The sun had just risen, and a ray of golden sunlight slanted in from outside the hall, shining on the stone slab ground, reflecting several scattered rays of light, one of which happened to fall on the front pier, and Wu Houdeng, who was burying his head in the official documents, was shaken, and couldn't help but reach out to cover his eyes, raised his head, and showed a slightly tired face.

The age is not forgiving, although the Empress Wu has been well maintained, the age is nearly fifty, but it still looks like the early thirties, but after all, the energy is not as good as before, last night did not sleep well, this morning only corrected a few books, there are some sleepy, but there are some worries in the heart, but they can't help but cheer up the spirit in this Qianyuan Palace, correcting those who know that it is very likely to be in vain - although Luoyang and Chang'an are not far away, taking a fast horse is about two days away, But whether it is the prince or the king of Lu, for the approval of Luoyang, it is a faction of yang and yin disobedience, which makes the Empress Wu extremely annoyed, but some of the sons are helpless, the whip is out of reach, and the more important thing is that although the forces that belong to her in today's court situation are not small, but they are far from being completely controlled, it obviously takes time and opportunity to change this situation, which the Empress Wu naturally knows in her heart, but it can be understood that the Empress Wu is still very unwilling, maybe it's time to make some changes!

"Mother, something happened."

Just when Empress Wu was stunned, the eunuch Gao Hesheng walked in from outside the hall, hurriedly walked to Empress Wu's side, bowed down, and reported in an anxious tone.

"Huh?"

Hearing the sound, Empress Wu woke up from her fugue, raised her head slightly, glanced at Gao Hesheng, and snorted softly from her nostrils.

"Niang Niang Mingjian, Wang Yi is dead, Yan Desheng is missing, all the people he brought with him died with Wang Yi, Luoyang Mansion has received a report from the people early this morning, and found something strange at the scene, and did not dare to specialize, and has handed a sign outside the palace gate to see His Majesty."

The situation was urgent, Gao Hesheng didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly reported the news he knew, and his words were quite panicked.

"Humph!"

As soon as she heard that this was the case, Empress Wu's face instantly became gloomy, and she snorted coldly, but she didn't say the slightest word, only the evil qi on her body was strong and surging.

"Mother, look at this......"

Gao Hesheng has been following the Empress Wu for a long time, and he knows the character of the Empress Wu, and when he saw that the Empress Wu was silent, he knew that the Empress Wu was extremely angry, for fear of being angry, he didn't dare to say much, the problem was that the officials of Luoyang Mansion outside were still waiting for a reply, and Gao Hesheng did not dare to delay for too long, so he could only be bold and reminded him in a whisper.

"Well, Gonggong Gao, in your opinion, is Yan Desheng alive or dead now?"

Empress Wu ignored Gao Hesheng's request, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"This ......"

Although Gao Hesheng is in a high position among the eunuchs, he is nominally in charge of the dark forces under the Empress Wu, but because he does not know martial arts, the action faction of Yan Desheng and his family is not in control, and the relationship between them is not only not friendly, but there is friction from time to time. I really can't understand how a thing that should have been simple can be turned into such a grim situation now, so I don't dare to speculate, so I can only stutter and pretend to be confused.

"Let's go, just say that Your Majesty's dragon body is against peace, and the matter will be handed over to Luoyang Mansion for review and then reported."

Empress Wu didn't ask any further, but waved her hand impatiently and ordered directly.

"Yes, the old slave obeys."

As soon as Gao Hesheng heard that Empress Wu's order had no time limit to solve the case, and did not specify the person in charge of solving the case, he understood that Empress Wu was planning to delay the matter and cover up the past, but he didn't dare to say it, so he could only respond respectfully, and then hurriedly withdrew from the main hall.

"Rubbish!"

Empress Wu didn't pay attention to Gao Hesheng's departure, but sat silently behind the dragon case, and after a long time, she suddenly bit her lip and scolded viciously. The dignified face was twisted to a hideous appearance, and it was obvious that the anger in his heart was already raging.

"Mother, something happened."

Empress Wu was angry, but saw Gao Hesheng quickly turn back, ran to the front in a panic, and said nervously.

"Say!"

Empress Wu's mood was already extremely bad at this time, and when she saw Gao Hesheng's face full of panic, she was very angry, she kept a straight face, and snorted coldly.

"Yu Niangniang, the slave maid went to pass the word according to the maid's will, but unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou rushed over, and after asking the reason, he didn't let Pei Fuyin leave, and insisted on making a fuss to face the saint, the slave and maid didn't dare to force it, so they could only respond perfunctorily first, and implore the lady to judge."

Seeing that Empress Wu's face was already difficult to see, Gao Hesheng's already panicked heart was a little more panicked, and he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly told the story in detail.

"What?"

