[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

Who taught you these words?

Naturally, no one taught Wan'er that these words all came from her own head.

Wan'er was terrified of saying such "rebellious" words because of her momentary impulsiveness.

How should she answer Empress Wu's question?

Is she going to say "this concubine figured it out by herself"?

Empress Wu's questioning and Wan'er's hesitation only lasted for a moment.

It was broken by a sudden voice from outside the hall——

"Say hello to the queen, baby!" Princess Taiping's voice was a little higher than usual.

Empress Wu frowned.

Wan'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief: at least, Princess Taiping came to say hello at this time, and could distract Empress Wu's attention.I can also take this opportunity to think about how to answer Empress Wu's question.

Before Empress Wu could say anything, the figure of Princess Taiping had already stepped into the palace quickly.

She saw Wan'er kneeling in the hall at a glance, and the jade lamp that was broken into many petals on the ground.

Princess Taiping's eyes flashed with horror, and she hurriedly bowed down and saluted Empress Wu.

Empress Wu stared at Taiping's kneeling figure with deep eyes, and she was not in a hurry to get her up.

Wan'er silently sweated for Taiping——

Obviously, the sudden appearance of Taiping put Empress Wu in a bad mood.

However, Empress Wu treated Taiping differently.

"Get up!" When she said this, Empress Wu's face had already calmed down.

Taiping stood up as he said.

At this time, Wan'er next to her also saluted Tai Tai in a respectful manner.

Taiping nodded to her, expressing that he accepted her gift.

After seeing the salute, Wan'er still knelt on the ground.

The queen mother didn't seem to want her to get up, which made Taiping frowned slightly.

"Why are you running here in such a hurry?" Empress Wu's voice was still faint.

Taiping had already heard the implication: her mother hated her for interrupting what she was doing.

Are you scolding Wan'er for what you are doing?

Taiping's eyes glanced at the debris on the ground intentionally or unintentionally.

What kind of fault was it? As for being beaten like this?

The queen mother's aura has become deeper and stronger in recent years, but when she looks at people with those eyes, she can scare them to death... So, what happened?

Taiping thought of the strange words that the Taoist said when he met Ming Chongyan outside, and worried for Wan'er.

"My son has something important to report to the queen mother." Taiping said, sweeping Wan'er with his eyes.

That means, because "something important" is reported, "idlers" like Wan'er should retreat.

Empress Wu raised her eyebrows, her eyes flicked back and forth between Taiping and Wan'er, but in the end she still had the upper hand with her love for her daughter.

"You step back." Empress Wu said to Wan'er.

Wan'er quickly said "yes" and exited the hall.

In my heart, I kept thinking about how to deal with Empress Wu's problem——

Empress Wu said, but "and", the answer to that question, maybe when she wants it!

Wan'er's figure disappeared at the gate of the hall.

Taiping put on a grinning face, and without ordering, he just leaned over, took Empress Wu's arm, and got upright.

"A Niang, be careful where you step!" Tai Ping helped his mother, reminding her to dodge the broken jade chips on the ground.

Empress Wu let her support her, and when she heard her non-stop reminders, she groaned inwardly.

This little thing must have something on his mind to act like this.

The daughter was born by her, mother and daughter are connected, who else can understand her daughter better than her?

Empress Wu didn't say anything about Taiping, so she sat in the armchair behind the case.

After sitting down, he looked at Taiping with a half-smile.

Taiping felt uncomfortable under her look, smiled embarrassingly, Fang said: "A Niang doesn't have to get angry over such trivial matters."

"Oh?" Empress Wu raised her eyebrows.

Taiping felt even more embarrassed at being picked on by her like this, so he could only smile apologetically.

Empress Wu rolled her big eyes and said in disgust, "Don't you have something important to report?"

She deliberately bit the word "important matter" more strongly.

Taiping blushed immediately, knowing that the queen mother was mocking him, he would smirk.

Seeing the embarrassment on her daughter's face, Empress Wu couldn't help feeling better.

She caressed Taiping's little face in a good-tempered manner, and did not ask her daughter why she happened to break into the palace at this moment, but said patiently: "Speak, what's the matter?"

Feeling the warmth from the mother's palm, Taiping was aroused by the hearts of the children, so he simply sat down against the mother's queen.

After going through the draft of what he was going to say in his heart, Taiping dared to say: "Did A Niang know that the father is going to sit in the crown prince?"

Empress Wu's hand suddenly stopped on Taiping's cheek.

"Who told you this?" There was a sense of oppression in her voice.

Rao is aware of his mother's love for him, Taiping also suddenly felt the pressure from his heart at this moment.

Under the tense situation, she turned her brain very quickly, and immediately replied: "Such a big matter, I'm afraid it has been spread long ago, right?"

It is a question, but it is also affirmative.

This affirmative tone made Empress Wu's suspicious eyes lingering on her face fade away.

