In the afternoon of the next day, inside the palace.

Li Zhi walked around the hall with a slightly unhappy expression. A group of ministers around him put on a bewildered expression.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have never asked too much. Why, if you want to build a palace now, what is there to do? ”

"Your Majesty, it is natural for Your Majesty to build a palace and build a palace, but this is a merger, not a place for Your Majesty to live for a long time......" Zhao Renben, a member of the ministry, looked at the silent colleagues around him, then took a step forward with his clothes, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has not built buildings since he ascended the throne, he has not built a palace, he has done everything in everything, he is thrifty and diligent, and he takes all the people in the world as the priority. It is not a big deal to build this small palace now. Just ......"

Li Zhi turned his head and glared at him: "Just what?" ”

"Ah, Your Majesty. It's just that this state is the place where the queen mother and phoenix are born, and His Majesty wants to give this place to leave the palace, mostly for the sake of the mother? ”

Li Zhi was silent for a while before he said, "Just say whatever you want to say." ”

"Yes. Your Majesty, you built a palace for the place where the queen mother and the phoenix were born, and you really worked for the queen and the people of Bingzhou to seek happiness and virtue, which the ministers all know. It's just Your Majesty, Niangniang has always been affected by His Majesty's sense of diligence and thrift, and she is self-denying and prudent. The clothes are vegetarian and the food is still flat. After entering the palace for several years, Feng returned to the state to visit his mother's house, which was also the first time. The minister is thinking that His Majesty's good intentions are the deep love of the emperor and the blessing of the world. But if those who don't know know know, will they feel that the mother is pampered and arrogant, extravagant and wasteful? ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he immediately raised his brows, and was about to open his mouth to get angry and scare these courtiers who didn't know what to do, when he was poured ice on his head by a light and faint words:

"The Lord is full of good intentions, Mei Niang is really grateful. However, what Lord Zhao said is very true, the lord's residence is still damp and old, how can Mei Niang dare to accept the blessing of leaving the palace from the lord without authorization? ”

For a while, all the ministers knelt down and shouted "Wan'an" to greet the owner of the voice.

Li Zhi also immediately put on a smiling face, Yingying walked to the door - when he passed by Zhao Renben's side, he glanced at him quietly and snorted, then quickly stepped forward and reached out to support his wife with a slightly tired face, and laughed quietly:

"If you're not feeling well, should you rest? How did you come here? ”

"If Mei Niang doesn't come again, I'm afraid that this palace will already be repaired?" Wu Zhao replied in a low voice at a volume that only the husband and wife could hear. Then he was about to salute, but he bluffed Li Zhi into immediately picking her up:

"You don't, you don't...... Don't you, your body, don't ......"

Several retinues quietly raised their heads, and seeing Li Zhi's terrified appearance, the ministers immediately sighed secretly in their hearts.

Although they have been husband and wife for many years, Wu Zhao couldn't help but blush when she was hugged by Li Zhi like this, she glanced at Li Zhi with disgust, and then gently pushed and broke free from Li Zhi's arms.

On the other hand, Li Zhi, who hadn't seen his wife for many days, also realized that his move was inappropriate because of her earnings, but only an unnatural look flashed on his face, and he returned to normal:

"The queen has been in poor health recently, why did she come here today?"

Wu Zhao said with a flat expression: "The Lord wants to give Mei Niang to leave the palace, Mei Niang is grateful, but Mei Niang came today to disobey the emperor's order and thank you for this grace." ”

Li Zhi looked at her calmly: "Why? ”

As Lord Zhao said, although this place is Mei Niang's mother's house, but now Mei Niang is the wife of the Son of Heaven, and Ying Guogong, and the state, everything, should not have a little bit of connection. Although he had to return to his hometown this time, things were wrong, and there were only two brothers in the family. And the two elder brothers have no great merit in my Tang Dynasty's military administration. I can't afford to be gifted. What's more, once the ground is broken in the palace, it will inevitably affect the local officials and the people. Therefore, Mei Niang dared to ask the Lord to take back her fate. ”

While speaking, Wu Zhao had already bowed down slowly, and Li Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Either because of her speech just now, or because of Li Zhi's attitude and words to protect his wife just now, this time, none of the officials in the court felt that Li Zhi's behavior was impolite.

