At the end of the Shen time, the sun was already slanting in the west, and it was already dim in the imperial study, but the Empress Wu still did not rest, and the faint light of the candlestick lit on the corner of the copywriting was buried in the official documents, and the red pen in his hand was written quickly, and his forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat, and his face was full of thick tiredness.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, General Ge Gong is here."

Just when Empress Wu was writing quickly, he saw Cheng Denggao turn out from behind the screen with small steps, pause at the door, peek at Empress Wu's face, and then cautiously came to the copywriter and whispered.

"Well, Xuan"

Hearing the sound, Empress Wu raised her head a little tiredly, glanced at Cheng Denggao, gave an order without much expression, and then lowered her head to correct the script.

"No."

Since the Empress Wu had already made an order, Cheng Denggao did not dare to delay more, hurriedly agreed to the promise, hurriedly exited the study, and after a while, he had already accompanied Gar Yingong in armor from outside.

"The last will see the queen of heaven!"

Seeing that Empress Wu was still busy at this time, Gar Yinggong's heart couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration, but he didn't bring it to his face, but strode to the front, bowed, and performed a standard military salute.

"Excuse me, what's the matter? Say. ”

Although the sound was already heard, Empress Wu did not raise her head, the pen in her hand was still waving, and she just said quietly.

"Mother's ......"

Empress Wu shouted, and Gar Yin Gong naturally didn't dare not speak, but he just called lightly, and then there was no follow-up.

"Well, you'll all stand down."

Empress Wu waited for a while, didn't hear the following, frowned involuntarily, raised her head, looked at Gar Yinbow, who wanted to speak and stopped, and after a little groaning, she raised her hand and withdrew all the eunuchs and palace maids waiting in the imperial study.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, today at noon, Pei Shoude, the head of the household department, made an appointment with the last general, and conveyed His Royal Highness the King of Yue's consideration of the peace negotiation, saying that His Royal Highness the King of Yue thought that the big food was a small and barbaric country, and it should not be taken seriously, and it must be exterminated as soon as possible."

After the group had retreated, Gar Yin Gong did not need to be urged, and he briefly stated what he wanted to report.

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

Empress Wu has long known that her hidden mind can not hide the old fox of King Yue, and she is not surprised that she can guess the root, and she does not care much about King Yue's loyalty, just because in her opinion, King Yue and his people never do things that are not beneficial, since they have shown their attitude, they must be rewarded, so the corners of their mouths were raised, showing a sneering smile, and their tone asked casually.

"Niangniang Shengming, Pei Shilang also said that His Royal Highness the King of Yue is willing to come forward to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to personally preside over the peace talks."

As soon as he saw the ambiguous smile on the corner of Empress Wu's mouth, Gar Yinggong couldn't help but smile too, and replied unhurriedly.

"Oh? Hehe, Uncle Eight is really a wonderful person, hmm, since he has made such a good suggestion, shouldn't he be undemanding, huh? ”

Hearing Gar Yingong's words, Empress Wu was stunned at first, but soon understood what was behind King Yue's move.

"What Niangniang said is very true, but His Royal Highness King Yue still has a request, saying that his fourth son is now idle at home and has nothing to do, and wants to ask Niangniang to grant him the position of Xiangzhou Sima."

There is no doubt that the Empress Wu has obviously regarded Gar Yingong as a confidant, otherwise he would not dare to do so, so he said it without worrying, but it made Gar Yingong's heart involuntarily overflow with a sense of knowledge, and he hurriedly bowed down a few points, and hurried to make a report.

"Xiangzhou Sima? Well, the palace is approved, go and tell Pei Shilang, just say what the palace said, if you want to take it first, you must give it first! What to do, I think Uncle Eight will make a decision. ”

Empress Wu is a shrewd individual, just listening, he has already guessed that there is something hidden behind King Yue's request, and he just wants to send Li Chun back to his nest to stabilize the base camp of Xiangzhou, so as to make some preparations for the future, this kind of intention is obviously bad, but Empress Wu didn't care, and agreed without hesitation.

"No, the last will retire."

Gar Yingong is a very knowledgeable person, and now that the matter is over, he will not stay any longer, so he hurriedly got up, bowed respectfully, turned around, and strode out of the imperial study, and went to contact the Yue Wang side without mentioning it......

