Li Zhi's attitude was also expected by the eldest grandson Wuji, so he said:

What the Lord said is not unreasonable.

These days, what the queen has done, although the old ministers and the adults are in the position of subordinates, it is not appropriate to talk about it; But you can see it more or less......

In fact, the queen is also a virtuous and virtuous child, but over the years, all kinds of matters have inevitably caused her to lose some balance......

If the lord really only wants the martial lady to gain a foothold in the palace, so that she can be protected by the queen, and does not want to lose the power of the emperor because of this, then the old minister has a compromise. ”

Li Zhi waited for this sentence, and immediately said:

"Uncle just say it!"

"Lord, since the queen is worried, it is nothing more than that the lady of the Wu family once got a son, and she is favored and prosperous, and I am afraid that her position will be restricted......

The lord is reluctant to do everything according to his wishes because of the actions of the queen and her mother several times before......

So why not weigh the two? ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said:

"Uncle might as well speak up."

The eldest grandson Wuji Gong claimed that it was, and then he said:

"Lord, the minister thinks that the current situation in the court, the clan lineage, is also due to the improper mistakes of the queen and the Taiyuan Wang clan, and it has suffered some blows......

But this clan is not only a Taiyuan Wang clan, but among the other clans, there are quite a few people who are loyal to my Tang Dynasty and the Lord.

At the same time, among the remaining clans, there are many talents, and it would be a pity to cut off the road of the clans because of the loss of one clan......

It is the Lord who may wish to promote some people who are quite close to the queen, but not the Taiyuan Wang clan who have both talent and virtue......

I wonder what the Lord thinks? ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he patted his knees again and again in admiration, and he thought about it again and again, and said:

"That'......

It's the queen's mother's uncle, Liu Zheng!

In my opinion, this person is also quite proficient in government affairs, and he has both talent and morality, which can be of great use.

What does my uncle think? ”

For the eldest grandson Wuji, this is exactly what he wants, and it is also the result he hopes for-

After all, there is Pei Xingjian, if you have to choose a person from a clan to be promoted in such an environment......

Compared with other clan officials who are completely disrespectful to the Guan Long faction, Liu Zheng, who is good friends with Pei Xingjian and has always been ambiguous about his own position, is the best candidate.

And Liu Zheng's talent and virtue are worthy of a great responsibility, but more importantly......

The eldest grandson Wuji silently calculated in his heart before nodding again:

What's more, although he has both talent and morality, Liu Zheng is like his biological sister, the queen's biological mother, Mrs. Liu, and has no long-term views on palace affairs......

Liu Zheng, who has already offended the entire harem, including the concubines of those clans, is on the high position, and it will be much easier to control it in the future.

The eleventh day of the first month of the second year of Yonghui.

Gaozong Li Zhi, due to an accident, was promoted to the Yellow Gate Waiter Yuwen Festival, the Zhongshu Waiter Lang Liu Zheng and the three products under the same Zhongshu Door.

When the government and the opposition hear about it, it is rare.

……

The news soon spread to the small side hall of the Wanchun Palace, and it was in the ears of the king and queen who were praying for witches.

Hearing that his uncle had to enter the official position, Wang Shanrou's uneasy heart these days finally returned to his position a little.

Putting down the prayer object in his hand (that is, a prayer tool wrapped around a tree branch with a red thread during the practice of witchcraft, this tool was later transmitted to Japan along with the Chinese witchcraft and Taoist yin-yang doctrines, and directly deformed, becoming the yin-yang flow of today's Japan, and also had a great influence on the Shinto produced in its homeland...... Therefore, when you see the kind of ritual in the relevant Japanese TV or movies and animations about Yin-Yang Dao Shinto, you can see that many factions related to ancient Chinese Taoism or witchcraft, Buddhism, etc. are almost exactly the same thing, even if this prayer is the same), Queen Wang looked at the poor slaves around her:

"Do you know why Your Majesty suddenly became an uncle?"

The slave smiled and said:

"Niangniang asked this right......

The uncle has both talent and virtue, and is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty......

At present, since there is a shortage of phases, if you don't promote your uncle, which one do you want to promote? ”

Queen Wang was silent, and the tension and suspicion between her husband and wife for a long time had already taught her an instinctive uneasiness-

Such a state of affairs falls on his head......

