to buy assassination!"
After a few words, Li Xian became more and more determined.
The reason why Princess Anle's nickname is Li Guer is because when she was born, Li Xian was exiled to Luling and was placed under surveillance. The couple was so poor that they could not afford to buy babies' clothes, so they had to take an old robe from Li Xian to prevent her from freezing to death. Princess Anle did not hesitate to use the method of getting pregnant before marriage to marry Wu Sansi's son Wu Chongxun, in order to be the father of Li Xian and consolidate the position of prince!
If Li Xian had spoken for his daughter when Zhang Qian politely refused to marry, and exiled him for thousands of miles, there would have been no young monk coming to provoke him. Later, all conflicts with the princess and with the White Horse Sect would not have happened.
If Li Xian had decisively stood up as a foolish monarch after Zhang Qian refused to give medicine to the princess and supported his daughter. Even if he just issued a few words to scold Zhang Qian, Princess Anle could regain her face and no longer hold a grudge against Zhang Qian. In this way, the series of assassinations and collusion with bandits would not find any motive.
At the first two critical moments, Li Xian tried hard to be a "righteous wise king". Now Princess Anle chose to take risks. If he dealt with it impartially, it would be too unwilling to be his daughter!
"Qilang!" Wei Wushuang knew that his words had worked without looking at Li Xian's expression. He raised his hand and wiped his tears and continued to add sadly, "If our Guer was really as you said, his sins were unforgivable. You are the emperor, and I can't depose the public for personal gain. However, Qilang, I don't ask you to open a message, but I just want you to remember that when we were both husband and wife and were desperate to commit suicide, Guer's crying gave her a chance to defend herself. Qilang, if we hadn't been her back then, we would have been no longer the couple, and there would not be the Emperor Yingtian Shenlong and Empress Shuntian Yisheng today!"
Speaking of the sadness, she burst into tears again. Looking at the Yingtian Dragon Emperor Li Xian, she had already wet the iron armor.
I remember that when they were in Luling, the officials who were responsible for surveillance were humiliated in all kinds of ways. The couple had already made up their minds and died. However, when they put their necks into the rope and were about to kick the stool away from their feet, they suddenly heard their daughter's cry after being hungry.
The couple couldn't bear to let their daughter lose their parents when they were in their infancy. They hugged their heads and cried, and then gritted their teeth to survive. This was how they had the opportunity to turn things around later, and today's emperor and queen.
If the price of being an emperor and an empress is to kill one's own daughter, what is the feeling of being an emperor and an empress? If one becomes an emperor, one must step on the corpse of his biological children. Then what is the difference between the Emperor Li Xian and the Great Sage of Zetian back then?
"Come on, take the troublemaker in to the emperor!" After wiping his tears suddenly, Wei Wushuang turned his head and sternly ordered at the door.
"Yes!" The palace maids who were prepared for it immediately agreed to support Princess Anle, who was pricking her ears and eavesdropping, pretending to be serious, and "drag" the latter into the imperial study room.
Princess Anle knelt honestly at Li Xian's feet, holding his thighs with both hands, and crying.
Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Wei Wushuang, the Queen of Shuntian Yisheng, signaled the palace maids to retreat and closed the study door. Then, he lowered his head and twisted Princess Anle's ear hard, "Why did you cry? Have you done something wrong, and you still have the face to cry?! You honestly tell me, did you instruct the monks of the White Horse Sect to collude with bandits? Did you bribe the brigade leader of the Right Yiwei and assassinate the current dynasty official?"
"I am wronged, my daughter is wronged, my mother saves my daughter, but my daughter doesn't know anything!" Princess Anle immediately screamed and shouted for justice, "Father, the only thing my daughter knows is that the female official in the daughter's palace has an affair with the brigade leader of the Right Guard. The daughter doesn't know anything else! Father, you don't believe it, even if you send the Hundred Cavalry Department to investigate, if it is found that the bad thing was done by the daughter, the daughter is willing to be dealt with by the national law. If there is no evidence, the daughter will be punished and the daughter will die with her eyes!"
