When the female official of the forbidden middle school hurried to Xuanwu Gate with the order, the turmoil had temporarily ended, and Wu Youning and Xue Huaiyi temporarily withdrew from Xuanwu Gate.

The corpses that fell to the ground were thrown in the corners of the palace wall, and the monks of the White Horse Temple who followed Xue Huaiyi into Xuanwu City were forced by more than 50 thousand cavalry soldiers to hold knives in a corner of the palace gate, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

And Feng Guoyi, who was only wearing a single coat after being stripped of his armor, was also in this state at this time, and he looked very eye-catching among the monks with a blue scalp and no hair.

Li Tong also stood here with a knife, took the warrant handed by the female official for a while, and then asked people to go out of the Xuanwu Gate to invite Xue Huaiyi, but after waiting for a while, he still didn't see Xue Huaiyi entering, so he smiled apologetically at the female official and said: "There are still new things to play here, and there is still a reciprocal journey of the history of the woman." ”

Of course, the female official also noticed the strange atmosphere here, but she didn't dare to take the initiative to ask questions out of caution, and after hearing the words of the acting king, she just nodded, and didn't say much.

Li Tong led the female official to the straight hall, picked up the pen and quickly told the affairs here, and then asked the female official to hurry in with her handwriting.

After sending off the female official, Li Tong did not return to the vicinity of Xuanwu Gate, but just sat in the straight hall and waited for the new order of the forbidden middle school.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his grandmother was so mean in some places that she was almost inhumane, but she was really indulgent and graceful to Xue Huaiyi. In previous years, Xue Huaiyi regarded the palace defense as nothing, and it was not once or twice that he led the party members in and out of the forbidden palace. This kind of behavior was also criticized by the imperial historians of foreign dynasties, but his grandmother never gave any response.

This time, Li Tong's entourage slashed Xue Huaiyi, in addition to the fact that they had deep grievances with each other, they were not purely motivated.

At present, his grandmother does rely on him, and the actions of the foreign courtiers have made the courtiers frightened, and if there is a discord between the soldiers here in Beiya, once the news spreads, the situation may be even more uncontrollable. Therefore, everything that happened tonight is destined to be solved quietly, and must not be put on the table.

Li Tong has come to this point, and Taoguang is no longer the first priority to seek a career. To be honest, even if his grandmother wants to solve him, she must take into account the influence of all aspects, and she is no longer a chick who can be pinched to death in the blink of an eye.

What's more, he wasn't wrong this time, but his methods were a little irritable. Even if his grandmother blames him this time, he is not without anything to say.

The situation in the court has been so tense, Lao Tzu is very nervous to show you the door and sentry day and night, but your nephew and your husband regard the palace defense as nothing, hula la A large group of people come and go, why are you an old lady so big-hearted, can you sleep steadily?

But even if you can tolerate it, I can't stand it. In my eyes, you are not an old man who is disrespectful and does not cultivate a concubine, you are my own grandmother, or you don't let me guard the door, as long as I stay here, this kind of thing is not allowed to happen again!

Li Tong was still thinking about how to respond to the accountability that his grandmother might have later, and the sergeant from outside came to the hall to tell him that Zuo Yulin's general Lu Chongyu had arrived at Xuanwu Gate and summoned His Royal Highness the Acting King and Xue Huaiyi to enter the palace to face the saint.

Although Lu Chongyu looks quite rough, his mind is delicate. When Li Tong walked out of the straight hall and came to the back of the Xuanwu Gate, Lu Chongyu had already taken the first step to let Xue Huaiyi take the lead, not giving the two another chance to meet and have a conflict.

"It's within Xiao Wang's ministry, but it's a shame to have General Lao to work hard."

Li Tongxing stepped forward, hugged his fist at Lu Chongyu slightly, and then said.

After hearing this, Lu Chongyu just waved his hand and smiled: "Your Highness doesn't need to be polite, since you are a regular guard, walking inside and outside is your duty, and you really can't talk about whether you are tired or not." ”

As he spoke, the two of them walked side by side to the Forbidden Palace under the escort of a team of Yulin sergeants.

Although he no longer continued to talk, Li Tong obviously felt that Lu Chongyu's attitude towards him had improved slightly, especially in the corridors, palace gates and other turning places, Lu Chongyu deliberately slowed down, raised his hand and asked the king to go first. Compared with the official attitude when he sent the king to the Qianqi garrison camp earlier, it was undoubtedly much kinder.

In addition, Li Tong also smelled that the smell of incense emanating from Lu Chongyu's body was even stronger, which was already a bit beyond the need to cover up the body odor, and it seemed to be covering up something.

Turning around in the night, Li Tong didn't know where he had walked to the palace. When he walked to the location of a remote palace, Lu Chongyu walked half a step quickly, approached Li Tong, and said in a low voice: "What Your Highness did this night, don't worry too much. His Majesty the Holy Emperor has a clear plan, and His Highness is only abiding by his duties and guarding the loyal and brave, and he will never offend His Highness for this! ”

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and even turned his head to look at Lu Chongyu suspiciously, unable to figure out why the other party suddenly released such kindness.

