Xian Xian

Chapter 119: Ambition

The queen drew the emperor from the dragon chair, and the news came out that the emperor was imprisoned in the palace, and the whole city was shocked.

Li Changle returned to the vulgar according to Li Ze’s will, and has now moved back to the imperial palace from Taoist temple. Today she was as usual, sleeping comfortably until she woke up naturally. After she got up, she spent an hour dressing up and dressing up. She was lazily thinking about having fun and sending time, when she heard the maid’s message that the emperor was imprisoned. Woke up.

Li Changle was shocked, the velvet flower in his hand fell to the ground. She didn’t know why her mother did this kind of thing, let alone when her mother began to think like this, such a big coup, she was like an outsider and knew nothing. Li Changle sat blankly for a moment, reacted abruptly, stood up and said, “Where is the emperor now? I want to see the emperor.”

After Li Huai left Xuanzheng Hall, he was taken to Honghui Hall under house arrest. Empress Liu didn’t know what was going on. She was just enjoying the queen’s blessing, when suddenly a group of people rushed in and pulled her into a partial hall. Empress Liu was shocked and kept patting the door for help, but no one took care of her at all.

“Queen, don’t try.” Li Huai’s voice sounded faintly from the depths of the palace. Empress Liu turned her head and saw Li Huai sitting in the shadows. He was still wearing imperial costumes, but he didn’t have a trace of imperial spirit.

Empress Liu pressed her courageously and asked, “Sage, what’s going on? Is there a rebellion outside?”

Li Huai bitterly took the corner of his mouth: “The rebellion of the rebellious minister is false, but the change of dynasty is true. His mother was appointed as the regent on behalf of the court.”

Empress Liu widened her eyes in surprise, unable to understand what she had heard. Queen Mother Regent? However, only the emperor is young? The queen mother is assisted, and now Li Huai is doing well? How can he get the queen regent?

Empress Liu slowly sat on the ground. She looked at this remote and desolate palace, and gradually realized that this was probably her home for the rest of her life. It’s hard to say whether they can live for half a lifetime, maybe one day they are in a bad mood? So they will be killed.

Empress Liu and Li Huai were paralyzed on the ground, neither of them spoke. The hall of Honghui is quiet, and the movement outside can be vaguely heard. There seemed to be someone coming outside, speaking eagerly to the palace. Li Huai heard the familiar voice, and suddenly raised his head: “A Le? A Le, is that you?”

Li Huai hurried to the door. At this time, the palace door was pushed open from the outside. He thought it was Li Changle, but before he was happy, he saw two cold servants come in. They were expressionless, although they were in a respectful tone, but their eyes were full of beaks: “Sage, the queen mother let you be here? Introspect, please go to the palace and stay in the palace.”

Across the door, Li Huai saw that Li Changle was outside the Honghui Hall. She sternly rebuked the guards and wanted to enter the palace gate, but the guards were not moved at all. Finally, Li Changle tried to break through and was held by two guards and dragged them directly. Got out.

“Presumptuous, this palace is the eldest princess, you dare to treat me like this…”

The sound of Li Changle’s struggle faded away, and the crack of the door closed tightly with a rumbling. Li Huai closed his eyes, knowing he had no luck.

The Queen loves Li Changle the most, and she usually can’t bear to say a heavy sentence. But now, Li Changle was dragged away by the soldiers without any pity. There is no exception for Li Changle, let alone him?

“Sage.” The two eunuchs smiled without a smile, and stretched out their arms gloomily, “Please.”

Li Changle was almost mad. She carried her skirt and ran towards the Hall of Longevity with a cold face. The female officer outside the hall saw her and wanted to stop her, but was pushed away by Li Changle: “Aniang, I have something to ask you.”

Tianhou was listening to people in the hall. Hearing Li Changle’s voice, Tianhou shook her hand, and the female officer immediately stopped her voice and retreated. The female officer passed by Li Changle. Li Changle glanced coldly, and still shouted to the Queen in angrily: “Aniang, the group of guards outside Honghui Hall are so courageous, how dare to be disrespectful to the eldest princess.”

The Queen of Heaven leaned on Pingshi and said slowly: “You? Are you so bold? You dare to yell in front of the mother.”

Tianhou’s voice was light and shallow, but she instantly pushed Li Changle down with her teeth and dancing claws. Li Changle curbed his arrogance, kneeled down in front of the Queen like a deer, and gently beat the Queen’s leg: “Manny, I didn’t mean to be disrespectful to you, but… but that group of reckless men deceived people too much. I’m the eldest princess, under the closed palace? Where can I go? I just wanted to enter the Honghui Hall to get a kite, but they actually stopped me and pushed me away.”

