Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 334 Leadership Controversy (5)

"Jia Aiqing said it well, the court has its own rules, how can we allow the younger generation to act recklessly, do you have any different opinions?"

Empress Wu knew that today's affairs were difficult, and the murderous intent in her heart was activated in an instant, so she planned to take advantage of Gaozong's ignorance of government affairs, and take down Li Xiange in one fell swoop. Of course, there is still a difference Yes, for Li Xian, Empress Wu's plan was to forcibly subdue him, but for Li Xian, Empress Wu didn't have the slightest sympathy, so she was going to send Li Xian to be a companion with Li Hong. Jia Dayin made a good start, and Empress Wu would not let it go, so she stood up, stared at all the officials in the palace, and asked a very sinister question.

"I want to report to my lord, the old minister thinks what Jia Shangshu said is too much. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, there is chaos in the imperial mausoleum, which is an important matter related to the state system. The reason should be judged by His Majesty, and others are not allowed to comment at will. His Royal Highness and the King of England There is nothing wrong with His Highness requesting to meet the Holy Majesty, so how can you resist the crime of not obeying the order!"

Hearing the murderous intention hidden in Empress Wu's words, the prime minister Hao Chujun couldn't take it anymore, he had already offended Empress Wu ruthlessly, but it was not so bad, so he stood up and reported loudly: .

"Why, is Prime Minister Hao suspecting that Ben Gong has no right to handle this matter?"

Empress Wu had a very bad impression of Hao Chujun, and when she saw him jumping out to sing against her again, her complexion immediately became extremely ugly, and she let out a sullen voice.

"The old minister dare not, the old minister is just stating the facts, the chaos in the emperor's mausoleum must be dealt with by His Majesty!"

Hao Chujun has a stubborn temper, although he is also very worried about Empress Wu's vicious methods, but in the face of big right and wrong, he is not willing to give in at all, and proudly rebukes Empress Wu.

"well said!"

As soon as Hao Chujun's words fell, Empress Wu's eyes sharpened in an instant, and she was about to get angry when she heard a loud praise suddenly sounded at the junction of the back hall and the front hall, which immediately made Empress Wu look terrified, ignoring Hao Chujun, and slightly Standing up in a panic, he turned around and looked at the back hall. Gao Zong was about to come out on foot, and Li Xulun and Princess Taiping followed behind him step by step.

"My concubine has seen Your Majesty."

Seeing Li Xulun and Princess Taiping also appeared here, Empress Wu instantly understood that all her previous actions had come to naught. , As if nothing happened, he greeted him generously, and he was a blessing towards Emperor Gaozong, and his etiquette was impeccable.

"Humph!"

The anger in Gaozong's heart did not weaken in the slightest because of Empress Wu's greeting, he snorted coldly, and seemed to want to explode Empress Wu, but in the end he still didn't do that, just flicked his sleeves and strode forward Chi, flicking up the hem of his robe, sat upright in the middle of the dragon bed, looked at the ministers below with awe-inspiring expression, and did not give up half of the position to Empress Wu as usual, making it clear that he did not intend to It means to let Empress Wu sit side by side with him. Seeing this, although Empress Wu's complexion remained unchanged, there was a faint flash of light in her eyes, but she didn't go to the dragon bed any more, but stood silently on the side of Emperor Gaozong. behind.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

Pei Xingjian and the others saw Gao Zong's expression was not right, so they didn't dare to be negligent, they rushed to the hall, and there were too many to pay respects.

"no."

Gao Zong didn't call out in a friendly manner as usual, but stared at the crowd coldly for a long time, and finally squeezed out two words from between his teeth.

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

All the ministers present are all mature people, and they can all see that today's affairs are finally getting better, and they are inevitably a little nervous and excited, but no one dares to mess around when the situation is unknown. Talking about disturbance, I can only thank you politely, and retreated to the two sides of the hall, and stood like statues without looking sideways.

"Tell me everything, what happened to 'Gongling'? Why didn't you tell me earlier, huh? Did you really think I was dead? Tell me!"

Gaozong was very angry, and he reprimanded everyone unceremoniously when he came up. The questions like a cannonball made all the officials tremble with fear. They all knew that Gaozong's anger was directed at Empress Wu, but With the lessons learned from "Shangguanyi", all the ministers and workers did not dare to show their heads in this matter. They could only listen to Gaozong's scolding quietly, not even daring to take a breath.

"Pei Xingjian, tell me what's going on, tell me!"

Gaozong waited for a while, and seeing that all the ministers and workers were pretending to be deaf and dumb, his anger suddenly became more intense, his eyes widened, and he directly named Zuo Xiang Pei Xingjian.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister has just received an urgent report from the 'Gongling', saying that the people are rebellious, burned the buildings, and scattered back to their hometowns. According to reports, the reason is that the wine and meat bestowed by the emperor have not been honored. The details are yet to be seen. Check, the ministers and others received the urgent report, and before they had time to deal with it, they came here to discuss the matter according to the order of the empress. Later, they heard that His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the King of England and all the ministers and workers gathered in front of Tianmen to ask for a face-to-face. I can only wait here. Not long ago, Eunuch Gao went to call out under the order of the empress and empress Yi, but because of his speechless words, he humiliated himself, and things changed. Since then, during the discussion, His Majesty has arrived, and the incident happened like this. What the old minister said is true, please Your Majesty to check it out."

