Chapter 20 Han Wang Mansion ()

In the morning sun, water poured down from the east, and the night was diluted little by little. A trace of morning light reflected into Li Ke's bedroom from the window. Under the hazy light, the interior decoration was vaguely seen extremely elegant. Li Ke turned over and woke up. The scene of the banquet last night seemed to be gradually closer, and it was clearly seen that Li Shimin made Li Chengqian the crown prince, and then pardoned the world and the people to enjoy it, which was enough to prove that he had high expectations for Li Chengqian. This made Li Ke's joy of being named King of Han, and instead felt a little regret and a little worry.

"There is no perfect result, only a perfect beginning." Li Ke shook his head comfortingly and sat up from the bed. Because of his days of practicing swords and learning calligraphy, he has become accustomed to getting up early.

Today, he woke up a little earlier because something more important than practicing swords was waiting for him, that was to move to the Han Palace. From then on, he would no longer be able to live in the palace. In fact, many princes in history were proud of living in the palace because it was a privilege given by the emperor. Those who can enjoy such treatment would only be favored by their favorite son. This was an opportunity for the prince. It was an opportunity to be directly approached by the holy listener, which was very easy to make the emperor pay attention to himself. If he made a little more achievements, it would be easy to win the holy heart. At the same time, this also shows that he was even more favored among the princes and was fortunate to be such a honor.

During the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi was the luckiest. In the late Zhenguan period, Li Shimin kept Li Zhi, who had become the crown prince, by his side. For this reason, the ministers wrote letters twice in the 18th year of Zhenguan and 20th year of Zhenguan. In the memorial, they said, "Father and son cannot be in love", and asked the emperor to let the crown prince return to the East Palace. In the end, the two sides compromised. Prince Li Zhi was in the East Palace on the 15th and stayed with his father on the 15th. Li Ke is now the prince, and it is natural to move to the prince's mansion. Although Li Shimin did not specifically order him to move out as soon as possible, he did not have to be so anxious, but he liked to move to his Han Palace early. Especially after seeing Li Chengqian had entered the East Palace at the banquet last night, he did not want to stay in the palace anymore. The palace was full of people, with Li Shimin and Empress Changsun and many people supervised it, which was not conducive to his own behavior.

After Li Ke practiced swords and had dinner as usual, and went to Qianqiu Palace to pay tribute to Concubine Yang, he took Xiao Baozi out of Chengtian Gate to Zongzheng Temple.

Zongzheng Temple is one of the five supervisors of the Central Nine Temples, and is a direct agency for managing the affairs of the emperor's clan. Generally, the promotion of officials is assessed by the Ministry of Personnel to provide official documents, and then the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the provision of official uniforms, mansions, seals, etc. As the emperor's family, the royal family belongs to a privileged class and enjoys a high political and social status. Therefore, they rarely interfere in Zongzheng Temple, the management agency of the royal family. Li Ke was named a prince and belongs to the Li family. The Ministry of Personnel only symbolically issued official documents, and other matters are under the management of Zongzheng Temple. Zongzheng Temple generally has one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, two persons, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, one person, are in charge of the sect. Their relatives are determined by the clan, and the Shaoqing is the second, and the chief officials are mostly held by people with respect for the royal family, or those with extremely high ranks and one person is in charge of the seniority.

Therefore, the one who could come to Zongzheng Temple was either the royal relative or the national relative. When the servant saw that Li Ke was coming, he hurriedly welcomed him into the inner room, served him tea, fruit and snacks, and asked him to wait for a while, and report to the manager on duty himself.

Li Ke took a sip of tea and sat bored. The little Baozi behind him stood carefully. Soon, a man in his 40s, who was in his royal uniform walked in, followed by the servant just now. Li Ke quickly asked Xiao Baozi who was the one who came. Xiao Baozi replied that it was Li Xiaogong, the King of Hejian Yuan, and his uncle Wang. Li Ke did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly stood up to greet him and stepped forward and bowed: "Li Ke has seen Uncle Wang."

Li Xiaogong helped Li Ke up and said, "Your nephew doesn't need to give this great gift. I wonder what it means to come here today?"

Li Ke's mind was quickly turned around, and he found the information about Li Xiaogong in his memory. Li Xiaogong was one of the twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion in Zhenguan. He had outstanding military achievements and was even more a rare handsome talent in the royal family. Li Ke was puzzled. Although the Zongzheng Temple minister managed everything in the royal family and had a respectable status, he had no real power. He was idle and mainly placed some royal families with outstanding military achievements. How could Li Xiaogong be the minister of Zongzheng Temple? It is rare that Li Shimin already had his heart to him, but looking at the Zhenguan period, there were few cases of so-called great achievements that shocked the master and were killed. It was still important to do serious matters. Li Ke muttered for a while, and was inconvenient to think more, and said respectfully: "Yesterday Ke was named King of Han, and he should have moved to the Han Palace. Therefore, today, I came to Zongzheng Temple to go through the immigration procedures and receive seals and ribbons."

