One hundred and sixty eighth chapter Empress Wu became murderous
In October of the fourth year of Xianheng, Zhongshu ordered that Yan Liben, the son of Boling County, died of illness. The various parties in the court launched a new round of power competition. Both Empress Wu and Prince Li Hong desperately wanted to take all the power into their own hands.
, so one candidate after another was proposed, but precisely because they were opposed to each other, they always vetoed each other. As a result, the Zhongshu Order was left vacant for a long time, and the affairs of the Zhongshu Province were temporarily left to Huang.
The Minister of the Gate, the Duke of Zengshan County, and the Third Rank of Tongzhongshu and the Minister of Zhongshu, Hao Chujun, represented him. Although Gaozong lost Yan Liben, he did not lose his power. This made Empress Wu and Prince Li Hong feel helpless.
At this time, Prince Li Hong took action again and stepped up a series of actions against her.
First of all, he placed many cronies in the two key departments of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Dali Temple, which made Li Hong's control over these two departments reach a very terrifying level.
In addition, Li Hong also used Zhang Wenguan's status as Dali Qing to investigate and deal with a large number of corruption cases. These cases were caused by local officials and some officials in Beijing. Except for a small number of them, Li Hong was recently renamed Yongwang.
Most of the officials investigated and punished were supported by Empress Wu.
What alarmed Empress Wu the most was that one of the most important cases actually involved an important member of the rear party, the Chancellor of Dali Temple, Shanye. After investigation, Zhang Wenguan obtained tangible evidence. During his tenure as the Chancellor of Dali Temple, Hou Shanye received many bribes.
This distortion of the law resulted in the unjust deaths of dozens of people. According to statistics, Hou Shanye had taken at least hundreds of thousands of bribes over the years. This memorial bypassed Empress Wu and was directly transmitted to Emperor Gaozong. After reading the memorial, Emperor Gaozong was immediately furious and ordered Hou Shanye to be demoted.
For Jiangzhou Sima.
But this greatly touched Empress Wu's nerves, making her feel vaguely uneasy. The expansion of the prince's power and Gaozong's precautions against her made her feel constrained. Now she has reached a very difficult situation, and Empress Wu urgently needs to find someone.
Come up with solutions to problems.
So Empress Wu found Ming Chongyan and discussed with him how to solve the problem.
Since Ming Chongyan entered the palace, he has been trusted by Empress Wu and Gaozong. He not only knows illusions, but also knows how to cure diseases. Gaozong often needs his help in treatment when he gets sick. In addition,
This man knew how to read faces and was quite resourceful. He was the most trusted confidant of Empress Wu.
"Chongyan, you have also seen that in the past few years, this little beast Hong'er has been pressing me step by step. Originally, I was thinking about the love between mother and son and did not want to cause him too much embarrassment, but he was everywhere.
Be merciful, if I give in again at this point, I'm afraid these officials under me will no longer have any chance of survival. I wonder what Chongyan will do?"
Ming Chongyan was so charming and charming that he was more feminine than a woman, but Empress Wu liked his appearance. Although nothing happened between them, they admired each other, and the two were now in a tight relationship.
Sitting next to each other on the couch, they looked very ambiguous.
But Ming Chongyan didn't care about that at all. Instead, he looked very bold. He gently shook Empress Wu's hand, and then sighed: "Actually, all this is caused by His Highness himself. In fact, the Prince has no destiny to be supreme."
Yes, but the good name you gave him gives him a chance to compete. Now the prince is very powerful, or he may really suppress you, the heroine, in the future."
"Are you talking about Hong'er's name?" Empress Wu couldn't help but narrow her eyes when she heard this, and then said thoughtfully.
"Haha, I don't need to say anything about this. The Queen should also know who Li Hong is. He is the pseudonym of the Supreme Leader in the human world, Taishang Dongyuan. The Divine Curse Sutra calls Taishang Daozu the True Monarch, which is called the 'True Monarch'.
Mu Zi Gongkou, the king will rule the world, and the world will be happy. Mu Zi, Li Ye, Gongkou Hong Ye. The prophecy book has made it very clear that Li Hong will represent the Supreme Leader and rule the world. How many people have descended since the Wei and Jin Dynasties?
There were already countless people who called themselves Li Hong when they raised the army. Now that Li Hong has been established as the prince, he has naturally won the hearts of the people. With this, the queen's great cause is difficult to achieve. I know that in order to compete for the throne, the queen took this son
My name is Li Hong, which means that destiny is mine, but this matter in turn becomes an obstacle to the queen. It is Xiao He who succeeds and Xiao He who fails."
At this time, Ming Chongyan actually wrapped his right hand around Empress Wu's shoulder, and sighed repeatedly.
Empress Wu did not mean to refuse, and frowned and asked: "Then according to you, how to solve this matter? It is impossible that he is also destined by fate, and I, the descendant of the third generation of Tang Dynasty, the prophecy of the heroine's death is not
Is it destiny?"
