This time, Wang Bo's unjust case, the hardest hit was not actually Wu Sansi, but the crown prince Li Hong, one of his most relied on figures, Ma Huaiyu, the left attendant of the ministry, was removed from his official position because of a mere 100,000 yuan, which made the power he had painstakingly cultivated in the ministry collapse. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Ma Zai (Ma Huaiyu's real name, the son of Ma Zhou, the name of the Tang Dynasty, the word Huaiyu is faked by the author, ashamed) How can this guy be worthy of his father Ma Zhou? Alas, he doesn't look like a person who is greedy for money, why is he so confused? ”

After the holy decree was issued, the crown prince Li Hong couldn't help but be strange, and at the same time he was angry, this time he didn't have anything to do with himself, originally it was just Wu Sansi to take revenge on Wang Bo, but the fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, not only that, the fire suffered by the "pond fish" was far greater than the fire at the city gate, which was really laughable and laughable, and there were words of suffering.

"Alas, originally Wei Chen thought that Wu Sansi was just a simple-minded and well-developed man, and he didn't have any brains at all, but he really didn't expect this time to be so surprising, this guy was just taking the sheep by the hand, and it turned out to be a big worm. It seems that there is a master behind this person, and we have to guard against it. ”

As the leader of the prince's party, Dai Zhide naturally had to take the lead in speaking, but his speech was actually nonsense, because he didn't answer the prince's question at all.

But at this time, what can Li Hong say? He naturally knew that this matter was instructed by Empress Wu to weaken himself, because the trial results of this case could be seen that Wu Sansi, as the mastermind and culprit of this case, was only a serious crime and a light punishment, and what they sacrificed was just two seven-grade sesame petty officials in Yuzhou, while his cronies Ma Zai and Yuzhou Assassin Shi Liang Yi and others were severely punished, these are all Liang-style characters.

The ministers naturally all knew that this was the result of the Empress Wu's deliberate suppression, but they couldn't say it clearly, after all, the prince is benevolent and righteous, at least on the surface, if he openly provokes the relationship between the prince and the Empress Wu, it will make the prince very embarrassed, not to mention that there are Wu brothers outside who are "guarding", in case this word reaches their ears, wouldn't it be even more unfavorable to the prince?

After a period of extremely depressed silence, he heard Dr. Taichang Yuan Sigu say: "The prince is famous for his benevolence and filial piety, and Wechen believes that the benevolent are invincible and will be cared for and supported by the people, so Wechen thinks that for the sake of today's plan, the prince should continue to practice more benevolence and righteousness for the benefit of the people of the world." ”

Li Hong could hear what Yuan Sigu meant, that is, instead of complaining here, it was better to take practical actions to establish a trust in the ministers again, in order to win the support of the monarch's heart and public opinion, as long as what he did made Empress Wu unable to find fault, his series of small actions would be meaningless, because there will always be a day in the future, the old emperor will impeccable him on the throne, and Empress Wu is just a harem woman no matter what, and when she becomes the emperor, she can't also interfere in the government as arbitrarily as when Gaozong was in power?

And Li Hong has always done this, how can he completely deny his consistent actions in the past? So he immediately agreed, and at the same time secretly decided that this time he must find a big thing to do, not only to show his benevolent side, but also to make the Empress Wu lose face.

On this day, Li Hong came to the harem and wandered around casually, because Gaozong was mainly in Hanyuan Palace (that is, "Dongnei", that is, the later famous Daming Palace, which was renamed Yong'an Palace, and was renamed Hanyuan Palace during the Xianheng period) to deal with the government, so the actual owner of the original Taiji Palace (that is, Daxing Palace) has been replaced by Li Hong, so he can wander around here freely. Li Hong walked farther this time and came to Yeting.

Although most of them moved to the east with the emperor, there were still some of the original administrators, and some of the families of the prisoners had not been moved.

When the officials of the court saw the arrival of the crown prince, they naturally greeted him with sincere fear, and the court order personally accompanied the prince to inspect the court.

"Are there any other people in this court besides the maids?" Looking at the empty courtyard, Li Hong didn't know why he felt a sense of loneliness, so he asked casually.

But I heard the court order say: "There are only a few families of prisoners and daughters, and the total number is only dozens of people." ”

"Oh? Who are the prisoners? What are they guilty of? Li Hong was immediately very interested in this, and asked with a faint smile.

