As soon as Wei Xiang'er left, a maid of Banjian who came from Luoyang on a fast horse brought another heavy news to Princess Taiping.

The turmoil is overwhelming.

It turned out that not long after the "killing of officials" in Hebei, the headquarters of the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce in Luoyang was immediately closed down and sealed, and the most important treasurers of the Chamber of Commerce have also been detained and imprisoned. At the same time, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce's shops and factories in Chang'an and Zhongnan Mountain have also been seized, and as many as 100 people have been imprisoned.

What shocked and angered Princess Taiping the most was that the duke of Dali Temple ran to Princess Taiping's mansion in Luoyang and wanted to arrest Yu Hongye himself. Yang Siqiao, who stayed in the princess's mansion, came forward to stop it, and the two sides caused a conflict. Yang Siqiao guarded the door of the mansion, and the other party wanted to forcibly break in by relying on the large number of people. Unexpectedly, Yang Siqiao's martial arts skills were extremely high, and he was besieged by dozens of people and still did not fall behind, and he also injured many people on the other side. It's really a husband, and it's not open. Later, the Dali Temple dukes fired arrows randomly, and Yang Siqiao was covered in blood with several arrows in his body, and still guarded the door of the mansion without giving an inch.

In the end, Yu Hongye opened the door of the mansion and walked out, and took the initiative to ask to be investigated in Dali Temple. Yang Siqiao begged hard and even hugged Yu Hongye's feet to prevent her from leaving, but Yu Hongye still followed the people of Dali Temple.

"Finally, it hit us directly!" Princess Taiping hadn't been so angry in years as she was today, her nails had already dug into her palms, and blood was pouring out.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly took out her silk handkerchief and bandaged Princess Taiping, while persuading: "Your Highness, don't worry. I think that the Si Xing Temple (that is, Dali Temple) is only acting on orders, and does not dare to take the red leaves seriously. ”

Princess Taiping's eyes narrowed slightly, her eyes seemed to be as murderous as when Xue Shao was in battle, and said in a deep voice: "Whose order?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned for a moment, and was speechless for a while. After pondering for a moment, she only said, "It doesn't look like His Majesty the Emperor's tricks and styles. ”

Princess Taiping nodded in agreement with Shangguan Wan'er's opinion. Shangguan Wan'er is right, if Wu Zetian orders to arrest Yu Hongye and bring him to justice, he will send a eunuch from the palace and add a holy order, which is far more powerful than hundreds of Dali Temple dukes. Forcibly breaking into the house like this and insisting on taking people is not so much a case as a small rebellion.

"It seems that someone deliberately struck first and forcibly involved Yu Hongye in the murder case." Shangguan Wan'er said: "In this way, regardless of whether Yu Hongye will be convicted in the end, the people will involuntarily believe that Yu Hongye has nothing to do with this case." The most important word for merchants is 'faith', and this incident will certainly have a great impact on the reputation of the Momiji Chamber of Commerce. ”

"If there is no owner and chamber of commerce, how can we talk about credibility?" Princess Taiping's face became more and more gloomy, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Wan'er, don't forget Guo An's death." Now our enemies can do anything, and they will never be as lukewarm and obscure as they used to be. ”

At this time, the maid of the Ban Jian who came to report the news said again: "Your Highness, there is also important news from the eyeliner in the palace. ”

Princess Taiping was in good spirits," she said. ”

The maidservant said: "A few days ago, at dusk, that is, before the killing of officials spread in the capital, Prime Minister Zong Chuke entered the palace to ask to see the God Emperor. The two of them talked privately on the dragon boat for a long time, and most of the things they talked about were related to the horses. ”

Although Wu Zetian is the only supreme master in the forbidden city of the imperial city, Princess Taiping grew up in the palace since she was a child, and Shangguan Wan'er has been serving for many years. It is not difficult for the two of them to cultivate one or two capable henchmen and eyes in the palace.

The maid continued: "Zong Chuke claimed to be 'admonishing the emperor to the death', and wrote a very thick chapter listing countless crimes of the horses. There is no way to know the details of it, but Zong Chuke said something at the time, and now I think it has something to do with Mrs. Yu's arrest and imprisonment. ”

Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er's expressions changed slightly at the same time, "Go on!" ”

The maid replied to the promise and said: "At that time, Zong Chuke quoted scriptures and classics, saying that there are five masters of people: the minister closes his lord and says that he is strong, the minister who controls wealth and profits, the minister who makes orders without permission, the minister who can do righteousness, and the minister who has to build people. He also said, "If the lord is shut up, the lord will be out of place." Now that Xue Shao is in charge of the military alone, there is no one to control it, and the armies only know that Xue Shao does not know His Majesty, isn't this a Mengyi Holy Hearing? ”

Zong Chuke also said that if the minister executes the order without permission, the master will lose control. Nowadays, everything is related to the Turks, no matter how big or small the military diplomatic relations are, Xue Shao is the sole authority of Xue Shao. In his eyes, not only did he not have the law of the court, but also the holy power of the Son of Heaven. In the long run, is this world of the Great Zhou the world of the God Emperor or the world of him Xue Shao? ”

