Chapter Thirty-Seven: After All, It's a Minister
Chang'an City was still immersed in night, but Li Hong had already gotten up and was dressing up under the service of Zhao Hong's skirt, because he was going to attend the court meeting held twice a month in the Xuanzheng Palace today.
Zhao Hongskirt combed Li Hong's hair, put on a pale yellow python robe for him, and then put on a feather crown. In the blink of an eye, she found that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was weak, had become radiant, and a vaguely indescribable imperial aura condensed between his eyebrows.
Zhao Hong's skirt suddenly lost her mind, and when she woke up, Li Hong, who had finished grooming, had already hurried to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace at any time under the presence of Chen Gong and other twenty guards and Yan Zhuang.
Because Li Hong was weak, Gaozong allowed him to ride in a two-person sedan chair when he went to court. When he took a small sedan chair to the square in front of the Xuanzheng Palace, the ministers had almost arrived.
"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince-!"
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince-!"
When most of the courtiers saw the crown prince Li Hong, they all quickly stepped forward and bowed to him. Only a few old ministers, like Li Ji and Xu Jingzong, bowed down to salute Li Hong's sedan chair in front of everyone.
When Li Hong got off the sedan chair to salute everyone, he saw Helan Minzhi standing alone and admiring himself from afar.
Helan Minzhi's bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion, and the left scattered cavalry attendant from the third grade, is the third person in Menxia Province after Menxia Shizhong and Shilang, which shows how much strength the Empress Wu cultivates him.
When he saw Li Hong looking at him, his eyes were full of sarcasm.
can be ridiculed and ridiculed, the ministers in front of the Xuanzheng Palace are all there, and he doesn't dare to ignore Li Hong, the prince, so he reluctantly walked slowly in front of Li Hong, bowed down and said with an arrogant expression, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" I haven't seen His Highness for a few days, and his demeanor is still the same! β
The corners of Li Hong's mouth showed a faint hint of mockery, and he still said with a smile, "Zhou Guogong--, don't be polite!" Aren't you the same and fierce? β
One is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is the upstart of the family who has high hopes for the queen's mother, both of them look at each other unpleasantly, such a-for-tat, but the courtiers on the side are shocked, because they are afraid that they will accidentally involve themselves in the battle between the two to be sacrificed.
"Your Highness, the minister has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" Helan Minzhi said suddenly.
The tone in which he spoke was a bit like teaching Li Hong the attitude of an elder, but when he said this, there was a sly look in his eyes.
How could Li Hong not know what Helan Minzhi would say to him, so he smiled lightly, "Zhou Guogong, please speak." β
"Your Highness, although you have participated in politics now, there are some things that you must see clearly when deciding, and you must not be reckless." He Lanmin said in a tone that taught Li Hong a lesson, "Otherwise, the consequences will be unbearable." β
Li Hong knew what he meant by "some things" and what he meant by "seeing the situation clearly", but he still pretended to be very puzzled and asked, "Lonely and dull, I don't understand what Zhou Guogong meant, can I please explain Zhou Guogong?" β
"You-" Helan Minzhi wanted to be very proud when Li Hong refuted him, and he was very arrogant and ready to say a few righteous words, so that Li Hong would be embarrassed in front of everyone, but he didn't expect Li Hong not to be fooled, but pretended to be stupid, holding back the words he had thought of in his heart and making it difficult to speak, the smug look froze on his face, and he was stunned for a moment before he said in an angry tone. "Explain? Your Highness knows in his heart that there are so many people here, so I don't need to go into details! β
Li Hong wanted this effect, he saw that Helan Minzhi was a little annoyed, so he said seriously, "Then I thank Zhou Guogong for his kind words." β
"No thanks-!" Helan Minzhi said a little angrily, he turned around and was about to leave but was stopped by Li Hong, "Zhou Guogong, please go slowly-"
Li Hong's words were so loud that the ministers who had been staring at their conversation nearby heard them, so everyone turned their eyes to the two of them and listened quietly, wanting to see what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to do.
Helan Minzhi stopped and asked, "Is there anything else Your Highness has to do?" β
"It's nothing, Lone just wanted to tell you a word." Li Hong said. He Lanmin said as if he was listening to the teachings, "Your Highness, please speak." β
"Helan Minzhi, although you are a principality, and you are the nephew of the queen mother, you are highly valued by the queen mother...!" Speaking of this, Li Hong paused, his tone raised a few points, and continued, "But you have to remember that if you don't die, you will be a minister after all!" β
If you don't die, you are a minister after all!
If you don't die, you are a minister after all!
Li Hong's domineering words completely suppressed the arrogant Helan Minzhi, and even the ministers on the side didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince, who had always been weak, to say such a thing, and they were all stunned.
After Li Hong said this, he no longer paid attention to Helan Minzhi, and walked straight to his position when he was on duty at the court, the head of the civil ministers.
Helan Minzhi looked at Li Hong's back as he left, and there was a look of resentment in his eyes. Because he understood the meaning of Li Hong's words, no matter how arrogant he was, how he was favored by the Empress Wu, and how he was taken care of by the Yang family, Li Hong was always the prince, as long as he was still in the Tang Dynasty, he was still a minister in front of Li Hong.
