Chapter 177: The Hall of Eternal Life
Because Di Renjie did this, Wu Zetian, who was quite happy in her heart, inevitably added some blockage in her heart when she watched the next show, until after half of the night, Wu Zetian watched the show with a straight face and forced a smile, and she didn't really smile from beginning to end.
It wasn't until after the last program of the banquet was performed that Wu Zetian got up and said to all the civil and military officials: "Okay, it's not too early tonight, let's end the banquet!" The ranking of the program will be announced tomorrow, and the first one, two, and three will go to the imperial study to find the emperor to receive the reward. ”
"The ministers send the Empress Dowager to the Emperor. All the civil and military officials in the Chaohe Hall immediately stood up and shouted in unison.
"Let's go......! Oh no, it's time to change her name to Princess Yan'an, Princess Yan'an and the guard Feng Xiaobao, after the banquet is dispersed, the Palace of Eternal Life will see the mourning family. Wu Zetian looked at the princess and Li Yao who were standing in Her Highness, and after saying this, she turned around and left, walking towards the back of the palace.
Li Dan also followed and left, as soon as the Empress Dowager left, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the Chaohe Hall also dispersed, and after a while, the Chaohe Hall was empty, leaving only a group of eunuchs and palace maids, still there to pack up their things, Li Yao and Princess Qianjin walked out of the hall, the two also instructed Wang Chuang and Yan'er, with a group of guards and the maids in the palace of the princess, to leave the palace and return to the house first.
The two of them headed towards the Hall of Eternal Life behind the Chaohe Palace.
Along the way, Li Yao had been quietly following behind Princess Qianjin, silent, until he walked to the back of the Chaohe Hall and stepped on the corridor to the Palace of Eternal Life, Li Yao whispered in the ear of Princess Qianjin and asked: "Princess, as far as I know, isn't the Palace of Eternal Life a place where the emperors of the Tang Dynasty lived and dealt with government affairs? Why did the Queen Mother want us to go to the Palace of Eternal Life to meet us? Could it be that the Queen Mother and the Emperor both live in the Palace of Eternal Life?"
"The emperor is not so good, he lives in the Huaqing Palace now, where can he live in the Palace of Eternal Life. Princess Qianjin sighed and replied to Li Yao lightly.
"Huaqing Palace, isn't that where the concubine of the Tang Dynasty lives, what kind of emperor ......" Li Yao cried out in surprise, but in the end, he suddenly closed his mouth with interest, and swallowed the words that came to his mouth back into his stomach.
Originally, he wanted to ask why Li Dan would not live in the Palace of Eternal Life and live in the Huaqing Palace, but when he thought that Wu Zetian was now in charge of the government and was extremely powerful, he instantly figured it out, with Wu Zetian's current power, she would let Li Dan, the puppet emperor, live in the Palace of Eternal Life, which was strange.
Just saying that Wu Zetian took over the Palace of Eternal Life is enough to see that she has political ambitions, doesn't she just want to replace Li Dan? It's just that she doesn't have a good opportunity and reason now for her to abolish Li Dan and naturally replace Li Dan's position and become the empress of the Tang Dynasty.
When Princess Qianjin saw Li Yao's words, she hurriedly reminded: "Don't say it, the Queen Mother lives in the Palace of Eternal Life, what does she want to do? ”
"Oh! Li Yao nodded in response.
"In the future, you will have to be an errand by the side of the Queen Mother, you have to be careful in everything, but you have to wait for her well, lest she get angry for a while, I don't know how you died, understand? When you are free, go back to the princess's mansion to have a look, and we will have a chance to meet in the future." Princess Qianjin's tone was very reluctant, and she told Li Yao as she walked.
Li Yao felt uncomfortable for a while when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, just nodded quietly, and kept all the words of Princess Qianjin in his heart, thinking that from tonight onwards, he will officially embark on the fate of becoming the first male favorite in the life of Empress Wu Zetian in Chinese history, which is indeed a test for Li Yao.
He was now thinking in his heart, if he hadn't traveled to the Tang Dynasty and possessed Feng Xiaobao's body, would Feng Xiaobao have followed Princess Qianjin to the Palace of Eternal Life to meet Wu Zetian in this way tonight?
All this is a mystery, Li Yao can't figure it out, and now he can't afford to think about it at all.
The two talked while walking, and after a while, they came to the outside of the Hall of Eternal Life, outside the Hall of Eternal Life, Li Yao looked up and saw the three big characters of the Hall of Eternal Life carved on the top of the main hall, his mouth was wide open, not to mention how brilliant this Hall of Eternal Life was, just say that the three big characters at the top of the hall are all inlaid with gold and silver, and their degree of luxury is naturally visible, Li Yao is dumbfounded, and it is also reasonable.
It's just that Li Yao was a little surprised that in such a luxurious hall, at this moment, there was no eunuch and palace maid in the hall, and even the two of them had been standing at this door for most of the day, and they hadn't seen a palace maid or eunuch come out to welcome the two of them into the hall.
