In the Zhenguan Palace, the lights are bright.

Empress Wu sat behind the table, holding the notebook in her hand, but her eyes looked in the direction of the temple door from time to time.

A steady footstep sounded, and the Empress Wu suddenly looked up happily.

Is this done?

Empress Wu's understanding of the emperor was almost to the point of surpassing herself.

If things don't work out, then the emperor's steps will inevitably not be so calm.

Under the firelight, a familiar figure stepped in from outside the hall.

Li Zhi, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, held a locust wooden box in his right arm, and walked into the hall with an excited expression.

Empress Wu immediately couldn't help but stand up, greeted the emperor, and said with anticipation in her eyes: "Your Majesty, everything is going well?" ”

Empress Wu's gaze fell unnaturally on the box between the emperor's arms, and her eyes were full of curiosity.

"Hmm!" Li Zhi smiled and nodded, then waved his hand to look around, and said, "Go down." ”

"Whoa!" All the palace maids in the hall bowed down and withdrew from all corners of the Zhenguan Palace.

Only then did Li Zhi take out the box from under his arm, hand it to Empress Wu, and said at the same time: "I waited for more than an hour before and after, and after two years of hard work, I finally became three life-prolonging pills. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhi, who originally looked a little excited, suddenly became emotional.

Empress Wu held the medicine box and looked at the emperor, she could feel the trace of remorse in Li Zhi's heart.

"Your Majesty, all this is handled by the concubines, although there are sins, but everything is already under control, if the gods of heaven and earth blame, everything will be borne by the concubines." Wu Hou looked at Li Zhi with a solemn expression.

Li Zhi shook his head calmly and said: "The queen is not guilty, everything is for me, what is the queen's crime, it is a big deal that I will accompany the queen to worship the Buddha in the future." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief, her gaze swept over the seal on the box, and then looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, is this medicine really effective?" ”

"I don't know." Li Zhi shook his head calmly, walked to the imperial couch and sat down, and then said in a daze: "Zhong Zhenren has a saying, if everything goes well, there will be three to five years of life, if everything goes wrong......

"How?" Empress Wu couldn't help but worry in her eyes.

"I don't know." Li Zhi suddenly smiled, then waved his hand and said, "Why do you need to know, everything that should be done, I and Mei Niang have done it to the extreme." ”

"Yes, the gods of heaven and earth will definitely protect Your Majesty." Empress Wu nodded seriously, looked at the box in her hand, and then asked, "When will I take this medicine?" ”

"When the Zen is sealed." Li Zhi's expression became solemn, he turned his head to look at Empress Wu and said: "Feng Chan is still two months away from now, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to take care of the affairs of the court, and everything in the previous dynasty will be handed over to the queen to deal with." ”

Empress Wu was slightly stunned, looked at Li Zhi, not to mention anything else, Li Zhi seems to have no problem now.

Seeing the firmness in Li Zhi's eyes, Empress Wu nodded lightly: "The concubine takes the order." ”

"Also, Zhong Zhenren is going to move to the Zhenguan Palace, and set up a Dan Hall there, I am here, if there is anything in case, he can also come over in time." Li Zhi clenched his fists lightly.

To be honest, I have taken various drugs before, but the effect of these drugs is gradually decreasing.

Even Li Zhi himself didn't know when these drugs would be completely useless.

At that time, he will need to use various other means to delay the physical pain.

Zhong Daoren stayed here, at least he could help him judge if there was room when he couldn't bear it.

The more we get to the time before the arrival of the Zen Meditation, the more difficult the choices become.

Li Zhi had foreseen the difficulty of the situation.

"Also, after this incident, the county lord of Fuchang has been injured, and Mei Niang will give some medicine later." Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"Is it serious?" Empress Wu couldn't help but be solemn.

Since someone spread the rumor that the emperor was using the blessings of the lord of Fuchang to cure his illness, the physical condition of the lord of Fuchang can also reflect the emperor's physical condition to a certain extent.

