It also rained in the sky of the capital. The same lightning and thunder roared, wantonly.

Wu Zetian's mood is just like this weather. But her expression was like a hall that was being baptized by wind and rain, not moving a bit.

Although she did not abandon the calm temperament she had cultivated for decades, she felt more powerless than ever.

Exhausted, even anger has become a luxury.

She finally felt her old age and weakness, and deep helplessness.

She's sick.

Very sick. For the first time in decades, she didn't put on makeup after waking up in the morning, and then she ordered all the mirrors in the temple to be removed. She didn't want to see her current old appearance.

Many people who are extremely strong in their hearts suddenly grow old in a very short period of time. This kind of aging is not limited to appearance, but can be clearly expressed through appearance.

Zhang Yizhi knelt in front of the empress's couch, extremely panicked in his heart...... Because he could clearly see with his naked eyes that the empress was aging very quickly. He even had a rebellious guess in his heart, would it be that when the dawn came, there would be a cold corpse in front of him?

"Gorou, you said that Shangguan Wan'er conspired with the East Palace to kill you, is there any evidence?" Wu Zetian closed his eyes and asked.

Zhang Yizhi, of course, has no evidence. But he knew that at this moment he could easily produce the kind of evidence that the Empress wanted. So he said: "Your Majesty lives in the deep palace, but the East Palace openly gathers ministers to drink and feast privately, which is not usual. It was suspicious that Princess Taiping's Mansion invited the prince to go to the emperor's tomb to sweep the tomb, but now that Shangguan Wan'er suddenly appeared in the East Palace in an eventful autumn, and secretly conspired with the crown princess and King Shao for a long time, how could it be normal? The most suspicious thing is that after the secret discussion, the crown princess repeatedly asked her ministers about Her Majesty's every move, especially concerned about Your Majesty's dragon body. It is not difficult for the minister to hear that she is eagerly looking forward to His Majesty's early funeral, so that she can justifiably become the queen! ”

No one can understand the inner world of Wu Zetian better than Zhang Yizhi. Xue Shaogong has too many troops in the world, which is indeed a trouble. Wu Sansi is high-powered and ambitious, and he cannot be underestimated. But the one who can really pose the biggest threat to her is the prince of the East Palace, who is closest to her.

The emperor is old and weak, and the bloody palace change of grabbing power in advance has been common for a hundred years, and it is almost about to become a "tradition". Wu Zetian has always been preventing this from happening to her, even if she has her last breath left, she can't let herself fall into that situation.

Ants are still stealing life, let alone the emperor?

But Wu Zetian has always been very clear in his heart that he has been in poor health in the past two years, and his contact with foreign ministers has become less and less, and his control over the situation has been weakening. As a last resort, he pretended to use the hands of the Zhang brothers to manage the court on his behalf. The Zhang family's brothers are not capable of being inferior, she understands better than anyone else, but this is precisely the reason why she is willing to reuse Erzhang - if she really gives her power to a favorite minister with outstanding talent and ability, then I am afraid that she will have become a puppet a long time ago, or even a corpse.

The emperor's mental tricks have never been enough for outsiders.

But to say that the prince wants to rebel, although Wu Zetian is very vigilant, he will never believe it. What kind of character his child is, Wu Zetian definitely knows it. Even if there was a group of people behind him who kept instigating him to borrow 800 guts from the prince, he still didn't dare.

If he hadn't had such a certainty, he wouldn't have bothered to take him back from Fangling and stuff him into the East Palace to put on a show.

But around the prince, there is no shortage of people who are close to such ambitions. That Wei Xiang'er has never been a peaceful person. This East Palace banquet is also in the name of Wei Xianger. There is no need to guess, the prince dared to come to ask for this matter, which was also the result of Wei Xiang'er's instigation.

This woman, deserve to be killed!

Wu Zetian's tightly closed eyes opened slightly, and a touch of murderous intent burst out.

Zhang Yizhi, who was kneeling on the side, shivered coldly.

But the crown princess is not an ordinary person after all, if there is no conclusive charge, and the world refuses to accept the killing, I am afraid that there will be even more disasters at that time.

I have to think of a perfect strategy, which can not only suppress the restless East Palace, but also not cause the vibration of the court and the uneasiness of the world......

Zhang Yizhi knelt for a long time, and when he saw that the empress had not made a statement, he said: "Your Majesty, that King Shao ......"

"Speak."

"The minister has heard many times that King Shao likes to talk about the government." Zhang Yizhi said, "I heard from the previous minister that he once said that the two ministers and brothers deceived the saint and confused the government, and made His Majesty ......."

"Go on."

"It also made Your Majesty ashamed of the world and criticized by history. In the future, how can you come to see His Majesty Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Unbridled !!"

Wu Zetian was furious, patted the bed board and sat up.

Hitting people doesn't slap people in the face and scolding people doesn't expose their shortcomings, what's more, dragons have reverse scales!

Wu Zetian's temples were blooming, and his eyes were about to split!

"Shao Wang Li Chongrun, I have never treated you badly!"

"I think that when you were just born, I played the first emperor and made you the emperor's grandson!"

"As soon as you came back from Fangling, I named you King Shao, and let you be a yellow-mouthed child, on an equal footing with my own nephew!"

Wu Zetian roared a few words, his chest rose and fell violently, and he coughed violently.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Zhang Yizhi was shocked.

Now, no one wants the empress to live longer, longer, than Zhang Yizhi. Otherwise, once this big tree falls, there will be no place for you to live and no reason to live!

Wu Zetian finally calmed down, lay down again, and closed his eyes.

Historically, mothers are more precious than children.

Crown Princess Wei Xiang'er, didn't you just rely on you to give birth to this Li Chongrun for the prince, and you took a fancy to the prince's weakness and incompetence?

Do you wish I had died sooner, so that you could ascend to the throne as soon as possible, and then reign over the world like me?

Dream your big spring and autumn dreams!

- You deserve it too?!

"Someone, give an edict."

……

Shangguan Mansion, in the study on the second floor of the river.

A copper furnace is full of sandalwood, and a peach blossom is dark and fragrant.

Shangguan Wan'er put this peach blossom on the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, and a warm smile appeared on her face.

"Xue Lang, this year's peach blossoms are blooming very well."

"It's a pity that this heavy rain will knock down the petals all over the ground."

"But as you said, falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers."

"Those flowers of the East Palace, ......"

"Although Shangguan Wan'er is pity, she can't tamper with the will of heaven after all."

"Go in peace! …… In the next life, don't be born in the emperor's family! ”

A team of Qianniu Guards, under the heavy rain pouring lightning and thunder, broke into the East Palace like a god.

An edict made Wei Xiang'er fall into hysteria and made the crown prince Li Xian faint suddenly.

Qianniuwei waited patiently, from dark to dawn, until the prince woke up.

Then, a zhang of white silk fell into the trembling hands of the crown prince Li Xian.

Li Chongrun, the king of Shao, knelt in front of him, his face was pale, his eyes were full of holes, and there were only tears on his face.

"Son, farewell father." Li Chongrun began to kowtow.

Wei Xiang'er, who was crying, was dragged out by Qianniuwei.

The crown prince Li Xian slowly walked in front of Li Chongrun step by step, looked down at him with a dull face, and slowly put the white silk on Li Chongrun's neck.

Son......

If there is an afterlife......

Don't be born in the emperor's family......