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In the Daming Palace, the inner hall of the Xianju Hall, Wu Zetian was talking to Helan Minzhi and Chen Yi. There was no palace servant next to him, and all of them were driven outside by Wu Zetian. Wu Tuaner watched at the door of the outer hall, and everyone was blocked from entering.

"Minzhi, my son, your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. You must be energetic during this period and you must not slacken in anything. Do you understand?" Wu Zetian, who was sad because Li Zhi was seriously ill, solemnly ordered the two of them: "Your Majesty's worsening of his condition, must not leak any tragedy, so as to avoid chaos in the court! You must do what you are instructing you to do!"

"Yes, Empress, I understand!" Chen Yi and Helan Minyi took the honor and accepted the order together!

These days, Wu Zetian stayed with Li Zhi for most of the time, stayed in the Golden Palace, and did not sleep much every day. In addition to serving Li Zhi, she also had to deal with many court affairs. She also had to check the memorials sent by Li Xian. She would personally approve the memorials or decisions of the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, but she didn't feel tired. The reason she said was: At the important time, the court affairs must not be in chaos, so she held on. However, Chen Yi knew that Wu Zetian was so arrogant that she didn't feel tired every day. It was the mental factor that supported her. Li Zhi was no longer able to do it, and everything was arranged in full swing. If Wu Zetian showed her fatigue at this time, it only meant that she was really old, useless, and had no energy to seize power!

Wu Zetian's current state shows that this woman is not convinced of her old age and has ambitions.

However, Wu Zetian is really older than before. This old attitude is reflected in the body. Anyway, the attractiveness of this old woman's body to Chen Yi has decreased a lot. Perhaps because of too much effort, Wu Zetian's body aging has become more powerful in recent years than Wu Shun, who is older. Not only the fat between her waist and abdomen, but also the pigments in some places have gradually been deposited. Chen Yi can only sigh that time is unforgivable!

Today, Wu Zetian ordered Helan Minzhi and Chen Yi to take charge of some things, and specifically told them to take charge of the imperial guards under their command so as to avoid chaos in the palace at that time, and of course the two of them would respond to their orders.

After giving orders for a while, Wu Zetian asked Helan Minzhi to go first, leaving Chen Yi alone.

"Zi Ying, I have some things today. I want to tell you alone!" After Helan Minzhi left, Wu Zetian signaled Chen Yi to stand beside her.

Chen Yi approached her as he spoke, bowed and asked, "I wonder what the Empress has to give?"

"Zi Ying, is Your Majesty's illness really impossible to cure?" Wu Zetian asked softly.

Chen Yi nodded without hesitation, "Yes, Empress. Your Majesty has been delayed for so many years now. His health is still like this over the years. It is entirely supported by drugs. The last time the amount of medicine increased made His Majesty look like he was about to recover, and that was also overdrawing His Majesty's divine energy! Now His Majesty is irreparable by human power!"

"That's true. There is nothing we can do about it!" Wu Zetian sighed and stopped asking about this. After a while of silence, he asked again: "Ziying, what do you think of the current prince?"

Chen Yi was shocked and immediately became distracted. He asked vigilantly: "What is the matter with the Empress?"

"Do you think the crown prince is qualified to be the crown prince now?" Wu Zetian asked in a low voice.

Chen Yi was startled. Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian was really as he guessed. He had the idea of ​​releasing the prince, and it was difficult to make any sharp and high-profile statements at the moment. He just said vaguely: "Empress, the prince just has no experience in supervising the country. He should listen to the queen in other aspects!"

Wu Zetian stared at Chen Yi and said almost word by word: "Minzhi told me these days that the prince is now too scheming, keeping everything in his heart, pretending to be stupid and crazy. If His Majesty dies, he will inherit the throne, and he will probably suddenly break out. After the fall, he will settle the accounts and knock down all the ministers close to me and my palace. Do you think Minzhi's words are reasonable?"

Chen Yi did not expect that Helan Minzhi would say such bad words from Li Xian in front of Wu Zetian. He was shocked and felt that he didn't know how to express it. After thinking about it, he still felt that he could not be indifferent and tried to answer carefully: "Empress, I don't think that Minzhi has too many things to say. The prince may have some scheming, but his nature also knows that the empress is better than the mother. In terms of listening to the empress, I think that the crown prince is better than other princes. Although the current court affairs are left to the prince, most of them will be the ones who will ask the empress. This shows that only the empress's orders are followed. If the empress is trained, I believe that the crown prince will be more filial and obedient! Isn't the empress really necessary a son who listens to you to be the crown prince and inherit the throne?"

