In front of the Qianyang Palace, the afternoon is full of light and shadow.

There was a slight sound of footsteps in the doorway, and he walked in cautiously and stopped.

Empress Wu put down the thin bamboo gold pen in her hand, raised her head and looked at the side.

"See the diva." The secret guard commander Wang Yinke bowed solemnly, his face solemn.

"How's the situation going?" There was an inexplicable hint of melancholy in the martial arts.

"Returning to the Queen." Wang Yinke bowed down and said, "Mrs. Tong An stayed in the manor in the west of the city all night, and did not go out, and no one asked to see him. ”

"Where's the stuff?" Empress Wu's eyes gradually became cold.

"After returning to the sky, there is no harvest in Zheng's manor, maybe it is carried closely, but ......" After a slight pause, Wang Yinke said in a deep voice: "However, the minister checked the household member Zheng Chongzhi, and he once said at home that the king and the Zheng family had a marriage contract......

"Rebel!" Empress Wu suddenly roared, and with a wave of her right hand, countless pieces on the table were thrown directly to the ground, and there was a "whoosh" sound.

"The queen of heaven is angry!" Wang Yinke was startled, and quickly knelt down, bowing his head to the ground with a frightened expression.

"The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." Empress Wu gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "What does he think of this palace, such a big thing, he decided privately without saying a word to this palace, is this palace still his mother, and the emperor is still his father?" ”

Empress Wu's anger filled the entire Qianyang Palace.

Wang Yinke's spine instantly chilled, he already understood that although the matter of the Xiangwang seemed to have been taken into account in all aspects, he ignored the biggest problem.

Days.

The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker.

King Xiang marries Princess Xiang, even verbally, and he can't talk about it at will, let alone make a marriage contract, and the one he wants to marry is still the concubine of King Xiang.

Especially at this time, it is about the great stability of the government and the opposition.

The rights of the empress were violated.

Even the queen's rights as a mother were also violated.

Li Xian's marriage to Zheng's daughter was just a private intention between the two parties, and then Li Xian reported to the emperor and Empress Wu, and the emperor and Empress Wu sent someone to communicate, and then signed a marriage contract.

This is the right way.

But Li Dan, he married the Zheng family, whether it was after Li Xian married the Zheng family's daughter or not, but he didn't play it at all, and he was like this until now, which made the Empress Wu feel extremely offended.

Not to mention the prince, it is the ordinary people who marry each other, they have three books and six ceremonies and countless steps, and they pay attention to one face, but Li Dan has now torn off this face.

Face, whose face is the face of the royal family, is also the face of the Empress Wu.

"Pass the decree, let the prince and Zheng ......" Wu Hou stopped in the middle of his words, and said: "Tell the prince that the marriage on the 19th will be bigger." ”

"Whoa!" Fan Yunxian stood up from the side and bowed to the leader.

"Wang Qing." Empress Wu calmed down and said in a deep voice: "The marriage between King Xiang and the Zheng family is not recognized by the palace, so let the Zheng family's Qiniang go seriously ill." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Yinke immediately surrendered his hand, his expression awe-inspiring.

The marriage between King Xiang and the Zheng family cannot be recognized or denied by the royal family.

admitted, this kind of thing will emerge in an endless stream in the future, and if you deny it, although the family in the world despises the Zheng family, it also despises the royal family.

Now the best way is to wait for Zheng's Qi Niang to die quietly.

If the person is gone, it doesn't matter if the previous marriage contract is true or not.

Empress Wu raised her head and said angrily: "Also, where is Yuanqing now, let him come to see the palace, the palace gave him one night, but he didn't do anything." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Yinke immediately surrendered his hand, and then turned to leave.

Empress Wu turned sideways and looked at Fan Yunxian.

Fan Yunxian gave up his hand and quietly retreated.

……

"Wan'er." Empress Wu turned to look at the left, Shangguan Wan'er, who was dressed in a cyan skirt and had a beautiful face, walked out solemnly, and said, "Queen of Heaven!" ”

"Why do you think Shiro suddenly can't bear it this time?" Empress Wu's face was full of puzzlement.

