[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

No.17 Chapter 02

It takes money to run a small family, and even more so to run a vast empire.

Wu Xu is currently thinking about making a 'luxury' item that can be found all over the mountains and plains, selling it at a high price to aristocratic families to earn huge profits...

In the past two years, in order to help Li Xiaojiu solve the financial crisis, Wu Xu had no choice but to 'invent' some things that were n hundred years later.

Now, looking at the dark roof and dimly lit hall of Taiji Palace, Wu Xu always feels something is missing...

When she turned her head and saw the large wooden windows, she suddenly understood where the uncomfortable feeling was.

Drapes and screens are often used as partitions in the palace, so people feel a sense of suffocation layer upon layer.The wooden windows are opaque, and the hall is lit by palace lanterns all year round. Not to mention the waste of resources, Wu Xu still feels that the palace is very dark...

It would be great if all the doors of the temple could be equipped with aluminum alloy glass and gold windows,

Aluminum alloy is easy to handle, but what about glass?

As a man of engineering, even though he has not been exposed to the subject of chemistry for many years, Wu Xu still remembers the experiment about making glass.

In this era, there are glazed products similar to glass, but they are all produced in the Western Regions and presented to the Tang Dynasty as rare tributes. There is a set of glazed banana leaf cups in Wuxu's Baifu Temple, which are very rare objects...

Wu Xu has always disapproved of the close relatives of this kind of glass. Now that I think about it, if I can make bright glass, it would be a huge profiteering industry (ˉ﹃ˉ) saliva

This thing can not only be sold to those aristocratic families who like to pretend, but also exported to foreign countries!

At that time, if those poor people in the Western Regions send some glass bottles and plates as tributes, Wu Xu said that he must throw him a tall glass cup!

Wu Xu had an idea, so he did it.

Craftsmen in this era mainly fired pottery, and Li Xiaojiu had a pottery kiln in his industry.

Wu Xu couldn't wait for Li Zhi to come back, so she took the jade pendant that Li Zhi gave her earlier, and went to look for Cui Neishi.

When Cui Neishi heard that Wu Xu wanted a pottery kiln, he was a little puzzled.

"What kind of utensils are you going to use, lady, just tell our family, why come here in person..."

Wu Xu smiled and waved her hands, and said, "Cui Weng doesn't know, I just got a secret recipe that can produce something clearer than colored glaze... So, I want to see the kiln..."

Cui Neishi couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

Liuli was regarded as a diamond-level treasure at the time, and Wu Xu said so lightly that she could burn it, so it's not surprising!

The way Cui Neishi looked at Wu Xu changed - this girl will always do some incredible things...

"Wait a minute, my lady, I will wait for the old servant to ask about the situation below!" Cui Neishi said, and asked his confidant to fetch the account book.

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu's peripheral and insignificant industries are managed by Cui Neishi. In fact, there is more than one kiln for firing pottery.

Cui Neishi said that he wanted to look at the account books, but he wanted to find an unremarkable kiln with enough skilled craftsmen, so that he could take Wu Xu to inspect it.

Taking advantage of the waiter's time to pick up the account book, the waiter Cui said to Wu Xu again: "The lady is about to be promoted, the old slave is here to congratulate first..." Saying that, he gave a big gift.

Wu Xu hurriedly helped Cui Neishi up, and said: "Cui Weng really broke me... I am today thanks to the sage's attention and your help..."

Cui Neishi shook his head and said: "My lady is too modest... You have today, although it is valued by the saints, but it is also indispensable to the general trend..."

Cui Neishi is a sensible person. He has followed His Majesty Li Er for so many years, and he can guess the thoughts of His Majesty Li Xiaojiu now.

The royal family is afraid of time, it is not a day or two, as the daughter of the family, Queen Wang is destined not to please His Majesty Li Xiaojiu too much.

