"Mother, mother, woo, well, mother......"

In the bedroom of Yide Palace, the little princess Li Lingyue was wearing a pink single skirt and a pair of fat white arms, crawling around on the wide bed excitedly, and from time to time she also turned over a heel bucket, screaming vaguely in her mouth, and her white little face was full of excitement, just like a freshly ripe apple.

"Little Nier, come, come to my mother."

Empress Wu, who was sitting on the edge of Hu's bed, looked at the little thing with a loving face, raised her hand slightly, and conjured a red dried jujube like magic, held it in the palm of her hand, shook it, and coaxed it with a smile.

"Mother, mother, want, want ......"

One and a half years old Xiao Taiping just grew a few big teeth, now it is in the grinding period, the favorite is to gnaw red dates, at this time when I saw the queen of Wu took out the big red dates, a pair of big black eyes immediately stared round, stared at the big red dates without blinking for a while, suddenly let out a cheer, and then rolled and crawled to the back of the martial arts, while still vaguely shouting, don't look small, the speed of getting up is amazingly fast, that urgent little look made the queen laugh.

"Yu Niangniang, Xu Xiang has arrived at the Liangyi Palace, please show Niangniang."

Just when the Empress Wu was laughing, Yan Desheng, the eunuch in charge of the Yide Palace, hurriedly walked in from outside the room, and saw that the Empress Wu was teasing Xiao Taiping, and his steps couldn't help but slow, and after obviously hesitating for a while, he still leaned over and bowed down to report.

"yes, got it."

As soon as she heard that Xu Jinzong had arrived, Empress Wu did not have a special reaction, and said without looking back, and hugged Xiao Taiping, who had crawled to her side, into her arms, and hugged her affectionately, and then she stuffed the red dates into Xiao Taiping's hands with great pity.

"Woo, mother, hmm......"

As soon as Xiao Taiping got the red dates, he was so proud that he stuffed it into his mouth, gnawing and biting it, while shouting blindly, that satisfied little look was really cute to the extreme, Rao is Empress Wu had something in his heart, but he still couldn't help but stay for a while, so he took advantage of Xiao Taiping's inattention, quietly walked out of the bedroom, and led a group of eunuchs and palace maids to the Liangyi Palace, but before the Empress Wu walked out of the apse of the Yide Palace, there was a cry of Xiao Taiping behind him, Empress Wu's footsteps couldn't help but pause, but in the end she didn't turn around, and led a group of people to go straight away, leaving Xiao Taiping's sad cry echoing in the hall......

Xu Jingzong did not go to the Liangyi Hall alone, in fact, at this time there were two young officials in light purple robes in the hall, one of them had thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and long arms, although he was wearing the robe of a five-grade civil official, but his spirit was quite a military general, this person was Zhou Simao, one of the two leaders in the North Gate Bachelor, and the other handsome person was Liu Yizhi, who was as famous as Zhou Simao, both of whom were born in Hongwenguan, and their literary fame was famous for a while. It can be regarded as the upstart of today's Tang Dynasty.

The three people in the hall are all members of the party of the martial arts, logically speaking, it should be a harmonious relationship with each other, but in fact it is not the case, not to mention anything else, just looking at the position can see something strange - the old god Xu Jingzong is standing in the front position on the left hand side of the front mound, and he is in a state of intransigence, of course, with his identity as Xu Jingzong's servant, it is a matter of course to stand in this position, but Liu and Zhou Erren obviously do not buy Xu Jingzong's account, not standing behind Xu Jingzong, but running to the right hand, Although he has never been juxtaposed with Xu Jingzong, the meaning of the division of the court is obvious, not only that, Liu Erren also gathered together and whispered in a low voice, clearly looking at Xu Jingzong as air, as for Xu Jingzong, he didn't seem to care at all about Liu Erren's disrespectful behavior, and he didn't even glance at Liu Erren, but a trace of haze flashed from time to time in the depths of his eyes revealed Xu Jingzong's original intention.

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

A shrill voice suddenly sounded, and the three people in the hall didn't care about playing with those little eyes anymore, so they hurriedly adjusted their official robes, bowed down, and waited for the arrival of the martial queen.

"Ministers greet the queen."

A sound of footsteps started, Empress Wu turned out of the apse surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, walked straight to the front pier, and sat on the dragon bed without any scruples - according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, only the emperor can sit on the dragon bed, and it is a big crime for others to sit on it, even if Empress Wu is the queen, she is not qualified to sit on the dragon bed, but Empress Wu actually sat down like this, and sat extremely relaxed, which made the eyes of Xu Jingzong and others awe-inspiring, but they did not dare to say anything from the side, so they could only bow down and say hello.

"Excuse me, Ximei (Liu Yizhi's words), how have you done everything that the palace has explained?" Sitting on the dragon bed, the Empress Wu no longer had a trace of tenderness in the Yide Hall before, there was only a kind of palpitating majesty, Rao is three people in the hall were extraordinary, and they couldn't help but be suppressed by this kind of coercion, but before everyone came back to their senses, there was a calm and murderous question from the Empress Wu's head.

