Volu Emperor Returns to the Capital (1/2)

Volu Emperor Returns to the Capital

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On the sixteenth day of the sixth le returned to the imperial palace under the escort of the Imperial Guard and Ie, her beautiful face had a hint of anxiety and worry upon it Just earlier, Xiahou Yuanfeng had requested an audience with her through herBut after recalling that, although Xiahou Yuanfeng was intent upon taking her as his bride, he did not continuously nag her after he was rejected Thinking about this now, Changle considered Xiahou Yuanfeng to beAs a result, she had acceded to his request

When shein particular, only tactfully reporting, “Recently, this subject has received news that there are those who have beenbetween Your Ihness and Wei daren</eehness rejected it, however, His Imperial Majesty has yet to retract his decree As a result, there have been those ish to coehness has been close to the Prince of Yong’s household over this past year, even though Your I to becole, in the eyes of so Therefore, there are those ish for the Princess to swiftly be married If this were to happen, then the Wei family’s position would remain neutral, while the Princess, as a virtuous married woman, would definitely not make trouble for your husband’s fa drastic ood relationshi+p with the Prince of Yong’s household? Moreover, the Emperor dotes heavily upon the Princess They do not want to see the Princess influence the Emperor’s decisions Besides, the Crown Prince’s position as heir apparent is in danger This is the situation in which they dare not ignore even the slightest detail As a result, they view Your Ireat importance However, they dare not use force It is likely that they will use some underhanded h Wei daren’s character is serious, he is deeply infatuated with the Princess and he could be easily azed out through the thin ’an were soleuardsle could not help but feel extreme disappoint the scene when she was rescued froence network on the eve of Jianye’s desperate crisis That day, when she gazed out the , she had seen the nor and prosperous streets of Jianye filled with frantic crowds of people Today, as she gazed out at the hostile and tense at’an, she could sense no difference frohteenth day of the sixth ’an This time, it was quite clear that Li Yuan’s mood was poor Even when he accepted the kos of all of officialdo a feords of praise to the Prince of Yong, Li Yuan hurriedly returned to the palace Upon arriving, he i to enter the palace for a conference Conversely, the officials escorting the emperor back from Qiaoshan, Grand General Who Suppresses Distant Lands, Qin Yi, Duke of Wei, Cheng Shu, and the Prince of Qi, Li Xian, were all instructed to return to their residences to rest

In front of the three rily and violently threw a teacup onto the floor, shattering it into pieces Li Yuan castigated, “You lot are truly capable It was only a few days and yet what has happened to Our Chang’an? Palace Attendant Zheng was attacked by an assassin, chaos in the eastern ’an Good! Speak! How should We punish you lot?”

The three hurriedly koed and begged for forgiveness In fear and trepidation, Wei Guan answered, “Following orders, this subject was responsible for government affairs This is entirely this subject’s dereliction of duty by allowing these incidents to happen Your Imperial Majesty, please punishstated, “This subject has failed Your Irace and was unable to ensure the peace in the imperial capital First, the assassination atte, followed by the turhness, the Prince of Yong, taking personal charge at the eastern marketplace, it is likely that the situation would have broadened and worsened Your Imperial Majesty, please remove this subject from my office”

“This was all this child’s failure to supervise,” apologized Li Zhi, also greatly reo, this child had received reports from the northern frontier However, this child did not take those reports seriously Now having investigated matters clearly, we can confir the opportunity to cause trouble This child is Imperial Father’s personally appointed Marshal of Heavenly Strategies My guilt cannot be forgiven”

As Li Yuan stared at the three falling over each other² in begging for forgiveness, he suddenly felt extremely exhausted He collapsed onto the throne In his le for power and authority However, Li Yuan also clearly understood that this was all a result of his own h he had nominally named his eldest son as heir apparent to adhere to proper rites, he had ulterior and selfishso He had always been jealous of Li Zhi’s intelligence and capability However, Li Yuan also knew that of his children only this son was capable of excelling him But because of all kinds of reasons, he had still selected Li An Could it be that he rong? Li Yuan suddenly recalled his desire to kill after he had received an eight hundred e³ But now, he did not knoho he could kill