"Knock knockβ" At this moment, the bell of the early dynasty rang, and then one of the attendants was heard shouting, "All the ministers can be the early dynasty-"
The ministers in front of the Xuanzheng Hall immediately tidied up their clothes, and followed the foreman into the Xuanzheng Hall in turn. Before Wenchen, they were the crown prince Li Hong and Xu Jingzong, and the military generals were headed by Li Ji.
When Li Hong walked into the Xuanzheng Hall with the ministers, what caught Li Hong's eyes was that there was a chair next to the dragon chair in the center of the hall, this chair was not gorgeous or magnificent, but he knew that the person sitting on this chair was powerful and was made on the dragon chair, and the human power was even greater, because this chair was the position of the Empress Wu.
Sure enough, at this moment, Empress Wu and Gaozong slowly walked into the Xuanzheng Palace, Gaozong climbed the jade steps and sat on the dragon chair, and Empress Wu sat on the chair beside him.
"See Your Majestyβ" Li Hong hurriedly saluted his ministers.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Gaozong said with a lack of energy, glanced at Li Hong, and said in a concerned tone, "Give the prince a seat." β
Li Hong's health was too poor before, and once the court meeting lasted for a long time, he would not be able to hold on. Therefore, in order to take care of him, Gaozong gave him a seat at every court meeting, and it became a practice for a long time.
"Thank you, Father!" Li Hong bowed to Gaozong, strode to the foot of the jade steps, and slowly sat down on a chair that had already been placed.
When the ministers in the Xuanzheng Hall saw this scene, they were all envious, especially the children of the clan. And when the high-ranking Empress Wu saw this scene, an indescribable jealousy flashed in her eyes. Because she is sitting in her current position, she has tried her best and tried her best, and it took more than ten years to get it step by step.
But Li Hongneng was given to sit at such a court meeting, but only because of his poor health.
However, Empress Wu knew that the fundamental reason for the noodles here was not because of this, but because Li Hong was the crown prince and he was the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have something to start today?" Gaozong glanced around at the ministers in the main hall and asked.
"Your Majesty, news came from the northwest last night that it has snowed heavily in the northwest in the past few days, and the road has been blocked, and the Tibetan mission may not be able to reach Chang'an City as scheduled." As soon as Gaozong's voice fell, Gaozong's confidant Dai Zhide spoke.
"The Tibetan mission can't reach it as scheduled?" Gaozong asked blankly, and then he muttered for a while before he spoke, "Just let them go!" What else? β
"Your Majesty, there is no eyebrow in the Huaxian tragedy, Zhang Deyu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, has left Chang'an to Huaxia for more than half a month, but there has not been a concerto so far, this case is probably not as simple as we think. The minister asked His Majesty to immediately send someone to Huaxian County to supervise Zhang Deyu's investigation of the case. Suddenly, a man came out and said.
Li Hong knew that someone would definitely mention the Huaxian tragedy at today's court meeting, but when he saw the person who spoke, even if he was prepared, his face still became a little gloomy. Because the person who spoke was none other than the last time he was impeached, saying that he indulged his guards and let them go around to disturb the people and flamboyant palace to treat Zheng Hong, the imperial history,
"Your Majesty, the Huaxian tragedy involves His Royal Highness the Prince, but Zhang Deyu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is so negligent, there may be a hidden secret." As soon as Zheng Hong's words fell, a person came out and said, "The minister also begs His Majesty to send someone to supervise Zhang Shaoqing's investigation of the case!" β
The person who spoke was Wang Da, the superintendent who impeached Li Hong with Zheng Hong last time.
Last time, the two impeached Li Hong, Gaozong and Empress Wu were about to dispose of the two, but they didn't expect the Huaxian tragedy to happen, and it was also related to the pro-army of the prince Li Hong, which made the impeachment of the two become justified and justified, so the impeachment of the two became a direct admonition of loyal ministers, and Gaozong and Empress Wu had to suppress the idea of punishing the two, and also praised the two for daring to admonish.
Now, the two of them jumped out at the court meeting to question the investigation of Dali Temple, and the spearhead was obviously aimed at Li Hong.
ps: Book friends, the third child has to say a few words here.
The third child is in a very bad state tonight, and he has been writing since about seven o'clock, but until now, this chapter has not been written. Because I can't break the update today, I want to at least guarantee you the amount of updates in one chapter, so I can only post the part of the content written here for everyone to read.
About the book "Daojun". The third child has talked about some problems when writing and my writing mentality. The third child's writing attitude is very serious.,It's always been very attentive.,So I can't guarantee the amount of updates.,Most of the time it's one change.,Occasionally there will be two changes.γ
But just like the book friend Heijian Little Demon mentioned in the book review area, because the third child has too high requirements for himself, so that he has to pick out the words in each chapter to finish writing, which makes the third child affect the coolness of the plot because the words are too strong when writing. This problem has been corrected, but it has not been corrected yet. Now it seems that this is no longer a matter of picking words, but a psychological problem. Therefore, the third child has to be honest with everyone here. It's just that no matter what, everyone supports the third child and this book, and the third child will try to overcome this problem. Thank you!