On the Wucheng Palace, Shangguan Wan'er was holding a piece of music and was in a trance, when she suddenly noticed someone around her, and when she looked up, she saw Wu Zetian standing quietly beside her.
Wu Zetian looks even older, although the haircover on his head is still as black as ink, but no matter how he takes care of it, the sagging eye bags and wrinkled skin can't be decorated.
But although the elderly Wu Zetian has lost a little of the flying spirit of his youth, his calm bearing reveals a little bit of majesty.
She stood there quietly, not knowing what she was thinking, and her mind was in a trance.
Wan'er snorted lightly, hurriedly put down her pen, dodged out of her seat, and saluted Wu Zetian: "Wan'er has seen everyone."
After seeing the ceremony, Wan'er glared at Xiao Hai, who was standing at the door of the hall, and said lightly: "Everyone is here, why don't you call me to greet you" Wu Zetian waved his hand lightly and said, "Don't blame him, I didn't let him say it." ” Wu Zetian paced to the back of the imperial case and sat down, leaning on the thick cushion, his eyebrows frowning slightly.
Wan'er hurriedly motioned to Xiao Hai to bring a bowl of the empress's favorite mash, walked around behind the empress, gently pressed her shoulder, and said softly: "Are you a little uncomfortable?"
Wu Zetian sighed softly and shook his head slowly.
There are indeed too many things that have bothered her recently, and the opportunities brought about by the purge of officials in southern Xinjiang are a piece of fat that cannot be given up for all forces, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi's two nephews come to disturb her every once in a while, and Li Zhaode and some other factions are also openly and secretly constantly exerting influence on her.
Originally, Lichuntai was her favorite place to go, but Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, the two little beauties, were also concerned about this matter, and every time they arrived at Lichuntai, they would fight for opportunities for their family and the same party they befriended, which made Wu Zetianyi happy.
She is not afraid of the courtiers forming factions, if there is no such and such factions in the court, it will be an unimaginable strange thing, what she cares about is that she can't balance.
The role of the emperor is balance, and the value of the emperor lies in balance, balancing all forces, so that all forces can rely on her, obey her, and give orders.
Otherwise, if it is serious, it will affect her throne and rule, even if it is not so serious, the courtiers will disobey the yang and yin, and her earth-shaking thunder in the court will become a drizzle of rain sprinkled on the people, and her decree will be difficult to access.
At the moment, it's hard to strike a balance.
In the past two days, as soon as they heard that any officials might be appointed to their places as officials, they would inquire about this person's identity and background and character, and then run to her to cry the palace, which is inappropriate here and inconvenient to obstruct.
The empress is now anxious to stabilize the imperial court's rule in the Western Regions and consolidate the achievements of the imperial court in regaining the four towns of Anxi, and urgently needs the stability of southern Xinjiang, and her demands cannot be ignored, which makes the empress feel quite embarrassed at home and abroad.
She is now getting less and less energetic, and she feels a headache after thinking about things for a long time, and it is difficult to come up with a solution to these dilemmas.
The favor of the Zhang brothers and their interference in power aroused the vigilance of the important ministers of the imperial court, and the question of the crown prince also became a topic of advice to the empress from time to time, which made Wu Zetian even more tired.
Wu Zetian picked up a letter in his hand, squinted his presbyopia and glanced at it casually, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and said: "Guannei Dao Inspector Yu Shi Qiao Wenda impeached Yang Fan for being greedy for women and staying in Chang'an and not returning, what's going on?"
"Oh, it is said that when Yang Fan went to Chang'an to pick up Taiping and returned to Beijing, he happened to meet Ning Ke, the only daughter of the Dugu family, and fell in love with her at first sight.
Wan'er replied, a hint of discoloration quietly flashed in her eyes, but she rubbed a pair of soft wattles on Wu Zetian's shoulders, but there was no change in speed or strength, and she was still so gentle and calm.
"Hmph" Wu Zetian was displeased, and threw the piece on the table, but after thinking about it, he said: "No, no, Yang Fan is stranded in Chang'an, what is it for?"
Wan'er replied softly: "Everyone is wise and young and young and pregnant for ten months, and the production is imminent."
She and Yang Fan are both orphans and have no relatives and elders at home, and Xiaoman was adopted by Aunt Pei, the wife of Gongsun Bufan when she was a child, and regarded her as a mother, so after she became pregnant, she moved to Chang'an in order to live closer to the elders and facilitate care.
When Yang Fan finished the matter in southern Xinjiang and rushed to Chang'an, Xiaoman was about to give birth, Yang Fan had the heart to take care of his wife, waiting for the birth of the child and then returning to Beijing, so he begged the princess to stay in Chang'an temporarily on the grounds of illness.
After the princess returned to Beijing, she had already told Wan'er the reason for the inner situation, because everyone had been worrying about state affairs recently, and Wan'er hadn't had time to tell everyone about it. ” Wu Zetian suddenly bowed his head and said: "I see" Wu Zetian has always been convinced of the relationship between Yang Fan and her daughter, so she doesn't believe that Yang Fan dares to talk to other women under her daughter's nose.
In her opinion, Yang Fan has a relationship with her daughter, so it must be Yang Fan who is lurking, who makes her daughter the emperor's noble, if Yang Fan is a greedy cat, it may be possible to steal fish, for a woman to make such a big fanfare, it is absolutely impossible, there must be a hidden secret.
