At Tang Song's home, Taiping, dressed in a gorgeous dress, climbed on Tang Song's couch without any hesitation, "Come on, pinch my shoulders and rub my waist. I'm so tired these days."

Seeing that it was already setting sun outside, Tang Song didn't say anything. He got up, closed the door, walked to the edge of the couch, and sat down. As Taiping asked, he pressed her shoulders, arms and waist, "Whose engagement ceremony will be attended again today?"

"Yes, it's here, use some more effort. The son of Jian'an King Wu Youyi and my brother, the daughter of Xiang Wang. There is another one tomorrow, the son of Xiang Wang and the daughter of another Wang Prince's family." Taiping said it was so angry that he was tired. It seems that he has been tired in participating in many subsequent marriages these days.

The dispute over the successor, which had been proposed on the first day Wu Zetian ascended the throne and had been troubling for several years, finally came to an end. This made the imperial city, the god capital and even the entire world unable to recover for a moment.

Before others could come back to their senses, the inner court took a series of measures one after another. First, a large number of memorials were burned publicly in front of Chengtian Gate. These were memorials from the Wu and Li parties due to the dispute between Sijun some time ago. Among them, there were many of them slandering and impeaching words from officials of the two parties, and even many were direct attacks on Sijun Wu Chengsi.

The act of burning the memorials in public calmed down the restlessness of the Li Party officials in the court.

Immediately, in the inner court, Wu Zetian personally arranged a series of marriages. First, Wu Yanji, the eldest son of the heiron Wu Chengsi, got engaged with Princess Yongtai, the daughter of Princess Li Xian of Luling. Then, Li Guer, the youngest daughter of Princess Anle, was engaged with Princess Anle, and Wu Chongxun, the eldest son of Princess Wu Sansi of Liang. Both engagements were scheduled by Wu Zetian personally.

As a result, before the King of Luling Li Xian arrived in Beijing, his two daughters became the eldest daughter-in-law of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's family.

Following these two times was a great marriage between the Wu and Li clans. For example, the former emperor and the current prime minister Li Dan married a daughter to the Jian'an Prince's Mansion as his daughter-in-law, and also married his son a daughter-in-law of the Wu clan. Similar marriages occurred intensively, causing great trouble to the royal family members like Qintianjian and Taiping.

The great marriage led by Wu Zetian himself was to calm the world's concerns about the great purge in another and more gentle way after the burning memorial.

Tang Song felt heavy on Taiping Snake-like waist, "I took off this dress and looked so tired."

Taiping didn't move, and said lazyly: "Come on."

Although the weather is already harsh, Tang Song's house will naturally not be cold. He reached out to take the big clothes outside to Taiping and asked, "It seems that the saint does not want to have a bloody and violent purge as before ascending the throne. This is a good thing. By the way, can the position of the chief minister be determined?"

Wu Chengsi has now promoted to Sijun, and the position of chief minister of political affairs that he has freed has become a big and small suspense. It is not small because this is a position below one person and above ten thousand people, so people cannot be ignored; it is not small because the officials in the imperial city think that there is no suspense in this matter anymore, and the Li Party did not think about it at all. The arrogant Wu Party is sure that this position must be the item in Liang Wang Wu Sansi.

"I really have news, but guess who the Queen Mother is asking?"

Tang Song originally just asked casually, but Taiping's seemingly unnecessary question made him feel refreshed, and he said incredible: "It's Di Gong?"

Taiping sighed, "You are so smart."

Tang Song suddenly stood up from the couch and walked and laughed loudly, "What's so smart about this? Since your mother is interested in easing the relationship between the Li Party and the Wu Party, then taking Di Gong as the chief minister of government affairs is the best way to do power. As long as Di Gong takes this position, all the Li Party officials in the court will be at ease, and this court will be truly stable."

"Di Renjie returns to the court to serve as the chief minister, which makes you so happy?"

"Di Gong is a great man. It is a great blessing for the world to be the chief minister." Tang Song smiled, "But what makes me even happier is that Wu Sansi lost his wife and his troops this time. He tried his best to push the King of Wei to the position of heir. In the end, it was a waste of money to get the bamboo basket."

Infected by Tang Song, Taiping smiled while wearing only her inner clothes after leaving her dress. "It wasn't that I didn't take anything away. The Queen Mother added five hundred households to his title."

