In the Zichen Palace, after the golden case, Empress Wu looked at the empty hall in front of her, and said faintly: "Fan Qing, what if the king of Nanchang is transferred to Silla?"

Fan Lubing was slightly stunned, but then suddenly understood: "This matter is feasible, the king of Nanchang is careful, coupled with his background, Li Jinxing will definitely not dare to put him on the front line, it is indeed better than letting him stay in Yangzhou." But ......"

"Straight to the point." Empress Wu waved her hand carelessly, this matter is not so easy, and Fan Lubing's words have not been finished.

"Queen of Heaven, the King of Nanchang is very good at defending the city." Fan Lubing arched his hand, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "The matter of Dongdao, although the king of Nanchang has planned carefully, but the people's hearts are dangerous, and the major affairs of the country are pinned on the people's hearts repeatedly, which is not the right way after all.

If there is a case and the army is defeated, although this matter is difficult to happen, but in case, with the ability of the king of Nanchang, Li Jinxing will not take into account his identity, put him last, and it is inevitable to delay the footsteps of Silla.

"That's it, he can still do miracles." Empress Wu finally had a hint of surprise on her face.

"Diva!" Fan Lubing bowed slightly, and said: "The king of Nanchang guards the city, in addition to relying on elite soldiers, he relies more on ordnance and heavenly time, if he is given enough craftsmen, it will not be a problem to guard it for a month, in addition, there is also heavenly time."

Speaking of this, Fan Lubing's expression gradually became a little heavy: "The king of Nanchang has not had much success in medical science through the training of the medicine king Wei Xuanzang, but he has learned the method of observing the heavens at night in the Daomen, a fire in Meiling Pass, and a hurricane on the Wujiang River are all proof, if it is on the East Island, see the right time, and there will be another fire, burning the city, and the Silla people may have a catastrophe."

Empress Wu nodded slightly, and the scene of countless Silla soldiers falling into disaster in the fire came to mind, and similarly, there was the figure of Li Xuan, who looked at the fire city on the distant mountain, and then led the crowd to retreat calmly.

"And he did." Empress Wu sighed softly, and then said with a low chuckle: "If this is really the case, I am afraid that after returning from hard fighting, a real sixteenth guard Zhonglang will be indispensable, and even His Majesty will let him directly take over the position of Qiu Shenqi if he is not good."

"Queen of Heaven, if the King of Nanchang is like this, I am afraid that it may not be impossible to succeed General Cheng in the future." Fan Lubing's last sentence finally made Empress Wu completely change color.

Cheng Chubi was loyal to the emperor, but between being loyal to the emperor and the queen of heaven, he chose the queen of heaven again.

Cheng Chubi stood on the gate of the imperial city, which did give the Empress Wu a great sense of security, and at the same time made the important ministers of the government and the opposition aware of the strength of the Empress Wu, but if the person in this position was replaced by the King of Nanchang, then the change of people's hearts between them would be terrible.

"In that case, let him stay in Jiangnan." Empress Wu made a judgment crisply.

Fan Lubing bowed slightly and said, "The minister knows what the queen of heaven is worried about, but in the opinion of the minister, the queen of heaven is too worried."

"Oh?" Empress Wu raised her eyes, frowned slightly, and then said, "Fan Qing elaborates."

"Whoa!" Fan Lubing bowed his hand again, and then said in a straight and meticulous manner: "The Southeast family has been from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and even the former Sui and Tang dynasties, although there have been occasional disasters among them, but they are generally unhindered, and the pattern of the sixteen families of Wu and Yue has long been formed, extremely stable, it is difficult to say that they will invest too much because of the change of royal power.

Therefore, not to mention the king of Nanchang, even Pei Shangshu is in person, the Wu Yue family is just dealing with it superficially, their minds are still in the court, in His Majesty, the queen of heaven only needs to send an envoy to appease at the right time, and she can collect the heart of the family."

