Li Zhi coughed violently and slowly walked into the Zichen Palace.

His complexion is not very good.

To be precise, his face was abnormally red.

This is a sign of a cardiovascular patient.

But he knew that he couldn't fall yet, the prince was still too young, and his health was not good.

The Tang Dynasty had just conquered Goguryeo, and wanted to conquer more and more vast lands.

In the future, if you go to Jiuquan, you can also proudly say to Emperor Taizong that you have given birth to a good son.

I lived up to your expectations.

What is a little struggle now?

Compared with his eldest grandson Wuji and Guan Longmen when he first ascended the throne, the situation is much better.

Li Zhi's mind is still clear and he knows what is most important.

As long as he is in one day, this Datang will not be chaotic.

I still remember that when Taizong was alive, Li Zhi once played blind chess with Taizong.

That is, the two sides face their backs to the chessboard, say the chess path, and the palace people on the side will play the chess on their behalf, and finally wait for the final game to calculate the victory or defeat.

The end of the game.

While picking up chess, Taizong said to him meaningfully: "The court is playing chess, this world is the chessboard, one day for the emperor, one day for the ministers."

As Han Feizi of the Warring States said, monarchs and ministers fight a hundred battles in one day.

There were a lot of moves, but I couldn't see them clearly at the time.

But don't worry, you can carefully observe the opponent's chess move first, think carefully, and then make a decision.

This is different from the battlefield, which is constantly changing and requires the first response.

But in the court, the emperor has the right to kill in his hands, and he can slowly figure it out.

Don't forget your strengths and don't be blinded by chaos.

Seeing the situation clearly, planning and then acting are the most basic qualities of a famous general. ”

Taizong plays chess like governing the country, and governing the country is like using soldiers.

Since then, Li Zhi has enjoyed playing chess.

At that time, he and Gao Yang and Wu Meiniang often played chess and chatted in Taizong's warm pavilion.

But? Since Emperor Taizong left, he has never touched chess again.

When you see what you want, you will carve it; What do you think? The minister will express his disagreement.

Therefore, it is said: to go to good and evil? The minister is a vegetarian; Go to the old and go to the wise? The minister is his own. - "Han Feizi: The Lord's Way"

The monarch reveals his desires, and his subordinates will whitewash themselves; The monarch reveals his intentions, and his subordinates disguise themselves. So: the monarch hides his likes and dislikes? will see the true face of his subordinates; Throw away old stereotypes? If you don't show your wisdom, you will let your subordinates do their jobs.

Li Zhi has won three of them.

Forbear? Silence? Watching the situation is silent.

Let the chess game evolve itself? Until he sees the situation clearly? Identify the essence.

As for today's situation? Li Yifu invites the warlock to look at the qi? Hidden armor, but also good at using Taizong's treasure pillow.

This is the sin of the three tribes.

But is someone designing to frame Li Yifu?

What is the purpose of the people behind it?

He's going to have to see more.

At least now it has been proved that Hao Chujun and Shangguan Yi's appetite is even greater than he thought.

has passed the impeachment of Guo Xingzhen, involving the Empress Wu.

So is the Empress Wu wronged?

Not necessarily.

Li Zhi didn't believe that Wu Meiniang would use Guo Xingzhen to curse her child.

That's a smart woman.

is also a woman who knows how to advance and retreat in a measured manner.

But is there a sin? It's not that Wu Meiniang relied on anything.

But which choice is the world of Datang? It is more beneficial for Li Zhi to control power.

Do you push the boat with the current? On Shangguanyi's impeachment? After the abolition?

This is a question that Li Zhi needs to think about carefully.

Over the years, he has relied more and more on Wu Meiniang.

This choice is a double-edged sword.

The forces around Wu Meiniang have inevitably swelled.

Even if Li Zhi has always deliberately maintained a balance? But some things are still quietly changing.

If you don't suppress it anymore, if your body can't support it one day, and there is a sudden change, I'm afraid that it will cause trouble.

And the current power of Empress Wu, if he is not there, who can control it?

This question is worth pondering.

If he is not there, will Empress Wu be able to influence the situation in Datang?

The answer is yes.

Armed with a sharp blade, the murderous intent arises.

If there is this possibility, it means that there is a risk in the future.

Perhaps, should we take this opportunity to abolish the Empress Wu by the way and lay the way for the future emperor?

Li Zhi's face sank like water, and he paced the Zichen Palace.

Many thoughts float in my mind.

It's like a clever chess player, pondering the chess path and thinking about the pros and cons of the follow-up.

……

"Is there any news from Your Majesty?"

"Not yet."

"No news is the best news."

"Your Majesty is a deep person, and he likes to watch the situation the most, and then decide."

"Then will he see our plan and ......?"

"With Your Majesty's cleverness, how can our little calculation escape his eyes."

"Then we ......"

"We are scheming, we are doing it in a dignified and upright manner, and if we put enough conditions in front of Your Majesty, any choice he makes will be beneficial to us."

"Yin is within the yang, not in the pair of yang, you can't see it, you are also a chess master."

"After winning the prize, the real resourcefulness is to find out the opponent's thoughts and desires, and put the interests in front of him that he can't refuse, and he will naturally make a choice."

"But after all, we have done a lot of things behind our backs, and even if it really happens, will Your Majesty ......?"

