Empress Wu snorted coldly and glanced at Wang Fusheng: "You old slave, as soon as you open your mouth, you make people angry, and I don't know how you serve the emperor on weekdays, so that the emperor can be provoked so easily." ”

Wang Fusheng hurriedly took out an attitude of admitting his mistake, but his tone was almost polite: "The old slave is not thoughtful and ineffective, please punish the queen." ”

"A queen who is about to be deposed as a concubine, the day is not safe, how can she punish others? But in the future, Mei Niang and her children will have to rely on the prince more. Empress Wu said faintly.

"The queen torments the old slave." Wang Fusheng couldn't afford to bow down.

"Mei Niang, this is just a misunderstanding, you and I can make it clear and honest, why involve the innocent?" Li Zhi's attitude eased a lot, and he reached out and took Lawuhou's hand.

Empress Wu smiled lightly, and straightened out her long sleeves and pushed Li Zhi's hand away: "Wang Fusheng is innocent, what about Shangguanyi?" ”

"Shangguan Yi separates the two saints, and no one is courteous, so he should be punished heavily." Li Zhi said hatefully, but he didn't look at Shangguanyi, but just motioned for Wang Fusheng to get up.

Empress Wu knew that she was no longer blindly entangled with Li Zhi, and raised her hand to point at Shangguan Yi: "Shangguan Qing's family, this palace has always appreciated you and treated you with great courtesy, but you are so chilling." ”

Shangguan Yi suddenly sneered, straightened his body, and didn't seem to be afraid: "As a minister of Li Tang, since I can't serve Li Tang, only by dying can I be worthy of the first emperor." Although this rhetoric was very exciting, the Empress Wu sounded particularly harsh.

"Shangguan Yi is certainly wrong, but the sin is not to death, thinking of his sincere heart, go back to the house and wait for the fate." Li Zhi knew that Shangguan Yi would rather not bend his character, so he used a consultative tone to carry out the order.

Empress Wu took a deep look at Li Zhi, and suddenly felt that his always soft facial lines had become much harder at some point, and he couldn't say whether it was sad or heartache, so he took back what he wanted to say.

Shangguan Yi saluted and thanked him as usual, and walked out of the hall with an awe-inspiring face, he didn't look at Li Zhi, nor did he look at Empress Wu, no matter what kind of expressions and thoughts they had, they no longer had the heart to figure it out, and he even despised them in his heart. His arrogant back became a fuse, detonating the sporadic resentment in the heart of the Empress Wu little by little, she realized that even if this person was talented, it was impossible to use it for herself, he kept saying that he was loyal to Li Tang Jiangshan Sheji, and he couldn't tolerate a woman to guide the country, he was no different from those pedantic ministers, and he was afraid of the smiling face behind the curtain.

"Tingzhi, the Shangguan family is in trouble." After returning home, Shangguan Yi only said this sentence and walked into the study and never came out.

Shangguan Tingzhi stayed outside the room until dark, and saw that the oil lamp was lit in the house, and the dim light was cast through the door, so he was a little relieved.

His wife Zheng has been with him for a long time, but she is also silent.

"Yushu, what do you say is the father's crime?" Tingzhi asked her, and asked herself.

"A gentleman is not guilty, but he is guilty." Zheng Yushu thought about it and whispered.

Tingzhi asked again, expressionless: "Are you afraid of death?" Yushu. ”

Yu Shu nodded: "Of course I'm afraid, who wouldn't be afraid?" ”

"It's a pity that such a death is too meaningless." Tingzhi was indignant in his heart.

Yushu suddenly smiled.

Ting Zhi was surprised by this smile, he didn't know how Yushu could laugh, so crisp and innocent, just like when the two first met.

"Lang Jun, do you think I'm heartless, and I can laugh at this time. Actually, I'm just laughing at what you said, is there any meaning in death? No matter how noble the death is, it is the same as the most humble death, turning into a handful of sand and a handful of soil, some people miss it, some people hate it, but it is someone else's business, and I don't know what it is. Yushu said generously but melancholy.

Tingzhi held her hand tightly: "So, Yushu, you have to live, and living is hope." What's more, we still have Wan'er, she will laugh, look at her smile, you won't have a hard time, I promise. ”

Yushu leaned on his shoulder, tears dripping down.

In the hall of the Empress Wu, it was a different situation.

There is a person standing in His Royal Highness, who is not tall and not good-looking, but he is not a character to be underestimated. ”

Empress Wu reclined on the couch, had no appetite for dinner, and ordered only one steamed pear to go down.

"Xu Jingzong, what are you going to do?" Empress Wu seems to be less patient.

Xu Jingzong was confident: "This is not simple, the minister just has a plan to kill two birds with one stone." ”

"When it comes to fabricating charges, you're really good at it." Empress Wu's words are one of praise.

"Xie Niangniang praised." Xu Jingzong was unambiguous and wrote lightly: "Niangniang, have you forgotten that when the abolished prince Li Zhong was still King Chen, Shangguan Yi joined the army as a counselor of King Chen's mansion!" Isn't it obvious that these two people are in cahoots and intent on rebellion? ”

Empress Wu was a little in good spirits, and after listening to Xu Jingzong's words, she laughed out loud, laughing and scolding: "Xu Jingzong, Xu Jingzong, you are really a bastard, but you are the best able to share my worries and solve difficulties. ”

"Extraordinary things naturally have to use extraordinary means, Xu Jingzong doesn't go to hell, who goes to hell?" Xu Jingzong took it for granted, as if what he did was the right way in the world.