However, the Queen has no sons and no favours, and she is trying to murder the sweetheart that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu has tried everything possible to pursue. Isn't that a suicide attempt? !

Wu Xu, to be honest, is easier to serve than Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao, because her mind is far from those trivial intrigues in the palace...

When Cui Nei's attendant Wu Xu was still a talented person, she could see her ability. Although she didn't have the art of silence and balance the power of the harem like Queen Wende, she was a good assistant for the saint in handling political affairs.

Don't talk about the harem not interfering with politics. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the empress could justifiably help His Majesty the emperor handle political affairs!

What's more, Wu Xu is a kind-hearted person. Having such a woman as a queen is a blessing for the saint and the harem!

Cui's only worry is that Wu Xu is not cruel enough. In his opinion, she is too soft-hearted towards some harem women, and she is often taken advantage of by some close people without knowing it...

Just like in this incident of witchcraft and poisoning by Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, it was obvious that Wu Xu was the victim and should be compensated, but he was called a traitor concubine by the courtiers and was strongly resisted. This person, but Wu Xu didn't notice it at all!

Cui Neishi felt that he should remind the future mistress.

"The old slave heard that the sage proposed to appoint a lady as queen, and was opposed by the princes. Mrs. Zhou Guo tried her best to fight for the lady's affairs. She went to the eldest grandson's door several times but failed. I don't know what the lady thinks?"

When Wu Xu heard this, she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, what Cui Neishi said made her feel like she didn't know what to say.

In fact, she has noticed the efforts of Li Xiaojiu and Yang's, but she always feels that being a queen is someone else's business!

Seeing Wu Xu's embarrassed expression, Cui Nei waiter said that she was too embarrassed to speak out her own thoughts, so he said: "The saint's heart for a lady, the old slave, Ah Wang, and A Wei (referring to Wei Shangyi who used to be with Li Xiaojiu) all know each other very well." Ming, it's just that the lady has some worries in her heart..."

"Actually, whether it's serving the late emperor or the saint, you have done a good job..." Cui Neishi said with some awe: "Since you have reached this point, you can't back down, my lady. If you sit back and watch the courtiers help others The woman ascended to the next position, not to mention the saint, how do you let Wulang, Liulang and Sanniang who died for no reason in the future?"

The death of King Wu is not far to learn from!

Wu Xu's face changed when Cui Neishi mentioned her little kids.

It is said that if a woman is a woman, she is weak and if she is a mother, she is strong. This is also true for men!

Only a man with a small family can feel the responsibility on his shoulders.

Xiao Wu didn't dare to say that he was a big man in the past, but he would never sit back and watch his child suffer misfortune!

However, after arriving here, the child she had worked so hard to give birth to died because of her negligence...

This is probably the pain she can't forget until now!

Cui Neishi said it well.Only by becoming stronger can she have greater power to protect the person she said she wants to protect!

"Cui Weng, I have engraved all your golden words today in my heart..." She has no choice but to fight for this post!

Cui Neishi couldn't help nodding his head when he heard this, and said: "The old slave is also worrying blindly. I think the saint must have already taken care of it... However, the lady has to be wary. The family background of Concubine Xu Xian is not ordinary. I think there are many people in the court who are interested. For her..."

"Besides, this old slave heard that Mrs. Han, the lady's older sister, is going back to Chang'an in the near future. Her daughter was involved in the poisoning case. This old slave is worried..."

Cui Neishi is worthy of being a person who specializes in secret activities beside Li Xiaojiu. Since Helan was implicated in the case of Xiao Sanniang's death since he was a child, he has doubts about Wushun's mother and daughter.

Wu Xu was silent for a long time after listening to Cui Neishi's words, and could only smile wryly in return.

Xu Xiaomei's family background is indeed good, now that the Queen and Concubine Xiao who were born above her in the palace fall, she will naturally take the lead, and the courtiers will inevitably have some thoughts.

As for Miss Wu...

In fact, she didn't want Sister Wu to stir up this mess at this critical moment.

