(Cat flutter Chinese ) The conflict between Prince Li Xian and Empress Wu Zetian was once very fierce, but since Yan Chongming was killed inexplicably, and Wu Zetian was blamed by Li Zhi for being disrespectful to Li Chen by the nephew of the Wu family, the mother and son seemed to be much more peaceful between the mother and son. At least, after Her Royal Highness the Empress returned from Ganye Temple, she rarely expressed her opinions strongly on many major matters such as militarism. Her Royal Highness seems to have focused more on the bodies of her children and saints. First of all, Princess Yongchang was very unhappy with the saint in order to surrender, and Her Royal Highness the Queen was busy mediating from it, and then Princess Yongchang finally surrendered, and then Princess Taiping and Princess Ying gave birth to Lin'er successively, Her Royal Highness added a new little grandson and grandson, happy in shape, and Her Royal Highness the full moon wine of the little grandson and grandson went in person.

And the crown prince Li Xian, except for the brainstorm and running to hunt when the queen's palace went to Ganye Temple, he was very cautious and decent the rest of the time.

For more than a year, in the eyes of everyone in the court, Her Royal Highness the Queen and the crown prince Li Xian have been at peace. But now, how can it be said that Her Royal Highness the Queen sent people to search for hundreds of sets of armor in the Prince's East Palace?

When Li Chen heard Shu Ye's report, his heart sank.

Is it finally coming?

And what about the father? What is the attitude of the father?

Shu Ye looked at Li Chen, only to see her standing in place without saying a word, as if she was in a trance.

"Princess?"

Li Chen's somewhat trance-like gaze refocused at this moment, and when she heard that the armor was searched in the East Palace, her legs were almost weak. Datang is very strict in the management of weapons, and they are all managed by the Weapons Department. The law clearly prohibits the possession of weapons, and ordinary military generals or anyone in need must lend them, and when they are lent, they must be registered in the register, and they must be returned immediately after they are used. If someone is found to be disposing of it in accordance with the regulations, it will be convicted as a conspiracy.

As soon as Li Chen thought of the armor hidden in the East Palace, all kinds of possible consequences surged uncontrollably in his mind, and none of his thoughts were at home, and he didn't even react to Shu Ye's shouting at her.

Seeing this, Shu Ye's brows furrowed slightly, and then he picked a small bead from the sword spike and flicked it to Li Chen's hand.

A small thing bounced into Li Chen's hand, she was slightly pained, and then came back to her senses and looked at Shu Ye.

Shu Ye arched his hand: "The princess forgives her sins." ”

Li Chen suddenly said, "I want to enter the palace." ”

Shu Ye frowned slightly, "Now that the palace door is closed for less than an hour, I'm worried—"

"Don't put on any princess honor guards, prepare horses for me."

Shu Ye was stunned and looked at Li Chen, who was wearing red makeup in front of him.

Seeing that he was still not going, Li Chen frowned, and his tone became heavier, "I said to prepare a horse for me." ”

Shu Ye was stunned for a moment, and intuitively felt that Li Chen was really angry, so he answered "yes" and hurriedly went out to prepare the horse.

Li Chen stood alone indoors for a moment, her good-looking eyebrows and eyes were tangled and sad at this time, but she quickly came back to her senses, lifted her skirt and walked out.

At this time, a great storm approached the prince's east palace without warning.

That night, Li Xian's concubines and pampered maids in the East Palace were all isolated.

When Li Chen rode back to the Chang'an City Gate, the Kankan City Gate was closed. The guards at the city gate were stunned when they saw a woman riding a horse in front of them, followed by two guards.

At this time, a deep male voice came, "This is Princess Yongchang, let go." ”

The guard was stunned, and when he turned around, he saw a handsome man behind him, dressed in royal blue clothes and dressed as a military general. Among the generals in Chang'an City, there has only been one guard with such a demeanor, "General Li? ”

Li Jingye looked at the guard and took out a waist card from his waist.

Seeing this, the guards immediately opened the city gate, and Li Chen drove straight in with Shu Ye and Shu Zhi.

"Princess, please stay!"