If the lord of Fuchang fell ill after seeing the emperor just now, then it was inevitable that some people would worry about the emperor's body.

"It's okay, the essence is lost, and you can recuperate for a month or two." Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and then said: "Twenty-seven Lang will arrive in Chang'an at the end of the month, and when I come to Luoyang, Mei Niang will meet him for me, and I will be gone." ”

The corners of Empress Wu's mouth twitched slightly, and she nodded: "The concubine is the order." ”

"Now that the Western Regions are in turmoil, for many years, the Duke of England, the Duke of Penal State, the Duke of Jiangguo, and now the Duke of Pengcheng County, deal with it more, but there is always a sign that it is difficult to completely settle down, the queen asked King Peng for me, if he has any good way." Li Zhi sighed lightly and said, "I don't want to leave these troubles to San Lang. ”

"Yes!" Wu Hou nodded solemnly.

The matter of the Western Turks is related to the stability of the Western Regions and the Silk Road.

Today, 30% of Datang's tax sources come from Jiangnan, 30% from the Silk Road, and the remaining 40% from the world.

If there is a problem with the Silk Road, the taxes in Jiangnan will gradually occupy half of the world, and the whole situation will be unbalanced.

However, the Western Turks have always been difficult to pacify, and the reason for this is actually known to the DPRK and China, which is nothing more than that the Western Regions are too far away to support the troops, military intelligence, logistics, etc.

If the Western Regions want to start a war and completely pacify, then it is inevitable to increase the number of troops, and the attrition is also serious if it is so far away.

Compared to a few years ago, the only good thing about the situation today is that Tibet has been pacified.

The Tang Dynasty could send troops from Tubo to the Western Regions to support, so as to stabilize the situation.

But the problem is that Fanzhou has just been established, but it has only been a year, and if it is reckless, I am afraid that it will endanger the territory of Fanzhou.

In this case, Li Xuan has become the key that everyone can't avoid.

He, the protector of the capital of Fanzhou, has a great say in the future wars in the Western Regions and the Western Turks.

"The rest, there is nothing, nothing more than the government and the Zen." Li Zhi looked up at Empress Wu and said, "There are some things that should be shared by San Lang for you, so let him share some for you...... My body is like this, if San Lang wants to stabilize the world in the future, he has to rely on you, Mei Niang, you can't collapse. ”

"The concubine knows." Empress Wu nodded solemnly.

Although her body is much better than the emperor, she is also three or four years older than the emperor, once one day, once she falls ill, she is likely to lose the power to manage the government, just like the emperor is now.

Empress Wu lowered her head, her eyes fell on the seal of the locust box, and a deep gloom flashed in the depths of her eyes.

"Your Majesty, in this case, the concubine will go back first." Empress Wu got up, put the box in her hand next to the emperor's bed, and then gently blessed herself.

"Be careful." Li Zhi nodded, and then watched Empress Wu leave.

……

Li Zhi was the only one in the entire hall, and there was the sound of crackling flames.

Lying on the bed, taking a deep breath, Li Zhi picked up the locust wooden box, turned over, and came to the depths of the bed.

I don't know where the switch was pressed, and a secret chamber appeared under the bed.

Under the flickering firelight, you can faintly see that in the secret pavilion, there are several small medicine bottles, among which the red medicine bottle presented by Qin Heming is among them.

In addition to this, there are four scrolls that are wrapped in black cloth bags.

No, it's a holy decree.

Li Zhi opened one of the cloth bags, took out a holy decree from it, looked at it with an expressionless face, and then stood up with it, walked to the stove, and then stuffed the holy decree into it.

Standing on the edge of the flames, looking at the steaming flames, Li Zhi's face was indifferent and terrifying.

When everything was burned clean, Li Zhi returned to the depths of the imperial couch and put the medicine box containing Zhong Lu Yanming Pill into it.

One of Li Zhi's hands was placed on the other three holy decrees, and his face was unusually solemn.

The holy decree just now was the edict of King Jin Peng for King Yong, so what are these three holy decrees.