"It's all because of the members who obstructed the queen's establishment back then, or the members of the late Wu Wangke's rebellion, but most of the official positions are below the seventh grade, so it doesn't matter. By the way, there is a family member of a big official, who is the family of Ma Shilang, who was dismissed from his post a few days ago because of the case of selling his official position. ”

"What do you say? Ma Shilang's family? Didn't Ma Shilang just commit the sin of sighing? Why are even the families locked up here? Li Hong couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

But he heard the court order say: "Hehe, the prince may not know that Nama Shilang was originally demoted, but it is said that after he came to office, he colluded with the local indigenous barbarians to rebel, and was suppressed by the imperial court. ”

"What? This, how is this possible? I don't know who Ma Huaiyu is? How could he, a small civil official, as an official of the imperial court, collude with the local indigenous barbarians to rebel? What good is it to oppose him? This is definitely a frame-up by others! ”

Li Hong couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, and his face turned green, but after all, he still had reason, and knew that now was not the time to attack, after all, he didn't have any evidence, if he rashly went up to correct Ma Huaiyu's name, I am afraid that he was in the middle of the martial arts, so although he was very angry in his heart, this matter could only be investigated slowly.

Li Hongqiang held back the anger in his heart and decided to take a look at Ma Huaiyu's family first, and as soon as he entered, he was immediately surrounded by everyone and cried bitterly, among which Ma Huaiyu's little daughter, who had just turned ten, was still holding his legs, asking him to clear his grievances for Ma Huaiyu.

Li Hong was also ashamed in his heart, promised to clear up his grievances for Ma Huaiyu in the future, comforted everyone a few words, and sent some money and silk, and asked the court to order Haosheng to take care of Ma Huaiyu's family, and then left in embarrassment.

And when Li Hong just walked out of the door of the side hall of Ma Huaiyu's family, he suddenly saw two beauties talking not far in front of him, those two beauties looked about thirty years old, with a graceful and luxurious bearing, but there was a faint sadness between the eyebrows, and even there were faint tears between the eyes.

"Who are those two?" Seeing this, Li Hong couldn't help but ask strangely.

But seeing that the court order hesitated for a long time, he said with a bitter face under Li Hong's urging: "These two are the daughters of the late Concubine Xiao Shu, the one at the higher point is Princess Yiyang, the eldest sister, and the one at the lower point is Princess Xuancheng, for the younger sister, alas, these two princesses have been imprisoned here since Concubine Xiao Shufei was abolished, and now they are thirty years old, and none of them are married, it seems that they are going to die in the court." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Li Hong couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly nodded and said: "This palace knows about this, alas, pity my two sisters, even have this experience, it's all because the younger brother didn't know beforehand, but now that he knows, I ask the two sisters to relax, the younger brother will definitely intercede for you, and ask the Holy Lord to allow you to marry." ”

After Li Hong left the court, in addition to anger, there was a trace of excitement in his heart, because he finally caught one thing, this matter can not only establish his benevolence and righteousness again, but also envelop the two princesses, and at the same time give the Empress Wu a resounding slap in the face, killing three birds with one stone, it is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if the saint suddenly finds out with his conscience, and then pardons Concubine Xiao Shufei and Queen Wang's clansmen, he will get the will of the king's heart.

Therefore, in the morning court of the next day, when the monarchs and ministers discussed all the major matters and were about to announce their retirement from the court, the crown prince Li Hong immediately stood up, bowed to Gaozong and said: "The child Li Hong has a book to play, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”

"Oh? I don't know what's going on with Hong'er? Let's just talk about it. ”

After all, this is his own son and his chosen heir, and Gaozong is also quite satisfied with him, so although he is very tired, after listening to Li Hong say that there is a book, he still struggles to lift his spirits and says with a smile.

But seeing Li Hong pass the book to the emperor, and then said: "Er Qi Sheng, yesterday my son chatted without incident, and happened to walk into the court, but I was surprised to find that the second sister of the son, Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng, were thirty years old, but they still failed to leave the cabinet. ”

"Concubine, concubine, I can't live with your mother and daughter......" Hearing this name, Gaozong immediately fell into the memories of the past, thinking of the rude and willful but affectionate woman, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and muttered: "I'm really confused, I even forgot my two daughters, this matter, this matter is accurate, it must be done in a big way...... Ah......h

It turned out that Gaozong was in a state of excitement, and he actually made an old mistake again, and he couldn't support it anymore, but he still endured the pain and said to the Empress Wu who listened to the government together: "Queen, I will leave this matter to you, be sure to choose a good family for my two daughters, alas, I can't help it......"

After finishing speaking, Gaozong fainted directly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, quickly pass on the great offerings of the Imperial Medical Bureau...... "Empress Wu hurriedly ordered someone to ask for the imperial doctor.

At this time, Li Hong was unrelenting, and after Gaozong finished dealing with it, he hurriedly stopped Empress Wu and said to him Brother: "Your Royal Highness the Queen, the matter of the two eldest sisters has been explained by the Holy Lord, I don't know when Your Highness will deal with this matter?" (To be continued.) )