Wan'er was still in between, and Empress Wu had already laughed lightly and said, "If you don't want to say it now, just wait until you understand it later." ”

Gao Yanfu, the chamberlain beside Empress Wu, smiled obediently and explained to the stunned Wan'er: "In the Zichen Palace, regardless of identity, everyone can face the holy words. ”

Wan'er thought: Isn't there no rules and regulations? Thinking that although my mother is already a palace maid, she always pays attention to many family rules, and there are rules for sitting, standing, eating, talking, laughing, and obscenity, and there are rules for sitting and eating, talking, laughing, and obscenity, and the dignified family of the Son of Heaven, but everyone can face the holy words, isn't it ridiculous? No wonder the Cui family is unwilling to marry the royal family, although the authority of the heavenly family is granted by heaven, but the atmosphere in the palace is really flattering...... No, this must be because the martial arts family started from Shangjia, and the roots of the martial arts queen are not right, which makes the atmosphere in the palace decadent, and it is definitely not because of the Son of Heaven, what the Cui family refused, not the son of the Son of Heaven, but the son of the Martial Queen.

Wan'er glanced at Empress Wu with a complicated mood, and was about to retreat into the team, but when she heard Empress Wu smile, "Go in with me." ”

Wan'er had to enter the Hongwen Pavilion with Gao Yanfu with Empress Wu, and the people at the door seemed to be used to Empress Wu coming like this, only bowing and standing at the bottom of the steps, and did not raise their voices.

Wu Houxin walked inside, into the side of the room, in this room sat several bachelors, dressed in green robes, seeing Wu Hou coming, all got up to greet the corridor, Wu Hou smiled and asked the one standing in front: "How is the book?"

The man replied, "The Legend of the Daughters has 12 volumes, and the Book of Music has 120 volumes. ”

Empress Wu nodded and said with a smile: "You have been cultivating history recently, presumably you must have read the biography of strange women throughout the ages? ”

Wan'er only knew that Empress Wu often called me in the inner palace and served the crown privately, but she didn't know that she also claimed to be an emperor in the outer court, so she couldn't help but raise her eyes and glance forward, just when she saw that Empress Wu was also looking back at herself, she was busy bowing her head, only to hear Empress Wu say: "Wan'er is a person recommended by the Inner Book Hall, saying that it is quite interesting in poetry, literature and history, you are not busy talking about deeds, only talking about names, see if she knows, if she doesn't know, it is the little girl who is not knowledgeable, it is understandable, if even she knows, it is that you bachelors are not as good as her." ”

Thinking of her identity, she was going to be a palace maid in peace, stay up for a while, and then try to move to a secluded place, who knows that the Empress Wu seems to be unable to see her idle, and she will be summoned in public for a while, and then she will be ordered to accompany her closely, and now she has provoked a few bachelors for herself for no reason, this mind is really a little unpredictable, Wan'er pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "The concubine is a lowly person, how can she compare with the princes of the pavilion?"

A word came out, but I heard the leader of the bachelor smile and said: "The little lady doesn't need to be humble, Her Majesty the queen can order the lady to be by her side, it must be the little lady who has something outstanding. ”

Wan'er only listened to him call the Empress Wu "His Majesty", and she already had a plan in her heart - this must flatter the ministers of the Empress Wu, so the Empress Wu openly called herself me in front of him, but I don't know how many courtiers like him are there in the court now? The lord is dumbfounded, so that the military queen is in the court, although the decree is not called, the honorific title has been the same as the son of heaven, the things that my grandfather was worried about back then, have been realized one by one today, but there was still a clear stream like my grandfather in the court to stop it, but now the courtiers only know how to flatter, regardless of the general system, in vain they are also Hongwenguan bachelors! If she can frustrate these villains, it will not be in vain to lose the surname Shangguan, and the Empress Wu is willing to compare the bachelor with a palace maid, and she has already had the intention of making fun of her, so she humiliated them with her own words, but she was afraid that the Empress Wu might not be angry, and when she thought of this, she was not busy answering the man's words, and said first: "This..."

The man said: "A certain surname is Liu." Still considering the words, Empress Wu had already said: "He is Liu Yizhi, a direct scholar of Hongwen Pavilion." ”

Wan'er listened to Empress Wu's words, and her heart became more and more bottomed, and she smiled slightly: "The princes are both senior, and they are also bachelors of the Hongwen Pavilion, whoever is alone, can compare the concubine, let alone the seven? ”

Empress Wu smiled: "What did you say to change?"

Wan'er said with a smile: "It's better for the concubine to say something, the princess guesses the characters mentioned by the concubine, and you must tell your life and writings one by one to win, otherwise, it will be the concubine's luck." "The method of the competition, the bachelors directly talk about the characters, Wan'er only needs to say a rough idea, indicating that she knows, but now she is guessing the riddle, and she has to explain the life of the poem, and this kind of competition method is clearly a blatant scoundrel.

