The weather in October was just after Shen, and it was already slightly dark. The lights were lit in the palace gradually. Wan'er glanced at the drowsy sky, lost her pen, got up slowly, walked outside the palace gate, and saw the guards who had changed guards coming in in one by one, replacing the big man who was originally standing under the corridor.

Since Dugu Shao was dismissed, Mulan rode under the palace again, and the female soldiers led by Hulu Duobao were in one place, called the internal war, in fact, because most of the cavalry guards were women who had no foundation and were five big and three thick, Wei Tuan'er thought that he was not worthy of being a close subordinate of the queen mother, and he was not allowed to serve the emperor at all. The only people who go to the Zhenguan Hall every day are those who are ugly and vulgar - the inner court guards, who were originally the left and right guards, the left and right thousand cows, Left and right Jinwu and the three guards of the inner house, since the first emperor set up the Yulin Army, there was an internal war, he was only waiting for the guards outside the Zhenguan Palace, to the Chi Road then the road was clamped from the road, to this year because of the King of Qi and Xu Jingye, the Queen Mother ordered the expansion of the Yulin Army for the Yulin Guard, the quota of six thousand, day and night outside the palace on duty, must not leave, this Yulin Army, there are many selected from the Beijing youth, called a good family, in fact, there is no lack of idle, cockfighting lackeys.

Wan'er didn't have any likes or dislikes for these young people, no matter how bold they were outside, they didn't dare to touch a finger of the palace people, even if they were laundry slaves, but among the people who had been there recently, one of them was too eye-catching, so that she saw it from afar, so she unconsciously wanted to feel disgusted, and even Yu Linwei, who had a bad feeling for the guard.

And today, the person she hated was wearing armor, carrying swords, bows and arrows, and entered the Zhenguan Hall with a smile on his face, and sat in the left corridor as a chief.

Wan'er felt a burst of irritability for no reason, this irritability lingered in her heart, lingering, and when she entered the main hall again, she had to hang her head low, lest she be discovered.

Empress Wu has summoned people to discuss matters since noon, so far it is not over, Wan'er stood at the door of the inner hall for a long time, and saw Cui Qiao, Liu Yizhi, Wu Chenghei, and Fang Yi came out in turn, and later there were palace people who came out, and when they saw her, they smiled: "The Queen Mother summoned talents, I said that talents must have been waiting outside the door, and sure enough." ”

Wan'er pulled out a faint smile and nodded to her, and when she entered, Empress Wu had already stood up and stood by the window looking out. Wan'er walked over and saluted her, and said softly: "It's cold, and there is wind by the window, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to stand for a long time." ”

Empress Wu smiled without looking back: "If you don't cough twice overnight, you remember it." ”

This was unintentional, but Wan'er inexplicably felt a little weak, bowed her head and said: "The queen mother is a member of the society, and the expectations are related, and the concubines serve the left and right, so naturally they dare not ignore it." ”

Empress Wu shook her head with a smile, turned around, walked a few steps, and suddenly said narrowly: "It turns out that you care so much about my safety because of the society, not because of your loyalty to me?"

Recently, she likes to say these words more and more to make people funny, but Wan'er is not as afraid of her as before, she is still short, and said softly: "Loyalty to the Queen Mother is loyalty to Sheji, loyalty to Sheji, loyalty to Sheji, and loyalty to the Queen Mother, there is no difference between the Queen Mother and Sheji." ”

Empress Wu smiled lightly, went out from the main gate, did not go back, but walked a few steps slowly along the courtyard, several Yulin Chang was already cold and stomped on there, saw the Queen Mother come out, stood up straight, stood with his hand pressed by the sword, all of them were selected brave warriors, all of them were tall above eight feet, with big shoulders and round waists, standing like a mountain, Empress Wu seemed to be in a good mood, slowly stood up, called the guards to the front one by one, asked a few gossips, suddenly seemed to think of something, looked at the middle of the person and said: "Have you ever entered the palace to see?"

The man knelt on the ground and bowed, and said loudly: "The minister is Jingzhao Feng Xiaobao, who was summoned by grace at the beginning of the year, and then joined Yulin Wei, and is now the head of Yulin. ”

Wan'er's heart tightened, she lowered her head, and said with a smile after listening to Wuhou: "I remember, I asked you to go hunting in the garden with Wu Yizong at that time - how, did you get a catch that day?"

Feng Xiaobao knocked his head very loudly: "Back to the Queen Mother, I hunted a wild and two deer that day, and the general Wu was brave and brave, so the general was elected to Yulinwei." ”

Wan'er saw that the Empress Wu had a long talk, but in the end she pursed her lips, coughed lightly, and said, "The Queen Mother hasn't eaten yet?" ”

Empress Wu glanced at her with a smile, nodded, and said, "Order, all the three guards, left and right feather forests, hundred horses, and flying horses in this month, December and the first month will each give five sections." ”

Since there is an inner secretary, the pass, I will listen to Yulin, the three guards in the former each kneeling inside and outside the mountain shouting, the elders in the pavilion are also thankful, Wan'er is not a taste in her heart, as the Empress Wu walked into the inner hall, it is time to retire from duty with dinner, there are already female officials waiting outside the door, waiting for Wan'er to come out, the Empress Wu glimpsed, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and asked idly: "Are you not worth the night today?"

