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Chapter 192: The wedding chamber is bright and the curtains and shadows are in pairs!

Zhao Ji was very unhappy with Empress Zheng, who had always been enlightened and virtuous, opposes him to include Li Shishi in the harem. He was as deep as water and asked, "What's wrong?"

Empress Zheng said with confidence:

"The Taoist nun Li Taizhen is a disciple of Zhenjun Wen Yi.

Now the respected Zhenjun Wen Yi and his disciple Li Taizhen entered the palace to diagnose and treat the concubines in the harem. However, the official wanted to bring the disciples of Zhenjun Wen Yi into the harem. Isn’t that a big deal about the world?”

Zhao Ji said with a stern face: "I entered the Longde Palace and listened to the preaching of Zhenjun Wen Yi, and fell in love with his disciple Li Taizhen. Li Taizhen did not see through the world and wanted to return to secular life.

What's wrong with Li Taizhen?

What's more, Wen Yi Zhenjun also agreed to his disciple Li Taizhen to return to secular life.

Therefore, I want to bring Li Taizhen, who has returned to secular life, into the harem. What's wrong with this?"

With a "puzzle", Empress Zheng knelt in front of Zhao Ji, and after giving the big gift, she said firmly:

"I risked my life to give advice. The official family wanted to accept Taoist nun Li Taizhen as the harem, but I firmly opposed it."

Zhao Ji knew that Empress Zheng was virtuous and virtuous, and dared to make suggestions that he would disobey the emperor.

Song Huizong, the original owner of his body, invited Wang Fu, his favorite minister at that time in the Imperial Garden...

When the king and his ministers were half drunk, Wang Fu not only told the emperor a dirty joke, but he also took off his shirt and climbed up the tree with bare shirt, which caused the original owner Song Huizong to laugh and use the bamboo pole to beat Wang Fu.

It happened that Empress Zheng passed by the Imperial Garden and encountered the ridiculous scene of the king and his subjects playing.

Empress Zheng scolded the original owner Song Huizong and Wang Fu, the favorite minister at that time, on the spot, and said:

‘The monarch and ministers collapse, and the country is destroyed…’

Zhao Ji knew that whether Empress Zheng was advising Song Huizong, the original owner of her body, or advising me that she should not accept Li Shishi as her concubine at this time, it was actually to maintain the image of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and also to the good of the country.

Therefore, the time traveler Zhao Ji did not mean to blame Empress Zheng. Instead, he felt that Empress Zheng’s position as Empress is temporarily unsubstitutable.

At this time, Empress Zheng, who was kneeling in front of Zhao Ji, actually had some words that she could not directly explain.

As the leader of the harem, Empress Zheng was the queen who was in charge of the world, so there was a certain purpose in the palace.

The most important reason why she opposed Zhao Guanjia's Taoist nun Li Taizhen entering the harem was that she found out through the eunuchs in the palace that Li Taizhen was actually the courtesan Li Shishi, the first floor of the capital, who had been missing for more than a month!

Empress Zheng did not expose Zhao Guan’s move to cleanse Li Shishi in public.

First of all, Empress Zheng did not want her eyes and ears to be implicated;

Secondly, more importantly, Empress Zheng must take into account the emperor's face and cannot speak out in public about the scandal of the emperor's desire to take the brothel as a concubine.

Empress Zheng advised Zhao Guanjia, who had decided to do something:

"The official family, after Emperor Xuanzong of the previous dynasty, accepted the Taoist aunt Yang Yuhuan,

There is a poem to prove it: "The spring night is short and the sun rises high, and from then on the king will not go to court early."

This led to the Anshi Rebellion!

Do the officials want to follow the emperor of Tang Xuanzong?”

"Haha..." Zhao Ji sneered. Although he also learned the whitewashing methods of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Zhao Ji wanted to whitewash Li Shishi and put it in the harem.

However, time traveler Zhao Ji believed that he would never let the crisis of the Song Dynasty like the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Ji also thought about a lot of refuting Empress Zheng's words.

Zhao Ji helped Queen Zheng, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked:

"The Queen thinks that it would be unfair to let Yang Guifei take the blame for the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Uh?!" Queen Zheng obviously did not understand what Zhao Ji said about "take the blame".

Zhao Ji explained: "What I mean is to blame all the crimes and responsibilities of the Anshi Rebellion on Yang Guifei, who is a woman, to bear it. Wouldn't that be unfair?"

Empress Zheng thought something and lowered her head without saying a word.

Zhao Ji said again: "I know that the queen is talented, humble and polite, and loves to read poetry and books.

However, the empress can see that the Tang Dynasty experienced the "Zhenguan Reign" by Emperor Taizong of Tang,

Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty's "Yonghui Governance",

Wu Zetian's "Zhenguan Legacy",

Finally, after Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty,

The Tang Dynasty has reached its peak!