Li Changle opened his sleeves and showed the queen the red marks on his arms: “Aniang, you? Look, this is the mark pinched out by them. I am the princess. Could it be that a group of villagers came across it? I’m so angry, it’s time to chop off their hands.”

The Queen of Heaven took a look and said, “Don’t blame them, it’s me who gave the order not to let anyone approach the Honghui Hall.”

Li Changle was choked. She blinked, pretending to be silly, and said, “Why? Honghui Hall is just a cold palace, and there are no important things in it? What is important, why…”

“Not in the future.” The Queen of Heaven had just gotten the power, she still had a lot of things to do, she wanted to make arrangements, and she really didn’t have time to mess around with Li Changle. The Queen interrupted Li Changle’s words and said: “From now on, that will be the forbidden area in the palace, and you can’t get near it. If you want to fly a kite, please change to another spacious place.”

Li Changle’s lips moved. She looked at the woman with luxurious makeup in front of her, and she couldn’t imagine that this was her mother. In Li Changle’s impression, his father is kind, his mother is a special pet, and his brother is in control. Their family is obviously perfect. When did the family become like this?

Li Changle knew that her careful thoughts could not be hidden from the Queen. She nestled beside her mother as she did when she was a child, and cautiously said: “Mammam, father is gone, brother is gone, we are the only ones left in our family. If brother does something wrong, you can teach him, why do you want to lock him up? A-niang, I will admit his mistake on behalf of brother, and I promise him to correct it, you? Let him out, okay?”

The Queen looked at her little daughter’s innocent, round, deer-like eyes, and thought that she was really an inexperienced child? The child, like Li Huai, grew up in a greenhouse and didn’t know the political evil at all. What did Li Huai do wrong? He didn’t do anything wrong, his fault was the first emperor’s? Son, the emperor Yingzhao ascended the throne.

The Queen didn’t move her face, and said to Li Changle lightly: “A Le, these things have nothing to do with you. Guci sent a batch of tributes, you? Go pick a few you like.”

This kind of situation often happened before. Li Ze and Tian Hou never talked to Li Changle about anything, and only let her play with peace of mind. Once Li Changle was so happy, she felt that she was spoiled, to be a happy one? Little princess, don’t have to worry about anything, how nice it is. But now, Li Changle burst into anger…and humiliation.

What does the diva treat her as a pet? When Li Changle raises a bird, he will also feed it with the best water and rice and cover the most gorgeous cage. However, what does the owner want to do? A bird is not qualified to intervene.

Li Changle’s eyes flashed: “Aniang, we are obviously close relatives, brother A is your biological son!”

Why did her mother become like this? If the person sitting on the throne is Li Xu, Li Changle can still understand what the queen did, but it is Li Huai, the birth son of the queen. Tiger poison still doesn’t eat seeds, how can the diva be so cruel?

Is it her? What about her own son? The Queen was unmoved, and said to the court lady behind: “Send Princess Guangning back to the palace to rest.”

The court lady promised to serve Li Changle. Li Changle didn’t know how to rush into an evil fire. She patted the maid’s hand away, and got up from the ground by herself: “I can go by myself.”

With tears hanging around his eyes, Li Changle rushed out the door angrily. When he walked out of the Hall of Longevity, Li Changle happened to meet the visitor.

Li Chaoge passed by Li Changle in court clothes. The clothes on Li Chaoge’s body have been specially changed, the shoulders are narrower, the waist is thinner, and the straps are also raised. This official uniform is closer to the woman’s stature, wearing a tall, slender, solemn and noble air on her.

Li Chaoge and Li Changle walked across, but she didn’t even glance aside. The maid behind saw her and hurriedly asked for peace: “Princess Sheng Yuan is here, please go inside.”

Li Chaoge nodded faintly, and was surrounded by the stars of the palace. Li Changle couldn’t help but stopped, turned his head, and looked at that person’s back for a long time.

Li Changle finally noticed that the palace people’s title for them had changed from “the eldest princess” to “princess”. The emperor’s daughter is called the princess, his sisters are called the eldest princess, and his aunt is called the eldest princess. Now Li Huai is in power. According to the ritual system, she and Li Chaoge are both eldest princesses, but the people in Tianhou Palace quietly changed their titles.

This is impossible to happen in the palace where the head is raised to talk and the cat’s waist is walking. Mistake.

Seeing that Li Changle had been parked for a long time, the palace lady could not help but whispered: “Princess Guangning.”

Li Changle returned to her senses, she didn’t say a word, and walked towards her palace with a sullen face.

After Li Chaoge entered the Hall of Longevity, his face was pale when he saw Tian Hou leaning on Pingshi. Li Chaoge thought of Li Changle who had just left here, guessing that an unpleasant conversation should have happened just now.

Li Chaoge constricted his eyes and saluted: “Queen Mother.”

Seeing Li Chaoge coming, the queen immediately sorted out her emotions and asked, “How about the Forbidden Army?”

“Duanmen and the left and right doors are business as usual. The children have just gone to check in person, and all positions have been replaced by trustworthy people.”

The queen nodded and said, “That’s good.”

The Queen relied on surprise attacks to ban the emperor, but after all, this was Li Tang’s? Jiangshan, the subjects and people were born on the side of the emperor. The regime has never been free of military power. If someone rushes into the imperial city and directly kills the Queen, it will be useless for Queen Ren to have more political wisdom.

Therefore, the safety of city gates and palace gates is the top priority for any incident.

The Queen’s expression was very calm, and said: “I am wholeheartedly for the good of this country, but some officials always fight against me for selfish desires. Especially now, the emperor is very sad because of the death of the first emperor and can’t manage politics. I miss the emperor? Filial piety, keep him in the palace? Shou filial piety, but others always want to disturb the emperor’s clear rest. Chaoge, you? Your subordinate? Can people come out in large numbers, I heard that there is a woman born with yin and yang eyes, who can talk to ghosts. Those ministers can guard against people. , But you don’t know how to guard against ghosts, these days you? Work harder and stare at them in private? What are you talking and doing. If someone assembles privately, plots secretly, or intends to get close to the Honghui Temple, no matter how big or small, you? Write down their words on a piece of paper and pass it to me the next day. I want to? Look at the back of this group of respectable families.”

Li Chaoge’s face was calm, and his palms were quietly clenched. To change the meaning of this passage, isn’t it to monitor the officials.

But Li Chaoge has no right to choose. The Queen is suspicious. There will always be secret agencies in Dongdu. Rather than waiting for others to monitor her, it is better for Li Chaoge to act first and take the power of monitoring in his own hands.

Li Chaoge calmly raised his palm and responded softly?: “Yes.”

Li Chaoge and Tian Hou reported on other things. Today’s coup d’état, although it looks sunny and calm, there are many factors of instability in private. Here is the Queen of Heaven? Resolutely defending the victory situation, the courtiers outside are also constantly working hard to rescue the emperor.

A coup is easy for a while, but it is difficult to maintain the rule.

After Li Chaoge left, Tian Hou got up and stood on the steps, looking at the sun outside for a long time. The flying birds stopped at the corners of the eaves, chirping, and they noticed someone below them. They fluttered their wings and fled away quickly.

The back of the sky stared at everything under his feet expressionlessly, the Ziwei Palace was solemn and majestic, and the buildings were scattered around. A woman wearing a court dress walked away slowly, and the palace people on both sides saw her and all backed away and saluted.

This is the palace, the most ruthless? And the most dazzling place. How many princes and generals are here? The rise and fall, the queen thinks that the talent is not inferior to those people, but the Liu Bang grass bandit is still able to become the emperor. As a woman, even her favorite little daughter is questioning her.

Sichen Maiji is the only source of the family. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for a woman to be an emperor. But she just didn’t believe it.

Li Zeneng, Li Huaineng, why can’t she Wu Zhao?

When Li Chaoge left the Hall of Longevity, she stepped on the sunlight outside and sighed inwardly.

She was very familiar with the secret interrogation, the patrol and arrest, and the direct hearing. Because of his previous life, Li Chaoge was doing this.

She has led several major cases, and countless relatives and relatives have been implicated in her conspiracy. Every day people outside Duanmen were beheaded, and the stones were soaked in red with blood. During that time, the East Capital was full of grass and trees, and the rumors, especially Li Chaoge, had become the evil star that everyone shunned.

Li Chaoge can stop the fame of children’s night cry, which spread out since then? She and the town demon division became synonymous with the era of terror reign of Empress Wu.

In the end, Li Chaoge couldn’t get away. She was like a gambler who was put on a gambling table. She had no right to stop and she had to gamble all the time. Want to become famous? What is the difference between the body and the head.

