After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

Chapter 38
No one expected that what was supposed to be a joyful family banquet would turn into a large-scale tear-off scene because of He Lanminzhi's intervention.

Although Empress Wu also loved Li Hong very much, but "maternal love" is priceless to others, but not so valuable to her.

If she had never entered the palace, but had just found an ordinary family to marry, perhaps she would have been a qualified mother, able to give her children more maternal love, and enjoy a longer-lasting family relationship.

But it's a pity that she chose the path herself. When she touched the pleasure brought by power, if she still put family affection as the most important thing, then there would be no subsequent generation of empresses.

Regarding that nephew who caused 'trouble' for herself, Empress Wu wanted to kill him, but at this moment, she had to save his life.

Because my nephew is the head of the Wu family, everything she does is on behalf of her Wu family. As a queen with the surname Wu, the Wu family cannot make mistakes, let alone be charged with raping and killing the princess.

After weighing the pros and cons, Empress Wu immediately defended He Lanmin:
"Your Majesty, how can you just believe one side of the story and make a rash decision. I have watched this child grow up forever, and he has been on good terms with the crown prince since he was a child. It is absolutely impossible for him to do such a scandal!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Hong, as the crown prince, was very hurt. It was fine if his biological mother didn't help him, but instead favored a nephew. This made him feel sad and indignant, and he couldn't help asking:
"The queen mother can't trust her son? Could it be that because he changed his surname to the Wu family, the queen mother will not distinguish between right and wrong and help the evildoers?"

Li Hong's pedantic energy came up, and he spoke too bluntly without any scruples, which was tantamount to stabbing Empress Wu's lungs.

"Bastard!"

Empress Wu was furious, and threw the teacup in front of her desk at Li Hong with a snap. The teacup hit Li Hong's crown accurately, the hairpin fell off, and the tea dripped down his hair. , looked extremely embarrassed.

"Queen, you!!" Seeing his son being beaten, Li Zhi turned around and was about to reprimand Empress Wu. He was so excited that his eyes blurred and he fainted backwards.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you!" Eunuch Chen beside him had sharp eyes and quick hands, and he supported Li Zhi in time, and shouted: "Quick! Send the imperial doctor!"

"Father!" several princes yelled and hugged him.

Seeing that Li Zhi's old illness had relapsed, Empress Wu was worried, and hurriedly said to Eunuch Chen: "Help Your Majesty down to rest first!"

"Yes, the servant obeys!"

After sending Li Zhi away, Empress Wu took the main seat again, looked at Li Hong with deep eyes, and a sneer formed at the corner of her mouth.

"You say that I don't know right from wrong, and that I help the evildoers, then well, I'll show you the queen mother today! Come!"

Empress Wu gave an order, and several Habayashi guards immediately knelt down on one knee.

"Pull out Yang Sijian, who bewitched the crown prince, and cut him off!"

Yang Sijian, who was crying, shook his body. He never thought that the culprit hadn't been punished, but he, the family member of the victim, was dragged to beheaded instead.

Facing Empress Wu who turned his face when he said he would turn his face, Yang Sijian couldn't hold back, and hurriedly kowtowed for mercy.

Habayashi Wei dragged and dragged Yang Sijian out of the hall very quickly.

Li Hong's heart was completely chilled by Empress Wu's actions. He clenched his fists tightly and laughed wildly.

At this moment, the prince who had always been submissive and cautious, finally stiffened in front of his old mother.

He said to Wu Zetian almost in a growling tone: "Mother! Why don't you cut off all the sons and ministers!"

This time, Wu Zetian was even more enraged, her face was frighteningly gloomy, she met Li Hong's gaze, and said a word between her teeth.

"Do you think I dare not?"

Li Hong smiled sadly, "The Crown Princess has been humiliated. As a Crown Prince, I can't kill the murderer with my own hands. How can I live in this world? I beg your mother to give me death!"

After all, he bowed his head and kowtowed, just begging to die.

Empress Wu clenched her fists, already extremely angry.

Li Hong's single-minded desire for death made her fall into a difficult situation.

No matter how powerful she is and how strong her personality is, she dare not execute the prince openly.

Not to mention whether Li Zhi will turn against her, the key point is that the civil and military side of the Manchu Dynasty will be her enemy. Not only will she bear the notoriety of "killing children", but she will also be cast aside by the world.

When the mother and son were confronting each other, Li Lingyue kept observing He Lanminzhi's facial expression.

When Li Hongqiu died, Li Lingyue could clearly see an imperceptible smile flickering across the corner of He Lanminzhi's mouth.

She suddenly understood the real intention of this cousin, to stimulate the prince by raping the concubine, and then used the Wu family as a shield to force Empress Wu to choose a side, and finally staged a good show of mother and son fighting each other.

He did this with only one purpose: revenge!
Before she had time to think about it, Li Lingyue coughed, breaking the stalemate between mother and son.

"Brother Prince, you are wrong, Yang Sijian's daughter is not the princess at all!"

Li Lingyue was going to help Li Hong clear the suspicion of being a white hat, but Li Hong didn't respond as if he didn't hear it.

Empress Wu, on the other hand, looked at her daughter who helped her out, her eyes filled with relief.

He Lanmin calmly raised his head and looked at Li Lingyue, his cheeks twitched slightly, paused, then lowered his head again.

Wanting to wake up the stubborn prince, Li Lingyue had no choice but to continue verbal guidance:
"Brother Prince, my younger sister heard that when marrying a wife, you must do the 'six rituals, and the matchmaker is getting married'. The Yang family has never received the 'Na Zheng', and you and Ms. Yang have never 'asked for a date', and you have never gone to the Yang Mansion to 'welcome your relatives'." Let me ask, how could she become the princess you mentioned?"

Li Lingyue walked towards Li Hong step by step, and when she said the last sentence, she deliberately emphasized her tone, stunned Li Hong from asking, and took a while to react, and retorted:
"You don't have to say it again. Back then, she was the daughter of Yang Shaoqing appointed by the emperor father and... the empress mother. Even if she hadn't passed through the family, she was still the princess concubine!"

"Then the royal father said at the beginning that he would send the third and fourth brothers to Turkic and Tubo for marriage. According to the logic of the prince's brother, then they are not Turkic and Tubo consorts now?"

Li Lingyue was eloquent, and used the feudal etiquette that Li Hong liked most to prove that he had nothing to do with Miss Yang.

Her rhetoric is actually untenable. In the eyes of outsiders, it is just an excuse to lie to herself. But Li Hong, the person involved, needs this kind of Kong Yiji-like rhetoric to seek self-comfort. This is the only way. He will not feel humiliated.

Slightly calming down the prince's anger, Li Lingyue walked up to He Lanminzhi, bent her legs, and knelt down towards Empress Wu:
"Mother, Miss Yang's death, everything was instigated by my daughter, and has nothing to do with my cousin, please punish my mother!"

When the words fell, everyone was shocked!

He Lanmin looked sideways at Li Lingyue, who had sabotaged her game, and unexpectedly, the other party was also looking at him with a smile on her face.

In an instant, he found that the little girl who liked to smell the fragrance of his clothes had really grown up now.

When the princes were puzzled, Empress Wu, who was proficient in tactics, still didn't understand the significance of her daughter's move.

It was originally a conflict between the Li family and the Wu family, but Li Lingyue took the initiative to take the blame. She is from the Li family. As a result, the smell of gunpowder plummeted, and the conflict between the Li and Wu families suddenly became an internal conflict within the Li family.

'It's my own daughter after all, it doesn't hurt in vain! Empress Wu said with emotion from the bottom of her heart, extremely proud.

(End of this chapter)