Chapter 591: People's hearts are like water
Shangguan Wan'er had just come out of the sleeping tent, and a eunuch came to report: "Someone came to the palace and sent a lot of vegetables and fruits, saying that they had come to see the emperor on the orders of Wei Niangniang." β
"Oh?" Shangguan Wan'er chuckled, but nodded disappreciatively: "Yes, you don't have to wait, I'll tell you." β
She had to go back, and when she entered the sleeping tent, she found that Wu Zetian had fallen asleep soundly.
Shangguan Wan'er smiled, His Majesty was still in good spirits, and it was only a few times when she tiptoed to find the eunuch: "Tell that person, just say that Your Majesty has fallen asleep, let him go back to his life, and say that the emperor already knows Wei Niangniang's intentions." β
The eunuch was busy.
In this small camp, many people are now tired, and many people are just napping around the campfire.
Shangguan Wan'er raised her head and looked at Chang'an City from afar, she remembered that when she was at the beginning, she had an impression of Chang'an, and at that time...... His grandfather was not dead and was still the prime minister, but later, her grandfather was convicted, and she entered the palace at a young age, but at that time, the capital had moved from Chang'an to Luoyang.
In the depths of her memory, there seem to be some remnants of Chang'an's memory, in her memory, there is a house, but more than that, when the officers and soldiers rushed into Shangguan's house, they looked like wolves and tigers, and their faces were hateful.
At that time, she was naturally still young and didn't understand many things, and it wasn't until later that she didn't know that because of this, she was supposed to be everyone's lady, Miss Boudoir, and she had changed the fate of her life.
Or...... If it weren't for that time, I should have been married, married to a certain family in Wannian County, in charge of a big family, and a group of slaves, maybe ...... There is no more distracting distraction now.
Shangguan Wan'er remembered that when Wu Zetian first saw her, she said to people that this was a girl with a big heart.
In fact, Shangguan Wan'er knew that it was not. At that time, she had just entered the palace, but she was just a frightened little girl, but she had to pretend to be calm, she didn't have a big heart at all, she just ......
When she hid in the Lingyan Pavilion for several years and read a book, when she was observing this woman in Wu Zetian, when she was accustomed to seeing the servile face of those once invincible men in front of Wu Zetian, these people may be noble, maybe they are high, maybe they are ...... Yushu is in the wind. But...... Shangguan Wan'er has seen more of their ugliest side, their cowardice, their full of thoughts, their sneer, all in front of Shangguan Wan'er's eyes, to a certain extent, Shangguan Wan'er is by Wu Zetian's side, more like a bystander, all these years. She's seen and heard more than many people have ever done in their lifetimes combined.
Thinking of this, her eyes withdrew from the outline of the tall city walls of Chang'an, and her gaze disappeared into the darkness of the night. She couldn't help but sigh softly, maybe it was because of this that her heart was bigger, and because of that. So in the world, there are few people who can take it seriously.
The only man who impressed her seemed to be only one. Beside this man, she is also the same as the role she used to play, a calm bystander, she sees a little cook, but she seizes the opportunity at every turn, climbs up step by step, and leans on...... Not flattery, not his noble bloodline...... What it is, Shangguan Wan'er can't tell.
She sighed faintly and couldn't help laughing.
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The night passed.
Before the morning fog had yet to rise, the gates of the city were finally opened.
Wu Zetian hadn't woken up yet, and Shangguan Wan'er, who hadn't slept all night, was not in a hurry to report.
But then ...... But countless people poured out of the city.
The leader is the second prince Li Chongfu, in addition, the third prince and the fourth prince, as well as many ministers, eunuchs, and some children of the Guanzhong gate valve are also involved.
Then Li Chongfu almost took the lead, Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward, and Li Chongfu hurriedly said: "Has the emperor woken up?" β
Shangguan Wan'er said: "I haven't woken up yet, Your Highness doesn't know what's going on?" β
Li Chongfu said: "The emperor's grandmother came from afar, I am a grandson, how dare I be indifferent, this king is here to greet the emperor, since the emperor has not woken up, you don't have to report, I will go to kneel outside the account." β
He didn't think of himself as an outsider at all, and after giving this command, he hurried to the outside of the tent, knelt at the door, and said nothing.
When the other two brothers saw it, of course they were not to be outdone, of course they knew that now that they were in this mortal situation, they could not tolerate a word.
On the one hand, she is the mother of her father, and she is the emperor, and her status is noble.
Moreover, everyone knows that behind the emperor is Qin Shaoyou, and behind Qin Shaoyou is the Shence Mansion and the Five Military Mansions, that is, more than 10,000 elites of the Shence Army, plus nearly 100,000 elite soldiers of the Five Military Camps.
This is power, it is precisely because of the strength that there is the capital to resist the court, once something happens to the father, or what the Wei family wants to do, the princes can at least, there is a glimmer of life.
The three princes knelt straight outside the account.
The rest of the people stood far on one side, and they were not even qualified to kneel.
In this way, although he was a black and oppressive person, the scene was very quiet, and the quiet pin drop could be heard.
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Empress Wei also got up early in the morning, or rather, in fact, she couldn't sleep all night, and it was not easy to take a nap at dawn, and then she was awakened by a nightmare, and when she asked the time, she knew that the city gate should be open at this time, and she hurriedly said: "Go and call Wei Xun." β
Wei Xun is the half-brother of Empress Wei. He is also the eldest son of the Wei family, and he was ordered to control the people and horses in the Daming Palace here.
Wei Hou thought about it and felt that Wei Xun was more reliable.
After a while, Wei Xun hurriedly came: "What do you have to say?" β
"Immediately take a team of people to welcome the emperor into the palace, remember, you must understand the etiquette, don't make people think that the people of our Wei family don't understand the rules, you are usually used to promiscuity, and the palace will not pursue the contemptuous things in the past. But you must know that you are going to meet the driver now, and if something happens, this palace will not tolerate it. β
Wei Xun was busy answering his orders, and even after ordering a group of people and horses, he went to Dongcheng in fresh clothes and angry horses.
In fact, Wei Xun was a little dissatisfied with Empress Wei's words, welcome the car? What is that wicked woman surnamed Wu now? This world ...... But the surname Wei is not surnamed Wu.
However, Empress Wei's advice still worked, and Wei Xun was originally a gentleman. Even Empress Wei didn't look down on him, but in the past few years, with the betrayal of Yang Zaisi and the Zheng family, there have been many people's snakes and rats. Empress Wei no longer has much trust in those ministers, so he had no choice but to use Wei Xun.
Anyway. It's still more reassuring for your own family.
Wei Xun originally only thought it was a small errand, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, just waiting for it to approach Dongcheng. Seeing the hustle and bustle there, he couldn't help frowning.
What's going on, there is no market next to the market in the east city, and the vast majority of people who enter the city usually enter through other gates, this is the main gate of the east city, except for some noble people, no one will enter or leave.
So Wei Xun, who has been in Chang'an for a long time, was surprised, and ...... He found a lot of familiar faces, these people were not ordinary people, and even some military attachΓ©s of the Praetorian Guards were among them.
Wei Xun frowned, when everyone saw that the people of the Wei family had arrived, they didn't dare to make a mistake, and they all gave way out.
It's just that the more Wei Xun went out of the doorway, the more frightened he became, and when he saw the three princes, his face became even worse.
At this time, it was already cold, and Li Chongfu and the three of them had been kneeling for half an hour, but they didn't move, even if they saw Wei Xunlai, they ignored it.
In the past, these three princes were really inferior to dogs, and they had to greet Wei Xun warmly, and even the vast majority of people present were actually like this, the smiles of the past were gone, and some were just strangers.
At this time, even if Wei Xun was stupid, he felt that the situation was serious.
He hit his horse and stepped forward, and someone stopped him: "What man?" β
Wei Xun had no choice but to dismount and said, "I am on the orders of Wei Niangniang to meet me." β
"His Majesty the Emperor is still resting, please wait."
Please wait...... It's a big shelf.
Empress Wei's mind is a holy decree in this Chang'an City, who dares to despise Empress Wei.
But...... This kind of contempt made Wei Xun suddenly realize that things are not simple.
Is that woman really still asleep?
This is not necessarily, people are outside the city, several princes are kneeling outside and waiting respectfully, many eunuchs and dignitaries are waiting with bated breath at this time, and he, as the envoy of Empress Wei, can only wait here.
What kind of shelf is this? Even the Son of Heaven is nothing more than that, right?
People are blindly obedient, and the biggest characteristic of blind obedience is that many times people are not rational, such as the emperor or the Son of Heaven, who is more honorable? Intellectually speaking, the Son of Heaven is the right master, after all, the emperor is just a throne, which is no different from the queen mother.
But people's biggest blind obedience is that they are more accustomed to looking at people's power on the surface, and because of this, some people need face, so some people need to put up a shelf, the higher the shelf, the more people will have an illusion, the more admiration will be born.
Who has the final say in this Chang'an City, from a legal point of view, of course, it is Your Majesty, and of course it is Empress Wei. But when countless people flattered Wu Zetian here, people's hearts changed.
Wu Zetian wanted...... Apparently this is the human heart.
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Wei Xun's impatience has become more and more, because two hours have passed, and the sun has already risen three poles, and at this time, it is already noon.
And no one here dared to leave easily, everyone looked at the tent anxiously, and there was no sound in the tent.
It's as if the emperor is full of energy, playing a game with everyone to see who blinks first.
And the most terrifying thing is obviously not this, you have to wait, Wei Xun can wait for a day or two, although he is impatient, but after all, this will not be less than a piece of meat.
The real horror is that Chang'an has been shaken.
At first, some people heard that the emperor had arrived, but they didn't care, everyone should eat, drink, and some loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty wanted to express their position, that was their business, and it had nothing to do with themselves.
But...... The more time passed, some people began to lose their seats.
The three princes went, the Duke of Zhou of the three provinces also went, and the governor of Zhao in the guards did not pull down.
So many people, so many people who have heard of it and those who have not heard of it, it is said that there are thousands of people who gather people.
So...... Some people who abide by neutrality can't sit still, people are blindly obedient, everyone else has gone, should they go? If you don't go, maybe you will offend the prince, the emperor, and many people, but if you don't go...... It seems that it may not be able to please the Wei family, not to mention, even if it goes, there are so many people present, and the so-called law does not blame the public, it seems that it is not a big deal.
So there are more and more hesitant people, after all, there are still people who quietly move, and one moves, there are two, even ten, eight, and the more people go, the more uneasy people who don't go, as if others are standing together densely, and they are standing alone on the other side, as if they want to be pointed out by thousands of people, to some extent, people need a sense of security, and a sense of security needs to be obtained from others.
It's almost good (to be continued.) )