Shangguan Wan'er bowed her head and said cautiously: "Wan'er doesn't know." ”

"If you say it, you say it." Empress Wu waved her hand and said: "This palace just thinks that there is something not quite right here, originally they fought for the book of the Ministry of Rites, which was the meaning of His Majesty and this palace, but now, it seems to be a little out of control, and this palace doesn't want to see their brothers really fight." ”

"Maybe someone instigated it." Shangguan Wan'er looked at Empress Wu cautiously.

"Who?" Empress Wu did not hesitate and asked directly.

"The queen of heaven once said that whoever benefits the most from a thing may be the person behind the scenes." Shangguan Wan'er pondered the sentence, thought carefully and said, "If you look at the current situation, it is the East Palace that benefits the most. ”

"Under the anger of the East Palace, it is true that the ministers can see the majesty of the East Palace, but this is not enough." Empress Wu shook her head and said: "The biggest gain of the East Palace this time is that San Lang spends all his time serving His Majesty except for the morning and dusk provinces and going to the political hall every day. ”

"Then it's Pei Xiang." Shangguan Wan'er paused slightly, and said cautiously: "There is news from the East Palace, although the prince guards the government hall, he gradually liberalizes government affairs, as for the future, King Peng suggested that Pei Xiang be wooed, and Xue Xiang suggested that Zhao Guogong and Pengcheng County Duke be recalled,"

"Huh?" Empress Wu frowned tightly, then looked soothed, shook his head and said: "Zuo Xiang will not fail to see Xue Xiang's opposition, as for King Peng to win over Pei Xiang, what he always needs to pay, I will inquire later." ”

"Whoa!" Shangguan Wan'er bowed slightly.

Empress Wu leaned back and said softly: "If in the end, the East Palace supports Pei Xiang, then everything yesterday is that Pei Xiang is making a ghost behind his back, and there is also the Xiangwang Mansion, there should be a collusion between them, otherwise yesterday, Pei Xiang would not have supported Doulu Qinwang at the beginning." ”

Shangguan Wan'er bowed slightly and nodded yes.

From this point of view, Pei Yan has indeed benefited the most, and he has enough ability to control all this.

Empress Wu waved her hand and said, "Take a look first, this palace always feels that everything has not been completely settled, and even everything has just begun." ”

"Whoa!" Shangguan Wan'er bowed heavily.

A slight footstep sounded outside the hall, and Wang Yinke stood in front of the palace door and said softly: "Queen of Heaven, the Yuanshe people have arrived." ”

"Here we are." Empress Wu took a deep breath, raised her head, looked in the direction of the palace gate and said, "When you arrive, let him kneel before going to the main hall, this palace doesn't want to see him today." ”

Wang Yinke was slightly stunned, and then abruptly arched his hand and said, "Huh! ”

Empress Wu knocked lightly on the table, and there were already many impeachment notes of Yuan Wanqing today.

It's been a long time since she's seen the impeachment of the North Gate Bachelor, but this time, it's Yuan Wanqing, and the other North Gate Bachelors are just affected.

"Is it really Pei Yan?" Empress Wu's eyes narrowed slightly.

……

Chengxi, Zheng Manor.

Mrs. Cui sat in the middle hall with a cold gaze at the housekeeper on the side: "No, tell them that the old body is deeply cold, and they can't get up, let them come back in the future." ”

"Whoa!" The butler immediately bowed his hand, and then turned to leave.

Since yesterday afternoon, there have been waves of people visiting Zheng's manor, and Cui's received some people at first, but then noticed that these people were always watching the backyard intentionally or unintentionally, so Cui's immediately pretended to be sick, sent everyone away, and then saw no guests.

But even so, there are still many people who come to see her in the name of visiting the sick, and Cui's doesn't know her heart, so he doesn't want to see anyone.

