Chapter 233: The Covenant of the White Goose (II)

There is no trivial matter in the house of the Son of Heaven, in this era of imperial power, a joke is inadvertently spread, which may cause a turmoil in the government and the opposition, not to mention that the prince's marriage is a major matter related to the country, and how can it be counted casually, at this delicate time, everyone in the palace has their own scheming, and no one wants to take the lead in coming forward, so as not to become the target of others' attacks, so the hall is strangely quiet.

What do you think? Didn't think about anything! Don't look at Li Xian bowing his head and lowering his head, as if he was also pondering, in fact, he didn't think about anything at all, just because what everyone would think, and even what possible reactions they would have, were already expected by Li Xian, to put it bluntly, it was actually very simple, just one word - each has his own scruples!

The contradiction between the Empress Wu and the prince is an irreconcilable contradiction between life and death, there will be a battle in the end, the winner lives, the loser dies, there is no room for compromise, this is actually very much in the hearts of both sides, the problem is when to start the war and how to fight is a very particular matter, as far as the current division of court strength is concerned, the gap between the two sides is not big - the prince is of course in the name of many prison countries, occupies the name of righteousness, and envelops a large number of important ministers, whether it is the number or quality of courtiers, It is stronger than the queen of martial arts, and it is not a little stronger, but when it comes to the real war, the prince does not dare to guarantee that he can gain the upper hand, the key is Gaozong, after all, the prince is only the prince, not the emperor, he does not have the ability to say a word, and he may not be able to suppress the queen of the martial arts to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and they are in a state of being afraid of each other, and no one dares to take the lead easily, not to mention that there are Li Xian and Li Xian in the court. The scruples of each other are naturally a little more cautious.

If nothing else, the confrontation between the Empress Wu and the crown prince will remain for a long time, until one party is sure that he is sure of victory, and then he will burst into flames and strike a thunderbolt in order to kill the other party with one blow, but at the moment, the stalemate of this confrontation is already on the verge of breaking the situation, and the key is in this sudden marriage.

If the future father-in-law is not Pei Judao, the prince will not object to marriage, let alone make a lot of white geese to create some artificial obstacles for this marriage, even if the prince is actually "not good" now, and he no longer likes women - since the previous Yang family was raped by He Lanmin, the prince has changed sex, and on the surface he is still the gentle and virtuous prince, but in private, he has become "undefeated in the East", however, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, when it is time to get married, the prince will still marry a relative, after all, as a prince, If you don't marry at the age of twenty, there are really some people who can't say it, but Pei Judao is the henchman of the Empress Wu, such an old man, Li Hong naturally doesn't want it, not for anything else, just Pei Judao's identity makes Li Hong scruples, not to mention that if the news of his becoming a "Xianggong" leaks out, the consequences will be so severe that I am afraid that it is not a joke, in this sense, Li Hong does not want to marry this family at all points, just because this family is married, it means that he Li Hong must act as soon as possible, In one fell swoop, sweeping away the dissident forces in the court, especially the people and horses of the Wuhou family, this is obviously not an easy thing, in Li Hong's view, it may be difficult to say that even Sancheng is very sure, so Li Hong has to be cautious, and naturally he does not dare to express his position easily.

The prince has scruples, and the Empress Wu is also quite tricky, the reason, there is also no absolute certainty of victory, besides, since the center of gravity of the court was moved to Luoyang, the Empress Wu has already held a certain initiative, over time, it is not difficult to beat the prince's family of important ministers, and replace them with a group of North Gate bachelors, really at that time, the prince is just a puppet, to kill to scrape is not a matter of words, the Empress Wu naturally does not need to force to meet the prince at this time, therefore, She only interrupted Gaozong's words before, and it was precisely because she didn't want to see this family affair come to pass, which coincided with the prince, but unfortunately under Li Xian's stirring up like this, the reason for taking Bai Yan to talk about things became a problem, and in the case of not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Li Xian's gourd, Empress Wu could only rationally choose to keep silent.

The prince and the queen of martial arts did not speak, and Li Xian, who had already received Li Xian's guidance, was naturally happy to be silent to the end, and made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, as for Li Xulun, after all, he was still young, and he didn't dare to participate in it, so he could only stand aside honestly, so the atmosphere in the hall was very weird.

