[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 12 Hibernation 18

Queen Wang's complexion was so ugly that people dared not look directly at her.

Mrs. Wei went in without knowing it, supported the queen, and asked in a low voice: "My lady?"

Empress Wang hurriedly restrained her emotions, and said to the maid: "Get up, go and find out who lives in that small courtyard..."

The kneeling maid hurriedly kowtowed to accept the order, got up and hurried away...

The remaining three maids didn't even dare to take a breath, they stood with their heads down and their eyes and hearts on one side.

Queen Wang couldn't calm down enough to set up a tree to watch the scenery. She wished to ravage all the flowers and plants in the garden to vent her frustration...

But the good family upbringing forced her to calm down and refrain from doing anything that would damage her identity...

Mrs. Wei Guo saw that her daughter was preoccupied, but she refused to say the reason, so she could only make indirect remarks.

"Isn't the lady worried about the people living in that small courtyard?"

Upon hearing the words, Queen Wang frowned slightly, and was speechless for a while, before she hesitated and said lightly: "If my palace guessed correctly, then the person living in the small courtyard should be one of the late Emperor's... confidential palace people..."

"Just a palace lady?" Mrs. Wei frowned when she heard the words. Based on her experience, she had already seen that her daughter was also related to the woman in the small courtyard, and she had guessed that the woman might have a very different identity—otherwise, how could she? Maybe living alone in the same courtyard, even the sage lady is here, so I don't have to come out to see her......

But I didn't expect that person's status to be so lowly, just a palace man!

Even though she used to be a confidential servant of the late emperor, and she was somewhat respectable in front of the late emperor, but now it is different from the past, what should the lady be afraid of? !

Mrs. Wei Guo thought so, and said so.

"The lady is now the master of the Taiji Palace. She is just a maidservant of the former emperor's palace. If she enters the Ganye Temple, everything will be over. What good intentions does the lady have?"

Queen Wang couldn't help shaking her head when she heard the words, and sighed: "Madam doesn't understand, she is not an ordinary palace maid, and this palace is not afraid of her... it's just... oh!"

"My lady... Could it be that this woman has some entanglements with the saint?" Mrs. Wei Guo seemed to have realized something when she saw the expression of Queen Wang.

Queen Wang hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head...

The relationship between Wu Cairen and Li Zhi is very open and aboveboard, and it is not a private matter. After all, their relationship originated from Nineteen Niangs and ended with Nineteen Niangs...

At the age of nineteen, Wu Cairen had a half-teacher friendship with Li Zhi.

Later, Wu Cairen was relegated to the imperial maid, and also assisted Li Zhi in handling government affairs as a female official of Ganlu Palace...

As for whether the two have an affair, judging from all the information obtained by Queen Wang, the relationship between the two is very innocent, and even the ambiguity is pitifully rare...

But Queen Wang just has a strange feeling, this is probably a woman's sixth sense, she just can feel that her husband treats Wu Cairen very differently!

This kind of feeling is different from treating Zhou Shangyi and the others with respect, and it is also different from treating Concubine Xiao Shu and other concubines with love and pity...

She had accidentally seen the two facing each other...

The two of them just laughed and cursed like usual close friends, without any scruples!

At that time, Li Zhi's whole body was like... a layer of mask was removed, a face she had never seen before!

He is no longer the gentle, gentle and amiable prince as the outside world says;

It's not like treating her as a wife who follows the rules and respects each other like a gentleman;

It's not like treating Concubine Xiao Shu whatever you want, just superficially doting on the lord;

This is probably the true face of the saint!

To Wang's surprise, Wu Cairen didn't have the slightest awe of Li Zhi, as if shouting and drinking to a prince/prince was just a normal thing!

Wang was quite displeased with Wu Cairen's contemptuous attitude, and at the same time expressed dissatisfaction with Li Zhi for conniving a servant like this!

But for the harmonious atmosphere when the two get along, there is an indescribable envy!

The first emperor also treated Gaozu Shi Jieyu kindly and left her in the palace to support her.

If His Majesty Li Xiaojiu wanted to keep Wu Cairen, he didn't even need to find an excuse - because at that time, Wu Cairen was just a palace servant, and the sage could let her stay in the palace with just one word.

However, the Wang family cannot tolerate this kind of thing happening.

Therefore, when the first emperor died and the Wang family was ordered to clean up the concubines in the harem, she specifically mentioned the matter of military talents to Mrs. Chu Suiliang...

There is only a word difference between a palace man and a talented man, but the result is a world of difference......

After Wu Cairen was sent out of the palace, the sage has been busy with government affairs, or busy with balancing the forces in the court, meeting courtiers, seeing nobles, meeting clan relatives...

Either it is dealing with natural disasters day and night. The first year of Yongwei is really bad. In addition to several earthquakes in Jinzhou, Yongzhou has a spring drought, Jiangzhou, Tongzhou and other Kyushus are either suffering from drought or locust plagues. However, Qizhou, Dingzhou and other sixteen prefectures have continued to rain after summer, and I am afraid that they will become floods...

Since Li Zhi came to power, he has hardly been back to the harem, and naturally he has never mentioned the matter of military talents.

At that time, Queen Wang saw that Li Zhi had been indifferent to the fact that Wu Cairen went out of the palace to serve as a nun, and he didn't even send anyone to look for him secretly, so she was relieved.

It's just that she is too concerned about the relationship between the two of them......

At that time, the situation in the harem was treacherous, and Concubine Xiao took the throne as Concubine Shu, and her family was dominant, which had already threatened her status as empress, so she could only put all her energy on dealing with Concubine Xiao Shu...

