Chapter 291: Court Upheaval (II)
Damn, it's no fun! As soon as Li Xian saw Gaozong fall softly, his heart couldn't help but sink, just because he knew very well that the best chance to bring down Empress Wu had been lost with the fall of Gaozong, the reason was very simple, no more, as long as Gaozong was in a coma for a while, it would be enough for Empress Wu to erase all valuable clues, and if he wanted to encounter such a good opportunity next time, he really didn't know when he would have to wait, and then he was disappointed and disappointed, Li Xian's reaction was not slow at all, he hurriedly stood up, and exclaimed: "Father!" ”
"Someone, pass on the Imperial Doctor!"
Empress Wu's reaction was obviously not much slower than Li Xian's, and she was still there silently wiping her tears before, but when she saw Gaozong falling, she immediately reached out to support Gaozong's soft and collapsed body, and screamed anxiously.
"No!"
The Yulin officers and soldiers who rushed into the hall when they heard Gaozong's shouting saw Gaozong fall were all confused, and they didn't care about asking what the intention of Gaozong's previous summons was, and hurriedly responded to the promise, and since someone recruited all the imperial doctors waiting outside the hall into the hall, they were busy around Gaozong, but because they didn't dare to do it easily, Gaozong never woke up.
"Yu Niangniang, Your Majesty is grieving excessively, so that you faint and do not wake up, you must have a good life, you must not be stimulated again, Weichen and others have discussed a few prescriptions, first give Your Majesty a recuperation, and let Weichen discuss the rest of the things."
A group of imperial physicians surrounded Gaozong for a while, and after discussing in a low voice, one of the oldest imperial physicians came forward to report a word.
"You're bothered, come here, immediately send Your Majesty back to the apse to rest."
Hearing that Gaozong was fine, Empress Wu seemed to be greatly relieved, thanked the old lady, and then broke off at the group of eunuchs who were standing aside in panic.
"Slaves and maids must obey the mother's orders."
Most of the eunuchs waiting in the main hall are the henchmen of the Empress Wu, so naturally they will not oppose the edict of the Empress Wu, as for the few newcomers promoted by Gaozong, even if they want to oppose it, they don't have the guts, so they can only bow down and make promises, hug up, and lift Gaozong on the dragon bed with all hands and feet, and then turn to the apse.
"Wait for all of them to stand down!"
As soon as Gaozong left, Empress Wu's face immediately became stiff, and with a wave of his hand, he drove all the people in the hall out of the hall, leaving Li Xian alone at the scene.
"Xian'er said earlier that Sun Quanfu falsely passed on the holy decree, but is it true?"
After everyone left, Empress Wu did not speak immediately, but sat on the dragon bed, and looked at Li Xian indifferently for a while, and then asked indifferently.
"After returning to his mother, the sons did not dare to lie and coax the queen mother, and everyone who saw this matter, Xue Rengui, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, and hundreds of people under the command of Xue Tao, the general of Lang Yu, witnessed it with their own eyes."
Li Xian was not afraid of the indifferent eyes of the martial queen at all, and saluted meticulously, and replied with righteous indignation.
"Well, my mother knows about this matter, and I will never let Xian'er suffer the grievances in vain, and now that the prince has just gone, your father and emperor are ......, alas, my mother's heart is in turmoil, and my mother will issue an edict to investigate thoroughly, and Xian'er will go back to the palace first and wait." Empress Wu stretched out her right hand, gently stroked her forehead, made an uncomfortable look, sighed, and said casually to send Li Xian away.
All right? What a fart! How could Li Xian believe in the promise of the Empress Wu, let alone stay in such a dangerous place in the palace, you must know that this place is the territory that the Empress Wu has been operating for many years, and the whole palace knows how many people are the hands of the Empress Wu, in case there is another accident next, even if Li Xian himself is not afraid, then he has to think about his two wives, but it is obviously not so easy to get out, look at the posture of the Empress Wu, there is no intention of letting Li Xian out of the palace.
"The queen mother, as the prince, should share the worries for the queen mother, and now the prince's brother is not clear, the son asks for a thorough investigation of the matter, and implores the queen mother's permission."
Li Xian knows that the only chance to get out smoothly is to attack and defend, and the gamble is that the Empress Wu does not dare to agree to his request, after all, Li Xian can be said to have repeatedly solved important cases in the past few years, and it is said that he is a master of the current dynasty and will never be for the country.
"It's not good for Xian'er to have this heart, however, this matter can't be handled by Xian'er, the things under the melon field and plums must always be prevented, needless to say, Xian'er still goes back to the palace to wait, my mother feels painful, so I won't leave Xian'er more."
Empress Wu rejected Li Xian's request, and insisted on keeping Li Xian in the palace arrogantly, obviously, Empress Wu must have a different arrangement.
"The queen mother's lesson is that the prince's brother has just gone, the court situation is afraid that there will be changes, if the child stays in the palace again, the suspicion of melon fields and plums is inevitable, in order to avoid misunderstanding in the world, I implore the queen mother to allow her sons to leave the palace and return home."
Li Xian was originally an unparalleled eloquent, and as soon as he grasped a flaw in the words of the martial artist, he immediately unceremoniously attacked his shield with his spear.
