Great Tang princess

Chapter 331 The Confused Situation

At the beginning of March, all the officials came to court as usual, and before the sun rose, they gathered outside the gate of Zhenguan Hall to wait for inspection.

The ministers had to go through security checks before they went to court, but this time they were all human security checks, comparing their height, figure, appearance, etc., and checking whether they were carrying weapons by the way.

Although Qianniuwei, who was in charge of the inspection, had been replaced for some time, many ministers still felt uncomfortable.

These Qianniuwei, who have been trained by the princess, are meticulous in their inspections. They will check carefully every day, as if they are eager to find out something.

But the attitude is a business-like look, and it is not difficult to be a human being, and he will be released after inspection.

It made the ministers who are used to being late and fooling around feel very uncomfortable. Even now, ministers are fined for being late every now and then.

As the sun rose, the palace gates opened, and the ministers entered the palace in formation, found their seats and knelt down.

Not long after, two figures walked out of the side passage.

The ministers kneeling below didn't pay attention at first, but soon opened their eyes wide with surprise.

It was Zhang Chengxin who came out of the aisle. He gently supported Tianhou's wrist with one hand, and guided her to sit down slowly behind the bead curtain.

After she sat down, the figure of the emperor still did not appear.

Many ministers looked at each other and silently asked each other what happened, and the other ministers shook their heads as if they didn't understand.

Zhang Chengxin took a step forward and shouted in a sharp voice: "Shangchao——"

When he yelled, the ministers didn't respond, as if they didn't hear them at all, and there was silence.

Wu Zetian leaned on the back of the chair and asked softly, "Do you have something to do?"

The first to stand up was Di Renjie, who was still known for his toughness. Although he saluted respectfully, his tone was a little tough: "Dare to ask the queen, why doesn't your majesty come to court?"

Li Yuechen in the passage couldn't help but nodded again and again, secretly admiring in his heart, there are really few people who dare to talk to her like that and are still alive.

"Oh……"

Wu Zetian behind the bead curtain had a careless expression: "Your Majesty felt unbearably guilty for saying something wrong a few days ago, which caused him to feel unwell. I have been reflecting on my self-cultivation recently, and the government affairs, let me do it for you!"

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers were shocked.

The queen mother usually calls herself a "widow", and the title "Zhen" is only used when the imperial court system is in place!

Besides, most of the court physicians were from aristocratic families or had various connections. If the emperor was really unwell, it was impossible for them not to get any news.

This can only explain one thing, the empress dowager seized power and the emperor was placed under house arrest!
Many ministers were startled into a cold sweat immediately, and subconsciously turned their heads to look at Di Renjie.

Some time ago, this guy publicly supported the emperor. Now that the emperor is under house arrest, he might be liquidated, right?

Thinking of this, many ministers had expressions of pity, and it was inevitable that they felt sad when the rabbit died.

Of course, the most critical question is, what should they do when the queen seizes power?
At the beginning, if there were undecided military and state affairs in the imperial edict of the first emperor, the Queen of Heaven and the princess were allowed to deal with them.

For the Empress Dowager, this sentence is a precious sword with natural legality, because it is the last emperor's will.

If the emperor does not abide by it, it is unfilial; if the courtiers do not abide by it, it is disloyal!
In this situation, apart from staging a coup d'etat, the only one who can stand up to the queen is Princess Taiping.

But Princess Taiping is in charge of the army, and she hardly ever goes to court. In this situation, would she be willing to take care of it?

Only Liu Rengui in the front row raised his head slightly and looked at the side passage not far ahead.

I am afraid that he is the only one among the ministers who knows that Princess Taiping is listening to what is going on here in the passage at this time.

At this moment, the words that the princess told him not to meddle suddenly sounded, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

Could it be that the princess knew that things would come to this point many years ago?Then this is too evil, right?It's almost a fairy!
Now Liu Rengui really suspected that Li Chunfeng should have taught the princess some Taoism to spy on the secrets of heaven.

As the princess' master, Liu Rengui naturally followed the princess.

It doesn't matter if the queen mother seizes power, as long as the princess doesn't move, he won't move.

But if the princess told him that he wanted to rebel against him, Liu Rengui would have nothing to say!

……

Near noon, the court meeting ended, and the ministers all walked out of the hall with complicated expressions.

