In the dormitory, Wu Zetian was lying quietly on the couch, and she never opened her eyes since Zhang Cambodia, Cui Xuanhui and others left with Tai Bizi in their arms.
She heard the sound of Zhang Cambodia in the outer hall ordering the palace eunuch to hand over the imperial seal and tiger talisman, heard the collision of armor, and knew that it was a guard arranged at the door of her dormitory, but she never said a word, what else could she do now She closed her eyes tightly, tears still oozing from the corners of her eyes, Wu Zetian turned around, she didn't want Gong E to see her crying, in fact, several Gong E were huddled in the corner at the moment worried about their own fate, and they didn't notice her movement at all.
Wu Zetian's heart was full of sadness, this moment came too suddenly, so that she didn't have time to calm down and reflect on her life, and she didn't have time to think about how many people she had harmed in her life, and each of those people was ten times more miserable than her, so she felt extremely sad and angry.
Jiangshan Sheji, the emperor's throne, she will hand it over sooner or later, so she is not in love with the power that will not last long even if it is not taken away, what makes her sad is that the Wuzhou Empire she created is bound to end in a lifetime, and since her son has launched a mutiny to regain the throne, he will definitely restore Li Tang's name.
Wu Zetian felt a burst of coldness on her body, and she suddenly thought of the warmth that Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong brought to her when they snuggled up to her, and those two lovers had turned into two cold corpses at this moment.
She remembered the assurances and promises she had given them with confidence not long ago, which made her especially desperate and angry.
She thought that after her death, some people would not be able to accommodate the Zhang brothers, but she didn't expect that she was still alive, and those people were already so rampant.
It took her twenty years, killing countless lives, exhausting her efforts and trying her best to build her empire "Mother" A soft call suddenly came from behind him, Wu Zetian hurriedly wiped away the tears on his cheeks, and said coldly: "Ling Yue, you also betrayed me, didn't you?"
There was no Taiping answer behind him, but he felt that the couch sank slightly, knowing that she was sitting on the edge of the couch.
Wu Zetian stared at the mist-like curtain in front of him, and muttered: "I, the emperor, are you really such a failure, why have you not forgotten to restore Li Tang after so many years?"
No matter what, Wu Zetian is her biological mother, and now Wu Zetian has become a loser, whether it is in state affairs or family affairs, Princess Taiping doesn't want to say anything serious to her, accuse her of any mistakes, or condemn her ruthlessness, Princess Taiping just sat silently, and gently persuaded for a long time: "Mother, don't be sad." ” "Huh" Wu Zetian smiled indifferently, slowly turned around, stared at her daughter and said: "I'm not sad, what's the use of being sad, I've been fighting all my life, in the family, after entering the palace, when I am the queen, the queen mother, and the emperor, I am fighting with people and the sky all the time, I have been fighting all my life, and in the last battle, I just lost." ” Princess Taiping looked at her mother silently, Wu Zetian said: "In my life, I have lost such a battle, the reason for the failure is because I am too old, I am sick, I don't have the energy to pay attention to them, my limit is approaching, so some people began to look for high branches I lost to the years, and the years are opponents that no one can defeat" Princess Taiping wanted to refute her, but her thoughts were unusually confused, considering that her mother had been hit extremely hard, Princess Taiping didn't want to say anything serious, so she agreed with Wu Zetian's conclusion, and nodded lightly.
Wu Zetian saw her nodding, with a happy look on his face, and smiled like a child: "Daughter, you think that if you imprison me here, I can be at your mercy No, it's impossible, I'm Wu Cao, the unique Wu Cao from the past and present, if I am determined to die, I can still cause you endless trouble, right?"
Princess Taiping was a little impatient with her mother's smugness, and she retorted mercilessly: "Mother, do you think that suicide can make Brother Tai Pizi bear the charge of killing his mother, so that he will be scolded by thousands of generations This Yingxian Palace has been controlled by Brother Tai Pizi, if your mother is determined to die, you will still live in the palace tomorrow."
Even if this news cannot be hidden from the world, the court can forge a copy of your guilty edict and declare that you are a death to thank the world."
A chill suddenly flashed in Wu Zetian's heart, she was the emperor, she knew these means very well, she knew that every word her daughter said could become a reality, she was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed.
She doesn't want to be at the mercy of others after she dies, then she can only live in humiliation, she has lost her empire, lost her throne, lost her lover, and even her own life and death, now she can't choose by herself.
"Heheheha Wu Zetian's low laughter turned into a loud laugh, and she pounded the bed indignantly, laughing so much that her face was full of tears.