Compared with military talents and personnel affairs, eradicating Concubine Xiao Shu is her top priority!

It's a pity that she has no children, so it's really hard for her to compete with Concubine Xiao Shu who has three children.

Even if her mother, Mrs. Wei Guo, planned for her to adopt Dalang, as long as Concubine Xiao Shu is favored for a day, she will always worry that she will be replaced by Concubine Xiao Shu...

She has only two ways to survive: either give birth to a legitimate son—even a daughter!

Or try to make Concubine Xiao Shu fall out of favor...

Daughter Xu, Queen Wang can't count on it, she is born in a humble family, so even if she is favored again, it will not threaten her status like Concubine Xiao Shu or Xu's!

She was worried about where to find such a humble woman who was favored by a saint!

Now it seems that the saint has no idea about Wu Cairen...

in case……

Empress Wang had a bold idea in her heart, and she couldn't help but began to ponder.

At this time, the palace man who went to inquire about the news came back.

"The servant girl asked the teacher in the temple, and learned that Master Shui Jing lived in the small courtyard, and he came out of the palace... Some time ago, the father-in-law Xiao Shunzi came to the temple to deliver scriptures, saying that he was related to Master Shui Jing. An old acquaintance, let the abbot give her another yard to live alone..."

After listening to the palace man's words, Queen Wang was almost [-]% sure of the identity of Master Shui Jing.

Mrs. Wei Guo became more and more puzzled as she listened, not understanding why her daughter valued this little nun so much.Or this person from Xiandi Palace!

Queen Wang glanced at the record mother and knew that she was puzzled, so she asked the four palace people to retreat to a farther place, then she took her mother Liu's hand and said slowly: "Mother, I have a trick, but I can break it." Xiao's favorite!"

When Liu Shi heard the words, she couldn't help showing a surprised look, and immediately understood her meaning: "You want...to use that palace man?"

Empress Wang nodded, her eyes were full of frost, she said coldly: "This Palace should also let Mrs. Xiao have a taste of being alone in an empty room..."

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After Li Zhi came out of Wu Xu's small courtyard, he went to the side rooms of the side courtyard where the concubines and concubines lived, and asked them to take the time to go to the Great Buddha Hall in front of them to offer incense...

During this period, he deliberately told sister Xu Hui where Wu Xu lived...

Then, Li Zhi went back to prepare the lounge for him and the queen.

Of course, Queen Wang was not inside at this time.

Li Zhi didn't dislike how shabby the room was, he sat down very casually, raised his head and squinted his eyes, reminiscing about all the things with Wu Xu just now like reminiscing about delicious food...

Soon, Xiao Shunzi came back with a food box in his hand.

"Saint, it's lunch time. This is the snack brought by the abbot, and Su Zhai will deliver it later..."

Hearing this, Li Zhi immediately opened his eyes, slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! Why did I forget this? You go to the chariot, and take the snacks I brought to Ah Wu..." Those things were given to the imperial dining room by him. It is specially made for Ah Wu, besides dim sum, there are also various meat dishes~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hearing this, Xiao Shunzi hurriedly put down the food box, and said with a smile, "I'll go now, slave, it's still a saint who loves Mrs. Wu~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

"Talking! Why don't you go?!" Li Zhi cursed with a smile, telling Xiao Shunzi to leave immediately.

Xiao Shunzi walked out of the room with a smile, but he saw the Queen's maid walking towards him from a distance, and couldn't help but shudder.

Li Zhi sat in the room for a while, but couldn't hold back anymore, got up and asked the attendants not to follow, and slipped into Wu Xu's courtyard alone...

When I got outside the door, I ran into the Xu family's Erniang and Xiao Shunzi, who looked like two door gods guarding the outside...￥

"My concubine pays homage to the saint!" Seeing that it was Li Zhi who came, Erniang Xu couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and hurried forward to pay her respects.

"Don't be too polite..." Li Zhi stretched out his hand to help Xiaomei Xu, and turned to look at the room.

Depending on the situation, Concubine Xu should have a private conversation with Ah Wu in the house...%

Li Zhi has long been concerned about the Xu family's second wife, he has to accept it, but it is better for Xu Hui to tell Ah Wu about it...

If Ah Wu will be jealous and angry because of this, then he can take the opportunity to do this and that, hehehe......

Someone was thinking about it happily, and the door of the room opened.

I saw Xu Hui and Wu Xu walking out hand in hand.The eyes of both of them were as red as rabbits, and there were still wet tears on their cheeks...

"Ah Xu, you must take care of yourself and wait for me to come back... Don't you believe that I can return to the palace? I hope you can wait for me... Think about 22 Niang again..." Wu Xu was a little excited Repeat these words over and over again.

Li Zhi and the others couldn't help but have different expressions when they heard this.

Xu Hui also had a touch of emotion on his face, but it was very light.

Seeing Li Zhi coming, she hurriedly saluted.

"Ah Wu, let's leave now..." Xu Hui squeezed Wu Xu's hand vigorously, then let it go decisively, and said softly, "I will think carefully about what you say..." As she spoke, she coughed again.

Xu Xiaomei hurriedly stepped forward to support her sister, and said to Wu Xu: "Sister Ah Wu, we are leaving, take care..."

After finishing speaking, the two sisters saluted Li Zhi again and left in a hurry.

Wu Xu kept watching Xu Hui leave the figure until she could no longer see her, then she began to cry silently, and then she was choked up with tears, her face was full of tears...

She once again felt the impermanence of fate and her own powerlessness...

Although Xu Hui promised her that she would not give up her life, she knew that maybe this time it was really a farewell between the two of them!

The author has something to say: The countdown to Wu Xiaoxu's return to the palace...