In this life, Li Chaoge took a lot of effort to change the situation, and she didn’t want to be the emperor’s knife to vent his personal vengeance. But now she found that it didn’t seem to be much different.

The dark age of lynching and torture is coming.

Li Chaoge first went to check the city defenses, then entered the palace and reported to Tianhou. When she returned to the town demon division, it had been a long time since the next court. Li Chaoge thought that she could finally stop for a while, but when she approached the Town Demon Division, her footsteps slowly stopped.

Someone was waiting for her at the door.

A major event happened today. The imperial city was full of vegetation. He stood at the door, ignoring the crowds coming and going, standing motionless. The guards of the Town Demon Division were very embarrassed. When they saw Li Chaoge coming back, they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly clasped their fists: “Commander, Pei Sheren insists on waiting for you at the door? The humble duty has been fruitless for a long time…”

Neither Li Chaoge nor Pei Ji’an paid any attention to what the guard said. Pei Ji’an turned around and fixedly looked at Li Chaoge: “Princess Shengyuan, I have something to say to the princess.”

The Dali Temple next door frequently enters and exits, and everyone can’t help but look at them when they pass by. Li Chaoge’s face was faint and said, “Pei Sheren stopped at the door. Maybe others would want to? The town demon department has no way to treat guests. If you have anything, come in? Let’s talk about it.”

In the main hall, the yamen came in for tea and closed the doors and windows for the two when they went out. Li Chaoge and Pei Ji’an sat down as the host, and neither of them meant to drink tea. Li Chaoge said coldly: “Say something quickly.”

Pei Ji quietly looked at Li Chaoge above. This was the first time the two got along privately after tearing their faces last time. Unexpectedly, it was this kind of relationship again.

Pei Ji’an stared at Li Chaoge motionlessly and asked, “Do you? Know what you are doing?”

Li Chaoge fiddled with tea cup, his tone was casual: “I know.”

Pei Ji’an was so angry that he endured it again? He lowered his voice and said, “Then you still do this? The previous lesson? Have you not eaten enough?” Here? This is the town demon division, the only one who doesn’t have the eyeliner of the queen. ?place. Pei Ji’an couldn’t even believe in the Pei family, but dared to express his conscience in front of Li Chaoge.

The “before” in Pei Ji’an’s words refers to the past life. Li Chaoge silently looked at the tea leaves stretched out in the tea cup, and suddenly pushed the thing away, saying, “Otherwise? If I don’t make a knife, then I have to be the meat on someone else’s cutting board. I know exactly what I’m doing. ”

“Flying birds do their best to hide their bows, sly rabbits do not kill them. None of those cool officials have ended up well, you? Why do you think you are an exception?”

“Pei Ji’an, you? Enough!” Li Chaoge suddenly broke out. She stared at Pei Ji’an hard, her eyes full of clearness, “You? Think I don’t know you? Do you mean it? You? Want to convince me to help you save Li. Get pregnant. I’m not Li Changle, I’m not that stupid. The Queen is in power, and I’m the commander of the Town Demon Division with power. If I change to Li Huai, what can you give me?”

Pei Ji’an was choked for a while, he paused?, and said: “You? Think I’m just for King Zhao? I’m for you?. Zhao Wangrenshan, he can at least protect you? Carefree, Ronghua life, but the queen is cloudy and sunny Uncertain, suspicious and jealous, you? Follow her, how do you know whether tomorrow is dead or alive?”

Li Chaoge knows that Pei Ji’an is right? She clenched her fingers tightly, and the light in her eyes could not be fixed. In the end, it became inexhaustible. Sui Sui: “I ask for wealth and danger, I am willing.”

Outside, Bai Qianhe lay on the window of the east hall, staring at the main hall: “Kick everyone out, and keep the doors and windows closed. Hey, you? What are they talking about inside?”

Ma Linlang didn’t understand Bai Qianhe’s enthusiasm for gossip very well. She reminded: “An Xin do your thing? Right, the commander and Pei Sheren are not in our turn to care.”

Bai Qianhe snorted disgustedly: “Who cares about the government? Those who are kidnapped and scammed, and the parents are short in the family. Why are Pei She people alone to find the commander? And standing outside the door for so long, I can’t wait. It means that the commander will not leave. Although the commander is married, it is said that he and Gu Shaoqing are separated from the two houses, and they can’t get together and can’t even speak a few words when they meet. Gu Shaoqing’s personality is indeed? It’s a bit boring, and the princess has a different taste. Can understand…”

Bai Qianhe was enjoying himself? Imagine, suddenly seeing Ma Linlang coughing hard, and coughing while looking back. Bai Qianhe felt that something was wrong, turned his head stiffly, and saw the “boring” in his mouth? Gu Shaoqing was standing under the porch? His face was like a crown jade, her starry eyes were lacquered, and she looked at him calmly.

