Princess Taiping was stunned, and Li Dan was also missing.

Looking at the frustrated Jinghui, Princess Taiping was furious: "How can this be? ”

Jing Hui said with a bitter face: "I searched the entire Xiangwang Mansion, and no one knows where His Royal Highness the Xiangwang is!" ”

It's the same as Li Xian's situation.

Wu Zetian looked at Princess Taiping and Zhang Cambodia coldly, as long as Li Xian and Li Dan didn't show up, she wouldn't lose, she really wanted to see how they ended.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, someone outside suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at the door, and several captains hugged Li Xian into the inner bed.

Seeing his mother on the bed, Li Xian's face was full of frost, he knelt down and asked for peace.

Wu Zetian sat up straight suddenly, although she knew that the general trend was gone, but she would never let go of any opportunity. At this moment, she seemed to concentrate the remaining energy in her body on her eyes and looked at Li Xian.

"Hello!" Wu Zetian wanted to reprimand his son, but in a blink of an eye, he felt that it was not appropriate to reprimand at this time, so he changed his tone, "Brother Zhang has been punished, what do you still want?" ”

She paused for a moment, and then gave a sharp order: "It's over, go back to the East Palace." ”

Li Xian didn't speak, just knelt there.

"Go back to the East Palace!" Wu Zetian seized the opportunity and issued another order.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Cambodia suddenly said aloud, "The prince has been punished, how can he return to the East Palace!" His Majesty the Emperor in the past entrusted his beloved son to His Majesty, more than 20 years, today the hearts of the people, the prince for a long time, the ministers do not forget Emperor Taizong, the emperor is gracious, so he gave up his life and forgot his home, and served the prince to ask for thieves. ”

Zhang Cambodia's generous speech encouraged the people inside the dormitory, and they said in unison:

"May Your Majesty pass on the crown prince, respond to the will of heaven, and obey the people's wishes."

Wu Zetian glanced at everyone, and now, she understood that she could no longer save the situation at this time, and as soon as her concentration relaxed, she was depressed, and her eyelids slowly drooped.

"Your Majesty, please make a pass!" Li Zhan bowed and said.

Wu Zetian sighed: "I treat your father and son well, I didn't expect you to participate." ”

Li Zhan was uneasy and lowered his head.

At this time, Cui Xuanhui also entered the dormitory door and reported to Wu Zetian on the bed and the prince kneeling: "General Yulin has controlled the internal ban, and the six palaces are peaceful." ”

"Xuanhui!" Wu Zetian called him, "I have cultivated you so far, and now I will also participate in the forced palace!" She said, and immediately turned to Zhang Cambodia, "Although you are old and have good energy, I hope you will be good at assisting the prince." ”

This is tantamount to announcing the succession of the crown prince.

Zhang Khan bowed down, and then asked Li Xian to go out to soothe the crowd.

Wu Zetian saw Li Xian kowtow and get up, turned around and went out, and then, a group of people all withdrew from the inner bed, and the heavy curtains hung down.

"My useless son!" Wu Zetian lay down in despair.

……

Chen Xuanli came to Li Xian and whispered something.

When Li Xian heard this, his face immediately sank: "Didn't you look at the two of them?" How so? ”

Chen Xuanli lowered his head and said, "The last general has sent his subordinates to take care of the two of them in the North Side Palace!" But General Jinghui led his troops to seize the weapons of the last general's men, and forcibly went in and killed the two of them! ”

Li Xian promised Lu Xiaoxian that he would leave the lives of the Zhang brothers, but now Li Xian has broken his promise.

Jinghui was simply too presumptuous, knowing that Li Xian had issued an order that the Zhang brothers would be dealt with by himself, but Jinghui still disobeyed the order and killed the Zhang brothers.

"Jinghui!" Li Xian spit out two words viciously, and his face showed a ruthless look.

……

"Your Majesty!" Wan'er experienced a thrilling scene, and at this time, she was shocked and asked urgently, "How to deal with it?" ”

Wu Zetian closed his eyes, tears oozing from the gap in his eyelids. The man who was brought up by himself rebelled in the end.

In an instant, Wu Zetian suddenly missed Lai Junchen, who was executed by herself, and she thought: If Lai Junchen is here, this conspiracy may be cracked in advance.

"Your Majesty, they have all failed you!" Wan'er said in a whimper.

"Not to be disappointed! It was I who lost the battle. Wu Zetian said gloomily, "My illness makes me relax!" And they took advantage of it. ”

"Your Majesty," Wan'er couldn't calm herself, and asked expectantly, "Is it ......?"

"Are you asking if that's it?" Wu Zetian spoke almost calmly, and sighed leisurely, "Wan'er, success or failure is ordinary, success is gratifying, failure is not necessary." ”

For Wu Zetian's calmness, Wan'er sincerely admired her, and this was not something she could understand, in such a serious occasion, she could still maintain her peace after destroying everything in an instant, how incredible it was!

Outside, the Yulin Military Academy tightly surrounded the Hall of Eternal Life of Tongtian Palace, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving.

The night's chaos ended before dawn. The bells of the palace rang as usual.

Personnel, no matter how it changes, dawn, is always the same. It was just before noon, and Tongtian Palace was bathed in the new sun after the rain.

