Chapter 248: Bright Guns and Hidden Arrows (2)
"Seventh brother, do you think that guy will lie and coax me to wait?"
Not long after Wang Dequan exited the study, a small hidden door at the back of the study had slid open, and Li Xian, who was covered with sweat, walked out of the door, walked opposite Li Xian, knelt down and sat down, and asked with a puzzled face.
"It's unlikely, at least in the matter of Dabi, the prince's brother doesn't dare to cheat, as for the selection of the officials in the back? That's a bit hard to say. ”
Li Xian groaned for a moment, shook his head, and replied in an affirmative tone.
"Well, that's the same, if you don't admit it when the time comes, see how the brother cleans it up!"
Li Xian has never had a good impression of Li Hong, although he heard Li Xian say this, he was still a little sullen in his heart, so he said hatefully.
Come on, the ten of you are not the opponent of the prince's house, with your kid's ability, you still want to clean up people, it's good that the prince hasn't even swallowed the bones. Li Xian despised Li Xian fiercely in his heart, but he still smiled extremely brightly on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the prince's brother's expression has appeared, it is time for the matter to come to an end, the sixth brother should go back to the house early to make some preparations, and the younger brother will have to be busy for a while." ”
"Okay, seventh brother, you are busy, so I will leave first for my brother."
Although Li Xian wanted to participate in the trial of the case, he knew that he was unable to participate in it, and this time he heard Li Xian's words have revealed the meaning of expelling customers, so he could not stay longer, so he could only stand up, drop a sentence, and hurriedly left the study, and turned back to Luwangfu to prepare the relevant hands.
"Rotong!"
After Li Xian left, the smile on Li Xian's face immediately retracted, and he pondered solemnly, and after a long time, he suddenly sat up straight and broke his throat loudly.
"The subordinates are here!"
In the past few days, Luo Tong has been on standby near the study, and when he heard Li Xian's call, he didn't dare to be the slightest slack, so he hurriedly flashed into the study and bowed down to promise.
"Collect the net!"
Li Xian stared at Luo Tong fiercely, and spit out two words word by word.
"Yes, my subordinates obey!"
Luo Tong had been waiting for this order for a long time, and when he got the order, his spirit suddenly lifted, he licked his lips, answered the promise with a cruel smile, and his figure flashed, and the person had disappeared from the room......
"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. Jagged wattles, left and right streams of ......"
In the dormitory of the Qianyuan Palace, Xiao Taiping, dressed in a light green dress, stood in the room with his hands behind his back, facing the Empress Wu sitting on the couch with a smile, shaking his head and reciting the famous poem "Guan Ju" in the Book of Poetry, his immature face was full of excited redness, Xiao Yao's nose was covered with fine beads of sweat, and the childish voice floated around in the empty room, which sounded interesting.
"Mother, Yue'er has finished reciting it, have you ever memorized it wrong? Mother, you speak. ”
Xiao Taiping recited "Guan Ju" from beginning to end in one breath, and then, without waiting for Empress Wu to comment, he rushed into Empress Wu's arms, shaking Empress Wu's arms, twisting her little body, and sprinkling her coquettishness.
"Word for word, my little Yue'er is really a talented girl."
Empress Wu lovingly reached out and scraped the tip of Xiao Taiping's nose, and said something affirmative with a smile.
"Oh, yes, mother, is there any reward for that?"
As soon as he heard what Empress Wu said, Xiao Taiping immediately jumped up, and after jumping a few times, he fluttered his big black eyes and asked for a reward with anticipation.
"Okay, you should be rewarded, my mother will reward you for memorizing ten more scriptures, okay?"
Looking at Xiao Taiping's pink and tender face, Empress Wu laughed narrowly, reached out and rubbed Xiao Taiping's hair, and gave a wonderful answer.
"Ah......, my mother bullies people, and Yue'er doesn't follow ......"
As soon as he heard that it was such a reward, Xiao Taiping's mouth immediately pouted that he could hang an oil bottle, and turned to the arms of the Empress Wu coquettishly, and the mother and son laughed together, a good scene of mother-daughter love, but unfortunately the good times did not last long after all, and before the mother and son laughed enough, they saw the new eunuch Sun Quanfu, the head of the Qianyuan Palace, turned out from behind the screen at the door.
"Yu Niangniang, Liu Yizhi and Lord Liu are asking to see each other outside the palace."
Sun Quanfu didn't expect to bump into such a warm scene of mother and daughter frolicking, and couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't dare to miss the big thing, so he could only step forward hard, bow down, and hurriedly make a report.
"Oh? Xuan Qi went to the Delin Hall to meet him, and in addition, he announced Ming Chongyan together. ”
As soon as Empress Wu heard that it was Liu Yizhi's request to see, her face instantly condensed, her brows furrowed slightly, and she commanded in a flat tone.
"Yes, slave and maid."
Sun Quanfu has now taken over the position of Yan Desheng, who does not know life and death, and is responsible for helping Empress Wu do some shady things, he is aware of the severity of the situation, and he did not dare to delay a little after listening to Empress Wu's order, and after answering a word, he hurriedly withdrew from the dormitory, and was busy with related matters.
