A.D. 682, the first year of Yongchun

Several things happened that shocked the entire court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Gaozong Li Zhi, who had not dealt with the government for a long time and was rumored to be sick and couldn't get out of bed, suddenly issued an edict to appoint the nearly seventy-year-old veteran Xue Rengui as the general of Qianniuwei.

It stands to reason that in the entire sixteen guards, the power of Qianniuwei is the weakest, not to mention that compared with the battle-hardened guards of the left and right Weiwei and the left and right Xiaowei, even the Jin Wuwei is stronger than their strength, but everyone, whether it is the prime minister of the official residence or the ordinary peddler pawn, knows that this is just the appearance, although the Qianniuwei is weak, but extremely strong, except for a very few guards, pick out a guard at random in it, put it in other military guards, can be used as a basic officer.

The reason why this is so is because they guard the core brain of the entire Tang Empire, His Majesty the Emperor.

Because of this, Qianniuwei's every move represents the emperor's thoughts, and the change of a lieutenant in Qianniuwei can make waves in the court, not to mention that this time it is the general who advocates the entire Qianniuwei.

If this incident is shocking, the second thing can be described as a thunderbolt, after the replacement of General Qianniuwei, Gaozong Li Zhi issued another order, in order to stabilize the situation in the river, south, river, and north, prepare to Luoyang, the eastern capital of ten million in October.

Speaking of which, starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty, basically every dynasty will be outside the capital, and choose a few other cities as the existence of the capital, on the one hand, in order to strengthen the management of various places, after all, in ancient times when transportation was difficult, it was very difficult to manage a huge empire, and this model of accompanying the capital divided the center of the entire country into several pieces in disguise.

On the other hand, the reason is that if something goes wrong in the empire, such as the rebels hitting the capital, or there is a major catastrophe in the capital, in this case, with the existence of the capital, it can stabilize people's hearts more quickly.

And this is also the case in the Tang Empire, although at the beginning, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Gaozu Li Yuan, deposed this mode of accompanying the capital, but after Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne, Luoyang was still positioned as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the eastern capital, when Li Shimin determined that Luoyang was the accompanying capital, it may be out of order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the Central Plains of Henan, or have other plans, but in the era of Gaozong Li Zhi, the status of the eastern capital Luoyang gradually comparable to the statue of Chang'an City, and became comparable.

The reason why this is so is because, on the one hand, Chang'an City, which is located in the land of Guanzhong, has become barren after thousands of years of development, and the Guanzhong Plain, which was once a thousand miles of fertile soil, has become barren, and the food and other materials produced cannot meet the needs of the huge population of a powerful imperial capital.

Therefore, during the years when Li Zhi ascended the throne, basically one-third of the time was spent in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

It stands to reason that when going to Luoyang City, the courtiers should be accustomed to it, why they are so surprised, the key reason is also Li Zhi's body, in this era, even if Li Zhi is the emperor, but the bad traffic also makes it much more difficult for him to travel than in later generations, even if the little urchin knows that sick people should not travel far, but now Li Zhi is going to Luoyang at this time, this is not nonsense, but what is strange is that for this obviously strange move, the whole court seems to not know, all the courtiers are silent, just silently prepared.

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Daming Palace, Lin De Palace

At this time, the atmosphere of the Lin De Hall is a little weird, although the usual Lin De Hall is quiet, but from time to time there will be discussions, but today's Lin De Hall is like a sticky mud pond, silent, and even the air seems to be condensed.

"Niangniang, this time Meng Changsi was dismissed from the post of General Qianniuwei, which can be described as a major loss for us, and now there are rumors outside, saying that His Majesty has ......... Niangniang" It was Miao Shenke who spoke, as Wu Zetian's subordinate who was responsible for finding out the news and spying on intelligence, his news can be said to be the clearest.

