It is said that Emperor Li Zhe was deposed as the queen of Luling by A-Niang on February 6 of the first year of the heir saint, and was confined in the Luoyang Palace. On April 22, A-Niang carefully chose a good place for him to move - Fangzhou.

Fangzhou is located in the southwest of Luoyang, the scenery is beautiful, the climate is suitable, the south is close to Shennongjia, the north is close to Junzhou, there are several hot springs in the territory to bathe, there are four big rivers, it is a good place to cultivate immortals.

The family of Li Zhe, the king of Luling, went from Luoyang to Fangzhou under the escort of Beiya Qianqi, and the princess Wei Xianger and her children Li Chongfu, Li Chongzhao, Li Chongjun, Princess Yongtai, Princess Yongshou, Princess Changning, etc.

Li Chongzhao was originally the grandson of the emperor, but he was deposed as a concubine before he had time to become a crown prince, and Li Chongfu was still the king of Tangchang County.

When the family of King Luling walked halfway, A-Niang suddenly received an urgent report from Fangzhou's assassin history, saying that Fangzhou only has an official office, no royal city, and there is no way to place a large number of royal family members and maids!

Ah Niang thought about it right, so she sent an envoy to chase Li Zhe, asking him to live in the mansion of Li Tai, the former king of Pu in Junzhou, and then send the officials who would be the prisoners to Fangzhou to build the Luling royal city with the local officials.

Of course, Li Zhe understood A-Niang's painstaking intentions and immediately went to Junzhou. Najunzhou is also a good place to cultivate immortals, with Daheng Mountain in the north, Wudang Mountain in the south, and hilly river valleys in the middle, with many scenic mountains and rivers.

The wide Han River runs through the territory, and the famous Junzhou Reservoir is vast, clear and clear. Li Tai's mansion is built near the Junzhou Reservoir, and if you live in it, you can visit the mountains and rivers every day and enjoy the birds and flowers!

King Luling's family and his entourage settled down in Li Tai's mansion, although it was a little crowded, but it did not affect life and leisurely mood.

King Luling and Concubine Wei are here to spit out the old and accept the new, recuperate with peace of mind, practice five bird operas, play Wudang boxing, and treat the trauma of losing the throne, but they are also safe and happy! And so it went on for a few months.

The Yangzhou Rebellion broke out unexpectedly and suddenly, Li Jingye, Wei Siwen and others recruited troops and rebelled under the banner of Kuang Fu Luling King!

When the news reached Junzhou, Li Zhe was uneasy, because the thieves rebelled under his banner, would A-Niang blame him? Will they take the opportunity to get rid of him? Li Zhe didn't know the bottom in his heart.

Once Li Zhe heard that an envoy from Luoyang had come to Junzhou to inspect, and remembered the death of his brother Li Xian, so he was so frightened that he hung a white belt on the roof beam and prepared to hang himself.

Wei Xiang'er hurriedly hugged him and comforted him: "Lang Jun, misfortune and fortune depend, blessing and misfortune lurk, the world is impermanent, who can escape death?" Even if Grandma doesn't send envoys, the concubine and Lang Jun will still die, but they will die early and late, so why rush to leave now? ”

Li Zhe said: "Lady, I thought that the messenger who came was Qiu Shenxian, and he went to the Bazhou Mansion to force the sixth brother Li Xian to death, and he would also force me to death!" Rather than die of humiliation, it is better to be happy with self-severance! ”

Wei Xiang'er held Li Zhe's hand and said, "Lang Jun is afraid, the concubine thinks that the Luoyang envoy who came this time will definitely not be Qiu Shenyun, because Lang Jun is a piece of meat that fell from Grandma's body, how could Grandma be willing to kill you?" ”

Li Zhe suddenly realized, calmed down, stopped looking for death, touched his chest and gasped a few times and said, "Lady, fortunately, thanks to your reminder, I am much more relaxed now!" ”

The envoy from Luoyang came, Li Zhe went out to meet him, and said with great joy: "It turned out to be Yang Qizhuang, it is really a long drought and a sweet rain, and I know my hometown in another country!" It's been a long time, it's been a long time, hehe! ”

That Yang Qizhuang is the Qianniuwei of the East Palace, who has defended Li Zhe, is the old man of the East Palace, and the current Lang General. Li Zhe invited him to the mansion to talk and learn about the recent situation in Luoyang and the general trend of the world!

