The matter of Wu Xuanrang was soon over, and the Wu clan did not dare to enter the palace to disturb the empress, but the empress's ears were clear.

The details of the investigation submitted from the Dali Temple degraded some officials, and the official positions in the DPRK and China were vacant. Doctor Yu Shi sponsored a few people, and Ji Heng's name was prominent. Ji Heng had been waiting for the mysterious man to find him, but the man never came again.

At the beginning of April, the weather became warmer, and the chilblains on Shangguan Wan's hands were no longer cracked, and she finally survived another winter.

The palace people in the court came and went, and there were waves of new palace people coming in, and the four seasons changed like a moment.

Shangguan Wan was studying that day. Some of the books were worn to the corners, and by the moonlight, the courtyard was silent.

Mama Chang came forward with a candle and said, "Why doesn't the young pavilion master sleep, reading by the moonlight will also hurt his eyes."

Shangguan Wan took the candle in Mama Chang's hand and helped Mama Chang to sit down before saying, "These books were also brought out by my mother and grandmother from the house, and they were also worn to the point. ”

Mama Chang tucked the broken hair in her ears for Shangguan Wan, and looked at her lovingly: "Qi Xin came to deliver the news two days ago, the empress will go to the outer palace to hold a juju competition in the near future, and the court will also send some palace maids to accompany her." Our opportunity may have arrived. ”

Shangguan Wan closed the book and stood up, turned to look at the full moon in the sky, the moon and stars were scarce, she turned her back on her hand: "Mother told me to take the glory of Shangguan, and I also know that if I want to achieve everything I want, I can only be closer to that supreme person, or even closer." ”

Mama Chang patted her on the shoulder: "Although it is April, there is still a cold wind at night, so rest early." ”

The new little palace maid in the house was sleeping all day after a day's work, and Shangguan Wan just took out the mutton fat white jade wrench and looked at it again and again, before putting it in her arms, and her heart was even more determined.

A few days later, in a royal garden on the outskirts of the city, the empress held several banquets in a row, and she was a little tired of thought. Seeing that His Majesty couldn't bring his spirits up, Qi Xin said: "Your Majesty, rest early, you still have to go to the scene to watch the Keju competition in two days."

The empress said: "Then wait for me to bathe and change clothes, Changchun has rarely seen her in recent days."

Qi Xin and Qi Qing took off their hats for the empress, and said: "Sister Changchun has a strong temperament, this is the first time that the women's Keju team has competed with the soldiers of the army, and Sister Changchun is leading the team again, and she is busy training these days."

Empress: "Oh? This kid has a high spirit, so I'll really wait and see."

Most of the women's juju team are young ladies from families, so naturally they can't stand Shen Changchun's training, and their weak and boneless bodies can't help running wildly.

The night before the competition, Qin Xin poured some laxatives into the tea of one of the young ladies of the family. That young lady from the family had a stomachache, and she would definitely not be able to play on the second day, Shen Changchun was still missing one person in the team, and the people around her had not been trained, which made Shen Changchun distressed. Shangguan Wan behind her hugged the washed clothes and said: "Sister Changchun, maybe you can let me try, I was originally a vulgar body, I have lived in Yeting for many years, my body is stronger, and I am also quite interested in Najuju on weekdays." ”

Shen Changchun turned his head and looked at her from top to bottom.

Qi Xin interjected at this time: "Sister Changchun, I have seen this girl before, although she is young, she is a clever one, it is better to let her try it tomorrow, it is better than you to drag a weak noble girl again."

Shangguan Wan hung her head.

Shen Changchun pondered for a moment: "Then you will play with us tomorrow." Anyway, how can we women be able to defeat the army of the big bosses?"

Shangguan Wan just said softly: "Yes"

On the second day, the school field had already been arranged, and the empress and many noble ministers had already sat upright, and they had never seen a woman bowing, and they had brought many female dependents.

In the green shade on the field, the women were dressed in light civilian clothes and wore hair bands, and the head of the army's Lin Jiao came over, bowed to the Changchun female envoy and said: "Changchun female envoy, if you lose the game, don't cry your nose, my subordinates are a group of big bosses, they will not pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, if there is any offense, please don't be surprised." ”

Shen Changchun couldn't see Lin Jiaotou's rough appearance and just said: "Lin Jiaotou doesn't have to come to me to say this first, it's not too late to talk about this after the game, so many eyes are watching, I don't know what you think you are going to do."

Cao Huanzhi received the errand of timing and counting, and prepared to dye incense.

In the first half, most of the women's side was weak and weak, and the ball couldn't be touched, so it was kicked into the door by the man one by one.

However, in the time of a stick of incense, the man had scored five goals, and the men on the field were dancing with their eyebrows, and the ministers and nobles were also whispering: "How can this woman have such a weak physique and be able to beat the man"

Shangguan Wan saw the crux of the problem, although the man's physique was strong, he was also a martial arts practitioner, his body was bulky, and although the woman was weak, fortunately, he was petite, but his center of gravity was stable. Tough encounters are bound to lose, but if you take advantage of the woman's petite and flexible actions, it is not impossible to win.

After a stick of incense, the first half has ended, the women's team has run out of patience, and several noble girls from the family no longer want to play, all with listless looks on their faces. Shen Changchun was already arrogant, but now he was even more impatient.

Shangguan Wan said to everyone: "The slave knows that people are soft-spoken, but so many noble ministers look at it, if we lose, it will only be a woman's reputation as a man's defeat, but Her Majesty the Empress is probably also displeased, who said that a daughter's body must be inferior to a man." The slave maid noticed on the field that the people on the other side were all military personnel, strong but bulky, relying only on brute force, unable to move, and they scored frequently just now, but it was because we didn't cooperate well, or they were listless. ”

A noble girl of a family sneered: "A little cheap slave dares to point out to us"

Shen Changchun wiped the sweat from his forehead before saying, "You continue"

Shangguan Wan then continued: "Everyone is a big family, and they are like the daughters of the willows, but we are representing women and not individuals in this competition, and Your Majesty formed a women's Keju team just to prove that women are not only rouge gouache, gossip." If we are on the field, we take advantage of our petite size, remember a few codes, the ball is at our feet, as long as we know how to dodge, learn to pass the ball than the code, they can't help us"

Several young ladies also admitted: "Indeed, we originally represented women in this competition, and if we lose this competition, we will also lose the face of the empress."

Shen Changchun said: "Then let's make up a few codes."

Shangguan Wan smiled slightly: "It's not enough to just write a code, you must also plan everyone's position, range of movement, and the direction of the pass." That's good. ”

About half an hour later, the second half started again, and the noble ministers on the field were still chatting: "This women's Keju team will definitely lose." The sound was too loud for the empress to hear, and the empress glanced at them, and they stopped talking, but it was still a chattering voice.

was chasing the ball on the field, and Lin Jiaotou shouted at Shen Changchun: "Don't worry, don't fall." Several generals also laughed.

It's just that Shangguan Wan had an idea, and while they were laughing, she had already dodged left and right and shot into the door.

The drums sounded on the field, and Lin Jiaotou reacted.

When several nobles of the family saw a goal, they were also uplifted, and looking at Shangguan Wan's gestures, they all quickly found a good position and waited for the pass. The ball passed to Shangguan Wan again, and the two soldiers chased after her respectively, she just stopped for a moment to see that the distance was appropriate, and ran quickly with the ball to the side, and the two soldiers had collided together before they could react, so Shangguan Wan scored another goal.

The empress was very interested, and the ladies were also interested.

Shen Changchun was waiting to pass the ball, Lin Jiaotou just circled around her, Shangguan Wan made a hint, Shen Changchun smiled at Lin Jiaotou, where had Lin Jiaotou seen such a charming smile, he was stunned, the ball slid through Lin Jiaotou's crotch, Shen Changchun kicked the ball and turned around, and scored another goal. Now there are two goals left to reach a draw.

