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After a while, Xia Zhong was brought into the study, and he bowed and saluted: "Old slave see His Royal Highness King Liang!"

"Is there anything wrong with Manager Xia so late?" Wu Sansi took a sip of tea and asked without panic. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I am here on the orders of the two generals Zhang to convey their greetings to His Royal Highness, and the two generals are willing to support His Royal Highness King Liang as the crown prince. ”

This news really surprised Wu Sansi, just half an hour ago, in order to force the Zhang brothers to agree to his conditions, he also sent someone to assassinate Li Zhen, but he didn't expect that the Zhang brothers actually agreed immediately, there must be nothing to do with the two.

At this time, Cao Wen said to Wu Sansi: "I just won the phase, and I am in a hurry to form an alliance, I am too eager, there must be something strange in this." ”

Wu Sansi nodded, he thought so too, he thought about it, and immediately ordered left and right: "Take a thousand taels of gold!"

A short time later, several guards walked into the study with two plates of gold, and the yellow gold glittered in the light, giving off an alluring light.

Wu Sansi smiled at Xia Zhong and said: "These gold ingots are one hundred taels and one ingots, there are ten ingots in total, if Manager Xia tells me what happened in the palace tonight, this thousand taels of gold will belong to Chief Xia." ”

Xia Zhong swallowed his saliva, the temptation of gold was too great, although the Zhang brothers repeatedly told him not to say it, he still couldn't resist the temptation of gold, he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The old slave heard the palace maid who knew that the saint and the Zhang brothers were too excited tonight, fainted, and after waking up, she agreed to whatever the Zhang brothers asked, and Zhang Shenwang came out like this." ”

Wu Sansi and Cao Wen looked at each other the same, with a look of horror in their eyes, if the dignified Son of Heaven reached this level, wouldn't Jiangshan Sheji change his surname to Zhang?

Cao Wen's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly asked, "Did the Zhang brothers use any special means tonight?"

Xia Zhong sighed, "The old slave can't talk nonsense, but it's really a little strange, the saint and the two generals Zhang are happy every night, and they won't be so out of shape, the old slave just heard that General Zhang and a Hu monk have a close relationship, what happened, the old slave really doesn't know anything." ”

"All right, I'll give you the gold. ”

Xia Zhong thanked him for his kindness, and Wu Sansi saw that Cao Wen was thoughtful, so he said, "Have you found anything?"

Cao Wen nodded, "The little son-in-law only thinks it's a little strange, if the saint is really obedient to Erzhang, then why should Erzhang give in to his father-in-law, they can sell at the price." ”

One sentence reminded Wu Sansi, yes! This is the truth, so how could something unreasonable happen, he looked at Cao Wen puzzled.

Cao Wen's eyes flickered, and he said slowly: "The little son-in-law is a little suspicious, Er Zhang must have hidden something more important, maybe they know that the Holy Lord's order has not long been." ”

Wu Sansi's eyes widened and froze

Early the next morning, Wu Zetian canceled the court meeting on the grounds of feeling ill, but the palace soon issued an edict, and sealed Taiyuan Mansion Yin Zhang Shenwang as the subordinate servant, and the same Zhongshu Men Ping Zhangshi, among the phases, after Di Renjie died, the seventh phase that had been fought for more than half a month finally came out, and the Zhang brothers won.

This is the result that the civil and military officials are most unwilling to see, the Qing faction of the imperial court has become a minority, and the two powerful forces of Zhang and Wu occupy the upper hand of the political hall, plus the control of the crane mansion itself has controlled part of the power, which means that the imperial court has completely fallen.

Nearly 100 important ministers ran to the Zhenguan Hall and knelt down, demanding that the Holy Lord change the edict and cancel the decision to make Zhang Shenwang the prime minister.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Shenwang is not qualified, his ability is low, and the people's grievances are boiling, if he is the prime minister, it is the misfortune of the Tang Dynasty, and he will ruin His Majesty's name, please think twice!"

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Hundreds of important ministers shouted together, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and Zhang Cambodia's forehead even knocked out blood, and he was very emotional.

On the Ming Hall, Shangguan Wan'er stood in front of the window and looked coldly at the hundred officials who were petitioning in front of the steps, her eyes were full of contempt, and now she knew that she regretted it, and only then did she know that the problem was serious, what did she do before, and gave the Zhang brothers too many opportunities.

Now that the Holy Edict has been issued, how can it be possible to take back the fate, and how can the Zhang brothers give up the fruits of victory?

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, turned around and returned to her seat, her eyes stared at the ground in a daze, and her heart was also sad and incomprehensible, seeing that Erzhang's control over the saint was getting deeper and deeper, and her power was getting bigger and bigger, and even her interests had been violated, and she could no longer see many important military affairs and was intercepted by Erzhang.

The appointment of magistrates proposed by the Ministry of Officials was also completely tampered with by Erzhang, and he did not come to himself, and the Holy Lord directly approved it, which shows that even the Holy Lord acquiesced to their infringement of his power.

If this continues, I'm afraid something big will happen.

