Marry Changle in Datang

Wu Zetian paid attention to the expression on Qin Xiaole's face, and saw that the boy had a devious and unworthy demeanor, so he didn't know what kind of plan he had in mind. He wanted to punish Xu's father and son to death...

Wu Zetian guessed exactly what Qin Xiaole was thinking.

Qin Xiaole planned to punish Xu Jingzong today. Ever since he was awakened by his uncle and father to become an official, this boy has been very scheming. He has been paying attention to the affairs of the court, knowing that Xu Jingzong is the queen's confidant, but the queen's order is to obey, but it makes the emperor Li Zhi very unhappy.

Today in the palace, he just wanted to take advantage of the emperor's displeasure towards Xu Jingzong, say flattering words to the emperor, slander Xu's father and son, arouse the emperor's anger, and achieve the purpose of using the emperor's mouth to disgust Xu Jingzong.

Seeing that the emperor was furious, Empress Wu knew that if she didn't speak up for Xu Jingzong at this time, she might be in danger of being deprived of his official position.

"Qin Xiaole; ​​I'm going to ask you, that land was bought by your Qin family. If it was bought by the Qin family, do you have a certificate?"

Hearing the Queen's question, Qin Xiaole knew that this old lady was determined to protect Xu Jingzong. If so, the young master would have to slap the arrogant Xu family in the face.

"Mistress Qi reported that the land was bought by my Xu family."

After saying this, the boy took out the prepared land deed from his pocket and presented it. After the emperor and empress had seen it, Qin Xiaole took the land deed back and showed it to everyone in the hall, and then said loudly.

"I report to the Emperor and Your Majesty that I impeached Xu Jingzong and You Xiaowei General Xue Rengui. The two disregarded the laws of the country. They robbed the land of the people and sent troops to help the tyrants. The court should deal with such rebellious officials and thieves according to the law. Otherwise, if everyone in the court follows the example of these two, it will not bring the prosperity of the empire back to the chaotic world."

Many ministers in the palace heard the words, and today they finally saw this kid from the Qin family who seemed to be out of tune on weekdays, and he was very sensible when it comes to government affairs, and they all looked at this kid with admiration.

"Like a father, like a son!"

I think this kid has a lot of similarities with his father Xu Tian, ​​so if you don’t mess with him, you’ll be fine. Otherwise, he’ll be with you forever. This Xu Jingzong really wanted to die.

After seeing the land deed presented by Qin Xiaole, the emperor Li Zhi was even more angry. Hearing that Qin Xiaole impeached Xu Jingzong and Xue Rengui, the emperor shouted angrily on the dragon couch.

"Let's talk about Xue Rengui; I just want to ask who gave him the courage to send troops to participate in the fight without permission."

Many courtiers in the hall saw the emperor was furious, they all thought to themselves, this kid from the Qin family is afraid that he has the rhythm to make this matter big, let's see how the empress will deal with it, how to make this big thing smaller.

When the eunuch went to the Youxiaowei military camp to announce Xue Rengui, Empress Wu continued to ask questions in the hall, but the words at this time were to remind Xu Jingzong to admit the crime of lax parenting.

"Xu Jingzong; your son behaved indiscriminately outside, acted arrogantly, robbed and robbed, and he deserved the crime for being beaten. You don't ask the reason why, and you bring your son to falsely accuse Xu Xiaole, you can be convicted."

Seeing Qin Xiaole showing the land deed and impeaching him and Xue Rengui, the old fox Xu Jingzong, to be honest, regretted that he did not clarify the matter, and brought his son to the court to sue Xu Xiaole out of anger.

"I know the crime, but because I was busy with state affairs, I didn't expect that the bad boy would dare to do bad things behind my back. This is my fault! I also ask the emperor and queen to punish me."

After Xu Jingzong said this, the queen continued to speak.

"Xu Jingzong, I think that when you become an official in the court, in addition to devoting yourself to state affairs, you should also strictly discipline the children in your family. The so-called self-cultivation and family harmony are not just talk, all courtiers should use this to discipline yourself. Now that you have realized your mistakes today, I will punish you with a salary of one year.

Wu Zetian decided to punish Xu Jingzong before the emperor spoke, so he had the idea of ​​blocking Li Zhi's mouth first, so as to prevent Li Zhi from punishing Xu Jingzong unfavorably in his anger, causing himself to lose a strong support and causing many future troubles.

