Taiping Inn

Chapter 72 The Grand Princess

Eunuch Ma's face was covered with gray mist, which was the symptom of the entry of the "Xuanyin Sword Qi Evil". As a great master of the Heavenly Realm, he was certainly not helpless, but it took time. Sitting in meditation and regulating breathing, slowly dissolving it, or pushing it out of the body. At this time, will Li Xuan give him time?

Even if he can restore his full status, Li Xuandu's nickname in the world is "Purple Palace Sword Immortal". The key is the word "sword". He has not even forced Li Xuandu to "human world". Why Talk about winning?

Li Xuandu said, "I've taken my words to heart twice and twice, and I've taken action twice?"

The breath suddenly condensed.

Except for Li Xuandu and Zhou Shuning, everyone, including Eunuch Ma and Prince Yan, felt that they had reached a critical moment, and their life and death were all in the thought of this Purple Palace Sword Immortal.

If it were Li Xuandu, two years ago in Tianbao, these people would naturally die, and they would not even have the previous two opportunities. However, Li Xuandu now adheres to the rules of "If you can kill, don't kill people" and does not rush to hurt. Kill the killer.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment, and it could be considered as waiting for a moment, as if he was waiting for someone.

Sure enough, a short while later, a woman's voice came, "Stop."

Li Xuandu turned his head and looked slowly. A woman looked like she was about forty years old. She looked beautiful and graceful. She had a slightly frown. There was a little vermilion-red tear mole under her left eye, and her face was a little melancholy. He looks like a woman's crown.

When Li Xuandu saw this person, he immediately showed a little reminiscence, a little emotion, and a little sudden, and finally turned into a sigh.

Zhou Shuning saw Li Xuandu's appearance and thought to herself: "Can you be a confidante of your brother again? But it seems that he is a little older, probably not. Could it be that his brother's sister who has been missing for many years? No, my brother said He has been lonely since childhood and has no parents and family. It’s not the woman who made his brother dream of when he was young. In short, when his brother was thirteen or fourteen years old, this woman was still in her prime. "

Just as Zhou Shuning was thinking about it, Li Xuandu said, "It turns out that His Highness Princess has arrived."

At the same time, many entourages in the hall had already knelt down and saluted. Even the imperial horse supervisor, the imperial horse supervisor, had his waist straightened, but his head lowered. The trapped Prince Yan continued to struggle, and his blocked mouth sounded "whimpering".

Since the death of the four ministers, the royal family has broken the iron law of not being allowed to participate in politics. Among them, King Jin was the leader, followed by King Yan and King Tang. In addition to these three princes, there is also a female royal family member, that is Emperor Muzong. Sister, Princess Xuanzhen.

According to the Great Wei system, the emperor's daughter was called "princess", the emperor's sisters were called "the eldest princess", and the emperor's aunt's generation was called "the eldest princess". Now that the emperor is Emperor Tianbao, Princess Xuanzhen naturally becomes Princess Xuanzhen.

Speaking of this eldest princess, she is also a legendary figure. She is the youngest sister of Emperor Muzong and is also the most favored by Emperor Muzong. Before Xie Zhi took office, she had a good relationship with Princess Xuanzhen, who was not the eldest princess at that time. The two are allies in the palace and serve as an aid to each other. Later, Emperor Muzong married Princess Xuanzhen to the son of Duke Liang. Duke Liang's ancestors once married a princess, and it was the second princess at that time. It was a good story at that time. Unfortunately, the little duke's life was not good, so he got married. After half a year, she passed away. At that time, Princess Xuanzhen, who was still young, did not remarry, but chose to become a monk and serve the teachings.

In today's world, some noble women are unwilling to marry, or want more of their own, so they will choose to become a monk and be a woman's crown, and can freely receive male guests, or use the woman's crown to avoid marriage, and hide for a year and a half. Then choose a new partner. Princess Xuanzhen took this path, so she dressed in a female crown. After Emperor Muzong agreed, she gave her the name "Yuying", so she can also be called Master Yuying, and Zhang Jingchen, the Zhengyi Sect The magicians have similar skills, both of which are second only to the real person’s title.

After Emperor Muzong's death, the court became the dominant minister. After the suppression of eunuchs by Sejong Dynasty and the importance of Muzong Dynasty to civil servants, and the loss of military officers and nobles of Yingzong Dynasty in the several battles with the Golden Horde, the civil servant group had reached its peak at this time. The most straightforward example is that in terms of official positions, Zhang Suqing and Qin Xiang are both first-rate, but everyone thinks that Zhang Suqing promoted and reused Qin Xiang, and regarded Qin Xiang as Zhang Suqing's "party" rather than an ally, which shows that the literary nobles and martial arts are inferior. As the head of civil officials, Zhang Suqing is also the teacher of the emperor. In addition, the young emperor has a bit of the meaning of a false king. Some people even say that Zhang Suqing is "not actually taking charge of the emperor", which means that he is not the prime minister. , but regent.

