At this time, Luoyang was experiencing a bloody storm. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that after experiencing two defeats of Li Xiaoyi and Zhang Guangfu, Empress Wu finally realized that if he wanted to ensure his victory, he must find a way to eliminate those Li Xian's cronies hidden in the imperial army, so, at the suggestion of his nephew Wu Sansi, Empress Wu launched a large-scale operation to eliminate the traitorous party, and after nearly two months of dormancy, Empress Wu finally sacrificed the butcher's knife and began to kill.

Under the instigation of Wu Sansi and others, Empress Wu once again used Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and others who had previously declared that they would never be used, and they were unjustly imprisoned, and in just a few days, countless officials were thrown into the prison of Yushitai, fortunately, the current imperial historian Li Zhaode was upright and tried to save some officials, but there were still many ministers who died in prison "unjustly".

And among these dead officials, most of them turned out to be Li Tang's clan, such as Taiwei, Li Yuanjia, King of Han, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Tengwang Li Yuanying, Prince Taishi, King Lu Li Lingkui, Prince Taibao, King Ji Li Shen, Huang Guogong Li Shu, Dongguan County Duke Li Rong and so on.

Even Empress Wu ordered someone to quietly execute the former crown prince Li Xian, who was imprisoned in Bazhou, because Li Xian heard that Li Xian was deprived of power and made a poem about Huangtai melon, which angered Empress Wu, in fact, the main factor was that Empress Wu was worried that some people would use Li Xian's name to rebel, making her political situation even more unstable.

In fact, Li Xian doesn't have a good impression of these clan members, because these people rely on their identities on weekdays, do whatever they want in the local area, bully local officials, and even the emperor doesn't even look at it very much, and he also controls the military power in his hands, even if the Empress Wu doesn't deal with them, he will do it in the future, and now he is just using the hands of the Empress Wu to cut off these powers, and at the same time, he can also use this matter to arouse the world's dissatisfaction with the Empress Wu, which can be said to be a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.

It's just a pity that Li Xian was fled back by Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and soon raised troops with his son Li Chong, the king of Langya, and others, and also played the banner of letting Li Xian hand over power, but this Li Zhen's approach is completely different from Li Jingye, and he actually sent troops to capture Jinling, although on the surface it seems to be in response to Li Jingye, but this person's ill intentions are clearly revealed, and people with a discerning eye can see it at a glance, so Li Xian secretly asked Li Jingye to guard against Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and his son.

Among them, there are also many upright officials who have been framed, and many of them are Li Xian's people, but under the secret protection of Shangguan Wan'er and Wei Tuan'er and others, although these officials have suffered a little, most of them have no worries about their lives, and some of these important members have been secretly rescued by Li Xian by borrowing corpses to resurrect souls, golden cicadas and other clever tricks.

However, there are also times when Li Xian is powerless, such as Princess Taiping's concubine Xue Shao.

In fact, Xue Shao had no connection with the rebellion, but at this time, Wu Chenghei coveted the beauty of Princess Taiping, and secretly offered advice to Empress Wu, Xue Shao had secretly colluded with Li Xian before, and now at this time, he was still in a transcendent position, and took an attitude of not cooperating with Empress Wu, which was very dangerous, and he should find a way to put Xue Shao to death, and then let Princess Taiping marry the Wu brothers, so that Princess Taiping would really be the person of Empress Wu, with the talent of Princess Taiping and the identity of the daughter of the clan, It can completely eliminate the dissatisfaction of the people of the world with the killing of the Li clan by the Empress Wu, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

Empress Wu listened to Wu Chenghe's words, and thought it was true, so he instructed Lai Junchen, who had been worshiped as the middle of the imperial history, to frame Xue Shao for rebellion, so Lai Junchen used Xue Shao's brother Xue Xian and Li Chong, the king of Langya, as an excuse to point out that Xue Xian participated in the rebellion, and at the same time framed Xue Shao for also participating in it, and tortured Xue Shao, as a result, Xue Shao actually "committed suicide in fear of crime".

Princess Taiping is really "sitting at home behind closed doors, and disaster comes from heaven". Since marrying Xue Shao, she put down her figure, honored her in-laws, taught her husband and children, and lived an ordinary life, without any interest in power, but she didn't expect to suddenly encounter a catastrophe, and her husband Xue Shao, who loved her deeply, was involved in a rebellion case. Princess Taiping was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to Luoyang to plead with Empress Wu in person, but after she saw Empress Wu, she heard the bad news that her husband "committed suicide in fear of sin".

After that, Empress Wu directly persuaded Princess Taiping to marry Wu Chenghei to realize the marriage between the two families, and also hinted that after Princess Taiping married, she would be given full power.

Empress Wu didn't know what love meant to Princess Taiping, and although Princess Taiping had not participated in political affairs for several years, her mind was not stupid, and she quickly understood Empress Wu's plans, and also guessed that Empress Wu would never be involved in the death of her husband, and even believed that Empress Wu was the mastermind of this matter.

At this time, Princess Taiping had only one thing left in her heart, that is, to avenge Xue Shao, for this reason, she decided to hold power as much as possible, and then cooperate with Li Xian to overthrow the rule of Empress Wu.

However, Princess Taiping hated Wu Chenghei very much, not to mention being married to him, even if she was face-to-face, she was very reluctant, so she proposed that none of the children of the Wu family should marry Wu Youji.

Empress Wu thought about it, whether it was Wu Chengsi or Wu Youji, they were all her nephews anyway, and there was no difference at all to her, so she happily agreed.

However, Wu Youji has his own wife, and he is very affectionate with his wife, and Empress Wu smiled faintly after listening to Wu Youji's words, saying that this matter can be discussed and discussed, but the next day, Wu Youji's wife died of a violent illness.

Wu Youji knew that his beloved wife was poisoned by Empress Wu, and he dared to be angry in his heart, and even had some resentment towards Princess Taiping, but he did not dare to refuse Empress Wu's arrangement, and only seven days after Xue Shao's death, he was ordered to marry Princess Taiping.

After Princess Taiping got married, Empress Wu couldn't wait to show her trust, let her participate in political affairs, and under her suggestion, promoted many young officials, many courtiers heard the news, all took refuge in her door, Princess Taiping was misbehaved, and the relationship with many ministers was not clear.

In this case, Princess Taiping's power grew rapidly like a balloon, and in less than a month, Princess Taiping had already controlled two prime ministers and dozens of imperial historians, as well as middle and low-level officials at all levels, and the huge force even Pei Yan was eyed by.

Li Xian is naturally not without a channel for news, after he heard about these changes in Princess Taiping, his heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly wrote a letter to persuade her not to be willing to fall, but this letter was like a stone sinking into the sea, and did not get any response, until one day Princess Taiping sent someone to secretly pass a message to him, saying that she had contacted the eighth brother Li Dan, as long as Li Xian said a word, he would immediately lead the army to respond, vowing to kill Zhuwu and the courtiers, so that the Tang Dynasty could regain its clarity. (To be continued.) )