Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Minister Dare Not Speak
"Queen, you can't go in...... Queen......"
Outside the Yanying Palace, there were anxious shouts of eunuchs and female officials in the palace.
Then there was a loud shout: "Who dares to stop this palace?" ”
Li Zhi raised his head and looked at the temple door with a surprised expression.
And Shangguan Yi, who was standing under Li Zhi, was stunned for a moment, glanced at Li Zhi, and then looked outside, and saw a military queen dressed in full costume, carrying a skirt, and rushing into the hall like a gust of wind under the pursuit of more than a dozen palace people.
"Queen's ......"
Li Zhi's face was a little embarrassed, a little guilty, and a little afraid to look into Wu Meiniang's eyes.
Seeing this scene, Shangguan Yi felt that it was necessary for him to block the pot for the Son of Heaven.
He puffed up his chest, took a step forward, and said in a deep voice: "Empress Wu, please stop." ”
Syllable!
A loud slap was slapped on Shangguan Yi's face, causing him to stagger, half of his face was red and swollen, his ears were buzzing, and he almost passed out.
Shangguan Yi was stunned.
Since he became an official in the court, in the past few decades, no one has dared to lift a finger of him.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the current queen, he would have made the other party pay a heavy price if he slapped him.
After being stunned for a second, Shangguan Yi came back to his senses and rushed up a few steps, wanting to stop Wu Meiniang again.
This woman, although she is still Empress Wu, has already made an edict to abolish the queen, as long as the edict is passed out, she will be the queen of the abolition......
The next moment, Shangguan Yi's face showed a look of astonishment, and he saw Wu Meiniang rushing in front of Li Zhi and snatching the edict from Li Zhi's hand.
"Pheasant slave, what are you doing here? You...... You're going to abolish me? ”
Wu Meiniang unfolded the edict, swept it with ten lines at a glance, and questioned Li Zhi in a mournful voice.
If you compare it with a folk couple, she and Li Zhi have been going through thirteen years, and they have a group of children who face the ups and downs of the court together.
Defeat one enemy after another together and overcome countless difficulties and dangers.
Now, the eldest son is about to become an adult, and he actually wants to abolish his wife?
Just for the instigation of these foreign ministers?
Wu Meiniang's questioning really made Li Zhi ashamed.
However, the shame in his eyes was only for a moment, and the next moment, Li Zhi puffed up his chest and shouted in a majestic voice: "I have my own way of doing things, why do I need you to be a woman......"
"You bear me, you bear me~"
Wu Meiniang stepped forward and actually raised her hand to beat Li Zhi's chest.
"No!"
Shangguan Yi was taken aback, and he didn't care about his old age, so he lifted his official robe and strode forward.
A group of eunuchs and female officials around him also rushed up, wanting to separate Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi.
"I see who dares!"
Wu Meiniang snorted.
Everyone was frightened.
This woman, this usually gentle and amiable martial queen, was angry this time, like a lioness.
That awe-inspiring aura made even Shangguan Yi's heart tremble.
Only then did I remember that the woman in front of me was not an ordinary woman, she was an eighteen-year-old horse who dared to say that she would kill disobedient horses in front of Taizong Li Shimin, and she became Empress Li Zhi and the Empress of Wu for more than ten years.
In recent years, he has co-governed with Li Zhi and held great power.
Under the prestige, no one dares to beat it.
"Martial Empress ......"
Shangguan Yi calmed down his mood for a while, and said with his hands crossed: "Your Majesty has decreed that from today onwards, you will no longer be my Empress of the Tang Dynasty, ......"
"Who said that?"
Wu Meiniang grabbed the holy decree with one hand, and her phoenix eyes glared: "Just this piece of waste paper?" ”
When the words fell, his hands were torn, and everyone heard a cracking sound, and the holy decree was torn to pieces by Wu Meiniang.
"Daring, you ...... You tear up the holy decree ......"
Shangguan Yi was stunned, he never expected that the Empress Wu would have such a comical operation, and the abolished holy decree would be torn apart.
