Chapter 115 Rouge Rises (II)
Word Number：359
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2026-01-25
After Bai Su departed, Li Lingyue looked up and asked, “Father, did you and she have a past?” Li Chenghao gazed at the drifting clouds on the horizon and smiled faintly. “That is all dust of the past. If you wish to hear, I will tell you from the beginning.” This matter may be set aside for now. On the court, Tian Tongsiu, an aide-at-large of Prince Chen’s household, watched Li Linfu gain power and grew jealous; he too desired to make a name for himself. Lacking the talent for administration and the skill to stabilize the realm with arms, he sought another path. One day, when Emperor Xuanzong was in an especially good mood, Tian Tongsiu approached and remonstrated: “Your Majesty, at the Danfeng Gate I once glimpsed the true likeness of the Former Emperor Xuan Yuan. In old accounts I read that a talisman was hidden at the old residence of Yin Xi. Now that Your Majesty rules sagely and the people live in peace, it is fitting that I report the matter of that talisman to Your Majesty.” Emperor Xuanzong was delighted at this and immediately dispatched Chen Xuanli to the old Hangu Pass, to the platform by Yin Xi’s old house. Chen Xuanli searched and indeed found a talisman; he hastened to present it to Emperor Xuanzong. The talisman bore the two characters “Tian Bao.” The emperor asked, “What does this mean?” Tian Tongsiu replied, “Your Majesty, receiving such a talisman at Hangu Pass, and the inscription corresponding to the era name, is a sign of heaven’s will. It would be improper to resist such a token; therefore we propose the era name be augmented with the characters ‘Tian Bao.’” Xuanzong accepted the reasoning, and the era was named “Tianbao.” On the fifteenth day of the second lunar month (the xinmao day), Emperor Xuanzong, in gratitude for heaven’s favor, led civil and military officials to the new Xuan Yuan temple to perform rites for the ancestor Li Er. After the ancestral rites, Xuanzong held sacrifices in the southern suburbs to Heaven and Earth, issued a general amnesty, and restructured several o
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