On August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Empress Wu feasted the ministers and nobles and foreign envoys in Taoguang Garden.

Monarchs and ministers enjoy the full moon together, taste wine and delicacies, enjoy light songs and dances, and enjoy themselves.

According to the etiquette system, the ministers and nobles greeted the Empress Wu to congratulate the festival, and the Empress Wu warmly comforted and toasted together.

After that, the Empress Wu greeted the envoys one by one, asking about the national economy and people's livelihood of the vassal countries, and the envoys said a nice word, and sang praises for the Empress Wu by the way.

To the side of Tubo, there was an accident, the envoy and the deputy envoy of Tubo were in tears, accusing the Great Zhou Dynasty of building the city in the Xiyu Stone Valley, the right to open the mountain and blow up the stones, destroying the geographical mountains and rivers and feng shui lifelines of the Great Zhou and Tubo, Wu Chongmin released a strange fire in the meadow forest near the left of the Xiyu Stone Valley, only to see sparks and loud noises, no flames, where the fire was excessive, erosion everywhere, resulting in a hundred miles of grass in the Xiyu Stone Valley, the people of Tubo were displaced, the crime was obvious, and it was difficult to write.

There was a quiet around, most of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty frowned, inherited for thousands of years, the exquisiteness of etiquette penetrated into the bones, instinctively disgusted not to follow the routine, the envoys of other vassal countries, but the posture was different, some were interested, some were not concerned with themselves, and some were gloomy.

The light in the eyes of the post-Turkic envoy Guli flashed, he was newly appointed to the Shendu, it was the new Khan who was rooted in the red and the new Khan was silently sipping a party, the Mosi Khan gradually sorted out the interior of the post-Turks, and the ambition was born all the time, the scarlet eyes were aimed at the fat oily land in the south, but someone grabbed in front of him, and the Tubo general Bo Lunzan Blade united with the scum of the Ashina family of the Western Turks to open a knife to Anxi, and then was destroyed by the Great Zhou at a faster speed than the start, not to mention the destruction of the two armies, and there was no one left of the main general, cut off his head like being killed by someone, Ashina Jiluo regained control of the situation and became a scimitar in front of Da Zhou Liang.

Mo Si had to force himself to press down his imminent ambitions, carefully observe the situation and reality of Da Zhou, and look for opportunities to show his fangs.

Empress Wu took in the reactions below, put down the white jade wine glass leisurely, stood up, the golden floor-length skirt she was wearing became more and more shining, and her smile was slight, "Quan Long and Chongmin are young, they have taken on heavy responsibilities, and they are more aggressive, after all, they are innocent, and when they return, I will have my own rewards and punishments."

Without waiting for the Tibetan envoys to be verbose again, Empress Wu then asked, "I have heard that the Qinling held the will of the Emperor hostage, bullied Zampu Chidusong, ignored the people's grievances, and bent on oppressing the Bon believers, can there be such a thing?" ”

The eyes of the Tibetan envoys were flustered for a moment, "Your Majesty is a clear guide, the prime minister inherits his father's will, and he will do his best to support Zan Pu to govern the country, abide by the division between the monarch and the minister, and there is no coercion, as for the Bon religion, it is the civil administration of Tubo, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive the ministers for not playing."

"That's true, it's a matter of Tubo's national affairs, and it's not appropriate to make it public, if Your Majesty agrees, the minister is willing to report to Your Majesty alone" The deputy envoy of Tubo interjected unexpectedly, and a string of tambourine was wrapped around his wrist.

The Tibetan envoy immediately looked gloomy.

Empress Wu smiled, "It's not necessary, I rule all nations, I really don't intend to interfere too much, but I heard that the Great Wizard of the Bon Sect is profound in Taoism and has a thorough cultivation, if the time is right, I will send an envoy to welcome and listen to the teachings of foreign lands."

The deputy envoy of Tibet was overjoyed and kowtowed, he felt that this was the support of the Celestial Empire for Bon.

That is making the entanglement for a while, but also followed by Shane, in some cities, the great minister and Zampu have the upper hand, and are starting to support Buddhism, but there is a great sorcerer of Bon, and its influence is difficult to cut off.

Thinking of this, the Tibetan envoy walked a few steps on his knees, thinking about knocking this matter down, "The minister respectfully listens to His Majesty's holy teachings, Tubo is far away from the Heavenly Empire, in order not to delay His Majesty's interest, I also ask Your Majesty to show the time, and the ministers will start to arrange to welcome the great wizard to the divine capital."

