Shangguan Wan'er pursed her lips, as if she had plucked up great courage, before continuing to speak.

"Later, I pretended to be Yue'er and ran to the place where she met Empress Wu on time.

Empress Wu really did what she said. Take the test of my poetry. Through the flowers and leaves, I answered without much effort.

Empress Wu seemed satisfied, and she asked me to come out of the flowers and leaves, wanting to meet me.

I was a little scared, but I mustered up the courage to step out of the flowers.

And the moment Empress Wu saw me, the smile on the corner of her mouth disappeared.

She said coldly, "You are not the little slave girl from yesterday. ”

When I heard this, my head buzzed and I was stunned.

I don't know how Empress Wu saw through that I replaced Yue'er, I was very scared at that moment, I was afraid that she would kill me, so I had to kneel down and keep kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Unexpectedly, Empress Wu actually walked towards me, squatted down, and stared at me. She asked where the slave girl from yesterday had gone?

I trembled with fear, and I didn't dare to tell a lie, so I had to get it from the truth.

I murdered the palace maid, and I thought that Empress Wu would definitely punish me and cut off my head.

Unexpectedly, after Empress Wu heard my confession, she actually smiled.

She said, "Little girl, you are better than me, you can kill people without blinking your eyes at the age of nine, and I need such a person around me." ”

That's why the Empress chose me. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's fluttering eyes were retracted, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes were full of sorrow.

"I know very well why the empress chose me, not because of my literary talent, but because I can always kill decisively and get rid of all those who stand in the way of the empress.

It is precisely because I know this deeply that I am always killing people, and I have killed many important ministers in the court behind my back.

I never felt pity when I saw them lying covered in blood before me.

Because I know that this was such a group of people back then, for their own selfish desires, they forced the Shangguan family to a dead end, causing my family to be ruined. ”

When Shangguan Wan'er said this, she took a hard breath, as if she wanted to keep herself concentrated and keep her vitality so that she would not faint weakly.

She reached out to cover her chest, feeling the beating of her heart in her chest, getting weaker and weaker.

"Why are you talking to me about this...?"

Di Renjie heard this. I just find it hard to believe and have mixed emotions.

He suddenly thought of the bizarre case of those important ministers who supported the Li royal family dying one after another a long time ago.

The killer was clean and flawless, and he always thought that such a sharp technique should come from a man.

And those who have the courage to do this must have been the enemies of the Li royal family.

He never thought that that person was Shangguan Wan'er who stayed by the empress's side and served.

Shangguan Wan'er is always so arrogant that she doesn't look at him squarely. And if there is a mistake in his work, the first one is Shangguan Wan'er to report to the empress.

So much so that he always felt that he had offended Shangguan Wan'er somewhere, which made him puzzled.

But Shangguan Wan'er's loyalty to the empress and Jiangshan, he saw it in his eyes, so he never doubted it.

And at this moment, Di Renjie deeply doubted his judgment.

"Di Renjie... You are different from them.

You are upright, selfless, and righteous, and dedicated to the people.

For so many years, the empress has sent me to spy on you, but I have never seen anything about your disloyalty, injustice, and benevolence.

Although you have always practiced selflessness, you have far more gentleness in your heart than others.

Even if you're in a court full of dirt, you're cleaner than everyone else. ”

Shangguan Wan'er whispered.

She couldn't remember when, what year, which month, and what day she began to secretly like Di Renjie.

Perhaps it was in those years of spying that she saw his shining point.

But she didn't dare to say it, let alone show it.

She knows very well what kind of character the empress is, if her liking is revealed, then she and Di Renjie, only one of the two will be able to live.

Taking advantage of the gap in the hearts of courtiers to check and balance each other is the art of the emperor.

Shangguan Wan'er has followed the empress for many years, so of course she understands this.

"You say... The Empress sent you to spy on me? When Di Renjie heard this, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Just tonight, he desperately rushed into the camp and rescued the empress. And the empress didn't trust him in private, so she even sent Wan'er to spy on him?

Di Renjie was a little difficult to accept this fact, as if he was full of loyalty and sincerity, and was questioned without leaving room for doubt! It was worse than slapping him in front of everyone.

"You don't understand the Empress." Shangguan Wan'er's breath became weaker and weaker.

She felt that her body was so cold, and she unconsciously leaned into Di Renjie's arms again.

She suddenly thought that if only she could not die, then maybe there would be a future, and the grievances of the Shangguan family could be revealed.

But she also thinks that it would be good to end like this.

She was so tired and miserable that she had never closed her eyes once, and now she could lean into the arms of the person she liked, what could be better than this?

But this is like the bloom of fireworks, although it is gorgeous at that moment, it withers and there is nothing left in the next second.

Maybe that's what she's been all this in her life.

"She's just using you, like she is using me." Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Di Renjie, and her gaze lowered again.

Di Renjie's cold eyebrows and unsmiling appearance are like a painting, deeply engraved in her heart.

And she knows how humble she is, and she can survive, it is all the gift of the empress, and she doesn't dare to hope for anything.

What's more, maybe after tonight, she will lose even the right to live.

But perhaps it is precisely because of this that she is finally willing to open her mouth and tell all the truth hidden in her heart.

"The Altar of the East Wind... On that mission, you went with the empress and General Su. But among the people who can come back, there is no you. The empress said to me, you may have died at the East Wind Altar.

I asked the empress, I can't see anyone alive or dead, why don't I vigorously search and rescue you?

The empress said that you have completed the mission for her, found what she wanted, and there is no value in reusing it. ”

Shangguan Wan'er said this, and her soft gaze slowly stared at Di Renjie.

When Di Renjie heard Shangguan Wan'er's words, he thought of Li Xin's yin and yang weird words in the camp. He was sure he must have been to the Altar of the East Wind.

But he really didn't expect that he was just a tool to be used in the empress's heart. This made him angry and sad.

He must go to the empress to ask for an explanation, at least what happened to the Dongfeng Altar back then, he should tell him clearly! Di Renjie silently clenched his fists.

"Di Renjie, can you tell me, what is it that makes you get it for the empress even if you don't hesitate to work hard? Is it worth it to take your life for something like that? ”

Shangguan Wan'er finally asked Di Renjie the question she had been thinking about for many years.