Chapter 569: Conferring the title
of King of Hengshan "What do you think of this child, Li Chang?" After sending Li Shi away, Li Chengqian asked Wang Quan beside him.
"This child has been smart since he was young, and he is very much like a great man in those days!" Wang Quan said.
"Yes! If Xiang'er hadn't died, perhaps the Tang Dynasty would have passed into his hands. What a pity!"
"Give orders to have people take good care of them and their son, and don't let others bully them. I plan to let Li Chang inherit Xiang'er's position as the King of Wei. What do you think?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Is this, is this not appropriate?" Wang Quan asked.
"What's wrong with it?" Li Chengqian said.
"Li Chang is the youngest son of the King of Wei. He has two older brothers. The Crown Prince of the King of Wei, Li Wei, has made some mistakes, which is not in line with etiquette and law." Wang Quan said.
According to the system of primogeniture, Li Xiang's successor should be his eldest son Li Wei. According to seniority,
even if Li Wei is not good enough, there is still Li Xiang's second son Li Xin. Only when both of them are not good enough, can it be Li Shizhi's turn. What's more, Li Wei has done nothing wrong. It is really unreasonable to abolish his inheritance rights without any reason. After
Wang Quan said this, Li Chengqian no longer mentioned this matter. After all, Li Xiang had just died, and it was not good for him to bully the orphans and widows.
"In this case, let Li Wei inherit Xiang'er's throne, and confer Li Xin as the Prince of Yi'an, and Li Chang as the Prince of Hengshan." Li Chengqian said.
Since it cannot be changed, then give Li Shizhi another title! Let Li Wei still inherit the title of Prince of Wei.
"I will do it now!" said Wang Quan.
"Everyone! Prince Xu has already arrived in Beijing!" An eunuch trotted in and reported to Li Chengqian.
"I thought Sujie would arrive in Beijing at dusk, but I didn't expect him to arrive so soon. It seems that he is in a hurry to come back and bring him to see me." Li Chengqian said.
"Why don't you go quickly? What are you doing? You have no eyesight and are standing there like a piece of wood." Wang Quan saw that the eunuch did not go immediately, but stood there like a piece of wood, so he spoke.
"Why? Where did Prince Xu go in Beijing?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Your Highness Prince Xu has already gone to Concubine Xiao's place." The eunuch replied.
After hearing this, Li Chengqian's face was a little gloomy. It was a taboo for a prince to go to Beijing privately, and it was a taboo among taboos not to go to see the emperor immediately after arriving in the capital.
Now that Prince Xu Li Sujie arrived in Chang'an, he immediately went to Concubine Xiao Gui, which was disrespectful to his elders.
Thinking of Di Renjie's words, Li Chengqian felt more and more that Li Xiang's death was closely related to Concubine Xiao Gui and the others.
"Maybe Prince Xu is filial and went to visit Concubine Xiao Gui without taking a rest!" Wang Quan tried to smooth things over.
"He is indeed filial, so why doesn't he come to see me first!" Li Chengqian said dissatisfiedly.
After hearing what Li Chengqian said, Wang Quan didn't know how to answer.
"Don't make this matter public. Wait until he comes to see me in person, and then you can pretend that you know nothing." Li Chengqian said. "
Do you understand? If you dare to talk nonsense, I will tear your mouth to pieces." Wang Quan turned around and said seriously.
"I know what to do. I know nothing and have never mentioned anything to anyone." said the eunuch.
"Alright! You can leave first!" said Li Chengqian.
"I'll take my leave!" the eunuch bowed and left.
"And you, why don't you go and do what I told you to do!" said Li Chengqian.
"I'll go now!" Wang Quan said, and then left the Purple Palace.
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In the palace of Concubine Xiao Gui, Prince Xu Li Sujie came in from the side door.
"Your Highness! Concubine Xiao Gui has been waiting for Your Highness for a long time! Your Highness, please follow me." Lumei, the personal maid of Concubine Xiao Gui, came up and said.
Lumei led the way in front, and Li Sujie followed behind.
"How is mother doing recently?" Li Sujie asked.
"They are fine! They are healthy, eat well, and sleep well. We are waiting for them attentively! Your Highness, please rest assured. But the Imperial Concubine has been a little worried recently." Lu Mei said.
"What are you worried about? Tell me about it, so that I can help my mother solve her problems." Li Sujie said.
"It's the marriage of the two princesses. The two princesses are already past the age of marriage. They are almost thirty now! How can the Imperial Concubine not be worried?" Lu Mei said.
"I remember that my father arranged marriages for the two sisters a few years ago. Logically, they should have been married a long time ago. Why did it drag on until now?" Li Sujie asked.
Li Sujie didn't understand why the sisters who should have been married had not been married yet.
"It's because the Imperial Concubine couldn't bear to leave the two princesses, so she asked His Majesty to keep the princesses by her side for a while, and His Majesty agreed. Now, the delay has been delayed!" Lu Mei said.
"Mother, the same is true. How can you embarrass the two sisters? This will ruin their lives!" Li Sujie said.
"Your Highness! Don't say that. The Imperial Concubine couldn't bear to let the two princesses leave her side." Lu Mei said.
While the two were talking, they came to Xiao Guifei.
"Son greets mother! How are you doing recently?" Li Sujie saluted.
"Good! I'm fine! I'm happy to see you!" Xiao Guifei was very happy to see her son.
"By the way! Did you come to my place without being discovered by others?"
"Don't worry, mother. I was very careful when I came here. No one would discover me." Li Sujie said.
"That's good! Now that Li Jue has been deposed and Li Xiang was assassinated, you are the third son of His Majesty. The position of the crown prince is yours." Concubine Xiao pulled Li Sujie to sit down and said. "
What mother said is that Li Jue, as the legitimate son, was made the crown prince by the emperor. If he had not had bad intentions, how could he end up like this? If he had been law-abiding, the Tang Dynasty might have been his!"
"Li Xiang is a bit pitiful! He died inexplicably at the hands of his own people. His death was unjust. I don't know what hatred Tian You had with him." Li Sujie said.
"How could I have a son if Li Jue hadn't fallen? As for Li Xiang, he was born to a lowly maid. He thought he was favored by your majesty and he was the eldest son, so he had thoughts that he shouldn't have a child. He deserved death." Concubine Xiao Gui said.
"My son heard that Li Xiang's death was related to your mother?" Li Sujie asked in a low voice.
"You are my son, so I naturally have to pave the way for you and remove all obstacles to the throne. I do this all for you." said Concubine Xiao.
"Why would mother do such a thing? Li Xiang is from a humble background and has no support from his mother's family. He will not pose any threat to me." Li Sujie said.
"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm just afraid of the worst. My son has been tired all the way and must be hungry! I'll have someone prepare a meal right now. You can eat some with me." Concubine Xiao changed the subject and stopped talking.
"The son is indeed a little hungry, so he has to trouble his mother!" Li Sujie said.
Concubine Xiao ordered people to prepare food.