Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 819

Wang Pingan listened to Queen Wang's words, ahed, and said: "Little nun Liaokong and the emperor practiced rituals together? What kind of religious rituals are you doing?"

Queen Wang snorted, and said, "How do I know what religious rituals they are doing? Could it be that when they are doing it, I have to watch from the sidelines and pass them handkerchiefs and tea?"

She said this angrily. After she finished speaking, she felt that it was inappropriate, and she lost her status as a queen, so she had to add another sentence: "I am afraid that the emperor will be tired, so I will send him delicious food to nourish his body. The gift is black-bone chicken."

"Black-bone chicken?" Wang Ping'an nodded, and said, "This is indeed good for fatigue, but women eat it better, and the effect is better. For example, stewed black-bone chicken with red beans, sealwort, and tangerine peel can nourish blood, nourish the skin and strengthen the body..."

Before he could finish speaking, Empress Wang snorted and said, "Next time I won't give black-bone chicken, but Huang Jing directly, let them eat their fill!"

Wang Pingan was taken aback, and thought: "You are so angry, why is she acting like a shrew now, even if she dared to think about these words before, she might not dare to say them!"

Queen Wang said: "Brother, my sister intends to send the little nun out of the palace as soon as possible, so as not to worry about it. Once the matter of establishing the crown prince is over, send her away. This matter will still be handled by you!"

Wang Ping'an frowned, he wanted to send Wu Meiniang out so soon, but if she didn't send her away, depending on what the queen meant, she might secretly plot against her. It's very common for people to die in the palace, and the emperor couldn't always be on guard. By Wu Meiniang's side, if she was plotted against, it would be difficult to find out.

Wang Pingan said: "Sister, it seems inappropriate to send her away so soon. Originally, the emperor wanted to make Zhong'er the crown prince today, but Xiao Yu jumped out. After all the chaos, he couldn't directly Li Cheng Zhong'er, it was changed to lottery, I don't know what is the relationship between Xiao Yu and Xiao Huhu, but relatives?"

Empress Wang was startled, she shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of it before. Ah, if this is the case, Fox Xiao is still very threatening. Brother, think of a way, how can we get rid of Fox Xiao?"

Wang Ping'an grinned, "Is there any mistake? Gong Dou is your women's business. How can I kill a concubine? Besides, Concubine Xiao Shu will be repaired by someone, so I don't need to do it!"

He said: "I'm not very familiar with the things in the palace, I'm afraid I can't help you! Sister, you have to find a way for yourself."

Queen Wang sighed, and she also knew that asking Wang Ping'an for this matter was not enough, so she didn't force it anymore.

The two talked for a while, and Wang Ping'an left immediately.

The more Queen Wang thinks about it, the more useless she becomes. She is a majestic queen, but she has no choice but to be a little concubine.But she couldn't think of a good way, so she had to give up. After a while, she remembered that the little nun Kong came again, and she had some tricks to deal with the little nun. Now she could feel a little more balanced in her heart, and she planned to wait for Li Zhongyi When he became the prince, he immediately crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and drove the little nun out of the palace.

In the next two days, the ministers of the DPRK and China were all busy, and the crown prince had to draw lots. This kind of thing had never been done before, and there were no records to check, so he had to innovate.As long as everything has something to do with "newness", there will be troubles. In order to take a place in this grand event and leave a name in the history, the ministers naturally came up with ideas one after another, making the lottery like a sacrifice and a celebration. nondescript.

When the auspicious day came, Li Zhi personally led a group of ministers and concubines with princes to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors of the Li family, and began to draw lots.

The sacrificial etiquette was rather complicated. The weather was hot at this time. After the ceremony of more than two hours, even the physically strong people would inevitably be exhausted, and the elderly ministers even had signs of heat stroke.

For example, Xiao Yu, who is over 70 years old, can’t stand even the soy sauce during the ceremony. To sacrifice to the ancestors of the Tang royal family, but the ministers are not allowed to stand, they have to kneel. The whole ceremony is simply, Just kneel down and kowtow, listen to the sacrificial oration, then kowtow again, then listen to the bells and drums, and then kowtow again... Finally, you don't even need to kowtow, as long as the eunuch above makes a sound, the heads of the ministers will hit the ground. , never mind why!
Wang Ping'an was sweating profusely and complained in his heart. Sacrifice is really too cumbersome. Ordinary people's is okay, but this royal one is too terrible. It seems that if you don't make the living faint, you can't show your nostalgia for your ancestors!
After all, the sacrifice was over.Chu Suiliang stepped forward and read the article on why the prince should be established. He wrote it himself, and according to his temper, he would write it anyway as long as people could not understand it.

