Chapter 180: A Wise Woman
Shangguan Yi felt that he was really transferred.
In less than a month, Shangguan Yi experienced a leap from Julang to Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and then experienced the transformation from "Xiao Transparent" to a celebrity in front of the Imperial Palace, and in the end, he also received a personal promise from Li Shimin to give him the title of county lord.
That's the county lord!
In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's sister and sister are called the eldest princess, the emperor's daughter is called the princess, the prince's daughter is called the county lord, and only the prince's daughter can be called the county lord!
Of course, these Shangguan Yi understood, so he immediately knelt on the ground with a "poof".
"How can I be the official of the courtesy, how can I get such grace from the saint, and the ministers thank the emperor!"
After speaking, he kowtowed three times to Li Shimin, then stood up again, knelt down and made three more sounds, and so on three times.
Three kneeling and nine knocking, this is the most solemn etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, so after the official ceremony was finished, Li Shimin immediately stood up and helped him up with his own hands.
"Aiqing is exempt from courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Shangguan Yi got up, Li Shimin chatted with him casually and said some warm and good words, and then asked Liu Bing to send Shangguan Yi back to the mansion.
And after Shangguan Yi went home, he immediately began to prepare for his son Shangguan Tingzhi Zhang Luo's happy event, before he was not in a hurry because he had just become the secretary of the criminal department, and he needed to keep a low profile, but now it is different, with Li Shimin's promise, Shangguan Yi can't wait to have a granddaughter of the county lord.
It was no secret that Li Shimin promised Shangguan Yi to make his granddaughter the lord of the county, so it soon spread in the officialdom, and for a while, Shangguan Tingzhi, who had not yet married a wife, suddenly became a fragrant bun, and the people who came to propose marriage almost broke the threshold of Shangguan's family.
As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are worried, when Shangguan Yi was busy choosing a daughter-in-law for his son and was dizzy, a woman in a green palace dress was standing by the Weishui River outside Chang'an City, her face was full of struggle.
"If I die like this, I will be clean, but I am not reconciled!"
The person who was about to seek death was none other than Wu Mei, who was kicked out of the palace.
At first, when Wu Mei received Li Shimin's will, she was stunned, she couldn't understand why Li Shimin suddenly cut off her talent and drove her out of the palace, she didn't even know what she had done.
Wu Mei still remembers that Li Shimin's dictation at that time was that she was "misbehaved and unvirtuous", but Wu Mei couldn't figure out how she violated these two articles, and it wasn't until she was kicked out of the palace that she thought of a person - Gao Ming.
Wu Mei still remembers that she was suddenly summoned by Li Shimin at that time, and then went to the imperial study, but she saw Gao Ming in the imperial study, and Gao Ming also said a strange thing at that time, which made her a little confused.
But in hindsight, Jean found that Gao Ming's attitude towards her was very strange, and he seemed to be very jealous of her.
"Why is the prince jealous of me?"
Thinking of this question, a hint of gloom suddenly flashed on Wu Mei's face.
"Is it because of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang?"
Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are the sons of Wu Shi Tong and Wu Mei's half-brother, but these two have not regarded Wu Mei as their sister.
If the two of them are just simply occupying the family property, Wu Mei will not hate them like this, the most hateful thing about the two is that they are very mean to Wu Mei and her mother Yang, at least they are insulting, and at worst they are adding fists and feet to wanton bullying.
At that time, Wu Mei was only eleven years old, and in the face of the abuse of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, she couldn't resist, so she could only bury these hatreds deep in her heart, and with the accumulation of time, this hatred became deeper and deeper.
Three years later, Wu Mei was fourteen years old, and after being elected to the harem, she relied on her agility and intelligence to gain a different view from Li Shimin, and climbed from a palace maid to the position of a talented person.
After Wu Mei became a talented person, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang didn't dare to bully her mother and sisters anymore, but these alone couldn't alleviate the resentment in Wu Mei's heart, so she wanted to climb up, wanted to gain more power, and wanted to make Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang pay the price!
However, what Wu Mei didn't expect was that when she became a talent, her luck seemed to have been exhausted, especially when she found out that Li Shimin began to alienate her, she suddenly felt anxious.
"What the hell am I doing wrong?"
Wu Mei didn't know that a woman who was too smart would make men wary, especially an emperor who was so suspicious as Li Shimin.
Wu Mei stayed in the harem for five years, and during these five years, what she thought about the most was how to get Li Shimin's favor, and then how to take revenge on Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, for her, this was the only belief that supported her.
But now, that belief has collapsed.
Losing the position of a talented person is equivalent to losing the most important talisman, Wu Mei can already think of what kind of method will be used to torture her and her mother when Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang know all this, as long as she thinks of this, Wu Mei shuddered.
