Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 295
"Eunuch Gao, what is the Holy Spirit's will?"

Facing the prince's sudden death, Yan Liben obviously lost his sense of normalcy. Before, he was inexplicably angry and didn't tell Li Xian, but now he is even more disregarding etiquette. It was impatient to ask first.

"So that Prime Minister Yan can know that there are many accidents in the palace, and His Majesty has become sick from worry, and he has not yet woken up."

Gao Hesheng is a kind of person with a smiling face, and he seldom shows his emotions. Even if Yan Liben asked such urgent questions at this time, it really lost the dignity that a courtier should have, but Gao Hesheng didn't take offense at all. Meaning, he just replied calmly with a flat face. Immediately, his face became serious, he waved the whisk in his hand, and declared loudly: "Your Majesty, you are here for this purpose. Xuanlu Wang Li Xian, Ying Wang Li Xian and all the ministers Gong Deyang See you in the palace!"

"The son and minister will obey the mother's will."

When the ministers and workers heard that Empress Wu was going to gather a group of ministers in the Deyang Hall, they were all taken aback immediately, and they didn't react for a while. Only Li Xianxin, who was concerned about the position of the crown prince, took the lead in accepting the order loudly.

"My son obeys the order."

This guy is really too impatient, blinded by Lao Tzu's previous analysis, it is really a rotten wood that cannot be carved!With Li Xian's eyes, he could see through the small thoughts in Li Xian's heart at a glance, and couldn't help but cursed secretly, but at this moment, it was hard to express anything else, so he could only stand by. Come out and agree.

"The ministers obey the order."

Seeing that the two princes had already received the decree, the ministers and workers could not afford to have any further incidents, so they could only reluctantly receive the decree. Tianmen walked towards Deyang Palace silently all the way, but among the ministers, there were very many who were dissatisfied with Empress Wu's move, probably because Deyang Palace was the main palace of the imperial city, and it was not allowed to be opened unless it was a great dynasty. In the past, sitting beside Emperor Gaozong in the early court was already an act of transgression, but Gaozong refused to accept it after repeated admonitions by the ministers, so he had to acquiesce, but it did not mean that the ministers really regarded Empress Wu as a queen. The emperor came to see, this time Empress Wu actually wanted to rise to the imperial court alone, even if there was a reason for it, it could not explain her ambition and suspicion of usurping the throne, all the ministers were generally deeply influenced by Confucianism, it is really hard to tolerate such a rooster as Empress Wu With Si Chen's actions, a wave of depression and anger was quietly brewing and fermenting in this silence.

"My son kowtowed to see his mother."

As princes, the Li Xian brothers are the most respected among the ministers, so they were at the forefront of the queue. They had just entered the Deyang Hall when they saw Empress Wu with slightly red and swollen eyes sitting in the middle of the dragon bed. Li Xulun, who was dressed in a white robe, stood sideways beside Empress Wu, everyone was shocked at the moment, but at this moment, he didn't dare to express anything else, he could only rush forward, and each paid their respects incessantly.

"I have seen the empress empress!"

Compared with Li Xian and the two brothers, the ceremony of the ministers was not so formal, and the voices were uneven, except for Liu Yizhi, Ming Chongyan, Fan Lubing and a few other empress Wu who insisted on the ceremony. In addition, the rest of the courtiers just performed common courtesy, making it clear that they were protesting against Empress Wu's unauthorized ascension to the court.

"Forgive me, all my loves, please be at peace."

Although Empress Wu had expected that the courtiers would be resistant, she did not expect that the courtiers would be so shameless. A gleam flashed in their eyes immediately, but there was nothing wrong with it, it was just an understatement. Started, and called out in a hoarse voice.

"My son (chen, etc.) thanked my mother (mother) Long En."

No matter what Empress Wu said, the officials still didn't appreciate it very much. Except for the slightly loud voice of thanking Li Xian brothers, the rest were generally perfunctory. It's not that high, nothing else, and the feeling of being the target of public criticism is naturally not very pleasant. The number of Empress Wu's party is small, and they dare not have too much conflict with the mainstream.

"I'm afraid you all know about it, Hong'er, he..." Empress Wu didn't seem to care about the attitude of the ministers, looked around the crowd, opened her mouth slowly, but stopped in the middle of the sentence , choked with tears, and sobbed softly, in a state of uncontrollable sobs. Seeing this, most of the officials in the prince's line were deeply saddened by it, and there were not a few who accompanied the tears.

"Your Majesty, how did the crown prince die? I don't know, please enlighten me!"

Yan Liben didn't believe that Empress Wu would feel sad for the death of the prince, nor did he believe that the prince really died of a sudden illness. In the hall, the voice was almost scolding.

"Ah."

Empress Wu did not open her mouth to answer Yan Liben's question, but wiped the tears off her face with a handkerchief, waved her hand, let out a soft sound, and Gao Hesheng turned around from the side.