In a hurry? Of course not, regardless of whether others are in a hurry or not, Li Xian doesn't care at all, not only does he not care about everyone's silence, but he doesn't even care about whether this marriage can be successful, just because this marriage is just a reason for Li Xian's overall plan, but it is not the only reason - and now that the prince has arrived in Luoyang, the conflict between him and the Empress Wu will always happen sooner or later, if you want to find a reason to fan the flames, for Li Xian, it is as simple as drinking water, to be honest, It's really not bad for the success or failure of this marriage, of course, with such a ready-made reason, Li Xianzi can't let it go easily, but he can afford to wait, so there is no need to worry.

"It's not good for Xian'er to have this heart, but it's rare for white geese to be rare, can Xian'er be sure?"

Everyone else can be silent, but Gaozong alone can't, seeing that the atmosphere in the hall is very weird, Gaozong can't stand it anymore, so he frowned slightly and asked.

"Back to his father's words, the child does not dare to say that he is absolutely sure, but he does his best to listen to the marriage of the prince's brother, and the son should do his best."

Li Xian dared to propose it in court, naturally he was quite sure, but this kind of thing was not trivial, Li Xian would naturally not be stupid enough to pat his chest for the sake of guarantee, so he replied proudly.

"Well, ......"

Gaozong has been seriously ill for many years, he is really heartless and powerless, and he has rarely managed court affairs, but people are not stupid, at first he didn't think of the complexity of the problem, and he just wanted to find a good family for the prince, but he saw the strange expressions of the people in the palace before, and immediately became a little suspicious, but he couldn't understand where the problem was. For a while, he hesitated.

"Your Majesty, it's rare for Xian'er to have such filial piety, you might as well let Xian'er give it a try first, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to find another way." After a short silence, Empress Wu obviously figured out the key to the matter and made a final decision, so she interjected from the side.

"Father, the seventh brother is brave and has great luck, maybe he can get something, maybe he can get something, it's better to give it a try."

Empress Wu spoke, Li Hongzi was not to be outdone, and followed the trend, although the smile on his face was still gentle, but the eyes looking at Empress Wu were obviously a little more sharp.

"It's okay, then it's decided, Xian'er, this matter will be handled by Er, if it can be done, I have my own reward, even if it doesn't work, and I don't have to be reluctant, I will think about it again." After hearing this, both Empress Wu and Li Hong agreed to Li Xian's proposal, and Gao Zongzi couldn't speak out against it again, so he nodded and agreed.

"Father, the child is also going hunting with the seventh brother!"

As soon as Gaozong's words fell, Xiao Taiping twisted his little body, leaned on Gaozong's body, shook Gaozong's arm, and shouted delicately.

"Ah, this, this ......"

Gaozong also presided over the hunt when he was in good health, and he had to be unfamiliar with the hunting, and how could he not know that there was still a lot of risk in it, who was willing to take the risk of Xiao Taiping, and he was unwilling to agree easily, but if he wanted to say no, he was very fond of Xiao Taiping, and some of the words of refusal were not easy to say, so he had no choice but to snort vaguely.

"Queen Mother, the child also wants to go for the prince *** White Goose, Queen Mother, you agreed, Queen Mother ......"

Seeing Gaozong's vague words, Xiao Taiping was in a hurry, left Gaozong, and fell into the arms of Empress Wu, his small body twisted like a twist.

"You little naughty!" Empress Wu lovingly stretched out her hand and scraped Princess Taiping's Xiao Yao's nose, and after a strange sentence, she looked at Li Xiandao with a smile: "Is it possible for Xian'er to keep Yue'er safe?" ”

"Seventh brother, you just take the little sister to go, the little sister promises to listen to you, pull the hook, pull the hook!"

Before Li Xian came back to his senses, Xiao Taiping had already jumped down from the front and threw himself into Li Xian's arms like a little leather monkey, tilting his little head up, and talking pleadingly.

I'll it, this little girl is really annoying! Li Xian calculated everything, but he didn't calculate that there was such a change, and he was dumbfounded, did he have the heart to refuse, firstly, he was sad about Xiao Taiping's entanglement, and secondly, because there was a different meaning in the expression of the martial queen, it was really difficult to say the word "no", and for a while, his head couldn't help but feel a little painful.

"It's okay for my little sister to go, but there is one, you have to be obedient, but you can't run around at will, otherwise, my brother won't dare to take you with me." After Li Xian quickly thought about it, he decided that if there was more Xiao Taiping as a witness in this matter, it would not be bad, so he agreed with a smile.

"Oh, yes, yes, shoot the white goose, it's great......"

Xiao Taiping was stuffy in the palace all day, it was really difficult to get out of the palace, this time he could go hunting, or follow his favorite seventh brother together, and he jumped up happily when he landed, so the hall was full of Xiao Taiping's cheerful noise......