[Empress of the Tang Dynasty] Prosperous Red Makeup

In December of the first year of Guangzhai, this year is about to end, and this year has experienced so many things. After the death of Emperor Gaozong, the new emperor ascended the throne, the Qianling Mausoleum was built, and the Luling King was abolished. Once the emperor succeeded to the throne, Li Jingye rebelled and beheaded Pei Yan, all of which made the Tang court quite devastated.

When Pei Yan was beheaded, they were even more flustered. A generation of ministers were accused of treason and treason. They didn't know whether it was grief or hatred.But for these courtiers who are still living in the court today, they already understand the meaning of the empress dowager to kill chickens and monkeys. Before they measure the ruler of this country, they can't help but measure themselves first. After this, how will they go? .

As for Pei Yan's death, it naturally dealt a great blow to his clique. For a while, the clique had no leader. It must be known that Pei Yan moved the Zhengshitang to the Zhongshu Department when he moved from his servant Zhongshu Ling, and established Zhongshu Sheng as the leader of the Zhongshu Province. The central position of the three provinces, and Liu Rengui, the chief of the Shangshu Province, stayed in Chang'an. In Luoyang, the other personnel of the Shangshu Province did not care enough, so Pei Yan's status can be imagined.

It is precisely because the Empress Dowager wins over the Pei Yan Group, and these ministers are Li Tang's famous ministers and ministers, so her monopoly does not seem to have stepped on the bottom line of Confucianism, until now she has put her mind on the table.However, Pei Yan, who has already died, never thought that his cooperation with the Empress Dowager was to seek skin from a tiger. He wanted to support a Li Dan in power, but unfortunately he seemed to underestimate the power of a woman, and eventually capsized in the gutter. Obviously, he was not the only one who would Playing political tricks, the empress dowager is no worse than him.

Now that Pei Yan has fallen, the supporters in the group have been demoted and exiled. Among the remaining people, they used to be centered on Pei Yan, but now, they also want to find a way out for themselves. Therefore, they must carefully choose the object of their support, and make a gamble. If they win, they will follow the dragon's merits, and if they lose, they will form a party for selfishness. They are also hesitant for a while.

Not to mention that in the early morning of this day, when the Empress Dowager passed through the curtain, and her icy eyes fell on them, they all felt as if they had fallen into a frozen state.

The empress dowager didn't feel that Pei Yan had betrayed her. After all, she was not the one who worked with Pei Yan in an alliance. She just didn't like Pei Yan's open confrontation, and she wanted to shock the officials. Now, on her list, many People's names were all slashed. They died or were demoted, and they had already left this power center. Therefore, the Empress Dowager decided to give them the last blow.

The empress dowager looking down at the imperial court looked down at the courtiers who did not agree with her. She had read the Confucian books of this dynasty, and she understood their contempt for the heroine of the world, but what she wanted to do could not be decided by these morons. So, the empress dowager spoke up, and she said: "Zhen (the empress dowager could use the word Zhen at that time, but only recently discovered) I have not failed the people of the world, nor have I failed the people in the court, do you understand clearly?"

The ministers lowered their heads slightly, looked at each other with extremely small movements, and then secretly glanced at the Empress Dowager, and then said in unison: "What the Empress Dowager said is very true."

The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction, stood up and looked down at the officials, and said, "I have assisted Emperor Gaozong for more than twenty years, and I have devoted myself to the affairs of the world. The late emperor entrusted the world to me, and I dare not slack off in the slightest, caring for the people, To promote a virtuous minister, but now the rebels have done their best to turn out generals, betrayed my trust, made me feel cold, Pei Yan, Xu Jingye and others are not good for me, so I will kill them!"

The ministers were shocked, and they all understood. They held their breath and lowered their heads slightly, not daring to look at the Empress Dowager for a moment. Then, they heard the Empress Dowager's even more indifferent voice, with the breath of killing: "You two are here!" Among them, if you think you are comparable to Pei Yan, Xu Jingye and others, stand up and rebel, otherwise, submit to me and don't do anything ridiculous like them! All the people in the world will look at you!"

The empress dowager was very satisfied when she saw the ministers trembling and uneasy. She was never afraid to challenge them openly. Trick, otherwise don't shout etiquette and morality in front of her all day long, she doesn't even care about her own reputation.

"Retire." The Empress Dowager put Wan'er's hand and turned to leave the Qianyuan Hall. At the moment, she was quite complacent and showed a bright smile on her face, even her eyebrows were smiling, all of which showed her self-satisfaction at the moment.

Wan'er was behind her, seeing the scene in court just now with her own eyes, she couldn't help but slightly frowned, feeling confused.At first she thought she understood this woman completely, but now it seemed that she had missed something.

She didn't know where this woman came from, whether she was from the Tang Dynasty, and what her previous identity was, so at the beginning, she thought that this woman was just someone who was temporarily deceived by the prosperity of the palace and power, but now it seems that, This woman must also be a person who once held a high position and held real power, and it may even be possible to occupy the throne as a woman.

That's why she guessed a little bit from the woman's occasional and inadvertent words, but the character of this woman makes Wan'er quite contradictory. Is there anyone in high position like her?Judging from the memorials handled by this woman, Wan'er seems to have no objection to all the edicts submitted by Fengge (Zhongshu), and directly draws pardons, and does not care about state affairs.

The only thing she cares about is that the little party goes to the harem, and wants to completely control the palace and everyone in the palace. She seems to have some tricks, but she is not for the king, not for the world, but for power.

