In Princess Taiping's mansion, Zhang Changzong, who was wearing a golden crown and a bright robe, swaggered past Gao Jian, bringing a strong fragrance.

He put a thin layer of Hu powder on his face, painted bright red on his lips, and painted his long eyebrows extremely finely, which made him even more white and red, and he was dashing.

He glanced at Gao Jian with the corner of his eye, snorted coldly, didn't say hello, and raised his head high.

Gao Jian watched him walk away with a gloomy face, since Princess Taiping began to favor Zhang Changzong, she left him behind, and fooled around with this bewitching man day and night.

Although Gao Jian comforted himself, this was a relief for him, but thinking of Princess Taiping's indifference to him, he couldn't help but feel jealous.

He snorted heavily at Zhang Changzong's back, and walked quickly towards Princess Taiping's study.

When I walked to the study, I heard Princess Taiping's angry voice from the room, "Do you think it's my responsibility? Obviously, you listened to that bastard's words and sent everyone to the White Horse Temple, but you got nothing, you are incompetent and useless, get out of here!"

Immediately afterwards, Wan Guojun withdrew from the room with a look of annoyance, and scolded in a low voice, Gao Jian hurriedly pulled him aside and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Wan Guojun said angrily: "The princess believed Cui Shaoying's information and sent me to the White Horse Temple to spy on Li Zhen, but Li Zhen didn't go to the White Horse Temple at all, and yesterday he appeared in the palace again, and the princess was angry, so she said it was my responsibility." ”

Gao Jian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "When a subordinate must have the consciousness of carrying the black pot for his boss at any time, you are unwilling to take responsibility, do you want the princess to be responsible?"

That being said, she didn't listen to me at all. ”

"If you want to explain anything, you might as well sue me, and I'll do it for you. ”

Wan Guojun also knew that Gao Jian was Princess Taiping's military advisor, and Princess Taiping would listen to him a lot of times, Wan Guojun thought about it and said to him: "Cui Shaoying's information may not be wrong, he said that Li Zhen sent more than 20 people to dress up as monks and enter the White Horse Temple, which does not conflict with his own appearance in the palace, I think the princess has been a little impatient recently, and she was led by Shangguan Wan'er." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Princess Taiping shouting in the room: "Why hasn't Gao Jian come yet, go and urge him!"

Wan Guojun and Gao Jian glanced at each other, the two shook their heads in unison, and Gao Jian turned around and walked towards the study.

In the room, Princess Taiping was walking back and forth with her hands behind her back, her heart was restless, and although her mother hinted that she could do something about Xue Huaiyi, she had suffered repeated setbacks these days.

First, Zhou Ju impeached Xue Huaiyi for being unsubmissive and not accepted by his mother, and then yesterday, Xue Huaiyi was drunk and crazy in the palace and was beaten and driven out of the palace.

What made Princess Taiping unacceptable was that Shangguan Wan'er and Li Zhen also appeared there strangely, and in the end, it was Li Zhen who subdued Xue Huaiyi, and Princess Taiping thought it was not a coincidence.

But even if it was a coincidence, it was so coincidental that it made her heart feel abnormal, she was like a fly without a head, she couldn't find a target, and she couldn't do anything about Xue Huaiyi at all.

Of course, she doesn't think it's her own responsibility, and puts all the blame on the incompetence of her subordinates, Zhou Ju and Wan Guojun are both incompetent.

At this time, Gao Jian walked into the room silently, stood there and stared at Princess Taiping, as if waiting for her to calm down, Princess Taiping turned around and said angrily: "What are you doing standing there like a ghost?"

"If you're going to quarrel with me, then I'm not going to accompany you. ”

"You-"

Princess Taiping glared at him fiercely, so she had to sit down and ask angrily, "What have you been doing lately?"

"I'm studying hard to prepare for the imperial examination at the end of the month. Gao Jian said calmly.

Princess Taiping remembered the madness with Zhang Changzong in the past few days, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty about Gao Jian in her heart, and her tone softened again, "I've been very unhappy recently, I'm in a bad mood, I want to ask you to help me." ”

Gao Jian saw that she had finally calmed down, so he said slowly: "Actually, His Highness's direction is not wrong, the White Horse Temple is the foundation of Xue Huaiyi, if he wants to do anything unsubordinate, he can't do without the White Horse Temple, the decision to monitor the White Horse Temple is completely correct, in addition, I think His Highness doesn't know much about the heart of the saint." ”

"I don't understand my mother's heart?" Princess Taiping frowned, it was ridiculous for an outsider to say that she didn't understand her mother's heart.

"Your Royal Highness, the Holy Lord hates Xue Huaiyi's nonsense very much, and can no longer tolerate him, but have you thought about it, Xue Huaiyi is just a male concubine, he has no power in the court at all, and there are few people in the army to support him, it is easy for the Holy Lord to get rid of him, a few guards can do it, there is no need to make a big move, if she really wanted to get rid of Xue Huaiyi, she could have done it a long time ago, why didn't she take action for a long time?"

Princess Taiping fell into contemplation, she remembered that yesterday Xue Huaiyi made trouble after drinking and killed people in the palace with a sword, just by virtue of this, Xue Huaiyi died innocently, but his mother still did not kill him, but just beat him hard and drove him out of the palace, which is enough to show that his mother did not have the intention to kill him.

"You mean Mother hasn't made up her mind yet?"

Gao Jian nodded, "Your Royal Highness the princess, might as well inquire about how Shangguan Wan'er persuaded the saint?"

There is no need to inquire, Princess Taiping knows very well that the woman actually interceded for Xue Huaiyi, saying that he was crazy with alcohol, which was excusable, of course, this is just an attitude, but it also shows that the woman caught her mother's ambivalence.

Princess Taiping finally sighed, she had to admit that Gao Jian was right, she didn't understand her mother's heart, so she made the mistake of letting Zhou Ju impeach Xue Huaiyi.

"Then what do you think I should do?" Princess Taiping confessed her mistake and asked Gao Jian for advice.

"Your Highness needs to calm down first, don't be in a hurry to think about how to defeat Shangguan Wan'er, you should focus on the long term, Shangguan Wan'er has been planning for a long time in order to bring down Xue Huaiyi, it can be seen from Shen Nanmu's matter, I advise the princess to retreat and form a network instead of competing with Shangguan Wan'er in the matter of Xue Huaiyi, and prepare for the next battlefield as early as possible." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Princess Taiping asked, staring at him with blazing eyes.

Gao Jian laughed meaningfully, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, who does Her Royal Highness think I'm talking about?"

Princess Taiping nodded slowly, she knew who Gao Jian was talking about

As the saying goes, 'three holes of cunning rabbits', although Xue Huaiyi is not a cunning rabbit, but he at least has the instinct of self-preservation, in addition to the White Horse Temple and Yaoguang Temple, there is also a mansion covering an area of more than 100 acres in Luoyang Guande Fang, there are countless servants, and the family wealth is incalculable.

Xue Huaiyi was beaten with dozens of sticks, lost seven of his ten lives, and was carried back to the mansion in Guandefang by his monks with a dying breath, and several doctors treated him overnight, and his injuries gradually stabilized.

This violent beating also interrupted Xue Huaiyi's last hope for Wu Zetian, he remembered that when Li Zhen threw himself down, the saint didn't stop it, if it was before, she would never tolerate anyone being rude to her, but yesterday she looked coldly at Li Zhen's merciless humiliation of herself.

Xue Huaiyi gritted his teeth with hatred, since the old beggar was unkind, then don't blame him Xue Huaiyi for being unjust.

Xue Huaiyi was lying on the sickbed thinking nonsense, and at this time, a maid reported at the door: "Chief Administrator, Master Jingguang asks to see!"

Master Jingguang is Hanoi Lao Nun, she claims to be Jingguang Rulai, can predict the future, and together with Wei Shifang became Xue Huaiyi's right-hand man, Xue Huaiyi is interested in Wei Shifang's ability to collect money, and he likes Hanoi Lao Ni because she has tens of thousands of believers.

Xue Huaiyi looks like a wolf now, he doesn't want to see guests, but he also wants to send someone to find Hanoi Lao Ni, she came just in time, Xue Huaiyi instructed the maid: "Pull a curtain for me and invite her in!"

Not long after, Hanoi Lao Ni walked into the ward, Xue Huaiyi had already drawn a curtain, so that she could not see Xue Huaiyi's injury, she clasped her palms together and saluted: "Amitabha, see the general!"

"I'm not a general now, sit down!" Xue Huaiyi said a little impatiently.

Hanoi Lao Ni sat down cross-legged, and she said with anxiety on her face: "General, the festival is not very satisfactory! I have only received less than a thousand yuan in donations. ”

"Didn't you say that Dali Temple came to investigate some cases that affected the Fa meeting?"

"Dali Temple came to investigate the case, in fact, it did not affect the festival, we entertained very well, and they were not too embarrassed, mainly because the believers refused to donate money. ”

Xue Huaiyi understood what she meant, she just came to ask for money, and he was a little unhappy: "The money in the dungeon is enough for you to support for a while, use that first!"

"That's not a lot of money, it's only for a month at most. ”

"One month is enough!"

Xue Huaiyi didn't want to talk about these trivial matters anymore, so he asked in an accentuated tone, "How many believers can you mobilize now?"

"About 10,000 people!"

"There are only more than 10,000 people, didn't you say that there are 40,000 or 50,000 believers?" Xue Huaiyi asked angrily.

"The main reason is that it has dragged on for too long, and it has come to the New Year, and many believers have gone home for the New Year, so-"

Hanoi Lao Ni explained humbly, but in fact, she falsely reported the number of believers in order to defraud Xue Huaiyi's money, where did she have so many believers to follow, in fact, there are not even more than 10,000 people now, only two or three thousand people live near Luoyang, she doesn't dare to tell the truth at all.

Fortunately, there was a year that allowed her to find an excuse, but despite this, she was still extremely weak-hearted, lest Xue Huaiyi see through her deception.

"Just over 10,000 people!"

Xue Huaiyi muttered to himself, and after a while he said to the old nun in Hanoi: "Time is running out, you go and gather the believers today and wait for my order." ”

Hanoi Lao Ni was thinking quickly in her heart, how to take the money in the underground palace away, and she asked cautiously: "When does the general plan to act?"

"What's the hurry! I'm so badly injured, what can I do?"

Xue Huaiyi reprimanded her impatiently, and then felt a little out of shape, now that she was still employing people, she couldn't turn her face with her, so Xue Huaiyi comforted her again: "Don't worry! When the big thing is done, I won't treat you badly, so that you and your disciples can enjoy all the glory and wealth." ”

Hanoi Lao Ni hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said excitedly: "Thank you for the general's care, I will come out tonight!"

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