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Chapter 71 Weilu's Murderous Intent (3)

Dead woman, it's fine if you want to die, don't drag me into the water, will you?For He Lan Minyue, a vixen, Li Xian didn't have much ill feeling at first, and even had some expectations. After all, with He Lan Minyue's mother and daughter making trouble in the harem, he could somehow get involved Empress Wu's energy, but when He Lan Minyue's exclamation came out earlier, the last bit of goodwill in Li Xian's heart was lost, and he wished to take a piece of rag and crumpled it into He Lan Minyue's small cherry mouth to go.

"Father, mother, the gift prepared by the boy and the sixth brother has arrived, and let the boy present it." Annoyed in his heart, Li Xian couldn't just sit back and watch Li Xian explode in court, so he had to step out and stand by Li Xian. A small half step away from Xian's side, intentionally or unintentionally blocked half of Li Xian's body, bowed, and reported loudly.

Li Xian obviously worried too much. Li Xian's career as a vassal for more than half a year was not in vain. After being interrupted by Li Xian, the anger in his heart naturally became a little bit weaker, and the eyes that looked at Li Xian became a little more grateful, because Li Xian had already felt the meaning of Li Xian's interrupting behavior. Contains the heart of maintenance.

"Okay, okay, pass it up, pass it up."

Gao Zong was really a bit sad today, originally he had nothing to do after lunch, and planned to take advantage of Empress Wu who was busy taking care of Xiao Taiping, and called Wu Shun's mother and daughter to drink and play together last time, but he never expected As soon as the interest started, it was suddenly interrupted by Empress Wu. That's not counting. I heard that the two sons had arrived outside the palace gate, and they couldn't do it unless they received them. This is why the embarrassment of the two brothers Li Xian when they first entered the palace When the situation arises, and there is such a commotion, don't look at him sitting at the head with a smile now, in fact, his heart has long been impatient. When he heard that Li Xian's gift arrived, he was so happy to go along with it, so he didn't ask Empress Wu's intention was that some sons ordered Li Xian to present the gift arbitrarily.

"Yes, my child complies."

Gao Zong didn't want to have long nights and dreams, so Li Xian naturally thought the same way. Once the left and right gifts were presented, Gao Zong only needed to say a few words of praise, and the two brothers could follow the trend and leave. After hearing Gao Zong's words, Li Xian Since there will be no negligence in the slightest, he hastened to promise, waved his hands to signal to a group of young eunuchs to bring the box forward, opened the lid of the box with his own hands, took out two small long boxes from the inside, and held them in the In his hand, he stopped three steps away from Gaozong's seat, raised the two boxes above his head with both hands, bowed his body and said: "Father, Queen Mother, the boy and the sixth brother have prepared some small things, and please invite Father, The queen has a look."

"Well, present it."

It was originally just an excuse for Gaozong to look at the gift, but now seeing the two slender boxes in Li Xian's hands, which were quite different from ordinary gift boxes, he was really interested, so he smiled and waved his hands. The little eunuch who was waiting on the side ran down to take the box in Li Xian's hand, and presented it to Gaozong.

"Hey, this thing is..." Gaozong casually lifted the lid of the gift box, revealing a folding fan with jade as the bone and white silk as the surface. After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure out how to use the folding fan - the folding fan made by Li Xian was very popular in Chang'an official circles, but in Luoyang, although the folks had sold it, the palace hadn't. Popular, at least Gaozong himself had never seen a folding fan, and it is normal for him not to know how to use it.

"Father, this is a folding fan, and so is the one in the child's hand." Li Xian took out a folding fan from his wide sleeve with a smile, flicked it with his hands, and swayed it a few times as a demonstration.

"Oh? It's so exquisite, good, it's very suitable for me, good, good, good, Xian'er and Xian'er both have their hearts, Mei Niang, look how delicate this fan is, I use it very easily, very good , very good." I don't know whether Gao Zong really likes it, or he doesn't want the previous embarrassing situation to continue, and the applause sounds extraordinarily trivial.

"As long as the Holy Majesty thinks it's good, the concubine looks good too." Wu Meiniang glanced at Li Xian intentionally or unintentionally, but didn't touch the gift box in front of him, and just agreed with a light smile.

"That's good, since I'm the queen, I think it's good. I accept this folding fan. It's a kind of filial piety. Well, Xian'er and Xian'er have been on the road for several days, so they must be tired, so let's go away." Gao Zong obviously didn't want to stay in the Hall of Renxin any longer, so he smiled and left a scene, and didn't even wait for Brother Li Xian to say anything, and got up on his own, shaking the folding fan in his hand. Walking out of the Hall of Renxin, He Lanminyue's mother and daughter saw this, and they didn't want to stay any longer. They each got up, blessed Empress Wu, and said nothing, followed Gaozong and ran away without a trace. Only Li Xian and his younger brothers were left and couldn't get away, so they had to bite the bullet and send everyone to leave respectfully.