"Fan Qing is transparent." Empress Wu finally laughed, nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "In this way, the King of the East China Sea does not have much power in the land of Wu Yue."

"So it is." Fan Lubing's voice was steady, but he was very sure.

"In that case, let's see what the king of Nanchang can make in the southeast." Empress Wu finally felt completely relieved, chuckled, leaned back slightly, Empress Wu's eyes fell on the outside of the hall, and then asked casually, "What does Fan Qing think of the king of Nanchang?"

"There is a posture of being in charge, but the overall situation is too bad." Fan Lubing shook his head slightly, and said with emotion, "The reason why the minister built it

It is really not a bad thing to keep the king of Nanchang in the southeast."

"Fan Qing elaborates." Although Empress Wu's voice was very soft, he turned sideways slightly, and he was obviously interested.

Fan Lubing is also the most stable person among the many Beimen scholars, and in some things, Empress Wu's trust in him is still above Yuan Wanqing and Liu Yizhi.

Fan Lubing once again arched his hand and said: "Queen of Heaven, throughout the beginning of the king of Nanchang, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Wuzhou are mostly focused on solving cases, or related to their ability to perceive people's hearts, and their practices are also often used to solve cases.

"Qing said before that the king of Nanchang was good at defending the city, how can he say that he can't do it at all?" Empress Wu frowned slightly.

"The queen of heaven, defending the city only needs to guess and grasp the hearts of the people on its own side, and only need to have a rough idea of the other side, but the army conquest is far from the case, first, the number of soldiers and generals is far more than the number of defending the city; Second, the battle situation was long and long, and the battlefield was spread out extensively, especially the cavalry, mainly in Tibet, and the cavalry moved quickly, which was too affected by the tactics of the right time and place, but it was not enough to use the people's hearts."

After a pause, Fan Lubing said with a wry smile: "This is what the minister said before, the overall situation of the king of Nanchang is insufficient, and it is okay to defend the city, but if the march fails, he may be adjusted to the history of a certain state on the western front in the future, but that's all, you can't let him be the general of the march."

Empress Wu nodded subconsciously, her mind recalled what Li Xuan had done in Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuzhou, and even Muzhou, and finally nodded and said, "What Fan Qing said is good, when he wants to be in Muzhou, Duan Baoxuan will ask him to be the appeasement envoy, so it seems that Duan Qing also thinks the same way."

"Yes." Fan Lubing breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "The king of Nanchang is cautious, but he loves the people like a son...... Heh......"

Empress Wu was slightly stunned, and asked a little inexplicably, "Why is Fan Qing laughing?"

"The minister is out of shape." Fan Lubing immediately gave up his hand, restrained his smile, and then said: "The king of Nanchang actually doesn't have much love for the people, he is just interested in the art of water conservancy, whether it is the Sanqiu poems or the husband's ambitions, it is just the ideal of a young man.

"Fan Qing's skill of seeing people is really special!" Empress Wu's mood relaxed a lot all of a sudden, in fact, the reason why she paid so much attention to Li Xuan was because Li Xuan had received Li Zhi's trust, and she was clearly cultivating Li Xuan in a specific direction.

Now hearing Fan Lubing say this, Empress Wu's use of Li Xuan suddenly broadened her horizons.

What the emperor wants now is to let Li Xuan stay in Honglu Temple for a few years, and then transfer to the local state assassin history, after a few years of training, wait until he is above the age of thirty, about forty years old, and return to the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but now it seems that he only needs to do a little tricks in the middle, Honglu Temple, Sinong Temple, Dali Temple, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Industry, and even the Criminal Department, Shaoqing, Qing, Shilang, and a few more assassins in the middle, it is enough to boil him to sixty or seventy years old, at that time......

Empress Wu didn't think much about it, at that time, she herself might not be there.