Zong Chuke also said, "If the minister has to do righteousness, the lord will be blind." If the minister gives orders without permission, the lord loses control. Over the years, Xue Shao has led the military, and the hearts of all the generals and soldiers under his command have been bought by him. Your Majesty, do you still remember when Wei Zhiqi took over Xiazhou? Most of the soldiers who had served Xue Shao ignored Wei Zhiqi, which led to the rebellion of the army, which led to the defeat of Lingzhou and the loss of Helong. After that, Xue Shao returned to Helong single-handedly, and reunited a million-strong army to recover the territory in an instant. Xue Shao's contribution to this move is not small, but the grace of the feudal officials and kings officially awarded by the imperial court is not as good as Xue Shao's kindness and letter, the hidden truth behind this, isn't it chilling to think about it? ”

Zong Chuke also said that if the minister gains the tree, the master loses the party. Over the years, Xue Shao has formed a wide range of factions in the army and erected a letter of grace, and even now the military and military lines of the Great Zhou Dynasty are only respected by Xue Shao, and the orders of the imperial court are not as effective as Xue Shao's words. This is a great hidden danger for Da Zhou Sheji and His Majesty! ”

"What Zong Chuke said in the end is that if you are a vassal and make money, the lord will lose his morality. Today's Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce has shops all over the world, and in addition to the profits from the goods they operate, all the merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty have also deposited their goods in their banks. Today, almost half of the world's goods are in the pocket of the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce. In ancient times, Lu Buwei was at most rich and rivaled the country, and now the treasury of the Great Zhou is far inferior to the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce. As soon as Xue Shao had a different plan, he waved his arms and gathered in addition to the crowd, and even the military salary, money and food were not lacking. Your Majesty, this crisis is even better than 300,000 troops! ”

Hearing this, Princess Taiping was already using deep breaths to suppress her emotions that were about to go berserk.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly waved her hand to signal the servant to stop talking, and said: "Your Highness, it is not a new thing for Zong Chuke and Wu Sansi and others to collude to embarrass the husband everywhere. It is not surprising that he would say such things in front of His Majesty. ”

Princess Taiping did not express her opinion on Shangguan Wan'er's words, but only asked the maidservant: "What was Your Majesty's attitude at that time?" ”

"Your Majesty didn't say much, only said, 'I know it in my heart.'"

"That's all?"

"Yes, that's all."

Princess Taiping pondered for a moment and said, "Zong Chuke's words, I'm afraid I have thought about it thousands of times in my mother's heart. How could she not know such a simple way of kingship? ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "What His Highness said is very true. Not only does Your Majesty know everything about it, but even I, the female official who once accompanied Your Majesty, is no stranger. ”

"But it is precisely because of this that Zong Chuke's words seem to be heartfelt and extremely dangerous." Princess Taiping said, "People's minds have always been complicated, and it is not strange that any kind of thoughts appear. However, once this idea happens to be said by outsiders, it will be particularly glaring and eye-catching. ”

"In this way, Zong Chu Ke chose to make this statement before the rumors flourished, and his intentions were really extremely sinister!" Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed, "It's not surprising that the people of Dali Temple dare to break into Princess Taiping's mansion to catch the red leaves!" ”

"Wan'er, you might as well think of people's hearts as more sinister." Princess Taiping's face was already extremely gloomy, "It can't be that Zong Chuke just learned about the killing of the official and hurried into the palace to admonish him, and then sent people to spread rumors in the capital to make a fuss about the killing of the official?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er opened her eyes wide and breathed deeply, "Indeed, this is possible!" ”

Princess Taiping slowly stood up, "It seems that there is really no other choice." ”

"Your Highness, do you want to? ……”

"You personally arrange it, I will have a secret meeting with Crown Princess Wei Xiang'er tonight!"

Princess Taiping's words had barely ended, and the doorman came to report that there was a messenger from the gods to announce the will of the lieutenant.

"It's coming so fast!"

Helpless, Princess Taiping had to accept the order in person.

Wu Zetian's will was very simple, ordering Princess Taiping to return to Beijing as soon as possible and enter the palace to face the saint.

Since it is "fast", there is no room for delay. The envoy in the palace even brought the carriage for Princess Taiping, telling her to take the holy decree and immediately set off as soon as she stepped into the carriage. You only need to bring one or two maidservants to serve with you, and you almost don't even have to organize and carry a change of clothes.

Shangguan Wan'er and the others were very stunned, not so much a summons, but as if it was more like a detention?!

"Don't panic, it's okay." Princess Taiping was calm, she called Shangguan Wan'er aside and whispered a few words, then calmly stepped into the carriage, just took the two Linlang sisters to ride with them, and hurried towards Luoyang.

Over the years, Shangguan Wan'er, who grew up in the palace since she was a child, can be regarded as having seen storms and waves. But at this moment, she covered her chest with her hands, only to feel that her chest was thumping, and she was almost about to lose her master.

"Madam Shangguan, what does Your Highness have to offer? What should we do now? "Banjian maid, come up and ask Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath and said, "How is your ability compared to Linlang?" ”

The maid was slightly stunned, "I don't know what Madame, what are you going to do?" ”

"I asked you to enter the Forbidden Palace at night to see a person privately, and you were completely unnoticed by the three posts and five sentinels in the palace, can you do it?"

"No problem!"

Shangguan Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly, "That's it, I've worked hard for you!" ”