The noble girl of the first family saw Shangguan Wan's gesture and ran with her, the soldiers naturally chased after her, Shangguan Wan changed her gesture again, and the noble girl of the family came to the other direction, Shangguan Wan's leg kicked back, and the noble girl of the family kicked the ball and ran back, and when the soldiers and men reacted, the noble girl of the family had scored a goal.

The soldiers don't know how to be flexible, and a few people will only run around chasing a ball, so naturally they don't have to be flexible on the women's court.

Shangguan Wan kicked the ball, several noble ladies stood in different directions to accompany her, and the man gradually approached to grab the ball, and blocked a few girls with brute force. Shangguan Wan kicked it. Hit the ball in with your head.

The people on the field stood up one after another, only to see the ball enter the field again, Shangguan Wan just kicked the ball alternately with his front and back feet, surrounded by several military men, Shangguan Wan just made gestures, and kicked the ball to Shen Changchun, Shen Changchun was a martial arts practitioner, and the speed was extremely fast, so he scored a goal before the last stick of incense burned out.

In the end, the women's team only beat the team led by Lin Jiaotou one by one.

There was jubilation on the field, but the voices of the ladies were quite loud, and most of the men's voices were the same, how could they lose to a few little girls.

Shen Changchun took them and his group to the empress.

The empress looked happy: "You guys are doing well, it seems that women also have times when they can win men, and the child who just scored a goal with his head on the field, which young lady is it?" ”

Shen Changchun bowed his head: "Your Majesty, a team member couldn't play yesterday because she had a stomachache, so she was allowed to play." ”

The empress said, "Raise your head, let me see, I am so smart at such a young age, I just saw the secret signal of your gesture, and my mind is meticulous and intelligent, which is commendable."

Shangguan Wan raised her head: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid is just a cheap slave in the court, she was originally the granddaughter of the criminal minister Shangguan Yi, but this time she just had the courage to come to the rescue."

The Empress paused: "Oh? The daughter of the Shangguan family, no wonder, your grandfather and father are both smart people, what is your name?"

Shangguan Wan kowtowed his head and said again: "The family of the criminal minister is already a slave, and I am afraid that it will pollute Your Majesty's ears."

The empress stood up and laughed: "You are you, your grandfather is your grandfather, I only ask your name, what does it matter to the criminals?" ”

Shangguan Wan replied: "The slave maid has a single name, Shangguan Wan"

The empress nodded: "This time, you have a long face for women, as a woman, I know that women are destined to defeat men in many things, but you are a smart child." ”

On the official website, he kowtowed and said: "Stationed in the eternal years, looking at Kyushu, Your Majesty is the body of ten thousand gold, both men and women in the world are your subjects, and Kyushu is called a minister, but many things have nothing to do with men and women, as long as the method is appropriate, women may not be able to win men"

The empress nodded, but the people around her were talking about Shangguan politely, and the grandson of the guilty minister dared to be so conspicuous.

"From now on, you will stay by my side and serve me, and see if you have studied in the court?"

Shangguan Wan kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty's merciful heart, I didn't embarrass our family that day, and the slave maid just read a few books that my mother took out of the house. ”

The empress waved her hand: "Get up, you can read all the books in my library in the future, and you don't have to go back to the court in the future."

Wan'er knelt down and kowtowed to thank her. Get up with the crowd.

The empress opened her mouth and said to Lin Jiaotou: "Lin Jiaotou, at present, the commander of the forbidden army is still vacant, and I want you to take over." But look at your deployment this time, it's not as good as the Changchun team next to me. ”

Lin Jiaotou scratched his head and stared at Shen Changchun for a while before replying: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the female envoy of Changchun and several girls are all very exquisite, and I am definitely inferior to a big old man like me." ”

After that, he stared at Changchun for a while, and Changchun glared at him before he came back to his senses.

This time, Shangguan Wan's reputation has spread all over Chang'an, so there is no need to send a message in a special place.

In the Linzhan Pavilion in Yangzhou, the old pavilion master looked at the news from Beijing, and just ordered: "It's time, the whole Chang'an, we have to arrange the troops more carefully." Let them be ready. ”

"Yes"