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Chapter 247 The battle with Empress Wu!
Even though she had some predictions in her heart, Empress Wu's face turned ashen instantly, wishing to drag all those rumorers down and chop them into meat.

But she closed her eyes, pondered for a while, and said, "Get up and go to Shaoyin Courtyard!"

Shaoyin Courtyard is the place where the little princess lives. Eunuch Gao was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he was going there at this time, but he still screamed: "The Empress Dowager drives!"

The little princess was playing rope jumping in front of the courtyard, looking carefree. When she saw Empress Wu, she cheered and threw herself into her arms: "Your Majesty! You haven't seen me for a long time!"

Empress Wu hugged her little daughter, her cheeks softened a little, and she began to ask her how she was.

The little princess cat was in her arms, smiling and talking about recent events.

In fact, there is nothing to do, just play.

As she spoke, she suddenly felt a chill on her face.

The little princess raised her head, and said in surprise, "Your Majesty, are you crying?"

Empress Wu wiped her eyes: "Your Majesty didn't cry, how could your Majesty cry..."

The little princess raised her head: "No, I saw your empress crying, who made you angry, I will help you out!"

Empress Wu sighed: "No one made me angry, it's just that you, Aye, are in a coma all day long, and no one can help me..."

The little princess wondered: "Isn't there a courtier, the empress ordered the courtier to do things!"

Empress Wu shook her head: "You have to remember that courtiers are outsiders and cannot be trusted!"

The little princess snorted: "Then there is still the prince brother?"

Empress Wu sighed again: "Your prince's elder brother won't come out in Shaoyang courtyard, I'm afraid he's angry with your empress!"

"Brother Prince is the best, he won't be angry!"

The little princess immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't cry, you wait for me, I'll go to Shaoyang Yard and bring the Prince's brother!"

……

In Shaoyang courtyard.

The prince was drinking porridge, and he couldn't help frowning while drinking.

The princess next to him stretched out her hand to caress his brow: "Don't think about it, okay?"

The prince said bitterly: "I have to think, there are so many people outside who are starving, and they died all the way. I drink porridge now, and it can't change anything at all. I just want to comfort my heart... Sigh, I have been implementing the peace policy all these years, but the result is That’s how it is, if I knew I shouldn’t have suggested to my father to go to the Eastern Capital, maybe it would actually work..."

The crown princess said: "This has nothing to do with you. Even if you don't propose to take all the officials to Dongdu, the queen will suppress her. She will not give up even if she does not become a queen!"

The prince fell silent, and said after a while: "You can't eat these, you must take good care of your body."

The crown princess shook her head: "I didn't do this on purpose, but I can't eat any meaty food. Doctor Liu said that it's okay to change to something lighter these days."

The prince touched her lower abdomen carefully: "Is there any movement?"

The princess smiled and said, "It's only been two months, what can happen?"

The prince showed a smile on his face: "I really want to thank Master Sun for taking care of my body. You finally have it. I want to build a longevity temple for him!"

The crown princess laughed: "Look at your excitement, Sun Zhenren is the king of medicine, and the prescriptions given by him are countless, how many people are praying for him!"

The prince said: "That's right, that's right, then I want to thank Yuan Fang, it was he who invited Zhenren Sun..."

As he said that, he showed his worry again: "Yuanfang is not allowed to order and come back without permission. I am afraid that my mother will harm him, but at this time, I can't protect him, otherwise my mother will not forgive me! Alas, I am the prince... ..."

The princess snuggled up to him: "Don't think about it! Don't think about it!"

At this moment, the servant entered the palace and announced, "Your Highness, the princess is here!"

The prince was a little strange, but he still got up and prepared to greet the younger sister.

Before he left the palace, he saw the little princess trotting in all the way: "Brother Prince, Brother Prince, Your Majesty is crying!"

The prince's face changed: "What's going on?"

The little princess said: "I don't know, but the empress must have been bullied, brother prince, you have to help the empress!"

The prince nodded and said, "I'll go and have a look!"

The princess came over: "I'll go with you!"

The prince shook his head slightly, with a solemn expression, and said in a low voice: "Don't go, don't do other things, wait for me here!"

The crown princess watched the prince and the little princess leave on the chariot of God, with an uncertain expression, and returned to the palace to wait.

After waiting for a long time, finally heard the sound of the emperor's chariot falling outside, the princess immediately went out to meet him, and saw the prince slowly coming down from the chariot.

The husband and wife stayed together all day, even if the prince tried his best to hide it, the princess could see that he was in a bad mood, and even a little bit lost.

The Crown Princess trembled, "What's wrong?"

The prince whispered: "The disaster outside spread to Chang'an, Chang'an was in chaos, all the rice shops were robbed, the country should not be turbulent, someone must come out to take responsibility..."

The princess immediately understood, and her body shook: "How much effort have you spent on the planning, and now something happened, but you are responsible? You deserve to be bullied because you are a good person?"

The prince hurriedly supported her: "You must take good care of your health. Mother also promised that as soon as this matter is over, I will go to Luoyang immediately. Although it is already late, it is better than Baiguan still in Chang'an..."

Tears rolled in the eyes of the crown princess, she shook her head again and again: "When will this matter end? No, you should not come forward if you want to call the courtiers to discuss!"

The prince was miserable: "The teachers are locked at home, and few people dare to come to Shaoyang courtyard now!"

The concubine said: "You don't need to come to Shaoyang Court, you can discuss it with them. I will ask Cao Zhen to take a letter and go to Duke Wei's mansion quickly, and ask Li Yuanfang's opinion first."

