166 166: The Empress of the Ages (3)
Wu Zetian didn't expect that letting Li Chen follow Song Jing back to Chang'an to cultivate feelings would actually allow her to get on the bar with Zhou Xinglai Junchen.
Zhou Xing just stopped, because not long ago, the Queen Mother got a secret report, saying that Zhou Xing had different intentions for her and intended to rebel. But what's going on with Junchen? What happened to Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi colluding with Zhou Xinglai Junchen?!
The Queen Mother was furious, threw the booklet presented by Song Jing on the case, and looked at Song Jing with a pair of divine eyes.
"Song Jing, what did I ask you to take Yongchang back to Chang'an?"
Song Jing stood quietly in front of the hall, his expression was not shocked, and he was very calm, "The Queen Mother asked the minister to take Yongchang back to Chang'an together, the minister went to preside over the reconstruction of Chang'an, and the princess went back to visit Princess Taiping and went to Lingyin Temple to repay her wishes." โ
Wu Zetian: "......"
Song Jing has already practiced his skills over the years, and when he is in front of the Queen Mother, as long as he is reasonable, he is not humble or arrogant, and he thinks that it is the right thing, even if he is on the bar with the Queen Mother, he must stick to his own position.
Such as...... At this moment, the horse, no, it should be Song Jing in the imperial history, who wants to impeach the traitorous minister Lai Junchen to the Queen Mother, as well as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the Fengge Luantai Sanpin Wu Chenghei, and the Ministry of War Shangshu Wu Sansi.
On what basis?
Of course, it was the booklet given by the princess, and there was also Zhou Xing's signature on it.
Song Jing had to say that the secret guards under the princess were really not considerate, and when he first returned to Luoyang, Zhou Xing was not completely dead, and he could say two words when he chirped, probably in a state of delirium. Zhou Xing came back to Luoyang and showed his face, so that the people from the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai looked at him a few times and then died, making people unable to turn over the case for him.
The princess's secret guards are really inaccurate about these things, and Song Jing admires them very much.
Wu Zetian was choked by Song Jing's words, but fortunately, he has been dealing with Song Jing for many years, and this young man who looks very gentle as jade has now been reborn, but he is still a mallet in his bones, and this queen mother is the most clear, so he will always be the middle of the imperial history, in charge of the imperial history platform that supervises hundreds of civil and military officials.
Wu Zetian frowned slightly, and said to Song Jing: "Zhou Xing's rebellion is a foregone conclusion, and others are also dead, so it is useless to pursue it." But what happened to the two brothers of the samurai family? and Lai Junchen, after this person is used by me, he is loyal to me, how can he collude with Zhou Xing and rebel? There must be something wrong in this, now that Zhou Xing is dead, there is no proof of death, how can he use this to convict Junchen? โ
When Song Jing heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and then took out a booklet and came out, "The minister still has something to play the Queen Mother." โ
Wu Zetian glanced at the booklet, and his intuition was not a good thing, so he wanted not to read it. However, Song Jing had already presented it and said that it was going to be played, so naturally he wanted to see it, so he motioned to Shangguan Wan'er next to him to go and take the booklet and show it to her.
Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward, took Song Jing's booklet over, and presented it to Wu Zetian with both hands.
Wu Zetian took the booklet and looked at it, and was about to laugh angrily, "What is this?" โ
Song Jing's face did not change, "This is the evidence in the hands of the ministers that Lai Junchen has used the name of the queen mother and the saint to rob other people's wives over the years, and murdered the loyal ministers in the court at will." โ
Wu Zetian: "Song Jing, I have already said that Zhou Xing is dead, whether it is the Wu brothers or Lai Junchen, there is no evidence for his death, how can he be convicted?" โ
Song Jing arched his hand and saluted Wu Zetian, "In the past, when Hao Chujun was accused by Zhou Xing of colluding with Pei Yan for rebellion, Pei Yan had been dead for three years, but Hao Chujun was still beheaded by Wumen, and before he died, he suffered such a shameful humiliation as gagging with wood. โ
In the imperial history, Cheng was not small, and he dared to be a righteous manager to remind the queen mother that there could be no double standards.
Wu Zetian was really laughed at when Song Jing said this.
Shangguan Wan'er next to her seemed to be familiar with such a scene, and it seemed that the Queen Mother and Yushi Zhongcheng were going to quarrel again...... When even standing very quietly beside the Queen Mother, he pretended to be a picture of a lady painted on the wall.
Shangguan Wan'er sometimes feels that Song Jing in today's imperial history is like having a pair of fiery eyes, he is professional in finding faults, but whoever he impeached, there is no impeachment that is unsuccessful. Of course, Shangguan Wan'er felt that the invincible Yushi Zhongcheng would soon usher in the first person in his official career who could not be impeached, of course, that person would not be Lai Junchen, but the Wu brothers. And Yushi Zhongcheng seems to understand this very well, so he focused his firepower on bombarding Junchen.
Shangguan Wan'er thought about it secretly, and felt that this kind of curved thing to save the country was not like Song Jing's style of doing things, but it was very similar to the ghost idea of a little princess.
What Shangguan Wan'er thought of, Wu Zetian naturally could think of it.
Wu Zetian didn't expect that after her Yongchang went back to Chang'an, she would have a long ability, and she forgot her mother's advice to cultivate a good relationship with the horse, but she tossed these things, and her heart was furious.
