Li Chen has probably three forces in her hands over the years, one is the secret guard system left to her by her father back then, these people were directly under her father's orders back then, one is a civil force based on Lingyin Temple, and the other is the Mo family information system that Mo Fei and her each need.

The power in her hands is not as huge as it is, but at critical moments, it can always help her a lot. In the past, when Song Jing attacked the Cool Officials Group, it was very useful, including some things that Wu Zetian instructed to solve under the table, Li Chen secretly arranged to solve them with his own people.

In the early years, Li Chen spent a lot of thought on the organization of several forces.

The secret guard system left by Li Zhi to her is actually quite mature, but later her mother moved the capital to Luoyang, and her mother personally inquired about various personnel changes in the palace, so although there are secret guards placed in the palace, they are not in important positions. Cheng Wuting, who Wu Zetian attached great importance to at the beginning, after Pei Yan's incident, Wu Zetian began to be very taboo against these generals, so he was basically Wu Zetian's henchman in the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, but this situation changed after Li Xian was established as the crown prince.

Li Chen felt that such a change was mainly due to Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er probably also thought that Li Tang's restoration was a matter of time, so after Wu Zetian established Li Xian, the king of Yong, as the crown prince, she began to show favor to Li Chen intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, this change is not very obvious, because Shangguan Wan'er wants to be a grass on the wall, and she is ingratiating herself with all sides, but she is a smart person, and the empress is in her twilight years, if she wants to survive in the palace, she must have a new backer.

Now that Li Xiandu is already the crown prince, isn't it obvious who to find as a backer? Shangguan Wan'er didn't know how many tricks she had in her heart, and she knew how to do things better than anyone else when she knew current affairs.

As for the power of Lingyin Temple, it mainly comes from the people. The monks of Lingyin Temple are all high-ranking monks, in addition to Chang'an City, there is Lingyin Temple, I don't know how many Lingyin Temples there are, and the rich Mingyue Langjun is the boss behind the scenes of Lingyin Temple. The monks of Lingyin Temple have friendships from the emperor's relatives to the hooligans in the market. Since Wu Zetian's accession to the throne, Buddhism began to prevail in the Tang Dynasty, and Lingyin Temple is a signboard for using my Buddha's compassion to purify all sentient beings, and make friends with all kinds of people. The main force of Kelingyin Temple is the merchants. I won't talk about the reason, because even in later generations, most of those who went to places where fireworks were at their peak and spent a lot of money burning incense were also merchants.

Li Chen's Buxian Garden specializes in producing tea, and it is also a business. Therefore, Li Chen simply asked Master Wuyun to recruit some wealthy businessmen with a lot of money to enter Lingyin Temple, although it is said that it is a Shinong industry and commerce, but there is also a saying that there is money to make ghosts grind, as long as it is used well, it may also have immeasurable influence on the industry where these rich merchants are located.

As for the affairs of the Mo family, it is not for Li Chen to worry about, she and Mo Fei just take what they need, as long as the relationship between them is maintained, everything will be fine.

At the beginning of these forces, especially the Lingyin Temple, it was not so controllable, and finally after more than ten years, it gradually got better, and the princess actually said that in the future, she just wanted to travel all over the famous rivers and mountains, and traveled all over the world, and Master Wuyun was just short of vomiting blood.

But after thinking about it, Master Wuyun still forcibly swallowed the mouthful of blood back.

Li Chen is not a person who values power so much, and everything he is doing now may be just for the last wish of the first emperor. But once she does it, she won't give up halfway, even if she is tired and wants to withdraw, she must have thought about how to deal with these things.

Li Chen, who had been staring at the two children playing in the distance, suddenly turned his head, looked at Master Wuyun beside him, and said with a smile: "The master has not left Chang'an for a long time, if the master succeeds, have you ever thought about traveling all over the world and purifying all sentient beings?" ”

Master Wuyun was stunned.

Li Chen said again: "If you can at that time, Shennong Mountain may be a very good choice." Well, Xiaojunwang has been staying in Luoyang all these years and has never left his parents, but his father traveled with his uncle when he was so old, and later after his grandmother died, his father followed his uncle to Shu for several years. ”

Master Wuyun was dumbfounded when he heard this. Did the princess mean what he imagined?

Li Chen: "His father once said that if people are always trapped in one place, they will think that the heavens and the earth are so big, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of one person seem to be the whole world. But if you can get out of the place where you are trapped and feel the vastness of the world, you will probably be able to understand that personal joys and sorrows are just a drop in the ocean. ”

Master Wuyun was deeply convinced by this, nodded and said, "What the horse said is good. If a person lives in a corner, it is no different from painting the ground. The monk also heard that the horse traveled all over the world with his uncle when he was young, and knew how difficult the people's livelihood was, so he had today's beautiful Song Xianggong. ”

Li Chen turned around and said to Master Wuyun: "If the great cause is successful, I hope that the master can take my Yu'er to travel all over the world, don't ...... Let's start with Shennong Mountain. ”

When Master Wuyun heard this, he was completely stunned and looked at Princess Yongchang with a smile on her face.