Several bachelors were originally smiling, but now you look at me, I look at you, Liu Yi said: "If you talk about deeds, it's okay, but I'm afraid the writings are incomplete." ”

Wan'er knew that they were learning the righteousness of scripture and history, unlike when she had recited books such as "The Daughters" and "The Commandments of the Women" since she was a child, and the women's writings were definitely not as familiar as herself, but she smiled and said: "The princes compiled the "Daughters", but they don't know the deeds and works of the master, can the books compiled in this way be considered rigorous?"

Liu Yizhi changed color slightly, looked at Empress Wu, and Empress Wu smiled and said to Wan'er: "They are making up books, not memorizing, as long as they can say one, they will win." As he spoke, he went into the house and sat down.

Wan'er just wanted this sentence, bowed down and said: "That is the most famous one." ”

Empress Wu smiled: "It's up to you." Wan'er followed in, stood beside Empress Wu, and chuckled: "Princess, can you say it?"

Several bachelors couldn't, so they could only follow up in turn, their eyes fluttering between each other, and it was Liu Yizhi who came forward and said, "Please." Wan'er groaned slightly, and then said: "It's ugly - practice in the bright machine, and put the handkerchief in your hand." Playing with each other in your spare time, you can be noisy in the summer. ”

This is simple, and someone said without thinking: "It's Ban Jieyu." Jieyu is the concubine of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Cheng traveled in the back garden, wanting to carry it with Jieyu, Jieyu said: Looking at the ancient pictures, the kings of the sages are accompanied by famous ministers, and only the monarchs of the last days have the daughter of the fortunate ones. Emperor Cheng is stopped. Later, Emperor Cheng indulged in Zhao's affairs, and Jieyu repeatedly wrote to advise but could not listen, but served the Queen Mother as a matter and finally went to bed. He is the author of "Song of Resentment". After saying that, he chanted the poem, his face was very proud, and when he saw the silence all around, he turned his head to look at Liu Yizhi, but saw him smile bitterly and said to the Empress Wu: "Your Majesty's blue eyes are extraordinary, and the minister can't wait far." ”

The man only realized at this time, he was so shocked that he was sweating, he wanted to kneel and it was not easy to kneel, and he felt frightened when he stood up, so he had to arch his hand and said with a forced smile: "The little lady is highly knowledgeable, and the minister can't wait, it's really too late." ”

Wan'er saw that they were so light and soft, she couldn't help but feel bored in her heart, and peeked at Empress Wu, only to see that she was still smiling, glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "You obviously answered, but you can't say it, where do you come from?" Wan'er, quickly admit defeat to a few bachelors. ”

Wan'er bowed her head and said: "The princes are talented and learn Hongda, and the concubines are never as good as you." ”

Empress Wu glanced at her with a smile and said: "Even so, you little girl, it is not easy to know these allusions, I just hope that you can also be like Ban Jieyu, humbly offer, many admonitions, and leave a name in history after death, which is also a beautiful talk." He also said to several scholars: "Ban Jieyu is a virtuous man of the first generation, and can be commanded for future generations, Zhu Qing should sort out her deeds well and award them to the world, if all the women and women in the world can be like Wan'er, and recite this virtuous deeds in their hearts, then the mansion of the four seas can be at peace - Zhu Qing has worked hard to compile books, I know it all in my heart, the midsummer is noisy, the day is an iceberg, drink a basin of ice, and talk about comforting and worrying." Wan'er also gave ten silk horses. ”

Several scholars saw that the Empress Wu not only did not have a trace of discouragement, but also gave the ice, all of them showed joy, and thanked them together, and the Empress Wu got up with a smile, walked outside the door, and turned around to stand, and said: "The people who are close to me before I know each other, but if there are troubles, or go directly to the book, or find them, they can reach me to listen, and there is no fear." ”

Wan'er's eyebrows jumped, and she was bold, and carefully looked at the martial arts queen a few times, seeing that she was always calm, and there was no sign of anger, and there was a vague expectation in her heart - looking at her, she was not as fierce and cruel as rumored, but she was quite a bit of a talent, and she had her blue eyes, even if she was offended, maybe she could be perfunctory? And Princess Changle wandered around the palace every day, and she may not remember her little palace maid, and she said that she leaked her own truth and truth, it is better to... It's better not to say it.

As soon as she made up her mind, her heart fell to the ground like a boulder, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, and the Empress Wu heard her subtle exhalation, revealing an unfathomable smile, and asked Gao Yanfu: "The companions of the son-in-law have been settled? ”