Chapter 12 Section 12

Chang Baixing's luck was really bad. Last night at Princess Taiping's mansion Yao Yuanzhi broke the trick, and tonight he ran into the current emperor in the womb of the Crown Prince. Chang Baixing came in full armor tonight. Last night, Chang Baixing confessed to Princess Taiping most of his recent experiences, and even all the legendary illegal acts of Xiaoxing in the past, Chang Baixing also confessed to Princess Taiping as a personal experience.Princess Taiping showed great interest in this, and was even fascinated by Xiaoxing's story.Chang Baixing has a natural talent for telling stories, but he intentionally neglected his deal with Yao Yuanzhi. Of course, he did not declare his identity as a counterfeit.

Because of the unexpected encounter with Yao Yuanzhi, Chang Baixing could no longer take the risk of leaving Princess Taiping's mansion. Princess Taiping deeply understood this, and personally ordered someone to go to the guest house to fetch all Chang Baixing's tools. Tonight is the Shangyuan Festival. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Princess Taiping sent Chang Baixing to the outside of the East Palace wall in her own pheasant cart. Chang Baixing's task was very clear, to go and see what happened to the prince.Yao Yuanzhi's sudden visit disrupted Princess Taiping's plan. If the prince had prepared, it would have been too hasty for Shang Yuanye to launch a coup.

For Chang Baixing, this was also an extremely dangerous moment, because all his tools that might be suspected of being sharp weapons were brought with him under the supervision of Princess Taiping.He knew that if he was captured by the prince's guards tonight, the identity of the assassin would be certain. Tonight, Chang Baixing's feeling of thorns on his spine was particularly obvious.In the past few days, when this feeling appeared, he tried his best to figure out what happened behind him, but to no avail.Maybe it's a suspicion, but according to his half-life experience, whenever he feels this way, someone is following him.At this point, he has never had a wrong judgment, otherwise he would not be alive today.

The emperor's sudden appearance also surprised the prince. The emperor has seldom left the Daming Palace since he ascended the throne again. Maybe it was because his life was too tense when his mother Empress Wu Zetian was in power. It seems that there is only one content in his life now-to relax his body and mind and make himself live comfortably. Be merry.As for political affairs, his capable sister Princess Taiping and son Li Longji took care of him. The emperor stopped the prince from summoning the concubine to serve him, leaving only the father and son in the palace. "Sanlang," the prince called three times, so the emperor called out. "Do you remember last year's Lantern Festival?"

"Yes, father, I remember. At that time, Emperor Zhongzong went out to send Princess Jincheng to marry Tupan. In order to avoid suspicion, father, you asked yourself to be the first minister and ran errands along the way. At that time, my boy was still in office in Luzhou, and there was no day. I don't miss my father." "You are a filial child, I know that. But the father is also very difficult!" The prince suddenly knelt down in front of the emperor, choked up and said: "Thank you, father, please take back the order, and pass the decree to return the position of prince to my elder brother."

The emperor laughed, although the voice was very soft, but Chang Baixing, who was lying on the beam, heard the emperor's laughter clearly.Just listen to the emperor say: "Get up and sit down, and listen to me. If you are benevolent and have no desires, you are not as good as your elder brother. If you are smart and courageous, you are the number one among my sons. Your elder brother is Shoucheng. You are a talented person, but you are an entrepreneurial talent, at this moment, who do you think is the most suitable to inherit the throne?" The prince dared not answer. The emperor said again: "Can you tell me, who owns this world?"

"It's our Li family's world." "Wrong. This world may belong to anyone. It used to be named Liu, Sima, and Yang. Moreover, just when people thought it was named Li, it became the world of Wu. Even in the Now, do you think it is simply surnamed Li?" The emperor is a very good teacher, just listen to his eloquence, he is reasonable, and he introduces the prince to a very serious fact without haste.Chang Baixing, who was lying on the beam, was amazed by this. "Emperor Taizong's country was brought down. At that time, the world was in chaos. Countless people died because of it, and blood flowed like rivers. But your country cannot be beaten. Now the people are too fragile to withstand the chaos of war. If you fight, the country may be destroyed. The surname is no longer Li. Even if the surname is Li, it may not belong to you or me. You have to be patient and use wisdom to completely evolve this country." The emperor stopped here and said: Don't think that I am the emperor, you are the prince, you and my father and son can do whatever you want. Not now, now you and my father and son have only been in power for one year, and they have neither kindness nor prestige to my subordinates. What is the reason? It is just Taizu, It’s just a little shadow of Taizong, so be patient, be patient, and not afraid of hardship. In order to protect the greatness of Taizu and Taizong, you must have great wisdom. It doesn’t matter even if you take a little detour. Sometimes, detours often seem far away. close."

