In the second year of Tianzhu, with the relocation of the capital of Emperor Zetian, all the officials of the Tang Dynasty also moved from Chang'an to Shendu to assist the Empress Wu who ascended the throne as the emperor despite the public opinion.

Today's court meeting, although it is a daily court meeting, but after Taizong's henchmen were almost eliminated by the Empress Wu, the court officials were deposed one after another, and the Li clan relatives rarely had a chance to turn over, and no one in the court was panicked, and even before the court, they had to repeatedly ask their families to arrange the aftermath before they dared to say goodbye to their families and go to Ziwei Palace in Shendu to participate in the court meeting.

Compared with those weak court ministers, Li Jin and Li Ci, who were born in the military and were both gods and witches, did not think of the fierce methods of the Empress Wu, and rode to Ziwei Palace, but they were not at all embarrassed, as if they had never thought of the possibility of going there today and never going back.

Walking side by side with Li Ci on the streets of Shendu, watching away the hustle and bustle of the surrounding area, Li Jin suddenly seemed to say to Li Ci casually: "Ah Ci, when today's court meeting is over, I will ask Empress Wu to resign and return to my hometown." As Li clan relatives, you and I will not be able to use this demon queen. Besides, one day in this world will be returned to the Li family, and we must not have a reputation for doing things for the Empress Wu. Tzu, do you understand what your father is saying?"

Li Jin is the only remaining close minister of Taizong in the court today - and his old friends who assisted Taizong were basically degraded and killed, but he was still firmly seated in the position of the head of the household department and did not move, and even the Emperor of Heaven still had the intention of letting him serve in the platform.

But Li Jin's loyalty has always been only the Li royal family, after the Empress Wu seized power and ascended the throne, he couldn't sleep at night, thinking about the way to restore day and night. However, his strength alone is weak, even if he is the head of the household, he cannot escape the control of the Empress Wu, so he can only leave the court and return to his hometown to relieve the pressure of doing things for the Empress Wu.

At the same time, he is also constantly persuading Li Ci to resign with him, waiting for the Li clan to seize power from the hands of Empress Wu, at that time, seniority and merit coexist, and Li Ci can also achieve the position of prime minister.

Annoyed by Li Jin's words, Li Ci nodded lightly and replied in a low voice: "Yes, father, I remember." ”

Receiving Li Ci's response, Li Jin nodded and looked ahead again. It's just that Li Ci didn't know what he was thinking about at this time, but his brows were furrowed, and his face was ugly and scary.

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"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

Nian Longhua army made Pei Min defend Beiping meritorious, especially into the left Jin Wuwei general, in charge of the palace, Shendu patrol police, beacon, road, water and grass appropriate, leading the three pinlu. ”

The shrill voice of the eunuch resounded throughout the Ziwei Palace, and the civil and military forces of the Hundred Dynasties standing on the top of the main hall all lowered their heads, silently thinking about the meaning of this edict.

No one thought that Emperor Zetian would recall General Pei Min, who had been guarding Beiping, back to the palace to take charge of the palace's defense affairs. This happened too suddenly, although some ministers had already sensed the slightest sign of a storm, but at this time above the main hall, they had nowhere to escape.

Pei Min returned to Beijing overnight after receiving the order, even the few people who are now sitting in the prime minister's position did not get any news, and the spies of the civil and military forces of the Hundred Dynasties seemed to have gone wrong together, and they did not even get any news about such an important matter.

But after thinking about it, Pei Min, as a god and witch, is still the number one swordsman in the Tang Dynasty, if he has the intention to avoid it, the spies in these ministers' homes will indeed not be able to find his traces.

It's just that the problem now is that Pei Min's return to Beijing to take over the vacant General Zuojin Wuwei must be the meaning of Emperor Zetian, so in fact, Emperor Zetian's meaning is already very obvious - there may be chaos in the Shendu, and the Emperor of Heaven needs a person who can suppress hundreds of officials to sit in the Shendu.

Using Pei Min's realm of gods and witches as a bargaining chip, in fact, who is the person the Emperor wants to deal with, the hundred officials already have a candidate in their hearts.

As a relative of the Li family, a confidant of Taizong, and a close minister of Gaozong, Li Jin's position in the court is really embarrassing, and even some ministers heard that this person secretly has the intention of rebellion. It's just that Li Jin knows that it is useless to rebel, and he has always occupied the position of the head of the household book, and he looks unwilling to do things for Emperor Zetian.

Li Jin's meaning has been expressed very clearly, but to the surprise of all the ministers, Emperor Zetian did not depose him because of this, and even allowed him to stay in the position of the head of the household department to toss freely, but the affairs of the household department were handed over to the current household servant.

And it is also for this reason that the only remaining Gaozong henchmen in the imperial court gradually moved closer to Li Jin, and even took him as the core to fight against Emperor Zetian.

But the situation is different now. If it is said that Emperor Zetian did not dare to do anything to him because he was afraid of the realm held by Li Jin, then Pei Min's return to Beijing would completely break this balance, and the realm that Li Jin relied on could only be similar to Pei Min.

When Pei Min received Ming Huang's edict in front of everyone, silence returned to Ziwei Palace - Emperor Zetian had not yet spoken, and no one dared to speak out, if he offended Emperor Zetian because of this, he was afraid that he would be demoted to the frontier on the spot.

When Pei Min regained his position, Emperor Zetian in the center of the hall yawned, and then asked lazily: "I don't know what else the hundred officials have to tell you? If there is no matter, let's retire from the court today." ”

Hearing Emperor Zetian announce that he could retire from the court if he had nothing to do, all the officials in the court were secretly relieved. It was only at this moment that an untimely voice sounded in the hall:

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to tell you. ”

Li Jin's voice was inexplicably sonorous, but his inexplicable action made the hearts of the other ministers of the DPRK and China lift up again.

