Zhou Yiwei , Wang Likun , Zhong Chuxi and other starring TV series "The Case of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty" has finally started airing, with four episodes premiering. The first four episodes of this drama mainly talk about "The Phoenix Seal Case". This case can be said to be true It is very subtle, not weird at all, but it is extremely subtle, because Empress Wu alone plotted all the smart people in the Tang Dynasty, including Wei Wuji, Changsun Qing, Di Renjie and others, which is really unexpected.
Changsun Qing’s plan
Empress Wu’s innovation, and the initial results, for the aristocratic family headed by Changsun Qing must have touched their cake and interests, so they naturally opposed Empress Wu, even to the point of not giving up, and abolishing Empress became Their only way to survive, but it is not easy to depose the queen. "Sky Fire" has become their most powerful means. Only in this way can they force the emperor to depose the queen.
Changsun Qing’s plan was to use his kindness to Kang Zhiyi to steal the Phoenix Seal. Without the Phoenix Seal, his position would be unstable. Then he used sky fire to chop down Empress Wu’s favorite sycamore tree, and then used Kang Zhiyi to He killed the palace maid who stole the phoenix seal and the Yu Linwei who falsely conveyed the imperial edict, thereby putting everything on Empress Wu. However, although Changsun Qing's calculation was clever, he did not expect that Kang Zhiyi had never betrayed Empress Wu.
Changsun Qing did not expect that Wei Wuji, who was his "friend" and had the same purpose, actually caused trouble for himself. What he didn't expect was that everything was just a game on someone else's chessboard, making his plan a joke.
Wei Wuji's plan
Wei Wuji was actually very helpful to Empress Wu. Unlike Changsun Qing and others, Wei Wuji was relatively aloof and funny. In his opinion, he was dissatisfied with Empress Wu's innovations, because new means change, and change means chaos. , Chaos means countless people will die. He seems to be quiet, but in fact he is not that quiet. He wants to achieve his goal, and even does whatever it takes to do so.
Wei Wuji wanted to use He Dajing's death by fire in the examination room to plot against Empress Wu, so that people would believe in the sky fire. Regardless of the life and death of his own student, Wei Wuji soaked something that could spontaneously ignite into a wine pot, and then smeared it with coptis to calculate the time for He Dajing to die. However, what he didn't expect was that all of Wei Wuji's plans failed. , because wine bottles are not allowed in the examination room.
But what Wei Wuji didn't expect was that after the exam, Di Renjie and He Dajing went to drink, but accidentally entered a theater that Empress Wu once praised. What he didn't expect in the end was that Wei Wuxian's plan succeeded, and He Dajing was captured. Burned to death, but Di Renjie survived. He Dajing's death made him more determined to continue the investigation, so Di Renjie began to investigate, and he suspected that Chang Sunqing had colluded with Kang Zhiyi.
Only later did Di Renjie find out that his teacher was the murderer of He Dajing. Wei Wuji confessed to this because he had found an excellent opportunity and thought he could definitely bring down Empress Wu, because Di Renjie and Changsun Qing were fighting in front of the people. The officials said that if there was another sky fire and it was related to Empress Wu, then it would be God's will, but if the third sky fire didn't happen, then everything would be man-made.
Then Wei Wuji chose to commit suicide by fire without hesitation. He thought that after he died, everything would be stable and Empress Wu would be deposed. But what he didn't expect was that a group of assassins broke into the Wei family while he was committing suicide. This group of assassins entered the Wei family, but they were all killed by Kang Zhiyi. The bodies of these assassins became the best evidence that all this was man-made, and at the same time it was extremely unfavorable evidence for Changsun Qinglai.
Empress Wu counted all the people's hearts
After this incident, Chang Sun Qing went directly to Qinglong Temple to "pray for blessings". He could only go all the way to the dark side, but in the end Li Zhi and Empress Wu went to Qinglong Temple to confront him. He did not expect that What's surprising is that after he mocked Empress Wu, the candle suddenly cracked, and a phoenix seal appeared inside. In full view of everyone, Changsun Qing was speechless. Only then did he realize that everything was Empress Wu's plan.
Changsun Qing wanted to use Sky Fire to overthrow Empress Wu, but Empress Wu did the opposite. It turned out that Kang Zhiyi had been loyal to Empress Wu from the beginning, and they used Empress Wu to plot against him. While Ming Ming was feeling complacent, Empress Wu held a trump card. The Phoenix Seal had never disappeared, and the Empress had tacitly approved these heavenly fires from the beginning.
Empress Wu can really be said to have calculated all the people's hearts. Not only Di Renjie, but also old foxes like Changsun Qing were plotted by her. Hong Liang has a saying that is right, no matter how cunning the old fox is, he will be caught. Changsunqing's trap He made a plan, but he didn't expect that Empress Wu had been waiting for him to take action, and then knocked him down in one fell swoop. From then on, Empress Wu's road to innovation was unimpeded.
Di Renjie actually didn’t know most of the truth until the night he met Empress Wu. It turned out that everything was arranged by her, but Empress Wu’s plan did sacrifice a lot of people. Her plan required bloodshed, such as those The Yulin Guards who falsely conveyed the imperial edict, such as the palace maid who stole the Phoenix Seal, and He Dajing...
