"Hahaha!"

"Hee-hee! So happy."

"Okay, Rokuro, you're so strong!"

……

Bursts of oriental jokes came from the Byzantine palace, and Wu Zetian was having fun with her two favorites, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong.

This royal palace became a source of joy for them, a place of unprecedented luxury, and even the gods could not compare to the Byzantine palace, adding to their infinite pleasure.

The gold mines of Armenia and the abundant silver mines of the Balkans provided Byzantium with a source of precious metals, and the Byzantine Empire's main source of revenue was customs duties and trade taxes levied on commercial trade (in addition to transit taxes, entry taxes, and taxes on the transfer of real estate). The Byzantine capital of Constantinople (Istanbul), located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, has been a place for merchant ships from all over the world since ancient times, and is also the end point of the Silk Road.

The point is that Constantinople was in its prime, and it was neither breached (by the time of the conquest in 1453, the Turks had already sacked Constantinople once by the Europeans, and the Byzantines had already emptied their treasury when they invaded the various nationalities, and the Turks were still shocked when they counted the spoils!). ）

In the Imperial Palace, the palace where the emperor went to the court to discuss politics was called the Jinluan Palace, or "Golden Deliberation Palace", and the emperor's throne was set on the altar at the semicircular apex of the palace hall. The throne is located on three porphyry steps, made of ivory, gold, pearls and precious stones, topped by a canopy, and has a fine mosaic of the symbol of Jesus on the back of the throne. The throne was wide, paved with cushions, and was a double seat.

As a result, this double seat has become a place of happiness.

There is also the Queen's Drawing-Room, where the marble floor is covered with a fine brocade carpet embroidered with various floral motifs, and the rooms are decorated with delicately carved ivory and silver furniture, and the sparkling stained glass makes the room appear bright and soft.

There are also the Emperor's Apartments, which have three huge floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Sea of Marmara, as well as a stepped garden. The garden descends to the sparkling sea, dotted with tree-lined paths, flower-filled terraces, marble fountains, and numerous pavilions among the trees.

These are all good places for field battles and positional battles!

……

The unfamiliar environment is extremely luxurious, and there is nothing more refreshing than such a "battlefield", so Wu Zetian and the two pets are extremely happy.

When they were happy, there were still palace maids and temple people (TJ) attendants, and at this time, a supper was served: stewed bird's nest with peach gum soaphorn rice.

However, in China, bird's nest should have been eaten in the Ming Dynasty before the traditional precious food was introduced by Wei Xi in advance, and it was he who let the Tang people know the benefits of bird's nest, so as to import it in Nanyang, which is one of the reasons for promoting the development of Nanyang shipping.

This supper is top-notch, and in general, before the food is brought by the imperial chef, it must be strictly checked for poison and then sealed.

Before it was delivered to the emperor, there were temple people or palace maids to make the final inspection, the way is to insert silver needles (effective against arsenic and other sulfide poisons), ivory chopsticks to test for poison (science points out that there is no basis), and finally people eat, that is, take a small part to eat first, before entering.

The person in charge of the inspection tonight is Yang Siren, a handsome temple man, a bit of literary talent, so he was favored by Wu Zetian.

He first looked at the seal of the food box, and said to the palace maid next to him: "The seal is normal!" ”

Then open the food box, a total of three cups, one of which is the best and largest Gu jade, printed with phoenix patterns, and the other two cups are smaller and patterned.

The people of Yang Temple took out a small bowl and a small spoon, and the small spoon was fished out of the jade cup, and while talking to the two palace maids in their mouths, distracting their attention......

He tasted it and was fine, so he put the food box away.

……

Wu Zetian and the three of them were tired, and the supper was sent by the palace maid, and everyone picked up the cup.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came, and the two faces changed, Wu Zetian was full of fierce light, she had already ordered not to disturb before.

"Whoever it is, they've all been cut down by me!"

"It's a minister, Li Duozuo!" A rough voice said outside the door.

Wu Zetian's face was slightly gentle, Li Duozuo, the general of the right feather Lin Wei, a member of the Yan tribe, who controlled the Imperial Forest Army, was a general that Wu Zetian could trust, and she knew that he would never betray her.

"What's the matter?" Wu Zetian asked.

"Zhang Ren is willing to lead troops into the palace! The minister has already sent someone to stop him, please show your majesty! Li Duozuo's voice trembled a little.

Forced palace?

Wei Xi is going to start after all?

He wants to usurp the throne?

The two faces turned white in an instant, and what they feared happened.

As a courtier, as soon as Wu Zetian is unlucky, they will be slaughtered, and no one likes them!

And Wu Zetian's head turned like a windmill, and then she snorted coldly: "Don't stop it, let Zhang Ren come to see me!" ”

She didn't believe that Wei Xi was in trouble at this time!

He had a lot of opportunities, so why wait until she entered the Byzantine palace to do it, and it wouldn't be better to keep a clean palace for himself?

And Princess Taiping, she believes that this daughter will not be unfavorable to her mother.

……

When Zhang Renyuan came in, what he was worried about happened, and Wu Zetian was already salivating and fainted to the ground.

The two faces were pale, calling her nervously, Li Duozuo was full of vigilance, and the Yang Siren shouted: "Wei Xi poisoned Your Majesty, wants to usurp the throne, rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished!" ”

Zhang Ren said without being verbose: "Yang Temple people, if you put poison in the cup, I am here to arrest you!" ”

What the?

The people of Yang Temple were stunned for a moment, and then jumped up like a cat that had been trampled on and said, "You are talking nonsense!" ”

shouted again: "Wei Xi poisoned Your Majesty and wants to usurp the throne......"

"Don't care about him for now, I have a military doctor, let him come to treat His Majesty!" Zhang Ren said anxiously.

Two sheets: "General Li, what should I do?" ”

Li Duozuo: "Two fathers-in-law (two were named national princes), what should I do?" ”

The two were frightened, and they didn't know the trade-off, but Li Duozuo was a military general, and immediately said: "Let the military doctor treat Your Majesty!" ”

The people of Yang Temple jumped up and said: "Li Duozuo, you dare to let ......"

"Smack!" With a bang, Li Duozuo knocked the people of Yang Temple to the ground with one punch! Everyone was shocked.

The military doctor stepped forward, a middle-aged man, looked at Wu Zetian, and asked the two, "You just ate and went down?" ”

"Yes!" Two replied.

"It's still too late, it's too late to do the right in a hurry, and the minister is rude!" The military doctor called two Zhang to grab Wu Zetian's sides, skillfully pinched Wu Zetian's mouth with his left hand, opened her mouth wide, stretched out the middle finger of his right hand, and inserted it deep into her throat!

"Ugh!" Wu Zetian reflexively spat out a stream of filth from his mouth and sprayed at the military doctor, who reacted quickly and jumped back to avoid it.

If it was three times, Wu Zetian even vomited out yellow bile water, and the military doctor taught someone to send hot tea to feed her.

Not long after, Wu Zetian slowly opened his eyes!