Empress Reborn

"I'm fine too." Li Lingyue smiled while holding Shangguan Wan'er's hand, "I even recruited you an apprentice."

"Is that the little lady from the Su family?" Shangguan Wan'er asked.

Li Lingyue nodded, lightly tapped the tip of Wan'er's nose with her index finger, and said with a smile, "As expected of my Wan'er, she is really smart."

Still acting so frivolously.Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head slightly, with a shy face on her face. Li Lingyue's words "My Wan'er" made her feel turbulent.

And her slightly shy appearance is exactly what Li Lingyue likes. Li Lingyue stares straight at it without shyness, until Wan'er can't help raising her head, she puts on a concerned look and says: "Wan'er , your complexion is a little red." Stretching out his hand to caress it, he said in surprise, "And you're still a little hot, are you sick?"

Shangguan Wan'er was even more ashamed, she lowered her head and waved her hands to tell Li Lingyue not to think too much, "I'm fine, maybe I'm a little tired. It's getting late, the princess should go back."

Li Lingyue naturally knew that Wan'er was at a loss. She had always been domineering, and would grab what she liked even if it was in the hands of others, but she was very patient with Wan'er.After all, Wan'er is still an immature girl at this time, she didn't want to scare her so early, so she just smiled slightly, "Well, I'll go back first. Tomorrow, you come over some time, I will You hold a master apprenticeship ceremony. Oh, and also, it will be the Lantern Festival in a few days, and Auntie should give you a vacation that day, so you are not allowed to book it out. I will take you out of the palace to watch the lanterns."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked out regardless of the corners of Shangguan Wan'er's lips that had just parted.Smiling softly at Wan'er who was sent out, she gripped the horse's belly and whipped away.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the stalwart back who was fading away, and said silently, "Nearly a year has passed, and she still hasn't changed."

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The next day, before Shangguan Wan'er found time to look for Li Lingyue, Li Lingyue was called over by Empress Wu.

When Li Lingyue arrived, Empress Wu was sitting in the main seat reviewing the memorials, Wu Tuan'er stood behind her serving, and Shangguan Wan'er was writing the imperial edict with a pen and ink on the low table with her head tilted down.

Li Lingyue glanced sideways at Shangguan Wan'er who was writing with a nodding head, and couldn't help but feel that she was in a good mood, and bowed to Empress Wu with crooked eyebrows, "Blessings, Aunt."

"Ah Yue is here." Empress Wu raised her head from the scroll and beckoned to Li Lingyue, "Come, come and sit."

Li Lingyue responded, stepped up and walked towards the main seat, passing by Shangguan Wan'er's desk, she still didn't forget to look back and smile at her, causing Wan'er to be slightly startled, she buried her head on the desk, and said nothing.

Li Lingyue chuckled, and sat down obediently according to Empress Wu, without even looking at Wu Tuan'er all the way.Even when Wu Tuan'er saluted her, she didn't respond.In the end, it was Empress Wu who called Wu Tuan'er up.

"Tuan'er, get up." Empress Wu raised her hand to Wu Tuan'er, and then asked Li Lingyue with a smile, "How did Tuan'er recruit you? I heard that you punished her yesterday?"

The corners of Li Lingyue's lips twitched, and her smile was a little loose. She glanced at Wu Tuan'er and said nothing, but Wu Tuan'er obviously felt threatened, and a certain part behind her was burning. She bit her lower lip and staggered. He moved a few steps, lowered his body and confessed: "Tianhou, this servant is guilty, it is this servant who offended the princess with her unrestrained speech."

Empress Wu of course knew how Wu Tuan'er provoked Taiping, she just wanted to see Li Lingyue's answer, she didn't expect her little daughter to grow so much after not seeing her for a long time, her majesty was so terrifying that Tuan'er trembled like chaff.She really deserves to be her daughter.

Empress Wu waved her hand nonchalantly, signaling Wu Tuan'er to step aside, and then asked her daughter, "You didn't want Mother to bring Wan'er back before. Why is it so hard to see her now, but instead of saying hello to her?" "

Li Lingyue was suspicious. Yesterday she thought that Wan'er's indifference was due to Empress Wu, but now seeing Empress Wu like this, she felt that she was wrong, so she bowed to Wan'er as a peer, according to the etiquette, " Hello Wan'er."

Shangguan Wan'er was not as calm as she was, but with Empress Wu present, she couldn't act too strangely, so she just returned a salute to her, and then lowered her head again.

Li Lingyue knew that she had a thin face, and she was afraid she was still thinking about what happened last night, so she said nothing, just lowered her head and pretended to be nonchalant, scanning the stacks of memorials in front of the case.It turned out that most of them impeached her sixth brother Li Xian.

