The heavy snow has been falling all night, until the time is approaching, there is no abatement, the goose feather snow just keeps drifting, then the snow in the square in front of the gate of heaven is already as thick as a foot, people standing in it, are already about to lose their knees, and then blown by the biting cold wind, it is really frozen enough, but the time of the dynasty is approaching, but the courtiers have nowhere to hide, can only stand trembling on the square to carry the power of heaven and earth, the generals are better, in the end the body is strong, how much can it hold, But the old and weak ministers were miserable, they were frozen so that their faces were as blue as iron, and no one had the interest in chatting, and the dead silence in the huge square was completely gone, and only the north wind was whistling in the wild.

"Look, it's His Royal Highness!"

"His Royal Highness has come down!"

"Heh, it really lives up to its reputation, it really has the legacy of Taizong, it's amazing, it's amazing!"

……

Just when the ministers were already numb to wait, a rush of horses' hooves broke out, Li Xian had led the guards to rush to the outer edge of the square with his own guards riding through the snow, and the alarmed ministers were talking endlessly, the original dull atmosphere was shattered in an instant, and the noise became one, especially those courtiers who have been promoted in recent years are so excited that they can hardly hold themselves, not for anything else, just because Li Xian is now the candidate for the East Palace with the highest voice, once it comes true, it will be a half-monarch, with Li Xian's ability, The enthronement of the great treasure should be just around the corner, if it can be put on the line early, it will be from the dragon's work, of course, not all the courtiers are excited by Li Xian's arrival, Jia Chaoyin, Ming Chongyan and even Wu Chenghei and other courtiers of the Wuhou party have not followed the cheers and discussions, but secretly exchanged incomprehensible glances with each other.

"Seventh brother, you can be regarded as here."

The time of the last dynasty was approaching, and the courtiers were excited, but they didn't dare to walk out of the queue at will, but Li Xulun, the king of wings, had no scruples, stepped on the kneeless snow, grabbed Li Xian's body, and called out very affectionately.

"Eighth brother, it's early."

Li Xian has always been punctual, and he actually got up quite early today, but he went to the edict prison for a while, delayed for a while, and arrived a little late, but fortunately, he finally caught up with the time of the early dynasty, and he was in a good mood.

"Seventh brother, it's not early, listen, it's all shouting, you better hurry up."

After Li Xulun showed his heart to Li Xian yesterday, the big burden in his heart had already been completely let go, and he was very open in front of Li Xian, and the ridiculous words blurted out almost without thinking.

"Let's go."

For Li Xulun, the younger brother who completely fell to him, Li Xian had no other wariness, some were just pity, and he would not care about the slight rudeness between his words, but smiled indifferently, greeted him, and then strode towards the place where the courtiers gathered.

"See His Royal Highness the King of England and His Royal Highness the Winged King!"

As soon as they saw Li Xian's brothers coming side by side, the courtiers did not dare to slack off, and they all bowed and saluted.

"You don't have to be polite, the time has come, go to court."

Although Li Xian has not been to the court for more than six years, but the court rules have not forgotten, when the sound of the court is called, he did not dare to delay more, so he smiled and made a group, and after a polite sound, he took the lead in raising his feet to the palace gate, and the courtiers saw this, and hurriedly followed behind the whole team, and rushed all the way to the Deyang Palace, but the Gaozong couple had not yet gone to the palace, and the ministers could only stand quietly in the hall and wait, which was the time for a pillar of incense, The poor courtiers' heads full of snowflakes turned into water marks at this time, and the official robes were all wet, sticking to people's bodies, as uncomfortable as they were, many older ministers could not stop shivering, but no one dared to complain, they could only silently endure such a difficult cold.

"His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have arrived!"

Waiting and waiting, finally, with a shrill voice sounding in the apse, the unbearable wait finally passed, and when the ministers were in good spirits, they saw Gaozong and Empress Wu walking out of the apse side by side.

"The ministers will knock to see Your Majesty, and they will see the Queen of Heaven."

Although the ministers were all frozen enough, when they saw Gaozong and his wife appearing, no one dared to slack off, and they paid their respects.

"All the ministers are exempt from courtesy, and they are all even."

Gaozong's complexion was obviously not very good, and after he walked to the big seat and sat down, he immediately kept his face flat and did not say anything, but the Empress Wu raised his hand gracefully, and called out in a calm voice.

"Your Majesty Longen, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Over the years, Gaozong has rarely gone to the court, but whenever there is a dynasty, it is presided over by the descendants of the martial arts, and the courtiers have long been accustomed to the practice of being called by the queen of the martial arts.