Yang Qizhuang said that he was ordered to inspect the living conditions of King Luling's family, and if there were any difficulties, he would report them to the imperial court and help solve them. His Majesty knew that someone was rebelling under the banner of Kuang Fu King Luling, so he was specially entrusted with a message: This matter has nothing to do with King Luling, please King Luling live in peace!

Li Zhe and Wei Xiang'er were very moved, thanked them repeatedly, and asked Yang Qizhuang to bring a message to His Majesty, saying that his son and daughter-in-law miss His Majesty, please take care of your body while taking care of everything!

Subsequently, Yang Qizhuang inspected the internal and external security of the Junzhou mansion, helped Li Zhe strengthen the house, increased guards, implemented various safety measures, and greeted Li Zhe's family with warmth.

After Lang General Yang Qizhuang left, Li Zhe happily said to Wei Xiang'er: "Lady, this Luoyang envoy is my old man, and he is really not Qiu Shenyun!" Not only did they not mean to put me under house arrest, but they also helped me strengthen my security, which was great! It shows that A-Niang has my son in her heart! ”

Wei Xiang'er said: "Lang Jun, you are the son of Grandma, and you don't know as much about Grandma as you do about Grandma!" ”

Li Zhe was very grateful to Wei Xiang'er, took her hand and said, "Lady, one day I can re-ascend the throne, I will definitely do whatever you do!" Wei Xiang'er said happily: "Lang Jun, you are so good! ”

In the blink of an eye, in March of the following year, Yang Qizhuang, the envoy of Luoyang, came to Junzhou again to tell him that the construction of the Luling Wangcheng had been completed, and asked his family to move to Fangzhou to live.

Li Zhe and Wei Xiang'er were very happy when they heard that there was a cave in Fangzhou, and immediately packed their luggage and set off, taking a large group of people such as family members, maids, entourage, and craftsmen from Junzhou to Fangzhou.

Wei Xianger was already pregnant and in labor at that time, lying in the carriage and unable to withstand the bumps in the road, she gave birth to a young lady, and she couldn't find swaddling clothes to protect the baby in a hurry, Li Zhe was so anxious that she took off her robe and wrapped it around the baby as a swaddling baby.

The Luling royal city is located in the flat and open area in the west of the Hualong River in Fangzhou, there is a moat excavated around it, it is built according to the palace style of Chang'an, the radius is 700 zhang, and the whole presents a regular rectangle.

After the whole family settled down in the Luling Royal City, Li Zhe and Concubine Wei felt much more comfortable, although it was not as majestic and vast as Ziwei Palace and Hanyuan Palace, it was also one of the best palace mansions in the local area.

Li Zhe hugged his newborn daughter, recalled the embarrassing experience on the road to Fangzhou, and named his daughter Li Bao'er to commemorate this unforgettable journey.

At dusk, Li Zhe and Concubine Wei climbed the 100-foot-high Wangbei Platform to the north of the Luling Wangcheng, looking at Luoyang in the northeast and Chang'an in the northwest.

The warm spring breeze blew the robes and curtains of the two, blowing green on both sides of the river, and the earth was full of vitality and spring. Little swallows fly around in pairs, resting on the branches and chirping.

At night, Li Zhe and Concubine Wei looked at the moon in the sky and said, "Mingyue, when will you be able to return to the haunting Shendu and Xijing with our whole family?" ”

In the early morning, Concubine Wei combed her morning makeup on the dressing table in the south corner of the city, drawing eyebrows and drawing daisies. After that, Concubine Wei and Li Zhe went to Longguang Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha.

At noon, Li Zhe and Concubine Wei tasted the delicacies cooked by the palace chef, such as: fried and boiled goose, red stewed wild duck, iron grilled fat goose, braised soft-shelled turtle, etc., drank Fangling rice wine, and watched the performances of the royal palace musicians and maikos.

Such a happy life day after day, year after year, makes people not want to grow old!

The clear springs and streams of Nafangzhou originate from the Qingfeng fault zone at the northern foot of Shennongjia, and the water quality is crystal clear, sweet and refreshing.

The court craftsmen who followed Li Zhe used the secret recipe of the palace to improve Fangzhou rice wine and brewed Fangling rice wine that satisfied Li Zhe, which became famous in later generations.

