Chapter 12: The Two Kings Trouble in Beijing (II)

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, the slave and maid really don't dare to lie and bully the king, Your Majesty, the slave and the maid should not be bad today, the main house is resting, at noon, the former clan brother Zhang Che let people pass the word to the slave and the maid, saying that there is something important, the slave and the maid are good with the clan brothers, there is nothing to do, and they went to the palace gate in a hurry, this time, the clan brother told the slave and the maid, saying that His Royal Highness King Lu was afraid that the matter would be lost, so he went to stop it first, and let the slave and the maid quickly report the matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty will judge it." Seeing that Gaozong was about to have a seizure, Zhang Dekai panicked when he boarded, and told Rao one after another, intermittently telling the general story of the matter.

"Brother? Who is the brother of the Er, and how can he know about this? Say! When Li Zhi heard this, he had a nose and eyes, and seemed to have a bit of truth, but he also believed it a little, but he still had some doubts, so he broke off and hurriedly asked.

"Ah, Your Majesty Mingjian, the slave and maid's brother is the steward of the study of King Lu's mansion, five years ago with the slave and maid with the pure body, the slave and the maid were divided in the palace, but the clan brother followed His Royal Highness King Lu, to His Royal Highness the King of Delu, what he said is big, not like false, the slave and the maid dare not slack, so they rushed to disturb His Majesty's lunch break, the slave and the maid deserve death, the crime deserves death." Zhang Dekai can mix in the eunuchs, naturally he is an expert in observing the face and color, this time listening to Gaozong's words, his heart immediately settled down a little, settled down, and explained in a rambling manner.

"Humph!"

Although Li Zhi is flawed in his personality, he is not stupid, and he knew that the little eunuch in front of him had untruths in his words, and he also guessed that this little eunuch was one of King Lu's eyes and ears nine times out of ten. Li Zhi was inevitably a little annoyed in his heart when his son arranged the eyeliner under his own nose, so he glanced at Zhang Dekai angrily and snorted coldly, but he didn't dwell on this matter anymore, just because Li Zhi knew very well that the children of the Heavenly Family were so virtuous, and when he was still a prince, although he had no intention of competing for the throne, he didn't forget to make friends with the envoys around Taizong Li Shimin. After pondering for a moment, he hesitated and asked, "What else does your brother say?" Has the news now reached ......"

"Back to Your Majesty, the clan brother also said that His Royal Highness King Lu has new clues about the case of Shangguan Daren's conspiracy against him, or he can confirm that there are other grievances in this case, but this matter is serious, His Royal Highness King Lu does not dare to arbitrarily judge, let alone spread it to the market, once this matter is blocked, he should come to the palace with His Royal Highness King Zhou to reply, everything is pending His Majesty's holy judgment." Although Li Zhi's words were only half of them, Zhang Dekai obviously understood Li Zhi's unfinished words, and knew that he was asking whether the matter had been transmitted to Wuhou, so he shook his head knowingly and replied in a wordy manner.

"Hmm, that's the case?" Li Zhi nodded thoughtfully, and then looked sideways in the direction of Yide Palace, his eyes were extremely complicated, and his face changed constantly, and after standing for a while, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth with great difficulty: "Come on, change clothes, and drive the Taiji Palace!" ”

The emperor's drive is not a trivial matter, Li Zhi gave this order, and the Wude Hall was in chaos, and countless palace maids and eunuchs were busy opening up, and they were busy in all directions......

It's finally getting started! In the carriage where Gong Gong walked forward, Li Xian's small hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his little face was full of excitement and ruddy, and his snort was slightly heavier, taking advantage of the moment when no one was around, Li Xian silently vented his emotions, only because of this incident, the butterfly's wings began to fan, as for what kind of result can be obtained, Li Xian can't make an accurate judgment now, because there are too many variables inside.

Variables, variables that are hard to control! Even if everything has gone smoothly so far, Li Xian has no full certainty of victory in his heart, just because many things are not under Li Xian's control - the edict is a symbol of imperial power, such a trouble, plus Li Xian's brothers consciously spread this matter in the government and the opposition, it is impossible to be good, this is to take advantage of the situation, capture Shangguan Fu, and have the possibility of overturning the case for Shangguan Yi, this is the hole card, with these two hands, coupled with the cooperation of the ministers, and Gaozong's approval, it should be able to temporarily suppress the ambition of the Empress Wu, or even take advantage of the situation to give the Hou Party a heavy blow is not impossible, but the problem is precisely here - first, over the years, the ministers have been scared by the Empress Wu, and it is difficult to say whether they dare to stand up for Li Xian and the two at this time, secondly, whether the people sent by Li Xian into the palace can tell Gaozong the matter without alarming the Hou Party is not yet known, third, whether Gaozong agrees with the behavior of the two brothers is still a mystery, and fourth, whether Gaozong can hide it from the Empress Wu before making a decision is unknown, In addition to these four articles, the most troublesome thing for Li Xian is that it is difficult to deduce how the Empress Wu will react to this matter, and it is with these five variables that Li Xianshi does not dare to be too optimistic, everything can only be seen after entering the palace and facing the saint!