Wan'er thought, it seems that she should change her strategy towards the empress dowager.

Soon, the Empress Dowager ordered that the yuan be changed on the first day of the first lunar month, taking the meaning of "Dun believes in righteousness, respects virtue and repays merits, and the world is governed by the arch", and the new year name is "Chui Gong".Even if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had objections, they did not dare to speak out in front of the empress dowager.

I just said that the Peiyan Group, which lost its dragon head, fell apart. Some of them certainly adhered to Confucianism and Li Tang's rule, but some people had already decided to join the Empress Dowager. Their current status determined that they did not need to rebel. Being able to enjoy fame and fortune, besides, in comparison, how can the empress dowager's current power be comparable to that of the downcast Li Tang royal family?Don't you see how beautiful the Wu clan is now, it's so dazzling?

So when these courtiers who supported Li Tang got together, they couldn't help being angry for those who defected to the empress dowager, and at the same time they were still feeling extremely sad for Pei Yan, Liu Jingxian, Hu Yuanfan and others.

One person said: "Everyone, since I entered the Hongwen Museum, I am familiar with the books of sages and sages. I follow the etiquette and do not dare to forget. The current situation is difficult and dangerous, and I dare not forget the ambition of Duke Pei. Do you dare to stand together with a certain one and defend the Great Tang?"

"good."

"good."

……

In a small room, these courtiers who seemed to be betrayed by the ministers who were mostly prostrate at the feet of the empress dowager and were frightened by the empress dowager's life and death ignited a raging flame in their hearts, stirring them up to fight for Li Don's heart after death.

Later someone said: "We should not act rashly. We should first hide our strength and bide our time, gather our wings, and wait until the Empress Dowager is weak before defeating her in one fell swoop. After all, the Empress Dowager does not last that long."

"That's right, that's exactly it. Before that, we still have something important to do - Your Majesty."

"But now the Holy One is equivalent to being put under house arrest by Ah Wu in the East Palace. If we make a slight move, Ah Wu will know it all."

"I heard that the empress is quite famous for her grandfather's straightness, and the concubine is gentle and obedient, and follows the rules of etiquette..."

"Then let's try it like this. By the way, what about the imperial doctor before?"

"Because of Mr. Pei's incident, we haven't had time to implement it yet. Why don't we try him again?"

"it is good."

……

Regardless of how these people plan and plan, the first year of Guangzhai has passed, and finally a new year will be ushered in - the first year of Chui Gong.

On New Year's Eve, Sichang Siqing, who is in charge of sacrifices and ceremonies, led thousands of people to perform Nuo dances in front of the main hall with his officials, praying for joy and well-being in the coming year, and driving away evil spirits and plagues.At this time, there will be a boy wearing a hideous mask and red and black clothes, playing drums and jumping.

At this time, the candles in the palace were brightly lit, and the night was like day, and the burning incense made people feel refreshed. The empress dowager, emperor and concubines were all watching.The empress dowager was even more excited, and held a large banquet, inviting all the ministers to drink happily.Many civil servants seized the opportunity to sing praises, of course, the empress dowagers were all sung, and they had nothing to do with the emperor, even those who were determined to serve the emperor did not dare to touch the empress dowager at this time.

The emperor maintained a smiling face all the time, as if he didn't care about all of this. He just cared about enjoying the wonderful singing and dancing, and occasionally talked to Empress Liu and Concubine Dou De beside him. Looking at the empress dowager and Wan'er above, she was yearning for it even more, so she served the emperor with all her heart and tenderness.

Both Empress Liu and Concubine Dou De saw it in their eyes, and naturally felt sore and sad in their hearts, but they knew their identities long ago, and they knew that they could not prevent this man from having more women. Compassionate women have a good face.

Empress Liu lowered her eyebrows, planning to ask the emperor to give Shuanghua a title later. It's better for her to speak up than to be forced to speak up, right?Concubine Dou De reached out to shake her hand, giving her strength, and Empress Liu gave her a thankful smile.

At this time, the empress dowager was about to give rewards to everyone, and when she asked the emperor, the emperor was a little stunned for a while, and didn't know what reward to ask for.

Empress Liu saw that the emperor was in trouble, she winked at him quietly, and pointed at Shuanghua secretly, so the emperor gave her a smile, and went up to the empress dowager and said, "Shuanghua is so considerate to serve by his side, with a graceful appearance, and I want my mother to do it for me." The reward is half of the mother's blessing.

The empress dowager glanced sideways at Wan'er, then looked at the emperor again, and said with a smile: "Since the majesty has said so, a mother will never refuse, so let's make her a beauty."

"Thank you mother." The emperor brought Shuanghua to salute the empress dowager.Shuanghua was favored that night.

The author has something to say: ~(@^_^@)~ Everyone is so awesome, I have collected 100 articles, and I agreed to add more, but I am a little busy at the beginning of school, so I won’t add more these days, wait until the weekend Let's add more when the time comes.The column will be updated soon~ Everyone, add some oil to the watermelon~~~

Regarding the question of whether the plot is procrastinating, well, let’s put it this way, although the protagonist of this article is Wan’er, it’s impossible to write about Wan’er all the time, because every event needs a cause and effect. It's too simple to write it out in a few words, right?Watermelon will pay attention to the details, you have to believe that the protagonist runs through the whole text, and there are many scenes!It's just that the time has not come!

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