There was an old fox and a little fox in the study, and both foxes stared at Zhao Daoyun.

Zhao Daoyun hung her head and knelt in front of Li Tao, her face was pale, her hands and feet were cold, and she felt like a prey targeted by a fierce beast.

Of course, the two foxes, one old and one young, would not be so naïve, thinking that Zhao Daoyun's showdown was boring, or that they were really intimidated by Li Tao's domineering spirit.

No matter what game Empress Wu has laid out, after Zhao Daoyun's showdown today, there must be a follow-up.

"Go on, what is the purpose of your confession today?" Li Qinzai asked.

Zhao Daoyun bit his lower lip and said in a low voice: "The concubine was appointed by the queen to sneak into the Guogong Mansion, and today she confessed her identity and was also appointed by the queen." ”

The grandfather and grandson were shocked.

What is this operation after martial arts?

"Go on, we'll all listen." Li Qinzai smiled.

Zhao Daoyun continued: "What the queen means is that it was her fault to put eyeliner in the Guogong Mansion in the past, and today the concubine confesses her identity, one is that the queen apologizes to Ah Weng and Wu Shaolang, and the other is that the queen took the initiative to grant authority to others, and she wanted to ask Ah Weng and Wu Shaolang to do a favor......

Li Qinzai remembered in his mind what Empress Wu had said to him when he was in the Taiji Palace the day before.

At that time, Empress Wu's words were only halfway said and stopped, Li Qinzai didn't take it to heart, now that she thinks about it, as the queen of the world, she is also a political figure in the court, every word said by such a person cannot be untargeted, there must be her purpose.

"How can you help?" Li Tao asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Daoyun said in a low voice: "Three years ago, the battle of the Eastern Crusade had not yet been launched, and Fu Youyi, the young superintendent of the firearms supervision in Beijing, I wonder if the fifth young man ever remembered this person?" ”

Li Qinzai was stunned, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Remember, that goods ignored safe production, piled up firearms and gunpowder indiscriminately, and almost blew up the firearms supervisor, so I asked the Son of Heaven to remove him from his position as a young prisoner, and it seems that he was thrown into prison for reflection......"

"After more than three years, why did you suddenly mention him?"

Zhao Daoyun lowered his head and said: "After Fu Youyi was imprisoned, he was quickly released......

Li Qinzai frowned: "Who let him out?" ”

Zhao Daoyun didn't squeak, but Li Qinzai already knew the answer.

Of course it's the martial queen, apart from this mother-in-law, who would dare to make trouble behind her back?

"I remember that Fu Youyi is a party member of Li Yifu, right?" Li Qinzai pondered for a moment and said slowly: "It is said that he once attached himself to Liu Yuanzhen, the son-in-law of Li Yifu, and later Li Yifu's son-in-law was beheaded all over the house, Fu Youyi was demoted to the firearms prison, and finally I put him in prison. ”

Zhao Daoyun was silent for a while, and said: "Fu Youyi is not enough to worry about, but his identity and some secrets are ...... for the queen."

Li Qinzai was dazed for a long time, and then his expression tightened, and his face was already frightened.

"Fu Youyi, as a young superintendent of firearms, does he know the secret recipe for gunpowder proportion? Empress...... What is she going to do? ”

As soon as the words broke, the air in the study suddenly became tense.

Hearing this, Li Tao couldn't help but sit up straight, his cloudy eyes suddenly burst into ejaculation, and the room was filled with a murderous aura that destroyed the world, tightly locking on Zhao Daoyun.

Zhao Daoyun was so frightened that he trembled, almost collapsed to the ground, prostrate at Li Tao's feet, and didn't dare to come out.

"Say it! Be honest! "Li Tao is finally angry, it is about gunpowder, it is a high secret of the Datang military, if this kind of thing goes wrong, it will definitely be a shocking case for Datang.

If the recipe for making gunpowder is stolen by a neighboring country, it will be even more serious, at least it will be another war to destroy the country, and whoever gets the secret recipe will be punished even if it is far away.

Zhao Daoyun was so scared that she couldn't do it, this matter actually had nothing to do with her, she was just an honest eyeliner who had basically never done anything bad, everything was the decision of the Empress Wu.

