Although the polo competition was in full swing and had reached the final, Wu Zetian was not affected by the polo competition at all. On the one hand, although she was not very interested in polo competitions, and on the other hand, because of her busy government affairs, she could not be like a commoner who was fascinated by polo.

In the imperial study room, Lai Junchen presented a secret report of the "Tongxuan Tuan" to Wu Zetian. Fangzhou had a severe drought and most hungry people fled to Fangling. The King of Luling secretly recruited strong men from the victims and practiced martial arts. This report made Wu Zetian furious. The bad boy was deposed for eleven years and he still didn't give up. What did he want to do? Do you want to overthrow himself and ascend the throne to the emperor?

"Hmph" Wu Zetian threw the report in his hand heavily on the table, which scared Lai Junchen to the heart of a chill. He peeked carefully at the emperor, and saw that she was pacing back and forth, and he whispered: "The report is not signed, and it is difficult to determine the authenticity. I am willing to secretly find out the matter for Your Majesty. If it is true, I will provide conclusive evidence to convince the opponents."

Lai Junchen looked at this matter completely from Wu Zetian's perspective, so his suggestion hit Wu Zetian's mind. King Luling was the orthodox of the Li Tang Dynasty. He could not be easily convicted by a report on the sacred news, otherwise it would arouse strong opposition from the government and the public.

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "I will order you to be an investigation envoy. I will give you two months to give me a definite report."

Lai Junchen was secretly happy and hurriedly bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Lai Junchen retreated, and Wu Zetian picked up the report of the whistleblower and read it carefully. The report was written in great detail, and it did not look like groundlessness or random fabrication. She did not believe that the whistleblower would fabricate it out of thin air without any basis, especially when it came to the prince's rebellion, she would rather believe it.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, can Wan'er come in?"

Wu Zetian put the report aside, "Come in"

The door opened, Shangguan Wan'er walked in with a full face, and Wu Zetian smiled and said, "It seems that the team won."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Li Zhen and the others really lived up to expectations, defeated His Highness Princess Taiping's team and entered the final, which was really beyond Wan'er's expectations.

"Yes, worthy of reward. I said last time that if they reach the quarterfinals, I will reward them. Tell me, how do I reward them?"

Shangguan Wan'er bowed and smiled, "Your Majesty, don't worry about these trivial matters. Wan'er will reward them heavily, just say it's Your Majesty's wishes."

"This...is good, Wan'er will reward them well for me. It is indeed not easy to achieve such a brilliant record just over two months after its establishment."

Shangguan Wan'er was extremely sensitive. She felt a little abnormal from Wu Zetian's slightly reluctant smile. She asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Wu Zetian didn't want to hide Shangguan Wan'er, and sighed, "Today I received a secret report from Tongxuan's house, saying that my son in Fangzhou's private equity army had a bad intention, which really made me upset."

Shangguan Wan'er was shocked and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of Tongxuan Tu's secret report. If someone falsely accused King Luling——"

"I know too, so I asked Lai Junchen to investigate the matter secretly and ask him to obtain conclusive evidence."

Shangguan Wan'er didn't say anything for a while and asked Lai Junchen to investigate. Wouldn't it be a matter of being accused of being a tiger? Wu Zetian glanced at her with a sharp look and asked coldly: "Do you think it's inappropriate?"

Shangguan Wan'er dared not object explicitly, so she had to tactfully persuade: "In the past, Emperor Taizong specially set up a three-court trial system in order to avoid unjust cases, and let the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate and Dali Temple jointly examine it. This will prevent one of the biased words. If a major case is especially applicable, Wan'er did not mean that the Chief of the Central Committee would be biased, but Your Majesty suspected that King Luling was suspected of rebellion, but only asked the Censorate and his family to investigate. Will this be true? Please give a clear explanation."

Wu Zetian had to admit that Shangguan Wan'er's words were reasonable, and it was difficult to convince the public based on the words of the family. She thought for a while and said, "You can also send someone to investigate in Dali Temple. In addition, I think the inner guard can also search for evidence in secret, which is even more foolproof."

"Your Majesty's clarification"

Li Zhen has slowly calmed down from the excitement of defeating the Taiping Mansion Team. Everyone kept laughing in the big tent. Li Linfu laughed out loudly and said, "I was thinking, the Lotus dude suddenly found that Commander Li was not injured. What would he have? Could it be like this-"

Li Linfu made a pitiful expression, folded his hands and begged, "Master Li, please let me get another knife, okay?"

Everyone covered their stomachs and laughed wildly. Li Zhen held back his smile and said, "I've laughed enough, everyone should be hungry. Let's go eat barbecue and celebrate today's victory."

Everyone cheered, and Li Zhen added: "Shangguan Sheren asked me to tell everyone that each person would reward 500 stakes, and the other members would reward 100 stakes."

Amid the cheers, everyone surrounded Li Zhen and walked out of the tent. At this time, a eunuch walked over quickly and bowed to Li Zhen and said, "Leader Li, if the Shangguan Sheren has important official duties, please go to Taichu Palace."

