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

Chapter 1463 Empress Wu was furious and Yuan Wanqing knelt down

In front of Qianyang Hall, the afternoon light and shadow are dazzling.

Slight footsteps sounded at the door. He walked in carefully and then stopped.

Empress Wu put down the thin bamboo gold pen in her hand, raised her head and looked to the side.

"See the Queen of Heaven." Wang Yinke, the commander of the secret guards, bowed solemnly with a solemn look on his face.

"How's the investigation going?" Empress Wu's face had an inexplicable hint of melancholy.

"Report to the Queen of Heaven." Wang Yinke bowed and said, "I stayed with Mrs. An in the manor in the west of the city all night. I didn't go out and didn't see anyone who asked me to see her."

"Where are the things?" Empress Wu's eyes gradually became cold and stern.

"After returning to heaven, I didn't get anything from Zheng's manor. Maybe I took it with me, but..." After a slight pause, Wang Yinke said in a deep voice: "But I checked Zheng Chongzhi, a member of the household department. He once said at home that the Prime Minister and Zheng We have made an engagement..."

"You traitor!" Empress Wu roared suddenly and waved her right hand vigorously. The countless memorials on the desk were thrown directly to the ground with a loud "crash".

"Queen of Heaven, calm down!" Wang Yinke was startled and quickly knelt down, bowing his head to the ground with a look of fear.

"The orders of the parents are the words of the matchmaker." Empress Wu gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "What does he think of me? He decided such a big matter in private without telling me a word. "Excuse me, am I still his mother and queen, and is the emperor still his father?"

Empress Wu's anger filled the entire Qianyang Palace.

Wang Yinke felt a chill down his spine. He already understood that although every aspect of the Prime Minister's matter seemed to be taken into consideration, the biggest problem was ignored.

days later.

Parents to enrich people.

When the prime minister marries the prime minister's concubine, he cannot just say it verbally, let alone enter into a marriage contract, and the one he wants to marry is the prime minister's side concubine.

Especially at this time, it involves great stability between the government and the opposition.

The Queen's rights have been violated.

Even the queen's rights as a mother were violated.

Li Xian married Zheng's daughter, but the two parties first had a private intention, and then Li Xian reported it to the emperor and Empress Wu. The emperor and Empress Wu sent people to communicate and then concluded a marriage contract.

This is the right way.

But Li Dan, whether he married the Zheng family or not after Li Xian married the Zheng family's daughter, had no inkling at all and has continued to do so until now, which greatly offended Empress Wu.

Not only for princes, but also for ordinary people to get married, there are three books, six etiquette and countless steps, and they pay attention to a face, but Li Dan has torn off this face now.

Face, whose face is the face of the royal family, and also the face of Empress Wu.

"Pass the message to the Crown Prince and Zheng..." Empress Wu stopped mid-sentence and said instead, "Tell the Crown Prince that the wedding on the 19th will be a big deal."

"Here!" Fan Yunxian stood up from the side and bowed his head.

"Wang Qing." Empress Wu calmed down and said in a deep voice: "I don't recognize the marriage between the Prime Minister and the Zheng family. Let the seventh mother of the Zheng family get seriously ill."

"Here!" Wang Yinke immediately handed over his hands with a stern look on his face.

The royal family cannot admit or deny the marriage between the Prime Minister and the Zheng family.

If you admit it, this kind of thing will happen one after another in the future. If you deny it, although the famous families in the world despise the Zheng family, they also despise the royal family.

The best way now is to wait for Zheng's Qiniang to die quietly.

Once the person is gone, it doesn’t matter whether the previous engagement was true or false.

Empress Wu raised her head and said angrily: "Also, where is Yuan Qing now? Let him come to see me. I gave him one night, but he didn't accomplish anything."

"Here!" Wang Yinke immediately handed over his hands, then turned and left.

Empress Wu turned sideways and looked at Fan Yunxian.

Fan Yunxian cupped his hands and quietly retreated.

