[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

Inside the Danhuang Hall, eight human-high lantern trees illuminated the entire main hall like candles, as bright as day.

This place is probably the most brightly lit place in the entire Tang Palace.

The emperor always advocated simplicity, and he didn't like extravagance and luxury. He was very strict with the princes, but he was willing to give a lot of luxury decorations to Princess Taiping, and put them in the Danhuang Hall, for fear that his daughter would be hurt. Even a little bit of aggrieved.

Princess Taiping was sitting behind the desk at this time, with a solemn face, and ordered her personal maid to go to the East Palace tomorrow to inquire about the prince's well-being and several boxes of precious medicinal materials to be prepared.

The prince was weak since he was a child, and the emperor had placed high hopes on him. Over the years, every time he fell ill, the emperor and the empress would reward him with large sums of precious medicinal materials, like flowing water.

Of course, Princess Taiping knew that Donggong was not short of her own medicinal materials.

But the rewards from the father and the queen are out of their love for their son, and Taiping thinks that the medicinal materials she sent are the wish of a younger sister to hope that her brother will recover soon.

That's different.

Thinking of the prince's physical condition, Taiping sighed silently.

After Taiping finished ordering his personal maid, the sky was already dark.

A nanny had come to urge her to sleep.

Taiping felt very impatient——

She is no longer a little baby of a few years old, but the two foster nuns still treat her like a baby baby, fearing that she will eat less and go to bed later, fearing that she will take half of the responsibility and cause death.

The so-called "killing disaster" of course came from her mother.

Taiping still remembers that when he was only a few years old, he ate two extra cups of iced drinks in the summer because he was greedy for cold. He caught the cold and fell ill for only two days. Condemned.

The light ones are punished with a salary of ten or twenty spine sticks, and the severe ones are forty to fifty spine sticks, and they are confiscated into the Ye court.

At that time, Taiping was still young, and he didn't understand why the people who served him changed overnight.Asked the queen mother, the queen mother only smiled and coaxed her to take the medicine.

It wasn't until several years later, when Taiping gradually grew up to be the governor, that he realized that he was just a minor illness, and what kind of disaster it brought to others——

Those who were punished lightly were fine, but those who were severely punished had their spines broken, how many nights could they survive?

This recognition made Taiping feel incomparably terrified of his mother for a long period of time.

She really felt that the queen mother was an existence that could kill anyone at any time.

Taiping even felt that the queen mother might take her own life at any time.

Although, in Taiping's heart, a voice told her very clearly: The reason why the queen mother treats me like this is because she loves me to the bone; Seriously serve, and even have evil intentions to harm the Lord.

The older Taiping got, the more he understood one thing: the children born in the harem can grow up safely, by no means in the majority.

She knew very well how much her mother cared for her.

However, those people who used to serve him could not be found overnight, and they were even gone... That feeling was still too scary for the young Taiping.

Also with the growth of age, Taiping also has rumors about the past, especially about the past of the father and mother, those things that cannot be said in the palace.

It's not impossible.

There are many people in the harem, there are all kinds of people, and Taiping is not an idiot. He occasionally hears a few words from somewhere, and after a few years, he can always lay out a rough outline.

Taiping then knew that his mother had offended and harmed many people——

In the harem, no matter master or servant, almost no one has clean hands.

Taiping was very aware of this matter, she tried hard to accept such a queen mother, just like accepting the fact that "this deep palace was originally like this".

At the same time, what she had to accept was He Lan Minzhi's existence and what He Lan Minzhi did.

If it is said that Taiping can still face the fact that his mother is like almost all harem women who have other people's lives on his hands, then accepting the existence of people like He Lanminzhi makes Taiping very happy pain.

She will never forget the way He Lanminzhi looked at her back then: like a greedy and ferocious beast that would tear her to pieces anytime, anywhere.

And Penny...

Taiping closed his eyes suddenly, with a look of pain on his face.

Ping'er is her favorite and the best personal maid to her. She treats her like a sister, but He Lanmin...

Taiping sometimes thinks: Is the so-called "famous festival" of a woman really that important to a woman?It's so important that after being defiled by He Lanmin, the girl who was still a girl chose to commit suicide?

At that time, the young Taiping only felt that He Lanminzhi was so horrible and disgusting, so disgusting that Pang'er would rather commit suicide than succumb to him.

Pang'er is a maid in the palace, an unmarried girl, she is different from the prince's fiancée Yang in the past.

She was also defiled by He Lanminzhi, in order to cover up her tricks, Pang'er could be He Lanminzhi's concubine, and no one would talk about it.Even the maid of the most beloved princess of the Tang Dynasty is far less beautiful and comfortable than the Duke's concubine, which is a truth that everyone understands.

But Pang'er would rather die than marry He Lanmin, how disgusted and loathed He Lanmin is she?

Once, Taiping felt that Pang'er really had backbone.

You must know that self-inflicted suicide is a felony, and even your family members will be implicated if you fail to do so.

Thinking about it this way, Taiping felt that He Lanmin was disgusting, damn it.

At that time, she still felt that the queen mother treated her really well, she didn't hurt Pang'er's family because of Pang'er's suicide, and she also graciously allowed Pang'er's younger brother to study in the palace.

But so many years have passed, and Taiping has seen more harem tricks, she can't help but have doubts about what happened back then——

After all, the queen mother is not an ordinary woman...

So the question is, did Pang'er really commit suicide?

With the empress' scheming, could it be...

Taiping's heart suddenly tightened.

She dared not think about it.

