The New Year's Eve ended late at night. At this time, the gate of the house was closed and all the disciples stayed in the martial arts hall. Li Zhen took Jiuzhi and Zhang Li to the house. Although he drank a few more drinks, he was in great enthusiasm tonight, which was the most pleasant New Year's Eve in recent years.

"Old Li, it's a pity that Xiaoxi didn't come."

"There is no way. Being an imperial physician in the palace is like this. Others rest and they are busy."

"That's right, you originally just asked him to be the imperial physician for a few days, but this kid is addicted. Think about treating palace maids every day, rubbing and pinching them, if I were willing!"

Listening to Jiuzhi's interesting words, the three of them laughed together.

When they walked into the gate, they saw Li Quan digging something in the yard with a hoe. The three of them were curious and came up together, "Sister, what are you doing?"

Li Quan ignored them, but buried a pair of her husband's broken shoes into the digging pit. Jiu Zhi scratched his head and said suddenly: "My mother was the same last New Year's Eve. I asked her why she buried my broken shoes. She said that I could become an official in this way."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "My white-edged boots seem to be worn too. Are you buried too?"

"I've buried it for you, just under the peach tree in your yard."

Li Quan said angrily: "I have put two small bags by the well in your yard, one is twenty-seven pockmarked seeds and the other is twenty-seven small beans. When the afternoon is over, remember to throw them into the well."

"Why is that?"

"Repel the plague!" Li Quan replied hard.

"Sister, you seem a little unhappy."

Li Zhen looked at the eldest sister's face and asked carefully: "Have you brother-in-law not come back yet?"

"He'd better die outside and don't come back."

Li Quan carried the hoe and turned around and left. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves and wheels suddenly came from outside, and someone knocked on the door, "Please open the door, Mr. Cao is back."

Li Quan hurriedly ran over to open the door. Li Zhen also walked to the door. A servant helped Cao Wen, who was drunk, walk in. "Madam, Mr. Cao only drank three glasses of wine, and he was so drunk."

Li Quan frowned. She knew that her husband was very drunk and hurriedly stepped forward to support Cao Wen. At this time, a young woman's voice came from behind, "Sorry, we didn't take good care of her."

Everyone then found that there was a luxuriously dressed young woman following behind her. She had pretty face, her tall clouds, and the jewelry on her hair shining. She stepped forward and bowed, "I didn't expect Mr. Cao to be drunk. My father asked me to send him back. I have my father's gold medal and can open the door."

Li Quan knew this woman, Wu Sansi's daughter Wu Dingxiang. Last time Cao Wen was frightened by the leopard, she also came. Although Li Quan felt a little uncomfortable and felt that this girl Wu was too enthusiastic, people made it very clear that she needed to use a gold medal to open the door. She hurriedly bowed and thanked: "Thank you Miss Wu!"

"Then I'll say goodbye first!"

Wu Dingxiang bowed, smiled and nodded to Li Zhen, turned around and drove away slowly.

At this time, the housekeeper Uncle Lin came out and helped Li Quan to help Cao Wen into the inner courtyard. Li Zhen also returned to his east courtyard. At this time, Jiu Zhi muttered inappropriately, "The fangmen is not the city gate, so there is no need for Wu Sansi's gold medal!"

....

Outside Fengyi Palace, the imperial physician Shen Nanmiao and his apprentice Yao Xi hurriedly walked up the steps and walked into the emperor's bedroom. Tonight was New Year's Eve. It was not Shen Nanmiao on duty, but Shangguan Wan'er scolded him and ordered him to be on duty tonight.

Chen Nanmiao remembered what Shangguan Wan'er said to him a few days ago. He was really nervous. What would happen tonight? He was a little expectant, but he was also very nervous.

He quickly walked to Wu Zetian's bedroom, turned around and told his apprentice Yao Xi, "You are here to wait for me, I will call you if you have something."

"yes!"

Yao Xi stood at the door with the medicine box waiting. At this time, Shangguan Wan'er happened to walk out of the room, winked at Chen Nanmu, and smiled and said, "The Master is waiting for you in the room, you must serve you well."

"I understand!"

Chen Nanmu walked in with a massage bag. The room was particularly warm, filled with a faint fragrance. Eight palace maids stood beside a large hibiscus tent. Wu Zetian was lying on the extremely soft bed, covered with a thin brocade quilt. She half-closed her eyes, as if waiting for something.

At this time, Chen Nanmu washed his hands, wiped them dry with a soft cloth, knelt down in front of the bed, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm here to massage Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian half-squinted his phoenix eyes, looked at him deeply, and smiled meaningfully, "I'm disturbing Dr. Chen to rest. I'm sore today. Please pinch it for me."

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Nanmu rolled up his sleeves and put his hands into the quilt. His body shook slightly, and his face suddenly became hot. He quickly lowered his head and carefully pinched Wu Zetian with his body. Wu Zetian narrowed his eyes and enjoyed his male slight delicate and gentleness. She was tired of Xue Huaiyi's roughness. At this time, she prefers Chen Nanmu's considerate and carefulness.

Soon, Wu Zetian's charming eyes gradually became hot. Her charming eyes looked at Chen Nanmu with a warm look, and a jade hand gently grabbed his wrist.

"You...she!" Chen Nanmu said with a trembling voice.

Two palace maids walked quickly behind Chen Nanmu, and with a whisper, pulling up the thick curtain...

Yao Xi was walking back and forth outside the dormitory, waiting patiently for the master to come out. At this time, an eunuch walked out quickly and handed a piece of jade to Yao Xi, "Yao Shaolang, your master asked you to send this piece of jade to your master's wife."

