The car drove in the Ziwei Palace for half an hour before arriving at Yingtianmen, and after arriving here, the carriage could not continue to move forward, so Xue Ne got out of the car and rushed to the Qianyuan Hall with the Huangguan Yushi.

Don't look at the imperial history is not tall, he speaks softly, and he runs extremely fast, Xue Ne is tall and has long legs, and it is quite difficult to catch up with him. When he arrived at His Royal Highness Qianyuan, two guards stepped forward to search his body carefully, and made sure that Xue Ne was not carrying any sharp weapons, so they brought him to the palace.

Xue Ne stepped into the main hall, and what rushed to his eyes was the fifty-six golden pillars of the coiling dragon, as well as the high throne at the end of the long line of sight, the seat was empty, but it still gave people a strong sense of oppression. Although he had already heard of the magnificence of Luoyang Palace, he was still very shocked when he saw it with his own eyes, Xue Ne stepped forward and walked dozens of feet away, only to find that there was a person kneeling under the high platform, but he couldn't identify his identity just by looking at his clothes.

Hearing Xue Ne's footsteps, the man turned his head, looked him up and down, and asked with a provocative voice: "Tang Jin, with a bead pattern, is equipped with beautiful jade, looks handsome and chic, but he is called Xue Da Fool, I don't know if it is a silver-like wax gun head?" ”

Xue Ne saw the man clearly, and saw that he was about forty years old, dressed in an official uniform from the eighth grade, with a slightly upturned goat's beard, his eyes were not big, but he was full of light, and he seemed to be very shrewd and capable.

Although he was far away in Chang'an, Xue Ne had also heard the deeds of this Di surnamed Fa Cao, and knew that his name was Di Renjie. During his tenure, there was not a single unjust and wrongful case in Bingzhou, and the evidence reported to the Criminal Department was detailed and clear, which can be called a model of Datang. Xue Ne has always been involved in unsolved cases, and when he saw him at this time, where could he still listen to any ridicule, and bowed his hand: "Your Excellency is Di Renjie Di Facao?" The younger generation Xue Shenyan has admired the name for a long time, and when he sees it today, he is really fortunate to have three lives. ”

Unexpectedly, Xue Ne was so humble, Di Renjie was embarrassed, scratching his head, and didn't know how to answer. He has been a local official, the first time he came to Beijing, I heard familiar friends say that Beijing officials are very proud and difficult to deal with, and Xue Ne is the eldest son of Xue Rengui, the famous Pingyang County Gong, Di Renjie is afraid that he will take Qiao and delay the investigation of the case, so he set this strategy to seize the people, but now it seems that this kid should be different from those gentlemen, no wonder he can be appreciated by the emperor and queen before the age of twenty. Di Renjie sneered, and wanted to return the salute to Xue Ne, when he suddenly heard a sound from the high platform, and the two of them knelt down busily, bent over, and no longer dared to talk wantonly.

"Two Aiqing," behind the curtain of jade beads, Wu Zetian was dressed in the queen's bow robe, with a gilded double phoenix hair ornament, graceful and luxurious, and her momentum was compelling, her appearance was not very clear under the cover of the bead curtain, like a Luoyang peony blooming in the misty rain, but it still exuded undoubted beauty, "I came from afar, and I worked hard." ”

"The minister doesn't dare," Di Renjie kowtowed in response, and although Xue Ne also kowtowed, he couldn't help muttering in his heart. At present, the case of Princess Anding is pointing to the disadvantage of the queen of heaven everywhere, but she still dares to summon the most capable Fa Cao of the Tang Dynasty to Luoyang together with Xue Ne, who has solved major cases one after another, and even asked him to bring the most unfavorable witness Fan Ning. Xue Ne knew that the Queen of Heaven was quite iron-fisted, but this matter was related to the royal bloodline, no matter how much the emperor loved her, he would not care about his own flesh and blood, what was she planning at this moment, Xue Ne couldn't see clearly, so he could only wait and see what happened, and then try to take the opportunity to act.

