The married princess returns to the palace, just like going back to her mother's house, no matter who she wants to see here, according to the royal etiquette, she must go through a set of fixed procedures, that is: first greet the queen mother, and then greet the queen mother, the emperor, and the queen, if there is a prince, the prince is older than her, and also greet the prince and the princess.

Wu Zhou Dynasty is a female emperor, there is no queen mother and no queen, although there has always been a prince in the East Palace, but he is a prisoner at all, although Taiping is favored, he does not dare to pay a visit. Now it is different, and the situation of the crown prince is much better than in the past.

Princess Taiping came out of the Eternal Life Courtyard and rushed to the imperial palace.

"Let's go!"

Taiping was walking in a hurry, and his shoulder was suddenly lightly hit by something, Taiping turned his head to look, and saw a blue and red jujube rolling on the ground, looking up and looking into the distance, he saw Yang Fan's little enemy dressed in military uniform, heroic posture, smiling with sunshine.

Princess Taiping glanced at him prettyly, walked towards him, and followed the two princess maids behind her to take a very discerning footstep. Princess Taiping walked up to Yang Fan with Nana in her arms, and said with a pretty face: "Do you have nothing to do, what are you hanging out here?" ”

Yang Fan said: "Who said I was hanging out, didn't I inspect the palace?" ”

Princess Taiping looked at him and said, "You will be so conscientious? ”

Yang Fan smiled: "I'm going to rest, can't I look around?" When the imperial court gave me a coat leave, I was busy preparing for the car in Chang'an, and I had to take a break. Now with the permission of General Wu, I will take a compensatory holiday from tomorrow and take half a month off, and I plan to go outside with my family. ”

In the Datang system, internal and external officials are given field leave in May and clothing leave in September. It is divided into two rounds of 15 days each. The Wu and Zhou dynasties were continued.

Taiping said: "Now that the most haode autumn season has passed, why are you suddenly interested in traveling?" ”

Yang Fan sighed and said, "Princess Anle's Mansion feasts guests and friends every day, and the silk and bamboo are constant, and I don't know how many days she will hold this housewarming banquet, and I am really annoyed by her." Just go out for a walk. How about it, do you want to come with me? ”

Princess Taiping was a little moved, and asked in a low voice, "Where do you want to go?" ”

Yang Fan said: "Qizhou, where King Wen of Zhou Feng Ming Qishan is located. Go there and put some fertile land. ”

"Qizhou?"

Princess Taiping suddenly remembered that the Shangguan family was the largest landowner in Qizhou, and Yang Fan went to Qizhou to buy land? Liar, nine times out of ten, it is to accompany Shangguan Wan'er, no need to ask, Wan'er will definitely take leave from the mother emperor in the past two days. This little enemy. When people asked, they invited casually. There is no sincerity at all.

Princess Taiping's heart was sour. Then he said: "You are both living and amphibious, why are people getting in the way of that eye?" Don't go! ”

Yang Fan laughed dryly, but he didn't invite again. In fact, Taiping only guessed half right, Yang Fan was accompanying Wan'er, but he also wanted Wan'er's mother and daughter to have a chance to be together, if Princess Taiping was really invited. There will be a lot of inconvenience.

Taiping turned around to leave, and suddenly zhanzhu said, "By the way, I just received the news." Someone in the Yushitai wants to be unfavorable to Erzhang, and the person who instigated it behind the scenes is actually the Fan Chuan Du family. ”

Yang Fan knew that Taiping had someone in the Imperial History Tower, and it was not a trivial matter to plan against Erzhang, and there would inevitably be many people involved in the planning, so it was impossible not to be able to hear the news at all, but Taiping could say that the person who promoted this matter was Du Jingting, which shows that there are Taiping's eyes and ears among the officials involved in it.