"My lords, His Royal Highness the King of England got married yesterday. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was overjoyed. He drank too much alcohol. He was too excited and didn't want to sleep. He wanted to correct the papers all night. Unexpectedly, the old illness suddenly broke out, and the imperial doctor couldn't save him." It is really an unbearable pain for the community, because your majesty has fainted several times and is unable to manage affairs, so I sent a special decree for the empress to act as an agent for official affairs, and to formulate all matters after the prince's death. Please take care of me." Gao Hesheng gave an explanation with a look of grief on his face, his words were burning, as if something had happened.

"Is there any evidence for Eunuch Gao's statement? How did His Royal Highness die, eh?"

No matter how clever Gao Hesheng's words were, Yan Liben, who was burning with anger, didn't believe it at all, and asked questions bluntly.

"In order for Yan Xiang to know that a certain family has the confessions of many eunuchs in the study of the East Palace here. In addition, there are medical certificates of the visiting imperial physicians Liu Wu, Chen Dongliang, Hong Subao and others. Yan Xiangruo If you don't believe me, you can check one or two." Gao Hesheng obviously came prepared, and he was not at all alarmed by Yan Liben's questioning, he calmly took out a stack of papers from his wide sleeves, and explained slowly .

"Hmph, I just don't believe it, this matter is very strange, we should investigate it thoroughly!"

Yan Liben spent almost all of his efforts in the second half of his life on Li Hong, and he couldn't accept Li Hong's sudden death. Even if Gao Hesheng said it in a hype, Yan Liben still didn't believe it, and no matter what Empress Wu's expression was, she was not polite yelled up.

"Presumptuous! Yan Liben, you are so courageous. According to you, there are still people in this palace who dare to plot against the crown prince? What are your intentions? Come on, give this old guy to this palace to fork out!"

As soon as Yan Liben finished speaking, Empress Wu was already aroused, pointing at Yan Liben angrily, and shouting, several guards in front of the palace rushed up, set up Yan Liben, and were about to drag him away.

"Wait!"

None of the ministers expected that Empress Wu would deal with Yan Liben so resolutely, and they were all dumbfounded immediately. Seeing that Yan Liben was going to get worse, Hao Chujun couldn't stand it anymore. Although he had different political views from Yan Liben, there were many incidents The entanglement, but thinking of Empress Wu's cruelty, Hao Chujun, who felt that he offended Empress Wu more deeply, could not just sit back and watch Empress Wu show such awe-inspiring prestige, so he rushed out, stretched out his hand to block the way of the guards in front of the palace.

"What's the intention of Prime Minister Hao? Could it be that you also want to despise me?"

Empress Wu glanced at Hao Chujun, and said coldly.

"Your Majesty calm down. The old minister has no such intentions. Even if Prime Minister Yan was rude, it was because he was hurt by the death of the crown prince. It was not out of contempt for your Majesty. Please be considerate of your Majesty."

Although Hao Chujun has always hated Empress Wu, but now that the crown prince has passed away and Gaozong is unable to govern, the overall situation has been controlled by Empress Wu, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he does not dare to resist Empress Wu's despotic power, he can only bow his body , said tactfully.

"Hmph, if it wasn't for Nian and his old age and confusion, how could he be punished so lightly because of his rude behavior? Prime Minister Hao doesn't need to say anything, I just let him go back to the house so he can reflect on himself. Fork it out!" Empress Wu's original intention was to use Yan Liben to establish her prestige, and she would not raise her hand because of Hao Chujun's pleading, so she looked serious, waved her hand abruptly, and made the decree in an unquestionable tone.

"The old minister refuses to accept, the old minister refuses to accept, His Royal Highness, your spirit in heaven..."

Yan Liben was completely desperate at this moment, struggling desperately, shouting, but he was only an old man, how could he break free from the strong restraint of the guards in front of the palace, he was blocked before he finished shouting Mouth, he was forcefully dragged out of the hall. Seeing this, all the ministers were heartbroken, and for a while, no one dared to forcibly stand out.

Damn old thief, she really knows how to seize the opportunity, she is really ruthless!Others don't know about Empress Wu's calculations, but Li Xian is as clear as a mirror. How can he not know that Empress Wu's prestige is actually paving the way for the official regency in the future? Except for her Empress Wu, naturally no one is qualified to preside over the overall situation, this is the general trend; pulling Li Xulun onto the stage, acting as if he might be made a prince, naturally frightened him so much that he wanted to take over Li Xian in the East Palace did not dare to act rashly, and Li Xian himself, must not steal Li Xian's limelight at this time, otherwise, there will obviously be endless obstacles in recommending Li Xian to enter the East Palace, this is a conspiracy; As for Yan Liben's prestige, it is certain that once the prince dies, his confidantes must have their own schemes, and they don't want to make a rash statement when the situation is not clear. After all, Yan Liben's misfortune is justified.

I understand, I understand, but so what?Even if Li Xianzhi is good at counting people, on such occasions, there is no way to destroy Empress Wu's calculation. At this moment, I really can only watch Empress Wu show off her femininity there, not to mention how crooked it is in my heart But, then again, Empress Wu's strong behavior has also greatly helped Li Xian to subdue the Prince's team in secret. Let's compete with Empress Wu. As for the slight unhappiness in my heart, the patience will pass. The key depends on what kind of tricks Empress Wu plans to play next.

(End of this chapter)