Chapter 156: The Battle for Titles
Li Su's heart couldn't help but sink when he heard that Miss Cui was engaged, but then he was a little lucky, fortunately he was only engaged and not married, and he still had a chance. But now Sun Simiao is obviously a little displeased, after all, Li Su asked an unmarried girl's residence so bluntly, obviously uneasy and kind.
Seeing that Sun Simiao closed his mouth tightly and didn't plan to say Miss Cui's residence at all, Li Yu was also a little hesitant, at this moment he suddenly had an idea and thought of a good way, so he smiled and said: "Doctor Sun doesn't know, when this king was in Dengzhou, he met a close friend, this person is Miss Cui's brother Cui Yu, when I came back from Dengzhou, Cui Yu went with me, but he had other important things, so he didn't enter Chang'an, at the time of separation, he said that his sister lived in Chang'an, Let me help him convey a message to the other party, but I was in a hurry at the time and forgot to ask Miss Cui's address in Chang'an, but I didn't expect to meet in this situation today, so I asked this question! ”
When Sun Simiao heard Li Su's fabricated explanation, he did not doubt it in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief at that time. First, he knew that Miss Cui did have an older brother named Cui Yu, and she also had several relationships with her. Second, with the character that Li Su usually shows, he doesn't look like a frivolous and lascivious person, otherwise there would not be only one princess and one concubine in the house.
"Oh, it turns out that His Royal Highness and Cui Yu Cui Gongzi met, but just now Weichen blamed His Highness!" Sun Simiao said, bowed down and gave a salute to Li Su as atonement, and then said, "Miss Cui is now living in Chengguo Mansion, I heard that she came to Chang'an at the beginning of the year, and her future husband is also in Chang'an City, I heard that she will get married at the end of the year!" ”
Although Sun Simiao believed in Li Su's character, when he spoke, he still mentioned Miss Cui's engagement intentionally or unintentionally, obviously reminding Li Su to remember this fact. It's a pity that all his thoughts were in vain. When Li Su heard that the other party actually lived in Cheng's mansion. At that time, I was determined in my heart, with my relationship with Cheng Huailiang, it was not a trivial matter to visit Cheng's mansion?
After achieving their own goals. Li Su didn't stay here for a long time in Sun Simiao, and said a few gossips and immediately left. Although I really want to ask Cheng Huailiang about the situation of that Miss Cui now, it will be the second watch now. In addition, he was tired for another day, and it was really not a good time to visit, so he had to go home to rest temporarily. However, the next day, before Li Su went to find Cheng Huailiang, he was immediately summoned into the palace by Li Shimin.
Because Li Shimin has a middle-aged daughter, and it is from Concubine Yang, he is naturally very fond of this newborn little princess, and he summoned a group of ministers into the palace early in the morning to discuss the matter of naming the princess, plus this is a royal family matter. Therefore, Li Yu and his group of princes were also summoned into the palace, and even Li Zhi, Li Zhen and several other underage princes also arrived together.
This was not a formal court meeting, and all the participants went to the Liangyi Palace. Li Chengqian stood at the front. Immediately after Li Ke, Li Tai, and Li You are still staying in Shu. Therefore, Li Su is ranked fourth, followed by Li Zhen, Li Zhi, and Li Jin, and then there are a group of ministers who participated in the meeting.
After Li Shimin, who was excited, came, the meeting immediately entered the topic, and directly asked the following Wenchen to put forward the title he had come up with, and then let everyone discuss it. It can be seen that although Li Shimin is in high spirits, there is a little bloodshot in his eyes, and it is estimated that he didn't sleep well last night.
As soon as Li Shimin finished asking, several people immediately stood up and put forward the titles they thought of, but unfortunately, these titles were either too old or too stingy, and they were all vetoed by Li Shimin. Seeing this situation, everyone else was a little hesitant, obviously His Majesty attaches great importance to this newly-born little princess, and this title naturally has to be different from other princesses, so as to show his love for the little princess.
Just when the ministers were worried that the title they proposed was also vetoed by Li Shimin and they would lose face, they saw the eldest grandson Wuji, who was standing behind Fang Xuanling, take a few steps forward, bow down and say, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks of a title!" ”
"Oh? Mowgli, come on! Li Shimin was very interested and said with a smile. It's just that Li Ke and Li Su glanced at each other, with a bit of solemnity on their faces, this old fox actually named his own sister? It must have been unkind.
