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Chapter 1616 This Back
This kick that appeared out of nowhere frightened all the court officials. However, what frightened them was not that a kick suddenly appeared from the void, but that someone actually dared to kick Wu Meiniang on the head. There was actually such a brave person in the world!
After being stunned, many court officials felt a surge of joy in their hearts. After all, they felt humiliated and painful in their bones to worship a woman as emperor. However, the general situation in the world was like this. Compared with their own lives, a little bit of pain and humiliation was not worth mentioning.

But when someone really kicked Wu Zetian on the head, they would still feel secretly happy in their hearts.

Of course, Wu Zetian must have been unhappy after being kicked to the ground. The nine-tassel phoenix crown on her head, which weighed several kilograms of pure gold and made of various rare jewels and was only worn by the emperor, was already half crooked. At the same time, the precious golden phoenix on the top also broke its leg, and the whole crown was slung over her head.

Wu Zetian instinctively wanted to tear off this crooked thing, but when she thought that this was the Nine-Tassel Phoenix Crown that represented the majesty of the emperor and something she had been chasing for her entire life, Wu Zetian was reluctant to give it up. She could only reluctantly straighten the Nine-Tassel Phoenix Crown, and then rushed forward like an angry lioness, staring at everyone fiercely, as if trying to find out who was so bold as to kick her.

At this time, the guards who were guarding the surroundings also rushed up to protect Wu Zetian, and then heard Wu Zetian questioning, "Who of you dared to kick me just now? Catch him here immediately!"

Wu Zetian's order instantly stopped all the guards in their tracks. They were not afraid of arresting anyone, and they had no scruples. But the problem was that they didn't know who to arrest now. After all, all of their eyes were fixed on Wu Zetian, so they were 100% sure that no one would rush to the majestic Phoenix Terrace, and that kick that flew out came from the void that didn't exist.

Now Wu Zetian asked them to arrest someone, how could they know who to arrest.

Seeing that her guards had not responded, Wu Zetian laughed in anger and said, "Why are you still not taking action? Are you the traitor?"

"Your Majesty!" All the guards knelt down immediately in fear, looking up in horror and saying, "We are innocent. We really didn't see clearly who dared to hurt Your Majesty. That kick seemed to come from the void. Our old eyes are blurry and we really can't understand it!"

"Ridiculous! Is it possible that there are gods and Buddhas in this world who can cast spells and hide their bodies?" Wu Zetian was completely mad. She didn't care that she was nominally the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha and madly shouted at the guards, "I think you are the accomplices of the traitor. If you don't catch the traitor now, I will drag you all out and behead you!"

"This..." More than a dozen guards were all confused. They really didn't know who kicked him, so how could you ask them to catch someone?

Fortunately, the leader of these guards was a smart man. He reacted and realized that for Wu Zetian now, it was not important to catch the person who kicked her. What was important was to catch the traitor who dared to kick her.

Only by catching him can the saint's face be saved and they can survive.

So the head of the guards knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I just saw Princess Qianjin, Xuancheng County Lady Li Hua, Xin'an County Prince Li Yi and others secretly talking with a Taoist priest. They have been planning this for a long time. In my opinion, these three must have secretly made friends with the evil Taoist priest to plot against Your Majesty!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The three members of the Li Tang clan who were named by the guard leader were all shocked. They all looked at the guard leader in confusion. They made friends with the evil Taoist priests? How come they didn't know about this?
In fact, the commander of the guards didn't know either. He just made it up to save his own life.

As for why the crime was fabricated and pinned on the three members of the Li Tang clan, it was naturally because these members of the Li Tang clan had obvious reasons for rebellion, and they were sworn enemies with Wu Zetian. In addition, the entire Li Tang clan had been killed by Wu Zetian at this time, and there were only a few people left who could be brought out to show off. In addition to Wu Zetian's two biological sons, there were only these three people who attended the ceremony, so the crime could only be pinned on them.

Anyway, these members of the Li Tang royal family will be killed one by one by Wu Zetian in the later period. Now I am just sending them away a step early. They should not mind.

"Good! Good! Good!" Wu Zetian heard the words of the guard leader and said three good words in a row, "It seems that I am still too kind to you. I thought that Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong treated me well in the past, and I also wanted to leave them a little dignity and blood. I never thought that you would still have evil intentions and trample on my kindness and mercy like this!"

"Come here, take down these three traitors and beat them to death on the spot!" Wu Zetian gave an order. When the few remaining members of the Li Tang clan were about to die on the spot, a voice said coldly, "Bitch, you actually have the nerve to mention how I treated you in the past. Do you want to completely kill all of my Li Tang clan members?"

"Who is it?" Wu Zetian, who had finally calmed down a little, heard the familiar voice from the time she was kicked just now. She stood up again in panic and asked into the air.

"I am the master of the world, and also your master, you lowly slave!" As soon as the words fell, there was an extremely crisp slap sound. Then Wu Zetian covered her face and took a few steps back, uttering a shrill wail.

Through the gaps between Wu Zetian's palms, one could clearly see that the left half of her face was completely swollen.

As for the fierce man who beat her, he did not hide himself like before, but came out completely and appeared in the eyes of all the officials in the world.

This man was wearing casual clothes, more than eight feet tall, with an extraordinary physique. Just from his back, one could seem to see his lofty ambitions, the people of the world, and the emperor of mankind.

Just by taking a look at him, this person actually had an urge to kneel down and kowtow to him.

It’s a pity that at this time only his back was revealed and his face could not be seen, so the ministers still couldn’t recognize his identity.

However, it seems that this is not entirely true. At this time, there are several elderly people in the Mingtang who are even older than Wu Zetian. They have retired to recuperate, but because they are respected old ministers, they are still invited to participate in the ceremony. Looking at the back of the person in front of them, they uttered a trembling voice, "Impossible... This back... Why does it look so familiar? Could it be your Majesty?"

(End of this chapter)