On September 26, the third year of Shengli, Di Renjie died at home.

Wu Zetian was extremely sad and personally presided over Di Renjie's funeral and lamented at the funeral: Why is it too early for heaven to take away the elders of our country?

After the funeral, Wu Zetian's spirit seemed to be exhausted all of a sudden.

Before this, although she had shown signs of fatigue, she still insisted on reviewing memorials every day to handle affairs in the court.

But after Di Renjie left, Wu Zetian seemed to be in no mood to review the memorials anymore.

She lingers in Shangyang Palace all day long, or finds Zhang Yizhi's brothers to play music and recite poems; or calls Shang Shangguan Wan'er, strolling in Shendu Garden, without saying anything, just walking silently, and when she is tired, she sits down and rests in the pavilion...

"Wan'er, is there any news from Qingzhi and the others?"

"Report to your Majesty, I just got the news this morning that they had arrived in Jincheng three days ago."

"That's coming back soon!"

"Yes."

A trace of hesitation flashed in Wu Zetian's eyes.

She seemed to have something to say, but when she got to her mouth, she finally swallowed it back and sat in the pavilion, watching the cold wind blew a pond of lake water.

Shangguan Wan'er accompanied Wu Zetian in the palace until it was dark.

It is already early winter, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. The flowers in the garden are withering, showing a bleak atmosphere.

Wu Zetian felt a little tired, so he returned to the palace to rest early.

Shangguan Wan'er waited until Wu Zetian fell asleep before quietly leaving Shangyang Palace.

After leaving Shangyang Palace, Shangguan Wan'er boarded the carriage.

"Xishan."

Shangguan Wan'er leaned against the carriage and gave an order. There was a sense of fatigue in her words. After the order, there was no other words.

The coachman has followed Shangguan Wan'er for many years, so how could he not understand what Shangguan Wan'er meant?

So the carriage drove rapidly along the spacious street. Although they encountered patrol soldiers along the way, when they saw the signs on the carriage, they immediately pretended not to see anything, and let Shangguan Wan'er's carriage gallop and drive out of the city gate.

West Mountain, the camp of thousands of cavalry.

Yang Chenglie sat in the side room, staring at Zhuhuo in a daze.

Due to Di Renjie's death, Wu Zetian was tired of the government affairs, so some fluctuations occurred in the court.

Although Yang Chenglie has not yet participated in politics, he is very insightful about affairs in the court. If there is fluctuation, it means something may happen. He is in charge of thousands of cavalry and is responsible for protecting the safety of the gods, so he naturally does not dare to take it lightly.

Therefore, for a long time, he was on duty in the Thousand Cavalry Camp for half a month.

However, Yang Chenglie was also a little confused.

When Di Renjie was alive, he only regarded Di Renjie as a wise capable minister in the court. But when Di Renjie passed away, he immediately felt Di Renjie's weight. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Dinghai Sword Needle. When Di Renjie was alive, if Wu Zetian was tired of the government, he would advise and even blame him without hesitation.

But now, no one dares to stand up and speak.

It’s not that there are no capable people in the court... Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Jianzhi, and Cui Xuanwei are absolutely not bad at all, but they do not have the qualifications of Di Renjie and can speak in front of Wu Zetian. To put it bluntly, Wu Zetian has a great deterrence to them, so great that even if they know that Wu Zetian is not doing this well, no one dares to stand up and persuade.

If this continues, there will be disasters in the court.

Thinking of this, Yang Chenglie had a headache... This is also Yang Chenglie's shortcomings.

He had no problem in managing and training troops, but he had great shortcomings in the government affairs. Especially since he had been out of the court for many years, he lost the corresponding qualifications. Although Wu Zetian later promoted him quickly, her ability to promote Yang Chenglie's status could not make up for Yang Chenglie's lack of experience and experience and qualifications for fifteen years.

Yang Shouwen found Lu Chengzhi for him and Zhang Jiuling...

There is no problem with these two people giving advice, but in terms of some court affairs, their situation is similar to Yang Chenglie.

Lu Chengzhi only served as a fake county magistrate for three years and had never contacted senior officials.

Zhang Jiuling came from an official family, but the situation in Lingnan and Central Plains is very different, so he still needs to adapt slowly.

If Yizi was there, why would I have such a headache?

Yang Chenglie misses Yang Shouwen a little!

It took half a year to go. At first, Yang Chenglie thought that Yang Shouwen went to Songshan to practice Zen and be a substitute monk. But later he gradually realized that this kid had actually followed the secret order and went to Anxi alone... Then, there was a war in Anxi and Bo Lu rebelled. This also made Yang Chenglie even more worried, afraid that Yang Shouwen would encounter trouble.

This kid is too ridiculous!

Actually, I learned to be a secret agent?

