Chapter Seventy-Three: The Emperor's Deliberations
Empress Wu sighed faintly, said with guilt, and looked at Li Zhi with a little more resentment, after all, everything happened back then was caused by Li Zhi, and it must be false to say that Empress Wu didn't care at all. ﹎8﹏w·w·w`.-y=a·w-e=n·8`.-c-o·m
Why did you bring up this stubble again......
Li Zhi touched his nose, a little embarrassed.
Although the matter back then was top secret, Li Zhi was clear about the whole story.
At that time, Empress Wu had just found out about Li Zhi and Mrs. Han, and she was indeed angry and almost lost her mind, but Mrs. Han and Empress Wu had been sisters for many years after all, otherwise Mrs. Han would not have been in and out of the palace from time to time.
In addition, Mrs. Rongguo rushed into the palace in time to persuade her, because although the Empress Wu was angry at that time, she did not move her murderous intentions, but just ordered someone to send Mrs. Han far away, so that she would never return to Chang'an for the rest of her life.
But who knew that on the night that Mrs. Han left the palace, she committed suicide in the mansion, and left a suicide note before she died, saying that she had no face to survive in the world anymore, and only asked Empress Wu to take good care of Helan Min's brothers and sisters in the sisterhood for many years.
The death of Mrs. Han also made Empress Wu feel a little guilty, otherwise with Empress Wu's strong temperament, how could she reconcile with Li Zhi so quickly.
For so many years, Helan Minzhi has been able to run rampant, on the one hand, because of the protection of Mrs. Rongguo, but more because of a trace of guilt in the heart of Empress Wu, so he has always turned a blind eye to him.
Of course, this is also because Helan Minzhi has been very smart over the years, and he has only made some big mistakes, even if he occasionally makes some big mistakes, the twists and turns of impeachment have been quietly stopped by Li Yifu.
This is also an important reason why Empress Wu and Li Zhi are so tolerant of him.
"Uh, since Minzhi is so excessive, it's also self-inflicted on you to end up in this fate, you and I have done everything we can, and you don't have to blame yourself too much......"
Li Zhi laughed twice and comforted Wu Houdao. Ya__文>>8_w-w'w=.· y-a`w-e`n`8-.· com
"However, Mei Niang, aren't you chanting in the Buddhist hall today? Why did you suddenly come to the Xuanzheng Palace? ”
Empress Wu glanced at Li Zhi and knew that he was deliberately changing the topic, but she didn't break it, after all, what happened back then was not a pleasant thing, if it wasn't for Helan Minzhi's incident today, she wouldn't want to mention that year.
"Your Majesty underestimated our Hong'er......"
Empress Wu said with a hint of a smile on her face.
"Oh? Hong'er went to invite you over? ”
This made Li Zhi strange, he knew that his son had never had such a good relationship with Empress Wu, so he would take the initiative to invite Empress Wu? It's just incredible.
"Sort of! Today, the concubine prayed for the unborn emperor in the Buddhist hall, but suddenly received a letter from Hong'er. ”
Empress Wu sighed and said faintly.
"In the compromise, Hong'er said that now that the emperor is about to be born, when the world is amnesty, please ask the concubine to recall his nephew Wu Chenghei, who was exiled to Lingnan in the early years......"
"This kid is so calculating!"
Li Zhi shook his head and said with a smile.
has said all this, how could he not understand Li Hong's calculations, Helan Minzhi is just a nephew used to save face for Empress Wu, but it is just because of the entrustment of Mrs. Han back then, so he has always kept him.
But in fact, Helan Min's distance is not as important as imagined, Li Hong's twist and turn is to remind Empress Wu that she has more than one nephew, and Zhou Guogong's position is not Helan Min's indispensable. > it_w w'w'.'
"The concubine doesn't understand when she sees this, Hong'er is determined to do Minzhi, even if you and I stop it, I'm afraid it's useless, since Hong'er woke up from the assassination in Luoyang, the concubine felt that Hong'er had become very different, although Hong'er was benevolent and generous in the past, but he couldn't help but be a little indecisive, but now he has become decisive and quick-witted, everything he wants to do, he will definitely do it, this point, when the concubine was in Luoyang Palace, he saw it."
Empress Wu said slowly, but the smile on her face did not decrease.
"Hmph, it doesn't seem like a good thing! It's too rigid and easy to break, and now he can still be comfortable with a little bit of intelligence, but his current strong temperament is bound to make a mistake in the future, but it's better to let him suffer some hardships, let him know that there is a sky outside the sky! ”
Li Zhi lowered his face slightly, but the smugness in his eyes couldn't be concealed, obviously Li Hong's performance made him very satisfied.
