People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1395 When and how will the emperor die?
The drizzle is misty and the smoke is lingering.

Luoche City in March was also shrouded in rain and fog.

Li Xuan was wearing a black brocade dress and stood in front of the window. In the basin behind her, the paper dust had been completely scattered.

Watching the raindrops falling from the sky and then exploding on the windowsill.

There was a hint of sadness in Li Xuan's eyes.

Wu Chengsi is dead.

An hour of blood draining from the human body is enough to completely drain the blood from a person's body.

If it is confirmed that the man is Wu Chengsi, and if the man's wrist is cut and bleeding, there is no doubt that his blood will be completely drained within an hour.

Li Xuan didn't know how Empress Wu explained it elsewhere, but Wu Chengsi was indeed dead.

Recalling the contact with Wu Chengsi over the past few years, the pity in Li Xuan's eyes gradually faded.

Wu Chengsi, he deserves to die.

When Li Zhi was still alive, Empress Wu still knew how to restrain the children of the Wu family, but as soon as Li Zhi died, the children of the Wu family immediately became crazy and arrogant.

He flattered the empress, harmed the king, framed ministers, and oppressed the people.

Even under the suppression of Empress Wu, Wu Chengsi did many unreasonable things.

That is to say, Li Xuan is away from home all year round. Otherwise, he would have long ago found a way to damage Empress Wu's reputation by exposing Wu Chengsi's scandal.

Shaking her head, Li Xuan knew in her heart that this was impossible.

Because the person who really allowed Wu Chengsi to act so wantonly was the emperor.

In the emperor's balance of power, Wu Chengsi and the Hongnong Yang family were very important chess pieces among the maternal relatives.

Whether it is the Pei family of Li Hong's wife, the Fang family of Li Xian's wife family, or the Wei family of Li Xian's wife family, to be precise, they are all relatives.

It's just that these chess pieces will be placed in different places when the emperor needs them.

The emperor needed Wu Chengsi, and naturally he also needed Wu Sansi.

If you want to secretly attack Wu's reputation, you must not make a fuss about Li Zhi's power scale.

Then there is only Li Xian.

When Li Xian becomes emperor, Wu's weight in the emperor's power scale will be greatly reduced. If we take action at that time, under layers of protection, even Empress Wu will be difficult to investigate.

But the premise is Emperor Li Zhi, when will he die?

Li Xuan looked at the rain curtain outside the window and seemed to see the same rain curtain covering Songshan Mountain.

The death of Wu Chengsi shows that Empress Wu did not know the truth about the so-called Zhonglu Yanming Pill.

Li Xuan once blamed everything on Empress Wu's conspiracy, but now it seems that the emperor is the cold-blooded person.

He originally thought that Empress Wu knew the truth about Zhonglu Yanming Pill, so she would not let Wu Chengsi die. Only then did Li Xuan slowly start to make plans, hoping to let the emperor know that Wu Chengsi was not dead before he died, so that he would At the last moment, he left a legacy.

But now, Wu Chengsi is dead, and all Li Xuan's plans have to change.

He even needs to sort things out from scratch.

The emperor started taking the medicine ten years ago, which means that the medicine at least has a certain effect. Now the new medicine will be ready in a short time. After the emperor takes the medicine, there is a high possibility that he will continue to live for a while.

But the premise of all this is that the emperor must be able to take this elixir.

If Li Xuan, or anyone else, manipulates this elixir, or even prevents the emperor from taking this elixir at all, then the emperor is dead.

At this moment, the figure of Empress Wu inevitably jumped into Li Xuan's mind.

If it really comes to a critical moment, will Empress Wu let the emperor take medicine?

Over the years, as Li Xian has been the crown prince for longer and longer, people's hearts have gradually become more attached to him.

Li Xuan's methods are very clever. Now he only manipulates people at the middle and lower levels.

A fifth-grade official, a first-level doctor.

Fortunately for now, although these people hold key positions in the DPRK, they do not have much say.

But after four or five years, these people will be at least the rank of minister, and there may even be a few ministers.

These people have all given lessons to Li Xian. As long as Li Xian is willing to call these people teachers, then in a few years, these people will all be prince's teachers or even emperor's teachers.

In this way, Li Xian will have enough background in the Six Parts.

If coupled with the operation of the above aspects, he could even directly use the six ministers to evade the prime minister, and even evade the emperor and empress Wu.

This is the fundamental purpose of Li Xuan's detailed calculations now.

But that was all five or six years later, and the emperor doesn't care at all now.

However, what is most indispensable in this world is people with extraordinary vision.

Li Xian had a cowardly temperament, and the emperor was extremely reassured by him. He was even worried that he would not be able to support him and wanted to survive for a few more years.

But Empress Wu couldn't wait. If the emperor passed this level and continued to escort Li Xian, it would be difficult for even Empress Wu to do anything.

Even in the next few years, she will still be immersed in the battle with the prince.

From Li Hong to Li Xian, and then to Li Xian, if Li Xian is deposed again, Empress Wu's desire for power will no longer be able to be blocked.

If the prince is deposed again under Li Zhi's eyes, Li Zhi will never give Empress Wu any chance to interfere in the government affairs.

Once Li Dan ascends the throne, all officials in the government and the public will drive her back to the harem completely.

Even Pei Yan wouldn't give her any chance.

Empress Wu only has one chance left.

and so……

Li Xuan's eyes turned cold. If he really goes that far this time, then his plan can continue again.

It was nothing more than replacing the news that Wu Chengsi was alive with other means.

Empress Wu did not want the emperor to live, and everything would only be revealed at the last moment.

What method did Li Xuan use to uncover everything and let the emperor see clearly the true face of Empress Wu?
……

The cold wind blew, and Li Xuan frowned.

From the time Empress Wu takes action to the death of the Emperor, the time left for him will definitely not be very long.

Even with only half a quarter of an hour, how can Li Xuan achieve her goal. Li Xuan's eyes became colder and colder, and he even stretched his hands out of the window, letting the cold rain hit his hands.

After gathering her thoughts, Li Xuan took a deep breath.

It's still a long time before Songshan opens the furnace, and Li Xuan is in Fanzhou, three thousand miles away. No matter what he wants to do, it will be much more difficult than others in Chang'an.

After he returns to Chang'an, he will be able to take action based on changes in the situation.

Now, apart from the previous plan, the only place where Li Xuan can do anything is on Mount Song.

That pill.

Naturally, Empress Wu would not let Li Zhi take that pill, but that pill would at least be sent to the palace.

Even the elixir would be delivered to the emperor so that he could see it, but he would never be allowed to take it.

In this situation, the place where Li Xuan can do something is the bottle or box where the elixir is placed.

Play tricks on those places and give the emperor who would have died a little more time to react.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan immediately walked quickly behind the desk, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote down quickly.

A prescription appeared in Li Xuan's writing.

After finishing writing, Li Xuan looked up and looked out the door: "Li Bi!"

"Here!" Li Bi, who had been guarding the door, immediately turned around, returned to the room, cupped his hands in front of Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty."

"Send the letter." Li Xuan handed over the rolled-up prescription with a solemn expression.

Li Bi immediately bowed and left quickly.

……

Li Xuan sat back behind the desk and closed her eyes slightly.

The next moment, he had fallen into the perspective of the goshawk.

When Li Bi tied up the secret letter, a goshawk quickly flew into the sky, and then rushed straight towards Chang'an.

It wasn't until Goshawk evacuated Luoxue City without encountering any obstruction that Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and retracted his gaze for an instant.

This secret letter will be sent by Goshawk to Xinghai, Changzhou, and then from Xinghai to Luoyang.

A twist in the middle, no one will know that this is Li Xuan's letter.

Moreover, the emperor is still in Chang'an and has not yet set off for Luoyang. The atmosphere in Luoyang is relatively relaxed.

Finally, this letter will be sent to the Songshan secret room.

The Taiyin Emperor who stays in the Songshan secret room will use Zhong Daoren's medicine to prepare the prescription bit by bit according to the contents of this secret letter.

