Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 302
Furong Garden is a former Sui royal forbidden garden, standing on the south bank of Qujiang Pool.

Last autumn, His Majesty Li Er bestowed this forbidden garden of the former court to Wei Wang Li Tai. This move was once interpreted as a harbinger of easy storage, which caused a storm in the court.Although His Majesty Li Er later denied the rumors that he wanted to store Yi Chu in front of his eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, it was difficult to dispel the doubts in the hearts of the ministers.

Li Tai liked this place very much, so he stood up to the imperial censor's impeachment and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to renovate it, making this imperial forbidden garden more luxurious, elegant and magnificent.

This year's weather was abnormal, the sun was scorching even before the summer, Li Tai was fat and afraid of the heat, so he moved out of the Wei Palace and stayed in the Furong Garden, planning to escape the summer heat this year.

Yesterday's heavy rain not only alleviated the drought in Guanzhong, but also washed away the vast imperial forbidden garden. The pavilions are like washing, the pavilions are bright, the vegetation is green, and the style is radiant.

Wei Wang Li Tai knelt on the futon in the Buddhist hall, his eyes were slightly closed, and his expression was solemn.

Today is June [-]th, the birthday of Avalokitesvara.

Before five o'clock, Li Tai fasted and took a bath, knelt in the Buddhist hall, prayed sincerely, and prayed for the blessing of the deceased queen mother.

The Li Tang royal family claimed to be the descendants of Lao Tzu, and they respected Taoism as the state religion, but because the eldest grandson empress was called "Guanyin Maid", so not only Li Tai, but also His Majesty Li Er also built a Buddhist hall in the palace to worship Guanyin Buddha.

What's more, His Majesty Li Er, who is best at balancing all his life, just used Lao Tzu's name to put a layer of lofty clothes on the Li Tang royal family, so how could he sit back and watch Taoism dominate and be unstoppable?Therefore, while advocating the Tao, one does not restrain the Buddha.

His Majesty Li Er is very familiar with the way of balance...

In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, the Changsun family collapsed in the Lizheng Hall and was posthumously named Queen Wende.

In the next six months, Li Tai missed his dead mother, and was in pain...

As time goes by, no matter how deep the grief is, it will be ruthlessly worn away by the years, but the deep nostalgia cannot be worn away.

In His Majesty Li Er's harem, Empress Changsun is definitely a very special existence.

She would never suppress any favored concubine, but none of the concubines dared to be pampered and disrespectful to the queen.

She never asked about political affairs, but His Majesty Li Er always had to talk about it in front of the queen whenever he encountered difficult decisions.

Her own children are only three sons and three daughters, but all the sons and daughters of His Majesty Li Er, there is no one who does not respect and love this graceful empress...

Li Tai is conceited and arrogant, but he always regards his mother as proud!

However, now, Li Tai is alone in this Buddhist hall, his power, fame and fortune seem to have been isolated in his previous life, with green gauze curtains and a lamp like a bean, but there is a burst of sadness in his heart...

Queen Mother!
Why can't you give birth to the blue sparrow before the big brother?

If the child is a prince, he will naturally inherit the great achievements of his father, and continue this glorious Tang Dynasty, so that my Tang Dynasty will be so powerful that it will shake the four fields and the eight wildernesses, and it will not fall for a hundred years!
Since you can't give me the status of the eldest son, why did you give me this intelligent talent and extraordinary talent?

Rather than let the child silently watch the eldest brother ascend the throne, it is better to be born a mediocre person, sensual, eat, drink and play, and be a prosperous idle king who eats and waits to die...

Li Tai, who was kneeling upright, had a bitter smile on his lips.

In the Forbidden Palace a few days ago, what Fang Jun said gave him an enlightenment, and he had to wake up suddenly from his dream of becoming a prince.

Fang Jun's hypotheses seem to be nonsense, but they are actually the inevitable result.

After calculation, it seems that only the crown prince inherits the throne, and the brothers can be safe and sound. Once the crown prince is abolished, no matter if he is replaced by Li Tai or the impossible Xiao Jiu, the other two will undoubtedly die.

This is not a question of who is cruel. When that step is reached, even if you can't bear it in your heart and don't want it in every way, the government will push you to that end.

Fang Jun can see it clearly, how can the father not understand it?

Li Tai felt empty in his heart. His long-cherished wish for many years turned out to be nothing but wishful thinking when he woke up. The loss was simply indescribable...

"Your Highness..."

Light footsteps sounded behind him, and Yan's soft voice sounded.

