Chapter 778 Princess Aunt
Although Princess Tong'an is old, she likes to meddle in other people's business. In modern terms, she is an old lady who is particularly gossipy. This may be related to her experience in her youth, because the reason why the Tang Dynasty was established was related to her gossip spirit.
During the former Sui Dynasty, Princess Tong'an's daughter entered the Daxing Palace, which is now the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty, and became a concubine for Emperor Yang of Sui. Her daughter is also a person who is particularly gossipy. She has a mother and a daughter, but it is precisely because of her love gossip that she saved Li Yuan's life!
Emperor Yang of Sui hated Li Yuan very much, and the relationship between his cousins was not good. Emperor Yang of Sui even hoped that Li Yuan would die with a sound of a click. But in the early days, Emperor Yang of Sui did not show much, but was disgusted in his heart, but did not tell the ministers that he didn't even know his confidant Yuwen Shu.
However, once, Emperor Yang of Sui wanted to see Li Yuan and let Li Yuan enter the palace, but it happened that Li Yuan was sick at this time and did not come within the specified time. Emperor Yang of Sui asked Princess Tong'an's daughter and said, "Why did your uncle come so late?"
Princess Tong'an's daughter told the truth and replied to Emperor Yang of Sui that her uncle was sick and that she heard from her aunt.
Emperor Yang of Sui said casually: "Can you die of illness?" His expression was quite fierce, and he accidentally showed his disgust towards Li Yuan.
Otherwise, if you can understand the emperor's emotions and mentality, you can be smooth sailing as an official. Even if you cannot get promoted and make money, at least your life can be saved.
Emperor Yang of Sui accidentally revealed his attitude towards Li Yuan, and was immediately gossiped by Princess Tong'an's daughter and told Princess Tong'an. Of course, Princess Tong'an was not a princess at that time, but she was Li Yuan's real sister. She immediately ran to Li Yuan and told Li Yuan about Emperor Yang of Sui's attitude.
In this way, Li Yuan understood what the emperor was thinking. From then on, Li Yuan was cautious and found an opportunity to leave the capital and return to Taiyuan, save his life, and thus established the Tang Dynasty later.
Therefore, the spirit of gossip can sometimes make contributions.
It was precisely because of Princess Tong'an that after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan treated this sister very well and immediately appointed her as the eldest princess. Li Shimin was also very nice to her and often came to visit her aunt. When he arrived at Li Zhi, he invited her aunt to come and watch the ceremony and rewarded her a lot of things.
The emperors of the Tang Dynasty all knew that this aunt was very strong and even unreasonable, but she was very tolerant of what she did. The degree of tolerance could no longer be considered a blind eye, but simply closed her eyes completely, not asking at all.
Princess Tong'an's son-in-law had a son, but this son was not born by Princess Tong'an. When this son died, Princess Tong'an didn't know anything unpleasant, so she drove her daughter-in-law and grandson out of the house and forced them to leave Chang'an. The grandson was named Wang Fangyi, a very powerful general. But Li Shimin and Li Zhi both dared not speak out and did not dare to care about Princess Tong'an's affairs. So Wang Fangyi was not recalled to Chang'an until Princess Tong'an died and made great achievements in Li Zhi's court.
Princess Tong'an doesn't like her grandson, but she likes her niece very much. She has always loved Queen Wang. It was because she was a matchmaker that Queen Wang married Li Zhi, and now she has become the queen.
Today, the housekeeper of the royal family returned from the countryside inspection of the farm and brought back a nun, saying that the nun knew something about Li Ke's rebellion. Princess Tong'an's gossip spirit broke out, so she asked the maids to take care of the nun. As a result, the more she liked gossip, the more gossip she came. In a coma, Lejue said a lot, including the emperor, private meetings, Wang Xiangye, etc., but although it was unclear, it also proved that Lejue knew the royal privacy.
The little maid hurriedly passed the message to Princess Tong'an. Princess Tong'an immediately told them that once the nun woke up, she must inform her immediately and she had something to ask. When she heard the little maid report that the nun was awake, she was afraid that the nun would not be able to come to see her, so she came here in person and wanted to get a gossip.
Princess Tong'an's gossip has been gone all her life, and naturally she has learned the essence of gossip. She was frightened and frightened by the fire of Jue. She thought that when she was in a coma, she said everything she should say and what she should not say.
In a panic, I was unable to tell you everything she heard at the back mountain gate, plus some of her own imaginations.
After hearing this, Princess Tong'an was not surprised or angry at all. She didn't care what kind of woman the emperor liked. Even if she liked nuns, what would happen? The emperor was the lord of the world. He liked whoever he wanted. No one could care about him. Not only did she not want to care about it, she felt quite interesting!
As the maids took good care of Jue, Princess Tong'an returned to her residence and called the housekeeper, saying, "These days, I am very lonely, but the children do not come to visit me. The world is getting worse and worse, and the children are becoming more and more unfilial. I really should go to hell and let the King of Hell repair them!"
The housekeeper quickly laughed and asked Princess Tong'an which child she wanted to chat with her to relieve her boredom?
As the housekeeper, he certainly knew that the old lady, Princess Tong'an, was a person who couldn't sit idle. She was very talkative and very good at chatting, but her child passed away earlier than her and her husband had passed away. She was very lonely, so she always wanted to let other juniors accompany her. It is understandable that the elderly were lonely.
