"Liu Shangshu, please explain to me how this matter started, okay?"
Prince Li Hong has always been a gentle and gentle man, and he rarely gets angry, but once he does get angry, it is very serious. At this time, Li Hong is obviously in a rage. Although he has not cursed loudly, he is extremely livid.
His face, his eyes that seemed to be murderous, and the veins on his forehead that were beating wildly all showed how strong the anger in Li Hong's heart was. The reason why it hadn't exploded yet was that he was just holding it back. In this question,
His violent temper was so strong that even veteran officials like Liu Xiangdao were frightened by him.
"Your Highness, please calm down, old minister. Ah, I am confused. My arrogant words while drunk are really disrespectful to me. I really shouldn't have done this. I have let down your highness's hard work. Sir..."
Facing the furious prince, Liu Xiangdao couldn't help but feel regret in his heart. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine to buy in this world. Now that things have happened, it's too late to say anything. Liu Xiangdao can only have a look of pain on his face.
He confessed his crime, his old face wrinkled into a big bitter melon.
"That's enough! I've said it many times. The current situation is difficult. I hope you will cherish yourselves and don't let small things cost you big things. But you have done well. You drank so much that you dared to talk nonsense out.
Regardless of the occasion, if such a big thing happens now, how should I deal with it? You say, you say!" The prince was really angry. These days, he has been having an extremely unhappy life, and he has the power to supervise the country.
Li Xian was forced to hold him back for a while. Empress Wu even made comments on state affairs from time to time, and did not give back the corrections made by Major General Li Hong. This kind of unhappiness already made Li Hong very upset.
, and now such a bad thing has happened, how can Li Hong endure the violence in his heart? Before Liu Xiangdao could finish his words, Li Hong couldn't help but slapped the case and got up, roaring angrily.
"I'm guilty, I deserve to die..."
Seeing Li Hong exploded, Liu Xiangdao didn't bother to explain any more and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy like pounding garlic. Poor Liu Xiangdao was already in his seventies, so he was so frightened.
Under this condition, he looked even older, and his whole body was shivering like chaff.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Now that something has happened, your anger will no longer help. It's better to take a long-term approach."
Yan Liben was also angry when such a big event happened. However, seeing his long-time colleague in such a mess, Yan Liben couldn't help but feel sad. Seeing that the prince was trying to take advantage of Liu Xiangdao's methods, he had to stand aside.
He gave a gentle word of advice.
"A long-term plan? I want to take a long-term plan, but my mother... Oh, I have done something wrong, why is there such a retribution? I..." Li Hong waved his hand angrily, his expression changed a few times, and finally
, sat back down weakly, and sighed, his tone full of sadness.
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. This matter has not yet reached a point of irremediable. Your Majesty is a sensible person and will never offend anyone with such slip of the tongue. Although Prime Minister Xu is powerful, he may not be able to cover up the sky with one hand. As long as we don't cause chaos."
, this lawsuit still needs to be fought." Yan Liben had been in the officialdom for a long time, so he knew the seriousness of this matter, but seeing the prince so sad, he had to express some words of comfort.
"Oh, I don't know how kind my father is. But my father is sick in bed now, and it's hard for me to ask to see him. Now that the bullet is in the hands of my mother, I'm afraid I won't be able to make the decision. It's because my father is just afraid.
Also..." When Li Hong said this, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he didn't say any more, but his meaning was very clearly expressed, that is, the matter is now in danger.
Silence, everyone was silent. As soon as Li Hong said this, both the kneeling Liu Xiangdao and the standing Yan Liben were speechless. This was because everyone already understood the key to this matter, and they just understood the key to the matter.
They understand, but when it comes to how to deal with it, they are all at a loss. This is just because the matter is not only a problem on Empress Wu's side, but also has a strong opponent like Li Xian in the court. It is not easy to settle the matter smoothly.
"Your Highness, His Highness the King of Zhou is asking for an audience outside the palace gate."
Just when the monarch and his ministers were looking at each other, Wang Dequan, the deputy chief eunuch of Xiande Hall, hurried in from outside the study. Seeing Liu Xiangdao kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, he couldn't help but be frightened, but he didn't dare
After asking more questions, he hesitated for a moment, then hurried forward, bowed and reported.
"Why did he come here? He's gone!"
Li Hong was in a state of confusion at this time and didn't want to receive guests. In addition, he had been taken advantage of by Li Xian several times. He had already lost his intention to win over Li Xian for his own use. He was too lazy to pay attention to Li Xian, so he waved coldly.
He raised his hand and drank angrily.
"Ah, yes, I will go back to His Highness King Zhou now."
Seeing Li Hong's unkind expression, Wang Dequan didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly responded and turned around to go out.
"Wait a minute."
Before Wang Dequan could lift his foot, Yan Liben frowned and shouted suddenly, stopping Wang Dequan from exiting.
"Huh? Mr. Yan, what are you..."
Upon hearing Yan Liben's call to stop, Li Hong suddenly raised his head, looked at Yan Liben suspiciously, and asked hesitantly.
