Damn it, no chance! As soon as Li Xian saw Gaozong collapse, his heart sank, because he knew very well that the best chance to bring down Empress Wu had been lost with Gaozong's fall.
It's all gone. The reason is very simple. It doesn't take much. As long as Gaozong is unconscious for a while, it is enough for Empress Wu to erase all valuable clues. If she wants to encounter such a good opportunity next time, she really doesn't know how long it will take.
Yes, but disappointed, Li Xian's reaction was not slow at all. He quickly stood up and exclaimed: "Father!"
"Come here, call the imperial doctor quickly!"
Empress Wu's reaction was obviously not much slower than that of Li Xian. She had been wiping her tears calmly before. Seeing Gaozong fall, she immediately stretched out her hand to support Gaozong's limp body and screamed anxiously.
"promise!"
The Yulin officers and soldiers who had previously rushed into the hall after hearing Gaozong's call were all confused when they saw Gaozong fall. They did not bother to ask what the purpose of Gaozong's previous summons was, and hurriedly responded.
After making the promise, someone called all the imperial doctors who were waiting outside the palace into the palace, and they were busy around Gaozong for a long time. However, because he did not dare to take action easily, Gaozong never woke up.
"Your Majesty, your majesty is grieving so much that you have fainted. You must have a good life and be recuperated. You must not be irritated again. The ministers and others have discussed a few prescriptions. I will nurse your majesty back to health first. The rest will be tolerated.
Ministers will make further plans."
A group of imperial doctors gathered around Gaozongwang for a long time, and after discussing in low voices, one of the oldest imperial physicians came forward to report.
"Thank you for your trouble. When someone comes, I will send His Majesty back to the apse to rest immediately."
Upon hearing that Gaozong was fine, Empress Wu seemed to be greatly relieved, thanked the old doctor, and then shouted at the eunuchs who were standing by in fear.
"My servants, please obey your orders."
Most of the eunuchs waiting in the hall were Empress Wu's confidants, so naturally they would not object to Empress Wu's orders. As for the few newcomers promoted by Emperor Gaozong, even if they wanted to object, they did not have the courage, so they could only
Everyone bowed and promised, they rushed forward, and with all their hands and feet, they lifted Gaozong on the dragon bed and turned to the back hall.
"All of you, please step back!"
As soon as Gaozong left, Empress Wu's face immediately became stern. With an extremely cold wave of her hand, she drove everyone in the palace out of the palace, leaving only Li Xian.
"Is it true that Xian'er said earlier that Sun Quanfu was falsely preaching the imperial edict?"
After everyone left, Empress Wu did not speak immediately. Instead, she sat on the dragon bed and looked at Li Xian indifferently for a while before she asked calmly.
"When I return to my mother, I will not dare to deceive my mother with lies. This incident was witnessed by many people. Hundreds of people under Zuoyu Lin Army's General Xue Rengui and Lang General Xue Tao witnessed it with their own eyes."
Li Xian was not afraid of Empress Wu's indifferent eyes at all. He saluted meticulously and answered with indignation.
"Well, if mother knows about this, she will never let Xian'er suffer the injustice in vain. Now that the prince has just left, your father..., well, mother is in a state of confusion. It doesn't matter, mother will issue an edict right now.
Check, Xian'er, please go back to the palace and wait." Empress Wu stretched out her right hand, gently touched her forehead, made a look of discomfort, sighed, and said casually that she was about to send Li Xian away.
go out.
Okay? What a fart! How could Li Xian believe Empress Wu's promise, let alone stay in such a dangerous place in the palace? You must know that this place has been operated by Empress Wu for many years, and God knows how many people in the palace belong to Empress Wu.
Manpower, if another accident happens next, even if Li Xian himself is not afraid, he still has to think about his two lovely wives, but it is obviously not that easy to escape. Looking at Empress Wu's posture, there is no such thing as this
The meaning of letting Li Xian go out of the palace.
"Mother, as a prince, I should take care of my mother's worries. Today, the prince's brother has gone without any explanation. I request you to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I sincerely ask for your mother's permission."
Li Xian knew that the only chance to escape smoothly was to use offense as defense, and he was betting that Empress Wu would not dare to agree to his request. After all, Li Xian had repeatedly solved important cases in the past few years, and he was even the best at solving crimes in the current dynasty.
For the sake of the country, even if Empress Wu wiped the matter cleanly, Li Xian would not be able to find out the clues. Empress Wu might not dare to take this risk.
"I'm afraid it's not good for Xian'er to have such intention. However, this matter cannot be handled by Xian'er. Things under the melon fields and plums must be guarded. No need to say more. Xian'er should go back to the palace and wait.
Mom feels so sad, so I won’t show off my son any more.”
Empress Wu immediately rejected Li Xian's request and insisted on keeping Li Xian in the palace. It was obvious that Empress Wu must have other arrangements on her end.
"The lesson learned by the Queen Mother is that the prince's brother has just left, and the situation in the court may change. If the child stays in the palace again, it is inevitable that he will be blamed by Li Xia in the melon field. In order to avoid misunderstandings in the world, I sincerely ask the Queen Mother for your permission to leave the palace and return to the palace now.
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Li Xian was a man of unparalleled eloquence. As soon as he caught a flaw in Empress Wu's words, he immediately used his own spear to attack his shield.
