Chapter 10 Will a woman usurp Li Tang's world?

In the last few years of Li Shimin's life, there was a political prophecy that troubled him for a long time.This is what the prophecy said - "After Tang Sanshi, the heroine King Wu will rule the world!" (Volume 199) Li Shimin didn't care at first, because he didn't believe that a woman would usurp Li Tang's world. However, what happened next made Li Shimin feel terrified.Because the celestial phenomenon of "seeing too bright" appeared in the sky, which was exactly the same as the scene in June of the ninth year of Wude.The Taishi back then made Fu Yi come to the conclusion that - when Taibai sees Qin's division, the King of Qin should rule the world.But what the current Tai Shi ordered Li Chunfeng to tell Li Shimin—see you in Taibai, the heroine Chang.

Obviously, this is God's will! Rumors and God's will are so highly consistent, how can Li Shimin not be afraid? ! Since then, the prophecy of "the heroine Wu Wang will rule the world" has been lingering in Li Shimin's heart like a black nightmare for a long time. So, who is this "heroine Wu Wang" who is about to steal Li Tang's world?Li Shimin's anxious eyes began to wander back and forth in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and finally locked on a suspect. This person is called Li Junxian. Although Li Junxian's surname is not Wu, his official position is General Zuo Wuwei.At the same time, his title is the Duke of Wulian County.In addition, he is from Wu'an, Hebei.Not only that, as the general of the Forbidden Army, Li Junxian was stationed at the Xuanwu Gate.

Four characters for martial arts, Li Junxian actually has four characters for martial arts! Could there be a second such person in the world? Speaking of the process of Li Shimin discovering Li Junxian, it was actually by accident.It was a palace banquet, and Li Shimin hosted some military officials in Beijing.During the banquet, everyone used drinking orders to add to the fun, and it was agreed that the loser must report his baby name.When it was Li Junxian's turn, he lost the drinking order, so he honestly confessed his baby name—Wu Niang. A tall, burly, unshaven man named Wu Niang?Everyone present burst into laughter, at least half of them spouted all the wine in their mouths.

But Li Shimin didn't think it was funny, but was extremely shocked.In a flash, Li Shimin's mind flashed Li Junxian's official title, title, birthplace and stationed place. Li Shimin seemed to suddenly understand—it turns out that this "heroine king of martial arts" is not a woman, but a man with a woman's nickname, a military general who holds a heavy soldier and is stationed at Xuanwu Gate! Where is Xuanwu Gate?It is the forbidden palace of the empire, and it is the place where he launched a coup to seize power! At this moment, Li Shimin's heart was overwhelmed.But he said in a joking tone with a smile on his face: "Where did the 'woman' come from, so brave and strong!"

Li Junxian laughed when he heard the words. The generals present also laughed. No one knew that Li Shimin's heart was full of murderous intentions at that moment. A few days later, Li Junxian was demoted and released as the governor of Huazhou (now Huaxian, Shaanxi).Not long after, the imperial censor of the court suddenly issued impeachment, accusing Li Junxian of "communicating with monsters and plotting against him" (Volume 199).The so-called demon is just a commoner in Huazhou, because he is proficient in Buddhism, he claims to be able to enter meditation and not eat. Li Junxian admires him quite a lot, so the two became friends and became very close.Just because of these, Li Junxian was charged with an unwarranted treason charge.

A few days later, Li Junxian was beheaded, his family property was confiscated, and his family was not a slave. Although Li Junxian was eliminated in one fell swoop, the nightmare in Li Shimin's heart did not disappear. An inexplicable fear still haunted him. Finally one day, Li Shimin walked away from the left and right, leaving only Li Chunfeng, the Taishi Ling, and asked solemnly: "Will those rumors among the people come true?" Li Chunfeng replied: "I look up at the sky and look down at the calendar. This person is already in your majesty's palace, and he is a close family member of your majesty. From now on, within thirty years, this person will definitely occupy the world and will make Li Tang's descendants The slaughter is exhausted, such a sign has already formed!"

Hearing Li Chunfeng describe this terrifying future in an almost cold tone, Li Shimin couldn't help gasping: "Kill all suspicious people, what will happen?" When Li Chunfeng saw the emperor say these words, the veins on his forehead popped out, his eyes were sharp and cold like knives. "God's will is so, and manpower cannot be defied." Li Chunfeng said, "As the saying goes, the king never dies. If you kill all suspicious people, you will only kill some innocent lives. Moreover, thirty years from now, this People are old, maybe they can still have a bit of compassion, and the disasters they cause may be smaller. If you kill this person now, maybe God will send another one. When the time comes, you will be in your prime. Once you use your poisonous hands, I am afraid that your Majesty will Not a single descendant is left!"

Li Shimin was silent. That being the case, let it be.In the end, Li Shimin thought helplessly, maybe his children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and then someone will come to clean up this terrible "heroine Wuwang"; maybe it is purely Li Chunfeng's alarmist talk, and Li Tang's future will never be as terrible as he described. The year when Li Shimin was deeply troubled by this terrible political prophecy was the 22nd year of Zhenguan (648 AD). At this moment, among the three thousand beauties in Li Shimin's harem, there is a beautiful woman with a square forehead, who is looking up at the blue-gray sky above Yeting Palace with depressed and confused eyes.

