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Chapter 587 Infernal Affairs

When the palace was overcast, a court lady came to Tixiang Gate with a brocade bag.

Seeing dozens of soldiers of the Habayashi Army guarding her, she said cautiously: "Masters, my maidservant is Jiang Caier, and she is from the Clothing Bureau. I have come to deliver the clothes I ordered a while ago to Your Highness the Princess. Please trouble me. Let me know."

As he spoke, he raised the brocade bag in his hands, revealing the corner of a white fur coat.

This was Shangguan Xiaowan's helpless move, because Webster might be ready to do something, fearing that Li Bao'er would disrupt her plan, and later moved Li Bao'er to Shangyang Palace.

Another point is that when Li Gu'er gained power, many servants came to join her, and even many ministers bowed to her and flattered her.But her talents are limited, and she doesn't know people well.

When Wang Hua appeared in Shanzhou and asked Webster to put Li Gu'er in semi-confinement, these people began to leave Li Gu'er.

But this idea was wrong. In fact, Li Xian and his wife still loved their daughter very much at this time.Firstly, because she felt that she owed Li Gu'er, and secondly, among Li Xian's daughters, Li Gu'er was the most beautiful even though she suffered a lot when she was born.

The reason why some of her freedom was restricted was because she was afraid of being bewitched by Wang Hua.

But these people are short-sighted people, unable to detect the subtle differences in the middle.Only in the hands of master flatterers like Zheng Yin and Cui Shi can they understand.But he didn't expect that later, Li Gu'er would take the initiative to rescue them in order to thank them.

When it came time for Li Xian and Webster to turn against each other, because Li Bao'er was on Li Xian's side, Webster was disappointed again.Even at this point, although Webster is annoyed, he still loves it in his heart.

But at this time, the degree of liking was very low, and most of them used her to win over or restrain Wang Hua.

Therefore, she sent people to massacre the eunuchs and maids around Li Gu'er, and now there are not many cronies left around Li Gu'er.

Shangguan Wan'er was very frightened, she was afraid that Li Gu'er would start a fight if she knew Li Xian was dead, and if it got too hot, it would be to cover up people's eyes and ears.Even Li Xian dared to kill him, let alone Li Gu'er.

But there was no way to notify, so I thought of Jiang Caier.

This is a court lady from the Shangyi Bureau. She has very dexterous hands and makes exquisite clothes.Because Shangguan Wan'er loves beauty, she often makes some new clothes, and she also got to know this court lady.Later, something happened to this court lady's family, and Shangguan Xiaowan extended a helping hand. This court lady was also very clever, and gradually became Shangguan Wan'er's confidant.

But Shangguan Xiaowan never took her to her side, mainly keeping her in the Shangyi Bureau as an eyesore.In other places in the palace, there are several maids like Jiang Caier who are all her confidantes.

Shangguan Xiaowan was betting on Li Bao'er's understanding.

There was no way to enter Shangyang Palace, so I had to call Jiang Caier to come, under the slogan of sending clothes.

Because Shangguan Xiaowan also recommended Jiang Caier to Li Guer to make clothes for Li Guer, and Li Guer also knew that Shangguan Xiaowan had a good relationship with this court lady.

As for whether there is such a thing as sending clothes?Certainly not.If Li Bao'er was confused for a moment and said that I didn't order clothes, things would be a little troublesome.Or to put it another way, just pass it in, if people don’t put it in, it’s useless.

Jiang Caier stood in front of Tixiang Gate, waiting anxiously.

In fact, she was very scared.

On the other hand, Shangguan Xiaowan was also very scared. This time was deliberately chosen by her. Webster kept the funeral a secret, and also kept Li Baoer from it. But today, when he announced the matter to the prime ministers, Webster focused his attention on the palace. Shangyang Palace is slightly relaxed.In fact, it is Shangguan Wan'er's psychological effect, whether Shangyang Palace should be loose or loose, should be tight or tight.Of course, if Li Gu'er made a scene, it would be another matter.

After a while two eunuchs came over, one eunuch identified it, opened the brocade bag she brought over, and even took out all the clothes for a closer look. smile, and waved his hand before letting her in.

When they arrived at Guanfeng Hall, Li Baoer immediately used the name of fitting clothes and called Jiang Caier into the room.

She stared at Jiang Cai'er and said, "Who are you? When did I ask you to send me clothes?"

"His Royal Highness, the slaves are sent by Zhaorong to report the news."

Li Gu'er breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "What happened outside?"

"His Royal Highness, the emperor has passed away."

