Finally before going to bed, when Wan'er combed Wu Cao's hair, Wu Cao took the lead in breaking the silence, and she slowly said to Wan'er who was concentrating in the mirror: "What are your plans for the future?" Have you found a new place to go? ”

Wan'er responded softly to the person looking at her in the mirror, and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly: "What do you want me to do?" Will I stay by your side and serve you, or will I find another way? What kind of person would I be in your eyes? What choices will you make? ”

The muscles at the corner of Wu Cao's mouth moved: "You better follow the new emperor, he won't treat you badly." ”

Wan'er carefully used her comb teeth to straighten out her already gray hair, and did not immediately answer her question.

After a while, he smiled lightly: "What you said is not from your heart. ”

Wu Cao's smile was a little bleak, she thought about it, and decided to ask: "Wan'er, you have been using your way to retaliate against me, this way is very chic and successful, and now, after all, you have won." ”

"I feel sorry for you." That sounds like the answer is not the answer.

"Your heart has always been towards the Li Tang royal family, this is the last wish of your grandfather and father, and this is also Li Xian's entrustment to you, you have not forgotten it for a moment. Over the years, I have wronged you. Wu Cao seemed to be introspecting something, "It's like I've taken the wrong thing that doesn't belong to me, and no matter how long it takes, I have to return it." ”

Wan'er still smiled: "I know you must want to hear the slave and maid say that they swear to follow you, but unfortunately the slave and maid can't be duplicitous, let alone deceive you, of course I will choose to serve the new emperor, he is your son, I serve him, and I also serve you." As for the deceased you mentioned, they are gone, so what's the point of wishing? ”

Wu Cao stroked his hair and said in a pretended plain tone: "I have always known that my Wan'er is not a person who is willing to be mediocre, no matter how big the wind and waves are, she will be with the person at the helm." ”

Wan'er shook her head, and sighed silently in her heart: "You should live for a long time, the burden of the world is so heavy, leave it to another credible person to help you pick it up, that is because we respect you." ”

"You've finally confessed, Wan'er." Wu Cao couldn't hide his pain.

Wan'er realized that it was the "we" she blurted out that had a problem.

"The rumor that I intend to hand over the country to the Zhang brothers was spread by you, right? The palace has always been a place rich in rumors, everyone is the source of rumors, you designed it this way to promote those people to speed up their actions, whether it is Li Xian, or Taiping, or Li Dan, they all know it, it's ridiculous, the person who was kept in the dark was actually me this time. Wu Cao smiled bitterly, "I'm old and useless, or I still believe in you too much." ”

Wan'er was noncommittal, and such an attitude was close to acquiescence.

So the empress, who was forced to abdicate not long ago, continued: "Xian Hedan, and Taiping, these children of mine, none of them dare to see me, dare not look at me, and even dare not say a word to me, they are guilty in their hearts, where is they loving me? I have seen too many of those wandering and empty eyes, and I am too lazy to look at them. ”

Wan'er couldn't bear it, and explained for them: "Actually, the prince hesitated for a long, long time that day, and was forced to come to Yingxian Palace by the leader of the forbidden army...... The king of Xiang always refused, and he told Ah that his son persecuted his seriously ill mother and beheaded the closest people around his mother, what a cruel thing it was? Princess Taiping also couldn't sleep for many nights...... They all genuinely love you, but you can understand their struggles. ”

I don't want Wu Cao to ask rhetorically: "They can't help themselves, what about you, Wan'er?" Do you love me? ”

Looking at the smooth silver hair, Wan'er put down the wooden comb and replied sincerely: "That's nature, the seal on the slave's forehead is always reminding that Wan'er will always be your slave...... The slave maid still remembers that when she first walked out of the court at the age of fourteen, and when she saw you for the first time, she thought she had seen a god in heaven...... In this life, I can give Guanyin as a maid, and the slave is proud and happy in my heart. ”

Wu Cao was greatly comforted in his heart, but his face was still cold: "But you quietly participated in the military admonition - I don't believe that my Wan'er will be so slow and numb to the shocking movements outside, if there is a little wind and grass in this palace, you can't hide it from Wan'er, but this time you actually show complete ignorance, you are helping them hide from me, I don't blame you, it's just that I, a lonely person, feel lost, my Wulang Liulang is gone, those wicked people hang their heads on the eaves, I don't dare to look at it, Although I have known for a long time that this is what they will do, if those who truly love me will end up like this, is the love in your mouth not enough? ”