Chapter 684: Taking advantage of the situation, the vassal kings take up their vassalage

"Are you going to ask now?"

Dai Ji's hands paused for a moment. She couldn't believe that Su Mingzhe could be so kind.

"Of course I'll wait a while."

Amid Dai Ji's screams, Su Mingzhe pushed her down on the bed.

In the next house, Zheng Guanyin predicted what was going to happen, so she coaxed her daughter Li Wanshun to lie on the bed in advance and stuffed a ball of silk thread in her ears.

In order to prevent her daughter from hearing noises she shouldn't hear, Zheng Guanyin covered herself and her daughter with a quilt, hummed nursery rhymes, and urged her daughter to go to bed quickly.

I don’t know how long it took.

Li Wanshun had fallen asleep with a light snore.

Zheng Guanyin felt hot all over.

Just when she was feeling restless, she suddenly heard someone calling her at the door.

"My lady, my lady."

Daiji's voice was hurried and shy.

When Zheng Guanyin opened the door, he saw Dai Ji with disheveled black hair, a wooden hairpin inserted diagonally, her face covered with sweat, and her whole body emitting an alluring body fragrance.

"My lady, His Majesty asks you to come over for a moment."

When Dai Ji said this, her cheeks turned red as blood because of shame, and she didn't even dare to look up at Zheng Guanyin.

She thought she could protect Zheng Guanyin from the disaster, but who would have thought... she had misjudged the enemy's situation.

So, she had no choice but to come and ask for help.

Zheng Guanyin didn't say much.

When Su Mingzhe appeared in front of her, she expected such a humiliating thing to happen.

Most women born in troubled times have no control over their own destiny.

Among the dozens of concubines in Emperor Gaozu's harem, more than twenty were abducted.

When Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, he also robbed many women.

Among Li Shimin's concubines, there is no need to mention Concubine Yang and Concubine Yin.

There is no need to talk about the situation between myself and Dai Ji.

In that battle, Li Shimin fought Wang Shichong and later defeated Dou Jiande.

After the two battles, Li Shimin captured dozens of peerless beauties. Except for some who were given to his generals, most of the beauties were accepted by Li Shimin himself.

This includes Wang Chuchu, the daughter of Wang Shichong, who is also the Princess Haotai who married Shan Xiongxin.

Wei Gui'er, a widow living in Luoyang, is now known as Concubine Wei.

Her cousin Zheng Yuerong, now known as Concubine Zheng.

In fact, it was a good outcome for these women that they were taken into Li Shimin's harem.

At the very least, the man they serve is the most powerful man in the world.

More than 20 years ago, when Zheng Guanyin was sent by her parents from her hometown in Xingyang to Chang'an, she came across many widow villages.

In the Widow Village, there are widowed women, disabled old people, and babies who have not yet grown up.

A widow village like this one has no strong men to protect it.

The united soldiers of the nearby rural militia and the soldiers of the Zhechoufu treated this widow village as a brothel.

Whenever they had a day off, these soldiers would take some food and go to the Widow Village to sleep for a night.

Some soldiers who had no food would work for a widow they liked for a day in exchange for a night's rest.

Even when some large groups of soldiers passed by, they would force the women in the widow village to keep them company overnight without paying anything.

This is the true portrayal of the fact that people in troubled times are worse than dogs in peaceful times.

Therefore, after Su Mingzhe appeared, Zheng Guanyin was mentally prepared to sleep with him tonight.

Not long after.

Su Mingzhe saw Zheng Guanyin following Dai Ji and moving lightly towards the bed.

Looking at the beautiful woman with a fair face and lingering charm, Su Mingzhe felt that his mind was clearer than ever before, and he could even clearly recall that night twelve years ago.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, regardless of their brotherhood, tried to murder him again and again.

Under his father's persuasion, he had already handed over many generals of the Tiance Palace to his father's command, and he was also preparing to apply for a fiefdom and live a carefree life as a prince.

As a result, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were jealous of me, afraid of me, and terrified of me. Before I left Chang'an City, they even summoned the imperial guards in an attempt to get rid of me once and for all.

Fortunately, he got the news in advance, so he led his troops to ambush successfully and killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

He was murdered again and again by his own brothers.

Even a clay figure has some temper, not to mention that Li Shimin was the extremely powerful commander of the three armies.

Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust.

At that time, Li Shimin was blinded by rage. He rushed into the East Palace with a sword and a group of generals, including Black Yuchi, Red Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, etc., killing people inside so that the blood flowed like a river and corpses were everywhere.

If Zheng Guanyin had not hidden herself with her daughter, there would probably not have been a single survivor in the Eastern Palace that night.

Later, in order to beg Li Shimin to spare Li Wanshun's life, Zheng Guanyin took the initiative to untie the layers of gauze on her body and reached a deal with the man.

Twelve years ago, Zheng Guanyin was still wrapped in a light pink robe, a white gauze dress on the outside, and dazzling jewelry.

But tonight, she was wearing nothing but a cloth skirt and a hairpin, with no makeup on.

However, even with a cloth skirt and a thorny hairpin, and with no makeup on, she is still extremely beautiful.

Su Mingzhe looked at the two beauties in front of him and suddenly had the urge to roar to the sky!
Li Jiancheng!
Li Yuanji!
You two are so heartless and worse than pigs and dogs!

I have been branded as a brother killer!

