Looking at Wu Mei's disappearing figure, Li Hong sighed silently again, and then looked in the direction of the study room. He might not be sure, but there would be a thunderbolt from the blue, a roaring mountain and a tsunami, scolding sounds waiting for him there.
Someone who had a hard time had to temporarily forget about Mother Long who had taken care of him, and faced Father Long's storm alone.
"My son, please see my father." Li Hong stood at the door, glanced at Hua Ji who was waiting at the door, and said softly.
"Get in." An angry voice came from the study.
"Yes, Father." Someone walked in and said, "Why should I roll in? When I walked in, didn't you think I rolled in?" But I walked in, not rolled in. '
When he entered the study and was about to salute again, he heard an angry voice: "How is Li Xian?"
Faced with such a father, Li Hong did not dare to repeat what he had just said to his mother, so he could only say: "When I return to my father, I have already sent someone to take care of him. I will visit him in person soon. The ministers of Zongzheng Temple also went out of their way to explain the situation. "
"Where's Princess Pei?"
Li Hong only felt that the voice was getting closer and closer to him. He bowed and saluted, and his unconscious mind was getting closer. He raised his eyes and looked at the figure standing in front of him who was hunched over. Li Hong continued to say respectfully: "Fang Xianzhong's wife has been taken away. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, including two palace servants, will be at your side at all times."
"Hmph, you... unfilial son, you... how do you want me to face the people of the world, how to face your imperial grandfather? Seeing the people of the world laughing at me, doesn't it make you feel better? You... you... get up and answer!" Li Zhi Holding the table with one hand, looking at Li Hong who was hunched over like a shrimp, he said coldly.
"Yes, Father, Father, you..."
Li Hong straightened up and looked at Li Zhi in front of him in fear. He even couldn't believe his eyes. Looking at Li Zhi, who had much more gray hair than he had this morning, Li Hong was shocked. Speechless.
Li Zhi was wearing bright yellow casual clothes with a faint dragon-shaped pattern flowing on it. He was looking at Li Hong angrily. Seeing Li Hong's shocked expression, he was still very satisfied!
He knew that in less than half a day, his hair suddenly became grayer. He was afraid that it was because of the scandal in the royal family that his hair turned gray due to worry.
He had never believed that a person's hair could turn from black to white overnight, but when he looked in the mirror amidst Wu Mei's exclamation, he found that he had so much more white hair than before. Only then did I believe that a happy ending would really happen one day in this world.
"I'm not angry because of you bastard!" Li Zhi sat down on a chair with a sullen face and looked at Li Hong who was standing next to him and said angrily.
"Yes, I am guilty." Li Hongzhen said in a low voice, looking at the gray hair, fearing that Father Long would faint again.
"I really don't understand, how can you do it? He is your imperial brother, the emperor's brother from the same mother. You...how can you have the heart to chop off one of his arms? How can he live in the future if you ask him to? ? Huh? Wouldn’t it be okay to cut off one finger..."
"I wish I could catch his finger..."
"What did you say? You really want to chop it off, don't you?"
"No, no, no, you have misunderstood my father. I didn't mean that. What I meant was that if I could have known that those two sky thunders were wet by Li Dan and could not be ignited, I would not have chopped them." Oh, I regretted it so much afterwards..."
"Look at your face, is there any look of regret at all?" Li Zhi mocked Li Hong with disdain, and then sighed: "How do you want me to face the late emperor in the future? How should I face such a big thing? People all over the world? Isn’t it ridiculous that everyone in the court will impeach Li Xian tomorrow?”
"Father, one code is the same. It is certainly not right for you to chop off his arm, but to impeach the court and make the world laugh at it is definitely not my original intention. Today, I have not thought about it. Something like this happened..."
"So you are still reasonable? Did his arm fall off automatically? Li Lingyue was so frightened that he had nightmares. Who should blame you if you don't blame him?" Li Zhi blew his beard and glared. He had just said a few words to him, but he was already full of bitterness.
"You fainted at the time. Things were worse than you imagined..."
"Okay, okay, there's no need to say anything more. The matter is over. You should think about how to make up for it. From tomorrow on, you will supervise the country. I have been feeling unwell recently..."
"What, you're going to faint again? No, no, no, that's not what you mean. I mean, someone has to clean up this mess, right?" Seeing Father Long glaring angrily, Li Hong waved his hands and explained hurriedly.
"I'm afraid that I will faint again in the court tomorrow, so I asked you to supervise the country to prevent people from thinking... Go down." Li Zhi was originally angry, but when he really faced Li Hong, he didn't know how to vent it.