"The Emperor...... The queen said that Fu Youyi was just an idle move, and after he was released privately three years ago, he had been secretly detained by his confidants, and Fu Youyi's secrets were not leaked......"

"Back then, the palace Zhu won the case, Li Yifu's post-party case, etc., the queen was very suppressed by the Son of Heaven, Fu Youyi was just one of her choices for self-preservation, forced on her body, embattled realm, the queen must have bargaining chips for self-protection......"

Li Qinzai stared at her expressionlessly for a long time, and slowly asked, "Why did the queen choose to confess today?" ”

Zhao Daoyun raised his head and glanced at him quickly, then quickly lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, the queen heard the conversation between the Son of Heaven and Wu Shaolang in the palace, and the fifth young man described the prosperous scene to the Son of Heaven, and now the Tang Dynasty is the time when the prosperous era is about to begin, and after thinking about it, the queen feels that it is impossible to bury disasters for the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty......"

Li Qinzai said coldly: "She would be so kind, she suddenly figured it out?" ”

Zhao Daoyun raised his head and looked directly into his eyes, and said: "The queen is not an ordinary daughter, she is the queen of a country, the mother of the world, self-preservation is the choice she has to make, but she is the queen after all, if she doesn't even have this pattern, why does the Son of Heaven favor her for more than ten years?" ”

"I chose to lay down Fu Youyi, an idle man, and now I take the initiative to tell each other, I can't say that the queen has figured it out, maybe ...... It's her who has changed. Zhao Daoyun muttered distractedly.

Li Qinzai's mind was racing, and he gradually understood the thoughts of Empress Wu.

With the victory of the Eastern Crusade, the sailors are about to set sail to explore the world, and the land problem in Datang is also being solved step by step, and everything is developing steadily in the direction of prosperity.

In today's world situation, it doesn't matter whether there is a secret recipe for gunpowder or not.

Even if the worst-case scenario happens, such as if the secret ingredient for gunpowder has been leaked to a neighboring country, what if the neighboring country has mastered the gunpowder?

Whether a country is strong or weak, and whether it wins or loses on the battlefield, can be determined by a mere gunpowder?

Empress Wu obviously saw the pros and cons clearly, so she decided very decisively to abandon Fu Youyi, an idle man, and took the initiative to expose the eyeliner of the Guogong Mansion, which was a show of favor to the Guogong Mansion and a sign of weakness.

To put it bluntly, Fu Youyi, this chess piece, is actually a dead thing, and it is not a handle of the martial arts.

There are thousands of ways for Empress Wu to make Fu Youyi and this matter disappear from now on, and it will not involve her.

But being able to take the initiative to confess, even if it is a confession without any evidence, shows that Empress Wu is implicitly expressing her heart to the ancestors of the Li family.

Today's Empress Wu is really just the Empress of the Tang Dynasty from now on.

Li Zhi's methods, the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and the process of exploring the world in the future all reveal the same fact.

Times have changed, even if a woman is a queen, she should dispel her ambitions and rest her thoughts that she shouldn't have, and it is enough to be a good queen from now on.

She can't afford to play this magnificent game.

"Where is Fu Youyi now?" Li Qinzai asked.

This is an important question, and although the answer is probably known, Li Qinzai must still ask it clearly.

Zhao Daoyun said in a low voice: "Fu Youyi is dead, his head is buried in a small forest in the eastern suburbs outside the city, here is the map where the head is buried." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Daoyun took out a simple map from his arms and handed it over.

Li Qinzai took the map and glanced at it casually.

Sure enough, this chess piece has been abolished, and Li Qinzai has never doubted the decisiveness of this woman after martial arts.

If he hadn't appeared, according to the original historical trajectory, today's Tang Dynasty would have been the period of the "Two Holy Dynasty".

And with Li Qinzai's accident, Empress Wu is only a queen after all, and the only thing she can rule is the harem of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Tao took the map in Li Qinzai's hand, glanced at it, and said in a deep voice: "Qinzai, secretly order Feng Su, let him go to this place alone, bring the head back, and you personally verify the body." ”