Chapter 1(4)()

Luoyang, Shangyang Palace, Sleeping Hall.

On the magnificent dragon bed, an old phoenix was lying. The silver threads were scattered and gently rubbed by a pair of bright hands. Suddenly, the hands stopped and shouted in surprise: "Your Majesty, you have grown new black hair."

"Is that so? Liulang, have you looked carefully?" Wu Zetian replied with his eyes slightly, but there was a faint surprise in his tone.

"Of course, look carefully. If you don't believe it, your majesty, you can see it yourself." Zhang Changzong gently lifted the silver wire and came to the bronze mirror. Wu Zetian turned his head slightly and could see the picture reflected from the bronze mirror in front of him. In her bedroom, there were dozens of bronze mirrors of different sizes and shapes placed up and down, and behind each bronze mirror held a red candle high, mixed with overlapping sarong curtains. As long as someone wandered around it, every movement and expression would be reflected into the mirror from various angles, with a slightly drunk red light. I don't know if the queen could see it more clearly or blurry?

At this moment, she seemed to see clearly, her face was full of joy, she gently stroked Zhang Changzong's hand, and sighed: "Liulang, you are my Prince Ji Jin. 'The white tiger shakes the phoenix and blows the phoenix, rides the clouds to absorb the sun's essence', can I really become immortal with you?"

"Your Majesty is a god in the sky." Zhang Changzong smiled flatteringly, his eyes blurred.

"Listen, this little mouth is so sweet. I ask you, how is the matter you are talking about going?"

"Please wait patiently, you know, this matter takes some effort."

"Well, I'm patient, I'm afraid you, little guy, won't do your best."

"Your Majesty said that Liulang, Liulang will die without a place to bury him."

Wu Zetian twisted his face: "Die? I really can't bear to die."

Zhang Changzong pouted and said with a grievance: "I know that Your Majesty feels sorry for me, but I dare not die. But someone wants me to die!"

Wu Zetian's face turned a little: "Who?"

"Who else? Your Majesty knows."

"Oh, you mean him." Wu Zetian slowed down his tone, "Hasn't I let him retire? You will be clean from now on."

"But he was holding back hatred. Your Majesty, he hated Liulang!"

"Hmph, I'm afraid you can't get his hatred."

Zhang Changzong said urgently: "He doesn't hate me, why did he burn that robe in the mansion?"

Wu Zetian said suspiciously: "Roof? What robe?" After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized and couldn't help but sneer: "It's that piece of green fur. Burned? Interesting?" She suddenly raised her eyebrows: "How did you know?"

Zhang Changzong was stunned: "Yes, someone told me."

"Someone told you? Someone told you about the old mansion in Di Guo? Humph, you have a lot of eyeliners."

Sweat began to appear on Zhang Changzong's forehead, and he did not dare to say anything anymore.

Wu Zetian frowned, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment, she looked up at Zhang Changzong who was silent and half-kneeled beside her, and said softly: "Di Renjie should leave Luoyang in the past few days. Don't mention anything about him in the future. You go down first."

"Yes." Zhang Changzong stepped back.

"Come." Wu Zetian waved his hand and a female official in red clothes came to her and called him Your Majesty.

"Get the map."

"Yes." After a moment, two female officials knelt in front of the emperor, one left and one right, and expanded a map.

Wu Zetian raised his right hand and slowly drew a circle on the picture. Her index finger finally stopped at a location - Bingzhou. She murmured to herself: "Bingzhou, Bingzhou, Huaiying, I can't get it this time." A thick layer of frost gradually condensed on her face.

Luoyang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Li Dan and Di Renjie sat in the study of the royal palace. Li Dan said to Di Renjie: "The Master of the Pavilion is very sudden. Why did I know nothing before?"

Di Renjie bowed and said, "The Master suddenly allowed me to retire yesterday. I was frankly surprised by the old minister. But this is the kindness of the emperor, so the old minister can only be grateful."

Li Dan said: "When will the Master Ge leave?"

"It will be done in three days."

"So quickly?" Li Dan pondered for a moment and sighed softly: "As soon as Master Pavilion left, there was a jade pillar that held the sky in the court, and the court was empty."

