"So it's you!" Wan Guojun's eyes narrowed into a slit, and there was a fierce light. He reached out to hold the hilt of the sword, and slowly squeezed it tight.

"snort!"

Li Zhen sneered disdainfully, "Does Commander Wan want to kill me to silence me?"

Wan Guojun suddenly realized that his hand had released the hilt of the sword again. Li Zhen was the emperor's personal bodyguard and could face the saint directly. He really didn't dare to offend him easily.

"I won't stop Guard Li, but she can't leave!" He pointed at Zhao Qiuniang and said.

"Did Commander Wan hear what I just said clearly? I have official duties and I have to investigate this person, I must take her away!"

At this time, Wan Guojun was really embarrassed. On the one hand, he knew that Li Zhen was Shangguan Wan'er's man. Once Zhao Qiuniang was taken away by him, she might not be able to get the gold.

On the other hand, Li Zhen is the personal bodyguard of the emperor. If this matter alarms the emperor, he will not be able to bear it.

Wan Guojun stared at Li Zhen for a long time before saying, "This is the internal affairs of the inner guard. Even if you are the emperor Qianniu Bei, you have no right to interfere!"

Li Zhen has already taken the initiative, how could he give in? He took a step forward, held the hilt of the sword in his hand, and stared at Wan Guojun with sharp eyes.

"I am following the will of the Emperor to investigate Wei Shifang. The Zhao Weifang is related to the private property of Wei Shifang. I want to take her to investigate. Commander Wan, do you dare to resist the order and refuse to obey it?"

A big hat was covered, and Wan Guojun couldn't say a word for a long time. Of course, he knew that Li Zhen was indeed ordered to check the Weishi side, and also knew that Zhao Qiuniang had obtained Weishi side's gold. If he stopped him, he would be fighting against the Holy Will and he could not bear this responsibility.

But the question is... If Li Zhen takes Zhao Qiuniang away, how can he explain to Princess Taiping?

Well! I told Princess Taiping that Li Zhen brought the sage edict, but he did not dare to resist the edict, so he asked Princess Taiping to find the sage to check.

Wan Guojun's fierce gaze turned to Zhao Qiuniang again and said coldly: "Personnel Zhao, I hope you can be smarter, what should not be said and what should not be done? I believe you understand it in your heart, but I have to say ugly words ahead. If you dare to betray the inner guard, I will definitely use military law to severely punish it!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Go!"

He turned his horse's head and ran out of the gate. Dozens of inner guard soldiers followed him in line and ran away quickly.

Zhao Qiuniang didn't expect that the matter would be solved so easily. It turned out that Li Zhen's silver medal in the guard was really useful. He pulled the emperor out and scared Wan Guojun away in a few words.

She said worriedly: "Mr. Li, if you falsely pass the imperial edict, it will be troublesome. Princess Taiping will definitely ask the emperor for verification!"

Li Zhen shook his head, "To investigate Wei Shi's side is originally a secret order, and I have not faked the imperial edict unless you have nothing to do with Wei Shi's money and goods."

Zhao Qiuniang sighed, "Go to find Shangguan Sheren first! I am very worried that those brothers can no longer delay."

Li Zhen nodded, "I'll go with my elder sister!"

......

There were crowds of people on the streets, and they could not run away, so they slowed down their horses and walked slowly side by side.

Zhao Qiuniang sighed and whispered: "At this point, I don't want to hide it from you anymore. I am actually not an ordinary businessman, but an inner guard."

Li Zhen nodded silently.

"Aren't you surprised?" Zhao Qiuniang was puzzled by Li Zhen's calmness.

Li Zhen smiled, "I originally thought you were the one who went to Shangqing Tower, but you were an inner guard. Then I can understand your performance in Songshan."

After hesitating, Li Zhen asked her again: "Is that middle-aged man just now the commander of the inner guard?"

Zhao Qiuniang's eyes were filled with resentment, as if she was talking about something that made her extremely disgusting. "He is Princess Taiping's confidant Wan Guojun, and he is also the only deputy commander of the inner guard at present, and he is determined to control all the inner guards."

“As far as I know….”

Li Zhen was still a little puzzled and frowned, "Isn't the commander of the inner guard Wu Youxu in charge? With him here, how dare Wan Guojun act so recklessly?"