"Your ministers and others respectfully ask your mother for instructions."

After Gaozong and the others left, Empress Wu didn't move at all, she didn't even glance at the two brothers, she just sat still with her eyes lowered, her thoughtful and quiet look came out, the palace The atmosphere in the room immediately became suppressed, making the younger brothers and the eldest feel uncomfortable. After a long period of silence, Li Xianyan saw that such a stalemate would not be a problem, so he had no choice but to step forward and ask for instructions. One sentence.

"There is no need for instructions. It is good for Xian'er to be an official and benefit the whole world. Xian'er is dedicated to learning, diligent and self-motivated, and he will become a success in the future. Mother is not worried, and it is even more rare for you to wait." You are very filial, my mother is very pleased, you are all tired, go down and rest." Hearing Li Xian's words, Wu Meiniang's lowered eyes flashed a stern light quickly, but when she raised her head, she looked up. At the moment, there was already a gratified smile on his face, and he praised the two brothers very much.

"The empress is too well-respected, and the ministers should keep in mind the teachings of the empress, and use them to spur themselves every day, and never dare to live up to the expectations of the empress. It is getting late, and the ministers dare not disturb the queen's rest, so I will leave." As soon as the two younger brothers heard Empress Wu calling to leave, they didn't want to stay any longer, and after each spoke modestly, they walked out of the hall side by side.

"Humph!"

After the Li Xian brothers left, Empress Wu sat silently for a while, her eyes kept changing, her face became more and more gloomy. Without even looking at the gift box on the table, he flicked his sleeves and left the Hall of Renxin.

"Seventh brother, let's go get together for brother's house together."

Li Xian and Li Xian walked out of Luoyang Palace without a word. When they reached their respective carriages, Li Xian suddenly sent out an invitation.

"Sixth Brother has an invitation, my younger brother should have readily accepted, but today my younger brother is exhausted, why don't we get together tomorrow morning?" Li Xian obviously hesitated for a while, originally thinking of agreeing to Li Xian's invitation, but When it came to his lips, he forced himself to take it back, because Li Xian hadn't thought through the countermeasures clearly, and it would be futile to meet at this time, so he politely declined Li Xian's invitation.

"Forget it, then tomorrow will be fine, the sixth brother cherishes it, and I will take a step ahead for my brother."

Seeing Li Xian's polite refusal, Li Xian didn't force him anymore, nodded, and got into the carriage on his own. After a while, the brigade started up and drove towards the other courtyard of Prince Lu's Mansion.

I'm in big trouble, I'm afraid I'm going to die this time!After Li Xian sent Li Xian away, he did not linger in front of the palace. After giving Gao Miao a command, he also got into his own carriage, thinking about what he saw and heard today, and the fact that Empress Wu was about to make a move. His murderous intentions are already clear in his heart, but as for how to deal with it, he still has no idea—in his previous life, Li Xian did not accompany him to Mount Tai, and he only heard what happened when he was enshrining Mount Tai. Knowing the real situation, what is going on, all I know is that He Lanminyue's mother and daughter are both dead. It is said that they died of food poisoning when they went to the Wu family's family banquet. Li Xian is not sure if this is the case. They were Empress Wu's two cousins, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun. Both of them had their heads beheaded by Empress Wu, and all the people from the two families were exiled to the border because of this. Since then, no one in the harem can compete with Empress Wu. , and Gaozong, who was already afraid of guilt, never had the courage to struggle again, and the court situation also deteriorated because of this.

Ferocity, this is the true face of Empress Wu. As long as she gets in the way, brothers, sisters, and even children can be killed. Li Xian was mentally prepared for this, but he didn't think it was surprising. Then again, it would be good if the two "cousin uncles" died, so that Empress Wu would not move them to the court in order to control the government in the future. It would be better to kill Wu Sansi, Wu Chengsi and others together. In this sense, Li Xian can add fuel to the flames. As for how to do it, you might as well play it by ear when the time comes, but Li Xian is not sure whether to do it like this.

That's right, Li Xian really hates He Lan Minyue, a ignorant little woman, but if this coquettish girl stays, she can greatly share the favor of Empress Wu in the harem, and at the very least, it can also involve Empress Wu's energy. His mother died and he lived alone, that would be a good thing, but the question is whether it can be done or not, but it is very hard to say, in a word, the certainty is really not high, in case if you get stuck in it together, it will be fun Now that he's grown up, Li Xian doesn't intend to be a scapegoat. Therefore, whether he should intervene in this matter has to be carefully considered. After a while, Li Xian really can't think of a reason, and his head hurts. .

(End of this chapter)