Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, charcoal fires rose in Yanying Palace. The eunuch Li Haogu kept nagging: "Oh, it's cold, why is it so cold this day? The cracks of the bones hurt." Li Banxian said cold, that's cold. The eunuchs serving on both sides all shouted cold. Even though the charcoal fires made their bodies hot, no one dared to say the word "hot".

Those young and uneasy eunuchs talked privately, "Good, what's wrong with Banxian? It's only October day. Even if it's cold, how cold can it be? As for the brazier?"

This said: "Can you compare with a young man when you are old? These days, the emperor works until late at night, and he stays with him without leaving any steps, even if he is a slap in a fierce manner, he can't stand it."

The one said, "Don't mention the Vajra, our chief manager is the half-immortal Li." Everyone laughed loudly.

The emperor is said to have cultivated into an immortal body. The general manager dares not call him an immortal or a common man, so he can only be a half-immortal. Half-immortal is not an immortal, but he is along the way with an immortal. What is Vajra? He is the evil god of the evil foreign teacher. Can he have something to do with our immortal family?

A great eunuch Wu Houyun, who was on duty, passed by here and said, "It's gone, it's gone. Haven't you seen a lot of trouble in the palace recently? Wars are everywhere, and the Holy Emperor is eating and eating. You little bastards are surrounded by gossip and go, and your conscience is eaten! It's gone, it's gone, everyone is going to do their own things."

Everyone dispersed, Wu Houyun frowned, thought for a while, and turned around to Li Haogu's pay room.

Li Haogu had just returned from Yongle Palace and had time to go back to the room to use some tea and leaned against the soft couch. The emperor didn't know what happened to these days, but suddenly he became fierce and had such great enthusiasm. He was lucky to have a concubine one day, and sometimes he had to run two places a day. Li Haogu was so tired that his back hurt and his legs were cramped.

What is there? In the past, the Holy Emperor's love was only Wang Cairen, and everything from the old couple was ready-made. The emperor was tired and had hot soup and tea. He didn't mention taking too much trouble. Now, they were all new faces, frivolous and difficult to serve. They hit the concubine's butt, but the pain was the face of General Li.

Let’s talk about this Shufei from Yongle Palace. She is as beautiful as a flower, and she is also first-class in singing, dancing, singing, and she is just a little bit of a bad temperament. It’s nothing to say that her temperament is bad. Meng Cairen is bad enough. She suffered a lot of losses and was punished by many punishments, but in the emperor’s heart, she is still above all others!

The important thing is to have a degree. No matter how smart you are, you don’t even have to face each other a few times a year, so how can you handle it? So, when you encounter such a person, you will be extra tired. If you are smart and obedient, you will be clear. No problem. If you are stupid, you will be obedient. If you spend more time, you will not be able to make a big mistake. You are afraid that those who rely on a little cleverness and temper will be the most likely to get into trouble.

It’s a pity that this Concubine Shu is such a person. She has tried her best to talk and is worried about her, but she is like a person who is fine, without any appreciation, and she always sarcasticates herself. For nothing, she will never make progress if she doesn’t let her suffer any losses.

Li Haogu returned to the house based on the mentality of letting Concubine Shu suffer a loss.

When Wu Houyun entered the door, the beautiful eunuch Wu Chengyuan was kneeling to help Li Haogu pinch his feet.

Li Haogu held the tea bowl in one hand and rubbed Wu Chengyuan's bee waist with the other. Seeing Wu Houyun coming, he didn't care and asked him to sit down beside him. He looked at him looking at him but stopped, and then he beat Wu Chengyuan out.

Question: "What did you hear?"

Wu Houyun said: "Godfather, there are more and more discussions in the palace. If this continues, my son is afraid..."

Li Haogu drooped his eyelids and asked in a buzzing voice: "What are you afraid of?"

Wu Houyun realized that the atmosphere was wrong and immediately got up, and said with a back control: "I'm afraid that someone is willing to use it."

After hearing this, Li Haogu hummed, handed the tea bowl to Wu Houyun, took his hand and sat up with the force, and said, "It's going to rain and people want to talk. What's the way? Let them gossip."

After saying that, he stood up, walked outside the watch room with Wu Houyun's support, and suddenly stopped under the eaves of the corridor, reminding him: "You are an old man in the palace. At this critical moment, you can't fall for yourself."