Lu Chongyu avoided Li Tong's slightly scrutinizing gaze a little unnaturally, but quickly turned back and continued to whisper: "Master Xue has always acted flamboyantly, and it is no longer a short day to boast. The old skills of patrolling the border do not matter whether they are real or false, but the praise of words and deeds is just a superficial matter, which inevitably makes people underestimate the importance of the military affairs. And the loyal and diligent people inside and outside were also disgraced by the vanity of one person, and there was no longer the right eyes of the world. ”

Hearing this, Li Tong was a little stunned. It seems that Xue Huaiyi's excessive publicity has made many people dissatisfied, and even Lu Chongyu, the general of the forbidden army, has a lot of grievances.

It's normal to think about it, regardless of Xue Huaiyi's position for the time being, he led the army out several times, it can't be said to be completely futile, but the so-called military merit really wants to squeeze out the water, and it is estimated that people can drown.

But this guy is surprisingly lucky, and even if other generals are familiar with military affairs and have profound strategies, they don't dare to boast that they will win the battle. But Xue Huaiyi was able to do an outing as easily, and he could pick it up with great success.

Wu Zhou Dynasty, internal and external generals, was actually crushed by a straw bale head. These generals inside and outside, if they can still look at Xue Huaiyi, it will really be a hell.

Li Tong didn't expect that he would have such an unexpected gain by slashing Xue Huaiyi's entourage inside the Xuanwu Gate.

Lu Chongyu is one of the few generals of the forbidden army in the court, who has won the trust of his grandmother and reused it.

As a result, this time, because of the suppression of Xue Huaiyi's arrogance, he actually got Lu Chongyu's attitude towards him better, which shows that Xue Huaiyi is really hated.

Li Tong nodded, accepting the goodwill release of Lu Chongyu, but he didn't say anything. Such a trivial matter, even if it makes people feel evil, is not worth continuing to talk about. And at the moment, he is mainly thinking about the affairs of Qianqi, and he has no energy to include the Yulin Army in the scope of consideration for the time being.

After saying these few words, Lu Chongyu didn't say more, and waited until he sent the acting king into the gate of a palace, stood under the lamplight and watched the back of the acting king walk into the hall, his expression was thoughtful, and after a while, he sighed, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and silently retreated into the shadows.

Li Tong didn't wait long outside the palace, Shangguan Wan'er went out to summon, and when she saw that he was still looking left and right, she said in a low voice: "Master Xue stayed in the Shanzhai Courtyard and entered the palace for winter official affairs. ”

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help but be suspicious, could it be that Xue Huaiyi was actually involved with Guan Longxun and the nobles, and he entered the palace at night because he was anxious to rescue Su Gan?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Shangguan Wan'er's pretty face turned south, and his beautiful eyes looked at the iron phoenix with wings above the Ming Hall in the south, and his heart quickly became clear.

It turned out that he thought about things deeply, and Xue Huaiyi served as a superintendent several times to supervise the construction of large fortifications in the imperial court, and the nominal supervisors of these projects were all winter officials of the Ministry of Works.

Su Gan, who is now serving as the winter official Shangshu, was bitten by the mad dog Lai Junchen, and Xue Huaiyi was probably worried that some black materials would be turned out in the process of supervising the construction of the project, so he entered the palace late at night.

He nodded slightly to Shangguan Wan'er, and then walked into the hall, and saw his grandmother sitting in the hall with her hands on her forehead, so she kneeled in front and whispered: "The minister is ashamed, he has the post of the guard of the north gate, but he can't take care of the matter, and it is really guilty to disturb Your Majesty late at night." ”

Wu Zetian seemed to be really tired, and after Li Tong finished speaking, he raised his head and lowered his eyes to look at him after a while, and said in a somewhat low tone: "The sin is not yours, there is no need to admit mistakes." Huaiyi's habit is simple and slow, and he oversteps the palace rules, which should be reprimanded. But thou hast stabbed his followers, and thou hast acted a little out of proportion. Not to mention that you are noble, and you don't compete with your husband. He has the Buddha's fate and Buddha's affection, and such a person is not good to split his eyes and be evil......"

Li Tong was a little speechless when he heard this, but he couldn't refute it for a while. Not to mention anything else, just a few times on an outing, this guy can swagger and triumph with all his beards and tails, which is really inexplicable.

Sometimes Li Tong even wondered if this guy was a high-level undercover agent planted by the Turks, why every time Xue Huaiyi sent troops, he had to flee from the wind.

Of course, this matter is not without explanation, the Turks have already revived, and their own strength is not the same as when they won all victories in the early years. And every time Xue Huaiyi sends troops, he is a large army, and the current Turkic fight against the autumn wind is okay, but if it really rises to the battle of national fortune, it is also very frightened.

But in his grandmother's opinion, that is a different feeling, several times the use of foreign troops, it is not without good choice of generals, but there are not many big victories that can really excite the whole country. is Xue Huaiyi, who everyone looks down on, even if there are no surprises every time, it will not disappoint people too much, as if God has given her a blessed general, so that she can retain a dignity in foreign battles.

"The minister and Master Xue have a friendship, and the minister knows what Master Xue's character is. It is precisely because of the blessing and deep care that Master Xue has experienced hardships and hardships, and his words and deeds are informal. Master Xue's heart may be boastful, but it is really difficult to examine them one by one. I am afraid that Master Xue will be misled by the evil tricks of traitors, lose his sensitivity, or live up to this blessed favor that the world envies. ”

Li Tong didn't want to break any superstitions with his grandmother, so he just continued with the words.

Wu Zetian also nodded slightly after hearing this, and then said: "For the time being, leave this mage in the forbidden, and the monks gathered in the White Horse Temple will be dispersed." ”