Empress Wu's palm seemed to have regained its vitality.

Gently patted the cheek that was afraid of Taiping, Empress Wu said with a smile: "Family and country affairs are decided by your parents. You are a little girl, just live a good life."

The implication is that Taipinghe should just enjoy all the glory and wealth of being the most beloved princess of the Tang Dynasty. She really doesn't need to worry about such things.

Taiping's brows were frowned into a knot.

She is already at the age of Ji, but the queen mother still treats her like a child.

This made Taiping very unwilling.

Moreover, apart from being unwilling, Taiping has another thought: Could it be that with the eyes of the queen mother, it is true that the hidden dangers of the emperor's actions cannot be seen?

Seeing her daughter frowning at her, Empress Wu curled her lips impatiently.

Pinching her small face, he said: "Say what you want, what are you doing ugly?"

She doesn't like to see her daughter's facial features twisted into such an ugly look.

Taiping's expression did not change because of his mother's disgust.

For the sake of her mother's face, she only relaxed her frown a little bit, but opened her mouth, hesitated to speak.

Empress Wu stared at her.

Taiping couldn't stand being stared at by her like this, so he could only say: "The child has reached the age of Jiji, he is no longer a child."

Empress Wu was shocked when she heard this.

She suddenly realized that she was busy every day, busy serving the emperor, busy assisting the emperor in handling political affairs, busy planning the future, busy planning every step, and the days passed like water.She seems to have overlooked one very important thing——

Her daughter has grown up and is old enough to marry.

Thinking of this, Empress Wu felt ashamed of her daughter. When facing Taiping, her aura was no longer that strong.

As the only beloved daughter of Empress Wu, Taiping still has a keen sense of her mother's emotions thanks to her mother's relentless pampering and constant intimacy.

She immediately realized that the queen mother's aura was not so aggressive, and she seemed willing to listen to a few words from herself.

Taiping regained his composure, boldly said what he had prepared.

"Brother Hong is seriously ill. My father is a loving father. I am worried about him. I wish he could recover from his illness immediately so that my son can save it. Why doesn't my son expect Brother Hong to recover? But—"

As Taiping said, he carefully inspected the empress' mother's expression.

Seeing that there was no displeased expression on the mother's back, he continued: "...Father, in order to make Brother Hong happy, he can promise anything, anything you can imagine. Only the throne... My child dares to imagine: in the future, Brother Hong recovers, and Father What will happen if the emperor is in his place? His father abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, and it is indeed a good thing for his body to be raised in the palace. However, what about the court at that time? With the Supreme, once there are important state affairs It is decided, should the ministers obey Brother Hong, or the emperor father?"

What she said was implicit, and the inner meaning was naturally discernible with Empress Wu's shrewdness.

The left is just that, the emperor now promises that once the prince recovers by then, can he really be able to sit in Zen?

And even if the emperor abdicates to become the Supreme Emperor at that time, will the ministers be willing to obey the orders of the new emperor?When there are important decisions to be made, should we follow the wishes of the current emperor, or the wishes of the Supreme Emperor?

To put it bluntly, is the emperor, who has ruled the world for many years, really willing to live in the palace and not care about political affairs from now on?

He is also sick now, and the political affairs are mostly entrusted to Empress Wu. Once his illness is cured, will he be willing to give up the power in his hands?

Power is a wonderful thing.

After empress Wu deeply experienced its taste, she was reluctant to give up even a little bit, let alone the righteous emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

In the future, if the prince succeeds to the throne, will there be two courts and two teams of the emperor and the emperor?

As time goes by, will unforeseen disasters happen?

Let me ask, when I become an emperor and a legitimate prince, will I really be willing to have a "supreme emperor" pointing fingers at me?

After hearing Taiping's words, Empress Wu's first reaction was the same as after hearing Wan'er's words before.

She wanted to ask her daughter: Who taught you these words?

However, compared to Shangguan Wan'er, Empress Wu knew her daughter better.

This daughter of hers looks like her, her personality is also like her, and her intelligence is even more like her.

Although Taiping's worries about the surrender were different from hers, but the results they expected were the same——

None of them wanted this to happen.

Empress Wu knew very well that compared to the big game of chess she planned, Taiping's thoughts and worries were really related to "National Peace and Stability".

In the bottom of her heart, Empress Wu was happy that her daughter had such a pattern, and that her daughter had a portrait of herself.

But on the other hand, Empress Wu didn't want to see her daughter think like this.

For half of her life, she has paid too much to "live a good life".The fact that she is a woman, her blood origin, destined her to become what she is today.

But her daughter, Taiping, is different—

Taiping is the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Her noble background predestined her to spend her life carefree.

In addition to those calculations and plans covered with the skin of "great plans and great achievements", Empress Wu has another wish, that is: her daughter will not repeat her mistakes, and her daughter can enjoy the wealth and glory for the rest of her life.