[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

"Wait a minute—"

In the dim hall, a woman's voice finally came.

The voice was not high, nor loud, and it had a hint of laziness, but no one dared to ignore that familiar voice.

When Wan'er heard that sound, her whole body suddenly lost the strength to struggle, as if she had been pulled out of her bones in an instant.

Under the dragging of the two inner eunuchs who subconsciously stopped, Wan'er withered away.

She knew she couldn't die.

But her heart didn't feel any relief because of this, instead it became more and more heavy.

It was so heavy that she couldn't breathe.

Hearing that voice, Li Xian and Luo Dafu, especially Li Xian, shivered obviously as if being stirred by the cool night wind.

He instinctively straightened his back, turned around, and bowed to Empress Wu who came out of the darkness slowly: "It's my fault for disturbing the queen mother's rest!"

Luo Dafu also bent down calmly.

What Empress Wu was wearing at this time was not the gorgeous dress in the daytime, but a dark colored skirt, which made her whole body reveal a gloomy aura.

In this dark night, it feels strange for no reason.

Wan'er lowered her head, only a dark pattern at the top of her line of sight fell into her eyes.

She watched the dark color slowly walking towards her, not in a hurry.

This woman, she is so noble, unattainable and noble, how could she change her pace slightly for the life and death of a little female official?

For a moment, Wan'er felt that her trip was extremely stupid——

Du Suran has suspected Li Xian for a long time, right?

Otherwise, how could it be a coincidence that she appeared in time to save her when she was in danger?

It was clear that Du Suran was secretly following the movements of those people.

Wan'er admitted that it was Du Suran who saved her, but Du Suran obviously had her own purpose.

Although, Wan'er didn't know what the purpose was at this time.

Then, Wan'er was directed by Du Suran to come here for her own "long-term safety".

The results of it?

In the end, she found out that Li Xian was suspicious, but she almost took her life because of it.

Moreover, she didn't even know why Li Xian was against her!

But she knew that Empress Wu was secretly testing her.

Empress Wu, she has already seen that Prince Li Hong is dying, right?

She was about to succeed in defeating her eldest son, and now she is targeting her second son.

Not only did she point to Li Xian, but she also took a quick look at the feelings of the people around her——

Li Xian, Luo Dafu, and even the two little eunuchs were all within the scope of her investigation.

Of course, Empress Wu was also tested by herself.

Wan'er smiled wryly.

What does Empress Wu want to test?

Do you want to test yourself if you are Li Xian's person?

Or test yourself, will you betray the "Queen of Heaven" at a moment of life and death?

So, is Empress Wu hiding in the dark and controlling everything?

So, does she already know that she just came back from the gate of hell?

So, is Du Suran's secret follow-up and timely action the arrangement of Empress Wu?

Wan'er's mind was filled with all these questions.

Splitting headache.

For the first time since she traveled, she felt the meaning of the so-called "fight".

One step short is life, one wrong step is death.

This is not a fight for glory and power, it is clearly a gamble of life and death!

In the past many years, Wan'er has seen Empress Wu many times.

She thought she was familiar with this era, she thought she was familiar with this woman who was destined to become an emperor through the ages.

She has seen many faces of hers, lazy ones, condescending ones, cocky eyebrows, rolled eyes with anger...

Wan'er suddenly realized: Empress Wu with those faces was not scary at all, because when she showed those faces, it had nothing to do with scheming; and Wan'er facing those faces had nothing to do with death.

Now, when she really got involved in Empress Wu's plan, Wan'er realized that her self-conceived cleverness and self-conceived "God's perspective" are all so fragile.

Wan'er suddenly felt extremely tired.

She didn't know how many situations like this she would face in the future.

Not only that, but Wan'er suddenly realized: Maybe she really thought wrong, she once thought that to Empress Wu, she was different from others...

In fact, is it because I think so naively?

Who, in the eyes of Empress Wu, is not a pawn?

The two little eunuchs had already let go of Wan'er with Luo Dafu's wink.

Wan'er's body, including her hands, was freed.

But the suspected silk handkerchief in her mouth was still there.

Wan'er didn't take it out.

She was lying on the cold ground at this moment, powerlessly.

That cold feeling penetrated through her body, like her heart was rapidly falling towards the abyss.

In the silence, no one spoke again.

Empress Wu stared at Li Xian silently, maybe not just at Li Xian.

However, one thing is obvious -

She didn't seem to have heard Li Xian's decent apology before.

Luo Dafu stayed where he was, a pair of small eyes turned to Empress Wu, and then to Li Xian, a look of worry floated up on his face.

When Luo Dafu was worried, he suddenly heard a familiar cough coming from the hall.

A tall and thin figure slowly walked out of the hall.

A middle-aged man in ocher yellow casual robes without a crown, his complexion was almost the same color as the robe on his body, and the dull color was completely different from Empress Wu's healthy complexion.

"What's the matter?" His voice was very gentle, and he walked to Empress Wu's side with intimacy.

Empress Wu glanced at him lightly, without making a sound.

Li Xian and Luo Dafu suddenly felt like they had been pardoned.

Li Xian took the first step and bowed his body to salute.