Princess Taiping sat silently on the edge of the couch, letting Wu Zetian vent, and after a while, Wu Zetian lay back on the couch with a sigh of relief, closed her eyes tiredly, and asked in a low voice: "What is the situation outside now?"
Princess Taiping said: "Shang is still calm, Jiucheng is already in the hands of Brother Xiangwang, in the palace, the six Shang Twenty-four Divisions and the people of the Inner Servant Province will arrange everything in the palace as always, and the forbidden army in Beicheng is not stupid."
Wu Zetian interrupted her and asked, "Is no one dying?"
Princess Taiping thought for a moment and replied: "There are almost no casualties, except in this Yingxian Palace, in order to rush to your dormitory as soon as possible, they moved and killed dozens of Zhang brothers, but the second Zhang's sworn friend would not have been let go." ” Wu Zetian was disappointed in her heart, she didn't expect that as the queen mother and the mother of the emperor, it would take so many years for her to kill so many people and exile so many people before she could sit on the throne of the emperor, but at the moment of her alternating powers, no dead man stood up.
Princess Taiping looked at her mother's old face, in the past few years, her teeth have fallen out, and her cheeks are obviously sunken, looking so weak.
Her eyes were closed, and her eyeballs didn't move at all, not knowing what she was thinking, so that Taiping had a feeling that she had nothing to say.
She opened her mouth, still feeling that it was a little difficult to talk about the Zen book making to her mother at this moment, so she pursed her mouth again, thinking that maybe it would be better to let her mother rest and raise this matter to her again tomorrow.
But Wu Zetian seemed to feel her embarrassment, slowly opened his eyes, and asked lightly: "They asked you to come to see me, not just to visit me, an old woman."
Princess Taiping lowered her eyes and whispered, "Mother" Wu Zetian rolled his eyes and muttered, "What else do they want from me, they want to write an edict of abdication, right?"
Princess Taiping bit her lower lip and nodded slightly.
Obviously, the overall situation has been decided, and it is completely possible to live like Emperor Taizong for a few months, and then let the empress abdicate, which can not only save the face of the monarch and minister, mother and son, but also take over the power more smoothly, but now he is so impatient, which makes Taiping very unhappy, and he is also a little embarrassed when he confesses this matter to his mother.
"Huh" Wu Zetian laughed sarcastically: "They are too anxious, you don't have to feel embarrassed, my mother knows that this must not be your idea, if you are too bad, you will not decide to force your mother to abdicate now, you are better than your two unpromising brothers."
It's a pity that you're a daughter," Princess Taiping was excited in her heart, and she was valued and appreciated by her mother, which would always make her children feel happy, not to mention that her mother was an unprecedented generation of empresses, but this excitement had just surged all over her body, like a tide, and Taiping suddenly felt cold in her heart: "Does my mother really appreciate my talents, the violent death of the fifth brother may be an insoluble mystery, but what about the sixth brother, he died unmistakably at the hands of his mother, but unfortunately I am a daughter, the fifth brother and the sixth brother are talented, virtuous and virtuous, and they are men, so what is the result, the seventh brother and the starling brother are so cowardly and incompetent now, can the mother get rid of it Thinking of the evil intentions that her mother might harbor for her when she said this, Princess Taiping suddenly shuddered.
Her silence made Wu Zetian a little uneasy, Wu Zetian turned his head unnaturally, avoided his daughter's deep gaze, and said in a low voice: "You tell Xian'er, the edict of abdication, I will issue it" The night's chaos ended before dawn.
The bells in the palace rang on time as usual.
This means that the mutineer has taken full control of the court, and although its mistress has been reduced to a prisoner, it is functioning as usual as usual, and the new emperor is waiting to ascend the throne in the Zichen Palace.
There is no one in this world who is irreplaceable When they got up early in the morning, the people of Chang'an, who didn't know what was going on in the palace last night, were surprised to find that five heads had been provoked on Zhuque Street, and Zhang Cambodia did not kill them, even the people of the Zhang family, he only ordered to kill Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Zhang Tongxiu, Zhang Changyi, and Zhang Changqi.
Zhang Tongxiu and the three were originally magistrates, and they returned to Beijing to reunite with their families during the Chinese New Year, because they had Zhang's background, so they stayed and did not return, and they planned to return to the place after the New Year, but they mutiny last night, and they chased Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong down Jiuquan.
Zhang Cambodia was appointed prime minister at the age of eighty, and at this point, probably only the Weishui fishing Jiang Taigong can compete with him.
Before him, I don't know how many people with lofty ideals went one after another to end the Wu Zhou Dynasty, but they kept adding firewood and refueling, and the pot of water in Wu Zhou just couldn't boil, until Zhang Cambodia filled the firewood in, and the Wu Zhou Dynasty came to an end: