Since the Tang Dynasty moved to Daming Palace since Gaozong, political affairs have been carried out in Daming Palace. In addition to the grand court meetings held in the Hanyuan Hall on the Yuan Day and the Winter Solstice, the emperor usually works in the Zichen Hall and summons courtiers separately. On weekdays, it is usually in the Xuanzheng Hall behind the Hanyuan Palace.

It has been two days since the imperial robe case, and the saint has not been hidden, but he only ordered the six princes to be grounded in the mansion, but he has not officially handed it over to the Criminal Department or the Imperial History Observatory for interrogation, and he has not even asked a word.

However, everyone knows that the Holy One does not care. On the first day of the case, he summoned the crown prince and King Shu to the Zichen Palace, but no one knew what they said.

This matter is very important, whether it hurts *** or the Shu Wang Party, it will set off huge waves in the DPRK.

The more the emperor remained silent, the more anxious the ministers became.

A few courtiers absentmindedly presented a few books of inconsequential folds, and babbled some words about benevolence and virtue, and the emperor seemed to have no intention of listening to them, so they dismissed them at will.

The great eunuch Liu Zhenliang saw that it was almost over, so he opened his throat and dragged out his voice with the eunuch's unique sharp voice: "Something to start - nothing to retreat from the court-"

An elderly imperial historian finally couldn't help it, stepped forward, and played: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play." ”

The emperor raised his hand casually: "Aiqing, please speak." ”

The imperial history shook a few times, as if he was brewing emotions, and after a while, he said: "The case of the imperial robe of Huaiyuanfang, the state capital has been transferred to the imperial history platform, because it involves the six highnesses, the ministers and others dare not make a claim, and ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to reveal some dangerous emotions. The important ministers couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, and their hearts were like frying fire, but they didn't dare to touch the mold easily.

The emperor looked around for a week, saw that he didn't speak, and asked slowly, "What do you think?" ”

The important ministers looked at each other, and two more recklessly stood up: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that there are still many doubts in this matter, and the emperor should find out the truth as soon as possible." If the Sixth Highness has been wronged, it is better to return the innocence of the Sixth Highness as soon as possible, if it ......"

The two groaned, but didn't say any more.

The emperor's gaze shot as sharp as an eagle's falcon, "What if? ”

"What if...... If ......" the person who replied was a little unpossessed, and stammered: "If there really is someone...... It's okay to have bad intentions...... Clear it as soon as possible to boost the emperor's prestige. ”

The emperor seemed to have a headache, put his arm on the case, held his head and muttered for a long time, and said: "Today, I have summoned the six princes over, and if the secretary has any doubts, I will ask him in person." ”

Liu Zhenliang then threw the dust on his shoulder, and the lingering voice echoed in the hall: "Xuan-the sixth prince goes to the palace-"

Everyone was a little surprised, His Majesty simply didn't do anything, and directly called the six princes to come over and confront the court in front of the ministers!

What does this mean, that is, the dispute between King Shu and the crown prince that everyone can see is also secretly clamoring, and now it is exposed to the court like this, which is equivalent to directly putting the dignity of the royal family on the bright side!

Hearing footsteps step by step, getting closer and closer, everyone involuntarily held their breath, and for a while the hall was suddenly quiet as if there was no one, only the sound of some desperately suppressed breaths was heard one after another.

The sixth prince, Li Xian, walked in from outside the hall, with a thin layer of snowflakes draped over his shoulders, unhurried and firm.

At this time, all the eyes in the hall fell on him, and at that moment, everyone saw clearly that the six princes were still wearing purple large flower court clothes, and they were still dressed as princes.

The hem of the dress was slightly folded, which showed that it was still a new dress.

For some reason, everyone felt that the six princes, who had always been gentle and unassuming, had changed his elegant bookish atmosphere in the past, and today he looked particularly solemn, and he looked more like a prince than ever, a prince with three points of royal pride and three points of royal prestige.

Li Xian ignored the inquiring gazes that fell on him, strode to the front of the hall, and bowed to the high dragon chair: "Minister Li Xian, I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." ”

The prince does not need to kneel and bow to the emperor in the court, and it is not rude for him to do so.

But for some reason, everyone thought that he should bow and kowtow today, but he stood proudly, as if he had never had any royal robe case, nor had he been grounded, he just came to the audience as usual.

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at him, he was not from any of his concubines, and he was not like him, but for some reason, he just felt that this child had a feeling of comfort, pure and pure, unstained with the dust of the world.

is not like the prince, only promised, only knows how to play tricks in everything, and always feels cringe. It's not like the second child, and his body exudes a crooked gloom, as if he hasn't laughed for many years.

But he didn't think about changing the prince, he knew that this child was not suitable to be an emperor, or rather, he couldn't bear to let those dark and dreary imperial power techniques pollute the purest soul in the world. He even thought that after he was a hundred years old, he would divide this child and tell him to be an idle prince for a lifetime, as if he was struggling in the imperial city.

"Sixth, you raise your head and look at me."

