"Sixth brother must pay attention to one thing. Regarding the opening of the martial arts competition, you must obtain the will from your father and never leave it to your mother. Otherwise, even if you can open the martial arts competition, we will definitely not be the ones who benefit in the end.
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Seeing Li Xian's face of being a villain, Li Xian despised him from the bottom of his heart, but he could only forcefully suppress his dissatisfaction and give Li Xian another advice.
Fortunately, this fellow was not stupid enough, and he nodded quickly and said: "Don't worry, Seventh Brother, this matter can be saved for my brother. When my father gets better in the future, I will submit the memorial in my hand when I visit my father's condition."
My father, after seeing this, he will definitely praise us all, and then immediately approve it. In this way, the martial arts examination will be a certainty. After hearing what the seventh brother said today, my brother is suddenly enlightened, haha,
I didn’t expect that you are not only good at fighting, but also so good at handling government affairs. Brother, I am really impressed by you.”
Although Li Xian said this unintentionally, Li Xian could clearly see that this guy was already wary of him. However, Li Xian didn't want to worry about him. After all, this guy couldn't work for more than a few years.
In addition, the conflict with Empress Wu will continue to escalate in the future, and there will be no time to take care of yourself.
Not long after seeing Li Xian off, Li Xian came to his room and wanted to rest for a while. Suddenly, he heard the report from the chamberlain Gao Cheng: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhang is asking for an audience."
"That Eunuch Zhang?" Li Xian was thinking about Li Xian and asked casually without thinking about it at all.
But I heard Gao Cheng say: "It's Zhang Zhong and Eunuch Zhang from the Tianhou Palace."
"He turned out to be Empress Wu's personal chamberlain? I wonder why this person wants to see me?" Li Xian was shocked when he heard this, but he couldn't guess the purpose of the other party's visit, but he could only say: "Go to the hall
Please treat Eunuch Zhang well, I will go right away."
Then, Li Xian jumped up from the couch with excitement, changed his clothes and came to the hall.
But he saw a fair and fat eunuch who was chatting away with Gao Cheng. After seeing Li Xian, the eunuch quickly stood up, saluted and said, "Old slave Zhang Zhonghe has met the king."
Seeing this, Li Xian hurriedly took a few steps, supported him with both hands, and then returned the greeting: "Eunuch Zhang, this is a disgrace to the little king. I wonder if Eunuch Zhang comes to the humble residence to give you any advice?"
But Zhang Zhonghe said: "I don't dare to take advice seriously. This old slave came to see the king on the order of the Queen of Heaven. Please come to the Queen of Heaven's Palace to see you as soon as possible. The Queen of Heaven has important matters to discuss with the king."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhonghe took out a post, which contained Empress Wu's order. The content was generally the same as what Zhang Zhonghe said, but the specific matter was not clearly stated.
When Li Xian saw this, he naturally had no choice but to respectfully accept the order, but he was still confused and did not know what kind of medicine Empress Wu was selling in her gourd. So he quietly took out a small piece of gold from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang
Zhong He held his hands in his hands, and then asked with a smile on his face: "I wonder what the queen has to do with calling the little king? Can my father-in-law tell me the truth? The little king will definitely remember the public kindness in his heart, and he will repay you generously in the future."
Zhang Zhonghe took the hand and suddenly felt his hand sinking. He knew that this piece of gold was at least fifty taels. A look of satisfaction suddenly appeared on his face and he said with a smile: "For the king, this is of course a piece of gold."
It's a good thing. The old slave heard that the Queen of Heaven said that he wanted to find a match for the king. On the one hand, the king is already quite old. As far as the old slave knows, the king is already twenty this year, right? This is considered relatively old among the royal family.
Well, when Emperor Taizong Wen married Queen Wen De Sheng, he was only sixteen years old, and now when the Emperor and Queen Wang get married, they are only fifteen years old..."
When Zhang Zhonghe said this, Zhang Zhonghe suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and couldn't help but slapped himself twice, and then said sarcastically: "This, this, the Queen of Heaven said, now the Emperor's condition is more serious,
Therefore, I hope that your Majesty will agree to this marriage as soon as possible, so that the Emperor will be happy and his illness will be cured as soon as possible."
"I didn't expect it to be such a thing. I was shocked. I thought it was some shameful deed that had been discovered. However, this matter is indeed reasonable, because in today's era, especially
As a prince, it is indeed extremely rare for me to be unmarried at the age of twenty, but I don’t know which family’s daughter I, the queen, will choose to marry me. If my future wife is her confidant, this is tantamount to
If you put an eyeliner next to me, I'm afraid my life will be difficult."
Thinking of this, Li Xian pretended to be full of joy and said: "I didn't expect that the Queen would be so considerate. I am really grateful. By the way, Eunuch Zhang, do you know which girl the Queen Mother chose for Xiao Wang?"
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But I heard Zhang Zhonghe raise his hands and say: "To be honest with you, this old slave really doesn't know about this. The Queen of Heaven has always been far-sighted. How can a superficial person like this old slave understand her?"
In fact, Zhang Zhonghe's words revealed a lot of information. Although he did not say the identity of the other party, Li Xian could tell from the words "forest and foresight" that this matter was definitely the result of Empress Wu's careful consideration, and its purpose was nothing more than that.
