Empress Reborn

Just two months after the famine in the eastern capital, there was another incident in Chang'an City that worried Er Sheng—Ming Chongyan, a doctor who had always been favored by Er Sheng, was murdered by thieves and died on the spot.The Ersheng was quite shocked when he learned about it, and immediately ordered the minister to file a case for investigation, and moved back to Chang'an from Luoyang.

Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er also followed.This time, Li Lingyue was very obedient, she didn't ask Li Zhi to share the car with Wan'er, she just smiled at Wan'er, and got into the car that Wu Reserve had given her.Ming Chongyan is dead, and the sixth brother is going to go down. Her time is coming. She is patient and will not anger her mother because of her impatience.After all, this time is very sensitive now.

The group returned to Chang'an in a mighty manner. As soon as they arrived at the Daming Palace, Empress Wu immediately summoned the ministers to inquire about the cause of Ming Chongyan's death.The minister only said that Zhengjian died at the hands of thieves, but he did not catch the real culprit.Such a result will obviously not satisfy Empress Wu.

Empress Wu's eyes were gloomy, thinking about the events of the past few days, she suddenly became convinced that Ming Chongyan's death was not so simple, the thieves in Chang'an were not so rampant, they dared to assassinate court ministers in the street on the street where people come and go, There must be something strange about this.

She dotes on Ming Chongyan, because Ming Chongyan is not only handsome, but also good at facial witchcraft, can help her divination and calculation, and is very knowledgeable and knows how to please her.However, the ministers in the hall are not very knowledgeable, they only think that Ming Chongyan is a charlatan, not worthy of their efforts, and most of them are Li Xian's confidantes.

——Ming Yun? !Empress Wu's eyes narrowed, and she suddenly remembered that she had called Ming Chongyan to look at several sons in the past. At that time, Ming Chongyan said that among these sons, only Li Xian was embarrassing.Could it be him who killed Chongyan out of hatred?

With an idea in mind, she immediately ordered her confidants to investigate secretly to see if this matter had anything to do with the prince.At the same time, he called his daughter, who was good at divination and calculation, over.

"Ah Yue, since you know how to divination, you will help my mother do the divination to see who killed Ming Zhengjian." Empress Wu said calmly, with no expression of joy or anger.

Li Lingyue naturally knew who Ming Chongyan's death was related to. She knew that her mother was so scheming, she should have begun to doubt Li Xian, and she probably wanted to prove her suspicion by asking her at this time.She glanced at Shangguan Wan'er who was standing beside Empress Wu, and saw that she was worried, but she didn't make a sound, and only kept her in her heart.

Responding to the command, Li Lingyue closed her eyes as though pinching her fingers to calculate, but in fact she was hesitating. After a lifetime, her view of family affection has long been much weaker than before, but she is required to push her brother down with her own mouth. For the high position, she was really hesitant. After all, this brother left early and left a good impression on her.

But in the previous life, he was defeated because of a momentary soft-heartedness. Do you want to lose like this in this life?Even if he didn't say anything, Empress Wu would find out about Zhao Daosheng in the future. At that time, Empress Wu would definitely suspect that she had lied. Even if she could figure out the famine, why couldn't she figure out the cause of death of a subject?

She has already lost once, she can't lose again, she still has to protect Wan'er, she must be ruthless!

Li Lingyue frowned, opened her eyes, her face was filled with embarrassment, as a younger sister who hadn't reached Ji, she should be terrified when she found out that her brother had plotted against him.

"But what is it?" Empress Wu's expression remained indifferent, without any anger.

Li Lingyue bit her lower lip, hesitating at a loss, her eyes met her mother's, and she immediately knelt down in shock, "Aunt...Don't ask, Aunt, my daughter can't figure it out."

"Oh?" Empress Wu snorted softly, although she was not angry, she showed some uneasiness.If the daughter is like this, it must be calculated that this matter has something to do with the prince.Her son is really so bold, he even dares to touch the person she likes!

Shangguan Wan'er also knew that Empress Wu had suspected the prince. Seeing Li Lingyue like this, she was only worried. This was the first time she saw Li Lingyue's expression. It was really cruel to ask a younger sister to confess her wronged brother. .Lowering her body, Shangguan Wan'er also bent her knees and begged, "Tianhou, the princess is not yet ready, so the divination technique will inevitably make mistakes."

Wan'er... Li Lingyue's head was lowered, she couldn't see Shangguan Wan'er's expression, she thought she was concerned, and felt a little guilty.