Di Renjie shook his head: "Hey, don't say that, the prince. There were some good ministers in the Great Zhou Dynasty who assisted the country. I, Di Renjie, had nothing special except for my loyalty."

"But the most valuable thing is this loyalty!" Li Dan nodded with emotion, stopped and said, "Gei Master, since you are going back to Bingzhou, I have to entrust some things to you. I wonder if the Gaei Master is willing to help you?"

"Prince, please speak, Di Renjie will do his best."

Li Dan frowned and thought, "The Master of the Ge must know that the King of Wei has been the King of Wei in the past few years. He controlled the military and political affairs of the Beidu and had long since turned Bingzhou into the world of the Wu family. But a year ago, due to the Master of the Ge's multi-party work, he finally told the Emperor to welcome the King Luling and give the position of Prince Li Xian again. The King of Wei's ambitions for many years were vain and he died of depression. The position of the Lord of the Bingzhou was vacant, and the Lord of the Emperor granted the title of Bingzhou Patriarch."

"Yes, this is a blessing for Li Tang."

"Yeah." Li Dan still frowned: "After taking office, I naturally wanted to take over the Bingzhou garrison as soon as possible and control this important town. Since Liu Yuan, the commander of the Bingzhou Zhechong, was the confidant of the King of Wei, I found a name to dismiss him and sent him to Wang Guizong, the general who was most trusted in the Right Guard, to take over the post of Zhechong Duwei. But I knew that General Wang got sick after only one month of taking office and was sent back to Luoyang for treatment. He died in just two days."

Di Renjie was very surprised: "Oh? There is something like this? Why haven't the old minister heard of it?"

"The Master of the Pavilion was in Jiangzhou at that time, so he didn't know about this matter. In fact, I was very suspicious of General Wang's death. I had thoughts to ask the Master of the Pavilion to help investigate, but when the King asked the Master of the Lord for help, he was sternly rejected by the Master of the Lord."

"The Lord refused?"

"Yes. The emperor said that the imperial physician had experienced General Wang's condition, which was indeed a fatal disease, so I did not doubt it. He also said that only harmony between Li and Wu families would be beneficial to the court and the country, and would not allow me to cause trouble in this regard. The old master knew that the will of the emperor had never been contrary to anyone, so I did not dare to pursue it anymore. According to the emperor's wishes, he did not send his confidant to take over the military affairs of Bingzhou. Instead, he promoted Zheng Chang, the former Zuo Guoyi Duke of Bingzhou Weifu, to become the new Zhechong Duke. Zheng Chang, the former King of Weifu, was originally from the King of Wei, and now he had close contact with the Liang Palace, and was just a false dealing with me. Therefore, I, the governor of Bingzhou, could not actually touch the actual Bingzhou defense."

Di Renjie nodded silently, his expression very serious.

Li Dan continued: "Ge Lao, Chen Songtao, the Chief Executive of Bingzhou, must be familiar with him."

"Chen Songtao is my husband's in-laws."

Li Dan smiled slightly: "This Chen Songtao is also an unpredictable person. When King Wei was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou, he was deeply trusted and respectful to me now. He seemed to be indifferent to the personnel changes in Bingzhou Weifu. He was calm and calm. He acted very cautiously and could not find any flaws at all. However, he was also full of all the work of Bingzhou affairs, and it was impossible to pour water into it. It was really not underestimated."

Di Renjie bowed and said, "The old minister has understood what the prince said. The old minister thinks that the prince wants me to observe the situation of the Bingzhou government and the loyalty of the Bingzhou military and political officials when he returns home this time."

Li Dan said: "Gei, Bingzhou is second only to the East and West Capitals. It has always been the sphere of influence of Wu Chengsi. Now I really hope to rectify the military and political affairs of Bingzhou, but I encountered the above resistance. This time, the Lord's return to the hometown is really good news for me. Please be sure to help me. Of course, since the Lord has retired, I can't bear to let the Lord work too hard. The Lord only needs to inform me of the observed situation." He hesitated for a moment and said: "Of course, Lord Chen Songtao is the Lord's in-laws. If the Lord feels inconvenient, he can be strict with me at this moment. I will never force the Lord to do anything."
Chapter completed!