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Chapter 630 The villain sues first (3)

"Ok?"

Seeing Fan Lubing lingering there, Gaozong's face immediately became a little uncomfortable, and he snorted coldly, full of displeasure.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter, this matter, well, there is something strange about this matter, it seems that I should investigate it carefully..."

Obviously, compared to Gaozong's displeasure, Fan Lubing was more worried about not being able to complete the task given by Empress Wu. opened his mouth.

"Is Fan Aiqing teaching me how to do things, huh?"

Gaozong didn't know that there was something wrong in it, but he just didn't want to investigate it. Once Fan Lubing exposed his small thoughts, he couldn't hold back his face, and stared at Fan Lubing with a serious expression, his tone was extremely unkind.

"I don't dare, I don't dare..."

Fan Lubing was originally trying to speak up, but seeing Gao Zong's fury, he couldn't bear it anymore, he hastily stepped back a few steps, bowed his body and didn't dare to say anything.

"Hmph, I..."

As an emperor, Emperor Gaozong was always tolerant, and courtiers would occasionally offend them, but most of them laughed it off. However, as the father who protected the calf, Gaozong categorically did not allow others to hurt his few sons, who were already few. Seeing Fan Lubing's "sinister intentions" at this time, he couldn't bear it. No matter how humble his attitude of admitting his mistakes, Gaozong didn't intend to make it easy for him, so he was ready to teach Fan Lubing a lesson, but before he could say the cruel words, he Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps outside, Gaozong was stunned for a moment, and immediately glanced over, and saw Empress Wu leading several young eunuchs turning out from behind the screen, his mind suddenly twitched for no reason, That's where the conversation stopped.

"My concubine has seen Your Majesty."

Empress Wu saw the embarrassment on Gaozong's face at a glance, but as if she didn't see him, she walked forward gracefully and greeted the ceremony softly.

"Meiniang is here, haven't you gone to the household department? Is everything settled?"

Gaozong wanted to take advantage of Empress Wu's absence to interrupt the incident of the granary being attacked, but he never thought that the matter was not completed, so he was interrupted by Empress Wu. Empress Wu had a seizure, she could only smile awkwardly, and greeted casually.

"My concubine heard what happened last night in the middle of the road, so I hurried back without knowing the details. Has the granary been lost?"

In fact, Empress Wu never went to the household department at all. She was in the palace before, and she was really in the front hall of Qianyuan Hall. The reason why Fan Lubing was asked to come forward first was just to find out about Gaozong. "Protect" Li Xian's heart, or Gaozong never saw the strange words, and Empress Wu didn't intend to intervene more, and let the subordinates handle the case as an iron case, and Empress Wu can make a final decision to get rid of Li Xian In addition to being a thorn in the side, he can also take this opportunity to involve a group of courtiers who don't listen to greetings, and clear the way for his confidant superiors. This kind of situation is naturally what Empress Wu is most happy to see, but it's a pity that the scheme is good However, Gaozong wanted to "bend the law for personal gain", and Empress Wu could no longer just sit idly by, so she came to intervene at a critical moment, which made Gaozong's perfunctory idea of ​​adjudicating the case fall into vain.

"Fortunately, Xian'er arranged everything properly, and the granary is fine. I have ordered the whole city to arrest the bandits, and Fan Aiqing hastened to handle the case!"

Although Gaozong didn't know about Empress Wu's various arrangements, he knew that Empress Wu's appearance was really not good for his efforts to save Li Xian, so he didn't intend to explain more about the case last night, but just said lightly, So he tried to send Fan Lubing away.

"Your Majesty is wise, Fan Aiqing has always been mature and prudent, and she is indeed a responsible person. Entrusting this case to her for trial will ensure a clear and clear decision."

Empress Wu did not speak out against Gaozong's opinion, but smiled gently, followed Gaozong's words, and smoothly handed over the power of trial to Fan Lubing.

"Well, I can trust Fan Aiqing's ability, but the case was solved by Xian'er after all, I think it's better to call Xian'er to discuss it and make a decision."

The reason why Gaozong wanted to drive Fan Lubing out in such a hurry was that he didn't want Empress Wu to interfere in the matter. He was very unhappy when he heard that Empress Wu wanted to hand over the presiding judgeship to Fan Lubing, but it was not good to directly oppose Empress Wu. Suggested, this changed the subject and slipped Li Xianti out.

"Your Majesty's words are very true, but the search for the remaining bandits must not be delayed. Fan Aiqing may as well preside over the matter first, and then discuss the matter after Xian'er and the ministers come."

Upon hearing Gao Zong's words, Empress Wu immediately guessed Gao Zong's psychology, the left and right just wanted to hand over the case to Li Xian for trial, but they didn't care about it, and just agreed with a smile.

"Well, that's good, it's settled like this, come and go to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Xuan to enter the palace and give advice!"

Gaozong still had great confidence in Li Xian's ability, and after listening to Empress Wu agreed to his proposal, Gaozong naturally didn't want to delay any more, so he announced his will with great interest.

"promise."

Cheng Denggao was at his side, hearing Gaozong's decree, he didn't dare to delay a little bit, he hurriedly agreed, led a few young eunuchs and hurried out of the palace, hurried all the way to Heading towards the East Palace, just after leaving the Zetian Gate, he saw that the chrome car Li Xian was riding in just stopped at the side of the small square. Beside the car, they respectfully waited for Li Xian's appearance.

