The morning of September 28 in the first year of Qianfeng finally arrived under the different expectations of all parties, Li Xian got up early in the morning, finished practicing martial arts, hurriedly used two pancakes for breakfast, and hurried all the way to the small square outside the Chengtian Gate, only then got off the carriage, and immediately felt the strong tension in the square, which was almost substantial, and the courtiers who were always divided into countless small circles in the past were faintly divided into five major pieces this time - the prince's family headed by Yan Liben, Le Yanwei and other members was a group, The Luwang family headed by Li Xian is another group, the rear party headed by Xu Jingzong is another group, as for Dai Zhide and other courtiers in the middle of the group, the remaining small group is Li Xian's close ministers who inserted into the court, and there is a clear distinction between the people and horses of all parties, and there is a great tendency to resist the court.

"Your Highness, morning."

"Your Highness, you're here."

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In the past few years, Li Xian has repeatedly performed well in the court, and the courtiers have seen it in their eyes, and they dare not despise Li Xian because of his youth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, morning."

Today's court is big, Rao is Li Xian has made enough preparations, but his heart is still not too down-to-earth, he really doesn't have much heart to greet the courtiers at this time, but there is no loss in the number of courtesies, so he can only be a strong spirit, and responded with a smile, and then slowly walked to Li Xian's side, nodded with a smile, and said hello, and Li Xian obviously had no intention of pulling those false courtesies, and also bowed his head and signaled, which was considered to be a return of the gift, and the two brothers only exchanged a knowing look, and then stood side by side,

"What's going on, it's almost hour, isn't it early today?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen the proclamation of the holy decree, alas, just wait."

"Tsk, what time is this, wait, alas......"

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Time passed quickly in waiting, the time that should have opened the dynasty had already passed, and it was time to see that it was about to arrive, but the gate of Chengtian was still tightly closed, and there was no sound on the drum tower, and the eunuchs had never come to announce the decree, and the courtiers who were waiting in the small square were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't understand whether the court was still on the court this morning today, and the voices of private discussions immediately became noisy.

"Seventh brother, I'm afraid something is going to happen this morning."

Not only were the courtiers waiting impatiently, but even Li Xian, the king of Lu, was a little out of breath, and looked sideways at Li Xian, who had never been silent, and said tentatively in a deep voice.

Is it weird? It seems that there is something strange, this taste is a little wrong, could it be that there is chaos in the palace again? Li Xian is calm on the surface, but in his heart he is actually muttering, although he doesn't know what the problem is, but there is a bad premonition that is about to come up irrepressibly from the bottom of his heart, but this is not the occasion to say it, Li Xian can only bow his head and say: "Sixth brother, wait and see." ”

"Hmm."

Li Xian actually knew that asking about this matter was also in vain, but he was just asking for peace of mind, and when he heard Li Xian say this, he couldn't say more, and after snorting sullenly, he could only wait patiently.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Just when the courtiers were waiting anxiously, the big drum on the corner tower of the Chengtianmen was finally beaten, and immediately, the heavy Chengtianmen was slowly pushed away from the inside, at the same time, the sound of the eunuchs shouting the court also spread out from the deep palace in waves, the early dynasty finally began, a group of courtiers did not dare to slack off, and stood in line according to the rank, and the fish ran into the Chengtianmen, and trotted all the way to the Taiji Palace, and then, just entered the Taiji Palace, all the courtiers were immediately dumbfounded, The sound of gasps of surprise rang out one after another.

According to the Tang Dynasty system, in the early dynasty, the courtiers should have been waiting for the arrival of the emperor, but now Gaozong's father and son have actually arrived at the main hall first, one sits on the dragon bed, and the other sits under the front mound, this situation has become the emperor and other ministers, which is obviously not in line with the system, but it is not a big deal, after all, it is the time of the hour, and it has passed the time when the early dynasty should have begun. Vaguely you can see a person sitting behind the bead curtain, although the face can not be seen clearly, but everyone knows that the only person who can sit on the front pier is the Empress Wu herself, and the ominous term "hanging the curtain to listen to politics" immediately popped up in the minds of all the courtiers, and for a time all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

Father, father, can you be more cowardly? What a good emperor is actually regarded as such a virtue by you! When a group of people were surprised and inexplicable, Li Xian was the first to come back to his senses, and quickly glanced at the situation in the hall, and saw that Gaozong's face was full of fatigue and embarrassment, and the prince Li Hong was full of grievances and indignation, Li Xian could not guess the root cause of the delay of the early dynasty, nine times out of ten it was because the Empress Wu insisted on listening to the government, and the prince was resolutely opposed and disputed with each other, which caused the delay of the early dynasty, obviously, Gaozong finally supported the Empress Wu, in this matter, the prince was defeated!