"You don't know that Wu Youxu is just a nominal commander. The emperor did not give him real power. She left it to herself, but she didn't have time to ask about it, so the real power fell into the hands of the deputy commander.

The former deputy commander named Luo Sinian, who was another lover of Wei Tuaner. He was not bad, but after Wei Tuaner's death, he was also cleansed and transferred to Chang'an as a guard. Princess Taiping took the opportunity to insert Wan Guojun into the position of Luo Sinian and take over the position of inner guard."

"What about Shangguan Sheren? Doesn't she have no power in the inner guard?"

Zhao Qiuniang smiled bitterly on her face, "You actually know the other deputy commander, too."

"I know? Who is it?"

"It's Sun Li. After he returned from Dunhuang, he was inserted into the inner guard by Shangguan Sheren. However, because his father Sun Yuanheng and Wu Chengsi were too close, Shangguan Sheren immediately transferred him to Dali Temple and prepared to re-arrange a deputy commander. However, due to Xue Huaiyi's repeated obstruction, the emperor has not appointed a new deputy commander for a long time."

Only then did Li Zhen realize that Sun Li was the deputy commander of the inner guard. No wonder he could serve as the head of the Dali Temple, and no wonder he did not dare to disobey Shangguan Wan'er's arrangements.

But Shangguan Wan'er...Li Zhen shook his head, and he regretted Shangguan Wan'er's oversight.

"Why did she do this? She transferred Sun Li away, but she gave Princess Taiping a discount."

"Yes! Shangguan Sheren was also very regretful. She told me that she would have known to keep Sun Li first."

Zhao Qiuniang sighed again and said, "After you leave, I will lead my subordinates to search Songnan Temple carefully, and found 15,000 taels of gold and 50,000 taels of silver from the underground palace of Laojun Hall. I will prepare to take it back to Luoyang today, but I encountered two groups of people on the way to intercept it."

"Can Sister Qiu Niang tell me about it in detail?"

Zhao Qiuniang did not hide Li Zhen, so she explained in detail the ambush by a monk and a man in black last night. When she finished talking about her, they had already arrived at Taichu Palace, and Shangguan Wan'er stood on the steps and stared at them calmly.

"I hope you can give me an explanation, especially you!"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Zhao Qiuniang with annoyed eyes, "Someone said to the emperor... I want to embezzle Wei Shifang's huge wealth. Can you explain the reason to me?"

Zhao Qiuniang and Li Zhen looked at each other. They did not expect that Princess Taiping's movements were so fast and she would complain to the emperor so quickly.

Zhao Qiuniang stepped forward and bowed, "Report to the servants, this is the evil man who complains first. I am here to make the matter clear."

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Li Zhen again, turned around and walked towards her official room, "You guys come with me!"

......

Princess Taiping just came to her mother's imperial study room and failed to intercept the gold. Wan Guojun forced Zhao Qiuniang to fail again. The two consecutive failures made Princess Taiping a little angry and embarrassed.

On the one hand, she wanted to beat Shangguan Wan'er back and accused Shangguan Wan'er of wanting to embezzle Wei Shi's gold. On the other hand, she also wanted to leave herself clear and prevent herself from being passive in this matter.

Princess Taiping is undoubtedly an extremely smart person. She is good at seizing opportunities and is decisive and decisive in her work. She is very similar to her mother Wu Zetian. When she realized that it was difficult for her to seize this wealth, she gave up without hesitation.

Although she decided to give up, she also wanted to make her opponent pay the price, or even though she lost the East corner, she wanted to win the Shuangyu.

"Qi reported to my mother, this is the report of Wan Guojun, the deputy commander of the inner guard."

Princess Taiping respectfully presented a memorial to Wu Zetian, "He is in a low position and his daughter will submit the memorial to her mother."

Of course, Wu Zetian knew that Wan Guojun was from Princess Taiping, and this memorial was what Princess Taiping meant. She didn't want to point it out, so she asked lightly: "What did you say in the memorial?"

"Wan Guojun said that there are many factions in the inner guards and their ownership chaotic, which prevented him from exercising his power as the deputy commander. In the final analysis, it was someone who overstepped his authority and interfered in the inner guards. He begged his mother to clean up the ownership of the inner guards so that the inner guards could operate normally."

