Just after the Lantern Festival, although the snow has stopped, the weather has also shown signs of warming, but it is still very cold, which is too difficult for Gaozong, who is afraid of cold and heat, he has been sick since the beginning of winter, and now not only has not improved, but it is more serious, coughing and wheezing, it is completely unable to get out of bed, every day can only lie on the hot couch sickly, accompanied by all kinds of decoctions, the spirit is poor enough, the face is emaciated, the face is as white as paper, and even the coughing and wheezing sound from time to time seems extraordinarily weak, It's really unbearable to see how haggard it looks.

"Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven is here."

Just when Gaozong's violent cough had just stopped, Liu Ruming, the deputy chief eunuch of Zichen Palace, hurriedly turned out from behind the screen, hurriedly rushed to the front of the couch, glanced at Gaozong with a worried look, and cautiously reported it.

"Hmm."

Gaozong raised his hand weakly, waved it casually, and muttered vaguely, as if he was not too reluctant to meet Empress Wu at this time.

"Mother has arrived!"

Regardless of whether Gaozong is happy or not, in this harem, there is really no place where the Empress Wu can't arrive, no, before Liu Ruming went out to summon him, a shout sounded, and the Empress Wu, whose face was sinking like water, had already led a large group of eunuchs and palace maids into the palace.

"The concubine knocks to see Your Majesty."

Although the Empress Wu was in a rage, she did not lose any etiquette, walked slowly to the bed, and bowed one by one, but her tone was obviously not as peaceful as in the past, with a strong resentment.

"Mei Niang is here, sit, sit."

Gaozong was seriously ill at this time, and he had a terrible headache, so he didn't notice that there was something wrong with Empress Wu's tone, and he raised his hand weakly and greeted dryly.

"Your Majesty, something has happened to the Protectorate of Shan Yu, the Turks have rebelled, the soldiers are in twenty-four states, Xiao Siye has lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and the situation is close to erosion."

After Empress Wu got up, he did not take his seat, but told the news reported by the general with a gloomy face.

"Ah, what? When? I'm ...... ahem."

As soon as he heard the Turkic rebellion, Gao Zongden was taken aback, Huo Ran sat up straight, and asked one after another, even though he was stimulated by the disordered breath and coughed wildly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this, this morning's incident, the concubine wanted to first discuss the countermeasures with the Zaifu of the Political Affairs Hall, and then report to Your Majesty, but ......, alas, ......"

Empress Wu stretched out her hand to help Gaozong pat his back and smooth his breath, while telling in a mournful tone, and at the end, he let out a long sigh full of humiliation, as if he had really suffered a great grievance.

"Huh?"

Seeing Empress Wu's expression like this, Gaozong, who coughed violently, couldn't help but become suspicious, and then he snorted in confusion.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, the concubine just wanted to share his worries for His Majesty, but unexpectedly, he showed him, alas, he actually broke into the arrogant manner, and in front of all the slaughterers, he blamed the concubine, the concubine, the concubine ......"

Empress Wu was a master of the acting school, and before the words came out, tears had already flowed out first, and when she spoke, she was choked up and speechless.

"This, this ......"

Gaozong was already afraid of the master inside, and when he saw that the martial queen was sad, he was confused, and he didn't know what to say.

"Enlighten the saint, the crown prince and the political affairs hall are asking to see you outside the hall."

Just when Gaozong was anxious and didn't know what to do, he saw Liu Ruming turn back from outside again, and reported loudly, which was regarded as relieving Gaozong.

"Xuan, cough, Xuan!"

In the final analysis, the contradiction between the Empress Wu and the prince was deliberately promoted by Gaozong himself, in order to seek a balance, this original intention is undoubtedly good, but it is a pity that two strong people get together, there is no possibility of compromise with each other, and this struggle is naturally becoming more and more tragic. After all, military affairs must not be ignored, even if he is annoyed in his heart, Gaozong can only helplessly declare it.

"No!"

Since Gaozong had already given an edict, Liu Ruming didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly answered, and hurriedly withdrew from the dormitory, and after a while, he had already accompanied Li Xian and the others back again.

"The sons (ministers) knock to see Your Majesty."

A group of people turned the screen and saw the Empress Wu who was sitting on the edge of the couch and weeping silently, but no one dared to look at it, and they all rushed to the front, bowed their heads and bowed their heads to pay respects.

"Excuse me, ahem......"

Gaozong's complexion was extremely bad, and when he shouted, a long series of violent coughs broke out, so that an unhealthy flush aroused on his pale face, and the little eunuchs who were busy waiting on the side all surrounded him, and they were all relieved by Gaozong.

"Your Majesty, long live, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Although the ministers were amazed by Gaozong's sick body, they did not dare to go less because of the number of courtesies, and after thanking them in unison, they all retreated to the side, all looking at Gaozong who was surrounded by eunuchs of all sizes.

"Hmm!" As soon as the coughing and wheezing had settled, Gaozong waved his hand impatiently, drove away all the eunuchs around him, glanced at Li Xian with an extremely unhappy face, and said sharply: "Xian'er, what are you making a fuss about?" ”

Hehe, damn old thief, sure enough, the wicked person sued first!