The ancient Magi were poor and left alone. Da Ze is good to the world, and Li Zhe is the same in Fangzhou, living with peace of mind, self-cultivation, and being good to himself, and he does not dare to send people to Shendu and Xijing to contact the courtiers.

But most of Luoyang's Li Tang old ministers still looked towards him. Wu Cao used cool officials to purge a group of former Li Tang ministers.

After Wu Cao ascended the throne, Zhu Wu soared, rejected the old ministers, and persecuted Zhongliang. Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, dreamed of being a prince, and sent Wang Qingzhi, a native of Luoyang, to lead hundreds of people to the table, asking Wu Chenghei to be the crown prince.

What happened later has already been talked about earlier, Xia Guan's servant Li Zhaode killed Wang Qingzhi with a cane, helped Wu Cao analyze the pros and cons of the relationship between his aunt and nephew and mother and son, and persuaded Wu Cao to remove Wu Chenghe's prime minister and shatter Wu Chenghe's dream of being a prince!

In the Yingzhou Rebellion, Peng Ze ordered Di Renjie to be used as the assassin of Weizhou, and the Khitan retreated without bloodshed, and the people of Weizhou established a shrine for him.

Wu Cao Fengyan Dayue, promoted Di Renjie to the governor of Youzhou, and ordered the young government supervisor Qiao'er to embroider on his purple robe the twelve golden words of "perfunctory political skills, keeping clean and diligent, promoting to the position, and encouraging ministers".

After the rebellion in Yingzhou was pacified, in October of the first year of Shengong, Wu Cao recruited Di Renjie to return to the dynasty, and the official worshiped Luantai Shilang, Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Pingzhangshi, and added silver Qingguanglu doctor.

Wu Chenghei, King of Wei, and Wu Sansi, King of Liang, saw that Li Zhaode had stepped down, and continued to seek to be the crown prince, and sent people to lobby Wu Cao several times: "Since ancient times, there has never been a Son of Heaven with a different surname as the emperor's heir, please Your Majesty make the King of Wei the emperor's heir!" Wu Cao hesitated.

Wu Cao asked the ministers for advice, and Di Renjie, the waiter of Luantai, said calmly: "Emperor Wen is in the wind and rain, and he is in danger of the front and the edge, so as to determine the world and pass it on to his descendants. Is it providential that the Emperor entrusted His Majesty with his second son, but His Majesty wanted to hand him over to another clan? ”

"Besides, which one is closer, aunt and nephew or mother and son? His Majesty set up his own son, and after a thousand years of life, he will be served with food in the Taimiao Temple, and the inheritance will be endless; set up a nephew, but I have never heard of a nephew who became the son of heaven and only an aunt in the temple. ”

Wu Cao was silent, and Di Renjie said again: "I respectfully ask Your Majesty to recall the King of Luling." Although King Luling was once deaf and did ridiculous things, isn't the punishment for him all these years enough? ”

Wu Cao said: "This is my family matter, don't know it." ”

Di Renjie replied again: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Who is not a subject within the four seas? What is not a matter of His Majesty's family? The monarch is the head of state, the minister is the humerus, and the righteousness is the same. What's more, how can the minister not know it? Wu Cao was speechless for a while.

King Heshan of Neishi and Luantai squire Wang Fangqing also persuaded her to recall the king of Luling, so that the mother and son could meet each other in harmony.

Wu Cao still hesitated, and returned to Renshou Palace, where Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong brothers immediately came over to massage her back.

The Zhang Changzong brothers and Wangliu Camel Ji Ji were both worshiped in the Gonghe Mansion at that time, and they were close to each other.

Seeing that the two of them were young and carefree, Ji Ji persuaded the two of them: "The brothers are so rich and favored, but they are not obtained by virtue and industry!" There are many people in the world who are jealous of you, and if you don't make great contributions to the world, how can you protect yourself in the future? Plagiarism worries you! ”

When Brother Zhang Changzong heard this, he felt justified, he was indeed an upstart like Master Xue, and everyone knew what happened to Master Xue! The more Zhang Changzong thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he asked in tears.

Ji Ji said: "The scholars and commoners of the world have not forgotten the Shengde of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all thinking about King Luling. The sage is already high in the Spring and Autumn Period, and this year is the same as Confucius, and the great cause of the world must be entrusted, but the kings of the Wu clan are not her favorite candidates! ”

"Why don't the brothers take advantage of the trend and persuade the saint to establish the king of Luling to satisfy the wishes of the common people? If this is the case, not only can you avoid disaster, but you can also keep your wealth for a long time! Brother Zhang Changzong applauded.

