When Emperor Li Xian and Pei Yan, the minister of Gu Ming, took the prime ministers of the political hall to the harem to ask for Wu Zetian, she was wearing a loose and simple casual dress to rest in the Linbo Pavilion. Accompanying Wu Zetian were only the Kudi clan and a few chamberlains.

Although the age gap between Kudi and Wu Zetian is nearly thirty years, the personalities of the two are very compatible. I had nothing to do today, so Wu Zetian made a special trip to call Kudi to chat with him to relieve his boredom. Kudi's shrewd and intelligent words were sharp, and there was no shortage of witty words at the table, and Wu Zetian let out a light laugh from time to time.

Since the death of the first emperor, it has been a long time since she has shown some relaxed smiles like now.

The two were chatting speculatively, and a confidant came forward to report, "Queen Mother, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived." ”

Wu Zetian turned his head to look at His Excellency Lin Bo, and couldn't help laughing, "The formation is not small, it must be a big incident." ”

"Queen Mother, the minister will retire first." Kudi is very intellectual.

"You're on the dragon boat, wait a moment." Wu Zetian nodded.

As soon as the Kudi clan left, Li Xian, Pei Yan and the others hurriedly walked to the Lingbo Pavilion. Wu Zetian sat calmly, and the emperor and the prime ministers stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Why did His Majesty move the people so much, and took the prime ministers to this harem to find the palace?" Wu Zetian asked straight to the point.

Li Xian hesitated with a bitter expression, "Or, Pei Zhongshu said, right?" ”

"Why, as the emperor, you even have to do this little thing for the prime minister?" Wu Zetian was displeased.

"Yes...... Emperor, say it yourself. Li Xian stepped forward stubbornly, leaned sideways and didn't dare to face Wu Zetian's sharp eyes, and said timidly: "Queen Mother, today's 200,000 Luoshui army outside Luoyang City suddenly moved for some reason. None of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew the inside story, and none of Xue Shao and his generals came to the court today. The emperor felt that things were different and did not dare to be self-conscious, so he came to ask the queen mother for advice. ”

When Wu Zetian heard this, his eyebrows suddenly sank, and his expression changed slightly, "There is such a thing?!" ”

Li Xian was even taken aback, "Even the Queen Mother doesn't know?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wu Zetian Douran raised his voice, "Could it be that His Majesty thinks that it was the palace that instigated Xue Shao to move the army?" ”

"No, no, no!" Li Xian suddenly panicked, and his mouth trembled, "The emperor didn't mean that!" The emperor was born with a clumsy mouth, and asked his mother to forgive him! ”

"Hmph......" Wu Zetian snorted and turned his head to look at Pei Yan, "Pei Zhongshu, have you ever sent someone to inquire why the Luoshui army is moving?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother." Pei Yan bowed his hand and said, "The minister was also above the court this morning, and he only learned about it. Before accompanying His Majesty to consult the Queen Mother, the minister had already sent Cen Changqian, a waiter from the military department, to the Luoshui camp to inquire about it. ”

"Have you ever had a result?" Wu Zetian asked.

"Cen Changqian went not long ago, and she hasn't returned." Pei Yan replied.

Wu Zetian put the bronze ancient wooden staff in his hand on the ground, "Since the reason has not been found out, why are you so panicked and childish?" ”

Everyone was shocked at the same time, and bowed down in shame.

"The minister knows his mistake, please calm the anger of the Queen Mother." Pei Yan hurriedly said.

Everyone knows that the Queen Mother is obviously scolding Pei Yan, and secretly she is scolding the emperor for being frivolous and cowardly. Whenever something happened, he hurriedly ran to the harem to find the queen mother to move the rescue soldiers before he could investigate--isn't this a child's state?

Li Xianzhi wiped cold sweat, and his face was flushed.

Wu Zetian glanced coldly at everyone present, suppressed his anger and sat down himself, "Since they are all here, let's wait here!" After Cen Changqian returns, we will discuss again - come and give tea to the emperor and all the ministers! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone sat down in the cool breeze and quiet Lingbo Pavilion. Li Xiangui is the emperor, but he sat in the lower position of Wu Zetian, hanging his head and not daring to move, like a bear child who was caught skipping school and going home to be trained.

After more than an hour, everyone drank several teas, and Cen Changqian finally came.

When everyone saw his expression, their hearts tensed—not good!

"Queen Mother, things are different!" Cen Changqian didn't care about a lot of red tape and prayers, and reported directly to Wu Zetian, "The minister was ordered to go to the Luoshui camp to check the situation, but the sergeant guarding the camp refused to let the minister enter the camp for half a step on the grounds of 'combat readiness alert'. Chen has been to the Luoshui camp several times, and he can be regarded as an acquaintance there. The guards guarding the camp recognized the minister, but despite this, they still refused to let the minister step into the barracks for half a step - and said that no one was allowed to trespass into the camp unless there was a warrant from the general, and that violators would be dealt with by the enemy army! ”

Everyone was in their hearts at the same time - it's broken!

"Cen Xianggong, according to what you mean, even I am not allowed to step into the barracks?!" Li Xian was both shocked and angry.

Cen Changqian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, you will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside." In the barracks, only military orders have always been served......"

"You don't have to say it!" Li Xian interrupted Cen Changqian's words impatiently, and hurriedly said to Wu Zetian, "Queen Mother, in such a situation now, Xue Shao is probably afraid that he wants to plot against him!" …… How should this be? ”

"Shut up!" Wu Zetian was furious and took the case, "Your Majesty, why do you say this?!" ”

"I, I'm ......" Li Xian suddenly panicked, dumbfounded and sweating coldly.

