Su Dingfang's death shocked the court and the people, and Wu Zetian also revealed a rare sadness. He sent the prince Li Xian to the Duke Xing's mansion to mourn the grief of the famous general's death. The court then issued an edict to dismiss the court for five days to commemorate him, and posthumously awarded Su Dingfang as the chief minister and the governor of Youzhou, with his posthumous title of "Zhuang", and listed him in Wu Temple. Wu Zetian personally wrote an edict to praise his achievements, saying: "...Therefore, those who can be powerful and powerful and denounce the great territory, are also tiger ministers who are too far away. When they are tens of thousands of miles away, they are exhausted and fought for the special battles, and hunt their country from deer and pigs. It can be said that they are selected to be worthy of their talents! The Duke of Xing's state of spirit spread, and the great plan was to investigate, and the difficulties in the maintenance of the country were always completed. He was granted the title of the position, but he was not well-off, and he was not very rich and lacked!"

Su Dingfang's death made the soldiers in the army feel regretful and shocked. Many generals who had led the army under Su Dingfang were deeply saddened, especially those who had received guidance from Su Dingfang's military strategy, or went with him to fight and gained military merits.

Su Dingfang fought for the Tang Dynasty throughout his life, and he won countless battles. He successively pacified the Western Turks, the Pamirs and Baekje, and captured their masters alive. In his later years, he commanded the battle against Tubo that shocked the world, and wiped out hundreds of thousands of elite Tubo soldiers in one fell swoop. With such military power, few people came to see the Tang Dynasty with many famous generals. Although he passed away when he was old, many people still regretted it.

Because Li Zhi's health cannot recover, Wu Zetian has secretly prepared his funeral for him. Of course, this is just the construction of the tomb. When Li Zhi could handle the court, he would choose the location of the tomb himself, just as Li Shimin chose Jiuji Mountain as the location of his tomb a hundred years later. Li Shimin's tomb was named Zhaoling, and Li Zhi's tomb was named Qianling. The site of Qianling was selected by famous Taoist Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, and was located in Qianxian west of Chang'an. Now Qianling is under construction. Su Dingfang has also obtained many ministers.

The honors he did not receive were buried with Qianling. Su Dingfang made countless military achievements in front of him, and everything he obtained after his death was very famous. Even Wu Zetian, who was not very keen on Su Dingfang, expressed his special feelings after his death. Although these special expressions were polite factors, even Su Dingfang's position as prime minister during his lifetime was a bit reluctant, and there was a comforting element. But after all, this was Wu Zetian's active expression. From then on, it can be seen that Su Dingfang's reputation made Wu Zetian, who originally didn't like him very much, dare not ignore him.

After Su Dingfang passed away, there was a vacant candidate for prime minister in the Zhengshi Hall. Most ministers believed that the vacant prime minister position could not be replaced. Many people speculated who would make up for the position of prime minister. However, the position of the Shizhong is not something that ordinary people can hold, and their previous fame, status, and achievements are indispensable. Looking at the ministers other than the Ministers of the Zhengshi Hall in the court, there seems to be no such gift. No one can guess who will make up for the vacancy left by Su Dingfang. It is impossible to guess who can get this honor, that is, many people are likely. Uncertain things make many people ready to get the support of more people and support them to make up for this lack. There are obviously more people visiting the Prince's House, but the people who visit only express their concealment and dare not act blatantly.

Not only were the ministers in the court unpredictable as to the candidate for the vacant prime minister, but Wu Zetian himself was also worried about how to arrange the vacant position.

Logically speaking, there is a candidate for the Political Affairs Hall. It can just push the people trusted by Wu Zetian to strengthen her right to speak in the Political Affairs Hall. Wu Zetian herself thought so, and even knew that even if her close friends were placed, the courtiers would not have too many complaints. But sadly, she did not have enough people to hold this position to appoint them. Among the people she could trust, no one was qualified to be a position like the Shizhong. Helan Minzhi and Chen Yi were too young and could not take this position now. Even if they were forced to appoint them, no one would submit to them. This would be counterproductive. Except for Chen Yi and Helan Min, other people who made her feel trusted were similar. There was no one who was qualified to hold this position and was around, which made Wu Zetian very depressed.

"Zi Ying, the death of Duke Su of Xing State, and the position of prime minister in the Political Affairs Hall has become vacant. I have been thinking about it for many days, but I can't think of a suitable candidate. Can you tell me who is suitable for this position?" In the side hall of Qingliang Hall, the open windows brought a refreshing wind. Wu Zetian, who was lying on the bed, enjoyed the breeze and asked Chen Yi in front of him softly about important matters.

