Urban Sims

Chapter 144
After the death of Emperor Li Zhi, during his two years of serious illness, the queen Wu Mei, who had already held all the power in her hands, officially stepped onto the front stage from behind the scenes, showing her fierce fangs, making frequent movements, eliminating dissidents, and promoting cronies , The entire court hall has almost become her hall of speech.

The crown prince, Li Jie, who succeeded the throne, was like a puppet on a string, allowing her to manipulate and control him. He had no right to speak in matters of state or size, all he had to do was nod and seal.

After four years of this, Li Jie couldn't bear it anymore, gathered his cronies, contacted loyal people, plotted a coup d'etat, and eradicated the temptress... Before it even started, Wu Mei detected it in advance and sent troops to take it away. A few days later, Li Jie was deposed As a commoner, he was demoted to Yazhou, and was taken away by a glass of poisoned wine on the way.

After getting rid of Li Jie, in order to better control the court, the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, helped her youngest son Li Xian to the stage and continued to act as a puppet.

Li Xian's character is somewhat similar to his father Li Zhi, but even more timid and cowardly. Sometimes, when Wu Mei stares at him with dissatisfaction, he would kneel on the ground and beg for mercy. He is so useless that even Li Xian's teacher Zhang Jianzhi can't see To the extent that it went down, countless loyal ministers and righteous men offered to offer advice, but he refused all of them. Some people who might cause catastrophe, Li Xian even ordered people to arrest them and sent them to Wu Mei's butcher's knife ... The fact that the mud cannot support the wall has made countless people feel desperate.

Wu Mei was very satisfied with the performance of this qualified puppet, and her steps became more radical. Not to mention cleaning out a large number of dissidents, she also attracted a large number of imperial literati to create momentum and hype, making folk children sing "the universe moves, the sun and the moon renew." , yin and yang change, and the heroine comes out" nursery rhymes to brainwash the ignorant people at the lower level.

In addition, in order to be more justified, Wu Mei also ordered people to carry out a series of god-making activities to deify herself.

For example, after the legend of "Demoting Peony" was witnessed by millions of people in the imperial capital, her reputation rose to an unprecedented peak.

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This legend happened in a winter. It is said that in the winter of this year, the emperor of the Holy Goddess took his concubines and maids to Shangyuan to drink and enjoy the snow. , are all dressed in white plain wraps, although the branches and leaves of all kinds of flowers, plants and trees are withered, they look extraordinarily beautiful after being dressed up by snow, like silver branches and jade flowers.

Suddenly, the empress found that in the white snowdrifts, there were a few jumping flames, and after a closer look, it turned out to be red plums in full bloom. The empress was so happy!She couldn't help but chant a poem to express her joy. The concubines who accompanied the flowers saw her so happy and rushed to toast her.

At this time, a concubine said: "Your Majesty, no matter how good the plum blossom is, after all, a single flower blooms alone. If you can issue an imperial decree to let all the flowers in this garden bloom together, wouldn't it be more satisfying?"

Another concubine shook her head and said, "It's the right time for plum blossoms to bloom in the severe winter and moon. If we want all the flowers to bloom, we have to wait for the next spring."

After hearing this, the empress burst out laughing, and said, "It's not surprising that flowers bloom in spring, and a hundred flowers fighting in the snow compete with each other, which suits my heart!"

After all, while the wine was still in full swing, the empress ordered the maids to bring the four treasures of the study, and immediately took a brush of cream in her hand, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote a five-character poem on the white silk:
In the Ming Dynasty, you traveled to Shangyuan, and quickly announced the spring knowledge
The flowers must bloom overnight, don't wait for the dawn wind to blow.

After writing, she asked the maid to take it to Shangyuan and burn it, and informed the Flower God to know.

After receiving the imperial edict issued by the empress, Fairy Baihua was frightened, and the fairies quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Peach Blossom Fairy was the least timid, and said shyly, "The Empress is ruthless, she can do anything, we dare not disobey!"

A few little flower fairies also chimed in timidly and said, "Yes! Let's make preparations early and open up ahead of time!"

Only Peony Fairy disagreed with them, and said a little angrily: "The empress is too domineering, you meddle in the affairs of the world, and now you are meddling with us again. These flowers bloom, each has its own season, and the four seasons follow the cycle of heaven and earth." Cong, how can you allow you to go against the sky? Sisters, we can't follow!"

All the flower fairies felt very reasonable when they heard what Fairy Peony said, but when they thought of the empress' dominance, they all hesitated again.

Peach Blossom Fairy pleaded with Peony Fairy: "Good sister, listen to me, let's obey. The queen kills people like trampling on an ant, not to mention our delicate flower bodies?"

Many fairies also said: "Sister, let's do it this time, or there will be a catastrophe!"

Fairy Peony said stubbornly: "I can't do anything against my will once, as long as we are strong and strong, how can she stand against me?"

At this time, the fourth watch was played, and the sky was about to brighten. All the flower fairies had made up their minds to see the peony fairy, so they had to disperse in a hurry, and went to bloom separately.

On the second day, the queen woke up, dressed and got up, sat in front of the mirror and asked the maid to dress her up. At this time, the maid pushed the door in and reported happily: "Long live, all the flowers in Shangyuan are in bloom!"

The queen was overjoyed when she heard the news, and hurried out of the palace, and came to Shangyuan. Looking up, the garden was full of peach blossoms, plum blossoms, magnolias, begonias, hibiscus, and lilacs, all in full bloom. Gorgeous, swaying in the wind, graceful and charming, the morning glow in winter reflects the flowers, and the white snow sets off the green leaves.

