"I am sincerely happy for you to win the championship in this martial arts, this is a little bit of my heart, please accept it!"

Shangguan Wan'er put a slender short sword on the table and pushed it to Li Zhen, with a smile on her face, Li Zhen won the champion of martial arts, not only expanding the space for her later power operation, but more importantly, she herself was also excited.

"This short sword was given to my grandfather by Gaozong back then, and then my grandfather left it to me, although it is a commemorative object, but I am more than this, I think it is more useful to you, give it to you!"

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen picked up the short sword and slowly pulled it out, only to feel a cold air rushing to his face, although the blade was thin, but it was extremely sharp, it was a rare blade, but this short sword looked more suitable for women to use, Li Zhen understood Shangguan Wan'er's deep meaning, so he inserted the short sword into his boots, hugged his fist again and said: "Sacrifice people's love, humble duty is grateful." ”

"I hope your gratitude doesn't stay in words, I prefer you to keep it in your heart. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's slender eyebrows raised, and the corners of her well-defined mouth showed a meaningful smile, "I heard that Wu Sansi went to the wine shop to congratulate you last night, I'm curious, what did he give you?"

Li Zhen also saw the gift box and congratulatory note on the table early this morning and knew that Wu Sansi had sent him a congratulatory gift, but he wondered how Shangguan Wan'er could care about the congratulatory gift, and not care about Wu Sansi's motive for running to congratulate him on winning the championship.

"Wu Sansi sent a jade unicorn to the humble position. ”

"But it's cyan, with cloud-like lines on its back?" Shangguan Wan'er then asked.

"Exactly!"

Li Zhen looked at Shangguan Wan'er in bewilderment, "How could the Sheren know?

"As I expected!"

Shangguan Wan'er sneered and said: "Because that jade unicorn was given to him by me, congratulations to him on being named King of Liang, his intention to congratulate you is very simple, I hope to make up for his betrayal of me in the case of Wu Chenghe." ”

Li Zhen was silent, he knew from the relics case that Wu Sansi and Shangguan Wan'er were political allies, but Wu Sansi did not hesitate to betray Shangguan Wan'er in order to eradicate Wu Chenghei, which shows that Wu Sansi is essentially a villain who cannot be trusted, if Shangguan Wan'er accepts Wu Sansi's apology for giving him a congratulatory gift, and restores the former alliance, he will also look down on Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er seemed to understand Li Zhen's thoughts, she pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "I, Shangguan Wan'er, was wrong once, and I won't be wrong a second time, but I don't want to make too many enemies now, and it is unwise to push Wu Sansi to Princess Taiping, Li Zhen, you reply a letter to him for me, thank him for his love, and I believe he will understand the deep meaning." ”

Although Li Zhen could understand Shangguan Wan'er's helplessness, he was still very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, Wu Sansi betrayed Shangguan Wan'er, and almost killed himself in the end, and said unceremoniously that Wu Sansi was not only instigated in that assassination case, but also an accomplice.

"If I have to reply, I can reply, but do I have to reply to Princess Taiping and thank her for her love for me?"

"What did you say?"

Shangguan Wan'er was taken aback, "Did she also give you a gift?"

Li Zhen took out the flat jade box given to him by Princess Taiping from the leather bag she was carrying, and handed it to Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly opened the jade box, and was stunned, with her shrewdness, of course she understood the deep meaning of the gold leaf in the jade box.

It is not strange that Princess Taiping persuaded Li Zhen to 'stand on her own feet early', but Princess Taiping specially made this gold leaf for Li Zhen, which is enough to show her Li Zhen's attention, which is usually not visible, but this gold leaf has leaked the secret of heaven.

After being stunned for a moment, Shangguan Wan'er slowly returned the jade box to Li Zhen, but Li Zhen shook his head, "I will transfer this piece of gold leaf to the Sheren, and thank the Sheren for their kindness to me." ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Zhen silently with a pair of beautiful eyes, she was extremely moved in her heart, and nodded lightly, "Wu Sansi, you don't care about it, I won't reply to him, if he dares to collude with Princess Taiping to deal with me, I will make him pay a painful price." ”

"Sacrifice does not have to be made for the sake of lowliness. ”

"No! not just for you. ”

Shangguan Wan'er said softly: "You made me sober, Wu Sansi is a villain by nature, if I blindly give in, it will only make him despise me more and more, and he will betray me twice as much in the future, so I must not forgive him for betraying me lightly." ”

There was silence in the official room, and after a while, Shangguan Wan'er smiled again: "Speaking of Princess Taiping, I think of something, do you guess how she expanded Wan Guojun's internal guard?"