Wu Zetian did not open the memorial, but placed it casually in the corner of the imperial case, "I know this, let me consider it!"

Her mother's understatement made Princess Taiping feel like she was hitting her with one punch. She was a little panicked. Did her mother already have an idea about the inner guard?

Fighting for the command of the inner guard is Princess Taiping's clear goal for more than half a year. For this reason, she did not hesitate to secretly collude with Xue Huaiyi. On the one hand, she asked Xue Huaiyi to blow the breeze on her mother, and successfully blocked Shangguan Wan'er's recommendation of the new deputy commander.

On the other hand, she persuaded her mother to cleanse Wei Tuaner's lover Luo Sinian and appointed her confidant Wan Guojun as the deputy commander of the inner guard.

It is impossible not to say that Princess Taiping is indeed very capable and takes two steps to achieve her goal step by step. However, just when she was about to work with Xue Huaiyi and was about to completely control the inner guard, the Wei Shifang incident unexpectedly occurred, which led to Xue Huaiyi being driven back to Baima Temple, disrupting her plan to control the inner guard.

It was not until this time that Princess Taiping learned about Shangguan Wan'er's power. Shangguan Wan'er used roundabout means to break the situation of her inner guard, causing the inner guard to fall into a state of uncertain future.

At this time, a eunuch outside the door reported, "Report to Your Majesty, the Shangguan Sheren is here."

"Let her come in!"

The door opened, Shangguan Wan'er walked in from outside, and she gave a gift, "Wan'er meets Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian smiled and waved his hand, "Is there anything wrong with Wan'er?"

Shangguan Wan'er seemed not to see Princess Taiping standing beside her. She also presented a memorial, "Your Majesty, this is the report of Guard Li's visit to Songshan. Wan'er has carefully reviewed it. Please check it out!"

Although Li Zhen's trip to Songshan was arranged by Shangguan Wan'er, it was Wu Zetian's intention. Compared to the understatement of Wan Guojun's scripture, Wu Zetian seemed very interested in Li Zhen's report.

She took the scripture and opened it, and looked carefully. The scripture was no longer just about what happened in Songshan, but also about Zhao Qiuniang's escort of Wei Shifang's wealth. This actually broke the accusation that Princess Taiping had against Shangguan Wan'er of attempting to embezzle gold.

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, "Can a little alchemist actually conquer such a huge wealth? Are my supervisors and censors all puppet clay sculptures?"

"Report to Your Majesty, this is only part of the wealth. Guard Li also obtained Wei Shi's wealth accumulating list. Wan'er roughly estimated that at least half of the wealth was unknown."

As he said that, Shangguan Wan'er presented another roster to Wu Zetian. This was found by Zhao Qiuniang in the underground palace of Laojun Palace. It was Wei Shifang's record of wealth accruing over the past few years. Wu Zetian took the roster and looked roughly, and his face became more gloomy.

Princess Taiping next to her secretly complained that something was wrong. Shangguan Wan'er undoubtedly began to fight back. Not only did she completely expose Wei Fangshi's old secrets, but she also continued to pursue and settle the old accounts.

She quickly suggested: "Mother, this matter can be handed over to the Censorate, so that they can continue to investigate the matter."

Princess Taiping wanted to hand over this matter to Lai Junchen, let Lai Junchen give this responsibility for Xue Huaiyi, and at the same time clear Shangguan Wan'er out of this matter.

Shangguan Wan'er sneered in her heart and said calmly: "Wan'er thinks this matter should not be extended to the court."

She was hinting that Wu Zetian and Wei Shifang's magic was related to the emperor's dignity, and the fewer people knew, the better.

Although the two of them had never looked at each other from beginning to end, they fought with swords and shadows in front of Wu Zetian, and the atmosphere in the imperial study became tense.

Wu Zetian pondered for a while and asked, "What does Yi Wan'er mean?"

"Wan'er suggests that Li Zhen investigate this matter to the end!"

Wu Zetian took out the suggestion made by Shangguan Wan'er half a month ago from the imperial case and appointed Li Zhen as the deputy commander of the inner guard. She pondered for a moment, then picked up the red pen and drew a circle on it.

Princess Taiping's face turned pale, and she knew that she had lost this game.
Chapter completed!