Chapter 103 one zero two
Empress Changsun glanced at Hou Junji and asked, "Is it true?" Hou Junji didn't dare to say anything, Empress Changsun looked at Li Chengqian again, Li Chengqian was so frightened that his eyes flicked from side to side, and he didn't dare to meet his mother's gaze.Empress Changsun confirmed from the timidity on her son's face that Cen Wenwen was telling the truth. She reprimanded Hou Junji sharply, "Mr. Lu! You are going too far!" Hou Junji lowered his head and said, "Mr. Guilty, but I did this to deter them, so that they will not act rashly!" Empress Changsun said with displeasure on her face, "Hmph, they are all my brothers, what do you want to deter?" Hou Junji knew that he was wrong, and mumbled I can't speak.Empress Changsun ignored him, turned to Cen Wenwen and said, "Ben Wen, get up and talk!" Cen Wen Wen thanked him and stood up.
Empress Changsun said to Cen Wenwen: "The emperor's whereabouts are unknown at the moment, and Hu Kou and Chen Bing are on the border. We really can't kill each other anymore! King Wei is my own son, a brother of Jian Guo, and King Shu is also the emperor's own flesh and blood. , As long as you sincerely repent, the court will not blame their mistakes. You go to see these two princes immediately, and tell them your lonely heart!" Cen Wenwen said with a look of emotion: "Your Majesty, Shengming, I will pass on the news to you immediately. Your Majesty's decree."
Empress Changsun was able to make such a gesture, and Cen Wenwen finally let go of his hanging heart. He bowed his head and exited Qiyun Palace, looking at Hou Junji from the corner of his eye as he retreated. Jun Jizheng had a disgruntled look on his face.
After Cen Wenwen left, Empress Changsun ordered Hou Junji to step down as well, leaving Li Chengqian behind in secret.Li Chengqian said unhappily: "Mother, you just let the third and fourth brothers go like this?" Empress Changsun responded: "Yes! I want to leave a way for them to survive." Li Chengqian said with resentment: "But Look at their posture when they forced the palace yesterday, never thought of giving us a way out!"
Empress Changsun glanced at Li Chengqian and said: "You are the supervisor of the country, and the whole world is in your hands right now. You have to be like your father and have the same broad mind as the territory of the Tang Dynasty in order to rule this country well. Wei No matter how benevolent and unrighteous the king and the king of Shu are, they are still your brothers. If you really kill them, the emperor will say that you killed your own flesh and blood, and will never forgive you. Even if the emperor encounters an accident, there are still people in the world. How will you face your subjects?"
Li Chengqian felt that what his mother said was reasonable, but he was a little puzzled that the Queen defended Cen Wenwen but reprimanded Hou Junji. After all, the former was close to the King of Shu, while the latter was his own.The queen told her son that it was because Cen Wenwen was far away from Donggong that he should be wooed at this time.As for Hou Junji's own person, it doesn't matter if he speaks lightly.Speaking of this, Empress Changsun asked Jing Ming, the closest eunuch, to step down, and said to her son in a low voice: "You must remember that Hou Junji is a true warrior, he only knows swords and guns, and acts domineeringly. In the future, when you inherit the Great Reign, he will be in charge of the military and have a daughter who favors the palace, so it is inevitable that he will not be able to get rid of it—this is another reason why I want to pardon your two younger brothers."
Li Chengqian was taken aback, and asked his mother, "Are you trying to use them to restrain Hou Junji?" Empress Changsun looked into her son's eyes and said meaningfully: "A minister with real power must never let him be a rival in the court." No, if your father really leaves, aren't you afraid that there will be another Dong Zhuo in this dynasty?"
