Great Tang princess

In all fairness, Wu Zetian didn't want her daughter's reputation to be a problem.

Because she is currently her most satisfied heir, in her heart, she still hopes that her daughter can really sit on the dragon chair one day, instead of being an emperor unknown to outsiders like she is now.

To be an emperor, reputation is naturally very important. For a person without virtue, being an emperor will be troublesome.

Now that her daughter finally has great prestige, if she becomes the emperor, it can be said that everyone expects her among the people, and because of her own fighting power, I believe no courtiers would dare to fool her.

But if this matter with the Kong family is not handled properly, it will deal a blow to her reputation and it will be detrimental to her enthronement in the future.

However, Li Yuechen didn't care about the so-called reputation at all, and she didn't even think about sitting on the dragon chair, she just simply hoped that this country would be better.

"Don't worry, Auntie. Now that the newspaper is in the hands of the imperial court, I will have the final say on how the public opinion will be." Li Yuechen is full of confidence in this.

Wu Zetian also knew that she had always been very assertive since she was a child, and there was almost nothing impossible to do with each other, so she finally nodded: "Then I will leave this matter to you."

With her mother's permission, Li Yuechen immediately agreed, and then asked Shangguan Wan'er to invite someone to come over for tea.

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Kong Huiyuan himself has been doing his own thing as usual these days, as if nothing happened.

On the same day, I was reading and practicing calligraphy at home when I suddenly heard an announcement from a servant: "Ah Lang, there is a guest at the door."

"who?"

"Qianniuwei in the palace, someone here calls herself Shangguan Wan'er..." The servants reported.

Hearing this name, Kong Huiyuan stopped the brush in his hand, and was stunned for a moment.

Commander of the Dark Guard, what is she here for?
"Please... no, I'll go myself."

After thinking about it, he still put down his brush and followed his servants to the gate, wanting to see what the commander of the hidden guard was planning to do.

Since the establishment of the Royal Dark Guard, it can be said that it has been in the limelight, with great power in its hands, and it can be said to be the representative of the complete concentration of imperial power.

When Kong Huiyuan came to the gate, he saw Shangguan Wan'er standing at the gate with her hands behind her back, smiling, and behind her were a large group of people in black military uniforms.

These people are all expressionless and silent, from which we can see a discipline that is beyond imagination for this era.

Ordinary people can't help but feel scared just seeing this kind of scene.

Kong Huiyuan was relatively calm, with doubts on his face: "I don't know if the Commander Shangguan is here today, what is his order?"

"Scholar Kong University, I have some doubts about the abstention of all the candidates yesterday, and I want to talk about it. Why don't you come with me and go to the dark guard to have a cup of tea!" Shangguan Wan'er replied.

Although these words sound very polite, there is an order tone that cannot be refused in the tone.

"The Commander Shangguan wants to take me?" Kong Huiyuan couldn't believe it.

One must know that he is a direct descendant of Kong Shengren. Although he has little power in the court, in terms of status, even a third-rank official should be polite when they see him.

It's really unexpected that Shangguan Wan'er, a Shangyi female official, would dare to arrest him!

Because the secret guard has only been established for a few years now, and this system has not been fully finalized, so in terms of rank, the current Shangguan Wan'er is indeed still a fifth-rank Shangyi, and she is indeed not a high-ranking official in the imperial court. .

But as the saying goes, Shangguan Wan'er, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, is also the emperor's secretary, so naturally she can't be generalized with other court ladies.

"Scholar Kong University misunderstood, not to arrest. It's just that the hidden guards got some good tea recently, and I just invited Master Kong University to taste it." Shangguan Wan'er had a harmless smile on her face.

It has to be said, perhaps because of the relationship of practicing yoga with Li Yuechen since childhood, although Shangguan Wan'er is now nearly [-] years old, her complexion is still the same as that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, she looks very young.

The smile on his face looked very natural, with a sense of purity like first love. This smile couldn't help but remind Kong Hye-won, who is in his forties, of his favorite daughter.

But he calmed down immediately, and asked back: "What if the old man refuses?"

"It's just tea tasting, it won't be long, let's go there!" Shangguan Wan'er smiled unchanged, then waved her hand lightly: "Take it away!"