Li Bao'er opened her mouth as soon as she heard this, and she didn't know whether she was going to shout or curse, but Jiang Cai'er, regardless of her lowly status, immediately rushed forward, covered Li Bao'er's mouth, and said, "Princess, calm down!" , is not only related to your life, but also the life of the servants, the life of Shangguan Zhaorong, and even the life of the little highness."

Only then did Li Gu'er calm down, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, he sobbed softly, and asked, "When did this happen?"

"The slaves don't know either. They only know that Tiangong City has been heavily guarded a few days ago. According to the imperial doctor, the emperor died of a heart attack. But the imperial doctor also let the queen use the excuse of not taking good care of the emperor, and killed them all. Even Song Jing, Song Xianggong, asked the queen to order someone to arrest him and take him into Dali Temple because of a slight question. So Zhaorong risked his life and asked his servants to come and inform His Highness that you must be careful at this time."

Li Gu'er didn't answer, just sobbed.

Jiang Cai'er said again: "Princess, Zhao Rong asked the maidservant to bring a sentence, asking if you know why the queen arranged you in Guanfeng Palace?"

Li Baoer shook his head.

"Guanfeng Hall is the most beautiful and majestic hall in Shangyang Palace. In the past, Emperor Gaozong and the Empress Dowager often listened to politics here. The reason why the princess is locked in Guanfeng Hall is a further step. It can let the princess inherit the great rule in the future, and she can be dismissed when she retreats, or even Other results."

Shangyang Palace was built during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty.It turned out that Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian were lucky with the newly completed Second Palace of Gaoshan Suyu in Luoyang, but Emperor Gaozong felt that it was not beautiful when they entered Luoyang, so he asked Si Nongqing Wei Ji to build a new palace, which was in harmony with the Second Palace of Gaoshan Suyu, and also with the Miyagi is just connected together, so it is convenient to enter and exit.

Wei Ji took the order to go, and repaired it quickly, exhausting extravagance. In addition to the luxurious Shangyang Palace, he also built Shangqing Temple in the northwest.The palace also leads to the valley and Luoer River. Along the Luoshui River, there is a winding corridor extending for a mile. The carvings are gorgeous and can be seen from a distance.

But Wei Ji spent a lot of money, so Liu Rengui told Di Renjie, the censor at the time, that the ancient pools and pavilions were all in the deep palace, and they should not be seen by outsiders, for fear of accidentally hurting the hearts of the people. To the king in the meaning of Yao and Shun.Di Renjie impeached Wei Ji to lure the emperor into extravagance, so Wei Ji was dismissed from office.

But the truly extravagant place is not the promenade, nor the stone bridge across the river, but Guanfeng Hall. There is Yuri Tower nearby, facing Luoshui, there is Qibao Pavilion, and there are Lichun Terrace, Yaozhang Pavilion, and Jiuzhou Pavilion in the hall.The building is tall and magnificent, and the scenery is beautiful. Therefore, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian often listened to politics here.

Jiang Caier's words were not thought up by her, but by Shangguan Wan'er.

Now Webster still needs to appease Wang Hua, and Li Gu'er is an indispensable pawn.Only if she successfully completed the power transition, although Wang Hua would have a headache, but she owns the entire Tang Dynasty, so she doesn't have to be humble to a courtier.That is the time when you can caress when you advance, and when you can wrestle your wrists when you retreat.

Besides, she wanted to ascend the throne, and she also wanted to find a successor, but she only had two daughters, and Princess Changning was mediocre, similar to Li Xianxiang, so she was not a good successor.Then only Li Gu'er was left to reassure her a little bit.

But she is less than 50 years old now, if Li Gu'er hinders her rhythm, she has no choice, Li Gu'er's son, Princess Changning's offspring, she can choose another outstanding person to inherit her bloodline.

Then since he can raise the butcher's knife to Li Xian, he can also raise the butcher's knife to Li Bao'er.

Shangguan Xiaowan didn't tell Jiang Caier this truth, but with Li Guer's wisdom, she can still understand this point.

Jiang Cai'er didn't know the joint in the middle, she said again: "Zhaorong said again, the most important thing right now is safety first. If the princess receives the notification in the future, she must be sad but not angry, sad but not resentful Behaving naturally, the queen will be suspicious, revealing the truth, the queen is even more murderous. Princess, you don't know, these days, many servants and maids have been secretly killed in the palace, and now no one dares to speak."

Li Bao'er wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, and said, "Gu knows, did Zhao Rong talk about Northwest Wang Hua?"

Jiang Caier shook her head, she said: "Some time ago, the empress sent someone to the northwest to discuss your marriage with Wang Hua, and there were rumors in the palace. But Zhaorong didn't say anything. None of the prime ministers has any news, and the chief executive Wang is in the northwest, so he doesn’t know the news either. However, I believe that if the general manager Wang knew about this, he would definitely lead his troops to Luoyang to rescue His Highness’ mother and son.”