"Back to Niangniang's words, Wechen since he received Niangniang's will, he discussed this matter with all his colleagues all night, after three days of repeated deduction, Wechen and others generally agreed that His Royal Highness King Lu's river work excerpt is indeed considerable, if you follow this trip, you may really be able to solve the problem of luck." Liu Yizhi was shaking in his heart, and suddenly heard the name of Empress Wu call his name, and couldn't help but tremble slightly, hurriedly snatched it out, and bowed down to answer.

"Well, what is the arithmetic?" Empress Wu did not rush to make a statement, but frowned slightly, and after pondering for a while, she asked a little cautiously.

"Niang Niang Mingjian, the result of the minister's deduction is sixty percent, but I am afraid that there are more than 10 million of them, and according to the estimates of the ministers, it is difficult to achieve it without fifteen million." After such a question and answer, Liu Yizhi had completely calmed down, and when he was able to ask the Empress Wu, he bowed his hand unhurriedly, and replied affirmatively.

"Fifteen million? It's not much, what do you think about it? Empress Wu raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't care about the five million more generals, but after muttering, she immediately asked about the decision of the scholars of the North Gate.

"This ......" Liu Yizhi obviously had reservations about the decision made by the scholars of the North Gate, and when he heard the Empress Wu ask, his face changed slightly, and he hesitated.

"The queen mother, after the ministers and other public discussions, it is determined that this policy is feasible, but it cannot be done by His Royal Highness King Lu, and it is recommended that the queen mother hand over this matter to the ministers to handle, with the ability of the ministers and the support of the queen, there is no reason to do nothing!" When Liu Yizhi was still hesitating, Zhou Simao had already stood up proudly and reported loudly.

"Oh? Really? Empress Wu raised her eyebrows, said noncommittally, looked sideways at Xu Jingzong, who was standing aside with the old god, and asked very politely: "Xu Xiang, what do you think about this?" ”

Xu Jingzong bowed slightly, his long eyebrows trembled, and he said calmly: "Back to Niangniang's words, the old minister once heard a joke, quite interesting, dare not hide his secrets, and specially present it for the queen to laugh - there is a rumor in the market that tiger teeth can cure impotence, because it is a great noble, a tooth is worth a thousand gold and difficult to find, someone heard it, was overjoyed, and said that he was about to make a fortune, so he went up the mountain alone, wanted to find the tiger and pull out the teeth, and others persuaded him to say: 'Although the tiger teeth are good, they must have a life. He didn't believe it, thinking that others were jealous of his wealth, so he decided to go up the mountain, and met a tiger on the way, and he shouted: 'Leave your teeth!' 'Rushing up, when the tiger was hungry, when he saw someone coming, he was overjoyed, he bit it, he ate it, and the others sighed: It is really the Lord who wants money and does not want to die! ”

"Poof!"

Xu Jingzong's words were slow, and his expression was very wooden, it really didn't look like he was telling a joke, but what kind of person was the queen of martial arts, just after hearing it, he knew that Xu Jingzong was scolding Zhou Simao for asking for money and not dying, so he couldn't help laughing.

"You ......"

Zhou Simao has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and he is not a fuel-efficient lamp, how could he not hear Xu Jingzong scolding, and he was so angry that his face was extremely blue, but then the martial arts queen was on top, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, he couldn't swallow it in one breath, and he was extremely uncomfortable.

"Xu Xiang's humor has not diminished back then, he is old and strong, and the blessing of the real society is also, this palace has not been so happy for a long time." Empress Wu praised Xu Jingzong with a smile, and then waved her hand at the embarrassed Liu and Erren: "The meaning of waiting is known to the palace, and this matter will be discussed again, and they will all retreat." ”

"Yes, the ministers are leaving."

Liu and Zhou came with confidence, but they were beaten by Xu Jingzong with a dull stick, and when they saw the martial arts, they retreated, and they were not convinced in their hearts, so they could only carefully say goodbye and go.

"Xu Xiang, young people are not sensible, lack of experience, and some arrogance is also ordinary, and I hope that Xu Xiang will bring more juniors." Empress Wu was very thoughtful, and she knew that Xu Jingzong was teaching Liu, Zhou and others a lesson under the pretext, so she gently persuaded her.

"Rest assured, the old minister will not dare to mislead his business because of personal concerns." Xu Jingzong has always been a grudgeful master, and he really can't see the rampant arrogance of those Beimen scholars, and he has already had the heart to teach them some lessons, even if the Empress Wu comes forward to make peace, he will not change his mind, but his answer is extremely sincere.

"Xu Xiang's words, this palace can be trusted." Out of the needs of His Majesty, the Empress Wu didn't want Xu Jingzong to be in harmony with the North Gate Bachelor, and the reason why he spoke and persuaded was actually just a meaning, and he would not bother on this matter, so he only mentioned one sentence, and then turned the conversation to the topic: "According to Xu Xiang, how should the palace deal with this river work excerpt?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Lu is virtuous, and the old minister admires him very much." Xu Jingzong did not directly answer Empress Wu's question, but stroked the white beard on his chest and replied with emotion.

"Oh?"

Empress Wu's brows first furrowed, then raised, and after a light sigh, her eyes gradually sharpened......