Li Chen grabbed the reins, and the horse neighed, and the two hooves in front of it left the ground, and then stopped. The horse was as restless as its owner, and even when it was pulled, its four hooves moved restlessly on the ground.

Li Chen turned his head and looked at Li Jingye. She wouldn't fail to understand that the sudden opening of the closed city gate just now had something to do with Li Jingye in front of her.

"Thank you General today, Yongchang will thank General Xie another day."

Li Jingye glanced at her deeply, and then whistled, and a snow-white horse galloped over, he turned over and got on the horse, and said to Li Chen: "The thirty-eight main roads in Chang'an City have been banned, and the princess may not be able to go to the imperial city, so she will escort the princess for a ride." ”

Li Chen's bright eyes looked at him for a moment, and then said, "Then thank you General." As soon as she finished speaking, she had already caught the belly of the horse, and the horse had galloped out.

She is a princess, but the Praetorian Guards patrolling the main road of Chang'an City do not necessarily know that she is Princess Yongchang. The princess's appearance is not easily seen by outsiders, and most of the patrolling Praetorian Guards are of low rank, and everyone except the leader may not recognize her. Even if they recognize it, the soldiers patrol according to the law, even if the princess is stopped without a token, it is normal. Li Jingye is a military general, and he has been a personal guard in the palace for several years in the past, and his friendship with the Praetorian Guard must be good. From the moment he was able to get the guard guarding the gate to open the door, he probably had a pass card in his hand. With him, if you meet a patrolling Praetorian Guard on the road, you can get rid of a lot of trouble.

Seeing this, Li Jingye also galloped to follow.

And when Li Zhi in the palace learned that Wu Zetian sent someone to search for armor in the prince's east palace, he thought it was a trivial matter.

Datang has a law that clearly stipulates that all weapons are under the unified management of the Weapons Department, and if there is a need to borrow them, they need to be approved and must be returned by implication. However, it is very troublesome to borrow armor and weapons, and these procedures are very troublesome, so there are some people who borrow but do not return. This is actually a matter of turning a blind eye, and it is reasonable and well-founded to investigate it deeply, but most of the time it is like an unspoken rule, and everyone acquiesces to it.

But Li Zhi never thought that Wu Zetian would actually detain Li Xian on the charge of rebellion, and he was shocked all of a sudden, and he felt that his eyes were a little black.

"Mei Niang, it's just that she borrowed hundreds of sets of armor and didn't return them, is it too arbitrary to say that the prince intends to rebel?"

Wu Zetian was righteous and stern: "For the son of man to have a rebellious plot, heaven and earth will not tolerate it, and the righteousness will destroy the relatives, how can it be forgiven?" ”

Li Zhi was smashed by Wu Zetian's words, and his head was a little dazed, and his body shook.

"Lord!" Wu Zetian hurriedly stepped forward, but was stopped by Li Zhi raising his hand.

At this moment, a sudden voice came, "Princess, the saint is discussing important matters with Her Royal Highness the Queen. ”

"Father!"

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian turned back in unison.

Seeing this, Wu Zetian frowned slightly, "Yongchang, how did you enter the palace at this time?" ”

Li Chen looked at his parents, and his eyes finally fell on his father, "I heard about the prince's brother, and I was a little worried about my father and mother, so I entered the palace overnight. ”

Wu Zetian was not angry but threatened, and reprimanded: "You are really messing around!" ”

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Zetian, and did not blame Li Chen in his words, "She just cares about her parents, what's wrong?" ”

Wu Zetian said: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. Chang'an City is forbidden to go to the black, if there is no permission from the Lord, who dares to violate the order without authorization? Who are the Praetorian Guards on duty today? ”

Li Zhi couldn't listen to it anymore, "Enough, Mei Niang." ”

Wu Zetian was stunned, "Lord? ”

Li Zhi suddenly felt so tired that he couldn't do it, he pinched his eyebrows, and asked in a cold voice, "Do you want to kill all your children one by one?" ”

Wu Zetian's expression was shocked, and he looked at Li Zhi, "Does the lord think that what the concubine has done is wrong?" ”

Li Zhi just looked at her coldly and did not speak.

"Xian'er is also Mei Niang's hard work, and now he has made a mistake, doesn't the Lord think Mei Niang is heartbroken?" Wu Zetian's face was full of pain.

