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Chapter 687 Confused Case Confused (8)

As soon as the Qingming Festival passed, the weather became very hot. Although it was not yet noon, the heat wave was already overwhelming. Even though she was sitting in the study room of the Xuanzheng Palace, Empress Wu, who was buried in the official documents, was still sweating from her forehead. But he never stopped writing the pen in his hand, and the tiredness between his brows is clearly discernible.

"Qi Niang Niang, Xiang Jia is here."

Amidst the sound of small footsteps, the eunuch Cheng Denggao carefully turned around from behind the screen, walked a few steps quickly, and reported in a low voice before getting to the copy.

"Well, call it a day."

Although Empress Wu was not in a good mood, when she heard that such a confidant as Jia Chaoyin had come, she cheered up and said loudly.

"promise."

Now that Empress Wu had let go, Cheng Denggao didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly left the study, and after a while, he accompanied Jia Chaoyin and turned back from the outside.

"The old minister kowtowed to the Empress Dowager."

Jia Chaoyin's face was full of indignation, as if he was very angry, but he didn't dare to be rude in front of Empress Wu, so he rushed forward and paid respectful salutes incessantly.

"Forget it, but what happened? Why is Jia Xiang so angry?"

Seeing Jia Chaoyin's expression was not right, Empress Wu couldn't help but frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously.

"Returning to your mother, today is the day of discussion in the political affairs hall. It was just a routine matter, but at the beginning of the meeting, His Royal Highness asked someone to present a guarantee, saying that he wanted to recommend the next son of His Royal Highness, Li Qian, as Chen Zhou. Inspector, Li Gui, the fourth son, served as the Sima of Caizhou. Later, His Highness the King of Yue recommended Li Bule, Wang Fangming and other people to enter the court as officials. The minister has no choice but to ask the empress to make the decision."

It's okay if Empress Wu doesn't ask, but when asked, Jia Chaoyin couldn't hold back any longer, explained the process of today's discussion in great embarrassment, and unceremoniously put on the big hat of "privately giving and receiving" Buckled the Prince and Li Zhen on the head.

"Oh? There is such a thing, I know about it."

As soon as Li Xian and Li Zhen joined hands, Empress Wu's eyes immediately flashed a fierce light, and there seemed to be an evil spirit surging in her chest, but it didn't explode, she just frowned and said noncommittally.

"Your Majesty, it is clear that such important matters as the court's servants should be taught and accepted privately. They should be dismissed and set the court's guidelines!"

Empress Wu refused to express her opinion lightly, but Jia Chaoyin couldn't hold her breath anymore. When she thought of the idleness she had suffered during today's discussion, the fire in her heart ignited fiercely, and she gnashed her teeth to determine her personality.

"Humph!"

Empress Wu is not an ordinary person. Although she is extremely angry in her heart, she does not intend to rush to get mad before she understands the real purpose of the transaction between the East Palace and the Yue Palace, and she does not want others to influence her thoughts, even if this person A confidant like Jia Chaoyin was no exception, therefore, not only did Empress Wu not approve of Jia Chaoyin's words of loyalty, but she gave Jia Chaoyin a sideways look and snorted in extreme displeasure.

"My lady, old minister, old minister..."

Jia Chaoyin obviously didn't expect that his enthusiasm was misplaced. After being stared at by Empress Wu, he immediately panicked and stammered to explain, but he didn't know where to start. Seeing that Empress Wu's brows had been raised, she felt even more flustered. After a few snorts, she fell silent. After hesitating for a while, she still retreated to the side at a loss.

All along, Empress Wu has always been very polite to Li Zhen, trying her best to win her over, in order to prevent her from getting mixed up with Li Xian. This is not because Empress Wu has any special affection for Li Zhen, but rather Due to the situation, if possible, Empress Wu really wanted to tie Li Zhen to her chariot completely. The reason why she agreed to Li Xian's proposal this time and pushed the assassination of Ming Chongyan to Li Zhen was an attempt. The fundamental purpose is to take advantage of Li Zhen's influence for his own use. There was originally an arrangement to prevent Li Zhen from colluding with Li Xian, but before it started, Li Xian and Li Zhen quickly hooked up. Together, the incident happened so suddenly that Empress Wu felt caught off guard, but Empress Wu was not an ordinary person after all, so she knew that being angry or even angry at this time would not help the matter. What is the motive behind such a move?

"Where are the folds?"

After all, Empress Wu is a decisive and decisive person. Although she was contemplating, she didn't delay for too long. It took only a cup of tea, and she came back to her senses. She stretched out her hand towards Jia Chaoyin with a calm expression, calmly opened his mouth.

"Yes, here is the excerpt, please take a look at it."