"A few months ago, the palace and His Majesty went to the Chongjing Temple together to pray for the princess of stability, but the princess was deserving of the feast, the scene was messy, the coffin was opened, there was nothing inside, and the remains of the princess were gone. His Majesty was so enraged that he wounded the Holy Communion and is still ill lately. This palace ordered you to wait, and this case will be solved within this month, two Aiqing, can you understand? ”

"......The minister" listened to Wu Zetian's words, Xue Ne was suspicious, but added a little more, but he didn't know how to ask each other, and he stopped talking.

Di Renjie on the side took the lead in speaking: "After returning to the heavens, the remains of the princess have been stolen for more than a month, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple have gone to investigate the scene, but nothing has been found, it can be seen that this case is tricky, how can the minister and Xue Mingfu solve the case within a month?" Ask the queen of heaven to be merciful and compassionate, and give her ministers more time. ”

This is from the eighth grade of the law Cao is bold, and he dares to bargain with the queen of heaven. Xue Ne was dumbfounded, thinking that his father's generals went to Liaodong, and the emperor ordered "to be defeated", and his father only dared to take the order and hold his fist, saying that he would never live up to it. But what he said was not unreasonable, and the main thing was...... Did Princess Anding really die in Yonghui for five years? The queen asked them to investigate the case, and what did they have to find out to close the case? Is it to recover the remains of Princess Anding, or to turn the old past over the river and sea, and find out clearly?

Wu Zetian, who was behind the curtain, chuckled lightly when he heard Di Renjie's words, coldly, unable to distinguish joy and anger: "Then Di Qing thinks how much time will it take to crack this case?" ”

Di Renjie paused, as if he was thinking carefully, and Liang Xiangfang replied: "In the opinion of the minister, break the ......"

Before the words were finished, a female official hurriedly ran up in the back hall, seeing that the grade of clothing was not low, it should be the person next to the queen of heaven, she was sweating profusely, walked up to the high platform, and whispered a few words in Wu Zetian's ear. Although Xue Ne and the others couldn't hear what she said, they could faintly hear the heavy voice, which showed her anxiety.

There was silence for a long time, Wu Zetian did not respond, he should be thinking about it. Although Xue Ne didn't raise his eyes, he still noticed that the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became a little colder, thinking that something big should have happened, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and he was thinking about it, so he heard Wu Zetian say: "This palace is just half a day of work to sacrifice the earth, and someone can give birth to such an incident in the palace." Your Majesty has just woken up, and the matter has come to this point, so you might as well put it all on the table and talk about it...... The two Aiqing, go to the harem with the palace. ”

After that, Wu Zetian got up and left, Xue Ne and Di Renjie were at a loss, looking at each other and not knowing where to go, and Yushi came to lead the way, and took the two of them out of the Qianyuan Palace, and walked towards the emperor's study on the side of the Daye Hall through the door.

Emperor Li Zhi has been sick on the couch recently, and today he got up for the first time to go to the study, but his face was still not very good. Wu Zetian hurriedly led people back, walked into the study, and bowed: "Your Majesty." ”

Even if you are the emperor and queen, they are ordinary husband and wife, who have experienced many ups and downs together, and their feelings are profound and timeless. Li Zhi's favor for Wu Zetian is not limited to the six palaces, but is willing to share his supreme glory with her and respect her as the "second saint". But today, Li Zhi's expression when he looked at Wu Zetian was a little indescribably complicated: "Mei Niang, this woman, do you still know it?" ”

Wu Zetian glanced at it, and was so frightened that the woman in front of the emperor knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and crying: "The queen of heaven spares her life, the queen of heaven spares her life!" ”

"When is this palace going to kill you," Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Who should I be, I was a stable nurse, you left the palace back then and didn't know where to go, and today you entered the palace again, I don't know what happened?" ”

