"A-Niang wants to take the second brother back to Luoyang?"

Li Chen looked at his mother, who was now high, and looked very surprised. She never thought that her mother would want to take her second brother Li Xian back to Chang'an, after all, everyone has gone crazy.

Wu Zetian walked down the steps slowly, walked towards Li Chen, and said slowly: "You haven't been in the palace for a long time, accompany your mother to walk outside." ”

Li Chen nodded, held his mother's arm, and the two stepped out of the palace together.

Today's Wu Zetian is over seventy years old, still full of energy and very capable of tossing. But Li Chen felt that his mother was probably old now, and although she was still very energetic, her brain was not very good, and she couldn't figure out many things.

For example, in the attitude towards her bunch of pets. In the past, when Xue Huaiyi had not fallen out of favor, although Wu Zetian doted on him, he had always made it clear that Xue Huaiyi was just a male pet, no matter how favored he was, he was also a way to pass the time in her spare time.

Once Xue Huaiyi met a prime minister at the south gate of the imperial city, the south gate of the imperial city was specially for the prime minister to pass, Xue Huaiyi relied on his own favor by the empress, and wanted to call the prime minister and let the prime minister make way. The prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty are all arrogant lords, and the saints have always treated them with courtesy, Xue Huaiyi is just a male pet, and he dares to be so arrogant. So the prime minister didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand to give Xue Huaiyi a few slaps, making Xue Huaiyi's mouth bleed. Xue Huaiyi was indignant and ran to Wu Zetian to complain, Wu Zetian only smiled and said: "That is the prime minister's way, you shouldn't let you go, you have already made an exception when you leave, so you shouldn't have a conflict with the prime minister again." ”

But now Wu Zetian has obviously lost his sense of proportion in the matter of the Zhang brothers.

Even if Song Jing didn't say it, Li Chen also understood that the ministers of the court were roughly divided into two factions, one was the pro-Zhang faction, and the other was the anti-Zhang faction. The Tingzhang faction is headed by Wu Chenghe, and the anti-Zhang faction is headed by Song Jing. sighed, it is precisely because Song Jing is the core figure of the anti-Zhang faction that Li Chen has become more and more low-key in recent years. She felt that when her mother had not yet ascended the throne and had first ascended the throne, she needed to manipulate many things secretly, but when her mother's throne was secured, the follow-up things were not for her to interfere in. And at this time, Song Jing and Di Renjie, who have a decent style, are already in high positions, if she is too high-profile, it will easily cause her mother's dissatisfaction, and it will also affect Song Jing.

Therefore, after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, Li Chen has become more and more obedient to his mother, including the fact that his mother wanted to deal with Xue Huaiyi, which was secretly handled by Li Chen.

Wu Zetian is a woman, she has become a female emperor for the first time in history, there are too many places to eliminate dissidents, and cool officials need to be used, but you can't use cool officials for everything, so there are some things under the table that need to be dealt with by the people around her who she thinks are close. Wu Zetian handed over some of these things to the Wu brothers and part to Li Chen.

Song Jing is now in a high position, and Di Renjie is the two, Di Renjie is the main one, he is the auxiliary, and he is the two prime ministers who are mainly used by Wu Zetian.

As the prime minister, but he wanted to scare the Zhang brothers, who were very favored by the empress, Wu Zetian also had a headache, and every time he was caught between Song Jing and the Zhang brothers, he was in a dilemma.

Song Jing changed his way to find the stubble of the Zhang brothers in three days. He used to be in charge of Yushitai and was professional in finding faults, and now Li Chen's secret guard group and some of the rivers and lakes of Lingyin Temple can also be used by him, so the pigtails of the Zhang brothers were pulled by him, but Wu Zetian knew those things, but he thought it was harmless, and he would never let go and let Song Jing deal with the Zhang brothers.

Speaking of which, Li Chen also felt ridiculous, the Zhang brothers relied on Wu Zetian's support, they were not afraid of heaven and earth, they were afraid of Song Jing.

Once at the palace banquet, Song Jing was invited into the palace, because the Zhang brothers were very favored, even if many ministers in the court were not used to them, but as the saying goes, it was up to the master to beat the dog, not to mention that their master was the current empress, so the ministers also gave enough face to the Zhang brothers. That day, Song Jing entered the palace with a body of wind and snow, Zhang Changzong saw Song Jing's dusty servants, and hurriedly greeted him, and said very respectfully that Song Xianggong is here, please take a seat.

