In the darkness, the candlelight burned and burned, and the candlelight swayed with the wind reflected two or three shadows on the ground, slender figures, constantly moving, although they could not see their movements carefully, they could vaguely see a little of what they wanted to express.

A few people stood there, looking at the figure in front of them carefully, and said unwillingly: "My lord, is this the end of it?" That's one of our people, not one or two, seven or eight people, that's not a small number, these people are gone, it's equivalent to cutting off one of our arms, my lord. ”

"Yes, my lord, it's not that I have to find trouble, but my subordinates are unwilling, that's my hard work for several years, how can it be all ruined because of a Di Renjie? At the beginning, I persuaded my lord, Di Renjie can't stay, can't stay, adult, you have to keep him, what is the result? ”

"My lord, Di Renjie is a scourge to us, and it will be difficult for us to wait for him not to get rid of him, my lord."

Several people around him were very unwilling, and the spearhead was pointed at Di Renjie, among the people who went, Di Renjie had the highest official position, except for him, others did not have the ability to take down all of them in one fell swoop, and there was no room at all, everything that could be killed was killed, and only after killing did they write about their crimes, first and then prelude, so that they were caught off guard, and there was no room for resistance at all.

If Di Renjie had written one step earlier, they would not have been so passive, not only would they be persecuted by the prince's people, but they would also face greater dangers, how would His Majesty and the Empress Mother in Luoyang treat them, and how would they treat them? These are all unknown things, and only before they come back, do everything well, and at that time, the matter is already a foregone conclusion, and when they come back, they will not be troubled.

"Okay, don't quarrel with you, Lord Ben will find a way, as for Di Renjie, you can't cheapen him this time, you are all ready, wait for Your Majesty to come back, and accuse him of disrespect, I want to see how he Di Renjie should explain, hum."

As soon as the adult spoke, the people below stopped their mouths one after another, and after respect, there was laughter.

…………

In the court, after experiencing the case of Guanzhong, Li Hong seemed to realize that there was not enough money in the treasury, and there was not much silver left.

And at this time, some people saw the embarrassment of His Royal Highness the Prince, and in order to cater to his intentions, they began to write books, at first they were all some flattery, beautiful words, and saw that Li Hong wanted to find them and come to ask, and they didn't do anything serious, they had to come to tease him, did they not want to live.

There are a lot of twists and turns, although there are no substantial benefits, from which you can see the thoughts of those officials, a group of people who only know interests, like grass on the wall, go to that side if they are strong, and when they see that the situation is not right, they immediately see the wind and turn the rudder, and the speed is definitely beyond your imagination.

The happiest thing about these memoranda was a letter written by Xing Wenwei, the secretary of the book, which expounded not on other things, but on the issue of reducing the palace food, so as to reduce the expenditure of the state treasury.

The meals in the palace are too wasteful, many of them are things that are not eaten much, but the money spent in them is incalculable, just the silver used in a day is enough for their prince's mansion to use for a month, you can imagine how much money is wasted, and how those who are full of money are fed.

In this regard, he directly adopted the adult's suggestion, cut the supply of meals, and the silver was directly reduced to the original general, and the original waste of silver can be saved, among them, the adult also put forward a few very targeted suggestions, Li Hong accepted them one by one, and rewarded the adult.

After the prince's order came down, the dispatch in the palace suddenly changed a lot, a little chaotic, and soon returned to calm, as for the things during the period, Li Hong didn't want to know, all he knew was that he did something that was beneficial to the people, and every penny saved was a penny.

The officials around Li Hong wanted to dissuade a few words, but later found out that they couldn't come back because of the dissuasion, so they decided to decide, as long as they didn't cut the amount of money we were waiting for, and the rest of the people were left to you to mess around, as long as it wasn't too much.

"Your Highness, when will Your Majesty return to Chang'an?"

After being silent for a long time, Liu Renliang asked the doubts in his heart, this is a noteworthy question, once His Majesty comes back, then the atmosphere they have created with great difficulty, this scene, will collapse in an instant, he still doesn't want His Majesty to come back so early, he can't wait for him to stay for a few more days, it's best not to come back.

Obviously, that's not possible.

"Lord Liu doesn't have to worry about the safety of his father, his father should be back soon, as for how many days, His Royal Highness can't say clearly." Li Hong explained that he himself is not very clear, he only knows the approximate time, and the specific day he will come back depends on his father's mood.

