Chapter 334: The Struggle for Leadership (5)
"Jia Aiqing said it well, the court has its own laws, how can it tolerate the young people to do nonsense, do the princes have any different opinions?"
Empress Wu knew that today's matter was difficult, and the murderous machine in her heart had moved instantly, so she planned to take advantage of Gaozong's ignorance of government affairs to take down Li Xian's brother in one fell swoop, of course, there is still a difference, for Li Xian, Empress Wu's calculation is to forcibly suppress it, and for Li Xian, Empress Wu does not have the slightest mercy to keep his hand, so he is ready to send Li Xian to be a companion with Li Hong. He asked gloomily.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, the old minister thinks that what Jia Shangshu said is too much, according to my Tang Dynasty law, there is chaos in the imperial tomb, which is an important matter related to the national system, and it should be judged by His Majesty, and others are not allowed to put their beaks at will, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of England asked to meet the Holy God and there is no mistake, how can he resist the crime of disobedience!"
Listening to the words of the Empress Wu, the murderous intention was hidden, and the right minister Hao Chujun couldn't bear it, and he had already offended the Empress Wu ruthlessly, but it was not worse than this, so he stood up and reported loudly.
"What, is Hao Xiang suspecting that this palace has no right to deal with this matter?"
Empress Wu's perception of Hao Chujun was extremely poor, and when she saw that he jumped out to contradict herself, her face immediately became difficult to see, and she sighed with pity.
"The old minister doesn't dare, the old minister is just stating the facts, and this rebellion in the imperial tomb must be handled by His Majesty!"
Hao Chujun is a tough temper, although he is also very worried about the evil methods of the martial queen, but in the face of the great right and wrong, he refuses to back down at all, and arrogantly resists the martial queen.
"Well said!"
As soon as Hao Chujun's words fell, the eyes of the Empress Wu were instantly sharp, and he was about to go crazy, but he heard a loud praise suddenly sounded at the junction of the apse and the front hall, which made the Empress Wu look awe-inspired, and he didn't care about Hao Chujun, he stood up in a little panic, turned to look at the apse, and saw that Gaozong Zhengda was about to come out on foot, and followed by Li Xulun and Princess Taiping behind him.
"The concubine has seen Your Majesty."
As soon as she saw Li Xulun and Princess Taiping also appear here, Empress Wu instantly understood that her previous measures had completely come to naught, and she couldn't help but panic a little in her heart, but she didn't mess up because of this, her face was straight, and she greeted her as if she had nothing to do.
"Humph!"
The anger in Gaozong's heart was not weakened in the slightest because of the Empress Wu's salute, and he snorted coldly, as if he wanted to attack Empress Wu, but he still didn't do that at the end, he just flicked his sleeves and strode up to the front, lifted the hem of his robe, sat in the middle of the dragon bed, and looked at the ministers below with an awe-inspiring face, and did not give up half of the position to Empress Wu as usual, making it clear that he did not intend to let Empress Wu sit side by side with him. But there was a faint essence in his eyes flickering, but he didn't lean into the dragon bed again, just stood silently behind Gaozong.
"Wait and greet Your Majesty!"
Pei Xingjian and the others saw that Gaozong's complexion was wrong, so they didn't dare to slack off a little, so they rushed to the hall and paid their respects.
"Excuse me."
Gaozong did not shout as pleasantly as usual, but stared at everyone coldly for a long time before squeezing out two words from between his teeth.
"Ministers, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
All the ministers present are old and sophisticated, and they can all see that today's things are afraid that they will be difficult to get better, and they will inevitably have some apprehension and excitement in their hearts, but no one dares to talk nonsense in the unclear situation, so they can only thank them in a proper manner, and each of them retreated to both sides of the main hall, and stood as a statue without squinting.
"It's all made clear to me, what is the matter of 'Gongling'? Why didn't you tell me earlier, huh? Is it really time for me? Say! ”
Gaozong was very angry, and he unceremoniously reprimanded everyone when he came up, and the cannon-like questions smashed all the ministers in fear, and they all knew that Gaozong's anger was aimed at the martial arts, but there was a lesson from the past of "Shangguan Yi", and all the ministers did not dare to make a fool of themselves in this matter, so they could only listen to Gaozong's reprimand quietly, and they didn't even dare to take a breath.
"Pei Xingjian, come on, what's going on, say!"
Gaozong waited for a while, and when he saw that all the ministers were pretending to be deaf and dumb there, his anger became a little more vigorous, his eyes widened, and he directly named the name of Zuo Xiang Pei Xingjian.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has just received it." Gongling's urgent report, said that the people are all opposed, burned buildings, scattered back to their hometowns, according to the cloud, the cause is that the wine and meat given by the emperor have not been honored, the details still need to be investigated, the ministers and other parties received an urgent report, before they had time to deal with it, they have been ordered by the mother to discuss the matter, after hearing that His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness the King and all the ministers gathered in front of the gate of heaven, asked to face the saint, the ministers can only wait here, not long ago, Gao Gonggong went to the call of the queen's mother, but because of the words without a form, he took his own humiliation, and the matter changed, Fang since the discussion, His Majesty has arrived, the matter is so, the old minister's words are true, and please Your Majesty to see。 ”
Pei Xingjian, as the prime minister, although he did not change his stance on which side he supported, but between his words, he faintly helped the prince and Li Xian, directly erased Li Xian's disobedience to the decree, and put all the guilt on Gao Hesheng's head.
