People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1333. Empress Wu was willing to kill Wu Chengsi
The world is vast and the mountains are undulating.

A group of Qianniu Guards rode out from the mountain road of Zhongnan Mountain, and then quickly headed towards Chang'an.

In the east of Zhouzhi County, on the south bank of the Heihe River.

Li Xuan stood on the towering sentry tower, watching the Thousand Niu Guards retreat into the distance, then frowned and came down from the sentry tower. Other guards had already climbed up the tower to guard.

Two towering sentry towers monitor everything around them.

This team of Qianniu Guards went straight up the mountain from the morning to now down the mountain, all under surveillance from the sentry tower.

The entire manor occupies a vast area, with hundreds of servants and maids inside and outside, and teams of black-clad guards patrolling the outside.

Li Xuan walked through the entire manor with a solemn expression and entered the backyard.

In the backyard, there are rockeries, rocks, lakes and fallen leaves.

Qu Dou'er and Pei Shitong were taking their sons to swing on the swing in the afternoon sunshine, very happy.

Liu Jinyu was sitting in the courtyard on one side, with information sent from various places in front of him, sorting it out carefully.

Liu Shubi sat aside, hugging Xia'er, Zhao'er, and Ming'er, taking care of Gao'er. When she saw Li Xuan entering the backyard, she immediately greeted Li Xuan with a sweet smile.

Li Xuan nodded, and then sat down between Liu Jinyu and Liu Shubi.

Liu Shubi leaned gently into Li Xuan's arms, while Liu Jinyu was still processing the news without raising his head, but asked directly: "Have those Right Qianniu Guards returned to the palace?"

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, sighed softly, and said: "It's rare for this guy to show up like this. I don't know what to do when I go upstairs to watch Taoism this time?"

"There must be something going on in the palace." Liu Jinyu said, and finally raised her head and asked, "Husband, what do you think happened?"

"I don't know." Li Xuan shook her head and said, "Your Majesty has been doing more and more unreasonable things recently, and the antelope has hung its horns."

"Something must have happened, but we were too close and couldn't see anything clearly." Liu Jinyu frowned slightly.

Li Xuan smiled, hugged Liu Shubi, and said to Liu Jinyu: "It's enough for us to know that these things happened. As for the things behind it, it's better not to get involved. My husband always feels that His Majesty is really preparing something. , If Your Majesty wants us to know these things, he will naturally let us know."

Liu Jinyu glanced at Li Xuan, nodded slowly, and then pushed something in front of Li Xuan's eyes and said: "The staff department will be mobilized today, and the supervisory censor Zhou Xing will be transferred to the county magistrate of Lin County."

"Lin County, Xiangzhou?" Li Xuan was a little surprised, why Zhou Xing was transferred to that place.

"At the foot of Taihang Mountain, Anyang is to the southeast and Handan is to the northeast, but it is the most desolate place." Liu Jinyu looked at the news and said softly: "Is this the backlash of his false accusation and impeachment of her husband?"

"Who would have thought that he just listened to a few complaints from others and already started to write a letter to impeach his husband. If Cui Mi hadn't been promoted to the imperial censor a while ago, this matter would really have been unstoppable." Li Xuanqing Sigh.

Zhou Xing's impeachment of Li Xuan was based on speculation. One day at Pingkangfang Restaurant, he heard several team leaders bragging. Someone inadvertently mentioned the murder. Although he said it was the captain below who killed him accidentally, Zhou Xing still only heard Li Xuan's name.

That's right, he is a captain, not even a general.

As long as the Yushitai publicly investigates this matter, the truth will be found out immediately.

But unfortunately, they were afraid that this thing was true, and that Li Xuan and Yang Zhirou were colluding with each other to control the army.

So in the end, I concealed the matter and never opened the lid.

Until Li Zhaode came back.

