Chapter 21 Brother and Sister

The rising sun rose eastward, and the light of thousands of feet made the sky and the earth brighter. The Danfeng Gate in the south of the Daming Palace slowly opened. Two teams of Iron Cavalry of the Yulin Army protected a four-carriage and drove into the magnificent gate. Behind the carriage, there were more than a dozen purple-clothed ministers riding horses together.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a middle-aged man in a long-faced official uniform standing under the Danfeng Gate. Who is it not Prime Minister Zhang Shuo?When Zhang Shuo saw the carriage coming, he brushed his robe and hurriedly knelt down beside the road.

The four carriages stopped, and Princess Taiping's powerful voice sounded behind the curtain: Mr. Zhang, you were asked to judge the situation before, but you refused. What are you still here now?

Zhang Shuo leaned over and said: I regret it so much that I can only kneel down in the palace and beg your highness to forgive me.

Princess Taiping sneered: You are a master who can bend and stretch.

Zhang Shi leaned down even lower, and his robe looked a bit like a skirt. With such an action, his butt seemed to be sticking out.

Zhang said that he knelt at the feet of the powerful and had no integrity, which naturally caused some ridicule from some ministers riding horses in front and behind the carriage.

Zhang Shuo's sweat flowed down his forehead, and he almost didn't believe what he said: I hope there is still a chance to serve the country.

Are you loyal to me?

Zhang Shuo said with a pale face: I am willing to work hard for Your Highness.

At this moment, an official advised: In the turmoil, beware of the opportunity of the jackal states in all directions taking the opportunity to cause trouble. The country is at the time of employment. Zhang Xianggong is good at military affairs and can be retained for prosecutors.

Another colleague also said kindly: It is the most important thing to win people's hearts and comfort the world, so as not to move your vitality.

Taiping was silent for a while and said: Since you are the prime minister, please follow me to the palace.

Zhang Shuo was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed: Thank you Your Highness for your kindness.

The group then entered the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace, passed the Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall, and Zichen Hall, and came to the south bank of Taijichi Lake.

There are corridors built here, with many pavilions, towers and halls nearby, and this is where the harem is located.

When the emperor lives and travels on weekdays, his activities are mainly around Taishuichi Lake.

The palace servant reported that the emperor (Li Dan) was still in the Penglai Hall on the south bank of Taizhechichi.

He really had no place to go. The imperial guards at Xuanwu Gate in the north surrendered, and the fortifications of the city tower had fallen into the hands of the Taiping Party. In the south, there were Taiping Party members, or they had surrendered...

Even Zhang Shuo has changed hands. Now, as long as people who are not stupid, there is no need to do the mantis blocking the chariot.

Where else can Li Dan go?He could only stay in the bedroom and sigh.

How many great sorrows in life are, and it is the sorrow of grief among white-haired people who send black-haired people.Li Dan's white hair seemed to have grown a lot overnight, and his expression was muddled and very miserable.

At this time, seeing a beautiful girl in silk, under the steps, Li Dan raised his head and looked at it, and said in a daze: Jincheng, why are you here?

Jincheng did not answer. Looking back at the hall, it was deserted and quiet, and the daily singing and dancing to peace no longer existed.

She couldn't help but sigh: All of this was the beginning of your life, I just didn't expect that the ending would be like this.

Li Dan said: No matter what, it has nothing to do with you, you can go down.

At this moment, a eunuch rushed over with a quick small step and fell to his knees: The Supreme Emperor, Princess Taiping, and the ministers of Zhenguo are here, right outside.

Xuan and they came in.

As soon as the words were finished, Princess Taiping and a group of ministers had already come to the hall by themselves.Li Dan couldn't help but sigh and kept silent.

Princess Taiping gently politely said: Pay a visit to the Supreme Emperor.The ministers knelt down on the ground and sang with courtesy: The emperor will live forever.

Li Danran silently, he didn't ask them to get up, and he didn't say anything.

Princess Taiping put her hands in front of her collar, her neck was straight, and she dragged her long sleeves and walked up the steps.

At this time, she turned her head slightly and glanced at Jincheng beside her. Jincheng hurriedly stood by her hands.

When Taiping walked to the front of the dragon throne, Li Dan was still sitting on it without moving, his expression was dull.

Princess Taiping squatted down slowly, took out a silk scarf from her sleeve, and gently wiped it on the corner of Li Dan's eyes, and a gentle expression appeared in her eyes: Brother...

well!Li Dan sighed.

Taiping and gentle, said: Brother, don’t be afraid. You used to be the most beloved of your sister, and your sister would not hurt you.

well!Li Dan sighed again. This time he finally spoke. He heard Taoist Sima from the Sanqing Palace say that practicing Taoism can be free and easy. I want to move to the Sanqing Palace to live.