"Your Highness, regardless of the purpose of His Highness the King of Zhou, he came to see you according to the etiquette. If he returns here and spreads the word, it may be a big disadvantage. Your Highness might as well meet him once. If you find it boring, you can chase him away.
It’s not too late.” Yan Liben persuaded him tactfully.
"Well, that's fine. Let's call him in."
Although Yan Liben spoke vaguely, Li Hong understood the meaning - Liu Xiangdao was involved because he criticized Li Xian. If Li Hong refused to meet Li Xian at this moment, it would definitely give people the wrong impression and cause trouble.
It’s not good to think that Liu Xiangdao’s drunken words came from Li Hong. If that was the case, it would be very bad for Li Hong’s reputation. In view of this, although Li Hong was reluctant in every possible way, it was not good either.
Li Xian was nowhere to be seen, so he could only wave his hand helplessly and reluctantly agreed to Li Xian's request for an audience.
"Yes, slave girl, go right away."
After hearing Li Hong's words of approval, Wang Dequan did not dare to stay any longer. He responded hurriedly, hurriedly ran out of the study, and went to the palace gate to tell Li Xian not to mention it.
"Get up, what are you doing while kneeling!" After Wang Dequan left, Li Hong was stunned for a while, then suddenly woke up, looked at Liu Xiangdao who was kneeling on the ground angrily, and hummed in a cold voice
He made a sound, and then, regardless of Liu Xiangdao's expression, he turned to look at Yan Liben and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Yan, please stay away for a while, it depends on how famous that guy wants to be.
"
"Yes, I obey." After Li Hong gave the order, Yan and Liu did not dare to neglect. They each agreed and went to the compartment behind the study to hide.
"My brother, please see your brother, the prince."
Li Xian came very quickly. Not long after Yan and Liu hid in the cubicle, Li Xian had already walked into the study. When he saw Li Hong sitting behind him with a bad look, Li Xian didn't dare to
Being rude, he hurriedly rushed forward, saluted respectfully and said hello.
"Seventh brother is here, sit down."
Facing Li Xian's greeting, Li Hong just nodded calmly, neither expressing welcome nor making any harsh words, but just a coldness that was distant from him.
"Thank you, Brother Prince, for sitting down."
Li Xian had long been psychologically prepared for Li Hong's attitude and would not care about his indifference. After thanking him respectfully, he slowly walked to the back of the table at the bottom and sat down on his knees.
, but did not speak in a hurry, but looked at Li Hong with a smile.
"What's wrong with Seventh Brother coming to Xungu?"
Li Hong waited for a while but didn't see Li Xian speak. He was in a bad mood and couldn't bear it anymore. He frowned and said something rude.
"So that the prince brother will know that my brother is here specifically for Liu Shangshu's matter, but I don't know if the prince brother is willing to listen to my brother?" Since Li Hong asked, Li Xianzi came without any concealment.
The idea came out.
"speak!"
Although Li Hong had already guessed that Li Xian's purpose of coming was most likely related to Liu Xiangdao's impeachment case, he still couldn't help but feel angry after hearing Li Xian's personal confirmation, and his face twitched violently because of it.
A few times, but it was difficult to cause an attack, so I could only grit my teeth and snort coldly.
"My brother, the prince, is aware that my brother thought that what Liu Shangshu said was just a joke. I really didn't take it to heart. It's just that the matter has already been brought to my mother's side, and the matter is no longer something that my brother and others can control. I would like to ask the prince for this."
My brother Haihan is the same." Li Xian's face was full of apologies and he explained in a respectful manner.
"Um."
At this point, Li Hong doesn't care whether Li Xian cares about Liu Xiangdao's words. What he cares about is how to win this lawsuit. Therefore, no matter how sincere Li Xian says, Li Hong won't take it to heart.
He said obediently, which was regarded as a response to Li Xian's explanation, and the displeasure on his face did not diminish at all.
Tsk, you are really a small-minded person. I'll stop you. I just fooled you a while ago. There's no need to hold a grudge like this. It's boring. Come on, I might as well give you a hard punishment! Li Xian felt cruel in his heart.
He slandered Li Hong fiercely, rolled his eyes, and already made up his mind. He didn't bother to make any more detours with Li Hong, and simply handed over his hands as a courtesy and said: "Prince, brother Mingjian, I only have one word to tell you when I come here."
, the queen mother is about to come to court!"
"Huh?" Li Hong obviously didn't expect that Li Xian would say such astonishing words. His expression changed instantly, and he stared at Li Xian dumbfounded. He couldn't say a word for a long time. After being stunned for a long time,
, then he suddenly came back to his senses, shook his head, glared at Li Xian angrily and said: "Seventh brother, don't mess around!"
Nonsense? That’s weird. We also hope that this is nonsense. Unfortunately, things are not as simple as you always think! Li Xian stared back at Li Hong without showing any weakness and said coldly: "When will we see you, Brother Prince?"
Has my brother been fooling around?"
"this……"
When Li Hong saw that Li Xian didn't seem to be alarmist, he couldn't help but was stunned again. He smacked his lips a few times, but couldn't say a complete sentence...