The eldest grandson Wuji is very similar to the other eldest grandson queens, and because of this, there always seems to be a woman's femininity, which looks like a little suffering in later generations. I saw the other party smile slightly: "Your Royal Highness, the title of my princess of the Tang Dynasty is generally named after the place, such as Princess Xiangcheng, Princess Jinyang, etc., the little princess is naturally no exception, when Concubine Yang was pregnant, it was my Tang Dynasty who used troops to Goguryeo, and then His Majesty was the royal conquest to exterminate Goguryeo in one fell swoop, and got rid of the henchmen of my Central Plains Dynasty. ”
Hearing that the eldest grandson Wuji actually talked about the battle of Goguryeo, Li Ke and Li Su both had an ominous premonition, and this old fox seemed to be going to be bad again. As they expected, they saw that in the end, the eldest grandson Wuji said solemnly: "That's it, then why not set the title of the little princess as Princess Pyongyang, Pyongyang is the capital of Goguryeo, and the title of the princess is honorable, and secondly, it can also commemorate His Majesty's exploits in this battle, as long as you see Princess Pyongyang in the future, everyone will remember Your Majesty's achievements back then!" ”
As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words came out, he immediately won the support of many ministers of the same faction, but Li Ke and Li Su both glared at him angrily. Although what the other party said soundly, but what kind of place is Pyongyang, in the eyes of most Central Plains people, it is just a place to turn outside, and the titles of the princess and the prince are the same, the closer the title is to Chang'an, the more favored it seems, but Pyongyang has to walk to Chang'an for at least more than a month, how can such a title be given to his sister?
Before the two Li Su brothers stood up, they saw that one of the courtiers immediately came out to object: "Lord Eldest Sun's words are ridiculous, the little princess is from Concubine Yang, and her status is extremely noble, how can you use that foreign land as a title?" ”
The person who came out to oppose it was Xiao Yu, since Concubine Yang recognized Queen Xiao's mother-in-law, he was Concubine Yang's uncle, and he was also the uncle of the little princess.
"Oh, since Old Man Xiao doesn't agree, then you must have a better title?" The eldest grandson Wuji turned to stare at Xiao Yu, and although the tone of his voice was feminine, it was aggressive.
Xiao Yu was originally a temper tantrum, and when he saw the posture of the eldest grandson Wuji, the fire rose at that time, and he snorted coldly and said: "The little princess is favored by Your Majesty, and the nineteenth daughter of Your Majesty was named Princess Jinyang, so the old minister proposed that the title of the little princess could be set as Princess Luoyang to show Your Majesty's favor!" ”
As soon as Xiao Yu's words came out, they immediately caused an uproar in the court. Everyone knows that among all the princesses before, the most favored is Princess Jinyang from the eldest grandson queen, Jinyang actually refers to Taiyuan, the third city in the country, and it is the place where the Li royal family is prosperous, so from this title, it can reflect Li Shimin's love for Princess Jinyang.
But now it's good, Xiao Yu in order to fight with the eldest grandson Wuji, he suddenly gave the title of Luoyang to the little princess from Concubine Yang, Luoyang is the companion capital of the Tang Dynasty, even if a prince and princess are favored, but they do not regard the escort as a title.
The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Xiao Yu was so faceless, and his face also showed a trace of anger, and he said angrily: "Hmph, why didn't Old Duke Xiao give the title of Chang'an to the little princess, doesn't it seem that His Majesty loves the little princess even more?" ”
"Enough!" At this moment, Li Shimin, who was sitting on it, slapped the dragon case and scolded loudly, "Both of you are important ministers of the imperial court, what kind of system is it to be so noisy, and you won't give me a retreat!" ”
"Inferior to the courtiers!" When the eldest grandson Wuji and Xiao Yu saw Li Shimin going crazy, they naturally didn't dare to fight anymore, and bowed down and bowed back to the queue, but when the two looked at each other, they still didn't forget to snort coldly.
Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji's thoughts, naturally understood, so he was also a little annoyed with him, glared at the other party and said: "Pyongyang is too far away from Chang'an, so he can't be a princess, as for Luoyang, ......"
Li Shimin said this, hesitated slightly, although it was unprecedented to be named with a companion, but it was not impossible to consider, but then he denied this idea, although he loved his newborn daughter very much, but no matter how much he pampered, there must be a limit, otherwise he may harm her in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin casually found a reason to refuse: "Back then, the world was in turmoil, Luoyang was the place of four wars, and the killing atmosphere was too heavy, so it was not suitable to be used as a princess's title, but I was middle-aged and had a daughter, which was really a great joy in life, so I decided that I could not use the name of the county as the title of the princess, and everyone played at will, and tried to find an auspicious and festive title!" ”
Hearing Li Shimin's words, this made the ministers below breathe a sigh of relief, it is indeed not easy to choose the title of princess with the name of the place, and now let go of this restriction, it will be simple, and the ministers who came today are all well-read people, and it is still a trivial matter to take an auspicious title.
It is precisely because of this that the ministers below have put forward the titles they thought of, many of which were not only appreciated by Li Shimin, but also couldn't find anything wrong with other ministers, but just when everyone was discussing enthusiastically, I saw Kong Yingda, who had not spoken, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now that my Tang Dynasty is flourishing, and the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, so the old minister proposed that it is better to set the title of the princess as Changping, and take the meaning of long-term peace!" ”
Kong Yingda is the queen of Kong Sheng, and he is a learned person, and he is very famous in the literary world, his opening immediately attracted many people to echo him, Li Shimin also felt that this title was excellent, and nodded happily. It's just that when Li Su heard the other party's words, he couldn't help but think of a person, and said to himself without hindering: "Keep the peace for a long time? Then why isn't it called Princess Taiping? ”