Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 866 Wang Xiao and Wang Jinghui

Although she said she would not bear grudges, Wu Zetian sighed and continued:

"Although Wang Xiao has a close relationship with you, she has no support in the court after all."

"She won't get far if she enters the harem based solely on her childhood relationship with you. You also need balance in your harem."

The empress's brows suddenly twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

She seemed to be making a difficult decision, one that made her very uncomfortable.

After a full cup of tea, Wu Zetian finally came to terms with herself, and her frown relaxed.

"Although Wang Xiao has a daughter from the Taiyuan Wang family, the Taiyuan Wang family and I have been enemies for many years. For many years, there has been no minister from the Taiyuan Wang family in the court, and they cannot protect her."

"You and Hu Jinghui have a very close relationship. Hu Jinghui is my trusted and beloved general. I now understand his situation very well."

"He has also made great contributions to my Great Zhou, so..."

Wu Zetian's words were on the tip of her tongue, but she stopped.

She closed her eyes and finally consoled herself:

"Go back and tell Hu Jinghui that I asked her to change her surname back to Wang."

"From now on, he's not Hu Jinghui anymore, he's Wang Jinghui."

"Let him recognize Wang Xiao from the Taiyuan Wang family as his sister. From now on, he will protect Wang Xiao as a military commander."

Li Cunxi heard the explosive news with his own ears and quickly clasped his fists.

He did not thank Hu Jinghui on his behalf, but was extremely frightened.

"Your Majesty, Brother Jinghui is loyal to you. Although he is a member of Queen Wang's family, he has never harbored any rebellious intentions, Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian reached out and pressed down.

"When did I say he had a rebellious heart?"

"I have known for a long time that his last name is Wang, and I am very confident in him. He is my favorite general. Otherwise, I would not have appointed him as the General of the Thousand Oxen Guards even though I knew he was a member of Queen Wang's family."

"He is very loyal. I can see that. After all these years, he hasn't helped you to usurp the throne. This is enough to prove that my judgment is correct."

Li Cunxi had nothing to say.

During the Youzhou case, he suspected that the emperor knew Hu Jinghui's special identity. He just didn't expect that the emperor even knew that Hu Jinghui's surname was Wang.

Since the emperor knows Hu Jinghui's identity, does he also know the identity of Li Qingxia's cousin?

As for the emperor letting Hu Jinghui be Wang Xiao's backer, that was really a big deal.

"Why don't I invite Brother Jinghui here directly? Your Majesty, I can tell him in person. Brother Jinghui might be even more grateful."

"I don't need him to shed tears of gratitude. I have seen him shed blood and fight for my Great Zhou over the years. I know what's going on."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Wang Xiao and Yuan Hui are of noble birth, and with their backing, your harem will be balanced." Wu Zetian tilted her head. "Xue Qinglin has a very good relationship with your family. He even suffered a great disaster for your family. He has a daughter. You can take her into your harem. This will also fulfill their family's loyalty."

"Your Majesty knows this, so I will certainly not refute it."

"Well, I'm not interfering in your harem affairs. I'm simply reminding you that peace in the harem is more important than anything else. As for the remaining concubines, you can choose them yourself. Whether they are children of civil and military officials or from ordinary people's families, it's up to you to choose."

The emperor opened his mouth again, as if he wanted to say something, but ended up stopping short.

"I am tired and need to rest. You and the ministers will decide on the rewards for the soldiers who are conquering the East."

"You'll be busy from now on, so please take care of your health."

……

After returning to Qianyang Palace, Li Cunxi was completely different from before.

He glanced at the ministers who were still discussing matters and walked up to the throne room.

"Uncle, mentor, how is the discussion going?"

"It's almost there. At this point, we are basically accumulating merits, so they are all empty positions," said Di Renjie.

Wu Chengsi then spoke: "The only general who received a proper reward was General Daleha."

Six days ago, Liu Siqian, who learned that Daleha was about to return to the court, submitted his resignation to the emperor.

The meaning of the resignation letter was very simple, that is, he was terminally ill and had to return home as soon as possible. Even if he died, the old man wanted to die in his hometown.

At that time, Wu Zetian was still ill, so she asked Wu Chengsi, Di Renjie and other ministers to discuss the matter. Finally, Di Renjie agreed and sent two imperial doctors to accompany Liu Siqian back.

Sending an imperial physician to accompany him was an honor that few in the court had. You should know that when Di Renjie went north to Taiyuan to worship his ancestors during the Youzhou case, he was accompanied by only one imperial physician.

After Liu Siqian learned the news, he packed up his things and returned to his hometown of Yangzhou with the imperial physician.

This time, Daleha defeated Li Xiaoyi, destroyed Li Xiaoyi's 100,000-strong army, and successfully killed Li Xiaoyi, fulfilling His Majesty's wish. It was time to be rewarded, so according to the emperor's original arrangement, he became the General of the Right Dragon Guard.

Daleha became the general of the Right Dragon Guard, but that was just the beginning. Wu Zetian also appointed him Duke of Xin and made him the deputy commander-in-chief of the Hebei Road Army, leading the Right Dragon Guard north to prepare for a battle with the Turks.

This gift that had been promised long ago made Daleha tremble all over, and he wished he could die for Wu Zetian.

Of course, he had no chance to die for Wu Zetian, as she was about to abdicate.

After discussing with the officials for a while, while Wu Chengsi was sending someone to get the dragon robe for Li Cunxi, Li Cunxi found Hu Jinghui and repeated what Wu Zetian had said to him.

Hu Jinghui was extremely surprised, and then felt a little scared.

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for not killing me all these years. I actually thought the Emperor didn't know."

"I went to see the emperor."

Hu Jinghui left in a hurry to meet the emperor.

Li Cunxi also returned to the Danchi and sat down without drinking a few sips of water. Lu Tong, who had gone to the Shangyi Bureau to get the dragon robe, came back. Everyone surrounded Li Cunxi and helped him put on the dragon robe.

There must be someone who couldn't stand this kind of unscrupulous behavior. Xu Xi jumped out and pointed at the dragon robe on Li Cunxi, and started to scold him.

"Your Highness, the officials are being rude!"

"Even though they have a history with His Highness, they can't just take the dragon robe and put it on His Highness!"

"What they are doing is absolutely wrong, Your Highness!"

"All the officials are watching now. If this were to reach His Majesty's ears, would His Majesty be happy?"

"Let's take a step back and say, even if it doesn't reach your Majesty's ears, the historian is still here. You have to be mindful of the impact!"

The historian Liu Zhiji coughed. He was originally admiring the dragon robe on Li Cunxi, but he turned around silently and walked towards the corner of the wall.

When he reached the corner, he slowly squatted down without even looking back.

"I didn't see it, I didn't see it, I didn't see it, I didn't see it."