Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 25

"Your Majesty ordered Li Xian, king of Xuan Zhou, to enter the palace immediately, and see you in the Hall of Liangyi!"

As expected by Li Xian, only about an hour after Yuan Wanqing left, Gaozong sent the eunuch Sun Quanfu, the deputy head of Liangyi Hall, to pass on the oral order.

"Sir, thank you for the order!"

Li Xian thanked Shengen according to the rules, and when he got up, he shook his hand and took out a folded ten-column flying note (a certificate issued by the government to facilitate merchants' settlement) from his wide sleeve. ), quietly stuffed it into Sun Quanfu's sleeve, and then said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Sun. I don't know that the father summoned Xiao Wang in such a hurry, but what's the matter?"

The Hall of Liangyi is the transitional place between the inner ban and the outer court. It is the place where the emperor meets his most important ministers after he descends from the imperial court. Those who can serve in this hall are not ordinary people. Sun Quanfu is the deputy chief eunuch. Collecting money has long been a habit, and he will not be moved by Li Xian's move. He did not answer Li Xian's question directly, but made a "please" gesture and said: "Please, Your Highness, Mo Let Your Majesty and Empress wait anxiously."

Sure enough, Empress Wu is going to uphold justice for Yuan Wanqing, interesting!Li Xian is a sober person. As soon as he heard Sun Quanfu pronounce "Empress Empress" with an accent, he immediately understood the strangeness of it. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he couldn't help smiling, and didn't say any more nonsense. Nodding silently, flicking his sleeves, he walked out of the gate of the mansion, but silently made a signal to Gao Miao while walking.

The carriage was rumbling forward in the snow. Li Xian in the carriage had a gloomy expression on his face. He didn't have the slightest composure as before. His hands were clenched tightly into fists, and his expression of worry was beyond words—— Everyone knows that Empress Wu is not easy to provoke, once provoked, she will be skinned even if she does not die. There is no doubt that Li Xian is taking risks by making such a move at this time. It may end in a complete loss, but then again, opportunities are always accompanied by dangers. If you want to fight against such a behemoth as Empress Wu, you will never succeed if you don't do it. For future events, at this time Risks are always better than dangers in the future. This is the reason why Li Xian decided to take a gamble. Now, the bet has been placed high. As for whether it will succeed or not, Li Xian does not dare to guarantee it. He can only take one step at a time Understand.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness King Lu has arrived."

The carriage that Li Xian was riding in had just arrived at the square in front of Chengtianmen, before it stopped, Gao Miao could not wait to stick to the curtain of the carriage, lowered his voice, and reported the report with a hint of excitement.

Well, this kid finally lived up to his promise!Hearing that Li Xian had arrived, Li Xian's tense heart finally relaxed a little, he waved his clenched fists angrily, lifted the curtain, and poked his head out from the carriage, Gao Miao saw this , he leaned over hurriedly and waited for Li Xian to get off the carriage.

"Sixth brother, you are here." Li Xian got out of the carriage, immediately walked a few steps, rushed to Li Xian, saluted respectfully, and greeted him.

"Hmm." Li Xian's complexion was obviously not very good, he waved his hand with a sullen face, and snorted out of his nostrils - this time when he received Li Xian's urgent letter, Li Xian didn't intend to come to join in the fun, but Fearing that Li Xian would lose his composure for a while, he would bring up the matter of the previous edict in prison, so he had to bite the bullet and rush here. In his heart, he had already scolded Li Xian for making troubles indiscriminately. , How can there be any good face at all.

Yo, really angry, really petty!Seeing Li Xian showing his face to himself, he secretly smiled inwardly, but with an extremely aggrieved expression on his face, he called out in a low voice: "Sixth brother, little brother..."

"Got it, got it, pass the sign."

As soon as Li Xian's pitiful appearance appeared, Li Xian couldn't bear it, and when he thought of Li Xian's contribution to helping him become famous, he lost most of his anger. Besides, Li Xianshi was not good in front of so many subordinates. Those who were too aggressive, in desperation, shook their heads with a wry smile, and replied angrily.

"Yes, my younger brother respectfully obeys Sixth Brother's order."

Li Xian is a master of acting, this change of face is faster than flipping a book, it was cloudy at first, but the sun was shining in a blink of an eye, he took the sign with a smile on his face, and Gao Miao ran to the gate of Chengtian with a smile on his face After handing over the waist card, after a few moments, Sun Quanfu, who had already entered the palace, led the two young eunuchs and turned out from the inside. The two young brothers straightened their clothes and hurried forward to meet him.

"Your Majesty has a decree, announce it, Lu Wang Li Xian, Zhou Wang Li Xian will meet you at the Liangyi Palace!"

As soon as Sun Quanfu saw Li Xian and his brothers approaching, he immediately stood up reservedly, and waited until the two younger brothers were in their positions, and then pronounced Gaozong's oral order in a tone of voice.

"The minister waits for the decree, thank you."

