Chapter 199: For the Same Goal
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"Huh? You, what do you say? Even my father said that? Alas, how did this get to this point? Crown Prince Li Xian couldn't help but be surprised after listening to Li Jingxuan, and sighed softly: "This matter is very obvious, it is definitely the conspiracy of Liu Renliang's house, hmph, on weekdays, the palace looks at that guy with a serious appearance, and he thought he was a direct minister, but he didn't expect it to be so small-bellied, taking revenge for personal gain, where is there any integrity and selflessness?" But such a simple truth is known even to the palace, how can my father not see it? It's really ......."
Li Xian originally wanted to say that Gaozong was confused, but as soon as he said a word, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped talking, but the meaning of the words was clear to everyone present.
But everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb without exception, as if Li Xian didn't say anything just now.
Li Xian felt a little comforted when he saw that everyone was behaving like this, but he was also full of embarrassment, and after a while, he said slowly: "But under the holy decree, my father has such an attitude, even if this palace is pleading, I'm afraid it will be useless, but it will make my father unhappy, in case my father is sick because of this, isn't it unfilial piety in this palace?" So, Li Xiang, according to the palace, you can barely respond, in fact, this is also a helpless thing, once my father makes a decision, I, the crown prince, will not be able to do it. ”
"This, this, His Royal Highness the Prince, you have to rescue the old minister, the old minister has entrusted your heart and soul in the past few years, although there is no merit, there is also hard work, right? If the old minister leaves this court, I am afraid it will be difficult to return, and the old minister believes that this time the queen of heaven is ostensibly dealing with the old minister, but in fact it is dealing with the prince, if the prince does nothing about this, it is the connivance of the queen of heaven, this time it is the lower official, and the next time the butcher's knife of the queen of heaven can be raised to the heads of other colleagues, alas, the princes are difficult to save their lives under the wings of the prince, how can they talk about adding officials to the knighthood? In this way, who else will defect to the crown prince again? I'm afraid that by that time, the courtiers will all take refuge in the queen of heaven, and even if the prince will perform the supreme position one day in the future, the old minister is probably just a puppet, so the old minister has the courage to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, no matter what, he must fight to save him, in fact, the old minister is not for himself, but for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
When Li Jingxuan heard the meaning of Li Xian's words, it seemed that there was no way, so naturally his heart sank, but he also knew that now he could only fight with his heart, so he said that sentence.
What he means is obvious, I am your person, if you don't help me, it will make other people feel cold, so that no one will help you anymore, then it will be meaningless for you to do as a prince, and even if you become an emperor in the future, you will only be a puppet.
Li Jingxuan's words can be described as vicious, even if Li Xian has always been open-minded, but when he heard this, his face changed, if he stood by and watched Li Jingxuan's affairs, I am afraid that it would definitely chill everyone's hearts, so he smiled bitterly in his heart, and then said: "Li Xiangmo wants to be excited, how can this palace ignore this matter?" Tomorrow morning, the palace will send a letter to his father, asking his father to retract his order and appoint someone else, I don't know what happened to Li Xiangyi? ”
Li Jingxuan has been in the officialdom for so many years, it can be described as an old treacherous and cunning, how can he not hear the majority of the elements of this sentence, because the holy decree has already been issued, and it is really too late to wait until tomorrow morning to ask the emperor to change the holy decree, not to mention that the Empress Wu who listened to the government in the early dynasty finally seized an opportunity to deal with Li Jingxuan, how could she agree to change the holy decree?
Therefore, if you really want to go sincerely, it is best to go immediately, if it is Gaozong alone, maybe he will give in under the pressure of the ministers, but if he is with the Empress Wu, the situation will become extremely difficult.
But how could Li Jingxuan not know the prince's prevarication? Therefore, there was a sudden feeling of sadness and despair, and in desperation, he had no choice but to express his gratitude insincerely, and then bid farewell to Li Xian.
Li Jingxuan, who was in a heavy mood, can now be described as disappointed and desperate, the whole person became ignorant again, confused, and even bumped into others again, and when he reacted and apologized, he found that the person who came was Li Xian, the king of Zhou.
"How did Li Xiang come out so quickly? Could it be that the prince agreed to intercede for you? Li Xian looked at Li Jingxuan in surprise and asked slowly.
When Li Jingxuan heard this, he immediately said bitterly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't wipe his face, and he did agree, but he said that he would plead with His Majesty tomorrow morning, but how can the matter of the lower officials wait until tomorrow morning?" I'm afraid that even the daylily will be cold at that time, alas, this, this is really, forget it, everything is the fault of the lower officials, but it's a pity that the 180,000 soldiers ......"
Although he was very disgusted with Li Jingxuan's hypocrisy, Li Xian knew that these 180,000 soldiers had to be kept no matter what, so he forcibly held back the nausea in his heart, pulled Li Jingxuan and said: "What Li Xiang said is that Xiao Wang is here for this matter, go, go with Xiao Wang to see the prince, I believe that the prince will also give Xiao Wang a few thin noodles, and now go to his father's palace to intercede." ”
"In this way, thank you to the king, the king is wise and benevolent, and the officials are very impressed." Li Jingxuan expressed his heartfelt thanks to Li Xian, and then followed Li Xian to the outside of the Mingde Palace.
