It is rare in the world that on the day the empress ascended the throne, the entire Chang'an was in an uproar, but no one dared to talk about it.

Wu's Yunning was still the queen a few months ago, and after the emperor was seriously ill, he treated the prince for a crime of disrespect and disrespect, and demoted the prince to the land of Bashu. The road is far away, and there are often messages from cool officials, and the waste prince is tired and seriously ill on the way.

The Wu clan did not tell the emperor about the sick bed, but only ordered his subordinates to cut through the mess quickly.

A few days later, the news of the death of the abolished prince on the way to Chang'an reached Chang'an, and the minister was in an uproar, and no one dared to investigate.

The entire Chang'an is controlled by the Wu family, and in recent days, several ministers who are dissatisfied with her control of the government have been assassinated, or they have been caught openly and secretly, and they dare not say more.

The Shangguan family has always been the prime minister of the central government, and the three generations have been the prime minister, and the status is naturally such that even the emperor has to give some face.

The emperor on the sickbed, although he had been ill for a long time, also spent a lot of effort to avoid the eyes and ears of the Wu family, summoned Shangguan father and son into the palace, and ordered the two to draft an edict to abolish the queen.

The emperor was terminally ill, and his voice was low but sounded too soft and weak: "Prime Minister, this matter needs to be avoided from the eyes and ears of the queen, back then, I tried my best to help her ascend to the queen's throne, and I can be regarded as having the same ups and downs with her, but I can rely on her for everything, but this Li family's country, it is the emperor who led the soldiers to shed blood and tears to protect this country, no matter what, do not let this foreign surname control." ”

The emperor said that, coughed twice, and the silk handkerchief was stained with blood, which startled the big eunuch who had been serving since childhood, and stroked the emperor's back again and again, preparing to pass on the imperial doctor. The emperor waved his hand, his eyes red.

Shangguan Yi and Shangguan Tingzhi glanced at each other and had no choice but to kowtow. Shangguan Yi is old, but he doesn't seem to be angry and arrogant. "Old minister, I will obey Your Majesty's will, and I hope that Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body, so that you can pass the martial arts."

The emperor had tears in his eyes and held Shangguan Yi's hand: "Prime Minister, when a huge stone fell from the sky, Li Xing of the Wu Dynasty was engraved on it, but I didn't expect it to come to the point where the matter was coming, if I had listened to the persuasion of the old ministers at that time, would I not have come to this point in the Tang Dynasty."

Shangguan Yi was about to answer.

But I heard the voice of the Empress Wu. "Your Majesty, it was the concubine who was abrupt, and I originally wanted to see how His Majesty was in spirit in the afternoon, but I didn't want to disturb Your Majesty and the Prime Minister."

The emperor waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just gossiping with the prime minister, to find out what can happen to the court if I haven't been able to go to the court in the past few days."

Empress Wu's eyes glanced lightly, kneeling Shangguan Yi and Shangguan Tingzhi.

"Your Majesty has something important to ask the concubine, and the concubine will not hide it, if there is any concealment, it is also for the sake of Your Majesty's dragon body, is it possible that Your Majesty suspects that the concubine has ulterior motives?"

The emperor took Empress Wu's hand, let her sit on the couch, patted her gently, and then said: "How can I doubt you, I have been a husband and wife for so many years, I know that you are a human being, okay, the prime minister and his party will step back first." ”

Shangguan Yi was about to bow down and retreat.

I only heard the Empress Wu say: "Your Majesty, the concubine has brought some Taoist priests to pray for Your Majesty, and at the gate of the palace, do some magic in the palace to ensure Your Majesty's well-being." ”

Shangguan Yi was about to say something, but his son pulled his sleeves and withdrew.

The Taoist priests outside the palace all look weird, not like serious Taoist priests. The old eunuch who sent Shangguan out whispered: "Lord Shangguan doesn't know, the old slave has already bumped into the queen mother many times and brought these people into the palace, sometimes in the queen's palace, sometimes elsewhere. Lao Chen's hometown also has these similarities, this is obviously the art of disgust with victory, where is there something to pray for. It's just that the old slave is soft-spoken, and the surroundings are the ears and eyes of the martial queen, so he really doesn't dare to say anything."