On this side, Li Zhi saw Wu Zhao's resolute attitude, so he had no choice but to sigh and comply with her request. After Wu Zhao thanked him, he got up again and said, "There is another matter, please ask the Lord to be gracious." ”

Li Zhi hurriedly agreed, and Wu Zhao spoke:

"Mei Niang heard that her brothers Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang met the Lord the day before yesterday, and they were very praised by the Lord. Mei Niang thought that this matter could only be done once, not again and again. ”

Li Zhi immediately frowned:

"But why? ......" he looked around, and changed his words:

"That's my uncle."

"The lord is the position of the uncle of the country, and he should also guard the Tang Dynasty system of my country. Now the two of them have no merit and no fame, and they have no qualifications and no qualifications to meet the Holy God at first sight and receive the grace of God. I don't know how many of the pillars of the Tang Dynasty are more virtuous than the two of them. If they are only of the same origin as Mei Niang, they can be favored more. I am afraid that in the future, the entire court will think that only those who climb and tie skirts can be used, but the road of ruling the world with materials is not passable. Please think again. ”

Li Zhi thought for a while, nodded again, and said:

"Mei Niang is right, this is me. But what is even more commendable is your heart. I really have to give a good edict to praise the virtue. And according to Mei Niang, it is indeed not the time to meet. Let's wait until they really do something one day. ”

"Thank you, Lord. In this case, then Mei Niang will be pampered and invited, and please ask the Lord to promise Mei Niang again. ”

"I know that since I can't see them often, I will definitely give them some chances."

"Lord, what Mei Niang is asking for, but I hope that the Lord will not have a special encounter with the second brother Yuanqing Yuanshuang because of this-please ask the Lord for permission, so that they can make some achievements on top of their current positions."

"A little reward is always okay, right?"

"Prevent the slightest slight, my Tang Dynasty is full of talents, if you are in a dangerous world, or there is an emergency on the frontier, then Mei Niang will ask for the Lord's permission to make contributions with her brother. But now I am in the Tang Dynasty, the country is safe, and the sea is peaceful. The Lord and his ministers are well governed...... The more this is the case, the more we need to promote more young talents, thinking that my Tang Dynasty will prosper forever. So since the opportunities are limited, it's better to stay more and be better with those young heroes. ”

Hearing these words, Li Zhi's eyebrows stretched, and he praised Wu Zhao again and again for his magnanimity, which is really worthy of being the queen of a country and the bosom of the world. After saying again and again that he must personally issue an edict to praise her, he said:

"What the queen said, everything is for the sake of my Tang Dynasty, and I am worried about me everywhere, and I am really happy. It's just that if this is the case, it will inevitably be a bit too much, will it make the people of Bingzhou feel cold? ”

"If this is the case, then it is better to ask the Lord to decree that Mei Niang's relatives will have a palace banquet for the old time. As soon as Mei Niang came to see the old relatives in the family, she could be regarded as doing her best. Second, this is also the emperor's honor, if you leave others behind, you will not be able to enjoy such holy graces. Thirdly, Mei Niang will also take this opportunity to give back some more favors, which can be regarded as allowing Mei Niang to do her best. ”

Li Zhi was very happy when he said this. Even a few young ministers next to them sighed, only the older ministers still looked like silent stone statues.

Li Zhi saw it in his eyes, and his face was displeased. But Wu Zhao didn't take it seriously at all, he just finished what he wanted to say, and after doing what he wanted to do, he asked Li Zhi to thank him for his resignation.

Li Zhi was certainly reluctant to let her leave immediately, but the monarch's political affairs were to be discussed, so he had to tell her to be careful not to be tired, so he ordered Qinghe to send her into his dormitory and then come back to restore her life.

Qinghe obeyed the order, sent Wu Zhao to the outside of the hall, and said lightly:

"Niangniang, don't take those people to heart, although the Lord does have the intention to take this opportunity to let Niangniang come to them to show her face and show her virtue, but I didn't expect them to be as impenetrable as a stubborn stone."

"Hongu knows. Hongu never really took them seriously. If it was really for them, Hongu would not have come this time. ”

"That's good, that's good. It's just that the Lord's hard work is in vain - when the Lord talked about this this this morning, he also said that he must take this opportunity to let those old ministers see the mother's bearing. ”

"Jiro is a good thing, but it's a pity that he is Jiro after all, and it is precisely because he is Jiro who only looks at national politics, so he can never understand why those old ministers hate this palace so much. It's okay, you can talk to Jiro directly after a while—not to mention that this time it's not all for nothing. ”

Wu Zhao turned around and smiled at him:

"In fact, compared with those old ministers, what is really important is those young and promising courtiers. Isn't it? ”