"Xia Hua is pregnant for more than five months. If you have time, go take care of her more. Talk to her more and stabilize her emotions." Li Shimin still closed his eyes. He was very satisfied with Wu Cairen's massage.

The press was just right and very strong. Many palace servants rubbed him and made him dissatisfied because they didn't have the strength on their hands. That was not called massage, that was stroked, what's the point?

Although Xia Hua is the daughter of her enemy, she is also her eldest daughter-in-law, and the child she is pregnant with is also the eldest grandson of the royal family.

"There is no rumor about Xia Hua's pregnancy?" Li Shimin asked, but a hint of sharpness was added to his voice.

"At present, only a few female doctors and people around Xia Huaniang know about it."

"Very good. Remember to keep this matter secret. If anyone dares to reveal it, I will kill him all over the house."

Wu Cairen didn't quite understand the emperor's meaning.

Xia Hua was pregnant only after the prince left Beijing. The day was actually pregnant before the prince left. But when he confirmed it, it was already February. When the emperor found out, he issued a ban order.

Soon afterwards, the rebellion of the prince and the grand sect Jiaozhou broke out.

After that, the Crown Princess became the deposed Crown Princess, and then changed from Li to Zhang.

Xia Hua was moved from the Eastern Palace to a palace in Yeting. In fact, it was considered a secluded prison. She could not see outsiders or leave that palace. Usually, only Wu Meiniang could go over and take a look.

Xia Hua is quite stable. Even though her husband became a rebellious from the prince, his father became a rebel. She was still optimistic about being trapped in a small palace.

In the words of Xia Hua, she would happily raise her fetus and give birth to a healthy child. She also firmly believed that her father and husband would definitely come to save her.

What she was more worried about was her mother and brothers and sisters. Wu Meiniang didn't dare to talk about Xiao Shisan, but only said that Cui and the others were all mysteriously missing and no one found them.

Wu Meiniang also often talks to her about the prince and Zhang Chao, saying that they raised the flag in the south and won the support of many people.

In fact, the emperor did not forbid her to talk to Xia Hua.

"What will Your Majesty treat that child?" Wu Cairen asked boldly.

Li Shimin did not answer.

Chengqian has a eldest son, Li Xiang, but that is the eldest son of the monk, and Xia Peanut's will be the eldest grandson of the Li family.

for a long time.

Li Shimin opened his eyes, "I won't hurt that child."

Although he treated Li Shisan cruelly, he was Li Chao's son, how could he compare with his eldest grandson? The prince was disobedient and finally disobeyed himself. After thinking about it, he felt that he had mistakenly handed Chengqian over and over to Zhang Chao's education.

A child who was a few years old followed Zhang Chao as a child, and was completely ruined by Zhang Chao.

In the future, he will personally raise the eldest grandson, and he will definitely be able to teach a good grandson.

That day.

The Hanjing court suddenly announced a news.

Zhang Chao's daughter, the deposed crown princess Zhang Fanghua, was given three feet of white silk to commit suicide in the Yeting Palace.

It is said that when Concubine Zhang was sentenced to death, she was already more than five months pregnant.

One corpse and two lives!

As soon as the news came out, it shocked the government and the public.

After killing Li Shisan last time, the emperor killed Zhang Chao's eldest daughter, and he survived one corpse and two lives.

"What is the emperor going to do?"

"Do you really want to be a tyrant?"

"Oh my God, that's his wife!"

"And his eldest grandson."

"It's absolute humanity."

In Dali Temple Prison, Wei Zheng and the prisoner played chess together. When he heard the news from the prisoner, Wei Zheng overturned the chessboard and cursed the foolish monarch and the tyrant.

"The foolish lord!"

"tyrant!"

"No humanity, moral degradation!"

Wei Zheng cried while cursing, crying that the Tang Dynasty was about to perish.

Liang Duke’s Mansion.

Fang Xuanling has been ill these two days and is in bed and resting.

As a result, when his son told him the news, Fang Xuanling sat up in shock.

"What is your Majesty going to do?"

Fang Xuanling was both shocked and frightened.

