Chapter 116 Infernal Affairs

When the palace was covered with clouds, a palace maid came to the Pixiang Gate with a brocade bag.

Seeing dozens of Yulin soldiers guarding her, she said carefully: "Dear soldiers, my servants are Jiang Caier, who is from Shangyi Bureau. I come to deliver the clothes I customized for the princess some time ago. Please tell me about it."

As he said that, he raised the brocade bag in his hand, and the corner of a white fur coat was exposed inside.

This was Shangguan Xiaowan's helpless move, because Wei might be preparing to take action, and was afraid that Li Guer would mess up her plan, so he later moved Li Guer to Shangyang Palace.

Another point is that when Li Guer was in power, many slaves came to join her, and many ministers even bowed to her and flattered her. But her talents were limited, and she did not know anyone. These people were all villains who were both sides of the wind.

When Wang Hua appeared in Shanzhou and asked Wei to half-confine Li Guer, these people began to leave Li Guer.

But this idea is wrong. In fact, Li Xian and his wife still loved this daughter very much at this time. First, because they felt that they owed Li Guer. Second, among Li Xian’s daughters, although Li Guer had worked hard when he was born, he was the most beautiful.

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

But these people were short-sighted people and could not notice the subtle differences between them. Only when Zheng Yan and Cui Shi were flattering masters could they understand it. However, they did not expect that later, Li Guer took the initiative to rescue them in order to thank them.

When Li Xian and Wei became enemies, Li Guer stood on Li Xian's side, he disappointed Wei again. At this point, although Wei was annoyed, he still loved him a little.

But at this time, the love level was very low, and most of them were used to win over or restrain Wang Hua.

Therefore, she sent someone to kill the eunuchs and palace maids around Li Guer. Now there are very few confidants left by Li Guer.

Shangguan Wan'er was very scared, afraid that Li Foer knew that Li Xian was dead and would start to make trouble. If there was a big fuss, even Li Xian would dare to kill him, let alone Li Foer.

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

This is a palace maid from Shangyi Bureau. She has very clever hands and exquisite clothes. Shangguan Wan'er often makes some new clothes because she loves to be pretty, and she also met the palace maid. Later, something happened to the palace maid at the house, and Shangguan Xiaowan also extended a helping hand. The palace woman was also clever and gradually became Shangguan Wan'er's confidant.

But Shangguan Xiaowan never took her around, mainly in the Shangyi Bureau for her purpose. There were several palace maids like Jiang Caier in other places in the palace, all of whom were her confidants.

Shangguan Xiaowan was betting on Li Guer's understanding.

There was no way to enter Shangyang Palace, so he had to shout Jiang Caier to come and slogans of delivering clothes.

Because Shangguan Xiaowan once recommended Jiang Caier to Li Guer and asked her to make clothes for Li Guer. At the same time, Li Guer also knew that Shangguan Xiaowan had a good relationship with this palace maid.

As for whether to send clothes? There is definitely no. If Li Guer is confused for a moment and says that I have not customized clothes, things will be a little troublesome. Or, just hand it in. If you don’t put them in, it will be useless.

Jiang Caier stood in front of the door of the Pixiang, waiting nervously.

In fact, she was very scared.

On the other hand, Shangguan Xiaowan was also very scared. This time was chosen by her deliberately. Wei's family did not make a secret and concealed Li Guer. But today, she announced this to the prime ministers. Wei focused his attention on the palace and relaxed a little against Shangyang Palace. In fact, it was Shangguan Wan'er's psychological effect. Should Shangyang Palace be loose or loose, and should be tight or tight. Of course, if Li Guer makes a big fuss, 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 and looked carefully. When he saw a thin white transparent wisp garment, he still smiled awkwardly, and then waved his hand before putting her in.

When he arrived at Guanfeng Hall, Li Guer immediately called Jiang Caier into the room under the name of fitting.

She stared at Jiang Caier and said, "Who are you? When did I ask you to send clothes?"

"Your Highness, I was sent by Zhaorong to deliver the news."

Li Guer breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "What happened outside?"

"Your Highness, the Emperor has passed away."

Li Guer's mouth opened as soon as he heard this. I don't know if she was going to shout or curse. Jiang Caier ignored her humble identity and immediately rushed over, covered Li Guer's mouth, and said, "Princess, calmness is not only related to your life, but also to the life of a slave, Shangguan Zhaorong's life, and even the life of his little prince."