But Di Renjie did not dare to resist Empress Wu because of this. Perhaps in his view, these things were necessary sacrifices, or the deaths of these people were insignificant compared to Empress Wu's plan. He supported Empress Wu's approach, even if It's worth the bloodshed along the way.
The truth that Wei Wuji did not know until his death
But there is a question here that is puzzling. Even Wei Wuji did not know it during the conversation with Di Renjie before his death. The question that he did not know until his death was why he originally planned to use alcohol. Hu's plot against He Dajing failed. Why did Di Renjie and He Dajing happen to appear at the theater that Empress Wu had visited and approved of after leaving the examination room? As a result, "Sky Fire" happened to happen in that theater, causing Wei Wuji's plan to go from the beginning to the next seamlessly.
Regarding the answer to this question, Wei Wuji did not know the answer until his death, but in fact it was not a coincidence, but someone did it intentionally, and this person was Empress Wu. Di Renjie was from Bingzhou, and he heard a Bingzhou tune at that time, so he entered the theater. In the end, he became "drunk" because of drinking, and then a fire broke out. He Dajing and others, including the one who stole the Phoenix Seal, All the maids died tragically, and this entire case became a turning point in Di Renjie's fate.
So who sang this sound? In fact, it was none other than Cao An, the person He Dajing mentioned before and the heroine of this drama. This person sang a Bingzhou tune to attract Di Renjie into the theater, so Empress Wu provided Wei Wuji with it from the beginning. Conditions, in fact, even if Wei Wuji does not take action, Empress Wu's people will take action for her. He Dajing is destined to die. As for Di Renjie, he is destined not to die, because Di Renjie is still useful to Empress Wu and uses him to investigate Changsun Qing. This is Empress Wu's plan.
I can only say that everyone is really included in her chess game, only Empress Wu is the only one, she is indeed powerful, Wei Wuji died in vain, because he committed suicide, but Tianhuo does not count, no matter whether Changsun Qing will arrange an assassin or not If there is an assassination, there will be an assassin who will assassinate and leave a body, showing that he is Changsun Qing's person. Empress Wu's calculation was really very sophisticated. No wonder Di Renjie didn't understand it at all. He didn't understand it until Empress Wu finally told him the answer.
Di Renjie was plotted, was Cao An a pawn of Empress Wu?
Of course, Di Renjie himself didn’t know that he was being plotted. He didn’t know that the Bingzhou minor tune was arranged by Empress Wu, or that he didn’t know that Cao An was Empress Wu’s pawn. If he knew, he would have been concerned about Empress Wu killing He Dajing. After all, He Dajing was his friend. Of course, Empress Wu couldn't explain this to him.
He only knew that Wei Wuji died in vain in the end. As for Changsun Qing, he was defeated miserably and was plotted by Empress Wu. Empress Wu used the phoenix seal to eradicate all the obstacles that stood in his way. From now on, there should be no opponents in the entire court. Empress Wu is indeed powerful. Once and for all, Moreover, the whole process was controlled with rhythm and kept everyone entertained. It is no wonder that the person who will be the queen in the end can rule the world only if she has such scheming skills.
Of course, one thing that is very confusing is that Di Renjie’s grandfather served as Zuo Cheng, the minister of the Zhenguan Dynasty. Historically, Di Renjie’s father, Di Zhisun, once served as the governor of Kui. The drama version changed him to Zuo Prime Minister, and in the end he He committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. His death became a huge mystery. Of course, what is puzzling is that Empress Wu seemed to be particularly concerned about this case and asked Di Renjie to investigate it.
What is her relationship with Di Renjie’s father? Also, Di Renjie’s life experience is very special. What kind of life experience does he have? There is no doubt that the drama version has been greatly changed. With the addition of such a hidden line, perhaps Di Renjie traveled to Chang'an, Penglai, Lanfang and other areas of the Tang Dynasty to investigate cases. In the end, every case is intrinsically connected.
After all, there are 24 cases in the original work, but this drama only has nine cases, and in chronological order they are "The Phoenix Seal Case", "The Screen Case", "The Golden Case", "The Legend of the Rain Master", and "The Red Pavilion" ", "Chasing the Murderer in Shaxi", "The Empty Gourd", "The Skylark's Chirping", "Chaoyun Library", now that "The Phoenix Seal Case" has been completed, the next step is "The Screen Case", I don't know what these cases are about The inner connection, whether this connection is the mystery of Di Renjie's life experience, is very curious and confusing.
Summary:
All in all, "The Phoenix Seal Case" at the beginning of the work "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is still very interesting, and can even be said to be very subtle, especially the calculations of Empress Wu, which are really creepy. It's cool, with such scheming, everyone is being manipulated by her, no wonder she is the final winner.
And Wei Wuji never thought that he was smart until his death. In fact, he had always been plotted against him, but the person behind the plot kept silent. As for Di Renjie, he didn't expect that he was also plotted by Empress Wu, but he didn't know how he would feel when he knew the answer in the future. Maybe he would realize that he was even more pitiful than Wei Wuji in the end.
The most important thing is that the death of Dickson throughout the whole drama makes people very confused. What is the relationship between his death and these cases, and why is Empress Wu so interested in his death? We can only wait for subsequent plot updates to give answers to these questions.
