The national teacher Ming Shiyin secretly instigated all the ministers to let Pei Baohu be appointed as the new general of the Yulin Army. Empress Wu Zetian also pushed the boat down the river and agreed to the ministers' table. Pei Baohu became the second in command of the Yulin Army so easily, and was in charge of the task of guarding the forbidden outer city of the Daming Palace.

Although Di Renjie also advised that Pei Baohu's promotion was not in accordance with the etiquette law, after all, it was difficult to support the lonely tree and the lonely bird to sing, and after all, he was overwhelmed by the Ming Shiyin party. When Ming Shiyin was in his spare time, he often collected all kinds of rare treasures for the empress, elixirs for her beauty, and even selected her male favorite of Sai Pan'an, Hu Yide. As a result, the empress became more and more favored by the national teacher, and many government affairs skipped the system of three provinces and six ministries and were directly handed over to the national teacher.

The ministers of the court and the central government saw that the empress's favor for the national teacher was increasing day by day. All of them are like autumn reeds blown by the wind, dumped under the door of the national teacher. Even if they are left and right, they don't dare to be a little disobedient to him. Shangguan Wan'er saw that Ming Shiyin's party was in the middle of the court, and gradually became kind to Pei Baohu.

One day, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the clouds are rolling up, and the strange grass and fragrance in the back garden, such as the nectar of Yao Pond, are sprinkled on the side of a group of court ladies, and in the middle of the women's embrace, is the queen who is resting on the gold-inlaid bedside chair of the dragon and phoenix rosewood at this moment.

I saw Princess Changping holding a white feather fan in her hand, kneeling on the futon, gently waving it in the empress's face and ears, Princess Changping slowly said: "Your Majesty, for some reason, there are many letters in the court, which are sent to the minister's mansion. It is said that someone is secretly forming a party in the DPRK and China, and wants to usurp the world of my Datang little by little. ”

The empress frowned slightly, her eyes were always lazily closed, and in a lazy tone, she said leisurely: "Don't listen to the clichés of those officials in the court, they are all nonsense. Lone also listened too much, too tired, and when they saw Lone, they ignored it, so they would submit the admonition form to your house. ”

"Your Majesty must not ignore all of this, after all, there is no groundless wind. The letter pointed out..."Princess Changping paused, and then said: "The letter directly pointed out that the national teacher invited excessive favors and interfered in the political affairs of the six ministries. The courtiers said a lot, there is a national teacher, and there is nothing to do. And said..."Princess Changping didn't dare to continue.

The empress frowned deeply, and her tone seemed to be a little sharper, and she said, "What did you say?" ”

"Erchen didn't dare to speak." Princess Changping lowered her head.

"You are not guilty." The Empress said impatiently.

"The letter also said that the national teacher's dedication to male favors and meritorious service caused His Majesty to be lazy to take care of the government, and the decrees were more in the hands of others, which is a sign of the death of the country!" Princess Changping said tremblingly.

When Empress Wu Zetian heard this, she got up suddenly, overturned the pottery saucer on the yellow sandalwood table on the other side to the ground, and said angrily in her mouth: "Presumptuous! Who dares to confuse the public with such a lie?! ”

Seeing the empress so angry, the surrounding ladies and maids knelt on their knees in panic and did not dare to raise their heads.

"Your Majesty, rest your anger. Your Majesty should not be provoked by the speculative words of such nerds who do not know whether to live or die, but instead hurt the dragon's body. If anyone speaks such nonsense to his sons again, his sons will be the first to take him. Seeing that she was angered by the empress, Princess Changping changed her tone in the blink of an eye.

"Through the mouths of the officials and historians, he said what was in his heart, and this trick was unpleasant. Regardless of the outcome, at least it is a wake-up call for the Empress. Princess Changping felt comfortable in her heart.

"Look at it alone, it's because you can't get used to the actions of the national teacher, I'm afraid that Lone will pass on the throne to him in the future, well, yes or no?" The empress's anger retreated abruptly, and she questioned Princess Changping coldly.

"The sons have always been worried about His Majesty's worries and liked His Majesty's preferences, but whenever His Majesty's will is willed, the sons and daughters will never dare to disobey. The national teacher is really my minister of the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty cannot overreward him. Princess Changping read the pre-prepared lines word for word, but her expression was very sincere and fearful.

"Have nothing to do, read more, practice female red, do things in the court, say less and say less, and be your princess in your duty. Hey, I'm tired, you stand down. The Empress admonished softly in the tone of a mother.

"Son's command." Princess Changping said, got up and retreated.

After Princess Changping retreated, Hu Yide, who was hiding under the grape trellis in the distance, turned around and walked into Wu Zetian, who had just been lying down again. Before she could speak, she gently squeezed the Empress's shoulders. After a while, the empress did not hear Hu Yide speak.

"What's the matter, don't say a word." The empress spoke comfortingly, and stretched out her five fingers to hold Hu Yide's gentle palm.

"Your Majesty, Yide has nothing to do, but I feel that Your Majesty is worried about working all day long for state affairs." Hu Yide's delicate voice like a woman snorted.

The empress raised her hand lightly and touched Hu Yide's white face, the delicate skin was like the youth and softness of a twenty-eight girl.

"Did you hear that?" The Empress asked tentatively.

"Yide has just been under the grape trellis, selecting grapes for His Majesty, and he has not heard any noise." Hu Yide disguised.

Hu Yide was selected by Ming Shiyin to be sent to the empress's side, so he was naturally Ming Shiyin's eyes and mouth. When he secretly heard Princess Changping's advice, he hated her very much in his heart. But as a male pet, even if he is seen through his mind, he can't admit it at all, even if he acquiesces.

The empress knew that he was still pretending not to know, so she was busy and relieved: "Okay, okay, tomorrow you will come to be the picket of the imperial history for a day, and see if anyone dares to talk nonsense again, you don't need to tell Gu, just pull him out of the noon gate and behead him." Kill a hundred and make an example to show them, and Lone still doesn't believe that he can't cure them. ”

"If you can share the slightest worry for Your Majesty, Yide is willing to take over this position." Hu Yide was extremely happy in his heart, and finally waited for her words, and the resentment he had for many days finally had a chance to vent!

The next day, Hu Yide really sent someone directly to a royal historian he hated the most without Xu Wu Zetian's permission, tied him up, forcibly signed and detained him arbitrarily, and then dragged him to the noon gate and beheaded. As a result, the DPRK and China were shaken, and all kinds of discord about the national teacher were secretly suppressed. The faction of national teachers is also more reckless. Find all kinds of excuses and opportunities to eradicate dissidents and quickly expand their own power.

Shangguan Wan'er gradually got closer and closer to Ming Shiyin's party, and the number of trysts with Pei Baohu became more and more. Although Princess Changping saw it in her eyes, she had nothing to do.

Di Renjie dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but deep down, he was always looking forward to the right time. In order to protect himself, Di Renjie said that he would no longer go to court when he was sick, and only dealt with simple daily things in Dali Temple. On this day, he received another secret letter from Li Yuanfang, which described the detailed progress of his investigation in the Western Regions.

When Di Renjie learned that Li Yuanfang was getting closer and closer to the truth, his gloomy mood for many days was also relieved.