Turning sideways, an unsigned letter was placed in front of Cui's and had been opened and read.

At this time, Cui Shi couldn't help but open it again, and saw two words written on the letter.

Just two words: "Patience." ”

Cui's breathing couldn't help but become heavy, she turned to look to the side and asked, "How is the situation on King Xiang's side, is there any news?" ”

Zheng Xuan'an walked out from the back and arched his hand: "The Yuanshe people have sent a message to ask my mother to destroy the letter, the most important thing at the moment is not to let the letter fall into the hands of the prince, otherwise the king will be in danger, and my Zheng family will not be at peace." ”

"Ruined the letter, and then let them push everything onto my Zheng family."

Cui Shi sneered, what kind of calculation Yuan Wanqing, how could she not see it.

"When I went back, I said that the old body didn't expect to see King Xiang, but I just hoped that King Xiang would understand that everything is far from the end now, and you still need to be patient." As soon as the words fell, Cui Shi herself was stunned first, her eyes fell on the letter, and for a while she couldn't help laughing at herself.

"Yes!" Zheng Xuanan immediately gave up, but he didn't leave immediately.

Cui Shi reacted and asked, "What else is going on?" ”

"The person who went to find Pei Xiang came back, but Pei Xiang refused to see me and wait." Zheng Xuan'an gave up his hand helplessly.

Pei Yan is the prime minister, and he is also a wealthy family of the Wenxi Pei family, these people, if the other party doesn't want to see them, they don't even have the qualifications to enter the door.

"Damn bastards." Cui Shi couldn't help but slam his crutches heavily, gritted his teeth and said: "Don't think that he secretly calculates this time and others can't see it, and provokes the old body to shake out all his things." ”

Zheng Xuanan looked at Cui Shi carefully: "Mother, is it really Pei Xiang, Liu Xiang, and Peng Wang are not simple characters, maybe they are calculating." ”

Cui Shi shook his head and sighed: "Zuo Xiang obviously doesn't want to care too much, King Peng originally trusted San Lang very much, they didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at all, they were all caught off guard, and King Peng is the general of the right guard, these things are too sensitive, he can't do it, there are too many people staring at him." ”

Zheng Xuanan suddenly remembered something, stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "Mother, King Peng will not suddenly be ordered......"

Cui Shi raised his head suddenly, stared at Zheng Xuan'an deeply, and then lowered his head and said, "My Zheng family hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, how can Your Majesty target it." ”

"Yes!" Zheng Xuanan hurriedly stepped back and gave up his hand.

Cui Shi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go to find Pei Xiang a few more times, he won't help, and we will also pull him into the water." ”

"Whoa!" Zheng Xuanan gave up his hand, then turned to leave.

Cui Shi raised her head, her face was heavy, and suddenly, she got up and walked towards the backyard.

Followed by a group of servants, Cui Shi returned to the backyard, and as soon as he entered the bedroom, Cui Shi's footsteps stopped.

Everything in the bedroom does not seem to be unusual, everything is peaceful, but if you look closely, you can see that there are some places where there are some slight signs of being turned.

Cui's face sank, but then she took a deep breath and turned to walk outside.

The housekeeper greeted him at this time: "Mrs. Tai." ”

Cui Shi nodded, waved the others away, looked at the butler and asked, "Old man remembers that you once reported that Peng Wangfu had purchased a large number of offerings?" ”

"Yes, but that was at the beginning of the month." The housekeeper frowned, looked at Cui's and said, "Later, because of the matter of King Xiang, the people who were staring at King Peng's mansion were taken back, and they didn't have time to find out where the palace went to worship." ”

"Let's check now, the old body wants to see King Peng, maybe now, only by reconciling with the East Palace is the only way out for the Zheng family." After Cui finished speaking, he looked at the west courtyard, which was Zheng Qiniang's small courtyard.

Cui's breathing couldn't help but become heavy, squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "King Xiang, I'm afraid I won't admit it." ”

(End of chapter)