"Your Majesty is not a person who is easy to kill, he prefers to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation, our gate valve nobles have weakened a lot over the years, it's time to increase the strength of the gate valve."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Back then, I got rid of the eldest grandson Wuji and other Guanlong nobles, but have you ever seen Your Majesty exalt and kill? He just took the opportunity to change the people in the center, and at the same time by abolishing Queen Wang, driving the Wang clan and other clans out of the center, so that they would not hold power.

But when is there less than a gate valve in this world?

Your Majesty did not beat the nobles of the family to death with a stick, and there are still a large number of our people in the court.

His Majesty is a truly calm and clever emperor, and he wants balance, not killing.

The authority of the Empress Wu is getting heavier and heavier, and if His Majesty does not want to have the suspicion of the lord and young ministers, the situation in which the queen monopolizes the power, he will have to start planning.

In this game, His Majesty only has two options: abolishing the queen, or enhancing the strength of the gate valve, and competing with the martial queen. ”

"Wonderful."

"You say, what is the Empress Wu thinking about now? That's a shrewd woman, she shouldn't be restrained, right? ”

……

In the harem.

There are many beaded curtains in the Ayaqi hall.

The faint sound of whipping and tartar passed through the beaded curtain, occasionally mixed with one or two screams of pain.

The palace maids and eunuchs guarding outside the hall were all pale, and when they heard the cry, it seemed as if they had hit their hearts.

Countless people quietly looked at the beaded curtain, but no one dared to speak.

The one who was whipped was the most trusted female official of the Empress Wu on weekdays, and today I don't know what mistake she made, but she was ordered by the Empress Wu to be whipped thirty times.

Tsk, how can a delicate and expensive beauty on weekdays withstand such a whiplash.

Thirty lashes down, I'm afraid the meat will be smashed.

Empress Wu is like this to the most favored female officials, and these slaves and maids are not even more dangerous.

Those who can blend in the deep palace have eyesight.

Knowing that Empress Wu was in a bad mood, he was cautious, for fear of touching Empress Wu's mold.

After the bead curtain, the gauze curtain was pulled up by the palace people with wishful thinking.

The beauty behind the curtain pulled her long hair back and covered half of her face.

She wore a pair of white jade pendants on her ears, something she had forgotten to take off before going to bed, and the only decoration at the moment.

Wu Meiniang's jade face was slightly red, her eyes seemed to be asleep, with a trace of delicate and weak lazy style, and asked lightly: "What time is it?" ”

"Back to the queen, just after noon, the dining room asked the queen if she was dining now?"

"Let's pass the meal."

Wu Meiniang raised her hand gently.

Two servant maids who served her stepped up lightly.

Feet are as gentle as a cat.

In their hands, they held gauze clothes as thin as cicada wings, one raised his hand for Wu Meiniang, and the other put on the clothes.

There is almost no need for Wu Meiniang to move, and the clothes and accessories are added layer by layer.

Collect her grace under a beautiful and luxurious robe.

Wu Meiniang finally got up.

The palace maid held the corners of her clothes and skirts for her, and carefully led her to the bronze mirror.

A maid stepped forward to pull her hair in a bun for Empress Wu.

"What hairstyle does the queen want to comb?"

"Whatever."

"Would you like to comb a falling bun?"

"Yes."

The ingenious palace maid combed Wu Meiniang's hair briskly.

Another palace maid came up and made up powder on Wu Meiniang's face and appliquéd.

When the makeup was set, another palace maid came up to put on cloud shoulders for Wu Meiniang.

"The queen is so beautiful."

Someone around is talking.

Wu Meiniang raised her eyes and glanced at the female official who stepped forward, and said to the other palace maids and eunuchs, "You guys should step down." ”

"Yes."

A group of slaves and maids put their dressing tools in order and walked backwards.

Wu Meiniang said to the female official: "How? ”

"Back to the queen, the outer dynasty is now...... The wind is not in your favor. ”

"Those gate valves still don't give up, thinking that by impeaching me, they can get what they want."

"Queen, do you want to ......?"

"No."

Wu Meiniang reached out and stroked her slender neck.

On that swan-like jade neck, there is a jade Maitreya Buddha statue.

Her fingers caressed gently on the Buddha, and the years did not leave any traces on her skin.

It's still that good.

"The ministers don't have to worry, they are just a bunch of waste dogs, except for a few barks, they are useless, the key is Your Majesty......

What His Majesty will think, that's the key. ”

"Shall we do nothing now?"

"It's not about doing nothing, it's about looking at the situation first."

Wu Meiniang didn't seem to be affected by the predicament in front of her.

She seemed very patient and said gently: "Threesome, there must be my teacher, I follow Your Majesty, and I can be regarded as learning a lot...... The more this situation is, the more unreckless it is, and many things are self-defeating.

At this time, the more they argued for justification, the more they wanted to do something, and the more they fell into the calculations of those people.

If it falls into the eyes of His Majesty, it will be a catastrophe. ”

"What are we going to do, Queen?"

"Wait."

"Wait?"

The female officer's phoenix eyes widened, and her face was full of doubts.

Wu Meiniang did not continue.

Instead, the conversation changed: "Su Dawei, where is it now?" ”

……

was worried about Wu Meiniang, the center of the storm, and remembered Su Dawei, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Glancing up at the sky.

The afternoon sun shone on his face.

Under the sun, it is difficult to hide the shadow in my heart.

He took a deep breath and walked towards the building in front of him, step by step.

On the old building, a slightly new plaque stands at the door-

The Secret Chamber.

Most of the yamen and institutional centers of the Tang Dynasty have been moved to the Daming Palace.

Only the Taishi Bureau in the past, and the current Secret Pavilion, have not moved.