At the same time that Xue Shao fainted, Princess Taiping also almost fainted!

Wu Zetian hurriedly shouted to the palace maids and eunuchs around him, and hurriedly carried people to the side hall to invite the imperial doctor for treatment.

The respected Huo King Li Yuanliang lay on the emperor's corpse and cried tears, the crown prince Li Xian and the prince Li Dan beat their chests and almost wanted to die, the princess and the princesses helped cry very hard, and the princess and the horse were carried by the imperial doctor to rescue them...... The emperor was out of breath, and all the pressure seemed to fall overwhelmingly on Wu Zetian, who had just died of her husband, and she didn't even have time to cry.

At the first time, Wu Zetian ordered Wu Yougui, the general of the thousand cavalry, to lead his henchmen and guards to come to the dormitory to escort him, strictly guarding against anyone entering and leaving at will, and not allowing anyone to leak any news, otherwise he would be punished for ten heinous crimes. Subsequently, he hurriedly persuaded King Huo, the crown prince and others not to cry - the death of the emperor and the assassination of the military commander actually happened at the same time, and the danger of the situation is beyond denying. In these extraordinary times, it is not advisable to spread anything that is forbidden to the outside world, so as not to cause political turmoil and panic, and more importantly, to prevent traitors from taking advantage of the chaos!

The queen of heaven is reasonable, but Li Yuanliang is so serious that he can't help but cry. Li Xian and Li Dan cried so much that they couldn't help themselves. Wu Zetian was angry and really wanted to blast them out, but in the end, it was their wife who persuaded them.

Pei Yan, the minister who had just been entrusted with the burden of loneliness, knelt down and cried for a while to show his loyalty, and finally stood up to help Wu Zetian share the matter. He had a verbal discussion with Wu Zetian and decided to convene the prime minister and important ministers at a cabinet meeting overnight to discuss the future. However, the news of His Majesty's death will be postponed for at least three days before it is announced to the public. During these three days, the prime ministers need to make comprehensive arrangements for the funeral of His Majesty, the reading of the edict and the succession of the new monarch.

These things are easy to say, but none of them are easy to do. If one of them goes wrong, it will bring irreparable damage to the entire Datang world!

In addition, there is another very important thing, it is necessary to find out the murderer and the mastermind behind the assassination of the general Xue Shao within three days, and cut them down to the roots. To ensure the absolute safety of the royal family and courtiers during this extraordinary period after the death of His Majesty and before the new monarch succeeds to the throne!

The plan was decided, and Pei Yan quickly went to the political hall to summon all the prime ministers for urgent deliberations. Soon all the prime ministers were summoned to the palace and remained at the government office all night until the ban was lifted.

Soon, Cheng Wuting, the general of Yulinwei, picked up a heavy burden, and he was ordered to command all the soldiers and horses of Yulinwei, Jinwuwei and the prison guards, guarding all the important places in the entire imperial city and taking over the defense and patrol of the whole city of Luoyang, and Luoyang City began a comprehensive martial law.

Dali Temple Cheng Di Renjie was ordered to take full responsibility for investigating the assassination of the general Xue Shao. The deadline is three days to solve the case, otherwise he, the head of Dali Temple, will be able to do it, and even his subordinates and his direct Shangfeng will be implicated.

Wu Zetian sent Guo An and the palace envoy back to the Luoshui camp together, and sent an order to Xue Shao's deputies Li Duozuo and Xue Chuyu, so that Xue Chuyu led two hundred henchmen and guards into the palace to personally guard Xue Shao's bedside, and was responsible for transmitting military orders between Xue Shao and the army; He also ordered Li Duozuo to lead the field army of the Luoshui battalion to rise up and move the camp to Luoyang City for ten miles, and stationed nearby, according to the management and guarding all the fortress passages, and suppressing and defending the whole city of Luoyang!

The entire eastern capital of Luoyang City seems to have changed overnight.

At the critical moment, Datang's national aircraft was running rapidly. Wu Zetian issued 32 edicts of the Middle Palace overnight, and met with more than 50 times of senior officials above the third grade. Pei Yan led all the prime ministers to work in the political hall, handled countless military and political matters, issued hundreds of military and political orders, and used up more than 30 catties of paper overnight!

At this time, Xue Shao, who should have been very nervous and busy, was lying quietly on the sickbed, and the imperial doctor was treating him urgently. Princess Taiping, who had just lost her father, saw her husband suffer this bad luck again, and almost fainted. She was anxious to stay on the side of the sickbed, although she did not cry, but she couldn't stop crying.

Linlang and Yang Siqiao kept comforting Princess Taiping's side, and Wu Ming led the scouts to guard inside and out, just like King Kong descending to the earth.

Compared with the busyness of the entire palace, Xue Shao was extremely quiet in the place he was.

The crown prince Li Xian, who should have stepped forward to control the overall situation, watched the queen of heaven and Pei Yan control all political affairs but was indifferent, just blindly mourning or crying bitterly in front of his father's body. The crown princess Wei was in a hurry, and she hated to stand up and take over some affairs instead of the prince. But in front of her was the capable and powerful mother-in-law Wu Zetian. Let's not mention that the crown princess has no name to fight for power with Wu Zetian, even if there is, Princess Wei is like a mouse seeing a cat when she sees Wu Zetian. Not to mention that he had the courage to provoke her, and there was no hurry to flee for his life.

