Chapter 42 Section 12

Princess Taiping sat in her study room full of thoughts, and the cases around her were piled up with documents.Every day, after a lunch of dozens of dishes, she always feels a little sleepy. What is different today is that although the lunch prepared by Shentujia for her is small in variety, it is very delicious, and it is not caused by long-term eating. It made her tired as usual. Taking this opportunity, she dealt with a batch of business affairs that had accumulated over the past few days.Handling these court affairs is a relaxed thing for the intelligent and experienced Princess Taiping. What worries her is her relationship with the emperor.

Since the establishment of the current emperor as the crown prince two years ago, Princess Taiping has expressed firm opposition in various ways.She has her own reasons for doing this, because Li Longji is not a weak person to be bullied.Now that the Supreme Emperor is still alive, she can still control the government, but one day the Supreme Emperor will pass away, and she herself will be old, and then her life's efforts will be in vain. What made Princess Taiping feel the urgency was that the emperor seemed to be very popular in the less than a year since he ascended the throne. Ordinary people and lower-level officials seemed very happy that there was a young and enterprising emperor in the Tang Dynasty. People are already reflecting on the various disadvantages of the heroine's rule in the past few decades, which is very detrimental to Princess Taiping's future reconstruction of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Regarding the emperor, Princess Taiping had conceived several feasible plans, but as the emperor's prestige and ability were increasingly accepted by people, she had lost the best time to do it.Even so, it doesn't mean that she has no chance. With the power in her hands, she still has the strength to launch a small-scale coup, but if she can't get rid of her nephew who is the emperor in one fell swoop, she will You will lose everything, including your life. The most difficult thing is that launching a coup requires mobilizing the army to destroy the palace city where the emperor lives, and Princess Taiping can't trust the army controlled by her subordinates. After all, it is the Imperial Guard of the Tang Dynasty, not the Zhou Dynasty The Habayashi Army.

After much deliberation, assassination is the most feasible method. At that time, the emperor's eldest brother, Li Chengqi, who lost the throne that should belong to him, can be blamed. Poison?Or kill?This is a problem. Qi'er, who has been waiting beside Princess Taiping, saw that Princess Wuzi was lost in thought, so she didn't disturb her.This is a common occurrence in Princess Taiping. She often falls into painful deep thinking, and sometimes becomes very irritable because of it. Qi'er also had a very embarrassing thing in her heart, her conversation with Shentu Jia in the morning made her have no way out.She knew very well what the princess had in mind, and even participated in it. It was about the throne.Shen Tujia showed that she was the princess's enemy, which made her very embarrassed, because she hoped that this man could become her reliance, and take her out of Beijing to live a life of freedom without having to bear the heavy responsibility now.For this reason, she is determined not to let Shentu Jia come to see Princess Taiping, as long as there is no conflict between them, Shentu Jia will not lose his life, and Qi'er himself will still have a chance to live a new life.

"Qi'er." Princess Taiping had woken up from deep thinking, her eyes were fixed on the face of Qi'er who was also in deep thought. "Go get that cook." "Princess, it's still missing! That's a cook. It's dirty and dirty. Besides, as a princess, it doesn't look good to summon a cook. If you have anything to do, just ask the housekeepers to tell him. "Qi'er deliberately showed a contemptuous expression on his face. "That's a little bit wrong." Because Princess Taiping doesn't have a daughter, she dotes on Qi'er to some extent, so she speaks casually to her. "You still seemed to have a good impression of him this morning. Why did you change your skills after a while? Besides, it's not that I haven't seen him. Go and call him, I have other things to do."

The other thing that Princess Taiping was thinking about was Shentu Jia's big iron vertebra.Regarding Shentujia's experience in Chang'an, Dou Huaizhen reported to her last night that this person was lured to the mansion by Li Chonghuan with a lot of money, thinking that it was a feast in Qujiang. Political power matters. "Come closer." Princess Taiping wanted to take a closer look at this young man who might be in charge. "I've always been a little strange. That day in Qujiang, why didn't you really compete with that person?" "Small ones don't want to hurt people." Shentu Jia wanted to make himself look like a person who is greedy for small profits but has no ambitions in front of Princess Taiping. "That General Li hired me as a cook, and I have no obligation to work hard for him."

