When Xue Shao left the study, Linlang was guarding the door, Xue Shao pulled one of them and asked her to lead the way, ready to go straight to the place where Princess Taiping was, but happened to see Cheng Wuting there with silly music. Xue Shao looked at the thousand cavalry guards who came with him again, all of them had blue noses and swollen faces, like dead vines and dead melons in the field in June, and they lost their temper.

"Not convinced? Two more times! Cheng Wuting said with a smile, "Lao Tzu has been playing Jiaoduan for decades, and he has never met an opponent!" - Just a few of you little ghosts, I Lao Cheng threw over ten of them with one shoulder! ”

Xue Shao was speechless for a moment, he had reached such a point of life and death, Cheng Wuting was still interested in wrestling with these little soldiers!

"Evil is coming, evil is coming!!" Xue Shao ran to him, covered his furry cheeks with his left and right hands, and said with a sigh: "Good head, what a good head!" ”

"What do you mean?" Cheng Wuting was a little stunned for a while, "If you want it, then take it!" ”

"I really want it." Xue Shao let out a long breath with a smile on his face, "So you have to keep it well, and wait for me to get it at any time!" ”

"Okay!" Cheng Wuting grinned and agreed very happily.

Xue Shao ran away quickly, and Linlang also quickly followed.

Cheng Wuting looked at Xue Shao's back and was stunned for a long time, and was suddenly stunned, and finally came back to his senses.

"So...... Did he really save my head? Cheng Wu muttered incredulously, "It seems that he really has a lot of weight in that old lady's heart!" ”

"What are you talking about?!"

A low reprimand came from Cheng Wuting's side coldly, and the tone was a little strange.

Cheng Wuting turned around and saw that it was Empress Dowager Wu's personal attendant, who was glaring at him with an unkind face.

"Ho-ho!" Cheng Wuting laughed dryly, "I scolded the one in my family, the unsightly chaff!" - What did my father-in-law command? ”

"Come along, the Queen Mother will announce your visit!" The inner eunuch snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Cheng Wuting smiled nonchalantly, shook his sleeves, and followed with steps.

Entered the study.

Wu Zetian sat on the top seat.

After Cheng Wu's respectful visit, there was silence.

Wu Zetian looked down at Cheng Wuting who was standing with his hands down, how he felt strange, how he felt unruly, how he felt that he was unruly and difficult to control.

She didn't like it, she always did.

Over the years, most of these people have become dead, even their own relatives. But now, she plans to let go of the person in front of her. Even she herself felt a little incredible.

"Cheng Wuting." Wu Zetian opened his mouth.

"The sinners are here." Cheng Wuting replied.

"You were originally a minister who made great contributions to the society, but why did you have a backlash and bad intentions?" Wu Zetian asked straight to the point.

"The minister is confused for a while, please ask the queen mother to confess!" Cheng Wuting did not deny it, and immediately knelt down with his forehead on the ground.

"Finally, you have lost your way and have not caused a catastrophe." Wu Zetian said in a very "official" tone, "But as an important minister of the imperial court, it is a big mistake to be unsubordinate." In the past, you have made great contributions to the court, and the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin is unforgivable. ”

"The queen mother only has to surrender the guilt, and the guilty minister has nothing to say!" Cheng Wuting knelt down and said.

"Xue Shao said to the palace, the court only needs to throw you aside as a waste, and let you fend for yourself without asking." Wu Zetian said, "What do you think?" ”

"The minister deserves it. Even if he wants to take the head of the guilty minister, it is also a matter of course. Cheng Wuting said without hesitation, "If you can leave your life and die a good death, it is a great gift from the Queen Mother." The minister is grateful and unforgettable! ”

Wu Zetian's brows furrowed, the better Cheng Wuting's attitude of repentance, the more uncomfortable her heart became.

―― A big old man, not afraid of imperial power or the palace, but he obeyed Xue Shao!

How can this make her feel comfortable?

There was silence again.

Cheng Wuting knelt on the ground and beat a drum in his heart, not because he was afraid, but because he was repeatedly wondering if he had said the wrong thing just now? Shouldn't it ruin Xue Shao's desperate efforts?

Wu Zetian got up and walked to Cheng Wuting's side, and raised his toes to signal Cheng Wuting to stand up.

"Empress Dowager Xie." Cheng Wuting stood up.

"Xue Shao is very smart, what he means is that as long as you can save your life, you can do anything else." Wu Zetian said, "Do you understand his cleverness? ”

Cheng Wuting blinked in confusion, "The sinner is stupid, and the sinner doesn't understand." Please also ask the Queen Mother for advice. ”

"If this palace not only forgives you for your capital crimes, but also leaves you with a vain official rank to enjoy the court's rice, and you can spend the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing, it will show that this palace is open-minded and repays grievances with virtue, and has a great gift to you Cheng Wuting, so that you can be grateful to Dade." Wu Zetian said, "Do you understand now?" ”

"Chen understands......" Cheng Wuting's heart suddenly jumped, how could he listen to her tone, as if she was a little dissatisfied with Xue Shao?

"But your life was indeed saved by Xue Shao, and this palace does not take advantage of this kind of favor." Wu Zetian's voice was very calm, so that Cheng Wuting couldn't hear her likes and dislikes at all, and only heard her say: "If it weren't for his guarantee, you would have been a dead man a long time ago." It's not that this palace is so narrow-minded that it can't tolerate you, but the law of the country really can't tolerate a minister like you. Even if you only have a heart of disobedience, you can't. Cheng Wuting, do you understand? ”

"Minister...... Got it! Cheng Wuting inexplicably felt a chill in his heart, the woman in front of him, compared to any man on the battlefield, she seemed weak. In other words, it is normal for me to raise my hand casually and kill ten or eight of her like this.