"Father, the dragon body is safe! It's my son's fault that my son disturbed my father's mother's sleep at night! Please punish my father!" Li Xian kowtowed.

His crisp words and big salutes made the emperor feel better in an instant.

"Your filial piety, why would father and mother punish you?" the emperor said, looking at Empress Wu.

Seeing that Empress Wu was still expressionless, let alone making a sound, the emperor unnaturally brought his right hand to his lips and coughed lightly.

Turning to where Wan'er and the two little eunuchs were, he said in a low voice, "Luo Dafu, what are you doing?"

Luo Dafu, as if the person whose acupuncture point had been tapped was suddenly relieved, immediately regained his energy, and walked forward with a smile on his face.

As soon as he was about to speak, the conversation leader was cut off: "This is the female official in the concubine's palace. I came here to answer, and I somehow offended Manager Luo?"

The emperor spoke softly, frowned, and looked at Luo Dafu questioningly.

Luo Dafu swallowed with difficulty, still maintaining a decent smile on his face.

"Saint Mingjian! This lady kept saying that she wanted to see... you, saint, but she never revealed her identity. The old slave thought about the person who was unknown in the middle of the night and might be a villain, and also violated the rules so much, so he boldly made his own claim Ask her to back down... Who would have thought that she would not, and even started arguing. The old servant had no choice but to order someone to gag her first..."

As Luo Dafu said, he bowed deeply to Empress Wu again: "I don't know that this lady is the female official next to Tianhou, it is the fault of this old slave! Please punish the queen!"

The emperor nodded when he heard the words: "I see."

Then he turned to look at Empress Wu.

Empress Wu didn't buy it at all, and snorted coldly: "Since I already know that she is the female official next to me, is Director Luo planning to keep her mouth shut like this?"

Luo Dafu was dumbfounded, and hurriedly walked up to Wan'er himself, took off the ball of silk handkerchief, and apologized with a smile: "I have wronged my lady!"

Seeing Wan'er still lying on the ground silent, the emperor showed a thoughtful expression.

Empress Wu raised her eyebrows and looked at Li Xian who was standing beside her.

"Let's get back if there is nothing to do!" She said to her son lightly.

Li Xian looked at the emperor, seeing that the emperor had nothing to say, so he bowed and retreated.

Just as she was about to leave, Empress Wu suddenly said, "Your brother is ill, do you know?"

Li Xian's body trembled, and he hurriedly replied: "My son knows!"

"If you know it, go to the East Palace to talk with your brother often, don't mess around outside all the time!" Empress Wu said quietly again.

This time Li Xian really shivered, even his voice trembled: "My son obeys Yizhi."

After Li Xian withdrew, Empress Wu's face changed a little.

She followed the emperor's gaze towards Wan'er.

Seeing Wan'er still languishing on the ground, Empress Wu sighed and shook her head: "This child is terrified... really pitiful!"

There was also a trace of compassion in the emperor's eyes, but it was fleeting.

Empress Wu knew him well, and just when the trace of compassion disappeared, she asked again slowly: "Does Jiulang know who she is?"

When the emperor heard Empress Wu calling him Jiulang, a bit of gentleness appeared on his sallow face.

He shook his head with a smile, and said: "Could it be that besides being Erniang's female officer, she has other identities?"

Empress Wu also smiled, and said as if chatting: "She is Shangguanyi's granddaughter, and her name is Shangguan Wan'er."

The emperor's smile instantly froze on his face, and even Luo Dafu couldn't stop looking at Wan'er.

The expression became really stiff, and the emperor said in a dazed way: "Shangguanyi...cough! What a coincidence!"

He secretly rejoiced in his heart, thankfully his son had already been sent away, otherwise the old story of Shangguanyi would be exposed, and where would he put his old face of the emperor!

For a while, I felt that "Er Niang is really considerate".

"It's not a coincidence, it's because my concubine saw that she was quite talented, so she took her with her and became a female historian." Empress Wu smiled.

"Ha...really?" The emperor was a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Empress Wu had already penetrated his thoughts, and still said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Shangguan Wan'er is still Jiulang's fellow apprentice!"

"Ah?" The emperor seemed a little too late to react.

Suddenly understood something, laughed and said: "Is she the disciple that Erniang said the Master accepted that day?"

"Exactly!" Empress Wu nodded.

"Since being favored by the Venerable Master, it must be extraordinary!" The emperor immediately found the starting point of the topic.

It's so good, if you have the level of a master, you don't have to mention Shangguanyi's bad luck!so good!

The emperor was very happy.

Empress Wu said at the right time: "Since he is the master's disciple and Jiulang's junior sister, Jiulang can't let his only junior sister be just a little female official, right?"

The emperor laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Er Niang is very right! Let her be named a talented person! Er Niang thinks it is good?"

A talented person is equivalent to a fifth-rank official in the harem, and his status is really not low.

"As long as Jiulang is happy." Empress Wu said with a smile.

The emperor was really happy, so he corrected Empress Wu and said, "But Erniang made a mistake in remembering something! I am not just this one junior sister, so Concubine Xian is also my junior sister!"

Empress Wu's complexion changed immediately.