Wu Zetian did not show up for three days, which attracted countless speculations from court officials. The ministers did not dare to discuss it publicly, and they all talked about this rather strange incident in their own small circles.

Some people say that the emperor was sick by Wu Sansi's boldness, some people say that the emperor was disheartened by the Wu family and rethinked her choice, but some people say that the emperor still supported Wu Sansi, just to delay the change, and finally let the matter go to nothing.

But no matter which kind of speculation, it is inseparable from Wu Sansi's factors. Indeed, in recent days, various disadvantages to Wu Sansi have risen like a surging waves. The prophecies and announcement incidents have brought out all kinds of evil deeds by Wu Sansi. The evaluation of the word "virtue and evil" has been deeply engraved on Wu Sansi. In addition, the case of Wang Xiaojie's death was actually planned by Wu Sansi, which involves a bigger crime such as treason.

In any case, Wu Sansi's reputation deteriorated, causing many people who originally supported Wu Sansi to begin to reflect, do they really support such people to become the Nine Five?

On the fourth day, public opinion continued to ferment, and voices against Wu Sansi were overwhelming. In the morning, a carriage drove to the Zhenguan Hall. Di Renjie walked out of the carriage and walked into the hall with his pickup steps.

He had just received the will and the Lord wanted to summon him, which was expected by him. After all, he was the head of all officials. In the matter of establishing a crown prince, the Lord could not ignore the opinions of his ministers.

In fact, Di Renjie did not have any way to oppose Wu Sansi's establishment of the crown prince. For example, if he just as long as he climbed the high school and called on all officials to resign and return to his hometown to protest, at least more than half of the ministers would respond, including local officials.

But the cost of doing this is too high, it will drag the Tang Dynasty into the abyss of darkness, lead to the outbreak of civil war, and the prosperity will sink from then on. This is not the result that Di Renjie wants to see.

Although Li Zhen’s methods were not very open and vicious, Di Renjie had to admit that the cost of doing so was small. As the saying goes, using poison to fight poison, Wu Sansi died on the evil things he had done.

So Di Renjie did not object in the end, and he wanted to see the final effect.

At this time, a eunuch ran out and bowed and said, "The Supreme Court of Di, the emperor is waiting in Lianxin Pavilion."

Di Renjie nodded and followed the eunuch toward Lianxin Pavilion.

Wu Ze has not gotten sick these days, nor has hesitated to wait for change, leaving things alone. She is indeed rethinking and repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

Of course, Wu Zetian knew that this was a fierce attack launched by someone against Wu Sansi. Wu Zetian would not be pity for this smearing behavior behind it. As long as he found out, he would inevitably have a thunderous attack, but this time she couldn't get hard. She knew very well that this was the counterattack of the Li royal family against the Wu family. If she attacked, she would definitely hurt her muscles. But if she didn't attack, the Li royal family would inevitably be arrogant again and eventually threatened her throne.

Wu Zetian hopes to be able to balance, and she hopes to form a new balance after breaking the balance, but this time, she is a little confused. Could it be that after breaking the balance of Li Wu, she can no longer form a new balance?

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Di is here."

Wu Zetian nodded, "Supreme him in!"

After a moment, Di Renjie hurried in, bowed and said, "Old minister Di Renjie, see Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian sighed, "Secretary Di, I have been having a hard time these days!"

"Did Your Majesty worry about that letter?"

Wu Zetian shook his head, "How can a letter bother me so much? I am troubled by Li Wu in the future. Whether Li destroyed Wu or Wu destroyed Li, it is a result that I do not want to see. Frankly speaking, my consideration of establishing Wu Sansi as his heir is a balance I have repeatedly considered."

Di Renjie pondered for a moment and asked, "What kind of balance does Your Majesty want to see?"

"I hope to see Li Wu live in harmony for generations."

Di Renjie nodded. He knew that the emperor would say so. He has been working hard these two days, considering how to convince the emperor to change his decision. He slowly said: "Your Majesty, who is better, Li Wu, who is stronger?"

"Why ask more? Of course, Li Qiangwu is weak, so I consider helping the weak."

"The question is here. Once the weak have mastered the throne, will it treat the strong well? In the past, Emperor Wen of Sui ascended the throne and Yang was the weak. How did he treat the strong Yuwen clan? Couldn't his Majesty think of it?"

Wu Zetian did not speak for a long time. Yang Jian ascended the throne and killed all the Northern Zhou royal family. It was only a hundred years apart, and it is still vivid in my mind. Di Renjie said again: "On the contrary, the strong will come to power, because there is no threat, but it will treat the weak well and win over the reputation. I believe that Your Majesty will know more about this than the weak minister."

Wu Zetian walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the distant sky silently. Di Renjie knew how to untie the last knot of the emperor's heart. He advised: "Your Majesty is the aunt of King Liang. From ancient times to the present, no nephew will put his aunt at the highest point of the altar. On the contrary, King Xiang and King Luling are the sons of Your Majesty. As sons, can they disrespect their mothers? Do they dare to violate human ethics and ignore filial piety?"

Wu Zetian was shocked all over, and Di Renjie's straightforward words stabbed her deep in her heart. She suddenly remembered that Wu Sansi had imitated the imperial tomb a few years ago to build a tomb for her father. If Wu Sansi got to power, I am afraid that a hundred years later, it would not be herself who enjoyed the honor of the imperial tomb, but Wu Sansi's father.

Wu Zetian was immediately upset, and her last bit of confidence in Wu Sansi completely collapsed under Di Renjie's persuasion. Wu Zetian sighed long, "It is my blessing to have Di Qing as the prime minister!"