For Wu Sansi, how big is the difference between these five hundred households and not adding them? Hearing this, Tang Song laughed even more happily.

However, after laughing, Tang Song returned to the couch and asked Taiping solemnly: "Did you notice any abnormal movements in Wu Sansi?"

Taiping shook his head, "Since the beginning of the Wu Li Party struggle, until now, he has been in full view of everyone. In the past few days, he has been traveling through various royal palaces like me, and he has really not noticed anything. But looking at him like that, although Wu Chengsi became Sijun, he is happier than Wu Chengsi."

Upon hearing this, Tang Song frowned, it was wrong! Although Wu Chengsi was mediocre, he was still somewhat tolerant as long as he did not engage in disputes over the throne. Wu Sansi was the most narrow-minded, and his vengeful nature was clearly recorded in history books.

Although the trajectory of history has changed, Wu Sansi's mind and personality cannot change immediately. All his current performances are not the normal reactions he should have. No matter how he looks at it, it reveals a strange smell.

Tang Song also knew one thing, things must be strange. On the contrary, Wu Sansi's strange behavior at this time was a sign of his abnormality.

But the abnormality of Wu Sansi is not clear because there is no clue about it.

After pondering for a while, Tang Song put it aside first. Overall, Wu Sansi was not in the position to be in the face. It was not bad for him to do anything abnormal. At least for a while, he had no intention of dealing with Tang Song, which also gave Tang Song more time to find out his abnormalities in order to prepare more bargaining chips for the vengeance that Wu Sansi would inevitably come in the future.

After the news came out, Tang Song slapped him, originally trying to slap Taiping's waist. Unexpectedly, Taiping just moved his body, so the slap turned the direction and landed on the plump buttocks under the inner skirt.

The elasticity is so good! Just as such a chaotic thought came to Tang Song's mind, Taiping turned his head and glared at him.

This look is really complicated. There are doubts, anger, spring feelings, and charming... There are really thousands of charms. The tastes make people feel unclear.

"What are you looking at? You're not going home so late? Get up quickly." Tang Song said righteously, quietly getting up and leaving the bed, but this little thought could not be hidden from Taiping. As soon as he stood up, Taiping kicked him.

The kick that kicked the leg was really real, and Tang Song immediately sat on the ground with a butt.

After kicking him over to the ground, Taiping calmly stood up and put on his dress, "You bird man, you have to pretend to be a gentleman after taking advantage of me, don't think about it."

After saying that, she glanced at Tang Song with contempt, and then "slapped" the hem of the dress embroidered with gold wire, and left proudly with her head raised and her chest.

Behind her, Tang Song, who was still sitting on the ground, unconsciously drew circles on the ground, and lamented: "It's unfair. This is really an accident."

Tang Song did not want to intervene in the dispute between Wu and Li, and his rank was too low, so the excitement during this period of time had nothing to do with him. He went to the yamen on time every day to sit and watch the wind and clouds outside, and the tides were rising and falling. The days were leisurely. The only regret was that Taiping had not taken action against Zhang Changzong for some reason. The delay in what he had promised made Tang Song feel a little dissatisfied.

Such a good day lasted for more than ten days. On the second day when the imperial city was hustle and bustle, Di Renjie had arrived in the capital, he received a call from the palace to see him.

Tang Song entered the palace all the way, and after being guided by the palace people into the Yaoguang Hall, he found that there were quite a lot of people standing in the hall, including political affairs, temple chiefs of various departments, and in short, all the important officials of the third rank or above in the imperial city were here. In addition, many royal families wearing royal clothes and imperial costumes and the royal family of the Li Tang Dynasty also arrived. The originally large Yaoguang Hall seemed crowded because there were too many people coming.

This is clearly a collection of top-ranking powerful people in the world. What should I do?

The puzzled Tang Song was guided to a secluded corner by another eunuch in the hall, where there were two people standing here. One was the second-in-command of the former Jingzhao Yamen and is now in charge of the revision of the "Supreme Name Record". The other was introduced by the eunuch and found out that it was Shen Quanqi, a famous poet who was as famous as Song Zhiwen and had just been released from prison.

Although Tang Song and Du Shenyan had known each other for a long time, they didn't meet each other, so their relationship was always lukewarm and nodded. As for Shen Quanqi, who had been imprisoned for corruption, he was even more unfamiliar, so it would be fine if the three of them had a simple greeting. Although they were puzzled, Tang Song did not ask them.