Is it good or bad?

Seeing her like this, the slave couldn't help but persuade her:

"Don't worry too much......

That's a good thing!

Niangniang, you think, a few days ago, when Yuan Zhengri, such a auspicious day, His Majesty did not reward any of the princes, but only rewarded our His Royal Highness King Chen with such a good horse of ink fox fur material......

It can be seen how much Your Majesty values our Royal Highness King Chen in his heart.

Moreover, now we have been promoted to the seat of our uncle (in the Northern Song Dynasty before, in the palace, it was said that promotion was not called promotion, it was called promotion, because since the Northern Song Dynasty, ministers have not been able to sit in the court.) There were seats before. And the closer the seat is to the emperor's dragon seat, it means that the higher and greater the power of this official), it shows that His Majesty is still generous and remembers the good of the mother! ”

Queen Wang was silent, and only after a while did she smile bitterly and shake her head, and she helped herself up from Hu Tu blankly, looked at the witch statue on the small case, and said:

"I don't know how to react......

All these years......

Hongu really doesn't know, should I believe it, or shouldn't I believe it......

Well, as you said, it's always a good thing to be elevated, and it's also a good thing to get a reward.

But you must remind them to be cautious and not to take advantage of this to gain power.

Otherwise......

will only bury the ** trouble for yourself. ”

The two said yes.

After a moment of silence, the queen continued:

"One more thing......

Poor slave, in recent days, you still put those things on the sidelines, let's put them aside for a while!

At least we have to put on some attitudes, don't let others think that there is any gap between our Wanchun Hall and the Lizheng Palace-

Remember, even when you have to do something, you have to try to avoid calling the Imperial Palace, or Your Majesty turns his attention to us, understand? ”

The slave was stunned, but immediately understood:

"What do you mean......

Your Majesty this time, but you are gentle? ”

Queen Wang was silent for a long time before she said softly:

"Either or no...... It's better to be cautious.

After all, this time he was not mentioning the father surnamed Wang, but the uncle surnamed Liu. ”

The slave was bewildered:

"What does the mother mean, the slave doesn't understand......"

"If you don't promote your father, you will be promoted to your uncle, one is because your uncle is indeed a person with talent and virtue, and the other is because although your uncle is related to the palace, he is not a righteous relative......

Once there is something wrong in the palace, if the uncle is helpless, draw a clear line...... And it's not surprising.

Therefore, when His Majesty was promoted to uncle, most of them knew something, or thought of something...... That's why this palace has to make an attitude......

That's it, the palace is grounded now, so you will go to the palace to give a bowl of clean crispy dumplings to the Lizheng Palace, and say that it is something given by the palace.

Then he prepared two fine brocades and a few unneeded gold and jade things, and sent them to the front of the Lizheng Palace, and their courtiers took them—

In the end, the palace is the middle palace, and the thing she appreciates is that she does not greet her in person, at least she should be the courtiers.

Secondly...... This kind of reward can be regarded as an indication of the attitude of this palace. ”

The slave knew what the queen wanted, so she immediately went down to make arrangements.

……

It's night.

In the Imperial Palace.

Mei Niang was dressed in palace clothes, but she only watched Ryan take a few small eunuchs to inspect the grounded queen and reward the slaves, and personally went out of the Lizheng Palace to receive the crisp dumplings and other things, and then said:

"Bring it here!"

Ryan was startled, and Wen Niang flashed forward and said:

"Sister, although this has been tested to be non-toxic, what is it...... What the hell is there!

Besides, my sister has never been close to this kind of fishy thing because of her bad joy these days......"

"She won't teach her queen to lose her reputation, so she categorically doesn't allow the things she sent to make any mistakes."

Mei Niang said calmly:

"If I drink it, I will be able to keep this child alive until he is born......

Even if I don't get it anymore, I will drink it. ”

Seeing that Mei Niang was so resolute, the servants had no choice but to step forward. However, Ryan and Wen Niang still didn't dare to leave for a moment, stared at Mei Niang in a daze, drank it all, and stared at it for a long time, seeing that there was no reaction, but Mei Niang's face was slightly uncomfortable, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly served sweet wine and asked her to drink two sips to drive away the crispy smell.