Yao Xi was shocked, took Yu and asked, "Don't my master come out?"

The eunuch looked at him with a strange smile, "Don't ask so much, your master is going to stay here tonight, go quickly!"

After all, Yao Xi had been in the palace for some time and understood a lot of things. He quickly pinched the jade tightly and walked out of the palace with the medicine box.

...

New Year's Eve is also a night when many people have difficulty sleeping. In the White Horse Temple, twenty miles east of the Shendu Luoyang, a lantern tree as high as ten feet tall stands on the earth mountain behind the White Horse Temple. The lights are brilliant and the wheels are dazzling, and they can be clearly seen dozens of miles away.

Xue Huaiyi was wearing a golden robe, wearing a Vairocana crown on his head, and standing under the lamp tree with a golden staff in his hand. He stared at the distant Luoyang City with cold eyes. He originally planned to return to Luoyang today to apologize to Wu Zetianping and spend New Year's Eve with her. Every year they spend New Year's Eve like this.

But he never expected that just when he was about to set off at noon, he received urgent news from Luoyang. His confidant, the assistant censor Wang Hongyi, was dismissed and investigated for deceiving the emperor. At the same time, the emperor issued an order to punish him for not being strict in regulating the monks and dismiss him from his position as the General of Right Guard.

This was like a blow to knock Xue Huaiyi out. He never expected that things would become so serious that he couldn't help but feel panic.

Frankly speaking, Xue Huaiyi is not a slow-responsive person, but habits are a bad thing. Over the years, he has long been used to the emperor's indulgence on him and used to doing whatever he wants. He has done something ten times more serious than Weisch's plan and has not been punished.

So when Weish's plan was exposed, he did not take it seriously. Instead, he sent hundreds of monks to intercept the gold transported from Songnan Temple. It was his wealth. How could it fall into other people's pockets? He was also used to the fact that the emperor would be angry with him for this, and then summoned him back to bed in a few days.

When habit blinds his vigilance, he naturally becomes dull.

It was not until he learned that he had been removed from the position of General of the Right Guard that he finally realized that Wei Shi's plan was by no means a trivial matter. The emperor had already begun to distrust him. The monks in the White Horse Temple were rampant and acted nonsense outside for many years. But this time, not only did someone publicly kill his thirty Hu monks, but he was also demoted because of this.

Realizing that something was wrong, Xue Huaiyi began to panic. He was a little helpless now. Will he be even more humiliated when he goes back in a hurry?

In order to attract the attention of the emperor, he specially lit a hundred-foot-high lamp tree on New Year's Eve. Standing in the hall, the emperor should be able to see it. So would she suddenly miss herself and take herself back?

At least Xue Huaiyi had such expectations, but he never dreamed that at this time, his female emperor had already slept with other men.

"Master, the night is cold, the wind is cold, let's go back to the temple first!" Xue Huaiyi's confidant disciple Meiji whispered.

Xue Huaiyi was already tired of women. Now he became interested in the young monk with beautiful eyes. He raised twelve young monks with handsome appearances, and he was nicknamed the Twelve Vajra Guardians. This young monk Meiji was one of them. He was deeply loved by him and almost obeyed his words.

Xue Huaiyi was so cold that his legs were trembling. He thought about it and it was right. If the imperial decree came to summon him, he would go to the temple. Xue Huaiyi nodded and walked towards the temple at the foot of the mountain surrounded by monks.

The Buddha Palace where Xue Huaiyi lives is located in the middle of Baima Temple, covering an area of ​​more than 200 acres. It is completely built according to the appearance of Yaoguang Hall. The palace is magnificent, with the eaves, corners, columns and beams painted with gold powder. It is even more gorgeous and dazzling in the sun, with dazzling brilliance. The pavilions around it are exquisitely shaped, the lake light sways, and the green trees are shaded.

The exquisite and luxurious furnishings in the hall are even better than the imperial palace. The money and treasures Wu Zetian rewarded Xue Huaiyi over the years have accumulated as many as mountains.

When he had a little free time, Xue Huaiyi would always bring his twelve guardians to make trouble among the treasures, but although it was New Year's Eve, he was in a state of no mood.

In the Zen room, Xue Huaiyi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. The sky was getting darker. There was no news of the sage oracle coming on the road, and he almost had no hope.

The question now is how should he save the situation, he is willing to apologize for guilt, and he is willing to give up his position as the chief supervisor of Longyou Dao, but the key is how should he do it?

Should he return to the palace, or wait for the emperor to summon him?

"Abbot, I think--"

Meiji, who was standing aside, said subtly: "We should first figure out where the enemy is? Who can help us?"

Meiji is commonly known as Li Ming. He was originally a scholar and had read many books. He was not as vulgar as other young monks and was more sensible, so he was deeply favored by Xue Huaiyi.

He reminded Xue Huaiyi with one sentence, yes! Who is his enemy?

Of course, his enemy was Shangguan Wan'er. There is no doubt that he had always wanted to get rid of himself and quickly. The assassination of Dongshou made them become an incongruous feud.

But Xue Huaiyi suddenly realized that those who he thought could help him, such as Lai Junchen, Princess Taiping, Wu Sansi, etc., seemed to remain silent.

He walked slowly to the window and stared at the dazzling light trees on the hills for a long time.

"You can't sit still and wait for death!"

At this moment, Xue Huaiyi made up his mind that he could not remain silent from this. He had to make a difference and let Shangguan Wan'er know that it was not that easy to deal with him Xue Huaiyi.

Xue Huaiyi thought of someone at this time, and he quickly thought in his mind whether he would just take action against this person?
Chapter completed!