Chapter 275: Lightning strikes from the blue
Although Lai Junchen hated everyone, there were people who wanted to put him to death.
But this does not mean that everyone is happy to see that Lai Junchen will be exiled for three thousand miles today for such reasons.
At this moment, everyone's faces collapsed.
It is obvious that the right time to choose this time is right.
If Wu Zetian wanted to "beat" someone else because of this, perhaps the officials present would argue with reason, but the ones who were beating Lai Junchen would have completely different meanings.
When Lai Junchen is hated by others, no one will speak for him.
Lai Junchen is a favorite minister, and even he was abandoned by Your Majesty as if he was abandoned by You, which shows Your Majesty’s love for the Prime Minister.
What kind of message does this convey?
The hall was silent and no one spoke, and everyone seemed to have a bad premonition in their hearts.
Li Xian looked surprised. He hated Lai Junchen very much and even wanted to get rid of it. But now, he was left with panic.
Suddenly, a little fear came from the bottom of his heart on his pale face.
This scene was really too familiar. That familiar scene appeared in his mind one by one like a slide.
The mother who loved him suddenly changed color. Yes, ten years ago, that day was the time of court discussion. He appeared in Xuanzheng Hall as usual. That day, the atmosphere was so strange today. On that day, the sound of footsteps came from outside the hall. He could even clearly recall the friction of the bright light armor on the armored soldier due to the violent movement and the heavy breathing sound.
The boots stepped heavily across the ground, from far to near, like drums and thunder.
That day he saw his mother, who was no longer kind to him. She was surrounded by a group of soldiers. Her eyes were deep and her face was just a faint smile.
That day he also saw his emperor brother Li Dan, who followed his mother tremblingly. He did not look up.
Li obviously had no clarity about his memory at that time. He only saw his mother gently pulling Li Dan's hand, and then Prime Minister Pei Yan read out the imperial edict. At that time, he should have been sitting on the ground. He only heard someone roaring in a sharp voice: "Come to Your Highness, Luling King..."
Several eunuchs wanted to pull Li Xian down. One eunuch grabbed his long sleeves. Li Xian shook it away in panic and shouted loudly: "I am not guilty!"
That day, when he said these three words angrily, it was the same today. The ministers were as silent as death. The eunuchs were sweating profusely, but they could not drag him off the throne. Then his mother suddenly raised her hand. The mother held his younger brother with one hand and raised her hand slightly. The hand once lovingly held Li Xian in his arms, gently caressed his skin when he was still in the cradle. The hand also held him, allowing Li Xian to feel his mother's warm palm. But that day, the hand was raised and immediately. The silent soldier seemed to move, and they held the hilt one by one. With the clanging sound, a piece of sharp blades broke away from the scabbard.
There was a cold wave on the blade, with a whirring chill, but the coolest thing was the human heart!
"I'm innocent!"
"I'm innocent!"
This unwilling voice was just coiled in the hall, but Li Xian already knew that when his mother was heartbroken, everything... was just futile. At that moment, he suddenly raised his eyes and saw the coldness on his mother's face, and... Li Dan seemed to raise his eyes gently. In that eyes, except for a hint of tension, it seemed... there was also greed and yuwang.
Now... Li Xian raised his eyes and looked at Li Dan. Li Dan lowered his head, with a look of panic on his face, but Li Xian's eyes seemed to penetrate Li Dan's heart.
Li Xian began to tremble, trembling uncontrollably. In a blink of an eye, he found that his palm was covered with sweat. The sweat dripped down his fingers and fell into the cold ground. At this moment, his heart continued to sink with the cold sweat.
He pursed his lips and said nothing. The mother's love for Li Dan was like a sharp knife, which completely killed his heart.
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Wu Zetian seemed not to notice her son. She was still angry. Her face was cold, like the ice that had not melted for thousands of years. Her angry voice was still surrounded by the hall: "I have always treated my son equally..."
Haha... Li Xian was laughing in his heart, and he was a little bitter. Do he treat everyone equally? If he treated everyone equally, how could he be so arrogant than the other?
"I am just talking about family relationship with the Prime Minister, and I have caused such gossip. Didn't you say... The Prime Minister has some intentions? OK, very good!"
A strange look flashed through Wu Zetian's eyes: "There is no reason for the Prime Minister to live in the palace? Then, I will entrust the Prime Minister to be the governor of Luoyang, govern the twenty imperial guards, and guard the Luoyang Palace..."
Slammed...
In a panic and shock, everyone became frightened.
The governor of Luoyang, who controls the twenty guards... What an authority is this.
Emperor Taizong was just a general of Tiance at that time. Now, Your Majesty's body is no longer as good as before, and the major changes are only in the evening. However, at this time, Your Majesty actually entrusts all the power to Li Dan.
This... Although the generals of each guard have their own ideas, when the truth comes to an end, there are many room for operation. After all, a prince still holds military power in the inner palace, but the serious prince lives in the Longmen Palace, which is far away. Once something happens to His Majesty, Li Dan can get close to the water tower and get the moon first, block the inner palace, and keep the funeral secret, and at the same time order the arrest of Li Xian.
And at this time, what will the guards choose? No one knows, because no one knows what happened in the palace. If you disobey, but once, this is Your Majesty’s idea. What if Your Majesty is not dead? Disobeying is a serious crime to kill the clan. But if it is executed, wouldn’t it be...
This sudden change has already scared everyone to death.
Li Xian almost sat down.
He may not necessarily want to be the emperor, but he no longer wants to be the King of Luling, he no longer wants to be expelled to the vassal states in panic, he is monitored by countless people, and he does not want to live in panic day and night anymore.
The fate of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji is right in front of you, and it is vivid in my mind. If you don’t get it, it means you will die!
But at this time, Li Dan stood up, and he fell to the ground and said uneasy: "Mother Queen, what kind of virtue is the son's minister? How dare you take on such an important task?"
He is refusing.
But according to the rules in the temple, no one knew whether Li Dan’s rejection was true or false.
Wu Zetian said firmly: "I have decided!"
Li Dan shed tears: "I don't dare to do it, but I can't. My son is raised by Your Majesty. He has a small ambition and is talented. How dare he occupy a high position..."
Wu Zetian stopped talking and said sternly: "I have said it, and I have decided!"
Li Dan stood up silently and stood aside. He still lowered his head. No one could see his eyes, and it was even more impossible for people to look directly into his heart.
Some ministers want to stand up.
But someone suddenly found that when he entered the palace, the palace guards obviously strengthened a lot. Someone raised his eyes in surprise, as if under the shadow of the candle in the hall, there seemed to be someone outside the window of the hall. Wu Zetian's hand was playing with the cup in his hand. Now she didn't speak, and the hall suddenly became silent. In this silent silence, many people seemed to hear breathing in their ears. The breath seemed to be heard outside the hall, and there seemed to be dense armored soldiers lurking around the hall. It seemed that countless people's hands were holding the swords tightly, like tight bowstrings, ready to go.
Suddenly, someone was completely destroyed, and all the righteous words disappeared.
Qin Shaoyou stood in the class, so inconspicuous. He just watched coldly, his eyes shuttled between the two princes, but in the end, his eyes still fell on Wu Zetian.
What is your Majesty...doing?
At this time, Qin Shaoyou was surprisingly calm. He was like a bystander, carefully observing everyone and guessing their thoughts.
Wu Zetian had already stood up at this time, showing a look of fatigue. He stretched out his hand. Shangguan Wan'er, the female official next to her, hurriedly stepped forward to support her. Wu Zetian said lightly: "You all do your own thing, I'm tired."
Wu Zetian had already walked away quietly.
The people who stayed in the hall were still silent.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd couldn't help but murmur: "The weak master and the strong ministers are not a blessing for the country..."
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This sentence seems to be heard by many interested people.
Of course, this so-called lord is not Your Majesty. Obviously, he is talking about His Highness, His Highness, His Highness, who is the strong minister? But he is the current Prime Minister. His Highness has a false reputation, but he has no team or the rights he should have. As a younger brother and a minister, he has imposed military power. Of course, this will not be a blessing for the country.
This sentence expresses everyone's voice.
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Chapter completed!