When the man in black behind him heard the order, without saying a word, he stepped over in two steps, grabbed Kong Huiyuan's arms one by one, and walked out.

The servants at the side saw this scene and subconsciously wanted to stop it: "Wait..."

Before he finished speaking, he was hit on the neck with a hand knife by the hidden guard next to him, his eyes rolled up, and his body fell limply on the ground.

Kong Huiyuan walked out with his arms crossed, and was about to ask something loudly, but before he could speak, a black ax was already pressed against his neck: "Shut up!"

To be honest, he is not afraid of death, but the problem is that if he is hacked to death in this kind of place, the court may characterize him as a bandit, and it will be easy to find a substitute for the dead.

After all, there are no witnesses here, so it's easy to do something.

So he didn't continue to make a sound, and let a few hidden guards carry him up to the four-wheeled carriage parked at the door.

This carriage was specially made by the dark guard. It has no windows, and its skeleton is obviously much thicker. It can be regarded as a real escort vehicle.

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Now the office of the dark guard is within the imperial city, opposite to the newspaper office on the left and right.

After the carriage stopped, Kong Huiyuan got out of the carriage supported by two hidden guards, one on the left and one on the right. Considering his identity, he was not handcuffed.

He was carried into the office of the dark guard by two people, turned left and right twice, and came to the door of a prepared room.

A hidden guard reached out and knocked on the door twice, only then did an ethereal female voice sound from inside: "Come in!"

Kong Huiyuan was brought into the room, and what he saw was a room that was incompatible with the current era.

There are solid wood floors under your feet, and two huge glass windows make the room extremely bright. Behind a nearly two-meter-long boss's desk is a chair wrapped in leather, which is very comfortable just by looking at it.

The backrest and armrests of this chair are not straight, but fit the curve of the human body as much as possible, so in the eyes of people of this era, it seems somewhat weird.

But I have to say that there is a unique beauty in this strange line, a future beauty that does not belong to this era.

And Princess Taiping, Li Yuechen, was sitting on that strangely beautiful chair at the moment, leaning her head on the headrest, looking lazy.

The black ponytail hangs down from the right shoulder, spreads on the chest, and slides down the body line like a waterfall.

There were two cups of steaming tea on the table. The tea leaves hadn't dispersed completely, and it seemed that they had just been brewed for a short time.

This kind of tea is only sold in Taiping teahouse now, and the price is so outrageous that it would be a bit painful for Kong Huiyuan to buy it.

It's just that as a member of the Kong family, many people usually give him gifts, so he often drinks.

Seeing him coming in, Li Yuechen finally lifted his head off the headrest, waved his hand lightly and said, "Master Kong University, please sit down!"

He looked at the weird chair across the way, said "Thank you Your Highness", then walked over and sat down.

As soon as I sat down, I found that my body moved backwards involuntarily. When I suddenly looked down, I realized that there were wheels under the chair. I didn't sit firmly just now, which caused the chair to move backwards.

The originally angry aura was instantly dissipated by embarrassment. He couldn't help coughing twice, reached out and pulled the table to move it forward a little, and sat opposite Li Yuechen.

Then I moved my body subconsciously, and felt that this chair is really comfortable to sit on. There is a support point at the back of the waist, which can make the entire back fit on the backrest completely. The height of the armrest is also quite good, just enough to hang on hands.

The chair he was sitting on was made by Li Yuechen according to the standards of future gaming chairs. For the ancients of this era, it was definitely an extremely rare experience.

It can be said that, except for the inability to adjust the height, other parts are no different from the future gaming chairs.

Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "It's not a matter of business to invite Master Kong University here this time, the main thing is to drink some tea and chat casually."

"Your Highness's way of inviting people is a bit too tough." Kong Huiyuan's tone was hard, obviously dissatisfied with the attitude of being forcibly arrested, "I still think I am a guilty person."

The meaning of these words is very clear, Li Yuechen must give him an explanation for today's matter.

To be honest, he does have the capital to say such things. At least in this era, the Kong family's words do carry a lot of weight. To some extent, they can even influence the court's decision-making.

"Of course, my palace has always convinced people with virtue, and after today's work is over, I will definitely give an explanation to the Confucian scholar!" Li Yuechen replied with a smile.

