Master Luo actually has a hidden identity, and this identity is actually a secret guard of the imperial court, which is really surprising.

Xi'er told Xing Ruyi that the reason why Master Luo kept her behind from the court was not because of kindness, but because Xi'er knew a secret. That secret made Master Luo feel that he could get more benefits.

"The secret of the Empress Wu?"

"Hmm!"

Xi'er nodded.

"Miss Ruyi knows that before Empress Wu was named queen, there was a queen surnamed Wang and a concubine of the Xiao family in the palace."

Xing Ruyi nodded.

As a descendant who has watched countless Wu Zetian series of film and television dramas, Xing Ruyi also has some understanding of the grievances and grievances between Empress Wu, Queen Wang, and Concubine Xiao Shu. Of course, history is written by the victors, and as for those wild histories and the like, the reference is even lower.

"I've probably heard of some, it is said that the martial queen is scheming and ruthless, but she also has the knowledge and talent that ordinary women don't have. Empress Wu was originally the concubine of the first emperor, and after several twists and turns, she was able to have a lover with Gaozong and finally became a family, but she did not give birth to her eldest daughter until she was 27 years old.

There are rumors among the people that when the eldest daughter of the Empress Wu was born only one month ago, Queen Wang went to the Empress Wu to see her daughter in the palace in order to show her goodwill. As a result, the Empress Wu at that time was not in the palace. Queen Wang wanted to leave, but when she saw that the little princess looked pink and cute, she couldn't hold back the joy in her heart and stayed in front of the bed for a while, and all this was seen by the queen Wu who heard the news and returned to the palace.

Empress Wu hurriedly returned, originally worried that Queen Wang would be unfavorable to her daughter, but who knew that she was very happy to see Queen Wang's face full of spoiling. When he turned around, he came up with a poisonous plan to strangle his daughter to death and blame the queen who had just come.

The beloved daughter died innocently, and Gaozong was furious, so he had the idea of abolishing the queen. ”

"Does the girl think such rumors can be believed?"

Xing Ruyi shook his head.

"Personally, I don't think it's very credible."

"Why?"

Xi'er asked curiously.

"It's very simple, according to the mind and strategy of the Empress Wu, she has many ways to replace Queen Wang. You can't sacrifice your own daughter, right? ”

"Indeed! Empress Wu was originally the concubine of the first emperor, and after the first emperor went, she was sent to the nunnery to repair, which was thousands of miles away from the imperial city.

The girl knew that the distance that Xi'er was referring to was not the distance traveled by the actual chariot and horse, but the unreachable distance between the concubine of a Qing Xiu emperor and the current monarch. But after the martial arts, it was easy to cross. not only crossed, but also successfully returned to the imperial city, defeated countless young and beautiful concubines, and became the most favored woman in Gaozong's harem.

It is normal for such a powerful woman to be feared, but just like the Ruyi girl just said, if she wants to replace the queen, there are many ways to think about it, and she can't do it at the expense of her daughter.

The fundamental reason why Empress Wu hated Empress Wang and even forced Gaozong to abolish it was Concubine Xiao Shu. ”

Xi'er paused slightly, and continued: "Xiao is an old man in Gaozong's harem, and he has been by Gaozong's side since he was still the crown prince. Because she is very good at speculating on Gaozong's thoughts, and people are beautiful and moving, so she is very favored.

Soon after entering the prince's mansion, he gave birth to the later Xu Wang Li Sujie and the two princesses of Yiyang and Xuancheng. Later, Gaozong ascended the throne as the emperor, and Xiao became the concubine, but the favor was undiminished, and gradually opposed to the queen. even privately asked Gao Zong to appoint his son as the crown prince many times, but due to Xiao's background and Queen Wang's family background, Xiao never got his wish.

It is not known what method was used by the Empress Wu in the nunnery, but what is known is that Empress Wu returned to the palace by the queen Wang.

There are also two speculations about this matter, one is that the people of the queen inadvertently learned that they had a personal affair with Gaozong as early as when Empress Wu was a talented person of the first emperor, and the lingering affection made Gaozong unforgettable for a long time.

So, he privately facilitated a meeting between Gaozong and Empress Wu, so that the two of them rekindled their old relationship, and Empress Wu was smart and good at seizing opportunities, turning the chess player into a chess piece in the chess game, and the chess piece into a chess player who decided the direction of the chess game. The reversal was successful.

Another theory is that Gaozong remembered the old, and Gaozong proposed it to the queen, and she came forward to take the queen back to the palace. The reason why Queen Wang agreed, firstly, she underestimated the Empress Wu, but in the competition for favor with Concubine Xiao, she had already fallen behind and urgently needed a trick. The appearance of Empress Wu and Gaozong's nostalgia made her see hope, a hope that could bring down Concubine Xiao's concubine.

As a result, we all already know. Empress Wu entered the palace, was favored, rose step by step, and replaced Concubine Xiao to become Gaozong's favorite woman. Concubine Xiao fell out of favor and turned to form an alliance with the queen. Then, he lost the court struggle with Empress Wu.

On October 23, the sixth year of Yonghui, Gaozong issued an edict to depose Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao as concubines.

Seven days later, Emperor Gaozong became empress.

