It was not until midnight that the queen woke up slowly. She stretched out her long and comfortable laziness, then sat up by herself, leaned against the dragon couch, blinked her eyes at the bright window, and the palace maid who was busy fiddling with the cleaning there in the bedroom. Then she turned her head and looked at Mu Yuxiao, the female official in Si Shang's bedroom, and asked in a habitual tone:

"Yu Xiao, what time is it now?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's the end of the year." Mu Yuxiao respectfully presented bird's nest snow clam soup, and replied with a smile.

"Chen Mo? So I have missed the morning court?" Wu Zetian asked in surprise.

Many changes have occurred in the past few days, which have exhausted her and have not received a good sleep. This time, with the help of the Seven-Star Magic Strategy, she slept for more than six hours at once, and had enough sleep, as if she had taken away all her worries or stayed away from her, making her feel energetic and comfortable when she woke up. However, it delayed the morning court, which made her feel quite regretful, who regarded herself as diligent.

"Your Majesty, although you have not visited the morning court scene in person, you don't have to worry about missing the court. King Liang and Master Zhang have already ordered the emperor in the palace." Mu Yuxiao smiled and gently served Wu Zetian to take Bird's Nest Snow Clam Soup.

After hearing this, Wu Zetian regained her calmness. After all, she was the supreme emperor. No one would blame her if she missed one or two morning courts.

Wu Zetian calmly drank a few sips of warm tonic soup, and then Ci and Di ordered Mu Yuxiao to help her to the main hall of Hanyuan, where he met Zhang Jianzhi and Wu Sansi, the important ministers of the court.

The main hall of the Hanyuan seems quite generous to Zhang Lin and Lu Junyi, but it is quite narrow for the emperor to meet court officials.

However, wherever the emperor is, the Jinluan Hall will not decrease at all.

Wu Zetian sat upright in the front seat, and behind her were two graceful palace maids respectfully wearing round fans. Qiu Shuang and Wu Chang stood beside each other, and this posture was not made, but was naturally presented. This was the momentum of the emperor.

Zhang Jianzhi and Wu Sansi entered the main hall one by one, bent down and gave a big gift to Wu Zetian, who was sitting upright in the main seat, and then reported today's important court affairs respectively.

Although Wu Sansi's status is higher than Zhang Jianzhi, when reporting the affairs of the court in front of Wu Zetian, Zhang Jianzhi was given priority as usual. This is an unwritten rule that has naturally formed over the years and has never been changed. Of course, Wu Zetian intends to save some face for the court officials. Otherwise, the Wu family is the prince and everything is given priority. What kind of enthusiasm does the court officials have to do for the court?

"Report to the Emperor." Zhang Jianzhi bowed and then reported with a solemn expression, "I received a report from Youzhou. The Prince of Hedong led the Hedong Prefecture troops to support Youzhou. As soon as the Tianwei arrived, the Turkic Eagle Army was frightened and immediately retreated a hundred miles. Our army won a great victory, and the siege of Youzhou was lifted. Youzhou will be guarded by the Prince of Hedong. Di Renjie will follow the previous order and escort Jie Duolishi Dakhan to the Shendu to meet the emperor."

"Okay, okay! When the power of heaven arrives, the Turkic Eagle Division is scared! What a great victory for our army! Wu Yizong really lives up to my expectations!" After hearing this news, Wu Zetian was very happy, patted the armrest of the dragon chaise and praised him loudly. Youzhou defeated the enemy, which is a rare good news in recent days. As for Jie Duolishi's Khan coming to Beijing to see him, although it is also good news, it has become secondary.

Wu Sansi's throat squirmed for a moment. He originally wanted to say something, but seeing that Wu Zetian was in high spirits, he swallowed back what he wanted to say and just licked his mouth.

His abnormal behavior was captured by Wu Zetian's sharp eyes. She raised her hand and pointed at Wu Sansi, and said kindly: "Sansi, what do you have to say, it's okay."

Wu Sansi raised his hand and touched his forehead, looked at Zhang Jianzhi apologetically, and then responded respectfully: "Your Majesty, the gods are not yet calm, and Li Baide held troops outside the city. I feel that it is inappropriate to escort Jie Duolishi Dakhan to the gods at this time. I think it is better to let Di Renjie delay his return to the capital."