"The queen of heaven is really a noble person who forgets things," a young man spoke beside him, it was Gao Min, he bowed his hand, seemed to be extremely respectful, but the words he said were full of provocation, "Zhang's nurse has confessed, sixteen years ago, by the order of the queen of heaven, the fake death of Princess Anding was sent out of the palace, originally to be sent to the home of the queen of heaven in Jiangzhou, who knew that she was robbed halfway, the princess was nowhere to be found, she was afraid that the queen of heaven would pursue it, and she had been fleeing for her life all these years. My criminal department received a secret report and learned that the remains of the princess were stolen, so I have been investigating and secretly visiting, arresting this woman, and the detailed confession is here, please look at the two saints. ”

Outside the study, Xue Ne and Di Renjie stood under the eaves of the porch, and collected all Gao Min's words in their ears. Xue Ne was surprised before, why didn't this person keep pestering Fan Ning, after all, she was the most important witness in this case, and she never thought that she had other plans. Gao Min's actions at this time were like a slap in the face, completely disrupting Xue Ne's plan. Originally, he planned to find out the attitude of the two saints first, and then act at the opportunity, but now Gao Min's move undoubtedly put the intensification of the contradiction on the surface, so that Xue Ne had to fight immediately.

The criminal department has recorded the confession document, and the case will no longer be confined to the harem, once the criminal department writes to the imperial history platform, the impeachment of the queen of heaven is lost, and the queen's abolition will be placed in the court to publicly admonish. And if the "Abolition of Wang Liwu" was overthrown sixteen years ago, it would not only affect the queen of heaven, but also countless poor students who were inspired by the lowly queen to study hard, and looked forward to "the court is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall". What's more, Fan Ning is destined to be in the eye of the storm, whether he is honored as a princess or not, he will be covered in bruises.

While thinking about it, I only heard Wu Zetian laugh twice, and said: "An old woman, I don't know who bought her, she dared to slander the palace and make up such an unbelievable secret, do you know that slandering the palace and talking about the royal bloodline is a crime!" ”

"There is only a mere testimony, naturally it is impossible to prove this unbelievable palace secret, but the living Princess Anding is in the East Palace, brought to Luoyang by Xue Mingfu, if the two saints don't believe it, just ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to bring someone to take a look."

Xue Ne was greatly stunned, thinking that he really underestimated this Gao Min in the past, the head of a mere six-grade criminal department, and he actually knew everything about the movements of the prince of the East Palace.

Xue Ne was flustered, and he didn't know whose hand was shaking in front of him, and he came back to his senses, only to see an internal official smiling and not smiling, and said in a soft voice: "Xue Mingfu? Don't be in a daze, the emperor will pass you in. ”

Xue Ne hurriedly clenched his fists in response, strode into the study, and bowed down and said, "Minister Xue Shenyan greets the two saints." ”

"Xue Qing, I heard that you brought someone suspected of being stable to the palace?" Li Zhi asked urgently, although he is the king of a country, sitting on a territory of thousands of miles, and he is also an ordinary father, at this moment, his eyes widened slightly, there were many doubts, and more was looking forward to joy.

Xue Ne's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he replied truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, it's ......"

"Xue Shenyan, this palace ordered you to find out the case of the princess's remains, but you secretly made a song and secretly brought people into the palace, what do you mean?"

Listening to Wu Zetian's question, Xue Ne was very confused, it was the imperial history that sent him to bring Fan Ning in the first place, why now Li Zhi doesn't know, and Wu Zetian doesn't know? Xue Ne glanced at Gao Min on the side, thinking that there was only an oracle in the summons that day, and there was no real edict, and the people present were Gao Min except him.

"The Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has brought someone here," the official said with extreme caution when he saw the delicate atmosphere in the room.