There are almost two types, one is to win over and monitor Li Xian, and the second is to divide and disintegrate the alliance between him and Li Xian, making them suspicious of each other and reducing mutual trust.
"No matter which one it is, I am not willing to accept it now, but the mother is so strong. It seems that even if I disagree this time, it will be absolutely useless. In this case, then I simply accept it.
No matter who the other party is, even if it is a sow and a yaksha, I can only accept it silently. In fact, this matter is easy to handle. At most, I am equivalent to raising an idle person. I just have to be careful about him.
At a critical moment, this person may still be able to be used by me and become my counterbalance."
Li Xian thought so much, but the only thing he didn't expect was that he would have any relationship with the future princess. Anyway, it was just a political marriage, just a pawn for Empress Wu to monitor him or alienate his brotherhood, but he had to accept it.
, you have to accept it even if you don’t accept it, how can you control so much?
Li Xian came to the palace and met Empress Wu, but found that Empress Wu was chatting and laughing with a beautiful middle-aged woman in palace clothes.
Empress Wu was also surprisingly happy today. When she saw Li Xian coming, she immediately smiled and said to him: "Xian'er, go and see the eldest princess Chang Le."
When Li Xian saw that the woman who was about the same age as Empress Wu was actually the eldest princess, who was also the aunt of the emperor, he couldn't help but feel shocked. He looked at her curiously and immediately stepped forward to salute as he was told.
"Haha, Xian'er, you may not know that the eldest princess is the seventh daughter of Emperor Gaozu. Although her seniority is there, she is younger than her mother. Princess Chang Le will lead the army to the right of Emperor Gaozu, General Zhao Chuo.
His son Gui, Zhao Gui is now the Commander-in-Chief of the Consort and General Zuo Qianniu. He is the pillar of our Tang Dynasty. Haha, the eldest princess and the Consort have a daughter. She is now sixteen years old and her name is Yinyue. Not only does she look
The beauty of the moon is even more gentle, virtuous, and well-educated. Therefore, my mother discussed with the eldest princess and planned to betroth Yinyue to you. My son, you are twenty years old now. It is time to talk about marriage, not to mention your father.
Now that you are seriously ill, if you can get married and celebrate your father's happiness, your father's illness may be cured sooner. What do you think, my son?"
"Ah? This, this, mother, please forgive me for having the guts to say this. If we talk about seniority, should I call Miss Yinyue my aunt?" Hearing Empress Wu's absurd suggestion of marriage, even though Li Xian had been helpless before, I wanted to give in, but now my face was full of shock, and I asked in surprise.
This is really ridiculous. No matter what, the other party is my aunt, and her grandfather is my great-grandfather. How can such a relationship be married? From a patriarchal relationship, this is incest, even from the biological perspective of later generations. Yes, he clearly knows the harm of incest marriage!
That's why Li Xian asked.
But I heard Empress Wu nod and say: "You are right. In terms of seniority, you should indeed call Yinyue aunt, but so what? As long as she becomes your wife, she will still give birth to children for you. Female? What's more, with Yin Yue's appearance, you can't find it even with a lantern. You dare to pick and choose here. Besides, seniority is just a title, and it has nothing to do with expressions. What’s the difference between brother and sister?”
Hearing this, Li Xian reluctantly discovered that in ancient society, the phenomenon of consanguineous marriage seemed to be very common, especially marriages between cousins. To be honest, the blood relationship between him and Zhao Yinyue But they are further apart than cousins. If you put it this way, there really isn't much of a problem.
At this time, I heard Empress Wu continue to say: "My son, don't be stupid enough to arrange seniority, because no matter what kind of seniority, there will always be compromises between the monarch, his ministers and their husbands. For example, in history, there was a situation where the seniority was messed up like this. Isn’t that too much? For example, Liu Ziye of the Southern Song Dynasty (here refers to the Song Dynasty) not only had his biological aunt, but also his biological sister included in the palace, and his father Liu Jun, Emperor Xiaowu, even did not let his biological mother go. , Also, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, married Queen Zhang Yan, who was the daughter of his biological sister, Princess Lu Yuan. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xin, married the niece of the Empress Dowager Fu, and the Empress Dowager Fu was the grandmother of Emperor Ai. Isn't this also true? Did you marry your aunt..."
After Li Xian heard these precedents, he suddenly became more tearful and wailed in his heart: "Who are those people you are talking about? They are either the kings who have subjugated their country or the notorious tyrants and ignorant kings. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty finally did not fall into these two categories. But he is just a puppet emperor. Do I, Li Xian, want to be 'famous in history' like them?"
But seeing Empress Wu's expression getting more and more serious, Li Xian had to accept the other party's arrangement. After all, no matter who she was, she was only a woman in name. There was no need for him to break up with Empress Wu just for such a nominal marriage. fall out.
"Since the Queen Mother has made her decision, the sons and ministers naturally dare not have any objections. They will only obey the Queen Mother's orders." Li Xian, who looked helpless, sighed, saluted Empress Wu and the eldest princess Chang Le, and then said: As he had something important to do, he fled the palace in embarrassment. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!