At the same time.

Go-Asuka Kawakamoto Shrine in the eastern capital castle.

In the main hall.

In the slightly dim room, a veil curtain hung down, covering the Empress Qi Ming on the throne, leaving only a hazy and gorgeous figure in the eyes of the ministers.

The room was very quiet for a while, and suddenly, the big purple crown Zhongchen stepped forward, saluted, and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, do you really want to conquer Datang?"

A somewhat old female voice sounded:

"What is Lonely, is there anything you don't understand?"

Zhongchen was silent for a long time before he said lightly:

"The minister doesn't dare, but from what the minister sees, the current Tang Dynasty is strong, and it may not be the time when our country can fight. Or should we recharge our energy......"

"I heard that the eldest son of Zhongchenqing admires the queen of the Tang Dynasty very much...... Why, aren't you happy to defeat the Tang Kingdom? ”

Zhongchen was stunned, looked around, and saw countless strange eyes on him, he turned his head and said lightly:

"Your Majesty, please think more about the conquest of the Tang Dynasty in any case. Goguryeo was the end of the strong crossbow, and Baekje was even more overwhelmed, and among the three Koreas, only Silla could be called strong, but it had also formed an alliance with the Tang State. In the opinion of the ministers, it is already difficult to deal with Jin Chunqiu, the lord of Silla, not to mention the fierce general Jin Yuxin.

As for the Tang Kingdom, there is also Li Ji, who is known as the Great Wall, and the Nine Qilin and Ten White Tigers of the Tang Kingdom in Shengzhenyu (Nine Qilin and Ten White Tigers, the surrounding countries affected by sinicization such as Dongying Silla Goryeo during the Tang Gaozong period, the names of the nineteen young civil and military officials in the Gaozong Dynasty, including Di Renjie, Wei Zhihua, etc.), and those former important ministers and veterans such as Changsun Wuji, Wei Chigong and others are still in combat power. Although our country is powerful, it may not be able to be an enemy at the same time......"

"The Tang Kingdom is strong, and it has also been muddyed by the queen of the Tang Dynasty, if you don't attack it at this time, when will you wait? Well, this matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again. ”

Emperor Qi Ming said this, and Zhongchen Kazuzu had to be silent, but when he left, he couldn't help but glance back at the empty throne behind the veil, and finally sighed and left.

On the way back.

Seeing that he was so distressed, Nobuo Kamazu couldn't help but say lightly:

"The eldest prince is indeed too willful...... will make the lord just be humiliated like His Majesty.

But His Majesty the Emperor also talked too much, after all, you are the big purple crown, and the eldest prince has also been punished by you and admitted to the temple at home, why does she refuse to let go? ”

"What she can't let go of is not a real person (the eldest son of Zhongchen Kamazu, a monk Dinghui), but her own little resentment." The middle minister closed his eyes and pondered:

"A woman's jealousy, sometimes hurts the most, is herself."

Zhongchen Nobuo was stunned when he heard this, but said:

"Your Majesty is jealous of the queen mother of the Tang Kingdom? Why? For the sake of the eldest prince? ”

"Not just because of the real person, but also because she has everything that His Majesty the Emperor has worked hard to get all his life. And in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, this should not be. Because her background and various external backers are far inferior to our treasures...... Our Majesty's Empress. ”

"But...... She's really beautiful, isn't she? And she is also very smart and talented, Her Majesty the Empress should appreciate such a woman very much, right? Why is she jealous of her? Her Majesty the Empress herself has these things! ”

"Because these are things that can be easily obtained with hard work.

Beautiful looks can be retouched, ingenuity can be learned hard, and Her Majesty the Empress is not losing here. ”

After Nakatomi Kamadashi answered him slowly, Nobuo stayed for a while before shaking his head and continuing:

"The subordinates still can't understand, where did Her Majesty the Empress lose?"

"Vision, vision, bearing......

What Her Majesty our Empress lost was the realm.

That woman's realm, under the cultivation of His Majesty the Emperor who loved her deeply, had reached a point where no woman in the world could reach it. Her Majesty the Empress will lose to her, it's really a normal thing. But Her Majesty the Empress could not understand such normality.

But in fact......

Although the woman did not have a noble background, she was glad to have worked hard for it, so she had such a status.

She doesn't have a background family to rely on, but she is also grateful to have the choice to choose everything she wants, so she makes choices for her life......

That's why I said that Her Majesty the Empress is indeed inferior to her.

Her Majesty the Empress has everything, but she feels sorry for herself, always feels that God has treated her badly, and in political affairs, she only knows how to take advantage of the situation and does not know how to pursue justice and truth, so in the end, she ended up in the middle of more than resentment all her life.

And what about this queen of the Tang Kingdom?

She doesn't have anything, but she has always been warm and kind in her heart, thanking God for giving her more choices, so she lives more satisfactorily, which Her Majesty the Empress cannot understand and accept.