"Your Majesty is duplicitous!"
has been a husband and wife for many years, how could Empress Wu not know Li Zhi's temperament, obviously she was happy in her heart, but she still had to hold on to her face.
"But what Hong'er said is also right, Zhou Guogong's position can't be vacant, I'm afraid that the temperament of the two children of Sansi and Chenghei over the years has also been almost sharpened in Lingnan, so let's recall them together, and when the time comes, Mei Niang, you can choose one of the two of them to inherit the title of Zhou Guogong!"
Li Zhi Zhengse said, but at the end of the words, he frowned.
Zhou Guogong's position must not be vacant, you must know that most of the power of Empress Wu comes from the support of Li Zhi, in a sense, Empress Wu is the spokesperson of Li Zhi.
Li Zhi has been in poor health since he was a child, and he is often dizzy and unable to look at the court, and he is not at ease to entrust the entire government to the hands of his courtiers, after all, there are many cases of powerful ministers overthrowing the emperor.
Relatively speaking, it was much safer for Empress Wu to deal with the government, firstly, Empress Wu's power came from Li Zhi, and secondly, the husband and wife for many years made Li Zhi have full trust in Empress Wu.
Therefore, maintaining the right to speak in the previous dynasty is also in Li Zhi's interests.
And relatives are also an important symbol of the right to speak, the mother family of the Empress Wu has always been weak, and the old ministers in the court are extremely strict with the Empress Wu, so until now, only one Zhou Guogong has barely taken the shot, and he was forced to death by Li Hong step by step.
And Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi are the grandsons of the Wu family, speaking of which the relationship with the Empress Wu is a little far away, in the early years, because of arrogance and domineering, he violated the law and was beaten by the Empress Wu to Lingnan to be accompanied by snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Although the relationship is a little distant, he can barely be regarded as the nephew of the Empress Wu, and it is reasonable to recall him to inherit the title of Duke of Zhou.
"It's hard for him to think so thoroughly!"
Li Zhi shook his head, and only then did he understand Li Hong's true purpose.
On the one hand, he convicted He Lanminzhi in the lobby, making it difficult for Empress Wu and Li Zhi to ride a tiger, and had to dispose of Helan Minzhi, and on the other hand, he asked for Wu Sansi to be recalled, which can be regarded as preserving Empress Wu's face and not damaging Empress Wu's power, which is a relatively satisfactory solution.
As for Li Hong's explanation in the main hall?
Is Li Zhi really a fool?
Yao Chong had only entered the palace the day before to report to Li Zhiyu the latest military situation of Pei Xingjian's westward expedition to the Turks, but he did not mention anything about the appearance of weapons in the sixth rate of the East Palace, which was not at all a general explanation that had not yet been investigated.
If it weren't for Li Hong's instructions, Yao Chong would definitely report this matter to Li Zhi as soon as possible.
In addition, when Li Hong first arrived at the palace, he first pulled things around, and then even did not hesitate to release any extreme way, but now when he thinks about it, he is just delaying time and waiting for Yao Chong to arrive.
After thinking about the cause and effect, Li Zhi understood what the whole thing had happened.
Li Hong first deceived Li Zhi and asked him to order a retrial of the assassination of the prince, and then convicted He Lanminzhi with a final verdict at the time of the trial of the three divisions, and then used Yao Chong to settle Li Zhi, stabilized the martial arts with a letter, and finally succeeded in beating Helan Minzhi into the abyss.
The arrangement of things is not exquisite, but it is better than interlocking, and it may not be possible to do better by changing people.
However, although Li Zhi was put on the table, he did not intend to continue to pursue Li Hong.
First, Li Hong's ability to perform this time made Li Zhi very satisfied, and secondly, Li Hong really stood still, even if Li Zhi wanted to be difficult, he couldn't find a reason.
"Allergy-free ......"
Thinking of Helan Minyue, who made a big fuss in the Xuanzheng Hall today, Li Zhi had another headache.
To tell the truth, Li Zhi's heart is extremely appreciative of Helan Minyue's daring temperament, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Helan Minyue's hostility towards Empress Wu is simply undisguised.
The best way is to beat Helan Minyue far away, but now she is the only one left in the Helan family, so it is too unkind to do so.
It made Li Zhi very difficult.
"Minyue just keep it, my mother is old and needs someone to take care of her, not to mention that my sister entrusted her to a concubine, so she naturally has to take good care of her."
Empress Wu sighed and said.
She could naturally see that Li Zhi was unwilling to deal with Helan Minyue in her heart, so she pushed the boat along with the river.
Anyway, Helan Minyue is a little girl, what waves can she make.
For Empress Wu, she can't even raise the interest in dealing with it......
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