On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the first year of Shenlong, Li Xian led hundreds of civil and military officials to Shangyang Palace to greet their lives, and named A-Niang as the Emperor of Zetian.

The officials under the prince almost all jumped for joy and celebrated, only the imperial servant Yao Yuanchong was sad and sad alone, whimpering and sobbing.

Zhang Cambodia and Huan Yanfan said to Yao Yuanchong: "Everyone is rejoicing, today is not a day of weeping and sorrow, I am afraid that the disaster of the public will start from here!" ”

Yao Yuanchong replied: "I have served Zetian for many years, and I suddenly said goodbye, and my feelings were heartfelt, and my sadness was like a surging river, rushing endlessly, and it could not be contained!" Participating in the conspiracy a few days ago is the common way of courtiers, how dare they speak out? Saying goodbye to the old lord today, sad and crying, is also the etiquette of farewell for the courtiers! If I am guilty of this, I am willing to do it, and I will never regret it! ”

Wu Sansi and Li Dan both nodded in approval, but Zhang Khan Zhi and others were not happy, and on February 5, Yao Yuanchong was transferred to Bozhou to assassinate the history, and it was not until Li Dan ascended the throne that he returned to Chang'an to govern.

After Wu Cao retired to Shangyang Palace, his condition was sometimes good and sometimes bad, sometimes he lost his temper, and he no longer dressed up, grease and powder!

No one informed her of what was going on outside, and she didn't know about it. At first, only her son Li Xian came to visit her once every ten days, and later her daughter-in-law Wei Xianger and nephew Wu Sansi also often came to visit her.

Once Li Xian came to greet the living, learned that A-Niang was sick, lying on the bed, Li Xian ordered the civil and military officials to wait in the outer hall, and he entered the inner room to visit.

The palace maid picked up the weakened Wu Cao and fed her a decoction, Li Xian saw that A-Niang's face was aging and haggard, her skin was loose, and there were age spots, which was completely different from the previous impression of being energetic, there was a world of difference, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Li Xian summoned all the palace maids, glared angrily, and asked them if they had not served the Emperor Zetian with all their hearts? The palace ladies knelt down and shouted grievances.

Wu Cao raised his hand and motioned for them all to get up, and said with tears in his eyes: "It's none of their business, I can live to this age, it's already God's grace!" Hey, I welcomed you back from Fangling, and I originally taught you the world. However, the five thieves were greedy for merit and called the forbidden palace, which frightened me! Xian'er must also be careful! ”

Li Xian thought that he was also kidnapped to participate in the war, and sure enough, he frightened the saint, wept endlessly, and bowed to the ground to thank him: "The minister is not filial, disturbing the holy driver, and the crime deserves death!" Suddenly, the capital crime is a capital crime. ”

After retreating, Li Xian raised the treatment of the palace maids of Shangyang Palace, asking them to continue to do their best to serve A-Niang, without a trace of negligence and carelessness.

Empress Wei and Wu Sansi came to visit Wu Cao, Wu Cao introduced some of his experience in politics, talked about Li Wu's family, recalled the scene in July of the second year of the holy calendar, the representatives of Li Wu's two families swore to the gods of heaven and earth together in Tongtian Palace, and said: "You must not break your oath! With the Danshu Iron Coupon as proof, even if I can forgive you, will the gods of heaven and earth forgive you? ”

Empress Wei and Wu Sansi respectfully served the side, wrote down Wu Cao's words, and conveyed them to Li Xian. Li Xian restored the tradition of the two saints in the dynasty, reused Wu Sansi, and alienated Zhang Cambodia, Cui Xuanwei and other heroes. As long as Wu Sansi didn't come to the palace for three days, Li Xian took Empress Wei to visit.

Li Xian also reused Wei Yuanzhong, who was famous for his loyalty and integrity, as the prime minister to contain Zhang Khan Zhi. After Wei Yuanzhong returned to the Eastern Capital from Gaoyao County, Duanzhou, he no longer gave advice, but went with the flow and pitched up with the times.

