In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, Empress Liangzuo, the best concubine of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, died in the Lizheng Palace and was buried in Zhaoling five months later, and when the Wenwu Hundred Officials were mourning for Empress Changsun, a small thing happened, and Xu Jingzong, a member of the Zhongshu She, actually laughed a lot. The whole Tang Dynasty was immersed in an important moment of mourning, why would Xu Jingzong laugh? He was also an official and should have known what he was doing, but he laughed, it was too anachronistic.
Old Book of Tang "Ten years, Empress Wende collapsed, hundreds of officials. The rate made Ouyang look ugly, and Emperor Jingzong insulted and laughed freely, and was impeached by Yushi: "In June of the tenth year of Emperor Zhenguan of Tang (636 AD), Empress Changsun died. When the Hundred Officials were mourning for Empress Changsun, there was a WupinJingguan (then a Zhongshu Sheren) who laughed loudly. Then it was exposed by Mishi. This unlucky egg is called Xu Jingzong. Here's the thing. At the funeral, he saw that Ouyang Qian, the "rate change order" (official name), looked ugly and funny, and he couldn't help but laugh
The empress's funeral, Tonggui must attend, so Xu Jingzong also participated in the funeral of the eldest grandson empress. At the funeral of Empress Changsun, Xu Jingzong met Ouyang Ligeng. Xu Jingzong had never seen such an ugly person, and he was stunned at once. The more Xu Jingzong looked, the more he felt that Ouyang's rate was too joyful, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Ouyang rates people with this kind of appearance, and they are most afraid of being ridiculed for being ugly. Xu Jingzong laughed at the uglier Ouyang rate, that is which pot does not open which pot, so it angered Ouyang rate more. Ouyang rate even the eldest grandson Daredevil to scold, let alone Xu Jingzong? Ouyang was even more angry, so he scolded Xu Jingzong. Xu Jingzong's position was higher than Ouyang's rate, so he bullied people and scolded Ouyang rate even more.
Afterwards, he was demoted by Emperor Taizong of Tang to sima of the governor of Hongzhou.