Chapter 347: The Queen's Crisis

The fall of the Ying Guo Mansion set off another bigger conspiracy, Shangguan Yi, who dreamed of being a powerful minister, and Li Zhong, who aspired to be the crown prince, and the two joined forces to push the internal struggle within the Tang Dynasty to a more intense place. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Zhong used the signboard of the drunken immortal building to send wine to visit the three or four patriarchs, An Xiangui, avoided everyone's eyes and ears, and quietly returned to the Liang Palace. Shangguan Yi originally didn't think about dealing with Empress Wu, because the trickiness of dealing with Empress Wu was far more difficult than that of Wu Yuanqing, Empress Wu was able to successfully use the power of the four academies to complete the abolition of Wang Liwu, and let Li Zhi willingly let her participate in politics, and Empress Wu's methods did not allow him to act carelessly. But now with Li Zhong, after listening to Li Zhong's plan, coupled with all the beautiful planning of Li Zhong that he has seen in the past few days, he thinks that it may really be possible to achieve such a feat as the abolition of the queen.

Li Zhi is still haunted by the death of Mrs. Helan of Wei, now he is old and frail, only Helan knows how to make him happy, and more time with Empress Wu is discussing politics, he also faintly feels that there is something wrong in his heart, he let Wu Yuanqing go, originally wanted to transfer out the people behind the scenes, but he did not expect to let Mrs. Wei Helan die because of this, when he was worried, he summoned Shangguan Yi outside the door to ask for a meeting.

"Let him in," Li Zhi was in a decadent spirit.

"The ministers have seen Your Majesty"

"Tell me something"

"The minister thought about the death of Mrs. Wei yesterday, and always felt that there was something strange, so I came to report it today."

"Oh, do you think Helan's death is strange?" Li Zhi asked, "Tell me quickly."

"First of all, the minister impeached Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, the evidence is conclusive, and he is absolutely selfless" Shangguan Yi glanced at himself first

"Qing's loyalty, I know that Wu Weiliang Wu Huaiyun is really to blame"

"The minister might as well start with Wu Yuanqing's intention to poison Empress Wu, Ying Guogong's mansion is in turmoil, Wu Yuanqing is naturally not stupid as a prince, he naturally knows what the consequences of poisoning Empress Wu are, even if he intends to murder Empress Wu, he will not use the food box in his house to poison, so that anyone can figure out that he is a murderer, this is one of them"

"Yes, yes, reasonable, that's right" Li Zhi seemed to have some eyebrows, "You continue"

"Second, the same box of pastries, Mrs. Wei Guo ate it, why didn't Empress Wu eat it, unless she knew that it was poisonous. Every sentence of Shangguan Yi pierced into Li Zhi's heart like a thorn.

"Since Concubine Liu was revealed to be having an affair with Ying Guogong Wu Yuanqing, hasn't Your Majesty suspected that someone in the palace was doing something wrong?"

"I know that this person has a very high status in the palace, and he has not hidden anything from me."

"Empress Wu has hated the Wu brothers since she was a child, and even after becoming the emperor, she never interacted with them, so the minister has a bold guess!"

"Say"

"The person who borrowed the mouth of Liu Xi, the great eunuch, to frame Wu Yuanqing and Concubine Liu in the palace can't be the queen's mother, the minister thinks about it, in the palace, in addition to your strength to do all this, there is only the queen's mother" After finishing speaking, Shangguanyi knelt on the ground, "The minister speculated on the queen, and asked Your Majesty to forgive me"

"Why do you want to deal with the queen" Li Zhi didn't speak for a long time, his dim eyes wanted to know more, since Du Yuan's death, he was only left with the assistant of the Empress Wu.

"Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is just talking about things. Since Your Majesty favored Mrs. Wei Guo, Empress Wu no longer cared about political affairs, and put this burden on you alone, and it is rumored that in the harem, Mrs. Wei and the queen are also on the same page. The queen mother borrowed the hand of the poison food box, which can not only get rid of Mrs. Wei Guo, but also get rid of the martial brothers she hates the most, such a clever strategy to kill two birds with one stone, I am afraid that only a shrewd mind like the queen mother can come up with it"

Li Zhi wanted to refute for the afternoon, but he didn't know where to start, although what Shangguan Yi said was just speculation, but every sentence was reasonable, although he was a little weak but not stupid, Helan had the ambition to win the queen's throne, and it was a big trouble for the Empress Wu in the palace, and it was no secret that the Empress Wu hated Wu Yuanqing, but Li Zhi never expected that the Empress Wu, who had shared the bed with him for decades, would be such a vicious person.

"What do you want me to do" Li Zhi really has no opinion now, and his subjective consciousness feels that Shangguan Yi is right, but if he is right, then how should he deal with Empress Wu, it is impossible to go to prison, and the principle of killing people to pay for their lives is not suitable for Empress Wu, if you pretend not to know Li Zhi can't do it.

"Don't dare to say more!"

"And" Shangguan Yi took out a few copies of the music from his bosom, "Your Majesty, this is the document that appointed the Sanzhou Assassin History some time ago, as well as the pacification of the Ganzhou bandits, which was originally signed by Your Majesty in person, but there is only the seal of the queen mother on it"

"Appoint the Sanzhou Assassin History?Ganzhou Bandits?Why Don't I Know These Things?"

