Chapter 375: The Emperor is Injured
Yang Wenhuai was so frightened that he sweated like rain: "The Holy Lord is angry, please allow the slave to come forward and take a look." β
Li Chun waved his sleeves at him: "Go quickly!" β
Yang Wenhuai immediately jumped up, climbed on the beam, climbed to the place where the plaque was hung easily, jumped down again after just a glance, settled firmly on the ground, and respectfully replied: "Don't panic, the slave has checked, it is the beam that has been in disrepair, causing the hanging nail of the plaque to fall off, and this is the accident." β
"It's just a sling falling off?" Li Chun's eyes narrowed, obviously suspicious.
No wonder the emperor was suspicious, the timing of the drop of this plaque was so coincidental that no matter how you look at it, it looks like Li Qi's comrades did it, and it is even very likely that it was done by someone from "His Royal Highness".
Pei Xingli was sharp-eyed, and at a glance he saw a small hanging nail that fell to the floor tiles, and hurriedly picked it up and said to Li Chun: "Shengshang, Weichen is brave, and I want to go up and have a look." β
Li Chun waved his hand in agreement.
Pei Xingli also flew up, grabbed the beam above the plaque with one hand, and looked at it carefully. He and Yang Wenhuai share the same opinion, and also believe that the accident was just an accident, not man-made.
After Li Chun heard this, his eyes stared at the broken plaque on the ground, his face was first loose, then tight, and changed several times in an instant.
This plaque in the side hall of Zichen Hall is the title of Emperor Daizong, that is, the husband of Master Zhen Luo when he was alive, and the four big characters of "Purple Qi from the East" are also in line with the name of Zichen Palace, meaning auspicious signs.
And now, this plaque suddenly fell and broke without warning, in front of his dignified son, and it was the time to talk about the anti-thief, is this a bad omen?
Thinking of this, Li Chun was even more angry, pointed at Yang Wenhuai and asked fiercely: "How can the internal service province be a bad person?" β
Yang Wenhuai knelt on the ground and kowtowed again, and replied tremblingly: "The slave is terrified, please punish Your Majesty!" β
Li Chun couldn't care about his demeanor anymore, and reprimanded him with a flushed face: "Today is the hanging nail falling off for a long time, and tomorrow the beam and pillar will be broken and the palace will collapse!" A bunch of waste, what's the use of me feeding you?! β
No one in the hall dared to answer, only heard Yang Wenhuai and a few guards on duty pleading guilty again and again.
Li Chengxuan took a few steps forward, quietly moved away from Xiling Yue, and opened his mouth to appease the emperor: "Brother Huang, the top priority is to pass on the Imperial Medical Department to diagnose and treat your foot injury, the dragon body is important, and it is not too late to deal with it after the internal servant is accommodated." β
Li Chengxuan didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, Li Chun suddenly felt a heart-piercing pain in his ankle, and he couldn't help but show a little pain on his face.
Seeing this, Guo Zhongting also said: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and go to the Imperial Doctor's Office!" β
"Yes, yes." Seeing that the emperor did not refute, Yang Wenhuai hurriedly got up and walked out, and when he passed by Li Chengxuan's side, he quickly glanced at him, as if to express his gratitude.
Bai Juyi also opened his mouth at this time to answer: "Holy Lord, although this is an accident, it also means that there are hidden dangers in the palace, why don't you order a thorough inspection, just in case." β
However, Li Chun didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't react. His gaze slowly swept over the people in the hall, and his gaze tightened againβ
At the moment when the plaque fell, he clearly saw the performance of several people: Li Chengxuan protected Xilingyue's head and quickly pulled her far away; Pei Xingli also rushed towards Xiling Yue, but he was one step later than Li Chengxuan; Guo Zhongting held his head in his hands and hid far away; Only Bai Juyi jumped a few steps back, but his eyes were looking at him.
Obviously, when Fang was in danger, only Bai Juyi remembered him, and the rest ......
