Chang'an, Daming Palace.
Xuanzong came ashore from the swimming pool naked, water drops splashed all over the ground.
Yang Yuhuan put a thin silk yellow shirt on him and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, how do you feel after staying in the spring pool for an hour?"
Xuanzong stretched out his hand to touch the water drops on his face and forehead, "Ah, it's cool."
The two of them came to lie down on the recliner made of white jade pieces.
Yang Yuhuan picked a lychee and placed it on Xuanzong's mouth and said: "Open your mouth, ah" Xuanzong was very obedient and opened his mouth, letting Yang Yuhuan put the crystal clear lychee into his mouth, took a bite, the juice was sweet and refreshing, and he said repeatedly: "Well, okay, okay."
At this time, Gao Lishi came over briskly and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince has come to see you."
"Let him come in" Xuanzong waved his hand.
"According to the decree," Gao Lishi agreed, and then shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an decree, and your Highness the Crown Prince is here to see you."
The summons was conveyed to the outside of the palace gate through the voices of the eunuchs, and Prince Li Heng stepped into the palace gate.
At the edge of the spring, Yang Yuhuan asked curiously: "Sanlang, what do you want the prince to do here?"
Thinking of his son, Xuanzong felt extremely complicated for a moment and said: "Since the cases of Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhongsi, Du Youlin, and Liu Ji, the Crown Princess Wei became a nun and the Crown Prince Liangdi was deposed.
As a commoner, the prince seems to have been hit hard, and his spirit seems to be quite depressed during this period.
I am thinking about proposing another marriage to him to cheer him up."
Of course Yang Yuhuan knew about these cases.
She was quite curious and said: "Then which family will your Majesty marry the girl to the prince this time?"
Xuanzong said: "My aunt Dou's granddaughter Zhang" After the Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming cases occurred, although Xuanzong suspected that Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming might have colluded, he was unwilling to involve the prince easily.
The lessons of the "Three Concubines' Disaster" were too profound.
Xuanzong did not want Wei Jian's case to be magnified and demanded that the case be closed immediately, so Wei Jian was charged with "continuous efforts" and demoted from the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment to the prefect of Jinyun County, which is now Zhejiang Province.
Huangfu Weiming was charged with "estrangement between the emperor and his ministers" , dismissed the military governors of Hexi and Longyou and demoted him to the post of governor of Bochuan County.
The prince Li Heng was in danger, and Li Linfu was helpless.
However, this incident was like a thunder on the ground, pushing the prince into an extremely dangerous situation.
It turned out that after Wei Jian was demoted, his younger brother Wei Lan, a young craftsman, and Wei Zhi Shangshu, a member of the Ministry of War, complained about his grievances on his behalf.
In order to achieve their goals, the two even cited Prince Heng as a witness.
Unexpectedly, this would further incur Xuanzong's grievances.
Long Yan was furious.
Things suddenly became complicated.
Prince Heng was extremely frightened when he saw this.
In order to escape the relationship between himself and the Wei Jian brothers, he immediately defended himself and asked his father to allow them to divorce on the grounds of "discord" with Concubine Wei.
"Don't abolish the law with relatives."
Xuanzong deliberately comforted Prince Heng and allowed him to divorce Wei Shi and severed their relationship.
Webster had to cut off his hair and become a nun, and became a monk in the palace temple and became a stranger forever.
Immediately after this incident, another incident occurred.
This incident was another political case.
Du Youlin, the father of Prince Li Heng's Du Liangdi, who had a lower status than the princess, was a doctor of Zanshan and an official of the East Palace.
He was His other son-in-law Zuo Xiaowei Bing Cao Liu Ji filed a lawsuit, and the crime was "proclaiming a prophecy after death, constructing the East Palace, and criticizing Chengyu".
The reason was that the relationship between the two families was not good and he wanted to frame his wife's family.
However, Li Linfu held on to him at this time and took Li Yong, Wang Zeng, etc.
A group of friends were involved.
In the end, the prince was also implicated, and Xuanzong immediately ordered the Jingzhao Mansion to join the Yushitai officials for interrogation.
The facts of the case soon became clear, and it turned out that Liu Ji was responsible.
However, Li Linfu instructed his subordinates to instigate Liu Ji to make false accusations.
He first expanded the case, and then cited Li Yong as a witness, so that the case was suddenly expanded to include local officials, and there was a strong tendency to depose Prince Li Heng day and night.
However, Xuanzong was still cautious.
He did not extend leniency to the informants from lower-level officials.
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Because Liu Ji, Du Youlin and others were related to the royal family, they were exempted from death, sentenced to cane, and demoted to Lingnan.
However, there were great discrepancies in the implementation of the cane punishment.
Du Youlin and Liu Ji both died under the heavy cane.
Their bodies were piled up in Dali Temple, and their wives, children, and their families fled far away.
Because Li Yong was implicated, Li Linfu ordered someone to go to Beihai to kill him.
Li Yong was already in his 70s.
The case of Du Youlin horrified Prince Li Heng.
In order to show his innocence to Xuanzong, he had to throw Du Liangdi out and announce his divorce.
Du Liangdi was moved out of the East Palace and deposed as a commoner.
Du's family was dead and exiled, and their situation was very miserable.
Two major cases and two marriage changes came one after another.
One wave after another was directly related to his own personal safety.
As a result, Li Heng suffered huge physical and mental trauma, his spirit was greatly stimulated, and his power was weakened to the extreme.
Li Heng came over with a stooped back.
