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Chapter 129 The Prince's Counterattack (6)

The morning court on September 28th in the first year of Qianfeng finally came under the different expectations of all parties. Li Xian got up early in the morning. After finishing his martial arts training, he hurriedly used two pancakes for breakfast and hurried all the way Then they arrived at the small square outside Chengtian Gate. As soon as they got out of the carriage, they immediately felt the strong and almost substantive tension in the square. The courtiers, who were always divided into countless small circles in the past, were faintly divided into five large groups—— Yan Liben, Le Yanwei and other senior officials led the Prince's lineage to one group, the Luwang lineup headed by Li Xian was another group, and the Queen's party headed by Xu Jingzong was another group. As for Dai Zhide and others There was another group of courtiers standing in the middle, and the remaining small group were Li Xianan's close ministers who had inserted into the court. There was a clear distinction between the people and horses of all parties, and there was a tendency to fight against courtesy. Li Xian couldn't help but frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything. After a short pause, he raised his foot and walked up the square.

"Good morning, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, you are here."

Over the past few years, Li Xian has repeatedly performed outstandingly in the court, and the courtiers have noticed it, and they dare not look down on Li Xian because of his young age.

"Good morning, gentlemen."

Today's court has a big agenda, although Li Xian has already made enough preparations, but he is still not very at ease in his heart, he really doesn't have much thought of greeting the courtiers at the moment, but there must be no loss in etiquette, so it can only be He cheered up, responded with a smile, then walked slowly to Li Xian's side, nodded with a smile, as a greeting, and Li Xian obviously didn't want to talk about those hypocrisy, so he nodded his head as a gesture, Even if they paid back the gift, the two brothers only exchanged a knowing look, and then stood side by side, "What's going on, it's almost time, isn't it early today?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen the imperial decree announced, alas, just wait."

"Tsk, what time is it, still waiting, alas..."

Time passed quickly while waiting, Maoshi, which was supposed to open the court, had already passed, and it was almost time for the official card at Chenshi, but Chengtianmen was still tightly closed, and there was no sound from the drum tower, let alone any When the eunuch came to announce the decree, the courtiers waiting in the small square were all dumbfounded, wondering if the court would be up or not this morning, and private discussions immediately became noisy.

"Seventh brother, I'm afraid something strange will happen this morning."

Not only the courtiers were waiting impatiently, but also King Lu Li Xian couldn't hold his breath anymore. He turned his head to look at Li Xian, who had always remained calm, and said tentatively.

Is it strange?It seems that there is something strange, this taste is not right, could it be that there is another disturbance in the palace?On the surface, Li Xian is as calm as before, but he is actually muttering in his heart. Although he doesn't know what the problem is, there is a bad premonition coming up from the bottom of his heart uncontrollably, but it's not true at the moment. When talking about it, Li Xian could only nod his head and say, "Sixth brother, wait and see."

"Ah."

In fact, Li Xian also knew that asking about this matter was for nothing, but he was just asking for peace of mind. Hearing what Li Xian said now, he couldn't say any more. After he snorted sullenly, he could only be patient Temperament and so on.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Just as the courtiers were waiting anxiously, the big drum on the turret of Chengtianmen was finally beaten. Immediately, the heavy Chengtianmen was slowly pushed away from the inside. At the same time, the sound of eunuchs shouting It was also spread out from the deep palace in wave after wave, the morning court finally started, all the courtiers did not dare to be negligent, they lined up according to rank in chaos, filed into Chengtian Gate, and trotted all the way to the Taiji Hall. However, as soon as they entered the Taiji Hall, all the courtiers were dumbfounded immediately, and the sounds of gasping in surprise kept ringing one after another.

According to the system of the Tang Dynasty, the courtiers should have waited for the emperor's arrival in the early dynasty, but now Gaozong and his son have arrived at the main hall first, one sitting on the dragon bed, and the other sitting under the front wall. Becoming an emperor and other officials is obviously not in line with the system, but it is not a big deal, after all, it is already the time when the early dynasty should have started. As the emperor, when he is late, Waiting for the courtiers, it’s not too bad. What really shocked the courtiers was that there was a bead curtain hanging behind the side of the dragon bed, and there was a person sitting behind the bead curtain. Although he couldn’t see his face clearly, everyone knew it. The only one who could sit on the front wall was Empress Wu herself. The ominous term "listening behind the curtain" immediately popped up in the minds of all the courtiers, and all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned for a while.

Father, father, can you be more cowardly?A good emperor is actually regarded as such a virtue by you!When everyone was surprised, Li Xian was the first to come back to his senses, quickly glanced at the situation in the palace, and saw that Gaozong's face was full of exhaustion and embarrassment, while Prince Li Hong's face was full of embarrassment. How could Li Xian fail to guess the root cause of the delay in the early court? Nine out of ten it was because Empress Wu insisted on listening to the government behind the curtain, but the crown prince resolutely opposed it. Obviously, Gaozong finally supported Empress Wu. In this matter, the prince was completely defeated!