The people who were serving around were already sent away. The nearest Wu group standing was dozens of steps away, and no one could hear what they said. Wu Zetian and Chen Yi did not worry about telling such an important secret matter in the side hall at such a time.

When Su Dingfang passed away and there was rumors that someone in the court coveted the vacant position in the political affairs hall, Chen Yi expected that one day Wu Zetian would ask about this question. It was not surprising that he heard such words today, but he could not give an answer, so he could only say helplessly: "Greeting on the queen, I don't know who is suitable to make up for this deficiency. I think there is really no suitable place to add another person to serve as a Shizhong vocational position in the political affairs hall!"

"Oh?!" Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows, moved slightly, stared at Chen Yi, as if he understood what Chen Yi meant. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "What do you mean is to change one person from the various courts of the Political Affairs Hall to the Secretariat, and then select one from other officials to the new Political Affairs Hall?"

"Empress, I agree with this, but I don't need to be so anxious when I get a new member of the Political Affairs Hall!" Faced with Wu Zetian's trust, Chen Yi did not hide it and directly told his thoughts on this matter.

“Why?”

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"Well!" Wu Zetian thought about it and nodded slightly, "Zi Ying, what you said is good. There is no need to add new staff to the Political Affairs Hall in such a hurry. It's better to wait until the opportunity appears in the future, haha!"

"Empress wise!" Chen Yi took the opportunity to flatter him and said with a chuckle: "I know that Empress has long been thinking about this matter. Today I am just taking the exam!"

After hearing this, Wu Zetian gave Chen Yi a blank look and said angrily: "Ziying, you are becoming more and more aware of pleasing people. You know that I didn't finally think about it on this matter before asking you for your opinion, but now I say this. Are you deliberately making me happy?"

"Empress, you are right. Of course I want to make you happy," Chen Yi did not deny it, but just smiled with a slut, "You have been busy with things during this period and have not been relaxed. I want to say a few relaxing words with you to relax your heart. As the saying goes, smile, are you ten years old? If the Empress can laugh every day, she will definitely become younger and younger!"

"Are you saying that I am very old now?" Wu Zetian glared at Chen Yi and naturally stroked his face.

"No! How could the Empress be old? The Empress is very young. She can't tell who is older even when standing with Tuan'er. How could she be old? I just said that if you smile all the time, you will definitely look younger. Then people will think you are the 28th lady!" Chen Yi held his laughter and covered Wu Zetian's head with flattery.

Women are all soft-eared and like to eat flattering words. Chen Yi's words are obviously meant to be deliberately pleased in the eyes of others, but they are not the case in Wu Zetian's ears. She gained vanity and satisfaction from these words, and her hands touched her face, as if her skin was smooth in an instant, and she really felt like a 28-year-old girl. Although she felt proud in her heart, she still complained: "Zi Ying, you are getting more and more greasy. You can say some words that please women. No wonder those who meet you will fall in love with you!"

"Empress, are you just telling the truth?" Chen Yi pretended to be innocent and said a little aggrieved: "This is all my heart. Empress looks very young. Not only do I think so, but those who have seen you think so! Of course, this is more true, because Empress is also very young and is no worse than Tuan'er in the touch..."

This made Wu Zetian's face turn a little pink. He glared at Chen Yi in anger, blaming him for talking nonsense, but his heart was sweet. She was afraid that Chen Yi would be tired of her body. After all, she was no longer young. I felt relieved when I heard Chen Yi say this now and felt ashamed. If it weren't for the open hall, there were other people not far away, she would have rushed over and pinched, pinched, grabbed, and bite at Chen Yi to vent her shame and anger, and asked Chen Yi to love her for compensation.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything now, but she never thought that the two of them were still talking about serious things just now, and they suddenly became involved in this kind of thing. After being ashamed and angry, they also realized it. After glaring at Chen Yi viciously, they glared at him and said with a clear throat: "Okay, I'm not allowed to say this anymore. Besides, I will punish you! Humph, I dare to say such things at this time!"

"Yes, Empress, I will never say these things next time, and only say them when we get along in private!" Chen Yi finished speaking, and without waiting for Wu Zetian to be angry, he immediately stood up and bowed to Wu Zetian: "Empress, I guess you have finished all the things you want to ask me today, and you are tired too. Let's have a good rest. I'll go and do things first!"

"You..." Wu Zetian didn't expect Chen Yi to leave, and didn't know what to say at once, but he still called Chen Yi: "Stop, I have something to ask you!"

Chen Yi had no choice but to stand and wait for Wu Zetian's question.

"Ziying, tell me, if you choose one person to enter the Political Affairs Hall, who is the right person?"
Chapter completed!