Chapter 41: A Chance Encounter with the Dead
In the early morning of the second day, Li Xuan smelled a light and elegant aroma, which was fragrant but not strong, fresh and elegant, very good, Li Xuan breathed greedily. When he opened his eyes, the fine sunlight shone on Li Xuan's body through the hollow carved windows, which was warm and very comfortable. Li Xuan's body was covered with intricate and gorgeous cloud silk, and the tassels on top of his head hung on the pink and yellow curtains, swaying gently in the wind, pleasant to the ear. Diagonally opposite the bed is a tortoiseshell shell-inlaid dresser, which is gorgeous and dazzling. Li Xuan lay on the bed and sighed: "I didn't expect that any room in the palace is so beautiful and luxurious." Last night, His Majesty must have seen that I was drunk, so he arranged for me to stay in this room temporarily. It's a really nice room. ”
Suddenly, a palace man from Yanxi Palace walked into the dormitory and was about to clean up, but when she saw Li Xuan lying on the bed of the Ninth Princess, a sharp scream broke out from her mouth.
Li Xuan looked himself up and down, wearing clothes, then what are you screaming? Li Xuan couldn't figure it out.
Soon, a group of people came in, and Li Xuan was escorted up without saying anything.
Li Xuan shouted, "What are you doing? I am the king of Yong'an, why do you do this to me? ”
No one answered him, and soon someone from the palace reported the matter to Emperor Li Yuan. Li Yuan ordered: "Put Li Xuan in prison." ”
Seeing this scene, Feng Li, the commander of the prince's guards, walked towards the East Palace with a smile on his face, and reported the good news to the prince.
The Datang Heavenly Prison is dark and damp, and the wooden fences of the cells are made of thick logs, and after the new paint is peeled off, layers of old paint fall inside, silently announcing its age to passers-by. The gap in the fence is only a palm's width and can only pass through the arm, and it is not easy to squeeze a leg through. The prison was heavily guarded, and everywhere there were jailers wearing lacquered cloth crowns, black soap uniforms, red cloth ribbons around their waists, and white black straight boots.
Entering the cell, Li Xuan saw that there was a person locked in the cell for a long time.
The man was a burly, haggard man, and wore a very dirty prison suit, which was full of wrinkles. He curled up in the corner of his cell, silent. Hearing someone enter, he raised his head, looked blankly, and then lowered his head again and looked at the ground.
Li Xuan saw the man's face clearly, and exclaimed, "Broken blade? ”
When the man heard someone shouting at him, he raised his head again, and then said in great surprise: "Li Xuan? Why are you imprisoned? ”
Li Xuan walked to Broken Blade's side, sat down, and spread his hands and said, "I don't know why I was put in prison?" Last night, His Majesty gave me a feast together. As a result, early this morning, as soon as I got up, a palace man suddenly screamed, and I was escorted in. Until now, I don't know why? ”
Broken Blade also said depressedly: "I don't know why His Majesty put me in the heavenly prison. I truthfully reported what I had seen to His Majesty, and His Majesty soon locked me up. After being locked up for a while, they told me that His Majesty was going to release me, but as soon as I saw His Majesty, His Majesty asked me to be taken in again. It's inexplicable. ”
Li Xuan scratched his head slightly embarrassed, and said secretly in his heart: "The broken blade was taken to the heavenly prison, probably because of his own relationship. Implanted memory, that is a non-existent thing, although the broken blade has always believed that it is true, but the paper has never been able to contain the fire, and it must be a matter of time before it is discovered by the emperor. ”
Looking at the haggard Broken Blade, Li Xuan patted his chest and said, "Brother Broken Blade, as long as I can get out, I will definitely rescue you." ”
Broken Blade refused, "Thank you for your kindness. But this is a prison, and it's hard to get out. ”
Li Xuan fell silent.
After a moment, Broken Blade suddenly asked, "How do you know my name is Broken Blade?" We don't think we've met. ”
Li Xuan's face was embarrassed, but he immediately asked, "We haven't met, but how do you know me?" You can call me by name as soon as we meet. ”
Broken Blade bowed his head and remained silent.
In the palace Yanxi Palace, as soon as Li Qing returned to the palace, he learned that Li Xuan had stayed in his bedroom overnight, and he had been taken to prison by his father this morning. Thinking of Li Xuan lying on her bed, she couldn't help but blush with shame. But thinking that Li Xuan was imprisoned because of herself, she secretly worried about Li Xuan again.
Li Qing carefully inquired about the situation last night with the palace people on duty in his palace, and learned that it was someone from his palace who brought Li Xuan into his bedroom.
She looked coldly at the palace man who carried Li Xuan into her dormitory, and said, "Who are you instructed by?" Why? ”
The palace man was silent.
Li Qing ordered: "Lock him up and keep him under strict guard." ”
Li Qing judged that Li Xuan should have been framed, and the person who framed him should be the crown prince. The prince not only wants to frame Li Xuan, but also wants to ruin his reputation and give a warning to those close to his second brother, what a vicious strategy.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Qing ordered: "Set up the Qianyuan Palace." ”
Qianyuan Palace, the main hall of the Tang Imperial Palace, is tall and magnificent, majestic, and is the place where Emperor Li Yuan held a court meeting.
At this moment, the ministers in the Qianyuan Palace were talking a lot, and they were all discussing Li Xuan's overnight stay in Yanxi Palace.
"King Yong'an went too far, and even broke into the bedroom of the ninth princess without permission."
"Yes, I really can't imagine that Li Xuan is this kind of person."
"How did the palace people of Yanxi Palace work on errands, how could Li Xuan enter the bedroom of the Ninth Princess?"
"Li Xuan's supernatural powers are vast and his means are numerous, how can the palace people of Yanxi Palace be able to stop him?"
"Fortunately, the ninth princess is not in the dormitory, if she is, I really don't know what kind of disaster will happen?"
"Your Majesty has arrived!" After a sharp voice, Emperor Li Yuan, wearing a dragon robe and a flat heavenly crown, slowly walked to the dragon chair and sat down.
The ministers stopped talking, bowed one after another, and shouted long live.
Seeing Li Yuan's arrival, the crown prince Jiancheng showed joy, while the king of Qin, Li Shimin, had a gloomy face.
Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan suspiciously, and said secretly in his heart: "How can it be so coincidental? How can it be so coincidental? Why was Li Xuan suddenly invited by his father into the palace for a banquet late at night? Why did no one escort him out of the palace after the banquet? Why did Li Xuan get drunk and appear in the Yanxi Palace of the Ninth Princess, who was good friends with him? It's all too coincidental, it seems that in addition to the crown prince, there is a force behind the scenes manipulating all this. As the owner of the entire palace, his father should be aware, and it is impossible for an outsider to sleep in the Yanxi Palace in the palace all night without being discovered. In that case, the left and right Qianniu guards guarding the palace, and the elite nighthawks in the darkness of the Tang Dynasty are too incompetent. ”