After Wu Zetian became emperor, Li Dan was demoted to the emperor's heir and moved to the East Palace, and all etiquette was compared with the specifications of the crown prince.

Although he is the emperor's heir, Li Dan has nothing to do on weekdays, so he can only entertain himself with the palace maid in the East Palace to kill time.

At this moment, Li Dan is playing a game of pitching pots with a group of palace maids.

The pot throwing game is a kind of fighting, with a special arrow to a delicate pot, the winner wins, this game is extremely popular among the palace and nobles.

Li Dan made three shots and three hits, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

At this moment, Shi Yuan Shuji, the head of the East Palace, came to report: "Your Highness, Lu Xiaoxian, the housekeeper of the Hengguo Mansion, has come to ask for a meeting!" ”

Hengguo Gong?

Hearing this name, Li Dan couldn't help but be stunned.

The brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were deeply favored by His Majesty, and their power shocked the world. His Majesty not only posthumously recognized their father Zhang Xizang as the assassin of Xiangzhou, but even their mother Zang was also named Mrs. Tai, and the female official in the palace, Shang Gong, went to visit him every day.

Wei Wang Wu Chengsi and Liang Wang Wu Sansi and others rushed to the door, curryed favor with Bajie, personally led the horse and handed the whip for the two of them, and affectionately called Zhang Yizhi "Wulang" and Zhang Changzong "Liulang".

Li Dan did not dare to offend Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, after the battle of Taozhou, Li Dan asked Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong to be crowned kings in order to please his mother. Wu Zetian did not agree, and finally named Zhang Yizhi as the Duke of Hengguo, and Zhang Changzong as the Duke of Ye Guo, and each received the actual seal of 300 households in taxes.

Although the person who came was only the housekeeper of Zhang Yizhi's mansion, it was not something that Li Dan could offend. He sees it, and he sees it, and he sees it when he doesn't see it.

"Hurry up, please!" Li Dan instructed Yuan Shuji.

After Lu Xiaoxian entered the hall, he respectfully saluted Li Dan.

How dare Li Dan slack off, and hurriedly asked someone to give Lu Xiaoxian a seat.

After the palace maid served the tea, Li Dan was about to let the left and right retreat, but Lu Xiaoxian waved his hand and said: "Your Highness, the grass people are just chatting with His Highness, there is nothing to be afraid of being heard, so there is no need to retreat!" ”

"Alright then!" Li Dan nodded slightly: "I don't know what Steward Lu has to say?" ”

"I don't know what Your Highness thinks of this rebellion in the imperial court Yingzhou?" Lu Xiaoxian asked quietly.

Listening to Lu Xiaoxian's question, Li Dan's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he subconsciously looked left and right.

Shoot the breeze?

Is there such a small talk?

It's just scary.

Li Dan's heart was pounding, his palms were sweating, and his calm eyes revealed worry and confusion that he couldn't hide.

In that year, Wu Zetian abolished Emperor Li Xian and appointed his youngest son Li Dan as emperor.

After Li Dan succeeded to the throne, he was just a puppet, he couldn't go up to listen to the government, he couldn't live in the main hall, and he couldn't say "no" to the Queen Mother Wu Zetian.

In order to protect himself, Li Dan took the initiative to give way to his mother Wu Zetian, and he was demoted to the imperial heir, his Gu Yi was the same as the crown prince, but he did not have the title of crown prince.

Although Li Dan's move seems a bit cowardly, the benefits are also obvious: at least he can save the lives of himself and his family.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger", Li Dan silently forbeared, did not dare to have any thoughts, served by Wu Zetian's side for nearly 20 years, and after twists and turns in the middle, he was still able to get along without incident, which shows that his level of Taoguang and obscurity can be described as first-class.

Li Dan has never asked about the government, and now that Lu Xiaoxian actually asked such a sensitive question directly in front of him, of course he would

I was surprised.

Could it be that Lu Xiaoxian is tempting?

Li Dan swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, as if his throat was dry, and deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Steward Lu, what Yingzhou counterinsurgency?" I don't understand what you're talking about! ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't expose Li Dan either, since he didn't understand, he would say it again. So, Lu Xiaoxian told the court about counterinsurgency again.

After Li Dan heard this, he waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty has decided on these matters, you don't need to tell the palace, even if the palace listens, it doesn't have any thoughts and opinions!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian said lightly: "Of course, the decision is made by His Majesty, and in this matter, I just want to give His Highness a wake-up call!" ”

"Reminder? Reminder what? Li Dan was puzzled.

"Your Highness, the Khitans put forward the slogan of 'Why don't you return me to the King of Luling'! This is to roast the King of Luling on the fire! ”

Li Dan sighed and said, "The third brother of this palace has a hard life!" They are all exiled, and the hateful Khitans are still talking about him! ”

Lu Xiaoxian pointed out: "Yes! Now it is an eventful season, King Luling has people in Fangzhou who talk about him, His Royal Highness lives in the East Palace, right under His Majesty's nose, wouldn't he have to be more careful? ”

"What does this have to do with Hongu?" Li Dan listened to Lu Xiaoxian's words and became nervous again.