Wan'er's heart jumped inexplicably, glanced out of the door, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, concubine... I want to exchange a value with someone. ”

Empress Wu glanced at her in surprise and said with a smile: "Value?"

Wan'er pursed her lips, bowed down and said, "Concubine... The period is approaching, I am afraid that the service will not be thorough, so I want to exchange a day with Mrs. Li, today by the concubine on duty, the day after tomorrow by Mrs. Li to serve the Queen Mother, begging the Queen Mother's permission. ”

Empress Wu smiled: "En's not gracious, but I have to ask Li Mi." Beckoned the person at the door to come in: "Wan'er wants to exchange value with you, are you willing?"

Since the Queen Mother opened her mouth to ask, Li Mi naturally had nothing to do, Wan'er saw her withdraw from the door, knelt down and sat on the side, and after Fengwu, she ate and went inside with her, changed her clothes, washed and wiped. Empress Wu refused to be idle before going to bed, and took a few letters to read, Wan'er saw that the seal paint was no longer there, knowing that it was the table that had been seen, and at this time took it out to see, either extremely happy, or extremely sad, after watching the martial arts, it seemed to be more joyful, and the most concerned about the DPRK and China recently, nothing was more than two rebellions, and most of the things that could make Empress Wu so happy were most likely to win the battle - but I don't know where?

Empress Wu seemed to have read through her thoughts, and after reading a letter, she put the book on the case, and asked her with a smile: "Are you familiar with Dugu Shao?"

Wan'er was a little stunned, and she had a bottom in her heart, and said slowly: "The concubine doesn't have much contact with the ministers, and the only people who are familiar with the palace are Cui Mingde and Ni Shijing." ”

Empress Wu smiled: "She fought a good battle...", as if she was about to say something, but she couldn't help it, and smiled and said to Wan'er and the palace people around her: "I don't know the details, wait a while, you can ask her yourself." Throwing away the book, he got up and asked, "When?"

Wan'er said: "It's over." It was past the usual bedtime time, but Empress Wu didn't sleep for a long time, and when the people undressed him, he turned his head sideways, and said casually: "Yulin is in the first class, when will it be rotated?"

Wan'er undressed her hand and said in a low voice, "The concubine doesn't know." After a pause, he said, "The concubine asked someone to ask?"

Empress Wu shook her head: "Forget it." Sitting on the edge of the bed, he seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "Some time ago, I talked to my son about women who are inferior in military affairs, but I never thought that there is a Dugu Shao, it can be seen that there is no absolute thing in the world, and what men can do, women are not bad." ”

She showed a little self-contained on her face, obviously she was not talking about Dugu Shao alone, Wan'er knew what she was thinking, and echoed and smiled: "Not only is it not bad, like the Queen Mother, it is far better than the men in the world." Empress Wu did not ask her to serve, but she was bold, and she reached out to uncover Empress Wu's clothes: "The concubine is the queen mother, like the son of heaven." ”

Empress Wu looked at her in surprise, Wan'er was worried, knelt on the ground, put her hands on Empress Wu's small clothes, and buried her head deeply: "Men always say that women are inferior to this and that, but now Dugu Shao, Cui Mingde, He Lou Shanggong, Li Shangfu, Qing Niangzi, Wei Tuan'er... Which of these people is worse than those men? It can be seen that women are not inferior, but they are just suppressed by men and cannot stand out. Although the concubine is not talented, the Queen Mother will not give up, and she will be promoted between slaves and maids, and she is willing to serve the Queen Mother with the power of dogs and horses, such as ministers and kings, such as sons and fathers, such as... The concubine serves the husband. ”

She was clearly aware of the sweat in her palms. Today is really reckless, not in line with her usual forbearance, but if she really said this, she did not regret it - after being by the side of the Empress Wu for a long time, I saw one after another women in the house, relying on the Empress Wu and showing what she had learned, deciding to make decisions like a man, participating in the court and politics, and glorifying the lintel, if she was not moved, it must be false. The people she suspected before were the grudges of her ancestors and fathers, and the suspicions of the Empress Wu about her. However, now that she has seen more, she knows that the death of her grandfather and father is not a personal vendetta, but because she happened to hit the knife and became the scapegoat of the first emperor, and this revenge cannot be avenged anyway- Unless the surname Li is no longer in the world, and the Empress Wu has become more and more confident in her, Wan'er has already faintly made a decision in her heart, and now she has said it, which is not only in line with her original intention, but also beneficial to her future, the only deficiency is probably that her words are a little imprudent, and it is at such an ambiguous juncture, but once Wan'er thinks of Feng Xiaobao who serves in the pavilion, she feels that such an adventure is also worth it.

For some reason, she was sure that Empress Wu would not blame her for this.

She guessed right.

Not only did Empress Wu not blame, but reached out and pinched her face and said: "That is the case, you should no longer be a woman in the inner court, just like the foreign ministers, wear a man's crown dress, and don't hide on the side during the court discussion in the future, stand on the side of the inner worship, and salute like a man." Without waiting for Wan'er to react, she suddenly added: "Of course, if you are like a minister during the day, you might as well be like a concubine and a husband at night." 166 Reading Network