People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1003: Dong Gong Dian Shan Cheng is hard to argue with
Li Xuan looked at Gao Zhenxing with a half-smile.

Although this guy was angry and angry, he wanted Gao Wei to distance himself from the Gao family.

On the contrary, it was Gao Shenxing, with the hesitation on his face, his attempts to pull Gao Wei, and the pain that flashed in his eyes after understanding Gao Zhenxing's meaning, he looked more like a father.

There is solid evidence for what Gao Wei did. No one can save him, but he cannot be allowed to implicate others.

"Go to the East Palace and bring Gao Qi back and confront him face to face."

Li Xuan's calm words made Gao Zhenxing and Gao Shenxing stunned and looked embarrassed.

If Gao Wei's crime was solely borne by him, even if Zhang Daan and the East Palace were implicated, the Gao family would still have a chance to get rid of the trouble.

But if this crime implicates two heirs of the Gao family at the same time, then I am afraid that the two brothers Gao Zhenxing and Gao Shenxing will also be implicated.

By then, the entire Gao Mansion might be in big trouble.

After all, the prince and the queen were competing against each other behind this matter. If the queen knew that they were involved...

The two of them suddenly shuddered.

Back then, Gao Jingcheng was demoted and died because of his involvement in the Changsun Wuji case.

If they were to get involved again now, even if it reminded people of what happened back then, Empress Wu's ruthless methods would fall directly on them. Such consequences would not be easy for the Gao family to bear.

Just as the two brothers were about to stop Li Xuan, Li Xuan turned around, looked at Pei Judao, and said, "Now, please ask Pei Shilang to go to the East Palace in person and bring Gao Qi back. If anyone obstructs him, he can be killed first and then reported."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, his cold eyes fell on the two brothers Gao Zhenxing and Gao Shenxing.

It seemed that the next moment, the butcher's knife would be chopped directly on their heads, and the words in their mouths were swallowed back in an instant.

Pei Judao looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "Here!"

Li Xuan nodded, and Pei Judao strode away.

Li Xuan turned to look at Di Renjie and said, "Brother Huaiying, please go to the Secretary's Prison immediately and get back all the official documents written by the Crown Prince Zuo Shuzi that are stored in the Secretary's Prison."

"Is it all?" Di Renjie heard Li Xuan's accent.

Li Xuan nodded seriously: "That's all!"

"Follow the order." Di Renjie immediately agreed, then quickly turned around and left.

Li Xuan's cold gaze fell on Gao Wei.

"Come here, loosen the ties." Li Xuan looked to the side, and Su Baotong immediately stepped forward and untied the tendons on Gao Wei's body.

After Gao Wei was released, he immediately looked at Li Xuan with anger on his face.

Li Xuan responded calmly: "I let you go to give you a chance to defend yourself; and I tied you to prevent you from committing suicide, and to protect you from committing suicide."

Gao Wei was stunned for a moment without knowing why. Then, he seemed to have figured out something, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Very good, now that you have figured it out, let's get to the point." Li Xuan turned around, walked to the top on the left and sat down, and then asked: "I ask you, how did this letter appear in your mind?" In your hand?
Don't say it flew into your hand by itself, even if you believe it, I don't believe it either. "

The corner of Gao Wei's mouth twitched slightly, then he cupped his hands and said calmly with a hoarse voice: "Actually, it's almost the same. It was left by someone else after drinking in Pingkangfang. Who doesn't know?"

"It's not that you don't know, but you don't dare to say it, right?" Li Xuan couldn't help but snorted coldly, and then he said: "I'm afraid it's not an ordinary person who can make you believe that this letter is true and be willing to do it. How many of these people's families are involved in the East Palace.

Zhou Qian, go check it out yourself and check all his cunts and friends, as long as they are related to the East Palace..."

"Your Majesty!" Gao Zhenxing couldn't help but interrupt Li Xuan and said: "Your Majesty, how can you arrest people randomly based on just one word from this little evildoer? If you arrest the wrong person, then..."

"Mr. Le'an is right, we should consider it this way, so let's do this." Li Xuan turned around, looked at Zhou Qian and said: "With this king's order, we will mobilize three hundred Jinwu guards to seize all Gao Wei's regular places in Pingkangfang. Go to the Red Mansion Chu Palace and ask them who are the people who interact most with the Gao family, and then bring them all to the Gao family for a reply."

"Here!" Zhou Qian cupped his hands, then immediately turned around and left.

Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at Gao Zhenxing, and asked softly: "Mr. Le'an, is this okay now?"

Gao Zhenxing's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

Just by doing this, the Gao family would offend many people in Beijing.

Li Xuan snorted coldly, looked down at Gao Wei, and leaned forward slightly: "Gao Wei, I give you one last chance. Who is that person?"

If there is such a person, then Gao Wei must know who that person is.

If there was no such person, then what Gao Wei said would be lies, and Gao Qi would still have to be implicated in this matter.

Facing Li Xuan's questioning, Gao Wei raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and then at his concerned father Gao Shenxing. He said, "We really don't know who it is, but this matter must have nothing to do with the second brother."

……

When Gao Qi came back from the East Palace, the palace was already full of young children of his generation from the Chang'an Xungui family.

It's just that these people are mostly libertines.

Just like Gao Qi's younger brother Gao Wei.

They are all one type of people.

