Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 43 Rejecting Again (1)

"The world is impermanent, time and fate, what a pity, what a pity!"

Holding the playbook in his hand, Li Xian was silent for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and let out a long sigh. The expression of emotion was not like that of a young man, but that of an old man who had experienced a lot of weather. All the people accompanying him were dumbfounded, but Li Xian didn't notice it, and was blindly immersed in reverie—don't look at Li Xian's young age on the surface, he's just a kid in his early ten years old , but in fact, with the memory of the third life, there are not many events in this world that can shock him. Obviously, the one described in the playbook is just one of them.

The playbook is just an ordinary playbook, with a lot of words densely written in it, but after deducting those red tape and other nonsense, the whole article actually only said one thing-Shangguanyi's family is all dead!According to Jia Qu, the governor of Liuzhou, the owner of the memorial, when Shangguanyi's family was boating in the water, a mountain torrent broke out and the boat sank in the middle of the river.

For Shangguanyi's death, Li Xian actually had a premonition, knowing that she might not be able to reach Aizhou, but Li Xian still couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when he got the news of her death, not only because of Shangguan Wan'er. , and more is lamenting his own destiny - if after all the hard work, the end point returns to the starting point, then what is the point of everything, is it possible to drift with the tide?No, never!Li Xian never wanted to suffer from the suffering in his previous life again!
Ok?No, it doesn't taste right here!After Li Xian sighed silently for a while, he suddenly came to his senses. With a twitch in his heart, he had already vaguely guessed the reason why the prince hurriedly sent someone to deliver this memorial—if Shangguanyi's family really died in the There was a flash flood, so there was no need for the crown prince to send someone to rush to deliver such a memorial. Obviously, the death of Shangguan Yi was probably not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. Although Li Xian didn't know how the crown prince knew the inside story, I don't dare to completely conclude that my guess is the truth, but from a reasonable analysis, the fact may be true. Of course, this is not the core purpose of the crown prince sending this memorial. There are nine out of ten lines hidden in it. It was just for Li Xian to express his opinion.

"Ah, Xiao Wang lost his composure for a while and told the prince to read a joke. Hehe, the father-in-law has worked hard this time. Gao Miao, go, go to the tent to pay ten guan, and thank the father-in-law on behalf of the king."

The prince's intentions are understandable, but it is absolutely impossible for Li Xian to express his stance on this. Even if the two sides have common interests in curbing Empress Wu's expansionary ambitions, they can cooperate occasionally, but it is absolutely impossible for Li Xian to lean on the prince. It's impossible, because Li Xian knew very well that the crown prince was definitely not the opponent of Empress Wu, and he would never escape the poisonous hand of Empress Wu. At this time, joining forces with him would be nothing more than a funeral. How could Li Xian do such a thing? Then he rolled his eyes, gave a sneer, handed the folder back to Wang Dequan's hand, gave instructions with a smile, and led a group of subordinates into the mansion without giving Wang Dequan a chance to speak again.

"Your Highness..."

Although Wang Dequan didn't understand the real purpose of the crown prince asking him to send the memorial, he knew that he had to get the explanation for Shangguanyi's death from Li Xian. After commenting on this matter, he was getting excited, but he didn't expect that Li Xian had no other words to say. Seeing that Li Xian was about to leave, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and opened his mouth to say hello, but unfortunately Li Xian didn't say anything. Heeding his call, he walked away without looking back, and Wang De was so anxious that his ears were red all over.

"My lord, please stop."

When Gao Miao saw that Wang Dequan had the urge to chase after Li Xian, it was impossible for him to succeed. He said "please", but he stretched his hand horizontally to block Wang Dequan's way. Seeing this, Wang Dequan could only stand in frustration He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, stomped his feet resentfully, and watched Li Xian go far away.

In the Xiande Palace, Prince Li Hong was still sitting upright behind his sons, his expression was as calm as before, but the hand holding the pen was frozen in the air for a long time, and he never wrote on the notes he was reviewing. Obviously, Li Hong was not thinking at all. Not in the playbook, the slightly frowning brows and wandering eyes all showed the worry and anxiety deep in Li Hong's heart, until the sound of footsteps reminded him, Fang woke him up from the fugue state, raised his head Seeing that Wang Dequan was back, a strange color flashed in Li Hong's eyes quickly, but he reservedly resisted the urge to ask questions, and only slightly raised his brows, watching Wang Dequan approaching.

"His Royal Highness, the servant girl has handed over the playbook to His Royal Highness King Zhou for review."

