That night, Pei Yan took several cronies and prime ministers of the political affairs hall and dragged his painful body to the palace of the martial queen, and as soon as he entered the palace, he cried bitterly to the martial queen and said: "The queen mother, please call the shots, the prime minister of the old minister can't go on, I'm afraid not only the old ministers, but also the prime ministers of the political hall can't stay, and ask the queen mother to be our master." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What's going on?" Seeing that these henchmen and prime ministers all knelt on the ground, tears were in their eyes, Empress Wu couldn't help frowning, and asked in a deep voice.

But I saw Prime Minister Pei Yan choked up and said: "Queen Mother, at the beginning, Weichen persuaded the Queen Mother not to return the power to Your Majesty, but you just kept your promise and insisted on doing so, but on the first day of Your Majesty's power, you went to the political hall to show off your might, ignored all the original suggestions of the Queen Mother, and ignored the rebellion of Xu Jingye and other traitors, but proposed to clear the grievances of those rebels who were still in prison, in addition to the proposal to adjust the prime minister's team, and remove Liu Qixian and Wei Xuantong. And proposed to appoint Zhao Gui as a servant, Wechen saw that the prince was mishandling things and violated the advice of the Queen Mother, so he stepped forward to argue, but Unexpectedly, His Majesty was suddenly furious, and ordered Wechen to be dragged to Zetianmen, beaten twenty times, and said, and ......said, and said, ""

"What else?" Seeing Pei Yan hesitate to speak, Empress Wu couldn't help but turn pale and asked again.

I saw Pei Yan gritting his teeth, and then said angrily: "Your Majesty is really too much, you actually said that the edict of the first emperor was forged by Weichen, in fact, Weichen suffered some grievances and nothing, but Your Majesty's words are full of disrespect for the first emperor, as well as suspicion of the queen mother, Your Majesty is a king, so disrespectful and unfilial, I have such an emperor in the Tang Dynasty, it is not the blessing of the people, Weichen knows that Weichen is a little excessive, but for the well-being of the people in the world, in order to be able to live up to the trust of the first emperor, Weichen is dead, And there were no complaints. ”

"You mean, to depose the emperor? A new king? Empress Wu listened to what Pei Yan said, and there was a trace of surprise in her heart, because even she didn't expect that Pei Yan would be able to make such a determination, but she also quickly understood that with the situation in front of her, the best thing to do is to quickly cut through the chaos, change the new monarch, and appease the world in the name of the new monarch, as for those traitors, since Li Xian is no longer the emperor, the banners they fight are naturally meaningless.

But Pei Yan sighed: "Although Weichen's thoughts are a little rebellious, but Weichen is also for the sake of my Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the people of the world, even if he risks killing his head, he will not hesitate, although he has no regrets about his death, please think twice!" ”

Immediately, I heard Liu Qixian say: "Weichen Qiyu Empress Dowager, Weichen thinks that His Majesty is temperamental, moody, and difficult to be a king, if he is in power, there may be a second Emperor Yang of Sui in the future, and I am a splendid country in the Tang Dynasty, how can I be ruined by him like this?" And the king is gentle, courteous and courteous, is really the best choice for the king, Weichen believes that the first emperor did not see through the true face of today, if he knows all this, he will definitely think that the king is more suitable for the son of heaven. Weichen's shallow words, please think twice about the Queen Mother. ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal, please think twice about the Queen Mother!" Wei Xuantong, Cen Changqian and others also knelt on the ground and said respectfully to Empress Wu.

When Empress Wu heard this, she thought for a moment, and then asked, "What do you mean?" ”

I saw that the prime ministers all said loudly: "The ministers all have this intention, it's not that the ministers are rebellious, it's really that there is no way today, this is just the first day of power, and the prime minister will be beaten, if it is a long time, I am afraid that there will be no one who dares to speak out in the entire court." ”

So many people said such a long sentence together, it was obviously rehearsed in advance, and the intelligence of the Empress Wu would never fail to see this, but the Empress Wu selectively ignored it, but was silent for a moment, and sighed slowly: "I originally thought that the emperor's last order must be obeyed, so although I knew that the prince had a violent temperament and was unworthy of being the king, he also ignored the invitation of the Aiqing, stubbornly held his own opinions, and insisted on letting him ascend the throne, but for the sake of the world, I did not hesitate to shoulder the infamy and govern on his behalf, just to stabilize the political situation for him. It's a pity that the long-standing Tang Dynasty will not fall into chaos. ”

Empress Wu glanced at the prime ministers and continued: "The palace was misunderstood even more, not only was the guy not grateful, but resentful, and he didn't know how to order his old department to directly rebel, the purpose was naturally to let these traitors force the palace to give up power, in fact, the palace didn't have to pay attention to it, and even directly sent troops to suppress it, but the palace couldn't bear to be miserable, so he agreed to return the power, but he didn't expect that this party had already grasped the power, and it was so brutal that he would do such a thing as beating the prime ministerIf he is allowed to develop, he will inevitably become a tyrant like Ji Xuan, I can't bear to die for a short time in the Tang Dynasty, and I can't bear to sit back and watch the people fall into dire straits, so I am willing to agree to the request of Zhong Aiqing, not hesitating to bear a thousand years of infamy, not hesitating to go against the holy will of the first emperor, edict the world, abolish the emperor, and change the king, Pei Yan, you draft an edict for the palace. ”

"Yes." Pei Yan's face was full of firmness and emotion, and he said respectfully to Empress Wu, and then unceremoniously came to the jade case and began to draft the edict.

Pei Yan's writing was brilliant, and he wrote very quickly, almost in an instant, he drafted an edict and signed his name, and then Liu Qixian and others in the service also signed one after another, followed by the signature of Empress Wu, so that an edict to abolish the emperor was concocted.

"Queen Mother, are we going to take action right away?" When Pei Yan's edict was completed, he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and then asked Empress Wu.

But seeing the martial queen, he shook his head and said: "Although that guy has a tyrannical temperament, he is not an unwise person, since he made a wicked act of beating the prime minister during the day, he will not be unguarded at night, not to mention that it is dark tonight, and it is too late to act, so you will start to contact relevant people during the day tomorrow, and secretly mobilize troops at night, and lead the troops to the Zhenguan Hall during the daytime the day after tomorrow, gather the ministers, and announce the abolition of the edict in public, and drive this guy off the throne, at that time, everything has become an established fact, even if it is regretted, it is all too late." ”

"The day after tomorrow? The day after tomorrow is not the day of the last dynasty, why didn't the queen mother choose to do this on the day when hundreds of officials went to the court? Liu Qixian listened to Empress Wu's words, and was suddenly a little puzzled, so he asked suspiciously.

saw Cen Changqian sneering: "Why doesn't Liu Xiang even know this?" This matter is very obvious, if you rush to the day of the hundred officials to the court, there are many people in the court who secretly support the emperor, at that time, even if we can achieve the goal, but it will cause a lot of losses, no matter who dies, but they are all the people of my Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )