Tiantang

Chapter 145 Rebuking Gao Lishi

pay a New Year call!During the Chinese New Year period, many guests could not code with peace of mind normally, so there were few updates, please understand.I had guests at home yesterday and drank too much wine, so I only updated one chapter, sorry.Strive for three more today.Trying to type...

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Chapter 153 Rebuking Gao Lishi
The wolf-like Habayashi Wei did not hesitate, and immediately took Si Ning Wang Li Lin and Gao Lishi firmly under his control.

That's all for Li Lin.

Although he belongs to the royal family, he is the nephew of Li Longji, a descendant of the royal family who is not very prominent; Suddenly fell down!

become a prisoner.

The prisoner in Zhang Xuan's hand.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely depressing. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the royal family looked at Gao Lishi who was tied up by the Habayashi guards, Li Lin who was paralyzed on the ground in shock, and Yun Danfeng who held his head up and chest out with complex expressions. Light Zhang Xuan.

Many royal families who did not follow the crowd to cause trouble secretly got lucky, especially Sheng Wang Li Qi and Princess Xianyi breathed a sigh of relief.The two looked at each other, and felt that they were really lucky, and they made the right bet again.

Before, it was not that Li Lin, Princess Yongmu and others did not seek support from them. To be honest, it was not that they did not hesitate.But Li Qi thought of Zhang Xuan's methods and the current situation in Chang'an City, so he refused.

In Li Qi's view, even if the emperor's secret decree in Li Lin's hand is true—this is really the meaning of his father, Emperor Li Longji, the possibility of success is still extremely low.

Moreover, even if Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong were captured, Li Lin would be able to sit on the throne as she wished?
The pressures and obstacles are still high.

Subconsciously, Li Qi and Princess Xianyi, the princes and daughters of the direct line, are still very repulsed by Li Longji passing the throne to his nephew Li Lin.No matter how incompetent Li Heng was, he was still the prince of their lineage. When Li Heng became the prince, they were still the direct line of the royal family, but once Li Lin became the emperor, they would become a branch.

Although they are all related by blood, in fact, there is a big difference.

Li Qi was even a little angry, how could Princess Yongmu help an outsider take her own throne?

He didn't know that because of Li Wan's matter, Princess Yongmu was extremely jealous of Zhang Xuan, and even had a strong hatred for Li Heng.As long as Li Heng can be pulled off the horse, as long as Zhang Xuan can be eliminated, the thorn in the flesh, no matter what.

Anyway, no matter who is the emperor, she is just a nun who is far away from the core power of the imperial court.

Prince Li Heng was completely relaxed at this moment. He glanced at Zhang Xuan with some gratitude, but at the same time with some fear. For Zhang Xuan's reversal of the situation, he felt relieved and grateful from the bottom of his heart, because Zhang Xuan once again saved him. His life saved his position; but at the same time, a faint awe gradually grew in his heart.

Zhang Xuan's judgment of the situation and his handling of emergencies...all showed his superior means, and at the same time showed his growing and unparalleled control and influence over the Tang court and even the palace.

This kind of control and influence was originally possessed by only one person, and that was his father, Emperor Li Longji.

Such power made him feel relaxed, but also made him feel scared.

Of course, at this time, gratitude is still the first emotion.And a little awe is not enough to change Li Heng's wholehearted trust and reliance on Zhang Xuan.

Li Heng's eyes flickered.

The corner of Zhang Xuan's eyes quickly caught this.The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but he pretended not to see it.

Yang Guozhong gasped, and slowly sat up straight, the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't speak, just quietly watching Zhang Xuan's disposal.

But then, Zhang Xuan did not continue to overstep.

He turned around and bowed to Prince Li Heng, "His Royal Highness, Prince Jian Guo, I am fortunate that I did not disgrace my life!"

Li Heng heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "General, excuse me."

Zhang Xuan smiled, stood up and cast a deep glance at Li Heng.

Li Heng pondered for a while, and finally took a step forward and walked up to the stage.

Zhang Xuan gave him a big face, but also gave him the best chance to stand up.

"King Si Ning, the imperial court treats you well, and this palace treats you very well, but you dare to collude with the eunuch to falsely pass on the imperial decree and try to conspire against usurpation, which really disappoints this palace..." Li Heng said slowly He said gloomyly, staring at Li Lin coldly, with strong anger projected in his eyes, but now Li Lin has long lost his mind, and has no idea what Li Heng is talking about.

"Gao Lishi..." Li Heng slowly turned his head to look at Gao Lishi, his expression was very complicated. For Gao Lishi, he has always been respectful and courteous and flattering. It is not easy for a eunuch to do this.But all these years of hard work did not bring Gao Lishi any rewards. How could this not make Li Heng extremely ashamed and annoyed.

Although Gao Lishi was tied up by the Habayashi guards and held hostage by two Habayashi guards, he stood there without fear.

"Prince... From the perspective of personal feelings, our family hopes that you can become the emperor, but our family has always been everyone's slave, and our family can only obey His Majesty's order—" Gao Lishi looked at Li Heng with a little emotion Talking softly, she suddenly turned her head to look at Zhang Xuan who was standing beside Li Heng.