"My child remembered it." Chang Baixing thought to himself that the emperor would have to make a big detour when speaking with his son, and wondered if the prince understood.Chang Baixing himself half understood what the emperor said. "I have a memorial here, which is jointly signed by Song Jing, Yao Yuanzhi and Zhang Shuo, asking me to order you to supervise the country and send Princess Taiping to Puzhou for resettlement. This seems a bit too hasty, you might as well do some more research." After finishing speaking , the emperor got up and drove back to Daming Palace.

Seeing the prince seeing him back, Chang Baixing was suddenly blessed, and what the emperor said just now gave him a sense of enlightenment.If you can make a big detour, maybe you can free yourself from this troublesome thing and give yourself a free body. Thinking of this, Chang Baixing took off his mask, carefully untied the leather pouch on his back, took out all the dangerous items hidden in the collar of the sleeves and stuffed them into the pouch, and placed the pouch on the beam securely.This is the biggest decision in his life, and the time is fleeting. Chang Baixing tried his best to stabilize his mind, stretched the index finger of his right hand to his eyes, took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly. After three clicks, he said slowly: "His Royal Highness, please forgive me for trespassing the Forbidden Palace."

The dry cypress beams made a very crisp sound under Chang Baixing's fingers.The prince was startled by the sudden voice, he reached out to pick up the sword on the sword stand, and said loudly: "Who is it?" Chang Baixing intentionally and very carefully stretched out his legs first, and then half of his body. When he only hooked his fingertips on the temple beam, he let go and jumped off the beam.As soon as he landed, he grabbed his elbows from behind with both hands, and knelt down on the ground. This was the most typical and common gesture of surrender in the Tang Dynasty. This was Chang Baixing's first time observing the prince face to face.He found that the prince was a handsome young man with a body as tall as a crane, which made people fall in love with him at first sight.But the first words the prince said when he saw him made Chang Baixing feel like a thunderbolt.

The prince said: "Fucking Chang Baixing, you bastard, I thought you fell asleep on the beam these days, why are you only willing to come to see me now." "The little people deserve to die, and they should come here early." Chang Baixing couldn't figure out how the prince would know him after thinking about it. "Forget it, you have a big life, you have someone to speak for you." The prince smiled. "Master Yao and the others will come to discuss matters later, you should hide first, lest Yao Yuanzhi see you and fight you desperately. I will ask you tomorrow if there is anything." Chang Baixing kowtowed countless times before walking out of the palace gate with gratitude.He had just walked to the entrance of the hall when suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, and he heard an affectionate voice say: "Go home, don't forget your luggage." Chang Baixing looked back, and suddenly saw the slick tea server in the inn standing behind him. He was holding a short black crossbow tightly in one hand, and the other hand was holding Chang Baixing. The branched new leather pouch that Baixing placed on the temple beam. Chang Baixing finally realized: "So you are Xiaoxing!" According to historical records, in February of this year, Princess Taiping wanted to form a party to harm the prince. Emperor Ruizong finally adopted the suggestions of Song Jing, Yao Yuanzhi, and Zhang Shuo, ordered the prince to supervise the country, and placed Princess Taiping in Puzhou (now Ruicheng, Shanxi Province) northwest). Unexpectedly, Princess Taiping scolded the prince angrily upon hearing the letter, and the prince flinched, so she told Song Jing and Yao Yuanzhi to divorce their aunt and elder brother, and demoted them as governors of Yuanzhou. Regarding Chang Baixing, since he entered the East Palace that day, there was no news about him.There are rumors that he was killed by Princess Taiping; others say that the crown prince was afraid of trouble and executed Chang Baixing secretly; some even say that Chang Baixing was released by the crown prince and went south with money to live in seclusion in the market for the rest of his life went. Later... Anyway, Princess Taiping failed to cause chaos, and the emperor gave the throne to Prince Li Longji, who was the famous Tang Minghuang.