A moment later, the crown prince Li Xian led his henchmen out to greet him.
"Hehe, the seventh brother came at the right time, because my brother is looking for you to discuss something." Li Xian now also welcomed Li Xian very sincerely.
In fact, he didn't want to help Li Jingxuan, after all, this person is the chief prime minister, and the power in his hands is eye-catching, and Li Xian is not willing to lose such a cronie, but he himself did not dare to challenge Gaozong's authority alone, so he had to use a procrastination trick in order to deal with Li Jingxuan's matter, and now that Li Xian is here, it will be different, if he pulls Li Xian to face the saint together, and then gathers the power in the hands of both sides, I believe that the odds of victory will be seven or eight.
Therefore, now Li Xian sincerely welcomes Li Xian.
After sitting down, Li Xian couldn't wait to tell Li Jingxuan about it, and said compassionately: "Seventh brother, you see, it's not that Li Xiang doesn't want to do his best, it's really that Li Xiang doesn't want to pass through the army, if he is forcibly dragged to fight, he doesn't care, but it will put all the soldiers of the three armies in danger, in fact, think about it, what is the crime of the 180,000 soldiers?" How can you be innocently involved? It is precisely because of this section that the brother wants to do his best to fight for Li Xiang, and he can only sigh in vain, but now the seventh brother is here, it is really good, so the brothers work together, and the profits are broken, I believe that as long as you and my brothers work together, they will definitely let the father take back the holy order and save the 180,000 innocent soldiers. ”
Li Xian naturally knew that although he was not very old, he was also a person who did not profit and did not get up early, full of benevolence and morality, but in fact, he was also fighting for a little benefit for himself, he dared to guarantee that with Li Xian's personality, if it was not for the sake of protecting Li Jingxuan, he would never take the life and death of these 180,000 soldiers to heart, so after listening to that impassioned words, he just secretly sneered at the other party's hypocrisy, but on the surface, he also showed a look of deep disapproval, nodded and said: " His Royal Highness the Prince is compassionate and compassionate, dedicated to helping the community, it is a great act of benevolence and righteousness, the younger brother admires it, as long as the prince says a word, the younger brother goes to the soup and fire, and now His Royal Highness the Prince asks for the life of 180,000 soldiers, the younger brother is a dignified son, and he should be the head of the horse for His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know when His Royal Highness the Prince will go to the palace of his father? The younger brother will be the tail behind. ”
But seeing Li Xian, he immediately clapped his hands and praised: "The seventh brother is really happy, worthy of being my seventh brother, just this idea of loyalty and bravery, it is enough to clap his hands and praise, since this is the case, I can't ignore the intention of the seventh brother, how about I go to my father's palace immediately and ask my father for the 180,000 soldiers?" Hehe, this time for my brother, I will definitely advise my father to change his mind at all costs. ”
"Haha, the words of the prince's brother are deeply in line with the younger brother's meaning, the younger brother will now go to his father's palace with his brother to ask for the life of the 180,000 soldiers, even if the father wants to kill the little brother's head, the younger brother will never change his mind." Li Xian's face was full of heroism and tragedy, and he really looked like he was going to die, and even Li Xian was a little ashamed when he saw it.
"The seventh brother is really a heroic and benevolent person, it is better to be ashamed of his brother, hehe, to tell the truth, the first few days the seventh brother broke into the palace to save his younger siblings, the queen mother not only did not blame it, but instead ordered to deal with the cronies Wu Sansi and Qiu Shenji, for the brother also thought that the queen mother had a good eye for the seventh brother, and wanted to cultivate it, and there was a lot of mustard in his heart. It's all because my brother is not broad-minded enough, haha, when Li Xiang's matter is over, I apologize for the seventh brother for my brother's banquet. Li Xian did dare to act boldly, and he was able to directly say the dirty thoughts in his chest, it seems that in order to be able to have no problem with Li Xian, this time he also gave up his old face.
Li Xian shook his hand and said: "Brother's words are a bit serious, you and I are siblings, and we naturally have to be in the same breath and advance and retreat together, if you put wine this time, it can only be a celebration wine, how can you say the word apology?" As for the elder brother's thoughts, this is actually normal, because the younger brother wants to come, the reason why the queen mother is like this is nothing more than to teach Wu Sansi a lesson, so that he can learn smarter, and at the same time think about separating you and my brother, but how does she know? How can you and my brother be separated by outsiders? ”
"Haha, well said! Seventh brother, Li Xiang, this time for our common goal, for the sake of the 180,000 soldiers, we work together and fight! Li Xian stretched out his palm and said solemnly.
"Fight! For the sake of those 180,000 soldiers, we must do our best this time! Li Xian and Li Xian high-fived together, and Zhengse said.
At the same time, Li Xian said silently: "For the stability of my position as the prince, fight for the fuck!" ”
Li Jingxuan also stretched out his hand, high-fived the two of them, and silently shouted in his heart: "In order to keep my position, fight the fuck!" (To be continued.) )