Shangguan Yi stroked his beard before saying, "Since you have been serving by Your Majesty's side since you were a child, why don't you tell Your Majesty secretly?" ”

The old eunuch patted his thigh: "Oh, Prime Minister, don't say it, our queen mother, with a lotus tongue, you haven't seen it, how many concubines and ministers have been justified before, even if it comes to Your Majesty, the queen can turn defeat into victory, but it is a commotion for the person who complained."

Shangguan Yi was silent, paused and looked around, and said cautiously: "Since this is a technique of disgust with victory, it is clear that he curses His Majesty, this matter is not trivial. ”

The old eunuch approached Shangguan Yi: "Prime Minister, what do you mean?" ”

Shangguan Yi said: "The chief steward must not startle the snake, this matter has to be considered in the long run, and when I draft the edict and come to see His Majesty again, I will explain it to you, otherwise we will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

The old eunuch nodded, watched Shangguan Yi get into the carriage, and then turned around and went back to the palace.

On the carriage, Shangguan Tingzhi couldn't help but speak: "Father, what Your Majesty handed over to you is a chore, this edict is drafted, it is better for you to delay it for some time, the son knows that this sentence is a capital crime, and he still has to say it." ”

"If you have something to say," Shangguan Yi closed his eyes and spun around with a bracelet in his hand.

"Father, Your Majesty's body has also been seen, seeing that this day is unknown, let you draft an edict, the entire imperial city is now guarded by the people of the Empress Wu, don't you know, even the generals inside and outside the palace gate have all been replaced by the Wu clan, if Your Majesty's dragon body has any trouble, who drafted this edict, who is openly enemy of the Empress Wu, our Shangguan family, what good fruit will there be to eat?"

Shangguan Yi opened his eyes, his hand no longer turned the beads, but slowly spoke: "Yes, this hot potato was thrown into the hands of my Shangguan family, it is really difficult to ride a tiger." A few days ago, two ministers were assassinated, and now the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who dares to say that the Wu family is not a word, a few days ago I was sick at home, in order not to shed this troubled water, I didn't expect, hey. ”

Back at home, Su Duyin and Mrs. Shangguan walked out.

grabbed Shangguan Yi and looked left and right: "Old man, it makes me anxious, and now anyone in the family is worried to death when they enter the palace."

Shangguan Yi waved his hand: "I'm fine"

His eyes fell on Su Duyin's stomach: "Duyin, you don't have to take care of these housework if you have a big belly, Tingzhi hurriedly helped your wife down to rest, you can't move the fetus when you are old." ”

Shangguan Tingzhi helped Su Duyin back into the room.

Mrs. Shangguan asked: "Old man, you and I are already old, why don't you write an excerpt and tell the old man to return to his hometown, Tingzhi is also a petty official now, and the court is in turmoil, so don't lose your life."

Shangguan Yi took off his official hat, put it on the table, and came to the window, the moon was big and round, and the stars were dotted.

"Madam, my husband has long expected that the illness a few days ago was also to avoid muddy waters, but His Majesty ordered me to draft an edict to abolish the Wu family, Your Majesty's indecisive appearance was fooled by the Wu family, no one in the entire court knows, similar to this kind of errand before, it was reprimanded by His Majesty at the lightest, and degraded at the worst, even if it was His Majesty's own mind, it could be reversed by the Empress Wu in the end"

Mrs. Shangguan paused: "It's better for us to make plans early, Twilight has a big belly and a heavy body, so it's better to let her go back to her hometown first, so as not to have anything else."

Shangguan Yi nodded.

Twilight was carried back to the room by Tingzhi, and Twilight just rubbed her stomach and told Tingzhi: "Today, this little guy kicked me again, husband, you touch it"

Tingzhi reached out and stroked Twilight's belly, with a loving expression.

"Husband, I entered the palace today, but what's the trouble?"

Ting Zhi sighed before slowly explaining.

"Madame, don't worry, you are a month old, I am afraid that something will happen recently, tomorrow I will return to my parents and send you back to my hometown, presumably my father and mother also have this plan."

Twilight nodded.

Shangguanyi was at home for two days, drafted the edict, and entered the palace.

The emperor's complexion was not very good, and his face was cold.

"The old minister came to meet His Majesty, and the things you entrusted the old minister to do a few days ago have been done."

The emperor opened his eyes and sat up.

The old eunuch poured a glass of water for the emperor. The old eunuch withdrew from the rest of the room.

Only then did he kneel.

"The old slave has something to tell His Majesty"

The emperor waved his hand, "You get up and talk back, you have served me since you were a child, and you can say anything directly"

"The old slave is going to say that the queen mother called the Taoist priest to enter the palace during this time, not at all to pray for the emperor, but to do the art of disgust and victory, Your Majesty, the old slave knows that people are soft-spoken, and there are many ears and eyes around him, so he told His Majesty."

After the emperor listened, the cup in his hand fell to the ground, and the guards outside were startled to come in, and the emperor used all his strength: "Don't come in, give me a retreat"

"Wang Fusheng, do you know what you are talking about, if there is no evidence to show it, you are framing the current queen"

Wang Fusheng took out the rune that burned out in the palace that day from his arms, and there was a rune in front of the rune, but behind it was a line of small characters written in Li: "I hope Li Zhi will ascend to Bliss as soon as possible"

The emperor vomited blood. Ordered someone to send the queen over.

"Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry to send your concubines over?"

"You bold witch, you dare to perform the art of disgust in the palace, and curse me to ascend to Bliss early?"

Wu's eyes were red, and his tears were like pearls with broken threads. "Concubines don't"

"Shangguanyi, read the edict you drafted to me in front of the queen"

Shangguan Yi opened the edict, and the eyes of the Empress Wu were fierce.

Before he finished speaking, Empress Wu gave an order.

The soldiers will come in. Surrounded Shangguan Yi and Wang Fusheng. The emperor shouted on the couch: "Get out, get out of here," but no one listened.

Xu Jingzong came in with a bright yellow object, and Empress Wu took it from him.

"Shangguan Yi, I originally respected you after the famous Shangguan family, and you were the prime minister of the court, but if you want to stand in my way, I also have to punish your Shangguan family, as for Wang Fusheng, you eunuch dare to make waves under my nose. As for Your Majesty, I respect you and love you even more, I have never wanted to hurt you for decades, I just want to wait for you to rule the country that you and I take care of together after a hundred years, isn't this right, you and I are the self-proclaimed emperor and queen of heaven"

The emperor collapsed on the bed, blood gushing from his mouth, and he still couldn't help but scold: "You demon woman"

Wu Hou came to the collapse and knelt down: "I'm a demon woman? Your Majesty, you are really a noble person who forgets things, it was you who helped me to become the queen at the beginning, but I respect you and love you. You still have a soft spot for my sister Wu Changning, don't you? ”

The emperor was speechless, his eyes widening and he was unable to breathe. Empress Wu reached out and probed.

Stand up.

Ordered someone to send Shangguan Yi back to Shangguan Mansion first, and was not allowed to go out, Wang Fusheng was put in prison and cut off his tongue to prevent nonsense.

Empress Wu said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty has died"

Ordered hundreds of civil and military officials to enter the palace, and Xu Jingzong read the edict in front of everyone.

"I know that time is short, the special minister Xu Jingzong plans to issue an edict, Wu Yunning for many years, to assist me in the foundation, after a hundred years, Wu Yun would rather sit in the country, in order to protect the peace of the country"

Xu Jingzong took the lead in kneeling: "Long live Your Majesty"

The ministers followed and bowed: "Long live Your Majesty"

Chang'an changed overnight.