"It's okay, mother is right, you just have no idea."
Empress Wu was so slapped by Li Xian that she immediately felt a little embarrassed to get off the stage. She glanced at Li Xian coldly and saw that Li Xian had no intention of giving in. Her face couldn't help but look a little ugly, but Li Xian didn't take soft and hard measures either.
Seemingly helpless, in desperation, he could only wave his hand impatiently and issue an eviction order.
"Mother, please express my condolences. I, son and minister, will retire."
Li Xian didn't want to stay for a moment longer. After bowing respectfully, he resolutely exited the Qianyuan Hall, not caring at all about the resentful eyes coming from behind.
"I will see you at last, Your Highness!"
When Li Xianxing arrived at Wuyun Hall, although the sun had not yet risen, it was already bright. The sharp-eyed Xue Tao saw Li Xian walking slowly at the first sight, and immediately strode forward to greet him, carefully saluting and asking.
install.
"Thank you for your hard work, General Xue."
Li Xian had a good impression of generals like Xue Tao who were from the frontier army, and he did not hold a grudge against him because he led his troops to stop him before. Now when he saw Xue Tao running up to him with fear and fear on his face, Li Xian would not embarrass him, so he
Xu raised his hand and replied kindly.
"His Highness, Gao Hesheng was previously defeated, but Eunuch Gao came and said that the Queen Mother had given an order to take the four father-in-laws who had offended His Highness to be punished. The general did not dare to stop them, so I asked Your Highness Haihan to do so."
Xue Tao obviously felt guilty. The more gentle Li Xian was, the more frightened and uneasy he became. He suppressed his blush, lowered his head, did not dare to look into Li Xian's eyes, and stammered in his mouth to report the report.
What an old thief, your hands and feet are really fast! Li Xian knew that he could no longer use the death of the prince to bring down Empress Wu, so he didn't care much about the life and death of the four thug-level eunuchs. Even so,
Hearing that Empress Wu wiped off her tail so quickly, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little angry, but he couldn't get angry at an outsider like Xue Tao, so he could only reply indifferently: "I understand.
, General Xue just goes about his business."
"promise."
When Gao Hesheng came to take the people away, Xue Tao had hesitated, but he didn't have the courage to disobey Empress Wu's instructions. He could only watch Gao Hesheng take all four suspects away, always worried in his heart.
Li Xian would not be able to deliver business when he came back. Seeing that Li Xian didn't seem to care, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't dare to be more verbose, and hurriedly responded and retreated to the roadside with great respect.
"Your Highness, you are back."
In the back hall of Wuyun Hall, Gao Miao was running around anxiously. When he saw Li Xian walking out of the corridor, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward, greeting him with concern.
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"Well, let's make arrangements and Gu will leave the palace right now."
Li Xian was very assured of Gao Miao's loyalty and ability, and did not explain, but just gave instructions with a calm face.
"Yes, slave, I'll do it now."
Although Gao Miao had not witnessed the previous conflict between Li Xian and Sun Quanfu, he had seen the result. He knew that the palace was now a dangerous place. Knowing that he could leave, he felt a lot more relieved.
Regardless of the reason, he responded and hurried to order the maids who were accompanying him to pack their bags.
"Your Highness."
"Your Highness."
In the dormitory, Zhao Qiong and Princess Mingyue were already fully dressed and were sitting on the edge of the bed, talking in a low voice. Suddenly, they saw Li Xian turning around from the screen.
"Well, let's get up and go back to the house."
Li Xian came first because he didn't want the second daughter to worry. Secondly, he didn't intend for the second daughter to participate in the cruel game of palace competition. He didn't want to explain to the second daughter more. He just waved his hand and gave concise instructions.
There was a sound.
"Your Highness, what happened? I heard that the prince seems to have passed away, but is it true?"
Princess Mingyue was born in a royal family, so she knew the rules of the Tian family and did not dare to ask questions easily. However, Zhao Qiong had no such scruples and started asking questions straightforwardly.
"Well, let's go back home."
Having been married for two generations, Li Xian knew Zhao Qiong's outspoken temperament and would not care about his recklessness, but he would never say more about it. He just responded vaguely and pressed his hand to signal Zhao Qiong not to
When I asked more questions, the two girls saw this and did not dare to say anything more. After looking at each other, they hurriedly packed up in silence...
"Damn it, who's messing around there!"
Li Xian never liked getting up early, and he drank too much at the banquet yesterday. Even though it was already broad daylight, Li Xian was still sleeping soundly with his famous concubine in his arms. He could vaguely hear the door slamming.
He immediately became angry, lifted up the thin quilt on his body, sat up suddenly, and cursed at the top of his voice. However, the person outside the room not only did not stop knocking on the door, but actually knocked a little harder.
Li Xian was completely irritated. He jumped off the ground with bare feet, rushed to the door with a few strides, and pulled the door open with all his strength, intending to give that blind thing a hard blow.
"Your Highness, it's not good. Something big has happened. The prince has passed away. He has passed away..."
The person who knocked on the door outside the room was Zhang Che. Seeing Li Xian open the door, Zhang Che ignored Li Xian's anger and hurriedly started shouting.
"What?"
As soon as he heard that the prince was dead, Li Xian was stunned. Immediately, a burst of surprise mixed with ecstasy surged uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart, and his eyes instantly glowed with joy...