After resting for two days, seeing that his body was fine, Li Hong came to the Zichen Hall to meet Gaozong and Empress Wu.

Today he has two questions to ask Gaozong and Empress Wu. The first is what Gaozong told him about his name and a proverb, and the second is that he wants to know how Gaozong and Empress Wu handled his assassination.

Gaozong and Empress Wu are both in the Zichen Palace, which is rare.

In the past, because of his physical problems, Gaozong was resting in the Lin De Hall at this time, but today because Li Hong is coming to see him, he is very important to Li Hong, the prince, so he will deliberately come to the Zichen Hall to wait for Li Hong.

After Li Hong walked into the Zichen Hall and saluted Gaozong and Empress Wu, a small chamberlain brought a stool for him to sit down. After Li Hong sat down, Gaozong asked with concern, "Hong'er, the poison in your body is no big deal so soon?" ”

"With Sun Zhenren treating his son, the poison in his body has been completely removed, and his father doesn't need to worry." Li Hong replied.

Empress Wu and Gaozong's eyes all moved to Li Hong's body, and seeing that although his son's body was still very thin and his face was still very pale, he was very energetic, and their faces showed a smile of relief.

Empress Wu spoke, "Hong'er, do you ever know who the assassin who assassinated you was? ”

Li Hong didn't hide it, so he replied, "Queen Mother, the day before yesterday, Erchen discussed this issue with Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao, but there is still no clue. However, what Erchen said or his father makes sense, and this assassination may be related to Erchen's name. ”

When Gaozong heard Li Hong say this, he frowned and said, "The Taoist said: The true monarch, Muzi bow, the king rules the world, and the world is happy." 'Muzi' is combined into 'Li', and 'Gongkou' is combined into 'Hong', saying that Li Hong will rule the world and the world will be peaceful. That's why I named you Hiroshi. ”

"I didn't expect that! It's going to be so much trouble today! Gaozong sighed.

"Father, is there a secret in this?" Li Hong asked.

Gaozong nodded slightly and said, "Naturally." But you don't need to know about this so early, I'll tell you when the time comes. ”

Li Hong saw that Gaozong was reluctant to say, so he didn't dare to ask again. Gaozong knew that his son was dissatisfied with his answer, so he continued to speak, "I and your mother have sent Xu Jingzong and Li Ji to investigate your assassination, and if we find out who dares to dare to assassinate you, I will definitely destroy his nine clans." ”

Although Gaozong is frail and sickly, he can sit on the throne all the year round, and he is free and has the air of a king, and his eyes are full of murder when he says this. Li Hong knew that Gaozong was not joking, and he became closer to Gaozong in his heart.

However, there is one thing that makes Li Hong feel very strange, that is, Gaozong and Empress Wu asked Xu Jingzong to be in charge of his assassination, but he has no opinion, why did he let Li Ji participate in it?

In the past few years, Li Ji has always been only in charge of military affairs and has not participated much in government affairs. This time, Li Ji suddenly had to investigate his assassination case with Xu Jingzong. Li Hong felt that Li Ji's purpose was not just to find out who had assassinated him...

It was the first time for Empress Wu to see Gaozong say such tough words, which surprised her, but thinking about Gaozong's current situation and Li Hong's role in him, she was also relieved, so she said, "Hong'er, the day before yesterday, your father said that he wanted to strengthen the guard force around you and was going to send you a few more generals, what is your opinion on this?" ”

Gaozong wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen the strength of Li Hongdong Palace, how could Empress Wu not know? It's just that Li Hong is her son, and now that her son has been assassinated, Gaozong wants to send a few more generals to Li Hong, and she, as a mother, naturally can't object, so she can only be the first to ask Li Hong what he means, because she knows that Li Hong is a smart person, and she can naturally understand the meaning of her first words.

Li Hong saw that Empress Wu actually took the initiative to talk about this matter, so he guessed what Empress Wu was thinking, so he said without hesitation, "Thank you to my father and mother, it's just that the Tang Dynasty is in an eventful time, and my Tang army is fighting against Goryeo, Silla and Baekje in the northeast and needs more generals, and there are Tubo tigers in the northwest that need to be guarded against, and there is no shortage of Liangjiang who has the talent to command the army, so Erchen thinks that it is more effective to send them to these two places." ”

Seeing Li Hong say this, a look of displeasure flashed on Gaozong's face, because if he missed such an opportunity, he would want to send a few generals to Li Hong in the East Palace, and with the current power of Empress Wu, it would be difficult to estimate it. When Empress Wu saw Li Hong say this, she felt that her son was still very knowledgeable about current affairs, so she smiled faintly and said, "Hong'er, you can say this, the queen mother is very pleased, but your father is worried about your safety..."

The posture that should be done still has to be done by the Empress Wu, otherwise her dissatisfaction with the intention of sending the commander of the army to the East Palace will be too obvious.

"Thank you for my father's favor, it's just that the life and death of my sons are trivial matters, and the war in the Northeast and the defense of the Northwest of the Tang Dynasty are major matters, and I ask my father to understand the hard work of my sons." Empress Wu forced him to refuse Gaozong's kindness, and Li Hong could only say that.

Seeing that Gaozong's face was slightly angry when he heard him say this, Li Hong's words changed sharply, and he said again, "However, this assassination, Erchen also found that the guard force around him was a little weak, and he was ready to restructure the prince's left and right prison gate and the prince's left and right inner government, and wanted to reorganize his own direct personal soldiers, and asked his father to agree." ”

Although the prince's left and right prison gate and the prince's left and right inner government were Li Hong's direct personal soldiers, the number was too small, less than 3,000 people, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the four rate mansions was very weak, so Li Hong would make such a request to Gaozong.