At this time, all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty came running to watch. The empress was overwhelmed with pride and walked towards the upper garden with big strides. Before letting go, a wave of anger rose spontaneously, and he yelled: "Bold peonies! How dare you be so presumptuous, you can't resist the order, set it on fire, and don't leave a single plant!"

Then the queen decreed that Peony was exiled from the imperial capital and exiled to Mangshan Mountain, Luoyang, because the queen had been to Mangshan Mountain, and she knew that the place was crisscrossed with ravines, remote and desolate, so that Mudan could suffer in a place of loneliness and pain, so as to relieve her hatred. !
Unexpectedly, as soon as the peony entered the new soil, it took root again. In the next spring, the mountains will be full of verdant green.People in Mangshan have been fond of peonies for a long time, and every family transplanted them, and every household cultivated them. Later, when people in the city heard about it, they came to transplant them one after another.The Peony Fairy was very happy to see that people in Luoyang loved peonies so much. When the rain came, the plants were in full bloom, in various poses and with different expressions.People who appreciate peonies, supporting the old and the young, are constantly in the morning and evening, and the sea of ​​flowers and flowers is an extraordinary occasion.

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The legend of "demoting the peony" was actually written by Zhou Ming.

It is not difficult to make a hundred flowers bloom together in winter, just build a few glass greenhouses and use charcoal fire to heat, so that the climate is suitable, not to mention hundreds of flowers, thousands of flowers can bloom.

Therefore, after the flowers grown in the greenhouse were secretly transplanted to Shangyuan overnight, this scene appeared, which stunned all civil and military officials, and the people of the imperial capital bowed their heads and bowed their heads to worship... This vivid legend happened before my eyes. , People who don't understand science in this era, apart from using ghosts to explain, or doubt whether they are hallucinating.

But the scene of hundreds of flowers in full bloom in front of me is so real, and there is indeed not a single peony flower in bloom. The legendary "Emperor Holy Goddess" who can be reprimanded even by peony fairies, who else would dare to stand up to this other than the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei? pot?
It's not just a big deal like "Demoting Peony", Zhou Ming has also helped Queen Wu Mei come up with hundreds of tricks in recent years, and most of them have been adopted by Wu Mei, with amazing results.

Even, together with Shangguan Yu'er, he presided over an imperial examination where all women participated, and selected a hundred female officials for Wu Mei at once. Sometimes even Zhou Ming felt that they were terrifyingly scheming, and their talents were no less than Shangguan Yu'er.

And Wu Mei was also very satisfied with Zhou Ming's "performance", she even gave those beautiful female officials to Zhou Ming as concubines, and even Shangguan Yu'er beside her quietly gave birth to a son for him in recent years A woman, win her over with beauty, use up his talent.

But Zhou Ming doesn't really want to do things for Wu Mei, he just wants to escape from the imperial capital, and every moment, he wants to go back to his hometown in Qingzhou.

On the one hand, it was the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, who was ruthless and merciless, and killed many loyal ministers and good generals, such as Cheng Wuting, Xue Gang, Gao Xianzhi, Pei Yuanshao and other famous generals who were stationed in the frontier. The army was in chaos, and the Turks, Turpans and other countries saw an opportunity, sent troops to invade, and plundered a lot of property and land from Da Zhou.

On the other hand, the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, is cronyistic and loyal. She not only puts a group of mediocre talents in a key position, but also vigorously cultivates relatives, and makes the Wu clan king. Wu Sansi, who was about to be killed, was not only named King of Liang by Wu Mei, but also made him Minister of the Ministry of War, in charge of millions of soldiers and horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was like a child's play.

Similarly, for Zhou Ming, Wu Sansi also hated Zhou Ming to the bone. Whenever he made suggestions in front of Wu Mei, he often confronted him tit for tat. He tried his best to win these women over, but Zhou Ming narrowly avoided them.

Until one day, in the back garden of the Forbidden Garden, Zhou Ming saw Wu Sansi tearing Shangguan Yuer's dress and wanting to rape her in the gazebo. He stomped his foot hard and crushed his penis. If he hadn't been held back by the two masters around him, he might have beaten Wu Sansi to death.

At this time, the conflict between Zhou Ming and Wu's family can be said to be completely intensified, to the point that Wu Mei can't alleviate it, unless one party's body completely disappears from this world, it is possible to restore tranquility.

Wu Mei is very contradictory, her nephew Wu Sansi cannot be killed, Tian Zihua is of great use to her, and she cannot be killed for the time being, she can only isolate the two parties and prevent them from meeting, and she is going to solve these problems after she ascends the Great Treasure question.

Some people may ask, since he wanted to leave so much, why didn't Zhou Ming run away? It shouldn't be difficult for him to escape from the imperial capital with his force of one against one hundred, right?

He really couldn't leave, because Zhou Ming was surrounded by five masters at any time. These martial arts masters Wu Mei found from nowhere, all of them were extraordinary in martial arts, with iron arms and bronze bodies. They didn't feel like human beings. It can barely be a tie. If there are more than two, there is basically no hope of winning.

These five martial arts masters followed closely, monitored day and night, and even waited outside when going to the toilet and having sex at night. They launched attacks many times and tried to escape from these five masters, but all ended in failure.

Zhou Ming even wondered whether these five martial arts masters were bugs released by the system to prevent him from passing the level comfortably.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the clan soldiers sent over two pistols that could be fired in bursts. Each pistol had ten rounds of ammunition, and there were twenty rounds in total. As long as the timing was right, five people could be hit in a short time. Among the four masters, he is more than [-]% sure that they will escape the cage of the imperial capital.

"Mr. Zihua, the Queen of Heaven announces your audience."

A eunuch came and called Zhou Ming into the palace.

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