Wu Houyun knelt down and whined: "Godfather, you love your son, but you don't understand."

Li Haogu glanced at him and snorted, "Don't understand? Go back and think about it yourself. I have to understand it and live a hundred years of life, but I can't understand it,..."

When Li Haogu arrived at Changle Palace, Li Yan was taking a nap. He asked the eunuch who was serving in detail what Li Yan used for lunch, how much he used, how he was feeling during the meal, and what was abnormal.

The little eunuch reported to him endlessly what Li Yan had eaten, drunk, and said, and even coughed a few times and laughed a few times. Li Haogu was very satisfied with hearing this, praised the little eunuch and continued to beat him, but thought to himself: "It's less than yesterday."

He came to the dormitory and looked at Li Yan lying on the embroidery collapse through the screen. He listened to the sound of his breathing. He stumbled in his heart for a moment, and his brows frowned again.

Shufei, who was serving next to the embroidery, saw Li Haogu through the screen, put on her clothes and tiptoed to chase her out. As soon as she left the dormitory, she immediately took the posture of being a master and asked sternly: "Why are Your Majesty so tired? Why are you so little food? How do you, the eunuch in charge, serve?"

Li Haogu glanced at the young Concubine Wang Shu, and said casually: "Recently, because of the reduction of the vassals in Huainan, Your Majesty has consumed a lot of energy and is a little tired. Because of the anxiety, I have reported to the Empress Dowager that the Empress Dowager had asked Li Xiang to take the opportunity to advise him. Li Xiang had advised him several times, but he would not be able to do so, but his Majesty insisted on not being able to be accurate. What should he do if the Prime Minister is helpless, but I am a fourth-rank internal supervisor, but I dare not talk too much."

Concubine Shu was choked for a while and was speechless. She raised her eyebrows and glared at Li Haogu with anger, and then turned around unwillingly. Li Haogu bowed her waist and controlled her back to send her away, thrust her waist, and hummed silently.

He dared to perfunctory the young Concubine Wang Shu, but he did not dare to perfunctory Queen Dowager Guo. When Empress Dowager Guo summoned him to inquire, he had to repay him in a lot of ways. Empress Dowager Guo was worried and said angrily: "The old people in the Imperial Hospital are not at all wrong? The Ai family is getting older and often feels lacking energy. Li Haogu, you have been with him for many years, and you should share the worries of the Ai family."

Li Haogu bowed in panic and kept saying that I should die. Empress Dowager Guo ordered someone to help him up and comfort him, and gave him a pair of blessings. When Li Haogu left Xingqing Palace and took a car back to Daming Palace, he thought to himself: Your Majesty's illness is the crime of Hongwan, the old Taoist is not dead, and he is weak in turning the world. It's a pity that the old mafia Shengjun Zhenglong can provoke him?

Thinking of this, he took out another piece of paper from his sleeve, which read: Ten kilograms of plum clothes, ten kilograms of peach hair, ten kilograms of raw chicken membrane, ten kilograms of turtle hair, and ten kilograms of rabbit horns. This list was presented to the emperor by Zhao Guizhen, saying that the above list was medicinal materials for making immortal pills. Li Haogu was amused. If he could get all these things together, he would not have to refine any immortal pills. He would immediately become an immortal after eating them.

He put the paper in a bit of anger and wanted to throw it off the car, but then he held it back and thought to himself: Lao Zamao, if our family dares to touch you, no one dares to touch you? If you really have the ability, please protect Your Majesty for a long life.

As soon as the carriage arrived at Xingningfang, it suddenly stopped. Li Haogu didn't even open his eyes and asked, "Why did you stop?" The eunuch who was driving the car replied, "There is a prince's Lu Book in front of it." Li Haogu pulled the curtain and looked out. It was definitely not an easy task to appear on the street so late.

"Ah, King of Light, King of Light has returned to the capital! This..."

Li Haogu put a thigh of flowers on his teeth and pushed the eunuch and said, "Go, take a detour, go back to the palace."

The news of King Guang's return to Beijing spread throughout the capital the next day. Just as people were speculating about the meaning, another shocking news came: King Guang, who had just returned to Beijing, entered the palace and heard about the government affairs. The prince asked about politics, and his status was equivalent to that of the country!