……

"Wan'er." Empress Wu turned to look to the left. Shangguan Wan'er, wearing a green skirt and a clear face, walked out solemnly and said: "The Queen of Heaven!"

"Why do you think Shiro suddenly couldn't bear it this time?" Empress Wu looked puzzled.

Shangguan Wan'er bowed her head and said cautiously: "Wan'er doesn't know."

"If you are asked to say it, just say it." Empress Wu waved her hands and said, "I just feel that something is not quite right here. Originally, it was the intention of Your Majesty and me that they should fight over the Minister of Rites, but now, It seems a little out of control, I don’t want to see their brothers really fighting. "

"Maybe someone was instigating it." Shangguan Wan'er looked at Empress Wu carefully.

"Who?" Empress Wu asked directly without hesitation.

"The Queen once said that whoever benefits the most from something is likely to be the person behind it." Shangguan Wan'er considered her words carefully and said, "If we look at the current situation, the one who benefits the most is the East Palace."

"Under the anger of the East Palace, the ministers did see the majesty of the East Palace, but this alone was not enough." Empress Wu shook her head and said: "The biggest gain from the East Palace this time is that Sanlang went to the East Palace every day in addition to morning and evening. Apart from going around the political hall, the rest of the time is spent serving His Majesty. This is indeed a clever move, but it is not a benefit, it is just plugging one's own loopholes. "

"Then it's Prime Minister Pei." Shangguan Wan'er paused for a moment and said cautiously: "There is news from the East Palace that although the prince is guarding the political affairs hall, he is gradually letting go of government affairs. As for the future, King Peng suggested to win over Prime Minister Pei, and Prime Minister Xue suggested Recall Zhao Guogong and Pengcheng County Duke,"

"Huh?" Empress Wu frowned tightly, then her expression relaxed, she shook her head and said: "Prime Minister Zuo will not fail to see Prime Minister Xue's objection. As for what King Peng needs to pay to win over Prime Minister Pei, I will find out later. ”

"Here!" Shangguan Wan'er bowed slightly. Empress Wu leaned back and said softly: "If in the end, the East Palace supports Prime Minister Pei, then what happened yesterday was that Prime Minister Pei was behind it, and the Prime Minister's Palace. There should be some connection between them, otherwise, Prime Minister Pei wouldn't have done it yesterday. I will support Doulu Qinwang from the beginning.”

Shangguan Wan'er bowed slightly and nodded in agreement.

From this perspective, Pei Yan did benefit the most, and he also had enough ability to control all of this.

Empress Wu waved her hand and said: "Take a look first. I always feel that everything has not been completely settled yet, or even that everything has just begun."

"Here!" Shangguan Wan'er bowed deeply.

A soft footsteps sounded outside the palace. Wang Yinke stood in front of the palace door and said softly: "The Queen of Heaven, the people from Yuanshe have arrived."

"We're here." Empress Wu took a deep breath, raised her head, looked in the direction of the palace door and said, "When he's here, let him kneel in front of the main hall. I don't want to see him today."

Wang Yinke was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hands and said solemnly: "Here!"

Empress Wu gently knocked on the table. Today there have been many memorials to impeach Yuan Wanqing.

It had been a long time since she had seen the impeachment of Beimen bachelors, but this time, it was mainly Yuan Wanqing, and other Beimen bachelors were only affected.

"Is it really Pei Yan?" Empress Wu narrowed her eyes slightly.

……

To the west of the city, Zheng's Manor.

Ms. Cui, Mrs. Tong'an, was sitting in the middle hall and looked at the housekeeper on one side with cold eyes: "No, tell them that I am feeling very cold and cannot get up. Let them come back another day."

"Here!" The butler immediately handed over his hand, then turned and left.

Since yesterday afternoon, waves of people have come to Zheng's manor to visit. Ms. Cui received some people at first, but later she realized that these people were always peeking into the backyard intentionally or unintentionally, so Ms. Cui immediately pretended to be sick. Send everyone away and then see no guests.

But even so, many people still came to see her in the name of visiting patients. Ms. Cui didn't know their intentions, so she didn't want to see them.