Li Zhen nodded and smiled at everyone, "Everyone will go to the restaurant and wait for me first, and I will come over immediately."

Everyone went first, and Li Zhen followed the eunuch to Taichu Palace quickly. Soon, they came to Shangguan Wan'er's official room. The eunuch reported: "Sheren, Commander Li is here."

"Please come in"

The eunuch opened the door, "Please please, Chief Li."

Li Zhen quickly walked into Shangguan Wan'er's official room. She saw Shangguan Wan'er not sitting in her seat, but standing in front of the window, looking up at the dark clouds appearing in the sky. Li Zhen stepped forward and bowed: "I am a member of the sect."

"Commander Li, I'm afraid the storm is coming."

Li Zhen was stunned. He heard Shangguan Yu take a pun and asked, "What does this mean by the sacrificial person?"

Shangguan Wan'er sighed softly, turned around and walked back to sit down. She looked at Li Zhen and said with an apology: "I'm afraid you can't participate in the final."

This sentence made Li Zhen feel nervous, and he asked for a while: "What happened?"

"What happened to King Luling is going to happen. Someone secretly told the emperor that he had privately invested warriors and planned to rebel. If he was firmly accused of this crime, he would not be able to escape this disaster."

"Doesn't it mean that he is going to be executed?" Li Zhen asked in a deep voice.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded slightly, and she continued: "The Master has sent Junchen to Fangzhou to investigate the matter strictly. I persuaded the Master. The Master agreed to send other people at the same time. Dali Temple would send people. In addition, the Master asked the inner guard to send someone to investigate."

"But does the inner guard refer to me or Wu Furong?"

"The Emperor did not say it clearly, but since she was telling me this matter, it should be referring to you. Lai Junchen has led people to set off. The situation is very critical. You must set off this afternoon. Commander Li, I am really sorry."

Li Zhen nodded. He understood the tension in Shangguan Wan'er's heart. He also knew that Shangguan Wan'er had always supported Li Xian. If something happened to Li Xian, the consequences would be very serious. In comparison, the polo finals were indeed insignificant.

"Okay, I'll go back and explain, and let's go."

"I hope your team can perform well and win the Polo Championship without you."

"I hope it's up" Li Zhen smiled bitterly.

After coming out of Shangguan Wan'er's official room, Li Zhen sighed softly and walked out of Taichu Palace quickly. The emergency task assigned to him by Shangguan Wan'er really made him feel depressed. He went through great difficulty to reach the final, but he was not able to win the final game.

Even though he was depressed, he had no choice but to miss his job because of playing polo. Besides, it was Shangguan Wan'er's polo team, so she didn't even care about it, so what did she care about?

"Leader Li"

As soon as he walked to Yingtian Gate, Li Zhen suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. When he looked back, he saw Dou Xianyun rushing over quickly.

Dou Xianyun is currently the General of the Qianqi Camp. It is rumored that he will be promoted because he has passed the martial arts exam. Dou Xianyun is generous and honest. When he competes in the final with him, Li Zhen does not need to consider too many guardian methods.

After a moment, Dou Xianyun ran up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Commander Li for leading the team to defeat Taipingfu team and promote the final."

"I also congratulate General Dou on his victory."

Dou Xianyun laughed and then asked with concern: "I heard from Mr. Du, you were plotted against in the game?"

"I was someone who plotted against me, but I had a little more reaction and escaped by luck. Otherwise, how could I finally fight the main general."

"It's said that Taipingfu Team has always been despicable and shameless. Many people have been assassinated by them. This time you eliminated them, and I don't know how many people will be happy about it.

Li Zhen nodded silently and said, "General Dou, I'm afraid I can't participate in the final the day after tomorrow."

"Why?" Dou Xianyun was stunned.

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, "I just received the task assigned by the emperor. I want to leave Beijing immediately. I will not be in the capital for a long time. I am the most important thing in business and have to give up the competition."

Of course, Dou Xianyun knew that Li Zhen’s inner guard was specially performing secret missions. He couldn’t inquire. After a moment of silence, Dou Xianyun slowly said: “Without Commander Li, the inner guard would have no soul. For fairness, I would not play the game the day after tomorrow.”

"This...this is not necessary"

Li Zhen was very moved and waved his hand quickly, "I went out for business, so General Dou doesn't have to make such a big sacrifice. I appreciate General Dou's kindness.

Dou Xianyun smiled and said, "I know that even if I don't play, the Qianqi Camp team can still win the championship. But I care more about fairness. I don't allow others to take advantage of me, but I won't take advantage of others. You don't have to persuade me. Since I have decided, I will not change it."

After saying that, Dou Xianyun patted Li Zhen's shoulder heavily and walked quickly to the other side. Li Zhen kept looking at him and walked away, feeling secretly grateful that Dou Xianyun would not play, at least his team would not lose too badly.
Chapter completed!