Neither Li Zhi nor Empress Wu is a simple person. Both he and she can easily and accurately determine the other's intentions from clues.
It can only be said that this is the most basic instinct that politicians should possess.
Li Zhi only met Xu Jingzong once, and Empress Wu realized that something was wrong.
Li Zhi is going to attack her.
The couple did not break up. Just now in the Anren Hall, the couple was still in love with each other. Any outsider who sees the scene just now will think that this couple has a deep love for each other and their life must be very sweet.
Except for the two parties involved, who can see the intrigue and hidden hostility?
Li Yifu soon entered the palace, looking frightened and anxious. Empress Wu summoned him very urgently. Li Yifu had no idea what happened, but he knew it must not be a good thing.
Empress Wu chose a remote and almost deserted side hall to summon Li Yifu. The matter was urgent, and she did not even have time to pay attention to the palace rules of hanging curtains to avoid suspicion.
Li Yifu entered the palace and was about to salute when he was stopped by Empress Wu.
"Jun Gong Li, please clean up the palace immediately after you leave the palace. No matter what evil deeds you have done before or what destructive deeds you have done, in short, you must not leave any evidence behind, whether it is physical evidence or personal evidence, you must hurry up.
Eliminate it."
Li Yifu trembled all over and said in horror: "Queen, why is this so?"
Empress Wu said coldly: "You don't need to ask any more questions. I will only give you two days. After two days, if any courtiers raid your home, you must ensure that they cannot find any evidence of crime. Do you understand?"
Li Yifu was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he immediately began to reflect on what he had done recently, and why disaster suddenly fell from the sky.
After thinking about it, Li Yifu became more and more confused.
I've been really honest lately and haven't done anything.
By the way, at the Tai Chi Palace meeting last time, Li Yifu also received a hint from the emperor, cooperated with Xu Jingzong, helped Li Qinzai turn the tables, and helped the emperor severely suppress the Li family of Zhaojun.
This was a great achievement in front of the emperor. It was fine if the emperor did not reward him. Why did he suddenly want to raid his home? Who did he provoke?
"Queen, this old minister is confused, please clarify your doubts." Li Yifu was going crazy. Within a few words, his spirit was on the verge of collapse.
His family, life and future were all threatened for no apparent reason, and no one else would be able to hold back.
Empress Wu sighed and said: "I am the one who has caused you trouble..."
Li Yifu was stunned for a moment and looked up at Empress Wu. After all, he was an old fox who had matured with age. After a moment, Li Yifu seemed to understand something.
"Because Mrs. Wei was poisoned?" Li Yifu asked cautiously.
The poisoning of Mrs. Wei in the past two days has caused a lot of commotion, with endless discussions between the government and the public. Although the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment gave a superficial reason and indeed announced that it was the Wu brothers who did it, the courtiers with slightly higher official positions all understood each other.
Not announced.
As the leader of the rear party, Li Yifu certainly knows the inside story of this matter better than anyone else. Mrs. Wei Guo died mysteriously, and she was a love rival with the queen. Is there any need to guess who the real murderer of this case is?
But he never thought that this matter would actually be related to him.
Empress Wu said nothing, but her expression said everything.
Li Yifu was silent, but his heart was extremely sad and angry.
Mrs. Wei was poisoned and he didn't have any involvement at all. Why was he so unlucky?
Of course, he also understood what the emperor meant.
Regardless of whether you are meddling or not, you are a rear party member, and you are the rear party member with the highest official status. If I want to cut off the queen's wings, of course I will have to operate on you. Who told you to hug the queen's lap in the first place?
"Jun Gong Li, I can't help you this time. You...be prepared. However, I promise that after this incident is over, I will look for an opportunity to reinstate you and reinstate you to your original position. You will have to take a break for one or two years."
"Okay." Empress Wu said in a low voice.
Li Yifu smiled miserably.
He is already in his fifties, and in his twilight years, even if he can be reinstated within two years, how many years can he stay in the court? Moreover, if the emperor decides to be ruthless, he will not only be dismissed from his official position, but even the county governor.
I can't even keep my title.
It is easy to restore an official position, but it is even more difficult to restore a title.
The blessings of future generations were lost inexplicably.
As for whether the emperor could find evidence of his crime, Li Yifu expressed his pessimism.
Not to mention that he has indeed done a lot of evil things over the years. Even if he is really innocent, wouldn't it be easy for the emperor to punish someone? He can find evidence without any evidence. The severity of the evidence is completely
It depends on how far the emperor plans to take him.
"Queen, how can I blame this old minister for suffering such an unreasonable disaster? Empress..." Li Yifu finally couldn't bear the psychological pressure and knelt down in front of Empress Wu and burst into tears.
Empress Wu pursed her lips, and a trace of guilt flashed across her face.
After all, she was too confident and misjudged the situation and Li Zhi's reaction.
Li Zhi's true and false displays of affection towards her were also one of the reasons why she misjudged Li Zhi's psychology.
She thought it was okay to kill a Wei lady, but she was just a beautiful young woman, so why not pay for him with a few younger and more beautiful ones? What a man wants is beauty, and it doesn’t matter whose face the beauty appears on.
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Moreover, Li Zhi's gentle image on weekdays also gave her a great illusion. She rarely saw Li Zhi angry, and he always spoke softly to her, and rarely even said harsh words to her.
Perhaps Li Zhi was too gentle, and Empress Wu felt that he would not care too much about killing a Wei lady. After all, she had taken the initiative to choose a young and beautiful concubine for him.
Until now, after seeing Li Zhi's performance, Wu Cai was shocked to realize that Li Zhi was not a weak and incompetent emperor. He had always been a very wise and rational emperor, even better than his father Li Shimin.
Gentleness and cowardice are just his appearance. He always does what he wants to do, the people he wants to deal with, and the countries he wants to conquer, and rarely fails.
How dare she take advantage of such a talented and powerful emperor?
This time, Empress Wu really touched Li Zhi's side.
Ni Lin was not the wife of the State of Wei, but a deceiver, offending the imperial power he valued most.
Right in Tai Chi Palace, under Li Zhi's nose, you dared to kill someone openly, and then you even made up a bad excuse that no dog would believe to fool him. Isn't this seeking death?
Empress Wu sighed helplessly. At this moment, she wanted to slap herself hard.
By placing the blame for the poisoning of Mrs. Wei on the Wu brothers, she eliminated not only her enemies but also her love rivals. Empress Wu was secretly rejoicing the day before yesterday, thinking that her method of killing two birds with one stone was a wonderful one.
However, from the moment she misjudged Li Zhi's psychology, she was doomed to fail miserably.
Now she is more anxious about what Li Zhi will do next.
Is clipping her wings a blow to her, or is it just a warm-up before something big happens? Does he have any plans to abolish her later?