In the following days, Wu Zong began a difficult and happy life. However, the sudden appearance of a new force in the court made the officials of the court suddenly alert.

Since the establishment of the Crane Control Prison, the power of the two Zhang has skyrocketed, and they began to use their power to arrange handsome young men in the Crane Control Prison, while their relatives such as Zhang Tongxiu, Zhang Changqi, and Zhang Jingxiong have all taken official positions. Although it was not in some important departments, the Erzhang family, which was sealed almost at the same time, still shocked Luoyang.

What is the Empress going to do?

After reading the information in the study, Wu Chu threw it directly into the charcoal basin, and with a flutter, the flame rolled, and the paper suddenly turned into ashes.

On the bed, Yushu was wrapped in a quilt, with a spring look, but she seemed to be a little distracted. She is used to this kind of daytime prostitution.

Wu Shu stood up, walked into the room, and said with a smile: "What are you thinking?" ”

Yu Shu smiled slightly, as one of Wu Chu's favorite women, she knows how to please Wu Chu very well, just like when she is in love, she has to devote herself to it, so that men can feel the feeling of being conquered.

"The concubine is thinking, do we still want a child." Yu Shu leaned on Wu Zheng's arms.

Wu Chu gently stroked her silky skin, and said slowly: "If you want, why don't you, you still have to give me a lot!" ”

Yu Shu sneered and said, "The concubine is not a cub, how can she give birth to a lot." ”

"Well, if you're pregnant with six, seven, or eight, wouldn't it?" As Wu Chu spoke, he held Yushu's erect pepper milk with one hand and rubbed it.

"The concubine doesn't have that ability. Well...... Ah......h

World affairs can be divided into two kinds, one is national affairs, and the other is family affairs. In this day and age. The emperor's affairs are both state affairs and family affairs, and this so-called family affairs are the world.

After resting for three days, Wu Chu dragged his tired body and came to the palace. The Empress has been in poor health recently, one of them has an extremely bad life, and the other is also getting older. There are often problems with the body.

Coupled with the indulgence in pleasure, life is extravagant to the extreme, according to the news from the palace. The empress has at least 1,000 meals per meal, and although most of them are vegetarian, she is more picky about the appearance, color, and taste of the meal. It made the imperial chefs of the entire Shangshi Bureau tremble. Wei Tuan'er was also careful to serve, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the entire inner palace did not dare to make a slight mistake. Otherwise, it will be a cane punishment.

Wu Chuan waited outside the Hall of Eternal Life for a long time. Shangguan Wan'er walked out slowly, Wu Zheng's eyes lit up, and she suddenly came to her senses.

"The concubine has seen the King of Wei." Shangguan Wan'er bowed.

Wu Chu calmed his face and said, "This king is going to be lucky to you tonight, are you prepared?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er's face turned red suddenly, and she scolded in a low voice: "This is the palace, you are so bold, don't you want to live?" The Holy Lord has been in a bad temper lately. Don't offend her like you used to. ”

Wu Chuan said: "Remember, I still don't know about the Empress? "Say it. In order to avoid attracting the attention of the palace, he walked to the palace.

"Brother Qing, see you tonight!" Shangguan Wan'er said in an extremely fast and inaudible voice.

Wu Shu stretched out two fingers with the hand behind his back, and then strode into the Hall of Eternal Life, Shangguan Wan'er happened to be resting tomorrow, she had already told the empress, and now she happened to wait for her man to return, she was happy in her heart, and her steps were a little brisker.

Since Shangguan Wan'er became Wu Chu's woman, some old nobles in Guanlong have almost stood on Wu Chu's side, including Wei Anshi and others from the Wei family, as well as the Shangguan family, the Dugu family and so on. There are not many Guanlong nobles who are officials, but there are many in the army, and these people are almost single-handedly promoted by Wu Chu, even if they are not, they have a certain relationship with Wu Chu.

