Chapter 2

The birth of Li Hong, the fifth prince, brought a sense of joy to the whole palace. All the officials in the court had no objection to Li Zhi and Wu Mei. Naturally, they also felt Li Zhi's joy at this time. The sound of congratulation was constantly heard in the court, which made Li Zhi naturally happy.

Wu Mei, who didn't give birth to Emperor Taizong at the beginning, gave birth to the prince for Li Zhi one year after being received by Li Zhi, which also made all the courtiers feel the existence of Wu Mei in the back palace.

Li Zhi originally wanted to tell the world, celebrate with the people, and Amnesty the common people, so as to express his joy at Dragon son.

However, Wu Mei, who had just been in the palace for only a year, was firmly opposed to it. She was well aware of her relationship with Li Zhi, although she had lost her voice in the court. But after all, time is not long, wanton celebration will only attract the stomach Fei and excessive speculation.

What's more, Wu Mei still has a precarious foothold in the harem. No matter the queen who never gave birth to Li Zhi's son, or Xiao Shufei, or other concubines, she has a deeper foundation than the second grade Zhaoyi who just entered the palace.

Moreover, her second grade Zhaoyi was granted by Li Zhi two days before the birth of Li Hong. This also makes Wu Mei warn herself in her heart that she has to be careful on weekdays and that excessive favoritism will only bring disaster free to her.

Therefore, because of Wu Mei's efforts to keep a low profile, Li Hong, the fifth prince, after receiving some rewards from his father's emperor, did not make the palace seem particularly lively and happy because he had one more prince.

Li Hong leaned against the maid's arms and licked and bit his little hand from time to time. Although he didn't want to do this kind of action all the time, his mind obviously couldn't keep pace with the baby's body, so he had to let the maid take his little hand out of his mouth again and again.

The maiden looked at the fifth prince with a dull look in her eyes. Since the last two days, I don't know why the fifth Prince often has such dull eyes after he wakes up from his nap. If it wasn't because he was a baby, the maiden would think that the bright little eyes were the eyes of adults.

Sometimes even inadvertently, the eyes of the fifth prince, deep and bright, with some mysterious color, always make her feel a jump.

Li Hong looked up at the palace maid's eyes, and naturally knew what was going on. He said to himself: "bad, I can't always be dazzled and thinking. I have to show that the baby should be ignorant and innocent."

So Li Hong put his little hand into his mouth and burst into a happy laugh at the maid. Seeing Li Hong return to normal, she immediately showed an expression of relief. The fifth Prince is very lovely, which makes her feel happy in her heart.

Li Hong has been born for more than one hundred days. People in the harem have seen almost all of them. The queen and Xiao Shufei and other concubines have come to see her for a hundred days. After sitting down and chatting with her mother, they all went back to their homes.

Her mother and concubine also went to the door to thank her one by one. Especially in front of the empress and Xiao Shufei, Wu Mei showed her sincerity and humility. She looked like a little daughter-in-law. It was a world-wide difference from the overbearing empress recorded in later historical books.

Li Hong also has four elder brothers and two elder sisters. Naturally, Prince Li Zhong is the eldest among them, and they all follow his mother to see Li Hong later.

Li Hong's little eyes have been circling between empress Wang and Prince Li Zhong. Li Zhong was born to the royal family of Liu. His mother was born in a humble family and was adopted by Queen Wang. He has been crown prince for several years. However, he is weak in nature and even worse than Li Zhi was when he was a child. Li Hong's little eyes made him panic.

Li Hong's thoughts were flying wildly, and he sighed when he thought of Li Zhong's fate. But in the eyes of the maids, why did the five princes wake up and feel sleepy and yawn all the time? Did they not sleep?

Everything in the harem is still calm. Things outside the palace are just another world to Li honglai. However, it can be seen from the conversation between his father and his mother. It was only three or five years after the death of Emperor Taizong that the court was full of undercurrent, and some even had the intention to seek power and usurp the throne.

Sure enough, when Li Hong was in his infancy, his father, Emperor Li Zhi, ordered the execution of Fang Yiai, Xue wanche, Chai Lingwu and others. These people were the original sons in law of the Li family. Naturally, Li Zhi's sisters would have to be disposed of to commit suicide, including his uncle Li Yuanjing and his elder brother Li Ke.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Li Hong. The most important thing is that her mother is pregnant again. Li Hong pinches her fingers and calculates that this is the rhythm of one child a year. She has three younger brothers and one younger sister.

All the offspring of the emperor's father in the future are his own brothers and sisters. Except for those born with his mother's concubine, Li Zhi has never had children with other concubines in the harem.

In the harem, Wu Mei, the mother's concubine, has gradually become the backbone of the harem. Although they will discuss everything with the empress and Xiao Shufei, they have obviously given up all their vigilance towards their mother's concubine. They treat them like sisters. Naturally, Wu Zhaoyi has a place in the harem.

The more the harem was like this, the more frightened Li Hong was. According to historical records, he could live to be 23 years old, but who knows if history will be rewritten? He can turn nine to ten generations. It's not difficult for Li Hong, the fifth prince, to die young. Isn't it? This is the Hougong, the ideal place for Sun Tzu's art of war in the 5000 year history of China.Fortunately, the mother concubine still relies on herself. As the eldest son, it is very important for her. At least she wants a place in the harem, so she has to rely on her eldest son, isn't she?

But if she is a daughter, I'm afraid the status in Wu Mei's heart will not be so valued.

Li Hong and Wu Mei's ideas coincide on this point. Therefore, Li Hong, one year old, had his own maids and eunuchs one step earlier than the other three imperial brothers. The two maidens were gentle, virtuous, intelligent and sensible. The most important thing was that they were young but had become beauties. Naturally, they were comfortable and comfortable to serve him.

The two eunuchs were obviously selected from Li Zhi's side. At first glance, they were the martial arts experts who were inseparable from each other to protect Li Hong. This also made Li Hong, who had delusional persecution, no longer worry about being alone in the Imperial Palace and drowning in the urine bucket.

This arrangement naturally made Li Hong feel happy and highly appreciated his father. Whenever his father and his wife came to see him, Li Hong would hobble over to ask for a hug, which was also a reward for his love. This action naturally made Li Zhilong happy and laughed.

In front of his father, his mother and his concubine, Li Hong completely hid his thoughts in front of the maids. In their eyes, Li Hong was a full baby.

This also let Li Zhi often see Li Hong, stroking his small head and teasing: "do you want your mother to give birth to a younger brother or sister for you?"

Every time Li Hong heard this, he would stagger to his mother's concubine, pad his little feet, stretch out his small hand, and touch her mother's big belly, and then look at Li Zhi with a giggle.

It's like a reserved program. Every time Li Hong does this, it will attract Li Zhichong's drowning laughter, and then the two laugh at each other.

Li Hong ushered in his first sister, Li Si, but Li Hong was not happy. In his impression, he should be a younger brother. He had only one younger sister, and he was also the last princess of Taiping born by his mother's concubine. Why did he come out with a younger sister now? Is it ahead of time?

Li Hong, who was no longer swaying, sat down on the steps of the back palace, his legs drooping and swinging, followed by two palace ladies and eunuchs.

The four of them are familiar with the temperament of this little adult. Although the fifth Prince behaves the same way as a child of one or two years old in front of his majesty and Zhaoyi, when the fifth Prince is alone, from time to time, he will show the maturity and bearing of an adult.

Li Hong's eyes looked far away and saw that the queen, accompanied by the eunuchs, was going to see her sister, Li Si.

Li Hong looked at the queen Wang and his party, but he was very upset. However, he couldn't tell anyone about it at the moment, and he couldn't speak clearly. Who made himself less than two years old!

The canthus of his eyes were more and more fierce, which made Li Hong feel a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart. He didn't know what was going on, but he always felt that something big was going to happen.

He stood up and looked into the distance with a sigh. He reached for a eunuch named Huameng to come over. Then he reached out and asked others to hold him up. His little hand reached out and turned his body to the big wild goose pagoda which was about to be built in Chang'an city.

Huameng immediately understood that Li Hong in his arms was transferred to a position so that the fifth prince could see clearly the big wild goose pagoda that was about to be built.

Li Hong was staring at the big wild goose pagoda in a trance. At this time, he felt a little better in his irritability, but his eyes beat more and more quickly.

Time did not know how long passed, Hua Meng's arms were numb, but he did not dare to put the fifth Prince down. Huameng could feel that the fifth prince was very upset, so he kept holding Li Hong in his arms without saying a word.

"Your Highness, your majesty A maiden in a panic, full of panic ran over and lowered her head.

"What makes such a fuss?" This is the question of Xia Zhi, a maid of the palace.

"I don't know. Your majesty asked me to invite your Highness the fifth prince to Zhaoyi's palace." The maiden bowed her head and shivered.

Without a word, Li Hong motioned to Huameng to put himself down. He walked up to the maiden like a little man and looked up at the frightened and trembling maiden.

"Go to the imperial palace." Li Hong has guessed what happened in Wu Mei's mind. It's no wonder that Wu Mei will support herself. So now she has started her plot, which is to frame the queen.

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