Finally, it was sent to Empress Wu and even the emperor.

If Empress Wu did not deliver the elixir to the emperor, then the prescription would be effective through Li Xuan's deliberate means and give the emperor another breath when he was on the verge of death.

By that time, the emperor should be able to send out his final message.

This is Li Xuan's plan, but all this will probably happen in more than half a year, and even Li Xuan herself doesn't know what will happen at that time.

These things at the moment are just used as a foreshadowing pen.

As for the Taiyin Emperor Jun Yang Shen in the secret chamber of Songshan, it was originally hidden in the underground of the Chang'an Palace of the Han Dynasty and cultivated for a long time to preserve itself.

Later, because Li Xuan discovered that Songshan was likely to threaten Xia'er, he came up with the idea of ​​​​moving him there and protecting Xia'er at the same time.

After Yang Shen arrived, he discovered that the secret room in Songshan Mountain was particularly suitable for Yang Shen's cultivation.

Thinking about it, that place was originally used by the Zhongdao people to worship their ancestor Zhong Liquan. There were several mummies inside, and there was an alchemy place outside. It was strangely suitable for the cultivation of the Yang God.

Li Xuan had a vague feeling that maybe the place itself was prepared by Zhong Daoren.

Although his cultivation level is not high now, it does not mean that he will do so in the future.

If the body from the outside world is sealed and only the Yang God exists in the cave, then it is equivalent to eternal life in disguise.

Of course, Zhong Daoren should not have that opportunity.

After the emperor dies, Empress Wu will take action against him.

Whether to imprison him and make elixirs for herself, or to kill him outright, that is Empress Wu's business.

Li Xuan only needs to stay there, grinding the medicine powder with her hands and feet, waiting for Xia'er to arrive, and then quietly protecting her is enough.

As for external matters, it will not leave Songshan until Xia'er's matter is resolved.

Moreover, when the emperor arrives in Luoyang this year, I am afraid he will not leave easily until he returns to Chang'an, which is at the end of next year.

……

Li Xuan looked up at the rain curtain outside, wondering if the emperor would have a chance to return to Chang'an again.

Suddenly, Li Xuan's eyes narrowed. In the rain curtain, two figures were walking quickly towards the study with umbrellas.

Surprisingly, it was Zhang Daan and Zhang Hongyu.

Li Xuan quickly stood up, came to the door, and greeted: "Mr. Zhang, Zhang Canjun, why is this so urgent? We can't wait until the rain stops."

Zhang Daan looked at Zhang Hongyu. Just as Zhang Hongyu was about to say something, Li Xuan took a step back and said, "Come in first and have a sip of tea."

The two of them were invited to sit down. Li Xuan poured the tea himself. Zhang Hongyu took a sip politely, and then said to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, the review of the states and counties has been completed. Among all the states and counties, the reform in the northwest has the worst results." The county magistrate Cui Shi was completely disorganized in his governance, and even almost caused civil unrest. If Zhuang Chuo, the governor of Cuozhou, had not taken action, the situation in the reform would have been out of control. "

Li Xuan's brows suddenly furrowed and asked, "What's going on? Didn't the Cui family send anyone to help?"

Cui Shi is a very young scholar, born in the Cui family of Boling. He is very talkative and is quite interesting when talking to others.

Li Xuan also met him in person. Although he didn't say much, he could still tell that he was quite capable, and he was accompanied by several staff members.

"The Cui family members were injured by the mountain people and fell into coma." Zhang Hongyu said with a wry smile on his face.

"What?" Li Xuan couldn't believe it, and then asked: "What are you going to do when you join the army?"

"Cui is dismissed from office." Zhang Hongyu looked at Li Xuan solemnly and said at the same time: "The performance of Zhuang Chuo, the governor of Cuozhou, has also fallen to the best because of this incident, but I think it is good to reprimand him."

"That's it. Cui is dismissed from office. As for Zhuang Chuo, the results are recorded. If he commits the crime again, the two crimes will be accumulated."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)