At this time, everyone knows that they still do such things. Does the emperor still think that the world is not chaotic enough?

"I guess Your Majesty has taken the pill again." Fang Yi said with a lip of his lips. It is not a secret that the emperor is obsessed with pills now, and many ministers know it.

Fang Xuanling was heartbroken.

"Help me up, I want to enter the palace to face the holy."

"Dad, everyone has been killed. What's the use of you going at this time? If you say a few more words, you are in a bad mood when you meet the emperor, you will probably end up like Wei Zheng, Duke of Zheng."

"Eat the king's fortune and loyalty to the king, even if it is a loyal and unpleasant word, you must tell Your Majesty in person as your father."

Regardless of his physical weakness, Fang Xuanling asked his son to bring his official robe, Liang Guan, and change his clothes to enter the palace.

The Duke of Wei State.

Changsun Wuji was resting today, but his uncle Changsun Shunde, the Minister of Taifu Temple, and Dai Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, did not let him be quiet and chased him to the mansion.

The income tax reduction in the first half of this year, especially after the fall of many places such as Lingnan, caused the court to lose a lot of tariffs. Now the emperor has to personally conquer and summon a large number of troops, but where does this money and grain come from?

Gold coupons have fallen again and again. Now on the market, a piece of silk is worth 4,000 copper coins and 400 jin of gold coupons. Gold coupons have actually depreciated a hundred times, and the price of silk has increased by at least twenty times.

The market is completely in chaos now.

The court had to start collecting two taxes in kind, namely, collecting grain, silk, and cloth, and going back to the old path.

Even if there are grains that are often closed, the current rice price is basically maintained at a hundred coins for dou of rice. This is still the cheapest rice, and it is priced at copper coins. If you use gold coupons, a dou of rice costs ten thousand coins and you will get ten cents of money.

"The first batch of newly cast iron coins have begun to be issued, but merchants and people are unwilling to accept such iron coins. The imperial court used them to purchase supplies and was often rejected, and they dared not use them as military pay and official salary." Dai Zhou complained about his misery.

Changsun Wuji kneaded his temples.

"Why did I hear that in the Lingnan area, it is still the same as usual. Baochao is still circulating and maintaining the consistent exchange rate. How did they do it?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Dai Zhou had only one answer to this.

"The money that disappeared in the Central Plains must have been secretly transported to Lingnan early. If they have money, they can naturally maintain the credit of banknotes."

Talking about a thousand words and ten thousand, the chaos in the Central Plains is all because the money was stolen by Zhang Chao.

As he was speaking, Changsun rushed in and whispered a few words in front of his father.

"What?"

Changsun Wuji was stunned.

He couldn't believe that there was such a thing.

"Sorry, I have something important to do, so I can only talk about this today. I will ask Dalang to send two of you back."

When Changsun Wuji arrived in the palace, Fang Xuanling had already arrived one step ahead.

“Why?”

The two prime ministers asked puzzled.

The two were even angry.

At this time, if something happens, what is the emperor going to do?

Li Shimin did not hide his current right-hand man.

"Actually, Zhang Fanghua was not dead."

"Your Majesty? She is not dead? Then what happened to her pregnancy?"

"Xiahua is indeed pregnant, and the child is fine now."

The two prime ministers are confused. Since that's the case, why did the emperor announce the news and make people scold him? Isn't this a shame?

"Gu wants to force Zhang Chao to anger him, and Gu wants to fight him to lead his troops to fight." Li Shimin said his reasons.

The two prime ministers were still stunned and could not understand.

"I understand Zhang Chao. If I lead the army to fight in person, I am afraid that he will avoid fighting. I don't want to delay. I want to fight. I have to make a decision. Zhang Chao fights, and release this news to anger him. I have killed his son, now I will kill his daughter, and even kill all his nephews. I believe that as long as Zhang Chao is still a little bloody, he will definitely not be able to calm down and will definitely come to the decisive battle."

"But, since it's a strategy, just tell Zhang Chao about this matter, why do you know it all over the world?"

"If you don't declare the world, Zhang Chao may not believe it."

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Hanjing.
To be continued...