Zhen Guo Princess GL

It was late at night, but Empress Wu was still sitting in front of the case and copying scriptures.She has been like this for several days since Yong Wang Li Sheng died.He talked and laughed at Yan Yan during the day, and his expression remained the same at night, but it was always after the third watch when he went to bed, and sometimes he didn't even sleep all night.

And this kind of sleeplessness is just to finish copying a Taoist scripture before the day.

Wan'er quietly watched Empress Wu swipe her brush and ink without thinking. The pen tip soaked in ink carefully sketched one handwriting after another on the white linen paper. She has been by Empress Wu's side for more than two years. I have never seen Empress Wu take the matter of copying scriptures so seriously.

If she had had the slightest sympathy for the deposed prince who died young, she shouldn't have pushed him into such a situation step by step.Really forced his eldest son to death, and then turned around to copy the scriptures and pray for him, and copied every word so seriously that it would look ridiculous to outsiders.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is precisely because she is Empress Wu that she acts like this.These unreasonable things in the eyes of ordinary people were done by Empress Wu, but they were so logical and taken for granted.

Wan'er recalled Empress Wu's expression when she received the news of Li Sheng's death.At that moment, her expression was indifferent, only her right hand clenched into a fist, and she punched the palm of her left hand. She calmly ordered Wan'er to prepare the mourning clothes, but she sat alone in front of the desk and began to copy the "All Dao Sutras" she had prepared long ago. .

Like most of the women in the world today, Empress Wu worshiped Buddhism more than Taoism, but her eldest son Li Sheng believed in Buddhism.Before Li Sheng was alive, mother and son often argued and quarreled over this matter.Most of the blessings of the royal family are Buddhist and Taoist, but Empress Wu deliberately set only Buddhist and not Taoist matters in many matters.Now Li Shengshiro and Empress Wu finally took into account his wishes when praying for his son's blessings, emphasizing both Buddhism and Taoism.What I copied by myself was not a Buddhist scripture, but a scripture that my son often recited during his lifetime, and even the copied version was also the one that Li Sheng copied and contributed by hand before he left Beijing.

When the servant brought the Taoist scripture in last year, Empress Wu threw the scripture on the ground with great disdain and asked people to burn it.However, after a while, she repented of her foreword, and kept this scripture properly, and kept it until now—thinking about it now, she had made up her mind to kill her son at about that time, so she changed her mind and kept this scripture as a souvenir in the future.

Although this person's viciousness is far beyond Wan'er's knowledge, but after being vicious, he is not completely without warmth.

After all, this Empress Dowager is just a person, a woman, not some monster or ghost, let alone some god or saint.

For no reason, Wan'er recalled the countless dreams she had had. In those dreams, Empress Wu was either tender or ferocious, possessing all kinds of characters, but their desires were surprisingly consistent, just like the many "people" around her. ".

This is the case in the dream, so what if it is not in the dream?

As a "human being", Empress Wu, since she has ordinary human feelings, does she also have ordinary human desires?The late emperor had been weak and sick in recent years, so he must have been unable to do the yin and yang reconciliation and harmony with her. This year, he also encountered funerals and abolition events. She must also pay attention to these trivial matters. How would you feel about these things?Will he be like himself... restless?

There was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, Wan'er walked over gently, and saw Tuan'er standing outside, with an unconcealable pride all over her face: "See you, Tuan'er."

Wan'er frowned slightly: "It's past the third watch." Tuan'er left the palace early in the morning, and was about to wander until the gates of the palace and the city were closed, so he used the queen mother's warrant to call the important gate open, and rushed to the palace at this time Please see, what is the intention, it is obvious.

Tuan'er gave Wan'er a sideways look, ignored her doubts, and just raised his voice to repeat what he had just said: "See you, Tuan'er."

Wan'er lowered her eyes and said: "Don't wait." She turned and approached Empress Wu: "Your Majesty, Wei Tuan'er..."

"I heard." Empress Wu just finished writing a piece of paper, put the pen aside, and handed the hemp paper into Wan'er's hand: "Stay back and ask her to come in."

Wan'er pinched her left hand unconsciously with her right hand, bowed and said: "Yes." Fu returned to the door, conveyed Empress Wu's intention, withdrew by herself, and stood quietly outside the door.

Tuan'er stayed inside for a full two minutes before exiting contentedly. When he reached the door, he stopped and looked at Wan'er: "My lady asked you to serve and change clothes." The voice was lowered, but the tone was raised, somewhat It was like the shout between men and women that Gao Yanfu made when he was driving the chariot of Empress Wu in person, flaunting his power and carrying a natural servile air.Without waiting for Wan'er to respond, she flicked her sleeves, stepped out of the threshold with high strides, descended the steps arrogantly, and rode on a shoulder chair carried by two people—Wan'er knew that Tuan'er had been domineering recently, but she didn't know She was domineering to this point, stared deeply, lowered her head and turned into the hall, saw that Empress Wu had stood up, saw Wan'er coming in, and asked with a smile: "I asked you to come in, why did you delay so far? Are you united with Tuan'er again?"

Wan'er knew that everyone knew about her relationship with Tuan'er, so she calmly walked behind Empress Wu, took off her robe, and said: "I see that the lady Tuan'er is taking care of her under the steps, it seems very unethical, so Take a second look."

Empress Wu said lightly: "It's dark at night and it's inconvenient to go in and out, so it's not a common courtesy to give her a ride. As long as the people in Nanya don't see it, there will be no hindrance."

