Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 42 We are all kidding
"Huh? How many artifacts are there to protect the country? The cannon is just one of them?"

Wu Zetian, who was showing off inside, suddenly froze and was deeply surprised.

Anyone who has seen a cannon knows that it is a true artifact of the country. There is no need to advertise it. As long as the true power is exerted, it can suppress all those who dare to oppose it!

Things like the Nine Cauldrons and the Imperial Seal that were blown up to heaven in the past are all rubbish in front of it, because these things are blown by mouth and are based on pretense. Apart from deceiving those pedantic people, they have no purpose. Any egg use.

In Wu Zetian's understanding, how could such a national artifact, a treasure of this level, have a second one, or even...

A few! !
At this moment, Wu Zetian suddenly became excited, so excited that her eyes gleamed and her forehead sweated!
"Yang Yanzhang! What did you just say? Do you still have the artifact to protect the country??"

Wu Zetian spoke significantly faster, revealing her inner thoughts.

Yang Yanzhang pretended to be surprised and asked, "Huh? How did the Queen Mother know?"

Wu Zetian laughed triumphantly as expected: "As for your little secret, do I know? The Imperial Guards retreat, Yang Yanzhang, please come in for me, and let's talk about other artifacts that protect the country."

But Yang Yanzhang was not in a hurry: "No hurry, no rush, didn't the Queen Mother just ask Wei Chen why he showed the cannon to the Tibetan envoy? Let's talk about this carefully first! Wei Che felt that the atmosphere in the palace today was a bit strange. The Queen Mother seemed to be I'm questioning Wei Chen, and it seems that the Royal Forest Army is here to arrest Wei Chen, I wonder if that's the case?"

Wu Zetian frowned immediately!
Yang Yanzhang always made her feel uncontrollable. As a king who had been in power for many years, Wu Zetian naturally wanted to surrender Yang Yanzhang.

However, the section of removing millstones and killing donkeys that he had designed was disrupted because of "a number of artifacts to protect the country."

Now if this kind of thing is admitted, Yang Yanzhang will be angry. If there are five artifacts, but only two or three are told to her, isn't that a loss of blood?
So, after Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, she reluctantly said: "Catch you? That's not possible. The cannon shocked the Tibetan envoys and saved my face. That was a great achievement! I, I was just joking with you. .”

"That's it..." Yang Yanzhang smiled, "What a coincidence, Wei Chen was also the Queen Mother just now and made a joke."

Wu Zetian was stunned again, with a stiff expression on his face: "Yang Yanzhang, are you saying that there are no other artifacts to protect the country?"

Yang Yanzhang smiled ambiguously: "It's a joke, the Queen Mother doesn't need to worry about it."

Wu Zetian was immediately furious: "You are not joking, you are clearly lying! Do you know what crime it is to deceive me?"

Yang Yanzhang decided to break the rules again today, so he retorted nonchalantly: "The Queen Mother is very knowledgeable, so she naturally knows the principles of action and deeds. The Queen Mother is joking with me, so naturally I have to learn to joke?"

"Effects of the upper and lower..."

Wu Ze felt dizzy for a while, and immediately planned to break the pot and have Yang Yanzhang removed from his post and dealt with severely.

"Transfer the Habayashi Guards to me..."

But just as she opened her mouth, Shangguan Wan'er next to her interrupted in a low voice: "Queen Mother, wait a moment! I have something to say, should I say it or not?"

Wu Zetian had always trusted Shangguan Wan'er very much, so she reluctantly nodded.

"Your Majesty, Yang Yanzhang is joking because you are joking. If you are not joking, he will not be joking either." Wu Zetian was stunned: "Wan'er, you seem to have said something, but you also seem to have said nothing. What on earth do you want to do? What does it mean?"

"What Wan'er means is that if the Queen Mother can be honest with him, then maybe Yang Yanzhang can really present the Queen Mother with another sacred weapon to protect the country!"

Wu Zetian's eyes flickered, thinking back to Yang Yanzhang's response just now, she felt that there was some truth in what she said.

Seeing her thinking, Shangguan Wan'er continued to persuade her while the iron was hot: "The Queen Mother gave him a chance. It was just a matter of one sentence. Maybe he could get another divine weapon! But if we just deal with him like this, then everything would be impossible." .”

Wu Zetian nodded thoughtfully, and then said in a deep voice: "Yang Yanzhang, come in and talk."

After he came in, Wu Zetian slowly explained: "That's right, I was actually half-joking just now. In fact, it is all the fault of Zhou Xinglai, Jun and Chen. They are the ones who came to gossip, saying that you deliberately gave the power of the cannon to the Tibetan envoys Look, and then secretly sold the cannon blueprint at a high price! Of course, I don’t believe it. I was really joking with you just now, why did you take it seriously? "

Shangguan Wan'er was on the side giving Yang Yanzhang a wink, hinting that Wu Zetian had taken a big step back and he had to come up with some real materials.

But Yang Yanzhang was framed for no reason and almost died just now. It was really uncomfortable to hold this tone in his heart, so he was unmoved and just nodded lightly: "Oh, that's it. The Queen Mother is like this. I am really flattered."

Wu Zetian knew that Yang Yanzhang was mocking her, and her face immediately turned red, not only because of shame, but also because of embarrassment and anger!
"Yang Yanzhang! You don't want to drink wine as a penalty! I took a step back because Shangguan Wan'er spoke for you! If you really don't have any other artifacts to control the country, I will definitely remove you from your post even if I don't kill you. I will be placed under house arrest in the palace and I will make you sleep with me every night!"

Shangguan Wan'er was very anxious at this time and couldn't help but say: "The Queen Mother may be happy and angry for a while, but with his intelligence, it won't be long before he can offer another sacred weapon to the Queen Mother!"

Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian snorted coldly: "Shangguan Wan'er! Didn't you persuade me just now that I would talk to him in a low voice? He didn't know how to rush into me. If there are no other artifacts to protect the country today, then not only will he be punished, but also he will be punished. Even you can’t escape!”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, instead of helping Yang Yanzhang, she was also involved.

Thinking that despite her sacrifice, Yang Yanzhang always disliked her openly and secretly, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but secretly wipe her tears.

"Hey, it's the hardest to accept the kindness of a beauty..."

Seeing this, Yang Yanzhang couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.

If Shangguan Wan'er hadn't been there, he would have tried to mess with Wu Zetian's mentality today. After all, Wu Zetian had just gotten the benefit, and now it would be too much to kill the donkey.

But Shangguan Wan'er risked her life to speak for him, and now she was crying like a pear blossom, which made him feel really sorry.

"Forget it, bow down to the old witch now, and later find Zhou Xinglai and Junchen to vent your anger on the old witch and make the old witch suffer!"

As soon as his thoughts changed, Yang Yanzhang made a decision.

"Queen Mother, I have been joking just now! Isn't it a divine weapon that can govern the country? I have it!"

(End of this chapter)