However, it was said that after Empress Wu received the news, she immediately became furious and said, "Li Xiaoyi is really untrustworthy. I gave him an army of 300,000, but he was defeated like this. It's really disappointing!"
At this moment, Song Zhiwen, the prime minister of Guanglu in the palace, said: "The Queen Mother, Li Xiaoyi has bad intentions. Otherwise, how could he make an army of 300,000 people work without success? I heard what he said,
Xiaoyi has a rabbit in his life, and those who have a rabbit are also the things in the moon, so they must be talented. From this point of view, this person's defeat was fake, and he must have taken the opportunity to blackmail the soldiers, and then plotted something wrong. A person like this is better than Xu Jingye
They are all even more abominable and must not be allowed to stay."
As a lackey under Wu Sansi, Song Zhiwen always thought that when Empress Wu became emperor, he would win a prince for Wu Sansi, and he would become a minister of Conglong in the future. Because with this mentality, he would
The Li Tang clan had no good impressions to begin with, but now seeing Li Xiaoyi's defeat, how could they not take the opportunity to add insult to injury?
"Huh?" Empress Wu was actually a little worried about Li Xiaoyi, who was born in the clan. She just wanted to appease the master, so she showed great trust in Li Xiaoyi. Now that she suddenly heard that Li Xiaoyi had returned in defeat, the disappointment in her heart was naturally unbearable.
To cover it up, and because Song Zhiwen's words just touched her mind, the bad feeling in her heart became even stronger, and she immediately said angrily: "Li Xiaoyi is a member of the royal family and has an army of 300,000 under his command. However, with this defeat, this
If there is no one else, don't worry about it. Send me an order to send Zhang Guangfu, the Minister of War, as the general, and worship him as the general of Zuo Yuqianwei. With Qu Chongyu as his deputy, he can worship as the general of Zuo Jinwuwei. He will lead an army of 200,000 people and go there.
To quell the rebellion, as for Li Xiaoyi, we directly beheaded him in public, while the rebels Wei Yuanzhong and Ma Jingchen dug up his ancestral graves, and all his family members were wiped out!"
At this time, Cen Changqian, Minister of War, said with a bitter smile: "To inform the Queen Mother, the family members of the traitors Wei Yuanzhong and Ma Jingchen have all mysteriously disappeared. It is estimated that these two thieves had already made plans to betray, so they arranged for their family members to leave secretly in advance.
Luoyang."
"Hmph, these thieves are really cunning. Let's wait until we capture these two thieves." Empress Wu sighed, waved her hand, and ordered to retreat.
At this time, Li Xian on the throne suddenly said: "Mother, as a member of the clan, Li Xiaoyi led the army to suppress the rebellion this time. Even though he has no merit, he still has hard work, right? Although he was defeated, he was not guilty of death. Please still ask
The Queen Mother thought of King Huai'an's past achievements and spared his life!"
When Empress Wu heard this, she sneered and said: "Emperor, although you are now the emperor, your father has not been buried yet, and you feel very uncomfortable in the court now. You should go and guard the court for your father! As for the court,
We have already agreed on the matter before, so you can rest assured that with me, Prime Minister Pei and others, we will definitely be able to protect your country."
Li Xian suddenly stood up after hearing this and said loudly: "Mother, are you going too far? Although Emperor Daxing is my father and your husband, why don't you, as a wife, abide by your husband? Instead, you show your face.
, handle the government affairs alone? There is nothing wrong with me keeping the system for my father. However, as long as I am anxious for my father and keep my father's foundation, this is the greatest filial piety. The Master said, "I have not changed my father's ways for three years."
, it can be said that I am filial. I handle the affairs of the court for my father and this is exactly what I do! You want me to leave the court, which is impossible. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I would rather splash blood in the court than compromise!
"
When Empress Wu saw Li Xian's sudden outburst, she was very surprised. Then she thought that Li Xian must have thought that those traitors were backing her, and she became more courageous. She couldn't help but sneer secretly in her heart: "Let you be proud for a while, until I can calm down the palace."
After defeating the rebellion of those rebels, do you still dare to be so arrogant?"
After all, Empress Wu did not move Li Xian out of the court, but because the ministers in the court were all hers, even if Li Xian was sitting here, his words would have no effect. However, Empress Wu saw that Li Xian was so protective of Li Xiaoyi
, I became even more convinced that Li Xiaoyi was colluding with the traitors under Li Xian's command, so my determination to kill Li Xiaoyi became even firmer.
In fact, Empress Wu never thought that the reason why Li Xian did this, on the surface, was to save Li Xiaoyi, but in fact he was encouraging Empress Wu to kill Li Xiaoyi, because Li Xiaoyi was born in the clan, but he willingly surrendered to Empress Wu. It was really a shame to the clan. People like this
He must be killed, and it is best to let his master kill him!
As for Li Xian's intentions, many people in the court saw through it. However, these people either disdained Li Xiaoyi's personality, or were wary of Li Xiaoyi who was born in the Tang Dynasty clan, so they surprisingly did not
People cried out for him.
If Li Xiaoyi knew that in the court, only the emperor he betrayed, Li Xian, defended him, I wonder what kind of excitement would be on his face?
Of course Li Xiaoyi didn't know this. At this time, he was still working loyally for Empress Wu. After he was defeated and returned to the other side of the Huai River, he immediately recruited soldiers, and he quickly recruited 100,000 soldiers!
In addition, Li Xiaoyi also established a solid defense line on the north bank of the Huai River. Although he still has no offensive power, he has actually done a lot.
Li Xiaoyi waited for nearly a month and finally received reinforcements. At this time, he actually knew that he had been dismissed from his post, but he still worked conscientiously with a loyal heart. He hoped that through these efforts, he could save his life.
, and at the same time, he thought that Empress Wu still needed to appease him to appease the entire clan, and expected that Empress Wu would definitely let him go in the end.
However, he did not expect that he had just welcomed the new counter-rebellion leader Zhang Guangfu into the city, but Zhang Guangfu ordered him to be pushed out and beheaded.
"Shilang Zhang, why do you want to kill me?" Li Xiaoyi said loudly with dissatisfaction on his face: "I want to see the Queen Mother, and this is definitely not the Queen Mother's intention!"
But Zhang Guangfu said coldly: "Li Xiaoyi, you still haven't given up until now. I'm really convinced by you. Hey, did you see it? This is the Queen Mother's decree. You are colluding with the rebel leader Xu Jingye and plotting evil."
, aspires to rebel, the Queen Mother decrees that he will be executed without mercy, hehe, your life is certain, don’t blame me!”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Guangfu ordered the people around him to push Li Xiaoyi out and kill him without mercy.
Li Xiaoyi burst out laughing. He did not hesitate to betray the clan and was loyal to Empress Wu, but in the end he ended up like this. It was a complete joke.
On his deathbed, Li Xiaoyi murmured: "Is this what people in Buddhism call retribution? Hehe, I, Li Xiaoyi, betrayed my ancestors and got this retribution. It is not an injustice!" (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!