Before they knew it, the Empress Dowager had already seized power and put the Emperor under house arrest. This kind of resolute method really made people feel a little bit of fear!
The key is that before today's court, no news came out!
Could it be that this is the result of the collaboration between the queen and the princess?
If you think about it carefully, it is really possible. Even if Tianhou and the princess are fighting, they can join hands to kick the emperor out first, and then the two of them will fight slowly.

But I can't guarantee it, maybe the princess just won't participate?

After all, the princess valued friendship, one side was her own brother and the other was her own mother, so no matter who she helped, it would be uncomfortable, so maybe she should just maintain a neutral attitude and help each other in two steps?
The ministers left the palace while thinking about it, carefully thinking about what to do next. The current situation is not clear at all, and they need to observe carefully.

It's just that I don't know what's going on with the emperor now.

If the emperor can be rescued at this time, it will be a great contribution!When the time comes, the emperor will be in charge, and he must be above ten thousand people!
……

In the Feixiang Hall, Li Xian was watching with his mother's scriptures written by his mother.

His mother gave him a task. When the time comes, he will be responsible for writing this narration on the stone tablet, and then let the craftsman carve it out.

Li Xian's calligraphy is quite good, even surpassing his parents to some extent, which is why Wu Zetian asked him to come to Shudan.

Considering that this was written for his father, Li Xian was copying it almost every day during this period, trying to improve his calligraphy.

I feel happy while writing, and finally don't have to go to court!
Compared with facing the noise of those ministers in the court, practicing calligraphy quietly can make you feel more comfortable.

Although he was happy, Wei Lian'er beside him felt uncomfortable.

She came over with a cup of tea, and gently put it beside her: "Your Majesty has fallen to this level, and you are still in the mood to practice calligraphy?"

"These sacred records are to be placed in the Qianling Mausoleum of the late emperor, so naturally they must be written carefully." Li Xian replied without raising his head.

"But could it be that..."

"Speak carefully!" Li Xian finished writing the last word, gently put down the brush, raised his head and said, "Auntie is powerful now, if we want to survive, we need to be careful!"

While speaking, Li Xian had a guilty expression on his face.

But my mother said that if she found out that this was staged by mother and son, she would really kill Wei Lian'er.

So now I can only hide it from her.

However, from Wei Lian'er's point of view, Li Xian seemed to feel guilty for hurting herself, and immediately held his hand to comfort him: "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, Lian'er is already a queen. No matter what happens in the future, I will definitely be by your side." His Majesty's!"

Li Xian nodded: "In short, you and I should be careful in everything now."

Wei Lian'er was a little puzzled: "How could the Empress be like this all of a sudden? Isn't the Qianniuwei who is in charge of surrounding His Majesty the princess's person? Could it be..."

"Yuechen puts a lot of emphasis on feelings, and mother and child fight each other. In the end, she just chose not to help each other." Li Xian sighed, and said in a distressed tone, "I grew up with her since childhood, and I don't want to make things difficult for her."

"But now, except for the princess, no one can help His Majesty." Wei Lianer frowned.

The current situation was like this, as long as the princess was willing to help, it would be a breeze to rescue the emperor, and no one doubted Li Yuechen's combat effectiveness.

Especially the princess herself is still living in the palace, and the Qianniuwei who is responsible for protecting the members of the royal family was trained by her. It can be said that the princess alone can easily control the Queen of Heaven.

As long as she helps, the situation can be reversed in an instant!

"She has already helped." Li Xian sighed, shook his head lightly and said, "Why do you think you and I are still alive now? If it weren't for Yuechen's help, I'm afraid we would already be a couple in the underworld."

Wei Lian'er was startled: "The princess protects His Majesty?"

Li Xian nodded: "Yuechen and A Niang promised not to participate in the royal infighting, but the condition is not to kill each other!"

Hearing these words, Wei Lian'er fell into silence.If this is the case, it is impossible to ask the princess to help, at least in a short period of time.

I saw my wife being fooled.Li Xian sighed on purpose, not daring to let himself laugh, and hastily turned around to continue practicing calligraphy.

……

In the evening, the family sat in the Hall of Renshou and had dinner together. Except for two sons and a daughter, Wu Zetian even drove out all the servants.

In the huge Hall of Renshou, there were only four people left.