Li Guer then calmed down, tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes, sobbing in a low voice, and asked, "When did this happen?"

"I don't know, I only know that the palace city has been on high alert a few days ago. According to the imperial physician, the emperor died of a heart disease. However, the imperial physician also asked the queen to kill all of them with the reason that he did not take good care of the emperor. Even Song Jing and Song Gong asked the queen to order him to arrest him into Dali Temple because of a slight question. So Zhaorong risked his life to ask me to come and inform His Highness that he must be careful at this time."

Li Guer didn't answer, just sobbed.

Jiang Caier said again: "Princess, Zhaorong asked me to bring a message and ask you if you know why the queen arranged you in the Guanfeng Hall?"

Li Guer 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 obeyed the government here. The reason why the princess was locked in Guanfeng Hall was a step further, allowing the princess to inherit the throne in the future, retired and deposed, or even other results."

Shangyang Palace was built during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. It turned out that Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian were newly established in Luoyang. However, when they entered the predecessor, Emperor Gaozong felt that it was not beautiful, so he asked the Si Nongqing Wei Ji to create a new palace, which was in harmony with the Emperor Gaoshan Su Yu Palace, and it was also connected with the palace city, making it easy to enter and exit.

Wei Ji took the order and quickly repaired it. He exhausted his luxury. In addition to the luxurious Shangyang Palace, he also built Shangqing Temple in the northwest. Through the Gushui River, he built Shangyang Palace in the west and the Hongqiao crossed the valley to connect. The palace also led the Gushu River and Luo River to create a winding corridor that stretched for one mile along the Luo River. The carvings were gorgeous and visible from a distance.

But Wei Ji used a lot of money, so Liu Rengui told the censor Di Renjie at that time that in ancient times, the pools and pavilions were all in the deep palaces, so they should not be seen by outsiders, for fear of accidentally hurting the hearts of the people. Wei Ji went on a shore to build a corridor, which was not what it meant to the king. Di Renjie impeached Wei Jiyin* to perform a luxury, so Wei Ji was dismissed from office.

But the real luxury place is not this corridor or the stone bridge across the river, but the Guanfeng Hall. There is the Bathing Sun Tower nearby, next to the Luoshui River, the Qibao Pavilion, and the Lichuntai, Yaozhang Pavilion, and Jiuzhou Pavilion. The buildings are tall and magnificent, and the scenery is beautiful. Therefore, Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian often listened to politics here.

Jiang Caier's words were not what she thought of, but what Shangguan Wan'er said.

Now Wei still needs to appease Wang Hua, and Li Guer is an indispensable pawn. Only she successfully completes the transition of power. Although Wang Hua will have a headache, she has the entire Tang Dynasty and does not have to be humble to a minister. At that time, it is time to advance and strode and retreat.

Besides, she wanted to ascend the throne and also wanted to find a replacement, but she only had two daughters. Princess Changning was of mediocre qualifications and was similar to Li Xian, so she was not a good replacement. Then only Li Guer left to reassure her.

But she is less than fifty years old now. If Li Guer hinders her rhythm, she will not have no choice. Li Guer's son and the descendant of Princess Changning, she can choose another best and inherit her bloodline.

So since you can raise the butcher knife to Li Xian, you can also raise the butcher knife to Li Foer.

Shangguan Xiaowan did not tell Jiang Caier about this principle, but with Li Guer's wisdom, this can still be understood.

Jiang Caier didn't know the middle joint, so she said: "Zhaorong said again that the most important thing at the moment is safety first. If the princess receives notification in the future, she must be sad and not angry, sad and not resentful. She will show her natural behavior. After passing the queen, she will be suspicious and reveal her true feelings. The queen is even more murderous. Princess, you don't know that in the past few days, many eunuchs and palace maids have been secretly killed in the palace, and no one dares to speak now."

Li Guer wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said, "I know, did Zhaorong talk about the paintings of the Northwest King?"

Jiang Caier shook her head and said, "Some time ago, the queen sent someone to the northwest to discuss your marriage with Wang Hua, and it was spread in the palace. But Zhaorong didn't say it. This incident happened suddenly, and even the prime ministers had no news. I think General Wang was in the northwest, so I didn't know the news either. But I believe that General Wang would definitely lead troops to Luoyang to rescue His Highness and his son."