Taiping said: It is better to live in the Great Fu Palace than to have the Emperor’s brother. It is close to several Taoist temples in the palace, and you can also let your sister take care of you.In the future, my sister will move to the Daming Palace and stay with the emperor’s side.

Perhaps the speaker was unintentional, purely for family affection, but the dozen ministers in the palace immediately heard the slightest: Princess Taiping’s biggest inconvenience compared to Wu Zetian was that she could not interfere in politics at any time in the palace; now she was using the excuse to take care of the Supreme Emperor and live in the Daming Palace, wouldn’t she be able to rule the country from behind the curtain?

Li Dan seemed to have heard her thoughts and said angrily: Who do you want to be the emperor now?Let me just say it, let me be quiet after I say it.

Li Longji was the first to learn from the past. Of course, Taiping could not let Li Dan's son ascend the throne anymore. In fact, his sons have been killed now!

Only Li Longji is missing, but the situation is over is not too serious.

She said: The King of Fen in Youzhou loves the people and is the true heir of our brother, Prince Zhang Huai, and can be welcomed as the emperor.

Li Dan was also meaningless and said readily: I will issue an imperial edict to pass the throne to King Fen.

The eunuch hurriedly picked up a pen to record the content of the edict. After polishing it, he wrote the seal on the seven-color edict, which was a legal imperial edict.

After hearing this, Taiping didn't make any more embarrassed Li Dan, and even gave up the idea of ​​killing his brother...

She had considered whether she should get rid of Li Dan, but now when she saw his familiar and kind face, her heart suddenly softened.

Li Dan's haggard face made her feel distressed, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.In short, Li Dan is her closest person in her generation. How could she kill him?

Brother, you have to take care of yourself.Taiping said with a sad expression.

In the future, he will spend his days in lost, lonely and sad, and Taiping is really worried about him coming.

Taiping and others got what they wanted and had no need to stay, so they came out of Penglai Hall.

At the door, he saw an eunuch and provincial officials. Taiping asked to take good care of the Taishang Emperor's daily life and must not be short of food or clothing.

Just as he was about to leave, Taiping remembered a small thing and asked: Why is Princess Jincheng by the side of the Supreme Emperor?

The eunuch said a lot: When the Supreme Emperor preached the throne, Jincheng advised, "Are you afraid of hurting your sister?" Today, maybe this is what I meant.

oh?Taiping was suddenly a little surprised. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and without saying much, he continued to walk outside.

After a while, Jincheng walked out of the hall and stopped beside the eunuch, but did not look around, but just stood quietly and listened to the movements around for a while.

However, the official was not so calm and said in a low voice: What Your Highness asked the Miscellaneous Family to say... It's scary. If Princess Taiping hadn't asked him about it, the Miscellaneous Family would almost dare to say it.

Jincheng said slowly: You didn’t lie, what are you worried about?

And so... the eunuch nodded.

At this time, Jincheng reached into his sleeve and took out some small thing to hand it over. The eunuch hurriedly held it with both hands and said happily: Thank you Your Highness for your reward.

Jincheng said again: Don’t talk nonsense about this, no one will give you any benefits if you tell me, do you know?

Don't worry.

After saying that, she walked down the steps, and the nearby palace maid Cui'er hurriedly ran over.

Jincheng said: Let's go back.

She was just a person who was so good at using her, Cui'er did her rough and meticulous work. Fortunately, Jincheng was very nice to her and always gave her a lot of food and clothing when she was well-off. This servant had no complaints.

Jincheng's residence is on the north bank of Taizhechi. When he was a child, he was adopted by Zhongzong and lived in the Daming Palace. When he grew up, he should have been sealed off a place to move out (the princess and princesses have some food seals according to their origins). However, later Li Danchao decided to let Jincheng marry Tubo, so the fiefdom was unnecessary, so she still lived in the palace.

It’s better that I haven’t moved out, the scenery on all sides of Taizhaichi is really good, she likes this place.

The sparkling lake is covered with a layer of mist, just like the clouds and smoke in the sky. The three fairy mountains appear and disappear in the clouds and smoke, which often arouses people's beautiful imaginations.

Between the mountains and rivers, pavilions and towers are displayed like stars, like the temple of the sky.Noble, beautiful and rich, this is truly a heavenly kingdom on earth.

Walking by the side of Taixidai, the two of Jincheng were silent all the way. Jincheng was a little puzzled, how did Princess Taiping win?

The eunuchs from the Eunuchs should know a lot, but she couldn't inquire too much.

The turmoil in the past two days, and the palace ladies who usually talk about everything rarely gather, so she had no idea.

There is no hurry. In a few days, the situation will be settled, and someone will probably say that there is nothing they dare not say about right and wrong in the palace.