Rao is so, she also poured half a pot of sweet wine (here is a solemn explanation, the sweet wine in the early Tang Dynasty refers to a kind of rice wine similar to today's, the alcohol content is very low, so low that it is only one or two degrees of alcohol today, which is very good for pregnant women, and the pot here is the kind of small pot that is only ten or twenty centimeters high, which can hold two taels of wine at most, but it is not Mei Niang drinking things indiscriminately).

Seeing that she was so uncomfortable, even Ryan and Wen Niang were also dissatisfied, but Mei Niang was just indifferent.

After a while, Mei Niang calmed her breath, turned to Liu'er, who was holding the clothes given by the queen with a disgusted face:

"You went and picked up these materials, and you found Master Neiji to make a dress."

Liu'er immediately said:

"Sister! Whether it is clothing or gold ornaments, although they are all good things, they are suitable for the old woman to wear......

Didn't the queen give such things to embarrass her sister with her heart?

Why did my sister suffer such anger? ”

Mei Niang smiled faintly and said:

"She is the queen, and it is my blessing to give these things.

Then I naturally want to collect it, and I have to use it well.

Besides, she gave me these things not necessarily so that I could wear them now!

In the end, there are some things that I have to avoid when I am pregnant, and I think she knows it.

As long as I taught her to know, I took her clothes well, and made them with gratitude, and made them ready to wear......

That's what I had to do, and I did it.

What's more, there are so many pairs of eyes and so many skilled craftsmen in the inner division, there may not be one or two who can skillfully grasp the sky and make new clothes! ”

Ryan also immediately came to his senses and said with a smile:

"Isn't it?

That's fine, my sister sent clothes, and it was also something given by the queen, and I also taught the people in the palace to see that this is also the mother of a country, knowing that the concubine was pregnant, just to save, she gave such an unlucky thing......

also taught her to be known by others. ”

Mei Niang didn't mean this, so she frowned when she heard Ryan's words, but after thinking about it, she also nodded calmly:

"That's fine, let's go."

So, Liu'er took the clothes and went to the inner division.

……

Seven or eight days later, the news of the queen's gift spread all over the inside, and it was even more heard of by the court and the public.

There are quite a few ministers in the court, and there are many discussions on this matter.

……

The first day of February in the second year of Yonghui.

Night.

Tai Chi Temple.

Li Zhi sat upright in the hall, listening to De'an's return.

"When the queen gave things that day, Sister Wu was unwell, and the poor slave was blindly arrogant, saying that her sister didn't have to come out to greet her if she was pregnant, but the words were ironic, forcing her sister to force her sick body out of the palace to welcome.

When giving things, the cheap maid was deliberately embarrassed, and when she saw Sister Wu kneeling on the ground, she only turned over and over a few old things that were given, and said that she was willing to leave only when she had a cup of tea.

And that's not all, the cheap maid actually caught someone, and specially left a message in front of the Lizheng Palace, saying that it was because the queen loved Sister Wu, and the crispy bowl given was a bowl for the queen, but it was something that the queen used on weekdays, saying that the sister was pregnant, so she could borrow the blessing of the mother of a country......

My sister was happy in pregnancy, and the old fairy Sun told me that such a fishy thing was not close to her, but it was also to be able to be tolerated under the queen, so she swallowed it forcibly. ”

Hearing that Mei Niang had suffered such grievances, it really made Li Zhi's heart ache, and he couldn't wait to take the poor slave to kill him to relieve his anger, but in the end, he also knew Mei Niang's thoughts, just to protect the child in the womb and be allowed under the queen, so he only gritted his teeth and said:

"What else?"

Dean understood, and immediately said:

"Nothing else, but also the gold and cloth that was given, at a glance, it is clear that it is according to the regulations, and it should be given to ...... Bestow on ......"

De'an glanced at Li Zhitieqing's face, and then sighed:

"Give it to older women......

With a "bang", the tea bowl in front of Li Zhi was thrown to the ground by him with a wave of his sleeves and shattered.

De'an was taken aback, and because of the important matter, the left and right attendants, including the Qingming brothers, were all sent away, and they were about to pick it up in person, but they were stopped by Li Zhi and said:

"Mei Niang can accept it?"

"Collect ...... I accepted it, and immediately invited the best master of the inner division, and I made it into a ......."

De'an's voice is like a mosquito, getting lower and lower.

Li Zhi was so angry that the green tendons on the top of his head jumped straight for a while, and it took a long time to suppress the fire qi and said:

"Then how did the former court in the palace discuss this matter?"

"There are two factions in the palace immediately, one faction is that Sister Wu is also obedient to others, so they are headed by Cui Guifei and others, and they show favor in many ways, and the other faction is a few two or three concubines led by Concubine Lu Xian and others, who always feel that Sister Wu is unscrupulous, but in the end, she is weak and weak, and she can't be angry.

But the queen and the concubine have no attitude. ”

Li Zhi sneered:

"If they have another attitude, I will really have to do a line of national law!

How was the previous dynasty? ”

In the previous dynasty, Uncle Yuan and the others still kept silent, but Uncle Pei Xingjian Pei beside Uncle Yuan had always been outspoken, but this time he also hugged two songs for his sister and said two good words for his sister...... The strangest thing is that Uncle Yuan was standing by his side at that time, and he didn't stop it, and the Zhijiao acquiesced.

Therefore, those officials in the court, such as Guan Long and the clan, who were already dissatisfied with the Taiyuan Wang clan, were also talking about it, saying that the queen was so narrow-minded and treated so unsympatheticly, I didn't expect Sister Wu to be able to accept it calmly, it was really a high-level opinion......

For a while, the Taiyuan Wang family was also faceless. For this reason, Wang Renyou specially entered the palace the day before yesterday, so that he could have a lecture with the queen! ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was silent for a long time before he breathed:

"In the end, her grievances are not in vain, otherwise I would have to ......"

He paused, and after a while, he said:

"That's it, it's over, Mei Niang has endured it, what can't I bear......

It's just a thing, in the end, Mei Niang is pregnant now, but the prince Longsun, De'an, tomorrow is a good day on the second day of the second month of February, and it is also Mei Niang's first fetus (the custom of the upper class society in the Tang Dynasty, in the first festival when a woman is found to be pregnant, she must ask a warlock to calculate the fate and men and women for the fetus. This can be done once or several times, but only on major festivals. And the second day of February is a big festival in the Tang Dynasty, so it is necessary to have the first child. There are also Wu Zetian's children, who have been born more than nine times, and it can be said that they do not fall every time, among which Li Hong, An Dingsi, and Taiping are the three sons, accounting for 12 times, 15 times, and 11 times respectively. Especially Andingsi, legend has it that when Wu Zetian was in Ningsi, Li Zhi specially ordered to add a festival in order to be able to carry out one more fetal occupation for this child, which will be mentioned later), you took my hand and went to invite Yuan Tianshi to enter the palace in person, and Li Taichang Sun Daochang (Sun Simiao is also a Taoist priest, and although the divination is compared to the glorious Yuan and Li two people, it seems mediocre to today's people, but it is also super-first-class in the Tang Dynasty) together for the Mei Niang fetus! ”

When De'an heard this, he also frowned and said:

"Lord, this ...... Just ask Li Taichang and Sun Lao Immortal, this is even Yuan Tianshi, who has always only occupied the country's major affairs...... Will...... Will...... Too flamboyant?

In the final analysis, the woman who can get Yuan Tianshi's fetus is only the only one Queen Wende?

Not even His Royal Highness King Chen, who is the eldest grandson of the first emperor and the eldest son of the lord, doesn't have it......"

"I have my own measure, you just have to pass it on."

De'an thought about it, but he also understood Li Zhi's thoughts, and thought that Li Zhi was very cautious when dealing with all matters related to Mei Niang, and there were few shortcomings.

On that day, in the palace, I heard Li Zhi's decree and ordered the three immortals (that is, Yuan, Li, and Sun) to be the servants of the Lizheng Palace, Wu Zhao, and they were all surprised.

Only Li Zhiyuan's uncle, the eldest grandson, Wuji, responded with a smile.