Speaking of this matter, it has nothing to do with Li Hong. Although he fainted, judging from the situation that the Queen knew about, although Li Hong's approach was a bit radical at that time, it was for the sake of everyone and the Tang Dynasty. , there is no good way, right
Li Hong looked at his father Long hesitantly, thought for a while and asked: "Then what should I do with Li Xian? Please give me some advice from my father."
"What do you mean?" Li Zhi suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
Li Hong lowered his head and looked at his toes. The attitude of both his mother and his father was very obvious now. It was obvious that they wanted to let this matter go. Li Xian also received the punishment he deserved. Let's talk about the crime. I'm afraid it will damage their reputation.
"I don't know, but if Li Xian commits such a heinous crime, even if he is not held accountable, the people above the court and the hearts of the people in the world will probably be disappointed with the court. From now on, the royal family will still be in charge of the country and govern the people of the world. "Li Hong said solemnly.
"Is this what you meant?" Li Zhi sighed helplessly and looked at Li Hong, who was silent.
Li Hong didn't speak, and Li Zhi looked at him silently. The father and son fell into a brief silence in the study.
Wu Mei, who was eavesdropping outside the door, almost had her heart in her throat. Li Hong was determined to get rid of Li Xian, but Li Hong didn't do anything wrong by doing so. Whether from the perspective of the royal family or the court, everything Li Hong did was right.
"Save your life, don't let the child lose his father as soon as he is born. During the holidays, occasionally someone can come to see me, a useless emperor."
"Yes, I know." Li Hong no longer gave Li Zhi a chance to speak, turned around resolutely and walked out of the study.
Similarly, when he saw Wu Mei at the door, Li Hong just bowed silently, and then under Wu Mei's gaze, he pulled off the map of the Tang Dynasty that was originally hanging on the wall in the main hall, rolled it up and left the palace.
The whole process was not sloppy at all, and there was even a trace of dissatisfaction and anger in every move, as if using his attitude to tell Li Zhi and Wu Mei that he was dissatisfied with his father's lenient treatment of Li Xian. Decide.
Li Zhi appeared at the door at some point, standing side by side with Wu Mei. Looking at Li Hong, who rolled up the map and flew away from the door curtain, and walked quickly, all kinds of feelings came to his heart.
"It's hard for the prince." Wu Mei's tone was slightly sad. Li Hong was the biggest victim in this riot, but in the end, he had to bear all the public opinion and pressure.
"If the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future prince don't have this ability..."
"But that's Li Xian, not someone else!" Wu Mei suddenly said coldly, and then returned to the dormitory.
At the entrance of Zongzheng Temple, the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded. General Xiong Qu of the Jinwu Guards, leading dozens of Jinwu Guards, escorted His Highness the Crown Prince into the prison in a hurry.
After Li Hong's explanation, the minister of Zongzheng Temple who dared not leave Zongzheng Temple all night heard the sound and ran out in a hurry. He only saw Li Hong leading Xiong Qu and several Jinwu guards behind him, heading straight to imprison King Pei. Go to the cell.
"Open the door." Li Hong stared at the pale, sleepy, confused and tired Li Xian inside the fence door. The wound on his shoulder had been re-bandaged and no blood was visible.
Facing His Royal Highness who rushed in with suppressed anger, Zongzheng Siqing had no time to figure out what His Highness wanted and ordered someone to open the cell door when he saw Li Hong suddenly pull out the horizontal knife from Xiong Qu's waist, and there was a sound, He chopped on the lock of the cell door, and instantly the lock flew open, and the cell door slowly opened automatically due to the huge force.
In the cell, a dim oil lamp shone with a flame the size of a soybean. No matter whether it was Zongzheng Temple, Dali Temple or the Prison Department's cell, no matter how good it was, it would not be much better.
Compared with other conditions, which are worse, they are just dry, ventilated and slightly better.
"What are you going to do?" Li Xian looked at Li Hong, who threw away the horizontal knife and walked in with a stern face, and asked with a somewhat panicked expression.
The knife that struck the lock just now was like a strike on his neck. Before the tremor in his heart disappeared, he saw Li Hong striding in.
"Can you walk? If you can walk, come with me." Li Hong stood in front of Li Xian, looked at the tired Li Xian, and said coldly.
"Are you going to let me go?"
"Dream!" Li Hong snorted again, and then without any explanation, his big hand suddenly grabbed Li Xian's injured shoulder, and screams like ghosts and wolf howls sounded in the cell.
Both Minister Zongzhengsi and General Jinwuwei looked at each other in disbelief, and treated King Pei Li Xian as if he was being punished.
"Let go!" Li Xian shouted heartbreakingly. The pain seemed to remind him of the moment when his arm was cut off.
"Follow me." Li Hong grabbed Li Xian's shoulders and remained unmoved. He let Li Xian scream in pain and pulled Li Xian's shoulders toward a table in the center of the cell.
(End of chapter)