[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 24 Queen 13

As soon as Wu Xu finished speaking, he saw that Erlang's face became very exciting - it was really interesting to make his family's facial paralysis change.

She couldn't help laughing, and said again: "I'm afraid there are not many people in this world who don't want to be emperor..."

But, how can the emperor be so easy to do? !

Take Li Xiaojiu as an example, the process of his ascension to the throne as a legitimate son is really not humane.

Therefore, Li Xiaojiu kept holding his breath and tried his best to govern the Tang Empire well, to prove that his father's choice was right.

As a wife, Wu Xu could help Li Xiaojiu to share the government affairs, but what happened after Shangguan Yi's suggestion was abolished sounded a wake-up call for her.

Even the Queen of Heaven, who is the second sage, is still subordinate to the emperor. No matter what she does, it is impossible to completely dismiss Li Xiaojiu. Those courtiers who do not accept her will continue to attack her in front of Li Xiaojiu. Take great pains to deal with the big and small foxes in the court.

If this continues, Li Xiaojiu will only be more tired...

Another point is that even though Li Xiaojiu has enough trust in her, Wu Xu still believes that power cannot be shared!

The so-called "there are no two masters in a country" is not a lie. If she has been monopolizing power as the Queen of Heaven, sooner or later the issue of the throne will affect her husband and wife relationship with Li Xiaojiu, as well as the relationship with Erlang's mother and child.

As for proclaiming the emperor, that's even more important.

Therefore, she has always pretended not to know about Li Xiaojiu's hints.

It's not that she has no ambition, but that she has no confidence at all.

Wu Xu didn't know how the Awu deity in history treated Erlang. She only knew that if she wanted to ascend the throne, it would be possible, but with Erlang's temperament, she would definitely have a relationship with her!

Originally, she and Li Xiaojiu felt that Erlang's temperament was dull, and they cared far less for him than for the other children.Now that Erlang is suddenly promoted to the reserve position, Wu Xu has always been uneasy.

If you still share with your son because of the throne, then the loss outweighs the gain!

"I think, Erlang, you should know that I'm not a person who loves power..." Seeing her family Erlang's embarrassment, Wu Xu couldn't help but put away his jokes, and said seriously: "Your father's Thoughts, I also know how much, he can trust me, that's why he thought of letting me be in the top position, after all, it's for you..."

Hearing this, Li Xian was heartbroken for some reason, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"Aniang's words...I understand...it's my son's incompetence..."

Hearing this, Wu Xu couldn't help but patted his son on the shoulder, sighed and said angrily, "Erlang, you don't have to belittle yourself, when your father is your age, he is not as good as you!"

Wasn't Li Xiaojiu the prince who chased ducks into the shelves back then, but now he has become a generation of sages far surpassing his father and ancestors.

Erlang is much calmer than Li Xiaojiu back then, there's no reason why he can't stand out!

Besides, this is her son, how could it be bad? !

"Your father also doesn't want you to suffer the anger he received back then..." Wu Xu thought for a while, and then said: "Actually, you don't have to push me up, as long as you can control the people in the army..."

At the beginning, Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and his like could only rely on the title of Minister Gu Ming of the late emperor. Fortunately, they did not have enough military power in their hands, and they were taken away by Li Xiaojiu. , Li Xiaojiu can remain invincible.

□□There is a good saying: Power grows out of the barrel of a gun!

Just as Wu Xu said this, he suddenly heard a report from Xiao Shunzi outside: "Report to the Queen of Heaven and the Crown Prince, Mr. Zhang is asking to see you."

When the two heard that Zhang Wenguan asked for an audience, they both stopped talking.

"Xuan."

After a while, Zhang Wenguan walked in slowly under the guidance of Xiao Shunzi.

"My minister pays homage to the Empress and Prince..." Zhang Wenguan was born in the Zhang family of Qinghe.

Zhang Wenguan became an official very early. He passed the examination of Mingjing at the time of His Majesty Li Er.Li Ji appreciated his talent very much. He once praised him as the contemporary Guan Zhong and Xiao He, saying that he had the talent of famous ministers and took good care of him.later.Mr. Li Ji's handsome army wiped out the peninsula, so he specially recommended Zhang Wenguan to serve in Liaodong.

During Zhang Wenguan's four years in Liaodong, he was a clean and honest official, and he managed the government well and harmoniously, which was highly praised by the people.

Therefore, when the Zhengshitang was reorganized for the first time, Li Xiaojiu and Wu Xu ignored the old rule of "brothers are not allowed to live together in the Taiwan Pavilion", and transferred Zhang Wenguan back to serve as Dongtai's servant.

Afterwards, Zhang Wenguan also served as Minister of Dali Temple, and he was forgiven because of his fair law enforcement. Many people in Chang'an called him "Zhang Qingtian".

Last year, there was a change of personnel in the East Palace, and Zhang Wenguan was promoted to the right minister and also served as the left concubine of the East Palace.

Now that Li Sanlang and Wei Shuyu are away, apart from Changsun Quan, among the officials staying in Chang'an, Zhang Wenguan is the most important. Being able to work for him will definitely not be a trivial matter!

Therefore, seeing Zhang Wenguan entering the palace with a solemn expression, both Wu Xu and Li Xian felt uneasy.

Sure enough, after Zhang Wenguan gave the ceremony and gave the seat, he first reported the bad news.

"Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie died of illness last night, and his son Huailiang's funeral form is here..." As he said, Zhang Wenguan took out a plain letter from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands.

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly took it over, and quickly presented it to Wu Xu.

Wu Xu flipped through the book with a sullen face, and handed it to Li Xian.