Hearing her answer, Kong Huiyuan's face relaxed slightly, and he nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the answer.

However, in the next second, Li Yuechen suddenly reached out to copy under the table, and when she lifted it up again, she had already picked up a hammer the size of a human head, and she put it on the table.

Even though she barely used any force, the hammer still made a muffled "boom" when it hit the tabletop, and several cracks appeared on the solid wood tabletop instantly.

This intruding scene made Kong Huiyuan tremble with fright, almost jumping up.

"Speaking of which, I am a member of the army. In my eyes, weapons are like loyal subordinates. Sometimes, I even treat them as objects of consciousness... By the way, let me introduce you. This hammer, The name is Virtue! The other one is called Talent! This means having both virtue and ability..."

Of course he knew the meaning, how could Li Yuechen explain it?

But the problem is that one second he said that he was convincing people with virtue, and the next second he took out a weapon and said his name was virtue, which already put the meaning of threat on the surface.

"Your Highness, are you planning... to kill this old man with a hammer?"

When asking questions, although he pretended to be calm, he still couldn't help stuttering.

Still the same sentence, literati in this era are not very afraid of death, but it depends on the method of death. If you die here without any news, you will be given a reason to fool people afterwards. This method of death is absolutely is unacceptable.

However, in this somewhat tense atmosphere, Li Yuechen leaned forward, propped his body on the table with his hands, and grinned: "Hehehe...just joking, don't take the Confucian scholar too seriously."

Even though she said so, she smiled extremely strangely, as if she was really going to grab a hammer and hit him on the head in the next second.

However, Li Yuechen immediately returned to his normal expression: "Speaking of which, all the students gave up the exam yesterday. I heard that Scholar Kong had contacted many people before. Can you talk about it in detail?"

At this point, Kong Huiyuan's original aura has been completely broken. Hearing this serious question, he subconsciously replied: "This... as a direct descendant of the Kong family, I am in a state of admiration. normal……"

"It is indeed normal, but I have never heard that Scholar Kong is an approachable person." Li Yuechen leaned back, leaning his head on the headrest, and turned into an expression of looking down, "People who asked to see Scholar Kong in previous years There are not a few, but it seems that most of them can't even get in the door?"

Kong Huiyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly: "It seems that His Highness's investigation of the old man is really perfect..."

"My palace might as well just say that no matter what happens in the royal family, the consensus will never change! The imperial court will never accept any form of threat!" Having said that, Li Yuechen's eyes were firm and his tone was extremely serious: "Don't talk about your Kong family, even if you It’s the same with the presence of the sage Confucius!”

Her voice was not loud, but her tone was decisive, there was no room for negotiation!

Hearing this sentence, Kong Huiyuan knew that today's conversation could not be kind, so he immediately changed his attitude and replied a little forcefully: "Your Majesty has violated the ancestor's precepts, and this is a way of admonishing you."

Whether it is the construction of a library or the reform of the tax system, they are actually constantly suppressing the right to speak and the future status of the aristocratic family.

Combining this point, Li Yuechen can roughly deduce the cause and effect of this incident. The ministers definitely don't want to see such a thing happen, but they are busy fighting with Pei Huaiyi now, and they don't have the energy to do other things.

As long as the aristocratic families meet and let the most prestigious Kong family be the representative, this matter will naturally be easily accomplished.

The purpose is also very simple, which is to threaten the court to withdraw its order through the incident of the students abandoning the exam, and return to the era when the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.

If the imperial court does not accept the threat, it seems that they can only return to the era of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.

In their minds, they didn't even think about the possibility that the court might use force to solve the problem. After all, even if the imperial power is concentrated again, you can't kill all the families, right?
The so-called law does not blame the public, this is the truth.

Li Yuechen called him here today not to kill people, but to see if the matter is what he thought, and then solve it one by one.

"A way of admonishment?" Li Yuechen asked back, "That's true! It seems that I have misunderstood it. I should tell the saints to hang a portrait of Confucian scholar in Lingyan Pavilion and write down his achievements...for future generations Take a good look at how the descendants of the sage Confucius spoke out."

Kong Huiyuan frowned slightly at this yin and yang answer: "Looking at what His Highness means, is the imperial court planning to carry out this reform to the end?"