[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

Zichen Palace.

This is Wan'er's first visit to this palace that represents the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen is the synonym for Polaris, the star of the emperor.

This Zichen Palace is where the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty met with his courtiers and dealt with government affairs on a daily basis.

The moment she stepped into it, Wan'er couldn't help holding her breath.

Her eyes naturally fell on the back of Empress Wu, who was in front of her, surrounded by everyone, and looked like a star holding the moon.

Will this palace, which symbolizes supreme power, change hands someday in the future?

And the woman in front of her, who is always on top, isn't she the future owner of this place?

Wan'er felt her breath being caught——

For that thought just now, my heart beat faster.

However, at this time, Empress Wu was obviously not in any mood, thinking about the relationship between Zichen Palace and herself.

What she cared about was another matter.

The emperor and the empress sat side by side on chairs in the main hall of Zichen Hall, looking down at Princess Taiping who was kneeling below.

Wan'er stood beside Empress Wu, lowering her eyebrows respectfully, which did not prevent her from seeing through the embarrassment of Princess Taiping below.

In Wan'er's impression, this Princess Taiping was never a fool.

Wan'er still remembers the scene when she first saw her in Ye Ting in the past: she was a little girl like a grown-up.

Such a little adult, when he grows up, he won't be a worry to his parents, right?

But such a person, how could he be so courageous as to sneak out of the palace with a few personal maids and eunuchs?

Wan'er vaguely remembers her in her previous life. Because of the needs of historical and academic research, she often read various official and unofficial history books of the early Tang Dynasty, and even watched many film and television dramas of the early Tang Dynasty with a learning attitude.Her memory is much better than that of ordinary people. So far, things about Empress Wu, Princess Taiping, and "Shangguan Wan'er" are all in her mind.

In the history she was familiar with, Princess Taiping was a political figure who was "good at power and strategy" and "Xiao Qimu".

However, even though she is kneeling there to plead guilty, the Princess Taiping still maintains a stubborn appearance, will she really become "that kind of" Princess Taiping in the future? "

Or is it because of her stubbornness in her youth that she has the means to become an adult?

Thinking of whether Empress Wu, who was at this age in the past, would maintain such a stubborn appearance in the face of the scolding of her elders after getting into trouble, the corners of Wan'er's mouth could not help but twitch a little.

At Empress Wu's age, she must be more troublesome than Princess Taiping...

Wan'er smiled knowingly.

It was the emperor who couldn't bear it first and broke the cold situation in the hall.

He brought his right fist to his lips, coughed lightly, and turned his head to look at Empress Wu's expression.

When he saw that Empress Wu's complexion was no better than before, the emperor felt a little helpless.

He didn't want that light cough to somehow provoke him to cough more, and this time he actually coughed.

Empress Wu then turned her face and looked at him with concern: "How does Jiulang feel?"

Taiping, who was kneeling on the ground, was no longer as stubborn as before, with worry in his eyes, he slightly pulled up his upper body.

"It's okay." The emperor patted the back of Empress Wu's hand in relief.

Out of the corner of his eye, Taiping's figure kneeling there, he smiled deeper at Empress Wu, and tentatively said: "The gold and bricks on the ground are cold, and the little girl's kneeling is broken, isn't it our parents' distress?"

He is obliquely begging for his daughter.

Empress Wu gave him a sideways glance, and silently withdrew the back of her hand.

The emperor's palms were empty, and he laughed awkwardly.

He winked at his daughter, which meant to let her find an opportunity to retreat quietly.

Taiping saw that wink, but how dare she back down like this?

Glancing at mother's tense face, Taiping smiled wryly and twitched the corner of his mouth towards the emperor.

The emperor also twitched the corner of his mouth at her with a wry smile.

After all, he still loves his daughter very much, and said with a smile: "She is only a child, when I was her age, I could only play around!"

Seeing that Empress Wu was still unmoved, the emperor became enraged and said, "Even Er Niang, when you were her age, you..."

His words came to an abrupt end.

Because at this time, Empress Wu had already cast a complicated gaze on him.

The emperor coughed lightly, and instinctively twirled the beard on his chin with his right hand.

He still wanted to say something.

Before she could figure out the right words, Empress Wu said quietly: "What Jiulang said is that she is still young!"

When the emperor and Taiping father and daughter heard the words, there was a thin layer of sweat on their foreheads——

No matter how you hear this, it sounds like irony.

"Nothing happened after all, and I returned safely!" The emperor smiled at his daughter, as if he was still praising her for being smart.

Empress Wu was about to stand up.

Wan'er leaned forward with great winking and helped Empress Wu.

Empress Wu took Wan'er's arm with one hand as a matter of course, and looked back at the emperor: "Since Jiulang thinks there is nothing wrong, then there is nothing wrong! I have to go to Ah Pei to see how she is doing."

Ah Pei is the Crown Princess Pei.

Empress Wu actually planned to leave immediately.

The emperor hurriedly stood up.

Because of his weakness, he got up so suddenly, he shook twice.

Empress Wu frowned slightly, stopped, and turned to look at him.

Only then did the emperor's face soften, and he said with a smile: "There are imperial physicians in the East Palace, Er Niang doesn't have to worry."