"The matter has been found out. The Yushitai has also dealt with Zhou Xing, and Li Changshi has also begun to take over the external affairs of Prince Peng's Mansion. The most important thing is that His Majesty's place is quiet enough."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he didn't have much ill feelings towards Li Zhaode over this matter, so he still handed over the foreign affairs of the house to him as planned.

But that's it, Li Xuan's trust in Li Zhaode will not go any further.

Now regarding this matter, Li Xuan was more concerned about the emperor's attitude.

"According to the imperial court newspaper, after there was a rebellion in Changzhou in May, the imperial censor Li Zhaode went to Changzhou with people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, and just returned a few days ago." Liu Jinyu placed another official document in front of Li Xuan .

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "The rebellion in Changzhou came first, then King Cao's matter, and after King Cao's matter, the Yongjia County Prince."

"King Cao is related to the rebellion in Changzhou. This is certain. Prince Yongjia is related to the rebellion in Changzhou. There is no evidence to prove the connection." Liu Jinyu still couldn't figure out how Prince Yongjia and King Cao were related to the rebellion in Changzhou. what is the relationship.

"King Cao's mother is Princess Chao Yang, grand-niece of King Yang Xiong of Sui Dynasty; Prince Jiang's mother is Gaozu's concubine Yang, the daughter of Yang Su of the former Sui Dynasty."

Li Xuan made random guesses and said: "Yang Xiong was born in the direct line of the Yang family in Hongnong. Although Yang Su was born in the collateral line of the Yang family in Hongnong, he is extremely powerful. Here..."

"That's all nonsense." Liu Jinyu rolled her eyes at Li Xuan and said, "If that's the case, the Queen's mother, Mrs. Rong Guo, is still from the Yang family."

"That's right, so King Cao's mother is the cousin of the Queen of Heaven, and Yang Zhirou, a member of Zhongshushe, is not only a direct descendant of the Hongnong Yang family, but also has a certain blood relationship with the Queen of Heaven." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she looked straight towards Liu Jinyu was stunned for a moment.

Liu Shubi seemed to be aware of the strange atmosphere, but although Liu Shubi could understand most of the conversation between Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu, she couldn't understand a single word of the key points.

"If this is the case, then all the awkward things that happened at Yushitai before will make sense." Liu Jinyu took a deep breath. "You don't even need to ask your husband about the Yushitai matter. As long as you find Yang Zhirou's records in Fanzhou, you can find out many things. But they are unwilling to check or even look for it. He, they would rather risk offending their husband than go to Yang Zhirou." Li Xuan sneered, some people are just too sensitive.

"They are just really worried that Yang Zhirou will be involved in King Cao's case, or that something has been discovered." Liu Jinyu looked up at Li Xuan and said directly, "Husband, if King Cao died, Li Zhaode was in Ganzhou. And when Prince Yongjia died, was Li Zhaode really in Fuzhou? "

Li Xuan's fists clenched instantly, and he looked forward, as if there was an invisible line connecting everything.

"I still remember that my husband once said that King Cao is far away in Qianzhou, so there must be a force that sends the news from Changzhou to Qianzhou, and then sends the news from Qianzhou to Changzhou. If this force is the Yang family, Hongnong Yang Shi..." Liu Jinyu paused when he said this.

"No, no, no." Li Xuan quickly waved her hand and said, "Hongnong Yang family, how can everyone in the world easily get involved in the fight for the right to inherit the throne? Besides, even if they are connected with King Cao, Yang Zhirou, Yang Zhirou, will not be able to get involved. Zhirou and Yang Zhiyi's father, Luzhou Governor Yang Sixhi, are the direct grandsons of King Guan, as well as Honglu Shaoqing Yang Sirou."

"And Yang Zaisi, the minister of Weiwei Temple." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan, and one name after another popped up, making people feel heavy.

Li Xuan knew in her heart that if it really targeted the entire Hongnong Yang family, it would indeed be worthy of the emperor's fanfare.

"But that's the Hongnong Yang family, the Hongnong Yang family. No one knows better than them how tragic the consequences will be for meddling in the inheritance. The former Sui's body has not completely cooled down yet." Li Xuan still said He shook his head and said, "There's something wrong with this."

