[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

The emperor's illness is still good and bad.

The undercurrent of the previous dynasty is surging.

When this undercurrent was restless at the bottom of the water, eager to show its existence on the surface of the water, the quarrel between the emperor and empress had to happen——

"Your Majesty, let me see this?" Empress Wu put the memorial on the emperor's couch expressionlessly.

Wan'er is still standing in Zichen Palace, beside Empress Wu.

At this moment, she lowered her eyes imitatively and expressionlessly, thinking in her heart that "Jiulang" has become "Your Majesty" and "Concubine" has become "Ben Gong". .

Empress Wu is not an ordinary person, Wan'er knows very well that she would never speak like this for nothing.

So, what was written in that memorial?

Wan'er, who was expressionless, had already aroused her curiosity.

Although the history of this time and space is different from the history of the time and space she is familiar with, Wan'er's years of experience told her that the general trend is still the same.

So, now, which important time node is it?

The emperor was originally leaning on the couch, but Empress Wu's sinking expression made his back tense for a moment.

He glanced sideways at the memorial left by Empress Wu, opened his mouth, and his eyes suddenly revealed some weakness.

He has a soft temper, although he is the emperor, he has relied on Empress Wu's strong character to support the court for more than ten years. He has long been used to obeying Empress Wu, let alone suffering from illness now?

Seeing that the emperor pursed his lips in aggrieved manner, Wan'er rolled her eyes silently in her heart.

It's no wonder that the Li family falls into the hands of Empress Wu. Looking at the emperor's appearance, including his sons, how can he have the courage to take on the responsibility?

Because of the emperor's sudden weakness, Empress Wu raised her chin slightly, as if she was bound to win.

Seeing that the emperor's momentum was about to decline, a small eunuch reported, "See you, Xu Jieyu."

Hearing this, the emperor seemed to have found his backbone, and his eyes lit up: "Please!"

Empress Wu raised her eyebrows.

The emperor sat up straight, picked up the memorial from the couch, and looked over to meet Empress Wu's eyes.

"Since Hao Qing is the prime minister, it is his duty to discuss court affairs on the table." The emperor said slowly with airs on his shoulders.

Hao Qing...Hao Chujun?

A light flashed in Wan'er's mind.

Li Xian was established as the crown prince. Emperor Gaozong consulted all the prime ministers about the regent of Empress Wu. This Hao Chujun was the most opposed. He even questioned Emperor Gaozong: "How can your majesty pass on the world of Gaozu and Taizong to Empress Wu? "

I don't know if the same content is written in the memorial in front of me?

Wan'er peeked at the memorial.

Even though they didn't have a chance to see the specific content inside, the reaction of Guandi and Empress probably was a matter of Hao Chujun's persuasion.

Empress Wu listened to the emperor's words about "duty", she didn't say anything at all, she just looked indifferently in the direction of the entrance of the hall, as if she was purely concerned about when Xu Jieyu would come in.

The emperor was left there, and the words he finally summoned up the courage to say fell into the sea, which can be said to be very embarrassing.

Fortunately, Xu Jieyu appeared in time and saved him from embarrassment.

Xu Jieyu saluted the emperor and Empress Wu, said some beautiful words to wish the emperor a speedy recovery, and presented the scriptures that she copied recently to pray for the emperor.

Empress Wu was lacking in interest, but the emperor greeted Xu Jieyu with a rare smile.He also rewarded Xu Jieyu very generously, and specially told Luo Dafu to send all the rewards to Xu Jieyu immediately, which seemed to show his courtesy to Xu Jieyu.

Xu Jieyu thanked her again and again, and secretly aimed her eyes at Empress Wu.

If the emperor's situation had nothing to do with Empress Wu, who would believe it?

Empress Wu was no longer interested in continuing to watch the emperor's performance, so she stood up and bid farewell to the emperor.

The emperor didn't expect her to leave now: that matter hasn't been settled yet!

Thinking of this, the emperor's head became dizzy again, and a weak voice in his heart was already clamoring for him to succumb.

Xu Jieyu also stood up, and bid farewell to the emperor under the emperor's surprised gaze.

The emperor was completely helpless this time, and the sense of grievance attacked him again.

"Er Niang, that matter..." The emperor looked carefully at Empress Wu.

Er Niang... He was still showing weakness after all.

Wan'er thought.

The Li family father and son are nothing more than that.

Wan'er twitched the corners of her lips in her heart.

Empress Wu looked back at the emperor. Her tall and straight figure made the emperor on the sick bed look very small.

This difference in aura naturally affected the emperor.

So he completely resigned to his fate: "The prime ministers, I will explain it to Erniang...Prince...The prince will ask Erniang to take more trouble to teach..."

Empress Wu's lips curved slightly.

The sunlight coated her body with a layer of light gold, making her look more like a winner.

"Mother and son, why bother?" Empress Wu said meaningfully.

The Emperor made a feeble effort to force a smile.

If it is said that under the stimulation of Hao Chujun's memorial before, he still had some urge to take back Empress Wu's regency power, but now, shocked by his illness and Empress Wu's aura, he is more willing to accept that in his heart. "Er Niang still cares about Zhen and Xian'er after all." Even he himself dare not distinguish between true and false thoughts.

Leaving Zichen Hall, Empress Wu didn't seem to notice Xu Jieyu's existence at all, and went back to Chengqing Hall with all her followers including her.

