Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 315 What does it matter?

When Li Zhi heard this, he smiled.

Empress Wu saw Li Zhi smiling and laughed too.

How could she not know that Li Zhi was taking advantage of the conflict between the Wu family and the eldest son's family to put the name of persecuting his uncle on the Wu family, but Empress Wu didn't care, and was happy to do so.

As long as she can continue to help Li Zhi solve problems, her position as queen will be as stable as Mount Tai.

If she is stable, the crown prince's position will also be stable.

Empress Wu regarded the tasks assigned by Li Zhi as the first priority in her life, and she let her mother enter the palace that day.

Grandma Yang now enjoys all the glory and wealth in Chang'an. Although she is old, she is full of nobility. She is no longer a weak woman who was bullied and scolded by her two sons and fled back to her parents' home in despair. She seems to be a bit of a wealthy lady. The style.

"Meet the Queen!"

Although she is a mother, Grandma Yang still has to salute and say hello in front of Queen Wu.

Empress Wu did not let Yang Lao bow down, but quickly stepped forward to help her up, "Mother, you and I, we don't have to be like this."

Although Grandma Yang often did bad things, Empress Wu's feelings for her mother were sincere.

She was abused by Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang in her early years, and Yang Lao always stood in front of her when she was young. Later, in order to survive, she led her to escape back to her parents' home in Chang'an.

This friendship in adversity was one of the few weaknesses in Queen Wu's iron heart.

When it was time to close the palace gates, Empress Wu did not exchange greetings with her mother, but said directly: "Mother, when you go back tonight, prepare a big gift and visit her at home. The publicity should be high, and it is best if everyone knows about it."

"Okay!" Grandma Yang agreed habitually, and then said: "What should I say when I meet Mr. Xu?"

Empress Wu held her mother's hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to say anything. Mr. Xu is your Majesty's most considerate minister. He knows what he means. You don't need to say anything to him. It doesn't even matter if you don't even talk to him. Find Xu Xianggong. Madam, just reminisce about old times."

She suddenly thought of something and said, "Mom, do you still remember Zhao Chiman?"

More than a month has passed, and Grandma Yang has actually forgotten it. After all, this is just a small episode in her splendid life. She has a great life, so who will remember those unhappy things.

But Queen Wu's reminder immediately reminded Yang Lao of the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival.

Thinking of the "aggressive" looks of Zhao Chiman and Wang Fangyi, and the miserable appearance of his granddaughter at that time, he immediately said: "Of course I haven't forgotten it."

Empress Wu said: "I don't know if Changsun Wuji suffered this time. As Changsun Quan's nephew, Zhao Chiman was not involved. If mother feels unhappy, she can mention it to Xianggong Xu. Xu Xianggong will not be stingy with this little effort... "

Empress Wu was very good at taking advantage of the situation, so naturally Li Zhi was using her and the Wu family, so what if he took advantage of Li Zhi's situation to vent his anger on the Wu family?

It's just following the trend...

Grandma Yang suddenly felt relieved and said, "That's great. If he dares to offend our Wu family, he must know how powerful he is."

With the pleasure of overwhelming others with power in her eyes, she said: "What about Wang Fangyi? This little thief is Bitch Wang's cousin, can we come together..."

Their enemies of the Wu family are headed by the Changsun family and the Wang family.

She wanted to capture Wang Fangyi more than Zhao Chiman.

Isn't this the case with Queen Wu?

Zhao Chiman may be resentful, but after all, he is only a nephew of Changsun's family, not from Changsun Wuji's family.

Empress Wu didn't have much resentment towards him, she just vented her anger on her mother and sister.

What she really wanted to deal with was Wang Fangyi, not just to make him unlucky, but to make him die.

But Empress Wu knew better that she could use the power given to her by Li Zhi, but she could not abuse it.

My husband who is full of evil intentions is not easy to fool...

"Wang Fangyi, let him go first. Use his affairs to find opportunities, and my daughter will settle the matter with him..." Grandma Yang nodded heavily.

Following her daughter's instructions, Grandma Yang hurried back home to prepare gifts for tomorrow's visit.

Li Zhi and Empress Wu were very diligent and frugal, but they were very generous to the Wu family. They gave them rewards every three days and various tribute gifts from all directions.

Grandma Yang easily prepared twenty large boxes of gifts. The noise was so loud that it disturbed Wu Shun, who lived in the same house.

Wu Shun looked at the boxes of treasures with some distress and said, "Mother, why are you doing this? Who is it that deserves our Wu family's fawning?"

Grandma Yang said: "It was Xianggong Xu who was specially ordered by the queen. She also said that she wanted to vent our anger on mother and son. She asked us to bring gifts to Xianggong Xu and ask him to punish the eldest son Wuji severely, and to deal with Zhao Chiman as well."

Wu Shun said excitedly: "This is a great thing."

Helan Minyue was Wu Shun's biological daughter. Grandma Yang had forgotten it, but she, the mother, had not forgotten it.

She didn't blame Cai Chenghua, the Tubo craftsman, but only Zhao Chiman and Wang Fangyi who blocked her way.

I feel that if it weren't for the two of them, my daughter wouldn't have suffered like that.

Wu Shun asked: "Can you tell me how to convict him?"

Grandma Yang shook her head and said, "No!"

Wu Shun's eyes flashed with fierceness and he said: "I want him to die."

Grandma Yang said in astonishment: "Is that so?"

Wu Shun said: "Mother, you don't know that Min Yue has been frightened since that night. She is often in a daze alone, as if suffering from amnesia. She is distracted and often frightened. If it weren't for Zhao Chiman, what happened that night would not have happened. ?”

Grandma Yang calmed down and said, "Okay, I'll mention it to Xianggong Xu. I can't tell you whether he will take action."

Wu Shun said: "Just say it. Mr. Xu is aware of current affairs and will not refuse my mother."

After the two women discussed it, they decided to convict Zhao Chiman of death.

On the second day, Grandma Yang held a grand worship meeting with Xu Jingzong with great fanfare.

Xu Jingzong also invited Yang Lao into his house without any suspense.

Grandma Yang specifically asked about Zhao Chiman's situation.

Xu Jingzong knew the details of Changsun Wuji's case very well. He arrested everyone with his nod. He knew whether Zhao Chiman was involved or not.

"Zhao Xianwei is the nephew of Changsun Quan. Changsun Quan is the son of Changsun Cao. Changsun Cao's father is Changsun Lan. Although he and Changsun Wuji are both members of the Changsun family, they are very different from each other. He has not been implicated yet..."

Grandma Yang paused, gritted her teeth and said, "The queen hates Zhao Chiman very much and hopes that Mr. Xu can get rid of him."

Xu Jingzong looked at the somewhat reserved Yang Lao, smiled and said one word: "Okay!"

Xu Jingzong did not spend too long with Grandma Yang, but asked people to invite him into the inner courtyard to interact with his wife.

He immediately wrote an official document to arrest Zhao Chiman and stamped it with the prime minister's seal.

Who is Xu Jingzong?

He didn't believe that Empress Wu would be so stupid as to kill an insignificant county captain.

But what he wanted was this result, so that Queen Wu would remember him, Xu Jingzong, and she owed him a favor.

As for Zhao Chiman's life, what does it matter?

(End of this chapter)