Li Xian was reporting the situation to his mother: "Niang, don't worry, Lian'er has no doubts!"

"Yeah!" Wu Zetian nodded, turned to look at the youngest son, "Shiro, you must keep this matter a secret, and you must not let outsiders know."

"Don't worry, Auntie," Li Dan nodded and assured, "Recently, many people have come to see me, but they were all rejected by my son. Now outsiders know that my son is timid and afraid, and won't put their hopes on me!"

Wu Zetian shook her head: "Timid and fearful means better control! I will arrange more people to protect you in the name of monitoring, and you should pay more attention to yourself."

Li Dan frowned, raised his head and said: "But in this way, Cheng Qi and the others may secretly hate A Niang..."

In his heart, his mother is a very important person, and he doesn't want his children to gnash their teeth when they think of grandma in the future.

"I'll let you handle the next generation's affairs." Wu Zetian shook his head, "For my mother, as long as you two are safe, that's enough..."

She really doesn't have any feelings for her grandchildren, after all, she hardly sees them a few times throughout the year, but her own children are not good, they were raised by herself, so she can't let go of this feeling.

"Aunt..." Li Dan felt distressed.

"Okay, let's talk about business!" Wu Zetian waved his hand, stopped him, and said instead, "Now that I am forced to come to court as the empress dowager, many people will definitely be tempted. Let's not talk about it outside, at least Chang'an and Dongdu Don't mess around...Chen'er, I plan to send Liu Rengui to guard Chang'an, what do you think?"

"Yes!" Li Yuechen nodded, "Master must be reliable!"

"In addition, in the court hall, you have to act like you are showing weakness. Let the position of Minister of the Household Department be vacated first, and you can run the army with peace of mind in the future." Wu Zetian said, "What do you think about the candidate to replace you?"

Li Yuechen thought for a while: "Sister, let's go..."

Speaking of this, he immediately explained, "Last time, Auntie said that as long as Sister agrees to her request, she can treat them as her own daughters. At least Auntie should set an example, right?"

Wu Zetian lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded lightly: "Since Chen'er said so, then I will listen to you!"

……

After the family had dinner, they chatted until late at night before getting up and leaving.

The secrets here are not afraid of being leaked out, and now Gao Yanfu has basically figured out all the eunuchs and maids in the palace.

They basically know who is doing things for whom, and the affairs here will never be leaked through the servants.

At the court meeting a few days later, the ministers stared at Princess Taiping standing at the front, thinking curiously in their hearts, since the princess suddenly came to court today, presumably something must have happened.

Sure enough, after the court meeting started, after reporting some things in various places, the Queen of Heaven issued an order.

Princess Taiping has many jobs and is too busy, so she gave up the position of servant of the household department and was replaced by Princess Xuancheng!

Same position, same woman, but this time almost no courtiers objected.

After all, the successor is still a princess, who is also the blood of the late emperor. Now that the precedent has been set, it is not so easy to stop.

Compared with this, they are more concerned about the matter itself.

Princess Taiping was suddenly deprived of her position. Could it be that Tianhou is planning to do something to the princess?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the Queen of Heaven continue to order Liu Rengui to shoot for Shangshu Zuopu, and the third rank of Zhongshu's family to guard Chang'an, Xijing.

The ministers looked at him one after another.

Liu Rengui belongs to the princess faction, and now he is promoted to an official position, but in fact he is obviously kicked out of Dongdu and sent to Chang'an... This is almost blatantly cutting the princess' power... Can this princess bear it?

Hearing the order, Liu Rengui did not immediately agree, but looked up at Li Yuechen.

Seeing her nodding slightly, she nodded in salute and agreed.

The ministers who saw this scene were a little incredulous, what's going on?
The princess actually endured it?

One must know that Princess Taiping's army is powerful and has the support of Liu Rengui. It can be said that if she wants to seize power now, it is almost a breeze!

Why are you still subject to the Queen of Heaven?

But now Li Yuechen didn't move, so he just endured it, and they couldn't say anything. After shouting 666 in unison, it was almost time to retreat.

After walking out of the hall, many ministers still had a confused expression on their faces, and they couldn't figure out why the princess could bear it so much.

Could it be that there is some handle that was seized by the Queen of Heaven?
But no matter what, there is at least one thing that everyone can see - the next thing, I'm afraid things will change!
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