"Ascend, have you arranged tomorrow's polo match?"

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival of another year, and Gaozong, who has a good body, is quite interested, and he came to the back garden early in the morning, admired the chrysanthemum for a while, and casually asked about the polo game.

"Rest assured, the slave and maid have been arranged in the morning, and there will be no mistakes."

Cheng Denggao was leading a large group of eunuchs and palace maids to accompany him, and when he heard Gaozong's question, he hurriedly went over and replied with a smile.

"Well, that's good, I don't have much of a hobby, and I still like this polo, and it's a good time to have fun with the people during this festive season."

Gaozong was obviously very satisfied with Cheng Denggao's answer, so he smiled and nodded, and said a few words of gossip.

"Your Majesty is really the son of the Holy Heaven, and it is really fortunate that you will never forget the people of Li, slaves and maids can bathe the grace of heaven."

Cheng Denggao was able to ascend to the high position of the eunuch of the ceremonies, and his mouth was naturally very good, and following Gaozong's tone, a big fart slapped him without a trace.

"The oil tone is slippery, don't want to come with me for this set, that's it, well, tomorrow Mei Niang and Xian'er will also go, although it is to have fun with the people, but the safety of things is negligent, and it is not too careful."

Nice words are naturally what everyone loves to hear, although Gao Zong scolded Cheng Denggao in his mouth, but the smile on his face showed his useful heart.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the slave maid will go and take a look."

Gaozong's instructions Cheng Denggao naturally didn't dare to disobey, so he responded with a sneer on his face, and led a few little eunuchs to leave the back garden in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the slave has a retribution."

In fact, Gaozong didn't really care about the security issue, and he ordered to be instructed, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't care whether Cheng Denggao really went to do the right thing, and after the explanation, he forgot about it in a blink of an eye, and he planned to take a good stroll in this pleasant back garden with great interest, but before he could take a step, he saw a little eunuch snatched out of the attendants, fell to the ground, and said in a loud voice.

"Huh?"

Gaozong was stunned when he heard this, and then saw that the person kneeling in front of him was Liu Qiming, a small official who was called by him on weekdays, although he was slightly unhappy in his heart, he didn't say anything, just whispered from his nostrils.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid Meng Lang, however, it is a matter of social safety, but the slave and maid dare not sit idly by, and ask Your Majesty to forgive the sin."

The displeasure of the Son of Heaven is not trivial, even though Liu Qiming has come with a will to die, but he can't help but panic, so he kowtows a few times and accuses him of guilt in fear.

"Speak!"

Gaozong has paid little attention to government affairs over the years, but it does not mean that he can ignore the safety of the society, this hearing Liu Qiming's strange words, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he glared at Liu Qiming suspiciously, his lips moved, and he spit out a cold word.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, the beacon fire in Hexi, the military newspaper has been urgently sent to the DPRK for a few days, but it has been pressed down, so far there has been no big discussion of this matter, the border crisis has appeared, the war situation is urgent, although the slaves and maids are lowly people, but they dare not forget the country's worries in a hundred deaths, I implore Your Majesty to investigate."

Liu Qiming kowtowed a few times, and his forehead was bloody because of it, but he didn't bother to wipe it, his eyes were slightly red and he looked at Gaozong, and his words were sad and angry.

"What? Is there such a thing? Where did you get the news, say! ”

As soon as he heard Liu Qiming say this, Gao Zongdeng was taken aback, his face changed wildly, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, it's not a slave and maid who is lying in vain, the truth is true, the slave and the maid have a brother Liu Wei, who serves in the military department, and the emergency military report is what he received, and after it was forwarded, there was no news, and the brother felt a heavy responsibility because of his involvement in the process, and the slave and maid will tell the truth to Your Majesty, and what the slave and maid said is true, and please ask Your Majesty to take a closer look."

Gaozong's voice was hurried and fast, and when he landed, Liu Qiming, who was already very nervous, shuddered violently, but he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and hurriedly kowtowed a few times to tell the truth of the matter.

"Bastard! Drive the Deyang Palace! ”

Although Gaozong is a little cowardly, he is not a foolish person, and he can hear that Liu Qiming's words have many flaws, but he did not expose them on the spot, just because he only cares about whether the military situation is true, as for the rest of the things, he can wait until he finishes dealing with the business and then do not mention it, so he is too lazy to pay attention to Liu Qiming's kowtow, wave his sleeves, and order the attendant eunuch to carry the soft chariot, raise his feet and step up, and the group will go to the front palace in a mighty way.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Today is not the rising sun, there is no scene of thousands of ministers gathering in the Deyang Palace, the front hall is quietly empty, only there is still some popularity in the imperial study - the Empress Wu is exchanging views with the Prime Minister on duty Pei Xingjian, and Wu Chenghe, Fan Lubing, Wei Jingye, Jia Dayin and other ministers of the Empress Wu and the party are standing at the bottom, interjecting a few words from time to time, openly and secretly holding the stinky feet of the Empress Wu, and the discussion is lively, but listening to a singing and cheering outside the study, a cadre and others dare not slack off, and they all stand up straight, He stood facing the screen with a solemn face, but when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, Gojong, who had a gloomy face, had already strode out from behind the screen.