Li Chen looked at his mother and then at his father, and his heart was like a mess. On the way to the palace, she imagined thousands of ways to exonerate Li Xian, but none of them worked.

People of later generations thought that as emperors, they could respond to every call, but this is not the case.

The emperor has supreme power, but he is not free to do whatever he wants. The Tang Dynasty from the founding of Aweng Taizong, it attaches great importance to the law, when Aweng was alive, formulated the "Tang Law" 12 articles, and later his father in the Yonghui years, personally presided over the compilation of the "Tang Law Shuyi" 30 volumes, in the country Hanxing.

Li Chen used to think that in ancient times, it was common to treat human life as a mustard, but in Datang, at least in the years she has experienced, Datang has never regarded human life as a mustard, except for the most heinous people, and the government has never easily sentenced people to death. Her father has always been misunderstood by later generations, thinking that he is just a cowardly and incompetent faint king, but only those who have really lived in this era will understand that her father is actually an emperor full of humanistic care, advocating the rule of law.

Li Zhi stood in place expressionlessly, and after a long time, he stretched out his hand to Li Chen, "Yongchang, come over to accompany my father Xige." ”

Li Xian's matter, whether Wu Zetian is heartbroken or not, she and Li Zhi both know it.

Li Zhi knows his body very well, for more than a year, the wind has been repeated, once half of his body was paralyzed and unable to move, Li Xian is the crown prince, the prince of the country, this world is his sooner or later, why should he be in a hurry.

The fact that the armor can be found in the stable of the East Palace is indeed an ironclad fact.

Li Chen helped his father to the West Pavilion, and as soon as he arrived at the West Pavilion, Li Zhi seemed to be deflated, sitting on the chair, frowning slightly.

"Ayer." Li Chen looked at his father, and his eyes were red.

Li Zhi raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and said very tiredly: "Yongchang, my father is old. ”

When Li Chen heard this, tears fell without warning. But then she wiped it off, and she forced a smile and said to her father, "How can Aya be old? In Yongchang's heart, Aya is forever young. ”

Li Zhi smiled half-bitterly, he knew the contradiction between Wu Zetian and Li Xian, the mother and son, when the mother and son had different political views, and when the son was not happy with his mother's political interference, it was normal for Wu Zetian to have a sense of crisis in his heart. But even if one day he died one step ahead of Wu Zetian, Li Xian would not let Wu Zetian's life be too sad. The king of a country, even if he pretends, should serve his mother to filial piety, at most, the power in Wu Zetian's hands is not as much as it is now. Therefore, Li Zhi never thought that his queen would come to this trick.

"The prince will not escape this fate." Li Zhi said.

Li Chen's heart twitched when he heard this, and he was speechless.

From the moment his mother searched for armor in the East Palace, the tug-of-war between Li Xian and his mother had already been decided. Whether he has the intention of rebellion or not is one thing, and the laws of the country are another. As the crown prince, he should take the national system to heart rather than turn a blind eye.

Li Chen and Li Zhi both believed that Li Xian had no intention of rebellion, but the laws of the country clearly stipulated that whoever dared to possess weapons privately would be convicted of rebellion.

Mother just held on to this.

When she sent someone to the East Palace to search, she didn't even block the news, otherwise how did Shu Ye go to Buxian Garden to tell her about it?

The prince's east palace has a private armor, if it is not dealt with according to the law, it will be difficult to hide the mouth of everyone.

The law of the country is above all else, and Wu Zetian made this matter known to everyone, and he looked righteous and awe-inspiring. As the king of a country, Li Zhi could not turn things around in this matter. In front of Wu Zetian's righteous and awe-inspiring attitude, if the emperor insists on favoring Li Xian because of his selfishness, who will abide by the law in the future? As an official, how can he strictly enforce the law?

Shang Ying legislated, and in the end, Shang Jun died under the laws he had established. Zhuge ruled Shu according to the law, so he slashed horses with tears.

But if the law is to function in a country, it must demonstrate one principle – fairness.

It's just that once something happens to the crown prince Li Xian, the forces of the DPRK and China will face another ** purge, and I don't know how many people will suffer because of this.

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