This was embarrassing. Li Qinzai was so ashamed that his old face, which had rarely blushed for a century, actually turned a little red at this moment.
Amid embarrassment and a bit of disbelief, drinking last night was indeed a break, but... not that brave, right?
I peed all the way from Anren Hall to Suzhangmen. Did I pee that much?
"Did the queen... uh, make a mistake? Sir, you are not so rude, are you?" Li Qinzai said cautiously.
Empress Wu sneered: "Don't you think you can count the virtues of your monarchs and ministers when they are drunk?"
Li Qinzai said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, but I lost my manners last night and drank and forgot about things. I really can't imagine that with my ability... it's impossible to go all the way from Anren Palace to Suzhangmen, right? It's several miles away.
"
Empress Wu's eyes showed displeasure: "You still deny it, right? You left the Anren Palace last night, and there were people from the palace following you. Otherwise, how do you think I knew about it?"
After saying this, Empress Wu clapped her hands, and a eunuch came in from outside the palace and saluted respectfully.
Empress Wu said nothing with a cold face, but pointed at Li Qinzai impatiently.
The eunuch understood and said with a smile: "Jun Li was drinking last night and left Anren Hall at midnight. He first lifted up his skirt under the pillars outside Anren Hall and dropped a few drops of... uh, precious urine."
"Then he staggered all the way to the Qianqiu Palace and dropped a few more drops. In every hall he passed along the way, Duke Li dropped a few drops... The rules in the palace were strict, and the slaves were afraid that Duke Li would collide with the patrolling guards.
Following you."
Li Qinzai was a little unhappy: "Wait a minute, I admit that I peed outside every hall. What do you mean by a few drops?"
The eunuch said in confusion: "That's what it means literally. You really only dropped a few drops under the pillars of each hall, and you were mumbling something to yourself. The slave was too far away and couldn't hear clearly..."
Li Qinzai's face suddenly turned green again.
Men all know that it is easy to take off your pants to pee, but the difficult thing is to divide the urine into several parts, only drip a few drops at a time, then stop it decisively, and change the place to drip a few more drops...
It takes a lot of perseverance and indomitable will to do such a shameless thing, it doesn't look like your own style no matter how you think about it.
The Duke of Liaodong County in the Tang Dynasty, like a wild dog, urinates everywhere and really marks the territory of Tai Chi Palace.
Suddenly I thought of Li Ji and Li Siwen calling themselves "evil beasts" over and over again. Now it seems that it is not unreasonable...
The eunuch was still narrating in a low voice, starting from Qianqiu Palace to Baifu Palace. The process and details of leaving traces in each palace were clearly explained.
To make the eunuch's memory so fresh, it must be Li Qinzai's actions that left a deep and unforgettable impression on him. Since the completion of the Tai Chi Palace, no one has done this.
Li Qinzai's face turned pale, and he raised his hand to interrupt him: "Okay, stop talking, I understand!"
The eunuch shut up without saying anything, and raised his eyes to cast an admiring glance at him. From his eyes, Li Qinzai could see that he was admiring himself as a man.
The eunuch wisely exited the palace. Li Qinzai looked up and saw Empress Wu staring at him coldly.
Li Qinzai sighed, bowed and said: "I was drunk and disobeyed. I deserve death. Please punish me by the queen."
Empress Wu snorted coldly: "The princes of the Tang Dynasty can be so virtuous after being drunk. If the court officials find out, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear this impeachment."
Li Qinzai sighed: "Yes, I am aware of my crime."
Empress Wu glanced at him sideways and said: "Tai Chi Palace is the place where Your Majesty and I live, but you are so unscrupulous that you urinate everywhere to enclose the territory. Tell me, how should I punish you?"
Li Qinzai was silent for a moment and said cautiously: "This matter...can it be solved by paying money?"
Empress Wu laughed angrily: "How much compensation do you think can solve the problem?"
Li Qinzai decisively stretched out two fingers: "Two fingers..."
Seeing that Empress Wu looked unhappy, Li Qinzai changed his mind decisively: "Two passes are impossible, twenty passes!"
My mouth is bitter. I have never peeed so expensively in my two lifetimes...
Empress Wu turned around, looked up at Tathagata's golden body, and said calmly: "Forget it, I don't care about you because of my status. In fact, you know very well that it was His Majesty who dragged you to drink last night and did anything wrong.
Your Majesty will not blame you..."
"You and His Majesty have a personal relationship like brothers. If I punish you, Your Majesty will not feel comfortable. Why should I ask for trouble?"
Li Qinzai bowed and said: "I am not arrogant because of my favor. If I am wrong, I am wrong. I was drunk last night and indeed lost my manners. I will judge the crime as it should be. I have no grudges. It has nothing to do with whether your majesty favors me or not."
Empress Wu turned around and stared at him, half-smiling but not smiling: "You are indeed His Majesty's loyal minister. You are both capable and loyal. Even if I try to win over you, you remain unmoved. No wonder His Majesty thinks so highly of you."
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Li Qinzai said neither softly nor hard: "The world belongs to your Majesty, and of course I am your majesty's loyal minister. Besides being loyal to your majesty, who else can I loyal to?"
Empress Wu sighed, obviously she gave up on winning over Li Qinzai very early.
When her party members were cut off and Li Yifu was beheaded, it was Li Zhi who beat her hard. From then on, her ambitions finally subsided, whether they were dormant or gave up completely. In short, the current Empress Wu was
She is the real queen of the Tang Dynasty. She seems to have learned not to cross the line.
Avoiding the topic, Empress Wu changed the topic and said: "You did a good job in killing Lu Jiajiduo this time..."
A smile suddenly appeared on her face, and Empress Wu said: "What did you say in front of His Majesty that Liu Rengui had asked him to go to the outside of the city to intercept Lu Jiajido in advance? Oh, you are talking nonsense. If I didn't know who you are,
I'm afraid I might be as gullible as Your Majesty."
Li Qinzai also smiled and said: "Queen, I have been entrusted by you to do this..."
Empress Wu narrowed her eyes: "If I don't entrust you, won't you kill him?"
"I know how to kill, but I think it's good if I can get a favor from the queen." Li Qinzai said calmly.
Empress Wu chuckled lightly. Even though she was a woman in her forties, her smile did have some stunning charm. No wonder Li Zhi was so fascinated by her back then and even poached his own father. He was ridiculed by everyone in the world.
He wanted to take her into the harem, and he also tried his best to depose Wang Liwu against all opinions.
"Li Jingchu, it turns out that you and I can actually cooperate, and we cooperate quite happily, right?" Empress Wu said with a smile.
Li Qinzai suddenly felt alarmed, but he still smiled and said: "It depends on what the matter is. With all due respect, only when the interests of the queen and the minister are consistent, cooperation is possible."
"For example, Lu Jiajido, the minister wanted to kill him, and the queen also wanted to kill him, so this cooperation was quite pleasant."
Empress Wu nodded: "Yes, cooperation is possible only when our interests are aligned. Jingchu, if we encounter something where our interests are aligned again in the future, would you still be willing to cooperate with me?"
Li Qinzai was even more vigilant and said cautiously: "I think we won't know whether you and I have the same interests until the matter comes. What we are saying now is just empty talk and has no meaning."
Empress Wu was silent for a long time and said slowly: "There is one thing I hope Jingchu can help me with."