"You are stubborn, you are still stubborn!" Wei Wushuang pulled his ears and dragged Princess Anle away from Li Xian's feet. Then she let go of her hand, raised her feet, and "sharply" kicked towards the thick flesh on the latter's body.
"Help, father, help!" Princess Anle immediately cried like a killing pig, shouting for help, hoarsely.
When Li Xian heard this, he felt that his daughter was pitiful. He raised his hand and wiped his face twice, then whispered to plead: "Okay, even if you beat her to death, it will be useless."
"I beat her to death more than she was stupid!" Wei Wushuang refused to stop and continued to kick Princess Anle on the floor under Princess Anle, responding crying, "Killing someone to silence her, who can you deceive such a simple trick? The Hundred Riding Division will investigate, who among the Hundred Riding Divisions is so bold to find out the truth? You are the princess of a country. If you do it, you must dare to admit it. After doing it, you still try to deceive your father, so you deserve to die!"
Princess Anle neither argued nor dodged. She just lay on the ground and continued to cry, "Help Father". The Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian was heartbroken and heard it. She raised her hand to wipe her tears, and ordered in a trembling voice: "Okay, don't hit her. Whether it was her or not, I will take it for her!"
"Thank you, Father!" Princess Anle got up, rushed to Li Xian, and hugged his shoulders with both hands. Tears fell on Li Xian's shoulders, and they were faintly "hot" through the iron armor.
Emperor Yingtian's Divine Dragon's heart was as clear as a mirror. The so-called unverified confession from the Baiqisi was the truth. The White Horse Sect, the bandits, and the assassin all had an inseparable relationship with Princess Anle. However, as a father, he was reluctant to hand over his daughter to the national law for treatment, so he could only sigh with tears in his mouth.
Seeing Li Xian's attitude, he finally softened completely as he expected, Wei Wushuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he deliberately pretended to be serious and whispered, "Let go of your father, it's a bit human! He is wearing iron armor and is already very heavy. How can he have the strength to support you?"
"Yes, Mother!" Princess Anle agreed coquettishly, then let go of Li Xian, took off the small axe behind her, and placed her gently at the door of the study.
"Master, the assassination person is Zhang Qian?" He looked at his relaxed daughter and then looked at her helpless husband. Wei Wushuang shook her head and lowered her voice to ask.
"Ask a question knowingly!" Li Xian rolled her eyelids, turned around, and slowly walked towards the desk.
My wife was just beating her daughter, and she was just calling him. The sentence "Who is so bold to find out the truth about this matter" was also specifically told to him. Also, there are also my daughter's call for help, which was practiced in advance. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cooperate with her wife's movements so well. He knew all of these, and he could see clearly. His heart was like a mirror, but at this moment, he had no choice but to pretend to be confused!
"Father, where did you get this armor? It looks vaguely similar to the great-grandfather in the portrait!" Princess Anle turned around and turned around, looked at Li Xian's dragon armor, and flattered him.
If it were normal times, some people said that they were like Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, Li Xian would definitely be happy. However, today after hearing his daughter's flattery, he raised his eyes again, "After going back, I will think about it behind closed doors for two months! You will not leave the house without my will."
"Father--" Princess Anle didn't know why she made Li Xian angry again, and immediately, tears circled in her eyes again.
"Qilang, what's wrong?" Unexpectedly, Li Xian suddenly turned his face again, and Queen Wei Wushuang was also confused. She walked forward and gently grabbed her husband's finger.
"You are my daughter. I don't want to harm my flesh and blood, but I'm not stupid!" Li Xian didn't want to give his wife and Mie another chance. He raised his other hand and pointed directly at the door, "What, are you not going to listen to my words? Go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors! Who can't kill someone to silence? All the civil and military officials in the court will pull someone out casually, and I'm afraid they will do ten times cleaner than you!"
"Don't calm down, my daughter obeys the order!" Princess Anle was so aggrieved that her face was full of tears. She squatted and saluted, covering her face and left. Li Xian had no way to vent his anger. She grabbed the silver bowl on the desk and smashed it hard on her back.