"Is there any use of His Majesty's Imperial Seal on this decree?"
Wu Meiniang was angry, but her mind was still calm.
With an angry sneer on his face: "If there is no will to use the seal, it is waste paper, and I know if there is someone to overture." ”
"You...... I ......"
Shangguan Yi has always been anxious, but this time, she was so stunned by Wu Meiniang that she didn't know what to say for a while.
This looks like victory is about to happen, but I don't know that there will be complications.
"Please...... Please make your own decisions for your ministers......"
In his busy schedule, he could only salute Li Zhi and ask Li Zhi to call the shots.
As long as Li Zhi opened his mouth, as soon as Chrysostom Yuyan's words fell, Wu Meiniang would be abolished.
"Your Majesty!"
Wu Meiniang looked back at Li Zhi, and the tears in her phoenix eyes kept rolling down like broken beads, and two tear stains were washed on her cheeks: "Do you really want to listen to the words of the foreign minister and abolish the concubine?" ”
"I ......"
"Your Majesty, do you remember the pomegranate dress? Do you remember how you promised me when you were in Ganye Temple? ”
"I ......"
"Your Majesty, if you abolish me, how will you let Hong'er deal with herself? What do you do with stability, Xian'er, Taiping, and Xian'er? Will they never see their mothers again? ”
"I ......"
"Your Majesty, if I am abolished, will you also abolish Hong'er? He has been carefully cultivated by you for more than ten years, and you ...... You're so ruthless. ”
Every word wept blood, and every word was like a knife on Li Zhi's heart.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless.
No matter how iron-blooded the emperor is, how can he not have family love.
"Mei Niang, I ......"
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shangguan Yi mentioned the hem of the official robe, knelt down with his head held high, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please take the country's society as the priority, and be in chaos, but suffer from it, Your Majesty!"
Minister, please Your Majesty for the sake of your descendants for all generations! ”
After speaking, Shangguan Yi kowtowed again and again.
With a thud, the corners of his forehead burst and blood poured down the stairs.
Shocking.
Li Zhi was momentarily moved.
"Your Majesty!"
The two sides were holding each other, and suddenly, a shout came from outside the hall.
"Minister, Dali Temple Shaoqing Su Dawei, there is a book!"
Outside the hall, Su Dawei's loud voice was heard.
Then there was the shouting of the eunuchs and Qianniuwei guarding the palace: "Su Shaoqing, Your Majesty, the queen, and the Xitai squire are discussing inside, and you can't enter without an edict." ”
"Your Majesty~"
Outside the hall, Su Dawei's voice came again: "The minister has 100,000 urgent things to do." ”
Li Zhi's eyes fell on Wu Meiniang, but seeing her tears and bleak face, he couldn't see anything else.
His gaze then fell to Shangguan Yi, who was kneeling at the foot of the stairs.
Shangguan Yi had a bad premonition in his heart.
At this time, Su Dawei asked to see him, and it was too coincidental.
Shangguan Yi kowtowed to Li Zhi and said: "Your Majesty, now that the minister is a Xitai squire, the matter of the rise and fall discussed with Your Majesty is not enough for the foreign minister, please Your Majesty will blast Su Dawei out." ”
A small Dali Siqing, what qualifications does this queen have to come in.
Those who can come in to discuss matters must at least be at the level of prime minister.
Shangguan Yi's voice made a trace of hesitation flash on Li Zhi's face, and then his expression was resolute: "Come on, drive Su Dawei out, and don't let him enter the palace." ”
The eunuchs in the palace were busy singing loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, Su Dawei is not allowed to enter the palace." ”
"No entry into the temple~~"
The rumor has just started.
Outside the hall, I only heard a loud shout: "I see who dares to ......"
In the midst of the cheers, Su Dawei, who was outside the hall, waved his left arm and raised his right arm, threw away several Qianniu guards who were holding his arms, and strode into the hall.
"Bold!"
Qianniuwei, who was guarding the main hall, was shocked.
They rushed up one after another, wanting to blast Su Dawei out.