Actually, he had such an idea before, but he didn't dare to mention it to Gao Zongmen because Empress Wu was too close to him.

Now that he has rejected Gaozong's suggestion to send generals to his side, he wants to rebuild his personal guard, he feels that he has compromised with Empress Wu, and Empress Wu will not object anymore.

When Gaozong heard Li Hong say this, he nodded slightly, "Since you have such thoughts, my father won't say anything anymore." That's right. However, if you are short of troops in the process of forming a personal guard, go and discuss with Li Ji! ”

Li Hong knew the current affairs, and he was very respectful to himself, and when he saw goodbye Gaozong, he had already agreed, and Empress Wu would not object.

Then Li Hong chatted with Gaozong and Empress Wu for a while, and when he saw Gaozong's face showing exhaustion, he said goodbye and left.

When Li Hong left Daming Palace, he saw from a distance the frames of Rongguo's wife, Yang and Helan Minzhi, parked in the square at the entrance of Danfeng. Rongguo's wife, Yang, slowly walked out of the carriage with the support of Helan Minzhi.

The two were also slightly stunned when they saw the crown prince Li Hong, and then the hatred flashed in their eyes, and they walked over to Li Hong.

Yang's Li Hong's maternal grandfather, Li Hong couldn't help but be respectful and polite to her, so he could only walk up quickly and walk in front of Yang's and bow down and say, "I've seen my grandmother." ”

Yang showed a look of concern very hypocritically, and asked insincerely, "Prince, your assassination in Chang'an City the day before yesterday made my grandmother very worried!" You're all right now, right? ”

Li Hong replied politely, "Thanks to my grandmother's relationship, the poison on Lone's body has been resolved, and there is no big problem." ”

"Helan Minzhi has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." At this time, Helan Minzhi reluctantly stepped forward and saluted Li Hongshi. In the past, he and Li Hong were always pressed by Li Hong because of their identities, and they felt very aggrieved, but today the Yang family is by his side, he knows that Li Hong will not be presumptuous in front of the Yang family for the sake of his humble and filial piety, this is the time for him to avenge the previous arrow, so a touch of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Your Highness, you were assassinated the day before yesterday, and your body has healed today, which surprised Minzhi!" I didn't expect that in the past, I could only live in the East Palace, and I didn't dare to go out to browse this prosperous world, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who was afraid of a recurrence of a stubborn disease, was so healthy today. Could it be because I ate too much green onion noodles, or Zhou Juan's body has a great tonic effect, so that Your Highness, after you taste it, the dragon spirit is fierce? ”

Li Hong is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and Helan Minzhi dares to tease Zhou Juan about him, and his words are so frivolous, which is disrespectful to Li Hong.

Therefore, Li Hong was very angry, and he said in a cold tone, "Helan Minzhi, you don't need to act if you are in good health now, and you don't need to be surprised. As for Green Onion Noodles and Zhou Juan, this is the first time, Lone can not pursue you, but don't have a next time, otherwise don't blame Lone for being unkind to you. ”

When Li Hong said this, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he did not hide his murderous intent towards Helan Minzhi at all.

"Minzhi is just talking casually, why do you need to be angry, Your Royal Highness the Prince?" Helan Minzhi laughed and said, "But the prince would rather go to the scallion noodle restaurant to eat regardless of his own danger, and now your body is much stronger than before, isn't this the credit of Zhou Juan?" ”

Li Hong saw that Helan Minzhi was extremely arrogant in front of him, he couldn't hold back any longer, so he coldly reprimanded, "Helan Minzhi, do you believe that Gu will smash your mouth now?" ”

Helan Minzhi glanced at Li Hong with disdain, how could he not know what Li Hong's body was? How can you have the strength to beat people now! So he straightened his chest to Li Hong, looked ready to be beaten, and said with an arrogant smile, "Why don't you try it!" ”

In the middle of the sound, seeing that Li Hong still didn't move, his heart was even more refreshed, this is the rhythm of bullying you unreasonably, so he said loudly again, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you hit me-you come and beat me!" ”

"Bang-" Just when Helan Minzhi proudly provoked Li Hong, he saw Li Hong take a step forward and slammed his fist on the bridge of Helan Minzhi's nose.

"Ahh Li Hong hit with one blow, his body continued to rush forward, and another punch smashed into Helan Minzhi. Helan Minzhi couldn't dodge, and was punched by Li Hong in the eye socket.

"Your Highness—" Helan Minzhi said angrily, he was about to lose his mind after being smashed by Li Hong's two punches, and he was about to fight back. It's just that his fist has just been raised, but his arm can no longer move. Because the guards of Li Hong's body had already deceived him, grabbed his hands, and made him unable to move anymore.

At this time, Li Hong punched again, and another punch slammed into Helan Minzhi's face.

"Poof-" A mouthful of blood spurted out, mixed with two broken teeth.

"Prince, you-stop!"

Yang didn't expect Li Hong to hit Helan Minzhi, and the force was so fierce, she was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses and yelled at Li Hong, but Li Hong ignored her reprimand, and still smashed Helan Minzhi in the face with one punch after another.

Helan Minzhi's personal guards were used to being arrogant and domineering by Helan Minzhi's side, and when they saw this, they wanted to step forward to relieve their own Langjun. But suddenly, when they thought that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who beat their own Langjun, they were discouraged, and they could only stop in place and silently watch Helan Minzhi who was being beaten.