After meeting Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan, he immediately saluted and paid homage: "My son, please see your father and the noble concubine."
Xuanzong saw that his son Li Heng had not yet reached middle age, and his hair had fallen out somewhat, with a few streaks of gray here and there, making him feel like he was entering his twilight years.
Xuanzong, who had experienced political ups and downs for a long time, could not help but feel a little compassion.
He was very clear about what happened, and he still knew a lot of the inside story.
From time to time, Gao Lishi conveyed some real situations in the court when he inquired.
He also often praised Prince Heng's benevolence, filial piety and prudence, saying that the prince was very knowledgeable about the general situation.
Xuanzong also felt that the prince was very able to endure the humiliation and bear the burden when he was attacked.
In the above table, he never sought protection from the emperor, but dealt with it in his own way.
Xuanzong felt a little comfort in his heart because he felt that the prince could entrust him with important tasks.
However, it was the prince's behavior that made him feel a bit bitter and hesitant.
Perhaps Prince Heng's ability to cope with emergencies and his endurance to endure difficulties exceeded Xuanzong's imagination.
His mood was somewhat complicated and his attitude was somewhat ambiguous.
Xuanzong suppressed the extremely complicated feelings in his heart, raised his hand and said: "Prince, please get back on your feet."
"Thank you, Father.
I wonder what your father has ordered when he summons his ministers to the palace."
Li Heng got up from the ground, looking extremely respectful, his waist bent under the pressure.
Xuanzong said kindly: "Prince, first the former Crown Princess Wei Shi became a nun, and then Du Liangdi was deposed as a commoner.
Your East Palace cannot be without a mistress.
There is no woman around you to help you manage it.
Take a look.
What have you become?
My father called you here today just to ask you if you have a woman you like.
My father will make the decision for you."
Li Heng replied honestly: "I don't have a woman I like yet, so I have to worry about my father."
Xuanzong said: "In this case, my father will arrange a marriage for you and let you have a mistress in the East Palace."
These words made Li Heng feel safer in his heart, and he told him about the marriage.
This showed that Xuanzong had not given up his idea, otherwise Xuanzong would not have done anything.
He quickly said: "Thank you, father, everything will be decided by father."
"Well, my father still has to ask the woman what she thinks in her heart and what her family thinks about this matter.
You can just wait for a while with peace of mind."
"Sons and ministers obey orders" After the prince finished speaking, he was about to say goodbye when Gao Lishi walked in again and reported: "Your Majesty, Salim, the envoy of the Kingdom of Dashi, wants to see you."
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"Invite him to visit."
Xuanzong waved his hand, looking a little unhappy.
The weather was already hot, and he wanted to have a good rest, but he didn't want the envoy of the Dashi Kingdom to come over at this time, but it was inappropriate to see him missing, so he had to endure it.
Li Heng saw that Xuanzong was going to receive foreign envoys, so he saluted and said: "My father is going to receive foreign envoys, so I will leave."
Xuanzong said: "It doesn't matter, you can stay and listen."
Xuanzong himself didn't realize that he was slowly starting to train Prince Li Heng on how to govern.
After hearing this, Li Heng had to agree: "No."
The Great Food Kingdom had a war with the Tang Dynasty last year, and it withdrew its envoys.
However, civil strife broke out in the country soon after.
In order to concentrate on dealing with the domestic rebellion, the Great Food Kingdom had to send envoys to Chang'an to repair relations with the Tang Dynasty. , in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, this envoy also arrived not long ago, and Salim is the envoy this time.
Salim quickly walked in, saluted Xuanzong and said: "Salim, the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom, is here to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Imperial Concubine."
Xuanzong waved his hand: "No courtesy, please sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty" After Salim sat down, Xuanzong asked: "Why did the envoy come to see me this time?"
Salim put on a smile and said: "Dear Your Majesty, it is actually a great thing for me to come to see Your Majesty this time.
Caliph Marwan II of our country has a young daughter named Hera.
Princess Hera is ten years old. 8.
Unparalleled beauty and unparalleled talents, so far no one has The Caliph of our country has heard that His Highness the Crown Prince of your country is brave and heroic, so he wants to marry His Majesty the Emperor, and betroths Princess Hera to His Highness the Crown Prince of your country.
Our two countries will be married and will be friends forever.
I don’t know what your Majesty thinks.”
Xuanzong, Yang Yuhuan, Gao Lishi and the surrounding eunuchs and maids were all stunned after hearing Salim's words.
Prince Li Heng himself was even more stunned.
Since ancient times, it has only been the custom for a man's family to ask for a woman's favor, but I have never heard of a woman asking for a man's hand in marriage.
Seeing that Xuanzong and others looked dumbfounded, Salim immediately thought of the crux of the problem.
He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, maybe in your country there is no such thing as a woman proposing to a man, but there is no such thing in our country."
This is not a big deal, especially for the royal family and the powerful families.
Don't you think your majesty still thinks that our country, Dashi, is a barbarian, and that I, Princess Hera, am not worthy of your highness, the crown prince?"
Xuanzong came back to his senses and waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, your Excellency the envoy has misunderstood.
The marriage of a princess and a prince is not a trivial matter in any country.
Since ancient times, royal marriages are not private affairs and involve a lot of things, so they have to be cautious.
I still have to think about this matter, and I have to discuss it with the prince and the courtiers.
How about asking your Excellency the envoy to wait for a few days?"
"Of course, the marriage must be consensual between you and me.
I will wait for your majesty's good news at the embassy":