In addition to some Guanlong nobles, there are also many Shandong scholars who also stand on the side of Wuqi, such as the Taiyuan Wang family, because of Wang Bo's factors, Wang Bo's brothers have also become famous science talents, and then gave up their grandfather Wang Tong's scriptures. In addition to the Wang family, some outstanding talents from the Fanyang Lu family joined the ranks of science because of Lu Zhaolin's relationship, and of course, there are also some people from Yang Jiong's Hongnong Yang family who studied science at Qingxin Academy.

Since the empress took power, she has continued to suppress the Guanlong nobles, and she has shown no mercy to the Shandong scholars, so there are many Han scholars in the court, which is also an important reason why the empress can completely control the imperial court. It is precisely because of this that those famous families do not take the Wuzhou court in their eyes, and secretly help those rebels, such as the Later Turkic and Khitan rebellions, but there are no figures of those big families.

Wu Chu is very conflicted about the family gate, because no matter which family will not completely support you, Wei's is like this, Dugu's is the same, even Taiyuan's Wang family, Hongnong's Yang family is the same. Wu Chu understands that this is the truth that you can't put all your eggs in the same basket.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Chu is well aware of the danger of these family gate valves, but he also knows that without the family gate valves, it will take a long time to revitalize the empire if he wants to rely on the Han clan scholars in the world. Then before that, he must use these family gate valves, but he must not rely on it, or even rely on it.

In a way, it can be said that the Maison Gate Valve is a leech parasitic on the Empire, and the richer the Empire, the fuller it becomes, and when the Empire is broken, it will not hesitate to find a new target. This is also the main reason why each generation of emperors is reluctant to reuse the family since there is a family gate valve, but the strength of the family door valve is too great.

In order to eliminate the influence of the Guanlong nobles, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, did not hesitate to move the capital to Luoyang, and did not hesitate to conquer Goryeo three times, but Yang Guang's bold and rejoicing achievements finally led to the collapse of the empire in an instant.

A very important reason is that the family family jointly led the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and Li Tang, which was jointly supported by the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong scholars, was established. However, in order to eliminate the influence of the family gate valve, Taizong Li Shimin formulated various ordinances and used the imperial examination method to use the Han clan to use the Han people, which achieved remarkable results. However, the family gate valve also paid more attention to the purity of the family and bloodline, and when it came to the Wu Zhou Dynasty, they even disdained to enter the court as officials, although they disdained to enter the court as officials, but they cultivated some outstanding talents of the Han clan for their use. Let him act as the eyes and ears of the court, so that he can formulate a strategy that will benefit him.

Wu Zheng hated the family gate valve very much, so except for Princess Taiping. His wives and concubines are almost all women with no family background, and because of this, Wu Chu is despised by the family, and even those who have a very strong concept of the family look down on Wu Zheng, and the empress who has a slightly heavier concept of the family often complains. Fortunately, his daughter Taiping is a wife, so it doesn't matter what the background of those concubines is.

Wu Shu stepped into the Hall of Eternal Life, only to feel that the warmth in the hall was like early summer. He felt a little hot in his thin clothes, and the empress did not sit at the desk to review the recital, but lay on the dragon couch. The maid waited.

Without touching Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, Wu Zheng exhaled lightly, and then walked up to the empress, meeting today as an heir. Wu Zheng bowed loudly: "The child has seen the mother emperor. ”

The Empress has been in poor health lately. In addition to asking people to refine pills, he also issued an order to order all states and counties to donate rare medicinal materials. She slowly opened her eyes, and saw Wu Chu kneeling on one knee, so she ordered the maid to help her up, and the empress sat at the head of the bed, a little weak, so she said, "When my son returns, I will be relieved." This military matter still needs to be mastered by you. In the future, you will handle military affairs in the Wucheng Palace. ”

Wucheng Palace? Wu Chu was taken aback, Wucheng Hall is not simple, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be divided into a large court meeting and a small court meeting, the big court will be held in the Vientiane Shrine, and the small court meeting is in the Wucheng Palace, so the status of the Wucheng Hall is very high. Now the empress asked Wu Chuan to handle military affairs in Wu Cheng Palace, which had to make Wu Zong weigh the pros and cons.