The son of the Holy Emperor is still young, and this governor is equivalent to the future crown prince! Since ancient times, the father of the emperor has died, the son of the emperor has inherited, the brother has died, the brother has died, the nephew has inherited, and even the ancestor has died suddenly, there have been elder uncles and uncles as the crown prince. However, the emperor has not yet died, and he has made his uncle the crown prince. Since the founding of the heavens of Pangu, my Tang Dynasty is still the first one.

Another dissolution of this news was immediately deeply rooted in people's hearts: it seems that there is not much time left now, otherwise why should I rush to make my uncle the crown prince?

The little people have the wisdom of the little people, and they often look at things accurately: Li Yan has not had much time, but it is not as speculated as the people are dying. On the contrary, he is in good spirits now, not talking about the music every night. He is taking a break from his busy schedule and planning a great joy with his Yang Qing, a great joy involving almost all his relatives and nobles.

As soon as the emperor was in his spirit, Li Haogu felt a little overwhelmed. He summoned court officials, received foreign envoys, reviewed memorials, comforted the six palaces, played polo, raced dragon boats, hunted, and had different ways to play.

Just then, Li Zhenren suddenly had another whim and planned with the King of Xining for a while, and then made an appointment to hold a polo competition in front of Hanguang Hall in the western suburbs. He personally served as the main general of the Feilong team, and the deputy generals were all relatives and nobles in the court, either the Duke or the prince. The opponent of him was Changsheng Team, and the main general was Yang Hao, the King of Xining County, and the ones below were either the Minister or the General, and the nobles were all in their bodies.

This polo game has become a hot topic in Chang'an City before it even started. If you don't talk about it after a few words after a meal, you can't be considered a Chang'an native, at least not an authentic Chang'an native.

Yes, there has been no such grand ceremony in the Daming Palace for many years. People are looking forward to the revitalization of the Tang Dynasty through such grand ceremony. Is the prosperity of the national fortune just a few stones of food and a few more chunks of taxes? The prosperity of the national fortune lies in the demeanor of becoming an emperor. The emperor is striving for progress, so can the national fortune not flourish?

When Li Haogu was busy running for the polo game, Yang Hao was also busy.

The polo match in front of Hanguang Hall was just a cover. The relatives and nobles gathered together to hold a faceless meeting for the unification of the Five Society of the Spurs. Except for the concubines and the other ladies were all senior members of the Spurs and the fourth rank and above of the Spurs and the other members of the Spurs and the fourth rank of the Spurs and the more they attended.

It was carefully considered to arrange the faceless meeting of the unification of the Five Society in Xinei. Although the Spurs Camp is now unique and has no natural enemies, the habits that have been developed over the years are still not easy to change at once.

The meeting address of the faceless meeting must be safe first. There is nothing to say about this. Secondly, it must be hidden. The fewer people know, the better. It is best to open the meeting without realizing it.

Changqing Society suggested that the meeting place be arranged in a hunting ground outside the city. At that time, under the excuse of hunting, everyone could go there to drive in a vast and open manner; Yuanhe Society advocated the meeting place be arranged in a mansion in the city, and under the pretext of saying a wedding, everyone went to congratulate the wedding, and held the meeting at the wedding banquet; Yahe Society and Kaicheng Society advocated the meeting place beside the Qujiang Pool; Yang Hao advocated the meeting place be arranged in the Taoist temple, and everyone held a meeting in front of the Sanqing Seat under the name of worshiping gods.

The five families each had their own opinions and argued endlessly. In the end, the respected Princess Ding'an made a final decision: simply set it up in the imperial palace. The three major areas, the Daming Palace in the east, the Tai Chi Palace in the west, and the Xingqing Palace in the south, are free to choose, and I am fine.

Yamato Society was the first to object, saying that the three major parts are now in the hands of Baoli Society, what if Baoli Society insists on cheating.

The eldest princess was annoyed, slapped the table, shouting, "The emperor and General Yang are here, what are you afraid of?" She glared at Yang Hao again and shouted in a rough voice: "I will bring a knife to you then. If you dare to use force, I will stab you first."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "I will sit next to you and be your hostage when I look back."

