On the second day of August in the first year of Yongchun, Li Zhi, who had been sick in bed, suddenly improved his spirits, and could even go to the ground with the support of the people on the side.

Wu Zetian, who already felt that the situation was abnormal, still used Li Zhi's illness as an excuse to prevent Li Zhi from seeing Li Xian, but this time Li Zhi was very stubborn and asked Wu Zetian to bring Li Xianxuan in.

The ministers who had already sensed that the situation was not good also stayed outside the Penglai Palace, waiting for the call, and more than 100 people stood outside the hall according to their grades, and no one dared to speak.

Li Xian's two younger brothers, Li Zhe and Li Lun, also stood in front of the courtiers.

Li Zhi and Li Xian, father and son, discussed secretly for half an hour, and during the secret discussion, Li Zhi also broke Wu Zetian, and no one knew what the father and son were discussing, and finally Li Xian came out of the palace with a sad face.

To everyone's surprise, after Li Xian came out, Li Zhi let Liu Yi and Princess Taiping enter the palace.

Liu Yi helped Princess Taiping, who was full of sadness but forced to laugh, into the Penglai Palace.

There was no one else in the hall, and Wu Zetian was also standing in the outer hall without any expression. Shangguan Wan'er, who also had no expression, was by Wu Zetian's side, and when she saw Liu Yi and Princess Taiping entering, she didn't say anything, and she didn't even look at it.

Since Liu Yi was summoned by Li Zhi alone last time, he has never seen the emperor who is almost controlled by Wu Zetian alone, and now he sees it, he really feels a little sad, Li Zhi is already very thin, and his face is completely lifeless, like ashes, but Liu Yi sees Li Zhi's eyes are quite attentive, and they are very incongruous with the face god, which makes Liu Yi feel that it is possible that this is the scene of returning to the light.

Seeing her father like this, Princess Taiping knelt down with a thud after entering the palace, crying uncontrollably, and Liu Yi quickly knelt down.

Li Zhi, who was reclining on the bed, stretched out his trembling hand, wiped the face off Princess Taiping's face, squeezed out a smile, and said in a somewhat weak voice, "Little Ya'er, you are about to be... Mother, I still like it so much... Crying nose, your husband sees... I'm going to laugh at you..."

Princess Taiping took Li Zhi's hand and held back her crying, but she still choked up, and said with a handful of tears and snot: "Father... Daddy, my daughter can't help but cry when she sees you sick, I hate that my father has been sick for so long, and my daughter has not been able to serve in front of you, which is really unfilial, and I hope that my father will allow my daughter to accompany you for a few days..."

Li Zhi stroked Princess Taiping's face, with a loving look, and his tone of voice turned out to be smooth, "Silly girl, you are about to give birth, Daddy is sick again, how can you be by Daddy's side, or go back to your own palace, take care of your body, Daddy is fine, Daddy still wants to hug your child... Ahem, ahem... I just don't know, when you give birth, will you still have the strength to hold..."

"Daddy, after my daughter gives birth, I will definitely let people come over with small things for you to see and hug for the first time... Daddy promised to give the little thing a name!" Princess Taiping leaned her head on Li Zhi, covering her already tearful face, and said softly.

"Daddy has already thought of a name, if you give birth to a boy, you will be called Liu Yong, if you give birth to a girl, you will be called Liu Yong... Ahem... I hope that the two of you will always be in love, your husband is your great talent, and your father should not have named the child..."

Seeing the father and daughter like this, Liu Yi was also a little sad, at this moment, he thought of feeling the family affection between the royal people, in Li Zhi's instructions, in the Taiping princess's tears without a little falsehood, Liu Yi experienced a heartbroken father-daughter relationship, such a feeling, in the past, was covered by other things, even when they got married, it was not fully revealed, but at this moment, it was completely expressed, Liu Yi also opened his mouth, wanting to say something, But just called "Your Majesty...", but was stopped by Li Zhi.

"Yi'an, I have always admired your talent very much, Taiping often said that you were good in front of me, and begged me to give you a higher official position, and I also agreed to his request many times, so I have also paid special attention to you over the years..."

Princess Taiping also walked in immediately, Liu Yi was even more shocked when he heard this, it turned out that the position he was taking now, in addition to Wu Zetian's care, Li Zhi also gave the same former love. All this, in addition to the talent he revealed, what is more important is the persuasion of Princess Taiping, a daughter who is deeply favored by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, who has always been called a "demon girl" by him, and now has become his wife.

"Yi'an, Pei Shangshu said that your talent is unmatched, whether it is literary talent or martial arts, no one can surpass you, I suggest that I give you greater reuse, and when I arrive... I have my own orders, and I hope that you can assist the prince well in the future, make suggestions and suggestions for my Tang Dynasty, and let my Tang Dynasty prosper for ten thousand years..."Li Zhi looked into Liu Yi's eyes and admonished.

