Chapter 5005 Too late to regret
Li Chengqian never thought there was anything wrong with his sister. It was normal for a young girl who was new to the world and had a new love to have admiration for a young man with both civil and military skills and great authority. She had some longings and fantasies. What was wrong with this?
The fault lies with Fang Jun.
Knowing that he is excellent in poetry, calligraphy, martial arts, and famous, he is extremely attracted to cardamom girls and boudoir women, but why do he have to get close to Changle and Jinyang?
Changle can tolerate it, but Jinyang absolutely cannot!
I have warned you many times, but you have turned a deaf ear to it. You still go your own way. Do you really think that I, the emperor, is just a decoration?
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Wannian County Government.
Li Anqi's face turned pale as he listened to the confessions of the officials in the hall. He turned to look at Fang Jun and Xu Jingzong sitting at the top, not knowing what to say.
Two groups of people came to the county government office to inquire about the news. How could the county magistrate Li Anqi be completely unaware? He immediately called the officials involved, and after some threats and intimidation, he learned that his subordinate officials had caused a big disaster and secretly changed the examination room and seats for Jiang Wang Li Yun...
As the most complete imperial examination since His Majesty ascended the throne, the imperial court naturally attached unparalleled importance to it. Both the government and the public paid close attention to it. All the rules in the examination room must be observed. No one may bend the law for personal gain or sabotage the imperial examination.
Now that such a problem has occurred, and two candidates have been directly disqualified from the exam, no doubt the censor will launch an impeachment tomorrow morning. He, who has just been the county magistrate for ten thousand years, is afraid that he will pack up his clothes and abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his post... …
Seeing that the two big bosses were silent, Li Anqi could only wave his hands and repel the officials: "Get back. Don't go anywhere. Just stay at the county government office and wait for disposal."
The officials also knew that they had made a big mistake, so they were afraid to say anything and bowed out.
Li Anqi sighed and said: "It is all because of the lax control of the lower officials that led to such a major incident. The lower officials will shoulder the consequences as soon as possible, and there will be no complaints."
Although the coming punishment may be extremely severe, he can only stand up and take responsibility.
Fang Jun drank tea and said nothing, while Xu Jingzong leaned over and whispered in Fang Jun's ear: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. If King Jiang and Dou Huairang have a personal grudge, they want to use it to It is not difficult for the prince to find a few people to come to the examination room and beat up Dou Huairang. "
The consequences of sabotaging the imperial examinations would be very serious, but the crime would not lead to death, as long as adequate compensation was given afterwards. There were so many people flocking to it, so why would Li Yun take the risk himself?
Either no one else can take action in this matter, or Li Yun is willing to do it.
Fang Jun thought for a while and said, "It doesn't make sense. Although King Jiang is a dandy, he is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. How dare he so unscrupulously disrupt the imperial examination just for personal grudges?"
Xu Jingzong felt that there was some truth and said: "Maybe... someone instigated it?"
Fang Jun disagreed: "Who can instigate a prince to be moved? Even if there is, there is no motive."
Li Anqi remembered something, moved forward, looked at Fang Jun, and whispered: "I heard something recently, saying that the Dou family entered the palace and proposed to your Majesty to marry Princess Jinyang, and your Majesty did not object..."
Fang Jun was suddenly shocked: "Is this serious?"
Princess Jinyang has now become a "long-standing problem" for the royal family. Rumors about her marriage appear every day, and it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false.
Li Anqi said: "Nine times out of ten."
Fang Jun nodded, sighed, and said, "We're in trouble."
Since Li Anqi dared to say this, it is basically confirmed that his father Li Baiyao once served as Zong Zhengqing and was a great scholar in the world. He had a wide range of connections, especially he was very close to a number of relatives of the emperor in private... …
Seeing Fang Jun's upset expression, Xu Jingzong was immediately curious. After a moment's thought, he figured out what was going on and couldn't help but ask, "I'm afraid you, Erlang, can't explain it clearly with all your words."
Li Anqi was not taking things easy. As soon as Xu Jingzong said it, he immediately understood. He looked at Fang Jun with a deep look and sighed: "Beauty is kind and red sleeves are fragrant. This is what scholars of our generation yearn for, and the lower officials admire the Taiwei." Like the surging Yellow River, it stretches endlessly..."
"Shut up!"
Fang Jun reprimanded angrily: "If it weren't for your poor supervision and your subordinate officials acting arbitrarily, how could I be in such a dilemma?"
Li Anqi laughed and didn't take it seriously.
Since the whole thing was caused by Princess Jinyang, and Fang Jun would ultimately take the blame, he was freed from the incident and was free of cause and effect, so he naturally felt relaxed.
The soldiers walked in quickly from outside the door and reported: "Erlang, there is a decree in the palace. Please enter the palace immediately to see the emperor."
Fang Jun sighed and said: "At first, those people said that Your Majesty was dull in talent, stupid and ineffective, and that he did not have the appearance of a wise king... Look, with such sharp reactions and such quick movements, there is no trace of stupidity. Phase? ”
Xu Jingzong lowered his head to drink tea without commenting.
Since it was Fang Jun's personal matter, he naturally would not get involved carelessly, lest the family of his brother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law and brother-in-law would quarrel and laugh away their grudges, while he, an outsider, would be an eyesore...
