The imperial city seems calm, but in fact it has hidden murderous intent.

After the rebellion of the Right Guard, Wu Zetian retreated from Mingtang to the Xishang Pavilion. Even if he went to court every day, he would be guarded by the Imperial Guard.

The reason why this matter is not known to the outside world is that in addition to avoiding the danger of the Southern Imperial Army, Wu Zetian did not want to implicate the General Pei Judao, the Right Guard who had just arrived in Luo from Xijing to enter the court.

However, although the forbidden area was calm on the surface and the inside was closely searched, the details involved were so wide that even Wu Zetian could not believe it.

Wang Cizheng was the Sima of Bianzhou. He was promoted to military service because of the rebellion of King Li Zhen of Yue, and was appointed as the commander of the Prime Minister Cen Changqian's army. After the war, another prime minister Zhang Guangfu reported his merits and recommended him to be a supplementary guard. Moreover, Wang Cizheng and the rich Gong clan of Bianzhou were also relatives, and the Shanzhou army Gong Sigu was his son-in-law.

After Wang Cizheng was sentenced, he never called a word, but the network implicated by him reached the center and spread around Heluo. If this was really a big network, even Wu Zetian would not dare to expose and investigate easily.

It has been more than ten days since the incident happened. Now it is a sensitive moment when everyone is vigilant inside and outside, and everyone is tightening a heartstring. If it continues, I don’t know what kind of chaos will cause.

Although he was still a little unwilling to accept it, Wu Zetian still had to hand over the matter to the outside court and execute Wang Cizheng and others to prove that the matter has come to an end.

After the imperial edict was sent to Fengge, Wu Zetian asked the cabinet hall to send a map and took a pen to outline a network drawn from Wang Cizheng: Fengge, Nanya, Luozhou, Shanzhou, Puzhou, Xiangzhou, etc.

From the list alone, the mystery may not be profound, but marked on the map, you can see that this is a layout covering Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan, Hebei and Shendu!

"The thief is not dead..."

Wu Zetian murmured, and there was a bit of fatigue between his eyebrows and eyes. He raised his hand and picked up a memorial to the case drawn up by Wu Chengsi. He suggested setting up the seven temples of Wu's family in Shendu. After holding it for a long time, his eyes flashed. Finally, he bit his teeth and put it in the box that was temporarily stored on the left side of the case. However, the fierceness and unwillingness between his eyebrows and eyes became stronger.

Although he had no choice but to feel bad, Wu Zetian did not indulge in these negative emotions for too long. He quickly calmed down and began to deal with the matters presented to Fengge today.

"Report to Your Majesty, Master Xue from outside the hall is asking for a visit."

A palace maid went to the hall to report in a low voice. After hearing this, Wu Zetian just nodded slightly, but did not speak, and the speed of reviewing the memorials did not decrease.

After more than an hour, the memorial was reviewed on the desk, and it became completely dark. I picked up the hot soup offered by the palace maid and took a sip. Wu Zetian pondered for a moment before speaking again: "Huaiyi is still outside the hall? Let him come in."

Not long after, Xue Huaiyi, wearing a gorgeous monk robe, walked to the hall, and was still far from the imperial throne, and crawled on the ground, bowed again with a big gift, and then walked forward, saying in a slightly exaggerated and painful tone: "Sinners will meet your Majesty, thank you for your kindness, and you are willing to see you."

Seeing Xue Huaiyi like this, Wu Zetian was overjoyed and waved his hand with a smile: "Come in and tell me, what are you guilty?"

Xue Huaiyi crawled forward with his hands and feet. After he was more than meter away from the imperial desk, he raised his hand and lifted up the monk's robe. The back wrapped in the middle robe was tied with a few thorn vines. Some small thorns had poked the silk shirt and bloodshot from the back of his back. Xue Huaiyi's bright head knocked on the back of his hand again and whispered: "I am carrying the thorns and apologizing..."

Wu Zetian's face was originally quite relaxed, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly became cold. He raised his hand to signal the palace maid to fold Xue Huaiyi's back and took it in his hand for a while, and his tone turned cold: "Who is the guard in the inner guard today? He was asked to interrogate the right guard. Can the miscellaneous affairs outside the palace be easily included in the ban?"

Although Xue Huaiyi was crawling on the ground, he was also peeking at the look of the God Emperor. After hearing this, his forehead was filled with sweat and he said tremblingly: "I am guilty, guilty..."

Wu Zetian lowered his head, looked at Xue Huaiyi who was kneeling deep outside the imperial case, and smiled and said, "Mr. Ah, haven't said to me yet, why are you guilty?"

"My, me..."

Xue Huaiyi looked at the palace maid who hurried out of the hall holding a thorn vine in his hand, and then he was busy calming his mind: "My crime is self-doubt. Heaven is so kind that no one can save him. Your Majesty is happy, no one can hurt him. Your Majesty is angry, no one can save him... If everyone is good, why should the king be righteous? If you know the traitor in the wrong eyes, no one can avoid it. My crime is not to mistakenly commit evil, but to selfish fear, and seek good fortune and bad luck, which is putting the cart before the horse..."

When Wu Zetian heard this, he was a little surprised, then stretched his eyebrows, but after a while, he said in a calm voice: "Master Ah's words are not selfish, who can teach you?"

"Yes, it's the King of Hedong... The young king came out of the cabinet yesterday. I sent him back to my residence. The King of Hedong taught me..."

