Chapter 253: The Crown Prince (End of this volume)
Li Xian's case was over, and the prince was finally brought down. However, Empress Wu was not completely relieved. First of all, Ming Chongyan's death caused him to completely lose an arm, and she also lost her emotional support. In fact, Empress Wu
She didn't even know why, but she actually developed such a sincere feeling for a man in her middle age. This feeling made her unable to stop, as if she had been given a new life. She felt that besides power, life could be so wonderful.
It was precisely because of this that Wu Cai was particularly angry about this matter, and ordered Zhao Daosheng to be executed in Lingchi on the day after the case was concluded.
Another reason that worries her is that Li Xian is too capable. If he is made the prince, her life will be even more difficult in the future, even more difficult than when Li Hong and Li Xian were the prince. Fortunately,
She is Li Xian's biological mother, and she stands on the high moral ground. As long as Li Xian does something outrageous, as a mother, she can slap a label of disobedience on him at any time, and this label is fatal, and it is really not helpful.
, he can still take action and find a way to dethrone his position as prince, or even kill him with a glass of poisonous wine like he did with Li Hong.
In the face of absolute power, Empress Wu never cared about any family ties, not before, and certainly not in the future.
But in front of her, Empress Wu knew that it was too difficult to prevent Li Xian from becoming the crown prince, because Li Xian had made great contributions to the country through these several battles, and his reputation was almost higher than that of the Queen of Heaven.
Now that Li Xian has been deposed, he has become the eldest son according to the patriarchal system. He is absolutely the undisputed candidate for the crown prince, both emotionally and rationally.
Since she knew that it was impossible to stop him, Empress Wu naturally had no choice but to take advantage of the situation. Otherwise, it would be a thankless task for her. Not only was she unable to prevent Li Xian from entering the East Palace, but she also gained a reputation of being jealous of the virtuous and capable.
Therefore, less than half a month after Li Xian was deposed as the crown prince, Empress Wu said to Gaozong at a court meeting: "Half a month ago, Ni Zixian was deposed as the crown prince because of rebellion. However, the East Palace must not be left without a master.
I think that the king of Zhou has a heroic appearance and good moral character. He has also made many military exploits and has contributed to the country. It is better to make him a prince to bring peace to the world. I wonder what your majesty and all your beloved ministers think?"
Empress Wu's words were so sensible that Gaozong and his ministers nodded frequently. Gaozong was the first to laugh and said: "Of all the sons I gave birth to, only Xian'er was upright and upright, with ambitions for the country. He also had the military strategy of Emperor Taizong."
Xiongfeng, but also filial to his parents, whether it is virtue or talent, he is the best choice. Alas, I chose a virtuous son by mistake before, which led to today's disaster. However, I am still relieved that he has good virtues. I believe that this time he will be a sure winner.
You won't let me down again, by the way, what do you think?"
In fact, the matter is very obvious. Even the emperor has made such a statement, so what can the ministers do? Naturally, they can only follow the emperor's wishes and praise Li Xian. Occasionally, a few of them, inspired by Empress Wu, praise Li Xian greatly.
Those who objected were immediately buried among the officials' spitting stars, and could no longer escape...
"Since all the ministers have no objections, it is settled. On a good and auspicious day, the ceremony of establishing the crown prince will be held." Seeing that the ministers had no objections, Gaozong suddenly felt high-spirited, waved his hands vigorously, and said happily.
"Yes." The new Minister of Rites, Pei Xingjian, went to the frontier to fight with Li Xian. Although they were not on the same battlefield, he had always known Li Xian's military talents. Naturally, he was very happy about this. He immediately issued an order after the disbandment of the dynasty.
Choose a good and auspicious day to hold the canonization ceremony for the prince.
After some deliberation, Pei Xingjian wrote to the emperor, requesting that the enthronement ceremony be held on the day of Yichou in August of the second year of Tiaolu, and Gaozong immediately agreed.
So after some intense preparations, on the day of Yi Chou in August of the second year of Tiao Lu, Emperor Gaozong prepared a grand ceremony for Li Xian to be crowned crown prince.
In the first year of Yonglong, a general amnesty was granted to the whole country. On the third day of the Great Era, Zhao Yinyue, the former Princess of Zhou Dynasty, was consecrated as the Crown Princess. Li Xian's son Li Chongzhao was also renamed as the King of Yixing County. Zhao Yinyue was born last year when Li Xian was fighting on the front line.
She gave birth to a daughter, named Li Xianhui, who was also named Princess Yongtai at this time.
When the news came that Li Xian had been established as crown prince, the whole country was filled with joy, but many people were also filled with worry. These people were mainly Empress Wu's close associates, especially brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi.
The two brothers have always been at odds with Li Xian and tried all kinds of plots to assassinate Li Xian. However, they repeatedly suffered losses at the hands of Li Xian. Now that Li Xian has been established as the crown prince, he is the crown prince of the country. Once he becomes king in the future, they will
But there was really no way to survive, so the **** gathered together to find a way to deal with the current situation. However, they were short-witted and could not think of any way to deal with him. In addition, Li Xian's reputation is now at its peak. I'm afraid
At that time, not only was he unable to fulfill his wish, but it became Li Xian's first test stone.
Therefore, these brothers can only keep their tails between their legs for now, and wait until later to add fuel to Empress Wu's anger at the right time, and use Empress Wu's power to deal with Li Xian.
The other unhappy person was Wei Xiang'er. She had tried every possible means to threaten Wei Tuan'er to recommend her as Li Xian's candidate for Princess Zhou, but she didn't expect that Li Xian was so bold that he broke into the palace and rescued Zhao Yinyue.
, and reconciled with her, becoming a loving couple that was envied, jealous, and hated by all the women in the world. As a result, Wei Xiang'er naturally failed to become Li Xian's princess. Later, Wei Xiang'er settled for the second best,
She recommended herself to be Li Xian's concubine, but was still rejected by Li Xian. She had no idea why Li Xian hated her so much, but she was naturally very angry after being repeatedly humiliated by him.
Now that she heard that Li Xian had become the prince, she had lost the chance to rise to the top of the world, and she hated Li Xian even more. However, she also knew that this man was not easy to mess with now. To get rid of the evil in her chest, she could only find Li Xian's enemy.
There were very few people in the court who were qualified to be Li Xian's opponents. In the end, after numerous selections, she finally settled on Wu Sansi, Li Xian's cousin and Empress Wu's nephew.
In fact, she originally liked Wu Chengsi more, but Wu Chengsi looked down on her. In addition, Wu Chengsi was a shrewd person, and she was worried that she would not be able to control him in the future, so she decided to seek refuge with Wu Sansi. After several beautiful encounters
"Encounter", Wei Xiang'er quickly conquered Wu Sansi with her peerless charm, and was then married into the mansion by Wu Sansi. Later, after a fight, Wei Xiang'er became Wu Sansi's wife. From then on, Wu Sansi
Sansi and Wei Xiang'er, a couple with similar personalities, began to plot against Li Xian and actively helped Empress Wu seize power.
(To be continued)(To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
