Everyone looked at Chen Ziang. He took out a yellow oil paper bag from his arms, held it in both hands, and said: "This bag contains three maps, which are related to the safety of the country. Please check it out." Qiu Shen took the oil paper bag and said,

After opening it, I saw three volumes of maps inside, one was a parchment map, and two were paper maps.

"There is a map left by the King of Yue in Lingnan, and two maps of the north where Taizong signed an alliance with the northern tribes." Qiu Shenzhi opened the map, Wu Zetian looked at it carefully, and Chen Ziang explained one by one outside the pavilion.

Wu Zetian nodded while looking at it: "Well, Emperor Taizong once said that these three maps are related to the security of the border. I have seen these two maps of the Huns Covenant a long time ago."

Zhou Mei'er had been standing behind Chen Zi'ang. When she heard Emperor Zhou prove the origin of the map, she recognized Chen Zi'ang's contribution to finding the map. She had an idea and smiled sweetly: "Your Majesty is a leader among people, and Mei'er has a gift here."

Dedicated to His Majesty."

Wu Zetian said "Oh" and looked at the woman with a smile. Zhou Meier took out a small cloth bag and took out several gorgeous feathers, which were the jade feathers she brought back from Lingnan.

Wu Zetian stared at the feathers and said: "It's so beautiful. I have never seen such beautiful feathers."

She walked down from the jade pavilion unconsciously, picked up two feathers and put them on the phoenix crown. She raised her head in the breeze and said with a smile: "Thank you, girl. This reminds me of the days when I served Emperor Gaozong. Alas."

From the moment she walked down from the Jade Pavilion, she didn't look like a person who ruled the world at all. Like other women, her face suddenly showed infinite tenderness.

Zhou Meier also didn't expect that the jade feather would impress Wu Zetian so much that she would approach her regardless of the nine-five-year-old. Zhou Meier smiled and said: "We brought this back all the way from Lingnan. It is very rare and is called the jade feather. Brother Chen also said

I wrote a song "Emerald Nest Southland" specifically for this beautiful bird."

Wu Zetian completely forgot about the shouts of the hunting soldiers around her and said: "Haha, the Ai family also likes to write poems, please read and listen."

Zhou Mei'er then cleared her throat and recited: "Emerald nests in the southern country, male and female trees in the forest. How can you know that beauty is beautiful, and arrogance is better than gold? Kill yourself in Yanzhou, leave your feathers in the shadow of the hall, beautiful jewelry, and lush brocade quilts. Isn't it?

Far away? Yu Luo suddenly saw it. I am tired of having so many materials, so I sigh at this rare bird."

After listening to her shaking her head after reading, Wu Zetian said: "This poem is rich in meaning, and the language is smooth and simple. The philosophy in it reminds the Ai family that they must make good use of the talents in the world and treat them kindly, so that they can achieve great achievements."

While Wu Zetian was talking, Chen Ziang thought to himself: Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian in folklore was unkind, but in fact she was a person of great wisdom. If she were a man, there wouldn't be so many rumors about her.

As soon as he thought about this, he felt admiration for Wu Zetian and said: "I have also heard that your Majesty's song "Xingzhao Xiangyuan" was written casually, but lively and extremely natural." Although Wu Zetian met Chen Zi'ang and Zhou Mei'er for the first time.

, but because she loves poetry very much, the conversation was very congenial. When she heard him talk about this poem, she listened attentively to his comments.

This poem was written by Wu Zetian after he ascended the throne last year. It has only twenty characters in total, but it vividly describes the eagerness to look forward to spring flowers: "Wandering to Shangyuan in the Ming Dynasty, it is urgent to announce the spring. The flowers bloom all night long, don't wait for the morning breeze.

blow."

Chen Zi'ang didn't know that Wu Zetian was visiting the palace that day, and a few wintersweet trees were in full bloom. On a whim, he took advantage of the wine to write this poem, using this poem to issue an edict to let all flowers bloom. The power was really eye-popping.

Qiu Shencui knew this, so he was not willing to let go of this opportunity to flatter him. He said: "After receiving the decree from the Queen of Heaven, hundreds of flowers bloomed one after another the next day. Only the peonies did not bloom. The Queen of Heaven was furious and demoted the peonies.

Luoyang, they have just opened."

Feng Xiaobao gave a thumbs up and said: "This is the majesty of the Queen of Heaven, which impresses all flowers." After the two explained a good poem, Chen Ziang felt very uncomfortable. But Wu Zetian showed a pleasant smile on his face, and continued

Nodding, he walked back to Yuting.

"Well, looking at your loyalty, I summoned a few of you today." She took off the jade feather from the phoenix crown and gave it to the maid for safekeeping. She said, "I finally found three maps and the covenant certificate. It's really like adding ten

Wanxiong division." At this time, the hunting soldiers began to light a bonfire nearby and roast the deer meat.

"I have been planning a few things recently. One is that the defense of the border areas must not be relaxed, and troops and horses must be strengthened everywhere. General Riqiu recommended Li Chang to go to Shan Yudao the other day, and told him to bring troops and horses as soon as possible to defeat him.

Qin Bashan." She said slowly.

"Second, to strengthen the spread of Buddhism, I will strongly recommend Master Shenxiu. The White Horse Temple in Luoyang needs to be renovated. Feng Xiaobao is responsible for it. You can go to this White Horse Temple to host it. Let Buddhism play a good role for the court."

When Feng Xiaobao heard that he wanted to be a monk, he felt a chill in his heart. What kind of official was the abbot of the White Horse Temple? Wu Zetian glanced at him and seemed to see through his mind, and said, "Don't underestimate the abbot of the White Horse Temple. Although I won't give him a decision."

Rank, in fact, he does a lot of things for the court that are inconvenient to appear in front of, and his rank will never be lower than a fourth-rank official."

Feng Xiaobao hurriedly knelt down to thank him. Wu Zetian said: "I knew you were capable at work, and I secretly inspected you for a long time. Even General Qiu didn't know."
Chapter completed!