"To save me?"

Yuan Wanqing said: "You mean..."

"Yes, it's what you think." Pei Shaoqing said, "You have a good relationship with Li Jingye, and everyone in the court knows that the Empress Dowager is also aware of this matter. So if Li Jingye is really ready to rebel, it will be difficult for you to clear your suspicion no matter what. The only way is to report it to him!"

To be honest, there is also a great risk of reporting someone else's rebellion to Wu Zetian.

It is only one of the reasons that can lead to the detriment of the officialdom. It is the most troublesome to influence Wu Zetian's perception of her, because Wu Zetian also has a saying in her heart: who is a real capable official and who is a cruel official who can only inform and frame the situation. If she unfortunately falls into the latter category, she will be favored and has a rare good ending.

Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, Wan Guojun, and Suo Yuanli, none of them had a good ending.

These cruel officials are the tools used by Wu Zetian to gain power. After ascending the throne, these tools will be useless and it is time to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

Therefore, when a cruel official can get favor for a while, there are great risks.

But Liu Yizhi had a choice at the beginning, but Yuan Wanqing had no choice at all.

If Yuan Wanqing did not choose to inform the news and did not become this cruel official, he would have his life worries. If he chose to inform the news and chose to become this cruel official, there would be a glimmer of hope.

This is what we mean by taking the least rights of both evils.

Of course, Pei Shaoqing also had selfish thoughts about this.

Because so far, even cruel officials like Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen have not been online yet.

But no one can guarantee that because of his appearance, these cruel officials will not go online again.

As of now, Wu Zetian should not feel too much danger, nor does he feel that his political status is in danger. Therefore, cruel officials such as Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen are likely to be discovered or even reused.

But this will definitely change after the rebellion of Xu Jingye and the Li Tang royal family.

At that time, Wu Zetian would definitely feel surrounded by enemies, and felt that everyone in the court was suspicious and everyone might rebel. At that time, cruel officials would be used to suppress potential political enemies.

Therefore, it is highly likely that cruel officials such as Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing and others will go online.

Pei Shaoqing may not be afraid of these cruel officials, but this does not mean that he likes to face these cruel officials. If he can kill these cruel officials in the bud and even let his own people replace them, why not do it?

Yes, Pei Shaoqing was planning to let Yuan Wanqing replace Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing and others become Wu Zetian's tools.

Regardless of the fact that Yuan Wanqing was like Liu Yizhi, and he was from the same yamen as him. If Yuan Wanqing really became a cruel official, it would be like his own people to control the spy front, which was undoubtedly an extremely beneficial thing for Pei Shaoqing.

"I am ashamed to do this."

Yuan Wanqing said, "Who will go to report the truth if you are serious?"

"Lao Wan, you're wrong to think so." Pei Shaoqing said, "This is a report, not a report."

"Report?" Yuan Wanqing frowned and said, "Is there any difference? The meaning of reporting and reporting is similar?"

"How can this mean the same thing?" Pei Shaoqing snorted, "You are still the master of the Hanlin Academy and the Bachelor of the North Gate. You dare to say that the report and the informant are the same thing."

Yuan Wanqing said: "I didn't mean anything, it was about the same."

"It's far from it." Pei Shaoqing said in a deep voice, "Information is a villain's act. In order to achieve the unspeakable purpose, it is leaked secrets to the enemy camp. Reporting is a brave act of a gentleman who cannot bear the death of the people of the world and does not care about personal criticism. Lao Wan, you have a good relationship with Li Jingye, and you can't bear to report him to the Empress Dowager. This is just a small righteousness, but reporting Li Jingye to the Empress Dowager. Saving the common people of the world is a great righteousness. You choose which one is more important!"

Yuan Wanqing sighed and shook his head helplessly.

...

After facing the reality, Yuan Wanqing immediately entered the palace.

Less than a moment later, Wu Zetian ordered her to come down and asked Pei Shaoqing to go to Penglai Palace to meet him immediately.

After arriving at Penglai Palace, Wu Zetian said coldly: "Pei Shaoqing, you are a little uncompetent in capturing the Si Cheng! You don't know that Li Jingye intends to rebel such a big deal?"

"If Yuan Qing hadn't reported it in time, even the orphan would have been kept in the dark."

"Help." Pei Shaoqing coughed dryly and said, "Reply to the Queen Mother's words, the ministers who rebelled Li Jingye do not know, but some people still know more about the rebellion."

"Oh?" Wu Zetian's eyes suddenly froze when he heard this.

"Does there be others who want to rebel besides Li Jingye?"

"Yes." Pei Shaoqing said with his hands, "but it has not been finalized yet, so I dare not report it randomly, so I will not wrongly accuse the important ministers of the court."

"nonsense!"

Wu Zetian said angrily: "Since ancient times, I would rather kill the wrong things than let go."

"When you check it out, you check it out that the head of the orphan has already landed, what else can you check?"

Pei Shaoqing hurriedly said, "What the Empress Dowager said is that I will definitely pay attention in the future. As long as I notice a little clue, I will report it to the Empress Dowager immediately."

"Don't go back."

Wu Zetian asked: "It's OK now."

"Here." Pei Shaoqing crossed his hands and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, our guards found a sect called Maitreya in Lantian County, and was secretly gathering disciples to prepare for rebellion."

"After hearing the news, I sent someone to investigate in depth."

"It turned out that this Maitreya religion actually had a connection with ministers in the court."

"Minister in the court?" Wu Zetian said angrily, "Have you ever found out who it is?"

"It has not been found out yet." Pei Shaoqing said, "But Pei Yan is the most suspicious!"

"Pei Yan? It's really him!" Wu Zetian said, "Hmph, Gu had long guessed that he was retreating, but he didn't expect that he was planning a rebellion in secret! Gu really underestimated him."

Pei Shaoqing said: "Empress Dowager, this matter has not been verified yet."

"It's no longer important to verify whether it is true or not."

Wu Zetian said coldly: "I just said that when it comes to a rebellion case, I would rather kill the wrong one than let it go."

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "You guard and capture the department have done something, otherwise, if Li Jingye and Pei Yan form internal and external linkage, the situation will be really difficult."

Pei Shaoqing said: "I did nothing, this is the Queen Mother's blessing and blessing of the sky."

Yuan Wanqing stuttered his lips twice, and wanted to say a few flattering words, but he couldn't say them.

Wu Zetian also said: "This matter must not be taken lightly. I decided to form a magistrate's office immediately. Yuan Qing resigned from the position of the Hanlin Academy from now on and was transferred to the magistrate's office as the magistrate's office, responsible for the secret investigation."

"Yes!" Yuan Wanqing responded respectfully with his hands, but his heart felt a little bitter.

Pei Shaoqing also sighed, Yuan Wanqing was indeed a cruel official.
Chapter completed!