When asked by the God Emperor, Xue Huaiyi ignored it and immediately explained everything about the conversation with Li Tong last night.

"They brothers are already out of the box?"

Wu Zetian asked casually. She really didn't have the energy to pay attention to these chorizos recently. Then she looked down at a piece of thorn vine in her hand, and said curiously: "Young King didn't teach you to take the thorns and apologize."

When Xue Huaiyi heard this, a great knight appeared on his forehead: "Before entering the palace, I went to Baima Temple first, and chose someone as the young prince's mansion to send him off. I was afraid that the empty accusation would not be solemn, so I asked the monks and officials of the unconscious to teach me..."

When Wu Zetian heard this, she couldn't help laughing: "I have received good advice, but I just asked about the words again. The one who defeated me is so troublesome!"

She smiled and threw the Thorn Vine on the ground, her face turned and darkened: "That child is still stupid and has a plan to teach others. It's just a little moral integrity and a coincidence that it has not misled others or yourself. Yes, where are their brothers' residences?"

"In Dunan Luxinfang."

Hearing the tone of the God Emperor, Xue Huaiyi knew that this level had passed. When he heard about the Young King, he hurriedly said: "There is a minister in the outer court, which is really a bully for the Young King. The residence is remote, the journey is long, and the house is remote..."

"Ignorance? That boy, hehe, I'm afraid he has two or three more mind points than Master A."

Wu Zetian said casually, then said to the palace maid: "Go and get the Tu Tu of Duji, and the young king will leave the cabinet."

The palace maid left as he said, without hesitation. Shangguan Wan'er, wearing a simple skirt, walked to the hall. Behind him, two female Squito, came to the hall together.

Wu Zetian first took the Shendufang map and looked at it for a while before he found the location of Luxinfang in the southeast corner. He said, "It's indeed a bit remote."

Seeing this, Xue Huaiyi hurriedly said, "It's not just remote, but there are many hustle and bustle in the yards here, which is fishy and smelly, making people feel annoying."

After hearing this, Wu Zetian nodded slightly and said, "Young King is kind to you, Master A should be rewarded. The guards of the palace will choose another twenty body bodies, ten pairs of armored swords, and give them to the royal residence. Let's go."

When Xue Huaiyi heard the God Emperor drive him away, he felt a little disappointed, but when he thought of the sorrow that he felt relaxed, he bowed and thanked him again, and then he stepped down from the palace.

Wu Zetian looked at Xue Huaiyi's back as he withdrew, but his eyes were a little dissipated. He didn't know where his thoughts had floated away. After a while, he retracted his gaze and raised his hand to pick up the detailed rules about the process of the young king's marriage. He looked at it from beginning to end, his brows frowned or relaxed.

"The little thief is greedy and steals a lot of goods from my palace! No wonder he dares to give a good message to Huaiyi. It turns out that he is arrogant because of his favor and has the courage to be uneasy in the house. He is so annoying!"

Although he made a slight angry statement in his mouth, Wu Zetian raised his mouth, which showed that he did not take this seriously in his heart.

Shangguan Wan'er stood respectfully, but was also listening to the words of the Divine Emperor. She didn't know the previous situation and was a little curious about why the Divine Emperor suddenly thought about the young king's affairs again. However, when he heard the Divine Emperor's nagging self, he still felt a little happy for the young king. Whether it was praise or scolding, it was always a blessing to be able to talk and think about it.

As soon as her thoughts were scattered, she heard the God Emperor's question again: "The young king lived in the forbidden area a few days ago, and Wan'er often saw it. According to what you see, what is the young king's character?"

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this question, she felt a little too angry. Although she cared about the Yong Wang family, she rarely exceeded the rules and tried not to visit her if she had nothing to do. Why did she often meet when she arrived at the Divine Emperor?

But since the Emperor of God said this, she did not dare to make a promise. After pondering for a while, she replied with a gritty voice and said, "I have visited the matter for some reason. The king's appearance seems simple, and the inside is meticulous. Everything is listed in my mind, without damaging the elegant and elegant voice, being able to do things in a lot of time, and being able to be quiet. More subtle, it is really hard to tell if my eyes are clumsy, so I dare not force it."

After hearing this, Wu Zetian laughed again: "The banquet of "Everything" is so beautiful and elegant that it is only a boy who can do things in a lot of time. He is so quiet and quiet? I think it may not be."

He is my grandson in one blood.

Wu Zetian did not say this sentence, but raised his hand to look at the Young Prince's Mansion and others. After looking through it for a while, he frowned slightly: "No wonder even Huaiyi said unfairly. The foreign court officials really despise my grandson. Who are the talents they choose? Wang Hewang Pavilion is busy, so what is the energy to do when he is working on the government? It is better not to use it if you have a position without any effort. Take the Lintai official to assist you."

Not long after, the registration documents related to the officials of Lintai were sent again. Wu Zetian waved to Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Enter the front and choose."

Shangguan Wan'er felt even more angry when she heard this, so she walked forward carefully. Seeing that the God Emperor frowned and couldn't read it, she pointed and said, "Lintai Chen Zi'ang..."

"The Shu people are often promising, and they often have self-proclaimed ambitions that cannot be stretched out. They are sharp-eyed and cannot be seen in love. They are not suitable for being young Wang Bin's friends."

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, shook his head and rejected the proposal. He chose another person before he selected him, picked up his pen and added Li Xianzong, the right-hand clerk, and appointed him as the chief of the Siyong Palace, and replaced the former chief of the King He Wang.
Chapter completed!