The two younger brothers thanked each other as scripted, looked at each other, walked into Chengtianmen side by side, and went straight to Liangyi Hall along the Gongzhong Avenue. In front of the hall, separated by an inner wall, I heard bursts of miserable howls coming from inside, followed by the crackling sound of boards touching flesh, the sound was so miserable that the two younger brothers couldn't help feeling horrified. .

Ok?what happened?Could it be that you want to show us off?No, why is Lao Liu's face so ugly?As soon as Li Xian and the others turned around the gate of the inner wall, they saw a young eunuch lying on the ground and being tortured. Two other eunuchs were holding down his struggling body desperately, and two strong eunuchs could vigorously swing the board. Beating, upon seeing this, Li Xian couldn't help being stunned—it is common practice to punish offending eunuchs in the palace, but most of them are executed in the inner prison, and rarely in the outer court, there is nothing strange about it How could Li Xian believe it? Seeing that Li Xian's face was not right, Li Xian's heart immediately tightened.

"Your Highness, please, Your Majesty and the Empress are already in the palace."

Sun Quanfu, who accompanied the two younger brothers into the palace, saw that the two brothers could not move anymore, so he had to give a fake cough and make some suggestions.

"Wait a minute, what did the eunuch commit? Why is he executing the punishment here?" Li Xian was about to walk away, but Li Xian obviously had no such intention. He stretched out his hand and stopped in front of Sun Quanfu. asked aloud.

"Returning to Your Highness, this little guy lost his manners in the palace today and offended the empress. Therefore, he should be executed with a stick. Your Highness, you should enter the palace." , Sun Quanfu didn't dare to be rude, and hurriedly explained with a smiling face.

"Disrespect? Hmph, what a disrespect!"

It's okay if Sun Quanfu doesn't explain it. After this explanation, Li Xian's face turned livid in an instant, and he clenched his fists fiercely, showing signs of losing his temper.

No, this little eunuch is most likely the insider of the sixth child, hey, this is trying to scare chickens and monkeys, what a ruthless trick!Li Xian is a clever person. Hearing this, how can he not understand what is going on in the play in front of him? His heart was shocked, and he didn't care too much. He hurriedly pulled Li Xian's sleeves, and lowered his voice: "Sixth Brother If there is anything, we can discuss it after seeing the father."

Li Xian's guess was correct. The eunuch who was knocked to the ground was Zhang Dekai, the servant who had informed Li Xian. Li Xian obviously thought about it too, but he is not as calm as Li Xian after all, under the attack of anger, he has reached the verge of a fit, if it wasn't for Li Xian's quick and sharp hand to pull him, I'm afraid Li Xian couldn't hold it anymore He rushed forward and stopped drinking loudly.

"Go, enter the palace!"

Although Li Xian was a little impulsive, he was not a brainless person. After being dragged by Li Xian, he had already woken up. After his face changed for a while, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, then walked towards the hall with a flick of his sleeves.

It seems that this level is not easy to pass. If that guy can give Lao Liu a brick, there must be another brick prepared for us. I don't know how much this "meeting gift" can be!Although Li Xian's footsteps were steady, he was thinking quickly in his heart, and he couldn't help but discount his full confidence. However, the matter has come to this point, but there is no way to turn back, and the current plan is to see what happens Yes, when I think of this, my heart can't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Ok?Why are there so many people here?Li Xian followed Li Xian into the palace, and he saw Gaozong and Empress Wu sitting side by side at the top, Prince Li Hong was sitting on the soft chariot in front of him with a smile on his face, and there were quite a few standing on his head Looking carefully, all the five prime ministers have arrived, and Yuan Wanqing, the bitter master who is not qualified to enter the Liangyi Hall, is also standing aside with a dark face. The crowd seems to be chatting happily, From time to time, laughter floated out of the hall, Li Xian didn't dare to look too much, followed Li Xian and walked up, each saluting incessantly.

"The sons and ministers have seen the emperor father and the queen mother."

Although the two brothers have different ideas, they are both very considerate in terms of etiquette, and there is no slightest disrespect.

"Xian'er, Xian'er are here, get up."

Seeing that the two younger brothers had arrived, Gao Zong's face had a strange look, as if he couldn't bear it, but he laughed immediately, and raised his hand very kindly.

"I'm waiting to thank my father, Emperor Long."

As soon as their old father called out, the two brothers thanked each other without thinking too much. They each stood up and were about to step aside, but at this moment, Empress Wu suddenly said: "Wait a minute, Show off and stay!"

When Empress Wu spoke like this, the two brothers Li Xian couldn't help standing still. After looking at each other, Li Xian gritted his teeth and stepped aside, leaving Li Xian standing alone in the hall.

"Mother, the child is here to listen to the hadith."

Li Xian had long expected that he would not be able to pass the test easily, but he was not flustered. He shook his sleeves slightly, bowed his body, and opened his mouth very calmly. But after waiting for a long time, he still did not see Empress Wu calling Since then, Empress Wu hadn't given any instruction, so poor Li Xian could only stand there stooped and stupidly aggrieved, and the hall became eerily quiet.

(End of this chapter)