"If I really want to go back to the days when life was worse than death, I would rather die as soon as I die, but if I really die, what will happen to my mother? I'm not reconciled! ”
When Wu Mei was wandering, a voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Hey, beauty, are you going to jump or not?"
Hearing this voice, Wu Mei immediately turned around, and when she saw the person behind her, she was stunned for a moment.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
At this time, the person who appeared behind Wu Mei was being smart, but now there was a deep helplessness on his face.
"I said beauty, you came once the day before yesterday, and you came once yesterday, plus today, this is the third time, are you jumping or not? Can you give me a letter? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei suddenly covered her small mouth in surprise.
"Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been with me since the day before yesterday? Why are you doing this? ”
In Wu Mei's opinion, the life and death of a person like herself should not be seen by Gao Ming, so when she knew that Gao Ming had been with her for three days, she would be so surprised.
Seeing Wu Mei's surprised look, Gao Ming immediately shrugged his shoulders.
"Do you need to ask? Of course, I'm ready to be a hero to save the beauty, and as soon as you jump down, I'll immediately put you up, and then you're not moved to cry and shout to make a promise? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei's face suddenly showed a trace of misery.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he laughed, Wu Mei is a people's girl, how can it be worth His Royal Highness the Prince's sacrifice to save him, His Royal Highness is afraid that he came to see the jokes of the people's daughters, right?"
Looking at Wu Mei's desolate eyes, Gao Ming suddenly sighed.
"Alas, no one believes the truth these days, or you can jump down and try it first, and see if I can save you."
“……”
Seeing that Wu Mei stopped talking, Gao Ming suddenly shook his head again.
"Look at you and you're not ready to jump, since you don't jump, then I'll go!"
After speaking, Gao Ming turned around and left, looking at the back of him leaving, the look on Wu Mei's face suddenly changed several times, and finally she gritted her teeth, and then ran to Gao Ming's front to stop him, and then knelt down for him with a "poof".
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Wu Mei doesn't know what Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang promised you, Wu Mei only asks you to agree to one condition, as long as His Highness is willing to agree, Wu Mei is willing to do anything for His Highness!"
As soon as Wu Mei's words fell, Gao Ming immediately frowned.
"Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang? Who are they? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's answer, Wu Mei's eyes immediately widened.
"Your Highness, you said you don't know Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang?"
Looking at Wu Mei's surprised look, Gao Ming's brows suddenly wrinkled even deeper.
"Am I supposed to know them?"
Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, I remember, these two people seem to be your half-brothers, and they seem to have a grudge against you, don't they?"
Looking at Gao Ming's sudden realization, Wu Mei was surprised again.
From Gao Ming's expression, she could tell that Gao Ming really didn't know Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, and Wu Mei also knew that Gao Ming would not lie in this regard, because with Gao Ming's identity and status, there was no need to lie to her.
"Am I really wrong?"
Seeing Wu Mei's distracted look, Gao Ming immediately squatted down, and then gently patted Wu Mei's shoulder.
"Maybe you can tell me about your difficulties, maybe I'll help you as soon as I'm in a good mood?"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of determination, and then she began to tell Gao Ming all the festivals of herself and the Wu brothers, and even her suspicions when she was kicked out of the palace were not hidden.
After listening to Wu Mei's story, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.
"Hahahaha, do you think that with Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, I can also help them deal with you? Wu Mei, Wu Mei, you can't help but look up to them too much, and you look down on yourself too much. ”
Speaking of this, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth suddenly showed a sneer.
"I'll tell you the truth, in my eyes, scum like Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are not worthy of lifting my shoes, and the person who really wants to deal with you is me."
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei was dumbfounded again.
"You're the one who wants to deal with me? Why? ”
Wu Mei really couldn't figure out why Gao Ming would deal with herself, because in her memory, she and Gao Ming didn't even have the slightest intersection, let alone offend Gao Ming, and she didn't feel that she was qualified to let Gao Ming deal with her.
Seeing Wu Mei's puzzled look, Gao Ming immediately shook his head with a smile.
"You don't have to think about it, because you can't guess the answer, but you don't have to worry, my purpose is just to keep you away from the palace, as long as you don't enter the palace, you are not my enemy."
As long as you don't enter the palace, you are not an enemy of the crown prince?
Wu Mei is a very smart woman, and after understanding Gao Ming's meaning, she immediately nodded.
"Wu Mei swears that she will never step into the palace again, and only ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to agree to a Wu Mei condition, as long as His Royal Highness is willing to agree, Wu Mei is willing to do anything for His Royal Highness!"
Hearing Wu Mei's words, Gao Ming immediately smiled.
"What a smart woman!"