If...Pang'er's death was not voluntary, but just a move by the queen mother, then what else could she do to trust the queen mother's arrangement?

Taiping hurriedly stood up.

She stared blankly at the Danhuang Hall, which was brightly lit with candles, and felt really depressed.

Taiping has never liked to call the new name here "Taiping Temple", but it is not clear why.

However, at this moment, she seems to have caught a trace of the truth——

Perhaps, the so-called "pray for grandma" is also... a move by the queen mother.

Annoyed, Taiping changed the Taoist robe on his body and changed into an ordinary red skirt.

Glancing at the maid who was holding the Taoist robe behind her, Taiping took a deep breath and suppressed the disgust in her heart.

"This is a gift from the Queen of Heaven, so please take it away." Taiping said indifferently.

The maid answered "Yes" respectfully.

Tai Ping didn't know that in the eyes of that maid, she who had indifferent eyes and alienated attitude just now had a bit of the charm of her mother.

What Taiping is concerned about at this time is another matter.

"Has Mrs. Du come back?" Taiping asked casually.

The maid's expression froze for a moment when she heard the words, but she quickly returned to normal: "My maidservant, please pass on Mrs. Du..."

Hearing these words at first, it seemed nothing unusual, but Taiping frowned secretly.

"No need! I'm going to see her." After Taiping finished speaking, he got up and left regardless of the maid's reaction.

The side hall of the Danhuang Hall is used to accommodate several female officials who accompanied Princess Taiping as a female crown, and Du Suran's bedroom is here.

Taiping found the door of Du Suran's bedroom with ease, stopped the maid who wanted to call the door, and pushed the door open by himself.

As soon as he entered the door, Taiping's two delicate eyebrows were slightly tightened——

In the bedroom, there was a vague... medicine smell?

The medicinal smell was extremely faint, as if it had been deliberately covered up.If it weren't for the fact that these days he often served the emperor's illness, and went to the East Palace to see the prince's illness, Taiping might not have thought of "medicine".

Taiping stopped his followers and ordered them to wait outside.

After closing the door, Taiping walked in lightly.

After walking a few steps and showing his head, he was stopped by Du Suran's voice inside: "Who is it?!"

People who practice martial arts, their vigilance is really extraordinary.

Seeing that it was Taiping who came, Du Suran was at a loss for a moment, then he stood up and saluted Taiping: "I have seen the princess!"

Taiping nodded to her, asked her to stand up, and then sat down casually beside her.

Now that his whereabouts have been exposed, Taiping calms down.

On the other hand, Du Suran got up unnaturally, and lowered his head slightly to do it under Taiping.

Taiping thought about her appearance, she was not as calm as usual, and the doubts in his heart deepened.

Seeing that she was wearing an ordinary skirt, she couldn't help being slightly surprised again.

Du Suran is used to wearing simple men's clothing for the convenience of walking, why is she imitating the style of a female Jiao'e today?

Abnormal must have monsters!

"It's rare to see you wearing women's clothes." Taiping said quietly.

Du Suran was really embarrassed for a moment: "Yes, yes..."

"Yes." Taiping said.

Du Suran immediately didn't know how to interface.

Taiping glanced at her, and felt that with Du Suran's tall figure, both men's and women's clothes are suitable.

But seeing her wearing women's clothes at this time, she was more graceful than usual.

Such Du Suran is rare to see.

Du Suran was unnaturally stared at by Taiping, coughed lightly, and said: "Why is Your Highness coming here when you have time?"

"Come whenever you want." Taiping said.

Du Suran was choked.

"The queen mother asked you to accompany me to become a monk, but I can't see your figure all day long." Seeing that Du Suran was speechless, Princess Taiping simply spoke bluntly.

Asking this question is full of blame.

"It's the minister's fault," Du Suran immediately admitted, "May I ask what your Highness wants you to do?"

She then asked Taiping what his orders were, which was not the answer Taiping wanted.

Taiping laughed: "Order?"

She looked at Du Suran with a half-smile: "I told you, let me see what kind of wound medicine you used..."

Hearing the word "wound medicine", Du Suran's face immediately changed.

Before she could put away her stunned expression, Princess Taiping suddenly leaned forward and pressed her back and waist with one hand honestly and unceremoniously.

Du Suran was caught off guard and gave a "hiss" in pain, then stopped his voice abruptly, with a pale face, and tensed his body desperately.

Princess Taiping bit her lip, and in the next moment, she unceremoniously exerted some force on her hands, pressing upwards along the fabric of Du Suran's back.

Du Suran resisted the piercing pain and refused to say a word.

But her paler complexion and the cold sweat dripping down her face could not deceive anyone.

Taiping almost bit his lips to bleed: "Did the queen mother hit you?"

In the huge deep palace, the only one who could move Du Suran and make Du Suran so patient was the queen mother.

Taiping understands.

Du Suran didn't answer Taiping's words, but pursed his lips tighter than Taiping's.

This is the inference of Taiping by default.

"Why did the queen mother beat you? What did you do wrong to let her punish you like this!" Taiping asked in a low voice.

She felt that she couldn't understand her mother more and more.

Du Suran's face was bloodless, she raised her sweaty face, but smiled slightly, as if the peace was pressed on her back injury, which was a very good enjoyment for her.

"It's all my fault... Your Highness doesn't need to—"

"Why? Tell me!" Taiping's voice trembled with her hands.

The smile on Du Suran's face deepened.

She stared fixedly at Taiping's face that was close at hand, and her whole body was full of Taiping's aura——

"If the minister said it was for Shangguan Wan'er, does His Highness believe it?"