Li Gu'er waved his hand and said, "You go."

Then this court lady thinks simply, from the northwest to Luoyang, you have to go through many prefectures and counties. If Wang Hua sends troops, it will not be completed in a year or a half.

Jiang Caier immediately got up and backed out.

Li Gu'er lay down on the bed and cried again.

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Webster stood outside the hall for a while, then entered the hall again, and appointed Pei Tan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zhang Xi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, as the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen to serve as the left-behind guards in the eastern capital.He also appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Cen Xi, the Minister of Zhongshu, and Cui Shi, who was recalled from Xiangzhou, to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

These five people are all her confidantes. With these five people and Si Wei knocking on the door, almost all the prime ministers are under her control.

Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping were drafting the will, when they heard the appointment, they were all taken aback.

Shangguan Xiaowan was in a state of confusion, Webster's actions were quick, obviously it was a long-planned plan, the [-] army guarded Luoyang, and the Prime Minister's court was also under her control.

Although she knew that Wang Hua might have made some arrangements for today's situation, Shangguan Xiaowan was very worried.

Wang Hua has no shortage of soldiers or generals, and even now there is no shortage of food or supplies.However, Wang Hua lacks one of the most important things, righteousness.

During the Shenlong coup, Li Xian and Li Dan teamed up to force the palace. At that time, the blood battalion only had a few thousand troops. However, starting from Suizhou, the whole journey was like breaking a bamboo, and all the way to the city of Luoyang. Except for Li Duozuo who led the army to fight, no one dared to send troops to resist.

But this year when they sent troops to Chang'an, although they had a brilliant record, they suffered heavy losses. If the soldiers were not used as cannon fodder, the losses would be even greater.

There is only one reason, that is, there is no righteousness. At that time, he sent troops to fight for the queen mother under the banner of King Qin.

Now that Li Chongmao is in the palace, Li Chongfu asked Xue Sijian to lead his troops to guard him. Another orthodox Li Dan, Li Longji went to Lingzhou. Shangguan Xiaowan didn't know, but she could see the worry in Princess Taiping's eyes. If Wang Hua and them start to join forces , Princess Taiping will have confidence in her heart.

But in this way, Shangguan Xiaowan didn't know what Wang Hua was up to.

As for the dispatch of soldiers to Luoyang, if there is no righteousness in hand, most likely the result will be the end of the fish and the net.

When she was having a lot of troubles, Princess Taiping said: "Zhaorong, this period is the autumn of the Tang Dynasty's life and death, I hope Zhaorong will help you."

As he spoke, he gave a deep bow.

Shangguan Xiaowan smiled wryly in her heart, thinking, I am also difficult to care about myself, how can I help you.But for the sake of the future, she still left a trace of affection. Li Wen Wang Li Chongmao was the crown prince, Queen Wei presided over political affairs, and Xiang Wang Li Dan was a consultant in political affairs.

After writing the will, take it back to the palace.

Webster looked at the will, and stared at Shangguan Xiaowan suspiciously.

Shangguan Xiaowan bit the bullet and asked, "Empress, is there anything you are not satisfied with?"

"Why don't you stand up?"

"Queen, absolutely not. Now that the princess's grievances have not dissipated, she may not be able to confer on her even if she is appointed as the crown princess. But the orthodoxy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If the princess is appointed as the crown princess, there may be changes. Only the queen completes the transition of power. , if it is changed, it is not too late. It is like the queen mother establishes the first emperor, and then establishes the prime minister as the emperor, but supports and deposes. Without him, the country is in the hands and ears."

"Even if what you said is reasonable, why did you ask the Prime Minister to advise on political affairs?"

"Empress, this is more important. The emperor just passed away, and people's hearts are in turmoil. In the hearts of the people, the Li family is still the cornerstone of orthodoxy. Give some false names to follow others."

Webster sat on the chair, pondered for a while, and thought about it.

In fact, it was mainly Shangguan Xiaowan herself. Over the years, she wrote poems and articles for Webster, allowing Webster to boast of her talents.I usually congratulate myself very much, and have done a lot of things for Webster.

In the hearts of all civil and military officials, Shangguan Xiaowan is a powerful general under Webster's subordinates.

It was like this in the past, but now that he is in control of the regime, Shangguan Xiaowan will not betray him.

Thinking of this, he believed Shangguan Xiaowan's reason.

She said: "Just promulgate the world according to your will."

