Chapter 333: The Struggle for Leadership (4)
Gaozong's body is completely collapsed, although he is not bedridden, but the body is becoming weaker and weaker is an indisputable fact, especially in the case of Ming Chongyan's self-admitting that there is no way to solve this misfortune, Gaozong's spirit has collapsed by more than half, not to mention the complicated government, that is, the Qianyuan Palace, the harem main hall, he has no intention to take care of it, except for the occasional mood when the mood is slightly better, to the back garden for a walk, most of the time is on the couch, either flipping through idle books, or doing nothing, just blindly looking at the ceiling in a daze, has long lost the spirit of the previous years, and is just an aging man dying and waiting to die.
"Father!"
"The child knocks before his father."
Today's weather is hot, and the mood is not too good, Gao Zongshi is too lazy to move, no, he lay on the couch again and was stunned, since he didn't see Princess Taiping and Li Xulun hurriedly ran into the room. Li Xulun returned to the rules, stood far away from the wooden couch, and bowed in a decent manner, but Princess Taiping did not have this consciousness, and called out delicately, and her little body twisted and rushed to the front of the couch.
"Yo, my little princess is here, why don't you study literature today?"
Although Gaozong was not in a very good mood at this time, as soon as he saw Xiao Taiping coming, he immediately became happy, reached out and pinched Xiao Taiping's pink and tender little face, and asked with a smile.
"Father, look at what you said, how long has it been, and people have already finished it."
Xiao Taiping twisted his body reluctantly, pouted and climbed onto the couch, and grunted on Gaozong's body.
"Oh, it's my fault, it's all right?"
Gaozong really loved Xiao Taiping very much in his heart, and when he saw him, he pouted, and hurriedly smiled and coaxed him.
"It's pretty much the same, ah, by the way, father, you know that Brother Hong's tomb was burned, those anti-thieves are so hateful, I'm so angry with Yue'er, hum, it's time to copy the nine clans of those dog thieves!"
After Xiao Taiping was coquettish for a while, she remembered the matter, and hurriedly poured out all the news she heard, and did not forget to add her own punishment for this matter.
"What? What's going on here? Why didn't anyone tell me? Turn, you come! ”
For Li Hong's death, Gaozong was extremely guilty, knowing that his death was wronged, but he did not dare to issue an edict to investigate thoroughly, originally wanted to give him a posthumous honor, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even do this, but Gaozong was anxious, his face instantly turned black as the bottom of the pot, turned over, jumped off the bed, waved his hand angrily, and asked angrily.
"Back to my father's words, my son has heard a little about it, and I asked my father to inquire."
Li Xulun had been waiting for Gaozong's words for a long time, and when he saw Gaozong's anger, it was quite scary, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly stepped forward, supported Gaozong's body, and replied warmly.
"Say, I'm listening!"
Gaozong waved his hand impatiently, put aside Li Xulun's support, and said angrily.
"Yes, the father is angry, and let the child tell in detail." Seeing that Gaozong was extremely angry, Li Xulun didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly retreated half a step, bowed down and said: "As far as the child knows, before the Dragon Boat Festival, his father had issued an edict to give the people of Jingshan strong wine and meat, which was originally the father's kindness to the people, however, for some reason, to this day, this wine and meat is still missing, and the people have not received wages for more than a month, which caused a storm, and Liu Yizhi, as a supervisor, can not be loyal to his duties, not only failed to persuade the people, but aroused the people's anger, so that ' Gongling's chaos, the people scattered and went away, not to mention, even the mausoleum was burned down because of it, the prince's brother and the king's brother heard about it, did not dare to slack off, came to ask the father to be the master, but for some reason, there was no one to pass, so that the two brothers and many courtiers were all blocked outside the palace gate, and now the matter seems to be out of control, but also ask the father to investigate! ”
Li Xulun's eloquence is quite good, and when he said something, he didn't even take a breath, he was very organized, and the matter was roughly clear, but the open confrontation between Empress Wu and the prince and others was hidden, but even so, it had already made Gaozong Longyan angry, and he couldn't stop trembling.
"Where is your mother? Why didn't you report such a big event to me earlier? ”
Gaozong was furious, he had already put behind his fear of Empress Wu in the past, waved his hands angrily, glared at Li Xulun angrily, and reprimanded him viciously regardless of whether he was the person in charge of this matter or not.
"Father Emperor Mingjian, if it weren't for the son-in-law who didn't come to pass early, he really wouldn't be allowed to enter the door, if it wasn't for the little sister, I'm afraid that even the son-in-law wouldn't be able to enter this palace."
Seeing that Gaozong was angry at himself, Li Xulun's little face turned pale, but he still held back the fear in his heart and replied in a trembling voice.
"Huh? Is there such a thing? ”
When Gaozong heard this, he was stunned, and then turned his gaze to Princess Taiping, who was standing timidly on the side.
"Father, what the starling said is true, Sun Quanfu's dog thief was still blocking Yue'er from entering the palace before."