Zhang Changzong slapped Wu Cao's back and asked, "The sage seems to be a little unhappy?" ”

Wu Cao sighed and said, "It's not that my nephews and courtiers are attacking each other! I don't like to be old, I don't use it, I have to establish an heir. Hey, Changzong and Yi Zhi, do you say I'm old? ”

Zhang Changzong replied: "Although the saint lives longer than Kong Xuan's father, he still looks like he is only fifty years old from the outside, and he is in good spirits, where can he see old age?" ”

Zhang Yizhi continued: "When ordinary women reach the age of saints, they are full of wrinkles and loose skin. The saint still has a bright face and smooth skin, what is it if he is not rejuvenated? It seems that the elixir of the minister's refining is really effective! ”

Wu Cao smiled and said, "Look at you two little poor mouths, you will make this old woman happy." I'd rather believe that there are ghosts in this world than in a man's broken mouth! The man is reliable, the sow will go up the tree, hehe, if only my son were so well-behaved. ”

Zhang Changzong suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard that the people of the world are missing King Luling. Why didn't the saint take him back to the palace? ”

Wu Cao was surprised: "This is not like Changzong's tone!" Let me think about it, who said this? Come to think of it, it was the kid who looked at the willow camel who said it, right? ”

Zhang Changzong nodded, and Wu Cao sent someone to invite Ji Ji to come and inquire. Ji Ji analyzed the benefits and losses of King Liluling and the people's support for the saint, and Wu Cao gradually made up his mind.

That night, Wu Cao slept soundly. Unexpectedly, in the early hours of the morning, Wu Cao suddenly had a strange dream, dreaming that a macaw was flying in the Qinling Mountains, and suddenly both wings were broken and fell to the ground.

Wu Cao woke up from the dream, carefully recalled the dream, and thought that it had been fulfilled in the body of Zhang Changzong's brothers, and couldn't help but sweat with fright.

As soon as he went to court the next day, Wu Cao summoned the erudite Di Renjie and asked him to help interpret his dreams.

Di Renjie pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Parrot, Wu, is Your Majesty's surname." The two wings refer to His Majesty's two biological sons, who are connected with His Majesty and have the same blood and blood. The meaning of this dream is: as long as His Majesty uses two biological sons, the parrot will be able to spread its wings and fly high again! Wu Cao nodded again and again, thanking Di Gong.

Wu Cao finally made up his mind and took back his son.

On March 9 of the first year of the sacred calendar, Wu Cao declared that Li Zhe, the king of Luling, was ill and urgently needed to return to the palace for treatment, and sent Xu Yanbo, a staff member, to Fangzhou to recall the king of Luling and his family.

That Xu Yanbo is also an elegant person, good at articles and poems, and has written a lot of poems. He came to Fangzhou and expressed the saint's love for his son with beautiful words, and asked Li Zhe to return to Beijing quickly to reunite with A-Niang!

Li Zhe and Wei Xiang'er were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately packed their luggage and took their children Li Chongfu, Li Chongrun, Li Chongjun, Princess Yongtai, Princess Yongshou, Princess Changning and others back to Luoyang in a carriage.

Along the way, the spring is bright, the birds on the trees are in pairs, the green water and green mountains are smiling, Concubine Wei picked a saffron casually, Li Zhe helped the lady wear it on the sideburns, and from now on she will no longer suffer from the parting, and the husband and wife will both return home.

After walking for more than ten days, King Luling finally returned to Luoyang, the capital of the gods after a fourteen-year absence.

A few days later, Di Renjie entered the palace to ask to see the King of Luling, and Wu Cao took his son Li Zhe's hand and came to Di Renjie and said, "Return to the King of Luling!" Then he said to his son, "The person who reunites our mother and son today is the elder of the country!" My son should worship the elder of the country! ”

King Luling bowed to Duke Di, and Di Renjie also knelt on the ground without a crown.

But Wu Cao did not immediately make Li Zhe the crown prince, she was still observing and thinking. If Li Zhe is made the crown prince, Li Tang Jiangshan will naturally continue to be inherited, but what about the kings of the Wu family?