Emperor Zetian seemed to be a little sleepy at this time, so he supported his head with his hands, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was pretending to sleep. At this time, when she heard Li Jin's voice, she seemed to be interested, so she said, "Say it." ”

Li Jin gave a slight salute to Emperor Zetian, and then said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has recently discovered that the minister's foundation is sick, and I am afraid that he is too old to deal with the affairs of the household department. Today's ministers are courageous, and ask Your Majesty to return to their hometowns and enjoy their old age in peace. ”

Li Jin's words can be said to have shocked the civil and military forces of the Hundred Dynasties. Now in the imperial court, there are not a few ministers who are attached to Li Jin, almost all of them rely on Li Jin's strength to compete with Emperor Zetian, and now Li Jin is going to leave the court, then these ministers are afraid that they will also die and be degraded, you know, Emperor Zetian is by no means the kind of person who will show mercy.

Emperor Zetian propped his head and looked at Li Jin quietly, her beautiful eyes seemed to be full of smiles, but her face did not show half a point. No one knew what she was thinking, and even Li Jin was the only one in the entire Ziwei Palace who dared to raise his head and look at her.

There had never been such silence in the Ziwei Palace, even when Emperor Zetian had deposed Shangguan Yi before.

Everyone is waiting for the fate of Emperor Zetian, and Li Jin, as one of the few people in the Li clan in the court, his fate will affect the future careers of many ministers in the court.

Of course, the happiest is naturally the current Hubu Shilang - according to the rules of the imperial court, as long as Li Jin, the head of the household, leaves, then he can take office and become the new head of the household. As for who he is loyal to, he doesn't care.

"Since Li Shangshu has decided so, then I can't go against Li Shangshu's wishes. Emperor Zetian sat up slightly, his eyes full of smiles, "Then according to what Li Shangshu said, I promise you to return to your hometown, and you will still be the same." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Li Jin bowed to Emperor Zetian again, but after he lowered his head, his face was full of surprise.

Originally, he envisioned that today's resignation would not be so simple, and he was even ready to use force after coming to Ziwei Palace to see Pei Min. But he never expected that Emperor Zetian would approve his resignation so easily, and he didn't even see a little surprise on his face, as if he was ...... She had expected him to resign today!

Without waiting for Li Jin to stand back in place, the civil and military forces of the Hundred Dynasties heard Emperor Zetian continue: "Since Li Shangshu has resigned, then the positions of this household department Shangshu and Luantai attendants are vacant...... Suo Xingzhen had already made up his mind. Di Qing can be here?"

"The minister is here. Di Renjie, who was called Di Qing by Emperor Zetian, was deeply shocked and replied.

"Reading that you have made great achievements in the Shendu Sima, it just so happens that Li Jin, the secretary of the household department, resigns, then you will go to the household department to ......" Speaking of this, the Emperor Zetian seemed to remember something, swallowed back what he was about to say, and changed his words, "The household department does not have a book for the time being, you go to the household department to serve as a waiter, act as a secretary of the book, and confer the same Fengge Luantai Ping Zhang." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will live up to Your Majesty's trust. ”

Emperor Zetian nodded, then glanced at the Hubu waiter in the main hall who was already fearful, smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Yang Kai, the former Hubu waiter, has been in office for three years, and he has been demoted to Anxi for ......labor today for favoritism, corruption and bribery."

"Your Majesty has been wronged!" Your Majesty ......"

Because Yang Kai interrupted what he was about to say, Emperor Zetian frowned slightly, and then said lightly: "Drag it down." ”

The guards guarding outside the Ziwei Palace left the order and entered the main hall, and dragged Yang Kai, the household servant who was crying wolf, out of the main hall, and during this time, the civil and military forces of the hundred dynasties were all attentive, and they didn't even dare to look at Yang Kai.

After Yang Kai was dragged out, Emperor Zetian continued: "Di Shilang, you can go to the household department today, don't delay the affairs of the household department. After the official documents came down, I sent someone to send them over, and it was hard for Di Shilang. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love. ”

"So...... Next is the appointment of the Luantai attendant. Speaking of this, the corners of Emperor Zetian's mouth hooked up a good-looking smile, only to hear her chuckle, and said slowly, "Li Ci, the secretary of the military department, I ordered you to take over the position of Luantai servant, do you have any objections?"

When Emperor Zetian called his name, Li Ci seemed to have a premonition, and his expression did not even change by half a minute. He slowly walked out of the ranks of ministers and stood in the center of the main hall.

Li Jin, who was originally standing not far from him, was a little amused when he saw Li Ci like this. Na Wu Hou probably didn't expect that their father and son had already agreed that they would resign today. Among these six books, two Shangshu are missing in one day, although there are many people who choose to supplement, but the related matters are not so easy to deal with. And this Luantai Province now has no servants, and the efficiency is even more low, sooner or later......

"Minister...... Receiving the order, thank you for Your Majesty's grace, and the ministers will definitely go to the soup for Your Majesty. Minister......"

Li Jin couldn't remember how many times Ziwei Palace had been so quiet today, and he didn't even hear Li Ci's next words, and the whole person fell into a deep shock.

Why...... Will Ah Ci return to the demon queen?

Seeing that Li Jin was secretly stunned, the smile on the corner of Emperor Zetian's mouth rose even higher, this scene of father and son contradictory was not only interesting, but also under her control.

Standing up and waving his sleeves, the Emperor of Heaven ignored the silence in the hall, strode away from the dragon chair, and said at the same time: "Since the ministers have nothing to report, then retreat from the court." ”

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