"Persuade the peasants to dredge the river?" Li Zhi took these concerts, all of which were signed by the Empress Wu, and he didn't even know about these things

"Whose world is this," Li Zhi shouted

"You go down first, don't mention today's matter to anyone!" Li Zhi's head was in confusion.

"The minister retreats!" Shangguan Yi sought stability, and after not directly entering the speech, he couldn't mention this matter, only by letting the emperor figure it out could it be done, but looking at Li Zhi's appearance now, the situation of Empress Wu has already appeared in crisis.

After Shangguan Yi left, Li Zhi lay on the chair to sort out his thoughts, in all fairness, Empress Wu has helped him very much over the years, if there is no Empress Wu, he will not be able to take power from the hands of the Guanlong nobles headed by the eldest grandson, and if there are no opinions from Du Yuan and Empress Wu, he doesn't even know how to make decisions. Decades of husband and wife, deep love and righteousness, after the abolition is the last resort.

But Li Zhi thought about it again, since Du Yuan's death, Empress Wu's desire for power seemed to be stronger, and he had the intention to pardon Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, but Empress Wu insisted on demoting the two of them to the Jiannan region. He didn't ask about several decrees of Zhongshu Province, and after the Empress Wu approved it, he directly sent it to Menxia Province, and he, the emperor, became an ornament. When she visited Ji Ling, she originally invited her to go with her, but she didn't go by herself, one by one, which made Li Zhi irritable and kicked the dragon case.

Shangguan Yi returned to the mansion, there was a report from his henchmen, someone was already waiting in the study, and Shangguan Yi hurriedly went.

In the study of "Seen King Liang" is Li Zhong, who secretly left the palace of King Liang who was under heavy surveillance.

"How's it going, what's going on?" asked Li Zhong with uncontrollable excitement.

"Your Majesty has already been suspicious and dissatisfied with Empress Wu, you just need to give Your Majesty some stimulation, I'm afraid that the abolition of the Empress can be done" Shangguan Yi was also a little excited, and his face turned red, "It's up to King Liang what you do next"

"Although my mother, Queen Wang, was deposed and died depressed, she left some old people in the palace, and she has been secretly in contact all these years, and Liu Xi is just one of them, Brother Shangguan, look at it."

Whether it is a state affair or a matter in the palace, there is nothing that makes Li Zhi happy recently, there is a special eunuch on the side to read the chapter for him, Li Zhi picked up the pen and prepared to review it, but I don't know what I thought, and threw the pen in his hand to the ground angrily.

"I give you glory and wealth, and give you a status above 10,000 people under one person, are you still not satisfied? I just favor a concubine, and you are so ruthless!" The maid and eunuch in the imperial study didn't know what the emperor was throwing tantrum with, and knelt on the ground tremblingly, Li Zhi's psychology had a flame, and it seemed that it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he didn't kill a few people.

Li Zhi was angry, and he coughed violently while his body was pulled, and Shou Yanyu retreated four times, constantly rubbing Li Zhi's back to ease up.

"Shouyan, I was actually at the mercy of a woman and applauded, it's really a great shame," Li Zhi said indignantly.

"Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, and all the people in the world are yours, who can manipulate you," Shou Yan persuaded.

"Who can play so many tricks under my nose, my eyes are not good, but it doesn't mean that I am blind and blind, I must abolish this slut" Li Zhi scolded

"Your Majesty! the slave has something to report!" a eunuch knelt on the ground tremblingly.

"What's wrong?"

"The Queen.... The Queen..."

"What's wrong with her," Li Zhi looked impatient

"The queen mother is in the palace to overwhelm the arts!" said the eunuch tremblingly.

"Poof...."A mouthful of blood accumulated in Li Zhi's heart now spurted out of anger.

"Imperial Doctor, pass on the Imperial Doctor!!" Shouyan shouted.

After settling the emperor and the imperial doctors came, Shou Yan took Wang Fusheng outside.

"Wang Fusheng, how long have you been in the palace," Shou Yan asked

"It has been thirty years since the slave maid was tortured into the palace at the age of twelve," Wang Fusheng replied cautiously, Shou Yan is different from others, Shou Yan is the person next to the emperor, he is the inner servant of the province, and he is from the official position of the third grade, and he holds the power of life and death in the inner service province, and the life and death of these eunuchs and palace maids are between the thoughts of Shou Yan.

"After entering the palace for thirty years, he has changed from nothing to a regular attendant in the palace now, which can be said to be a leader."

"It's all up to your cultivation," Wang Fusheng said with a smile

"You are an old man in the palace, then you know what to say, what to say, what not to say" Shou Yan is also a martial arts master, looking at Wang Fusheng with sharp eyes, "If one of your words today is false, do you know what the consequences are?"

Wang Fusheng was frightened by Shouyan's momentum and knelt on the ground, "How dare the slave and maid lie about such a thing, the slave and maid really saw it with their own eyes"

"Get out!"

Shou Yan watched Wang Fusheng staggering away, and felt bad in his heart, the art of suppressing victory is a kind of evil art that circulates among the people, relying on cursing to harm people's lives, there are not many people who can make a dignified queen want to suppress the victory, and Li Zhi is precisely the most likely person.

Li Zhi lay on the dragon bed, his chest heaving and heaving, "Go, call Shangguan Yi, I have something to say"