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

After the courtiers panicked and commotioned for a while, they all came back to their senses very quickly. No matter what mood they were in, the court rituals they were supposed to do were inevitable, so they all knelt down on the ground and paid homage. He got up, but his voice was rather messy, and the solemnity of the past was completely gone.

"Everyone who loves you should live in peace, let's live in peace."

The courtiers' salutes were weak, and Gaozong's voice was also full of exhaustion, and it could even be said to be perfunctory, obviously extremely depressed.

"Thank you, Lord Long, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Hearing Gaozong's voice was dim and hoarse, the hearts of the courtiers tightened immediately, but at this moment, no one dared to make random questions, so they could only thank you according to the usual practice, and stood up. Afterwards, each of them fell down according to their grades, and for a while, no one dared to stand up to this chapter, and the court became strangely quiet.

"Cough cough." Gao Zong waited for a long time, seeing that no one came forward to speak up, he was a little embarrassed, so he fake coughed twice and said, "Do you have anything to say? "

Dead silence, still a kind of dead silence, even though Emperor Gaozong had already spoken, the courtiers still did not dare to talk nonsense. The Liaodong War is in full swing, and the reform of the imperial examinations between the DPRK and China and even the river project are in full swing. There are countless problems that have arisen. It is no exaggeration to say that there are many contradictions, let alone there are still many In the palace scandal that just happened a few days ago, all the ministers and workers had different opinions on so many court affairs, and they should have raised them one by one during this great dynasty, but the current situation is too weird. Unable to understand the situation, no one was willing to stand up and be the top bird, so all the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall were all filled with wooden figures, and the hall was as quiet as a ghost town.

Others could bear it, but Li Hong couldn't bear it anymore. Regarding the matter of He Lanmin, he had already been slapped severely by Empress Wu. Looking forward to a surprise attack in the early morning, Li Hong could not bear it anymore. He expressed extreme dissatisfaction, and violently clashed with Empress Wu, trying to fight against the last time, but Gaozong was not as powerful as Empress Wu, and actually persuaded Li Hong to accept such an unprecedented strange thing. Poor Li Hong did his best. Filled with indignation, he could only helplessly accept such an extremely humiliating ending, but he didn't want to and was unwilling to succumb to it. It's just that in such an early court occasion, as the prince, he couldn't be the first to stand up. To report the matter, in desperation, he had no choice but to suppress the impulse in his heart, and cast a hinting look at Xiao Ming, the inspector censor.

"Qizou Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

Xiao Ming is Li Hong's absolute confidant, he has already received Li Hong's secret orders, and is ready to attack at any time, seeing Li Hong gave the secret signal of "action", he dared not neglect it, and flashed out from the end of the civilian queue , walked quickly to the hall, bowed to Emperor Gaozong, and reported loudly.

"If Aiqing has a book, just play it, and I will listen to it."

After waiting for such a long time, someone finally signed up for the book, and Gaozong felt a little less embarrassed, but when he saw that it was Xiao Ming, the crown prince's confidant, who was going to book the book, Gaozong couldn't help but feel nervous inside. Feeling a little flustered, but at this moment, Xiao Ming couldn't stop Xiao Ming from speaking. After thinking about it, he reluctantly agreed to Xiao Ming's request.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Xiao Ming thanked Me meticulously first, and then did not open the memorial book in his hand, and said proudly: "I want to impeach Duan Baoxuan, Minister of Dali Temple, as a vegetarian. Ignoring political affairs made the Dali Temple corrupt, and the young officials of the Dali Temple, Yuan Gongyu and Hou Shanye, colluded together to commit treachery. Colluding with Qiu Shenfu and other subordinates, buying people's lives, taking money and breaking the law, the crime is unforgivable, I implore Your Majesty to order this gang of villains to be severely punished, and my court will be restored!"

"boom……"

As soon as Xiao Ming's impassioned words came out, the civil and military forces of the whole court were shocked. No one could have imagined that the crown prince's move this time would be to meet Empress Wu for life and death. Not only the neutral courtiers were surprised, but Empress Wu's party also Therefore, the confusion is probably because Xiao Ming's memorandum is not a script arranged in advance by Empress Wu's party at all. As for the courtiers who are close to the prince, they are also very frightened, because the secret order they received was to concentrate firepower He was about to impeach He Lanminzhi, but he never expected that Xiao Ming's idea would be such an astonishing move. Everyone was shocked and turned pale, and they all started commotion. The market is generally...

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