"The old slave kowtowed to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Two eunuchs from the Eastern Palace rolled up the curtains of the carriage, one on the left and one on the right, and several junior eunuchs hurriedly set up the steps to get off the carriage. Li Xian bent down and got off the carriage. Go forward and salute respectfully to say hello.

"Eunuch Cheng is being polite, let's just skip it."

For Cheng Denggao, a hard-core queen, Li Xian was 12 points disliked, but he still had to work on the big picture, so he raised his hand modestly and exclaimed indifferently.

"Your Highness, you came at just the right time. The old slave just took you to the East Palace to announce your oral order, and you arrived in Kekeli. What a coincidence."

Cheng Denggao was afraid of Li Xian to the bottom of his heart. Don't look at him saying bad things about Li Xian behind his back from time to time, but in front of Li Xian, he never dared to give up a flattering smile.

"Well, let's lead the way."

No need to ask, Li Xian can also guess what Gao Zong's intention is. Although he has already prepared himself mentally, but when the time comes to face him, Li Xian's heart is still unavoidable, and he is too lazy to talk to Cheng Denggao talked nonsense, but frowned slightly, and gave an order calmly.

"No, Your Highness, please!"

Seeing that Li Xian was not in a good mood, Cheng Denggao didn't dare to say any more, he hastily bowed to the promise, made a "please" gesture sideways, and led Li Xian into the palace gate, but he didn't say goodbye. Li Xian directly led him into the forbidden Qianyuan Hall, but let Li Xian into the empty Deyang Hall, greeted him with a smile, and then turned back to Qianyuan Hall to return to his command.

"The old minister has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Deyang Hall is where Xingchao was located, and the place is very spacious. Li Xian is alone in the hall at the moment, so he is unavoidably lonely, but Li Xian doesn't care about it, just quietly Standing on the ground under the front wall, he was thinking silently, but he couldn't stay still for long. Amidst the sound of steady footsteps, the smiling King of Yue Li Zhen had already entered the hall, and he was very respectful from a long distance away. He bowed towards Li Xian and saluted.

"Uncle Ba, don't be too polite."

In terms of seniority, Li Zhen is naturally an elder, but when it comes to status, Li Xian is a half-lord, one monarch and one minister, which is the distance between heaven and earth. After more than half a year, Li Xian has already gotten used to Li Zhen's greetings, But he didn't feel any discomfort. At this moment, facing Li Zhen's great gift, Li Xian just raised his hand very naturally, and said a polite sentence indifferently.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Xian can do whatever he wants, but Li Zhen made a complete set of etiquette, thanked him respectfully, then walked slowly to Li Xian, said with a warm smile, "Your Highness, I heard that the 'Deng Ji Firm' was released last night. It's a big deal, I don't know if everything was okay or not?"

"Fortunately, the soldiers took their lives, and the granary was fine."

There were many doubts about what happened last night, Li Xian naturally didn't want to discuss it with Li Zhen in private, so he responded with a simple sentence, which was full of perfunctory meaning.

"That's good, that's good. Well, there is still some surplus food in the old minister's house. Although it is not much, there are still three to five hundred stones. If His Royal Highness wants to use it, just let him know."

The reason why Li Zhen came to the Deyang Palace ahead of time was to find out about Li Xian and see if Li Xian was aware that he was also involved in yesterday's night attack. After chatting endlessly, he smiled and said hello, and then lowered his voice to sell Li Xian.

"Since that's the case, I would like to thank Eighth Uncle."

Li Xian had obtained the letter of approval before entering the palace, and knew that Empress Wu's grain requisition had arrived at the household department. The situation was unavoidably tight for Li Xian—even though Li Xian had paid a lot of money from various families in advance a few days earlier. They snapped up a lot of stored food, but they were still a bit nervous in order to deal with the increasing number of disaster victims. It was just barely enough. Hearing that Li Zhen was selling well, Li Xian would not be polite to him. He should take it with a full mouth.

"It should be, it should be, the old minister eats the emperor's salary, and he should serve the country. It is the honor of the old minister to share some worries for His Royal Highness. Well, the old minister just came from the household department. , said that he wanted to collect food from the wealthy households in the city, His Highness must have a good idea."

Li Zhen seemed to be planning to be good, so she sold it to the end. After looking around nervously, she moved closer to Li Xian and reminded her in a low voice.

"Oh? There is such a thing? I know about it, and I am grateful for the trouble of Eighth Uncle Lao."

Although the news was known early in the morning, Li Xian didn't intend to reveal it. Instead, he let out a bewildered look, then nodded knowingly, and thanked him with some sincerity.

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, it's too much work to raise your hands, it won't be a big deal, last night... yo, Mr. Pei, Mr. Xue and so on are all here."

After Li Zhen sold two good ones in a row, she was thinking of going around and turning the topic back to last night's battle, but before she had time to speak, the sound of footsteps at the entrance of the main hall was already heard. Looking sideways, Seeing that Pei Xingjian and other ministers had arrived, he had no choice but to give up his mind.

(End of this chapter)