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

Just when Li Xian thought of it, there was a soft call from Gao Miao outside the car curtain, and Li Xian woke up from reverie at the time, and subconsciously lifted the corner of the curtain to see, only to find that the carriage had stopped in the small square in front of Chengtianmen, and faintly heard a burst of small conversations, obviously there were a lot of officials in the square, Li Xian did not dare to slack off, got up busily, and walked off the carriage by Gao Miao and others, and saw that Li Xian in front of him had just gotten off the ground, and was busy walking over, Standing quietly half a step behind Li Xian.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness King Lu, see His Royal Highness King Zhou."

Dali Temple Prison is next to the imperial city, located not far from Xihua Gate, away from Chengtianmen is actually only a pillar of incense drive, just because of the snow road slippery, and Li Xian brother consciously controlled the speed, in order to be able to hear the news to rush to the courtiers to make some time, this way, it took nearly half an hour, to wait for the two little brothers to get off the carriage, gathered in front of the Chengtian Gate of the ministers have more than 40 people, when the five prime ministers of the dynasty, in addition to Xu Jingzong on duty in the palace, Xu Yushi, Li Anqi, Hao Chujun, Dai Zhide has arrived, and many other important ministers such as Lu Chengqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Le Yanwei, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, have come one after another.

"Don't be polite, the little king is a step late, and the princes are tired of waiting for a long time, and it is the fault of the little king." The reason why Li Xian participated in the edict prison case was to erect a virtuous image among the courtiers, and when he saw that all the important ministers in the court were coming, he was immediately so excited that his little face turned red, but fortunately, he was still sober, and he did not have any gaffe behavior, but politely made a group of gestures to the ministers, and humbly confessed the crime.

"His Royal Highness King Lu, please tell His Highness clearly what is going on in the matter of the edict, you must know that this matter is extremely important, and it is not something that can be joked about easily." Everyone saluted just after the end, the right minister Dai Zhide couldn't wait to ask a question, the tone was anxious, and the reproach inside was almost undisguised - Dai Zhide, the word line, and the word Bihu, Xiangzhou Anyang people, once served as Jiangzhou Ling, Tanzhou Thorn History, Hubu Shangshu, last year to replace the deposed Li Yifu as the right minister, he is upright, and he does not talk about personal feelings, even if the saint has been, he will also admonish, today coincides with Xun Holiday, Dai Zhide is at home with a teaser Sun, suddenly heard that the guards of the Lu Wangfu Tong Yu two kings made a prison matter, Shocked, he hurried to Chengtianmen, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Li Xian's brother and his brother, and he was already in a hurry.

"Dai Xiang's lesson is that Xiao Wang Meng Lang is a little, but Xiao Wang really has a last resort, because of the suddenness of the incident, Xiao Wang learned that there is a traitor who wants to seek the life of Lord Shangguan in the name of the Holy Decree is too late, and he can't sit and watch Lord Shangguan die on this, and he has no choice but to do it himself, during which there are many violations, after this matter is over, Xiao Wang will ask for guilt, but the urgent thing at the moment is to meet his father and the emperor to distinguish between right and wrong, and save Lord Shangguan from fire and water, and hope that Dai Xiang and all the adults will help Xiao Wang!" Since Li Xian planned to rise in the court by taking advantage of the edict case, he would not care about Dai Zhide's bad attitude, so he first saluted respectfully, and then said a lot of things impassionedly, doing his best to agitate.

"Does Your Highness have any proof?" Although Dai Zhide had learned a little about the situation from the guards of King Lu's Mansion who came to report the news earlier, he didn't know what the root of Li Xian's reckless behavior was, and he would not be moved by Li Xian's agitating words, frowned slightly, and asked with a solemn expression.

"So that Dai Xiang knows that Xiao Wang has taken down the cheap slave who framed Lord Shangguan, and has found out the actual evidence of his false accusation against Lord Shangguan, which can prove that Lord Shangguan is involved in conspiracy and rebellion, and Xiao Wang is here to meet his father and seek justice for Lord Shangguan!" Li Xian now has cards in his hand, he is not panicked in his heart, and in the face of Dai Zhide's questioning, he smiled confidently and replied categorically.

"Ah......h

"This, this, how is this possible?"

"Is there such a thing? Ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

……

Li Xian's words were really amazing, all the courtiers were shocked, after a long period of silence, all of them were in an uproar, the crowd was turbulent, there were doubters, there were ecstasy, there were those who shook their heads and sighed, although they did not say anything on the spot, but the words generally implied that they would stand on Li Xian's side when facing the saint, and Li Xian's little face was as excited as a red apple, and some of them were in a hurry.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

Just when Li Xian was looking forward to it, a shrill voice suddenly sounded, which made Li Xian's good mood suddenly stirred, and with only one side of his face, he saw that a golden chrome car had slowly stopped beside the ministers.

The prince is a half-king, as soon as he arrived like this, how dare everyone slack off, and hurriedly lined up according to their respective ranks, ready to take over, Li Xian and the brothers were no exception, but at the moment of arrangement, the little brothers quickly exchanged glances, and saw a little unhappiness and hesitation in each other's eyes......