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Dou Dexuan returned home with a gloomy expression.
Dou Huairang treated the injury on the back of his thigh, but he was worried about the consequences of his father's entry into the palace, so he had people lay out a mat in the hall and lie on it while waiting. Seeing his father sighing, he hurriedly asked: "I wonder what your majesty will do with it?"
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Dou Dexuan took a sip of tea and was very frustrated: "I have expressed my feelings to His Majesty and begged to cancel the marriage proposal. Fortunately, it was just an intention but no substantial action, so Your Majesty agreed."
Hearing that the marriage proposal was cancelled, Dou Huairang breathed a long sigh of relief. Although Princess Jinyang was beautiful, beautiful and intelligent, and countless children from aristocratic families admired her, who would dare to marry her?
It’s easy to get killed...
Dou Huaizhen patted her thigh and said regretfully: "What a pity, such a good opportunity."
Relatives tend to become more distant from generation to generation. When Emperor Gaozu was there, the Dou family was famous and prosperous, but it declined slightly under Emperor Taizong. Now that Li Chengqian has ascended the throne, the blood relationship between the royal family and the Dou family has gradually become thinner. For the Dou family, this Relatives no longer show any favor, which also means that except for a few inherited titles, the Dou family has no one in charge of key departments or in charge of power.
Now that he cannot marry Princess Jinyang, marry the royal family, and return to the core of power, his second brother even has to waste three years in taking the imperial examination. How can there be any hope of reviving the family?
It's a pity that he got married two years too early, otherwise he would have fought tooth and nail to marry Princess Jinyang back...
Dou Dexuan said helplessly: "This incident shows His Majesty's partiality towards his brothers and sisters. He knew that there was something hidden in this matter but turned a blind eye to it. He did not care about the family ties between our ancestors at all. You should also recognize the situation clearly and not act rashly outside. ”
Where does Dou Huairang care about that?
All he said was that if he canceled his marriage proposal, Fang Jun would not target him, and he would be completely safe.
Still with lingering fear, he said: "Fortunately, Fang Er is in a high position now and has some scruples. This time he just warned him through King Jiang. Otherwise, if he had followed his behavior back then, the child's life would have been in danger!"
Dou Huaizhen was angry that he would not argue: "My Dou family has been handed down for generations with military exploits. Why is my second brother so timid? The reason why he dared to attack Qiu Shenji in the first place was because Taizong had been dissatisfied with Qiu Xinggong for a long time. He would never blame Qiu Shenji for his death." Room 2. However, I, the Dou family, are relatives of the emperor, and there is still something in your majesty’s body. How can we, the Dou family, sit back and watch our second brother being killed? As long as you stand straight and hold on, Fang Er will never dare to attack you. If you can marry Princess Jinyang back, our family's reputation will instantly increase. Within twenty years, the children will be prosperous and the family fortune will be prosperous, but it is a pity..."
Dou Huairang, who was lying on the mat, disagreed and retorted: "Brother, I'm not afraid. Anyway, it's not you who wants to marry Princess Jinyang, and Fang Er's knife is not your turn, so you can make sarcastic remarks on the sidelines."
"Stop arguing!"
Dou Dexuan was depressed and irritable. When he saw his two sons criticizing each other and hurting the peace, he said angrily: "This matter has been dropped, what's the use of talking about it anymore? Da Lang, you work diligently in the yamen and accumulate political achievements. You are not promoted." It was difficult. Erlang took this opportunity to look for famous teachers and concentrate on his studies. Three years passed in a blink of an eye. When the imperial examination came, he had a great future, so why bother to blame others again? "
Even so, he knew in his heart that His Majesty had already developed a prejudice against the Dou family. Unless he had outstanding achievements, it would be difficult to achieve success in his official career.
At first, I thought that marrying Princess Jinyang was a clever move. The so-called fact that Fang Jun coveted Princess Jinyang was completely false. Now it seems that this move was a bad one...
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After entering the Tai Chi Palace, Fang Jun followed the chamberlain to the front of the Wude Palace. Looking at the double-eaves palace in the misty rain, Fang Jun sighed imperceptibly.
The current relationship between him and Li Chengqian is very delicate. It has both the deep friendship in the past and the tit-for-tat in the present. Friendship on one side and interests on the other are mixed together and complicated. Both sides worked hard to maintain this subtlety and were unwilling to take strong measures to cause the situation to become unbalanced. However, when Li Yun and Dou Huairang appeared like this, Li Chengqian was afraid that he would become angry and mistakenly think that he was behind the instigation.
Even if it is an explanation, I am afraid it cannot be explained clearly...
When they entered the imperial study, they saw Li Yun lying on the floor, Li Chengqian sitting behind the imperial desk drinking tea, and no one else.
There are no outsiders here, this is about to happen...
Fang Jun took two steps forward, bowed and saluted: "I have an audience with Your Majesty."
Li Chengqian put down his tea cup, his face was gloomy, without any hint of joy or anger, and he said calmly: "Dare I ask the Lieutenant, do you still have me in your eyes? Will you still regard me as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"
The atmosphere suddenly froze. Li Yun, who was lying on the ground, quietly raised his arms to hide his face. Even though his heart was beating fast, he tried hard to maintain his slight breathing and minimize his sense of existence...
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