"Your Majesty, Princess Changle is here. Wan'er entered the hall lightly, knelt down by the door, and whispered back to Empress Wu, who was looking through the scroll in front of the desk. She knew that Empress Wu was looking at something private, and although she didn't know what it was, she still avoided it with interest.

Empress Wu hummed without raising her head, and said casually: "Call her in." After a pause, she suddenly smiled and said, "Wanqing has never called me a lady." ”

Wan'er said calmly: "Respect and humility, don't dare to exceed." ”

Empress Wu smiled and said, "You are the same as Ah Qing, you are so stubborn, not like Tuan'er." ”

Wan'er knew that she didn't wait for her answer, so she owed a debt, slowly withdrew, and brought in Princess Changle, who had been waiting outside for a long time.

Empress Wu had already put down the things in her hand and waited, and when she saw the two of them coming in, she raised her eyes to look at Wan'er.

Wan'er hurriedly closed the door, and when she saw that Empress Wu summoned her daughter to sit down in front of her, her face showed a rare look of hesitation, and Wan'er knew that this matter was more ** than she thought, and opened her mouth softly, calling "Your Majesty".

Empress Wu immediately understood what she meant, and waved her hand: "You stay." As if remembering something, he looked at Wan'er with a little banter and said, "Wanqing is sixteen years old this year?"

Wan'er bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has a good memory, the concubine was born in the year of Jiazi, and it is exactly sixteen this year." ”

The banter in the eyes of the Empress Wu became even stronger, and she said with a smile: "You are one year older than your son, but it's time for you." He beckoned and said, "Come and listen too." ”

Wan'er was full of doubts, lowered her head, walked to the front of the palace gently, and was about to kneel, when Empress Wu pointed to her side and said, "You come here." ”

Wan'er had no choice but to walk over, salute Empress Wu and Princess Changle respectively, and listen to Empress Wu: "Sit down." Fang knelt down and sat down, his body straight, his hands on his knees, his head and neck lowered, lest he disturb the private conversation of the mother and daughter.

Empress Wu refused to let her be idle, and pointed to the scroll on the case: "Open it and take a look." When she said this, her face showed a little unnaturalness, if it weren't for Wan'er's close service for a long time, she would never have seen it.

Wan'er was even more puzzled, her hands reached out, picked up one of the scrolls and stretched it gently, her eyes glanced at it, she saw the things painted in the scroll, her hand shook, and she almost threw the scroll out, Empress Wu coughed, and said: "The girl is older, she has to go through this experience, there are no outsiders here, don't be shy." ”

Wan'er's face was hot, and she quickly spread the scroll on the table, and then immediately withdrew her hand and sat upright, her head pressed low, not daring to look at the scroll.

Seeing Wan'er's embarrassment, Empress Wu chuckled, turned her head to her daughter and said, "Does my son know what this is?"

Wan'er heard the sound of the sleeves rubbing against the scroll, secretly raised her eyes, and saw Princess Changle take the scroll over, took it in her hand and looked at it, and said, "This is a man and a woman." Although her face was a little crimson, she was not as shy as Wan'er, and even stared at the scroll boldly for a long time, carefully looked at several paintings from right to left, and said calmly: "A-Niang is because I am getting married, so I am asked to see this?"

Empress Wu nodded, put her hand on the back of Princess Changle's head, asked her to lean in front of her, and said softly: "You will get married in another month, you can't be so ignorant anymore." He added: "I wanted to keep you until you were sixteen years old, so there will be some time to slowly understand, but unfortunately you Aya is in a hurry, so I have to tell you a rough outline first." ”

Wan'er finally heard a little uncomfortable from Empress Wu's voice, raised her head, and said boldly: "Your Majesty, concubine... Wait outside the temple. ”

After saying this sentence, his face turned red again, and he hurriedly hung his head to cover up, he had experienced a lot of dangerous moments on weekdays, but he was not as nervous as this moment, his hands were slightly clenched into fists, and his back was slightly arched and trembling.

Empress Wu also said: "You are sixteen years old, and you belong to the harem, so it's nothing to know these things." But I saw Princess Changle tugging at her sleeves and said softly: "Auntie, let Wan'er go out, she's beside her, and I'm embarrassed." ”

Empress Wu picked a scroll from the case, threw it on the ground, and said with a smile: "In this case, this volume will be given to you." ”

Wan'er's face burned even redder, she walked over on her knees, picked up the scroll, straightened up, held the scroll in front of her with both hands, and withdrew from the hall, usually in this hall I don't know how many tens of thousands of times I went in and out, but this time I was particularly flustered, I didn't pay attention when I went out, I tripped on the door, and almost fell to the bottom of the stairs, but Gao Yanfu grabbed her with his hand, and said with concern: "Shangguan is a talented person, pay attention." ”

Wan'er was shocked, and said, "Thank you Gao Weng." ”

Gao Yanfu nodded at her, let go, and said nothing else. On the contrary, Tuan'er said sarcastically: "What reward did Shangguan Cairen get from Your Majesty, so happy that he couldn't even see the road?"