After Li Xian ruled the world for three months, China and the rest of the world were disappointed. After comparing the governing styles and ideas of Wu Cao and Li Xian, people of insight all admired Wu Cao and belittled Li Xian.

Yuan Chuke, the sour jujube lieutenant, was one of the representatives, and he wrote to Wei Yuanzhong, pointing out the ten major mistakes of Li Xian's governance of the country, and asking Wei Yuanzhong to correct them in time, but Wei Yuanzhong was only ashamed of his gratitude and did not take practical action.

The top 10 mistakes are mainly:

1. Don't build a prince early, choose a master to counsel;

2, the princess opened the mansion and placed subordinates;

3. Advocating monks wearing silk clothes, wandering around the door of power, taking advantage of the situation to accept bribes, such as Hu Seng Huifan, Li Xian also visited his brother-in-law Weifu several times, without asking the common people to ask ghosts and gods;

4, the actor Haiyou also rewards official goods;

5. The selection of talents by the division is measured by the size of the power or the number of treasures offered;

6. Favor the eunuchs, and the thousand new eunuchs will inevitably become a disaster in the future;

7. The rewards for princes and nobles are excessive, competing for extravagance and waste, and extravagance;

8. Widely dispose of foreign officials, hurting money and harming the people;

9. The warlock on the left side of the door bewildered the Lord and stole the throne;

10, the first court maid was able to buy a house outside the palace to live, and she couldn't help but go in and out, please ask for traffic.

Unlike people of insight, Wu Cao has long known that his son Li Xian is not the material of the Yuyu Universe, so it is understandable that he is reluctant to give way.

Zhang Khan later came to find that the person who had worked hard to help him on the throne was a mediocre person, and he also regretted it, and after being belittled and reprimanded, he died of grief.

The evaluation of the emperor should be light on etiquette and religion and heavy on governing the country, light on small things and important on important things. Because the emperor has all the resources of the world, including the resources of men and women.

Wu Cao has almost reached a perfect state in governing the country and the country, transporting the world in the palm of her hand, firmly grasping the direction of the big ship, and guarding the big festival very well, so her behavior of breaking through the etiquette and religion is really nothing compared to her contribution! There's no need to hit her with sticks, buttoned hats, or braided her!

On the other hand, Li Xian, who had only taken over the baton of Wu Cao's power for three months, made ten major mistakes in governing the country. In contrast, people can't help but miss Wu Cao deeply!

After retiring from an important post, Wu Cao can carefully review his life experience and think about his posthumous future. Wu Cao slowly recalled intermittently:

The first time he entered the palace, he was a talented person of Li Shimin for twelve years, and he has not been promoted or rewarded, but he has only honed his temperament and is familiar with court affairs and palace people. The biggest gain is to train yourself into a shining pearl in the palace pot, and get the favor and love of King Jin.

Princess Gaoyang dared to sigh, men can have wives and concubines, why can't women have their own boyfriends? Then put it into practice, and the result ended in failure.

To put it psychologically, I very much agree with Princess Gaoyang's anti-etiquette thoughts, and the etiquette designed by the feudal guardians is extremely unfair to women! The reason for her failure is because she doesn't have power, and if you don't have power, you don't have the right to speak, and if a woman has power, who can do anything to her?

Then go to Ganye Temple to become a nun and learn Buddhist scriptures, understand Buddhism, obtain correct consciousness and enlightenment, and achieve the perfection of enlightenment! Fortunately, before entering the temple, he had a flash of inspiration, leaving a poem of "Ruyi Niang", which led Jiulang to come to meet, and then there was an adventure of recovering the water and reuniting the mirror, and he entered the palace for the second time.

After entering the palace again, I sang with Jiu Langfu, like a fish in water, like glue and paint, endless love, endless lingering, continuous rewards, countless posthumous gifts, and the crystallization of love was born one after another, compared with the period of talents, it is really different!