There is never only one topic in the political affairs hall. In fact, the note on Li Xian and Li Zhen's heads is just a small episode. Although Jia Chaoyin strongly opposes it, the other ministers have all passed it unanimously, and it took less time. Not long after, many matters were still being discussed in the political affairs hall, but Jia Chaoyin felt that the matter was too serious and had no intention of continuing the discussion, so he took this chapter and ran to the Xuanzheng Hall under the pretext that this matter must be approved by Empress Wu It's just that I was patronizing righteous indignation before, but I forgot to hand in the booklet to Empress Wu. At this time, I heard Empress Wu's question, and then I woke up from the dream. I hurriedly took out two yellow silk masked booklets from my sleeve, and handed them over to the In front of Empress Wu.

"Not bad, what a big handwriting!"

Empress Wu quickly read through the two notebooks, picked up the pen again, and annotated with a Chinese ink pen on the back of the two notebooks. Finally, she said something incomprehensible, and then threw the notebooks to Jia Chaoyin who didn't know why. .

"Ma'am, this, this..."

Jia Chaoyin couldn't resist the pressure of many prime ministers in the political affairs hall. The purpose of coming here was not so much to file a complaint, but rather to hand over the conflict, hoping that Empress Wu would come forward to support him. I was really refreshed, but when I looked at Zhu Bi's approval again, my eyes straightened up——the Zhu Bi in the two books were not long, and there were only a few numbers. Word - agreed!However, Li Zhen had slightly more words in Zhu Zhu’s approval, but it was not a complete rejection. Out of the eight recommended, Empress Wu approved five, and the appointment of the other three was dismissed. This was obviously quite different from Jia Chaoyin's expectations, and Jia Chaoyin really didn't know what to say when he couldn't figure it out.

"Jia Xiang doesn't have to worry about it. Since the political affairs hall has decided on this matter, the palace should support it. That's it. Jia Xiang should go to the Ministry of Officials to make arrangements for this matter as soon as possible."

Empress Wu didn't pay attention to Jia Chaoyin's surprise, nor did she explain the reason for her actions, she just gave a command in a flat voice.

"No, the old minister obeys the order!"

Jia Chaoyin's IQ was really average, even if he broke his head, he couldn't think of the intention of Empress Wu's move. Seeing that Empress Wu had made up his mind, he was completely suspicious in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak again, so he could only respond respectfully. With a sound, I went to handle related matters without mentioning it.

"Your Majesty, why do you..."

Cheng Denggao, who considered himself the absolute confidant of Empress Wu, had less scruples about the things Jia Chaoyin didn't dare to ask. , leaned closer, and asked half of the words carefully.

"It's not up to Er to ask, step back!"

Half of Cheng Denggao's words were curious, and the other half was a reminder with the meaning of flattering, but Empress Wu didn't give him any face at all, and reprimanded him unceremoniously with a straight face.

"Ah, yes, the old slave deserves to die, the old slave deserves to die."

Cheng Denggao had been beside Empress Wu for a long time, so he knew what Empress Wu was like. When he saw Empress Wu's gloomy expression, he was terrified. He dared not talk any more. , The three souls lost at least two... "His Royal Highness, there is news from the official department that the empress has approved the papers. Except for Wang Fangming and Lu Sheng, the rest of the people have been transferred. In addition, Li Qian and Li Chunzhi have already been appointed."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xian and Zhang Jianzhi, who had just had their lunch, were discussing matters in low voices in the study, but they saw Gao Miao walking in from outside with a happy face, and hurriedly made a report.

"Oh? Hahaha... Mr. really has a clever plan, this matter is done!"

Hearing Gao Miao's words, Li Xian couldn't help but burst out laughing, the laughter was full of joy—as early as when he was planning to kill Ming Chongyan, Zhang Jianzhi had offered a plan, That is to take advantage of the turmoil of this case to make arrangements to transfer back the staff. All kinds of arrangements are based on Empress Wu's psychological changes. The reason is very simple. With the help of these two books, Li Xian caused endless disturbances, thereby shifting the focus of the court. If so, not only Ming Chongyan would die in vain, but Empress Wu's expectation of forcing Li Zhen to stand in line would also be defeated. In this sense, even if she is reluctant, it is impossible for Empress Wu to have too much right and wrong on the matter of capital preservation.

"Your Highness, the matter is not over yet, so we must hurry up."

Zhang Jianzhi was naturally quite excited when the strategy became a reality, but he did not forget the fundamentals of the matter because of it, lest Li Xian was too happy, so he mentioned it from the sidelines.

"Don't worry sir, I know what's in my mind, Gao Miao, I want you to do something..."

Being able to call back many of his subordinates, Li Xian will not be used by anyone in the court. Although he is not as large as the Queen's Party, at least he has the capital to contend. Li Xian has reason to be excited But, Le Guile, he will never forget what he should do, so he recruited Gao Miao to be nearby, and gave him detailed instructions.

"No, this servant is going!"

After listening to Li Xian's secret words, Gao Miao's face was full of astonishment, but he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he respectfully responded, and hurriedly left the study, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

(End of this chapter)