The most unfortunate thing is that after the death of the emperor, those women who were recruited into the palace in the name of choosing concubines would be directly strangled to death and buried.

In history, it is not uncommon for women to accompany the emperor to the funeral, but most of the imperial concubines of the previous generation were treated lukewarmly, treated each other with courtesy, and widowed the emperor as the imperial concubine, but it was much better than the funeral.

Therefore, after Li Zhi came, it could be felt that the cries of these beauties were more mixed, and their tones were the most prominent.

Since there are still two days left in the edict ceremony, the prince and prince Li Xian at this time are no different from Li Dan's plain dress.

Seeing Li Zhi's arrival at this moment, the two brothers seemed to think of something immediately, and they were sad from their hearts for a while, and only a moment later, they were crying bitterly.

Because of the two people, the mourning hall inside and outside the mourning immediately shook the sky, hugged the head and cried, the heart-touching people are even more people, the beauties are pear blossoms with rain, their voices are very sad, for a while, the cry of the sky and the earth will be grief rendered into a piece.

Li Zhi seemed to be deaf to the ear, and knelt down in front of the spirit, touching the ground with his forehead, and couldn't stand down, weeping like rain, making his shoulders twitch non-stop.

Until someone came to help, Li Zhi walked to the end of the row where Li Xian's brothers were located, and like others, cried and thanked the guests who came to mourn from time to time.

No one would question his choice, just a Shang Fang sword showed his status in the heart of Gonggaozong.

And many people may not know about Li Zhi's continuation of the emperor's life, but in the period before his death, only he and Li Xian and Li Dan were by his side, but there were many people who knew about it.

There are even many people who see Li Zhi holding hands with Gaozong until the emperor ascends to heaven.

The people on duty in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Luan Guards and the Department of Internal Affairs were almost everywhere, and they were tired after running around, but they were afraid that they would come and go and lose their courtesies, and they were obviously still working hard to support.

At a certain moment when it was getting late, suddenly there were several people on duty, who came to respectfully invite Li Zhi, Li Xian, and Li Dan to meet the Empress Wu in person.

Of course, now Empress Wu has become the Queen Mother.

Wu Zetian was in the slightly smaller Taiji West Hall on one side at this time, the Taiji Hall is the main hall of the emperor to hold important ceremonial activities such as the Great Dynasty Meeting, the East Hall is the emperor's daily handling of court affairs, summoning ministers, and lecturing, and the West Hall is the emperor's daily living place.

When you enter, you can see that the martial queen is haggard, pacing around with a cane, the pain of disorder, the sadness of loneliness, the sluggish nerves, the confused face, and the melancholy heartache are all intertwined on the face, desolate and sad.

The next moment, Empress Wu's actions were beyond Li Zhi's expectations, she actually supported her crutches while struggling to squat and salute.

Such a move not only shocked Li Zhi, but also her two sons.

Li Zhi preemptively stopped Empress Wu, and the two brothers who stepped forward afterwards helped him to the seat on the side.

This is the second time that Li Zhi and Empress Wu have faced each other, the previous time was in Huaqing Palace, at the wedding ceremony of Li Zhi and Afeifa, at that time he remembered that Empress Wu only had a few words of congratulations, and her expression was still a little strange.

"Mr. Li, in front of the prince and Dan'er, the mourning family is also telling the truth! Before the emperor's death, there were some political disagreements with the mourning family, which led to the separation from him in different bedrooms some time ago, and I felt a lot of grievances in my heart! But now that he has returned to the west, the mourning family remembered all his benefits, and suddenly realized at a certain moment that perhaps in his lifetime, the mourning family would never be able to do what he did. So I learned from the pain, and even remembered the good coming of Mr.! ”

Li Zhi didn't dare to accept it in front of this person, so he had to confess his guilt.

Who expected the martial arts to be combined

Don't give him a chance to argue.

"Mr. Li, don't be humble, let alone deliberately conceal it, without your emperor's body, you may not be able to survive this time, after you inject a wisp of clarity into the body of the mourning family that day, you will know that Mr.'s medical skills or cultivation are really extraordinary! And when the emperor is leaving, you will spare no effort to help with your full attention, otherwise it will be difficult for the emperor to walk peacefully! And because of this, Mr. suffered from exhaustion and almost lost his life, and these guardians in the palace have reported to the mourning family as they are! ”

Because of his mother's eyes, Li Xian interjected the next moment:

"What the Queen Mother said is extremely true, Mr.'s dedication can't be hidden from the cultivation of the profound, it is said that even if you wake up, your husband's cultivation will fall sharply due to damage to the foundation, so the Queen Mother and my brothers, I really miss Mr.'s fist heart!"

"The queen mother, the crown prince, and the prince looked up to me, and I didn't think much about it at the time, but I just subconsciously wanted to reduce some pain for the emperor! My name and surname are all from the emperor's gift, and I just want him to walk as peacefully as possible. ”

Li Zhi automatically bypassed Gaozong's treatment, although he had already expected that he would not be able to hide it from Empress Wu, but her suspicion and knowing the truth were completely different things, and the only way to choose was to continue to pretend to be confused.

When Li Dan heard about the day of Gaozong's death, he was sad from his heart, and tears fell from his face.

Obviously, he also knew the taboo, and the Empress Wu did not continue to talk about the treatment of the disease.

"The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to be sad, and the mourning family wants to know some of Mr. Li's opinions on the future situation!"

How could Li Zhi fall into the trap in her words, although the expression on Empress Wu's face at the moment was sincere.