"Hmph, there is nothing to do and more than enough to lose, this palace is to see that he is still shrewd, so I want to promote him, so as to give him a future in the future, I didn't expect him to be such an incompetent person, wasted a piece of the palace's mind in vain, and even let us suffer huge losses, if it weren't for the fact that now is the time to employ people, this palace can't wait to ........ him" Hearing Miao Shenke's words, Wu Zetianfeng's eyes shot out two sharp cold lights, and the slightest coldness in his tone could be felt by everyone present.

"Niang Niang is angry, since the matter has happened, it is useless to think about it now, the key is how to redeem this defeat, if we don't change those people's minds as soon as possible, we are afraid that we will fall into a very passive situation, and even lose the whole game, after all, which side is the heart of the world still facing now?" Hearing Wu Zetian's words, Yuan Wanqing hurriedly jumped out to dissuade him, although Yuan Wanqing was not afraid that what Wu Zetian said would be spread by others, but there were some things that could be done and not said, and once they were said, there would be huge consequences.

After being interrupted by Yuan Wanqing, Wu Zetian also hurriedly stopped, pondered, and after calming down, she said slowly, "This palace has already thought of these situations, so this is also the reason why this palace persuaded His Majesty to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, as long as His Majesty left Chang'an City, even if those people wanted to make a difference, it would be difficult to succeed." ”

Hearing Wu Zetian's words, Yuan Wanqing, Miao Shenke and others' originally high hearts slowly fell, for these people, if they want to become a member of the court above 10,000 people under one person, there is only one way, that is, just rely on Wu Zetian, if Wu Zetian has a mistake, even with everything they enjoy now will completely turn into nothingness, this kind of life before liberation, even if Liu Yizhi is a person who values statements more than life, it is difficult to avoid.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, I don't know why His Majesty suddenly changed the position of General Qianniuwei this time, and why he let the old and frail Xue Rengui take the position of General Qianniuwei, there must be something mysterious in this." Seeing that the crisis in front of him had been resolved, Liu Yizhi couldn't help but ask Wu Zetian about the cause of this incident.

"You don't need to ask more about this matter, in short, you think about how we can recover our decline in this matter as soon as possible, and strive to do it before Your Majesty returns to Chang'an, otherwise, what the consequences will be, you all know." As soon as he heard Liu Yizhi's question, Wu Zetian's pretty face, which had just eased up, was once again covered with a layer of frost.

Seeing Wu Zetian's expression, Yuan Wanqing and the others were all people who observed words and feelings, and immediately understood that there were some other secrets involved, since the queen of heaven was unwilling to say it, it was inconvenient for them to continue to ask, and they all said goodbye and left.

After the Lin De Hall was completely silent, Wu Zetian's originally upright figure suddenly softened, and he collapsed on the huge dragon chair, his face full of exhaustion.

"Niangniang, drink some ginseng soup, this is stewed with snow swallow and lingzhi, which is a great supplement for your body." A soft voice sounded in Wu Zetian's ears, hearing the voice, Wu Zetian was not surprised, at this time, the people who could come to her without going through the courtesy, in the entire palace, except for Gaozong Li Zhi and Taiping Princess Li Lingyue, there was only her henchman who was raised single-handedly, Shangguan Wan'er.

With the support of Shangguan Wan'er, Wu Zetian sat up straight, looking at the bowl of crystal clear soup on the table in front of him, as if it was delicate crystal, Wu Zetian did not do it immediately, but raised the spoon, stirred it a few times, and said as if unintentionally, as if deliberately, "Tell me, where did Taiping go, did he go to Jiangnan." ”

Wu Zetian was brainless, it sounded like she was talking to herself, if someone else heard it, she would only think that she was talking to herself because she missed her daughter too much, but in Shangguan Wan'er's ears, it was like thunder in the night sky, so loud, so amazing.

