[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 24 Queen

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What Li Ji didn't expect was that after the Tianhou lady retreated from the crowd, she didn't say anything confidential, she just greeted him and Xu Jingzong's retirement life cordially.

"The old minister's body is not good enough, but Lao Tejin's body is still so strong, it's really a blessing of the Tang Dynasty!" Xu Jingzong used to observe his appearance, and knew that the empress of heaven valued Li Ji, so he immediately complimented Li Ji.

"I don't know if Lao Tejin has any secret methods to strengthen his body?"

"The old minister just practiced some methods of self-cultivation and breathing in the early years, and he can't be regarded as the word 'secret method'..." Li Ji said hurriedly.

His Majesty Li Er of the previous dynasty died suddenly due to taking drugs in his later years. Although this matter was a secret, how could he hide it from Li Ji, an old fox.

Now the sage is in his prime of life, but he is lingering on the sick bed, so he cannot afford to cultivate immortality and take drugs.

Therefore, as soon as Li Ji heard Xu Jingzong's words, he immediately became vigilant.

In fact, Xu Jingzong really didn't have any intention of digging a trap to make Li Ji jump down, but it is well known that Mr. Li Ji was a Taoist priest in his early years, so he was just curious. , Can't help screaming secretly.

Wu Xu didn't notice the turbulence between the two old men below. She also greeted the two as a routine, and she was relieved when she saw that the two retired veteran cadres were not depressed after retirement, and they were still in good health. up.

As for leaving the two of them to talk today, in fact, there is really a tricky matter for the two of them to help her figure out.

It's really nerve-wracking to let Li Xiaojiu know about this!

Thinking about it, Wu Xu couldn't help straightening her body, and said to Li Ji who was sitting down, "I guess Lao Tejin also heard some rumors a while ago, right?"

Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but shudder, and said to himself: Here comes the meat...

But he just plays dumb.

"The veteran has been resting at home recently, but I don't know what kind of rumors the Empress is talking about?"

"Old Tejin doesn't know something. A few months ago, Shang Guanyi, the servant of Xitai, leaked the sacred intention of the ban...the Emperor intends to abdicate..." Xu Jingzong was worthy of being the loyal dog of the second sage, and immediately picked up the conversation.

Hearing this, Li Ji immediately revealed a look of astonishment in cooperation: "The emperor is in his prime, and the crown prince is so young, how could there be talk of abdicating?"

Hearing this, Wu Xu couldn't help coughing, and said, "Old Tejin heard it right, this matter...is not groundless..."

Li Ji and Xu Jingzong didn't know that there was such an edict, but they couldn't help showing surprise when Wu Xu admitted that the matter was true.

"The sage is suffering from illness and unable to govern. The crown prince is young and is a new heir..." Wu Xu couldn't help sighing, "The sage intends to pass on the throne. This... is quite beyond my expectations."

For thousands of years in the Huaxia Dynasty, there was no saying that the throne was passed on to the wife.

When Empress Lu was in power, she also inherited her son's name. She came to power independently without her husband still alive.

At most, Wu Xu knew that the empress of the Wa country could inherit the throne from her husband, but how could the majestic big country learn the customs of a small country that had been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty?

Earlier, she heard that Shangguanyi was involved in a series of aristocratic families because of the bad deeds of the "Edict of Inheriting the Throne", and she said that Li Xiaojiu dug a hole for the aristocratic family, but after chatting with her family, Erlang, she found out that Li Xiaojiu was basically a gangster. Pushing her idea of ​​superiority!

Even her family's Erlang acted like 'absolutely supporting A Niang's proclaiming emperor', but it scared Wu Xu to death!

She is almost dying of worry...

Being a queen is already tiring enough, if she becomes emperor, wouldn't that kill her? !

Li Ji and Xu Jingzong saw the sad face of the Empress Dowager, and for a moment they couldn't figure out what Wu Xu was worried about.

Are you worried about the emperor's condition?

Worried that the prince's qualifications are too low to suppress the courtiers?

Or are you worried about what trouble she will cause if she really obeys the emperor and proclaims herself emperor?

Both of them are deep-minded people, and they will never open their mouths until they understand the true intentions of the Queen of Heaven!

As a result, the hall became strangely quiet.

"Forget it, this matter can't be clarified in a while, you two..." Wu Xu also knows that Mr. Li Ji and Xu Jingzong are both cautious people, and she wants to hear their true feelings immediately. It's not easy, so I simply didn't force them to speak immediately, and said: "This palace is also a mess, after you two return home, I will analyze it carefully for this palace, let's make a report..."

The statement is not considered a formal statement, it is a bit of a personal suggestion, even if there is something wrong, usually the superior will not blame the person who submitted the letter.

"I would like to obey the order." Seeing that Tianhou's wife had said so, Li Xu and the two dared to refuse, they immediately avoided the table and accepted the order.

Wu Xu hurriedly waved his hands to let the two of them sit down, and said: "Today is the birthday of Zhou Guogong's eldest son, so you two don't have to be too formal, let's go to the front of the palace and have fun..."

Li Ji and Xu Jingzong couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words, and they both saw a look of relief in each other's eyes.

In the past few months, the official circles of the entire Tang Dynasty have been mourned, and people are panicked. They are afraid that the Empress Dowager will be liquidated on their heads, and the entertainment venues in the entire Chang'an are almost closed.

With great difficulty, Duke Zhou, the most favored of the Second Sage, got the eldest son, and the mood of the Empress Dowager improved, and the campaign to clean up the officialdom was over, and all the officials in the country celebrated with each other.

Even if the Empress Dowager celebrates the full moon in Daming Palace for a child from the military sub-clan, so what?