"Wait and greet Your Majesty!"

As soon as he saw Gaozong turn out of the screen, all the ministers did not dare to slack off a little, and they each bowed down and paid homage.

"Humph!"

Gaozong was obviously in a very bad mood, so he didn't pay attention to everyone's salutes at all, just snorted coldly, and walked over to the heads of the head without stopping.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty."

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival Xun holiday, in fact, there is really no government affairs to do, the Empress Wu came to the imperial study today to discuss matters, originally just wanted to get together with a group of henchmen, and said some words of encouragement to give up, but I didn't expect that the prime minister on duty Pei Xingjian was unannounced, and he took out the excerpt of the river work, and the Empress Wu naturally had to deal with it, after all, the governor of the river is the longest-running yamen of the Empress Wu, and it is a matter of lineage, even if it is a small matter, it is a big deal for the Empress Wu, but it has not been discussed for a long time, Gaozong arrived with anger on his face, which made Empress Wu inevitably a little suspicious, but he didn't dare to bring it to his face, so he could only step forward cautiously and greet him in a gentle tone.

"Hmm."

Although Gaozong was in a rage, his fearful nature remained unchanged, and he didn't dare to show Empress Wu's face easily, but the unhappiness in his heart was too much, so he just said lightly, which was regarded as an expression of dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, if you are unhappy, it is the fault of the concubine."

Empress Wu didn't know the real reason for Gaozong's anger, but he didn't care very much, it was not once or twice to deal with such a situation, and he was very handy to deal with it, regardless of the reason, he admitted his mistake first, which was enough to resolve most of the anger in Gaozong's heart, this is one of the small means commonly used by Empress Wu, used in the past, it can be said that it was tried and tested, and he really never missed, but this time it was not effective, and the gloomy color on Gaozong's face did not diminish at all, but it was a little more serious.

"Your Majesty, what are you ......?"

As soon as she saw that the situation was wrong, Empress Wu immediately changed her attitude, and instantly switched from sadness to surprise, and asked half of her words with grievances.

"Hmph, Mei Niang, has there been an emergency military report in Hexi?"

Gaozong was very cowardly in other aspects, but he was always extremely tough in the use of troops abroad, and he was never ambiguous about military affairs.

"Your Majesty was originally angry about this matter, this is indeed the concubine's body, this matter is also true, there is indeed such a military report, according to Xian'er, Tubo Xiaokou is in chaos again, but the scale is not large, with Xian'er's ability, when you can deal with it, plus the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the concubine body is not in a hurry to show Your Majesty, it is indeed a concubine's mistake, and please forgive Your Majesty."

As soon as he heard Gaozong open his mouth and asked about the Hexi Military Report, Empress Wu's heart immediately "chuckled", knowing that there must be something wrong in the harem, but because of this matter, Empress Wu had issued a strict order not to allow others to talk more, not for anything else, but I just didn't want to watch Li Xian continue to grow bigger, this kind of dark thoughts naturally can't be put on the table, but if you want to fool Gaozong, it's not difficult, Empress Wu didn't even frown, and a set of "reasonable" rhetoric has been concocted.

"Hmm......"

Empress Wu's words really can't find anything wrong, Gaozong is already afraid of guilt, this temper, since there are some people who can't go on, his face eased, and he was about to comfort Empress Wu casually a few words, and then he revealed the matter, but he hadn't said anything yet, but he saw that Pei Xingjian, who was originally standing at the bottom, suddenly stood up, and the words behind him couldn't go on.

"Your Majesty, the Hexi Military Report has also heard about the matter, the military situation is like fire, and it must not be delayed, and the minister implores Your Majesty to make a holy decision."

Pei Xingjian flashed out, and didn't look at the stinky face of the martial queen that was so gloomy that it could almost drip water, and said with an expressionless face.

"This ......"

Although Gaozong himself is not familiar with military strategy, since he came to power, he has fought the most foreign wars among the three emperors of the Tang Dynasty, and he knows that what Pei Xingjian said is right, but this is obviously in opposition to the Empress Wu, and Gaozong doesn't know whether to agree for a while.

"Your Majesty, this matter is being handled by Xian'er, and the concubine thinks it's better to call Xian'er and ask."

Although Empress Wu wanted to pinch Pei Xingjian, the half-killed "Cheng Biting Jin", didn't bring it to his face, but smiled, and gently and skillfully pushed the responsibility onto the prince's head.

"Xuan."

Since last year, the major affairs of the court have been decided by the Empress Wu, which is originally arranged by Gaozong, he naturally knows it very well in his heart, this is such an important military event that the Empress Wu actually pushed to the prince, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious and dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't say much, just waved his hand impatiently and squeezed out a word from his mouth......