In her memory, the sky seemed to be blue-gray forever. Ten years, it has been ten years! From entering the palace in the twelfth year of Zhenguan (AD 638) to the present, the most beautiful ten years of her life have slipped away from her fingers, eyebrows, temples, and hair tips, and she can only stare at Tie forever. The sky of Tinggong was in a daze. This woman's rank in the harem is talented, ranking fifth in the group of concubines. From the year she entered the palace at the age of fourteen, she was already talented.But to this day, she is still a talented person who is neither too high nor too low!

On a certain night in the second year of entering the palace, on a summer night filled with the fragrance of gardenias, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty visited her. No matter how old she gets, she will always remember the heavy panting sound of the emperor in her ear that night.However, everything happened so unexpectedly that the young Wu Cairen had no time to feel and experience this sudden happiness. Perhaps her heart had just had a wave of happiness, when Emperor Taizong's big hand skilfully and scribbled across her skin, and then used a simple, even slightly rough way, to transform her from a girl into a... a woman.

By the way, before leaving, the emperor held her chin and looked at her for a long time, and finally gave her a name - Mei Niang. Yes, she is Wu Meiniang. To this day, Wu Meiniang still remembers that morning ten years ago, the morning that completely changed her destiny. In 638 A.D., the twelfth year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty. winter day.Chang'an. One morning when the snow fell, the sky was gloomy.There are few pedestrians on the wide Suzaku Street, and occasionally one or two solitary Pulsatillas will fly low in the air, let down a few lonely and mournful chirps, and then flap their wings and fly towards Zhongnan Mountain.A luxury car from the imperial palace rolled through the field through the thick snow, and finally stopped slowly in front of the mansion of the late governor of Jingzhou, Ying Guogong warrior Xun. The envoys from the palace walked straight into the Yingguo mansion and read out the emperor's edict loudly.The widow of the samurai Xun, Mrs. Yang, brought her family to kneel down to accept the order.The moment she took the imperial edict from the envoy, two lines of tears burst out of her eyes involuntarily. The moment finally came. Although a few days ago, he had received a notice from the palace saying that the emperor would call her fourteen-year-old second daughter into the palace as a talented person, even though Mrs. Yang told herself repeatedly that this was the emperor's favor for the Wu family, and it was also Her daughter was destined to be a blessing, but when things came to an end, a kind of deep sadness and reluctance still strongly tore her heart. Once the palace gate entered, it was as deep as the sea.Once the daughter steps on the royal chariot, it is very likely that she will never see each other again in this life.Even though there is only a red wall between the mortal world and the imperial palace, this thin red wall is like a moat, enough to separate their mother and daughter from each other.When Yang thought that her daughter's departure would be like a farewell to her forever, she couldn't help feeling like a knife was being twisted in her heart, and she burst into tears. However, the edict of the emperor cannot be defied. Regardless of whether her daughter's departure is a blessing or a disaster, Yang can only pray to God over and over again in her heart, and never let her daughter suffer the fate of countless white-headed palace maids. Withering alone in Jingyan's Yeting Yong Lane, she ages silently in a corner of the deep palace where no one is paying attention. Yang didn't dare to hope that her daughter could be loved by three thousand people, and she didn't dare to hope that one day she would be the mother of the world. She just prayed that God would let her daughter live a safe life and let her obtain the happiness that a woman should have. That's all. But even with this thought, Yang is still worried that it is an unrealistic luxury. At some point, there was heavy snow in the sky again, and the sky became darker and darker. Under the repeated urging of the envoy, Yang finally let her daughter—that square-faced Guangyi girl with crescent eyebrows and phoenix eyes—walk out of the boudoir where she had been together for fourteen years, and out of the nine-curved corridor and deep courtyard of Yingguo Mansion. In the deep courtyard, she walked out of the last inch of time before she became an adult, and came to the royal chariot inlaid with jade and gold, and came to the carriage carrying an unknown destiny. Although they have long been used to seeing the three thousand beauties in the harem, when the messengers saw this girl for the first time, they still felt amazed in their hearts. What surprised them was not only the girl's appearance, but also her unique temperament and expression. It is half charming against half aloofness, and half reserved and half sad. Mrs. Yang and a group of female relatives stood on the steps in front of the mansion, watching their daughter step down the steps.Yang's tears were still flowing, and the female family members on the left and right couldn't help but comfort her in a low voice, but obviously they couldn't stop her sentimentality and weeping.The moment she was about to step into the chariot, the girl turned around suddenly, bowed deeply to her mother, and said, "Seeing that the emperor knows nothing is a blessing, why are children sad?" ") Seeing the Son of Heaven is not a blessing, so why cry like a child? Until many years later, the envoy from the palace still clearly remembered the unexpected words said by this unique girl.In many private occasions, they always claimed that - as early as the day they welcomed her into the palace, they had already seen that this girl was extraordinary, and there would be some earth-shattering fortunes in the future! When her daughter said this, she had a calm expression on her face. Yang looked at her daughter in a daze, and suddenly stopped crying. At that moment, her eyes were full of astonishment. Because her daughter made her feel a kind of strangeness. The royal carriage quickly moved away, shrinking into a slowly wriggling black dot between the white sky and the earth. When the heavy palace door slammed shut from behind, the girl in the carriage knew that her life had been cut into two, half thrown into the emperor's house, and half thrown out of the palace wall. The snow kept falling, falling continuously from the depths of Cangmin, covering the road from Yingguo Mansion to Taiji Palace layer upon layer. This snow, which seemed to never end, still lingered in the old memory of Empress Wu Zhao① many years later.