Chapter 64 You are no longer the emperor
In the Penglai Hall of the Daming Palace, dozens of ministers were advised by joint advice, which aroused the anger of Li Xian, who was discussing with Wei.
Li Xian felt very happy after having accumulated anger for many years. However, after the fun, he became full of worry. Although he was not completely aware of what kind of bad results would occur after a quarrel with the ministers, he knew that his mother, Wu Zetian, would definitely be angry and would not give up. If the mother scolded her and the ministers continued to make trouble, what should we do?
There are not many people around me who can discuss such a big thing, and even fewer people can discuss such a big thing together. It can be said that only Queen Wei is the only one.
In fact, when the ministers came to the palace to persuade him just now, Wei hid behind the curtain and eavesdropped.
A few days ago, she successfully persuaded Li Xian to submit to her relatives as high-ranking officials, and promoted other officials to those whom she and Li Xian won over. She hoped that from then on, Li Xian's right to speak in the court would increase, and the ministers would only follow the emperor's order.
What made her feel so confident was that her son had been made the crown prince and was liked by Wu Zetian. Also, a person with a very heavy weight in the court would definitely support her unconditionally, so naturally Chen Yi, who had an indescribable relationship with her.
But she didn't expect that Chen Yi and his father came to persuade him this time and did not say anything to Li Xian, which made her very worried.
When Li Xian mercilessly rejected the advice of all the ministers and said that even if the world was handed over to the Wei family, Wei was complacent and felt that she had successfully influenced Li Xian and could continue to influence the emperor to do things according to her suggestions. However, she was full of worries and felt that what Li Xian said today was too excessive and the ministers would definitely not give up.
"Your Majesty, what you said today is too impulsive. How can you say this to so many ministers in the palace?" Wei said to Li Xian with concern: "If the empress dowager knows such words, he will definitely be furious. According to what I see, you should go to the empress dowager to explain the situation immediately. In this way, you must not say it in the future!"
He asked him to admit his mistake in front of Wu Zetian and take back what he said just now that he would give the world to Wei Xuanzhen, but Li Xian was reluctant and curled his lips to Wei, "Empress, I am the emperor, I can do anything I want. I have taken charge of the empress dowager now, and the empress dowager is not in charge of the affairs. I can make decisions on any court affairs by myself... Even if the empress dowager apologizes, I will stay for a few days! Today, so many people united to force me, but I don't want to be forced by them. If I surrender today, how can I conquer them in the future? Humph. I have been holding back enough for so many years, so I don't want to continue to shrink my head!"
Li Xian is only in his early twenties this year, and it can be said that he is still at the age of rebellion. After so many years of endurance, he is already too rebellious. His temperament is originally quite strong, which can be seen from the fierce confrontational movements he loves to play polo. However, his personality has been hidden for his lofty goals over the years. But hiding is very deliberate. Once he feels that he doesn't have to hide his personality, his original personality will be fully displayed, even better than the original personality. This is the reason for his rebellious personality.
Show your personality to the fullest, and the pride is fully displayed. It feels naturally very happy. Even if you are a little worried, the main thing that occupies your heart is the pride after venting your emotions!
Seeing that Li Xian was very strong, Wei was quite happy, but he knew that this was inappropriate. Although she was a few years younger than Li Xian, her mind was more mature than Li Xian and she was far more concerned. She still advised him to not act too much. Empress Dowager Wu Zetian could not be angry for the time being and wanted to admit his mistake. Finally, under Wei's kind-hearted advice and tender attack, Li Xian reluctantly agreed, but expressed that he wanted him to rest for a while and then pass after calming down.
Wei also recognized it and pounded Li Xian's back considerately. At the same time, he also recommended some people he thought were good to Li Xian, including Wei's children, and others who showed good to her, hoping that these people would be valued by the court.
Li Xian listened carefully to what Wei said and asked carefully about the situation of the people Wei said.
Just after the two of them were talking intimately and occasionally flirting, they heard noises outside the Penglai Palace, which was very loud. Both of them were shocked and didn't know what was going on!
Wei immediately stood up and was about to order the palace servants waiting to see the situation. But before she finished her instructions, she saw an eunuch rolling in from outside, kneeling in front of her, crying and reporting: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good. The Yulin Army surrounded the Penglai Palace, and no one can get out!"
"What?"
Both Li Xian and Wei were scared and looked deserted. Wei walked to the eunuch who knelt on the ground and was so scared that he collapsed into a group of people. He shouted sternly: "What are you saying? The Yulin Army surrounded Penglai Palace?"
Li Xian was completely frightened. His pride just now was gone. He couldn't even stand up and could not speak. He just pointed at the eunuch and couldn't ask anything he wanted.
