Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 674

On March [-]th of the third year of Yifeng, the report from Luzhou arrived in Beijing. Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, and Di Renjie, the Secretary of Agriculture, jointly wrote the book, saying that the current case in Luzhou was that Liu Dawei, the magistrate of the county, framed Wang Fangming, the special envoy of spring plowing for personal grievances. As a result, after the case became clear, he committed suicide and apologized. On March [-]th in the third year of Yifeng, the Tongzhou Zouben arrived in Beijing. Due to the entanglement of interests and the result of spreading rumors indiscriminately, the truth has been found out, and nothing happened; Wu falsely deceived the emperor, framed Lu Youning, the special envoy of Chungeng, in a fraudulent case, and abused lynching. His crime is unforgivable.At this point, except for Wuzhou and Xiangzhou, which Gao Zhizhou was in charge of, there was no movement, the truth of the rest of the states has been revealed. Prince Li Xian was angry and entered the Daming Palace with various memorials, requesting to play Gaozong in person.

"My son kowtowed to my father."

Li Xian had not waited long outside the palace gate, and he had already obtained permission from Emperor Gaozong to see him. He walked all the way to the bedroom in the apse of Zichen Hall, and just turned around the screen, and he saw Ming Chongyan standing beside the couch , frowned involuntarily, but did not express anything, strode to the bed, saluted respectfully and greeted him.

"Forget it, let's talk about anything."

The spring is cold, and Gaozong, who was already in poor health, has suffered from a serious illness in the past few days. Although he has just recovered, he still can't get out of bed, and his spirit is not very good when he is weak. Seeing Li Xian coming in a hurry, Since he knew that something important was going to happen, he really didn't want to pay attention to it, but he didn't care about Li Xian's face, so he couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his tone.

"I would like to report to my father, the case of the spring plowing envoys disturbing the people, which caused a lot of noise a month ago, has now been resolved. According to the investigation, the reports in Lu, Tong, Wu and other states are all nonsense. Now there are reports of Pei Xiang and Disinong. The play is based on this, and I implore the father and emperor to judge!"

Because of the increasingly serious wind disease, Gao Zong's temper became more and more eccentric, Li Xian knew this already, seeing that Gao Zong's tone was quite impatient, Li Xian dared not After neglecting it, he hurriedly expressed his original intention of coming to see him.

"Huh? What's going on? Come on, Xuan!"

At the beginning, the five prefectures jointly impeached the special envoy of spring plowing, which caused a lot of turmoil. Donggong and Empress Wu fought again and again. Gaozong, who was in it, was often troubled by this matter. Now that Li Xian said it so definitely, Gaozong's His heart immediately froze, he waved his hand with a gloomy face, and shouted an order. The little eunuch who was accompanying him rushed forward, took the several memorials in Li Xian's hands, and read them out in a dragging tone. stand up.

"Damn Liu Wu, An dare to bully me like this, pass on my will, barbarian three clans!"

Although Gao Zong was not a smart person, he was by no means a dull person. As early as when the incident happened, he had vaguely guessed the strangeness behind the incident. He could only pretend to be ignorant and let the two parties quarrel, but now that Li Xian has reported the results of several cases, Gao Zong can no longer pretend to be ignorant, so he must be punished severely , but there is some care in it-Li Yuanjia is the emperor's uncle after all, and he has admitted the crime of negligence, and Gaozong is not easy to use it. As for Li Zhuan, for his father's sake, Gaozong also Don't plan to deal with it seriously, so Liu Wu became the only target of Gaozong's ruthless hands.

"Your Majesty calm down, I think this matter is of great importance, and I have to verify it again and again."

Ming Chongyan was called to relieve Gaozong's pain today, but he did not expect to meet Li Xian who came to report the truth about the impeachment case of the five states of Ming Dynasty. Knowing that the situation was not right, Ming Chongyan sent out a secret signal early on, and arranged for a young eunuch who was waiting on the side to secretly go to Empress Wu to report the letter, but before Empress Wu arrived, Gaozong's decision had already been made. Ming Chongyan couldn't help being anxious. You must know that Empress Wu didn't have many talents in the local area, and Liu Wu was the most capable person among the few. In a fit of anger, he rushed out and remonstrated loudly.

"What do you mean by Doctor Ming's words? Could it be that you are accusing me of being untrue, or that Prime Minister Pei has fabricated a false case to deceive the emperor, huh?"

Li Xian had long been impatient with Ming Chongyan, and now seeing him coming forward to obstruct Gaozong's will, the evil fire in his heart surged up wildly, and without waiting for Gaozong to express anything, he said coldly Then he scolded.

"Your Highness's words are exaggerated. I really don't have such a heart, I just tell the truth."

Ming Chongyan only wanted to delay the time until Empress Wu came to preside over the overall situation, so he refused to give in to Li Xian at all, so he said in a strong tone, sincerity is to anger Li Xian, trying to use this I kept pestering Li Xian endlessly in order to buy more time.

