There is a dense house in the city next to the northeast corner of Taichu Palace. This is the eunuch's dormitory, and nearly 10,000 eunuchs live here.

On duty, the eunuchs entered the palace to serve, and when the time was suspended, they returned to the dormitory to rest. Only high-ranking officials like Gao Yanfu could open a palace outside the palace.

At this time, in front of a small courtyard across the city, General Wu Youxu, Qianniu Guard, led hundreds of guards to surround the yard, while Captain Yu Pinlong led a dozen people to search carefully in the room.

In the distance, a large group of eunuchs gathered together to whisper.

"Isn't that Luo Zhongcheng's residence? Everyone is dead, what are they still searching for?"

"Don't you know that the palace is investigating people who poisoned Buddhist scriptures? I heard that many people have been arrested."

"I heard that, but is this related to Luo Zhongcheng? Didn't he be poisoned to death when he entered the palace for a birthday ceremony?"

"This is because your news is blocked. It is said that the above has already determined that it is the poison caused by Luo Zhongcheng. He later committed suicide for fear of guilt."

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At this time, Yu Pinlong's excited shout came from the room, "Finished!"

Yu Pinlong ran out of Luo Zhongcheng's room quickly, holding an iron box covered with soil in his hand.

He stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and presented the iron box to Wu Youxu, "This is the iron box dug out in the corner of the wall. Please check it out!"

Wu Youxu glanced at the two imperial doctors next to him, "You can check it!"

The two imperial doctors opened the iron box tremblingly, and there were three small porcelain bottles inside. They carefully checked for a moment and couldn't help but exclaim, "General, the bottle is full of golden poison!"

The people around him were suddenly in an uproar.

Wu Youxu sighed secretly. Now the evidence is conclusive, and I am afraid that the Eastern Palace will not escape the disaster this time.

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That night, thousands of palace guards and more than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs rushed into the East Palace in a fierce manner.

Their troops were divided into two groups, and General Wu Youxu, the Qianniu Guard, led the palace guards to search the study and living place of the emperor's heir Li Dan.

Wei Tuaner led more than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs to search the residence of Li Dan's concubines.

With Di Renjie being demoted and Wu Chengsi being imprisoned, the once-provoking Buddhist scripture case gradually disappeared.

But this matter was not finished. Wu Zetian was always worried about the poisoned person in the palace. She ordered Wei Tuaner to investigate the matter secretly in the palace.

Soon, Wei Tuaner came to the conclusion that the poisoned person in the palace was Luo Zhongcheng, the eunuch who was responsible for checking the birthday ceremony in the palace. Only he had the opportunity to contact the Buddhist scriptures presented by Di Renjie.

Luo Zhongcheng was later poisoned to death because someone killed him to silence him, but that he committed suicide for fear of guilt. As the golden poison was found in Luo Zhongcheng's room, the evidence of Luo Zhongcheng's poisoning was confirmed.

However, Luo Zhongcheng served in the Eastern Palace for a long time. He had just been transferred to Taichu Palace and became a poisoner. So Li Xian and Li Dan, the two emperors who had lived in the Eastern Palace, could not escape suspicion.

Because Li Xian was in Chuzhou, he could eliminate the suspicion, but it was difficult for the royal heir Li Dan, who lived in the Eastern Palace, to escape the connection.

In the Mingxin Hall of the East Palace, groups of palace maids and eunuchs from the East Palace were taken out of the main hall. A great eunuch in charge of the search whispered, "All the concubines and palace servants in the East Palace were sent to the Qifu Pavilion for a temporary retreat, and nothing is allowed to be taken."

Surrounded by several palace maids, Wei Tuaner stood in a pavilion and looked coldly at the terrified eunuchs and palace maids of the East Palace. She was wearing a snow-white palace dress, with a blue face and a cold look, and looked quite strange under the moonlight.

At this time, the two concubines of the emperor's heir Li Dan, the imperial concubine Liu and the imperial concubine Dou, were also taken out by several search eunuchs. Concubine Dou and Concubine Liu were pale and their hair was scattered, and were pushed rudely by several eunuchs.

When Concubine Dou walked past the Huating, she turned her head and glared at Wei Tuan'er, and said angrily: "Wei Tuan'er, if you take personal revenge, you will definitely die a good death!"

Wei Tuaner snorted disdainfully and said coldly: "You think about it for yourself first! You will not die well."

Concubine Dou spat hard, and Wei Tuaner was furious, and she stepped forward and slapped the eunuch, calling out, "Trag her away!"

Amidst a scream, Concubine Dou and Concubine Liu were pushed down by eunuchs. At this time, the eunuch in charge of the search stepped forward and smiled flatteringly at Wei Tuaner: "A Gu, everyone is gone!"

A cold smile appeared in Wei Tuaner's eyes, and she slowly said, "Search me carefully, especially Dou and Liu's rooms, no place allowed to be left alone. I think there must be evil things hidden in their rooms."

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Due to the cold weather these days, Wu Zetian's physical aches have a little worsened. Only by relying on the massage and acupuncture of the imperial physician Chen Nanmu can she alleviate her physical pain.