Wan'er said: "If this is the case, is it clear that the decree has been declared to the various places in the palace, so that those who don't know the matter will mistakenly think that the Tuan lady is overstepping the rules, if they detain people halfway, or provoke the censor's remonstrance, It's troublesome."

Empress Wu looked at her with a smile: "You don't show favoritism."

Wan'er bowed and said: "The concubine is His Majesty's man, and the discord with Tuan Niangzi is for His Majesty's sake, not for her own sake. Please declare the decree clearly, and it is also for His Majesty's sake, not a personal grievance."

Empress Wu raised her eyebrows and said, "If it's as you said, I should make good use of you?"

Wan'er took off the shirt and put it away, and said: "The most important thing in the world is your majesty, and your majesty's most important thing is to be close to you. Now I have to serve your majesty close to me day and night. It can be seen that your majesty has great trust. Your majesty is willing to entrust this important task to my concubine." I know my concubine's loyalty, so if I try it like this, I'm afraid I will hurt Shengming."

Empress Wu stared at her, Wan'er knew that she had overstepped a bit today, but she was surprisingly not afraid.Now she is no longer the Shangguan Palace when she first arrived at Zichen Palace. She has served Empress Wu for more than two years. She has seen Empress Wu laugh when she is happy and rage when she is angry. She knows many of her temperament and temperament, and also knows many of her It's a secret matter, she knows that although Empress Wu likes others to be gentle and chaste, she also hates the mediocrity of those around her. She knows that showing her minions at the right time may not make Empress Wu hate it, but it may make her more interested in herself She knows that Empress Wu's punishment for trivial matters committed by people around her is actually not serious. She also knows that it is the time when the new emperor is established and the queen mother is coming to court. Excellent choice.

Most importantly, she knew she didn't want to wait like this any longer.Those nightmares haunted her continuously, making her restless day and night.She really wanted to know how much weight she had in Empress Wu's heart, was she more important than Wei Tuan'er who was dressed in purple clothes, Chengyu in the palace, and the informer inside and outside the palm?In addition to exempting herself from Ye court labor, what else can Empress Wu give her?If the result of serving so carefully and cautiously is to live a lifetime, then what is the reason for Wan'er to serve her enemy so wholeheartedly?

Wan'er pursed her lips tightly, seemingly respectful, but actually looked back at Empress Wu stubbornly.It's not that no one in Zichen Palace has been beaten before, and the executioners know how to measure. With her status, forty or fifty sticks won't hurt her muscles or bones.At most, don't be such a talented person, and this is what my mother wants.It would be even better if Empress Wu appreciated herself more because of this.The current situation is changing, and it is the time to be in the early stage. If she can take advantage of this to skyrocket and make the name of the Shangguan family great, she will always have an explanation to her grandfather, father, and mother.

Wan'er forced herself not to think about revenge.She knew that harboring a grudge and complaining occasionally were two very different things.The latter at most displeased Empress Wu, but the former was a matter of life-not only her life, but also the life of her mother.Wan'er knew that her current strength was still weak, and she had absolutely no power to take revenge.Even if she has the power to take revenge in the future, the first thing to do is not to take revenge, but...to vindicate her grandfather and father.Wan'er vaguely felt that she didn't want revenge as much as she thought, after all, she was still young, and there were many better things waiting for her than revenge, although she still didn't know what these better things were , now that she is less than twenty, everything in the future is still vague and ignorant, with endless possibilities.And these may all depend on the existence of Empress Wu.

Wan'er looked at the ochre-yellow clothes piled aside, they were the emperor's robes, but Empress Wu wore them grandly.More than 20 years ago, a Chen Shuozhen came out of the frontier, who took the body of a woman and called him the emperor, and led the army to rebel.Although the rebellious soldiers were quickly wiped out by the court, the legend about the female emperor has been circulating among the people.Recently, Empress Wu brought out the scrolls from [-] years ago, especially the part about Chen Shuozhen.Wan'er didn't believe Empress Wu's move was purely unintentional.

Wan'er felt that her thoughts were in a mess.Unusual mess.It must be because I haven't slept well in recent months.She stared at Empress Wu fixedly, her heartbeat became faster and faster, and sweat gradually broke out on her body.

It seems that it is far inferior to Tuan'er, she thought a little dejectedly, not understanding why she felt such strong depression.She tugged at the sleeves, the Shu shirt on her body was sewn by her mother herself at night, if you want to receive the stick, you must remember to take it off, so as not to damage it - undressing in public is indecent, it is better to take off the clothes in the side hall before leaving.

Empress Wu finally spoke in Wan'er's uneasy looking back, with a soft voice and a smile on her face: "I use you, but you still have some usefulness, not because of your loyalty. If you only employ people based on loyalty, I won't use you in the first place." She lifted her right hand slightly, interrupting Wan'er's about to say: "However, since you keep saying that you are loyal to me, I will give you a chance." The smile on her face grew wider, her expression On the contrary, his face was a bit hideous as seen in the dream: "A son of a family, the most important thing is to be polite and clean. Your grandfather was already the prime minister and was favored, but because of the illusory reputation of etiquette, he persuaded the first emperor to abolish the queen. , now that you want to show your loyalty to me, it would be better to destroy this etiquette and name yourself. If you can do this, from now on, I will believe in your loyalty. If you can't do it, it doesn't matter. But don’t talk about being loyal or not in the future, you are just a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and stalks others.”

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