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It is said that it is a new anti-theft measure in Jinjiang, try it _(:Π·γ‚βˆ )_ to the blessing of the old friends of my uncle and grandfather, my mother and she are living well in the palace, my mother's errand is quite idle, Wan'er is young, and the people in charge look at the uncle's face, so they don't arrange errands, and let her wander around.

Wan'er walked in the palace every day, and when she met a nobleman, she stood aside and secretly looked, and when she looked at it, she thought to herself, do these people know her grandfather and father? What is the relationship between them and the martial queen?

The palace people spread the word of mouth, saying that Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven has a generous temperament and is benevolent, but as far as Wan'er can see, this is not the case. In addition to Wan'er's father and grandfather who were killed, there are often ministers and palace attendants who were beaten with rods inside and outside the palace gate. When these ministers enter the palace, they are often solemn and solemn, and the crown is solemn, once they are roded, the dignity of those officials is gone, not only that, but some people are broken by the rod, and they can't eat, so they have to starve to death - starvation to death, it is not considered that the emperor and the queen are brutal, and they kill the minister, but the minister is not beaten. The ministers are all calculated, the palace people are roded, they often break their bones and bones, and they die on the spot, some people are beaten, but they are not killed, and when they are dragged back, they cry all the way, and some have to call for a few nights before they die, usually the palace people are dead, and they can still be rewarded by the palace with a tombstone, and the palace people are buried obliquely, and those who make mistakes are killed, they have to be thrown away and do not know where, the bones may be eaten by dogs, or wolves, and no one can say well.

Xu has been in the palace since she was a child, and Wan'er has never liked to talk. When I encounter something I don't understand, I don't ask anyone, but I think silently in my heart. She gradually became more and more curious about the legendary martial queen, but she never revealed this curiosity in front of others.

When others talk about Empress Wu, whether she knows these people or not, she will pretend to go over inadvertently, stand and listen for a while, Empress Wu's car passes, others are dodging, but she always sneaks closer, sometimes hiding in the dark and staring, sometimes kneeling among the palace people on the side of the road, and occasionally hearing a sentence or two from Empress Wu, she has to repeatedly figure out what this means. The first time Wan'er really saw the face of the Empress Wu was when she was ten years old, that day the emperor was drunk in Xiangluan Pavilion, the palace people gave wine and food, and even everyone in the court celebrated, and the palace people led wine and dance to celebrate this rare happy moment, but Wan'er was tired of this kind of noise, and took advantage of everyone's slack to sneak to Hanyao Gate, outside the Hongwen Pavilion.

Legend has it that my grandfather was a straight bachelor of Hongwenkan, and he soon stood out in the talented Hongwenkan, successively serving as a secretary, a living room, a secretary and a young eunuch, and a waiter in Xitai. My grandfather started with words, but he ended up with words, which is not only the life of my grandfather, but also the life of many scholars in Hongbunkan.

That day, Wan'er wandered outside the Hongwen Pavilion, thinking of her unmasked grandfather, the sky had darkened slightly, but the Xiangluan Pavilion was still brightly lit, and laughter and laughter drifted into Wan'er's ears from the top of the pavilion, making her feel that she was Liu Lang and Ruan Zhao who had mistakenly broken into the rooftop, and also made her avoid the oncoming Empress Wu.

The Empress Wu wore the Yanjian guest's hairpin robe, and came step by step, graceful and beautiful. She was only followed by a few young courtiers, and when she saw Wan'er, she smiled, pointed at her and said to several courtiers: "Even the maids in the palace know how to admire literature, which shows the prosperity of the times. ”

One of those attendants immediately said: "The holy virtue is profound, the literature is flourishing, the atmosphere of the world is clear, and the scholars and children all know whether Zang is or not, so this son is not admiring literature, but feeling the virtue of the saint." ”

Wan'er heard the well-dressed Majesty burst into what could be called an insolent laugh, a laugh that would not have been desirable to her mother. Mother has always taught that a woman's family should be quiet, and Wan'er has always thought so. laughed so willfully in front of the foreign ministers, except for the Wu family girl who started as a businessman, probably no one else did it.

But no matter how vulgar this Wu woman is, now she is also a saint who stands side by side with the emperor, and Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven, who is called the second saint and the deputy saint in the palace, when she moved, Wan'er's branch was almost killed.

Wan'er lowered her eyes and bowed to Princess Changle in a proper manner.

This princess looks most like the Empress Wu, but she is the most gentle and smooth among the sons of the Empress Wu, she doesn't have the arrogance and arrogance of the nobles in her eyes, as if Wan'er is not a lowly palace maid, but... And what it is, Wan'er can't tell.

The ghost sent the gods, and Wan'er took the initiative to ask: "Why did the princess come here?"

"I'm here to take shelter from the rain. Princess Changle politely replied to Wan'er's words, and she didn't realize that there was anything wrong with responding to a palace maid's question with the dignity of a princess. Wan'er involuntarily glanced up at her, but didn't say anything, but the princess talked to her without a match: "What's your name?" "Have you read a book?"... The myriad of questions gave Wan'er the illusion that she was not in the despicable Yongxiang, but in the pavilion of the Hongwen Pavilion, talking to the same year she first met.

After the rain stopped, Princess Changle left. Wan'er sent her out, stood in place for a long time, and then sighed, drenched in the rain, and slowly returned to the court.

That night, a deacon called her to the palace province, and asked her why she didn't stay in the court well, but she was going to Yongxiang, and entered the room, and the person who asked her was as kind as an old monk, but the words were forced step by step, and then confirmed that Wan'er did not have any ill intentions, and then said that the palace province inspected her for both virtue and beauty, and allowed her to participate in the selection of the inner study hall, and ordered her to cherish this grace and strive to repay the heavenly kindness of His Majesty and the deacons.

Wan'er was not so flustered when she was asked, but after receiving the order of the exceptional selection, she panicked, and her mother's prophecy of weighing the world seemed to ring in her ears again, and the unruly smile that she saw when she met the Empress Wu when she was ten years old also appeared in front of her at an inopportune time, and it has not been fifteen years since the abolition of the edict, will Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven have forgotten her past grudges and kindly appointed her as the granddaughter of the past enemy?

My mother instructed an elderly female official to assist Li Rui from the side, and ordered me to go to the side hall and sit face to face with Wan'er, so that everything that we could not adjudicate could be decided by the assistant staff, and there was no need to ask my mother everything, nor did I dare not ask for fear of being bored with people. Mother and cultivation of the heart, Li Rui and I have seen it, Li Rui thought that the mother is the heart of the ordinary son, Hang Erlang is not a big deal, write a few words to come to talk to me, or tease the small palace people, I think of the previous life of the emperor Zetian who abolished the two princes and two emperors, persuade him to do things well, do not disappoint his mother, Li Rui full of promises, turned his head and giggled, and did not care very much, every day until the beginning of the day, never come in, at night to the latest to the unitary, but also to find an excuse to slip away, was reprimanded by the mother once, only to stay late, but in the morning as usual is late to come in。