Shangguan Yichu stood up at the same time and shouted at Su Dawei: "You actually dare to disobey Your Majesty's will, this is a great crime of rebellion, why don't Qianniuwei kill this fang." ”
Shangguan Yi is already the prime minister with real power, and now he is bleeding again.
These words, with anger, are not to be taken lightly.
Qianniuwei in the palace couldn't help but look in the direction of Li Zhi.
Wu Meiniang was shocked: "Your Majesty, Ami must have something important to come in." ”
Su Dawei saluted with his hands crossed and said loudly: "Your Majesty, before that, Your Majesty personally named me the secretary of the Ducha Temple, and I have the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot, and I have the right to perform secrets, so the minister is not guilty." ”
Shangguan Yi was stunned for a moment on the side, and then sneered: "Your position as the secretary of the temple has been relieved." ”
"Your Majesty said that you will divide the Ducha Temple into three parts, and at the same time dismiss the ministers from the post of the temple secretary, but Your Majesty also said that before the arrival of the new temple secretary, before the completion of the integration of the Ducha Temple, the minister is still responsible.
Moreover, His Majesty has not removed the right of the ministers to secret. ”
Su Dawei scolded Shangguan Yi without being humble or arrogant, and under the latter's face changed several times, he continued to salute Li Zhi and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has 100,000 urgent matters, and he wants to start playing to His Majesty." ”
Shangguan Yi was so angry that he trembled, and when it came to quibbles, he really had never seen anyone who could quibble better than Su Dawei.
He looked at Li Zhi.
But when he saw His Majesty the Tang Emperor, his face was cold, and he couldn't see his joy or anger, but he just spit out a word lightly: "Quasi." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su was overjoyed.
Shangguan Yi's heart sank.
He had a bad premonition.
The strategy of this abolition is to build a general trend step by step, and gradually take the final step.
But the beginning of all this was to use Su Dawei to impeach Li Yifu.
Will the beginning of everything also be the end of everything?
But now, he has no way to interrupt all this, so he can only prick up his ears, listen carefully to what Su Dawei will say, and then look for another opportunity.
In any case, Li Zhi was already suspicious of Wu Meiniang in his heart.
Once trust is torn apart, no one can bridge.
Even Su Dawei can't.
"Your Majesty, after hearing that the Xitai Shilang wanted His Majesty to be abolished at the court meeting today, the minister felt that this matter must not be allowed."
"You're here to tell me for the Queen?"
Li Zhi's voice was calm, and he gently flicked his sleeves, and waved away Wu Meiniang, who took the initiative to come up and wanted to pinch his shoulders for him.
This is a clear signal.
Su Dawei said calmly as if he hadn't seen it: "Your Majesty, the minister is Your Majesty's minister, and everything you say is for Your Majesty's consideration." ”
"Go on, I'll see what you can say."
Li Zhi sneered: "I want to see your heart, whether it is loyal or treacherous." ”
"Your Majesty will be loyal if you want to be a traitor, and if your Majesty wants to be a traitor, the minister will be a traitor."
Su Dawei said this sentence without blushing and without a heartbeat.
For a while, Li Zhi lost his temper, looked at Su Dawei, and was stunned for a moment before frowning: "Let's talk about the point." ”
Shangguan Yi stood at the bottom of the steps, raising his sleeve to wipe the blood-stained forehead, while secretly scolding Su Da for being shameless.
Originally, I thought that this person was still a little pedantic.
Now it seems that he is also a lucky person.
In vain.
"Your Majesty, what the Xitai squire said, as well as what the ministers in the court said, the ministers don't understand, and they can't understand those things, but the ministers were in charge of the Ducha Temple before, and after reading a lot of information, they just remembered an interesting thing."
"What?"
"It's about the abolished prince Li Zhong."
Su Dawei glanced up at Shangguan Yi, who was wiping the blood stains.
That look shocked Shangguan Yi's heart.
"I don't dare to speak."
"I'm too late to speak."
Li Zhi sneered: "I forgive you for your innocence. ”