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Chapter 233 The Covenant of the White Goose (3)

There is no small matter in the emperor's house. In this era of imperial power, a joke that is spread inadvertently may cause a disturbance in the government and the opposition, not to mention that the marriage of the prince is a major issue that concerns the country. How can it be counted casually? At this delicate time, everyone in the hall has their own scheming plans, and no one wants to show up first, lest they become the target of criticism from others, so the hall became strangely quiet.

What are you thinking?Nothing!Although Li Xian bowed his head and lowered his head, he seemed to be thinking about it, but he didn't think about anything at all, because Li Xian had already expected what everyone would think, and even what possible reactions they would have. Yes, to put it bluntly, it's actually very simple, just one word - everyone has their own scruples!
The conflict between Empress Wu and the prince is an irreconcilable life-and-death conflict. There will be a battle in the end. The winner will live, and the loser will die. There is no room for compromise. How to start a war and how to fight is a very particular matter. As far as the current power division of the court is concerned, the gap between the two sides is not that big——of course, the prince has taken the name of righteousness by virtue of the name of supervising the country many times. , and won over a large number of important officials, both in terms of quantity and quality of courtiers, they are stronger than those of Empress Wu, and they are not a little bit stronger, but when it comes to a real war, the prince can't guarantee that he can occupy The key to the upper hand lies in Gaozong. After all, the prince is just a prince, not an emperor. In a state of fear, no one dared to take the lead easily, let alone Li Xian and Li Xian, two groups of people in the court, were eyeing each other, and the scruples between each other were naturally more cautious.

If there are no accidents, the confrontation between Empress Wu and the prince will continue for quite a long time, until one side is sure that they are sure to win, then they will suddenly rise up and strike with a thunderbolt in order to get a blow. They must kill each other, but right now, the stalemate of this confrontation is already on the verge of breaking down, and the key lies in this sudden marriage.

If the future father-in-law is not Pei Judao, the crown prince will not object to the marriage, let alone congratulate the white geese to create some artificial obstacles for this marriage, even if the crown prince is actually "not able" now, She no longer likes women——since the former Yang family was raped by He Lanmin, the prince has changed his sexuality. On the surface, he is still the gentle and capable prince, but in private, he has become "Invincible in the East", but In order to deceive others, when it is time to get married, the prince will still marry his family relatives. After all, as a prince, it is really unreasonable for some sons not to marry after the age of twenty, but Pei Judao is the confidant of Empress Wu. Such an old man, Of course, Li Hong didn't want it, not for anything else, just because of Pei Judao's status, Li Hong was very worried, not to mention that if the news of him becoming a "sister-in-law" leaked out, the consequences would be serious. Just kidding, in this sense, Li Hong 12 doesn't want to marry this family, just because once this marriage is formed, it means that Li Hong must act as soon as possible to wipe out the dissident forces in the court, especially It is necessary to thoroughly cleanse the troops of Empress Wu, and this is obviously not an easy task. In Li Hong's view, it may be difficult to say that it is even [-]% sure. Therefore, Li Hong has to be cautious, and naturally he dare not take it lightly expressed his opinion.

The prince has scruples, and Empress Wu also finds it difficult. The reason is that there is no absolute certainty of victory. Besides, since the center of gravity of the court was moved to Luoyang, Empress Wu has already taken the initiative. It is difficult to beat down the important officials of the crown prince and replace them with a group of Beimen scholars. At that time, the crown prince is just a puppet, and it is not a matter of killing or scratching. Forcibly going to meet the crown prince for a real chapter, therefore, she interrupted Gaozong's words by saying something earlier, and it was precisely because she did not want to see this marriage come to an end. This coincides with the crown prince, but it is a pity Under Li Xian's disturbance, it became a problem to use Baiyan as an example. Without knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Li Xian's gourd, Empress Wu could only choose rationally. Keep silent.

The Prince and Empress Wu, the two righteous masters, did not speak. Li Xian, who had already received Li Xian's advice, was naturally happy to remain silent to the end. He made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Seeing that the situation seemed wrong, I didn't dare to participate in it, so I could only stand aside obediently. In this way, the atmosphere in the hall would become extremely strange.

In a hurry?Of course not, regardless of whether other people are in a hurry or not, Li Xian doesn't care at all. Not only does he not care about everyone's silence, but he doesn't even care about whether this marriage can come true, because this marriage is not worth it. It was just one reason in Li Xian's overall plan, but it was not the only reason—now that the crown prince has arrived in Luoyang, the conflict between him and Empress Wu will always happen sooner or later, if he wants to find a reason to stir up trouble, For Li Xian, it is as simple as drinking water. To be honest, the success or failure of this marriage is really not bad. Of course, with such a pretext, Li Xianzi can't let it go easily, but he can afford to wait. That's all, so there's no need to worry.