The prince immediately stopped him: "You mustn't, since mother has decided on this matter, she must be on guard against us, there must be many people watching outside Shaoyang courtyard now, if your message is intercepted, it will harm Yuanfang!"

The princess burst into tears: "Then what should I do?"

The prince's eyes also turned red, he hugged her, and murmured: "Don't cry! Don't cry! Let's bear it, bear it..."

……

Duke of Wei.

Li Yan looked at Xu Da: "Have the people who watched the mansions come back yet?"

Xu Da went to confirm again: "No!"

Li Yan was a little strange: "Empress Wu didn't summon Wei Chengqing? Didn't she summon Dou Lu Qinwang?"

This time it is not like Li Zhi was rumored to take people to test medicine, it was really wronged, but Empress Wu is not wronged at all this time.

So the handling of the two must be different.

Li Zhi first used the plum blossom internal guard to control the rumors among scholars, and then ordered a thorough investigation of the Jiangnan case, and the truth came to light.

But this time the news in Chang'an City could not be suppressed, the ruler could not be wrong, it just depended on which courtier was unlucky and was blamed for being sacrificed.

In Li Yan's plan, at least one of Wei Chengqing and Dou Lu Qinwang, the two most happiest dancers, will be unlucky.

But waited and waited, no one from the palace went to announce the decree, and the two of them did not go out in the mansion.

Li Yan's complexion gradually became ugly: "If you don't throw the responsibility to the officials, follow the style of Empress Wu..."

"The prince who dumped the pot?"

"The prince presides over the Ping Tiao. Now that the disaster is serious, if the prince is pushed out to take the blame, the people's anger will be pointed at him immediately. Empress Wu can get away from it, and use this turmoil to achieve her own political goals..."

After conjecturing, Li Yan didn't act rashly, he had to confirm it first.

He came to the backyard wall and began to observe the surveillance personnel outside.

During this period of time, someone outside the Duke's mansion has been watching all the time, obviously someone from the palace, to confirm whether he is in the mansion, and at the same time prevent him from going to work in the imperial city.

Most of the internal guards are now outside, and Doulu Qinwang has the highest official position in the station.

But Doulu Qinwang came to power by stepping on Cui Shouye's corpse, which was criticized by many people.

On the other hand, Li Yan is the face of the inner guard after the re-establishment. If he goes back, it's hard to say who the inner guard will listen to, so Empress Wu will never allow it.

But this group of surveillance people may now become helpers.

Depends on luck.

Li Yan walked around the wall, sniffing constantly, and stopped suddenly.

In this direction, the eunuchs in the palace smelled the most. He listened for a while, and his figure flashed out.

Between the ups and downs of the rabbit, he came to the building across the street and landed in front of a person.

The man turned pale with shock at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Li Jiyi!"

Li Yan greeted: "Mr. Xu."

This eunuch Xu was one of the three servants under Eunuch Gao's command. He followed all the way back to Chang'an, and he had sympathy for the victims.

After saluting at this time, Eunuch Xu said: "Li Jiyi, I have already brought the letter to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Yan cupped his hands: "Thank you, how about doing me another favor?"

Eunuch Xu hurriedly returned the gift, with a bitter face: "Li Jiyi, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's because I can't get into Shaoyang courtyard!"

Li Yandao: "You don't need to reply to His Royal Highness, you just need to go back to the palace and have a look. Is the Shaoyang courtyard more tightly guarded than a few days ago?"

Eunuch Xu just doesn't know, but it's okay for this kind of thing: "Okay, I will do it right away!"

When he brought back the definite news that the guards of Shaoyang Court were so strict that they would check even a mosquito flying in, Li Yan knew that the cruel Empress Wu was really going to cheat her son again.

"It's disgusting!"

Li Yan hated this kind of hypocrisy that showed the love of his parents on weekdays and showed his true colors at critical moments. He let out a piss and began to think about countermeasures.

He returned to the study, wrote a letter, and came to Li Dejian's house: "My lord, is Dai Pushe's residence also in Pingkang Fang?"

Li Dejian has also been out and about in the past few days. He has been marginalized for too long, but no one cares about him. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Yes, it is in the southeast of Fangshi."

Li Yan asked: "How about Dai Pu shooting this man?"

Li Dejian said: "He is the prince's teacher. His Majesty carefully selected him. He is naturally a famous Confucian with both ability and political integrity."

Li Yan asked again: "Then how is his personal relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Li Dejian thought for a while and said, "Since the death of Zhongsheren Yang Sijian, Dai Pushe should be the courtier who cared the most for the crown prince. Unfortunately, this time he was punished to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, and the position of prime minister may not be guaranteed..."

Yang Sijian died of grief and anger because of the humiliation of his daughter's former concubine, and now Dai Zhide has also ended up like this. It's really hard to be around the prince.

Li Yan nodded and took out the letter: "My lord, please come for me and hand this letter to Dai Pushe himself."

Li Dejian looked solemn: "What are you going to do?"

Li Yan said coldly: "The catastrophe in the pass has caused people to die. Now that the cover is lifted, the truth cannot be concealed. Empress Wu is going to pass the responsibility to the crown prince!"

Li Dejian showed hatred: "The crown prince is the prince of the country, how can he be humiliated lightly, this is really the result of the chaos of the country!"

Li Yandao: "So we have to take the first step and let her know what it means that people's hearts cannot be bullied, and public opinion cannot be violated!"

　Thanks to the book friends "Feng Yu Wu Fei" and "Mr. Kewell" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)