Yang Fan said: "The second saint is long, it is not the right time to deal with him at this time. ”

Taiping sighed and said, "Du Jingting was carried away by the hatred of his dead son. ”

Yang Fan said in his heart: "If Du Jingting knows that his son was killed by the people of the Wu family because he hooked up with the girl of your Li family, I don't know if he will hate the Li family or the Wu family." ”

Yang Fan said: "Du Jingting is angry, but the people of Yushitai shouldn't be so irrational, right?" Now that Erzhang has just made the merit of writing a book and making a speech, it is even more inappropriate to attack them at this time. ”

Taiping said: "Yu Shitai has been planning this matter for a while, and I never expected that the two Zhang would be dedicated at this time, although now they know that the timing is not right, but some things have been done for the most part, and at this time, the previous efforts are lost, and they will be startled, maybe they will be counterattacked by the two Zhang, and they can't stop it." ”

Yang Fan pondered for a moment and said, "Just relying on the people of Yushitai, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to do this." Wei Xiang has been in charge of the Imperial History Observatory for many years, and the Imperial History is mostly his old department, so Wei Xiang is planning this matter, right? ”

Princess Taiping didn't speak, just looked at Yang Fan, she knew that Yang Fan would not ask about this matter for no reason, there must be something to follow.

Yang Fan said: "Wei Xiang is the crown prince's person......"

Taiping felt a little harsh, and immediately emphasized: "Wei Xiang is a loyal minister of Li Tang. ”

Yang Fan smiled, not wanting to argue with her about the difference, and asked instead: "You came to find the prince, but you want to ask the prince to come forward and ask Wei Xiang to stop, or is there a preparation, once it fails, clean up the mess for them?" ”

Father-in-law Taiping shook his head and said, "No, the prince must not be involved in these things." This matter can't be good, I think, although it's not the best time now, but there is a benefit, because this is not a good opportunity to attack Erzhang, so the mother emperor will not believe that this attack on Erzhang is deliberate. In this way, we can take this opportunity to test and see how much the mother emperor has protected the two sheets! I went to the palace, but since I entered the palace and went to visit, I didn't want him to know about it at all. ”

Yang Fan said: "You are not here for the prince, you are here for the saint, what is the matter?" ”

Taiping glanced at him angrily and said, "Didn't you listen to your orders and recommend Erzhang as the king to the mother emperor?" ”

Yang Fan smiled: "Look at you so resentful, as if you were bullied by me." So who am I so anxious for? ”

Princess Taiping glared at him, and thought about it, although she came according to his words, but everything he planned was not all to restore her Li family's country, Taiping felt warm in his heart, and said softly: "Okay, people know that they are wrong, you General Yang has worked hard and done a good job, and in the future, people who make cattle and horses will repay you." ”

Yang Fan laughed and said: "Why stay in the next day, as long as you are willing to be a cow and a horse, I will definitely ride it." ”

Princess Taiping's face flushed, and she smacked him and said, "Have you ridden less before?" ”

As soon as these words came out. Her face turned even redder, only to feel that the more the two of them talked, the more they didn't talk, and said shamefully: "I won't tell you, I'll go to see the prince's brother." ”

Yang Fan whispered behind him: "Remember to tell me when you want to be a cow and a horse......

Princess Taiping walked with her head down, pretending not to hear, but her feet quickened her pace, and she walked all the way.

Yang Fan looked at her back and smiled, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "It's going to change the sky......"

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Early the next morning, Yang Fan and his family quietly left Chang'an City. You Qishan went. On the same day, Shangguan Wan'er and her mother Zheng left Chang'an for Qizhou, where not only a large amount of good land of the Shangguan family, but also an old mansion, Wan'er accompanied her mother to relax.

These two things did not attract the attention of others. The most striking event on this day was the empress's praise for the 47 officials and celebrities who participated in the compilation of the "Three Teachings and Zhuying". in the reward of the homestead. Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, who presided over the compilation, were respectively crowned as Hengguo Gong and Ye Guogong.

Wu Zetian did not accept the invitation of Wu Sansi and the crown prince and the king of Xiang to crown them kings, which disappointed Erzhang. They didn't know that this was clearly a killing, even if they were named the Duke of the Kingdom and made the world look sideways. I have always thought that those who are promoted to the title of duke are either the founding heroes or the great military achievements. or an old minister who has been in charge of national politics for decades.

Even Xue Huaiyi led his troops twice to "repel the enemy's exploits" against the Turkic invaders, and presided over the construction of two magnificent buildings, Mingtang and Heaven. Only then was he able to be promoted to the title of Guogong, what credit did the two children of the Zhang family have, who still doesn't know who compiled this "Three Teachings Zhuying", and the two brothers actually did their best.