At this time, Li Zhi's eyes had an irresistible majesty, Liu Yi was a little shocked, and nodded busily, "The minister must do his best to do his best to make all contributions to the prosperity of my Datang..."

"I know that your heart is not ordinary, and your mind is also very human, and now everything in the palace is complicated... I still have some things to entrust to you..."Li Zhi said and grabbed Liu Yi's hand, and then whispered a few words in Liu Yi's ear.

Liu Yi was shocked, and then immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty trusts me, and the minister keeps it in mind, and he will definitely respect his will and dare not slack off in the slightest!"

"Okay, get up, let Taiping come too!" Li Zhi gasped suddenly, showed a tired look, and smiled again.

Liu Yi called Princess Taiping over, the two knelt on the side of the bed again, Li Zhi looked at Princess Taiping and said: "Taiping, Yi'an is your father's concubine, and it is also your own husband, it turns out that I and you are not wrong, I hope that in the future, you can love each other, grow old, never lose each other, you have to obey Yi'an in everything, can you understand?" It is irreversible to his opinion, especially in some major matters, can you hear clearly? ”

"Father, my daughter understands... Don't say any more, take a good rest!" Princess Taiping cried.

"Alright, you guys should retreat first, I'm going to rest for a while, let your queen mother come in!" Li Zhi said and closed his eyes.

Liu Yi pulled Princess Taiping, who kept crying, and after knocking her head a few times, she walked out of the inner hall with her head down.

The two walked to Wu Zetian's side, and Liu Yi also roughly told Li Zhi about the situation, but the key thing was not said, and Wu Zetian walked in without any expression after listening to it.

After Liu Yi came out, she was still waiting outside the palace, and Princess Taiping was carried back to rest by the maids.

After a while, someone in the hall came out to spread the word and let Liu Renliang enter.

Liu Renliang came out after a while, and then Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, Li Yiyan, Pei Xingjian, Cen Changqian, Zhang Da'an, and Wei Xuan were also announced in succession, these people all went in alone, and then some important ministers were called in twos and twos, so there were about more than ten people who were announced in, all of them were ministers who had a lot of say in the court, and their positions and grades were not low.

The ministers stood outside the temple and waited, and no one dared to leave, from noon to evening, and then to dark.

At that time, another person came out inside, Li Xian, the prince of Xuan, and Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, Liu Renliang, and Pei Xingjian entered.

Soon after these people entered, there was a cry in the palace, and then there was an unusually heavy bell in the palace, and the ministers heard the bell, and all knelt on the ground, and a large group of people in the palace immediately came out, took away all the colored things, hung up the prepared white curtains, and many palace people came to put on the clothes for the ministers who knelt on the ground.

Then, Pei Yan, Liu Renliang, Xue Yuanchao, and Pei Xingjian, who were dressed in silk clothes, walked out of the hall, accompanied by the eunuch of the ceremony, and Pei Yan announced to the emperor who knelt outside the hall that the emperor had died.

For a while, the crying in the entire Daming Palace shook the sky, and Princess Taiping, who was helped to rest, also came to wait earlier, and when she heard the news of Li Zhi's death, she immediately fainted from crying, and several maids around her hurriedly carried her away.

Immediately, the imperial court announced to the world that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Sage Emperor, collapsed in the Penglai Hall on the second day of August in the first year of Yongchun.

The ministers were then announced into the hall, knelt in front of Li Zhi's body, waited for the emperor's body to enter the coffin, and all of them guarded Li Zhi's body-

Early in the morning of the second day, Pei Yan announced Li Zhi's edict in front of the coffin, in which the edict ordered the crown prince Li Xian to ascend the throne in front of the coffin.

Li Xian also became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in front of Li Zhi's coffin, and at the same time respected Wu Zetian as the empress dowager, and at the same time announced to the ministers that all political affairs were taken from the empress dowager.

Immediately, according to Li Zhi's edict, the imperial court issued an edict, with Liu Renliang as the left servant of Shangshu and the three products under the door of Tongzhongshu, Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao as the Zhongshu order, Pei Xingjian and Wu Sansi as the guards, Li Yiyan as the servants, Wei Xuan as the Zhongshu Shilang and the three products under the Zhongshu Men, Zhang Da'an as the right servant of the Shangshu and the three products under the Tongzhongshu Men, Cen Changqian as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Liu Yi as the Shangshu of the Guarding Department...... Wait a minute!

After the new emperor ascended the throne and a series of personnel appointments, Li Xian announced that the imperial court would hold a grand funeral for Li Zhi...

(To be continued)