In the Zhenguan Hall of the Taichu Palace, Wu Zetian sat in the side hall tiredly, bowing his head and pondering, dozens of eunuchs and palace maids next to him did not dare to say much, just now, the Ming Hall and Heaven collapsed, causing a panic in the main hall.

At this time, the silence in the hall was terrifying, and everyone did not dare to come out of the atmosphere, for fear of attracting death.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly walked up to the main hall and knelt down to salute, "Your Majesty, Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, caught Xue Huaiyi at the Houzai Gate, and is now waiting outside the hall!"

Wu Zetian sat up slowly, her eyes shot an extremely hateful gaze, so cold that it made her heart tremble, "Help me get up!"

The two palace maids hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Zetian, who should have been the first to step forward, but at this time she was so frightened that she couldn't stand up straight, sitting and lying behind the big pillar, many people thought that she was shocked by the collapse of the Ming Hall, but in fact, she was scared by Xue Huaiyi's arrest.

She didn't dare to see Xue Huaiyi at all, in case Xue Huaiyi begged her for help, or confessed to her, she would die without a place to die.

Seeing that the saint was slowly helped out of the main hall, she hurriedly stood up and secretly ran to the depths of the inner palace.

At this time, Xue Huaiyi was pressed by the guards to kneel under the steps of the main hall, his hands were tied behind his back, his head was downcast, and he bowed his head deeply, he didn't dare to look at Wu Zetian, he only asked Wu Zetian to spare his life for the sake of serving her for so many years.

Wu Zetian slowly walked to the front of the steps, and in the distance was the Ming Hall and Heaven that had completely collapsed, the open fire was still not extinguished, and the smoke was billowing out.

Mingtang is a symbol of her power, but she was burned down by this deranged bastard, and at this time there is no hatred in her heart, no anger, only an irrepressible murderous intent.

"You're so daring!"

Wu Zetian pointed at Xue Huaiyi, trembling with anger, "You dare to burn the Ming Hall, your death is not enough to atone!"

Xue Huaiyi climbed forward two steps with his knees, unable to speak, he could only kowtow desperately, Wu Zetian's heart was as hard as iron at this time, and the Mingtang was burned down and collapsed, not only did her property suffer huge losses, but also made her throne unstable, and she couldn't explain it to the ministers and officials at all.

Wu Zetian glanced at Xue Huaiyi in disgust, waved his hand, and said to Li Zhenling: "Take him to Mingtang and send him back to the West!"

Xue Huaiyi's face was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and the two internal security soldiers grabbed him by the neck and dragged him in the direction of Mingtang, Xue Huaiyi was so frightened that his whole body was paralyzed, and tears and snot flowed down together.

Wu Zetian showed no mercy, turned around and walked towards his imperial study, killing Xue Huaiyi, which could be regarded as an explanation to the courtiers.

In front of the Ming Hall, Li Zhen looked coldly at Xue Huaiyi, who was paralyzed, and the ten internal guard soldiers next to him were already standing with sticks, waiting for Li Zhen's order.

Li Zhen stepped forward, bowed his head and said coldly to Xue Huaiyi: "Be a man with a three-point heart, if you hadn't ambushed me outside the city a few days ago, maybe I would have let you escape with your life, but it's too late now, you have to pay for your stupidity." ”

Without waiting for Xue Huaiyi to plead again, Li Zhen stood up and gave an order: "Let's do it!"

Ten internal guard soldiers stepped forward and threw down their sticks, and in a wail, they beat Xue Huaiyi to death in front of the ruins of Mingtang.

The next day, Wu Zetianxia issued an edict to cover up the cause of the Mingtang fire, pointing out that it was because the craftsman was careless and the fire burned down the Mingtang, as for Xue Huaiyi's death, Wu Zetian did not mention it in the edict.

But everyone knows that the Ming Hall was burned down by Xue Huaiyi, and the news that Xue Huaiyi was killed by the cane still spread, spreading all over the city, and the courtiers took care of the face of Emperor Zetian, and no one dared to mention Xue Huaiyi in the song.

Despite this, Wu Zetian did not forget to deal with Xue Huaiyi's follow-up incidents, and she ordered that all the warrior monks of the White Horse Temple and the nuns of the Lintoe Temple be assigned to Lingnan, and the mountains of money and treasures in the White Horse Temple were all confiscated as officials as funds for the reconstruction of the Ming Hall

At noon that day, in an elegant room of the Egret Restaurant, Shangguan Wan'er sat and drank with Li Zhen with a spring breeze on her face, eradicating her old enemy Xue Huaiyi, Shangguan Wan'er was in a very good mood, and she was also full of gratitude to Li Zhen.

Because of Li Zhen's arrival, in just a few months, Wei Tuan'er disappeared, and now Xue Huaiyi was also killed with a cane, she no longer had an enemy in the palace, and even her laughter revealed heartfelt joy.

Shangguan Wan'er stretched out her slender jade hand and poured Li Zhen a full glass of wine, pursed her lips and smiled: "Do you know? ”

"Why?" asked Li Zhen with a smile as he picked up his wine glass.

"Because I am grateful to God for fulfilling my wish, and thank God for sending you to me. ”

Perhaps because of the fumigation of the wine, Shangguan Wan'er's face was smeared with a faint layer of crimson, and she raised her wine glass with a coquettish smile, "I salute you for this glass of wine!"

The two glanced at each other in understanding, drank the wine, and Li Zhen joked again: "I have made such a contribution, how does Miss Wan'er plan to reward me?"

"Of course you will have a reward, the saint promises, catch Xue Huaiyi's reward of one thousand taels of gold, and the official will be promoted to one level, the saint asked you, do you want to be promoted, or do you want to be promoted?"

"Is the promotion an appointment for me to be the commander of the internal guard?"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head lightly, "The commander of the internal guard involves Princess Taiping, she will not make this decision, she should promote you to the general of the Qianniu Guard." ”

"Would Miss Wan'er want me to accept this position?"

Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head and pondered for a moment, she sighed lowly, "Although I would also like to see you ascend, I still hope that you can stay, once you leave, I'm afraid I will lose my internal guard." ”

"Since Miss Wan'er wants me to stay, then I will stay. ”

Li Zhen smiled again: "Actually, it is a little more difficult to upgrade to the title, if I remember correctly, is it a viscount to be promoted to one level?"

"You are indeed not mistaken, upgrading to one level is the Viscount of the founding county, from the fifth rank to the next level, you can get a high title in a short period of time, I don't know how many people will be blushing. ”

At this time, Li Zhen thought of Princess Taiping, the ruthless woman, she lost her last chance in front of Yingtianmen, will her next target be aimed at herself?

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er held his hand, her clear eyes looked at his slightly uneasy eyes, and said to him in a soft voice: "I know what you are worried about, you can rest assured, with me, the Holy Lord will not force you, because"

She didn't say any more, but her eyes drooped because of the shyness in her heart, she dodged Li Zhen's blazing gaze, and wanted to withdraw her hand, but Li Zhen held it tightly.

Because ....... Neither of them said the rest of the words, but they knew in their hearts what the unfinished words meant.

Shangguan Wan'er finally withdrew her hand, the room was very quiet, the atmosphere was delicate, and it was a little embarrassing.

At this moment, the bartender pushed open the room and brought in a large plate of dishes, "This is a roast leg of lamb ordered by two people, you have all the dishes, please use it slowly!"

The bartender's arrival broke the delicate atmosphere of the room, and the room resumed the original conversation and laughter, Li Zhen filled Shangguan Wan'er with a glass of wine and smiled: "What are our plans for next?"

"The next step is to practice polo and try to do well in polo tournaments. ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled lightly and said, "You are the leader of my polo team, don't forget." ”

"Obey the orders of the Shangguan Sheren!"

Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and chuckled, and after a moment, she looked at Li Zhen again and said, "But before practicing polo, I want to trouble you to accompany me to Shaanzhou." ”

Li Zhen paused for a moment and asked tentatively, "Isn't it business?"

"It's a little personal matter of mine, I want to sacrifice my grandfather, and you will protect me, is it okay?" Shangguan Wan'er's beautiful eyes looked at him.

Li Zhen nodded happily, "I am willing to escort Miss Wan'er." ”

Xue Huaiyi's punishment was undoubtedly a major event that shook the imperial court, although most of the courtiers applauded Xue Huaiyi's death, but some people were not very happy, and Wu Chengsi was undoubtedly one of them.

Wu Chengsi and Xue Huaiyi did not have much intersection, on the contrary, he was still angry with Xue Huaiyi because the Wu family would be killed by Hu Seng.

He was not very happy about Xue Huaiyi's death, not because of Xue Huaiyi's death, but because Shangguan Wan'er and Li Zhen became the beneficiaries, although he didn't know that the relics case and the poison scripture case were planned by Shangguan Wan'er, but he had always had a discordant relationship with Shangguan Wan'er, and at the same time he hated Li Zhen deeply.

Wu Chengsi has gradually recovered from the trembling heart he had just released, he is not willing to let his political life end, he still hopes that he can make a comeback again.

Of course, he didn't dare to go directly to his aunt Wu Zetian, thinking about it, he could only ask Princess Taiping for help again, and Princess Taiping also expressed his intention to win him over, why didn't he cooperate with Princess Taiping and look for the exhibition behind.

While pondering, the voice of her daughter Wu Furong came from outside the door, "Father, can I come in?"

"Come in!"

Wu Furong pushed the door and walked in, her face also looked a little worried, she was deeply disturbed by Xue Huaiyi's death.

She knew that she and Xue Huaiyi had a deep relationship, not only the relationship between men and women, but she also did a lot of things for Xue Huaiyi, such as providing her animal trainer to attack Shangguan Wan'er.

That incident was covered up because of Wei Tuan'er's death, but what about Xue Huaiyi? Xue Huaiyi should have her letter of allegiance in her hands, and once it is discovered, will she be implicated? This incident made Wu Furong deeply uneasy.

"Father, I want to find the third uncle!"

The third uncle Wu Furong said was Wu Sansi, and this inventory of the White Horse Temple was fully responsible for Wu Sansi and Xiang Guosu Wei, and Wu Furong felt that her token was likely to be in Wu Sansi's hands.

Wu Chengsi didn't know his daughter's thoughts, he frowned, "What are you looking for him?"

Although Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi are brothers of the same clan, they have been fighting secretly for many years, both of them want to take charge of the power of the Wu clan, and at the same time compete for the position of the crown prince, which makes the two full of scorn.

"My daughter is worried. Xue Huaiyi, I begged him to save my father. ”

Wu Furong said very vaguely, but Wu Chengsi still understood what her daughter meant.

Wu Chengsi pondered for a moment and said: "Wu Sansi won't help you, unless I go to beg him, you don't know how big the price of begging him is, so let's do it! You should go and ask Lilac first, if there is really any problem, you can ask Princess Taiping for help, I think she is looking forward to your visit." ”

Wu Furong felt that what her father said was reasonable, so she nodded and smiled: "Thank you father for reminding me, my daughter will go to Lilac early tomorrow morning." ”

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