In the spacious study, Princess Taiping slowly drank tea and listened to Xia Zhong's retelling Zhang Changzong's conditions. Although Xia Zhong was also selfish and greedy for bribery and leaked the secrets of Er Zhang, he was the only person who was trustworthy in Er Zhang.

"General Zhang's condition is that once His Highness ascended the throne, he must be granted the King of Shu and assigned Bashu to him as a fief. His Highness of the Princess must promise that the Tang Dynasty will not be allowed to send troops into Bashu for generations."

Princess Taiping sneered secretly, how naive Er Zhang was politically, and he actually wanted to make such a promise on his own. Didn’t they expect that if they just took office, they would definitely kill them to thank the world?

Princess Taiping raised her eyelids and said lightly: "Master Xia, please tell General Zhang, I cannot guarantee that the Tang Dynasty will be born in generations, because I cannot guarantee that I can only guarantee that myself and my descendants will not enter Bashu. As for him to be the King of Shu, I can completely agree, and I even promised to give him all the taxes of Bashu. As long as he can guarantee that I will take office, I, Li Lingyue, will never go back on my word."

After saying that, she pulled out a jade hairpin from her head, folded it into two pieces, and handed it to Xia Zhong, "This is my promise, you give him the hairpin for me."

Xia Zhong was overjoyed. With the princess's sincerity, he believed that General Zhang would do his best to help the princess get to power.

Princess Taiping smiled happily and took two boxes from the table, one big and one small, and handed them to Xia Zhong together. "The big box is four night pearls, all my treasures, and it is priceless. I gave them to General Zhang, which is also a manifestation of my specific sincerity. In addition, the small box is a diamond. Even if I give Manager Xia a little bit of my wish, please accept it!"

When Xia Zhong heard that it was diamond, his legs were trembling with excitement and bowed quickly, "Thank you princess! Thank you princess!"

"Go! Say more good things for me. In the future, I will ascend you to the throne. I will grant you the Duke of Xia and reward you for your support."

Xia Zhong was so excited that he almost fainted. While dreaming, he hurried back to the palace. Princess Taiping sneered. Even if he gave them ten night pearls, he would still return to him sooner or later.

She walked a few steps in the room with her hands behind her back, and ordered: "Come Wei Bo for me!"

Soon, several guards took Wei Bo, who was obese. According to Princess Wei's plan, Wei Bo should be on the way to Chang'an to kidnap Yao Chong's son, but he was now taken to Princess Taiping's mansion. He was extremely scared and knelt down and kowtowed, "Please spare my life with your princess."

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Don't worry, listen to me and do things for me, I will only double the rewards of him and never kill him."

"The villain is willing to serve the princess! Listen to all the princess' orders."

"very good!"

Princess Taiping took a sip of tea and said, "Before talking about the serious business, I have something to tell you. Li Chongjun, I have killed you for you and fulfilled your wish. I keep my word. I hope you don't break your promise."

Wei Bo was overjoyed. Li Chongjun's lies were not exposed. If Li Chongjun was killed, then Princess Taiping could not verify whether Wu Youning was assassinated by Li Chongjun. He was worried all night last night because he was afraid that this lie would be exposed.

Perhaps it is said that cleverness is always mistaken by cleverness. Princess Taiping is too smart. She believes that Wei Bo dare not deceive her, so she believes that Wu Youning was killed by Princess Wei. Her heart is full of Princess Wei's hatred. Now she is going to step on Princess Wei to take up the throne.

"Now tell me how many private troops Princess Wei has raised and where are they hiding?"

Wei Bo was so scared that he shuddered, and after a while hesitated: "The report we reported to the princess was an army of 8,000, but in fact there were only about 2,000 people, and the rest were falsely reported."

Princess Taiping was stunned. After a while, she realized that it was amazing. She had never seen such a bad person, with a military supply of 6,000 people! Their brothers didn't know how much money they had embezzled. In the past few years, at least hundreds of thousands of yuan had been paid.

But Princess Taiping was also anxious. There was no evidence. How could she bring down Princess Wei? She grabbed Wei Bo's neck and asked, "Where are there still two thousand people?"

"In. in the manor in Xingyang."

"Okay! I want you to destroy your relatives for justice and report to the court that your aunt had an attempt to rebel."

Wei Bo shivered all over, "Then. What should I do?"

"I will save your life. You said, are you going to do it?"

Princess Taiping winked, and several confidant guards stepped forward to catch Wei Bo, scaring him to shout like a pig, "I'll do it! I'll report it!"

Princess Taiping narrowed her eyes and said to herself: "Bitch, your doomsday is here."

..

The next day, another incident broke out in the court and the country that shocked countless people. Wei Bo, the nephew of Princess Wei, publicly revealed that his aunt had the intention of rebellion in Xingyang. Wu Zetian was furious and immediately ordered Li Zhen, the general of the Qianqi Battalion, to lead 5,000 cavalrymen to Xingyang to quickly arrest the Wei family's private army.

In the palace, Princess Taiping said to her mother: "It was purely accidental for my daughter to discover this secret, because her daughter has been chasing the murderer who assassinated Wu Youning. Finally, she found Wei's nephew Wei Bo from the clue of a sword. He finally admitted that it was Wei's wife who sent Wei Bo to Mianchi to assassinate Wu Youning in order to prevent Wu Youning from being appointed as a prince, and intentionally framed her daughter. Wei Bo has fully admitted that her daughter also found other evidence and evidence."

