At noon, a large ornate carriage slowly drove into Yingtian Gate and stopped by the steps in front of Zhenguan Hall. Several palace maids and eunuchs quickly came up and carefully helped Princess Taiping, who was pregnant with Liujia, off the carriage.

"Is the Lord here?"

"The Lord heard that the princess was coming, let us serve carefully!"

The eunuchs and palace maids helped Princess Taiping slowly walk into the hall, and came to Wu Zetian's temporary bedroom for lunch break. A group of palace maids came out to help Princess Taiping into the room. Wu Zetian had just had lunch and was about to rest for a while. At this time, a large group of palace maids surrounded Princess Taiping and walked in.

"Daughter, see mother!"

Prince Taiping knelt down and saluted. Wu Zetian hurriedly stepped forward to support her daughter, looked her up and down and smiled: "Fortunately, it seems that the fetus is very correct, and this fetus should be a little girl."

"But my daughter wants to give birth to a boy!" Princess Taiping said coquettishly to her mother.

"Isn't it good for a little girl? You already have a few sons, so you'll have a daughter more considerate."

The mother and daughter joked for a few words before sitting down. Wu Zetian sent someone to take the red date lotus seed soup again. Princess Taiping asked tentatively, "Is my mother in good health recently?"

"The court has been busy recently, and the war in Liaodong is tight. I am really unable to bear it. Especially if I can't find a suitable imperial doctor, I feel very upset."

Wu Zetian said it was very subtle. In fact, it was because Shen Nanmiao escaped that her body and mind fell into loneliness again. This was also the reason that she began to look for a new person. Li Zhen fell into her eyes at this moment, making her miss her and also put Li Zhen in crisis.

How scheming was Princess Taiping? When she heard the news of Shen Nanmiao's escape, she knew that her chance had come. The daughter-in-law recommended Xue Huaiyi, which allowed the daughter-in-law to gain endless glory and wealth.

But Princess Taiping doesn’t care about wealth and honor. What she wants is power. If her mother has a confidant around her, it will play an important role in improving her power.

Last night, she received news from the palace that her mother actually took a fancy to Li Zhen, which made Princess Taiping feel a little anxious. If Li Zhen replaces Shen Nanmiao, then the benefit will be Shangguan Wan'er, and her plan will be vain again, so after she gave Li Zhen a favor, she rushed to the palace at noon today.

"Mother, my daughter knows a person who is very good at massage and can sing and dance. If her mother is interested-"

Wu Zetian understood what his daughter meant and knew her daughter's vision. If she even praised her daughter, then this person would definitely be extraordinary. She was also a little moved and smiled: "I want to take a look after you said this."

Princess Taiping was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "My daughter has brought him, so she is waiting outside the palace."

Princess Taiping gave a few instructions to the eunuch, and the eunuch walked away quickly. At this time, Wu Zetian smiled again: "I have activated Di Renjie, and it is indeed a good effect of seeing the shadows. The memorials I received were one day faster than before. Yesterday and today's court meetings were obviously full of vitality. It is not as dusk as before. Di Renjie deserves to be my pillar of the court."

"My daughter has also heard that the gods have been doing business in major restaurants these two days, with most officials celebrating the return of the prime minister. My daughter also admires her mother's tolerance and courage. She ignores past grudges and only appoints her talents. I believe that the prime minister will bring more talents to her mother."

Di Renjie is a supporter of Prime Minister Li Dan and is on the same position as Princess Taiping. Of course, Princess Taiping has to speak more beautifully for Di Renjie, and Wu Zetian also understands it in his heart.

She smiled faintly: "When it comes to recommending talents, yesterday Di Renjie recommended Chen Zi'ang and Yao Yuanchong to me, saying that Chen Zi'ang was upright and fair, not afraid of power, and was a talent for the censor. He recommended him as the censor of Hebei Inspection. Yao Yuanchong had meticulous ideas and did nothing, and recommended him as the Minister of Revenue. I have read their resumes and it is indeed good. I have approved them one by one, but he suggested restoring the seven-phase system."

Wu Zetian suddenly spoke speechless and stared at the door blankly. He saw several eunuchs introducing a young man with a slender figure. He was wearing colorful clothes, with handsome appearance, white skin, peach blossoms, eyebrows like thin willows, red lips and white teeth, and looked a little more handsome than women.

The young man stepped forward and knelt down, opened his lips and said softly: "Little people pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor, long live His Majesty!"

His voice was gentle and pleasant, and Wu Zetian was suddenly relieved and happy. She glanced at her daughter, and Princess Taiping nodded with a smile, "Mother, this is this person!"

Wu Zetian was so itchy that he asked with a smile: "What's your name? How old is it?"

"The villain Zhang Changzong, this year's twenty."

Princess Taiping smiled and added: "He is his daughter's polo player. We all call him Lianhua Liuro, and he sang very beautifully."

Wu Zetian immediately fell in love with this beautiful and charming young man. The more she looked at her, the more she loved her. As expected, she looked better than a lotus, so she wanted to be lucky to come to him immediately. At this time, Princess Taiping stood up and smiled and said, "My daughter is not in good health, so she has to go back and rest. Come and visit her mother again the next day."

"good!"

Wu Zetian immediately ordered: "Send the princess back to her house!"

The palace maids supported Princess Taiping back. Several eunuchs knew it well and retreated one after another. Only Wu Zetian and Zhang Changzong were left in the dormitory. Wu Zetian waved to him, "Come here!"