After listening drowsily for a long time, Wang Pingan heard that Chu Suiliang asked the ministers to pray for a quarter of an hour.In fact, this is to let the emperor and ministers go to the latrine for convenience, otherwise, who can bear it after kneeling for two hours? Cheng Xiandi!

All the ministers went to make conveniences one after another, and Wang Ping'an naturally went too. Under the leadership of the little eunuch, he went to the hut.Well, the hut of the Taimiao is really big enough for hundreds of people at the same time. It seems that the people who built the Taimiao also understand the process of sacrifice, so they built such a humane big hut.

After Wang Ping'an made it easy, just after he came out, he saw a small official coming over with a nod and bowed his head, and said with a smile: "Master Wang, the subordinate Xiao Siti, under the order of Lady Xiao, has something to discuss with you, please take a moment to speak. "

When Wang Pingan heard that it was Xiao Siti, his expression darkened immediately, and he shouted: "You are a mere official, why did you come here to participate in such an important ceremony?"

There are rules for this kind of ceremony. Officials who are not of high rank can't come to participate at all. Otherwise, how many officials in the whole Chang'an, everyone will come, and the Taimiao doesn't have such a big place for them to kneel!
Xiao Si retreated under the order of Concubine Xiao Shu and came to find out what Wang Ping'an said.Ever since she found out about the lottery to establish the crown prince, Concubine Xiao Shu started to move around. It's a pity that she didn't have any strong support in the court, only one Xiao Situ could help, but Xiao Situ's official position was too small, so she didn't have the qualifications to fight with her at all. When high-ranking officials interact, they can't ask for anyone.

In desperation, Xiao Situi had no choice but to bite the bullet and thicken his face, and came to Wang Ping'an. If you can get a little friendship with Wang Ping'an, you can get some news!

Seeing that Wang Ping'an's face was dark, Xiao Situ thought: "Ah, it is so shameless to draw lots to establish the crown prince, but everyone has a chance. If Su Jie really becomes the crown prince, you are not afraid that I will retaliate against you. He is a real relative of the Crown Prince!"

But before he could show his three-inch tongue, Wang Pingan didn't give him a chance at all. He narrowed his eyes and said, "You bastard, what do you want to say to Zhenxiang? Ah, I see, you I want the truth to cheat and mess up the lottery ceremony! Hmph, the truth must be told to the emperor, you just wait to be punished!"

After speaking, Wang Pingan flicked his sleeves and strode away.At this kind of moment, I am most afraid of vacillating, and I must never do things that are both right and wrong, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of people in my own camp, especially in this kind of public occasion, how can he follow Xiao Siti to find a place to talk, this is a crime Taboo!
Xiao Si retired from a lowly position and was unable to understand the mentality of senior officials. He was shocked and angry when he saw Wang Ping'an being so disrespectful. He was considered a relative of the emperor after all. How could kinship be despised to such an extent!

Xiao Si was so angry that his face turned purple, he stood at the door of the hut, and said in a hateful voice: "When I go home, make a straw man, write your name on it, stab every day, beat every day, I think you can still be arrogant how long!"

This place is the door of the hut, people come and go, Xiao Situi was talking to himself here, just happened to be overheard, this person is none other than Mi Xiaomiao, a proud eunuch!

After Mi Xiaomiao went to the latrine, just after washing, he thought the towel inside was dirty. He didn't like to use things that everyone used. He was shaking his hands, but suddenly saw a green robed official standing at the door, muttering He muttered about the man who tied the grass.

Mi Xiaomiao looked forward, saw Wang Ping'an's back, and immediately understood that this little official was cursing Wang Ping'an.He and Wang Ping'an can be regarded as iron buddies, and of course he didn't want Wang Ping'an to be cursed.

Pretending not to hear anything, Mi Xiaomiao coughed and said, "Hey, hey, what about you, go and get me a handkerchief, you're so blind!" He wanted to teach Wang Pingan a lesson for this little official.

Xiao Situ was startled, turned around and saw that it was Mi Xiaomiao, Master Mi didn't recognize him, but he did recognize Master Mi.Xiao Situi hurriedly put on a smiling face, and said: "Yes, I'll take the handkerchief for Mr. Mi."

Mi Xiaomiao snorted. He has a problem, that is, he doesn't like others to call him father-in-law, but likes to be called Mr. Mi, but only those who are familiar with him know his problem, but how does this person know?

Mi Xiaomiao said: "That's all, our family can't wait here. By the way, you look familiar. What's your name? Where do you work?"

Xiao Situi hurriedly said: "Humble job Xiao Situi..."

