Empress Wu still maintained the posture that Wan'er saw when she went out, standing with her hands behind her back, but her eyes were slightly closed, as if she was thinking about something, and when Wan'er knocked on the clogs and approached step by step, she moved her hands, still closed her eyes and said, "Say." ”

Wan'er knew that someone had already reported what she had done outside, so she took a step forward, bowed her head and said, "Zhou Guogong Minzhi, the concubine will arrange a person in front of Your Majesty." ”

Empress Wu suddenly opened her eyes.

Wan'er didn't seem to see the fierceness in her eyes, and respectfully and respectfully said Wu Minzhi's words to Empress Wu, and she tried her best not to have any feelings when she spoke, and said every word very plainly, only after she finished speaking, she cautiously mentioned: "The concubine handed over this matter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Let's talk about it when we go back to Beijing. Wu Hou held his hands behind his back for a long time, but in the end, he still did not make any ruling on this matter.

Wan'er pondered for a moment, and finally said one more sentence: "It seems that it is not appropriate for the chamberlain and the minister to have such a friendship?"

Empress Wu sneered: "It's just a palace attendant, and that's all he can do." He waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "I have my own plans." ”

Wan'er stopped talking, seeing that she seemed to have something to say, and waited for a while before listening to Empress Wu say: "Son, this child, her vigilance is really lower, usually a casual servant, you don't have to be familiar, only pass on one or two sentences, she happily followed, and she didn't like to bring her entourage, she didn't know if she was deceived, and she always had to ask her to suffer a loss, so she remembered it." ”

Although Wan'er didn't fully understand what she meant, she waited quietly, waiting for her instructions, and sure enough, Wu Hou paced with his hands behind his back for a moment before turning around and ordering: "Do as he said, don't lead your son to a remote place, take her to... Well, let's go around the political hall, let her see what the ministers look like when they are deliberating, and save the masters from always being big or small. ”

When talking about her daughter, her voice softened unconsciously, she didn't notice this, but Wan'er noticed it, her head was tilted, and she immediately felt the queen's gaze towards her heart, and hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

As for how to make Wu Minzhi's people obey orders, and how to face Wu Minzhi after doing so, it is not the matter for the queen of heaven to take care of - the lord has given an order, and those who are servants should do everything possible to do this, and if they do well, they will immediately be able to obtain her praise and trust, and if they can't do it, they are not qualified to be her servants. Wan'er has been in Zichen Hall for so long, and she understands this deeply.

The queen of heaven was very satisfied with Wan'er's reply, nodded, and said, "You have also worked hard recently, so you are allowed to take half a day off, let's go." ”

Wan'er bowed obediently and slowly withdrew.

Within a moment of returning to her residence to sit down, a deacon politely approached her and asked her if she recognized a "Zheng Twenty-seven".

Wan'er said: "There are many relatives in the clan, and I can't recognize who it is just by name, so it's better to meet each other." ”

The deacon smiled and said, "That's right. Sure enough, he brought a little waiter over, and when he saw Wan'er, he bowed down and bowed his hand: "Cousin." He added: "I haven't seen each other for many years, and there has been no news between relatives for a long time, thanks to Zhou Guogong's help, I know that my cousin is also here, and he has become a talented person." ”

Wan'er nodded to the deacon: "It's indeed my cousin." The sisters and brothers had not seen each other for a long time, and they wanted to say a few words, and they were tired of the deacons being accommodating. ”

The deacon repeatedly, "That's nature, that's nature." He glanced at Zheng Twenty-Seven and exited the door.

Wan'er looked at Zheng Twenty-seven, this person is no different from the thousands of little servants in the palace, and even the flattering eyes when looking at people are no different, she has seen too many such people since she was a child, and she knows how to deal with them.

Wan'er changed her humble and quiet appearance in front of the emperor, half-squinted, tilted her head, leaned on a few with one hand, and played with the knot on the tie with the other hand, and after a long time, she said casually: "You don't want to lead the messenger, make a book and record your name, it is easy to leave traces, you just have to go to the palace with me every day for a few days, and wait for me at the door." When they saw that you had been brought by me, they did not dare to ask any more questions, and you waited for the opportunity to see the princess, and led her to the last tent in front of the door. ”

Zheng Twenty-seven was stunned and said, "But Zhou Guogong said..."

"Zhou Guogong?" Wan'er raised her eyebrows, "Zhou Guogong begged me to do something, that's why I called you over, you want to gain a foothold in the forbidden place, relying on the palace province and the inner service province, not Zhou Guogong." ”

Zheng Twenty-seven's two eyes turned around, and he smiled and said, "My sister is right, my brother knows." ”

Wan'er said: "It's good to know, let's go." ”

Zheng Twenty-Seven knocked on the ground neatly and withdrew with a smile.

As soon as he left, Wan'er returned to sitting upright, and only felt comfortable when her body was halfway up the chair, and she sat loosely, but she was not used to it.

Cheap life.

She smiled self-deprecatingly, and collapsed on the bed with her eyes closed, but she couldn't sleep anyway. The words that Wu Minzhi said during the day lingered in her ears and made her uneasy.

Grandfather, father, Shangguan family...

Wan'er got up suddenly, changed her clothes, and walked out of the atrium, her residence was very close to the main hall of the palace, through a small road, you can go directly to the corridor behind the main hall, bypass the corridor, and enter the door, which is the small hall where Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven resides in writing, today Wan'er went over, and found that there was no one guarding outside the hall, and when she walked into the hall, several palace people saw that it was her, and they all shook their hands silently, but they did not warn.

Wan'er quietly approached Empress Wu and saw her copying a notebook.

"What does Wanqing think of my handwriting?" Empress Wu didn't look back, but as if she had eyes behind her back, she broke Wan'er's line of collection, Wan'er glanced at the calligraphy, bowed her head and said: "The concubine's calligraphy is not fine, and she doesn't dare to discuss His Majesty's calligraphy." ”

Empress Wu put the pen aside, Wan'er skillfully stepped forward to take the pen, put it away carefully, and then stepped forward to collect the copy, Empress Wu smiled and asked her again: "Do you know whose character this is?"

Wan'er shook her head.

Empress Wu stared at her and smiled: "This is your grandfather's handwritten letter of Shangguanyi, when His Majesty saw his words fluttering and clear, he ordered him to be my servant, this is the "Book of Persuasion" he wrote for me. ”

Wan'er was like a thunderbolt, and she glanced at the calligraphy in her hand in despair, how could she never have imagined that this would be her grandfather's words, let alone that the Empress Wu would still keep the words of the enemy.

Empress Wu's eyes had taken away from Wan'er, falling on her own words, and then on the scroll on the other side of several cases. She smiled and opened the top scroll of the pile, and after only one glance, she shook her head, "No progress." Summoning a person, he threw the scroll in front of the man: "Tell Princess Changle to go back and rewrite it." ”

The man replied in a low voice, and just got the scroll, Empress Wu changed her mind again: "Forget it, let her relax for a few days." ”

The man took the scroll and sent it back respectfully. Empress Wu unfolded the scroll again, and said to Wan'er with a smile: "Wanqing, look at it, this is still forced by me to learn such a thing, if I don't stare at her, I don't know how well she learned!"

Wan'er felt that her whole face was stiff, and she glanced at Princess Changle's masterpiece blankly, and said with a forced smile: "The princess is still young and her pen power is not enough, but in fact, her skills are already good." ”

Empress Wu smiled: "Is it? Wanqing just said that the calligraphy is not good, and she didn't dare to evaluate my handwriting, but now she will comment again?"

Wan'er shook her hands, and finally came back to her senses, and when she was about to kneel, her chin was pinched by Empress Wu, and the whole person froze on the ground, unable to move: "Wu Minzhi hates me because he suspects that his mother and sister died at my hands, what about you? Your grandfather and father did die at my hands." ”

"Kun is the father of Yu, Emperor Shun killed Kun and used Yu, so he had the business of controlling water. The more critical it was, the clearer Wan'er's mind seemed to be, and she looked at Empress Wu fixedly, and replied with such a sentence.

Empress Wu smiled again: "You think highly of yourself, but you don't know what you can do?"

She pinched Wan'er's chin, glanced left and right like looking at a horse's mouth, let go of her hand, and returned to the case, carefully admiring Wan'er's grandfather's notebook, Wan'er knew that this was not the time to hesitate, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has been ruling the country for more than ten years, and there are many people who have been able to promote all the living people in the court and rely on Your Majesty's grace, and there are not a few people who belittle and implicate them with Your Majesty's anger. ”

Empress Wu looked at her: "So?"

Wan'er said: "All the princes entered the court, all for the fame, Your Majesty pulled out the Hanshi, blocked their way to fame, is to resentment, if Your Majesty can show the sincerity of the appointment, then everyone is vying for Your Majesty's favor, naturally there is no time to complain." As for how to show sincerity... Your Majesty, can you hear that Emperor Han Gao has sealed Yongya?"

Empress Wu squinted her eyes and smiled: "I still thought that you would find out the truth of these people for me, who knows if you are going to talk about it, or plan for yourself, as long as you are willing to be a high-ranking official, who is not willing to sell your life?

Wan'er said calmly: "The concubine can naturally use the ancestors and fathers to lure those people into the details, if Your Majesty is a faint king who plays with power like Han Huan and Sui Yang, the concubine has already proposed this method to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is the master of the family and the country, and the master of the great talent, and will disdain the end of this power technique, what the concubine said is the way of the lord, the sincerity of the monarch to his ministers, and the determination of His Majesty to work hard and open a generation. There are many people in the Manchu Dynasty who can do it for Your Majesty, and there is no shortage of such capable people in Your Majesty's palace, and what a concubine can do is really a matter of His Majesty's humerus, but not everyone can do it. ”

She raised her head, looked at Empress Wu, and said word by word: "Concubine, I am willing to help Your Majesty and open up an unprecedented foundation, which is what the predecessors could not do." ”

Empress Wu smiled and walked in front of Wan'er. The people in the hall had already been waved away by her, and there were only two people left in the room, her and Wan'er.

Wan'er knew she was taking a big gamble.

Everyone thought that what the Empress Wu wanted was nothing more than becoming the "Queen Mother". But Wan'er knows very well that the intention of the Empress Wu is not only on the word "Queen Mother" - no one who just wants to be the Queen Mother will deliberately sit in the study in front of her husband wearing a crown to watch the music, no one who only wants to be the Queen Mother will insist on letting a woman go to Zen, and no one who only wants to be the Queen Mother will always call herself "I" and always ask for a similar status from her husband.

Since the time of power, Her Majesty has ordered the inner study hall to teach scriptures and historical books, appoint female officials in the palace, propose that the father keep filial piety for his mother for three years, give acres of land for his daughters, and let his youngest daughter study with his son...

In her heart, what a man can do, only a woman can do. is just a "queen mother" who is attached to her husband and son, but I am afraid that she may not see it in her eyes.

It is precisely because of this that she said to herself, "I am willing to take good ministers as my heart and create a peaceful and difficult world", which is what a generation of male lords, not the "Queen Mother" would say.

It's just that I don't know, the difference between "Tao" and "art" that she keeps saying, and those ambitious futures, are they really out of her heart, or are they clever words?

If her words were just words, she would really lose this game, and she would not leave a person who could peek into her mind by her side. If she really has this heart, although she will still be suspicious and unhappy when she is spied on by herself, she will value herself more from now on - such as the Emperor Han Gao who reused Yong Tooth - naturally, this does not mean that she has won the bet.

Wan'er raised her head and glanced at this majesty, it is rumored that the square forehead is wise, and the broad is blessed, this majesty is indeed as the book says, both good luck and wisdom, but I don't know whether this good fortune is a great creation, or a small blessing? This wisdom is the wisdom of a saint, or is it a fool's shallow strategy? Where is his own good fortune?

Empress Wu suddenly laughed, and while laughing, she pointed to Wan'er's grandfather's handwriting and said: "Since you have said so, I can't say it if I don't reward you, I can't keep this word, you can take it." ”

Wan'er respectfully took the notebook, bowed solemnly, and when she was about to exit the door, she heard Empress Wu say again: "From now on, you will always accompany me, no matter family affairs and state affairs, there is no need to avoid them." ”

Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief for the time being. In any case, I finally got a little bit outside of literature... Value. (. Just Love)