As Wu Ming beheaded Wu Youji, all the male grandchildren of Empress Wu's father, the warrior Yi, and his brothers were killed. At this time, Wu Chengsi still had five sons and one daughter, and Wu Sansi also had three sons and three daughters.
However, these people will soon face the fate of being killed, so as long as this day passes, the descendants of the entire Wenshui and Wu clan will be almost completely cut off.
The reason why I say "almost" is mainly because after Wu Sansi's ex-wife was divorced, she secretly hid in the countryside with her one son. From then on, she became anonymous and never asked about political affairs again. She also sternly warned future generations that they would not be allowed to do so within five generations.
He was involved in political affairs, and it was not until two hundred years later that any of his children passed the imperial examination and became Jinshi, and entered the official career again.
In fact, in addition to this, Wu Sansi's wife Wei Xiang'er was also pregnant at this time. However, after Wei Xiang'er heard about Wu Sansi's death and learned about Li Xian, she felt desperate and committed suicide.
However, it is said that after Li Xian killed Wu Chengsi, he immediately raised his troops into the palace and directly broke into the Wucheng Hall where Empress Wu was.
But when they entered the palace, they found that there was no one there. Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and at the same time, they became nervous in their hearts.
Even Li Xian himself had to admit that Empress Wu still had considerable influence in the court. If she were allowed to escape, it would definitely bring them a lot of trouble. Some civil and military officials were even frightened.
They were afraid that one day Empress Wu would lead his army back and kill them as rebels.
However, Li Xian did not panic at all. His eyes were like falcons, searching around the dim palace, and then said calmly: "Follow me."
Almost everyone didn't know what Li Xian was going to do, but they still followed Li Xian all the way, because everyone who was familiar with Li Xian knew that Li Xian would never do it without purpose, and he must have his own reasons for doing so.
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This kind of instinctive trust was indeed correct, because Li Xian quickly activated a mechanism, heard a burst of noise, and saw an opening opened in a corner of the palace.
"There is a secret room here? I don't even know about this. How did he know about it?" Pei Yan, who was silently watching Li Xian do all this, saw that Li Xian was as casual as if he was in his own backyard, and found it easily.
That secret room, I couldn't help but be surprised in my heart and shocked on my face.
Everyone else also looked surprised. Even the cronies around Li Xian, although they were not surprised that Li Xian could do such a thing, they were also guessing what Li Xian was doing around Empress Wu.
He was so attracted by the people that he left some clues for Li Xian before leaving, so Li Xian chased him all the way here.
But she said that Li Xian led his army straight to the secret room. Sure enough, he saw Empress Wu and everyone in her palace there, with the same surprised expressions. She could not imagine that she had spent countless manpower and material resources to build such a secret room.
, why was Li Xian able to find this place? Because this secret room was actually a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace. It was originally built to facilitate her secret meeting with Xue Huaiyi. For the sake of confidentiality, she immediately opened the secret room after it was completed.
So he killed all the people who participated in the construction of the secret room. It can be said that except for a limited number of people he trusted most, no one knew that there was such a secret room here.
In fact, Empress Wu could have escaped from the palace directly from here, but Empress Wu was not willing to do this, so she quietly hid here with her most secret guard team, and waited until the matter calmed down before letting this guard team go out.
, kill Li Xian directly, and then seize the throne as a matter of course, but unexpectedly, what he thought was a foolproof strategy was actually broken in by Li Xian and his men because the secret room was exposed.
Facing so many people under Li Xian's command, Empress Wu had no chance of winning.
However, Empress Wu was Empress Wu after all. Facing the aggressive Li Xian and the ministers, she did not panic. Instead, she asked slowly: "In the middle of the night, the emperor and all his beloved ministers did not sleep. Why did they come to this palace?"
What's up?"
I saw Li Xian slightly bowed and said: "Mother, tonight Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianxu, Gal Gongren and others are gathering troops to rebel. In the court there are Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan, Prime Minister Wu Chengsi and his cousin Wu Sansi, Wu
Youji and others colluded with each other, and although the son and ministers put down the rebellion, they were still concerned about the safety of their mother, so they came to visit her."
"Oh? Thank you to the emperor for sacrificing his life to protect me. Now that the rebellion has been put down and I have nothing to do now, you can just retreat." Although his confidants and even the only three nephews in his clan
They were all killed, and Empress Wu was filled with rage, but now she spoke calmly, and she also used Tai Chi to drive Li Xian and the others back with four ounces of force.
But Li Xian said loudly: "My son still has something to ask his mother, so he dare not leave quickly."
"If you have anything to do, let's talk about it tomorrow. I have been frightened all night and am already exhausted." Empress Wu could not hide the tiredness on her face and said to Li Xian calmly.
However, at this time, how could Li Xian just leave like this? He said forcefully: "Mother, please be patient. The matter is very important. This problem cannot be solved tonight, and all the ministers and beloved ministers will feel uneasy."
, this world will never be peaceful."
"In that case, tell me, what is going on?" Even though Empress Wu was dissatisfied, at this time she could only "work hard" and said to Li Xian.
All I could hear was Li Xian said: "I have proved based on conclusive evidence that my eldest sister, Princess Andingsi, was not murdered by the Queen. The victim was someone else. I also ask my mother to rehabilitate the Queen. Also,
The case of Erchen's cousin Helan being poisoned that year was also full of doubts. After a secret investigation, Erchen discovered that it was not Wu Weiliang who poisoned his cousin, but brother Wu Huaiyun. The real instigator was someone else. Also, the person who poisoned his cousin was someone else.
Emperor Xiaojing's death was not caused by tuberculosis, but by someone poisoning him. Also, my aunt, Mrs. Korea, died mysteriously. My son confirmed that she was killed by someone. Also, when my father died, my son
It has been confirmed that I was also poisoned to death..."
"That's enough! Huh, Xian'er, when you say this, do you mean to say that I am the mastermind behind all this? This is so disappointing. No matter what, I am your mother after all.
, when I was giving birth to you, you happened to be in labor, and I almost died. But I didn’t expect that you, a little beast, would be so heartless. Your father’s bones were still cold, and you actually slandered me and regarded me as a terrible person.
Murderer, if you want to return to the imperial power, just say so. There is no need to slander me like this. Aren't you afraid that you will wake up in the middle of the night and feel uneasy?" Empress Wu burst into tears and cried to Li Xian.