"I can't guess it!"

"She did it much simpler than you, she incorporated all the Wu family members of Wu Chenghei into the internal guard, and Wu Furong became the captain of the internal guard, looking at the meaning of Princess Taiping, she wanted Wu Furong to replace Wan Guojun. ”

"Wu Furong?"

Li Zhen had a little headache, if this ghostly woman became the deputy commander of the internal guard, wouldn't it give her a headache even more, "How likely is it that Sheren thinks?"

"I think there's an eighty percent chance! If I'm not mistaken, Princess Taiping is talking to the saint about this right now. ”......

As Shangguan Wan'er expected, in the imperial study, Princess Taiping cautiously proposed her own replacement plan to her mother, "Furong is shrewd and capable, strong in martial arts, although she is a woman, she does not let a man with eyebrows, in contrast, Wan Guojun is more than calm, but his ability is insufficient, and more importantly, in the case of Wu Chenghei, he actually overstepped his authority to investigate the assassin case, and his daughter felt that he was not suitable for such an important position again, and implored her mother to approve her daughter's request." ”

Of course, Wu Zetian would not believe his daughter's reason, if it were not for her instructions from Princess Taiping, how could Wan Guojun dare to mobilize internal guards to participate in the assassination without authorization, but Wu Zetian did not want to delve into this matter, nor did he want to expose his daughter's absurd excuses.

Originally, she handed over half of the internal guard to her daughter, just hoping that she and Shangguan Wan'er could check and balance each other, just like she asked Wei Tuan'er and Shangguan Wan'er to check and balance each other, this is the need for power control, the internal guard has been handed over to her daughter, if she wants to change the deputy commander, Wu Zetian will generally not object, but she doesn't quite understand, why did her daughter recommend Wu Furong as the deputy commander?

After pondering for a moment, Wu Zetian slowly asked, "Why Furong?"

Princess Taiping smiled bitterly, she said for a long time, her mother didn't hear it at all, she still had to give her a real reason, originally! What shrewd, capable, and strong martial arts are just excuses, as long as the mother does not dig deeper, she can use this excuse to prevaricate the past.

But she forgot that her surname was Li, Furong's surname was Wu, and the princess of the Li family used the county lord of the Wu family, which was a bit ridiculous in itself, so Wu Zetian wanted to know the real reason.

The real reason Princess Taiping is of course very clear, because she wants to use Wu Furong to seek a huge amount of money from Wu Chenghei, and at the same time, she also wants to use Wu Furong to win over those Wu clansmen who refuse to vassal Wu Sansi to win over her greater financial resources and power.

Of course, Princess Taiping couldn't say the real reason, her lips trembled a few times, and she finally muttered: "When Furong dedicated it to her daughter Night Pearl and Polo Player, her daughter had already promised her, and Wu Chenghei was demoted, and her daughter was not able to help, and she was very sorry in her heart. ”

Wu Zetian looked at Princess Taiping sharply, as if he had seen through her true intentions in her heart, but Wu Zetian did not continue to ask, when she married her daughter to Wu Youji, she hoped that her daughter could become a bridge between the Li and Wu clans, and now her daughter wants to use Wu Furong, which does not violate Wu Zetian's original intention.

As for Princess Taiping's desire to seek wealth and power, Wu Zetian also vaguely guessed a little, but she didn't want to expose it again, so she nodded, "Yes, I'm right!"

Wu Zetian drew a circle on his daughter's recital with a pen, and said with a smile: "Let the Ministry of War arrange this matter!"

Princess Taiping was overjoyed, and remembered her mother's angry rebuke to her a few days ago, she couldn't help crying: "My daughter is grateful to her mother. ”

Wu Zetian sighed slightly, "In the past, I emphasized martial arts and neglected Li, and the sharp contradictions between the royal family and my relatives made me feel sick, and I thought about it again and again, and decided to balance Li Wu as much as possible, and I also hope to ease the contradictions between them so that they can coexist for a long time." ”

Princess Taiping watched her mother's thoughts, and she said cautiously: "My daughter is willing to share her mother's worries." ”

"You are my favorite little daughter, the princess of the Li family, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, I hope to use a little more heart to alleviate the conflict between Li and Wu, and I will naturally not treat you badly. ”

Princess Taiping was secretly happy in her heart, this was her mother's question, and she hurriedly said: "Mother's expectations, the daughter will keep in mind." ”

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