Li Zhi was very dissatisfied with the queen's decision to punish Xu Jingzong so lightly, but the queen said nothing, so he could only pinch his nose and get angry secretly, but he felt that he was just a decoration in the palace now, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

When the emperor looked gloomy and the atmosphere in the hall was a bit depressed, Xue Rengui followed the eunuchs into the hall, and after paying homage to the two saints, he didn't hear the emperor's voice asking him anything.

Li Zhi felt depressed at this moment, he wanted to leave the palace, out of sight and out of mind, and he was dissatisfied with the empress's desire to do whatever she wanted, so he didn't want to talk anymore.

After Wu Zetian saw Xue Rengui enter the palace, the emperor remained silent, knowing that her punishment of Xu Jingzong had caused the emperor's dissatisfaction. However, this strong woman, what she wanted now was for the emperor to show a weak image in front of the officials, so that she could control the government and win the submission of all the people.

"Xue Rengui; Jin Wuwei General Xu Xiaole impeached you for privately sending troops to participate in civil fights, but if this happened, you should tell the truth to me."

Before Xue Rengui entered the palace, the general who led the army to participate in the fight between Xu Ang and Xu Xiaole reported the reason, secretly complaining that he was carelessly used by the Xu family's kid and caused himself such troubles. On the way here, he had already made up his mind on how to deal with it.

"Report to the emperor and empress; there were indeed soldiers in the army involved in the fight, but it was not the minister who sent troops to fight with others. This matter was a private act of the soldiers in the army. I had to report yesterday that the soldiers did not get the military order to leave the camp. The sergeants who did not obey the military discipline were punished according to the military law. I also ask the emperor and empress to make people notice."

Hearing what Xue Rengui said, Qin Xiaole said with a sneer.

"Hey! General Xue pushed the matter away. We are a man, a real man. We have the guts to do it, but we don't have the guts to admit it. It's really embarrassing."

When Xue Rengui heard the words, how could he bear such a bird's breath, he immediately said angrily.

"Children of the Qin family; don't be afraid of your family's power, but Xue is not. What evidence do you have to point out that it was Xue who caused the fight between the soldiers under Xue's command? If there is no evidence, I will charge you with false accusations."

"Hmph! You need to know that misfortune comes from your mouth, Qin family boy, don't let yourself leave the root of misfortune just because of the advantage of your tongue."

Xue Rengui snorted coldly, his tone extremely unfriendly.

"Hehe; I have seen thick-skinned people, but I have never seen such a shameless person like you. You are used to making Zhu Bajie cross the river, and you use a nail palladium move, saying that I have falsely accused you. Then I will ask you, the one who wanted to rob Xu's land with the Xu family boy yesterday was a sergeant under your command."

All the courtiers heard such novel words as "Pig Bajie crossing the river, knock down a nail and palladium", although they had a little understanding of the meaning, they didn't know the source of the words, and they were whispering to themselves where this kid learned these words, but they didn't see Xue Rengui's face turned red at this time, and his anger looked like he wanted to tear the Xu family boy.

"It's Xue's sergeant, what are you going to do?"

"What can I do, I just think I'm unlucky, and General Xue claims to be strict in running the army, so Xu asked General Xue, since I am a soldier under your command, if I don't have your permission, can I leave the camp."

"cannot!"

"Then it's over. You said it yourself. I didn't wrong you."

Xue Rengui was designed by Qin Xiaole, so that his words were drawn into the trap. At this time, Fang Zhi was fooled by this kid, and in a fit of rage, he squeezed his fists and beat Qin Xiaole hard.

Seeing that this guy dared to make a move, Qin Xiaole was of course not afraid. He spread out his father's "Qiankun Wuji Hand" move to meet the enemy. You can see a phantom dancing in his palms. In the sound of "crackling", he had already fought with Xue Rengui in the hall, and his momentum was not at all inferior.

Just when the two of them were using their moves and the fight was dazzling, Wu Zetian shouted loudly.

"Presumptuous! Where are the warriors in front of the palace?"

Following Wu Zetian's yelling, a warrior from the Habayashi Guard Hall rushed into the hall, using weapons to separate the two fighting people.

After Xue Rengui vented his anger, he heard the sound and alerted him that he was reckless and had committed a serious crime of contempt for the court, so he kowtowed and confessed that he was guilty, but Qin Xiaole winked at the warriors on duty who separated him, making these warriors who were usually on good terms with him want to laugh but did not dare to laugh, and secretly scolded this kid.

"The little general is serious, and he is still playing around like this at any time."