During this period, it was rumored in Chang'an that Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were missing after being besieged in Mayi for seven days on a secret north tour, and was reported back to Dingxiang by Jie Libu's spies in Chang'an.Jieli was quite surprised: "There is such a thing! We didn't see any trace of Li Shimin in Mayi City." Bo Tie said beside him: "On the eve before Mayi City was broken, the Tang army took the prince and killed him from the north gate, and was killed by our army. Are they here?" Jieli walked a few steps, thought for a while, then stopped and said: "If Li Shimin really escaped from Mayi City, he would Where are we going, we have blocked the road to the south—will he go back by taking the Yinshan trail?"
Bo Tie said with a smile: "Khan, you are worrying too much. Even our shepherds don't know much about the Yinshan Trail. How can the Han people know?"
Jieli glared at him: "Hmph, aren't we targeting the Han people? You send someone to Suibei to let Asinas Moses go to the entrance of the Yin Valley. If Li Shimin really comes out from there, he must be stopped." He! At the same time, he ordered us to set up sentry posts on the road to the south. In the future, not only people from the Central Plains will be investigated, but also people from all parts of the grassland who want to cross the Great Wall will be strictly investigated, so as to prevent internal traitors from passing information to Chang'an." Bo Tie replied: "Yes, my minister Let’s do it now.” Then he bowed and wanted to retreat, but Jieli seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and stopped him with a wave of his hand: “Wait a minute, you have to do one more thing, send someone to let the wind out, saying that Li Shimin has died in the Mayi."
Botie looked at Jieli, thought for a while and then suddenly realized: "Did Khan want to make Chang'an mess up?" Jieli nodded and said: "The matter should be done in a decent way, you dig Yuan Zhongwen's body out of the grave immediately. , let’s just say that it was Li Shimin, who was buried under the Yin Mountain with the ceremony of the Son of Heaven!”
Jieli's move was really clever, and a fake grave quickly caused a great commotion in Chang'an City.Zhang Xuansu, who was in the cloud, first sent a secret memorial to Li Chengqian. In the secret memorial, he not only reported to Li Chengqian that Xieli had built a grave for Li Shimin at the foot of the Yin Mountain, but also told the prince that he had lost contact with Yi Nan and others.Soon Yuchi Jingde also sent a memorial, confirming that Jieli built a tomb to bury Li Shimin with the ceremony of the emperor.
Li Chengqian held these two memorials in pain to see his mother, the Qiyun Palace was suddenly filled with bitter wind and rain, Empress Changsun finished reading the memorials, as if struck by lightning, she slumped on a chair, speechless for a long time.Li Chengqian, who was kneeling in front of her, beat his chest and wept, "Although I knew it would be like this for a long time, but the news really came, people still can't bear to believe it. It's hard to be the emperor, father, for several years, isn't it?" Wars are disasters. I jumped out of the fire and jumped into the water. I didn’t even sleep well. I really regret that I should have fought this prince not to do it, and I should have repaired the Cuiwei Palace for the old man, even if he It’s good to stay for a day.”
Empress Changsun endured her grief and said to her son, "Ganer, don't cry now. This is just a rumor, and no one has seen the emperor—the emperor has already died. Besides, if the emperor really left, it would be such a heavy challenge." Come down, how many things are waiting for you, the supervisor, to do? How can you be messed up." Li Chengqian stopped crying, and Empress Changsun asked Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji, and Cen Wenwen to be called.Soon Hou Junji and Cen Wenwen came.Fang Xuanling was not able to be summoned because of serious illness.
Empress Changsun let Hou Cen and the two of them read the two memorials, and both of them were deeply saddened. Empress Changsun asked them what they thought of this matter.The matter is of great importance, Cen Wenwen hesitated and dared not tell the truth, but said: "Regardless of whether the matter is true or false, it will soon spread among the subjects. If you want to hide it, you can't hide it. It’s about being prepared for a crisis.”
Empress Changsun asked: "There are so many things, where do I start?" Hou Junji said beside him: "The family cannot be left alone for a day, the most urgent thing is to invite His Royal Highness to ascend the throne immediately! Only in this way can the hearts of the world be at ease."