The sky of the first month is still a little cold, although there has been no snow, but the wind is not small, whimpering and howling, even if it is close to noon, the temperature is still very low, the already weak Gao Zong is too lazy to move, the cat is in the warm and warm bed, looking at idle books to pass the time, occasionally looking at the heart, and from time to time let out a chuckle or two, the mood is obviously quite good, quite a kind of stealing half a day of leisure.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yue is asking to see you outside the palace gate."

Just as Gaozong was fascinated, he heard a sound of broken footsteps, and a middle-aged eunuch had turned out from behind the screen, but when he saw him walking to the front of the bed, he bowed respectfully and reported.

"Oh? Then declare it. ”

Although Gaozong has been ignoring government affairs for a long time, he is not in a state of seclusion, and he usually convenes some close ministers to talk about the world, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is one of the frequent visitors, because of this, Gaozong did not feel very strange about Li Zhen's arrival, and casually commanded.

"No!"

Since Gaozong had already spoken, the middle-aged eunuch who came to report the news did not dare to slack off, hurriedly answered, and hurriedly withdrew from the dormitory.

"The old minister knocks to see Your Majesty."

As soon as he saw Gaozong's face, Li Zhen had already rushed to the front of the couch and saluted respectfully.

"Excuse me, is the starling on duty today? Why, but what's wrong? ”

As soon as he saw Li Zhen's neat court clothes, Gaozong couldn't help but be stunned, and asked suspiciously.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, today's old minister is indeed on duty, and when he encounters a difficulty, he really doesn't dare to be arbitrary, so I am here to show Your Majesty."

As soon as Gaozong asked this, Li Zhen's face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment, and he replied in a hesitant tone.

"Oh? What's so hard about that? ”

Seeing that Li Zhen's face was not right, the doubts in Gaozong's heart couldn't help but become a little stronger, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, this morning, Niangniang summoned the Zhongshu to order Li Jingxuan to be held accountable, because his sons were rampant and lawless, and he has been demoted to the history of Yuzhou Thorn, and now the Zhongshu Order is already vacant."

Li Zhen made a cautious look and explained loudly.

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Alas, ......, Jing Xuan was only cautious in his life, but when he was old, he was planted on his children, it was a pity, well, the vacancy in the Chinese book order is not a trivial matter, and someone has to make up for it after all, who does the starling think can let this? ”

Gaozong really didn't know about Li Jingxuan's demotion, and when he heard this, he was first surprised, then sighed, and finally asked the question that Li Zhen wanted to hear the most.

"This ......"

Although Gaozong asked, Li Zhen didn't want to answer immediately, but pretended to hesitate and muttered.

"There are no outsiders here, the starling brother has something to say."

Gaozong was not surprised by Li Zhen's hesitation, just because the matter of establishing the prime minister was important, it was an arbitrary matter of the emperor, and it was not something that others could do at will.

"That ......, the old minister is bold and presumptuous, the imperial historian has both virtue and ability, and deep rhyme government affairs, it is really the best candidate, I can't help but see the old minister like this, His Royal Highness the prince is also general, there is a joint recital of His Royal Highness the prince and the old minister, please read it for Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Zhen took a small step back, took out the fold of the yellow silk mask from the wide sleeves, raised her hands above her head, and then gritted her teeth, as if she had made a difficult decision.

"Oh? Gao Zhizhou? Well......, do you have any opinion on Mei Niang? ”

Hearing that Li Xian and Li Zhen actually jointly signed this chapter, Gaozong immediately had a burst of doubts in his heart, sighed lightly, stretched out his hand to take the fold, browsed it casually, and asked hesitantly.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the old minister just heard some rumors, and he didn't dare to be sure, it is said that Niangniang is willing to take over the post of Shangshu Wu Chenghei of the Criminal Department, and I don't know if it's true or not."

As soon as Gaozong's words came out, Li Zhen's heart suddenly glanced, but fortunately, the city was deep, but he didn't show any flaws, but he just had a slightly bitter face and hurriedly replied.

"Wu Chenghe? Ridiculous, he is a country man, he doesn't know how to write, he can write a very good edict, this is really ......, it's just that I know about this matter, and I will discuss it with Mei Niang when I go back. ”

As soon as he heard that Empress Wu was going to promote Wu Chengsi to take over the order in the book, Gao Zongden was a burst of nameless fire, and scolded angrily, but he scolded half of the time, but he was afraid of the ** disease in the heart, but he committed it again, and at the end, he didn't dare to directly agree to Li Xian and Li Zhen's joint excerpt.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that this matter must be cautious, and it is better to discuss it earlier."

Gaozong's words were already with the intention of expelling guests, but Li Zhen didn't plan to leave like this, so he pretended not to understand, and said with a smile.

"That's fine, the day after tomorrow will be early, I'll go by myself."

For the candidate of Wu Chenghe, Gaozong is 120,000 points of disapproval, and there are also doubts about Gao Zhizhou, not that Gao Zhizhou is not pleasing to the eye, but suspects that there is a tacit understanding between Li Xian and Li Zhen, of course, if you have to make a choice, it is natural to choose Gao Zhizhou, but how to choose Zhongshu Ling on the premise of maintaining the balance of the existing court situation, but it is a headache for Gaozong, therefore, although Gaozong actually does not want to go to the early dynasty in his heart, he can only reluctantly accept it, In general, I plan to make a decision when the situation comes.