Therefore, Her Majesty the Empress hated her, but she was actually hating herself, resenting herself for not being able to live so flamboyantly and wantonly like her. ”

“…… The lord really knows this queen mother. ”

"I don't know her, it's my son.

He could refuse the favor of Her Majesty our Empress when she was at her most beautiful and powerful, but he could not escape the magic of the Empress Mother, and he became obsessed with it......

I can imagine what kind of character such a woman would be.

What's more, as a father, although he no longer likes him to fall in love with such a woman, he will inevitably want to get everything he wants for him, but ......"

The middle minister bowed his head with his sickle feet, and sighed after a while:

"It's just that the more I get to know her, the more I understand that such a woman is not a famous flower who has been pampered like those ladies in the deep palace.

She is the daughter of the emperor, not my son, a woman who is just obsessed with her beautiful appearance and outstanding talents, and the children of the family can get and stay by her side.

In the words of their Chinese people:

She is a sacred bird dancing above the nine heavens, but my son is just one of the thousands of sycamores on the ground that are eager to attract the phoenix to stay by her side and perch and eat......

All his thoughts are destined to be delusional.

And the worst thing is that his delusions, only afraid of bringing him a killing disaster, are not at all good for him. ”

"Why?" Nobuo was taken aback:

"Is it Her Majesty the Empress?

But after the eldest prince rejected Her Majesty the Empress, didn't she already die?

What's more, the eldest prince is now a monk......

Didn't you take it for him, my lord?

Didn't Her Majesty the Empress know about this?

What else can she pursue further?

Her Majesty's side...... There's a lot of options, isn't there? ”

"The more beautiful and arrogant a woman like Her Majesty the Empress, once she is emotional, the more terrible she is under obsession and jealousy.

What she can't get, she will never allow other women to get—let alone a woman she hates the most.

As for why......

Because she is a woman, but also an emperor. So in her opinion, what she can't get, no woman in the world naturally deserves it. ”

Zhongchen closed his eyes with his feet closed, and his face was full of vicissitudes:

"Therefore, that child must 'die'. And the sooner the better. ”

Nobuo was silent for a long time before he said:

"Please rest assured, no matter what decision you make, Nobuo will do it for you!"

Zhongchen nodded silently, and then said softly after a while:

"Ah Shi (Fujiwara, the second son of Nakamada, and the Japanese history record, the single name is Shi) is a good and obedient boy, so let him go to the temple tomorrow to send something to his brother!"

Nobuo was stunned, and his expression was tangled:

"You want a second son...... But he's still a kid......"

"He will bring a new future to our Zhongchen clan, so this ...... Let's make it the first test! ”

Next.

The eldest son of the monk, Zhongchen Zhenren, also known as the monk Dinghui, after eating the snacks offered by his younger brother Zhongchen Shi, who came to visit him after a long illness, unfortunately aggravated his illness and died suddenly.

This incident cast a sad shadow on the entire Zhongchen family, and the big purple crown Zhongchen sickle foot died of illness for three days. Even Her Majesty the Empress, Emperor Qi Ming, also sent people to the home of the ministers to offer condolences.

However, just three days later, new rumors spread about this incident:

It is said that the eldest son of the Zhongchen family did not die of a normal illness, but was secretly poisoned by his younger brother Bubi, who had the idea of seizing the inheritance, and mixed poison powder with the snacks he ate.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion between Dongying and China.

This also gave Her Majesty the Empress, who had always been concerned about the death of the real person of the minister, the best reason to meddle in the family affairs of the minister.

So at the behest of Her Majesty the Empress, the death of Zhongchen Zhenren was re-investigated, and after more than ten days of investigation, a document was secretly sent to Emperor Qi Ming.

In the Asuka Kawa Okamoto Palace in the middle of the night, in the emperor's bed.

Emperor Qi Ming gently stroked the name on the paper, and a few cloudy tears flowed down, washing away his face, revealing a face as old as a shriveled orange peel.

In her heart, she only read one sentence over and over again:

He's really gone......

I'd rather not have this life, and he's gone.

Yes, she knew better than anyone how he died......

Or rather, why did he want to die?

That's right, seek death.

Ever since she met him at the age of twenty-two, she knew that he was not the kind of stupid man who would die at the hands of a child.

And the child who was said to be the murderer of his own brother was called Bubi ......

She has also seen and knows that such a child, who does not have the ability and the ability, can poison his own brother.

What's more, in her memory, he loved that child the most, and that child always followed him, and his brother screamed, and he was always very attached to his brother.

So......

She couldn't believe and wouldn't believe that he was really dead, at the hands of that child.

She thought he had just escaped, but ......

No......

She shook her head slowly, her eyes already calm and resentful:

No, but, definitely.

He...... Must have escaped.

But he won't be able to escape far......

It's not far to escape......

The corners of her lips showed a faint smile.