"Of course it's destiny, but if we get the best of both worlds, I'm afraid the queen will have to wait for another ten or twenty years. After Emperor Li Hong dies, won't the opportunity come when the queen comes to the throne as the empress dowager?"
"Huh, by then, I will be an old woman of sixty or seventy years old." Empress Wu snorted when she heard this, as if to express that she was not willing to wait for such a long time.
"Haha, even if she is an old woman in her sixties or seventies, Her Highness the Queen is still as beautiful as a fairy. But if you really don't want to wait, there is nothing you can do..."
"What should we do? You have a way to change his luck, right?" Empress Wu didn't know whether it was because the other party's hand was placed in the wrong place, or because she was excited because she had a solution, and her breathing suddenly became urgent.
stand up.
Ming Chongyan strengthened his hand, and then said with a smile: "It is generally difficult to change the luck of the body, unless someone is willing to sacrifice his life. Even if he sacrifices his life, the person who changes the luck of others can't change it."
It will be difficult for me to bear the sinful karma for ten lifetimes as a human being. Even for a Taoist like me who is not content with everything, when I ascend to heaven in the future, it will be more than a hundred times more difficult for ordinary people to survive the calamity."
"Then, what should we do?" Empress Wu gasped at the provocation, and she couldn't bear it for a moment. But when the other party said this, her enthusiasm suddenly seemed to be poured with cold water, and she immediately waved Ming Chongyan's hand.
Luo, and then said a little coldly.
"Hehe, there is certainly nothing we can do about this matter. Your Majesty the Queen, in fact, the matter is not difficult to handle. Although luck cannot be changed, it can be eliminated. After all, luck is attached to people. As long as the person is gone, there will be
What kind of luck is this?"
"Huh? You mean..." Empress Wu couldn't help being slightly surprised when she heard this, but she didn't refuse the hand that reached out to her chest again.
"Yes, as long as we do it cleanly, no one will know about it." When Ming Chongyan said this, a trace of cruelty appeared on his face involuntarily, and this cruelty was brought to him unconsciously.
Empress Wu felt a bit of pain in her hand, and she couldn't help but snort.
"I'm sorry." Ming Chongyan smiled faintly, softened his hand a little, and then continued: "I have a pack of medicine here, which is colorless and odorless, and it's ********, as long as he takes it
Come on, I can guarantee that he will be poisoned and die, and no medicine or stone will be effective."
"But that is the prince after all. Even if he is my biological son, once he dies, the Holy Emperor will definitely be angry. If it is traced, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape responsibility." Empress Wu did not care about any flesh and blood ties at this time, because she knew
, it is really a bit hypocritical to say that in front of an understanding person like Ming Chongyan. Who doesn’t know who among them?
But she is worried that if this matter is found out, let alone seizing power, she may not even be able to save her life.
But Ming Chongyan was not worried at all. In other words, he had already made up his mind. He smiled lightly at Empress Wu and said, "This matter is not difficult to handle, because the poison in my hand is not ordinary. Even if the prince dies, there will be no need for it."
People can tell that he is poisoned, and he looks like he is suffering from tuberculosis. Haha, everyone knows that the prince is in poor health and suffers from lung disease. If he suddenly dies of tuberculosis, who can suspect that he was poisoned by me?
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"Oh, oh, it turns out that's it, Chongyan, you, you really solved a huge problem for me." Empress Wu finally felt relieved. Youming Chongyan had made preparations in advance. She now
It could be said that everything was safe and her mood relaxed naturally. However, her body could no longer support her and even her speech was a little unclear.
"Really? Since I solved such an important problem for the queen, I wonder how the queen should repay me?" A wicked smile appeared on Ming Chongyan's monster-like face, but his hands never stopped.
, said softly to Empress Wu.
"You, what do you want, then, then what?" Empress Wu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and hugged Ming Chongyan, and a good show not suitable for children was staged again...
"Hong'er, Hong'er, who would be willing to kill his own son if it was not a last resort? As the saying goes, tiger poison cannot eat its children. Now the mother has become more ferocious than the tiger. I feel terrible, but you are the one who forced all this. You
As long as you leave a little way for your mother to survive, she will definitely not treat you like this. Alas, when you die, don't blame your mother. Because of the situation, only one of us, mother and son, can live. Alas, the so-called heaven
Family is ruthless, so I’m probably talking about you and me, mother and son, right? If you really regret it, how good would it be if you didn’t want to be born into an emperor’s family in your next life, and just be a commoner with peace of mind?”
Until now, Empress Wu has not had a trace of intolerance in her heart. Instead, everything has been attributed to people's pursuit of power and to Prince Li Hong for not giving her a way out. In fact, it was Empress Wu herself who broke the rules that had been established and tried to
Relying on her own efforts to do shocking things, she seized the supreme position and became the first female emperor in history.
People driven by ambition often fall into very crazy situations. This kind of madness can make them disregard everything, including ethics, family ties, and even their own lives. Empress Wu is undoubtedly one of them. In front of her, the Supreme Being
The position can only belong to her. If a god stands in the way, the god will be killed, and if the Buddha stands in the way, the Buddha will be killed. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!