Turning sideways, an unsigned letter was placed in front of Cui, which had been opened and read.

At this time, Ms. Cui couldn't help but open it again, and she saw two words written on the letter.

Just two words: "Patience."

Cui's breathing became heavy. She turned to look to the side and asked, "How is the situation with King Xiang? Is there any news?"

Zheng Xuan'an walked out from the back, cupped his hands and said: "People from Yuanshe came here to ask mother to destroy the letter. The most important thing right now is not to let the letter fall into the hands of the prince, otherwise the prime minister will be in danger. Our Zheng family It’s hard to be at peace.”

"Destroy that letter, and then let them blame everything on my Zheng family."

Mrs. Cui sneered, how could she not see what Yuan Wanqing had planned.

"Send a message back and say that I don't expect to see the Prime Minister, but I just hope that the Prime Minister will understand that everything is far from over yet, so we still need to be patient." As soon as the words finished, Cui herself was stunned first, her eyes When she landed on the letter, she couldn't help but laugh at herself.

"Yes!" Zheng Xuanan immediately handed over his hand, but he did not leave immediately.

Mrs. Cui reacted and asked, "What else is there?"

"The people who went to see Prime Minister Pei are back, but Prime Minister Pei doesn't want to see me." Zheng Xuan'an handed over helplessly.

Pei Yan is the prime minister, and he is from the Wenxi Pei family. People like them, if the other party doesn't want to see them, they are not even qualified to enter.

"Damn bastard." Ms. Cui couldn't help but lean on the crutches heavily and said through gritted teeth: "Don't think that this time he is secretly plotting and others can't see it. If you make me anxious, I will reveal everything about him."

Zheng Xuanan looked at Cui carefully: "Mother, is it really Prime Minister Pei, Prime Minister Liu, and Prince Peng are not simple people. Maybe they are plotting."

Cui shook her head and sighed: "Zuo Xiang obviously didn't want to take too much care. Prince Peng originally trusted Sanlang. They didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. They were all caught off guard. Moreover, Prince Peng was General Youwei, these things are too sensitive for him to do, there are too many people watching him.”

Zheng Xuanan suddenly remembered something, took a step forward, and whispered: "Mother, Prince Peng will not suddenly obey orders..."

Mrs. Cui suddenly raised her head, stared at Zheng Xuanan deeply, then lowered her head and said: "My Zheng family has never done anything extraordinary, how could your majesty target him?"

"Yes!" Zheng Xuanan quickly stepped back and held his hands.

Ms. Cui waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I'll go find Prime Minister Pei a few more times. If he doesn't want to help, we'll drag him down too."

"Here!" Zheng Xuan'an cupped his hands, then turned and left.

Mrs. Cui raised her head with a heavy expression. Suddenly, she stood up and walked towards the backyard.

Followed by a group of servants, Cui returned to the backyard. As soon as she entered the bedroom, Cui stopped.

Nothing in the bedroom seemed strange, everything was quiet, but if you look carefully, you can find some slight signs of being disturbed in some places.

Cui's face darkened, but then she took a deep breath, turned around and walked outside.

The housekeeper came forward at this time: "Madam."

Ms. Cui nodded, waved away the others, looked at the housekeeper and asked, "I remember you once reported that Prince Peng's Mansion purchased a large number of offerings?"

"Yes, but that happened at the beginning of the month." The housekeeper frowned, looked at Cui and said: "Later, because of the incident with Prince Xiang, the people who were watching Prince Peng's Mansion were withdrawn, and there was no time to find out where the Prince's Mansion went to offer sacrifices. "

"Let's go check it out now. I want to see Prince Peng. Maybe now, reconciliation with the East Palace is the only way out for the Zheng family." After Cui said that, she looked towards the west courtyard, which was Zheng Qiniang's small courtyard.

Mrs. Cui's breathing became heavy. She squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth: "Prince Xiang, I'm afraid I won't admit that matter."

(End of this chapter)