Empress Wu brushed the sleeves of her robe, sat down again, looked up to the sky and smiled, haha, "This matter is not urgent, wait for the right time, I will arrange it, today's festival, don't talk about official business, don't be restrained, each open his heart and drink bitterly, don't get drunk and don't return"

"Ministers obey the order" The ministers suddenly agreed, and several favored ministers took the lead in getting up, walking around to toast, and the envoys of the small countries in the Western Regions began to scream and dance again, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

Empress Wu beckoned to Quan Zhu, who was at the head of the house, "Yiyang, don't always tie your child to your side and let him come to me."

"Yes" Princess Yiyang got up and gave a blessing, let go of Quan Zhu's little hand, and let him climb the Danqi by himself and come to the throne.

Quan Zhu is eight years old, he bowed with his fists in a similar way, saluted the Empress Wu, the little adult's serious appearance, it was very distressing, the Empress Wu stretched out his hand to hold him in front of him, smiled and teased him to speak, "My Luntai Hou, tell me, on weekdays, who treats you best?" ”

Quan Zhu was a warm character, obediently snuggled in the arms of Empress Wu, and replied crisply, "Aunt Gao'an"

This is true, Princess Gao'an's favorite Quan Ce is getting busier and busier, and rarely accompanies her family, although Quan Zhu is not as handsome as Quan Ce, but he has a mellow temperament and can warm people's hearts, and all his love has been transferred to Quan Zhu.

Empress Wu was slightly surprised, and glanced at Princess Yiyang, who was a little embarrassed, "Then who is it?" ”

Quan Zhu snapped his fingers, pouted, and began to list them one by one, "Then the mother, then the cousin, and then, the aunt of the daughter, the aunt of the daughter came with us, saying that she has no title and can't sit next to us......"

Empress Wu listened with a smile, raised her eyes and looked around, the palace people who had already had clear eyebrows and eyes invited the princess out of the palace, her seat was already close to the door of the main hall, dressed in an indigo dress, with light makeup, standing quietly, very different from the past, "Well, you also have a heart, you know to take care of the small, my Luntai Hou opened his mouth, and I spared you, and there is a division to write down, on the same day, the title of princess of Qianjin will be restored."

"Daughter thank Your Majesty for your grace" Princess Qianjin knelt on the ground to thank her, a little smoky, she loved Quan Zhu, in order to get closer to Quan Ce, where did she expect to have this opportunity.

The Empress Wu is of course the center, every move is watched, this back and forth interaction, inevitably fell in the eyes of everyone at the banquet, many eyes looked at Quan Zhu in the arms of the Empress Wu, quite difficult to digest.

childish words, a word determines honor and disgrace, much more powerful than his brother.

In the seat, annoyed Princess Gao'an's concubine Wang Xuan, he really couldn't figure out why the gap was so big when he came out of the same team, and Quan Ce waved his hand.

He has been very uneasy these days, contacting Li Longji's original staff of the Chu Palace, but they are all stragglers, dare not act, trying to borrow Li Li's strength through the relationship between his daughter-in-law, but he didn't see that the honest and simple Li Li is actually a coward, no matter what you say, the left does not dare to right, blocking people to vomit blood.

still used money to open the way, so that he could get in touch with the people in the East Palace.

"Don't make a little noise, I'm afraid you don't know that Lord Ma has three eyes" Wang Miao buried his head and bit his cheek.

Next to Taoguang Garden, Yaoguang Palace, a wing room with the hall, the radius is only one zhang, and the darkness does not see the sun.

Xie Yaohuan came here with a group of powerful eunuchs, and looked at the two once noble women inside, the imperial concubine Liu and the German concubine Dou.

They were all bound, with rags stuffed in their mouths, and after a month of grinding, the two plump women, who were round and jade, had fallen out of shape.

"Your Royal Highness, it's easy to go all the way," Xie Yaohuan muttered.

Turning around, the eunuchs hanged the two women with white silk and put them into a huge wooden box, which was covered with a layer of stones, which was very heavy, and five or six people carried a box, down the stone ladder of white marble, into the Kyushu pool, and sank to the bottom.

sparkling, there is no trace of the second concubine in the world.

Xie Yaohuan rewarded the eunuchs with some money, waved their hands to disperse, the night breeze was blowing, slightly cold, she hugged herself tightly, looked up at the stars in the southwest direction, and her cold eyes overflowed with a trace of weakness and grievance.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were eunuchs in the palace who took advantage of the chaos to escape, totaling 13 people.