Confidante Saisuke

Xiao Jing stood behind Wu Zhao, watching her sitting on the stool beside the bed, holding Shangguan Wan'er's hand motionless.Wu Zhao has asked her to rest several times, but those rebellious people have not yet left, and Wu Zhao's appearance is also worrying, how can she leave just like that.Due to infusing Shangguan Wan'er's true energy several times before, her skills were damaged and her body was extremely exhausted.After several hours, Xiao Jing couldn't bear it any longer and sat down at the table in the corner of the room.

Xiao Jing vaguely heard someone knocking on the door, and immediately woke up in a jerk.Standing up, he asked, "Who is it?" Turning his head to look at Wu Zhao, his heart was shocked.Overnight, Wu Zhao's black hair turned into snow white.Outside the door said, "I'm Shangguan Jing'er." Wu Zhao coughed and said quietly, "Come in." Shangguan Jing'er entered the door and was surprised to see Wu Zhao's white hair, and then saluted.Wu Zhao looked at Shangguan Jing'er, and then looked back at Shangguan Wan'er.With two identical faces, she is still alive, but her Wan'er is no longer alive.

Shangguan Jing'er saw Wu Zhao turning to look at Shangguan Wan'er, she felt resentful in her heart, but her mouth was still light: "Queen Mother, I'm here to bring home my sister's body." Xiao Jing said angrily: "Shangguan Jing'er, you Don't deceive people too much, don't forget who made you call the wind and rain today. No one in the world knows who Wan'er is? Why are you so heartless." Shangguan Jing'er glanced at Xiao Jing coldly: "People in the world We all know that my elder sister served the Empress Dowager as a servant, and became the Empress Dowager's pet, not the Empress Dowager's concubine. My elder sister has always been the unmarried daughter of the Shangguan family. Since she died unmarried, her corpse should naturally be Buried in Shangguan's tomb."

Wu Zhao gently put Shangguan Wan'er's arm back under the quilt, turned to look at Shangguan Jing'er and said, "I have taught you many things before, and I will teach you one more thing today. Shangguan Jing'er, you must know how to not chase after the poor, You have to forgive others and forgive others." Shangguan Jing'er raised her head and laughed loudly: "Queen Mother, are you begging me to let you go?"

Wu Zhao smiled slightly: "I am warning you. Li Xian is already a veritable emperor, and Shangyang Palace is guarded by the generals you have chosen. If you don't move Wan'er, I will give up and give everything up. If you If you insist on going your own way again, I will let you know the price of your mistakes." Shangguan Jing'er was not afraid, and looked back with a smile: "Queen Mother, I only do the right thing. As for the price, I am not afraid of any price. I, Shangguan Jing'er, am worthy of the world. I am sorry for the ancestors of the Shangguan family, there is nothing that can scare me. I let the queen mother stay with my sister for a night, and I have seen the relationship between the queen mother and my sister. But my sister is from the Shangguan family after all, I have to take Let her go." Wu Zhao reached out his hand to stop Xiao Jing who was about to strike, and got up to get out of the way: "I will let you admit your mistake, and I will watch you return Wan'er with your own hands."

Seeing Shangguan Jing'er carrying Shangguan Wan'er away, Xiao Jing came to Wu Zhao's side bitterly: "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?" Wu Zhao shook his head: "No, I have my own calculations. The court is already The world of the Li family, you should be careful in everything." Xiao Jing sighed secretly.On her deathbed, Shangguan Wan'er asked her to love Wu Zhao as she loved her wife.But Wu Zhao is always so powerful and so far away in front of her, she can't touch Wu Zhao's heart at all.She can only love Wu Zhao like a courtier loves the Queen Mother.

Jun buried the spring and buried the bones in the mud, and my head was covered with snow in the world.

Wu Tuan'er directed the maid to comb Wu Zhao's hair, and after a while she turned her head and quietly wiped away her tears.That day when she came in to help Wu Zhao make up, she almost fainted.Overnight, the empress dowager's black hair turned into snow white.Wu Zhao himself was very calm, looked in the mirror, and said with a smile: "If Wan'er saw me like this, she would definitely frown. She must never have imagined that one day I would really become an old woman. In this way, it's okay to go. Alright, so I won’t be sad.” Until now, Wu Zhao has not shed a single tear.However, the wind and cold are not getting better.The imperial doctor only said that the stagnation in the heart is caused by heart disease.Wu Tuan'er naturally knew how to cure Wu Zhao's heart disease, but it was impossible to get the heart medicine.