The seat they arranged for Song Jing was probably higher than Song Jing's identity at that time, so Song Jing coldly refused, and at this time, some ministers couldn't see it, came out of the round, and said to Song Jing: "Wulang is also a good intention, and Song Xianggong is what he wants." ”

Who knew that at this time, Song Jing didn't even give face to the minister, and said mercilessly that you are not Zhang Changzong's house slave, is it appropriate to call him Langjun?

The minister was also shot while lying down, choking on Song Jing's words.

Probably because of Song Jing's unpretentious style, who he doesn't like when he sees it, he puts it on his face clearly, looking like I'm not wrong I'm afraid of whom, arrogant and very righteous at the same time, Wu Zetian can't do anything about him.

Over the years, Song Jing has been on a rampage, and sometimes Li Chen sweated for him afterwards, but every time he was able to spend it safe and sound, and he would not lose Wu Zetian's trust in him.

Li Chen sometimes feels that a person with a character like Song Jing can leave a name in history and become a virtuous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but in this world that I don't know what kind of world it has become, it is really God who has opened his way to him.

But history is like that, there will always be people who are especially favored by God.

Now that his colt is sharp, Li Chen naturally has to keep his head up, and in front of his mother, he almost obeys his words.

Song Jing scolded this and that in front of her mother every day, she had to work hard to please her mother.

What else should I do?

Recently, in order to establish the crown prince, it was a debate in the Manchu Dynasty, and those who supported the old lord of Li Tang had the upper hand, but if the saint did not change his mind, it would not work.

Li Chen thought that although her mother was already inclined to make her son the crown prince, she couldn't get over it emotionally. Her Wu Zhou Dynasty has been in such a short period of more than ten years, how can she be willing? But returning Li Tang to power is the will of the people, no matter how unwilling she is, she will not insist on going her own way.

But how can I make my mother get by at that emotional level?

Li Chen thought about it and thought of Ji Xuan.

Although Ji Ji is a cool official, he can be regarded as a general among a group of short officials, and he still has some material in his belly. He is not only Wu Zetian's confidant, but also a good friend of the Zhang brothers, in the matter of establishing the prince, maybe Ji Ji will have a clever trick. After thinking about it, Li Chen felt that Ji Xu's side was feasible, so he instructed Shu Ye to take care of Ji Xu's affairs.

Ji Ji did have a trick, but Li Chen didn't expect Ji Ji's trick to let Wu Zetian take the former waste prince Li Xian back to Luoyang.

Therefore, when Li Chen heard Wu Zetian talk about this, he was very surprised. Although this situation is what she is most happy to see, it can ...... The surprise came too suddenly, and Li Chen was a little stunned.

And at this time, it is the late spring of Luoyang, the spring sun has no coldness, and the warmth of the melt is sprinkled on people's bodies, if it weren't for what Wu Zetian said surprised Li Chen too much, she would have had an urge to stop asking about the world.

"I have often dreamed of your brothers and sisters when they were young, when they were young and did not know what it was like, but often ran around before their father and mother, as carefree as birds singing in the sky. Suddenly I woke up and found that things were wrong. Mother dreams the most about your second brother. ”

"Back then, your father accused me more than once of being too ruthless in dealing with your second brother at that time, but the situation forced me to do it. I have now ordered Ji Xuan to thoroughly investigate the matter of your second brother's private possession of armor in the East Palace back then, right and wrong, I believe that a conclusion will be reached soon. ”

Li Chen walked with his mother on the road full of spring, quietly listening to his mother's words.

Wu Zetian said again: "Speaking of which, among your brothers and sisters, your second brother is the one I worry about the least, and now he has been sick in a foreign land for many years, and there is no one to ask for warmth, I thought about it, or take him back to Luoyang to take care of him, maybe with the company of his relatives, he will soon be able to recover his senses." ”

When Li Chen heard Wu Zetian's words, he looked at his mother with a very complicated expression, and wanted to speak several times, but in the end he didn't say anything, but he smiled and said to his mother: "The second brother must be very happy to know that his mother cares about him so much. ”

Wu Zetian sighed: "I was also deeply responsible for his love at the beginning, and when I heard that he was hiding his armor, I was furious, and my heart was angry and painful. Now that I think about it, it is probably too painful, and I let my feelings blind my eyes, and I lost my sense of proportion. Perhaps your father was right, he didn't have the heart to rebel. I've heard that his hysteria is good and bad, sometimes his mind is very clear, and sometimes he doesn't recognize his relatives. ”

"Maybe the second brother is just in Bazhou all the year round, and he will get hysteria because of depression in his heart. I asked the imperial doctor about this matter, and the imperial doctor said that as long as he was awake, it was still possible to recover. After a pause, Li Chen lowered his head and looked quite self-reproachful, "When my father died, my mother said that I would take the second brother back to Chang'an to comfort my father's spirit in the sky. If the second brother had been taken back to Chang'an, maybe his hysteria would have been cured a long time ago. ”

Wu Zetian glanced at Li Chen and said, "No one can say what happened at the beginning, Yongchang, mother only hopes that your brothers and sisters can be okay now." ”

Li Chen said with a shallow smile on his face: "With A-Niang so concerned, they will definitely be fine." ”

Wu Zetian smiled and didn't speak again.