After hearing Wu Sansi's words, Wu Zetian was not angry at all. Instead, he felt that Wu Sansi finally had some insights and nodded frequently: "What Sansi said is also the truth. What do you think about it?"

Zhang Jianzhi twisted his beard with his hand and said with a loud voice: "Emperor, although it is an indisputable fact that Li defeated and deeds were soldiered outside the suburbs, the rebels did not form an encirclement of Shendu, and the road to entering and leaving Shendu from Youzhou has not been blocked. The road to Beijing has not been blocked, then we can send troops along the way to protect the safety of the people entering Beijing. I think that when Jie Duolishi Khan enters Beijing at this time, it will greatly boost the prestige of the court and enhance the morale of our army. It will definitely have a significant help in attacking and eliminating the rebels. Please decide."

"Jianzhi's words are reasonable. That's it!" Wu Zetian felt that Zhang Jianzhi's insight was still very clever, so he immediately agreed and made a sincere statement, "Calculate the date when Jie Duolishi Shi Da Khan arrived in Beijing, and send Qianniuwei out of the city two days in advance to carry out necessary protection along the way, so that Jie Duolishi Shi Da Khan would appear safely and perfectly in my court."

This matter is decided.

After the court was discussed, Zhang Jianzhi and Wu Sansi, two important officials, retired.

"Duke Xuan Ganglie's visit." Wu Zetian turned his head and looked at Wu Chang, and ordered with a gentle voice.

Wu Chang felt very strange. In the palace where Zhang Lin lived, he could just scream. Is it necessary to be so formal? However, since the emperor issued an order, she had to execute it without fail.

Wu Chang walked out of the side of the main hall with a towering pace, came to the door of the bedroom, and pronounced an order to Zhang Lin in a very serious expression: "Ganglie Gong, the emperor promised you to meet in the main hall."

"Abide by the order." Zhang Lin agreed and walked out.

"Wait." Wu Chang reached out to stop Zhang Lin and warned seriously, "Ganglie Gong, the emperor promised you a visit, an unusual visit. You need to wear a public uniform and a golden crown. These etiquettes are essential."

"Can't I do this?"

"no."

Meeting the emperor at the place where he lives was as grand as if he was attending court, which made Zhang Lin feel strange and laughed secretly in his heart.

He felt that there was no need to have a dispute with Wu Chang about such a thing, so he had to submissively change his entire outfit, and his whole body was completely renewed and looked graceful.

After putting on his public uniform, under the guidance of Wu Chang and two palace maids, Zhang Lin came to the main hall and followed the bowing ceremony he had learned before, and visited the grand ceremony: "I, Zhang Lin, pays homage to the emperor, wishing my emperor good fortune, longevity and good fortune!"

Wu Zetian looked at Zhang Lin with a kind and passionate look, and was very happy. She didn't know that Zhang Lin was serving her with the seven-star magic stick, but only knew that she had obtained a comfortable and dreamless sleep here, which was a happy thing that had not been in the past month. Because she was in a good mood, she threw away many of her grudges about him, and the rest was appreciation and love.

Wu Zetian raised his hand to Zhang Lin and said happily: "Duke Ganglie defeated several cases one after another, and made great achievements. He was promoted to Duke Shunguo. He had a fief of 3,000 households and was granted 5,000 acres of Yongyetian."

After hearing this, Zhang Lin was overjoyed. He knew that his Ganglie Duke was just a county duke, and he was still two small levels away from Zhang Yizhi's Duke. These two levels seemed very small, but the gap between them was actually larger than the gap between the county duke and the baron. Because the county duke had a fief of only 1,500 households, and only 1,200 households were more than the baron's three hundred households. The duke's fief of the county duke was twice that of the county duke.

Although he was happy, on the surface, Zhang Lin still showed a humble attitude of not being successful, and he refused with a firm attitude:

"Thank you for your kindness. However, my little work is all due to your duty. It is not worth mentioning, and I dare not say anything about it. I ask the emperor to take it back."
Chapter completed!