Wu Zhao saw everything clearly in the mirror, but he didn't know it.After the maid finished dressing, Wu Tuan'er helped her to go for a walk in the garden.The garden was rebuilt by Shangguan Wan'er with craftsmen, and various flowers and plants were replanted.Wu Tuan'er was afraid that Wu Zhao would be hurt by the scene, so he wanted to persuade Wu Zhao to go elsewhere.Turning around and thinking about it, for the past three years, Shangguan Wan'er thought that Shangyang Palace was the safe place for the two of them, and it had been meticulously arranged everywhere, so how could there be no trace of her?That's all.

Wu Zhao watched the gardeners taking care of the chrysanthemums, so he walked to the side of the pavilion and sat down.Wu Tuan'er was afraid that Wu Zhao would be sad, so he searched his brains to think of some recent events to tell Wu Zhao.Wu Zhao also casually agreed, keeping his eyes on the chrysanthemums.Gradually, Wu Tuan'er also fell silent, and followed Wu Zhao to look outside.

At this time, the attendant came to report in a hurry: "Report to the queen mother, the queen asks to see you." Finally he came.Wu Zhao asked his attendants to bring Webster over, and at the same time ordered Wu Tuan'er and the maids to retreat.Wu Tuan'er was worried that Wei Shi would do something to hurt Wu Zhao, so he persuaded him, "Queen Mother, let me stay here so that I can serve the Queen Mother and Empress with tea." Wu Zhao nodded.Wu Tuan'er stood behind Wu Zhao.After a while, Webster arrived.

Seeing that Wu Zhao's hair turned gray overnight as the rumors said, he smiled and said, "Is the Queen Mother so sad because of the female pet? The Queen Mother doesn't have to be like this. She has gone, and the daughter-in-law and the emperor will find a better one for the Queen Mother. Guaranteed to be a hundred times better than that Shangguan Wan'er." Wu Zhao turned around and ordered Wu Tuan'er to pour tea for Wei Shi, and said, "Queen, please sit down and talk. I see that the queen has a happy face, and she must have been very comfortable recently?" Wei Wei Shi looked at Wu Zhao and said with a smile: "Xian promised me to give me the power of the emperor. The queen mother said that I should be happy? Speaking of which, the queen mother also got this country because of Gaozong's kindness." Wu Zhao haha Laughed: "How can you compare with me! When Gaozong was in charge of the jade seal at the beginning, Gu ordered the minister to hold him back, and it was I who helped him cut off his dissidents. The eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Han Ai, Laiji, which one was not my help to Gaozong Removed. What about you? What did you do? The ministers who helped Li Xian seize power that night are now all responsible for their support. Walking sideways in Luoyang City, you and Li Xian are just their puppets. Playing presumptuously in front of me." Webster laughed and said, "Is the queen mother trying to provoke me to kill these great heroes?" Wu Zhao snorted coldly: "Provocation? You have to have that ability. Even if I provoke, I have to find Taiping is looking for Li Dan and the others. You and Li Xian are two useless wretches, and the mud can't support the wall, so I don't bother to talk to them. If you want me to say, you should hold on to the legs of these ministers and flatter good people. Someday people will see that your family is not good. Pleasant to the eye, you can't keep this queen."

Wei Shi was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. After thinking for a long time, he said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is wise and powerful, but now it's not like people can't get out of Shangyang Palace. Even if my favorite female pet is killed I can only watch. When the queen mother killed others back then, she didn't expect her to end up today, right?" Wu Zhao lowered her eyes, and then said: "So what? I have already got Wan'er. The Shangguan family has been exterminated by me. But I can make the descendants of their family loyal to me. Queen, ask yourself if you can do it? Not to mention the enemy, Shangguan Jinger is loyal to Li Tang, and it is difficult for you to make her think highly of you One glance. Don’t think that she is so rare for your family because she helps you regain power. She supports your family because you are weak and deceitful, and because Li Xian has taken the title of Empress Dowager Gaozong. If Emperor Gaozong Back then, you fell in love with Li Dan, so you just wait to retire in Fangzhou. I understand Shangguan Jinger’s thoughts better than you. She has always regarded herself as the queen of everyone. I don't like it. If you hadn't been lucky enough to be Li Xian's wife, you would think you were nothing in her eyes."

