Chapter 74 Rumors
What Li Chengqian said was originally unintentional, but at best it was just a rumor after drinking.
But the speaker has no intention, and the listener has no intention. In the eyes of the crowd of people, Li Chengqian and Li Ke are incompatible. Li Chengqian is worried that Li Ke will threaten his position as crown prince after returning to the capital, so it is not impossible to send an assassin to assassinate Li Ke.
After all, compared with the Xuanwu Gate Incident eight years ago, the Assassin's Way is much gentler and decent.
The tiger father has no dog son, and the ambitious wolf father will not give birth to a nest of honest and well-behaved domestic dogs. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are "being in front of him". Li Chengqian assassinated Li Ke. Although others were surprised when they heard this, they would believe it. After all, even if it was a drunken word, it was said from Li Chengqian himself.
The emperor's words were leaked, not to mention the prince, and when Li Chengqian was drunk, there were still many people present.
And where is the most informative place in this world? Naturally, it is a place where people talk a lot.
If there are the most complicated people in Chang'an City, there are only two places, one is Pingkangfang bordering the East City and people of all kinds gather together, and the other is a harem with many factions and thoughts.
In the harem, Empress Changsun was also quite virtuous, so the position of the harem master was naturally stable, but it did not mean that the huge harem was a harmonious atmosphere. On the contrary, the battles in the harem were even no less than those in the court. Especially the four concubines who were headed by Empress Changsun and had children.
In the evening of that day, Li Chengqian said nothing after drinking for only two hours, and before he knew it, the news had quietly spread.
Tai Chi Palace, Zhaoqing Palace, Li Ke’s biological mother, and the bedroom of the imperial concubine Yang.
Zhaoqing Hall is different from the Lizheng Hall where Empress Changsun lives. Although it is adjacent to the Emperor's House of Ganlu Hall, the number of people coming and going here is much less common than that of the Lizheng Hall. If the palace maids who are servile in Zhaoqing Hall themselves are removed, it can even be said that they are deserted at the door.
In contrast to the glory of his beloved son Li Ke outside the palace and even surpassing the crown prince Li Chengqian, Yang, as a concubine, was really low-key and terrifying in the palace.
The so-called noble concubine, noble, virtuous and virtuous concubine, had the power to assist in the empress, control the concubines, and manage the affairs of the palace. However, Yang was always cautious and rarely interfered in the affairs of the palace, and only cared about her own Zhaoqing Palace, as if the title of the imperial concubine was just a false idea, and was even worse than that of the other three concubines.
In theory, Concubine Yang's son Li Ke made contributions to the country and was very favored by the emperor. He had a great prestige in the court. With such an excellent prince to help the outside court, even if Concubine Yang was a bit domineering, but Concubine Yang was like this. Every day, except for Li Shimin summoning him to go out rarely, and he only taught his children in the palace, so he could enjoy it.
"Ah, how do you pronounce this word?"
Li Ke's younger sister, Gao Yang, who is almost six years old, is already at the age of enlightenment. Although Gao Yang is a woman, she is born in the royal family and needs to know books and etiquette. Therefore, every evening is when Yang Fei teaches Gao Yang to study. At this time, Gao Yang is holding a book called "Thousand Characters" and pointing to Yang Fei.
Concubine Yang looked down and saw Gao Yang's pink finger pointing at the word "Chen", so she said, "'Chen Su Liezhang', this word is pronounced as Chen. Didn't my mother teach you yesterday?"
When Xiao Gaoyang heard this, he scratched his head and thought for a while, but he didn't seem to be too impressed, so he said, "This word is too difficult to remember, Gao Yang doesn't remember it."
Yang Fei didn't point out how literary Gao Yang was, and her requirements were naturally not as good as Li Ke and Li Yan. Yang Fei looked at Gao Yang's confused look and couldn't help but smile: "You, what else can you remember to play around and tease the palace servants every day? When your brother King Chu returns to Beijing at the end of the year and takes the exam to get your studies, it depends on how you deal with it."
Although Gao Yang is young, she has a little temper. She likes to fight for anyone who speaks, but she only obeys Li Keyan.
Gao Yang heard that Concubine Yang mentioned Li Ke, and immediately became serious and replied: "The palace people say that among all the emperors, brother A is the best literary talent. My mother must not be as good as her. My mother taught Gao Yang and couldn't remember it, but if my brother came back to teach me, I would definitely remember it."
In Gao Yang's eyes, it seemed that the speed of her writing was nothing to do with her. Instead, it all depends on the person who taught her. If she taught her people to be more literary, she would remember quickly. If she taught her people to be less literary, she would remember slowly. After hearing Gao Yang's words, Yang Fei was also amused and crying.
Concubine Yang had to patiently teach Gao Yang a few more words, but at this moment, Ping'er suddenly knocked on the door and entered the inner room.
"Empress, the news came from the east." As soon as Ping'er entered the door, he said to Concubine Yang with a serious expression on his face.
Concubine Yang looked at Ping'er and knew that what she said must be extraordinary, so she nodded, while ordering her confidant palace maid to take care of Gao Yang, and then she followed Ping'er into the inner room of the inner room.
"What's the matter?" Li Ke first disappeared, then was assassinated. There were too many things happening recently. Concubine Yang hurriedly asked as soon as she entered the inner room.
Ping'er replied: "The eyeliner that was inserted in the Eastern Palace just now came out. The assassination of Xiaolang in Luzhou seemed to be related to the prince."
Although Concubine Yang looked uncontested in the harem, this did not mean that she was really unscheming. On the contrary, the prince tried his best to put people in Li Ke's side. Concubine Yang had already used her concubine's convenience to lay her eyes in the palace without knowing it, and Li Chengqian's Eastern Palace was also inside.
As the daughter of the previous dynasty, Yang Fei was used to too many intrigues and deceptions. Li Ke and Li Chengqian competed for the throne. How could Yang Fei not know the danger? Yang Fei seemed to be low-key in the palace, but in fact she had already planned to be in the palace for her beloved son Li Ke.
"How do you say this?" Concubine Yang asked immediately.
Ping'er said: "This afternoon, the prince was in the banquet for guests. He was drunk and even said he was sorry that the Luzhou assassin failed to stab the little boy in the throat, which made the little boy survive and a great disaster."
After hearing Ping'er's words, Concubine Yang's face suddenly darkened.
Concubine Yang didn't know that Li Ke's assassination was a play planned by Li Ke himself. When she heard the news from the East Palace, she only thought that Li Ke was assassinated. Among them, Li Chengqian was involved, and she immediately became angry.
Concubine Yang was indifferent and could not fight with others, but this did not mean that Concubine Yang was obedient. On the contrary, when someone really wanted to hurt Li Ke's life, Concubine Yang became the female tiger who was only interested in protecting her cubs.
Concubine Yang said: "Since the prince said this, how could he give up on this matter? If he didn't beat him a little more, he would inevitably suffer a loss in the future."
Concubine Yang knew very well that although the assassination of Li Ke was a big deal, it would have no effect if he impeached Li Shimin with some information about catching up on the wind and shadow. Instead, it would have harmed him and Li Ke. It would be impossible to knock Li Chengqian down with this.
Chapter completed!