Wan'er remembered the scroll in her hand, and hurriedly hid it behind her, Tuan'er saw her appearance, became more and more frivolous, and half-stretched out her hand to pull the scroll, while laughing: "I don't know what kind of good thing it is, but also let us take a look at it, and we have a number in our hearts, if we are lucky enough to be rewarded next time, we will not be in such a hurry as Shangguan Cairen, and almost fall down the imperial stairs - after all, Gao Weng is noble, and he may not be able to guard the stairs at all times, just to hold us." ”

Wan'er hurriedly snatched the scroll in her arms, glanced at Tuan'er coldly, and said: "This thing is extremely precious, Your Majesty has only given Princess Changle and me, I'm afraid that Tuan Niang may not be able to be so blessed." Because it is precious, it can't be shown to the group lady - not to say that the group lady can't understand it, only to say that if there is any damage, it is not something you and I can bear. ”

This Wei Tuan'er was fortunate to be in the Empress Wu by relying on the merit of murdering a pregnant talent, and she was already quite despised by the palace, she was good, not only could not restrain herself, but she was proud of it, and searched for private deeds everywhere, and secretly told the Empress Wu, which made everyone afraid, and even Gao Yanfu and other Louluo old slaves mentioned it to Wan'er a few times openly and secretly, and Wan'er just didn't understand it - such a person who has neither character nor intellect, Wan'er is extremely disdainful in her heart, and when she is in a hurry, she simply refuses to do Su Ri's little face work. (Jin 0 Jiang Exclusive)

Tuan'er's face changed several times, and Fang sneered: "The talented person is so high, he is worthy of being the son of a Tianshui official." It's a pity that the family is noble, once there was no official, but just like me, it was an official maid with an arm, even if he was lucky enough to seal the harem, it was just a dog and horse in front of His Majesty, and it was uncertain who would be taller than whom in the future. Who is the reward of this moment?"

These words poked Wan'er's heart, Wan'er pursed her lips, her right hand unconsciously grabbed her left wrist, and then let go, Gao Yanfu has been watching them fight, at this moment Fang smiled and said: "They are all His Majesty's people, peers who serve together in the palace day and night, how can they talk about these hurtful words?" Look at Wan'er first: "Shangguan talents are often in front of the emperor, they are deeply blessed by the Holy Grace, and today they are graced, which is really gratifying. ”

After waiting for Wan'er to say a few words, she looked at Tuan'er again: "Tuan Niang is naturally a loyal and eager heart to serve His Majesty, but His Majesty's holy candle shines, rewards and punishments are clear, what should be given to whom, who should not be given, the Sacred Heart has its own judgment, we are slaves, it is better not to judge without permission." (Jin ↑ Jiang exclusive)

Tuan'er snorted coldly: "According to what Gao Weng said, I also want to congratulate Shangguan Caicai." ”

Gao Yanfu said with a smile: "This is the proper meaning of peers. ”

Tuan'er only sneered, glanced at Wan'er, walked to the corner, and ordered the two palace people to block the winter wind and frost in front of him, leaning against the wall and playing with the nails on his hands.

Wan'er didn't want to entangle with her too much, and thought that this scroll should not be shown lightly, so she said a word to Gao Yanfu, and left the Zichen Hall on duty for the first time, walked back to the residence, locked the scroll in the box where the book was placed, and then hurried back to see Princess Changle coming out of the palace, holding a stack of scrolls in her hand, with a sullen face, and when she saw Wan'er, she stood up and called "Shangguan Cairen".

Seeing her face, Wan'er thought she was going to say something important, so she hurriedly bowed down and stood still, waiting for a while, but saw her bow her head and said: "A-Niang said to give you a day off, so that you can practice the things on the painting in your residence, if I don't understand, but... I asked you. After speaking, he added weakly: "I won't come to ask you, you don't have to worry about this matter." ”

Wan'er listened with her hands tied, and when she reached the word "painting", she blushed again, sent the princess away, turned around and glanced at the palace, and walked back to her residence quickly, hesitating for four times, after all, she didn't take out the scroll, and took a closer look - not to mention how much this matter violated her mother's teachings since childhood, only that she was still nominally still the harem of today's son, and the Empress Wu asked her to ponder this matter, and her heart was very suspicious, not intentionally tempted, to see if she had the intention of sneaking into the saint and selfishly betraying the Lord, or deliberately humiliating, Thinking that teasing, no matter what the situation is, Wan'er should not really open this painting and study it with interest.

But even if you don't open the scroll, what you just saw in the hall has already been deeply imprinted in your heart, and the more you want to forget, the more you can't forget, Wan'er sat by the bed for a long time, but she still remembered the small mole on the woman's chest in the painting clearly.

This will not work.

She got up and opened the box, and instead of moving the scroll, she picked and picked a volume of the Huayan Sutra to look through.

This scripture is also given by the Empress Wu, the Tang Dynasty claims to be the descendant of the Xuanyuan Emperor, to establish the country with the Tao, suppress the Buddha and worship the Tao, but the women in the house believe in the Buddha more, the noble as the Queen of Heaven can not avoid the vulgar, taking into account the emperor, when the routine is given more or "Lao Tzu", "The Book of Filial Piety" and other classics, the Buddhist scriptures have always been only rewarded to the very close courtiers and bachelors.

Wan'er as a harem woman, but can get this "Huayan Sutra" reward, not only because she is close, but also a praise for her knowledge, although she was educated at a young age, Confucius and Mencius rather than teaching, but still recited this scripture secretary very skillfully, with a memory of the flip, then turned to the verses in the light of the light:

Drifting, life and death, sinking into the sea of love

Confusion knots heavy nets, faint and terrifying

A sturdy man who is slow is able to know how to cut off

…… 166 Reading Network