Why did the Anshi Rebellion suddenly happen?”

After thinking deeply, Empress Zheng replied:

"As far as I read history books, I know that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in his later years had lost his enterprising spirit when he was young, and was complacent about the prosperous Kaiyuan period.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was frivolous because he favored Yang Guifei and lived a debauchery life of sensuality, which triggered the Anshi Rebellion.

Therefore, I offended the power of heaven and advised the officials not to learn from Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, nor to accept Taoist nun Li Taizhen into the harem."

Zhao Ji said, "Everyone in the world calls it the fault of Concubine Yang.

Little did she know that Yang Guifei was originally just the princess of Li Mao, the son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, but was taken for herself by the lustful Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. What can Yang do?

Only obey!

If Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was not stupid, did not neglect his affairs, and did not value treacherous ministers such as Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, how could it lead to the corruption of the court?

If he does not implement military defense of "the outside focuses on the inside"

How could the Anshi Rebellion occur if the ambitious An Lushan do not value it?

Isn’t it unfair to blame Yang Guifei alone for blame?”

When Empress Zheng heard Zhao Ji’s words make sense, she nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji immediately whispered:

"Very good! The queen nodded and agreed that I would accept Li Taizhen into the harem. The queen can go back to the palace and go to rest!"

"Uh?!" Empress Zheng was speechless for a long time.

She thought to herself: I just nodded and agreed that the Anshi Rebellion you mentioned by the official cannot let Yang Guifei bear the blame alone!

I didn't agree with the official to take Li Taizhen as your concubine!

However, when Empress Zheng was still trying to defend herself, Zhao Ji had already turned around and left, leaving Empress Zheng alone in Yanfu Palace.

However, Empress Zheng, who was alone in the main hall of Yanfu Palace, recalled the past. Before Li Shishi was brought into the harem by Zhao Guan as a Taoist nun, the Zhao Guan family was very similar to the debauchery of the Tang Xuanzong Li Longji in his later years...

However, when Li Shishi followed his master Wen Yi Zhenjun to move into Longde Palace as a Taoist nun, the Zhao Guan family began to work hard to govern, and deal with many treacherous officials and corrupt officials. They even dared to lead the army to quell the Fang La Rebellion in the southeast.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Queen Zheng said in her heart:

"The official family is now like the talented and wise Emperor Wu of Han recorded in historical books!

Is this because of the changes brought to the Zhao Guan family after the alum building courtesan Li Shishi entered the palace?

Is it my fault that the palace prevented the government from accepting the pseudonym Li Taizhen and Li Shishi into the harem?"

...

Zhao Ji ignored Empress Zheng who was left in the Yanfu Palace Hall. He entered the side hall and told Liang Shicheng:

"I just said to the queen, Grand Secretary Liang, can you hear clearly?"

"I've all heard it clearly." Liang Shizhen immediately smiled and said:

"Official family, do you want the old slave to go to Longde Palace to announce the imperial edict?"

Zhao Ji smiled slightly, thinking that the eunuch Liang Shicheng is still useful.

He said, "There is no need to announce the edict. I want Grand Official Liang to help me handle this matter according to the six rituals of marriage."

"Ah?!" Liang Shicheng was surprised, but he immediately obeyed the order and said:

"The old slave obeys the order."

Liang Shicheng entered the palace to purify himself when he was in his teens. He had been a eunuch for decades. He also saw with his own eyes that the court had arranged the wedding according to the six rituals when his brother Changzhezong was the grandest wedding.

Even though his son Zhao Guan family had married Wang as Princess Duan when he was the Duan Princess, and after Zhao Guan family succeeded his brother Zhezong, they naturally conferred Princess Duan as the empress. Even when Queen Wang died and the imperial concubine Zheng as the empress, there was no need to perform the emperor's wedding ceremony.

However, Liang Shicheng never expected that when Zi wanted to take the courtesan house, Li Shishi, into the harem today, he wanted to perform the six rituals before the emperor's wedding, which was absolutely inconsistent with the etiquette!

Only when the emperor marrys a new queen who has not passed away will the six rites before the emperor's wedding be used!

In fact, Liang Shicheng also knew that in addition to the emperor's wedding, the marriage etiquette of ordinary people must also be handled according to the six etiquettes.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, for example: When King Wen of Zhou married Tai Si, Tai Si's family was in the Yangyang of Wei, and historical records record that "King Wen personally welcomed Wei".

Even today's Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the common people, "when marriage is settled, the ceremonies are welcomed by the household, and the six rituals are ready."

The so-called six rituals are: "Na Cai, ask for names, Naji, Na Zheng, ask for appointments, and welcome them in person", with a total of six items.

The Song Dynasty advocated civil and etiquette, and pre-marriage rituals followed the "Six Etiquettes".
To be continued...