"Gao and win!"
Gaozong was originally not very satisfied with Gao Hesheng, and wanted to replace it several times, but he was always blocked by the Empress Wu, at this time, when he heard Pei Xingjian say this, and then remembered Sun Quanfu's deeds of leading people to imprison him, how could he bear it, and slammed the dragon case, and broke off angrily.
"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, the slave and the maid are wronged, the slave and the maid have never been rude, the slave and the maid are ......"
Seeing Gaozong's anger coming to him, Gao and Shengden panicked, couldn't care about much, knelt down on the front pier, and kowtowed vigorously.
"This guy is such a big dog, it's just that such a big thing is not passed on to me, and he dares to let people isolate my hearing and hearing, what is the use of me asking for a dog like this, come to someone, drag it down, and kill it on the spot!"
Gaozong is not good at taking martial arts to be angry, but for Gao Hesheng such a dog, he has no mercy, and he just killed a Sun Quanfu with a cane, and he was angry, so he planned to concoct Gao Hesheng as well.
"No!"
As soon as Gaozong's Chrysostom opened, the guards who were waiting under the main hall did not dare to slack off, and they each responded loudly, and rushed into the hall in a swren, and set up Gao Hesheng and dragged him out of the hall.
"Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life, the slave is really wronged, Niangniang, Niangniang......"
Gao Hesheng is not a very brave person, this hearing Gaozong so ordered, he was frightened and urinated, struggling frantically, shouting, but which is the opponent of the burly and powerful warrior in front of the palace, he was dragged down the front pier by being dragged alive, and in the face of the mortal situation, Gao Hesheng couldn't care much about it, and directly asked the master of the martial queen for help.
"Wait!"
Gao Hesheng's life and death Empress Wu didn't really care, but he couldn't let him die at this time, otherwise, the so-called power that Empress Wu painstakingly created would be all in vain, and this was obviously not a result that Empress Wu could accept, so even if he knew that he would further anger Gaozong at this time, Empress Wu couldn't care about it so much, so he calmly snorted, stopped the actions of the warriors in front of the palace, and then walked to the dragon case, blessed Gaozong, and said softly: " Your Majesty, please take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and let the concubine say a few words? ”
"Humph!"
Gaozong was on fire at this time, although the fear of the Empress Wu still existed, he was already faint, and he would not leave too much face for the Empress Wu, but if it was too much, Gaozong could not say it, so he could only snort coldly to show the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Your Majesty Mingjian, Gao Hesheng went to summon Xian'er and Xian'er to be ordered by the concubine, but somehow there was a conflict, so that Xian'er beat Gao Hesheng in public, which must be for another reason, if you don't check it clearly, I am afraid that you will lose the dignity of the heavenly family, and now Xian'er and Xian'er are still waiting at the palace gate, why don't you announce it together, and then punish it?" Empress Wu was not embarrassed by Gaozong's cold reception at all, and still spoke in a paragraph, and there was some truth in her words.
"Xuan!"
In the face of Empress Wu's soft persuasion, Gaozong really couldn't pull his son to go crazy at Empress Wu, and after being silent for a while, he waved his hand impatiently, and sighed angrily, which was considered to have agreed to Empress Wu's request.
"No!"
As soon as Gaozong's words fell, a small eunuch who was waiting on the front pier saw the opportunity very quickly, and answered the promise before the rest of the eunuchs, and rushed down the front pier in great strides and rushed towards the palace gate......
"Seventh brother, why hasn't there been any movement? There won't be any surprises, right? ”
The palace has turned the sky upside down, but the people waiting outside the palace gate are not clear, seeing that the sun is gradually sinking in the west, the sound of discussion is gradually sounding, and Li Xian is also impetuous because of the noise, squinting at Li Xian, who is still calm and calm, and can't help but ask.
"Brother Prince, please rest assured, it will be fine." After such a long time, Li Xian was not sure that things would go as he expected, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, but he couldn't and didn't dare to say anything very frustrating at this time, so he could only smile calmly and comforted lightly.
"This ......"
Li Xian's heart was very empty, even if Li Xian had repeatedly assured, he still couldn't rest assured, looked at Li Xian suspiciously, the corners of his mouth twitched and he was about to ask again, but he didn't know where to start, so anxious that the roots of his ears turned a little red.
"Brother Prince, look, there's movement!"
Li Xian's eyes were very good, and he found a little eunuch running towards the palace gate early, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he reminded Li Xian in a whisper.
"Oh?"
When Li Xian heard this, he couldn't care less about asking questions, and hurriedly turned his gaze to the palace gate......