Thinking about it carefully, Cheng Wuting himself has never been afraid of the "old lady" in front of him. But today, he suddenly changed his mind.

This woman is terrible.

She seems to be able to read anyone's mind, and she can always accurately aim at a poisonous needle that could kill at any time on the soft flesh of other people's hearts!

Cheng Wuting asked himself, he was not afraid of death, otherwise he would not have come to Chang'an at all. But he was afraid that he would involve Xue Shao...... It's just such a little thought, and the old lady in front of me can see through it at a glance. Listening to her words, she never threatened the lives of his Cheng Wuting family, but always mentioned Xue Shao intentionally or unintentionally.

This poisonous needle, she is aiming at it very accurately!

As for when it was pierced and when it was poisoned?

It was all in her thoughts!

"Plop!"

Cheng Wuting knelt down, his forehead almost touching the tip of Wu Zetian's shoes, "Queen Mother, the minister deserves death!" Repentance is not the beginning! …… Please give an order to take away my damn neck, and the minister will not have to suffer the rest of his life in remorse and guilt! ”

"This palace will do what it says, if it says it won't kill you, it won't kill you." Wu Zetian turned around, slowly walked back to her seat, stroked his sleeve, and sat down peacefully, "As for you, you should live well." Otherwise, he would have lived up to Xue Shao's sincerity. ”

"......" Cheng Wu was speechless. This set has been firmly put on his head and can no longer be untied. If you have half a point of misdeeds in the future, even if you scold the old ladies in private, it will not only be a great disloyalty to the country, but also a great injustice to Xue Shao.

"You can go back." Wu Zetian said, "Your matter, the imperial court will not publicize it and make a public judgment. You will arrange Ling Lang's funeral at home, while waiting for the fate of the Hou court. ”

"Sinner...... Retire! ”

"Remember, in the future, you have to live well."

This soft-spoken and ordinary sentence, every word hit Cheng Wuting's heart like a hammer. For the first time in his life, he really retreated, and his heart was cold.

The chamberlain came out to give an order, and asked the thousand cavalry guards to escort Cheng Wuting home.

Those thousand cavalry guards with blue noses and swollen faces stepped forward, originally afraid of Cheng Wuting and didn't dare to get too close, but now they found that he was the same as before. Not only was his momentum completely devoid of his spirits, but even his face was a little pale, and his clothes behind him were a little sweaty.

The thousand horsemen suddenly came to their senses again, "How capable I am for you." When I saw the Queen Mother and her old man, wasn't she so scared that she peed her pants? ”

"Hahaha!" There was a burst of laughter.

Cheng Wuting walked forward with a wooden expression, and muttered in his mouth: "The tiger falls in Pingyang, you just have to bully." ”

"Hmph, old horseman!" The thousands of horsemen scolded in pieces. If it weren't for the fact that he was in the temple, a few people would really want to come forward and beat him.

"From today on, the evil of the past can only be mixed and wait for death to survive, and you can't even make your own decisions about life and death." Cheng Wuting ignored the abuse of those pawns, smiled sadly, and still muttered, "If I knew today, it would be better to have a horse leather shroud earlier, and it would have ended up a hundred......"

……

Xue Shaofeng rushed to the delivery room where Princess Taiping was, and heard Princess Taiping's terrible screams from a distance, and he was frightened on the spot!

In Xue Shao's memory, he really hadn't felt so scared for a long time, but now he really felt like his heart was twitching, and his whole body was tense.

"Enron !!"

With a shout, he rushed to the delivery room like a fiery horse.

"Stay behind!" The eunuch Zhu Bajie and several maids desperately stopped in front of the door, "The blood in the room is not clean, and the horses must not enter!" ”

"Get out of here!!" Xue Shao roared and pushed away all the people who were blocking in front of him.

"Stay behind!"

With a low shout, a figure immediately stopped in front of Xue Shao as if it were flickering. Even if Xue Shao used enough strength, he didn't shake him off.

Xue Shao came back to his senses a little and looked at it, Yang Siqiao!

"Calm the horse's anger, don't be impatient." Yang Siqiao immediately bowed his hand and said, "The room is taken care of by the palace Tong Shi Wenpo and the imperial doctor, and the princess must be safe and sound." If the horse goes in, it will surprise the princess and the imperial doctor of Tongshi, etc., which is not good! ”

Saying this, Xue Shao finally calmed down. Lian Lian nodded, "Okay, okay...... You, you hurry in and tell them, no matter what, keep the mother and son safe! ”

"Yes! …… Don't worry! Yang Siqiao replied and pushed the door in.

Linlang hurriedly stepped forward and wiped Xue Shao's sweat left and right. At this time, Xue Shao found that his face was covered with sweat, as if he had been drenched with a bucket of water.

The mournful screams of Princess Taiping were still heard in the room, and later she shouted "Xue Lang, Xue Lang", and all of them pierced Xue Shao's heart like a steel needle, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Mother and child are safe! Okay? …… Mother and child are safe! Okay? Xue Shao stared at the door of the delivery room in a daze, and only read these two sentences in his mouth.

Linlang looked at Xue Shao like this, both surprised and envious...... For a long time, they had never seen Xue Shao so cramped or even panicked.

The so-called concern is chaos, it seems that Princess Taiping is in his heart, and there is indeed no one to match!