"Dingdangdangdangdang--" The silver bowl jumped up after contacting the ground, making a series of pleasant echoes. Li Xian quickly reached out to the porcelain bowl, but saw the lotus seed soup made by his wife in the bowl. He was stunned and pressed his hand on the desk, panting as if he was panting.
Wei Wushuang suddenly realized that he had lost control of her husband's mentality. He was stunned and did not dare to ask more questions. He slowly walked behind Li Xian and gently hugged the other party's back.
Through the iron armor, Li Xian still felt his wife's tenderness and anxiety. The anger on his face slowly faded away again. After a while, he raised his hand and patted the other party's back, sighed softly, "Okay, it's not your business. If I don't teach Anle a lesson, she will be able to seek death sooner or later!"
"I know you are for peace!" Wei Wushuang put his head on her husband's back and responded like a cat-like response. "It's me, I'm always too spoiled with her."
"Not you, she is no longer a child. She knows what she is doing." Li Xian gently broke free from his wife's hug, turned around, took the other person's hand, and whispered, "I hope she knows to restrain herself, otherwise, alas..."
"Or what if you want her to find a husband and let her remarry sooner?! What a woman, with a husband, you naturally have no intention of causing trouble again!" Wei Wushuang knew clearly in her heart that Princess Anle must not be innocent. She hesitated for a moment and decisively used housework to distract Li Xian from her attention.
"Who to marry? Wu Yanxiu? That's a boastful fool!" Li Xian really forgot to continue being angry with Princess Anle, frowned, and responded disdainfully.
"What's wrong with being a royal son-in-law?" Wei Wushuang disagreed with his opinion, and shook his head gently, "Anle is strong-willed, Wu Yanxiu is a little bit awkward, and the two can get along after marriage. Besides, with Your Majesty here, the wealth and wealth of the couple can be reduced? The couple will do nothing in the future, just eat, drink and have fun. Working hard and making progress is a problem!"
"Yeah—" Li Xian's eyes lit up and he nodded in contemplation.
According to the talent standards in his eyes, Wu Yanxiu must be far behind. But if he follows the standards of the royal son-in-law, Wu Yanxiu's shortcomings are nothing. Even, it may be an advantage!
"If the emperor does not object, I will start to arrange their marriage?" Finally, he clearly touched his husband's thoughts again, and Wei Wushuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile.
"You are the queen, you should have made the decision in this kind of thing!" Li Xian sighed and nodded indifferently.
"Qilang is the king of a country, and you must satisfy Qilang first!" Wei Wushuang smiled and responded softly. Then, his eyes swept to the dragon armor on Li Xian's body, and praised with a smile, "Where did Qilang get the armor on his body? Guer was actually not wrong at all. When Qilang put on it, he felt the scent of Taizong!"
"The military weapon supervisor has refined iron, so he created a set of armor for me. There are also cavalry armors on the desk, and also gave me ten sets of Qianniu Guards to try out." Anger surged into Li Xian's heart again. He gritted his teeth and gave the answer in a low voice.
"What kind of iron is 水多?" Wei Wushuangmin [Tianlai www.23txt.xyz] felt the presence of anger sharply, and deliberately pretended to be stupid to distract Li Xian's attention.
"It is a kind of Persian or Indian steel. Because of its special pattern, it has been called iron since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The value was originally like silver. When building weapons, you can use a little on the blade to transform the weapon!" Li Xian's mentality was indeed "pulled" by her. She explained patiently. "Building armor is like this set of me, and it cannot penetrate the powerful crossbows beyond twenty steps!"
"Ah?!" Wei Wushuang's face immediately showed a surprise expression. He quickly squatted down and congratulated Li Xian, "I congratulate the emperor on his achievements in the country. From now on, all of us, soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, are wearing iron armor, holding swords and swords, and under the banners, the enemy is like a native chicken and a tile dog!"