As a civil official, there was no point in blauilty of dereliction of duty, after thinking it over, Li Yuan realized that there was no way for Qin Qing to actually be able to take charge of the present Chang’an Moreover, he had appointed Qin Qing to command the Imperial Guard because he was easy to use As for the Prince of Yong, Li Zhi, how could Li Yuan blaerous situation and had been forced to conceal his strength and bide his time When these incidents had occurred, Li Zhi had just coarding life and limb to save a desperate crisis, it was likely that aside frohterhouse In addition, he had nearly been assassinated as well By rights, he should be commended But if he were commended, as to be done about the crown prince? Would he have to be deposed? Although Li Yuan was extremely disappointed about the crown prince, he was quite unwilling to have Li An deposed lightly Li Yuan understood very clearly that if such a thing were to enter the official histories, it would only serve to blacken his own reputation, let alone the fact that a ponified reason was needed However, there was no way that outsiders would be permitted to learn of the crown prince’s current offenses

Reaching this conclusion, Li Yuan tiredly waved his hand and declared, “Fine… Wei Guan will forfeit a year’s worth of his salary Qin Qing will be demoted one rank and will continue to serve temporarily as the Commander of the Imperial Guard in order to useperfor sacrifices at the secondary altar and successfully quelled the turhts, be rewarded heavily However, since there is further rooold upon you”

Li Zhi koed “This child thanks Imperial Father for this reward However, this child does not lack gold and silver There have beenthe co’an This child hopes that Iency relief to the coreatly indebted”

Li Yuan gazed deeply at Li Zhi, both delighted and worried S of the appellation of a virtuous prince All right, We approve You have suffered a shock froo back to your residence to rest properly”

“I’an and the reports from the northern frontier, it is likely that Northern Han is stirring,” stated Li Zhi pro his request, “If Imperial Father permits it, this child wishes to inspect the northern frontier”

An indistinguishable light flickered across Li Yuan’s eyes as he replied, “We will think this matter over Go make preparations”

Li Zhi was overjoyed Before he had co talk If the eestion, then he, Li Zhi, would have no way to becoh it was said that a dragon prances in the abyss, the tiger roars in the jungle, to be carefree and leisurely, that alsohim to become the heir apparent, otherwise he would absolutely not be permitted to leave the heart of the e Zhe believed that the throne could only be wrested throughZhe or Li Zhi hoped for However, if the emperor were to insist that Li Zhi remain in the capital, then it nated as heir apparent by the emperor The other fifty percent was in the event that Li Yuan was jealous and suspicious of Li Zhi, and absolutely would not permit him to return to the arratulations</eravely disappointed with the crown prince As long as Li Zhi handled matters carefully and appropriately, then it wouldn’t be difficult to obtain the position as heir apparent

The aspect regarding Jiang Zhe that Li Zhi adh another’s thoughts at first glance However, this did not include the people by his side, such as Xiaoshunzi or Roulan This was probably what it meant to be able to perceive the tips of an animal’s hair and yet unable to see Mount Tai⁴ Jubilant and joyous, and yet unable to express it, Li Zhi hurriedly bade his farewell and returned home

When he returned to his residence, Li Zhi was naturally delighted When Wei Guan returned to his residence, no one dared to criticize hi was restless and jumpy⁵ He did not knoould be punished by his father After thinking it over, Qin Qing decided to seek out Qin Yong to accompany him to meet his father so as to reduce the punish did not return to his prince consort’s residence and also did not go directly to pay his respects to his father Rather, he first went to Qin Yong’s residence Although Qin Yong had been raised in Qin Yi’s residence, ten years ago, he had moved out, reportedly because his eneral’s residence Before he had gotten ’s horand general’s residence Born ied, she was healthy, and was fond of cultivating a vegetable garden and raising chickens Qin Yong had also hired several female servants to take care of his mother As a result, bothwas extre it tastier than the dishes prepared by the faotten radually distanced himself from this life

As he was deep in conte before he arrived at Qin Yong’s ho stepped forward and knocked heavily upon the door Fro! Has big brother returned?”

Qin Qing was left stupefied What was going on? Did Brother Yong h, the door had already opened and an elegant youth roughly sixteen or seventeen years of age stuck his head out When he saw Qin Qing, he also stared stupidly at Qin Qing, asking, “Your Excellency, who are you looking for?”

Hesitating soer cousin”

“Fosterthat you are the fondest of her cooking,” responded the youth, his eyes brightening Finished speaking, he turned his head and yelled, “Foster , General Qin has come!”