Li Guer waved his hand and said, "You go."

It would be simple to think about this palace maid. From the northwest to Luoyang, it would take many prefectures and counties to go through. If Wang Hua had sent troops, it would not be completed in less than a year or two.

Jiang Caier immediately stood up and retreated.

Li Guer leaned on the bed and started crying again.

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Wei stood outside the hall for a while, entered the hall again, appointing Pei Tan, the Minister of Justice, and Zhang Xi, the Minister of Works, as the third rank of the subordinates of the Tongzhongshu, as the subordinates of the Dongdu. He also appointed the Minister of Personnel, Cen Xi, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the recalled Cui Xi from Xiangzhou to serve as the Minister of Personnel. The three of them were the Tongpingzhang Office.

These five people were her confidants. With these five people and Siwei patted the door, almost all the prime ministers were controlled by her.

Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping were drafting the will, and they were stunned when they heard this appointment.

Shangguan Xiaowan was in a state of confusion, and Wei was very quick. It was obviously because she had planned for a long time. The 50,000 army was well prepared for Luoyang, and she also controlled the court.

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

Wang Hua did not lack soldiers or generals, and even now there was no shortage of food or supplies. However, Wang Hua lacked the most important thing, great significance.

During the Shenlong coup, Li Xian and Li Dan joined forces to force the palace. At that time, there were only a few thousand troops in the blood camp. However, starting from Suizhou, the whole journey was unstoppable and all the way to Luoyang City. Except for Li Duozuo leading his army to fight, no one dared to send troops to resist.

But this year, although the results of sending troops to Chang'an were brilliant, they suffered heavy losses. If it weren't for the surrendered soldiers 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 serve the empress dowager, under the banner of serving the king, and many officials from all over the country were still deeply favored by Wu Zetian, so they were unstoppable.

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

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

As for the troops sent to Luoyang, if there is no righteousness in hand, it will probably end up killing the game.

Just when she was worried, Princess Taiping said, "Zhaorong, this period is the autumn of life and death of the Tang Dynasty. I hope Zhaorong will help you."

He bowed deeply as he said this.

Shangguan Xiaowan smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking, I can't take care of myself, how can I help you. But for the sake of the future, she still left a trace of affection, and made King Wen Li Chongmao the crown prince, Empress Wei presided over the political affairs, and Prime Minister Li Dan was responsible for political affairs.

After writing the will, he took it back to the palace.

Wei looked at the will and stared at Shangguan Xiaowan with suspicious eyes.

Shangguan Xiaowan gritted her teeth and asked, "Queen, are there anything you don't like?"

"Why not stand up?"

"Empress, no, the princess' resentment has not yet dissipated, and she may not be able to give her a title. Instead, the orthodox is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If the princess is appointed as the princess, it may change a lot. Only the queen completes the alternation of the regime, and it will not be too late if it changes. Just like the queen who sets the first emperor and then sets the prime minister as emperor, it will be established as support and deposed. There is no other way, the country is in his hands."

"Even if you make sense, why should you let the Prime Minister take charge of political affairs?"

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

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

In fact, it is mainly Shangguan Xiaowan herself. Over the years, she has written poems and articles for Wei, making Wei boast about her talents. She is also very congratulated to herself and has done a lot of things for Wei.

In the hearts of all civil and military officials, Shangguan Xiaowan is a powerful general under Wei.

This was the case before, and now he controls the regime, and Shangguan Xiaowan will not betray him.

Thinking of this, I believed Shangguan Xiaowan’s reason.

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

"Yes, follow the holy order." Shangguan Xiaowan said, and retreated.

But her back had already been scared and sweating in a cold sweat. A gust of north wind blew, and she couldn't help but chill.

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But after seeing this will, Ji Chune and others made slander in front of Wei Wen, saying: "The Prime Minister's assistance to the government is not reasonable. The emperor is young and the uncle is brave, and the main and secondary are uncle and the second. Besides, the Prime Minister and the Queen are uncles and sisters-in-law, so they should not greet each other. How can the provisions of etiquette be implemented when the two of them handle government affairs together?"

The reason I say this is because they are keenly seeing this as a loophole.
To be continued...