However, her two children are still young, and she herself is clumsy and can't take care of the two children. She has a lot of business to do before her, so how can she have time to take care of the children herself? !

Originally, it would have been better to hand over the eldest and second child to Yang Shi, but now Yang Shi is running around for her to become queen, busier than her.

Wu Xu didn't feel at ease to hand it over to others. After all the calculations, she had to hand it to Sister Wu!

"Cui Weng's words, I will think carefully..." Wu Xu thought for a while, but couldn't think of a good solution for a while, and said, "I can only choose a few reliable people for me..."

Cui Neishi agreed not to mention it.

But when Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others heard that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu had summoned them, they thought that this young sage was going to talk to them about Empress Lixin again, so they couldn't help but get together and have a small meeting first.

"The sage will summon us today, thinking about setting up a new empress..." Chang'an Ling Pei Xingjian was the first to speak.

Chang'an Ling is not a high-ranking official, but he is the highest chief executive of Chang'an City. He also has a place in the court whenever courtiers need to express their opinions on anything.

Pei Xingjian was regarded as an old minister left behind by the late emperor, so he was closer to Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others, but he was not like Han Yuan and Lai Ji who followed Changsun Wuji's lead in everything.

When Chu Suiliang saw Pei Xingjian's worried look, he was immediately very unhappy.

"The heart of a sage rests entirely on Wu Zhaoyi, this matter is absolutely impossible, so what is there to discuss!"

Han Yuan, who was single-handedly selected by Changsun Wuji, is the in-laws of Changsun Wuji's sons and daughters, and he always calls him Mr. Changsun in every word.He heard Pei and Chu faintly intending to argue, so he turned to Changsun Wuji.

"What does Mr. Sun Xianggong think of this matter?"

Changsun Wuji stroked his beautiful beard, closed his eyes and remained silent.

In fact, when His Majesty Li Xiaojiu named Xu a virtuous concubine at first, he was relieved.

Because Li Zhi did not directly support Xu Zhaorong as the queen, which means that the young saint does not favor Xu.

Uncle Changsun originally planned to write a letter to ask Li Zhi to re-select a lady from a famous family to be the central palace, and he already had several suitable candidates in mind.Who would have thought that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu would act so unreasonably, first revealing that he would confer the title of the former Emperor Wu, and then sending Xu Jingzong, an old man from the East Palace, to come to the door as a lobbyist, trying to persuade him to agree to this absurd decision!

With the pride of the Guanlong nobles, the identity of the important ministers of the two dynasties, and the eldest grandson Wuji who has been smooth sailing since he entered politics, he mercilessly poured cold water on the head of the passionate Majesty Li Xiaojiu.

He had already endured the abolishment of the empress, but if he wanted to make a woman with a humble status as mud, he would never agree to it!

"This old man will definitely speak to the sage about this matter, and he will definitely make the sage stand Wu Zhaoyi..." Changsun Wuji assured several court officials who were looking at him eagerly.

Pei Xingjian said happily when he heard the words: "If the sage makes Wu Zhaoyi his queen, the country will be in danger! If the eldest grandson is willing to speak out, the sage will rely on everything!"

As soon as Pei Xingjian's words fell, he was opposed by Chu Suiliang.

"Taiwei is an uncle of the country. If you offend a saint, wouldn't it mean that the saint will be called disrespectful to his elders? No." Chu Xianggong glanced at Sikong and Li Ji, who was in the presence of the old god, and said righteously: "Suiliang bows to the will. If not exhausted It's stupid and sincere. Why don't you see the first emperor?" He said that he would first dissuade His Majesty Li Xiaojiu in his capacity as Minister Gu Ming.

Unexpectedly, when it was time to meet His Majesty Li Xiaojiu, old man Sikong and Li Ji suddenly fell ill and couldn't go.

The author has something to say: Lao Chu is about to start playing dead =. =