Li Yao turned his head and looked at Princess Qianjin, the two of them were about to raise their legs and step into the hall, suddenly, a graceful figure slowly walked out of the hall, this person is none other than Wu Zetian's first maid, Shangguan Wan'er, before the birthday banquet, Li Yao has been staring at Wan'er, but unfortunately Wan'er is far away, so Li Yao doesn't see Wan'er very clearly.
Now Wan'er walked towards the two of them with a lotus step like this, how could she not make Li Yao excited, Li Yao's body was already excited at this time, and she stood there with a calm face, fortunately, the princess who was standing next to him didn't see it, otherwise, her face would be ugly again.
In Li Yao's excitement, Wan'er slowly came to the two of them and said to the two: "Princess, Feng Guard, please come with me, the Queen Mother is waiting for you in the inner hall." ”
"Well, let's go, you lead the way. The princess replied quietly.
"Wan'er......" Li Yao suddenly shouted for the first time.
Wan'er was just about to turn around and leave, and took the two of them to the inner hall, when Li Yao shouted, she immediately stopped her figure, turned her head to look at Li Yao, and said with a light smile: "Feng Guard, were you calling Wan'er just now?"
"Uh...... Not...... No, you heard it wrong, hehe......" Li Yao laughed awkwardly and replied to Shangguan Wan'er.
Shangguan Wan'er smiled, turned around and walked into the hall, Princess Qianjin glanced at Li Yao deeply, she followed with steps, Li Yao came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly followed the two to the inner hall, in fact, he didn't know that Wan'er had already seen him when he was competing with Qin Yu before.
At that time, Wan'er was hiding in the carving tower with Ning Xiang to watch, Li Yao must not know, he was stupid to think that this was the first meeting between him and Wan'er, but in fact, Wan'er had already seen him, so Wan'er smiled at Li Yao just now.
The so-called three smiles are merciful, it is estimated that Wan'er is like this now, but Wan'er only left a smile with these three smiles, and I don't know if Li Yao knows what Wan'er thinks about him in her heart, as the saying goes, the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, maybe Li Yao is in a state of being a fan now! Who can say for sure?
When he saw Wu Zetian, he was never so excited, but when he saw Wan'er, he was so excited, Li Yao couldn't figure it out, what was wrong with him, with a lot of strange thoughts in his head, Li Yao followed Wan'er to the inner hall with Princess Qianjin like this.
When the three of them came in, Wu Zetian was already lying on his side on the big soft bed in the middle of the inner hall, and looked closely at Wu Zetian's crisp chest exposed at this time, his jade arms were relaxed, and his face was flush and warm, Li Yao could see at once that this old woman was really a little hungry and couldn't stand it, otherwise, where would she show such a comical posture?
Originally, Li Yao was still a little unconvinced, but now that Li Yao saw the real Wu Zetian with his own eyes, he completely believed it, and when he thought that he was going to serve such an old woman tonight, Li Yao's heart was really a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, this Wu Zetian did not look old, although he was in his sixties, he still looked like a woman in his forties.
Otherwise, Li Yao would really have to die of depression.
Li Yao stood there with his head down, glancing at Wu Zetian on the bed from time to time with a confused face, but Shangguan Wan'er stood aside and said to Wu Zetian: "Queen Mother, Princess Yan'an and Feng Escort are here." ”
"Well, there's nothing to do with you here, you go down!" Wu Zetian opened his eyes and instructed Wan'er.
"Yes, Queen Mother. Wan'er responded respectfully.
After speaking, she turned around and walked outside the hall, and when she passed by Li Yao, Wan'er quietly tilted her head again, and showed a charming smile towards Li Yao.
At this time, Li Yao suddenly thought that when she first entered the hall, Wan'er had shown a smile to herself, and now she showed a second smile to herself, could it be that she wanted to smile at herself? Is it hinting to herself, does she like herself very much? Li Yao couldn't help but think like this in his heart, the more he thought about him, the more narcissistic he became.
As for what Wan'er thinks, he really doesn't know at all.
After Wan'er left, the princess stepped forward and was about to kneel for Wu Zetian, but Wu Zetian hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her, and whispered to her: "There is no need to kneel, you are now the daughter of the mourning family, and when Jin sees the mourning family, you don't have to be so polite." ”
"Yes, godmother. The princess straightened up and replied respectfully.
"Yanran! Recently, the mourning family doesn't know what's wrong, they are always very irritable, they can't sleep well at night, and they can't eat well during the day, you can tell me, what's wrong with the mourning family?" Wu Zetian stretched out his hand to support his forehead, I don't know if he deliberately asked Princess Qianjin such a question.
The princess was dumbfounded on the spot, and thought to herself, didn't I still think that I was a thorn in the flesh before? Why are you so polite to me now? Could it be that you still want to talk to me about family affairs? You don't have to change your face so quickly, right?
Thinking of these in her heart, the whole princess of Qianjin was also a little uncomfortable, but in the face of Wu Zetian's strength, she could only suppress her unhappiness, put a disguised smile on her face, and said to Wu Zetian: "Godmother, you use a female body to work on men's affairs, and you are naturally weak. ”