Li Xiaogong didn't expect that Li Ke had just been named King of Han yesterday, and wanted to move out of the palace today. He wondered why he was so anxious to move out of the palace. It is rare that there is another hidden truth in the enthronement of the crown prince? But after all, he didn't ask, just said lightly: "Wait for a moment, I will handle it for you." Then he gave a few instructions to the officer behind him. The officer nodded to show his understanding and bowed and retreated.

When Li Ke saw Li Xiaogong, he immediately sent someone to handle the matter and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

Li Xiaogong smiled softly and said, "Why should you be so polite to me? It is my duty to manage the royal family." As he said, Li Xiaogong sat down next to Li Ke and then said, "My nephew has been named King of Han, Uncle Wang will congratulate you first."

Li Ke quickly thanked him. He was not very familiar with Li Xiaogong. In addition, he could be very careful when chatting with Li Xiaogong, and the conversation was not very involved. After a while, the officer and an official in the sixth rank court uniform walked in, holding a pile of things, including official documents, seals and other items. The sixth rank official gave Li Xiaogong and Li Ke a gift and handed over the things to Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong took it and handed it to Li Ke, and smiled with a deep smile on his face, "Nephew, all the procedures have been completed. The Han Palace is in Pingkangfang. You will definitely be satisfied with this arrangement by Your Majesty." Then, he said a little embarrassedly: "It's just that the imperial edict was just issued yesterday, and the palace has not been cleaned up today. You have to wait a few days before you can check in."

Li Ke knew that he was a little anxious, so he didn't mind saying, "It's a blessing for Uncle Wang. Since the procedures have not been completed, Ke will stay in the palace for a few more days to accompany his father and mother. Ke will say goodbye in advance and come to visit Uncle Wang when he has time."

Li Xiaogong knew that Li Ke was in a hurry to visit the prince's mansion, so he did not try to keep him and sent him out of Zongzheng Temple.

Li Ke left Zongzheng Temple, and the question that he had not yet thought about was uninvited, so he came to his mind. How could Li Xiaogong be the Minister of Zongzheng Temple? Historical records show that in the early years of Zhenguan, he served as the Minister of Rites. He did not see him in the court meeting where the crown prince was appointed. Li Ke thought he was leading troops outside, but he did not expect that he was in Chang'an and was the chief official of Zongzheng Temple. This made him feel a headache about whether history and reality matched, and also put him in a dilemma. Should he believe in history? I wonder if it should be carried out step by step according to history? Or, look for the opportunity to act at the right time.

When the frame was parked in Pingkangfang, Li Ke's heartbeat could not help but speed up. He couldn't wait to get off the frame, but when he saw the door plaque of the Han Palace, he was shocked. This is not the Han Palace? Is this the Qin Palace? Is it the Qin Palace when Li Shimin or the Qin Palace. His face darkened and he said to the servants around him: "How dare you tease me if you are the Qin Palace? This is obviously the Qin Palace, why are you talking about the Han Palace? Are you too brave? How many heads do you have to cut me off?"

It’s no wonder that Li Ke was going to chop his head because the servant brought him to the Qin Palace. It’s really human words. He originally came from the Qin Palace. If he had been in the past, it would be fine. However, during this period, he would inevitably be gossiped and impeached by the censor. As soon as he was named a prince, he regarded the Qin Palace as his Han Palace. Once it was spread, it would be no such thing as rumors. The servant was obviously frightened by Li Ke’s words and knelt down and said, “Your Highness calmed down, the young man did not lead the wrong way. This is indeed the Han Palace. It’s just that the emperor just issued the imperial edict yesterday. Before he could clean up today, his highness came to handle the palace procedures, so that’s why.”

After hearing what the officer said, Li Ke breathed a little relieved. No wonder Li Xiaogong said that his Han Palace had a deep meaning on his face in Pingkangfang. So that's it. However, another doubt arose, why did Li Shimin give his former palace to him as the Han Palace? Chang'an City was the capital of the previous dynasty. No matter how poor Li Shimin was, one or two palaces could still be taken advantage of. There was no need to send his palace out. There must be deep meaning in it. Li Ke can only think of this now. Perhaps, only when he knew which palace was given to Li Tai, his problem just now would be solved. Since the palace was given to him by Li Shimin, Li Ke was not inconvenient to think about it.
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