Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 639 Intense Conflict (1)

"His Highness is back, is the holy dragon's body safe?"

Zhang Jianzhi was in the study room of the East Palace busy processing the papers about the promotion of overseas grain varieties from various state newspapers, when he suddenly heard footsteps, he immediately raised his head, seeing that it was Li Xian leading Gao Miao and others. Several servants were about to enter, put down the pens in their hands hastily, stood up, and saluted respectfully.

"Well, father will go to court tomorrow."

Li Xian's interest was obviously not high. He strode to the back of the copywriting, lifted the hem of his robe, sat down, and answered sullenly.

"So that Your Highness can know that Dai Xiang and Hao Xiang have agreed to His Highness's recommendation, and the two Pei Xiang also expressed that they have no objection to having King Luo Bin as the Governor of Luoyang, and counting His Highness King Yue, there are now seven ministers in the Political Affairs Hall The five of you are on His Highness's side, as long as you follow the plan, we will definitely win this battle!"

Zhang Jianzhi is very shrewd, just by looking at Li Xian's face, he already guessed his intentions, left and right were just sad because they gave up their efforts to rescue Li Xian, but they didn't point it out, but they laughed and laughed. He raised his finger and reported some good news to Li Xian to divert Li Xianzhi's attention.

"That's very good. The guards of the East Palace will immediately withdraw after passing the order of my palace, and the deployment of 'Ming Di' will remain unchanged, and I will keep the 'Changqing Company' under my watch. If the most important person in it dares to do anything, it will be destroyed! "

Although he knew that Zhang Jianzhi was trying to explain himself, but when he heard all the relatives express their attitudes, Li Xian's mood improved a lot, but he didn't forget to beware of Li Zhen's dark hands. Then he gave the order in a cold voice, filled with an unconcealable evil spirit... "Report to the lord, the guards of the Eastern Palace who caused trouble have retreated!"

It was past noon, but Li Zhen didn't have the slightest appetite. With a dark face, she sat upright at the back of the couple, motionless like a sculpture. He was silent like a cicada, not to mention talking, but he didn't even dare to take a breath, lest he accidentally touched Li Zhen's brow. Obviously, the atmosphere in the study was not much better, it was dead silent. It's weird and suffocating. Just when the crowd was feeling extremely uncomfortable, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly rose, but the butler rushed out from behind the screen and rushed to grab Li. In front of Zhen, he hastened to speak and report.

"Well, Zhang Chu and Yan Wanshan are ordered to withdraw with the materials first, according to the Gu order!"

Hearing that the people in the East Palace had finally left, Li Zhen immediately showed a hint of relief on her tense face, but she didn't show too much, but hurriedly gave orders.

"But, but, ah, my lord, although the people in the East Palace withdrew, there were still many people staring around. Zhang Chu led the people to try to leave, but they were blocked back. Zhang Chu was annoyed. The opponent went through a few tricks and suffered some small losses, so he didn't dare to force his way in again, so he had to ask someone to report it to the servants urgently, the situation is weird, please tell the prince clearly."

Li Zhen's order was very clear, but the housekeeper who came to report the matter showed embarrassment and did not follow the order, but explained it with a bitter face.

"What? That guy is too deceitful, we have already signed the paper, what else does he want!"

Li Chong has an irritable temper, and when he heard that the other side of the East Palace was so recalcitrant, he immediately became furious, and regardless of his father's expression, he roared angrily.

"Father, that guy is deceitful. He took advantage of us and refused to let go. It's too much!"

Li Qian obviously couldn't hold back anymore, Junxiu's face was full of embarrassment, and she agreed from the side.

"Humph!"

Li Zhen was already extremely angry in her heart, and after being made such a fuss by the scholars, she couldn't hold back anymore. She snorted coldly, stood up, and walked away without even explaining, leaving only The room was full of people, each looking at each other, not knowing what to do... Going to the court is always a hard job, for the officials, and the emperor is no exception. As for the most miserable person, he has to be the prince Not for anything else, just because the crown prince has to get up earlier than everyone else, and has to walk a long way around, enter the imperial city from Xuanwu Gate, and wait for the appearance of Gaozong and his wife outside the Qianyuan Hall, regardless of the wind blowing. Sunshine or rain, this etiquette is absolutely necessary, no, the sky is not clear yet, Li Xian has been quietly waiting outside the Qianyuan Hall.

Waiting is undoubtedly difficult, especially today's court will determine the direction of the court situation in the next two or three years. Once lost, it will be very difficult to regain it. Li Xian can't help but feel a little apprehensive. The biggest worry is Gaozong's body. If Gaozong falls ill again, no matter how hard Li Xian tries, there is little chance of winning when Empress Wu is in court. However, Li Xian had no choice but to wait.

"The son and minister kowtow to the father and mother!"

Waiting and waiting, just when Li Xian was waiting quite uneasy, there was a loud sound of footsteps, Gaozong and his wife had already walked out of the palace accompanied by a large group of eunuchs and maids, Li Xian's mood suddenly changed. One of the loose, I dare not neglect to go, hurriedly gathered up the energy, rushed forward, and respectfully saluted the road.