Before he finished speaking, Mi Xiaomiao said: "You are the uncle of Concubine Shu, right? Our family remembers!" With his hands on his back, Xiao Situi ignored him, and he walked away swaggeringly.

Hey, Xiao Si retreated into a rage, why are these big shots all of the same virtue!Look down on me, right? I also look down on you. My ancestors even had emperors. How old are you?See if I don't look back, I will make a straw man, and I will beat you together, the villain, and the eunuch!

Mi Xiaomiao caught up with Wang Ping'an, and said in a low voice: "President Wang, you have offended Concubine Xiao Shu's family. Just now, Xiao Situi scolded you behind your back. Our family overheard him and said he wanted to make a straw man and beat you up." Little man, hit you!"

Wang Pingan was taken aback, and thought: "There are such things? Well, people nowadays believe in ghosts and gods, and it's not surprising that they believe in grass-roots people. But I have to tell Queen Wang about this matter. I am here for her son. If she can become the crown prince, she will be stunned, so why don't she thank me very much!"

After returning to the main hall, not long after, the ministers came back conveniently and stood in line again.Li Zhi also made it easier and drank some mung bean soup. He felt very tired and wanted to go back early, but he couldn't leave before the ceremony was over, so he could only lament that being an emperor was hard work.

Chu Suiliang and Changsun Wuji are also tired, but this ceremony was made by them, not for anything else, just to make everyone tired, as long as everyone is so tired that they are going to faint, and they cheat, they will be safe.

Chu Suiliang took the article and began to read it again, suing heaven, earth, and ancestors for another hour, until the sun was westward, and the ministers were really going to suffer from heat stroke!

Finally the confession was over, Chu Suiliang said: "The auspicious time has come, the golden box will be inspected!" He had prepared enough for the front, and finally said these eight words, both the emperor and the ministers were relieved.

Changsun Wuji personally held a tray with a few small gold medals, engraved on the gold medals, one of which was engraved with "Shuntian's will", and the rest of the gold medals were engraved with "Everything You Don't Do".

The meaning of Shuntian comes from the jade seal that is ordered by heaven, which means longevity and longevity; while Shijunbuer is taken from "Guoyu".Of course, you can't write "Li" or "No Lie" on the gold medal, you have to write orthodox gorgeous words and sentences.

The eldest grandson Wuji held the tray and showed it to Li Zhi first. Li Zhi nodded, and then he showed it to the concubines. The Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu were both there, holding their own princes. After seeing the gold medal, they all nodded Approved.Changsun Wuji held the tray again and went to show it to the ministers, who nodded in the same way, and the cutscene was over.

After checking the lottery, Changsun Wuji took the front, turned his back, and put the gold medal into the gold box.

Wang Ping stared at the performance, but he didn't notice Changsun Wuji changing the gold medal. He wondered, why didn't he cheat?Didn't two sets of gold medals come out?Gold medals are not difficult to make, two days of effort, let alone two sets, even two hundred sets are enough!
Chu Suiliang stood up again and babbled a lot, which annoyed everyone present and wanted to throw his shoes at him. After a long time, Chu Suiliang said: "The elders and children are in order, please the eldest son of the emperor to draw the gold medal!"

Empress Wang hurriedly took Li Zhong's hand, led him to the gold box, and whispered: "As your mother taught you, take out a gold medal from the box!"

Li Zhong responded, and the child obediently put his hand into the small hole in the middle of the box. After fumbling for a long time, he took out a gold medal and handed it to Zhangsun Wuji next to him.

Changsun Wuji took the gold medal, pretended to be surprised, and shouted loudly: "This is really the will of heaven, the will of my ancestors in the Tang Dynasty! It is the will of heaven!" He held up the gold medal high, turned around and strode forward, showing To Li Zhi.

Li Zhi still didn't know the tricks of this lottery. He really thought that Li Zhong was lucky. He was the first one to draw, but he won the meaning of Shun Tian. Liezong's blessing, then I will immediately..."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Hold on, Your Majesty, my concubines are not convinced!"

The shout was so high-pitched and loud that everyone was startled!
Li Zhi turned his face to look and saw that it was Concubine Xiao Shu. He was very impatient, everyone was so tired, and the ceremony was finally coming to an end, but she yelled again, which was really annoying.

Empress Wang was also angry, she had known for a long time that this little fox was going to pick up Yao'ezi, so she was right!

Concubine Xiao Shu saw that her son didn't come forward, there was no chance, the lottery was over, and Li Zhong became the crown prince, how could she be convinced.

With red eyes, Concubine Xiao Shu said: "The concubine wants to check the lottery, I'm afraid the lottery has been tampered with!"

(End of this chapter)