Wu Zetian was indifferent to Chen Yi's words, looked at the other side of the hall with a squint eyes, sighed and said, "Zi Ying, what do you think of Xiang Wang Dan compared to the prince?"

The preparation of the previous words made Chen Yi expect that Wu Zetian would definitely ask this, and he was not surprised. However, after thinking about it, he replied: "Empress, the prime minister has not had much contact, but according to my impression, the prime minister's personality is much more fierce than the crown prince, and has his own opinions. This can be seen from many events, which may be related to the rebellious period when he was growing up!"

Chen Yi was unwilling to say too much about the two people in such matters, but his meaning has already shown that he thought it would be better to let Li Xian continue to be the crown prince and inherit the emperor. This is considered from the perspective of Wu Zetian. Judging from the current situation, Li Dan is more tough than Li Xian, but he is too young and has not expressed much insights in court affairs, but he will definitely be very stubborn in the future!

Li Dan's personality may be related to his young age and having never seen Wu Zetian deal with his brothers, otherwise he would be frightened like Li Xian. He had never been frightened and his temperament would not have changed much. Wu Zetian's sons should be said to have a bit similar to her personality, and they are quite stubborn and strong. This can be fully seen in Li Hong and Li Xian. If Li Xian had not been frightened too much, his behavior would have been the same.

It turns out that Li Dan was so timid in history, and he was not born like this. As Chen Yi thought, he was scared too much by Wu Zetian, so he became like that. You must know that even his concubine Liu was summoned to the palace and disappeared for no reason. It would be strange if he was not scared to death! It turns out that Li Dan had heard, witnessed and experienced so many things in history. How could he not know how powerful he was to be the emperor's mother? He was extremely reluctant to let him be the emperor. If he had never seen Wu Zetian's viciousness become like this, then he would not be Wu Zetian's son.

Chen Yi's words made Wu Zetian silent again. After a while, she sighed long and turned her face to Chen Yi, staring at her intently. Chen Yi did not avoid it, and looked at Wu Zetian in this way, without any dodging or fear in her eyes, and a calm expression. Finally, Wu Zetian's face appeared with a gentle smile, and said in a soft voice: "Zi Ying, you should understand the meaning of this palace and can evaluate the two princes in this way. This is better than Minzhi! Minzhi has advised me several times to change the Prime Minister to the crown prince, saying that the Prime Minister was young and let him ascend the throne, so that I could

Continue to take charge of the government affairs on his behalf, and just return to the government when he becomes an adult! I know that he has his own purpose in this way! He has always had good friends with Dan and has a worse relationship with Xian, otherwise there would be no harsh words! But what he said makes sense. Dan is young and has no experience in handling the affairs of the court, and he requires everything from him!" Wu Zetian said this, looking at Chen Yi and asked very seriously: "Zi Ying, but I still want to ask you, tell me, do you think the reasons Minzhi said make sense?"

Now it is an extraordinary moment. Facing Chen Yi and Helan Minzhi, two ministers whom she relies most as her closest trust, Wu Zetian no longer conceals her idea of ​​continuing to take over power, and directly explains her meaning, hoping to ask them for some feasible strategies. She believes that the intelligence of Helan Minzhi and Chen Yi can give him advice!

"There are some reasons!" Chen Yi did not deny what Helan Min said, and expressed a certain degree of recognition, but also expressed his own opinion: "It's just that Empress, the King of Prime Minister is now thirteen years old, and he will soon become an adult in a few years and can take power. Even if the Queen Mother takes charge of the affairs of the court, he will be in power in a few years! If the King of Prime Minister remains unchanged, he will definitely not want the Queen Mother to continue to handle the affairs of the court on his behalf. If he wants to take power in his own jurisdiction, he will not necessarily have a great dispute! And the prince is weak now, and everything is respected by the Queen Mother's words. I believe that after he becomes the emperor, he will not refuse to obey any instructions! Even if the Queen Mother wants to return to power, he may not necessarily bear it. He will definitely consult the Queen Mother and national affairs!"

"Well!" Wu Zetian responded, but did not continue, with a hesitant look.

Seeing this, Chen Yi immediately continued, "Empress, Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. The prince is ordered to supervise the country to handle the affairs of the court. The aftermath of Your Majesty's death has been arranged. If there is another change, don't you still make a new arrangement? This will make people feel panic and make mistakes in chaos. No one will benefit! I think that in the current situation, the empress should strive for stability! If Your Majesty dies, the empress can draw an edict on his behalf and let the prince respect the edict in his tone. If there is any undecision in military and national affairs, you must consult the empress's decision! I believe that Your Majesty must have such an order before he became ill, and the ministers all think that Your Majesty must have left such a will!"
Chapter completed!