"Your Highness, I don't need to make some preparations in advance, after all, when His Majesty comes back, it's not an ordinary thing, I'll wait ......."

Before Liu Renliang's words began to be spoken, he was blocked by Li Hong's hands, and he looked at Li Hong suspiciously, his eyes blinked, and Li Hong said: "You don't have to do anything, my father doesn't want him to come back, it's different here." ”

The words have been said here, Liu Renliang and the others still don't understand, they all nodded and confessed, they didn't dare to mention this matter again, Your Majesty doesn't like it to be different here, doesn't it mean that it's not the time for us to do it, and it's not the time for us to take over, we still need to continue to wait, wait until that day, but that day is too late to take it, too late, and I'm a little impatient to wait.

"You don't need to worry, the matter will end soon, wait patiently, remember, there can't be any changes, everything is handed over to Master Pei and they are messing around, we just need to do what we do now." Li Hong saw it very thoroughly, he should be very careful, he should be very serious, he should be extremely serious, and he did not allow himself to make a little mistake.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I'll pay attention to it later, and I don't need Your Highness to worry."

The group hurriedly withdrew, did not continue to inquire about the root of the matter, from a curious baby instantly turned into a nocturnal animal hidden in the dark, terrifying and a little eerie, ready to do it at any time.

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Luoyang, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi looked at the distance gradually clear, obsessively looked at the distance, nostalgic to look at the beautiful Luoyang behind him, a little reluctant, although the time here is not long, but Li Zhi feels a kind of physical and mental release, there are no those cumbersome things, there is no need to worry about those struggles, just need to live a real life, it's just that this kind of life has nothing to do with him after all.

"Mei Niang, we are about to go back to Chang'an, when do you think we can continue to come to Luoyang? I feel reluctant to leave here, but I can't stay any longer, I am the honor of a country, and I must live for my people. Li Zhi muttered to himself, no matter whether Wu Zetian listened to it or not, and whether she was outside the fugue world, just say what she was thinking.

"Where is Your Majesty, although Luoyang is good, it is not a place for Your Majesty to live after all, if Your Majesty likes it, if you want to come to Mei Niang in the future, you can accompany Your Majesty, how about it?" Wu Zetian continued to calculate in his heart, with the first time, I'm still afraid that you won't come the second time?

As long as it is here in my Luoyang in the end, everything will be smooth and avoid a lot of trouble.

"Haha, with Mei Niang by your side, I am fortunate to have three lives." Li Zhi hugged Wu Meiniang's body tightly, and affectionately observed her eyes that were so deep that he couldn't see through, from those eyes, he saw himself, and saw that he was in the depths of her eyes, that irreplaceable place.

"Your Majesty, where are these words, knowing Your Majesty, it is a blessing that Mei Niang has cultivated for many years in her previous life, and it is Mei Niang's luck to be able to meet Your Majesty in the best years of her life." Wu Zetian elaborated affectionately, there is another sentence in his heart, I met you at the best age, but you didn't have the ability to protect me, and now, it seems, you and I are old.

Li Zhi smiled even more happily, the strength of his palms gradually tightened, looking at the gradually rising sun in the sky, the dawn rising from the east, will illuminate their world, walk in the light, will not fall into that extremely panicked darkness again.

"We were able to meet, it was God's arrangement, and it was fate that made you and I walk together, forever."

"Yes."

"I'm sorry, Mei Niang."

Li Zhi looked straight into the distance, and suddenly such a sentence came out of his mouth, Wu Zetian's body in his arms was agitated, silent, lying in his arms, holding him with both hands, tears flowed indisputably, wetting his clothes, he felt her sadness, she was crying, but he couldn't wipe away her tears like before, and told her, don't cry, a good life is still there.

I'm sorry, one sentence contains the regret of most of my life, with deep guilt, deep helplessness, and irresistibility to fate, to this day, it is still like this, fate still likes to joke so much.

There will always be a lot of you inadvertently taken away from you, and you don't realize it, until one day, you find out, only to feel deep regret, regret why you couldn't be stronger at that time, a little more persistent, maybe the ending will be different.

It's a pity that it's all gone, and everything is a thing of the past.

"Let's go back to Chang'an."

"Yes."

The sun shone on the advancing ranks, casting a pair of long shadows.