As soon as that person came in, Wan'er knew her identity.

This is not because of the person's dress - Yongxiang is between the east and the west, there are often nobles who strayed in, and today's atmosphere is not as good as when the country was founded, everyone advocates gorgeous clothes and jewelry, clothes and jewelry, often out of line, that person is dressed plainly, and there is no princess at all.

Wan'er was able to recognize her because she was so similar to her mother, the square and broad-fronted queen of heaven.

Wan'er knew that she was the son of a Tianshui official since she was sensible, her grandfather was the Shangguan Yi who was "wrong and charming, the first to open for a while", her father was Tingzhi, and her grandfather and father were killed for drafting the edict after the abolition, and the murderer was the actual owner of the Daming Palace, the queen of heaven of the martial family.

At that time, because her mother was the sister of Taichang Shaoqing Zheng Xiuyuan and the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, she was able to avoid death, but she was not a slave in the court. Wan'er has been a child

Every time the mother spoke of this, she sighed deeply and said, "It's a daughter, and if it were a son, I am afraid it would not be at this time." ”

Even if she listened to her mother's relay, Wan'er also felt worried, and at the same time felt that she was really fortunate to be a daughter, as for weighing the world, she didn't dare to think of it, if her family had not fallen, and then had the credit of her grandfather Qingjun, she might also be selected as a princess or princess, and speak by the king's pillow, or give birth to a son, relying on her husband, children and mother's family to control the government. It's a pity that since she was born, she has been an unofficial pariah, and in this world, untouchables have never had a way out.

Thanks to the blessings of my uncle and grandfather's old friends, my mother and her are doing well in the palace, my mother's errands are quite idle, Wan'er is young, and the people in charge look at her 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, and they all said 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 dignified Majesty burst into what could be called an arrogant laugh, which was absolutely undesirable 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 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 well in the court, but she was going to Yongxiang, and entered the room.

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 sound 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 had not been fifteen years since the abolition of the edict was abolished, and the Queen of Heaven would have forgotten her past grudges and kindly appointed her granddaughter as a former enemy?