They have gained more hostility, but also more hostility. Wenchen was not convinced, the generals were not convinced, and the descendants of those heroes who had made a hundred military exploits before they were awarded the title of Marquis Bozi and other lords were even more unconvinced. Their ancestors worked hard and earned their skills, but they didn't get the title of a hereditary duke, and the two children of the Zhang family slept with the empress for a few sleeps, who was convinced?

It was under this undercurrent that the first attack on Erzhang began.

In the past, someone once asked the empress to alienate Erzhang, or drive them out of the palace, using the high-sounding but painless righteousness, if the empress does not accept it, she can pay a smile, and there is no need to give an explanation to the officials and the people of the world.

But this time is different, this time they are directly looking for two charges, and if they are charged, they must be judged right and wrong. Erzhang was protected by the empress, and this attack on Erzhang was tantamount to launching a challenge to the empress's authority.

On the second day after Er Zhang was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, Zhang Tingqi, the servant of the Imperial Palace, impeached Zhang Changyi, a young eunuch of Shangfang, for accepting bribes, but Wu Zetian did not connect this matter with Er Zhang. If there is corruption, she will definitely do things that harm the country, and the country is hers, she is the emperor, and she naturally hates corruption.

Wu Zetian decreed that Zhang Changyi, the governor of the political platform, should be interrogated in the case, and a day later, the judge Zheng Jia Jingyan played: "Zhang Changzong forcibly bought people's fields and applied for 20 catties of copper in lieu of a fine." ”

Although this incident involved Zhang Changzong, the matter was too small, and the punishment was completely negligible, although Wu Zetian favored Zhang Changzong, but the officials acted in accordance with the law, and there was no great harm to her lover, Wu Zetian still did not arouse enough vigilance, so he played it.

On the third day, the Yushitai made a breakthrough in the trial of Zhang Changyi's bribery case, and Zhang Tongxiu, the chief celebrant and Zhang Changqi, the assassin of Bianzhou, were all implicated and became accomplices in the bribery case.

When Zhang Changyi was detained and interrogated by Yushitai, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were at a loss, and they didn't know what to do. I always thought that they would ask the empress directly for anything, but this step involved justice, and they had no reason to let the empress interfere easily, but let them figure out their own way, and they didn't know what procedures to go through and what way to go.

This pair of little flowers who grew up in the greenhouse not only do not have a minions in Yushitai, but also do not understand all the rules and methods of officialdom. All along, they have relied on privilege and special affairs, and once they are allowed to follow the normal rules, they will not be allowed to enter at all.

However, Zhang Changyi was detained by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and during the interrogation stage, there would be no emergency for a while, so the two Zhang were still calm, after all, they had the support of the empress, and they still had the confidence. But the next day, Zhang Changzong was fined for forcibly buying people's land.

After the big families in Luoyang moved to Chang'an with the emperor, they were all buying houses and land. Land is the most enthusiastic wealth of the magnates, even if there is a mountain of gold at home, it is not as good as ten thousand hectares of fertile land to make people feel down-to-earth, that is the wealth that is passed down for generations, and the Zhang family is naturally not exempt from vulgarity.

The Zhang family did rely on power to buy people's land, although the fine was not much, the problem was that he was a dignified and dignified country, and he couldn't afford to lose this face. When Zhang Changzong was annoyed, Zhang Tongxiu and Zhang Changqi were also implicated in the corruption case and were detained and interrogated by the Yushitai, and the two Zhang were even more at a loss.

At this time, the imperial historian Li Chengjia was impeached again, and the spearhead was pointed at Erzhang: "Bixia!" The corruption cases of Zhang Tongxiu, Zhang Changqi, and Zhang Changyi may involve Zhang Yizhi, the Duke of Hengguo, and Zhang Changzong, the Duke of Yeguo. ”

At this time, Wu Zetian had already sensed who their real target was, and Wu Zetian said quietly: "Zhun Qing played!" ”

She wanted to see who else would jump out!

P: Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy new year! Sincerely ask for monthly passes, recommended tickets, thank you!. (To be continued......)