The matter has come to this point, in fact, Yuan Gongyu can no longer interrogate, and then he went to the army and the Ming and Tang Dynasty firms to conduct an investigation and collect evidence, and it turned out that Li Xian did not falsify the evidence, and now Li Xian's evidence and physical evidence are all there, and it is no longer interesting to continue to be embarrassed, so Di Renjie and Du Jingjian both urged Yuan Gongyu to close the case. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Gongyu knew that all this was just the beginning of a huge conspiracy, and the good show was still to come, so although he had a trace of sympathy for Li Xian, he could only continue to weave that huge conspiracy according to Empress Wu's idea.

That night, Yuan Gongyu's mansion suddenly received a secret letter, saying that the prince rebelled, because the prince Li Xian took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the soldiers with the fact that the imperial court did not reward military merits and instigated, and reported that there were hundreds of soapnails buried in the back garden of the East Palace.

Although he knew that this matter was purely a false accusation, Yuan Gongyu could only report the matter to Gaozong and Empress Wu according to the truth.

In fact, Gaozong is very strange, Empress Wu and he have been separated for many years, and they are rarely together during the New Year's holidays, but today they just proposed to spend the night with him, which made Gaozong feel very surprised, and he bathed that night, and after making some preparations, he decided to show his strength and conquer Empress Wu tonight.

But just when Gaozong's interest was gradually rising, he suddenly heard a panic outside the door, and then saw his personal guard Cheng Lishi walk in, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Gongyu, the superintendent of the imperial history, asks to see you." ”

Gaozong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and muttered: "Yuan Gongyu? It's so late, what is he doing when a foreign minister comes to my palace? Hmph, this old man has been for decades, don't you even understand this rule? Cheng Lishi, go, beat this old man out with a stick. ”

Speaking of the back, Gaozong was already a little annoyed and angry, and shouted to Cheng Lishi.

"Wait!" Just when Cheng Lishi agreed and was about to send someone to beat Yuan Gongyu, he suddenly saw Empress Wu open his mouth to stop him: "Your Majesty, this Yuan Gongyu is also an old minister, a person who is dozens of years old, doesn't he know the rules?" But why do you still have to enter the palace late at night? The concubine thought that something big must have happened and had to come to His Majesty to decide, so the concubine thought that it was better to see him. ”

"Hmph, just let him in, if there is nothing major, I will definitely not spare this old man this time." Although Gaozong didn't like it in his heart, he had no choice but to listen to the persuasion of Empress Wu and instructed lightly.

"Yes." Cheng Lishi saw that Gaozong said this, so he could only walk out of the palace gate and announce Yuan Gongyu into the palace.

"The old minister Yuan Gongyu saw Your Majesty, the old minister knew that he should not disturb His Majesty's rest in the middle of the night, but the situation was urgent, and the old minister had to risk his death to come, and asked His Majesty for forgiveness." As soon as Yuan Gongyu came in, he had a gloomy face and said bitterly to Gaozong.

When Gaozong heard this, he was even more displeased, and said in a deep voice: "Look at your appearance like a mourner, just say something, if it's not a big deal, be careful that I beat you out of the mess." ”

"Hehe, if it's okay, how dare the old minister offend Your Majesty? It's really an urgent matter, and it can't be delayed, Your Majesty, you see, the old minister just received a secret report, and the specific situation Weichen didn't dare to say, Your Majesty, you can take a look for yourself. ”

After Yuan Gongyu finished speaking, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve, and then handed it to Gaozong with trembling hands.

When Gaozong saw the secret letter, his brows furrowed, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, slowly opened it, and looked at it silently for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

But when he saw Empress Wu come forward, he asked softly, "Your Majesty, what happened?" ”

Gaozong smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then muttered: "The prince rebelled. ”

When Empress Wu heard this, she was shocked and said in a lost voice: "What? What did Your Majesty say? The prince rebelled? How is this possible? This must be a false accusation! Your Majesty must give justice to the crown prince! ”

"Hehe, this matter is natural, I will never allow anyone to slander the prince! Yuan Gongyu, you go check immediately and see who is so bold and dares to slander the prince! Even the crown prince dares to denounce it, is it my turn to be the emperor next? ”

Gao Zong's face was pale, and his voice was low, almost roaring.

But seeing Yuan Gongyu frowning and saying: "Your Majesty, so far, if you want to prove the innocence of His Royal Highness the Prince, the only way to do this is to search the East Palace, if there is really no so-called soap armor, the rebellion is naturally not allowed, and at the same time, the old minister will go to search for the person who sent the secret letter, if it is proved that the prince's rebellion has no evidence, Your Majesty will bring the false accusation to justice, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

Yuan Gongyu had just finished speaking, and when he saw Empress Wu, he nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Qing is right, if we want to prove the innocence of the prince, we must first prove that these accusations are false, hehe, we also speak with evidence, and then see who else will be dissatisfied?" ”

"Then, according to Mei Niang's meaning, we want to find evidence?" Gao Zong couldn't help but hesitate a little when he heard this, and said slowly.

"Yes, didn't the false accuser say that there was a soapnail buried in the back garden? Then we only need to search the prince's back garden to see if there is a soap nail, if not, we can naturally prove the prince's innocence. Empress Wu nodded solemnly, and then said softly.

"Yes, you're right, as long as we find evidence to prove the prince's innocence, I want to see, who else dares to suspect that the prince is rebellious, go, Mei Niang, go to the East Palace with me, I want to see with my own eyes whether there is any evidence of the so-called rebellion in the East Palace." When Gaozong said this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth a little, because he really hated the person who guarded the secret, and he firmly believed in the crown prince Li Xian, he wanted to prove to everyone that his prince would never rebel, and all the accusations were framed!

"Your Majesty said very much, the concubine will accompany Your Majesty to the East Palace to prove the prince's innocence together, hehe, my own adopted son, how can I not know? My son has always been loyal, filial and loving, how can he rebel? The concubines also have to take a look, who is it that has the courage to frame the crown prince of the dynasty, is he crazy? Don't want to die? Hmph, if a fool like this is not punished, how can he explain to the people of the world? ”

Empress Wu and Yuan Gongyu quietly exchanged a look, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes, and he thought silently: "Prince Wu'er, this time the queen mother I will definitely give you a huge surprise, I don't know if you will thank me at that time?" (To be continued.) )