In an instant, Wu Chu made a decision, he bowed down and said: "Mother Emperor, this Wucheng Hall is the place where the small court meeting is located, although the child is a general of Tiance, handling military affairs in it, I am afraid that it will provoke criticism from the court and the rebuttal of the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and I am afraid that it will damage your reputation as the mother emperor." ”

Although the empress asked him to handle military affairs in the Wucheng Palace, which was very tempting, but before he was appointed as the prince, if he lived in the Wucheng Palace, then the consequences would be very terrible, and if he was used by someone with a heart, then the efforts made for more than ten years would be in vain.

The empress couldn't help but be stunned, but she didn't think too much about it, and now she felt dizzy, and seeing that Wu Chu didn't want to handle military affairs in Wucheng Palace, she asked, "Where do you want to handle military affairs?" ”

Wu Chu was stunned for a moment, how to answer this, he felt that the empress was a little impatient, and he suddenly understood that the empress now knew that her time was short, and if she was slightly unhappy with everything, she would become irritable, and then become angry.

"Mother, the son is not the prince, and he dares to live in the Wucheng Palace, I am afraid that whether it is a hundred officials in the court, or an old minister of the Tang family, or the Li clan, they will slander the son in every way, and it is difficult to defend even if there are hundreds of mouths. I also hope that the mother queen will think twice. ”

Wu Chuan spoke earnestly, and the empress's heart was also stunned, she also understood that if she did not establish a prince for a long time, it was not a way after all, but to establish Wu Chuan as a prince, she needed the support of the minister, so far, no minister has asked Wu Chuan to be the prince. This made her wonder if the hundred officials were willing to make Wu Chu the crown prince.

The empress also thought about it, could it be that Wu Shui didn't mention it to his people, or what? This also seems to be in line with Wu Zheng's character. Suddenly, she had an idea in her heart, and said: "Since the Wucheng Hall is not suitable, then expand it on the basis of the old mansion, and double it, I will let people build it, and you will handle some military affairs for me in the political hall in the next few days." ”

Wu Chu was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was still humble, and he said: "Mother Xie's love, my son will definitely live up to my mother's trust, and my Wu clan will last for thousands of years!" ”

The empress also rarely showed a hint of a smile, so she said: "If you have this heart, I will rest assured, and when the Khitan is calmed, I will give you an explanation." ”

Wu Chu thanked him, the empress waved her hand, and Wu Chu was so interested that she withdrew from the hall, but she didn't want to run into Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong.

The two bowed down and said, "I've seen Your Highness!" ”

Wu Zheng's eyes froze, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty's body is not safe, you have to be more considerate of Your Majesty, there are some things that should not be touched, I hope you two can understand, do your duty, and glory and wealth may not be impossible in your life." ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't pay attention to Erzhang, Wu Chu strode away, he didn't pay attention to the face of the empress, even Xue Huaiyi, who was the most favored back then, let alone such two children. Only Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, the two straw bales, would hold two stinky feet.

Erzhang hurriedly bowed down and agreed, but after Wu Zheng walked away, Zhang Changzong snorted and said fiercely: "What the hell, you also taught me two a lesson." ”

Zhang Yizhi didn't say anything, but it could be seen from his face that he was very angry, he glared at Zhang Changzong, and said, "Okay, let's go!" ”

Wu Chuan got the letter, then went out of the palace, got into the carriage, Gao Lishi drove slowly, crossed the Tianjin Bridge, and was about to turn, Wu Shui said: "Go to Anyefang." ”

Colliers understood, because he had been there many times, and when he had received the order, he drove his two healthy horses slowly. King Wei's carriage is specially made, in addition to being spacious, the whole carriage is made of a lot of iron plates and copper skin, so it is quite heavy, but it is extremely stable, and the horses pulling the carriage are also good horses.

After a short time, the carriage turned to Anyefang and walked towards the depths of Anyefang, but after a cup of tea, it stopped in front of the side door of a mansion with Zheng Mansion written on it. Colliers got out of the carriage and knocked on the door.

Soon an old man opened the door and poked his head out, and when he saw the appearance of the carriage, he suddenly became nervous, and quickly opened the side door. (To be continued......)