Wang Dequan couldn't guess the root cause of Li Hong's behavior, but he could feel that Li Hong attached great importance to this matter, and even faintly felt that he seemed to have failed to complete Li Hong's explanation. For himself, Wang Dequan couldn't help becoming a little flustered, saluted hastily, and gave a low report, buried his head so deeply that he didn't even dare to look into Li Hong's eyes.

"Well, what did the Gu seventh brother say?"

Seeing Wang Dequan's expression, Li Hong already guessed the result, and his face sank instantly, but there was a trace of luck in his heart, so he asked deeply.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Zhou just said..."

Wang Dequan knew that the mission was not done well, but when faced with Li Hong's questioning, he did not dare to cover up his faults, and honestly described the incident in detail.

"The world is impermanent? What a world of impermanence!" Li Hong murmured, waved his hand, and dismissed Wang De from the whole screen. He put down the vermilion pen in his hand, and stood up. Pacing back and forth on the front wall of the main hall, his brows were deeply furrowed, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what Li Xian was thinking deep in his heart. refused his own kindness.

Said that Li Xian's qualifications are stupid, and he can't see his own good intentions?This is obviously not possible. In the past, Li Hong might have thought so, but after experiencing the prison case, Li Hong finally understood that his seventh brother was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, but he had to say If Li Xian is ambitious, it doesn't look like it. After all, no prince who has ambitions for a high position will make a trick of abandoning literature and pursuing martial arts. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is seeking his own death. At first, Li Hong thought that Li Xian was playing a trick of retreating to advance, but after several months of observation Li Hong was very surprised to find that Li Xian really devoted himself to practicing martial arts, and he had never even entered the study room once, and it didn't seem like he was cheating, so Li Hong couldn't help but grumble.

This time, Li Hong secretly ordered Yan Liben to write a letter to Emperor Gaozong to send Li Xian out of Beijing. His intention was originally just to try and see how the two younger brothers would react to this matter. In fact, he really did not count on Yan Li's instinct. It was done, but the fact was beyond Li Hong's expectation, Gaozong was so accurate, and Li Hong could see through the strangeness here, but this matter also met Li Hong's needs, so he was very happy. Seeing that it happened, it's a pity that the two younger brothers seem to be very alert, and they didn't get into the trap at all, and the matter was so unsalted. In the depths, however, he became suspicious of Li Xian——Li Hong suspected that the reason why the upright Li Xian escaped this catastrophe was most likely the result of Li Xian's secret help.

From Li Hong's point of view, no matter how fussy Li Xian is on the surface, it is an indisputable fact that Li Xian is quite talented. Because of this, Li Hong didn't want Li Xian to fall completely to the side of the ambitious Li Xian. , was actually rejected by Li Xian, which made Li Hong troubled, but also a little puzzled-Li Hong asked himself that he had always been good to Li Xian, and he had never neglected him in the slightest. Not only that, every time Li Xian When he made a mistake, Li Hong did not take care of him. Logically speaking, Li Xian should not have any resentment, but in fact, Li Xian turned to Li Xian who had always treated him coldly. It's impossible to think clearly, so it goes without saying that I feel irritable.

"Come on!"

After turning a few times on the front wall, Li Hong stopped abruptly, raised his brows, and yelled loudly.

"The servant is here."

Wang Dequan was waiting at the gate of the hall, when he heard Li Hong's call, he ran into the hall in a hurry, bowed to answer.

"Go, invite King Zhou into the palace, and say that you have something important to discuss with him."

After much deliberation, Li Hong still felt that he couldn't just sit back and watch Li Xian fall to Li Xian's side, and planned to make another effort to see if he could recover, so he gritted his teeth and issued a summons order.

"Ah, yes, the servant obeys."

Wang Dequan came back from Prince Zhou's Mansion just now, and when he heard that he wanted to go again, he was a little dumbfounded immediately, full of doubts in his heart, but when he saw Li Hong's expression was wrong again, he didn't dare to ask questions, and he bowed hurriedly After agreeing to the promise, he hurriedly exited the hall, and rushed to the Prince Zhou's mansion without mentioning it.

"Seventh brother, seventh brother, I hope that Ermo will live up to Gu's painstaking efforts, if not..."

After Wang Dequan left, Li Hong stood there dumbfounded for a moment, gritted his teeth, muttered something to himself, and sat back again.

"Ah owe, ah owe..."

Perhaps there is such a thing as telepathy in this world, no, Li Hong is gritting his teeth on this one end, and Li Xian, who just finished washing on the other end, just stepped out of the bathroom door with one foot, and suddenly sneezed a long series of sneezes Immediately, all the maids who were waiting on the side were in a hurry, complaining, booing and asking for warmth.

(End of this chapter)