It seems that A Niang's influence in the court is better than that of Sixth Brother.Li Lingyue sighed slightly in her heart, before she could take a closer look, she heard Empress Wu teasing in her ears: "Humanism is the most joyful reunion after a long absence, how can you two be so taciturn?"

Shangguan Wan'er was slightly stunned, she raised her head to look at Li Lingyue, and saw that Li Lingyue was still indifferent, after hearing what Empress Wu said, she took the other's arm and acted coquettishly, "I can't hide anything from you, Auntie. My daughter didn't see Wan'er at the banquet last night, so she thought she was sick, so she ran to visit her."

Empress Wu said "um", although she couldn't see the expression of happiness or anger, but Li Lingyue felt that she seemed to be thinking about something, and she was a little worried when she answered that question just now, she was not sure if she was really thinking too much, but based on her previous life With her experience, she clearly knows that Empress Wu has a lot of eyeliners in the palace, and there must be some around her and Wan'er. If she tells a lie at this time, it will be even more suspicious. A good impression of a good daughter.

Li Lingyue waited quietly, and after a while, she heard Empress Wu change the subject, "Wan'er is already a talented person, so it is not appropriate to go to the Chongwen Hall again. Ah Yue, you are going to grow up next year, and I think I should find you a It’s good that Dr. Taixue taught it privately, what do you think?”

Li Lingyue's years of experience told her that there was never anything negotiable about what A Niang decided, and she didn't intend to refuse. She just leaned on Empress Wu's shoulder and said, "My daughter listens to her. It's just that my daughter thinks that A Niang is more learned than those who are too educated." The doctor has learned a lot, why not let my daughter stay with A Niang and study with A Niang."

She wanted to at least stay by A Niang's side and see Wan'er every day.But it's a pity that Empress Wu didn't say yes or no, "My daughter will always marry when she grows up. Mother hasn't asked you yet, what do you like?"

Li Lingyue was startled when she heard that, she glanced at Shangguan Wan'er out of the corner of her eye, but seeing Wan'er's wrist visibly trembled, and the ink soaked into the rice paper, she felt a twinge in her heart, she didn't want to discuss this issue with Empress Wu in detail, so she had no choice but to Tai Chi replied: "My daughter is still young, so I'm not in a hurry. Why don't mothers urge people to get married now? Isn't it good for my daughter to stay with mother?"

As she said that, she put on a displeased look, and looked at Empress Wu with her mouth curled up. Empress Wu was dumbfounded, and hugged her in her arms.

The mother and daughter were intimacy, but Wu Tuan'er seized the opportunity again, she was fined and beaten yesterday because of Shangguan Wan'er, at this moment, seeing Wan'er made a mistake and ruined an imperial edict, she wanted to say something sarcastic, Unexpectedly, as soon as the man moved away, the princess broke out of Tianhou's arms and gave her a hard look.This look seemed to have magical powers, engulfing Wu Tuan'er, her legs and feet were so frightened that she staggered and fell to the ground.

Empress Wu glanced at her when she heard the sound, and frowned slightly. When Wu Tuan'er saw this, she hurriedly leaned over and confessed.

But Li Lingyue didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, she just tugged at Empress Wu's cuff and said, "Aniang, my daughter would like to ask you to lend Wan'er to her for a while."

"Oh?" Empress Wu looked at her, seeing that Li Lingyue felt a little guilty, she replied with a sneer: "My daughter has taken in an apprentice for Wan'er, and I want Wan'er to meet her sometime."

"I don't know which high-ranking apprentice my son has accepted for Wan'er?"

Li Lingyue replied with a smile: "You have met Aunt, she is the young lady of the Su family, my daughter saw that she is better than her peers, she is also studious and intelligent, she is a good seedling, so she helped Wan'er accept her on her own initiative. "

Empress Wu stared at her with an inquisitive look, Li Lingyue said again: "If Wan'er can train her well, there will be another talented woman by my mother's side in the future."

"My son is really caring." Empress Wu smiled and praised, but Li Lingyue felt that she was hesitating when she looked at it.Li Lingyue knew that her mother had a suspicious temper, she thought about the countermeasures in her heart, but put on a look of joy on her face.

Empress Wu glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, saw Wan'er's restless appearance, and sighed, "Since you want to accept Wan'er as an apprentice, then Auntie will give her an hour's leave every day to teach others. "

"Aniang is holy!" Li Lingyue hugged Empress Wu joyfully, and when her chin rested on Empress Wu's shoulder, her red lips parted slightly, and she said in her ear, "Don't worry, Aniang, my daughter will always stand by your side. No matter what happens in the future. "

A word in a soft voice made Wu Hou slightly startled, and she rarely showed a surprised expression.But before she could ask her a question, Li Lingyue walked down the stone steps, took Wan'er's hand and saluted her: "Then Aunt, my daughter will take Shangguan Master to see the apprentice first."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Wan'er who was still saluting and walked out.