Perhaps because the regent's power had just been consolidated, Empress Wu did not ride a chariot but walked on foot——

No matter how calm she was, no matter how calm her face was, she had to digest the fact that she almost lost the power of regent just now.

Walking all the way to the gate of Chengqing Hall, Empress Wu stopped and turned her head.

"Why are you still following?" She raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Jieyu, her whole body was filled with disgust.

Xu Jieyu still disliked her, so she twitched the corners of her mouth in response to the occasion.

Empress Wu stared: "Didn't copy enough Buddhist scriptures?"

Xu Jieyu's mouth twitched.

A few days ago, Empress Wu forced her to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for the emperor.

So, Empress Wu is threatening her?

Xu Jieyu also had a temper, snorted through her nostrils, and said, "The sage is about to recover, but the Queen of Heaven still wants me to copy scriptures. Is it because the sage recovered too quickly?"

When Empress Wu heard this, she sneered, "You dare to threaten me?"

Then, regardless of Xu Jieyu's reaction, she raised her hand: "Speak up if you have something to say, I don't have time to listen to your ramblings."

Xu Jieyu raised her eyebrows, she didn't like to listen to her talk.

"I didn't come to talk to you!" Xu Jieyu rolled her eyes and looked at the sky.

Empress Wu was choked by her, and immediately understood who she was looking for.

"Wan'er, do you want to talk to her?" Empress Wu looked at Wan'er, "If you don't want to, just say so, I will make the decision for you."

At first hearing that the two of them were confronting each other, Wan'er just wanted to help her forehead.

Both of you are first-class noblemen in the palace, so you are not afraid of embarrassment if you have such a naive conversation in front of the servants?

Wan'er knew that if these two met, she must be the center of the storm.

This is probably her fate.

Wan'er resigned herself to her fate and sighed silently.

She bowed to Empress Wu, and said calmly: "The concubine's mother and daughter were taken care of by Xu Jieyu in the past, and now the mother is still on duty at Jieyu's place... Please allow the concubine to have a few words with Jieyu."

What Wan'er said was actually just to maintain the dignity of Empress Wu and Xu Jieyu as superiors in front of the two classes of attendants, but hearing it in Empress Wu's ears was another feeling.

She was speechless, stared at Wan'er for a few breaths, turned around and entered the gate of Chengqing Palace.

Wan'er was dumbfounded, she didn't know which sentence poked her lungs.

Xu Jieyu was very happy to see the situation in front of her.

Seeing Empress Wu's figure disappearing at the gate of the hall, and her attendants also disappeared, Xu Jieyu held Wan'er's hand in a good mood: "Good boy, follow me to my hall to talk."

good boy...

Because of this title, Wan'er trembled in her heart.

She has long been named a talented person by the emperor, and she is the emperor's concubine with Xu Jieyu in etiquette, although she has never been with the emperor...

Logically, Xu Jieyu should call her "sister", not... child.

Arriving at Xu Jieyu's palace, as soon as she was seated, a maid served tea according to Xu Jieyu's instructions.

Wan'er hastily thanked her.

But she was taken aback by Xu Jieyu's next words: "It's all your favorite snacks, try it."

Wan'er carefully restrained her surprised expression.

To be honest, she is not familiar with Xu Jieyu, the most contact is that Xu Jieyu rescued their mother and daughter several times when they were young.

For Xu Jieyu, Wan'er was grateful from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't think that with Xu Jieyu's understanding of herself, she could know exactly what snacks she liked.

Wan'er then took another peek at the dim sum, making sure it wasn't her favorite.

Kindness is hard to come by, Xu Jieyu is kind after all...

Wan'er pursed her lips.

"Try it quickly! You have always liked it!" Xu Jieyu said eagerly again.

Wan'er's heart skipped a beat: From Xu Jieyu's eyes, why does it seem that... Could she copy the scriptures too deeply, blurring reality and illusion?Or did she think of herself as someone else?

Wan'er didn't dare to ask more questions, so she called Xie again, picked up a piece of dim sum, and ate it delicately in small bites.

Xu Jieyu just stared at her.

Wan'er felt terrified when she saw her, and she missed Empress Wu's domineering and straightforward.

As soon as she swallowed half of the snack, Wan'er was startled to realize that her hand was covered by Xu Jieyu.

Wan'er: "!"

In view of Xu Jieyu's increasingly abnormal words and deeds, Wan'er did not dare to move.

"...How does the saint treat you?" Xu Jieyu asked suddenly.

Wan'er's eyes widened, and she immediately understood what Xu Jieyu was referring to.

Or the emperor is also pitiful, he is so sick, and he will be labeled as "greedy".

Don't say that the emperor doesn't have that kind of heart for her anymore, even if he does, I'm afraid it's because he doesn't have the heart to do it, right?

Wan'er cursed in her heart.

Wan'er felt that this kind of thing must be explained clearly.

She was moved by Empress Wu, how could she tolerate the suspicion that she and the emperor were under the melon field?

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the old minister, he only made a concubine a talented person, and has no other kindness." Wan'er replied with embarrassment.

What she wanted to tell Xu Jieyu was that the reason why the emperor named her a talented person was only out of compassion for the Shangguan family, and she had no real contact with the emperor at all.

After hearing this, Xu Jieyu's expression did not change.

Obviously, this answer was within her expectation.

However, her next question was completely beyond Wan'er's expectations——

"And what about her? Did she ever..."

Seeing Wan'er's surprised gaze for a moment, Xu Jieyu couldn't continue asking, and directly changed to: "...how did she treat you?"