These days, spying is not such a glorious thing. Thinking about it, when he was in Changping, Yang Chenglie finally realized that his most trusted assistant Guan Hu was actually a spy from Xiao Luantai. Although Guan Hu still showed kindness to him later, Yang Chenglie instinctively did not want to get too close to Guan Hu, and even deliberately alienated him.

Now, Guan Hu is already Sima of Youzhou.

On the surface, he seems to have no connection with Xiaoluantai.

But Yang Chenglie knew that if Xiao Luantai had not helped him, Guan Hu would not have been promoted so smoothly.

Even though Yang Shouwen once wrote a song "Gived to Uncle Guan"; even if Yang Shouwen recommended Guan Hu to Xue Ne, the governor of Youzhou.

This kid really doesn't know the importance of it!

For this matter, Yang Chenglie visited Di Renjie privately, but Di Renjie persuaded him not to interfere.

"Your Majesty has her own arrangements, so don't ask about the article."

That's it, but that's his son, how could Yang Chenglie not worry?

My thoughts suddenly became a little confused.

He stood up and walked out of the room.

Outside the house, it started to rain lightly at some point.

The winter rain was not heavy, but it was very cold when it fell on its body... It cooled down again! Yang Chenglie shivered and subconsciously tightened his clothes.

"General, there is a carriage and horse outside the gate, saying that there is something important to ask for a meeting."

Just as Yang Chenglie was thinking, Zhang Jiuling came over.

The children of Lu Chengzhi were in poor health these two days, so most of them were Zhang Jiuliu's substitute. As he spoke, Zhang Mingla handed it to Yang Chenglie.

His eyes glanced at Mingla, and Yang Chenglie's eyes suddenly narrowed into a line.

"Let the carriage and horse come in through the side door and don't disturb anyone."

There was no word on Mingla, only a phoenix was painted. Zhang Jiuling didn't understand the meaning of this painting, but Yang Chenglie knew it very well. As early as last year, when he became Sima of Luozhou, he had already had some interaction with Shangguan Wan'er.

However, for some reasons, he and Shangguan Wan'er have never been close to each other and have not been too close.

If we talk about the most recent one, he found Shangguan Wan'er last year and forced Chen Qingzhi to agree to help and help Yang Shouwen escape from Dongcheng Prison. Generally speaking, Shangguan Wan'er would not take the initiative to find him, but today he suddenly came. Could it be that something happened in the court?

Yang Chenglie did not dare to neglect. While waiting, he ordered Zhang Jiuling to lead his troops to martial law around him.

After a while, the carriage arrived.

Shangguan Wan'er got off the carriage wearing a cloak and a hat, and walked to Yang Chenglie.

"Mr. Yang, long time no see!"

There was a hint of sorrow in her words, which made Yang Chenglie feel at a loss.

When he thinks about it, he seems a little unauthentic. After he asked Shangguan Wan'er for help last year, he never took the initiative to contact Shangguan Wan'er again. Sometimes when he went to Shangyang Palace to see Shangguan Wan'er, he would subconsciously avoid the other party.

"Wan'er... so late, is it important to find me?"

Shangguan Wan'er loves and hates the man in front of her.

She glanced at Yang Chenglie and said softly: "What, are you planning to stand at the door and talk to me?"

"Ah, I'm rude, please come in quickly."

Yang Chenglie hurriedly turned his hand and invited Shangguan Wan'er into the house.

However, after entering the room, Yang Chenglie became exhausted. He didn't know what to say or what to do. Especially when Shangguan Wan'er sat opposite him, he felt inexplicably nervous and was at a loss for a moment.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but smile when she saw him like this.

"Yang Jun, I'm here to find you so late, don't you even get watered?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry... Zishou, Zishou, have tea."

However, before Zhang Jiuling could react, Shangguan Wan'er had stopped Yang Chenglie. She looked at Yang Chenglie with laughter and cry. A good topic was a bit inappropriate when he made such a fuss. She came here secretly this time and didn't want anyone to know. If Yang Shouwen was there, she wouldn't care. But then "Zi Shou"...

Shangguan Wan'er signaled Yang Chenglie to sit down and whispered: "Mr. Yang, I'm here to come to you today, because I have been ordered by Di Gong."

"ah?"

"Yesterday I received a letter from Di Jinghui, which was written by Di Gong during his lifetime.

Di Gong said in his letter that if His Majesty slacked off after he passed away, he would need to ask someone to come forward to advise him. Do you know who the person Di Gong recommended in the letter?"

Yang Chenglie was stunned and blurted out, "Wan'er, why did you make me guess? Is it still me?"

Many bigwigs in the court, including the Luantai Feng Pavilion, there are countless talented people with high profile. Yang Chenglie really didn't know how to guess. However, after he said that, he found that Shangguan Wan'er looked at him with a strange look.

She seemed to be smiling and didn't say anything.

Yang Chenglie's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly became nervous, "Wan'er, Mr. Di couldn't ask me to advise him."

"Of course it's not for you to persuade Your Majesty!"
To be continued...