As the prime minister, although Pei Xingjian did not express his support for which side, but in words, he secretly helped the prince and Li Xian, directly erased Li Xian's disobedience, and pushed all the crimes to Gao He Sheng's head.

"Gao Hesheng!"

Gaozong was not very satisfied with Gao Hesheng at first, and wanted to replace him several times, but he was always blocked by Empress Wu. At this time, when he heard Pei Xingjian's words, and then thought of Sun Quanfu's deed of leading people to confine him, how can he still Being able to endure it, he slapped the dragon's case violently, and gave a loud drink.

"Your Majesty calm down, Your Majesty calm down, my servant is wronged, my servant has never been rude, my servant..."

Seeing Gao Zong's anger coming towards him, Gao Hesheng immediately panicked, without caring much, knelt down on the front wall, kowtowed vigorously and begged.

"You guys are such a brave dog. It's fine if I don't understand such a big matter. You dare to let people cut off my sight and hearing. What good do you want a dog like you to do? Come on, drag it down, and kill me on the spot!"

Gao Zong didn't want to vent his anger on the Empress Dowager, but he didn't show any mercy to Gao Hesheng's scumbags. He just killed a Sun Quanfu and was still puzzled, so he planned to do the same to Gao Hesheng.

"promise!"

As soon as Gao Zong opened his mouth, the armed guards who were waiting for His Majesty did not dare to be negligent, and each of them agreed loudly, rushed into the hall in droves, set up Gao Hesheng, and were about to drag him out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me, this slave is really wronged, empress, empress..."

Gao Hesheng was not a very courageous person at all, when he heard Gaozong's order, he was so frightened that he frantically struggled and shouted, but he was no match for the burly and powerful warriors in front of the palace, and he was dragged away Then he dragged down the front wall, facing the inevitable situation, Gao Hesheng couldn't care less, and directly asked for help from his master, Empress Wu.

"Wait a minute!"

Empress Wu actually didn't care about Gao Hesheng's life and death, but she couldn't let him die at this time. Otherwise, the so-called power that Empress Wu painstakingly created would be in vain, and this is obviously not acceptable to Empress Wu As a result, therefore, even though she knew that her appearance at this time would further anger Gaozong, Empress Wu didn't care about so much, so she stopped the actions of the warriors in front of the palace with a sullen face, and then went to the dragon case Before that, he blessed Gao Zong generously, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please take a break from the thunderous anger. How about letting me say a few words?"

"Humph!"

Gao Zong was on fire at this time, although his fear of Empress Wu still existed, it had already faded, so he would not save Empress Wu too much face, but Gao Zong also couldn't say it if it was too much , I could only snort coldly to show my dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that before Gao Hesheng went to summon Xian'er, Xian'er was ordered by his concubine, but for some reason there was a conflict, so that Xian'er beat Gao Hesheng in public, presumably there must be another reason If you don't check it out, you may lose the dignity of the Tian family, and now Xian'er and Xian'er are still waiting at the palace gate, how about announcing them together, and punishing them after distinguishing right from wrong?" Empress Wu didn't care at all. Frustrated by Gaozong's cold reception, he still narrated gracefully, with some truth in his words.

"Xuan!"

Faced with Empress Wu's soft words and persuasion, Gaozong really couldn't bear to lose face and raged at Empress Wu. After a moment of helpless silence, he waved his hand impatiently and gave an angry drink, which was regarded as agreeing to Empress Wu's request.

"promise!"

As soon as Gaozong's words fell, a young eunuch who was accompanying him on the front wall saw the opportunity very quickly, and agreed before the rest of the eunuchs. Brother, why hasn’t there been any movement? Will there be any surprises?”

The palace was turned upside down, but all the people waiting outside the palace gate didn't know it. Seeing that the sun was gradually sinking, the voice of discussion gradually increased, and Li Xian was so noisy because of Feeling impetuous, she glanced sideways at Li Xian, who was still calm and calm, and couldn't help asking a question.

"Brother Prince, please don't worry, nothing will happen." After such a long time, Li Xian is not sure that things will progress as he expected, and he can't help but feel a little uneasy, but he can't. He didn't dare to say anything very frustrating at this time, so he could only smile calmly and comfort him calmly.

"This……"

Li Xian was very guilty, even though Li Xian had promised again and again, he still couldn't rest assured, looked at Li Xian suspiciously, the corners of his mouth twitched and wanted to ask again, but he didn't know where to ask, so he was anxious The roots of his ears turned red.

"Look, Brother Prince, there is movement!"

Li Xian's eyes were very good, he spotted a little eunuch running towards the palace gate early on, his heart couldn't help but he reminded Li Xian in a low voice.

"Oh?"

After Li Xian heard the words, he couldn't care less about asking endlessly, and hurriedly turned his gaze to the palace gate.

(End of this chapter)