Such places and occasions are not suitable for walking around, so Tang Song waited quietly. Not long after, an official from the Ministry of Rites came, and Tang Song then solved his doubts.

Later, in the Yaoguang Hall, under the witness of many important officials, there will be an extremely important ceremony. Tang Song and the other two were called to record the ceremony in a literary way.

Du Shenyan is ranked first among the four friends of the article, and he is well-deserved as the first in the current essays; Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen are both known for their regulated verses, and they are known as "Shen Song in front and Qian Lang in the later essays". After Song Zhiwen conquered, he is at least the first in the current essays in the current essays; as for Tang Song, although he is a fake, in the hearts of the world, if you talk about emerging essays, he is the first in the future.

In ancient times, it was normal to use literature as a record and poetry as a notebook. However, in today's occasion where top powerful people gathered together, the three recognized poems and lyrics gathered together to record a ceremony. This is really rare. It obviously implies the intention of borrowing the influence of the three of them and the form of literature to beautify the ceremony and accelerate the dissemination.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites explained and understood Wu Zetian's intentions, Tang Song's doubts became deeper. What kind of ceremony did Wu Zetian pay attention to this?

With the thunder of the nine sounds of the whip in the Jingtang Palace outside, the important officials and nobles quickly stood up according to their ranks and ranks, which slowly revealed the answer to Tang Song's puzzle.

It was not a grand dynasty meeting or a regular dynasty, but Wu Zetian, who slowly walked into the hall, was wearing extremely formal clothes, and the full set of emperor dresses was the same. The ones who supported her into the hall were no longer the inner officials, but the two middle-aged people who had disturbed the whole world before.

Xu was holding his left hand with Wu Chengsi, who had just been promoted to Sijun. As soon as the man on his right hand showed up, the hall suddenly caused an uproar. Some people even shouted out, "King Luling!"

The left side was supported by his nephew Wu Chengsi, and the right side was supported by his son, Li Xian, the King of Luling. This situation was already scary. Unexpectedly, there was a famous figure behind her.

When he saw this man for the first time, Tang Song was as surprised as many people in the hall, "Di Gong!"

Di Renjie really returned to the capital! And the one who walked side by side was Liang Wang Wu Sansi, who was smiling.

Wu Chengsi, Li Xian, Di Renjie, and Wu Sansi surrounded Wu Zetian in a ring, heading towards the imperial throne step by step. The scene of these five people was so impactful that there was a collective noise in the entire hall, until a certain official of the Ministry of Rites took the lead and praised him, and the praise immediately spread everywhere and was noisy.

Tang Song did not admire him. From the moment Di Renjie entered the palace, he had been watching the old man.

The more than a year of exile did not make Di Renjie look old. His waist, which impressed Tang Song when he first met, was still straight, but the expression on his face was too calm. He was so calm that he could not see anything.

Volunteering? Forced? All this is still a mystery.

After Wu Zetian sat on the imperial throne, the hall soon became quiet, and the purpose of this strange gathering today was finally revealed.

This was a meeting of oaths. The descendants of the Li Tang royal family led by Li Xian, Li Dan, and Princess Taiping, and the Wu Zhou royal family led by Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were in the main hall. After announcing the heaven and earth, they swear loudly under the ritual of the important officials in the court. They vowed that the Wu and Li families would always be dear and not harm each other.

When the two sides made a vow together, Wu Zetian arranged for historians to record on the side, and finally the content of this record would be handed over to the general to engrave on three iron vouchers. Then the three iron vouchers were stored in the History Museum and the other in the Wu Clan Temple. The last one was enshrined in the Qianling Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozong.

After this massive oath was completed, at least on the surface, the relationship between the Wu and Li families became much more harmonious. Even though many people went to question the King of Luling Li Xian and Di Renjie who had not returned to the capital for a long time.

Seeing that Di Renjie was surrounded by people, Tang Song went to find Shangguan Wan'er, leaving Du Shenyan and Shen Quanqi to ponder how to complete this brilliant masterpiece.

While searching in the crowd, Fuxiang came over and pulled his sleeves. Tang Song understood and followed Fuxiang with his head down, and finally came to a room outside the right side of the hall.

This is also a signing room. Shangguan Wan'er sat in the room and rubbed her eyes and ears tiredly.