On the first day of November, Sikong Li Ji was canonized by Linxuan, and hundreds of civil and military officials went to Suyimen to congratulate, and the queen was called a thousand years old. The inner and outer women are admonished.

In the first month of the following year, the crown prince Li Zhong was deposed and crowned King of Liang. Empress Wu's eldest son, Li Hong, was canonized as the crown prince.

But in this palace change, there is still a suspicion. That is, why did Queen Wang agree to join forces with Concubine Xiao. You must know that the Empress Wu was invited back by the Queen Wang, and the Queen finally used the Empress Wu to fight the Xiao Lady, and now she is joining forces with the Xiao Princess, isn't she afraid that after the Xiao Clan wins, the situation will return to the past? Aren't you afraid that all these years of hard work will be in vain?

Of course, Queen Wang was afraid, but what she was more afraid of was another thing, that is, Queen Wang found out that the Empress Wu was not an ordinary person, but a fox fairy monster who confused the emperor.

This matter has to start with the little princess of Queen Wang's visit to Empress Wu. When the queen raised her head and inadvertently swept towards the wall, she saw half a shadow. Judging from the shadow's dress and figure, she judged that it was the Empress Wu.

Queen Wang was uninvited, but at this time, when she saw that Empress Wu was half hiding outside, she felt very embarrassed in her heart, and when she was thinking about what to say, her chest was inexplicably hot. When I looked down, I saw that the jade plate on my chest was shining brightly.

This jade plaque was given by a master whom the queen met when she was a child. I haven't seen any miracles in the past years, but I've been wearing it since I was a child, so I've been wearing it all the time.

At this time, seeing that the jade card was inexplicably hot, I felt a little strange in my heart, but when I looked up, I saw that the half of the shadow on the wall had changed.

Although the shadow still looks like a martial queen, it has a few more fox-like tails. The queen was shocked and fled in a hurry.

After Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao were deposed, they were imprisoned in a secret room in the harem. The chamber was surrounded by high walls, had no doors or windows, and only a small hole was made in a small door for a feeder.

Empress Wu went to visit, but saw Queen Wang's eyes scarlet, looking at her and shouting, "Fox demon!" You bewitching king! Ben has seen your nine fox tails exposed. ”

Empress Wu was shocked in her heart, so she went to check, only to find out that the eldest daughter was not killed by the queen, but that other concubines in the palace saw that she was increasingly favored, and bought off her maids in the palace.

I also learned from the mouth of the queen's personal maid that the queen once got a strange stone, and it was the strange stone that told the queen that the queen of martial arts was not an ordinary person, but a fox demonized and confused the emperor.

When Empress Wu learned the truth, although she blamed herself a little in her heart, she blamed herself for not noticing for a while and falling for someone else's discordant scheme. But the matter has come to this, and she doesn't want to remedy anything, so she only asks people to guard day and night, trapping Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao inside, so that they can't see the sun and moon day and night, and can only wash their faces with tears all day long, complaining to each other about their sorrows.

If it weren't for Gaozong's temporary intention to visit these two, maybe their end would not have been so miserable. ”

"But what does Gaozong know?"

Xing Ruyi asked, straightened his back, and felt a little tired and panicked. She didn't expect that the affairs of the Luo family were also involved with Empress Wu.

"Yes! Gaozong, he knew. On a sunny day, Gaozong remembered the deposed Queen Wang and the once loveless Concubine Xiao, so he wanted to go and see it. The inner prison guide Gaozong to the secret room where the two were being held. Seeing that the access was strictly confined and only one small hole entered the diet, Gaozong couldn't help but feel moved and saddened. He stepped forward and asked loudly if the queen and the concubine were still alive, how were they doing?

Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao heard the emperor's voice, and it was just outside the door, the two were overjoyed and couldn't cry. Especially the queen Wang, who rushed directly to Xiao Kong, told everything that happened on the day of visiting the little princess, and then knelt on the ground and wept. said that he couldn't see the light of day, but for the safety of Gaozong, he asked him to find a master to take a closer look. It's a good husband and wife, even if she dies, I hope Gaozong is well. ”

Although Gaozong was a little surprised, he was sad and teary-eyed, and he also agreed to Queen Wang's request, and promised that if Empress Wu was a demon, he would be eradicated.

Gaozong's secret conversation with Empress Wang soon reached the ears of Empress Wu. When Gaozong left, he immediately sent a hundred people to the Queen of the Staff King and Concubine Xiao Clan, and beat the two of them until their flesh and blood were blurred.

But even so, the two still shouted, the queen is a demon, confusing the king, and causing trouble to the country. Empress Wu was so angry that she ordered the hands and feet of the two to be chopped off and put them in a wine urn.

Speaking of which, Ruyi girl, have you also understood that the people you saw in the nightmare of the Empress Wu were the Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao that day, and what the Empress Wu was afraid of was its fox demon body. ”

Xing Ruyi shook his head after listening to Xi'er's words.

"I think that what Empress Wu is afraid of is not her demon fox body, but that Gaozong is afraid that she will know her demon fox body. Someone once said to me that Empress Wu is the person who cares the most and loves Gaozong the most in the whole world. Because of love, fear is born. ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)