"Your Majesty, the old minister retires."

Seeing that it was impossible to persuade Gaozong to make a decision on the spot, Li Zhen's heart couldn't help but feel a little lost, but it was already like this, he didn't dare to persuade him, besides, as long as Gaozong was willing to come forward to preside over the early dynasty, for Li Zhen, it would be enough, with the joint force of the two major forces of the East Palace and his Yue Wangfu, there was no doubt that he would have the upper hand in the court battle, and he really didn't need to play Shizi at this time, so he bowed down and sued himself and went back to the palace by himself.

"Someone!"

Gaozong did not go to see Li Zhen, but sat cross-legged on the couch alone, thinking about his thoughts for a while in a daze, his face changed uncertainly, and at the end, he suddenly raised his voice and drank a voice.

"The slave is here!"

Hearing the sound wrong, the eunuchs and eunuchs who were waiting outside the dormitory did not dare to slack off, and they all poured into the room, each bowing down in response.

"Go, I've invited my mother!"

Gaozong got up irritably, paced back and forth in the dormitory for a few steps, flicked his sleeves, and gave orders with a rather excited expression.

"No!"

Seeing that Gaozong's complexion was wrong, all the eunuchs who accompanied him were all surprised, but no one dared to ask indiscriminately, so they could only bow down and leave without mentioning it.

"The concubine has seen the emperor."

Gaozong has a call, the martial queen came very quickly, and after a while, he has led a group of eunuchs of all sizes to hurriedly march into the dormitory, as soon as he saw Gaozong was pacing back and forth in front of the couch with an anxious face, there was a trace of haze flashing in his eyes, but he did not dare to lose his manners because of this, but he saw his lotus steps swaying forward, and he was a blessing to Gaozong.

"Mei Niang is here, hmm, how did Li Jingxuan's matter go?"

Gaozong originally planned to ask Empress Wu what his intentions were in promoting Wu Chenghe's waste as soon as he saw Empress Wu's face, but when he really saw Empress Wu's face, Gaozong's courage disappeared again, and he just asked dryly.

"Your Majesty, in the morning, the concubine received the impeachment of Li Shi of the Imperial Servant in this chapter, saying that Li Jingxuan's son is evil, in the fish and meat township, the concubine did not dare to ignore it, which urgently recruited Li Jingxuan to come and ask for details, after confronting, Li Jingxuan pleaded guilty to all the cases committed, the concubine thought that his godson was not strict, it was a big mistake, read his years of hard work, and could not bear heavy responsibility, therefore, he was degraded to the history of Yuzhou Assassin, although the sentence was slightly lenient, but it was not too much, the concubine wanted to give it to His Majesty when he had lunch at noon, but he didn't know who was hiding from the concubine and spreading the word, even if His Majesty is in a hurry, his heart should be punished! ”

Empress Wu is not a very gentle master, explanation is explanation, but she did not forget to convict Li Zhen of a random message as soon as she came up, which clearly showed that she was going to preemptively strike.

"This ......, well, I'm just asking, Mei Niang's work, I'm still relieved, it's just that this Chinese order is a critical job, and it's not good to be vacant for a long time after all, well, it's better to be able to promote someone to fill it sooner."

As soon as he heard that Empress Wu's words were not good, Gaozong's already timid heart became even more cowardly, and he completely forgot the original intention of calling Empress Wu to come, and some whispered nonsense.

"Your Majesty Shengming, the concubine also thinks so, the post of Zhongshu Ling is related to the stability of the court, after all, it is necessary to have a trustworthy minister, the concubine thinks that the child is reliable and diligent, and has repeatedly made great contributions, it is the right person, the concubine takes care of the court on behalf of His Majesty, but it is necessary to leave it, and it is easy to use, so it is good to use it, this so-called virtuous person does not avoid relatives, Your Majesty thinks so?"

The softer Gaozong is, the harder the Empress Wu will be, and in front of Gaozong, he forcibly pushed Wu Chenghei out, although his words were soft, but his attitude was very tough, and it was a posture that wanted to force Gaozong to admit his account.

"This ......, well, Xian'er and Starling also launched a personal choice, suggesting that I use Gao Zhizhou, I, well, I want to see it again, the day after tomorrow will be the early dynasty, and then we can see the opinions of the courtiers."

Being forced by Empress Wu like this, Gaozong's heart panicked, although he was unwilling to let Wu Chenghei out of the palm of the province, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to take Li Xian and Li Zhen out to talk about it.

"Your Majesty, things should be like this, but the concubine was in a hurry to employ people, and the edict has been issued, so how should this be good, alas, it is all the fault of the concubine, and she failed to communicate with Your Majesty earlier, so that this mistake occurred, it is really the concubine's."

Empress Wu didn't plan to really bring this matter to the court, so she excused herself as an embarrassment, and made it clear that she was planning to come to an overlord and use a fait accompli to press Gaozong to admit the account.

"Ah, this ......"

As soon as he heard that the edict had been issued, Gao Zongden was dumbfounded, and he was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say......