Wu Zetian didn't ask her for the crutch that marked "retirement and leisure", he stood tall and glared angrily, and said sharply: "Your Majesty, as the Ninety-Five Emperor who sits on the world and governs all the people, how can he be so frivolous and not argue right and wrong, and slander the minister?" - Xue Shao is the general of Tuogu left to you by the first emperor, or the husband of your own sister, and is my royal relative. You say he has a bad plan, what can he want? ”

"Mother, mother, having said that, it is indispensable to guard against others!" Li Xian didn't know where the courage came from, so he argued a few sentences, "Why don't we invite Taiping into the palace first, won't we just ask?" ”

"Ridiculous!!"

Wu Zetian shouted and became even more angry, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you want to pick up Taiping and use this threat to beat Xue Shao?" ”

"......" Li Xian lowered his head speechlessly, his eyes rolled around, and cold sweat flowed from the corners of his forehead.

"Is it the work of a king that such deceit is done?!" Wu Zetian's anger became more and more vigorous, and he almost pointed at Li Xian and scolded, "Your Majesty, I know that you have always been friendly by nature, and you will never come up with such a vicious idea to frame your sister-say, is it because the queen instigated you?" ”

"No, no! Absolutely nothing! Li Xian suddenly panicked, and his hands were raised again and again.

"Don't admit it yet!!"

Wu Zetian's voice is really worthy of the "Hedong Lion's Roar", and the people nearby were a little dumbfounded except for Pei Yan, and they all shrank into a ball and didn't dare to raise their heads-the Queen Mother was so angry in public, it was rare! The emperor was still scolded like this, let alone our courtiers?

"The Queen Mother is angry." Seeing that the situation was not good, Pei Yan hurriedly came out to the rescue and said, "The top priority is to find out the true situation of the Luoshui army first." ”

Wu Zetian restrained his anger and nodded, and said, "There's nothing to check." As the commander of the army, Xue Shao's military training is only a matter of duty, and there is no violation of the system. Besides, who of you has seen a man who has committed rebellion brazenly stirring up a crowd? ”

When everyone heard this, this made sense - what thief would expose himself before he made a big noise? It must all be done in secret!

"Having said that, but the Queen Mother, it is a matter of social safety, and it is still safe." Pei Yan said, "It stands to reason that Xue Shao, as the general of the right guard who commands the troops and horses, how he trains the troops is his own business, and it is inconvenient for others to interfere." But the Luoshui army is close at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it cannot be taken lightly. Xue Shao went to the court every day when he entered the palace, but he never informed the court about this in advance. He also served as the squire of the military department of the inspection school, but he didn't even know about the military department. It can be seen that this martial arts exercise is Xue Shao's impromptu move. Among them, there may be hidden reasons. ”

Li Xian suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "Pei Zhongshu, the Empress Dowager Fang Cai said that it is Xue Shao's duty to conduct martial arts training, and there is no possibility of making trouble. Why do you speculate on insinuations? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be excited, Pei Zhongshu has a point." Wu Zetian said calmly, "Xue Shao is definitely not a frivolous person, there must be a hidden secret in his abnormal behavior this time. ”

"Since that......'s the case," Li Xian hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then I will appoint important ministers and go to the Luoshui camp with the holy decree to find Xue Shao and ask Xue Shao, how about it?" ”

"N-no!"

These two words almost came out of Wu Zetian's teeth, revealing the meaning of "angry and indisputable".

"Why, why not?" Li Xian asked stunned.

"Hey......" Wu Zetian sighed, shook his head three times in a row, summoned Li Xian to the side to avoid the eyes and ears of the ministers, and whispered: "Your Majesty must reflect on himself, how to do it, in order to be friendly to the minister, close to Xue Shao's human being, the palace understands." He has a passionate and heroic spirit that Confucian ministers do not have. If thou art true to him, he will repay him with a sword in his ribs. But now, you don't even get along well with one of your own brothers-in-law. How can you take care of such a big court? ”

Li Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said cautiously: "What does the Queen Mother mean is that it was the emperor who provoked Xue Shao and forced him to suddenly raise troops and demonstrate to me?" …… But the emperor did not treat him badly, and once wanted to appoint him as the prime minister? ”

"......!!"

Wu Zetian sighed very helplessly, "That's it, that's it!" ”

"What's the matter, Mother?" The second monk Li Xianzhang couldn't figure it out.

Wu Zetian's expression cooled, and he lowered his voice and said, "Go back and ask your queen what she said to Xue Shao yesterday!" ”

"Huh?" Li Xian was startled and said in a panic, "No, it's nothing, right?" ”

Wu Zetian's eyes narrowed slightly, his son knew it in his own heart, Li Xian's panicked expression was enough to prove that he must know a lot about what Wei Xiang'er and Xue Shao talked about yesterday.

"You have to take care of your queen, don't let her mess up my Datang society!" Wu Zetian coldly threw down this sentence and turned to Pei Yan and the others.

Li Xian had goosebumps all over his body, and he felt that cold sweat was running down his back. The Queen Mother's words, every word were like sharp knives, all pierced into Li Xian's heart. The little bit of emperor majesty and luck that he had left was all smashed to pieces!

At this time, Li Xian couldn't help but think of his wife, Zhao...... Eight years ago, she was deposed by the Queen of Heaven and starved to death in the cold palace!

Li Xian's expression suddenly became very frightened, as if he was about to encounter a catastrophe of life and death, he stared at Wu Ze's back with wide eyes, and muttered timidly: "Mother, please spare her......"

The voice was vague and low, Wu Zetian didn't hear clearly, she stopped and asked in wonder, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”

"No, nothing! It's nothing! Li Xian waved his hand again and again.

Wu Zetian sneered and walked away, picked up her bronze ancient wooden staff, and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to send any more important ministers to question Xue Shao with the holy decree." Let Bengong personally go to the Luoshui camp and sell his old face once! ”