"I'm afraid it's not good for Xian'er to have such a heart, but white geese are rare, can Xian'er be sure?"

Others could keep silent, except Gao Zong. Seeing the strange atmosphere in the hall, Gao Zong couldn't stand it anymore, so he frowned slightly and asked.

"Returning to the words of the father, the child dare not say with absolute certainty, but do his best, for the marriage of the prince's elder brother, the son should do his best."

Li Xian dared to raise it in court, so he naturally had a lot of confidence, but this kind of thing is no small matter, Li Xian naturally wouldn't be so stupid as to pat his chest for the sake of guarantee, so he replied boldly.

"That's it, uh..."

Due to his serious illness these years, Emperor Gaozong was really determined but powerless, he seldom managed court affairs, but he was not stupid, at the beginning he didn't expect the complexity of the problem, all he wanted was to find a good marriage for the prince, but Seeing the weird expressions of the people in the hall earlier, they immediately became suspicious, but they couldn't figure out where the problem was. Now, although Li Xian didn't say anything dead, the confidence in his words was clearly revealed. But also to promote the posture of this marriage, the doubts in my heart inevitably deepened, and I hesitated for a while.

"Your Majesty, it's rare that Xian'er has such filial piety. You might as well let Xian'er try it first. If it doesn't work, it's not too late to find another way." After a short silence, Empress Wu obviously wanted to understand the key to the matter, and there was After making the final decision, he added a sentence from the sidelines.

"Father, the seventh younger brother is extremely brave and has a very good fortune. It may not be certain that he will get something, so let's try it."

When Empress Wu spoke, Li Hong was not to be outdone, and echoed the situation. Although the smile on his face was still gentle, the eyes looking at Empress Wu were obviously a little more sharp.

"Alright, then it's settled, Xian'er, I'll leave this matter to my son, if it can be done, I will reward you a lot, even if it doesn't work, don't force it, I'll think of another way later. " After hearing that Empress Wu and Li Hong both agreed to Li Xian's proposal, Gao Zong couldn't object anymore, so he nodded and agreed.

"Father, the child also wants to go hunting with Seventh Brother!"

As soon as Gao Zong finished speaking, Little Taiping twisted his body, leaned on Gao Zong's body, shook Gao Zong's arm, and yelled coquettishly.

"Ah, this, this..."

Gao Zong also presided over hunting when he was in good health, so he had to be unfamiliar with hunting, how could he not know that there was still a lot of risk in it, how could Xiao Taiping be willing to take risks, and he would not agree easily , but if you want to say no, Biansheng loves Xiao Taiping so much that it is difficult to say no, so he has no choice but to mumble.

"Mother, the child also wants to shoot white geese for the prince's elder brother, mother, you just agree, mother..."

Seeing Gao Zong's ambiguous words, Little Taiping became impatient, left Gao Zong, and leaned into Empress Wu's arms again, his small body twisted like twists and turns.

"You little rascal!" Empress Wu affectionately stretched out her hand to scratch Princess Taiping's Xiaoyao's nose, and after a rebuke, she looked at Li Xian with a half-smile and said, "Is it possible that Xian'er can keep Yue'er safe?"

"Seventh brother, you can take my little sister there, I promise to listen to you, pull the hook, pull the hook!"

Before Li Xian came back to his senses, Little Taiping jumped down from the front door, and threw himself into Li Xian's arms like a little monkey, raised his little head, and talked endlessly with a pleading expression on his face.

Damn it, this little girl's film is really a big trouble!Li Xian had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't think that there would be such an accident. He was dumbfounded immediately, did he intend to refuse? Firstly, it was because of Xiao Taiping's entanglement, and secondly, it was because of Empress Wu's half-smile There was a different meaning in his expression, it was really hard to say "no", and for a while, his head couldn't help but hurt a little.

"It's okay for my little sister to go, but there is one thing, you must be obedient, but don't run around at will. If not, I dare not take you with me." After quick calculations, Li Xian decided that It seems that it is not bad to have the witness of Xiao Taiping, so he agreed with a smile.

"Oh, good, good, shoot the white goose, that's great..."

Little Taiping was bored in the palace all day long, it was really rare to go out of the palace, this time he was able to go hunting, and he went with his favorite Seventh Brother, immediately jumped up and down with joy, so the whole palace was full of little Taiping The sound of joyous noise...

(End of this chapter)