"What you said is true?" After listening to Ji Ji's report, Wu Zetian asked strangely, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"Of course it's true! Afterwards, the minister gave him a separate question, whether it was the content of the ten-year exam, the annual exam or the final exam, he was all excellent! Ji Ji smiled bitterly, "Don't say that he is sleeping in the school, even if he goes out to play, I will not block him." To a genius like him, he is the first one he has encountered in this life. ”

For a long time, Ji Ji always thought that he was very advantageous, but compared to Lu Xiaoxian, he felt like a frog at the bottom of a well, which made him a little discouraged.

When eating dinner, Wu Zetian had been thinking about Jie's words just now.

In the prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the national strength was strong, and the whole country paid attention to the atmosphere of luxury. The royal family is especially vigorous, and there is luxury between every soup and food. Not only is the food expensive and rare, but also the selection of ingredients, cooking, food shape, and the choice of utensils.

Now it's a little different, except for the utensils, the whole dish is much simpler. It's not that Wu Zetian has become thrifty, but that the diet in Luoyang City has quietly changed.

Tang Dynasty food utensils are divided into gold and silverware, jade ware, porcelain, lacquerware, woodware, bone ware, etc. Gold and silver are precious metals, and only the royal family can afford to own and use large quantities of eating and drinking utensils made from them.

At this moment, the exquisite gold and silver utensils are filled with all kinds of delicacies, the dishes are colorful, fragrant and colorful, plump and beautiful, and the appropriate tableware is matched, the height is staggered, the size is alternate, the shape and quality are coordinated, the combination is appropriate, and it can bring the perfect feeling to the eater.

These dishes are all original to Qiu Feng, and the Shang Food Bureau specially sent the shaft to learn cooking skills, and then came back to make them for His Majesty to eat.

Wu Zetian took a bite of braised carp and chewed it carefully while looking at the plate.

The white fish meat is matched with golden fragrant flowers and leaves, yellow and white, how can people not move their index fingers.

"Wan'er!" Wu Zetian suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked Shangguan Wan'er, who was waiting on the side, "Tell me, what kind of person is this Lu Xiaoxian?" ”

Quick thinking, good relationships, strong foresight, good poetry and writing, and innovative dishes, it is simply omnipotent. Not only Wu Zetian couldn't see through it, Shangguan Wan'er could only smile bitterly and shake her head.

In the evening, Shangguan Wan'er instructed the maid to bring a basin of medicinal foot bath water specially prepared for the empress. The Empress let out a comfortable breath with her feet in the hot basin. Shangguan Wan'er rolled up her sleeves and personally massaged the empress's feet.

The skilled craftsmen worked day and night, and finally engraved more than 20 oaths in small letters, and the workers were neatly engraved on the iron coupons. After the completion of the oath iron coupon black, blue and shining, radiating an awe-inspiring clear light, is now placed on Wu Zetian's desk.

The empress picked up an iron coupon and rubbed it, and she didn't look at the content on it, looking at the beams of the main hall thoughtfully, and couldn't help but smile softly.

The empress lifted her feet out of the footbath and instructed Shangguan Wan'er: "Immediately issue an edict, and order the prince, the prince, the princess, the princess of Taiping, and Wu Youji, Wu Chenghei, Wu Sansi and other martial arts to swear that they will never offend each other in the future, and coexist and prosper together." Tell heaven and earth in Mingtang tomorrow morning, the iron coupon of Ming! ”

Wu Zetian made up his mind, and Lu Xiaoxian's suggestion was finally adopted.

Shangguan Wan'er clearly remembered that when Lu Xiaoxian made this suggestion, the disdain in her heart was about to come out, and now everything has become a reality.

"Yes." Wan'er agreed, handed over the work in her hand to the maid next to her, and went to the front hall to draft the decree.

……

The people of the Guozijian finally had a day off, and they were notified that they were going to the palace to attend an important event.

In the morning, in the spacious Ming Hall, a solemn oath ceremony was about to be held.

In front of the tablet of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, there is a copper tripod filled with millet, and there is a three-burn thumb-thick Tianzhu musk ice incense in the millet, and the cigarette is curling, refreshing people's hearts. In front of it, there is a large square table, on which are placed sacrifices such as ox head and horse noodles, black pigs and white sheep, steamed buns, royal wine, gold and silver.

Before the ceremony, the chamberlain offers snacks and wine, and four acrobats perform their skills in the hall. Next, the Maiko dance is performed.

Wu Zetianyou looked at the people in front of him, his son, daughter, son-in-law, nephew, and many Li and Zhuwu disciples gathered together, and it seemed that they were harmonious and harmonious. However, when people are vulnerable, they have a sense of impermanence.

She thought, "How long can this kind of gathering last?" She thought again: "Time changes with people, if I am a hundred years later, will these people still be able to get along with each other like this?" ”

In the matter of establishing the crown prince, Wu Zetian has always been very hesitant. She can become the emperor of the Great Zhou, her knowledge must be extraordinary, she knows very well that if the Great Zhou Zhou is not inherited by the Wu family, then she will die and die. But if it is to set up his own son, Tang will definitely return to the country, then he will put himself in a very awkward position: as the executor of Li Zhi's will, she has not done what she should have done. As the mother of Li Xian and Li Dan, she did not fulfill her duties as a mother. Tiger poison does not eat children, and Wu Zetian is even more vicious to his son than a tiger. As the queen mother of a country, she not only failed to maintain the stability of the country, but took advantage of the chaos to rob. In the face of such a chaotic minister and thief, can Li Tang still forgive her after returning to China?