"Lu Guogong is a minister of the founding father of the country. Zhang Xiang, you have to keep an eye on the Ministry of Rites and arrange the funeral carefully. As for posthumous titles, posthumous gifts, etc., let everyone in the Political Affairs Hall draw up a statement as soon as possible..." Wu Xu quickly made a decision The keynote, let Zhang Wenguan arrange everything well.

"Dongdu should report the details as soon as possible, so that the emperor can know... and Lu Guogong's obituary, which should be drawn up by the scholars of Chongwenguan as soon as possible, and published in newspapers..."

Zhang Wenguan listened to Wu Xu's account of all the matters behind Lu Guogong's death one by one, and hurriedly bowed to receive the imperial edict, and promised to handle Lu Guogong's funeral affairs in a good manner.

Speaking of which, this old general Cheng has been at home for several years. Although his son Cheng Huailiang is a princess of Qinghe, his future prospects are far inferior to those of Wei Shuyu, Changsun Quan and others.

Of course, the fact that Princess Qinghe is not the daughter of Empress Changsun is only one of the reasons. The bigger reason is probably that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu suspected Cheng Zhijie's party chief Sun Wuji at the beginning, and deliberately transferred Cheng's family from the center.

Fortunately, Cheng Zhijie knew how to advance and retreat. After the failure of the conquest of Ashina Helu, he voluntarily pleaded guilty, took the blame and resigned from office, giving up his position as the commander of the imperial guards.

Afterwards, the imperial court reinstated him as governor, but he declined on the grounds of old age and infirmity, and resolutely refused to get involved in the power struggle between the emperor and the prime minister.

When His Majesty Li Xiaojiu made his own decisions and his political power was stabilized, Cheng Zhijie let his daughter-in-law, Princess Qinghe, often go to the palace to visit the empress and talk about her family relationship.

So although the old Cheng family was far away from the center of power, it was not forgotten by His Majesty Li Xiaojiu.

Now that Cheng Zhijie died, the chance for his descendants to make their mark has come.

Just now Wu Xu was worried that he couldn't find anyone available for Erlang, but now a good opportunity popped up for no reason.

Cheng Zhijie is one of the few remaining portraits of the boss in Lingyan Pavilion, and he has also been in charge of the guards of the forbidden palace for many years, and his subordinates among the big guards are unknown.

"Lu Guogong is also a minister of the late emperor and hero, and the affairs behind him must not be ignored..." After Wu Xu said this, she suddenly remembered that before Wu Min's family's youngest son Miyue, Eleven Niang Princess Qinghe was not present when she reported her illness. At that time, she asked Xu The concubine remembered to give some medicinal materials down, but after only a few days of work, her father-in-law was gone.

If Erlang has already married a wife, the Crown Princess can go to Cheng's house in the name of visiting Eleven Niang, and win over Cheng by the way!

Now this matter can only be done by the Wu Min family...

I don't know if the Yang family can take on this important task!

Wu Xu couldn't help but secretly sighed.

"I heard that Eleven Niang is also sick, and I don't know how things are going in the Duke's mansion..."

Li Xian didn't expect Wu Xu to mention Princess Qinghe's other deep meaning, but he just heard what his mother said about his family's eleventh aunt, and he suddenly remembered that his family's eleventh aunt seemed to have passed away at this age in the previous life.

Although this aunt doesn't have much influence in political affairs, Mrs. Cheng... is worth wooing!

"Don't worry, Auntie, I will visit Duke Lu's mansion tomorrow..." Li Xian said.

Wu Xu heard this, looked at Erlang for a while, and sighed, "That's fine."

After finishing speaking, he asked Zhang Wenguan to keep an eye on Dongxitai and Liubu and work hard, that's all.

After Tianhou and the prince had nothing to say, Zhang Wenguan resigned consciously.

The mother and son were about to continue the topic just now, but Xiao Shunzi came to report again: Zhou Guogong asked to see.

When Wu Xu heard this, she smiled and said, "Why is Da Lang here at this time, please come in quickly..."

When Li Xian heard that Wu Minzhi was coming, he didn't put on airs of the prince, and got up directly to meet him.

Wu Minzhi strode into the hall with a cold handsome face.

"My nephew pays respects to my aunt..." Seeing that Li Xian actually came to greet him, Wu Minzhi couldn't help but paused, and hurriedly saluted, "Greetings to the prince."

"Brother, you don't have to be polite, come and sit down..." Li Xian took Wu Minzhi's hand and pulled him to the front to sit down.

Although Wu Minzhi's expression did not change much, he was obviously a little surprised at the enthusiasm of His Highness the Crown Prince.

Even Wu Xu was a little surprised, why her family's Erlang suddenly became so warm and polite to Wu Dalang.

"Why did Da Lang come here at this time? Is something wrong?" Seeing that Wu Minzhi was still wearing military uniform, Wu Xu guessed that he must have come here in the middle of his duty, presumably for business.

"Yes..." Wu Minzhi straightened his body, and said solemnly: "My nephew heard that Duke Lu died of illness..."

The news of the imperial guards has always been well-informed, not to mention that Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie was originally their old boss, and the new Wu Minzhi is now General Zuo Wuwei. Naturally, everyone reported the news of the old boss' death to him immediately. .

Wu Xu can naturally think of this, but she is a little surprised why Wu Dalang cares about Qi Cheng Zhijie.

"Nephew, I'm afraid there will be unrest in northern Xinjiang." Wu Minzhi directly explained the purpose of coming without going around with his aunt.

"You mean..." Wu Xu couldn't help frowning upon hearing this.

The author has something to say: This chapter was originally updated the day before yesterday, but the internet was disconnected for a day and a half, and then there was a thunderstorm _(:з」∠)_

Now I have the guts to turn on the computer_(:з」∠)_

I really hate thunderstorm weather ==