Seeing her look haggard and tired, Tang Song closed the door with his backhand and quickly walked behind her and gently pressed her, "You are much thinner."

Shangguan Wan'er turned her head and pressed her face against Tang Song's back, "I've been so tired these days."

"Wu Li's party struggles will affect the fish. It depends on when you have time. Let's find a day to go out of the city to have fun, and you will also spread it well."

Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er looked fascinated, "The position of Sijun has been settled, and this busyness is about to pass. If I look for free, I will look for you."

When Tang Song was about to say something, he suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door and the sound of soft footsteps coming from next door. Then he heard the sound of Wu Zetian calling Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er agreed while whispering to Tang Song not to go out now and not to make any noise.

In order to avoid people coming in by accident, Shangguan Wan'er specially locked the portal from outside after going out, and then she heard the sound of her pushing the portal next door.

Tang Song quietly walked to the corner of the wall that separated the two rooms and opened a gap to the ground. Then he found that the house next door was where Wu Zetianxia reviewed the memorials. As for the secretarial room where he was located, there was a virtual wooden carved wall below the middle of the two rooms, and a layer of curtains that blocked their sight.

Through the thin gap, Tang Song saw seven people standing in the room there. In addition to Wu Zetian, Wu Chengsi, Li Xian, Wu Sansi, and Di Renjie, there were Shangguan Wan'er and a wealthy and handsome young man in his teenage years.

Wu Zetian sat down after reviewing the memorials and said to Di Renjie with a smile, "Di Qing, it is really what everyone wants to be the chief minister of government affairs, so don't refuse."

Di Renjie still had the calm expression he had just been in the hall. "I am over 60 years old, and I have been white and old, and I am really unable to bear such a profession. I beg your Majesty to choose another talent, and I will also ask my ministers to beg for bones to return home, and sing and dance in the mountains, forests and springs in this peaceful and prosperous era."

Before Di Renjie could finish his refusal, he heard a "bang" sound and Wu Zetian slapped the table. "Di Renjie, I have been kind to you again and again. Do you think I really don't dare to kill you?"

This was the first time Tang Song saw Wu Zetian getting angry. She was tall and had a strong aura. This phoenix eyes were filled with power, and the room next door suddenly felt like it fell into an ice cave. Even Tang Song behind the tent suddenly felt that the air seemed to be cold a few degrees.

Wu Zetian's rare attack made everyone in the room lower their heads, especially the Luling King Li Xian was the most unbearable. Although Tang Song couldn't see his face clearly due to the angle, his body trembled like a sieve.

Di Renjie bowed and said nothing. This meaning was very obvious. If you want to kill, kill me. Why should I be afraid of beheading me?

Wu Zetian glared at Di Renjie for a long time and sat back slowly. He turned to King Luling, "Li Xian, do you want to be the emperor?"

Hearing this, Li Xian, who was already sifting the sieve, suddenly softened his brush to the ground, shook his hands and said tremblingly: "I don't want it, my mother, I really don't want it."

"Oh! If you really don't want to do it, then how could Di Qing not even do it for you? "

Li Xian was stunned and realized that he didn't dare to stand up. He actually knelt down in front of Di Renjie, hugging the brave old minister's knees and shook them repeatedly. "Huaiying, I know you treat me sincerely. But I really don't want to be the emperor. You should respond to the Queen Mother. Just treat it for me, you should respond soon." At the end of the talk, Li Xian, who was anxious and afraid, was already choked with sobs. In Tang Song's eyes, this scene was really contemptuous and pitiful, and was extremely sad.

Di Renjie's eyes, whose face had been as calm as death, slowly turned red. Finally, he sighed to the sky and then knelt in front of Luling King Li Xian with a "splash", shouting with endless sadness and desolation: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

With these two screams of pain, tears rolled down Di Renjie's closed eyes.

I don’t know if it was because of the light in the next room, but from a distance, Tang Song looked at it, the turbid tears that slipped in Di Renjie’s closed eyes were faintly red, just like the blood and tears of loyal ministers mentioned in history books.

While the old turbid blood and tears were flowing down, Di Renjie held Li Xian, the King of Luling, who was old enough to be his son in front of him. The king and his minister hugged their heads and cried bitterly, especially Di Renjie's voice was so tragic that it was like the wailing of the old wolf after losing his son, which made people unable to bear to listen.
To be continued...