Li Xian then raised his head as he commanded, and instead of lowering his eyelids respectfully like the others, he looked directly at him, his eyes were still spotless, and he saw that his yellow and clear shadow was reflected in his eyes, but this shadow seemed to be pure.

This kid, he will hide a dragon robe in his own home, he will have such ambitions?

He didn't believe it, but in the past few days, he had received too many notes about this matter, and they were piled up on his desk, so that it was impossible for him to ignore them.

He ordered his mansion to be temporarily closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and he did not want to face too much criticism and criticism before the matter had a result.

Today the matter was finally laid out in front of him, so he announced that the boy would come, and in front of the ministers, he would decisively and quickly come up with a result to silence the mouths of those imaginative ministers and ministers.

But for two days, for some reason, he seemed to have an illusion, as if he felt that there was an unknown layer of sadness and maturity between the child's eyebrows. It's only been two days, and he's suddenly grown?

"Sixth, I ask you, do you tell the truth, do you know about the thief from Huaiyuanfang who stole a dragon robe from your house?"

Li Jian took a step forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister learned about it from the Yushitai two days ago. ”

"The dragon robe is on your house, how can you not know?"

Li Xian replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "It is a big crime to make a dragon robe privately, and the minister really doesn't know that there is a dragon robe in his house." ”

King Shu arched his hand: "Sixth brother, don't be confused, there is a difficulty, if you say it, Your Majesty will definitely make the decision for the sixth brother, if you want to deliberately conceal it, it is the crime of bullying the king!" ”

How could Li Chun not hear what he meant, if he didn't say it, he deliberately concealed it, the crime of bullying the king, how could he say it? As long as he opened his mouth to explain, no matter what kind of explanation he explained, he would not escape the blame, no matter what, a dragon robe would not run to the Six Princes' Mansion outside the imperial city for no reason.

He took a step forward and said to King Shu: "His Royal Highness Sixth has already said that he doesn't know, how can he deliberately hide it?" Second Highness, don't you want to fabricate accusations! ”

At this time, an inner supervisor came over with a tray, which contained several stolen goods intercepted with the dragon robe, and someone asked: "Your Royal Highness, what other things are with the dragon robe, but yours is not?" ”

They are all valuable objects, and one of them, Li Chun recognized, was a pair of jade lion paperweights, which was temporarily given to him by Nianyun when he gave the gift on the first day of that year.

Li Jian walked over, picked up a few things in the tray, looked at them all the same, and arched his hand to the emperor: "These things belong to the minister." ”

"How can there be an emblem of the East Palace on it?"

This is knowingly asking, deliberately leading the topic to the prince at this sensitive time. Everyone knows that he used to be the second son of the East Palace, and he set up a separate door very early, that is, all the belongings were given by the prince, and it is understandable.

Li Xian replied truthfully: "The minister moved out of the East Palace at the age of twelve, and the utensils used, including the minister's mansion, were all given by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Sure enough, someone immediately complained: "Since these things are all given by the prince, the dragon robe will not also be related to the East Palace, right?" ”

This association is a bit far-fetched, Li Jian faced this problem for the third time, and still said simply: "It's not from the East Palace, and the minister doesn't know where the dragon robe came from." ”

A sentence of "I don't know" obviously couldn't satisfy everyone, and a squire said: "Is it possible for His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness to prove that the dragon robe has nothing to do with the East Palace?" ”

Li Jian said: "The things given by the East Palace are all registered in the account books, and there are account books to check. If the squire is not satisfied, in other words, the main hall will not be able to prove that the dragon robe has nothing to do with you. ”

Here, the people from King Shu's faction began to bombard, and a second-grade senior official said directly: "Since it is a confrontation in the court, I hope that His Royal Highness the Sixth will give a reasonable explanation, otherwise how can I convince the people?" ”

Hell, if you can really give an explanation, you will be able to implement the crime. Li Jian said: "This hall really doesn't know. ”

The second-rank official jumped a few times on his face: "Your Majesty, since the Sixth Highness can't say it, the minister suggests that all the servants and maids around the Sixth Highness be arrested for interrogation, and I am not afraid that I will not get a conclusion!" ”

Li Xian was speechless, and simply didn't speak, but his face was surprisingly calm.

"Since Your Majesty summoned the Sixth Highness to explain this matter in front of the court today, shouldn't the Sixth Highness just remain silent and send it away without knowing a word, where will Your Majesty be placed?"

"What is there to hide from the Sixth Highness, or do you want to protect someone?"

"Sixth Highness, as far as the old man knows, it will be the birthday of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in two months, as we all know, the relationship between His Royal Highness and the East Palace is extraordinary, His Royal Highness should not have prepared this thing for the Prince, right?"

As soon as the ministers said a word, for a while, almost all the courtiers of King Shu's faction felt that they had caught a great deal of the prince's faction, and their faces were flushed with excitement, and their questioning words were sharper and more aggressive.

The emperor had a little brain pain and looked at the prince who everyone pointed at. The prince still looked like an unsuccessful person, neither refuting nor justifying, and stood aside with his head bowed indifferently.