Princess Tong'an said, "You go and call Xiao Liu. If I want to scold him, it's all his fault. As a result, the emperor went out and went to other places to be romantic, but it would be fine. He actually went to a nunnery. It was really unreasonable!"
The housekeeper thought to himself: "Xiao Liu, is it Liu Shi who is talking about Liu Shi? Alas, he is still in his sixties and is called Xiao Liu. It's really hard for Minister Liu Shi!" He agreed and left the princess's mansion to find Liu Shi.
Liu Shi was the uncle of Queen Wang. Not long ago, he was promoted to Secretariat Secretariat. The position he replaced was exactly Xu Jingzong. Strictly speaking, the reason why he was promoted had nothing to do with his ability to become an official, but he entrusted Wang Ping'an's blessing. He only made up for the position of Secretariat Secretariat Secretariat Secretariat Secretariat Secretariat. Wang Ping'an was his benefactor!
Today, Liu Shi is working in the Secretariat Province. Because the grand court meeting will be held tomorrow. As the Secretariat Minister and Ma Zhou's deputy, he must quickly explain what Ma Zhou wants to do when he goes to court. This is his job and must be done well.
After a busy morning, Liu Shi finished his business and handed over the documents to Ma Zhou's desk. After Ma Zhou looked at it, he said, "Mr. Liu, go to Dongtai to see if Wang Ping'an is in office. Ask him, he will be the candidate for generals in Yingzhou. Who do he want to recommend? If he wants to recommend someone, it is best to say hello to me in advance!"
Liu Shi quickly agreed and left Xitai and rushed to Dongtai. But after arriving at Menxia Province, he found that Wang Ping'an was not there. He asked the officials of Dongtai. The reply he received was that Wang Xiangye had never been here except for the first day of his tenure and had been here to call him. He never worked. Now that Menxia Province has something to do, he always went to the Shangshu Province to ask Lord Changsun.
Liu Shi thought to himself: "Okay, Wang Ping'an is so comfortable. My life is not as hard as others!" He went out of the door and went to the province, but he was thinking about the task assigned by Ma Zhou, so he left the palace and wanted to go to the Duke's Mansion to take a look.
But as soon as he left the palace gate, he saw someone coming up and told him that Gong Tong'an was the main person to scold him and asked him to go to the princess's mansion to get scolded!
Liu Shi was so amused that he was in his sixties and wanted to be called Xiao Liu and scolded. The most troublesome thing was that he had to be obedient, act cute, and be scolded ecstatically to show his honor. Tong'an Gong mainly swears, not everyone has this honor. It is not easy for others to be scolded!
He had to send his entourage to Wang Ping'an's Duke's Mansion first to see if Wang Ping'an is there, and make an appointment for him to go again, so as not to find anyone else. He himself followed the people from the Princess' Mansion to meet Princess Tong'an.
Liu Shi from the princess’s house often comes. He has a very good relationship with Princess Tong'an. On the one hand, he is also a relative of his own. On the other hand, Liu Shi also wants to have a good relationship with Princess Tong'an. In the officialdom, the strongest wind is the pillow wind, and the hardest relationship is the nepotism relationship. As long as he has a good relationship with Princess Tong'an, he will be much smoother in his career!
After entering the princess's mansion and seeing Princess Tong'an, Liu Shi first lay on the ground and bowed, and asked, "Auntie, I don't know what's wrong with me?"
Princess Tong'an sighed and said, "Your good niece, son-in-law, is romantic. Recently, she actually hooked up with the nun in Ganye Temple and went to a private meeting in the middle of the night. Tell me, what is this? Isn't it too unreasonable!"
Liu Shi was stunned when he heard this and thought to himself: "Which niece is the son-in-law? To count it, I am the Liu clan, and there are twenty or thirty nieces who call me uncle. Which one do you mean?"
No matter which one it is, it is absolutely true to follow the old lady's words. Liu Shi immediately said: "It's so unreasonable that there is such a thing. After my nephew returns, he must punish that guy heavily, which actually ruins the reputation of the monks and has to break his legs!"
When Princess Tong'an heard this, she immediately said with great concern: "Do you really want to break your niece's legs? You still call his legs a dog's legs? I see that you are as timid as a mouse, and you don't care if you really do it!"
Liu Shi was immediately unhappy. He valued his status very much, especially after becoming the Minister of the Secretariat, almost everyone said that he could become the Secretariat Ling. Ma Zhou was in poor health and might fall down at any time. He would be the best candidate for the Secretariat Ling, otherwise would he be able to work so hard!
Liu Shi said: "What my aunt said is bad, why don't my nephew dare? If you do something wrong, you will be punished, let alone a humiliating reputation. Aunt, please tell me quickly, which of my nephew's son-in-law is? I'll break his legs today!" He said loudly with great momentum, even his eyes standing up.
Princess Tong'an said, "Which one? Don't you have only one niece and son-in-law? Could it be that there are many?"
Liu Shi shook his head and said, "There are about ten in Beijing. If we include the hometown, we can't even catch more than thirty... Ah, what is my aunt talking about?" He had reacted and came.
Princess Tong'an clapped her hands and said, "I'm talking about the emperor. Isn't he your niece? Well, you just said you wanted to break the emperor's legs, and you said something about it. I have to talk to the emperor about this..."
Chapter completed!