Chapter 409: Embracing troops into the palace
With Wu Ming killing Wu Youji, all the grandchildren of Wu Shiyi, the father of the Empress Wu, and his brothers were all killed, at this time, Wu Chengsi still had five sons and one daughter, and Wu Sansi also had three sons and three daughters, but these people were immediately facing the fate of being killed, so as long as this day passed, the heirs of the entire Wenshui Wu clan were almost all cut off. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The reason why I say "almost" is mainly because Wu Sansi's ex-wife secretly hid in the countryside with a son after being divorced, and since then she has been incognito, never asking about political affairs again, and sternly admonishing future generations that political affairs must not be interrogated within five generations, and it is not until two hundred years later that a child will pass the imperial examination and get a jinshi and step into the official career again.
In fact, in addition, Wu Sansi's wife Wei Xiang'er was also pregnant at this time, but Wei Xiang'er was desperate when she heard the news of Wu Sansi's death and learned about Li Xian's incident, so she committed suicide.
However, it was said that after Li Xian killed Wu Chenghei, he immediately raised troops into the palace and directly broke into the Wucheng Hall where Empress Wu was located.
It's just that when they entered the temple, they found that it was empty, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and at the same time, their hearts were nervous.
Even if it was Li Xian himself, he had to admit that Empress Wu still had considerable influence in the court, and if she was allowed to escape, it would inevitably bring them a lot of trouble, and some civil and military officials were even afraid of injustice in their hearts, for fear that one day Empress Wu would lead the army back to kill, and they would be killed as a chaotic party.
However, Li Xian did not panic in the slightest, his eyes were like eagle falcons, searching around the dim palace, and then calmly said, "Everyone come with me." ā
Almost all of them didn't know what Li Xian was going to do, but they still followed Li Xian all the way, because everyone who was familiar with Li Xian knew that Li Xian would never be untargeted, and he must have his own reasons for doing so.
There was indeed nothing wrong with this instinctive trust, because Li Xian quickly activated a mechanism, only to hear a loud noise, and saw a hole open in a corner of the hall.
"There's a secret room here? I don't even know about this, how did he know about it? Pei Yan, who was silently watching Li Xian do all this, saw that Li Xian was as casual as he was in his backyard at the same time, and easily found the secret room, and couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and his face was shocked.
The others also looked surprised, even those cronies around Li Xian, although they were not surprised that Li Xian could do such a thing, they were also speculating that Li Xian had attracted someone around Empress Wu, so that he left Li Xian with some clues before leaving, so that Li Xian kept chasing him here.
But it was said that Li Xian led the army straight to the secret room, and sure enough, when she saw that the Empress Wu and everyone in her palace were all there, she also had a surprised look, she couldn't imagine that she spent countless manpower and material resources to build such a secret room, why could Li Xian find it here, because this secret room is actually a secret passage to the outside of the palace, originally to make it convenient for her to meet Xue Huaiyi, originally for the sake of secrecy, she immediately killed all the people involved in the construction of the secret room after the secret room was completed, It can be said that except for the original limited number of people he trusts the most, no one knows that there is such a secret room here.
In fact, Empress Wu could escape from the palace directly from here, but Empress Wu was not reconciled to this, so he took the most secret guard around him to hide here, and waited until the matter calmed down before letting this guard go out, kill Li Xian directly, and then seize the throne logically, but I didn't expect that the strategy that I thought was foolproof was broken in by Li Xian because the secret room was exposed.
Facing so many people under Li Xian's command, Empress Wu had no chance of winning at all.
However, the Empress Wu is the Empress Wu after all, and in the face of the menacing Li Xian and the ministers, she did not panic, but asked slowly: "In the middle of the night, the emperor and the Aiqing do not sleep, what is the matter with running to the palace?" ā
I saw Li Xian slightly bowed and said: "Queen Mother, tonight Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianqiao and Gar Gongren and others supported the army to rebel, and the court Zhongshu ordered Pei Yan, Prime Minister Wu Chengsi and his cousins Wu Sansi, Wu Youji and others to collude, although the sons and daughters pacified the rebellion, they were concerned about the safety of the queen mother, so they came to visit. ā
"Oh? This is thanks to the emperor for sacrificing his life to protect the palace, now that the rebellion has been settled, the palace is nothing to do now, so you can retreat. Although his henchmen and even the only three nephews in his clan were all killed, and the Empress Wu was furious in her heart, the words she said now were calm enough, and she played Tai Chi, and directly drove Li Xian and them back by means of four or two thousand catties.
saw Li Xian say loudly: "Erchen still has something to ask his mother, so he doesn't dare to leave." ā
"Let's talk about it tomorrow, this palace has been frightened all night, and it is already exhausted." Empress Wu couldn't hide the tiredness on her face, and said to Li Xian flatly.
However, at this time, how could Li Xian just leave? I saw him say toughly: "The queen mother should bear with it, the stakes are very high, this problem cannot be solved tonight, the sons and all the Aiqing are uneasy in their hearts, and the world will eventually be difficult to be peaceful." ā
"In that case, you can say, what the hell is the matter?" Even though Empress Wu was dissatisfied, at this time, she could only "beat her spirit" and said to Li Xian.
I only heard Li Xian say: "According to the conclusive evidence, Erchen proved that the eldest sister of Erchen, Princess Andingsi, was not killed by the queen, and the person who killed was someone else, and asked the queen mother to rehabilitate the queen, and the case of Erchen's cousin Helan who was poisoned to death was also full of suspicions, and Erchen found through secret investigation that it was not Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun brothers who poisoned his cousin at the beginning, and the real instigator was someone else, and the death of the emperor was not tuberculosis, but was poisoned, and, My aunt, Mrs. Han, died very mysteriously, and the son-in-law confirmed that she should have been killed, and my father died at the beginning, and the son-in-law has confirmed that he was also poisoned......"
"Enough! Hmph, Xian'er, is the purpose of saying this to say that the mastermind behind all this is the main palace? It's too disappointing for you to do this, no matter what, I'm your mother after all, when I gave birth to you, I happened to meet you in reverse childbirth, and the palace almost died, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, your father's body is not cold, you actually slandered me so much, and identified me as a terrible murderer, you want to return to the imperial power, just say it directly, there is no need to slander me so much, aren't you afraid that you will dream back at midnight in the future, and your heart will be uneasy? Empress Wu suddenly burst into tears and cried at Li Xian. (To be continued.) )