Empress Wu lowered her eyes upon hearing this.

Wan'er half-bowed and stood behind her, her heart sank a little when she heard this——

The crown princess Pei's body was weak after giving birth, and the crown prince was sick on the couch, almost all the imperial physicians in the palace gathered in the East Palace.However, no matter how kind the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was to his wife and how loving he was to his daughter, he had no affection for the princess who gave birth to his grandson.

From Wan'er's point of view, the emperor is more like a gentle gentleman than most men in this era...

It can be seen from this that even in the Huanghuang Tang Dynasty, the status of women is still worrying.

Of course the emperor didn't know what Wan'er was thinking, let alone what Empress Wu was thinking.

He was happy to see Empress Wu willing to listen to him.

Taking advantage of this east wind, the emperor turned his face and looked at Taiping lovingly: "This nonsense is very unreasonable. I will punish you to copy the scriptures and pray for your prince brother!"

As he spoke, he winked at his daughter.

Taiping understood, and hurriedly kowtowed deeply: "It's the child's fault that the child is messing around and worrying the parents!"

Wan'er clearly felt that Empress Wu's tall figure tensed up when she heard the emperor's words, especially the sentence "copy scriptures".

However, the next moment, Empress Wu returned to normal, as if everything was just Wan'er's illusion.

Wan'er frowned silently.

She was convinced that the subtle change of Empress Wu just now was not her own illusion, and she was also convinced that only she felt it.

Seeing that Empress Wu was noncommittal about her punishment, the emperor was very relieved for his daughter.

As soon as he was happy in his heart, he thought of someone again.

Ming Taiping got up, took Empress Wu's hand again, and sat down next to him, the emperor said softly: "Speaking of which, Taiping can go back to the palace safely with the white dragon fish suit..."

Halfway through his speech, he looked expectantly at his wife and daughter.

Unexpectedly, there were no words of inquiry from them, or any expectant eyes; on the contrary, the wife still had a blank expression, while the daughter raised a pair of small eyebrows.

The emperor felt like talking to himself, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continued: "Sanlang from Chengyang's family, Erniang, remember?"

"Xue Sanlang?" Empress Wu's tone was calm.

"That's him! The handsome one!" the emperor excitedly said.

Seeing that Empress Wu was still lacking in interest, the emperor felt even more embarrassing.

"Thanks to him this time—"

Before the words were finished, Luo Dafu hurried in at the gate of the hall in a panic.

His forehead was covered with sweat, it was obvious that he was in a hurry and the matter was urgent.

"What happened?" The emperor knew something was wrong, so he quickly stopped talking and asked.

Luo Dafu saluted hastily, and said in his mouth: "It's the East Palace! The crown prince doesn't..."

He dared not go on.

The unfinished words should be "the prince is not good".

The emperor felt dizzy for a while, and forced himself to stand up: "Show the East Palace!"

After all, he took Empress Wu and Taiping with him, and rushed to the East Palace.

Wan'er followed closely with a group of followers.

This time, Empress Wu was not so arrogant that she let her support her to show her noble status.

Looking at the gorgeous back that was walking like the wind, Wan'er had a momentary illusion——

Empress Wu was not rushing to see her dying son as a mother; she was a warrior who threw herself into the storm.

She was clearly rushing forward with a fighting posture.

Wan'er fully believed that everyone in front of her, including herself, would be swept away by her rainbow-like aura.

This deep palace, this country, will all submit to her.

Staring at that figure, Wan'er felt a strange feeling in her heart.

She also quickened her pace, following closely as an absolute follower.

At the same time, Wan'er did not ignore the look that Empress Wu gave Zhao Ying when almost no one was paying attention.

Yes, Wan'er saw it.

However, she didn't understand that look.

Then, during the entire period in the East Palace, Wan'er did not see Zhao Ying.

He must have been ordered secretly by Empress Wu to do something, something very important.

Wan'er is looking forward to the day when she can be trusted so absolutely by Empress Wu to do important things for her.

At some point, her mind changed: she noticed that her heart began to have a tendency.It is no longer just to live well, just to let myself and my mother live safely and well.This heart is still looking forward to another, very important thing.

Wan'er at this time called it "following".

Maybe one day in the future, it will evolve into something else.

What would it be?

Wan'er at this time has no way of knowing.

The princess passed away suddenly, and when the prince was dying, it indicated that the entire Tang Dynasty had entered a troubled time.

In the East Palace, the imperial physicians pretended to be busy, to show that they had done their best to save the prince's life.

All the servants are tremblingly waiting for that almost irreversible result.

The emperor, Empress Wu, and all the brothers and sisters of Taiping are all in front of the prince's bed at this moment.

In fact, it was the last time I saw him...

Wan'er felt as if she had fallen into a whirlpool.

In a mess, in the whirlpool of chaos, it is difficult to extricate myself.

Until, outside the hall, there was a "rumbling" sound of thunder, and lightning slashed down one after another.

what is this?

Do you want to make a footnote for the death of the prince of the Tang Dynasty?

"Kara—"

A sharp flash dazzled the eyes of everyone in the hall, and at the same time chopped off half of the head of the squatting beast on the eaves of the hall.

Amidst a burst of panic, Prince Li Hong passed away.