Princess Yongchang had a serious look on her face, and said softly to Master Wuyun: "He is destined not to live an ordinary life in this life, while his father and I can still shelter him, I hope he can walk around and see more, master, this matter will be handed over to you and Shu Ye at that time." ”

Master Wuyun: "......"

The princess actually planned to hand over all these things to the little prince in the future. But the king of the small county...... Master Wuyun looked over, Song Yu, who was talking to Li Longji, didn't know what to do, frowned slightly, then let go, and leaned over to his little cousin's side with a smile, the two little Langjun squatted on the ground, each holding a stick in their hands, not knowing what they were gesturing on the ground.

Such a carefree appearance should have been pampered in Liangjing, with fine clothes and fine food.

Li Chen ignored Master Wuyun and said with a smile: "In the future, if he wants to take over the burden on me and discuss it again, but I hope he can go and see more." "Just like his father in the past, but he should be much luckier than his father, after all, Shennong Mountain is not something that anyone can enter.

Song Yu said that he hoped to be like his father, ask for the people's life, and open a peaceful and prosperous world for the Holy Lord.

Well, she tried to give him that kind of backing.

No matter how beautiful the wildflowers are all over the mountains and fields, and how many young ladies who pick tea in the continuous tea groves, Li Chen and his party have not been able to stay in Chang'an for long, because at the beginning of the summer of this year, the chief prime minister Di Renjie passed away in the Luoyang Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Li Chen got the news, he rushed back to Luoyang non-stop.

The chief prime minister died, Wu Zetian was old, and the Zhang brothers were in trouble with the government, at this juncture, Song Jing must be busy, and in recent years, Wu Zetian has become more and more dependent on Di Renjie in state affairs, I heard that on the day Di Renjie passed away, Wu Zetian, who was as hard as iron, actually left tears in front of the ministers, and said: "As soon as Di Guolao left, I felt that the entire court was empty. ”

It can be seen from this that Di Renjie's position in the court is very important.

After Di Renjie died, Wu Zetian used the original Di Renjie recommended Zhang Cambodia as the prime minister, and the new official took office with three fires, when Di Renjie was the chief prime minister, Di Renjie was the main minister, Song Jing was the auxiliary, and the rest of the prime ministers cooperated according to the situation. The new official took office three times, Zhang Cambodia took office, and all kinds of things need to be familiarized, so Song Jing has to have three heads and six arms, on the one hand, he has to help Zhang Cambodia get familiar with the things that Di Guolao had to deal with as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he has to deal with various things in the ministry, and he is very busy.

When the princess returned to Luoyang, the concubine had not returned to the princess's mansion for half a month to rest, and stayed directly in Zhongshu Province. After Li Chen came back, he sent someone to Zhongshu Province to deliver a letter, and the horse took the time to go back to the princess's mansion.

But in a hurry, the horse only had time to hug the princess, and before he could grind his sideburns, he was called back by the people of Zhongshu Province.

Li Chen was very helpless about this, and after Song Jing returned to Zhongshu Province, he changed his clothes and went to the palace to ask his mother for peace. After Di Renjie died, her mother's state was not very good, she was already old, and her health was not as good as before, Di Renjie died, although she was not grief-stricken, but for many years, she had a very good personal relationship with Di Renjie, often the two old people gossip together in the palace, and the scene is quite happy, saying that Di Renjie's death is not sad at all, it is also false.

When Li Chen saw Wu Zetian, the Zhang brothers were kneeling on both sides of Wu Zetian on one side of the other, beating their legs for a while and pinching their shoulders for a while.

The unprecedented empress is probably really old at this time, and she actually made the two vases bloom. Probably when people reach their twilight years, they just want to listen to flattery and the like, the Zhang brothers look like lotus flowers, and they don't want money when they talk sweetly, and they don't shy away from it in front of Princess Yongchang.

Li Chen was unhappy in his heart, but his face did not show anything, and he talked to his mother for a while, seeing that his mother was not in good spirits, and the Zhang brothers said that they wanted to serve the empress decoction.

Li Chen thought, these things are really out of sight.

When she left the palace, it was Shangguan Wan'er who led her out, and halfway through, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly said to Li Chen: "The Zhang brothers are now more and more pleasing to the saints. Half a month ago, the king of England has returned to Luoyang, to enter the palace to meet the saint, the saint said that the heart can be reached, she is not in good health at the moment, and when the health is better another day, he will be summoned into the palace to meet. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's voice became softer and softer, "Fortunately, I came here today because I am a princess, if I am a bystander, I am afraid that I will still be blocked out of the palace." ”

Li Chen didn't say anything.

Shangguan Wan'er looked around, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Princess, the saint is now so partial to the Zhang brothers, sooner or later something will happen." ”

Li Chen turned his head slowly, and his beautiful and ruthless eyes looked at Shangguan Wan'er quietly.

Shangguan Wan'er was a little worried by her, and Li Chen took her eyes back.

The two walked on the corridor of Nanmu, and Li Chen walked around the corner before he followed Shangguan Wan'er and said, "If something really happens, there must be a place where you can be used." Shangguan Zhaorong, before that, please be cautious in your words and deeds. ”