In this case, the opinion of the court minister is very crucial. Self-beauty

Since ancient times, the emperor and the scholars ruled the world, not the people, this is the real relationship between the king and the minister.

Whether it was the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, including the Great Zhou, the emperor and the minister were in a dual relationship of domination and cooperation. Nominally you lead me, but in reality the two sides cooperate.

The opinions of ministers are really important, not because of their position, but because of their position and their actions.

Wu Chengsi once asked Wang Fangqing to make a farce outside the imperial city, but was beaten away by Ji Xuan. But Ji Ji also knows that vicious dogs are common, and reasonable dog owners are not common, and the key is to deal with dog owners.

Through a series of confrontations, Wu Zetian already understood in his heart that the ministers of the imperial court still had their hearts set on the Li Tang clan. If she insists on establishing a military heir, she will definitely not get the support of the ministers, including Di Renjie, who she relies on the most.

Who in the world does not respect Tang!

Wu Zetian no longer mentioned the matter of establishing Wu Chenghei, but took back Li Xian from Fangzhou, and then made Li Xian the crown prince. Then, there was today's Mingtang oath.

"Alas!" Wu Zetian couldn't help but sigh.

If it was at a young age, Wu Zetian would definitely have a way to solve this kind of thing. As people get older, they tend to look ahead and backward about many things. This kind of emotional burden was unprecedented in the past, but at this moment, one by one, it entered Wu Zetian's mind, and she frowned from time to time......

"Your Majesty, everyone is here!" Shangguan Wan'er reminded in a low voice.

Wu Zetian came back to her senses, she picked up her chopsticks and hit the copper plate.

With a bang, all the people focused their eyes on Wu Zetian's body, and at the same time, the orchestra of the musicians also stopped abruptly.

Wu Zetian whispered to Wan'er to ask musicians and kabuki to avoid.

Everyone waited solemnly, and suddenly, the hall was silent.

"I'm old!" Wu Zetian continued solemnly, "My hope is in you, I hope you will all be good in the future." You have to rely on one another, for this is the condition of survival. She paused, slowly, but forcefully, and continued, "Therefore, swear before me today!" In the future, you will share in the good and the bad. ”

As soon as Wu Zetian's words fell, more than 20 oath-makers lined up in front of the incense case. Their movements were swift and neat, apparently rehearsed before.

The oath maker was divided into two columns, led by the crown prince Li Xian and Liang Wang Wu Sansi respectively. Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, was bedridden due to illness and could not come to participate.

To create an atmosphere, around the hall, forty-nine candles with their arms burnt are placed one after another. In the southeast corner, there is also a small band of twenty-eight people.

The witness is Di Renjie, the first and auxiliary prime minister of the current dynasty and the Pingzhang of Luantai of Tongfeng Pavilion, wearing a ceremonial dress with wide sleeves and large sleeves.

Regarding Wu Zetian's thoughts, Di Renjie's heart was like a mirror.

Smart people sometimes do naïve and stupid things, and Wu Zetian is like this. She is a politician, she knows all kinds of strategies, and she knows that there is only interest and no morality in front of power. At this moment, however, she was excited and comforted by the vows of the people in front of her, and she thought it would be reliable.

Although he was very disdainful in his heart, this did not affect Li Xian's position as the crown prince, and Di Renjie also pushed the boat to fulfill the emperor's wish.

Di Renjie stood in front of the incense table, chanted the words, poured the wine, pointed his fingers into the air and drew a congratulatory gesture, turned around, looked at everyone with a pretended majesty, and announced loudly: "The oath begins." ”

The crown prince Li Xian did not give in, took the oath in his hand, stepped forward, and read aloud: "All the gods testify: I, Li Xianxian, should live in harmony with the kings and county lords of the Wu clan in the future, and never offend, even after thousands of years, as always." As soon as this oath is issued, if there is repentance, the heavens will not bless it. Oath maker: Li Xian. ”

After the crown prince stepped down, Wu Sansi walked up, he faced the public, coughed, shook the oath in his hand, and read aloud: "God testifies, I, Wu Sansi and the children of the Wu family, promise to coexist and prosper with the prince, the prime minister, and the princess of Taiping, and share weal and woe. ”

Everyone stepped forward one by one in the order of the eldest and youngest, solemnly swore an oath, and after the oath was completed, everyone knelt down on the mat together, kowtowed to the tablet of the god, and kowtowed three times in a row.

At this moment, the cast oath iron coupon is dignified among the flowers and cypresses in the Ming Hall.

Wu Zetian glanced at the direction of the iron coupon, and his eyes swept in front of everyone: "The oath is well written, I am very satisfied." I have decided to display this pledge in the History Museum forever. After the iron coupon is made, everyone should be required to strictly abide by the oath and restrain themselves at all times. Whoever violates it will be killed. Do you understand what I'm saying? ”

"Got it!" The crowd responded.