Di Renjie knew that Wu Sansi had a turn for the title of Prince, and he was secretly happy in his heart and bowed to him, "I will not disturb Your Majesty, I will leave."

"Go! Let me think about it again."

Di Renjie retreated, Wu Zetian stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and said nothing for a long time. After a while, she felt something. When she turned around, she saw Zhang Changzong standing at the door with his hands down. Wu Zetian laughed softly and said, "Why is Liulang coming?"

"I'm here to help His Majesty solve his problems."

Wu Zetian waved and asked him to sit beside her. She put her arms around Zhang Changzong's waist and smiled, "What are Liulang's opinions?"

Wu Zetian hesitated these days, and the Zhang brothers were also discussing repeatedly. They had reached a consensus that they had indeed made mistakes in Wu Sansi's matter. They should not have made an early statement to let Wu Sansi take over. They should let Li Wu continue to fight fiercely. This is in their interests. Only when Li Wu fights both sides can they eventually benefit.

Therefore, we must never establish a crown prince now. We should let the position of crown prince be bait, let Li Wu compete for it, and try our best to please their brothers. Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi have made a decision that they should use their special status to influence Wu Zetian.

Zhang Changzong whispered: "The establishment of a crown prince is the foundation of the country, and it is related to the survival of the country. It is indeed impossible to easily decide who to establish or not. For example, Wu Sansi was almost made the crown prince because he was unethical and was almost made the crown prince. This is the biggest lesson. Wulang and I both think that Your Majesty should consider it carefully and observe it carefully. Wu Sansi's lesson can no longer be allowed to reproduce. In fact, whether it is the Wu family or the Li family, it has nothing to do with us brothers. The key is that you cannot ruin Your Majesty's reputation for generations."

Wu Zetian nodded. The Zhang brothers said that the hearts of her heart were rising. She realized that whether the Wu family or the Li family would lead to a huge impact, or even war, she needed time to adjust the conflict between Li and Wu. In the end, even if the Li family came to power, the Wu family must be properly arranged.

At this moment, Wu Zetian made up his mind to temporarily give up the idea of ​​enthroning Wu Sansi as the crown prince.

At this time, Zhang Changzong said again: "There is also the case of our brother being killed, and I hope His Majesty can handle it properly."

A sentence reminded Wu Zetian that Li did too much this time. If they didn't teach them a lesson once, they wouldn't know what more extraordinary things they would do next time.

Moreover, since Wu Sansi was banned from the opportunity to become the crown prince, he also had to attack the Li royal family and give the Wu family some comfort, which was also a balance.

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian immediately issued an order: "Transfer my order and quickly announce the meeting of the Censor Ji Xu."

The eunuchs who announced the eunuch ran away quickly, and Wu Zetian smiled at Zhang Changzong and said, "Prepare well with Wulang. We will drink tonight and stay drunk!"

Zhang Changzong understood what Wu Zetian meant, smiled softly, stood up and left quickly. As soon as Zhang Changzong left, Wu Zetian's face sank, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. For a moment, Ji Xu hurried into the room and bowed and said, "I am the one who is Ji Xu, please see Your Majesty!"

"Ji Zhongcheng, I will give you three days to investigate the murder of Zhang Jingxiong. Now four days have passed. You should give me an explanation!"

Of course, Ji Xu knew why the emperor summoned him. In the past few days, he had been repeatedly investigating and verifying the details of the murder of Zhang Jingxiong. More importantly, Princess Taiping had given him clear instructions, so he knew where the direction of the case was.

He took out a volume of documents and submitted them respectfully to Wu Zetian, "Report to Your Majesty, this is my preliminary investigation plan. Because some details need to be verified, it is not possible to report to Your Majesty in time."

The eunuch submitted Ji Xu's report to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian opened it and looked at it, frowned slightly and said, "Can you really be sure that it was Li Chongrun's work?"

"Report to Your Majesty, there is no evidence at the scene of the murder case. However, Weichen found some jewelry that was stolen at the same time in a jewelry shop in Nancheng City. After repeated investigations by Weichen, it was finally found that these jewelry were sold by a guard from the Luling Prince's Mansion. Now the guard has confessed and he has participated in the murder of Zhang Jingxiong."

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment and said, "What do you mean is that King Luling might also be involved in this assassination?"

"Weichen has not yet tried that, so we can only confirm that Li Chongrun is related to this case."

Wu Zetian took a few steps behind her hands. The investigation report came in time and Li Chongrun appeared just right. Even if the matter was secretly instructed by King Luling, she could not involve the matter on King Luling, and she needed to click.

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian said slowly: "No need to investigate anymore, use Li Chongrun to close the case!"

In early May of the first year of Dazu, Wu Sansi was abolished for interfering in military affairs and demoted to Duke of Liang, and stopped his qualifications to be a royal heir. At the same time, Li Chongrun, the eldest son of King Luling, was shot dead at Yingtianmen by Wu Zetian for his crime of arbitrarily discussing the government affairs. His father, Li Xian, the King of Luling, was not told, and ordered him to think about his mistakes behind closed doors and be fined for one year.

At this point, the incident of Wu Sansili's reinvention finally came to an end and there was no further information.

But another rumor came out that Princess Taiping and the Prime Minister tried their best to ask the emperor to enthrone two Zhang as princes, but in the end, without the emperor's consent, Zhang Changzong was named Duke of Ye, Zhang Yizhi was named Duke of Heng, and was granted 300 households.
Chapter completed!