At noon, a magnificently decorated wide carriage slowly drove into Yingtianmen, stopped at the steps in front of the Zhenguan Palace, and several palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly greeted her, and carefully helped Princess Taiping, who was pregnant with Liujia, out of the carriage.

"Is the Holy One there?"

"The Holy One heard that the princess is coming, let us serve carefully!"

The eunuchs and palace maids helped Princess Taiping to walk slowly into the hall, until they came to Wu Zetian's temporary bedroom for lunch break, and a group of palace maids came out to help Princess Taiping into the room.

"Daughters see mothers!"

The princess of Taiping wanted to kneel down to give a salute, Wu Zetian hurriedly stepped forward to support his daughter, looked her up and down and said with a smile: "Fortunately, it seems that the fetal position is very positive, and this fetus should be a little mother." ”

"But my daughter wants to give birth to a boy!" Princess Taiping said coquettishly to her mother.

"Isn't it good to be a little girl? You already have a few sons, and it's more considerate to have a daughter. ”

The mother and daughter laughed a few words, then sat down, Wu Zetian made red dates and lotus seed soup again, and Princess Taiping asked tentatively: "Mother has been in good health recently?"

"Recently, the court affairs have been busy, and the war in Liaodong is tight, and my body is indeed a little unbearable, especially if I can't find a suitable imperial doctor, I am very annoyed. ”

Wu Zetian said very implicitly, in fact, it was because Shen Nanmu fled that she fell into loneliness physically and mentally, and it was also for this reason that she began to look for a new face, and Li Zhen fell into her eyes at this time, which made her unforgettable, and also made Li Zhen fall into a crisis.

Princess Taiping is so scheming, when she heard the news of Shen Nanmu's escape, she knew that her opportunity had come, and Princess Qianjin recommended Xue Huaiyi back then, so that Princess Qianjin got endless glory and wealth.

But Princess Taiping is not rare and rich, she wants power, if her mother has a henchman by her side, then it will play a pivotal role in her power promotion.

Last night, she got the news from the palace that her mother actually took a fancy to Li Zhen, which made Princess Taiping a little anxious, if Li Zhen replaced Shen Nanmu, then the beneficiary would be Shangguan Wan'er, and her plan was about to fall through, so after she gave Li Zhen a favor, she rushed to the palace at noon today.

"Mother, my daughter knows a person who is very good at massage, and can sing and dance, if the mother is interested—"

Wu Zetian understands what his daughter means, and he also knows his daughter's vision, if he even praises his daughter, then this person must be extraordinary, she is also a little moved, so she smiled and said: "Hearing you say this, I want to take a look." ”

Princess Taiping was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "My daughter has brought him and is waiting outside the palace." ”

Princess Taiping gave a few words to the eunuch, and the eunuch walked quickly, at this time, Wu Zetian smiled again: "I have enabled Di Renjie, it does have an immediate effect, I received a piece of music a day faster than before, yesterday and today's court meeting is also obviously vibrant, not as dull as before, Di Renjie is worthy of being my pillar of the court." ”

"The daughter has also heard that in the past two days, the major liquor stores in Shendu have a hot business, and most of the officials are celebrating the return of Di Xiangguo, and the daughter also deeply admires her mother's tolerance and courage. ”

Di Renjie is a supporter of Xiangwang Li Dan, and he is in the same position as Princess Taiping, of course Princess Taiping has to say a lot of good things for Di Renjie, and Wu Zetian also understands it in his heart.

She smiled faintly: "Speaking of recommending talents, yesterday Di Renjie recommended Chen Ziang and Yao Yuanchong to me, saying that Chen Ziang is upright and fair, not afraid of power, and is a talent of imperial history, and recommended him to be the imperial history of Hebei Inspector, Yao Yuanchong is thoughtful, and he does things well, and recommends him as a household servant, I read their resumes, it is really good, I approved them one by one, but he suggested restoring the seven-phase system." ”

Wu Zetian was suddenly speechless, looked at the door in a daze, and saw several eunuchs introduce a slender young man, he was wearing colorful clothes, handsome appearance, white skin, eyes like peach blossoms, eyebrows like thin willows, red lips and white teeth, and he looked a little more handsome than a woman.

The young man stepped forward and knelt down, opened his lips and said softly: "Xiaomin greets His Majesty the Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

His voice was tactful, Wu Zetian suddenly felt relaxed, she glanced at her daughter, Princess Taiping smiled and nodded, "Mother, this is the person!"

Wu Zetian's heart was itching, so he asked with a smile: "What is your name and how old are you?"

"The villain Zhang Changzong, twenty this year. ”

Princess Taiping next to her added with a smile: "He is his daughter's polo player, we all call him Lotus Rokuro, and he sings very beautifully." ”

Wu Zetian immediately fell in love with this beautiful and enchanting young man, the more she looked at it, the more she loved it, and sure enough, it was more beautiful than a lotus, she couldn't wait to be lucky to him immediately, at this time, Princess Taiping got up and said with a smile: "My daughter is unwell, I have to go back to rest, and I will visit my mother another day." ”

"Good!"

Wu Zetian immediately ordered: "Send the princess home!"

The palace maids supported Princess Taiping to go back, and several eunuchs also knew it, and retreated one after another, leaving only Wu Zetian and Zhang Changzong in the bedroom, Wu Zetian beckoned to him, "Come here!"

Zhang Changzong knew that his good luck had come, he couldn't help the ecstasy in his heart, walked up enchantingly, and knelt down in front of Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian gently lifted his chin, his phoenix eyes narrowed into a slit, flashing with a terrifying light, and her hand slowly slid under him.

"Liulang, you come and loosen my muscles and bones first!"

"Obey!" Zhang Changzong stood up, walked behind Wu Zetian and knelt down

After Li Zhen left Baique Villa, he went to Yique County again, symbolically searched for Wu Chenghe's whereabouts, and did not return to Luoyang until noon the next day, he was really a little nervous in his heart, he did not return to Yique County all night last night, whether it would cause Wu Zetian to be angry with him, he was really a little worried.

In addition, Princess Taiping gave him, he was also a little uneasy, after all, there are no substantive conditions, is Princess Taiping willing to help him wholeheartedly?

After entering the official office of the Foreign Affairs Department, Li Zhen returned to his official room and took off his robe, but he saw Jiuzhi running in like a gust of wind, "Lao Li, it's a rare thing!"

"You're a captain anyway, and you're still so shocked, aren't you afraid that your subordinates will laugh at you?"

Jiu Zhi said impatiently: "It's really rare, someone has been promoted far faster than you." ”

"Isn't it normal to overtake me?"

Li Zhen smiled and asked, "Who is it?"

Jiuzhi closed the door and said in a low voice: "It's the person who won the battle with you in the polo match, the Taiping Princess team, called Zhang." What's going on?"

"Zhang Changzong!"

"Yes! ”

Jiu Zhi patted his head and said with an ambiguous smile on his face: "I heard that he was the female emperor at noon yesterday, and last night in the afternoon he was named General Yunlu and General Zuo Qianniu, grandma's, is actually General Yunlu, just like you." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, and then he suddenly realized, it turned out that the method that Princess Taiping said was this, let Zhang Changzong replace him, which is a bit incredible! But it is indeed the most effective strategy, it seems that Princess Taiping has a plan, but she has made a favor for herself.

Of course, Li Zhen understood that Princess Taiping must have heard the rumors in the palace, and the female emperor was interested in herself, so she was impatient to send Zhang Changzong into the palace.

"Who else knows about this?"

"Who knows?" Jiu Zhi suddenly laughed and said, "The whole Luoyang City is in an uproar, you actually ask me who knows about this?"

Li Zhen suddenly felt relaxed, he got up and smiled: "Let's go! I'll invite you to drink." ”

As soon as the words fell, the tea boy at the door reported: "General, Miss Di is here, saying that she has something important to see you." ”

"This"

Li Zhen glanced at Jiuzhi, who hurriedly laughed and said, "It's okay, let's talk about it another day! ”

Jiuzhi slipped away with interest, Li Zhen put on his outer robe, and walked quickly to the gate, only to see Di Yan leading the horse, looking anxiously into the military office, she used to be able to enter and exit at will, but since the internal guard officially became an army, the rules have become stricter, and she can't go in at will, so she can only wait outside the door.

Seeing Li Zhen come out, Di Yan hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "When did you come back?"

"Just came back! I was going to go to you for lunch, and here you were. ”

"You're a liar!"

Di Yan pouted slightly, and said unhappily: "You went out yesterday, and you didn't call me." ”

"Yesterday there was a special situation, I set off overnight, and I really didn't have time to call you, besides, if I went to your house in the middle of the night and knocked on the door, your father would be angry. ”

When Di Yan heard that he was reasonable, she turned her anger into joy, pulled him and smiled: "Find a place to have lunch first, I still have something to interrogate you!" ......

The two sat down in the old seats of the wine shop on the left bank, Di Yan pointed to a group of people who were talking next to him and smiled, "Guess what they are talking about?"

Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders, "It's nothing more than someone getting rich overnight and being promoted to General Yunlu!"

Di Yan winked at him and smiled, "Originally, you could have been promoted to a general today, but unfortunately you gave up the opportunity." ”

"Sister Qiu Niang has looked for you?"

Di Yan smiled and said, "She is my senior sister, can she not tell me such an interesting thing?" I said, it's a pity, even I feel sorry for you!"

"Okay!" Li Zhen shook his body and smiled: "Since you don't object, I'll go and fight for it tonight, and become a general tomorrow." ”

"You guy, take it seriously!"

Di Yan picked up the chopsticks and knocked him, pretending to be angry and said, "If you dare to go, don't think about entering my house one step further." ”

Li Zhen held her hand and laughed in a low voice: "Did Sister Qiu Niang tell you the solution to this crisis?"

Di Yan's face suddenly turned into a red cloth, and she was so ashamed that she couldn't raise her head, and she secretly wondered in her heart, 'Is he proposing to me?'

Li Zhen said softly: "I have already written to my eldest sister and asked her to come to Luoyang as soon as possible, she will come in a few days, I hope your parents can agree." ”

Di Yan was embarrassed, and after a long time, she bit her lip lightly and said, "Then you have to behave better and let my father like it." ”

"No problem, he likes me!"

At this moment, the bartender uninterestingly stepped forward with a wine jug and smiled: "The wine of the two is here!"

Di Yan was so frightened that she hurriedly withdrew her hand, Li Zhen glared at the bartender, who didn't know it, and served them a wine jug and a wine glass, at this time, Di Yan asked, "Xiao Er, what are people talking about over there?"

"They're talking about martial arts!"

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and grabbed the bartender, "What did you say?"

The bartender was startled and stammered, "I mean...... They're talking. The matter of King Liang. ”