If the rest of the people want to save themselves like Guo Zhongting, it is human nature. But Li Chengxuan and Pei Xingli behaved extremely abnormally, but both of them were very good at covering up, one took the opportunity to persuade and the other took the opportunity to check the plaque, and they both stayed away from Xilingyue in time, but all this was still seen by him.
Li Chun didn't answer Bai Juyi's words in the end, he narrowed his eyes, suddenly calmed down, retreated a few people, and said, "I'm tired, you guys should retreat first." After a pause, he emphasized, "What Fang just said, in the future, King Fu will enter the palace every ten years and personally report the progress to me." β
Everyone walked out of the Zichen Palace, each sat on their shoulders and left the palace, and the carriages of each family had been waiting in front of the palace gate for a long time. Only Pei Xingli entered Beijing and went straight to Daming Palace to report on his work, and there was no carriage to travel.
Xilingyue forgot Pei Xingli's thoughts about her again, and asked quickly, "Where does General Pei live now?" Would I like to give you a ride? β
The corners of Pei Xingli's mouth hooked slightly, and he looked at her with a burning look: "Okay." β
Seeing his eyes, Xi Lingyue remembered Jiang Wei's words again, and was annoyed in her heart, so she had to smile embarrassedly: "Then you get in the car and wait for a while, and I will come after a word with the prince." β
She was afraid that Li Chengxuan would leave in a hurry, so before she finished speaking, she ran to the carriage of Fuwang's Mansion with her skirt and stopped Li Chengxuan: "Lord, thank you for saving me." β
Li Chengxuan was about to step on the wheel, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but pause, and replied: "It's a lot of effort." The words seemed to be extremely polite.
Xi Lingyue understood his situation, and didn't dare to care too much, so she only asked, "Are you...... How's it going? β
Li Chengxuan looked at her calmly: "Very good, what about you?" β
"I'm also fine," Xiling Yue hesitated a little, "The matter of the Queen Mother, you ...... Don't feel bad. β
Li Chengxuan Xu had already figured it out, his face remained unchanged, and he only said: "For the queen mother, Xingqing Palace is very good." β
Xiling Yue bit her lower lip. Originally, she wanted to say something to Li Chengxuan that she had accumulated in the past half a month, but when she suddenly saw him in person, and there were many people around her, she couldn't say a word, she could only look at him straight and worried
of color.
Li Chengxuan didn't look at her, his eyes fell not far behind her - there was a carriage from the eldest princess's mansion parked there, and two men stood in front of the car, Guo Zhongting and Pei Xingli, both of whom were looking at him at the moment, with their eyes each with deep meaning.
Li Chengxuan retracted his gaze and smiled meaninglessly before he said to Xilingyue: "Tongtian cane...... I haven't handed it over to the royal brother for the time being. β
Xilingyue nodded in agreement: "I haven't found out whether it is the true work of the Empress Wu, and it will be troublesome to hand it over rashly." β
"Hmm." Li Chengxuan saw that she understood, glanced behind her again, and said, "See you at the Xishi Execution Ground in two days." With that, he stepped into the carriage and departed without hesitation.
Xilingyue was a little disappointed, but she couldn't tell what she was disappointed about. Didn't she just want to see how Li Chengxuan was doing? Now that I see it, and see that he has regained the reuse of the Son of Heaven, shouldn't he be at ease?
Thinking like this, she had no choice but to turn around and walk back, only to hear Guo Zhongting suddenly say "ah": "Yue'er, I remembered that there are some things to discuss with Master Bai, so you should give General Pei a ride!" β
He patted Xilingyue on the shoulder as he spoke, then walked to Bai Juyi's carriage, pulled the other party and hurriedly got into the carriage and left.
Suddenly, only she and Pei Xingli were left, Xiling Yue immediately felt very embarrassed, but the other party's next sentence made her even more embarrassed-
"I asked Guo Jungong to go first." He said.
Xiling Yue realized that the situation was not good.
"I'd like to talk to you alone." He said again.
Xilingyue had no choice but to agree, pretending to be unaware and laughing: "Okay, then let's not take the carriage either, how about talking while walking?" β
(End of chapter)