The room was filled with faint sandalwood, and the hibiscus tent was as warm as spring. The imperial physician Chen Nanmu knelt in front of the bed, half-rolled his sleeves, and focused on massage the emperor.

Wu Zetian lay lazily on the thick velvet ivory couch, covered with a hundred-feathered cloud brocade quilt, her phoenix eyes closed slightly, and she was comfortably enjoying the massage on her body and legs.

"Well! Come up a little more, by the way, that's there, use a little bit of force!"

In a corner of the room, Xue Huaiyi looked at Chen Nanmu's hand with a deep face. When Chen Nanmu's hand slightly touched Wu Zetian's sensitive part, Xue Huaiyi could no longer help it, snorted heavily, turned around and left the room.

Wu Zetian opened his phoenix eyes and looked at Xue Huaiyi's back with great dissatisfaction.

At this time, Wei Tuaner quickly walked into Wu Zetian's dormitory. When she saw the emperor being massaged, she couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

"Tuan'er, what did you find?" Wu Zetian opened his eyes and asked slowly.

"Your Majesty will be cured first, and I will report to you later."

"You'll say it now!"

Wu Zetian signaled Chen Nanmiao to help him sit up. Chen Nanmiao knew that the emperor was wearing only a thin underwear. He was about to retreat, but Wu Zetian gently pressed his hand and smiled at him in praise, with a gentle look in his phoenix eyes.

Chen Nanmu's heart was thumping and he hurriedly retreated.

Two palace maids stepped forward to put on Wu Zetian's clothes. Wu Zetian stretched his body gently and felt much more comfortable. She asked Wei Tuaner, "Tell me! What did you find?"

"I dare not say it."

Wu Zetian's face sank and his eyes stared at Wei Tuaner with sharp eyes, "Say!"

Wei Tuaner kowtowed and said tremblingly: "There is nothing unusual about the imperial heir, but the imperial heir and Concubine De accidentally found something that was sick of the Gu in the bedroom."

Wu Zetian's heart thundered and his eyes became sharp, "What kind of thing that is sick of Gu, show me!"

After a moment, an eunuch walked into Wu Zetian's outer room with a willow box and carefully placed it on the ground. Wu Zetian walked out of the bedroom and his eyes fell into the box. They were two little wooden men with her names written on it, and steel needles were densely inserted on the little wooden men.

Wu Zetian suddenly felt that her body was getting more and more painful. She suddenly understood why her body was in pain recently. She bit her silver teeth and murderous intent burst out in her eyes. After a while, two words were squeezed out from her lips, "Bitch!"

"Transfer to my oral order, and Concubine Xuan and Concubine Dou De will come to Jiayu Palace to see me immediately!"

The eunuch ran away, and Wu Zetian said coldly to Wei Tuaner: "You go and deal with it! I don't want to see these two people again."

Wei Tuaner was secretly happy and bowed to him and said, "I obey the order!"

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The next day at noon, the emperor's heir Li Dan had been kneeling outside the Zhenguan Hall for more than an hour. His heart was filled with sorrow. His two wives, Liu and Dou, were never back after being Xuan went to Jiayu Hall last night. He knew what had happened, but no matter how great the grief was, he could only hide it in his heart.

At this time, the eunuch Gao Yanfu hurried out of the hall with the imperial edict in his hand. His face was calm, he glanced at Li Dan, then unfolded the imperial edict and stood on the steps to read it.

"The emperor's heir Li Dan has received the grace of the holy for a long time, but he does not think about loyalty and filial piety. He indulges the harem, and even loses morality in the harem. He is inevitably guilty. I think about the safety of the country. I hereby issue an order to depose his imperial heir of the Eastern Palace and demote him to Prime Minister. I have been thinking about it for a year in my heart!"

Li Dan felt the darkness in front of him and fainted under the steps.

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During the reign of Wu Ze Catholicism, the emperor changed several times, and the prince changed frequently like a revolving lantern. The emperor's heir was just a substitute for the prince, and even the prince could not be said to be. Therefore, Li Dan's deposed did not cause much trouble in the Tang Dynasty and the people had long been accustomed to it.

But the purge of Li Dan faction officials is the focus of everyone's attention. According to convention, the emperor will inevitably purge the senior officials of the Li Dan faction. Di Renjie, who supported Li Dan, has been dismissed from prefecture first. So who will be next?

Soon, in less than half a month, senior officials from the Li Dan faction, including Ren Zhigu, Pei Xingben, Cui Xuanli, Wenchang's left chief Lu Xian, Wei Yuanzhong, and other senior officials of the Li Dan faction were demoted to county magistrates.

For a while, the government and the country were in turmoil and everyone was in danger.

In contrast to the turmoil and uneasy in the court, the people of the Tang Dynasty were immersed in the joy of celebrating the birthday of the Holy Emperor. Wu Zetian ordered a general amnesty to be rewarded with wine and meat for the elderly over 70 years old, and the whole country celebrated it.

The price of wine in Luoyang quickly tripled, especially the merchants who operate Western wines, made extremely profits.

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Chapter completed!