When Empress Wu heard this, the anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed, and she threw out the wolf pen in her hand with a "snap", Huo Erli glared at Gao Hesheng angrily, and Gao Hesheng was so frightened that Gao Hesheng hurriedly fell to his knees, trembling all over.

"Xuan!"

Just when Gao Hesheng thought that Empress Wu was going to be furious, Empress Wu suddenly calmed down and spit out a word with an expressionless face.

"Yes, slave and maid."

Gao He Shengda breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly answered, and rushed out of the Qianyuan Hall at a trot, and went to summon the relevant people without mentioning it.

"The son knocks on the queen mother."

"Wechen knocks to see the queen."

Soon after Gao Hesheng went, he accompanied Li Xian and Yin Peiheng of Luoyang Mansion to turn back, and as soon as the two saw Empress Wu sitting behind the dragon case with an expressionless face, they hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

"Flat."

Looking at Li Xian's heroic face, Empress Wu felt a burst of anger in her heart for no reason, and her eyelids jumped wildly for a while, but she didn't have a seizure, but screamed calmly.

"Son-in-law, thank your mother, Queen Longen."

Li Xian thanked him according to the old practice, stood up straight, arched his hand, and said without being arrogant or humble: "After enlightening the mother, the sons and daughters were shocked to hear that there was a terrible bloody case in the city last night, and they were surprised, thinking that this matter was serious, and they must not be neglected, and they came to ask their father and the emperor to judge him. ”

"Oh? What do you think about this? ”

Empress Wu glanced at Li Xian indifferently and asked quietly.

"Empress Qi, among the deceased, Wang Yi is the Zuo Yulin Army Qianniu Preparation, and the other four are actually eunuchs in the palace, each of them has no subordinates, and now they are actually dead together, the situation is really suspicious, if it is not thoroughly investigated, the sons are afraid that the guards in the palace are poor, and it is not good for the community, and they must be investigated at the root!" Li Xian talked freely with a face full of righteous indignation, thinking about the safety of the palace.

"Does Pei Fu Yin have any high opinions?"

Empress Wu is a shrewd individual, although he has never witnessed the events of last night, but how can he not know that the real culprit of this case is Li Xian, seeing where Li Xian is pretending to be a thief and shouting to catch a thief, Empress Wu is so angry that his lungs are about to explode, but he can't tell the matter, after all, there is no evidence in hand, no one can help Li Xian, and the whereabouts of Yan Desheng are unknown and also make Empress Wu scruples, so even if he is angry in his heart, Empress Wu can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, so he simply ignores Li Xian, and looks at Yin Peiheng of Luoyang Mansion instead, asked in a calm tone.

"Wechen has no objection, everything is subject to the holy judgment."

Pei Heng was born in a famous family, has been in the sea for a long time, is not an ordinary person, and is very cunning, although he doesn't understand what is going on in this case, but he vaguely perceives the ** taste between Empress Wu and Li Xian, this Empress Wu turned the topic to himself, and he didn't dare to express his position easily, so he replied vaguely, and no one could tell whether the holy judgment he was talking about was referring to the holy judgment of Empress Wu or the holy judgment of Gaozong.

Slick!

Hearing Pei Heng's words, Empress Wu and Li Xian both scolded in their hearts, but they couldn't force Pei Heng to express their position, so they could only keep silent, and the atmosphere in the hall seemed to freeze.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Just when the three of them were silently thinking about each other, a shout came from outside the hall, and immediately, the pale face of Gaozong staggered into the main hall.

"The son knocks on his father."

As soon as he saw Gaozong enter the hall, Li Xian immediately rushed forward and made a big salute respectfully.

"Xian'er, okay, it's free, it's free."

Among Gaozong's sons, Li Xian was born tall and handsome, quite the style of Taizong back then, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, this time he saw Li Xian give himself a courtesy, Gaozong's pale face immediately showed a kind smile, raised his hand falsely, and shouted.

"Wechen knocks to see Your Majesty."

Pei Heng was sandwiched between Empress Wu and Li Xian, and he was already very uncomfortable, but when he saw that Gaozong had arrived, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran forward to pay homage.

"Huh? Why is Aiqing here? ”

Gaozong fixed his eyes and saw that the person who saluted was Pei Heng, so he couldn't help but pause, and asked angrily - the Qianyuan Hall is an internal ban, and the important ministers are not allowed to enter without the will, let alone local officials like Pei Heng.

"This ......"

Pei Heng couldn't make up his mind whether to bring last night's bloody case to the royal car, so he couldn't help but stop talking, and a pair of old eyes turned like **.

"Huh? What's going on? Say! ”

Seeing Pei Heng's hesitant appearance, Gaozong immediately became suspicious, frowned, looked at Pei Heng unhappily, and asked in a stiff tone......