She struggled all her life to become the only female emperor unprecedented in Chinese history, established the Great Zhou Empire, posthumously sealed her ancestors, built temples to worship, and brought supreme glory to the martial family.

After Li Zhe returned to Luoyang, he began to learn to look at problems from A-Niang's perspective and have a good relationship with the kings of the Wu family. He often went to Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's house to exchange ideas, and promised his eldest daughter Xindu County Lord to Wu Yanhui, the son of Wu Chengye's younger brother, Wu Chengye, which made A-Niang very satisfied.

Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, saw that Li Zhe was sensible, and he was getting farther and farther away from the crown prince, and he was unhappy all day long, suffering from severe depression, and on August 11, Wu Chengsi died of grief and depression.

Two days later, Wu Cao appointed Chunguan Shangshu Wu Sansi as the history of the school, and Di Renjie also accepted the words.

The emperor's heir Wu Lun resolutely asked to give way to his brother Li Zhe, and was approved by A-Niang, and on September 15, Wu Cao made Li Zhe the crown prince, and the order was still famous, and the world was amnesty, and he drank for five days.

On 17 September, he ordered the crown prince Li Xian to be the marshal of Hebei Province to crusade against the Turks, with Di Renjie as the deputy marshal, Song Xuanshuang on the right as the long history, Cui Xian on the right as Sima, and Cheng Ji Ji as the military envoy on the left.

Previously, less than 1,000 soldiers had been recruited for more than a month, but after Li Xian became the marshal, the recruits gathered and soon recruited more than 50,000 people.

At that time, the crown prince Li Xian did not go in person, Di Renjie knew about the marshal, and Wu Cao personally sent him on the expedition.

After the Turks plundered, they retreated to Mobei. Di Renjie led 100,000 troops to pursue, but did not catch up. Di Renjie was reappointed as the pacification ambassador of Hebei Province on the spot to appease the victimized people in Hebei.

In the first month of the second year of the holy calendar, Wu Cao changed the title of the emperor's heir Wu Lun to the prime minister, changed his name to Dan, and led the prince's right guard rate. In Layue, the crown prince Li Xian was given the surname Wu.

Seventy-five-year-old Wu Cao's eyebrows have heavy eyebrows, hanging down on the sideburns, forming a figure of eight, which is the symbol of the old man of the birthday star, Wu Xian led the civil and military officials to Tongtian Palace to congratulate.

In order to entrust the country, continue the glory of the martial arts, and let the Li and Wu families turn their rivalry into jade silk, Wu Cao tried his best and did his best. First of all, he appointed Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi as the general of Youwu Weiwei and Hanoi Wang Wu Yizong as the general of Youjin Wuwei, and took advantage of the rebellion in Yingzhou to make them the chief of the marching army and control the military power.

Then he appointed Wu Youning, the king of Jianchang, as the Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Ping Zhangshi and seized power. After appointing Li Xian as the crown prince, he ordered Wu Yizong, the king of Hanoi, and Wu Yougui, the king of Jiujiang, to command the troops to further consolidate the military power.

Then give the crown prince Li Xian's surname Wu, and his son follow his mother's surname, so that his son can convert to the martial family, which is also the best strategy to kill two birds with one stone. Wu Xian was very happy, because doing so was equivalent to adding a talisman, and the kings of the Wu clan were also happy, because even the crown prince was surnamed Wu, and their martial arts generals would enjoy wealth and nobility!

The last trick is the Danshu Iron Coupon.

In July of the second year of the holy calendar, Wu Cao thought that he was already in the spring and autumn period, and was worried about the disharmony between the crown prince, the king of Xiang, and the princess of Taiping, and the king of Liang, Wu Sansi, and the king of Jianchang, Wu Youning, so that the representatives of the two families of Li and Wu signed an oath in Tongtian Palace.

The representatives of the two families swore to the gods of heaven and earth: "The gods are above, and the two families of Li Wu live in harmony in life and life, share difficulties and blessings, and always be united and prosperous!" This oath! Then the oath was engraved on the iron coupon and sent to the impartial history museum for collection.

After Wu Cao played this set of lost boxing, the Li and Wu families really began to love each other according to her wishes. Wu Xian married the Seven Fairies Yongtai County Lord Li Xianhui and **Anle County Lord Li Bao'er to Wu Yanji, the son of Wu Chenghei, and Wu Chongxun, the son of Wu Sansi!