After a slight pause, Empress Wu looked at the transcript on the table again, Li Xuan passed through the crown prince, handed it over to the emperor, and finally fell into her hands to play it secretly, Empress Wu asked softly, "Fan Qing, what do you think of the relationship between the king of Nanchang and the crown prince?"

"A subordinate of a monarch or a minister." Fan Lubing's answer was very direct.

"Oh?" Empress Wu's expression was a little flat, but she said: "The King of Nanchang has a piece of music every ten days, and His Majesty intends to let Xian'er learn the way of local government from the King of Nanchang, after all, they are the same age, and Xian'er has also participated in the marriage of the King of Nanchang."

"Diva." Fan Lubing's voice sounded next: "The queen of heaven is wise, and she should be able to see that in the recital of the king of Nanchang, there are only government affairs and official affairs, and there is no selfishness, and as far as the minister knows, today, several concubines and guests in the East Palace are busy with government affairs, so after the recital of the king of Nanchang arrived, the prince did not study much, and it was sent to His Majesty, and the king of Nanchang and the prince are just monarchs and ministers."

Speaking of this, Fan Lubing sighed lightly and said, "Can the Queen of Heaven remember that when she was in Luoyang, it was the King of Nanchang who found out Tai

When the son was inappropriate, the king of Nanchang may not have thought much about it, but the prince ......."

"Bang!" With a bang, Empress Wu slapped heavily on the table in front of him, gritted his teeth and scolded, "This rebel!"

"The queen of heaven is angry, the prince is just young." Fan Lubing hurriedly appeased, and at the same time said, "Just be strictly controlled, and time ......."

Before Fan Lubing's words were finished, an attendant had already walked up from the side and back silently, and put a piece of music on the table in front of the Empress Wu, and without waiting for the Empress Wu to react, the attendant had already retreated silently.

Fan Lubing blinked and quickly lowered his head.

The secret guard, in the entire palace, only the secret guard has the right and courage to dare to send the book when the queen is angry.

Because that itself is the privilege given to them by the Empress Wu, almost all the things played by the secret guards are also specially instructed by the Empress Wu.

Empress Wu suppressed her anger and picked up the notebook with some hesitation, but at the first glance, her face showed a look full of strangeness.

Fan Lubing asked cautiously: "Queen of Heaven, I don't know what happened?"

Empress Wu glanced at Fan Lubing, raised her head, asked her subordinates to send the music over, and said with some amusement: "Earlier today, Princess Nanchang was unwell, and Princess Peng asked the medicine king Wei Xuanzang to diagnose her pulse, and just now she got it as a happy pulse."

"Does the king of Nanchang have a queen?" Fan Lubing's face was full of surprise, and he couldn't help but say, "The king of Nanchang has only been married for less than a month."

"Twenty days." Empress Wu nodded amusedly, and said, "Originally, Princess Nanchang had not yet reached her menstrual period this month, and Princess Peng had already noticed something, and she specially asked the medicine king Wei Xuanzang to diagnose the pulse, and with the ability of the medicine king, the happy pulse was diagnosed, but it will take another twenty days to determine."

The smile on Empress Wu's face narrowed slightly, and then said, "No matter what, this is a good thing, it is a happy event for the clan, and the decree is to select tonic herbs from the palace to Peng Wangfu to show condolences and make a big splash."

Fan Lubing was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hand in surprise and said, "The queen of heaven is wise!"

Empress Wu shook her head and said softly: "Before, Empress Ben was still thinking about whether to send it to Silla, but now it seems that it is better to forget it, pass the decree, Princess Nanchang is pregnant, Princess Peng has an invitation, so that the king of Nanchang is not allowed to go east."

"Queen of Heaven Shengming, in this way, the affairs of the East Island are easier to operate." Fan Lubing said a word, and Empress Wu's eyes immediately looked over.

Fan Lubing immediately stopped talking, and a trace of regret flashed on his face.

Empress Wu shook her head slightly, and then looked at the empty center of the hall in front of her, as if she was thinking about something.

Or maybe it's calculating something.