Empress Wu's eyes lingered on the two of them. She was actually not angry at the youngest daughter's evasive answer, but at this moment she frowned slightly as she watched the two protect each other.

"Ah Yue." Empress Wu glanced down at her daughter, her voice softened a bit, but her expression was still solemn, "What have you done? Mother won't blame you, tell me."

Li Lingyue trembled, and acted out the look of fear, "Mother, my daughter counts..." She raised her head, looked at Empress Wu as if she had thought of something, and suddenly showed a struggling expression, "Mother, Brother Six is ​​just confused for a while. , please forgive him."

Empress Wu narrowed her phoenix pupils, secretly thinking that it was indeed the crown prince, she was about to speak out, when she heard her daughter mournfully say: "Mother, although there are weapons hidden in Sixth Brother's mansion, there should be other reasons, he has absolutely no intention of treason." !"

The daughter's words hit Empress Wu's heart like a bolt from the blue, hurting the person she liked, but she still had the intention of treason? !It seems that the prince really can't stay.Staring down at her daughter's face, Empress Wu saw that Li Lingyue's face alternated between timidity and pleading. She thought that her daughter was still young after all, and she should have turned to her if she dared to reveal Li Xian's affairs before, let alone—her Glancing at the respectful but melancholy Shangguan Wan'er beside her, she gently raised her hand, "Get up."

"Mother..." Li Lingyue didn't get up, but looked at Empress Wu tremblingly, as if pleading.

Empress Wu's face was still difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, she looked at her daughter lightly and asked, "Ah Yue, who do you care more about, mother or your sixth brother?"

Li Lingyue was startled when she heard that, she knew that there must be a whirlpool under her mother's plain face, this question is easy to answer.She looked up at her mother, her lips twitched, "Daughter...naturally cares more about you."

The corners of Empress Wu's lips twitched slightly, and she waved her hand, "Go back. Remember today's matter, you must not mention it to others."

"...Yes." Li Lingyue hesitated for a moment, but finally followed her mother's will, glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, turned and walked out.

Walking to the entrance of the palace courtyard, she suddenly drooped her eyes and let out a long sigh. She opened her bow and didn't turn her head back. This time she sold Sixth Brother, and she didn't know what to do for the supreme position in the future.In the previous life, he protected the Li family everywhere, but in this life, he started to plan for the Li family's imperial career. The world is really impermanent.

The phoenix eyes opened, and the guilt in Li Lingyue's eyes disappeared. She raised her head and stepped out firmly.

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A few days later, the matter of the prince's private weapons was leaked out.Empress Wu sent people to investigate, and sure enough, hundreds of armors were found in the Mafang, and Prince Li Xian was immediately detained.Empress Wu ordered people to search the East Palace, and all the servants and maidservants in the East Palace were imprisoned and searched one by one.For a while, everyone in the East Palace was in danger.

This matter was expected by Li Lingyue, she was not surprised, she still lived her life as usual, after all, she was the one who killed people, and it would be a bit hypocritical to show a sad look.However, in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes, her ordinary appearance was more like she was more sad than heartbroken.Shangguan Wan'er looked worried.

After leaving the class, she walked up to Li Lingyue, looked at Li Lingyue who was concentrating on his desk, and wanted to call her, but couldn't bear to disturb her studying hard, so she stood there silently and watched.

After a while, Li Lingyue just raised her head and saw Shangguan Wan'er standing aside, a smile suddenly appeared on her solemn face, "Wan'er, are you coming down?"

"En." Shangguan Wan'er tapped her head lightly, put her hand on Li Lingyue's shoulder, and wanted to speak to persuade her, but before she could say anything, she felt a force coming from her hand, and she came back to her senses. He fell into Li Lingyue's arms.Li Lingyue's legs were resting on her buttocks, and her waist was tightly hugged by that person. This intimate move made Shangguan Wan'er blush. Although she was nostalgic, she had been with Empress Wu for many days. More alert than ever.

Breaking free from Li Lingyue's arms, Shangguan Wan'er blushed and said, "Princess..."

Li Lingyue smiled casually, got up and saluted Shangguan Wan'er, "I'm sorry Wan'er, maybe I've grown stronger from practicing martial arts these days."

Shangguan Wan'er was embarrassed, but Li Lingyue blocked her words of concern.Looking directly into Li Lingyue's eyes, Shangguan Wan'er twitched the corners of her mouth in a gentle yet relieved way: "Ah Yue, as long as you're fine.