In recent years, there is an "unwritten" tacit understanding between Xue Shao and Wu Zetian, that is, after entering the palace on the second day of the first lunar month, the demon and the Kudi clan will go home with Xue Shao to live for a few days, and live until the Shangyuan Festival.

The same is true today, Xue Shao saw the demon who had been absent for a long time. She is now a senior scholar and a super otaku, and she rarely leaves Wangxiantai once a year. It's not that Wu Zetian deliberately wants to imprison her, it's that the demon herself is obsessed with arithmetic, metaphysics and astronomy, and she is immersed in reading the scriptures and looking up at the stars all day long.

When she saw Xue Shao, the demon's memory was still stuck in the last time she gave Xue Shao a face, and she was immediately surprised: "The face of the fairy brother has actually changed?" - It's amazing, how did you do it?! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "You are really not good at learning, and you actually said that I have a bloody disaster in prison." It's been a year or two now, and I don't have anything. ”

The demon's mouth suddenly formed a circle, "Has it been so long?" ”

Xue Shao couldn't help laughing, "Then what do you think?" ”

“…… To me, it seems like a month or two ago. The demon blinked, as if trying to remember.

"Forget it, don't worry about that." Xue Shao smiled, "Now come home with me and stay until the Shangyuan Festival." ”

"Great!" "Can I stay longer?" ”

Xue Shao smiled: "Yes." You can take as long as you want. ”

The demon blinked, "What if...... What if the God Emperor disagrees? ”

"I'll intercede for you, and the God Emperor should agree." Xue Shao smiled and said, "Clean up and let's go!" ”

You'er started to pack her things, and she just packed a lot of books and the little turtle named "Doudou".

Later, Kudi also came to join her sons with her. Xue Shao saw the children at a glance, especially the eldest son Pei Guangting, and almost didn't recognize them, "It's so big?" ”

Kudi gently patted Pei Guangting's shoulder, who was about the same height as her, and said with a smile that the child had grown up and was no longer suitable for living in the palace.

Xue Shao listened to it in his heart, saying that he was going to find a new place for his wife to live outside the palace, and he couldn't live in the palace all the time.

The Kudi clan was busy saying no, but Xue Shao said categorically that this matter must be done. Madame can enter and leave the forbidden school at any time, but several sons have grown up and need to avoid suspicion. Besides, it is time for them to get in touch with the outside world, and they can't stay in the palace all the time, which is not very beneficial to their growth.

The Kudi clan couldn't say anything about Xue Shao, so Xue Shao took care of this matter.

While chatting about these family routines, Xue Shao and Princess Taiping walked out of the palace gate with Kudi and the others to prepare to board the car. At this moment, a group of people wanted to break into the palace, but they were stopped by the guards guarding the palace. The noise was quite loud, and several of them were still speaking Turkic.

Xue Shao felt a little curious when he heard this, so he asked Princess Taiping and the others to wait for a while, and then stepped forward to check the situation himself.

The palace guards all knew Xue Shao, and when they saw him, they hurriedly paid homage and told him about the situation.

It turned out that these people were all chieftains who had returned from the Western Turks.

Before Wang Xiaojie recovered the Western Regions, some tribes of the Western Turks had already surrendered to the Great Zhou because they were unable to resist the attack of the Tibetans. Among them, the leader of the Western Turkic crossbow lost five parts of the Ashina Hu Sero is the largest, after he returned to the court, he was named the general of the right Tunwei, the loyal Khan.

Now that the Great Zhou has reshaped the four towns of Anxi and regained its domination of the Western Regions, and Tubo has completely lost its competitiveness in the Western Regions, the imperial court is planning to let Ashina Hu Seluo return to the Western Regions to guard the area of Broken Leaves, and assist Wang Xiaojie to govern the territory of the Great Zhou together.

Wu Zetian had talked to Xue Shao about this matter, and this matter is still being discussed and arranged.

But today, something happened related to Ashina Hu Sero, that is, what Xue Shao saw in front of his eyes.

The cause was that someone reported to the Imperial Historical Observatory that Ashina Hu Thro was suspected of rebellion. In the Zuotai Imperial History, Cheng Lai Junchen actually sent people to rush into Ashinahu Sero's house on the first day of the Lunar New Year and arrested him. The news soon spread, and these Western Turkic chieftains, who had returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty with Ashina Hu Thero, came to the palace to meet the empress, and tried to prove to Ashina Hu Thro that he had not rebelled.

Xue Shao observed the reactions of these chiefs through the city gate, they were all very excited or angry, the palace guards stopped them from entering, and there were some slight physical altercations between them.

The little colonel next to him began to pour bitter water on Xue Shao, saying that these Hu people really don't understand the rules, how can the palace say that they will break in, and the god emperor will see it? What's more, it's only the second day of the Lunar New Year, and they dare to run to the palace to make trouble, what a group of uncivilized barbarians!

"Spread a word out, let them calm down, wait a while." Xue Shao said suddenly.

"Huh?" The small school guarding the city was stunned.

"Do you want me to repeat it?"

"No, no, the villain will go out in person immediately to spread the word!"