She can still accept this hidden situation, Wu Zetian snorted and said: "This Yang Fan has always been a little contemptuous of the way of monarchs and ministers, and lacks reverence for the emperor If he is honest and asks for my permission, I am so unreasonable, why bother to pretend in many ways." ” Wan'er had already changed her kneading to hammering at this time, clenched a pair of pink fists, gently knocked her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes, although this Yang Fan has been in the official residence, he has always been a person with a temperament, and he has some market habits, unlike people in the officialdom."
However, Wan'er thinks that everyone can use such people more worry-free than those scheming bureaucrats. ” At this time, Xiao Hai came in with a bowl of mash, tiptoed in front of Wu Zetian, and glanced at Shangguan Wan'er again, her eyelids drooped slightly, Wan'er understood, and a pair of small fists thrashed more briskly.
Wu Zetian closed his eyes comfortably and let out a long sigh of relief.
After a while, Fu Qingqing quietly appeared at the door, and when Shangguan Wan'er saw it, she walked around from behind Wu Zetian to the front of her, gently picked up the mash, and said softly to Wu Zetian: "Everyone is worried about state affairs, and Wan'er feels distressed when she sees it."
This mash has been heated, so let's drink a bowl to refresh the blood and relax the muscles. ” Wu Zetian opened his eyes, took a sip of mash with Wan'er's hand, and raised his eyes to see Fu Qingqing standing at the door of the hall with a book-like thing in his hand, and he said, "What's the matter?"
Fu Qingqing hurriedly walked up to the hall, bowed down and saluted: "Sage, there is a secret music of Chang'an" As soon as she approached, Wu Zetian could clearly see that there were two yellow ribbons tied to the notebook in her hand, which was a secret book that only the emperor himself could open.
As soon as he heard that he was from Chang'an, Wu Zetian immediately sat up straight, and Shangguan Wan'er put the paper cutter and silver scissors in front of Wu Zetian, and took two steps back to avoid suspicion.
Wu Zetian checked several secret notes on the notebook and confirmed that it had not been opened, so he took the scissors, cut the yellow silk ribbon, and used the knife to cut the fire paint seal, took out a secret book from it, and read it carefully.
This is Liu Yitian's secret letter, which tells in detail about all aspects of what has happened in Chang'an recently, including Li Mubai's birthday, the extraordinary enthusiasm of all wealthy families and the congratulations of all the lords.
Wu Zetian looked at the corners of her mouth slightly, she knew that those families would not give up this great opportunity to arrange a future for their children and grandchildren.
However, she knew better that the royal family and the Maison were both enemies and allies, that they both defended things together and that they competed with each other, and that it was inevitable that the Maison would benefit from them.
Let them get as much as they want, and let them get as much as they want, without causing a strong backlash from the family, this is what she, the emperor, needs to consider.
Wu Zetian looked down further, and saw what Fang Cai had mentioned in the supervision of the imperial history, because Liu Yitian was the person concerned, so it was more detailed than the supervising imperial history who chased the wind and shadows.
Because his recital is a secret performance, he doesn't need too many flowery words, he only needs to tell the emperor in detail, so Liu Yi has no details, even what was the scene upstairs in Furong at that time, the actions and expressions of Lu Binzhi and Yang Fan and others were described in detail, as if he was writing a novel, and Wu Zetian laughed from time to time.
And then there's the impeachment note that doesn't even mention it.
Liu Yitian described in detail what he saw and heard when he went to the banquet in the Li Mansion, and the various performances of the wealthy family, which mentioned Yang Fan again, when he mentioned that Yang Fan only mentioned a box of birthday cakes and two birthday candles as a birthday gift, Wu Zetian couldn't help laughing.
Seeing the conflict between Yang Fan and the children of the four surnamed Cui Zheng Wang and Li Si, Wu Zetian slapped the piece on the case and smiled at Shangguan Wan'er: "Yang Fan was born as a military general, and he can't look down on the babbling of the literati the most. ” Although Shangguan Wan'er hadn't seen Liu Yitian's secret performance, she knew everything about Yang Fan's affairs in Chang'an, but she naturally couldn't show it, so she just responded casually, and her face was still confused.
Wu Zetian didn't explain, but said: "Poetry is to send affection, poetry is to sing aspirations, poetry is nostalgia, and poetry is to meet friends."
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How can the poems be devalued to worthless, this Yang Fan is not afraid of offending the readers of the world. ” Although she was criticizing Yang Fan in her mouth, Wu Zetian was smiling and full of joy, she just liked to watch the family eat deflated.
Those families are high up, and no one is in their eyes, whether it is the Li Tang royal family or her Wu Zetian, they have never been taken into account by those families, and what Yang Fan did is not in line with her heart.
Wan'er should be laughing with her, still looking ignorant.
Wu Zetian laughed, handed the secret letter to her and said, "Come and see, look what bastard things he has done in Chang'an."
Wu Zetian handed over the secret letter, and without waiting for Wan'er to read it, he said: "However, Yang Fan was born in the common Han clan, and he is not used to those immortals of the family who are full of food all day long and can only boastfully put on a look of fireworks that do not eat the world, and it is also human nature.
"Look at her appearance, what she did to Yang Fan is a bastard, she is happy in her heart.
Wan'er pretended to browse through the secret letter and said with a joke: "This is really his usual style."
At the beginning, everyone asked him to serve in the Criminal Department, but he didn't go for a few days, so he broke through the situation with punches and kicks, and I heard that people in the officialdom called this Yang Fan a stunned young man. ” "It's good to be stunned, it's good to be stunned, there are more stunned greens in the world, and it will be easier for me to govern the world."
Wu Zetian said with a smile, his heart suddenly moved, the mess that had been bothering her in recent days seemed to have been found by her all of a sudden to untie and straighten it out, or to find a quick knife to cut the mess: