He Lou's footsteps briskly arrived at the side hall, poked his head forward, and when he saw Wan'er, his face smiled as bright as a September golden chrysanthemum: "Such a coincidence, you are also here?"

Wan'er had just withdrawn from the imperial front, and sat in the side hall for less than a breath, when she saw He Lou's family coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted: "He Lou Shang Palace." ”

"I said don't be so angry. He Lou stepped in and took Wan'er's hand with a smile: "You and I have been in the imperial front for many years, and we are both five products, why do you still call me in the palace and the palace? ”

Wan'er quietly withdrew her hand and chuckled: "Because we are in front of the palace and are both five grades, we don't dare to blaspheme, for fear that people will say that we are slow to treat palace officials as internal officials." ”

The internal official palace official, although there is also the same product, but the internal official is the emperor's concubine and the son of heaven, but the palace official is the palace deacon, the same as the house slave, is that there has always been a difference between the superior and the inferior over the years, and now although the female protagonist is in charge, this custom has not changed much, He Lou knows this reason, and smiled: "Shangguan Chengzhi thinks about it, but he only cares about closeness and forgets to be measured." As soon as the conversation turned, he naturally took a step towards Wan'er: "I heard that Shangguan Chengzhi served His Majesty along the way, working hard day and night, I don't know... Do you have time to write that policy?"

Wan'er raised her eyes to look at her: "He Lou Shang Palace has been written?"

He Loushi nodded a little self-consciously, and immediately smiled: "How many catties and taels I have, Shangguan Chengzhi doesn't know, but he can recognize words, can roughly read through the music, and understand the accounts, that is, His Majesty's special favor, he has studied in the inner study hall for a few years, and he can only memorize a few sentences, how can he compare to Shangguan Chengzhi's profound knowledge? This article is a policy theory, but in fact, it is just a few sentences pieced together and made an unwritten article. ”

Wan'er chuckled: "He Lou Shanggong is a person of temperament, with a broad nature and lofty vision, my generation has only read a few books and memorized a few rhymes, and I dare not be arrogant in front of Shanggong." ”

He Lou smiled: "Shangguan Chengzhi's words are too false, I don't believe it." Don't say this anymore, I'm a rough master, and I can't say too much official talk, so I'll honestly talk to Chengzhi - I heard that the Holy Lord can't put down Cui Mingde's strategy?"

Wan'er couldn't help lowering her eyes, and said after a little hesitation: "The matter of the saint is not for you and me to discuss." ”

He Lou smiled: "That's nature. Squinting his eyes, he said: "Since the Holy One is willing to ask us about these military affairs, my generation should also do our best to share the worries of the Holy One, and we must not let down the Holy One's closeness and value." ”

Wan'er said lightly: "What He Lou Shanggong said is extremely true. After saying this, without opening her mouth again, He Loushi saw her like this, and smiled knowingly: "The concubine still has something, so I will leave first." Outside the hall, he turned around at the threshold and said, "I heard that Princess Changle didn't even get out of the car on the way, and she was just in a trance, and she didn't know if she could write it." As he spoke, he covered his mouth, ate and laughed and left.

Wan'er looked at He Lou's back with mixed feelings, took out the half-written strategy from her bosom, unfolded it and looked at it at it, and then frowned.

Accompany the Empress Wu for many years, she has long been familiar with the affairs of internal affairs, draft the order, in one go, the pen is like a stream, priorities, but also grasp just right, so in the past one or two months, the Son of Heaven made a book, seven or eight out of ten have been from her handwriting, although this is a privilege and favor, but it is really a tired messenger, plus the favor of the Martial Queen, four or five days out of ten to call her to serve, the rest of the time is also day and night, as long as the Empress Wu remembered when he rushed to see, there was little intermission, so that she had a sense of powerlessness for the first time in many years, a few days ago suddenly called right, it was already difficult to answer, and it was easy to delay for three days, but was tripped by the side of the Empress Wu, and never rested for a momentHalfway through this thesis, I could no longer write it - but today it was the deadline.

Wan'er remembered the happy expression when Empress Wu ordered Cui Mingde to write the strategy as the prime minister of Chen Zuo this morning, and then looked down at the strategy in her hand, closed her eyes irritably, stretched out her hand, and tore it hard, a few times later, she held the paper to the side of the candle, and the paper quickly caught fire, and it jumped to her fingertips in an instant, and she made a loud sound, and hurriedly let go, the fingers were already red, and the wound was burning, and the situation was unimaginable, so she could only put her fingers in her mouth, and the tears were not coming out, and at a glance Wang De was at the door, and immediately put her hand behind her back: "Your Majesty?"

Wang De nodded silently, glanced at the debris on the ground, Wan'er pursed her lips and said: "It's not well written..."

Wan'er said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty's words, it is the strategy on side affairs. She heard Empress Wu chuckle, and she didn't know whether to be angry or happy: "Today is the last day, burn it, what do you take back to me?"

Wan'er couldn't answer for a while, so Empress Wu stood up and slowly paced in front of her: "These things shouldn't have been obtained and heard by the harem. I... Make an exception and leave it to you to discuss, but at this time, you burned my important strategy?"

Her tone was very gentle, and when she listened to the voice alone, she couldn't hear any displeasure at all, but Wan'er knew that she was angry at the moment, and her palms unconsciously clenched, and her fingertips tingled, but it made her sober up, and she cleaned up her mind, and said: "Your Majesty, this policy, concubine... Can't hand it over. ”

She heard Empress Wu chuckle "heh", saw Empress Wu's feet move, and took a step closer, almost stepping on her toes: "Why?"

At this moment, Wan'er calmed down, lowered her head, and said respectfully: "As Your Majesty said, military affairs are not something that concubines and other harem generations can hear, not to mention that Your Majesty has already made a holy decision, so concubines don't dare to talk about it." ”

For some reason, she seemed to hear a little disappointment in her voice: "Just because of this, you simply don't write?"

Wan'er slowly raised her head to look at Empress Wu, her face was already a little angry, and when she saw Wan'er raise her head, she snorted: "It's okay if you don't write it, this matter has already been discussed by the prime minister, and I don't expect you women and eunuchs to have any good ideas to stabilize the country." ”

After many years by the side of Empress Wu, Wan'er has long been familiar with her temperament, knowing that although her mouth is like this, in fact, she has been really angry in her heart, if she can't be convinced by reason at this time, she is afraid that she will suffer a lot, her hands are pinched tighter in her sleeves, but she still speaks unhurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, this policy is not that the concubine is unwilling to write, but that the concubine can't write." ”

Empress Wu sneered and didn't speak, she was not moved by Empress Wu's momentum, and said unhurriedly: "Although the law of the imperial court, the concubines are slight in rank and short-sighted, and they are not allowed to discuss major matters, but Your Majesty's Chrysostom has been opened, so it is natural to take Your Majesty's order first, so the concubine has written hundreds of words first, and is ready to submit it to Your Majesty's Imperial Review." However, when I think about it today, I feel that this trip is very inappropriate, so I dare to burn the first draft, and have a word of advice. ”

Empress Wu said "heh" again, but came to the seat, and mocked: "What, do you want to persuade me that 'the harem must not interfere in politics'?"

Wan'er's heart was slightly weak, she slowly knelt down, and made a courtesy: "Your Majesty has a wide range of talents, eclectic, regardless of the previous dynasty and harem, good ministers are abundant, and the concubine thinks that this is Your Majesty's virtue and politics, not against the law, so the concubine's advice is not this matter." After seeing the martial arts, she squinted her eyes, showed a look of inquiry, and said: "What the concubine admonishes, it is that Your Majesty should not order the concubine to listen to the war." Concubine... Drafting the order, similar to the Phoenix Pavilion, and long in front of the palace, deep and confidential, although there is no name of the cardinal, but there is already the fact of the cardinal, with the authority of the concubine, should not be with the military. ”

The room was silent for a long time, and after a long time, Wan'er heard the laughter of the martial queen: "You think very highly of yourself." ”

Wan'er pressed her head to the ground and remained motionless: "The concubine does not look down on herself, but abides by her duty, a concubine's director, in the civil and military affairs, the frontier affairs, although the concubine is soft-spoken, and then it is discussed, it cannot shake the military affairs, but in case the outside world learns that it is the sin of the concubine, the two will be separated, it is the way to the long-term peace and stability of the country, the concubine is the prime minister, closer to His Majesty, although the quality is low, the position is powerful, if it is with the military, although His Majesty believes in the concubine, Heavy concubine, but it has inevitably set a precedent, in case there is a traitor who uses this as an excuse to make trouble in the future, His Majesty is certainly wise and wise, and will be able to detect the adulterous and the virtuous, but the concubine is difficult to excuse the responsibility of the master, so the concubine thinks that this strategy, Princess Changle can be written, Cui Shanggong can be written, He Loushang Palace can also be written, and the concubine and Gao Yanfu Gao Gong, as well as A Qing Niangzi, but can never be written. ”

Wan'er heard Empress Wu laughing: "What you mean is that you are to me, as close as Gao Yanfu and A Qing are to me?—— they have served me all my life." He raised his head and straightened up, looked at Empress Wu, and said word by word: "The foreign affairs Gao Gong and the young lady are closer to His Majesty than the concubines, but the internal affairs are more close to His Majesty than the two concubines." ”

Empress Wu leaned back comfortably and squinted at her: "Wait until you have served me all your life, and then say this." 166 Reading Network