"General Zhang, I didn't expect that our family's secrets would eventually fall into the hands of General Zhang—"

Gao Lishi sighed softly, his voice suddenly rose an octave, and was extremely thin, "But our family is acting according to His Majesty's will - Zhang Xuan, you are an important minister trained and promoted by His Majesty, and you are deeply appreciated by His Majesty. I just died for His Majesty - but at this moment, I am using my power to oppose our family and defy Your Majesty's holy will..."

Zhang Xuan laughed loudly, "Gao Lishi, Mr. Zhang originally respected you as a loyal person, but now it seems that you are just a villain with short-sightedness and greed."

"You keep saying that you are acting in accordance with His Majesty's secret decree, and you are loyal to His Majesty—then, Zhang will come to ask you, what is His Majesty's secret decree? The so-called His Majesty's secret decree is nothing more than your own creation and stamping His Majesty's jade seal. Such a paper edict, Whether it is His Majesty's intention or the eunuch's intention, you know in your heart."

Zhang Xuan smiled coldly in his heart, and said Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi, since you want to put me to death, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

Zhang Xuan knew in his heart that although Gao Lishi and Li Lin had become prisoners this time, although Gao Lishi and Li Lin had been reduced to prisoners, this matter was related to the struggle for imperial power and the legitimacy and legitimacy of Li Heng's succession to the throne. A word of "reasonable" will cast a shadow on the hearts of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the royal family. It is not a good thing for Li Heng or for him.

Although he is not afraid, he is also unwilling to give others a handle.

Therefore, he did not immediately attack Gao Lishi, Li Lin and others.

Li Heng's thoughts obviously coincided with his.

It happened so suddenly that Li Heng didn't even really understand the cause of the disaster.But after all, he has been in the position of prince for many years, and he knows his father Li Longji very well, so he vaguely guessed that Gao Lishi's actions were not without reason.

It is not appropriate to suppress and quell this turmoil by force alone.

"You... spew blood!" Gao Lishi was speechless for a while, he stared at Zhang Xuan angrily, his eyebrows and beard trembling with anger.He could not care about his own life, even if it would be a dead end sooner or later in Zhang Xuan's hands; but Zhang Xuan doubted his loyalty to the emperor in public and accused him of forging imperial edicts, but he was endlessly angry in his heart.

"Gao Lishi, you don't have to be hypocritical." Zhang Xuan sneered, "In these years, His Majesty has gone through twists and turns and has not abolished the Crown Prince, which shows that although His Majesty is dissatisfied with the Crown Prince, overall, he still hopes that His Highness can inherit the orthodoxy. If not, His Majesty could have abolished the crown prince in the chaos of King Rong, so why wait until today."

Zhang Xuan's clear voice echoed in the hall, and many courtiers and royals nodded thoughtfully.

It is no secret that the emperor intends to abolish the prince.But these years, after all, there is still no real abolition.This shows that in the emperor's heart, although Li Heng is not the best candidate, he is relatively the most suitable candidate.

"Your Majesty suddenly wanted to abolish the crown prince, and things happened strangely. This is one. What is even more puzzling is that His Majesty wanted to abolish the crown prince, not through the court officials, but through you, an internal eunuch. This is the second."

"Even if His Majesty wants to abolish the Crown Prince, there is no reason to change King Si Ning to be the Crown Prince. There are dozens of His Majesty's princes. Zhang does not believe that among them, he cannot choose a suitable candidate for the Crown Prince, so that he wants to pass on the throne to the Crown Prince." King Si Ning! This is the third."

As soon as Zhang Xuan said this, many princes and children felt the same way.Yes, the emperor has no reason to pass the throne to his nephew. With so many sons, why should it be an outsider's turn?
Sheng Wang Li Qi angrily got up and pointed at Gao Lishi and said angrily, "Gao Lishi, you traitor! Thanks to your father's trust in you, but you took advantage of his father's serious illness to forge imperial decrees in an attempt to destroy the Tang Dynasty's ancestral temple. He should be punished for his crime!"

"Of course. This old slave dared to pass on the imperial decree and colluded with King Sining to usurp the throne. Damn it!"

"kill him!"

"Destroy his nine clans, you dog!"

When Li Qi interrupted like this, many of the prince's children became furious and attacked Gao Lishi with all their tongues.

Gao Lishi was trembling with anger, his face was pale, but he couldn't say a word.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, Li Qi and the others gradually sat down and calmed down.

"The fourth point of doubt lies in Zhang. Zhang is unwilling to confess himself—but Zhang entered the court as an official with the help of His Majesty. On the day King Rong conspired against him, His Majesty introduced Zhang to the palace secretly and awarded him Putting down the rebellion is a heavy responsibility, which shows His Majesty’s trust in Zhang. It’s not long since King Rong’s rebellion against Fang Ping, and if it’s said that His Majesty will suddenly kill the heroes, to be honest, not only Zhang doesn’t really believe it, but I’m afraid everyone here doesn’t believe it either.”

"Gao Lishi, with all these things, do you still dare to say that all this is His Majesty's intention?"

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, pointed at Gao Lishi and said sharply.

(End of this chapter)