Therefore, Princess Wei can only be anxious in her heart, and the more anxious she is, the more resentful she becomes, and the more she resents her husband for being too useless, and he is worse than a woman!

Her husband didn't care about anything, but Princess Wei had to plan for the future. She secretly thought in her heart, His Majesty died and the monarchy was relinquished, and the crown prince was about to ascend the throne as the emperor, and at this time, he could stand up and take over the power of the court. However, he made a woman's posture and cried blindly in front of the spirit of the former emperor, watching the queen of heaven and Pei Yan work together to firmly control the entire court and army. The prince is so incompetent and weak, even if he succeeds as the emperor after a while, how can the court have a capable henchman who swears allegiance to the death? That's nothing more than a puppet emperor who is firmly controlled by the Queen of Heaven and Pei Yan!

The more Princess Wei thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and she naturally thought of replacing the crown prince to win over a few important ministers in the court as the new monarch's upper position. But after thinking about it, this person who has a little power in his hands seems to be the henchmen of the queen of heaven and Pei Yan. Even if there were a few who had sworn allegiance to His Majesty before, the prince had no friendship with them at all.

It can be said that the crown prince Li Xian has never erected any grace in the court of the Tang Dynasty, let alone any popularity.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were loyal to the first emperor but may not be willing to be loyal to the new monarch, and the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, they are the courtiers who understand it best. However, the queen of heaven who ruled with the first emperor before, even if the ministers in the court did not have a deep friendship with her, at least they were quite familiar with each other for many years. In addition, the queen of heaven is so skillful that he is very good at buying people's hearts - in comparison, the ministers seem to be more loyal to the queen!

The more Princess Wei thought about it, the more bad it became, she almost counted the heads of the ministers, and finally found that the only thing they could find a little hope for was still Princess Taiping and Xue Shao!

"Prince, Prince!" Princess Wei couldn't help but persuade Li Xian, who was crying bitterly, in her ear, "Xue Juma was assassinated and fainted, and Princess Taiping, who was pregnant with Liujia, was also greatly frightened. At this time, the two of them are bedridden, how can you, as a brother, go over to take care of your sister, and as a new monarch who is about to ascend the throne, you should also visit your military minister! ”

"My father died, and my heart was in turmoil! Don't bother me with all the miscellaneous things! Li Xian still had a great temper, and scolded Princess Wei with his head and face, and then continued to pounce on Li Zhi's body and cry bitterly.

Princess Wei hated her teeth and really wanted to beat him, so she looked up to the sky helplessly and sighed twice, and she walked away without saying a word.

"Where are you going?" Li Xian shouted at the back of Princess Wei.

"Change!" Princess Wei replied angrily and walked away angrily.

Coincidentally, Wu Zetian happened to come back from outside the hall and saw this scene in his eyes.

As soon as Li Xian saw Wu Zetian, he threw himself on Li Zhi's body on the spot and cried even more fiercely. It seems that only in this way can he express enough filial piety, so that he can ascend to the throne in accordance with the lì.

Wu Zetian looked coldly at Wei Xiang'er, who disappeared around the corner of the palace, and then looked at Li Xian, who was crying with his head buried in his head, shook his head, and sighed.

……

It's dawn.

The people of Luoyang were surprised to find that the atmosphere in the entire city had become extraordinary. The streets are full of Dutch guards patrolling, and even the alleys that allow only one person to pass through guò are guarded by guards, and they are still searching from house to house for "prison fugitives". All the gates were closed, and only entry and exit were permitted; All ships were not allowed to leave the port, not even official ships on official business.

When Xue Chuyu and his party of two hundred horsemen were ordered to enter the city, they attracted great attention. Someone recognized them as the right guards of the Luoshui camp outside the city, because their banners and armor were different from the army in the city. The weapons they hold in their hands are not the kind of lacquer guns used by ordinary patrol soldiers, but only the elite cavalry in the field king division - horse lances!

What's more, Xue Chuyu and the others are just a hundred horses, but they are as majestic as thousands of horses. Two hundred horses and lances have stood out in unison, and they have swept through thousands of armies. Even the patrolling Yu Linwei hurriedly retreated when they saw them, just like a group of domestic dogs seeing a real wolf pack, overshadowed and at a loss!

A moment later, Xue Chuyu and his party rushed to the front of the Zhenguan Hall like a swift wind sweeping through the forest, and the iron armor was lined up, and a large array of iron buckets was set up outside Xue Shao's ward. Then they didn't give any face, and they blasted away all the thousands of horsemen who had been stationed here in advance.

The crown princess Wei Xiang'er was just about to go into the ward to visit, but she encountered such a scene, so she had to stomp her feet and turn back.

The imperial doctor had already finished seeing Xue Shao's injury, and said that fortunately, there was someone who knew how to treat the medicine and the horse was fine, and then he went down to boil the medicine. There were only a few henchmen in the room, such as Princess Taiping and Linlang.

Xue Chuyu stepped forward alone, stood outside the door of the ward and clasped his fists and bowed: "General, subordinate Xue Chuyu led two hundred guards into the palace on the order of the Middle Palace, and obeyed the orders of the general!" ”

Princess Taiping hurriedly sent Lin'er to reply, and Lin'er walked to the door and said, "General Xue can be guarding outside, but please don't make a noise." The colt was resting on the couch, and Hugh was going to disturb him! ”

As soon as Lin'er's words fell, Xue Shao, who had been fainting and unconscious, suddenly woke up.

His eyes were full of light!

"Please come in and talk, brother!"