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Chapter 631 The villain sues first (4)

"His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager have arrived!"

What happened last night was 12 points weird, and all the prime ministers were obviously unwilling to get involved easily, especially when Li Xian, the party involved, was present, the ministers and workers did not intend to express their opinions lightly, but just followed the court regulations. After seeing the ceremony for Li Xian, they all stood silently on both sides of the hall, waiting for Gaozong's arrival silently. As the shouts sounded, Gaozong and Empress Wu had turned out of the apse side by side.

"The ministers (ministers, etc.) kowtow to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager."

Seeing that Gaozong and his wife had arrived, all the ministers and workers did not dare to be negligent, and they cheered up one after another, paying respects to each other.

"It's all free."

Gaozong's complexion was quite bad, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed very worried. After he sat down, he didn't say anything else, he just raised his hand indifferently, and gave a casual order.

"My son (chen, etc.) thank you, Your Majesty, Long live, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Emperor Gaozong was free to do whatever he wanted, but the courtiers did not dare to lose their etiquette. According to the rules of the court, they thanked each other loudly, and then stood on both sides of the hall.

"Xian'er, what happened to the granary of the 'Deng Ji Company' last night?"

Although he had the memorabilia of Fan Lubing, Shao Yin of the Luoyang Mansion, Gaozong did not order it to be read out, but directly picked Li Xian to lead it. Obviously, there was a different kind of thought in it.

Alas, poor old man, you really did it with good intentions!

Before Li Xian entered the palace, he had already guessed Gaozong's thoughts, and he also knew that Gaozong would definitely let him come out to lead the way. The root cause is that he just hoped to hear something different from Li Xian, the person involved. In addition to this, there is also the intention of entrusting the trial right to Li Xianzhi. The question is, can Li Xian accept it?The answer is - no!
reason?It's very simple. From an emotional point of view, Li Xian actually thought that he could let Li Xian go a little bit. He is no longer a threat to Li Xian. There is no need to kill them all. After all, blood is always thicker than water. Li Xian is not so cold-blooded that he does not care about family affection, but in terms of the situation, Li Xian is powerless. It is only because Li Xian can only focus on disaster relief and subsequent promotion of grain varieties at this time. Two things, Li Xian can gain a firm foothold in the court and gradually erode the power of Empress Wu. As for the trial of the case, firstly, it will involve too much energy, and it seems that the gain is not worth the loss; secondly, it is not yet time. At the time of the decisive battle with Empress Wu, it is impossible for Li Xian to mess up his pace in order to save Li Xian's life!

"I report to my father, according to my father's order yesterday, my son presided over the overall situation of disaster relief. I knew that I was weak, trembling, and did not dare to make mistakes. Considering that the granary is the most important thing in disaster relief, I specially dispatched hundreds of guards from the East Palace to guard the safety of the disaster. It was originally a preventive measure, but I never thought that there would be bandits coming. According to the investigation, the bandits were headed by Chen Xiaotian and Zhu Kaizhi. There were hundreds of them. Under the guise of arresting thieves, the government wanted to forcibly break into the granary. After being stopped by my East Palace guards, they refused to go. My East Palace guards had to divide up their troops to stop each other, so that they failed to wipe out the invading bandits. This crime is unforgivable and should be dismissed. Let me ask you about the root cause, as I said above, there are all evidences, and I implore my father to issue an edict to investigate clearly."

Although Li Xian didn't intend to intervene in the case, he didn't intend to make it easier for Empress Wu, so he unceremoniously exposed Liu Mingfu's weird behavior in court.

"Huh? There is such a thing? Then where is Liu Ming's mansion now?"

As soon as he heard that what Li Xian said was different from what Fan Lubing played, Gaozong immediately regained his spirits, pretending to be angry and asked questions.

"Returning to the father, that guy has been taken down by the order of the minister, and is now being detained at the granary where the incident happened."

When Gaozong was so angry, the ministers below couldn't help but feel a little scared, but Li Xian was not moved, bowed his body calmly as usual, and answered calmly.

"Well done, this guy dares to collude with bandits and mess up our court. He has ulterior motives. He should exterminate the nine clans. Xianer, I will give you a decree to investigate the whole case thoroughly to reveal the truth!"

Gao Zong originally wanted to hand over this case to Li Xian, and he won't let it go if he got an excuse. In the name of being angry, he made a decision without hesitation, and he didn't intend to give it to everyone Opportunity to speak up.

As soon as Gaozong's words came out, Empress Wu couldn't help feeling a little anxious. In her opinion, if the case was really allowed to go on trial by Li Xian, the consequences would be unpredictable, even if she had already taken thousands of measures , but it is hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents, and I don't want to see this situation happen. He winked at Jia Chaoyin.

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty. The old minister thinks that this matter may be inappropriate. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince is the injured party. If His Highness the crown prince presides over the whole case, it will be against legal principles. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Jia Chaoyin 12 didn't want to touch Gaozong's bad luck at this time, but he didn't dare to go against Empress Wu's intention, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and snatch it out, before Li Xian led the edict, he loudly advised .