"What kind of weapon are you using?" Princess Taiping turned her attention. "It's not a weapon, it's a small chopping board for cooking." "It's not a weapon?" Princess Taiping stared at the swollen arms under Shentujia's white clothes, shook her head disapprovingly, and said seriously, "What are you trying to hide from me? Haven't you practiced martial arts? Isn't your big iron spine?" The kind of sharp weapon Pu Langsha used to hit the auxiliary car?" "The princess is right," Shentu Jia knelt on the ground pretending to be terrified, "that's what it is. However, the villain's master said that this kind of weapon is useless and will only bring disaster to himself, so the villain Didn't dare to tell the truth."

Looking at the fearful Shentu Jia, Princess Taiping felt a little happy in her heart. Driving and manipulating people is her most proficient skill.It is not difficult to make this young man who has never seen the world in front of him useful to him, but he does not know whether she likes money, power or beautiful women. never mind!How can this kind of thing know that power is a good thing. Thinking of this, Princess Taiping glanced at the chess player standing beside her, and saw that she was standing there with lowered eyebrows and no expression on her face. "If I want you to do an important thing for me, what reward do you want?"

"Being able to serve the princess is a villain's blessing, and villains don't ask for rewards." This is the typical tone of those who seek small gains. They all think that this method of retreating into advance can get greater benefits.At this time, Princess Taiping already had a prototype of a plan in her heart, and she was very proud of it.But there is a key problem with this plan that needs to be resolved. "Have you seen my nephew?" Princess Taiping deliberately made a detour. "Your nephew?" "Long live today." This was the first time Qi'er interjected.Chess calculated very accurately, she knew that this was exactly what Princess Taiping wanted to say, she just wanted to use her blunt tone to alert Shentu Jia.

"No. I haven't been in Chang'an for a few years, and I haven't had such a blessing." Shentu Jia was telling the truth, he had never met the emperor. "If you finish the matter well, I will lead you to see the emperor, and I will let the emperor make you a high official." Princess Taiping used such the most easy-to-understand words, lest Shentu Jia, who was a cook, would misunderstand what she meant. "Thank you, princess! Even if she kills and sets fire for the princess, I will never say anything else." Shentu Jia's expression of gratitude to Dade was very realistic.

"There's no need to set fire, it's just killing someone." Princess Taiping's smile was relaxed and cheerful. "Although it is very convenient for me to kill this man, it is really inconvenient to do it myself. You kill him for me, and try your method. If it works, I will use it again." "Okay. Where is the man now?" "Don't worry. I'll let you know when it's time to do something." Princess Taiping just needs such a reckless, impulsive and mercenary person. Qi'er was on the side but was very worried about them.She is well aware of Princess Taiping's way of handling affairs. The princess must want to use Shentujia's ignorance as her first arrow against the emperor.As for trying methods, it only shows that Princess Taiping doesn't trust Shentu Jia. She must want Shentu Jia to assassinate the emperor for her without Shentu Jia's knowledge. Otherwise, why would she ask Shentu Jia if he is Have you met the emperor? In this way, even if Shentujia was sent by the emperor, he would fight hard to show his loyalty to Princess Taiping, but he didn't know that this blow was aimed at the leader of his side.Besides, no one would easily agree to assassinate the emperor if it wasn't a madman. However, it is not Princess Taiping's way of handling such important matters for such a person who does not know his details. What else is Princess Taiping thinking about?Could it be that Shentujia was just trying a move in this game of chess, but the real fatal blow was in a more hidden place?This is the consistent style of Princess Taiping. Qi'er thought of all aspects of this matter in the blink of an eye, but still didn't have a reasonable explanation. Do you want to tell Shentu Jia about all this?cannot.Shentujia's performance today disappointed Qi'er, he didn't listen to her dissuasion to him in the morning, and he really fell into Princess Taiping's trap.Maybe he was very proud in his heart, and to persuade him at this time, what he summoned could only be boring. Only act with the camera, see how things develop before making a decision.Qi'er still hopes to leave here with Shentu Jia, but under the condition of mutual respect, not when the other party doesn't take Qi'er seriously like now.