Queen Mother Xie Zhi felt that she was powerless to fight against the four ministers, so she began to win over the royal family, including the Grand Princess Xuanzhen. However, unlike the radicalism of the Prince of Jin and the moderation of the other two princes, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen acted as a middleman between the Queen Mother and the four ministers. She first proposed to confer the title of "Grand Master" on Zhang Suqing, to take charge of the government, the Queen Mother to participate in government affairs, and the Prince of Jin to assist in government affairs, to ease the contradictions between the civil service group and the royal family, and to try to find a balance between the royal family and the cabinet. Although the Grand Princess Xuanzhen's plan ultimately failed due to the implementation of Zhang Suqing's new policy, the involvement of local tyrants such as the Zhengyi Sect and the Qingwei Sect, and the instigation of the geomancer Xu Wugui, both the current civil official leader Sun Songchan and the Queen Mother Xie Zhi still regarded the Grand Princess as an indispensable middleman. As a result, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen was able to participate in government affairs, which was the peak of the power of the princesses of the Wei Dynasty.

Nowadays, there is a saying in the court that there are two parties, the emperor's party and the empress's party. The emperor's party is mainly composed of civil officials, while the empress's party is mainly composed of royal family members. In the final analysis, it is precisely because the emperor is young and has never ruled the country personally that the empress dowager and the royal family have room to exercise power. The kings naturally favor the empress dowager for the power in their hands. The civil officials repeatedly asked the emperor to rule the country personally, and it was precisely because the royal family of Wei was idle and the emperor ruled the world alone with hundreds of officials, and at most eunuchs, so the civil officials wanted to drive the royal family out of the temple. This is also the key to the dispute between the two sides over power. Once you have tasted the power, it is difficult to let it go. The King of Jin and others have tasted the power, so how can they let it go? They have thought about taking all the power and establishing a cabinet composed of royal family members. Unfortunately, the governors and governors of various places have already split up. The Jiangnan tyrants headed by the Zhengyi Sect are still brooding over the last change in the imperial capital, and the Liaodong tyrants headed by the Butian Sect and the Qin family are eyeing it covetously. If there is a change in the imperial capital, they can immediately enter the capital to serve the king and clear the court. The King of Jin and others dare not move.

In this situation, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen is particularly important. Both sides need such a middleman to talk and mediate. The Grand Princess Xuanzhen is the best choice. In terms of origin, she belongs to the royal family, but in terms of position, she is neither the queen party nor the emperor party.

The reason why Li Xuandu met the Grand Princess Xuanzhen can be traced back to the first year of Tianbao. At that time, he first met Zhang Baigui and Zhang Baiyue, and came to the Imperial Capital. He was young and vigorous, and defeated all the masters in the Imperial Capital with swords, thus becoming famous in the capital. At that time, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen had already participated in politics at the invitation of Xie Zhi, and had many retainers under her command. Among them, there was a swordsman who was dissatisfied with Li Xuandu's fame and fought with Li Xuandu. As a result, he was defeated miserably. Li Xuandu, who was surly and had the style of Zhang Haishi at that time, directly cut off his wrist, which led to the Grand Princess Xuanzhen.

At that time, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen had a bad impression of Li Xuandu. She thought that although this young man was amazing, he would be too sharp and would be exposed. He did not know how to restrain himself, and sooner or later he would be too hard and easy to break. She wanted to use her power to punish Li Xuandu slightly, both to ask for an explanation for her retainers and to teach Li Xuandu a lesson and let him restrain himself a little. However, Zhang Baiyue, as the daughter of Zhang Suqing, had a very good relationship with Grand Princess Xuanzhen at that time. They were close friends regardless of age. Grand Princess Xuanzhen had no children and regarded Zhang Baiyue as half a daughter. Therefore, under Zhang Baiyue's mediation, Li Xuandu and Grand Princess Xuanzhen finally put aside their prejudices and turned hostility into friendship.

Seeing his old friend, Li Xuandu was also overwhelmed with emotions and couldn't help but sighed: "It has been five years since we parted in the second year of Tianbao. It's like a fleeting moment. I wonder how Grand Princess is doing recently?"

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