"I don't dare to hide it from the Queen Mother, I have always had no interest in government affairs, and I am extremely disintegrated with the official thinking, my only wish is to improve my cultivation as soon as possible, find the channel of the cultivation realm, and continue to worship the Great Dao in my heart! Due to the unexpected damage to the foundation this time, the next step may be to stay away from it for a while, return to the master to repair his body, and ask the Queen Mother for permission to return to normal cultivation. As for the future situation, where is my early twenties, a young boy, who dares to say anything! ”

Perhaps thinking that he would say this, Empress Wu did not react too much to this, but became interested in the cultivation realm channel in Li Zhi's mouth.

"Regarding all the rumors inherent in the cultivation realm, but this is the first time I have heard of it, how can Mr. Li determine that there is a channel?"

Li Zhi shook his head: "It is precisely because I have no way of knowing that I will dedicate Tongyun Cave to the cultivation world for free, just because I am convinced that there will be some clues on their side, at least there are more relevant rumors than the people in the market!" ”

Seeing that Li Zhi unreservedly told the truth about Tongyun Cave, Empress Wu's expression changed not very obviously.

And his mind-reading technique is always aware of this woman's psychological fluctuations, and he gradually grasps the feeling that Empress Wu is quite surprised at this time, because Li Zhi actually said Tongyun Cave so bluntly.

The reason is that although there are not a few people who know Tongyun Cave, and not all of them are cultivators, Empress Wu cannot summarize Li Zhi's true purpose according to the informant.

At this time, she was surprised when she heard Li Zhi tell the reason without hesitation.

"In this way, Mr. Li's ambition is not in the mundane world, but in the pursuit of spiritual beliefs!"

Li Zhihui with a firm look:

"Actually, this is not my simple personal intention, the blessing of the unknown will born in my body is the main reason! Personally, it is after the cultivation is promoted to a certain level, the more I understand Taoist thought, the more profound it will be integrated with it, and the self-belief I have formed today! ”

"Is it understandable that Mr. Li, regardless of his previous business behavior or several contributions to the imperial court, just wants to give himself

In exchange for some cultivation resources? ”

Wu Zetian was already pressing step by step with words at this time, and it could not be said that he was deliberately exerting influence, at least through this method, Li Zhi was committed to not interfering in government affairs.

Li Zhixin sneered, but there was more indescribable expression between ignorance and lack of scheming on his face, but there was no trace of fear in his tone.

"I think the Queen Mother has partially misunderstood, it is true that she seeks more cultivation resources through commercial means to obtain more gold and silver profits, but her gratuitous contribution to the imperial court is only exercising my emotional sustenance for the maintenance of my homeland and bloodline! Just like Dongying and his party a few months ago, no one instructed me to risk my life and travel long distances to set foot on that island country of unknown strength to relieve that huge hidden danger for Datang! Another example is the previous gunpowder and warship design, and there is no selfishness included! With my purpose of acting, I hope that before I leave this land, my country, my relatives and friends can survive for a longer time, and others believe it or not, and I don't have much psychological burden! ”

These words were very unexpected after the martial arts, she thought that Li Zhi would do multiple cover-ups for herself, at least there would be a high-sounding excuse and the like.

I never thought that he would say such words directly and plainly, it seemed to be more solemn and righteous than the high-sounding, but there was no trace of far-fetched external strength and middle strength.

And behind the sound of a flat tone, there is a disdainful atmosphere that is awe-inspiring, and it makes people feel even more ashamed of it.

Empress Wu looked stunned, she faintly felt that there was a fundamental misunderstanding of Li Zhi's previous guess, but where the specific difference was, she couldn't straighten it out for a while.

And this man, instead of being confused or frightened by the fact that he fell into silence for a while, continued to say:

"The Queen Mother may take a deeper look, and she can find out that all my previous fights with others are in the counterattack after I was violated, except for these, I have never taken the initiative to provoke anyone or any force, because my daily life has nothing else but cultivation and business, and I only think about how to enter the higher world as soon as possible, and settle everything around me! Maybe the Queen Mother doesn't know that since my wedding, the Communist Party of China has not stayed in Chang'an City for a few months, and has traveled tens of thousands of miles in more than a year. ”

Not only the Empress Wu, but also Li Xian and Li Dan, who know more about Li Zhi, are also convinced of this.

Maybe he didn't have much actual feeling suddenly, but once he thought about it deeply, Li Zhi's words were really infinitely consistent with the news he had gotten.

"Then what are your plans for the prince brothers?"

Since many people had doubts in their hearts before, without asking them one by one, Li Zhi had already given the answer directly, and before he came up with a statement for the time being, Empress Wu finally involved the topic to the core issue.

The implication of her words was naturally to go for Li Zhi's Shang Fang Sword and the Imperial Lord's honorific title, and besides, Gaozong's other will had greatly increased the use of Shang Fang Sword.

Before she truly realized the empress's long-cherished wish, she couldn't do anything against Shang Fangjian, after all, Gaozong's bones were not cold, and a series of arrangements for him, the Empress Wu couldn't overthrow it so quickly.

Therefore, what Gaozong asked Li Zhi before he died, or what Li Zhi promised to Gaozong, has become the biggest worry in the heart of Empress Wu at present.

Because she knew very well that whether it was Shang Fangjian or the royal lord's honorific title, it was the only duty to protect and supervise the royal family surnamed Li.

At a time when it is not yet possible to maintain stability with the regime surnamed Li, the Empress Wu will be even more eager to know Li Zhi's intentions.

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is .. m.