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In the spacious study, Princess Taiping slowly drank tea, listening to Xia Zhong relay Zhang Changzong's conditions, although Xia Zhong also had selfish intentions, greedy for bribes, and leaked Erzhang's secret, but he was the only trustworthy person in Erzhang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General Zhang's condition is that once Her Royal Highness the princess ascends the throne, he must be crowned the king of Shu and Bashu must be assigned to him as a fief, and Her Royal Highness the princess must promise that the Tang Dynasty will not be allowed to send troops into Bashu for generations. ”

Princess Taiping sneered secretly, how naïve Er Zhang was politically, he actually wanted to make this kind of promise by himself, couldn't they have imagined that if he was on the throne, he would definitely kill them to thank the world?

Princess Taiping raised her eyelids and said lightly: "Chief Manager Xia, please tell General Zhang, I can't guarantee the generations of the Tang Dynasty, because I can't guarantee it, I can only guarantee that I and my descendants will not enter Bashu, as for him wanting to be the king of Shu, I can completely agree, and even I promised to give him all the taxes of Bashu, as long as he can guarantee that I will be on the throne, I Li Lingyue will never break my word." ”

After speaking, she plucked a hosta from her head, 'click!' folded it into two pieces, and handed the hosta to Xia Zhong, "This is my promise, you give him the hairpin for me." ”

Xia Zhong was overjoyed, with the princess so sincere, I believe that General Zhang will do his best to help the princess ascend to the throne.

Princess Taiping smiled happily, took two boxes from the table, one large and one small, and handed them to Xia Zhong together, "In the big box are four night pearls, which are all my treasures and are priceless, I gave them to General Zhang, which is also a manifestation of my specific sincerity, and the small box is a diamond, even if it is a little bit of heart I give to Manager Xia, please accept it!"

When Xia Zhong heard that it was a diamond, his legs trembled with excitement, and he hurriedly bowed down, "Thank you princess! Thank you princess!"

"Go, do some good things for me, and when I ascend the throne in the future, I will crown you as the Duke of Xia and reward you for your meritorious service. ”

Xia Zhong was so excited that he almost fainted, and while dreaming, he hurried back to the palace, but Princess Taiping sneered, even if they were given ten night pearls, they would still return to themselves sooner or later.

She took a few steps around the room with her hands in her hands, and then ordered, "Get me Wei Bo!"

Not long after, several guards escorted the obese Wei Bo in, according to Princess Wei's plan, Wei Bo should now be on the way to Chang'an to kidnap Yao Chong's son, but now he has been taken to Princess Taiping's Mansion, he is extremely frightened, knelt down and kowtowed, "Please Your Royal Highness the Princess spare my life." ”

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, listen to me, the person who does things for me, I will only reward him twice, and I will never kill him." ”

"The villain is willing to serve the princess! ”

"Good!"

Princess Taiping took a sip of tea and said: "Before I get down to business, I have something to tell you, Li Chongjun I have killed you for you and fulfilled your wish, I am a matter of words, I hope you don't break your word." ”

Wei Bo was overjoyed, Li Chongjun was concerned that his lie would not be exposed, and if he killed Li Chongjun, then Princess Taiping would not be able to verify whether Wu Youning was assassinated by Li Chongjun, he was worried all night last night, just because he was afraid that this lie would be exposed.

Maybe it's called being smart and always being smart, Princess Taiping is too shrewd, she thinks that Wei Bo doesn't dare to deceive her, so she is convinced that Wu Youning was killed by Princess Wei, her heart is full of Princess Wei's hatred, and now she is going to step on Princess Wei to take the throne.

"Now tell me, how many private troops did Princess Wei raise, and where did they hide it?"

Wei Bo was so frightened that he said after a while: "Our report to the princess is eight thousand troops, but in fact there are only about two thousand, and the rest are false numbers. ”

Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to realize that she was simply amazed, she had never seen such a black-hearted person, and the army of 6,000 people was fed! Their brothers did not know how much money they had embezzled, and in the past few years, there had been at least hundreds of thousands of yuan.

But Princess Taiping was also anxious, there was no evidence, how could she bring down Princess Wei, she grabbed Wei Bo's neck and asked, "Where are the other two thousand?"

"In. In the manor of Xingyang. ”

"Okay! I want you to kill your relatives in righteousness and report to the court that your aunt has an attempt to rebel. ”

Wei Bo shuddered, "That." So what should I do?"

"I'll save your life, you say, are you going to do it or not?"

Princess Taiping made a look, and several henchmen and guards stepped forward to grab Wei Bo, and he shouted like a pig in fright, "I'll do it!"

Princess Taiping's eyes narrowed, and she said to herself, "Slut, your end has come." ”

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The next day, the government and the opposition broke out another shocking thing, Princess Wei's nephew Wei Bo publicly exposed that his aunt was training a private army in Xingyang, and there was an attempt to rebel, Wu Zetian was furious, and immediately ordered Li Zhen, the general of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, to lead 5,000 cavalry to Xingyang to arrest Wei's private army.