In that case, don't blame me for doing all the evil things!
Su Mingzhe exuded a murderous aura that made the two women shiver involuntarily.

This night, this moment! Just like that night, that moment!

The blood in Su Mingzhe's body was roaring and his anger was burning.

The three fought until dawn.

When the man left with satisfaction, the two women were left looking at each other in sorrow.

They didn't know whether tonight was the beginning or the end.

After breakfast, we returned to Hanyuan Hall.

Su Mingzhe stood in front of the imperial desk for a long time.

For Su Mingzhe, what happened last night was an emotional catharsis.

After all, not everyone can calmly accept the memory of killing their brother.

Therefore, after Su Mingzhe absorbed and integrated Li Shimin's memories, his mind was a little confused.

In the eyes of Buddhism and Taoism, this situation is called "mental obstacle", or "demon obstacle", or "mental demon", or "heavenly demon".

In "Journey to the West", Li Shimin could not stand the mental torture, so he held a "water and land ceremony" for the dead in the world.

When thinking of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, Su Mingzhe thought of Chen Xuanzang.

When I thought of Chen Xuanzang, the next thing I thought of was Chen Xuanzang's disciple, Monk Bian Ji, and his own daughter, Gao Yang.

Gao Yang is still young. She was born in the first year of Zhenguan and is only twelve years old this year.

Not long after she was born, her mother died of illness. Gao Yang, at a young age, was raised by Empress Changsun.

Later, when Empress Changsun passed away, Gao Yang did not stay in Ganlu Palace, but applied to move to Linhu Palace next to Shujing Palace.

Originally, Shujing Palace was the palace where the princesses of the Sui and Tang dynasties lived.

At the beginning of the Zhenguan period, after Shujing Palace was awarded to Concubine Yang by the emperor, the princesses moved to the nearby Linhu Palace.

Of course, a princess who has a mother will definitely live with her mother.

When his thoughts came back, Su Mingzhe clenched his teeth:

"Monk Bianji must die!"

Just as Su Mingzhe was exuding murderous aura, Li Chengqian's arrival broke the solemn atmosphere in Hanyuan Hall.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"

Li Chengqian was taught by famous teachers since he was young, and he always had a disciplined demeanor in his actions and movements.

"No gift."

Su Mingzhe came to his senses, asked Li Chengqian to sit down, and the two began to deal with memorials.

Due to the two men's hard work in the past few days, there are very few memorials left.

This time, the two of them handled it together, and the few remaining memorials were quickly processed.

Su Mingzhe and Li Chengqian stood up from their seats, stretched themselves, and their eyes showed some liveliness:

"Qian'er, come on, follow your father to see your brothers and see how their studies are going."

He had already planned to visit Hongwenguan.

Hongwenguan was established in Hongwen Hall.

To the east of the Taiji Hall is the Menxia Province, and to the east of the Menxia Province is the Hongwen Hall.

Further east of the Hongwen Hall is the Hanlin Academy.

Both the Menxia Province and the Hanlin Academy gathered learned people from all over the world.

Therefore, the children of the royal family had no worries about not having good teachers to teach them when they studied at the Hongwenguan.

After Su Mingzhe brought Li Chengqian to Hongwen Hall, they did not go to the elementary school classroom, but came to where the "university students" were taking classes.

The two of them stood at the back of the classroom, at the window, and looking inside, they saw a white-bearded minister teaching the children of the royal family.

Su Mingzhe silently counted the number of people and found that his two sons, Li Zhi and Li Shen, were not there.

Moreover, several sons of Emperor Gaozu, that is, Li Shimin's brothers, Li Yuanming, Li Yuanxiang, Li Yuanxiao, Li Yuanying and others were also not present.

In addition to these people, there were also a dozen other members of the royal family who were not there.

The classroom was originally full of forty or fifty people, but now there were only a dozen royal children.

Seeing the empty classroom, Su Mingzhe narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a dangerous aura, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth:
"Qian'er, did you see that? This is great. I shamelessly invited famous masters from all over the world to teach them, but they themselves don't appreciate it. Since they all like to play so much, let them go to their fiefdoms and play as much as they want."

Su Mingzhe had originally planned to drive a group of royal relatives and nobles to their fiefdoms.

Now, you don’t have to think about the reason yourself.

He snorted coldly, turned around and left Hongwenguan.

As Su Mingzhe left, everyone in the classroom was surprised to realize that the emperor had actually been there just now.

The children of the royal family sitting in the classroom secretly felt fortunate that they came to class today.

As for those friends who didn’t come to class, let them fend for themselves.

On the other side, Su Mingzhe returned to Hanyuan Hall and immediately ordered Zhang Ananda to write an imperial edict, ordering all the royal relatives who were supposed to attend class today but did not to go to their fiefdoms.

Zhang Ananda didn't know whether Su Mingzhe was angry for the moment or wanted to take advantage of the situation, so he quickly looked at Li Chengqian, hoping that the prince could persuade him.

But Li Chengqian started to persuade him.

After all, this list also includes his two younger brothers.

Unfortunately, Su Mingzhe had already made up his mind. He angrily rebuked Zhang Ananda and asked him to write the edict immediately.

Zhang Ananda had no choice but to write the imperial edict.

Seeing that he could not persuade Concubine Wei, Li Chengqian had no choice but to send someone to the harem to ask Concubine Wei for help.

Because this time the list also includes Concubine Wei’s son, Prince Ji Li Shen.

(End of this chapter)