"No, no, Xian'er, just go with me to court."

Gao Zong's complexion was very bad, his face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and it was difficult to see a trace of blood. His eye sockets were sunken, and the bags under his eyes were black and big. He looked extremely haggard and old. His mental state was extremely poor. At that moment, Li Xian's eyes were full of radiance.

"No, my son respectfully invites father and mother to drive."

Looking at Gao Zong's sickly and thin face, Li Xian immediately felt palpitations in his heart - as a son of man, filial piety is the duty that should be fulfilled, if it weren't for the fact that this political dispute is too important, Li Xian would be 12 points He didn't want his old father to suffer such a crime, but unfortunately the situation forced Li Xian to harden his heart, so he suppressed the feeling of guilt in his heart, bowed his head, and responded with a bow.

"Well, drive to Deyang Palace!"

Emperor Gaozong nodded, without saying much, flicking his sleeves, he immediately made a decree. When all the people saw this, they didn't dare to delay a little bit, and the soft chariot was quickly brought over, several young eunuchs Supporting from left to right, Gaozong and his wife were escorted onto two soft chariots. With a shout, the brigade marched towards Deyang Hall... "His Majesty, the Queen of Heaven has arrived!"

A group of people arrived at the back hall of Deyang Hall, and each got off the soft chariot. Cheng Denggao led several young eunuchs to lead the way. Gaozong and his wife were in the middle, and Li Xian followed a few steps behind. , then heard Cheng Denggao shouted, the officials who had been waiting in the front hall for a long time naturally did not dare to neglect, and each of them made a big salute and paid homage incessantly.

"The ministers will kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager!"

The salutes of the ministers and workers were quite loud, but there was a strange tension inside. It was obvious that everyone had already figured out how fierce the possibility of the early court would be.

"Everyone who loves you can live in peace."

Gao Zong and his wife walked up the front door slowly, and after sitting down side by side, they saw Gao Zong stretched out his trembling hand, waved it lightly, and called out in a low voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

All the ministers and workers obviously noticed Gaozong's weak state, and their moods were not very calm. Some were secretly happy, some were worried, and some were indifferent. He thanked him with respect and respect, and returned to his position according to the division of civil and military affairs, and Li Xian also followed the court regulations, and took his seat on the Jindun under the front wall, and this marked the official start of the early court up.

"Revealing His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager, I have a book to play!"

The morning court had begun, but all the officials were extremely silent, no one wanted to start the fight, and the hall fell silent for a while, and no one was willing to come forward to report for a long time, the hall was as quiet as a ghost, for a long time Afterwards, someone finally couldn't help but jumped out. Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was Wu Chengsi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who came forward to report the incident. The hall was full of noise.

"Ai Qing, just play this chapter, I'm listening."

Seeing that Wu Chengsi was going to write the book, Gaozong's eyelids couldn't help but twitched for a while, and he didn't want to pay attention to it with 12 points in his heart. Ben, in desperation, could only give orders with a sullen face.

"My minister complies with the decree. Since the decree to hear the case, my minister has relied on His Majesty's kindness, and each has the diligence of the office. The case has been concluded. Here is Deng Cheng, the treasurer of the 'Deng Ji Company', who is eager for justice and destroys his family. For the sake of the country, in the urgent need of the society, pulling out food to relieve the victims is actually a kind act of the heart of heaven, and the world admires it. However, the young people, regardless of righteousness, brazenly raided the granary at night, trying to cut off the food for the victims, causing chaos I Chao Gang, according to the investigation, this move was done by the remnants of the abolished prince. The leaders Chen Xiaotian and Zhu Kaizhi were all killed on the spot, and more than a hundred bandits collapsed in the city. With the cooperation of various divisions of our Ministry of Punishment, the rest of the bandits have been captured. A thorough investigation revealed that this move was the abolition of the prince's chief envoy. Dozens of officials, including Lu Qian, a member of the military department, Liu Wu, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Mingfu, a lieutenant of the garrison battalion in Luoyang Prefecture, participated in the incident. As follows: The abolished prince Li Xian is uneasy about the status quo, does not think about the greatness of the emperor's grace, and blatantly disrupts our country for his own self-interest. His crime is unforgivable. He thinks that he is the flesh and blood of the heavenly family and cannot be punished. He should be bestowed with three treasures. Wailang Luqian organized gangsters to disrupt the government, the crime is serious, he should be punished by killing the three clans... as above, let me hear it!"

Wu Chengsi came prepared, and after reporting the matter, apart from melodious and frustrating, the evidence was detailed, his words were convincing, coherent and coherent, and he was quite eloquent.

"Om..."

As soon as Wu Chengsi finished speaking, before Gaozong expressed his attitude, all the ministers and workers started discussing privately in a tumultuous manner, and the whole hall became a mess.

(End of this chapter)