Wei Shi smiled instead of anger, approached and said with a smile: "I heard that the queen mother tried to please her in every possible way back then, but she just didn't want to die. I think it's because the Wu family is small and small, so they couldn't get into people's eyes. Queen mother, how capable do you think you are? Just wait, what you can do, I can do. What you can't do, I can still do." After finishing speaking, he walked away without saluting.

Watching Webster go away, Wu Tuan'er guessed that Wu Zhao was borrowing Webster's sword to kill people, but could she make up her mind to kill so many powerful officials with just a few words like this?Looking at Wu Zhao and looking out of the pavilion in a daze, fearing that she would be sad, he intentionally expressed his doubts.Wu Zhao said with a smile: "I have known about Webster's ambitions for many years. Those ministers have been frightened by me for a long time. If they hear about a woman who wants to usurp power, they will definitely have nightmares at night. Shangguan Jing'er is determined If you support Li Tang, you will naturally not let Webster do whatever you want. But my son is kind-hearted and soft-hearted, so he will definitely not be able to resist Webster's tricks. Now, I just need to let them say what they want to say quickly. alright."

Not to mention that after Luoyang City, rumors were flying around, the ruling and opposition parties were discussing a lot, and the Wei family and the officials were all trying their best.In just two months, all the Gu Ming ministers who supported Li Xian's superiority were demoted and exiled.For some reason, Li Xuancheng proposed to Li Xian to become a monk in the Buddhist hall in the palace to pray for Li Tang.Li Xian tried hard to persuade her to no avail, so he had to agree to her request.

Today, Wu Zhao was walking along the river.The attendant came to report, and Shangguan Jing'er asked to see him.Wu Zhao smiled and said, "Let her come here to find Ai's family." Wu Tuan'er supported Wu Zhao and watched Shangguan Jing'er slowly approaching.Shangguan Jing'er looked at Wu Zhao expressionlessly: "The queen mother is extremely smart, and my concubine is convinced. My sister's coffin has been delivered to the imperial tomb, and my concubine begs the queen mother to stop." After finishing speaking, Shangguan Jing'er knelt down in front of Wu Zhao.Wu Zhao said lightly: "Get up, Shangguan Zhaorong." Shangguan Jing'er was stabbed in the heart, and stood up holding back her anger.Wu Zhao looked at Shangguan Jing'er and said, "Shangguan Zhaorong and Ai's family went to the imperial tomb together. After Ai's family has seen that it is indeed Wan'er, they will stop." Open the coffin?Wu Tuan'er was taken aback.Shangguan Jing'er moved out of the way: "The concubine respectfully obeys the Queen Mother's order."

Wu Zhao and Shangguan Jing'er came to the imperial mausoleum.Sure enough, someone was already guarding the coffin there.Wu Zhao first ordered the coffin to be sent to his mausoleum, and then went down.Wu Tuan'er hurriedly grabbed Wu Zhao: "Queen Mother, let me go." Wu Zhao said with a smile: "With Wan'er's temperament, even if she becomes a ghost, she is also a coward. Besides, she will scare me. I hope she will come." He is looking for me. I hate this child for being cruel, and he has never even looked at me." Wu Zhao, supported by Wu Tuan'er, walked into the mausoleum and watched as the coffin was opened and the white cloth was removed from the face of the person inside.It's Shangguan Wan'er.Seeing that Wu Zhao was about to reach out to touch Shangguan Wan'er's face, Wu Tuan'er said urgently: "Queen Mother, Wan'er has fallen into hell, let her go at ease. If she knows that the Queen Mother still won't let her go, she will be disturbed." Unexpectedly, Wu Zhao snorted: "I want her to be disturbed. If you have the ability, come and find Aijia." Wu Zhao finally stroked Shangguan Wan'er's face, and looked at it for a long time before letting the coffin be closed.

Everyone was about to leave with Wu Zhao, when Cheng Yiwei knelt behind Wu Zhao: "Queen Mother, I beg the Queen Mother to allow this servant to go down and accompany the girl." Wu Zhao stopped and turned to look at Cheng Yiwei: "You don't care about your sister yet? Cheng Yiwei smiled and shook her head: "My younger sister has her own husband and children to take care of, but the girl can't. She is alone down there. The girl is so timid, she will be afraid. Please allow me to go down and accompany the girl .” After speaking, he kowtowed on the ground.Wu Zhao was silent for a moment, and said, "Okay, you are the one. Get up." Cheng Yiwei kowtowed again, thanked her, and got up.Wu Zhao turned to Wu Tuan'er and said, "Ai's family is going back first. You stay to see her off." Wu Tuan'er accepted the order with tears in his eyes.