Although Wei was frightened and looked deserted, he forced himself to calm down. He glanced at Li Xian who was at a loss, gritted his teeth and quickly walked out of the hall. He looked out through the crack of the door. He saw that the soldiers of the Yulin Army had surrounded the Penglai Hall, not allowing the people inside the hall to go out, nor allowing the people outside the hall to come in. Wei, who had figured out what was going on, felt that the sky had collapsed, and ran back to the hall a few steps and told Li Xian about the situation. She had already regretted it deeply. It can be said that she never expected that such a situation would happen no matter how she thought about it. This must be the measure taken by Wu Zetian, who was preparing to force something with force.
Wei knew the weight of the imperial guards, so he also wanted to arrange his two brothers into the Yulin Army through Li Xian, but before the two brothers took office, things became so out of control.
After confirming that it was the Yulin Army soldiers who were besieging Penglai Palace, Li Xian was scared to tears, collapsed on the ground, his body shook like a sieve, and his face was wiped with tears.
Wei was quite calm. After panicking for a while, she forced herself to calm down. She told Li Xian not to panic, she would come up with a solution!
While Wei was comforting Li Xian, she also tried hard to find a solution. She finally came up with some solutions for her and told Li Xian not to panic. He was the emperor and the queen. Everyone should listen to them. The people outside were treason. She immediately went out to scold the soldiers of the Yulin Army and let the soldiers obey the emperor's orders!
After reluctantly comforting Li Xian, Wei called out several eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in the palace, changed her clothes for her, and walked out of the hall gate in person, preparing to negotiate with the surrounding Yulin Army generals, ordered the Yulin Army soldiers to retreat, and were preparing to send people out of the palace secretly, urgently summoned some trusted ministers and leading generals to come into the palace to protect the emperor and quell the "rebellion"!
She was also planning to let someone notify Chen Yi and let Chen Yi deal with this matter. Chen Yi is a general of the Zuo Yulin Army and speaks very heavily in the entire imperial guards. In her estimate, this must be a soldier of the You Yulin Army. If Chen Yi can lead the Zuo Yulin Army soldiers over, the crisis can be solved, and he can even take this opportunity to solve all problems once and for all.
Isn’t there any opportunity in crisis, crisis, danger?
But Wei was disappointed. No one paid attention to her among the imperial guards surrounded outside the hall. She couldn't even walk out of the hall gate, let alone the others, she was hopeless to inform Chen Yi to lead the army!
"Your Majesty, you are the emperor. I will accompany you out, and the soldiers will definitely obey!" Wei had no choice but to come up with this idea!
The purpose of ordering the Yulin Army soldiers to withdraw is a solution. Only after the Yulin Army soldiers who besieged Penglai Palace can do other things!
Under Empress Wei's instigation, Li Xian put on court clothes, walked to the palace gate, and acted as an emperor, and asked the Yulin Army soldiers to withdraw with the orders of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He wanted to speak to the Empress Dowager. Empress Wei kept scolding and scolding the Yulin Army soldiers to rebel, which was a crime of great rebellion, but no one paid attention to them. All the imperial guards stood with their backs to them, no one paid attention to them, no one paid attention to them if Li Xian and Wei scolded each other!
Just as Li Xian and Wei kept scolding and scolding the Yulin Army soldiers, several cavalry rushed in from afar and did not stop until in front of Penglai Hall. When these people arrived, the Yulin Army soldiers besieged Penglai Hall automatically made way and let these people come in.
After seeing who was coming, Wei was overjoyed. However, Chen Yi, Pei Xingjian, Wei Xuantong, Helan Minzhi, Pei Yan and others came together. As if seeing the savior, Wei let go of the hand holding Li Xianxiu and rushed towards Chen Yi and his party, but was blocked by the Yulin Army soldiers. "Li Xian, Wei will receive the order!" Wei Xuantong carried an imperial edict and shouted loudly.
Without any hesitation, almost subconsciously, Li Xian knelt on the ground with a plop.
I don’t know where to throw my heroic spirit just now. If someone saw Li Xian’s performance just now and a while ago, he would definitely be shocked. There would be such a person who changed so quickly. It’s really weird.
This is the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian. The general idea is that Li Xian committed the crime of treason and wanted to hand over the Tang Dynasty to the Wei family. This is something that heaven and earth cannot tolerate. He also announced: "... Li Xian was deposed as King of Luling, and the crown prince Li Chongrun was changed to the emperor..."
"What crime did I commit?" Li Xian, who was sloppy on the ground, murmured, "I am the emperor, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, no one can depose my position as emperor... You... you are plotting against you, I want to arrest you all and serve you in great punishment!"
"Hmph, King Luling, accept the order. You are no longer the emperor, but the King Luling!" Helan Minzhi said sarcastically: "If you have anything to say, go to the Queen Mother and say it!"
As he said that, Helan Minzhi showed a sense of pride after revenge. After snorting, he left with his sleeves, and Pei Xingjian also left.
Chapter completed!