Gao Qi sighed softly and walked towards the main hall.

After the King of Nanchang left the residence of Prime Minister Zhang, he immediately went straight to the residence of Duke Shen. The meaning of this is self-evident.The Gao family and the Zhang family have been in-laws for generations, starting from the Gaohuan era of the Northern Qi Dynasty and continuing to this day.

But this relationship was completely severed today.

What's even more troublesome is that this matter involves Gao Qi and even the prince.

Gao Wei is Gao Qi's cousin after all.

Between the two brothers, what do you do for me and what do I do for you? No one else knows about these things except the two brothers.

It is precisely because of this that no matter how Gao Wei tries to quibble, it is difficult to completely clear Gao Qi's suspicion.

Entering the main hall, Gao Qi saluted Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!"

Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Brother Gao, we are not outsiders. We have worked together many times. I will ask directly now: How much do you know about Gao Wei's design to frame Prime Minister Zhang."

Gao Qi smiled bitterly and cupped his hands: "Before today, Qi didn't know about this matter, but Gao Wei was actually involved."

Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then asked: "How is your relationship as brothers?"

Li Xuan's words made Gao Zhenxing and Gao Shenxing sit up straight and stared at Gao Qi.

"It's acceptable!" Gao Qi cupped his hands and said, "When he was a child, Shiro often played with Qi. Later, when he grew up, Qi entered school first, and Shiro took a step behind. There wasn't that much contact. After that, he had his own Friends, Heqi became estranged.”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, as is the case with cousins ​​all over the world.

When we were children, we could still play together. But when we grow up, we each have our own things to do, and we rarely even see each other.

"Is that all?" Li Xuan asked casually.

Di Renjie on one side immediately stood upright and stared at Gao Qi.

Gao Qi was slightly stunned and said, "That's probably it. After all, Qi hasn't seen Shiro for a while."

Gao Qi, as the Prince's Dianshan Cheng, is the deputy to the Prince's Dianshan Lang in the East Palace. He is in charge of eating and tasting food in the East Palace, and he is more direct in the kitchen every night.

Especially when the emperor's eldest grandson was born, the dining room in the East Palace was extremely busy and had to be extremely cautious in every aspect.

In addition, after serving as the prince's confidant, Gao Qi often had to accompany the prince and often had to stay in the East Palace, so he had less time to go home.

Li Xuan nodded and continued to ask: "So recently, has anyone asked about the marriage between Duke Shen and Prime Minister Zhang's residence in your family?"

Gao Qi's face suddenly became solemn, and then he held up his hands and said: "No one has asked before today... The capital knows a lot about this matter, and the prince can ask at will."

"It seems that you really don't know anything about this matter." Li Xuan sighed and lowered his head slightly.

At this moment, Di Renjie stared at Gao Qi, staring at all the changes in expressions on his face.

Gao Qi showed no signs of relaxation or rejoicing, but said with a heavy expression: "Return to the prince, no matter what Shiro has done, he has been taken advantage of. Please give him a chance so that he can Atonement for sins.”

"I gave him a chance." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Di Renjie, who shook his head slightly.

Li Xuan nodded, then looked at Gao Qi and said, "There are some things here, take a look. Brother Huaiying."

"Yes!" Di Renjie handed over his hand, then stepped forward and handed several memorials to Gao Qi.

Gao Qi took it and opened it with a solemn expression, but when he saw it, he was a little dazed: "Your Majesty, this is the decree of the East Palace."

"I know that these are the decrees of the East Palace, and they were just taken from the Secretary's Prison." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly, stared at Gao Qi and asked: "Tell me, who wrote these decrees? "

Gao Qi didn't hesitate at all and said directly, "It's Prince Zuo's concubine Zhang Gong."

Li Xuan nodded, then looked at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie stepped forward again and handed a secret letter into Gao Qi's hand.

Gao Qi still opened it without any hesitation. However, the moment he saw the letter, his breathing immediately became heavy.
After reading the entire letter, Gao Qi's face had become extremely ugly, and even his body could not help but tremble.

"Your Majesty, this letter is fake." Gao Qi raised his head, stared at Li Xuan, and said, "This must be a fake letter forged by someone else."

"Who else?" Li Xuan looked at Gao Qi, her eyes fell on his hand, and asked: "Zhang Daan's secret letter and the memorial he wrote before are in your hands. Now, you come and tell me King, is this letter true or false?"

Gao Qi was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head, holding the two letters carefully and comparing them with each other, but after looking at them for a long time, he couldn't see anything wrong with them.

Seeing Gao Qi standing there with an ugly expression, Li Xuan shook his head slightly and asked: "Gao Qi, I want to ask you, are there any vacancies for the prince in the East Palace now?"

Gao Qi raised his head subconsciously, and then hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Return to the prince, it's all right."

The prince's family members, who are on the sixth rank, are still in charge of the orders and orders, with four officers as the forehead, the prince's close ministers.

"So if there is a shortage of princes in the future, who do you think among the four princes will be promoted?" Li Xuan asked seemingly intentionally, but also seemingly unintentionally.

"Back to the prince, it's Xue Yao who is the prince's family member. He will be transferred to the prince's family member." Gao Qi said firmly.

"So, as soon as Xue Yao transferred, the position became vacant."

Li Xuan's words made everyone present couldn't help but shudder at the same time.

(End of this chapter)