In the palace, Princess Taiping said to her mother: "The daughter found this secret purely by chance, because the daughter has been tracking down the murderer of Wu Youning, and finally found Wei Bo, the nephew of Wei from a sword, and finally admitted that it was Wei Shi who sent Wei Bo to assassinate Wu Youning in Michi in order to prevent Wu Youning from becoming the prince, and intended to frame it on his daughter, Wei Bo has fully admitted that his daughter has also found other witnesses and evidence. ”

Princess Taiping is very careful, she tries her best to avoid affecting her brother Li Xian and nephew Li Chongjun, she knows very well in her heart that her brother is already dead and has no heart to compete for the throne, so she does not need to implicate her brother, so as not to form unnecessary hatred with the Qing faction of the imperial court, which will affect the support of the orthodox party for her in the future.

And as long as Princess Wei is severely punished, his brother will be more or less implicated, and he has no hope of competing for the throne.

Wu Zetian closed his eyes and didn't say anything, at this time, Zhang Changzong next to him said: "The princess is maintaining Your Majesty's prestige, and she is also maintaining the society of the Tang Dynasty, the minister heard that King Luling is addicted to Buddha dust and has not asked about the world for many years, this must be that Wei wants to use King Luling to usurp power in order to realize her ambition to usurp the throne in the future, Wei must be severely punished, and Wei Anshi is also related." ”

Wu Zetian nodded, "Spread my will, give Wei's Bai Aya a section, all his Wei's sons and nephews will be killed, Wei Anshi will depose the prime minister, and send the Lingnan Chong army, and his phase will be succeeded by Gao Jian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Princess Taiping was overjoyed, this was the result she wanted, although she didn't pass on the throne to her immediately, but let Gao Jian be the prime minister, and with Zhang Changzong's support, she was one step closer to the throne.

At this time, Wu Zetian said to her again: "I know that you protect your brother's heart, but his wife is rebellious, how can he be without fault, and then pass on my will, and remove the father and son of Li Xian, the king of Luling, as commoners, and not allow him to leave the palace for life." ”

"Mother Shengming!"

When the news spread, countless people lamented that Webster's power would eventually be retributed, but the king of Luling, He Gu, was robbed of his title as a citizen, and he no longer had any hope of ascending the throne as emperor.

In the afternoon of the same day, Princess Wei Lian cried a lot and hanged herself with white silk, ending her dream of imperial power for more than ten years.

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Xingyang is not far from Luoyang, Li Zhen led 5,000 cavalry to Xingyang, wiped out the 2,000 private troops in Wei's manor, and killed Wei Song, the commander of the private army, on the spot.

At this time, the situation in Luoyang was chaotic, no one could have imagined that Princess Taiping would take the lead and overthrow Princess Wei of Luling, completely extinguishing the hope of King Luling competing for the throne, not only that, but her lover Gao Jian entered the phase and replaced Wei Anshi, because Princess Taiping had colluded with Zhang Changzong, only Zhang Cambodia and Yao Chong were left in the Qing faction of the political hall, and the demon wind was pervasive in the court, and the situation was critical.

Li Zhen was extremely worried about his wife and children, he was not in Luoyang, and the Zhang brothers would take the opportunity to lead the guards to capture his wife and children, so Li Zhen did not stop and led his cavalry to rush back to Luoyang at a gallop.

Fortunately, everything in his mansion was normal, and there was no impact, Li Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to the steps.

As soon as Li Zhen walked into the mansion gate, Wang rushed over in a whisper, and whispered to her husband with a panicked face: "Husband, Princess Taiping is here, in the inner hall." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, how could Princess Taiping know that she was coming back at this time?

He didn't have time to think about it, he walked quickly to the inner hall, and after walking a few steps, he asked Wang Qingyu again, "Did Li Chongjun send it away?"

Wang nodded softly, "Li Pan came over in the afternoon and sent him to Baique Villa." ”

Li Zhen put down a stone in his heart, although Li Chongjun was only deposed as a citizen, but he lived in his own mansion, which would allow the Zhang family to find an excuse to kill him, at this delicate juncture, he must be cautious step by step.

Li Zhen came to the inner hall, and saw his wife Di Yan talking with Princess Taiping, Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and saluted: "See Her Royal Highness the princess!"

Princess Taiping smiled slightly, "I calculated correctly, General Li will definitely rush back in a hurry." ”

"It's been a long time for Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Li Zhen gave his wife a look, Di Yan understood, saluted Princess Taiping, and retreated, Li Zhen sat down and said with a smile: "I was in a hurry to return to Your Majesty, so I hurried back." ”

Princess Taiping smiled faintly, "Ming people don't say secret words, you and I are both people who know well, why should General Li make excuses? In fact, it is a wise move for you to rush back, because I came directly from the palace, and the Zhang brothers desperately lobbied His Majesty to send troops to arrest your family, and then arrest you, on the grounds that you secretly supported Princess Wei, I persuaded the Shengshang, and the Shengshang decided to give you a chance to explain." ”

Li Zhen got up again and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Princess, for your great kindness, Li Zhen will remember it in my heart." ”

Princess Taiping took a deep look at him, and said: "Back then, I recommended you to Chang'an, and I recommended you to be the general of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, although you are not my person, but I have always refused to give up on you." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, "I understand." ”

"Now you must be clear about the current situation, although my fourth brother has the heart to compete for the position, but he has no strength to compete for the position, although the third brother has many people to support him, but he has no heart to compete for the position, plus there is that ambitious wife, this is God does not want to set him up. ”

Speaking of this, Princess Taiping looked at Li Zhen eagerly and said: "Now I am the only one who can maintain the society of the Li Tang royal family and have the ability to compete with the Wu clan, I am duty-bound, I hope the general can support me." ”r1148

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