Oh, this old thief is so majestic, she really thinks of herself as the Son of Heaven? Although Li Xian has been far away in Hexi these years, he has not broken off the connection with the Eastern Capital, since he knows about the Wuhou Dynasty, but he knows that he knows, but it is another thing to see with his own eyes, at this time, when he saw that the Wuhou has brought the Hen Sichen to the extreme, and the ministers did not have the slightest intention of resisting, one by one thanked the gratitude so smoothly, and the heart couldn't help but sink, faintly murderous in the heart, but the city was deep, and it was not brought to the face, and after thanking the courtiers together, he stood aside without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, Weichen has a book to play."

As soon as the courtiers took their positions, a civil official in a purple robe had flashed out from the side and reported loudly, this person was actually the heir of Shangshu Wu of the Criminal Department.

"Aiqing has a book, just play."

As soon as he saw that it was Wu Chenghei who came forward to make a statement, Gaozong's face couldn't help twitching, but the corners of his mouth moved for a while, and he didn't say a word, but Empress Wu, who was sitting next to him, opened his mouth first.

"No! It has been 52 days since Weichen was ordered to preside over the Donggong rebellion case, and with the full cooperation of the various yamen of the department, it has been ascertained that the whole case is from beginning to end, and more than 14,000 people involved in the case have been detained in prison. According to investigation, the abolished prince Li Xianquan wanted to be consumed, uneasy in the room, colluded with the traitors in the court, and rebelled, the specific facts are as follows: On the first day ,......,of October in the first year of Yifeng, the abolished prince summoned Liu Su, a subordinate official of the East Palace, and Fang Quan secretly discussed in the room, and started a rebellion, and on the ninth day of October in the first year of Yifeng, therefore, the minister thought that the abolished prince Li Xian was trying to usurp the throne in vain, and did a great rebellion, and the crime was unforgivable. ”

Wu Chengsi obviously came prepared, and he talked endlessly, not only laying out the facts, but also bringing out the laws of the Tang Dynasty and the practice of the previous dynasty as evidence, making it clear that he wanted to put Li Xian to death in one fell swoop, and he did not intend to leave the slightest room for intercession for others.

"Boom ......"

Wu Chengsi's voice has not fallen, the voice of chaos in the court has been made a big fuss, not that there is nothing unclear about Wu Chengsi's words, in fact, this case has passed so many days, the inside information has long been spread, the courtiers are already aware of this case, what really surprised the ministers is that Wu Chengsi at this time fanfare out of the intention behind the case, obviously, not just for the sake of the early finalization, one of them must be strange, Thinking of the news that Li Xian had been ordered to visit the edict as soon as he returned to the Eastern Capital yesterday, the courtiers couldn't help but link the two things together.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Weichen thinks that Wu Shangshu is very admonished, and everyone will be punished! I hope that Your Majesty will judge! ”

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Weichen seconded the proposal!"

"Wechen also seconded it!"

……

The uninformed courtiers were talking about it on the side, but the Wuhou party who had already unified the guiding ideology was enthusiastic, no, Wu Chenghe's voice fell, Jia Chaoyin, Zhou Simao and other officials of the Wuhou family had already stood up more than 40 people, all of them echoed the proposal with passionate expressions.

Seeing so many courtiers standing up and shouting and shouting to kill, Gaozong's already ugly face instantly turned blue, but Rao was like this, he still didn't open his mouth to express his position, but just sat on the big seat with a gloomy face.

"What does Uncle Eight think about this?"

Empress Wu also did not rush to express her position, but pressed her hand, stopped the commotion of the ministers, and threw the topic to Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who was the first auxiliary minister.

"Niang Niang Mingjian, the old minister thinks that this case has been tried, how to judge his own law as a basis, everything is determined by His Majesty and Niangniang, and the old minister has no objection."

Li Zhen is an old and cunning person, he can see the root cause of the big drama in front of him, and he also knows what the intention of the Empress Wu is to throw the topic over at this time, but he doesn't want to show his attitude before the situation is completely clear, so he bowed down and gave the answer very tactfully, it sounded like he was agreeing with Wu Chenghe's opinion, but after thinking about it carefully, you can find that this guy actually has no attitude, it is just perfunctory.

"Well, since the eighth uncle thinks the same, it's good that this case will be sentenced according to the law, does Zhu Aiqing have any objections?"

Empress Wu was determined to tie Li Zhen to her chariot this time, and how could she be casually perfunctory, so she grabbed a word out of context and unceremoniously put Li Zhen in a suit.

"After the mother, the child has something to say!"

Wu Hou has been exercising the authority of the Son of Heaven for several years, and her authority is growing, she has already made up her mind, even if the ministers have different opinions, they do not dare to stand up against it at this time, and for a time there is a dead silence in the hall, but in this dead silence, Li Xian stood up proudly, and the ministers were stunned by it, and the voice of private discussion was loud again......