Having said that, Yamato Society still made a request that each company brings weapons to the venue, and the guards are responsible for their own low-level horizontal swords and do not rely on the imperial guards. Yang Hao agreed and stated that Baoli Society will never bring weapons to the venue to show sincerity.

In August of the fifth year of Huichang, the polo match in Xizhengyuan was held as scheduled. It is said that the drunkard's intention was not to drink, and everyone's thoughts were not to be on the polo court. Therefore, the game was not good, and as usual, the Feilong team won a great victory. The dragon face was very happy and rewarded a lot. The young master and the wife had a lively day. After receiving the reward, they left reluctantly.

The adult male attends a banquet at night, and there are only a few women, such as the generous Princess Ding'an who drinks and the courageous Princess Lu stays for a banquet.

Shortly after the night banquet began, the Empress Dowager also came.

The night banquet was set up in the polo court in front of Hanguang Hall. After the polo game, while the relatives and nobles were bathing and changing clothes, Li Haogu directed the eunuchs to urgently sprinkle water on the loess, mixed with fragrant powder in the water, and sprinkle the fragrance of perfume.

When the relatives and nobles entered the field, there was a scent of flowers floating on the polo field only in March. The emperor, princess, princesses, princesses and the Empress Dowager who arrived later sat on the palace platform of Hanguang Hall, and the others sat on the ground regardless of height.

During the meal, singing and dancing cheered up, and the music was made. The lights were red and half of the sky were visible from miles away. The sound of drums and music resounded through the city walls of Chang'an.

Who would have thought that such a peaceful banquet would have an accident, so that dozens of princes and important ministers beat each other up. As a result, a duke, three marquises and six ministers died, more than 30 people were seriously injured, and ten people were slightly injured.

The emperor was furious about this and threw the cup and scolded him: "Do you still recognize me, the Emperor of Tang?"

According to insiders, the banquet was late at night and there was a sudden accident. The generous princess Ding'an had an argument with the King of Xining because of the toast, and then drew her sword and stabbed the prince's left arm. The prince stood up to hide, and the prince chased her closely, causing chaos.

The eldest princess not only stabbed several nobles who tried to persuade him to reconcile, but also said she wanted to kill the prince-in-law Yu Chenwan. Unfortunately, Yu Chenwan's legs were gushing and rushed to Daming Palace and hid to escape.

Later, the Empress Dowager reconciled the princess and asked the prince to apologize to the princess, but the prince refused and left. Those who were good to the princess stopped him and quarreled with the prince's relatives and friends and old friends first and then attacked, and finally led to a tragedy of ten deaths and hundreds of injuries.

The emperor left the seat in anger and ordered the imperial guards to detain all the princes and nobles who fought like black eyes in the palace. They were imprisoned for three days and three nights in one breath. They were allowed to release them out of the palace after they vented their anger and confessed their guilt.

Princess Ding'an and Prince Xining were detained for half a month before they were released back to the mansion.

After Princess Ding'an returned home, she asked her family to go to the coffin to set aside the birthday materials. She lay inside and told everyone that she was already a living dead person, and it would be best to lie down and wait for death.

Taking the lead, the coffin shop business in Chang'an City suddenly became popular. The dignitaries and nobles rushed to order longevity materials, check the goods on site, pay deposits, and let the coffin shop beat drums and gongs to send them to the mansion, making a fuss like a marriage.

Although there have always been many strange things in the capital, these strange things have never been seen in the ages. People who are interested in infer that there is a countercurrent in Chang'an City, which is a sign of a major event.

As expected, half a month after the polo court tragedy, Qiu Shiliang's major rebellion broke out. The former general of the left guard who had been buried for a year, and the provincial supervisor of the internal escort was deprived of all rewards, opened the coffin and whipped the corpse, and was implicated, and everyone fell to the ground.

Only then did people suddenly realize it and exclaim: "What is death? This is death."

The hatred case is in full swing, and the wedding of the prince of Xining kicked off in a lively manner.

Every grass and tree can see the rise and fall.

Contact King Guang, who returned to Beijing to assist in government administration not long ago, the enthusiastic ones inferred that the sky in Chang'an City might have changed again.

The snow is still falling, and the five years of Huichang have become history in the night.

The New Year’s Day bell rang in the Daming Palace, and Chang'an City ushered in a new year.
Chapter completed!