Li Quan sighed, "Miss Wang and I have a good relationship, but Wang Yuanbao and I have some misunderstandings."

"What the hell happened?"

"That's right. After my wine rolling out, I used a low-price strategy and also brought five or six wine shops to buy wine. But not long after, the wine shops canceled my orders one after another. Later I found out that it was Wang Bao who put pressure on the wine shops behind the scenes and forced them to cancel their business with me. I was very angry and went to Wang Yuanbao to discuss the argument. It turned out that he was afraid of offending the Changsun family. I had a quarrel with the Wang family about this matter. It was because of this that I learned another secret of the Wang family, which was related to Miss Wang."

"What's the secret?" Li Zhen blurted out.

Li Quan smiled bitterly and said, "It was Wang Yuanbao who told me in person that Miss Wang had already been engaged three years ago. The other party was a child of the Changsun family, nicknamed "Sick Brother". Just a few days before Miss Wang was about to get married, her fiancé died of illness. It turned out that her fiancé was not good at all. In order to make a happy celebration, the Changsun family asked her to get married as soon as possible. As a result, Miss Wang became a widow."

Only then did Li Zhen figure out something. When he first met Wang Qingyu in Gaochang, he felt that Wang Qingyu was dressed very maturely, with her hair combed in a high bun, which clearly looked like a married woman. Later, he realized that she was actually a girl. He thought she was dressing like that on purpose, but now Li Zhen knew the real reason.

"But... she hasn't passed the door, she's still waiting to get married. She can definitely get married again!"

"Yes! I think so too, but there is a prerequisite here. The Changsun family must cancel this marriage. It is said that the Changsun family did not allow her to remarry for the sake of face, and the Wang family did not dare to offend the Changsun family, so this matter was delayed. Alas! I originally hoped that you would marry Miss Wang as your wife, but the result was-"

Li Quan sighed long. She liked Wang Qingyu very much and hoped that Wang Qingyu could become her sister-in-law, but she didn't expect that things were not that simple. Wang Yuanbao refused at all. She had to die and agreed to her younger brother marry Di Yan.

Li Zhen was speechless. Although he had a good impression of Wang Qingyu and was grateful that she had helped him, marriage cannot be compensated by gratitude. He and Di Yan share the same kind of distress and have deep feelings. Although he was once hot-headed and hoped that Shangguan Wan'er would marry him, when he calmed down, he still wanted to marry Di Yan.

Li Quan looked at his brother and smiled and said, "I can only stay in Luoyang for a few days at most, and then I have to rush back to Chang'an, so I plan to visit Mrs. Di tomorrow morning. I have asked someone to send me a message. Are you going with me?"

Li Zhen thought about it and he had nothing to do tomorrow, so he nodded and agreed, but at this moment, the butler, Uncle Lin, said in the hall: "Young Master, someone is sending you a letter outside."

Li Zhen quickly got up and walked down the hall, "Who delivered the letter?" he asked.

"It seems like Gao Fujun!"

Li Zhen hurried to the gate and saw Gao Yanfu's housekeeper standing outside the gate. When the housekeeper saw Li Zhen coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See General!"

"You don't have to be polite butler, has Gao Fujun sent me a letter?"

The housekeeper took out a note and presented it to Li Zhen with both hands. Li Zhen took the note and looked at it. There was only one line of words on it. 'After tomorrow', Li Zhen understood the meaning of Gao Yanfu's words, and then nodded and said, "Please tell Gao Fujun for me, thank him for his help."

The housekeeper hurriedly left, Li Zhen returned to the inner hall and said apologetically to the eldest sister: "I will go to meet the saint tomorrow morning, and I'm afraid I can't accompany you to Di's mansion."

Li Quan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll just go there alone. In fact, it's not very convenient to ask you to accompany you."...

The next morning, Li Zhentian rushed to the Inner Guard Office before dawn, and at the same time he asked someone to take Wu Chengsi to the Inner Office. After the court meeting was over, Li Zhen hurried to the Zhenguan Hall. After waiting for a while, a eunuch quickly walked out and smiled at Li Zhen, "General Li, the emperor promised you to come in, please follow me."

Several guards stepped forward to search Li Zhen and let him follow the eunuch into the hall, "How is the emperor in a good mood?" Li Zhen asked in a low voice.

"The Master is in a good mood these days, thanks to the Zhang brothers who served him well."

Li Zhen laughed in his heart and followed the eunuchs quickly to the hall, but not to Wu Zetian's imperial study, but to the Lianxin Pavilion where Wu Zetian was resting.

Lianxin Pavilion is a warm pavilion, which is a temporary place for Wu Zetian to rest in winter. It is named because it looks like a lotus pod. At this time, Wu Zetian was sitting in the warm pavilion chatting with Zhang Changzong's brother's mother Zang. Zang was about fifty years old and had been widowed for more than 20 years. Although she was chatting with Wu Zetian, she always glanced at Wu Jiongxiu who was standing beside her. Wu Jiongxiu was about twenty years old and was extremely handsome and outstanding, and was known as the most handsome man in Wu's family.

The reason why Wu Zetian summoned him was obvious. She planned to let Wu Jiongxiu be Zang's lover, nourishing the heart that Zang had been empty for more than 20 years.