"Ok?"

Seeing that the person who jumped out to sing the opposite tune was Jia Chaoyin, Gaozong's face immediately turned ugly, and then recalled that during the banquet in the East Palace yesterday, it was this guy who kept jumping up and down and messing with each other, Gaozong's heart was furious, His eyes became sharp in an instant.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what Xiang Jia said is true, please think again, Your Majesty."

Although Pei Xingjian and other ministers mostly held a neutral attitude in the battle between Empress Wu and Li Xian, they looked down on Jia Chaoyin and other incompetent people by 12 points. No one wants to stand up and wade through this muddy water, and it is not easy for Empress Wu to explain to Jia Chaoyin at this time. When Jia Chaoyin is at the forefront, she sees Yue Wang Li Zhen who rarely speaks in court meetings. He grabbed it and openly supported Jia Chaoyin.

"Brother, Xian'er has always acted fairly, and there must be no possibility of favoritism. I can trust him to decide the case."

Gaozong was a person who valued family affection, and he had extraordinary respect for the elder brother Li Zhen, King of Yue, so it was not easy to pour out his anger on him, so he could only explain patiently.

"What your Majesty said is very true. Your Majesty the Crown Prince has always been fair and honest. This is something that the world knows. However, the law is the yardstick of the country and cannot be easily abolished. If Your Majesty handed over this case to His Majesty the Crown Prince, it may cause criticism. The reputation of His Royal Highness is not good, and I really dare not take it, but I hope His Majesty will learn from it."

Li Zhen also had a hand in what happened last night, and she also didn't want Li Xian to investigate the case thoroughly. If Li Xian found out about his secret deal with Empress Wu, then he wouldn't even try to influence it. Therefore, no matter how sincere Gaozong explained, Li Zhen would never be vague about what should be insisted on.

"Your Majesty, I think what my eighth uncle said is true. Xian'er has just entered the East Palace, and he is at the top of the limelight. Even if he is fine, he will be easily criticized. It's good to be careful. Besides, Xian'er still has a lot of troubles right now." The burden of disaster relief is on my shoulders, but it is not easy to be distracted, and I hope His Majesty will take it back."

As soon as Li Zhen interrupted, Empress Wu seized the opportunity to show her strength, and immediately put the big snake on the stick, and tried to persuade Li Xianming as if she was thinking about it.

"Hmm... what does Xian'er mean?"

Empress Wu's words were quite reasonable, Gao Zong couldn't stick to his own opinion anymore, but he was worried about handing over the case to others for trial, after hesitating for a while, he was still unwilling to take it back, so he pondered and threw the matter away To Li Xian who stood silently.

"Father and emperor have learned from you. My son thinks what my mother and eighth uncle said are justified, and my son has no objection."

Knowing that Gao Zong asked the law like this, what he wanted was to volunteer himself, but Li Xian couldn't do it like this. No matter how hopeful Gao Zong's face was, Li Xian could only pretend No, the attitude clearly stated that he had no intention of presiding over the case.

"Well, whatever, then Xian'er thinks it's better for this case to be presided over by whom?"

Seeing Li Xian's refusal to stand out, Gaozong felt disappointed, but it was not easy to vent his anger on Li Xian, so Gaozong had no choice but to rely on Li Xian to push out other courtiers Come to try this case in order to obtain a chance to save Li Xian's life.

"However, the emperor father and the queen mother are the masters, and none of the sons and ministers have any objections. If you need the cooperation of the sons and ministers, you should go all out!"

Li Xian is such a shrewd person, he understood Gao Zong's intentions in this question just by listening to it. Most of the confidantes are now officials in other places, and there are only three or two kittens left, and they are not on the stage at all. Tibetan clumsiness comes strong.

Seeing Li Xian's refusal to stand out, the look in Gaozong's eyes dimmed immediately, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't blame Li Xian's head, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Your Majesty, the veteran thinks that Wu Chengsi, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is courageous and capable, and has the experience of presiding over major cases, so he should be the best candidate."

Seeing that Gaozong was in a dilemma, the officials didn't know how to solve it, so they could only keep silent as if they didn't see it, but Li Zhen didn't have any worries, and stood up and fired again.

"Your Majesty, I think His Royal Highness King Yue's performance is very true, and I agree with you!"

Li Zhen fired the first shot, and Jia Chaoyin, not to be outdone, also showed up to perform.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Si is a prudent child who seems to be of great use, so let him try."

With the appearance of the two prime ministers, Empress Wu also had a good opportunity to speak out, so she hurriedly agreed.

"Forget it, then it's decided, let's go through the trial first and then discuss it."

Seeing that the general situation was over, Gaozong was really confused, and he was too lazy to discuss any more, so he left a sentence, got up and turned to the back hall, his back looked particularly bleak and sad.

(End of this chapter)