The rift in the couple's relationship has actually existed for a long time. It's just that Li Zhi has been forbearing and compromising for the sake of the overall situation of the world and the stability of the court.
Li Zhi perfectly inherited the ambition of his father, Emperor Li Shimin, and he was very generous in his conduct and actions. This can be seen from the current atmosphere of the ruling and opposition parties in the Tang Dynasty.
Today's Tang Dynasty is more open, more tolerant, and more humane than during the Wude and Zhenguan years.
It's just that Li Zhi didn't act in a high-profile manner. The changes in Datang over the years were a subtle and silent process. Everyone felt that there seemed to be changes in their lives, but they couldn't tell where they had changed, but the days did become more and more comfortable.
From this perspective, Li Zhi may be a bit better at governing the country than Li Shimin.
The same is true for the relationship between husband and wife.
An emperor who can be generous, righteous and tolerant to the world would care about his own mother-in-law?
In addition, Empress Wu had a strong personality, so of course Li Zhi was happy to let her express herself. Even if she occasionally went overboard, he would just give her a subtle slap. Why would it be so ugly as to make the husband and wife quarrel?
Li Zhi's gentle attitude towards Empress Wu was not the same in the eyes of outsiders. Therefore, it was said in the history books that Li Zhi was overwhelmed by the power of Empress Wu. Historians were even more angry at him and said in the history books that he was cowardly and incompetent.
, handing over the great country to the woman.
The real situation is that when Li Zhi was alive, Empress Wu could not get her out of his palm no matter how much she writhed. Li Zhi had absolute power and confidence to hold this woman firmly in his palm.
Just like today, a harmless imperial edict made Empress Wu tremble all over, and her heart was filled with panic.
When they reached the position of Empress Wu, they had long since broken off their love without any trouble. The affection shown by the Tian family couple actually had more elements of acting.
She will not even think about boring and meaningless questions like what marriage brings to women.
From the imperial edict that Li Zhi issued to the Wang family in Taiyuan today, she sensitively sensed that Li Zhi already had thoughts of deposing the queen.
This thought may be intentional by Li Zhi to give her a stern warning, or maybe Li Zhi really has some thoughts, so he uses the method of missing his ex-wife to send some obscure signals to the outside world.
No matter what Li Zhi's thoughts were, it would be very detrimental to Empress Wu.
She finally realized that poisoning Mrs. Wei would not be easy to get over. She had stung a hornet's nest and it would be fatal.
After sitting in Wangyun Pavilion for a long time, Empress Wu took a deep breath, slowly suppressed the fear and anxiety in her heart, and then gritted her teeth secretly.
This matter can no longer be avoided. She must show her attitude. Maybe Li Zhi is also waiting for her to show her attitude.
If she continues to pretend to be deaf and mute like this, she may not be able to keep her position as queen. A very cruel reality is that Li Zhi can change to another queen, but if she loses her position as queen, she will die miserably, even worse than Queen Wang.
awful.
After standing up, Empress Wu straightened her clothes, turned around and walked towards Anren Hall.
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Li Yifu sat in the mansion with a panicked expression, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
He knew that he was a sacrificed chess piece, and was inexplicably involved in the case of the poisoning of Mrs. Wei. In the end, the emperor's finger pointed at him in a case that had nothing to do with him.
Who can I talk to?
Why is it me? I am just a loyal minister who has cuddled up to the queen's lap and has been in the limelight for more than ten years. I am a harmless old baby.
Mrs. Wei is dead. Why don't you seek revenge from the Queen? What are you doing with me?
After experiencing some venting of injustice, Li Yifu finally had to accept the reality.
He could only endure it. Fortunately, the queen had given him the message in advance, so he had enough time to hide the evidence of the evil things he had done, and then left a few trivial crimes behind for others to catch on his own initiative.
Whether dismissed from office or exiled, it is all temporary. The queen needs power and arms in the court, and she cannot do without the assistance of Li Yifu.
Three or two years later, when the news passed, Li Yifu had full confidence that the queen would recall him to Chang'an to revive him.
However, just now, Li Yifu heard bad news, very bad news, this news was enough to kill him.
Warlock Du Yuanji was kidnapped by Wu Minzhi.
There were many shameful things Li Yifu had done, the most serious of which was what Du Yuanji knew. This warlock was the person Li Yifu had to silence.
However, just when the people he sent rushed to the Du family and slaughtered everyone in the Du family, and after cleaning up the corpses, they found that the only one missing was the real owner Du Yuanji. After asking about it, he found out that long before he sent people to take action, Du Yuanji
Yuan Ji has been kidnapped by Wu Minzhi first.
For Li Yifu, this news was a bolt from the blue.
If Du Yuanji does not die, Li Yifu will die.
Sitting alone in the small room, Li Yifu's tense expression relaxed for some reason and turned into a ferocious and crazy expression. It was the last fight for death and the last gamble of his life.
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Ganjingzhuang.
Wu Minzhi was imprisoned under the order of Li Qinzai. The place of detention was still the school dormitory. The dormitory was surrounded by the Li family's tribe and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
It's called detention, but it's actually protection.
Wu Minzhi didn't know what a fatal thing he had done. He had taken advantage of a powerful minister. It would be strange if he didn't fight for his life in order to survive.
The members of the Li family were also mobilized, and were stationed in other courtyards, at the entrance of the village, and near the school. Outposts and hidden sentries were arranged in the dense mountains and forests outside the village.
Following Li Qinzai's order, the entire Ganjing Village was filled with gloomy clouds, and the atmosphere that the war was about to begin was oppressive and uncomfortable.
Li Sujie and others didn't understand the reason, so they came to ask questions one after another. Of course, Li Qinzai would not tell the truth to these bastards, so he just said "normal drill" to cover it up, completely ignoring the humiliating feeling of Li Sujie and others being pressed to the ground and rubbed repeatedly.
Under the ginkgo tree in the front yard, Li Qinzai held his under-month-old son in his arms and kept teasing his pink chin with a loving look on his face. Hongbi grinned silly, and a string of crystal saliva slipped out of the corner of his mouth unknowingly, innocently.
The smile hit Li Qinzai's heart hard.
Babies are still the cutest. Once a child grows up, various problems will gradually appear. Compared with the cute and silly look he once had as a baby, only a stick can relieve the inner gap.
Li Sujie, Li Xian and other disciples squatted in front of Li Qinzai. They also stretched out their hands to tease Hongbi curiously.
"Junior brother is fair and fair. When he grows up, he will definitely be a romantic boy with many wives and concubines." Li Sujie said with a smile.
Li Qinzai said happily: "If you can speak, just speak more and don't hold anything back."
When Qi Bizhen reached out and almost touched Hongbi's delicate skin, Li Qinzai suddenly slapped his hand down.
"Did you send any gifts when my son was born?" Li Qinzai asked abruptly.
Qi Bizhen was stunned and quickly said: "I gave it away. Not only did the elders in the family give it away, but the disciple also gave me a piece of gold lock of longevity and a priceless ancient jade ring..."
Li Qinzai also slowly remembered it and smiled happily: "You are a filial person. Since you paid the money, of course you can touch him, be gentle."
As he spoke, he took Qi Bizhen's hand and let his fingers gently rub back and forth on Hongbi's delicate face.
Hongbi opened his eyes and looked at Qi Bizhen curiously, then he grinned, another string of crystal saliva fell down, and he smiled enthusiastically. His smile was as innocent and friendly as when receiving a big customer.