Although Princess Taiping is small, but her mind is not small, and now in such a field, she has vaguely guessed that there is a housework between Empress Wu and her three brothers, and she hesitated for a while, not knowing which side to stand on, however, after Li Xian's handsome face flashed in her mind, Princess Taiping had already made a choice, so she bit her lip and unceremoniously sued Sun Quanfu for a trick.
"I'm so daring, I'm not dead yet, let's go, follow me!"
Gaozong's personality is weak and cowardly, and he will not be angry under normal circumstances, but if he is really angry, it will be terrible, under this anger, he really has the killing spirit of Taizong back then, as soon as the voice fell, he strode out of the hall, without the slightest drag of mud and water, Li Xulun and Princess Taiping saw this, they did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed behind Gaozong.
"The old slave knocks on Your Majesty."
Previously, Li Xulun and Princess Taiping broke into the palace, Sun Quanfu knew that things were probably a little bad, but he didn't dare to leave his post without permission, so he could only hurriedly send someone to pass through the martial arts, and he himself was restless and led people to guard outside the Qianyuan Palace.
"Smack!"
As soon as Gaozong saw such a posture in the small square, how could he not know what Sun Quanfu and the others were doing, and in a fit of anger, without saying a word, a boss's ear scraper was thrown out fiercely, and Sun Quanfu fell to the ground crookedly.
"Your Majesty's anger, Your Majesty's anger!"
Facing the angry Gaozong, Sun Quanfu didn't dare to defend himself, so he could only crawl and kneel on the ground with a grunt, but he kowtowed vigorously and told Rao in a mournful voice.
"Dog, dare to imprison me, what a big dog, come here, drag this guy down to me, and kill me with a cane!"
Gaozong was in a hurry, who paid attention to Sun Quanfu is a person who listened to the front of the martial queen, raised his hand, and gave a killing order without mercy.
"Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life."
Hearing that Gaozong opened his mouth was a death, Sun Quanfu was frightened, reached out to hug Gaozong's leg, and cried and pleaded.
"Why, don't you understand what I'm saying? Still stunned, pull down, killed! ”
The last time Li Xian had sued Sun Quanfu, Gaozong was hindered by the face of the Empress Wu, and it was not good to care about Sun Quanfu, this time he dared to lead people to try to empty himself, how could he bear it, this time he saw that all the inner servants stood still stupidly, and the anger was a little greater, his eyes were glared, and he roared angrily, so that all the inner servants were shocked, and they didn't dare to hesitate anymore, they all responded to the promise, and they hugged up, and Sun Quanfu dragged it down.
"Hmph, a bunch of crumbs!"
Gaozong has not had such an attack for a long time, under this attack, although the anger has calmed down a little, but the heart is angry, snorted coldly, and didn't care how Sun Quanfu wailed, with a flick of his big sleeves, he strode towards the Deyang Palace......
"Queen Qi, the old minister has asked the two highnesses, it is reported that the high father-in-law has no words, angered the two highnesses, and suffered this misfortune, as for the facts, it must be detailed investigation to know, in addition, the old minister has passed on the mother's message, but the two highnesses insist on facing the saint, the old minister is also unable to do anything, and please Niang Niang Mingjian."
Almost at the same time that Gaozong angrily walked out of the Qianyuan Palace, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, had already wandered back to the Deyang Palace, and made a big salute to the Empress Wu who sat on the top of the house, and reported it unhurriedly.
"There's Uncle Lao."
Empress Wu saw through Li Zhen's calculations at a glance, but she didn't say anything in public, she just waved her hand lightly, signaled Li Zhen to retreat by herself, and then slowly stood up, looked around at all the important ministers in the hall, and said in a sad tone: "You Aiqing, the second son is rude, and you have been waiting for a long time. ”
Say? Speaking of which, this is clearly the two kings and the Empress Wu are making housework, and participating in it is definitely self-defeating, neither of the two parties is easy to provoke, God knows that the cloud is going to rain, before the two sides do not distinguish a winner or loser, Mingzhe is the only choice to protect himself, the big guys are all understanding people, and they are all unwilling to speak easily on this matter, and they are all pretending to be wooden people, even if the Ministry of Works, Jia Dayin, who is most relied on by the Empress Wu, is no exception, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became weird for a while.
"What? Are you dumb, huh? ”
Seeing that everyone was silent, Empress Wu's face instantly turned gloomy again, and she snorted coldly, and her eyes swept towards Jia Dayin coldly, which clearly meant that Jia Dayin was the first to come forward and echo the last time.
"Qi Niangniang, the old minister thinks that such disobedience to the decree cannot be connived at, and he must be severely punished!"
Feeling the murderous intent in the eyes of the Empress Wu, Jia Dayin didn't dare to pretend to be dumb anymore, so he could only stand up and bluff and roar, which can be regarded as agreeing a tone for the palace, as for whether it can be done, in fact, Jia Dayin himself has no accuracy in his heart......