As a woman, Wu Zetian deeply understands the physical and mental pain of Zang's widowhood for many years. Especially after she favors the Zhang brothers, she always tries every means to please these two brothers. It is Wu Zetian's unshirkable responsibility to care for their mother.

Wu Zetian observed his expression and could see that the Zang family was very satisfied with Wu Jiongxiu, so he smiled at Wu Jiongxiu and said, "You retreat!"

Wu Jiongxiu knew that she was going to serve an old woman, and she felt really depressed, but she didn't dare to refuse, so she had to retreat. Wu Zetian took a sip of hot tea and smiled, "My clan's grandson is quick-minded and understanding, so the wife just treats him as her own child."

Mrs. Zang was both ashamed and happy, and quickly stood up to salute, "Your Majesty is so grateful to me for you!"

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, General Li is here."

Wu Zetian nodded, "Let him in!"

Zang was startled and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty wants to see the foreign minister, so I will take my leave first."

Wu Zetian winked the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid took Zang from the side door. Soon, Li Zhen followed the eunuch into the warm pavilion. This was the second time he saw Wu Zetian after twenty days. He saw that Wu Zetian was moisturized as if an old tree was reborn, his skin was more tender, his complexion was rosy, and his face was full of spring breeze. He seemed to have changed.

Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "My minister Li Zhen will meet your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian was feeling well and in a good mood. She didn't know that Li Zhen was trying hard to avoid her. She felt a little guilty about Li Zhen and thought she had broken her trust. However, now she had the Zhang brothers, and she looked down on other men, and the slightest affection for Li Zhen was gradually disappearing.

Wu Zetian smiled and said, "General Li is exempt from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zhen stood up, and he was about to speak, but Wu Zetian said first: "Yesterday Liulang told me that he wanted to play another game of polo with Li Zhen, and you agreed, is that right?"

"Report to your Majesty, it's a game of football skills, not a polo game."

"Oh! So that's it."

Wu Zetian was not very interested in polo, but she tried her best to satisfy what Zhang Changzong liked. She didn't know that Zhang Changzong's real purpose was to avenge Li Zhen's defeat of him. She thought that Zhang Changzong was interested in playing polo, so she smiled happily: "I thought about it and simply expanded the scope of the game and selected 30 polo masters from each guard to play together. Everyone was lively. What does General Li think?"

"Your Majesty has no objection."

"Okay, that's it. I'll ask Gao Fujun to arrange this."

At this time, Li Zhen said again: "Your Majesty, I am here to submit an order to Your Majesty!"

‘Submit the order?’ Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Li Zhen had already captured Wu Chengsi, but at this moment, her face became a little gloomy again and asked coldly: “Have you brought him?”

“It has been brought.”

Wu Zetian did not speak and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. Last night, Gao Yanfu persuaded her that she was her nephew and her father's eldest grandson, and she did not commit any heinous crimes. Even if he was executed like this, it would be difficult to explain to her deceased father.

After pondering for a long time, Wu Zetian asked again: "I heard you caught him in Wenshui County?"

"Yes! He was building a tomb for his father at that time."

Wu Zetian nodded and then ordered: "Take him to see me!"

A guard was about to go out. Soon, Wu Chengsi was taken into the warm pavilion. He saw him naked, tied his hands behind his back, and was carrying branches and thorns on his back. This was the bitter plan that Li Zhen taught him. As soon as Wu Chengsi entered the door, he knelt down and cried, "My nephew is here to apologize to Ah Gu!"

Wu Zetian didn't expect that he was like this, and he even apologized for guilt. He couldn't help but feel angry and funny, and scolded: "This is the palace, what kind of decent look like, why don't you put on your clothes quickly!"

Two eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward and put on his clothes and took the thorn strips on his back. Wu Chengsi was frozen and covered in purple. He knelt on the ground and shivered, and could not speak. Wu Zetian saw that he was weak, as if he was ten years older. She didn't know that Wu Chengsi was hollowed out by wine and thought he was not used to the water and soil of Lingnan, and the anger in her heart disappeared a little.

"I ask you, why did you disobey my will? Go north without authorization. Is my will just hearing the ears of you?"

Wu Chengsi said in tears: "My nephew has been an official for many years. How could he not know that the saint's will be as good as the sky? Although Lingnan is hard, my nephew is not adapted to the environment and has a serious illness, but these will not make my nephew disobey the saint's will. But my father asked my nephew to dream of my nephew and asked me to go back to see him. My nephew was weak and his life was not long, so he wanted to pay a visit to his father at the end, so he fought to the north. Now that his wish was already done, my nephew was willing to die in front of his aunt to redeem his nephew's crime of violating the order."

After saying that, he stood up and bumped into the wall next to him. Li Zhen quickly looked and grabbed him, pressed him to the ground, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't do anything nonsense!"

Wu Chengsi was desperate to die, so he burst into tears again, but he secretly thanked Li Zhen in his heart. He knew that Li Zhen had already done the best to teach him.

Wu Zetian sighed for a while, "Well! I will spare you this time and I will still give you a special position. Go back to the house to cultivate! Don't cause trouble for me again in the future."
Chapter completed!