Seeing that the two were separated by the warriors in front of the hall, Wu Zetian looked at Xue Rengui who was kneeling on the ground, but shouted loudly.

"Tie these two people to the gate of the palace, and each will be responsible for thirty army sticks."

All the warriors got the order to drag Xue Rengui out of the palace, but when they pulled Xu Xiaole, they heard the kid laughing and whispering.

"Brother, be merciful, but you can't use your strength, otherwise, I will wait with you forever."

In front of the gate of Wucheng Palace, Xue Rengui and Qin Xiaole were stripped of their armor, but they saw two burly men holding sticks each, and said to him and Xue Rengui respectively.

"excuse me!"

When the words fell, the strong man ordered the two to receive the punishment. When the two were ready to be punished, they beat them with sticks. Xue Rengui didn't say a word, but Qin Xiaole yelled loudly, which made Li Zhihao in the hall unbearable. Finally, he stood up and shouted angrily.

"enough!"

After saying this, Li Zhi actually pulled back and left on his own, which made Wu Zetian who was sitting upright in the hall look very embarrassed.

After the eunuch heard the emperor's order and stopped the sergeants who beat Xue Rengui and Xu Xiaole, Wu Zetian reprimanded Xue Rengui and Xu Xiaole again in the hall, and then ordered them to go back to the army and reflect on their mistakes.

A farce caused by Xu's father and son ended, but it made Li Zhi finally taste the taste of imperial power falling apart.

After the court meeting, Li Zhi claimed that he had been ill for many days and would not be present at court. As soon as Wu Zetian was in charge of all the power in the court, he often sighed alone in the imperial study.

If you want to be a man, there are still people among the people; "A young man should not be without money for a day, and a man should not be without power for a day.", I am the emperor, how can I be so underestimated by others, these rebellious ministers are really going to turn the sky upside down.

This Li Zhi only thought that his courtiers should be loyal to him, but he didn't think about his own faults.

It is estimated that he has never imagined that since Mount Tai was conferred on Zen, the forces represented by many veteran officials in the court, because they have become more aware of his weakness and Wu Zetian's domineering, most of the affairs in the court will be avoided if they can.

It is precisely because these old ministers in the imperial court have such thoughts that the power cultivated by Wu Zetian is now in the imperial court, which is very happy, and those old ministers who were not reused in the past are now turning to hug the queen's thigh, and there are five people and six people.
Li Zhi's mood became more and more disturbed, he wanted to go out of the palace to find someone to talk about his pain, he thought about it and didn't know where to go, at this time he wanted to talk to Qin Wenyuan, but Prince Qi was in Chang'an City, a few days' journey to the east, Mo Nai, the emperor had no choice but to seek closer, and went to Taiwei Xu Shiji's mansion at night.

Qin Shiji, like many veteran ministers, had seldom attended the court to discuss matters, and when he did, if there was no invasion of foreign enemies in the empire, he would only listen to the court's measures to deal with people's livelihood and military affairs, as if he was a puppet in the court.

That night, Qin Shiji was reading and resting in the study room. He closed his eyes and rested his mind in exhaustion. He suddenly felt something strange in the room. When he opened his eyes, he saw a man in a yellow robe with a sword hanging from his waist looking at him with a smile on his face.

Qin Shiji was taken aback, he didn't expect that it was the emperor Li Zhi who came to his residence in modest clothes, and hurriedly got up to pay his respects, but he thought to himself.

"What is the emperor doing? Why doesn't he enjoy blessings in the palace, but comes to the old man's shabby room? It can't be that something big has happened to the empire!"

No wonder Qin Shiji thought this way, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were very few emperors who left the palace in micro-clothes, and they would not come to the minister's house at will without prior notice.

Because the emperor is the tripod of a country, also known as the "son of heaven", if his whereabouts are so random and reckless, wouldn't it be less of the mystery of "imperial power granted by gods".

"The emperor is here, but the minister did not go to greet him, please forgive me!"

"It's okay; it's me who made the people in your house not to bother you, and you don't have to blame the servants."

After learning that the people in the mansion didn't report the reason for the emperor's visit in time, Qin Shiji of course didn't care about it, but he said it.

"I don't know if the emperor has missed the night here, but if there is any major event in the court, what should I do, please ask the emperor to give instructions."

"Qin Aiqing is thinking too much. There is nothing going on in court. It's just that I am upset and just want to find someone to talk to."

Hearing what the emperor said, although Qin Shiji could roughly guess what the emperor was upset about, he was still a little terrified at the emperor's condescension to come here tonight.

(End of this chapter)