Zhang Changzong knew that his good luck had come, and he couldn't help but feel ecstasy in his heart. He walked up in a charming manner and knelt down in front of Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian gently raised his chin, narrowing his phoenix eyes into a slit, and flashing with a terrifying light. Her hand slowly slid under him.

"Liulang, come and relax my muscles first!"

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Changzong stood up, walked behind Wu Zetian and knelt down.

After Li Zhen left Baique Villa, he went to Yique County again, symbolically searching for Wu Chengsi's whereabouts. He did not return to Luoyang until noon the next day. He was really nervous. He did not return overnight in Yique County last night. Will Wu Zetian be angry with him?

In addition, he was also a little uneasy when Princess Taiping promised him. After all, there were no substantive conditions. Is Princess Taiping willing to help him with all his heart?

After entering the government office of the outside government, Li Zhen returned to his official room and took off his outer robe. However, Jiu Zhi ran in like a gust of wind, "Old Li, it's rare!"

"After you are a lieutenant, you're still so shocked. Are you not afraid of your subordinates laughing at you?"

Jiu Zhi said impatiently: "It's really rare. Some people's promotion speed is much faster than you."

“Isn’t it normal to surpass me?”

Li Zhen smiled and asked, "Who is it?"

Jiuzhi closed the door and whispered: "It's the one who fights you to win in the polo competition, Princess Taiping, who is called Zhang. What's the matter?"

"Zhang Changzong!"

"Yes! That's this person."

Jiu Zhi slapped his forehead and smiled ambiguously, "I heard that he was the queen who was the one who was named General Yunhui last afternoon, Zuo Qianniu General, Grandma, is also General Yunhui, just like you."

Li Zhen was stunned, and then he suddenly realized that this was the way Princess Taiping said, and letting Zhang Changzong replace him is a bit incredible! But it is indeed the most effective strategy. It seems that Princess Taiping had a plan, but just made a favor for herself.

Of course, Li Zhen understood that Princess Taiping must have heard the rumor in the palace. The female emperor was interested in her, so she rushed to send Zhang Changzong into the palace. At this time, Li Zhen felt a big rock in his heart landing on the ground. Since Wu Zetian loved Zhang Changzong, he should have nothing to do.

"Who else knows about this?"

"Who knows?" Jiuzhi immediately laughed and said, "The whole Luoyang City is rumoring. You actually asked me who knows about this?"

Li Zhen suddenly felt relaxed all over. He stood up and smiled and said, "Let's go! I'll treat you to drink."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tea boy at the door reported: "General, Miss Di is here and said that there is something important to see you."

"this"

Li Zhen glanced at Jiuzhi, and Jiuzhi quickly laughed and said, "It's okay, let's talk about it another day! I have something to do, let's go first."

Jiuzhi slipped away tactfully. Li Zhen put on his outer robe and quickly walked out the gate. Di Yan was holding a horse and was anxiously looking at the military yamen. She used to be able to enter and exit at will, but since the inner guards officially formed a military army, the rules have become stricter, so she could not go in at will, so she could only wait outside the gate.

Seeing Li Zhen come out, Di Yan quickly came up and said with a smile: "When did you come back?"

"I just came back! I'm going to come to you for lunch, and you're here."

"You are lying!"

Di Yan pursed her mouth lightly and said unhappily: "You went out yesterday, so you didn't call me."

"I had a special situation yesterday. I set off overnight and I really didn't have time to call you. Besides, when I went to your house to knock on the door in the middle of the night, your father would be angry."

When Di Yan heard that he was right, she turned anger into joy and pulled him to smile and said, "Let me find a place to have lunch first, I have something to interrogate you!"...

The two sat down at the old seat of the left bank restaurant. Di Yan pointed to a group of people next to him who were talking and laughed: "Guess what they are talking about?"

Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders, "It's nothing more than someone getting rich overnight and being promoted to General Yunhui!"

Di Yan blinked at him and smiled, "You could have been promoted to general today, but unfortunately you gave up the opportunity."

"Sister Qiu Niang has found you?"

Di Yan smiled and said, "She is my senior sister. How can she not tell me such an interesting thing? I said, it's a pity, even I feel regret for you!"

"Okay!" Li Zhen shook his body and smiled, "Since you don't object, I'll fight for it tonight and become a general tomorrow."

"You guy, you are serious!"

Di Yan picked up the chopsticks and knocked on him, pretending to be angry and said, "If you dare to go, don't think about entering my house again."

Li Zhen held her hand and chuckled in a low voice: "Did Sister Qiu Niang tell you a way to solve this crisis?"

Di Yan's face suddenly turned into red cloth, and she was so embarrassed that she couldn't raise her head, thinking to herself, "Is he proposing to me?"

Li Zhen said softly: "I have written to my eldest sister and asked her to come to Luoyang as soon as possible. She will come in a few days. I hope your parents can agree."

Di Yan was so ashamed that after a long time, she gently bit her lip and said, "Then you have to behave better and let my father like it."

"No problem, he likes me!"

At this moment, the bartender came forward with a wine pot without any worries and smiled: "The wine of both of you is here!"

Di Yan was so scared that she quickly pulled her hand back. Li Zhen glared at the bartender. The bartender was completely unaware of it and put a wine pot and a wine glass on them. At this time, Di Yan asked, "Waiter, what are the people over there talking about?"

"They are talking about Wu Sansi!"

Li Zhen was stunned and grabbed the bartender, "What did you say?"
Chapter completed!