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Chapter 738 Adding to the flames (2)

At the end of Shenshi, the sun was already slanting to the west, and the imperial study room, which was not very bright at first, was already dark, but Empress Wu still didn't rest, just burying her head in the official document under the dim light of the candlestick lit on the corner of the document. In the meantime, the vermilion pen in his hand was writing quickly, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his face with a little makeup was full of deep tiredness.

"Qi Niang Niang, General Ge Gong is here."

Just as Empress Wu was writing fast, Cheng Denggao turned around from behind the screen with small steps, paused at the door, peeked at Empress Wu's face, and then cautiously approached the copywriting, Reported in a low voice.

"Well, Xuan"

Hearing the resounding sound, Empress Wu raised her head wearily, glanced at Cheng Denggao, gave orders without expression, and then lowered her head to correct the melody.

"promise."

Empress Wu had issued an order, Cheng Denggao didn't dare to delay any longer, he hastily complied with the promise, and left the study in a hurry, and after a while, he came in from outside accompanied by the armored Gar Yingong.

"At the end of the day, I will see the Queen of Heaven!"

Seeing that Empress Wu was still busy at such an hour, Gal Yingong couldn't help feeling a sense of admiration in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but rushed forward with big strides, bowed and walked. A standard military salute.

"Forget it, what's the matter? Tell me."

Although he could hear the sound, Empress Wu didn't raise her head, the pen in her hand was still swaying, she just said calmly.

"My lady..."

Empress Wu shouted, Gar Yingong naturally dared not stop talking, but he just called softly and didn't say anything.

"Well, you all back down."

Empress Wu waited for a while, but didn't hear the following, she frowned involuntarily, raised her head, looked at the group of Gar Yingong who was hesitant to speak, and after a moment's hesitation, she raised her hand and turned All the eunuchs and court ladies waiting in the imperial study retreated.

"I would like to report to your lord, Pei Shoude, the Minister of the Household Department, made an appointment with the last general at noon today, and conveyed His Highness the King of Yue's concerns about the peace talks. He said that His Highness the King of Yue thought that Dashi was a barbaric and small country, which cannot be rationalized, and that it must be wiped out as soon as possible."

After a group of people retreated, Gar Yingong did not need Empress Wu to urge him to speak, and he was about to briefly explain what he wanted to report.

"Oh? Is there anything else to worry about?"

Empress Wu had known for a long time that she couldn't hide her hidden thoughts from the old fox of King Yue, so she wasn't surprised that he could guess the truth, and didn't care much about King Yue's act of loyalty, because in her opinion, King Yue People never do things that are not beneficial, since they have expressed their attitude, they must be rewarded, so the corners of their mouths twitched, revealing a sarcasm smile, and asked casually.

"Your Majesty, Shengming, Pei Shilang also said that His Highness the King of Yue is willing to recommend His Highness the Crown Prince to preside over the peace talks in person."

Seeing the ambiguous smile on the corner of Empress Wu's mouth, Gar Yingong couldn't help but also smiled, and answered unhurriedly with cupped hands.

"Oh? Hehe, Eighth Uncle is really a wonderful person, um, since he put forward such a good suggestion, shouldn't he ask for nothing, huh?"

Hearing what Gar Yingong said, Empress Wu was taken aback for a moment, but soon she understood the strangeness behind King Yue's move.

"Your Majesty's words are true, but His Highness the King of Yue still has a request, saying that his fourth son is now at home with nothing to do, and he would like to ask your Majesty to grant him the post of Xiangzhou Sima."

Empress Wu's words are extremely casual. If they are spread, it will cause big trouble. There is no doubt that Empress Wu has clearly regarded Gar Yingong as her confidant, otherwise she would not dare to do so. Hurry up, but it made Gar Yingong involuntarily feel a sense of recognition, he hurriedly lowered his body a few points, and rushed to report.

"Xiangzhou Sima? Well, I'm sure, go tell Pei Shilang, and say what I said, if you want to take it first, you must give it first! What to do, I think Eighth Uncle will make a decision."

Empress Wu is such a shrewd person, just by hearing it, she already guessed that there is something tricky behind the request of the King of Yue, and the left and right are just trying to send Li Chun back to his old nest, so as to stabilize the stronghold of Xiangzhou, so as to make some preparations for the future , such intentions are obviously bad, but Empress Wu didn't care, and agreed without hesitation.

"No, I will retire at the end."