Wu Zhao's wind and cold were still not good, and he was already lingering on the sick bed, unable to get out of bed.Gradually, consciousness also began to blur, sometimes sober, sometimes unable to recognize the person coming.In the back, I often sleep for most of the day.

On this day, the imperial physician secretly told Li Xian that the Empress Dowager's time had come, and he asked for condolences.Li Xian was not a person who was good at disguising, so when he arrived at Wu Zhao's bed, he broke down in tears.Wu Zhao was sober. Seeing Li Xianwai weeping bitterly, he sighed, "Xian, you are not suitable to be an emperor at all. I killed you. It's just that it has become like this now. If you listen to my advice, just keep it safe." You, let them make trouble. If you still want to save Webster and the others, not only will you not be able to save them, but you will risk your own life." Li Xian sobbed and knelt by the bed, holding Wu Zhao's hand and weeping endlessly.

Wu Zhao looked at the top of the bed and smiled slightly.She will see Wan'er soon.After making her wait for so long, she must be acting like a baby again.Thinking of Shangguan Wan'er frowning, complaining and hugging her tightly, Wu Zhao's face was peaceful.At this time, Wu Tuan'er came in and reported: "Shangguan Zhaorong begged the emperor to allow her to speak to the Queen Mother alone." Li Xian heard that it was Shangguan Jing'er's request, and hurriedly got up to wipe away his tears: "Mother, then I will go out first. .” Wu Zhao hummed.

Not long after Wu Tuan'er and Li Xian went out, Shangguan Jing'er walked in.Wu Zhao saw that she was adorned like a concubine, with plum blossom yellow on her forehead, smiled and said nothing.Shangguan Jing'er sat by the bed, looked at Wu Zhao for a while, and said, "I just want to ask Your Majesty something. Has Your Majesty ever liked me?" Wu Zhao looked at her in surprise, and said, "No. You and Wan'er The temperament is completely different." Shangguan Jing'er bit her lip and said: "You liked your sister because she looked like Aunt Xu, but sister and Aunt Xu have different temperaments." Wu Zhao said with a smile: " Yes. You are very similar to Xu Hui in temperament." Shangguan Jing'er frowned for a moment, and asked: "After you knew that I was not my sister, you didn't kill me, and you didn't eliminate my people in the court, just because Am I my elder sister's younger sister?" Wu Zhao's smile faded: "You keep saying that the top officials are the most important. I thought you would definitely save Wan'er. I thought that many people would kill Wan'er to vent their hatred, and I thought that as long as you were killed With a high position, Wan'er will be safe, but I didn't expect you to kill Wan'er."

Shangguan Jing'er raised her head and said: "You never liked me from the beginning to the end, and everything you did for me was because of my sister. You provoked Webster to slaughter the important officials in the court, but left me alive. I'm Shangguan Wan'er's younger sister, right?" Wu Zhao smiled and said, "You are much smarter than Wan'er. It would be great if Wan'er was half as smart as you." Shangguan Jing'er smiled and said: "A few days ago I The history of Zhou was compiled by the emperor's order. I told those people that nothing about Shangguan Wan'er and the queen mother will be included in the history of Zhou, and everything about Shangguan Jing'er will be included in the history of Shangguan Wan'er. From now on, the queen mother, In the eyes of future generations, you and my sister are just enemies who have the hatred of exterminating the clan." Wu Zhao's eyes had begun to slacken, but he still smiled after hearing this: "You really don't understand your sister at all. She only cares about other people's opinions at all. , you won’t choose me.” Shangguan Jing’er didn’t speak, and slowly got up and walked out.

Wu Tuan'er saw Shangguan Jing'er coming out, so he went in.After a while, people outside heard her cry and rushed in to see that Wu Zhao had closed her eyes.

Since then, the Great Zhou Dynasty has drawn its final period.After more than ten years of interruption, the Li Tang Dynasty kicked off again.Without Wu Zhao, Xiao Jing, Shangguan Wan'er and others, there are new people composing their lives on this stage.It is really you who sing and I come on stage, the ebb and flow of the tide is endless.

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