"There is something wrong, but now on the surface many clues are implicated in the Hongnong Yang family, unless people now are using the Hongnong Yang family as a shield." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan and said directly: "Including His Majesty."

"What the lady means is that there are people hiding behind the Hongnong Yang family, plotting conspiracy, and King Cao and King Yongjia are just pawns who were pushed to the stage,"

Li Xuan pondered and said, "Then your Majesty has now purged King Cao and Prince Yongjia. Their next goal is to target the Hongnong Yang family and find out the black hand behind the Hongnong Yang family."

"Yes!" Liu Jinyu took a deep breath and said with a solemn gaze: "In this way, everything is explained clearly. Why did the Yushitai dare not directly deal with the matter of Luo Zidao, but instead beat around the bush, and why did Your Majesty do it? When Li Zhaode was sent to the palace as a long history officer, he was naturally not guarding his husband, but the Hongnong Yang family, or even Yang Zhirou, a member of Zhongshushe."

"Zhongshu Sheren!" Li Xuan sighed softly, shook his head, and said: "Among the fifth-rank officials in the court, the most powerful position is even the censor Zhongcheng, who is responsible for Shi Zhong, Du Shui Envoy, and Jing. Above the county magistrate, especially before Yang Zhirou, he was the censor."

"If His Majesty hadn't appointed Qian Qian as the Censor Zhongcheng, then it's hard to say that Yang Zhirou would have been the Censor Zhongcheng." Liu Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief.

If this is the case, they may not even be able to see what happened today.

"Is it possible that this was the purpose of your Majesty's appointment of Qian Weiwei as Yushi Zhongcheng and Di Renjie as Duzhi Langzhong?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu solemnly.

"Being able to make His Majesty suspicious means that at least some people in the Yang family have been connected with King Cao and the Prince of Yongjia County." Liu Jinyu smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty is still trying to figure it out." Li Xuan sighed softly, looked in the direction of Luoyang, and said softly: "Even Your Majesty, I'm afraid he can't find out how many people from the Yang family are involved in this matter, let alone , and what’s hidden behind the Yang family.”

"A lot of people are going to die anyway." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan and said with satisfaction: "My husband is right. We should really go back to Pengzhou to have a look and come back at the end of the year to avoid this crisis."

"Let's talk about it if this crisis can pass." Li Xuan couldn't help but shake her head. Although they had guessed a lot now, the fog was still deep in invisible places.

"Your Majesty is always stronger than you and me. When Your Majesty wants to do something, it will be difficult for others to resist. For example, Li Zhaode definitely looks like a prime minister, and the person leading the investigation of this matter is definitely not him, either. He is definitely not an ordinary person, not much worse than my husband." Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "Forget it, why bother thinking about it, this matter has nothing to do with you and me after all."

"Yeah!" Liu Jinyu nodded lightly and stopped talking.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked forward,
The sun sets in the west, and it is warm.

There was a main concubine, a concubine on both sides, and five sons and one daughter.

Everything in Li Xuan's home is in front of her eyes.

He can take it away at any time.

……

Under the night, above the Black River.

On the river, an official ship parked quietly.

In the dead of night, Li Xuan calmly walked onto the deck.

Under the gaze of countless pairs of monitors from inside and outside, he entered the depths of the cabin.

A familiar figure stood waiting, and it turned out to be Li Mo, who rarely appeared.

Seeing Li Xuan, Li Mo immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty."

Li Xuan walked to the desk and sat down: "How are things arranged?"

Li Mo stood up and said: "The arrangements have been made in Changzhou, and the arrangements have begun in Luoyang."

"Very good, let's see when His Majesty will notice it." Li Xuan's mouth had a hint of coldness, and his expression was terrifyingly cold. Now was the best time for him to kill Wu Chengsi.

Let Empress Wu kill Wu Chengsi willingly.

(End of this chapter)