Wang, Xiao, Eldest Sun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others were originally innocent, but they hindered and hurt the love between me and Jiulang, so they must be eliminated! No matter how the situation changes, Jiurou always stands with me, and I feel very happy and lucky!

Now I understand, he is the green cow boy under the throne of the Taishang Laojun, I am the parrot on the shoulder of Amitabha Buddha, born together in the Brahma Palace, a natural pair! Therefore, they cherish each other, even if they part, they are constantly cut and sorted out.

I want to be with him forever, I want to be buried in Qianling, he will protect me for decades, I will protect him for thousands of years, I will protect Qianling for thousands of years!

What kind of talent, Zhaoyi, Empress, Queen of Heaven, Queen Mother, Holy Mother God Emperor, Holy Spirit Emperor, everything is now zero, it is all nothing!

Now that I have seen through everything, and have given up everything, and forgiven all my enemies, can't you still forgive me?

Wu Cao slowly unfolded the topographic map of Qianling, and the planning and layout of the entire Qianling Tomb were unobstructed.

Qianling is a mausoleum on the mountain, it is the mausoleum of Jiulang, and it is also the longevity domain selected by himself, which is located on Liangshan Mountain in the northwest of Qianxian County. There are three peaks in Liangshan, the north peak is the highest in the middle, the elevation is 1048 meters, the underground palace is in it, the two peaks in the south are lower, the east and west are facing each other, there is a soil que on it, it looks like Naitou from a distance, it is commonly known as "Naitou Mountain".

The whole terrain is like a human body lying on the ground, and the people from all over the world who come to watch the wind and water think that Liangshan is very beneficial to the heroine. The cemetery imitates the pattern of Chang'an City, the momentum is magnificent, the scale is grand, the building is magnificent, and it can be called "the crown of the emperors' tombs in the past dynasties".

Walk through Naitou Mountain, step on Sima Road, there are Huabiao, winged horses, ostriches, stone horses, Weng Zhong on both sides, there are two tall pavilions at the end, the west pavilion is the stele, the east pavilion is the wordless stele.

Behind the pavilion is the Que Tower, behind the Que Tower is the statue of sixty-one ministers, thirty-two on the west side, twenty-nine on the east side.

There are the great leader of Qiuzi Nalizi Ali, the king of Shule Pei Yijian Mishi, the king of Khotan Wei Chi Xu, the king of Zhu Juban Si Lule, the lord of the city of Boxian He Fu Diyan, the king of Kang Ni Ni Shi Shi, the prince of Shi Hu Na, the prince of Tocharo special service Ka Dajian, the great chief of Tubo Zanpo, the general of the right Xiaowei and the governor of Persia King Belus, etc., highlighting the grand atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Thursday Yi Binfu and the coming of all countries!

There are two big lions behind the statue of Fanchen, and behind it is the Suzaku Gate.

Climb to the top of Liangshan, look at the mountains and mountains from afar, see the ancient cypress towering to the sky closely, the swill river, the desert water surrounds it, there is Taibai Mountain in the south, there is Wufeng Mountain in the north, there is Jiuzhi Mountain in the east, there is Cuiping Mountain in the west, the hills and ravines in the mind, swallow the five mountains.

Wu Cao slowly put away the picture scroll with satisfaction, and walked to the bed to lie down to rest with the support of the palace maid.

In the blink of an eye, it was the heavy snow season, Luoyang had a light snow, Luoshui and Yishui flowed slowly, the waves of Ningbi Pond were as flat as a mirror, and the snowflakes flew one after another, falling to the water surface and disappearing without a trace.

One night, the great light of the Buddha of Infinite Light shone on the aging Wu Cao again, Wu Cao suddenly opened her eyes and saw Amitabha Buddha beckoning to her in the distance, and her three souls and seven spirits gradually came out of her body and flew into the void.

The three souls and seven spirits flew to the sky of light and sound, but found that without Cizhou, they could not return to the Western Elysium. When she was anxious, Amitabha Buddha spread the word in the empty valley and ordered her to guard the Qianling Tomb for 2,000 years, and then take her back after 2,000 years!