"Yes, I would like to obey the holy order." After Shangguan Xiaowan finished speaking, she backed out.

But her back was covered in cold sweat, and a gust of north wind blew, and she shivered involuntarily.

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But after seeing this edict, Ji Chuna and others went forward to slander Wei Wen, saying: "It doesn't make sense for the king to assist the government. The emperor is young but the uncle is strong. The priority is not clear. Besides, the king and the queen It's a sister-in-law relationship, so they shouldn't greet each other, how can the two of them carry out the rules of etiquette when they are dealing with government affairs together?"

They say this because they keenly see that this is a loophole.

After all, Wei Shi was a woman, and during the mourning period, her status was very high and she could not show her face in public. But unlike the king, this person was originally a deep-minded person. If she was given the right to consult political affairs, things might change.

Of course, they also knew that Princess Taiping and Shangguan Xiaowan jointly drafted this edict.

But I think it was caused by Shangguan Xiaowan's mistake, or she was misled by Princess Taiping and neglected this point.

After all, Shangguan Xiaowan is only a woman of the generation, these intrigues cannot be written by writing two charming little poems.

So Wei Wen and others led the prime minister to submit a form together, asking Empress Wei to preside over political affairs in the court, and to remove Prime Minister Li Dan from the post of political adviser.

The good old man Su Yu asked strangely: "How can the late emperor's edict be changed at will?"

Although this edict was not really written by Li Xian, it had already been drafted and promulgated. It would be wrong to change it in accordance with the ritual system.

Of course, he was kept in the valley and didn't know the inside story.

Hearing Su Yuan's question, Wei Wen and others were furious, and immediately began to reprimand him.

Seeing these dozens of bosses questioning angrily, Lao Su finally came to his senses, and he said loudly, "If you change it, then change it."

Ladies and gentlemen, count you as ruthless.We can't afford it, can't we hide it?
So Princess Taiping and Li Dan were poured cold water again, and Li Dan changed from a political adviser to a vain post of prince and grand teacher.

After dealing with the edict, Song Jing will be interrogated, but in Dali Temple there is Du Siam as Dali Chancellor, and Wang Zhimin is Dali Temple's minister. Song Jing not only did not suffer, but instead enjoyed and drank spicy food in the prison.It's just that Song Jing was so angry that she couldn't eat anything.

After several days of "interrogation", the overall situation between the DPRK and China was settled.

Webster transported Li Xian's Zi Palace (coffin) to the Ming Hall, and summoned civil and military officials to officially announce the news of Li Xian's death.Webster himself came to the court as regent, pardoned the prisoners all over the world, and changed his reign name to Tang Long.Perhaps Shangguan Xiaowan's words had an effect, and Li Xian was appointed Taiwei, Yong Wang Li Shouli was changed to Bin King, and Shouchun King Li Chengqi was changed to Song King.

Let Wei Wen be in charge of the affairs of the court and the capture of soldiers and horses inside and outside the court. This is the real real power.

Then let Li Chongmao ascend the throne, respect Webster as the empress dowager, and make Li Chongmao's concubine Lu the empress.

Once again, let Ji Chuna Chijie inspect Guannei Road, Cenxi South Road, and Zhang Jiafu North Road.The inspection is fake, it is to observe the movements of local officials and shock the world.

Wang Zhimin just wrote the letter, and Song Jing was not guilty.

As soon as Webster heard about it, what does it mean to be innocent?Wang Zhimin was immediately demoted to Wendeng County, Laizhou, Shandong, where he became a small county magistrate, and all of them went to the seaside, which was very far away from the capital.Du Xian was even worse. He was demoted to Fengjie County, Kuizhou, Three Gorges, and became a small county captain.

The two men were demoted, and Li Jun, the imperial servant, was moved to be the Zhengqing of Dali Temple.

Da Song's good days are coming to an end, and he is tortured every day.

This made Xiao Zhizhong very worried, even though Song Jing's four artillery bombarded him, but this is a direct minister, Xiao Zhizhong admired him very much.

However, if Li Jun is under torture, no matter how tough Da Song is, he will not be able to bear it sooner or later. If Li Jun is forced to confess, once Da Song confesses to some false charges, there is only one dead end.

So he said to Webster: "Queen, let's end the case of Song Jing here. Song Jing is just a literati, pedantic and uncivilized, and it doesn't hurt to leave him. Killing him will make the people of the world misunderstand. Besides, he and Northwest Wang Hua Very friendly."

The front is all nonsense, Guan Jian is the last sentence, Wei Shi suddenly remembered behind the curtain, for the past ten days, all he has done is to settle down in the court, and he has forgotten about this Sisi tiger.

(End of this chapter)