Li Xian had long expected that the Empress Wu would come up with the trick of crying, making trouble and hanging himself, and he didn't care much, in the face of Gaozong's anger, Li Xian bowed extremely calmly, and replied unhurriedly: "Enlighten the emperor, the military affairs, non-emperor can not let it, if there is no holy decree, no matter who and for what reason to gather privately with the ministers to discuss it, it is a usurpation, and the ministers do not dare to agree!" If there are no rules, it will not be a circle! ”

"Your Highness's words are wrong, and you should be in a hurry to obey the power, how can you generalize."

As soon as he heard Li Xianming accuse the power of Empress Wu, Jia Chaoyin couldn't hold it back, flashed out from the side, and protested loudly.

"Jia Chaoyin, you dare to say such nonsense, how can you be in power in the major affairs of the society, you are so bold, do you want to rebel!"

It's good that Jia Chaoyin didn't jump out, but this jump out, didn't he send a target to Li Xian, if he didn't attack him, who would go again? Li Xian didn't give Jia Chaoyin any face, so he snorted, and unceremoniously a big hat was about to pass.

"You ......"

Jia Chaoyin didn't expect Li Xian to dare to be so arrogant in front of Gaozong, and when he was scolded like this, he was dumbfounded, and he stammered and didn't know how to deal with it.

"Your Highness has misunderstood, misunderstood, Jia Xiang is just worried about the trouble, and has no other intentions, at this critical moment, the minister thinks that it is better to agree on the military affairs first."

Although he couldn't afford to look at Jia Chaoyin in his heart, as an ally, Li Zhen couldn't sit back and watch Jia Chaoyin be tricked by Li Xian, in case Jia Chaoyin was in a hurry and talked nonsense again, if he was really swept out of the political hall, the consequences would not be fun, so although he was reluctant, Li Zhen still had to come forward again to ease Jia Chaoyin's cheeks.

"Where's the military report?"

Although Gaozong is not very smart, he is not stupid in the end, and at this time, he also saw that something was wrong, although he was dissatisfied with the military queen who gathered his ministers to discuss military affairs without asking for instructions, but he was reasonable, but it was not good to embarrass him in public, and he didn't want to see Li Xian take the opportunity to gain power, so he took advantage of Li Zhen's interruption and hurriedly drank a suffocation, which was regarded as a vague deal with this entanglement.

"Xuan!"

As soon as he heard that Gaozong wanted a military report, Cheng Denggao hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to hand the military report he was holding to Gaozong, but he didn't expect Gaozong to answer it at all, waved his hand, and scolded him impatiently.

"No."

Seeing that Gaozong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, Cheng Denggao didn't dare to slack off a little, and hurriedly responded, the general took out the envelope, spread it out, and preached in his voice: "Minister, Shan Yu is the protector of Xiao Siye and is in a hurry to play Your Majesty's ......."

"Rubbish! Say, let's talk about it, how should we deal with this matter? ”

After listening to the military report, Gaozong scolded angrily, looked around at Zhu Zaifu, and asked in an unkind tone.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Turks, the great trouble, can not be indulged, now its side is reversed, the foundation is still shallow, must be able to thunder the means to smooth it, otherwise, it will become a disaster for my Tang Dynasty after a long time, although the minister is not talented, I would like to ask for the order to raise troops to go to the thief, and I beg Your Majesty for permission."

As soon as they saw Gaozong's angry and corrupt appearance, the ministers did not dare to express their stance casually, and the palace was quiet for a while, but this silence did not last long, and they saw Li Zhen, the king of Yue, standing up proudly from the side, and impassionedly asked the commander to go on the expedition.

"Buzz ......"

Zhu Zaifu obviously didn't expect Li Zhen to jump out and make a big statement, and in shock, they couldn't help but be in an uproar, but Li Xian and Empress Wu were very calm, obviously these two had already expected Li Zhen's actions.

"I'm afraid it's not good for the starling to have this heart, I really expect it, do you have any suggestions?"

Gaozong did not doubt Li Zhen's loyalty, but was worried that Li Zhen's ability was not enough to compete, after all, although Li Zhen is known as the virtuous king of both civil and military affairs, but after all, he has never seen a battle, and this sudden command of the battle is obviously a bit inappropriate, but Gaozong is not easy to refuse Li Zhen's volunteer, so he can only say a few words of relief, and then throw the problem to the Zhuzaifu.

Side advice? Look at what Gaozong said, it is really ingenious enough, it is nothing more than waiting for the ministers to come forward to oppose Li Zhen's volunteering, those present are the most outstanding people in the Tang Dynasty, how can they not hear the meaning, the problem is that when they can't figure out the intentions of Empress Wu and Li Xian, no one wants to come forward to be this bird, in case there is a slight mistake in the words and inadvertently offends these two giants, the consequences are not fun, so no matter how eager Gaozong's eyes are, The ministers all turned a blind eye, and the atmosphere in the dormitory suddenly became strange......