"Hmph!" Li Xian couldn't help but burst into anger again after hearing this, "Just the day before yesterday, the person who had figured out the secret method of refining the iron in the iron almost died in the hands of our daughter. I was wearing the armor he offered, but I was thinking about how to excuse my daughter, I, alas--"
Apart from sighing, he really has no other words and faces to say it. If he wants to be a wise ruler, he should not be disappointed with the hearts of loyal ministers. However, he is even more reluctant to give up his daughter than a wise ruler.
"It's that Zhang Qian again?" Wei Wushuang finally understood why Princess Anle just raised the armor and made Li Xian angry. If it were her own, she would definitely feel guilty at that time.
However, before Li Xian criticized his daughter's fault again, she smiled and whispered: "This person is a thoughtful person. It's not in vain that Qilang has always been very fond of him!"
"If anyone else can do what he does, I will not treat it badly!" Li Xian knew what his wife wanted to express, and thought about it and responded angrily. "Even, he will reward more and value it more."
"He made a contribution to the country, but even Emperor Taizong could not have been like Qilang, who was promoted to a person three times in just half a year from a commoner to a secretary and junior supervisor." Wei Wushuang refused to agree with her husband's opinion and shook her head with a smile. "If you don't believe me, Qilang can give an example?"
"This..." The names of Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou, Xue Rengui quickly appeared in Li Xian's mind, but he had to admit that Empress Wei's words were right, and Zhang Qian's promotion speed was indeed too fast. Unconsciously, he surpassed all the famous officials since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
"It's true, Wushuang is right!" He was not a person who likes to pay responsibilities. When he found out that he was wrong, he immediately smiled and nodded with a bitter smile.
"Then after he encountered interception and assassination, could he send someone to complain to Qilang?" Empress Wei suddenly changed the topic and asked in a low voice.
"No. He handed over all the captured prisoners to Liuhe County, and then continued to go to Yangcheng for business." Li Xian felt more and more guilty and sighed and responded.
"That's right. He is indeed a person who knows gratitude. It's worth treating Qilang with the courtesy of a national scholar!" Empress Wei smiled again, and her whole body felt a sense of ease.
Li Xian's mood was quickly infected by his wife. He also smiled and shook his head gently, "He is a civil servant. When he encounters risks, he will naturally report to the department. It is necessary not to complain to me. What does it have to do with knowing whether he knows gratitude?"
"In my opinion, he doesn't want the Lord to be difficult!" Empress Wei suddenly changed his name and responded solemnly, "After all, he was shocked this time, and the prisoner deliberately made an accusation of Anle. If he followed the wind and shadow, where would he place the Lord? So, he simply pretended to be an outsider and let the Lord deal with the matter at will."
"That's right?" Li Xian was skeptical, but hoped that Zhang Qian could really think about himself so considerately.
"He didn't really encounter any danger?" Empress Wei smiled, and her eyes suddenly became a little cold. "If you bite our daughter, you will be an ungrateful person. It is not worthy of the Lord's justice for him."
"Yeah!" Li Xian nodded, feeling that although his wife's words were a little arrogant, they seemed to make sense.
If Zhang Qian died or was seriously injured, he should indeed avenge him. However, Zhang Qian jumped to Yangcheng, but he insisted on dealing with Anle, so he made a big fuss. I guess he would not feel at ease in the future.
From this perspective, Li Xian no longer felt as guilty as before. He touched his left chest that was deliberately bulging and thickened on the armor and nodded slightly.
"Master, I forgot a good news to tell you?" Wei Wushuang finally sorted out the hidden dangers for his daughter and changed the topic with a smile.
"What good news?" Li Xian didn't want to continue wasting time on the same topic, and immediately asked with a smile.
"Hui Fan is grateful for the emperor's care and is ready to contribute 400,000 yuan to the emperor to enrich the internal treasury! The money is ready, so wait for the emperor's grace to be approved!" Wei Wushuang said loudly. (Note: In official history, Hui Fan was searched after his failure because of supporting Princess Taiping, and his home was raided after his failure, and his home was hushed hundreds of thousands of dollars.)
The setting sun shone through the glass window and shone on her body. At this moment, she was filled with pure gold light from head to toe.
Chapter completed!