Just now, Gao Min argued, Li Zhi had ordered someone to go to the East Palace and asked Li Hong to bring Fan Ning, at this time he couldn't wait, stood up with the table, and motioned to invite him into the palace.

In the blink of an eye, Li Hongqi walked into the study proudly and knelt down to salute the emperor and queen of heaven: "Son, please be safe to your father and mother." ”

Li Zhi has always loved Li Hong the most, but he couldn't care about him at this time, and kept looking at the thin figure kneeling behind him, not for a moment: "You ...... Don't be afraid, come here ......"

From King Jin of Taizong's sister-in-law to the crown prince, and then to the current Ninety-Five Emperor, under his rule, the Tang Dynasty leveled the Western Regions, fought Liaodong, and even completed many great achievements that Taizong could not complete, but at this moment, he was just a father who was eager to think about his daughter and found it, squinting his eyes, trying his best to control the dizziness caused by the head wind, looking at the child who came timidly.

She combed her double bun, wore a peach-colored skirt, her body was very thin, but she was very healthy, her small face was carved in pink, her facial features were extremely exquisite, and the most eye-catching thing was the pair of peach blossom eyes, looking forward to the brilliance, indescribably delicate and beautiful. Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were speechless for a while, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this child looked too much like the Queen of Heaven, too much like Princess Taiping, she lightly opened her lips and uttered a sentence of "Meet the Emperor and Queen of Heaven", and even the voice was very similar to Wu Zetian, so similar that it seemed that there was no need to discuss it in detail, and she could be determined that she was the flesh and blood of the two saints.

Wu Zetian looked at Fan Ning, as if he was not standing opposite a person, but a bronze mirror, reflecting himself nearly thirty years ago. At that time, she was only fourteen years old, hurriedly left home and entered the palace, and became the last talent of Taizong, childish and cheerful in her gestures, and with an indescribable confidence and boldness: "Bingzhou Wushi, fourteen years old, the daughter of Yingguo Gong Wushi Tong......"

"Qingxue ......" Li Zhi called in a low voice, as if he had decided that the person in front of him was his daughter who died sixteen years ago, and muttered her nickname, "Come here, child, come to the case." ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Zetian couldn't help but speak, "Sixteen years ago, Anding collapsed, and the concubines and concubines were the same as Your Majesty, and they were all broken, but the princess faked her death and left the palace as the Zhang family said, and the concubines were all unknown, how could you conclude that Anding was not dead because of the child's appearance similar to the concubine......

"What the queen of heaven said is," Gao Min Chengzhu in his chest, for example, he looked more proud, took out a secret book from his arms, handed it to the internal official on the side, and motioned him to hand it over to the emperor, "This book is a secret text in the palace that records the birth characteristics of the prince, using anti-cutting secret language, and interpreting the page of Princess Anding, which is exactly 'On the eighteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Yonghui, Wu Zhaoyi's birth girl weighed five catties and one tael, and there was a birthmark under the shoulder shaped like a pear flower', whether this little lady is the flesh and blood of the two saints, please check it out. The minister thought that with the wisdom of Xue Mingfu, he must have already solved the mystery of this volume, so he deliberately brought the princess who was wandering back to Ziwei Palace, which can be described as extremely loyal. ”

"You are talking nonsense," Fan Ning didn't pay much attention to his own affairs, but when it came to Xue Ne, he argued with reason, "Obviously, someone has passed on a false edict and asked Xue Lang to bring me here, and ...... And I don't have any birthmarks on me at all! ”

"No, you have," Xue Ne, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head at this time and said loudly to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, "Emperor Qi and the Queen of Heaven, the minister has already explained this secret language, and the reason why he has been suppressing it and not reporting it is because the minister found that there was something strange in it, and it seemed that someone deliberately dragged Princess Anding's life experience to Fan Ning, falsified documents, and framed the queen of heaven." The minister asked the two saints to give the minister a month, and he must find the remains of the princess, find out the truth, and return the two saints and the world to understand! ”