Obviously, I heard all Bai Qianhe’s words.

Bai Qianhe gasped, and at that moment felt that he was complete in his life, and he could go to reincarnation with peace of mind. Mo Linlang hurried to the outside of the hall, pushed Bai Qianhe hard and pushed him away from the window, then smiled and said to Gu Mingke, “Gu Shaoqing, why are you here?”

Because of a guilty conscience, Mo Linlang’s tone was cautious and full of flattery. Gu Mingke glanced at the main hall where the doors and windows were closed, and asked, “Where is the commander?”

Ma Linlang smiled dryly, glanced at her wildly, thinking quickly: “The command makes her busy…”

Mo Linlang’s voice fell, and the door of the main hall opened from inside. Li Chaoge stood at the door, looking tired: “Gu Shaoqing is busy with his business, how do you think of the Town Demon Division today?”

Gu Mingke swept behind Li Chaoge and smiled softly: “Dali Temple has received a new case and needs the cooperation of the commander. However, the commander seems to be busy?”

Li Chaoge turned around, glanced at Pei Ji’an lightly, and said, “No. What case does Dali Temple have?”

Pei Ji’an walked to the door, and meeting in this situation was really unpleasant, Pei Ji’an scribbled his head, even if he had said hello. Gu Mingke was cold and beautiful, and said unhurriedly: “An ordinary case. If the commander has a guest, I will come back later.”

Li Chaoge had already walked out of the hall door, opened the door wide, and said: “The talk is over, Pei Sheren will leave now. Official business matters, what does Gu Shaoqing need? I will cooperate?”

At this point, Pei Ji’an won’t be able to leave. Pei Ji’an can only say: “Since Dali Temple has official duties, I can’t interrupt, so I’ll leave. Commander, Gu Shaoqing, see you later.”

Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke nodded slightly, even in return. Pei Ji’an didn’t want to meet Gu Mingke, so he picked the other side of the corridor. When he went out, he heard Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge say: “Someone reported the case to Dali Temple, but the file was sent to the town demon division a few days ago. Please direct the transfer of the file to Dali Temple…”

Pei Ji’an stepped out of the middle door, and the voice behind him could not be heard. Pei Ji’an sarcastically laughed, and talked about official duties. This was really a universal excuse.

He stood at the gate of the Town Demon Division for so long, and Gu Mingke did not respond. After Li Chaoge came back, he and Li Chaoge had a private chat, and Gu Mingke suddenly needed the dossier.

Pei Ji’an sneered coldly. Although he was disdainful, he was still very angry.

The functions of the Town Demon Division and Dali Temple overlap, and the government offices are also built next to each other, and often some files are shared. Li Chaoge was not surprised, and took Gu Mingke to take the scroll: “For such a small matter, sending errands is enough, you? Why did you come here in person?”

Gu Mingke paused, and then said without changing his face: “This case is serious, and the information must not be leaked until it is found out. It is not safe to run errands to get the files, so let me do it.”

Li Chaoge nodded, but didn’t doubt Gu Mingke’s words. She walked into the east hall, pulled a few drawers on the wall, and asked: “The most recent? Cases are stored here?, and the more distant? You have to go to the archives. Which case do you want?”

“The case of the loss of chickens and poultry in Baima Temple.”

Li Chaoge took the file? He paused slightly and looked back at Gu Mingke incredulously: “You? Didn’t you mean the big case?”

Gu Mingke looked at Li Chaoge frankly and innocently: “All beings are equal, and the fate of chickens and birds is also fate. This kind of thing happened in the Buddhist school, and it is even more horrible. Is this case not a big one?”

Li Chaoge’s eyes widened, his lips moved slightly, and finally he said nothing. She flicked gently with her slender fingers, picked up a scroll accurately, and threw it at Gu Mingke: “Are you robbing our case?”

The case of the White Horse Temple was clearly reported to the Town Demon Division, but Dali Temple turned out to be stubborn.

Gu Mingke caught the scroll effortlessly and threw the scroll back to her as soon as he turned his finger: “Then you come.”

Li Chaoge caught it, took a look, and threw it back again: “You’re welcome.”

The white horse temple lost the chicken, such a serious, urgent and highly difficult case? Let’s hand it over to Dali Temple.