The roof tiles and mud soaked in rainwater evaporate the heat under the sun. The soldiers of the Yulin Army, solemnly and energetically, cruised back and forth on the corridors of the Imperial Garden.

……

It has been a month and a half since the incident, and during this period, Li Xian did not come to see Wu Zetian. At this time, a team of brocade-clothed attendants slowly walked over.

Ye Tingling walked in the front, and when he saw Shangguan Wan'er, Ye Tingling bowed down in front of the steps and said, "Your Majesty has come to see the Emperor Taishang." ”

Wu Zetian was leaning on the bed, Li Xian came too suddenly, and she didn't have time to take care of her makeup.

One of the four virtues of women is women's appearance, Wu Zetian has always attached the most importance to it, and even, she believes that only based on women's appearance can it reach others. Today, however, she has forgotten about her femininity.

The door of the dormitory opened, and the palace eunuch of Shangyang sang loudly outside to announce the emperor's entry into the court.

So, outside the dormitory, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty made a great salute of worship, bowed and stood, and read the honorific title by the court order.

"In March of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor was in Shangyang Palace, and he saluted the honorific title and said: Emperor Zetian Great Sage."

After reading the court order, Li Xian bowed and entered, until he reached the bed, knelt down, and called out "Your Majesty" expectantly, at this moment, he looked up and saw his mother's face.

For a moment, Li Xian could barely recognize this as his mother.

Wu Zetian's face on the bed seemed to be organized by a few fragmented bones, which looked so rugged and abrupt, and the skin that wrapped these bones was withered and obscure, it didn't look like a living person!

Wu Zetian was a person who had been in the sea, she looked at her son and asked gently: "Everything is normal in the court?" ”

"Yes," replied Li Xian mechanically, "everything is done according to the old system, and nothing has changed. ”

"There is no such thing as a static government! The way of governance is adapted to the conditions of the times, and the ancient system is not in line with the present, which can be changed, and it must be done at the right time. Wu Zetian said lightly.

Li Xian lowered his head, as if listening to his mother's teachings.

Wu Zetian sighed sadly: "My time is almost up, I won't fight with you or anything, but you have to remember that people will drive you out again, and you will be driven away again, as an emperor, only if you grasp the power yourself, you will be stable, you remember my words." ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Xian almost cried out with a whimper.

"Go ahead, beware of Zhang Cambodia, his eyes are not right, although he is talented, he is not reliable."

She said, closing her eyelids. Sentimentality and hatred, at this moment in her chest fighting, Zhang Cambodia, is the murderer who tore her dynasty, she understands that she can't destroy Zhang Cambodia by herself, but she planted it in the heart of her successor in time

A seedling of distrust, she judged, would be useful.

Li Xian kowtowed sincerely and withdrew from the dormitory.

……

Wu Zetian saw herself in the mirror, a hideous, skeleton-like old woman, extremely ugly, she hated this appearance, so she suddenly threw the mirror out.

Shangguan Wan'er was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty! ”

"You remember! A woman, don't let people see your old ugliness. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Remember, even when you are about to die, you still have to put powder and rouge! It's a woman, and you can't leave the fat powder until you die. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wan'er could see that she was out of order.

"You remember, my sons are stupid, and they don't have a tenth of me." Wu Zetian's voice became lower and lower, "Dan'er is more clever than Xian'er, but those politicians like an emperor like a puppet, alas, ......"

On the second day of November in the first year of Shenlong, Wu Zetian died suddenly in Shangyang Palace in Luoyang at the age of eighty-two.

Wu Zetian's deathbed testament: go to the emperor's name and call Zetian the Great Sage Empress. The monument does not leave a word, and the merits of the thousand years are left to future generations to comment.

……

"Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in the north", Pishan is close to Luoyang, the tiger is in the dragon pan, Zhong Lingyuxiu, has always been the ideal place for people throughout the ages. On the top of the mountain, Lu Xiaoxian stood in front of the two tombs, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Xian has been reinstated as the emperor, Li Dan and Princess Taiping, one is King Anguo, and the other is Princess Taiping of Zhenguo. Zhang Cambodia was named the king of Hanyang, Jinghui was named the king of Pingyang, Huan Yanfan was named the king of Fuyang, Yuan Shuji was named the king of Nanyang, and Cui Xuanwei was named the king of Boling, known as the "five kings".

Everyone got what they deserved, but the Zhang brothers ended up like this, which Lu Xiaoxian didn't expect. Since his crossing, almost all calculations have not missed, except for the Zhang brothers.

Lu Xiaoxian promised the Zhang brothers that he would take them to support Fan Yang to become a rich man, but now they are buried in Bishan, which makes Lu Xiaoxian feel very guilty.

Lu Xiaoxian is leaving Luoyang, and he must pay homage to the Zhang brothers before leaving.

His gaze was fixed on the stele, bowed again, and then retreated.

Slowly turned around, staring at the reckless mountain and distracted.

Although the mountain is not majestic, but its ups and downs are also unique, coupled with the embrace of the Yellow River, the topography of the mountains and rivers is enough to be called a unique in the world. For thousands of years, it has been quietly dormant there, coldly overlooking the change of dynasties and the changes of the world under the mountain.

The wind is blowing, the wind is blowing......

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