"Mother......
As soon as Xiao Taiping heard that Empress Wu was leaving, his little face immediately drooped, with a bitter face, looking at Empress Wu pitifully, and calling with a pout, as if he had infinite grievances.
"Yue'er, my mother has something to do, you go to play first, and my mother will bring you a big lantern when I turn around?"
Empress Wu is very fond of Xiao Taiping, because she is busy with government affairs on weekdays, she rarely has to play with Xiao Taiping, at this time she sees that Xiao Taiping is unhappy, and she inevitably feels a little guilty in her heart, but when she thinks of the grim situation she is about to face, she has to be ruthless, forced a smile, comforted Xiao Taiping, and then left the palace without looking back.
"It's boring!"
Seeing that the martial queen said to leave immediately, Xiao Taiping pouted aggrievedly, stomped his foot angrily, muttered, and dragged his feet out of the dormitory.
"Taiping, what's wrong with you? Whoever makes you unhappy, tell the starling, the starling calls the shots for you! ”
Xiao Taiping walked out of the dormitory with his head down, just walked to the front hall, and happened to meet Li Xulun who came in a hurry.
"Starling, my mother said that I wanted to listen to Yue'er's endorsement, but I ran to see that Dr. Shizi Ming, talking doesn't count, it's too boring!" As soon as Xiao Taiping saw that it was Li Xulun, he couldn't hold back anymore with his grievances, and complained with sobs.
"Oh?"
Li Xulun had no good impression of Ming Chongyan, who often went in and out of the harem, and when he heard Xiao Taiping say this, he couldn't help but have a little doubt in his heart, but he didn't ask much, just smiled and coaxed Xiao Taiping a few words, so he coaxed him to the back garden, and then walked quickly to the Delin Hall of the front palace......
"Ministers, see the queen."
In the Delin Palace, Liu Yizhi and Ming Chongyan stood aside, without saying anything to each other, that is, they never even met their eyes, just because they looked at each other not very pleasantly, and there was no less open or secret competition on weekdays, even if they were in the same hall at this time, the two did not want to have any intersection with each other, but as soon as they saw the Empress Wu turn out of the apse, the actions of the two were surprisingly consistent.
"It's all flat."
Empress Wu moved the lotus step lightly, walked to the dragon bed in the hall and sat down, raised her hand in vain, and shouted.
"Wait for Xie Niangniang Longen."
Although Liu and Ming were both favored ministers of the Empress Wu, they did not dare to be favored and coquettish in front of the Empress Wu, and thanked them according to the rules, and then stood up left and right, and the factions were divided into courts.
"Ximei (Liu Yizhi's words), what's the situation?"
Empress Wu was worried about Helan Min's case, and she didn't care about greetings, so she went straight to the point as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Back to Niangniang's words, Wechen went to the British King's Mansion before, but the British King still refused to go to Dali Temple to try the case, counting the three times of Hou Dali Temple, Wechen and others have been urged seven times, and the answers that can be obtained are all the same, and the ministers are really a little at a loss, in addition, Wechen met the deputy chief eunuch of the East Palace outside the British King's Mansion today, although I don't know what this person's intentions are in the British Palace, however, I always feel that it may be related to this case, and the minister does not dare to slack off, and I specially invite Niangniang to call the shots." As soon as he heard Empress Wu's question so urgent, Liu Yizhi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly told the whole story.
"Wang Dequan?"
As soon as she heard that Wang Dequan had gone to the British Palace, Empress Wu's brows couldn't help but lock, and she muttered suspiciously, as if she had thought of something, but she was not sure, her face changed and she kept thinking, and she didn't say a word for a long time.
"Niangniang, Weichen suspects that the prince may have promised His Royal Highness the Great Benefit, the reason why His Royal Highness the King did not try the case before, I am afraid that he is waiting for the price to sell, but now that Wang Dequan has appeared, things should change." Seeing that the martial arts queen was slow to express his position, Liu Yizhi couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he hurriedly made a statement.
"Well, I don't rule out the possibility of this, Ximei, I will immediately rush back to Dali Temple, keep an eye on the good students of the palace, and report it immediately if there is a situation."
Empress Wu nodded thoughtfully, but did not give a clear advice on action, but only gave a cautious command.
"Yes, Wechen obeys."
As soon as he heard that Empress Wu's words were already full of the meaning of expelling guests, Liu Yizhi was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say more, so he could only respond respectfully, withdrew from the hall, and went back to Dali Temple to find Hou Shanye to discuss.
"Chongyan, what do you think about this?"
After Liu Yizhi left, Empress Wu stood up, walked in front of Ming Chongyan one by one, almost stuck to Ming Chongyan's arms, looked at Ming Chongyan's handsome face with a blurred look, and asked in a murmuring tone.
"Ximei is also quite talented, this matter is probably as he said, Niangniang must beware of the collusion of the three kings in private."
Feeling the warmth coming from Empress Wu's body, Ming Chongyan's body couldn't help but stiffen, but he still answered unambiguously, and a faint murderous aura flashed in his eyes......