At this time, the maid reported outside the door, "Qi Qi Sheren, General Li asks to see you!"

Shangguan Wan'er didn't expect Li Zhen to come to her at this time, so she quickly pulled back her thoughts, straightened her hair and said, "Please let him in." ”

After a while, Li Zhen walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Shangguan Sheren!"

"You're welcome, please be seated!"

Li Zhen sat down, and at this time, there was a faint shout of the minister outside, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and said, "Did you hear that?"

"They also invited me to participate in the dissuasion operation, but I did not agree. ”

"You are right not to agree, it doesn't make any sense at all, it's not something that the Holy One can decide. ”

"They've gotten so arrogant?"

Shangguan Wan'er sneered, "No matter how shrewd and strong the saint is, she is a woman after all, and she is an old woman, the old woman has an obvious weakness, and Erzhang firmly controls this weakness, and sealing Zhang Shenwang as the prime minister is only their first step." ”

"Is the second step military power?" Li Zhen was very frank and hit the nail on the head.

"Yes, or rather, the second step is to kill you, kill you in the army, seize military power, and they will kill you with the Holy Edict, so that you can't resist. ”

Li Zhen bowed her head and was silent, Shangguan Wan'er also felt that she had spoken too much, and her tone softened, "You came to me, is there something wrong?"

"It's just a little thing. ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Someone came to assassinate me last night, but it was very weak and was easily killed by my men. ”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned, and she immediately said without hesitation: "This is an assassin sent by Wu Sansi, not to kill you, but to provoke a conflict between you and Er Zhang, and force Er Zhang to give in to him, that is, the position of the crown prince." ”

"I think so too, but do you think Sheren will form an alliance?

"It's not a question of whether to support or not, it's that Erzhang can only choose Wu Sansi, unless they want to establish themselves as emperors, I can tell you clearly that the reason why Erzhang was hesitant some time ago was because Princess Taiping found Zhang Changzong, hoping that he could support herself as the empress and take over the throne of the saint. ”

Shangguan Wan'er sighed slightly and said: "Now they have thought it through, they bet on both ends, Zhang Yizhi supports Wu Sansi, and Zhang Changzong supports Princess Taiping, as a condition, Princess Taiping supports Zhang Shenwang as the prime minister, she came to the saint yesterday and expressed her support for Zhang Shenwang." ”

Li Zhen really didn't expect things to be so complicated, he knew Princess Taiping's ambitions, but he didn't expect Princess Taiping to follow the path of Zhang Changzong, it seems that she has completely split from the Li brothers.

"So, the appointment of Zhang Shenwang as the prime minister is not entirely the result of the two Zhang's control of the saint?" Li Zhen hesitated and asked again.

"What do you say?"

Shangguan Wan'er said leisurely: "To a certain extent, Erzhang did control the saint, but the saint also had a time to regain his senses, maybe the saint agreed to their conditions passionately, but afterwards she will consider it, maybe regret it, maybe rebalance, in fact, you should think that if the saint is completely controlled by them, then there should have been guards to raid your home." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, it is true, Erzhang is thinking about killing himself all the time, if they really control Wu Zetian, then the edict to kill himself should have come out a long time ago.

Shangguan Wan'er said again: "Last night, the Holy Lord promised to appoint Zhang Shenwang as the prime minister, and this morning she must have balanced again, feeling that appointing Zhang Shenwang as the prime minister can retaliate against the Li royal family for killing Wu Youning, so the edict only came out this morning, not last night." ”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "There is another thing, last night Wei Bo wanted to kill Li Chongjun, but he was saved by me, and now Li Chongjun is recuperating in my house." ”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned, she suddenly gritted her teeth and said: "Damn slut, King Luling will be destroyed in her hands sooner or later." ”

At this moment, there was a sudden scream outside, Li Zhen hurriedly walked to the window, only to see hundreds of guards holding sticks to drive away and beat the hundreds of officials and ministers in front of the palace gate, many ministers' hats were knocked off, covered in blood, the ministers shouted angrily, but they were beaten even more, Zhang Cambodia and others were forcibly dragged out by the guards.

Zhang Cambodia was so excited that he shouted, "Heaven, open your eyes!"

"Did you see it, this is Erzhang's resolute refusal to give in, what the saint couldn't do before, but Erzhang dared to do it. ”

Shangguan Wan'er slowly walked to Li Zhen's side and said with a faint smile: "In front of the stick, these civil officials seem so weak. ”

Speaking of this, Shangguan Wan'er looked back at Li Zhen again, and said slowly: "No matter how arrogant Erzhang is, no matter how fierce the power struggle is, the final battle will be for military power, and only those who hold military power will have the last laugh." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, which he deeply understood.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er took out another note and handed it to Li Zhen, "Originally, I planned to send someone to give it to you, but since you are already here, then you can read it for yourself!"

Li Zhen opened the note and saw a name written on it, 'Hui Fan'

"Who is this?" asked Li Zhen.

"This is a Hu monk, I only know that he is hiding in a certain mansion of Zhang Yizhi, you must find and catch him, you must catch him alive, you will know a crucial answer from him. ”

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