Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 4 Life and Death Two Heavens (3)

Are you reckless?It seems to be a bit, compared to Li Xian's temperament of hiding when things happen in the past, today's volunteering behavior is indeed Meng Lang. Of course, if possible, Li Xian actually does not want to be exposed to Empress Wu so early This is not only due to the consideration of strength, but also because Li Xian himself has not yet been able to make an accurate positioning of himself. In other words, Li Xian has not yet been able to distinguish the three different stages Life, or in other words, three different souls are completely integrated into one body, so it is not suitable to randomly participate in such important court affairs at this moment, but it is a pity that Li Xian has a last resort to do it.

The cause of Shangguanyi's death, the process of his unjust death, and the symbolic meaning after his death may not be clear to others, but Li Xian, who has experienced it once, knows it very well in his mind-from the obvious point of view, Shangguanyi is due to Xu Jingzong, an important minister of the Queen's Party, wrote that Shangguanyi conspired with the deposed prince Li Zhong to rebel, and was ordered to be executed by the whole family by Empress Wu. Xu Jingzong framed and suffered disaster.

In the last life, Gaozong Li Zhi also made a lot of efforts to save Shangguanyi's life. He wanted to take advantage of Empress Wu's confinement and was unable to manage affairs. The imperial edict was rejected in the name of amnesty, even if Gaozong talked to Xu Jingzong himself, it was of no avail. The emperor and his ministers fought for three days, and Xu Jingzong reluctantly agreed to append it. The day before, he was beheaded by the secret department in the imperial prison, and Li Zhi's efforts were completely in vain. After this incident, the disheartened Li Zhi became decadent, and the power of the court gradually fell into the control of Empress Wu. Therefore, it can be said with certainty that the sudden death of Shangguanyi is a benchmark signal that the power of the court has accelerated from Gaozong to Empress Wu.

Li Xian has always admired Shangguanyi's talent, both in his previous life and in this life, but this is not the main reason for his rash appearance this time. The real reason is that Li Xian does not want to see Empress Wu completely grasping the court affairs prematurely. It takes enough time to lay a solid foundation for himself. According to Li Sheng's way of thinking, Shangguanyi is not impossible to die. He can die under the hoof of a horse, or die of a sudden disease, or even die of assassination. But alone, he couldn't die because of Gaozong's helplessness.In the previous life, Li Xian, who also experienced this incident, chose to sit silently, but this time Li Xian didn't want to keep silent anymore. In order to change his miserable future fate, Li Xian chose to take the initiative to make changes, just wanting to watch Let's see if the butterfly's wings can set off a storm that changes its own destiny!

Anxiety is a natural thing. Seeing his father not making a decision for a long time, Li Xian was burning with anxiety, but he didn't dare to make any further suggestions, because the previous volunteering had already aroused the two of his family members. The elder brother's suspicion, Li Xian didn't want to make a big splash, and became the target of the two elder brothers for no reason. Moreover, Li Xian knew his father's temperament well. , On the contrary, it would make him shrink back in fright, which would be counterproductive. Therefore, no matter how anxious he was, Li Xian could only grit his teeth and wait quietly for Gaozong to make a decision.

"Xian'er's words are quite reasonable, but Xu Shizhong..."

Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi obviously understood the unfinished words in Li Xian's words-bypassing the normal procedures, first creating a fait accompli, and then going to the court court lawsuit. Therefore, the queen party will certainly not be able to obtain the effective support of Empress Wu. It is really hard to say who will win and who will lose in this court debate. The face of the Tian family is still needed. In this way, the lives of Shangguanyi's family can be regarded as saved. As far as the consequences of beheading are concerned, it is already many times stronger. The strategy is not a good strategy, but it is a pity that Li Zhi's cowardice is brought out from his bones. Even if he wants to understand the key points, but in the end, Still scruples did not dare to give it a go, after wandering around for a while, only half of the words came out.

Alas, father, father, can you be more cowardly?A good emperor is actually treated like this by you!Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Xian's heart immediately sank to the bottom, and he really wanted to speak out, but unfortunately he wanted to think about it, but he couldn't do it like this—one recklessness can be said to be reckless, and one surprise attack after another appeared one after another. If he said that, he would be seeking his own death. Therefore, no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, Li Xian could only bear it by himself, lowered his head, and refused to look at Gaozong's bewildered face.

It can be said that Gaozong's fear of Xu Jingzong has a long history. It is not only because Xu Jingzong himself is the right minister and servant of the province, and has power for a while, but also because of Xu Jingzong standing behind him. Wu Mei Niang is such a big mountain, of course, Xu Jingzong's tricky personality is also an important factor that Gaozong scruples-Xu Jingzong, style name Yan family, from Hangzhou Xincheng.There are few literary names. In the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, he was selected as a scholar and was awarded the judicial secretary of Huaiyang County.After his father Xu Shanxin was killed by Yu Wenhuaji, Xu Jingzong joined Li Mi's Wagang Uprising Army and served as the secretary of the Marshal's Mansion. After the Wagang Army failed, he surrendered to Tang Dynasty.Later, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty heard his name and called him a Bachelor of Literature. He was worshiped as a servant, and later added the title of right. He was sinister and ruthless, and all officials in the court were afraid of him, even Gaozong himself had some helplessness towards Xu Jingzong.

"Father, it is the benevolence of the father to pardon the world. Do it quickly. The child is not talented. I would like to ask for orders to go to Menxia Province to discuss this matter. I implore the father's permission." Li Xian originally had 12 points for Xu Jingzong. Seeing what Gao Zong said, his heart immediately became angry, and with the example of Li Xian's generous words before, Li Xian stood up unwilling to be outdone, and volunteered for his life.

"Well, whatever, it's fine if Xian'er wants to go, but don't argue." Li Zhi looked at Li Xian hesitantly, and then at the other two sons beside him, hesitating for a long time Afterwards, he breathed a sigh of relief, and reluctantly agreed to Li Xian's request, but in the end, he was still worried that Li Xian would make things worse, so he gave another sentence of caution.

"Father, don't worry, the child will come back as soon as he goes." Although Li Xian is only twelve years old, he has already started to get involved in government affairs, but because of his status, he has always acted in secret in the past and never dared to participate openly. The reason for this was that he was so excited that he didn't even think about the stakes behind the whole thing, he hurriedly answered, and left the hall with the imperial decree in his hand, leading a few eunuchs excitedly to The province rushed to the vestibule gate.

No play, absolutely no play!Looking at the back of Li Xian leaving in a hurry, although Li Xian hoped that Li Xian could get this matter done, his rationality told him clearly that this matter would definitely not be done, not only would it not be possible, but it would scare the snake away. I wanted to mention something, but after looking at the eunuchs and maids accompanying them in the palace, Li Xian still swallowed his words of advice wisely.

Sure enough, as Li Xian expected, Li Xian went fast and came back even faster. Before the inner palace could hold Princess Taiping out, Li Xian rushed back angrily, with a childish face full of suffocation. It was so red and purple, just like that, you don't need to ask how much the sap that Li Xian suffered here really hurts. Seeing this, the light of hope in Gaozong's eyes dimmed instantly.

"Father, Xu servants him, he. Huh!" Li Xian walked to the dragon table angrily, put the scrolled imperial edict on the table, blushing, and was about to swear, but the words came to an end side, but felt that it was inappropriate, and forced himself to take it back, feeling extremely aggrieved.

"Xian'er, don't worry, let me think about this matter again..." Although Li Xian didn't explain what happened clearly, Li Zhi already guessed the truth. Seeing Li Xian's anger, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, When he was about to say something to comfort the first and second, he saw a group of maids surrounded by a midwife who was holding a baby and turned out from the inner hall. The love of his daughter was so eager that he didn't care to finish his words. He stood up abruptly and took three steps at once. He greeted him in two steps.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the little princess is six pounds and six ounces, white and tender, naturally beautiful, unparalleled in the world..." The midwife is obviously a master of flattery. When she saw Gaozong rushing over, she quickly bowed and held the baby in her arms. He got up, chattering and flattering non-stop, just like a chattering magpie, of course, the fattest kind.

"Hahaha. Okay, okay, rewards, there are rewards, hurry up, let me hug you." Gaozong had already forgotten all the previous unhappiness under the flood of love at this time, and he only had the newborn baby in his eyes. Princess Taiping hurriedly hugged the little princess into her arms, and looked at it endlessly with a smile on her face, the corners of her mouth were cracked to the base of her ears.

The three Li Hong brothers planned to have a good discussion on the imperial decree, but when they saw that their father was no longer concerned about it, they were helpless. Obviously, how the matter of the amnesty imperial decree will progress is no longer brothers. What the three of them could grasp, the elder brothers looked at each other, but they had nothing to say, so they had to adjust their mentality and moved over one after another, surrounding the newborn little sister, trying to have fun, of course Well, it’s just for fun—newborn babies, no matter male or female, have wrinkled skin, just like little old men, it’s really not worth seeing, and the compliments are nothing more than flattery, listen It gives people goosebumps, especially for Li Xian who has long been familiar with the future of Princess Taiping, it is even more impatient to hear it, but on such occasions, it is really not the place where Li Xian can have fun, so he can only be He catered indiscriminately in his mouth, but his thoughts had already gone to nowhere.

(End of this chapter)