In the early dynasty, for ordinary people, it was a great glory, and it belonged to the treatment that only top officials could enjoy, but for the courtiers, it was an out-and-out chore, especially since the Gaozong couple settled in the Daming Palace, even more so, not for anything else, just because the Daming Palace was lonely outside the city, and the courtiers wanted to go to the court, so they had to get up in the middle of the night and catch up with the road for an hour to reach the outside of the Daming Palace, and for Li Xian, the prince, it was bitter and bitter, because Li Xian had to enter the palace first and wait outside the Zichen Palace, Waiting for the Empress Wu to go out, in terms of time, you have to get up earlier than the courtiers for more than half an hour, every morning court, Li Xian doesn't want to sleep peacefully, no, today is the day of the early dynasty, Li Xian is ugly when the card is up, four minutes out of the door, to rush to the outside of the Daming Palace, it is already the time is coming, and then hand the brand, and wait for the door, until the four o'clock of the day, finally arrived in time outside the Zichen Palace.

The late dawn of late autumn, although it was almost hour, but the sky was still dark and calm, that is, there was not even a trace of fish belly white, the empty square in front of the palace was dark, even if Gao Miao and a few other little eunuchs were carrying lanterns, but they could not dispel the black, but it made the black a little deeper, this, maybe it was the darkness before dawn, but when was this kind of darkness going to be dark? It's hard to say, even with the memory of the third life, Li Xian really doesn't know when he will be able to break free from this darkness, three years? Or five years? I don't know, the only thing Li Xian knows is that he is on the road now, or on a road where there is no possibility of turning back, the only thing he can do is two words - persistence!

Persistence, persistence, since the fight came to this era, Li Xian has insisted on it for a full twelve years, even if the nerves are tenacious, they are gradually unable to bear it, I really want to come to a hundred, learn Taizong to play a change of Xuanwu Gate, but reason told him that the price of doing this is too high, until the last resort, Li Xian really does not want to take such a dangerous road, the question is whether the situation will really force to take that step, but Li Xian does not dare to pack the ticket, therefore, no matter what, With this hard-won military power at hand, Li Xian will definitely not let go!

"The queen of heaven has arrived!"

Just when Li Xian was thinking a lot, a shrill voice suddenly sounded, and Li Xian's reverie was immediately interrupted.

"The son knocks to see the queen mother!"

Raising his eyes and seeing Empress Wu walking out of the palace gate with his head held high, Li Xian did not dare to have the slightest slackness, hurriedly swept away all the reveries in his mind, strode to the bottom of the steps, and respectfully bowed.

"Excuse me."

Empress Wu has never been waiting to see Li Xian, nor bothering to hide such a disappointment, even if Li Xian's courtesy is impeccable and respectful, but Empress Wu didn't even look at it, just said expressionlessly, walked down the steps on his own, and slowly walked to the soft chariot that stopped aside, and a large group of palace maids who accompanied him rushed forward and served Empress Wu on the chariot.

"Get up, set up the Xuanzheng Palace!"

is the so-called upward and downward effect, the Empress Wu does not wait to see Li Xian, Cheng Denggao naturally has no Li Xian as the prince in his eyes, even if he is actually very afraid of Li Xian in his heart, but in front of the Empress Wu, he put on a posture of not seeing Li Xian in his eyes, and he didn't care that Li Xian was not on the line, and as soon as the Empress Wu sat down, he was five people and six people.

"Keep up."

Since he became the crown prince, Li Xian has encountered many things that are not treated by the Empress Wu, and he will not do much to deal with him, the left and right are just some forms, Li Xian is too lazy to go to his heart, and after the Empress Wu moved, Li Xian immediately walked to his own soft chariot, and no one needed to serve, he raised his feet and climbed up, waved his hand quietly, and commanded in a flat tone.

"Get up, set up the Xuanzheng Palace!"

Li Xian himself doesn't care, but Gao Miao can't ignore it, every time he follows Li Xian into the palace and goes to the court, he always has to be embarrassed by Cheng Denggao and a group of villains, and he has already held his breath in his heart, and then he saw Cheng Denggao take out the old routine again, and he was bored enough, but Li Xian didn't speak, and he didn't dare to have anything out of the ordinary, and when he heard Li Xian's instructions, the tone was suddenly pulled very high, and his sharp voice seemed to poke the black capital before dawn into a big hole, not only Li Xian was caught off guard, and he was almost taken aback, Even the team of the martial queens, who had walked more than 20 steps away, also had a lot of commotion.

Oh, you silly boy!

Although Li Xian was a little surprised by Gao Miao's spirit, he didn't take it to heart, just smiled and shook his head, and didn't say anything, letting Gao Miao toss around, but his mind quickly turned to the early dynasty that was about to start - there is no doubt that today's early dynasty will be an extremely critical game, not only related to the current situation, but also related to the direction and trend of the political situation for a long time in the future, Li Xian can not be defeated, and he can't afford to lose, if he really loses, the consequences will be unimaginable, Because of this, even if he had made all kinds of preparations, Li Xian still didn't dare to be careless, looking at the Xuanzheng Hall that was getting closer and closer, Li Xian's solemn face sank more and more......