Princess Taiping was very careful. She tried her best to avoid affecting her brother Li Xian and her nephew Li Chongjun. She knew very well that her brother was already dead and had no desire to compete for the throne. Then she did not need to implicate her brother, so as not to form unnecessary hatred with the Qing sect of the imperial court and affect her support from the orthodox parties in the future.

Moreover, as long as Princess Wei is severely punished, his brother will be more or less implicated, and he will have no hope of fighting for the throne.

Wu Zetian closed her eyes and said without saying a word. At this time, Zhang Changzong next to her spoke, "The princess is maintaining the reputation of Your Majesty and the country of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that King Luling has been addicted to Buddha dust and has not been concerned about the world for many years. This must be because Wei's desire to use King Luling to usurp power to realize her ambition to usurp the throne in the future. Wei must be severely punished, and Wei Anshi is also related."

Wu Zetian nodded, "Transfer my will to give Wei's white silk piece, and all his sons and nephews were killed. Wei Anshi dismissed the Prime Minister and sent him to the Lingnan Chong Army. His prime minister was succeeded by Gao Jian, the Minister of Rites."

Princess Taiping was overjoyed. This was the result she wanted. Although she did not pass the throne to her immediately, she had to let Gao Jian be the prime minister and Zhang Changzong support her, she left the throne.

At this time, Wu Zetian said to her again: "I know you are protecting your brother's heart, but his wife is plotting a rebellion. How can he not do anything wrong? He will pass on my order to dismiss the father and son of Luling King Li Xian as commoners, and will not allow him to leave the palace forever."

"Mother's Holy Vigilance!"

When the news spread, countless people sighed for it. The Wei family would eventually revenge their power, but the King of Luling was seized as a citizen, and he had no hope of ascending the throne to the emperor.

That afternoon, Princess Wei Lian cried and committed suicide by hanging herself on a white silk, ending her dream of imperial power for more than ten years.

..

Xingyang was not far from Luoyang, Li Zhen led 5,000 cavalry to Xingyang, captured all the 2,000 private troops in the Wei family manor, and killed the private army commander Wei Song on the spot. He ordered Jiuzhi to take prisoners of war back to Luoyang, and he himself rushed back to Luoyang under the escort of 200 personal soldiers.

At this time, the situation in Luoyang was in chaos. No one expected that Princess Taiping took the lead and defeated Princess Wei, the princess of Luling, and completely extinguished the hope of Princess Luling for the throne. Not only that, her lover Gao Jian became prime minister and replaced Wei Anshi. Since Princess Taiping had colluded with Zhang Changzong, only Zhang Jianzhi and Yao Chong were left in the Qing Dynasty in the Zhengshi Hall. The imperial court was filled with demonic wind and the situation was critical.

Li Zhen was extremely worried about his wife and children. If he was not in Luoyang, would the Zhang brothers take the opportunity to lead the guards to capture his wife and children, so Li Zhen kept leading his cavalry back to Luoyang like lightning.

Fortunately! Everything in his mansion was normal and he was not affected. Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly towards the steps.

As soon as Li Zhen walked into the mansion, Wang Qingyu rushed over and said to her husband in a panic look on his face: "Husband, Princess Taiping is here, you are in the inner hall."

Li Zhen was stunned. How could Princess Taiping know that she was back at this time?

Without thinking carefully, he quickly walked towards the inner hall. After walking a few steps, he asked Wang Qingyu again, "Has Li Chongjun sent him away?"

Wang Qingyu nodded, "Li Pan came here in the afternoon and sent him to Baique Villa."

Li Zhen put down a stone in his heart. Although Li Chongjun was only dismissed from his title as a citizen, living in his house would give Zhang an excuse to kill him. At this subtle moment, he must be cautious step by step.

Li Zhen came to the inner hall and saw his wife Di Yan accompanying Princess Taiping. Li Zhen hurried forward and bowed and said, "I am not good at ease, please see Your Highness, Princess!"

Princess Taiping smiled slightly, "I'm right, General Li will definitely rush back."

"Let Your Highness wait for a long time."

Li Zhen winked his wife, Di Yan knew it, bowed to Princess Taiping, and then stepped down. Li Zhen sat down and smiled and said, "I was in a hurry to report to His Majesty, so I rushed back."

Princess Taiping smiled faintly, "If you don't say secret words, you and I are all people who know everything. Why should General Li make excuses? In fact, it is a wise move for you to come back, because I came directly from the palace. The Zhang brothers desperately lobbied His Majesty to send troops to arrest your family and then arrest you, the reason was that you secretly supported Princess Wei. I convinced the emperor, and the emperor decided to give you a chance to explain."

Li Zhen stood up again and bowed deeply, "Thank you for your great kindness to your princess, Li Zhen remembers it in his heart."

Princess Taiping glanced at him deeply and said, "I recommended you to Chang'an back then, and I recommended you to be the general of Qianqi Camp. Although you are not my person, I have never been willing to give up on you."

Li Zhen nodded silently, "I understand the humble position."

"I believe you know the situation now. Although my fourth brother is willing to compete for the throne, he is not capable of competing for the throne. Although the third brother has many people to support him, he is not willing to compete for the throne, and with that ambitious wife, God does not want to establish him."

Speaking of this, Princess Taiping looked at Li Zhen eagerly and said, "Now I can maintain the country of the Li Tang royal family and have the ability to compete with the Wu family. I am the only one left. I am obliged to do so. I hope the general can support me." r1148
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