Li Zhi gently closed the secret pavilion, lay down on the imperial couch, and looked overhead.

The indifference on his face gradually faded, and Li Zhi's face was more calm.

Those three pills, if successful, then naturally can help Li Zhi survive the catastrophe, what if it is not successful?

As the ruler of the Empire, he must consider the possibility of defeat.

In the event of defeat, the entire empire will be succeeded by Li Xian.

Li Zhi's appearance appeared in Li Xian's mind, and then he couldn't help but smile.

Everything that happened in the East Palace, countless people told him the news every day, and what Li Xian did was not hiding it from him at all.

Li Zhi knew that this was a deliberate means by Li Xuan.

In this way, Li Zhi didn't need to worry about what Li Xian would do when he was weak.

In this way, they don't have to worry, Li Zhi will suddenly have delusions and abolish Li Xianli and Li Dan.

"Shiro, you're a step too late."

Li Zhi couldn't help but shake his head slightly, Li Xian's appointment as the crown prince was a satisfactory result made by the clan, courtiers, relatives, the military, and even Li Zhi.

If he wants to replace Li Xian, no matter how stupid Li Zhi is, he will not do it.

Because he knew that if this was the case, the first person he couldn't get over would be Empress Wu.

Li Xian tossed the "Book of the Later Han" over the years, and the damage to the queen was too great.

Li Dan will inevitably be another Li Xian in the future.

As for the Empress Wu, Li Zhi was relieved.

Li Zhi closed his eyes gently, but at this moment, in his mind, there was a look of the Empress Wu holding the locust wooden box, and she was a little unwilling to let go for a long time.

Turning sideways, Li Zhi, who was a little distraught, looked out of the hall.

Outside the hall was deep and dark, and the cold wind gradually rose.

……

Above the night sky, black goshawks fly high.

After crossing countless lofty mountains and mountains, crossing countless plateaus and rivers, and finally came to a wide city.

The goshawk fell, straight above the red mountain.

Li Xuan stood at the top of the mountain, and at his feet was the entire sleeping city.

Occasionally, the fire flickered, and someone was on duty at night.

The crescent moon above his head was like a hook, but it was enough for Li Xuan to see the contents of the secret letter clearly.

Raise your hand forward, and the crumbs are powdered.

Li Xuan's face was cold and solemn, and her brows were furrowed.

Songshan Dancheng, this is not Li Xuan's expectation.

used Xia'er to open the furnace, as long as it didn't hurt her, Li Xuan didn't care too much.

But now after all, there is some damage, as for the extent of the damage, it is still necessary for Li Xuan to see for himself after returning to Luoyang.

Doing things in the pill is something that has been decided a long time ago, and you don't have to worry too much about it.

What really made Li Xuan care was the emperor's holy decree.

In order to use Xia'er to make alchemy, the emperor also wrote a holy decree that Jin Li Xuan was the king of Yong and let him participate in state affairs.

Of course, this is the blessing of Xia Er's promotion to Princess Fuchang.

So the question is, is this decree true?

said that it was fake, he was clearly written by the emperor, and it was covered with a jade seal, and there was even a reserve file in the palace.

It is true that this decree has never been read in any public place, and even now it has been burned in the emperor's heart.

It's completely non-existent.

Of course, as long as Li Xuan has the means, then this thing will continue to exist.

What is fake will also become true, not to mention that this thing is a half-truth and a half-truth.

It's ridiculous, what is the emperor doing with such a big flaw.

Li Xuan smiled lightly and looked up at the entire city in front of him.

This kind of city, from the first moment it fell into his control, his penetration and control of it never stopped.

Tomorrow, he will leave Luo and return to Chang'an.

This trip back, between the emperor's life and death.

If nothing else, Li Xuan will not be able to come back for three or five months.

He needed to make sure that during the time he left Luozhi and left Fanzhou, everything here was still under his control.

Empress Wu, there is also the family, their means here can't set off the slightest storm.

(End of chapter)