After the little colonel left, Xue Shao returned to Princess Taiping and the others, and asked them to change the other side of the city gate to leave the palace, and he had to stay for a while to do some small things.

Princess Taiping was also very curious, and asked, "It seems to be a group of Hu people, is it a Turkic people?" ”

"Yes." Xue Shao said, "It's some of the chieftains who came from the Western Turks. Their leader, Ashina Huthro, had just been captured and imprisoned by Lai Junchen. ”

"Come to Junchen?" Princess Taiping blinked her eyes and said in a low voice, "Xue Lang, are you going to meddle again?" ”

"It's no idle business." Xue Shao smiled mysteriously and whispered, "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey cooks." Those cool officials have been bouncing around long enough, haven't they? ”

"This! ......" Princess Taiping was stunned and surprised, "They haven't provoked you, so why did you take the initiative to provoke them?" ”

"If they really wait until they provoke me, it will be too late." Xue Shao said, "Now that the dust has settled on the dispute in the East Palace, the only unstable factor in the court is this group of cool officials. I'm going to do something important next, and I don't want these ghosts, ghosts, snakes, and gods to mess around behind my back. Although at present, they don't have the courage to offend me directly, but they have made the atmosphere of the entire court very tense, and if they hurt Di Renjie's group of important ministers, they will also indirectly hurt me. So I need to take them out in advance to prevent them from burning! ”

"But......" Princess Taiping was still a little hesitant, she was very vigilant and invited Xue Shao aside, and whispered: "But my mother still needs cool officials, wouldn't you make my mother in a dilemma if you make such a move?" ”

"Soon, your mother won't need them." Xue Shao said lightly, "Previously, your mother wanted to appoint a cool official because there were too many people who opposed her. And most of the forces opposing her came from Li Tang's former ministers. Now that your mother has decided to re-establish the king of Luling, it means that sooner or later, the regime of the Great Zhou will return to Li Tang. Once the East Palace is established, the opposition from Li Tang that your mother is facing will be greatly reduced, and even the smoke will be gone. You say, is there any use for those lackeys who came to Junchen? ”

Princess Taiping's eyes lit up, "That makes sense!" ”

"Cool officials have been rampant for so many years, and everyone hates them and gritted their teeth. Nowadays, the eradication of cool officials is the desire of the people to eliminate harm for the people. Xue Shao smiled mysteriously, "Your man is a man who is a captain of the dynasty, or the embodiment of the hero's representative justice, it is simply an unshirkable responsibility!" ”

Princess Taiping laughed, "Okay, okay, you can go quickly!" When I saw my mother during the New Year, I remembered to talk about my life, and Hugh was full of nonsense! ”

Xue Shao smiled and left.

As soon as Wu Zetian returned to the inner hall of Yingxian Palace, he summoned Erzhang and several other beautiful boys, ready to ask them to dance and sing a song, and then do a few drinks to relax and have fun. Of course, she didn't expect Xue Shao to go and return, and she almost sat up in shock when she heard the report.

"Why did he come back again?"

The eunuch who entered the report replied that Xue Taiwei claimed that he had something important to see, which was related to the Yushitai case and the border defense of the Western Regions.

Wu Zetian hurriedly waved his sleeves and motioned for Zhang Changzong, Zhang Yizhi and others to retreat, and the kabuki and Youling also withdrew.

At this time, Zhang Changzong, who was the most favored among the many faces, was a little unhappy, and he said, "Your Majesty the Divine Emperor, why are you so afraid of the Taiwei? ”

Wu Zetian's face changed slightly, "There have been people who have said something similar to me before. ”

Zhang Changzong was a relatively simple-minded young man, and he couldn't understand Wu Zetian's voice for a while, so he asked in a daze, who is that?

The eunuch nearby hurriedly glanced at him and asked him not to ask again.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yizhi also came forward and asked curiously who it was?

"Liu Huaiyi!" Wu Zetian's tone raised suddenly, "Are you satisfied?!" ”

Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi trembled with fright, and almost retreated in a hurry.

Wu Zetian sighed heavily, "Left and right, change clothes." Set up the imperial study and meet with Captain Xue. ”

Xue Shao sat upright in the imperial study and waited patiently. In fact, he knew in his heart that Wu Zetian's harem could not trespass. But at the moment, people's lives are at stake, and Ashina Hu Therro is caught in the Yushitai and doesn't know how he will be tortured, in case he is judged by Lai Junchen first, then he will miss the fight.

So Xue Shao had no choice but to risk such a big disapproval and broke into the palace to ask for a meeting.

After waiting for a while, Xue Shao, who had always had a very keen sense, noticed that someone was peeping at him through the window. This kind of thing is not uncommon at all, in fact, every time Xue Shao enters the palace, there will always be some palace maids of all sizes who come to peep quietly.

Erotic also, Xue Shao never blamed these women in the palace. It is difficult for them to see a big man for many years, and it is normal for them to secretly take a few more looks.

But today, this voyeur made Xue Shao feel a little uncomfortable.

Because, the other party seems to have come with strong hostility!