After struggling in her heart for a long time, she still reluctantly gave up all her luck, walked a few steps, knelt in front of Wu Zetian, and said in a trembling voice, "Please also ask the mother to forgive the sin, all this is the fault of the slave and maid, the slave and the maid do not want to see Her Royal Highness the princess lose her soul all day long, for fear that she will have any accidents, so she relented for a while and helped her escape from the palace, the slave and the maid know that all this is a big crime, no matter how the mother punishes the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid have no complaints." ”

After saying this, Shangguan Wan'er just pressed her forehead to the ground, quietly waiting for Wu Zetian to announce the outcome of her fate.

When she helped Li Lingyue escape from the palace, she had already thought that such a day would come, but she didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

"How will Niangniang punish me, beat me to death with a stick, or a thousand knives, or even hanging, I ruined Niangniang's big thing, I'm afraid Niangniang won't let me go so easily, if it's a hanging or a glass of poisoned wine, it's not bad, at least I can sneak a whole corpse, if it's a beheading or a thousand cuts, I'm afraid I can only be a lonely ghost in the future."

That's fine, I'm the only one left in my Shangguan family, I'm dead early, it's good to reunite the whole family, it's just poor Auntie, she worked hard to raise me, I haven't repaid her, I'm going to involve her to die with me, I just don't know what happened to the princess, I hope he can have a good result with that person, although this idea is a little ridiculous, but there is still a glimmer of hope, isn't it, I just don't know if that bastard will remember me after I die, if he can remember that there is such a person as me, even if he is dead, I don't have any regrets. ”

When waiting for her fate to be announced, Shangguan Wan'er's heart somehow suddenly surged with these thoughts, many of which she didn't even think about before, but now her brain suddenly surged out.

Just when Shangguan Wan'er was thinking about how she would die, she suddenly felt a soft palm, gently caressing her head, and at the same time heard Wu Zetian's voice say, "Hey, hey, hey....... what a stupid girl, since you were ten years old, this palace has known you, at first I was attracted by your talent, and later, you have been by this palace for so many years, you are so sensible, so considerate, what others have not thought of, you can think of it, others will not do, you can do it well."

It is precisely because of this that the palace is more and more fond of you, more and more re-important, not only the trivial matters in ordinary life, but even some important matters of the court are discussed with you from time to time, in the mind of the palace, you are even more like the daughter of the palace than Taiping, this time you helped the Taiping sneak out of the palace, the palace is indeed very angry, this matter has indeed brought huge trouble to the palace, but the palace does not blame you, the palace knows, you are still loyal to the palace in your heart, but you don't want to see the Taiping grievances, I don't want to let Taiping and this palace have conflicts in the future because of this incident, and this palace knows all this. ”

"Mother, slave ........."

After listening to Wu Zetian's words, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly felt a sense of sadness in her heart, and a sense of happiness that she had escaped death emerged at the same time, and for a while, under mixed feelings, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but sob.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, outsiders say that the heart of this palace is like a snake and scorpion, and the means are vicious and vicious, for these rumors, this palace often ignores them, because this palace knows, even if this palace really explains, they will not believe it, only those of you who know this palace best, but, what this palace didn't expect is that after encountering this kind of thing, you didn't come to find this palace to report, but assisted Taiping that girl to escape quietly, do you know how panicked the outside world is, Taiping's girl usually looks clever and smart, but she has no experience in accidents, and now she goes out quietly alone, in case you encounter any trouble, have you ever thought about the consequences. After Wu Zetian helped Shangguan Wan'er up, he complained.

"The slave and maid knew that it was wrong, and the slave and maid also thought that Niangniang really wanted to marry Xue Shao fairly, so she made this decision in a hurry, and she didn't think about it so much, so she ........." Shangguan Wan'er said with some annoyance, and she was still secretly thinking in her heart, 'If you knew that the queen of heaven was so easy to speak, why would you do such a risky thing, not only to get into trouble for yourself, but also to almost ruin Niangniang's big thing.'

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's annoyed expression, Wu Zetian smiled lightly, and then said, "Okay, this matter is also your unintentional mistake, it's just boring, in this matter, you are all wrong, since you are wrong, you have to admit punishment, you can agree with this." ”

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