"Wait and greet Your Majesty!"

After the courtiers were in a panic for a while, they soon came to their senses, no matter what mood they had, the court's rituals were inevitable, and they fell to their knees one after another, and bowed to the ground, but their voices were quite messy, and they lost their former solemnity.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat, flat."

The courtiers' voices were weak, and Gaozong's voice was also tired, and it could even be said that it was perfunctory, and it was obviously extremely depressed.

"Ministers, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Hearing Gaozong's voice, the voice was dim and hoarse, and the courtiers' hearts tightened, but at this moment, no one dared to ask any questions, so they could only thank them according to the old practice, and after getting up, they fell into place according to their ranks, and for a while, no one dared to stand up for this chapter, and the court was strangely quiet.

"Ahem." Gaozong waited for a long time, and seeing that no one came out to say anything, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he coughed twice and said, "Do you Aiqing have anything to play?" ”

In fact, during this period of time, the affairs of the court are very complicated, not only the battle in Liaodong, the reform of the imperial examination in the DPRK and even the river work are also in full swing, and there are countless problems in it, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are many contradictions, not to mention that there is the court scandal that just happened a few days ago, and the ministers have different opinions on so many court affairs, should have been raised one by one on the occasion of such a dynasty, but the current situation is too weird, in the situation of not figuring out, no one is willing to stand up to be the first bird, so the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall are all pretending to be wooden people, and the hall is as quiet as a ghost domain.

Everyone else can bear it, but Li Hong can't bear it, in Helan Min's matter, he has been slapped hard by the Empress Wu, it is not an exaggeration to say that it hurts the heart and lungs, I thought that there would be a surprise attack in the morning today, and I turned it over in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect that before the court, the Empress Wu actually appeared with Gaozong, saying that he wanted to listen to the government, which made Li Hong unbearable, and he couldn't care about the ethics or immorality, so he expressed extreme dissatisfaction on the spot, and clashed fiercely with the Empress Wu, trying to fight strongly. However, Gaozong was no more than the lewdness/power of the martial queen, and actually persuaded Li Hong to accept such an unprecedented strange thing, poor Li Hong was full of complacent indignation, but he could only reluctantly accept such a humiliating ending to the extreme, but he didn't want to and didn't want to give in, but on the occasion of such an early dynasty, he, as the crown prince, couldn't take the lead in standing up to do something, and in desperation, he had to suppress the impulse in his heart, and made a suggestive look at Xiao Ming, the superintendent of the imperial history.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a book to play!"

Xiao Ming is Li Hong's absolute confidant, since he has long been under Li Hong's secret order, ready to attack at any time, this time Li Hong gave the code of "action", he did not dare to slack off, flashed out from the end of the civil official queue, walked quickly to the hall, bowed to Gaozong, and reported loudly.

"Aiqing has a book to play, I just listen to it."

After waiting for such a long time, someone finally went to the book, and the embarrassment in Gaozong's heart was slightly reduced, but when he saw that it was Xiao Ming, the prince's henchman, who wanted to go to the book, Gaozong couldn't help but feel a little flustered, but at this time, he couldn't help but let Xiao Ming speak, and after thinking about it, he reluctantly agreed to Xiao Ming's request.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Ming thanked him meticulously, and then did not open the notebook he was holding, and said proudly: "Weichen wants to impeach Duan Baoxuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, for vegetarian meals and ignoring political affairs, so that Dali Temple is rotten, and there are more Dali Temple Shaoqing Yuan Gongyu and Hou Shanye are embarrassed to be traitors, up and down their hands, in vain, resulting in more than 3,000 cases in Dali Temple, and even more, these two thieves colluded with Qiu Shenfu and other subordinates, bought people's lives, and bent the law for bribes, their crimes are unforgivable, and I implore Your Majesty to issue an edict to strictly investigate this gang of thieves, Return the clarity of my court! ”

"Boom ......"

As soon as Xiao Ming's impassioned words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, no one could have imagined that the prince would make a move to meet the life and death of the Empress Wu, not only the neutral courtiers were surprised and inexplicable, but the Empress Wu's party was also confused, because Xiao Ming's recital was not a script arranged in advance by the Empress Wu's party, and as for the courtiers who were close to the prince, they were also shocked a lot, just because the secret order they received was to concentrate firepower to prepare for the impeachment of Helan Minzhi, But he never expected that Xiao Ming's head would be such an amazing move, and everyone was shocked, and everyone was in a commotion, and the whole hall was in an uproar, and the noise was like a vegetable market......