"Father Huang Shengming, Liu Wu framed the minister in a fraudulent case, and abused lynching. The extermination of the three clans is his own fault. My son thinks it is true!"

No matter what kind of person Li Xian is, even though he was angry, it didn't hinder his clear thinking. He immediately noticed Ming Chongyan's unruly intentions, and he didn't want to entangle him any more, so he ignored the provocative words in his words Unexpectedly, he secretly took a deep breath, calmed down the anger in his heart, bowed towards Emperor Gaozong, and praised him.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this case is full of doubts, and the truth needs to be interrogated by the three divisions to clarify the truth. If you rush to convict, you may be biased. Please give me your Majesty's warning."

Ming Chongyan was determined to muddy the water, no matter what Li Xian said, he kept messing around endlessly.

"Well, this..."

In fact, Gaozong's original intention was not to use Liu Wu as the law, but he had to give Li Xian an explanation when the case was clear. Very good, but I can't help but hesitate a little.

"The Empress is here!"

When Gao Zong was hesitating, he heard a shrill voice coming from outside. Immediately, amidst the sound of hasty footsteps, Empress Wu, who was dressed in court uniform, came in from behind the screen accompanied by several eunuchs. .

"The son and minister kowtow to see the mother!"

Seeing that Empress Wu had already arrived, Li Xian knew that things were bound to have another ups and downs, and it was inevitable that there would be ups and downs in his heart. Pay homage.

"Your Majesty, you are not in good health yet, so don't overwork yourself, and lie down quickly. If you... call me a concubine, what should you do? It's true, I don't have any vision at all. Your Majesty is exhausted, and I will be satisfied." Is it, huh?"

Empress Wu didn't pay attention to Li Xian's greetings at all, walked gracefully to the couch, stretched out her hand gently to tuck the brocade quilt for Gaozong who was reclined on the couch, said a few words, and immediately turned her attention Li Xian asked a sentence full of heart-breaking words.

"The queen mother calms down, my son dare not, my son..."

Knowing that Empress Wu was messing around, but Li Xian couldn't disregard ethics, so he could only swallow his anger and try to explain.

"Don't dare, mother sees that you are very daring. The imperial doctor has explained it too many times. Your father needs to rest for this illness, and you must not let your emotions get agitated. But you are fine. You come here to disturb me with little things, and you can't do anything." Discuss with your mother, do you have to torment your father?"

Wu Hou knew that something had gone wrong in the Wuzhou impeachment case, and since he didn't want to make Li Xian seem unhappy, he never gave Li Xian a chance to explain, and just insisted on saying no to Li Xian for disturbing the holy car. Stop, the heart-wrenching words are pouring out one after another.

"The queen mother taught me that the child shouldn't have disturbed the father at this time, but the impeachment case of the five states is of great importance, and the father must be judged!"

It would be the worst policy to argue with Empress Wu at such a time, and Li Xian would not make such a choice, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and explained in a calm tone.

"Nonsense, the truth of this case has not yet been clarified, Xiang and Wuzhou have not yet been clarified, why is Xian'er so impatient, is there really something unspeakable, huh?"

Nonsense is a woman's weapon, and Empress Wu is a master in this way. Regardless of the fact that the case of Sanzhou is already clear, she uses Gao Zhizhou's prime minister and Wuzhou as an issue against her conscience.

"My mother's words are serious. According to Erchen, the situations in the five prefectures are different, and there is no need to deal with them together. It is not impossible to find out one prefecture and clarify one prefecture."

Seeing Empress Wu pestering her so much, Li Xian's anger gradually became uncontrollable, and he pushed back in a loud voice without any politeness.

"Your Highness's words are wrong. At the beginning, His Majesty had an order. The case was presided over by Prime Minister Pei. The five prefectures will investigate thoroughly at the same time. It should be reported by Prime Minister Pei."

With Empress Wu's support, Ming Chongyan was full of confidence, and without waiting for Empress Wu to express anything, he inserted a sentence from the sidelines and refuted Li Xian's words forcefully.

"What Ming Aiqing said is true. Since Pei Xingjian is in charge of this case, we can discuss it after his return. Your Majesty, do you think this is possible?"

Empress Wu was already a master at seeing every bit of time, so with Ming Chongyan's words, she naturally came to a conclusion in a hurry, leaving no room for Li Xian to develop.

"This... well, let's do this first, I'm tired, so you can all retire."

Knowing that Li Xian was taking advantage of this time, but facing Empress Wu, Gaozong did not have the courage to publicly support Li Xian, so in desperation, he had no choice but to respond vaguely.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Both Empress Wu and Ming Chongyan had the same idea. As long as Gaozong didn't handle the case on the spot, there would be infinite variables that could be used.

"Father Emperor Shengming, my son will retire."

The matter has come to this point, Li Xian knows that there is nothing to be done, and loss is inevitable, so he can't say more, he can only bow down and praise, and after paying a big gift, some of them left the bedroom in dismay, the murder in his heart The intention was suddenly aroused.

(End of this chapter)