"Your Majesty ordered Liang Wang Wu Sansi to take command, and ordered the twenty-eighth general to send troops to conquer the Khitan. I heard that among the twenty-eight generals, many people have opinions on King Liang as the commander, and some even regard themselves as loyal ministers of Li Tang, and in their eyes, His Royal Highness should be the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty. If they don't want King Liang to make such a great contribution and come to meet His Highness, how should His Highness deal with himself? ”

Li Dan was like a cat with its tail stepped on, and said loudly: "They are them, this palace is this palace, and this palace will not meet them!" ”

"Your Highness, your status means that you are already on the cusp. I'm sure you won't be complicit in them, but the question is, will Your Majesty believe it? If it is indeed for this reason that the imperial court is really defeated in this battle, do you think you can get rid of it, Your Highness? Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian paused, and then said, "So, I am here to remind His Highness, and it is also for His Highness's sake!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian is right, there are indeed many courtiers who are interested in the Tang Dynasty, and they regard Li Dan as a banner for Li Tang to be continued. In order not to arouse his mother's suspicions, he rarely interacted with the ministers of the imperial court.

This time, the imperial court sent a large army to conquer, and Li Dan also heard about it.

Yesterday, two generals came to meet Li Dan. Li Dan didn't think about it so much, but just encouraged them to kill the enemy with their lives and make contributions to the country.

Now it seems that I really miscalculated.

Among these twenty-eight generals, there must be those who regard themselves as loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and it is reasonable to be dissatisfied with Wu Sansi. If there is really a situation that prevents Wu Sansi from making meritorious contributions, resulting in the failure of the final conquest, then Li Dan will inevitably become a scapegoat.

The more I think about it, the more scared I become, and the more I think about it, the more I regret it. Li Dan's face turned pale, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't speak, this is what he wanted.

After a long time, Li Dan asked Lu Xiaoxian in a trembling voice: "Steward Lu, then according to your meaning, what should this palace do?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian seemed to say to himself: "People who eat whole grains always get sick!" Being sick is not necessarily a bad thing, at least you can close the door openly, I think Your Majesty can also understand! ”

Li Dan bowed slightly

, said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Steward Lu, thank you, this palace knows what to do!" ”

After Lu Xiaoxian left, Li Dan immediately sent someone to call Changshi Yuan Shuji.

"From today onwards, this palace is in poor health and needs to recuperate, and there will be no guests, do you understand?"

Just now, when Lu Xiaoxian and Li Dan were talking, Yuan Shu was no longer there.

Li Dan's brainless words made him a little overwhelmed: "Your Highness, you are in good health, why do you want to ......?"

"If you are asked to do what you want, you will do it, and ask so many useless things to do?"

After that, Li Dan no longer paid attention to the stunned Yuan Shuji, and turned around and went back to the dormitory.

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"What? He actually went to the East Palace? ”

After listening to Yang Si's report, Wu Zetian couldn't help frowning.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but worry about Lu Xiaoxian on the side, His Majesty has never liked courtiers to contact the imperial heir Li Dan. Although Lu Xiaoxian is only a cloth cloth, it is still taboo to take the initiative to visit.

After a long time, Wu Zetian hated and said: "It's just lawless, is the emperor's heir also something he can teach?" ”

Yang Si couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly explained: "Gongzi Lu said, he just reminded His Highness!" ”

Wu Zetian waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, I know about this, you go down first!" ”

After Yang Si left, Shangguan Wan'er asked on the side, "Your Majesty, what purpose do you say he is doing this?" ”

"Isn't that clear? Let Dan'er make a gesture to show me, even if the conquest fails in the future, I can't blame Dan'er! Wu Zetian said dissatisfied, "I don't know if he took the wrong medicine, and I don't think this expedition will fail!" ”

Seeing that Wu Zetian was a little unhappy, Shangguan Wan'er persuaded with a smile: "He said his, Your Majesty is Your Majesty's, don't be influenced by him!" ”

"Humph! When this expedition returns triumphantly, I must bring him to the palace and talk about it well! Wu Zetian was a little uneasy and said: "It is said that it is not affected by him, but how can it be so easy?" Originally, I thought that this matter was nine out of ten, but let him stir it up like this, and now I am a little bottomless in my heart. This Lu Xiaoxian is not simple, if he really wants to be right, I have to prepare for the worst in advance. ”

Shangguan Wan felt a little ridiculous, how could Wu Zetian be like a child, this was a competition with Lu Xiaoxian.

"That's fine! Dan'er said that he was sick and thanked the guests, so that some people died! Wu Zetian said and instructed Shangguan Wan'er, "That's it, Wan'er, you take a chance to meet Lu Xiaoxian." Ask him what kind of remedies he can do if he doesn't go well. This matter asked Yang Si to ask if it was appropriate, or it was more appropriate for you to go. ”

Listening to Wu Zetian's words, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but be a little surprised. For so many years, she had rarely seen Wu Zetian so unconfident.

"Yes! Your Majesty! Shangguan Wan'er promised.

Since His Majesty has ordered it, Shangguan Wan'er can't slack off.

However, how to meet Lu Xiaoxian?

You have to find a suitable time and reason, you can't just go to his house and ask about it, right?

After thinking about it again and again, Shangguan Wan'er had a way in her heart.

After retiring from Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er changed into civilian clothes and went out of the palace to find Cui Xiang.

Listening to Shangguan Wan'er's explanation, Cui Xiang laughed and said: "I have a good relationship with Lu Gongzi, just leave these little things to me!" ”

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