Song Jing pondered for a moment, and said to Wu Zetian with a calm expression: "Queen Mother, the people of Luoyang learned of Zhou Xing's death, and they congratulated him, saying that this person deserved it, and this death was in response to the sentence of karma cycle, and retribution was unhappy. Coming to Junchen and Zhou Xing, why did the Queen Mother have to protect him? โ
If it is Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, she wants to protect her, Song Jing has nothing to say. But come to Junchen, not to mention that Li Chen told him to impeach him for thousands of times, even if it is from the position of Yushitai, he should have been impeached by Junchen in the future, but in the past, he was just suffering from the protection of the Queen Mother, and without going through the procedure, Yushitai could not obtain evidence for impeachment. Now that Li Chen has got such a booklet, even if it is true or false, then Song Jing has to seize this opportunity and deal with Lai Junchen.
The state has national laws, Lai Junchen was just a gangster, and later he was imprisoned for breaking the law, and later in order to get out of prison and seek wealth, he said in prison that he wanted to tell the Queen Mother, and since then his life has been rewritten. And such a person actually made many ministers in the court jealous of him, for fear that he would look at him unpleasantly, and he would go to the queen mother to accuse him of rebellion.
The common people hate Lai Junchen, and even rumors that Lai Junchen killed too many innocent ministers and caused the well water in the backyard of his home to turn red appeared, which shows how bad Lai Junchen is.
At this time, when the evidence was conclusive, the Queen Mother still wanted to protect Lai Junchen.
Song Jing, a young mallet, began to be stubborn in front of the Queen Mother again, so he simply made his words clear: "The minister knows that the Queen Mother trusts Lai Junchen very much, but this person is from a background, and he ignores the laws of the country and disturbs the court." The Queen Mother wants to defend him, yes, but the minister will spare no effort to bring him to justice! โ
Wu Zetian looked at Song Jing and couldn't care about getting angry. She thought about it, according to Song Jing's consistent temperament, I am afraid that she had already tried her best to dispose of Junchen and these people in the future, but she had never had a chance. The trip to Chang'an, Zhou Xing was unlucky, and directly ran into Yongchang, Yongchang's temperament, probably only with his own horses, the same enemy, usually just heard that she didn't meet, she didn't make trouble, but people took the initiative to provoke the door, what reason would she miss?
Thinking like this, most of the fire in Wu Zetian's heart against Li Chen was extinguished. But to bring in Junchen...... The Queen Mother looked silent, she just didn't speak, only let Song Jing go back first, she had to think about this matter again, but she didn't want to put Junchen in prison first.
Shangguan Wan'er watched Song Jing leave, and then looked at the Queen Mother's face, and persuaded in a low voice: "The Queen Mother, the Imperial History is young and decent in the middle of the history, probably because he has always been unaccustomed to the actions of Lai Junchen and others, but in the past, he had not yet caught the handle of Lai Junchen, so he endured it, and now that Shangjuan wants to impeach Lai Junchen, he probably has identified this matter in his heart." But as long as the Queen Mother does not let go of this matter, the Imperial History Zhongcheng will also bring Junchen helplessly, and the Queen Mother should not be angry about it. โ
Wu Zetian was silent for a long time
Since the Yangzhou Rebellion, she finally found that there are many people in the world who are not loyal to her, and many of those people have illusions and like her to return to the Li family. This Datang was governed by her and Li Zhi together, Li Zhi is not a faint king, but she has also paid a lot for Datang, she is still the queen mother, there is a rebellion, and she will have it in the future? And the appearance of Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen just gave her a chance to eradicate dissidents. How could she not understand that these people are not good people, but these people are from the bottom of the family, they have no power in the court, and the only thing to rely on is her, she can give them glory, wealth and even power, and these people are naturally loyal to her.
She can still sit in this court now, and Zhou Xinglai Junchen and others have also done a lot of things for her.
Sometimes, however, she asks herself, "Is it appropriate to use these people?" But these questions should only be addressed by her, and answered by herself.
Shangguan Wan'er looked at Wu Zetian's moody face, her heart turned quickly, and while figuring out the queen mother's thoughts, she played a round game: "The queen mother Shengming, there will be the grand occasion of the current Manchu Dynasty gentleman, whether it is Song Jing or Lai Junchen in the imperial history, they are naturally dedicated to serving the queen mother, that is, the queen mother wants their lives now, and they will not have a word of complaint, why should the queen mother be so entangled?" โ
Wu Zetian smiled, his voice slow, "Wan'er, you still don't understand my heart." Song Jing has the ability, he has always been a thorn, you don't see how many things have been written in this booklet about how Junchen has robbed him of his โกโก over the years, and how he threatens others, with Song Jing's ability, he will not come. โ
Shangguan Wan'er was slightly stunned.
Wu Zetian: "I've hurt Yongchang for so many years, but I didn't expect her to ignore her mother at this time." She did it for no reason, what did she do to secretly find someone to impeach Lai Junchen for Song Jing? If I don't get what I want, does she think she'll have a better time? โ
Wu Zetian's tone of voice was very ordinary, as if he was talking to Shangguan Wan'er about some trivial things in the family, but Shangguan Wan'er trembled in her heart when she heard the end.
The Queen Mother's words were faintly full of murderous intent.