The height is unbearable, Li Chen thinks that his father is much luckier than his mother, when his father is alive, no matter which of her brothers and sisters is in front of his father, when he is in front of his father, he will not tremble in front of his mother like now, for fear that saying the wrong word will make his mother unhappy, including herself.

Li Chen thought, why did her mother take her second brother back for no reason? How did Ji Ji give advice to the Zhang brothers?

She was thinking about it, and suddenly there was a childish frolicking sound in front of her, Li Chen was stunned, and before she could come back to her senses, a small figure rushed over from the road with a smile, rushed halfway, saw Li Chen and Wu Zetian in front of her, was stunned, and then coughed lightly, first pretended to tidy up her clothes, and then showed a standard smile of eight teeth, and came forward to salute: "Yu'er has seen her grandmother." ”

Wu Zetian laughed when he saw his beloved grandson, and his voice was rarely soft, "Who does grandmother think it is, it turns out to be Yu'er, what are you doing?" ”

Song Yu stretched his hand back, and the maid who followed the little county king stepped forward tremblingly and offered a small lilac flower.

Song Yu: "Grandmother, Yu'er Shicai and Ah Pu were shooting arrows in the grove, and they accidentally saw this little purple flower, you see how beautiful this flower is, Yu'er thought that her grandmother must like it very much, so she picked it off and prepared to send it to her grandmother!" ”

Wu Zetian was amused by this little living treasure and smiled, and took the little purple flower.

Li Chen: "......"

Who the hell does this little guy look like? Why can you just make a playboy pie with a random mess?

Song Yu pretended not to see his mother's rather speechless face, and leaned forward to Wu Zetian, "Grandmother, grandmother, do you think this little flower is beautiful?" ”

Wu Zetian: "It's good-looking, my grandmother likes it tightly." ”

At this time, Li Longji, who was playing with Song Yu, also came over and asked Wu Zetian and Li Chen for peace one by one.

When Wu Zetian saw Li Longji, the smile on his face faded a little, although Li Longji was young, he didn't change his face in the face of such an obvious difference in treatment from his grandmother.

Li Chen looked at him and stretched out his hand to him with a smile, "Ah Pu, come to my aunt." ”

When Li Longji heard Li Chen's words, he looked at Li Chen, his eyes showed a bit of childish joy, and walked over, "Aunt Yongchang." ”

When Li Longji's mother, Concubine Dou, was executed by Wu Zetian, Li Longji was not yet seven years old. A childish child who suddenly lost his mother, and couldn't show half of his sadness, was already very harsh. During that time, it was Li Chen who often brought Song Yu into the palace to play with Li Dan's children, which caused Li Longji to have some empathy for this Yongchang aunt.

Or perhaps, because in the growth of a young child, when he lost his mother, a female elder who was similar to his father's generation appeared, filling the tenderness and care of his mother who was absent during his growth, so when he faced Li Chen, he would always involuntarily show a ball of childishness.

In Li Longji's opinion, this imperial city really has nothing to look forward to, and the only thing worth looking forward to is when Aunt Yongchang and Yu'er enter the palace. Song Yu whispered to him just now, and his uncle said that maybe soon, he would be able to go to Aunt Yongchang's princess's mansion to live for a while.

When Li Longji thought of this, he felt very happy in his heart, and he felt that everything he saw was very pleasing to the eye when he walked on the road. Now that I see Li Chen, my crooked eyes are full of smiles and sparkling.

It was rare for Li Chen to see him have such an outward emotion, and he was also infected by him, "What did you and Yu'er play just now, so happy?" ”

Li Longji: "I haven't seen my grandmother and aunt for some time, but now I see my aunt and grandmother, and I am in good health, and I am happy. ”

Li Chen: "......"

So her son talks to people when he sees people, talks nonsense when he sees ghosts, and can change his face in a second, probably Li Longji has contributed a lot.