Everyone can't wait to confess this savior - Mr. Xiao Wulang!

After all, Mr. Xiao Wulang is the son of a foreign minister, so of course it is impossible to really show up in the Daming Palace. He still stays in Zhou Guogong's mansion all the time.

To put it bluntly, Wu Xu just wanted to take advantage of this happy event to gather the new Tang government team and Chang'an officials to get acquainted with them.At the same time, it is also to send out a signal: the officials who have not been held accountable, the Queen of Heaven has decided to let you go, you have to take the blame and make meritorious deeds and work hard...

The banquet venue was held in the Hanyuan Hall, and when Wu Xu and the two veteran officials went out, almost all civil and military officials who were qualified to enter the palace to receive the banquet had already arrived.

After Wu Xu asked Li Ji and Xu Jingzong to sit under the throne, he asked Awei, "Where is Da Lang?"

After all, Wu Minzhi is Xiao Wulang-jun's biological father. Since the little kid can't make it to today's banquet, he is the protagonist.

A Wei hurriedly replied: "Mr. Wu Lang just greeted Xue Lang and the others, and then went to look for the prince..."

Wu Xu was silent for a while, and then asked, "Who is greeting you in the back hall?"

Awei said: "Concubine Xian is entertaining, Weishang Palace and Xiaoyu are here..."

The banquet was held today, Mr. Xiao Wulang's mother-in-law, Mrs. Yang, did not enter the palace, so the officials and women in the back hall could only be handed over to Xu Xiaomei to greet them.

Wu Xu knew that Xu Xiaomei was careful, and also heard that Wei Shanggong and Xiaoyu were helping her, so she nodded and remained silent.

Logically, since today's banquet was held to celebrate the full moon for Mr. Xiao Wulang, both Mrs. Yang and Mr. Wulang should be brought into the palace.

But Wu Xu knew that Wu Minzhi would not be happy, so he didn't send a car to pick him up many times.

Besides, a child who has just reached the full moon is very weak, so what if he is frightened?

Wu Xu couldn't help thinking of Wu Minzhi's intention to name his family's eldest son 'Chengsi', and couldn't help but secretly sighed, and said to A Wei: "You go to the back and help Concubine Xian, I'm fine here..."

"I would like to obey." Awei bowed and retreated, leaving behind two palace servants to follow Wu Xu.

Wu Xu saw that the time was almost up, so she slowly walked up to the royal platform and sat down on her phoenix seat.

When all the civil and military officials saw the empress's ascension to the seat, they all paid homage to see her.

Wu Xu didn't open her mouth to shout, but just waved her hand, and Xiao Shunzi beside her said according to her intention: "Let's sit down..."

"Thank God..."

Wu Xu saw that there were many young faces in the hall, and his mood improved a lot.

"You don't have to be polite..."

Although Wu Xu said so, it was the first time for many officials to eat and drink in front of Tianhou at such a close distance, and they were a little at a loss.

So Wu Xu asked the Royal Orchestra, which was already in the Baihao formation in the palace, to play music, and ordered people to bring dozens of altars of imperial wine, so that the beautiful palace people from the Shang Palace Bureau went down to give a group of young talents a drink.

The atmosphere suddenly heated up...

For a while, the palace people were shuttled like butterflies above the main hall, and those young talents came up to the imperial steps to pay respects to Wu Xu after drinking a few glasses of wine to strengthen their courage.

Wu Xu's drink here is stuffed fruit, so she is not afraid of the wheel battles of these boys.But among this group of boys, there is a guy who can't wink, seeing the kind and friendly look of Tianhou lady, he is so courageous when he is drunk, he insists on drinking a glass of royal wine with Wu Xu.

Wu Xu saw that the young man was tall and mighty, and after hearing Xu Jingzong's introduction that Guo Langjun was a famous general, he liked it a little. He was even more happy when he heard that this boy was a Jinshi in Xianqing's fourth year. Blame this kid for the crime of usurpation, and raise his voice to ask someone to fetch the imperial wine.

Mr. Li Ji, who was going to reprimand Comrade Xiao Guo, saw that the Queen of Heaven was not displeased, so he immediately swallowed back the words that had reached his throat.

Comrade Xiao Guo's biological father was Guo Xiaoke, the general of Wagang Village, who guarded Liyang with Li Ji, and the relationship between the two was very close.Guo Xiaoke was relieved of his military power when His Majesty Li Er was in power, and he has been serving as an assassin outside. He couldn't return to Chang'an until his death. Li Ji raised the little Guo Langjun who had stayed in Chang'an as his own son.

This young Mr. Guo also lived up to Li Ji's expectations. Not only did he inherit his father's talent in martial arts, but he was also gifted in literature. Xianqing Dynasty's youngest Jinshi.

Such a young gentleman with both civil and military skills should have been able to make his mark very soon, but Li Ji, who treated him like a father, let him go to the Imperial Academy as a rule, even if he was later taken to participate in several battles against Liaodong, he would not be allowed. He leads the army alone.

Xiao Guo was unhappy about this for a long time. When the Great Tang conquered Tubo, he did not discuss it with Li Ji. He wrote to His Majesty Li Xiaojiu many times, asking to participate in the Western Expedition. In the end, Li Ji slapped him hard , was thrown into the Chongwen Hall...

It was so easy that the second sage thought of him again this time, and promoted him to the military department. Naturally, student Xiao Guo was so excited that he couldn't help himself, especially after meeting the queen who was not as beautiful as ordinary people. Confused, one didn't hold back, and blurted out asking for a drink alone with the Queen of Heaven...

This is the rhythm of death...

The author has something to say: Classmate Xiao Wu has been coveted again =. =