Gar Yingong is a person who knows how to advance and retreat. Now that the matter is over, he will not stay any longer, so he got up quickly, saluted respectfully, turned around, and walked away with big strides. After leaving the Imperial Study Room, I went to contact the King of Yue without mentioning it... Going to the early court is a great honor for ordinary people. It belongs to the treatment that only top officials can enjoy, but it is a real deal for courtiers It's a hard job, especially since Gaozong and his wife settled in the Daming Palace. It's not for anything else, but because the Daming Palace is lonely outside the city, and all the courtiers have to get up in the middle of the night to go to court. It took an hour or so to reach the outside of the Daming Palace, but for the crown prince Li Xian, it would be more difficult, probably because Li Xian had to enter the palace first, waiting outside the Zichen Palace, waiting When Empress Wu went out, she had to get up more than half an hour earlier than the courtiers. Every morning, Li Xian didn't want to sleep peacefully. No, today is the day of the morning court again, but Li Xian At the time of Choushi, the real card was played, and he left the door at four o'clock, and waited until he rushed outside the Daming Palace, and it was already Mao o'clock. Next, he handed the sign again, and waited for the door again, until the four o'clock of Mao o'clock, it was finally in time He rushed to the outside of Zichen Hall.

In late autumn, the dawn is late, even though it is nearly [-] o'clock, but the sky is still dark, there is not even a trace of white belly, and the empty square in front of the palace is completely dark, even Gao Miao and a few other eunuchs are carrying Lanterns, however, could not dispel the darkness, but made the darkness a bit deeper. This, perhaps, was the darkness before dawn, but when will this darkness last?It's hard to say, even with the memory of the third generation, Li Xian really doesn't know when he will be able to break free from this darkness, three years?Or five years?I don't know, the only thing Li Xian knows is that he is on the road now, or on a road with no possibility of turning back, and the only thing he can do is two words - Persevere!
Persist, persist, Li Xian has persisted for 12 years since he came to this era. No matter how tough his nerves are, he can't bear it anymore. However, Naihe rationally told him that the price of doing so was too high. Li Xian really didn't want to take such a dangerous road until it was absolutely necessary. The question is whether the situation will really force him to take that step. For the sake of this, Li Xian did not dare to guarantee it. Therefore, no matter what, Li Xian would definitely not let go of the hard-won military power in his hand!

"The Queen of Heaven is here!"

Just when Li Xian was full of thoughts, a high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, which immediately interrupted Li Xian's reverie.

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

Looking up and seeing Empress Wu walking out from the palace gate with her head held high, Li Xian didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest. He hurriedly cleared all the reverie in his mind, walked to the steps with big strides, and saluted respectfully .

"no."

Empress Wu never waited to see Li Xian, and she didn't bother to hide that she didn't want to see her. Even though Li Xian's courtesy was impeccable and respectful, Empress Wu didn't even take a look at it, and just let out a blank expression. , went down the steps on his own, and walked slowly towards the soft chariot parked at the side. A large group of accompanying palace ladies rushed forward and served Empress Wu on the chariot.

"Get up the chariot and drive to the Xuanzheng Palace!"

As the saying goes, Empress Wu doesn't want to see Li Xian, so Cheng Denggao naturally loses Li Xian as a prince in his eyes, even though he is actually very afraid of Li Xian in his heart, but in front of Empress Wu, he puts on Li Xian, the vice general Judging by the posture in his eyes, he didn't care whether Li Xian got on the chariot or not. As soon as Empress Wu took his seat, the five of them got up together.

"Follow me."

Ever since he became the crown prince, Li Xian has encountered such things that are not favored by Empress Wu too many times, and he will not care about them too much. Left and right are just formalities, and Li Xian is too lazy to take it to heart Go, after Empress Wu's chariot moved, Li Xian walked up to his own soft chariot without anyone waiting on him, he lifted his feet and stepped on it, waved his hands calmly, and gave instructions in a flat tone.

"Get up the chariot and drive to the Xuanzheng Palace!"

Li Xian himself doesn't care about it, but Gao Miao has to. Every time he goes to the palace with Li Xian, he will always be embarrassed by Cheng Denggao and other villains. Come up with the same old routine, he was bored enough, but Li Xian didn't speak, and he didn't dare to say anything out of line, when he heard Li Xian had an order, his tone suddenly became extremely high, his shrill voice was like It was as if a big hole was going to be poked into the darkness before dawn. Not only was Li Xian caught off guard and was almost taken aback, even Empress Wu's team, who had walked more than [-] steps away, also set up a battle. No small commotion.

Oh, silly boy!

Although Li Xian was a little surprised at Gao Miao's mentality, he didn't take it to heart. He just shook his head with a smile and didn't say a word. It’s time for the morning court that is about to start—there is no doubt that today’s morning court will be an extremely critical round, not only related to the current court situation, but also related to the direction and trend of the political situation for a long time in the future, Li Obviously, he can't lose, and he can't afford to lose. If he really loses, the consequences will be unimaginable. I'm afraid he can only make a move as a last resort. Because of this, even if he has made all kinds of preparations, Li Xian Still not daring to be careless, looking at the Xuanzheng Hall getting closer, Li Xian's solemn expression also became more and more serious.

(End of this chapter)