The two thousand years of the Brahma Palace are only two days for Bliss, and the three souls and seven spirits are flying happily all over the sky.

The three souls and seven spirits returned to the body, Wu Cao suddenly woke up, and ordered the palace maid and eunuch on duty to hurry out of the palace to summon his son, daughter-in-law and nephew to enter the palace to see the driver, and he returned to the light, and was about to announce the legacy.

Li Xian, Empress Wei and Wu Sansi hurriedly got up and rushed to the Immortal Palace of Shangyang Palace, Wu Cao lay on the bed and muttered in a weak voice: "I am about to ascend to the sky, now announce the legacy, write it down!" Wu Sansi put pen to paper.

Wu Cao paused word by word and said: "Yimiao, return to the Qianling Tomb, go to the emperor's name, and call the great saint queen of Zetian!" Wang, Xiao Er, Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, and Liu Zheng's descendants and relatives were all pardoned, and Wei Yuan was faithfully sealed to a hundred households! Wu Sansi wrote every word seriously.

Li Xian held A-Niang's hand, whimpered and cried, Wu Cao moved, fell asleep again, and gradually stopped breathing! This day is November 26, just two days before the winter solstice.

Wei Yuanzhong, the secretary of the military department of the school and the inspector, choked up with excitement and shed tears while holding Wu Cao's legacy.

Li Xian was very sad, mourning for nearly a month, and the military affairs entrusted Wei Yuanzhong to deal with it, and it was not until December 21 that he went to the Tongming Palace to meet the ministers.

This year, there are 6.15 million households in the world, with a population of more than 37.14 million.

This number is not worth mentioning compared to today's population of more than 1.3 billion, but it is more than double the 2.8 million households in the Taizong Dynasty!

On the twenty-first day of the first month of the second year of Shenlong, Li Xian personally escorted A-Niang's coffin back to Chang'an, and ordered Cui Rong, the son of the country, to write the "Book of Mourning for the Great Holy Empress of Zetian".

He also ordered Wei Yuanzhong, Wu Sansi, Xu Yanbo, Wei Chengqing, Cui Rong, Cen Xi and others to write 20 volumes of "The Records of Empress Zetian".

Cui Rong praised Wu Cao for "only the holy mercy can be lawful, and broadcast the sound of the emblem in the heirs", in order to repay Wu Cao's kindness, he meditated hard and worked hard to write a book of mourning and a record, but he was overly attentive and died.

Li Xian came to Qianling, inspected the outer Guocheng, the imperial city, and the palace city of Qianling, ordered the passage to be dug up, the tomb gate opened, and on 18 May, the coffin of the great sage empress was buried in the Xuangong of Qianling.

In front of the tower in front of the Suzaku Gate, Li Xian had already written the text of "Ode to Sainthood", ready to be carved on the tablet, and discussed it with the courtiers in advance.

As a result, Zhang Cambodia, Wei Yuanzhong and other ministers agreed that the Tang Emperor should not praise the Wu Zhou Emperor, and the Tang Dynasty could not praise the Wu Zhou State, so the "Ode to Shengde" text had to be abandoned, and the originally planned "Zetian Great Sage Empress Song Shengde" tablet became a wordless tablet! This is also something that Wu Cao did not expect before his death.

The light of the setting sun shines on Liangshan through the colorful auspicious clouds, and the flowers and plants all over the mountains and fields reflect each other, which is extraordinarily gorgeous!

Li Xian saw a wisp of green smoke rising from Liangshan Mountain, rising into mid-air and turning into a bird-shaped cloud, which seemed to be in the shape of a parrot, and couldn't help but bow: "Chen Xian asked Caiyun Shangxian to take care of the longevity domain of the father and the queen mother!" Please, please, the minister is terrified! ”

The clouds float in the sky above the Qianling, the sunny day turns into a breeze, blowing on the shore of Weishui, the rainy day turns into a dark cloud, shrouding the field of the cemetery, day after day, year after year, guarding the crown of the imperial tomb - Qianling!