"Okay, my mother is approved, and I don't have a lot of luck."
Empress Wu was pushed by Li Xian like this, and when he boarded, he couldn't get off the stage, and his eyes swept Li Xian coldly, seeing that Li Xian had no intention of backing down, his face couldn't help but be a little ugly, but Li Xian, who didn't eat soft and hard, had no choice, and in desperation, he could only wave his hand impatiently and gave an order to expel the guest.
"The queen mother, please mourn, and the sons and daughters will retire."
Li Xian didn't want to stay longer for a moment, and after bowing respectfully, he resolutely withdrew from the Qianyuan Palace, not caring at all about the resentful eyes coming from behind.
"The last general will see His Highness!"
When Li Xian arrived at the Wuyun Palace, although the sun had not yet risen, the sky was already bright, and the sharp-eyed Xue Tao saw Li Xian walking slowly at first glance, and immediately strode forward to greet him, and carefully saluted and greeted him.
"General Xue has worked hard."
Li Xian had a good impression of Xue Tao and other generals from the border army, and did not hold a grudge because he had led his troops to stop him before.
"Your Royal Highness, Gao Hesheng and Gao Gonggong came before, saying that the queen mother had a message to take the four fathers-in-law who offended His Highness to the end, and the last general would not dare to stop him, and asked His Highness Haihan to do so."
Xue Tao was obviously ashamed, the more gentle Li Xian was, the more panicked he became, his face was red, his head was lowered, he didn't dare to look at Li Xian's eyes, and he stammered in his mouth.
Dead old thief mother-in-law, hands and feet are still really fast! Li Xian knew that he could no longer use the death of the prince to bring down Empress Wu, and he didn't care much about the death of the four thug-level eunuchs, even so, after hearing the martial arts, he wiped his tail away so quickly, Li Xian still couldn't help but be a little angry, but it was not good to attack an outsider like Xue Tao, so he could only reply nonchalantly: "Gu knows, General Xue just go and get busy." ”
"No."
When Gao Hesheng came to bring people before, Xue Tao didn't hesitate, but he didn't have the courage to disobey Empress Wu's instructions, so he could only watch Gao Hesheng take all the four suspects away, and he was always worried that Li Xian would not be able to deal with him after he came back.
"Your Highness, you're back."
At the apse of the Wuyun Palace, Gao Miao was in a hurry, and when he saw Li Xian walking out of the corridor, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly ran forward, and greeted with concern.
"Well, arrange it, and I'll leave the palace alone."
Li Xian was very relieved of Gao Miao's loyalty and ability to do things, and he didn't explain, but just commanded with a calm face.
"Yes, slave and maid will do it."
Although Gao Miao had never witnessed the conflict between Li Xian and Sun Quanfu before, he had seen the result in his eyes, and he knew that the palace was now in danger, and he was relieved to be able to leave, and he didn't ask the reason, and after answering, he hurriedly went to drink and ordered the attendants to pack up and not mention it.
"Your Highness."
"Your Highness."
In the bedroom, Zhao Qiong and Princess Mingyue were already dressed neatly, and they were sitting on the edge of the collapse and talking in a low voice, when they suddenly saw Li Xian turn out of the screen, and they all got up busily, and they were blessed with all their blessings.
"Well, let's get up, go, go home."
Li Xian didn't want the second daughter to worry, and secondly, he didn't plan to let the second daughter participate in the cruel game of palace competition, so he wouldn't explain more to the second daughter, but just waved his hand and commanded concisely.
"Your Highness, what happened? The concubine heard that the prince seems to have died, but is it true? ”
Princess Mingyue was born in the royal family, and she knew that the rules of the Heavenly Family were big, so she didn't dare to ask, but Zhao Qiong didn't have this scruples, and asked bluntly.
"Well, let's go home."
The two generations are husband and wife, Li Xianzi knows Zhao Qiong's straightforward and fast-talking temperament, and he doesn't care about his recklessness, but he never wants to say more about it, but he responded vaguely, pressed his hand, and signaled Zhao Qiong not to ask more, the second daughter saw this, she didn't dare to say more, and after glancing at each other, she was silently busy cleaning up......
"Bastard, who's messing around there!"
Li Xian has never liked to get up early, and he drank too much at the banquet yesterday, although the sky was already bright, Li Xian still hugged the famous concubine and fell asleep, and he heard the door ringing non-stop in the hazy room, and he was on fire when he lifted the thin quilt on his body, sat up suddenly, and scolded with his throat, but the people outside the room not only did not stop knocking on the door, but knocked a little harder, and Li Xian was completely annoyed when he landed, jumped off the ground barefoot, rushed to the door with a few big strides, and pulled the door open, I'm going to give the thing that doesn't have long eyes a hard time.
"Your Royal Highness, it's not good, something big has happened, the prince is gone, it's gone......"
The person who knocked on the door outside the room was Zhang Che, and when he saw Li Xian open the door, Zhang Che didn't care about Li Xian's anger, and hurriedly shouted.
"What?"
As soon as he heard that the crown prince was dead, Li Xian was dumbfounded, and immediately, a wave of surprise mixed with ecstasy surged up from the bottom of his heart, and his eyes instantly released the light of expectation......