Li Tai frowned slightly.

For Yan Shi, he respects and loves each other. This lady from a famous family not only has a beautiful appearance and natural beauty, but also has a gentle and virtuous personality, soft and considerate. In ordinary times, Li Tai respects everyone very much, no matter who is in front of her.

He has an arrogant temperament, easy to get angry and angry, and when his temper flares up, only Yan Shi's soft words can make him restrain himself.

But only when praying for the mother in the Buddhist hall, even Yan Shi is not allowed to disturb her!

In the past, Li Tai couldn't say a few words to reprimand him.

It's just that now... Fang Jun's words seemed to take away all his ambitions. The man no longer has the arrogance to go up to the sky, so why bother to flirt with his wife and concubine?

Li Tai let out a sigh of relief and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, it is the eldest grandson Zongzheng and Liu Yushi who have come here together." Wei Princess Yan said cautiously with a little fear.

She naturally knew that Li Tai would never be disturbed by others when he was in the Buddhist hall, but today the two arms of His Highness came together with dignified expressions, and she dared not miss the big deal.

"En." Li Tai responded, stood up, lightly arranged the scattered robes, smiled at the nervous Yan, and left the Buddhist hall.

Yan Shi was a little dazed, His Highness was not annoyed?

Li Tai strolled out of the Buddhist hall and walked back to the main hall along the corridor.

The lotus in the pond is full of flowers, and the koi are patrolling in the clear water, turning over and swaying their tails, creating a circle of water patterns, enjoying themselves.

Li Tai felt inexplicably better...

In the main hall, Changsun Chong sat opposite to Liu Lei, the censor who governed the book, and chatted some gossip with a smile. Seeing the fat figure of His Royal Highness King Wei appeared at the door, they stood up together and bowed to salute.

Li Tai waved his hand and said with a smile: "They are all from my own family, why should I be so formal? It made me feel uncomfortable, so get down quickly."

The two quickly thanked them, and stopped being polite. When Wei Wang Li Tai took the main seat, they also sat down casually.

The maid served the fragrant tea again and took away the original teacup.

Li Tai pointed to the crystal clear white porcelain teacup in his hand, and said with a smile: "When I entered the palace yesterday, my father rewarded my uncle with the Mingqian Longjing. Thanks to my uncle, I also got a few catties. When I leave later, Bring some, this is pure tribute tea, if you have money, you have no place to buy it!"

Changsun Chongfeng thanked him with a smile, "No wonder my father was in a good mood when he came back from the palace yesterday, and he got such a good tea. Since His Highness is generous, then a certain one will be disrespectful, ha ha!"

In fact, Changsun Wuji got this Mingqian tea from His Majesty Li Er, and sent Changsun Chong a catty when he returned home. Changsun Chong entertained the Wu brothers with this tea...

Liu Lei took a sip and praised: "Although the feud between my minister and Fang Jun is as deep as the sea, and I wish I could kill him, I have to admit that this method of making tea by hand is indeed the best of nature. The essence, the beauty of returning to the basics, is more than one level higher than the art of making tea with random additions of various condiments!"

Li Tai laughed, and said teasingly, "Isn't Liu Yushi afraid that those words will spread and be ridiculed by that Fang Jun?"

Liu Lei shook his head and said: "My husband, since he is fair and upright, that Fang Jun's character is terrible, but it has nothing to do with this fragrant tea. If someone hates him and misses good tea for nothing, wouldn't that make Fang Jun even more proud ?”

Changsun Chong praised: "Liu Yushi is indeed an elegant man, with an upright temperament and a selfless heart. He is indeed a role model for our juniors. I will toast Liu Yushi with tea instead of wine!"

The three of them chuckled, raised the teacup together, and took a sip.

Putting down the teacup, Liu Lei sighed softly: "This Jun Fang is really amazing, this skill of summoning wind and rain, not only freed His Majesty from the rumors and slanders, but also drove all the powerful families to a desperate situation in one fell swoop, you can't accept it! "

Chang Sun Chong's smile froze for a moment, feeling a little jealous in his heart, but his expression relaxed immediately, he shook his head and said, "There are rumors that Fang Jun has the ability to call wind and rain, and I really don't believe it. His Majesty was not the only one present at the southern foot of Mount Li to pray for rain. , and Li Chunfeng from the Taishi Bureau. Li Chunfeng is already a half-immortal body, who knows what he really thinks? Besides, Fang Jun’s good days are probably only a few days away..."

(End of this chapter)