Chapter 139: The Heavenly Empress's Past Revisited (3)

The little princess was buried and buried in Deye Temple. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info at this time the queen has completely fallen out of favor, and she washes her face with tears all day long. Soon, Wu Zetian became pregnant again. Empress Wang conspired with Concubine Xiao Shu and decided to fight back, so they began to spread news in the palace, saying that the little princess was strangled to death by Wu Zetian himself, but Li Zhi did not listen to these rumors. Wu Zetian was worried that something would happen during her pregnancy, so he made a bold decision, Mingli asked her sister to enter the palace to take care of her, and secretly wanted her sister to go to see Li Zhi. Wu Zetian's sister, Mrs. Helan, was unusually beautiful, and she had become a widow at this time, and Li Hong was raised by Mrs. Helan after she was born, so she was as close to her as a mother and son. In order to be grateful, Li Zhi named Mrs. Helan as Mrs. Korea. The romantic and lonely Korean lady fell in love with Li Zhi, and Li Zhi also fell in love with this gentle and lovely beauty, and the two slept in the same bed. Wu Zetian had no idea.

At the end of this year, Wu Zetian was about to give birth again on the way to Zhaoling, but she suffered a difficult birth, and Mrs. Han's inadvertent sentence of the royalist left a shadow in Wu Zetian's heart. Finally, his son Li Xian was born, and Li Zhi was overjoyed. And Queen Wang was quite jealous, she actually wanted to burn down the entire queen palace in order to let Li Zhi come to see her. The fire was extinguished, and Li Zhi was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do with the queen and queen. Wu Zetian and Li Zhi came to visit the eldest grandson Wuji's house, and at the same time sent the eldest grandson Wuji a full ten carts of rewards, but the eldest grandson Wuji did not buy it and returned all the ten carts of rewards. The eldest grandson Wuji saw through Wu Zetian's scheming and categorically rejected Li Zhi's idea of abolishing the queen. Wu Zetian saw that the eldest grandson Wuji did not accept this set, so he changed his strategy and decided to cultivate his own power in the court. Li Zhi also felt that the eldest grandson Wuji had power over him, the emperor, and was very angry in his heart, and he was even more obedient to Wu Zetian. Concubine Xiao Shu and Queen Wang came together again, and they were calculating how to get rid of Wu Zetian. Concubine Xiao Shu thought that she should secretly summon the Taoist priest into the palace to curse Wu Zetian, so that he would have no place to bury him. And this is actually strictly forbidden in the palace, and the light ones are exiled and the heavy ones are put to death. At this time, Ziyan, the palace maid in the queen's palace, told Wu Zetian about the situation.

Queen Wang, Concubine Xiao Shufei and others practiced the art of disgust in the queen's palace. Wu Zetian made a decisive move and told Li Zhi. Li Zhi rushed to the queen's palace, just in time to find that Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei were doing it with Taoist priests, and they were holding several puppets in their hands, the big puppets were carved like Wu Zetian, and the two small puppets were like Wu Zetian's two sons, and all the puppets were full of steel needles on their chests. Li Zhi was shocked and angry, but it was not enough to abolish Queen Wang, so he made an example of him and demoted Queen Wang's uncle, Prime Minister Liu Zheng, out of Chang'an. Li Zhi wanted to promote Wu Zetian from Zhaoyi to concubine, and came up with the title of adding another concubine in addition to the four concubines, that is, Concubine Chen. Unexpectedly, the eldest grandson Wuji united with the old ministers, but still rejected Li Zhi's proposal, and at the same time asked the emperor to demote Li Yifu from Chang'an. Li Yifu, who was suppressed, was depressed, and he saw Li Zhi's desire to establish Wu Zetian as the queen, so he gave Li Zhi a chapter, Li Zhi was overjoyed, Wu Zetian was even more overjoyed, and Li Zhi promoted Li Yifu to Zhongshu that night. Li Yifu mobilized ministers who were dissatisfied with the eldest grandson Wuji, and asked Wu Zetian to be the empress. Chu Suiliang resolutely objected, and kowtowed to the court to bleed. Wu Zetian, who was beside Li Zhi, shouted, "Dare to shed blood in front of the Son of Heaven, this is a great disrespect, kill this old thief." "It is a great disrespect to shed blood in front of the Son, and kill this old thief. ”

Suddenly, most of the officials in the court have resigned from the court, leaving only a few ministers such as Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong who oppose the eldest grandson Wuji. The abolition of the queen was once again opposed by the eldest grandson Wuji, and Li Zhi was helpless. At this time, Wu Zetian thought of the Sikong Lord Li Tao, who pretended to be sick and did not go to the court, so he went to Li Tao's house with Li Zhi to listen to his opinion, Li Tao replied, this is the emperor's family affairs, why bother to ask the opinions of outsiders. With the support of Li Tao, coupled with the twists and turns of ministers such as Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei were finally deposed as concubines, and Wu Zetian was made queen. Wu Zetian held a grand ceremony to canonize the queen, and deliberately let Han Ying and Laiji, who opposed her as queen, preside over the ceremony. Han Ying and the others naturally knew Wu Zetian's intentions, and they were all terrified. In order to establish his prestige, Wu Zetian also asked to accept the worship of hundreds of civil and military officials after the canonization ceremony. Looking at the Empress Shanhu Chitose, the ministers who knelt on the ground, Wu Zetian burst into tears, from the second time she entered the palace to become the queen, she finally achieved a major victory and realized her dream. But the power of Changsun Wuji and others still exists after all, and many ministers in the court are also watching Wu Zetian do something.

After Wu Zetian became the queen, he first took his own brother under the knife. Wu Zetian's two half-brothers treated Wu Zetian's mother and daughter very badly after Wu Zetian's father died, causing the two to be bullied. After Wu Zetian became the queen, several brothers were also promoted. Unexpectedly, the Wu brothers didn't buy it, thinking that they were officials because they were meritorious heroes, and now they were promoted by relatives, and they didn't feel honored. Wu Zetian immediately seized the opportunity to play a book to Li Zhi, degraded the Wu brothers to a remote place, and established his reputation as a virtuous empress, and the ministers of the court and the central government also looked at Wu Zetian with admiration. In order to promote his merits, Wu Zetian specially wrote the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives", proposing to restrain foreign relatives, prevent the disasters of foreign relatives in previous dynasties, and let the Tang Dynasty have long-term peace and stability. Wu Zetian's prestige was suddenly raised. After Wu Zetian became the queen, he began to interfere in politics strongly, and even helped Li Zhi to review the folds. Li Zhi, who was snubbed, went to Mrs. Han to find solace again. One day, Li Zhi passed by the cold palace and heard the shouts of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, so he went to visit. Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu were locked up in a filthy hut and ate leftovers, Li Zhi couldn't help but cry sadly, promised to improve their situation, and promised to let the imperial doctor go to see them. After the queen was deposed, Prince Zhong was very frightened, worried that Wu Zetian would kill him, so he consulted with his teacher Shangguan Yi, who suggested that Prince Zhong ask to abdicate in front of the emperor. Li Zhi did not agree, but asked Prince Zhong to secretly visit Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. Prince Zhong was only 14 years old at this time, and he was afraid of offending Wu Zetian, so he was frightened, and quickly slipped away after seeing the queen and queen. After Doctor Shou came to the cold palace, the Waste Queen and Concubine Waste Shu designed to let Doctor Shou secretly poison the acting king Li Hong, but was discovered by Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian came to Li Hong's room and opened the window while Li Hong was sleeping.