Confidante Saisuke

In the summer of the second year of Tiaolu in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Meiniang led the princes and relatives to leave Chang'an City and head for Luoyang, the eastern capital.The emperor went on a tour, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the entourage of tens of thousands of people raised dust all the way.

In 16 years, this is the first time that Shangguan Wan'er has left Chang'an City.When she was 14 years old, she also went to Ganye Temple and Li Palace, but the distance between Li Palace and Chang'an City is only a hundred miles, and Ganye Temple is only [-] miles away.Therefore, all the sights on the road made her feel novel, and she lay down in front of the window to watch.

It was midsummer at this time, and there was a scent of flowers and grass in the air.Wu Meiniang has not been out of the palace for a long time, and she can't help but feel refreshed when she smells the faint fragrance of nature.She leaned on the brocade mat, her eyes were slightly squinted, and she occasionally opened her eyes to look at Shangguan Wan'er lying in front of the window, with a loving expression on her face.

At noon, Yushi Wei Yuanzhong got Wu Meiniang's order and ordered everyone to stop and eat.Shangguan Wan'er couldn't wait to jump out of the car and looked around.Wu Meiniang also got out of the car, and was about to take her to have dinner, when Shangguan Wan'er suddenly saw a peach tree on the cliff on the mountainside in the distance. The pink peach blossoms were trembling in the wind, so she grabbed Wu Meiniang With one hand, he pointed at the peach tree: "Tianhou, look at how beautiful those peach blossoms are. I want to pick some branches back."

Wu Meiniang followed Shangguan Wan'er's fingers and looked over, and there was indeed a peach tree, but the cliff was very steep, she refused: "Don't mess around, it's so dangerous. Besides, it's hot and the sun is so hot, what should I do if I get heatstroke? Look at this Isn’t there flowers everywhere on the ground, just pick and play on the ground.”

Shangguan Wan'er didn't agree, she just liked the flowers blooming there because of the steepness of the place, what's so strange about the flowers on the flat ground.Wu Meiniang was helpless, so she ordered Wei Yuanzhong to find some soldiers to pick some peach blossoms for Shangguan Wan'er.

After hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er interjected, "I'll follow them. I'll tell them which one to pick to look good."

Just as Wu Meiniang was about to refuse, Shangguan Wan'er shook her arm coquettishly: "Tian Hou, I won't pick it off, I'll just stand aside and watch, nothing will happen."

Wu Meiniang thought about it and had no choice but to let her go.After they left, Wu Meiniang asked Wei Yuanzhong to send some people to meet them.After lunch, Wu Meiniang was lying in the car with her eyes closed, and Shangguan Wan'er raised the curtain with a smile, holding a peach blossom in her hand.

"Why did you pick just one plant?" Wu Meiniang laughed.After making such a big battle, they finally picked a peach blossom and came back.

Shangguan Wan'er sat beside Wu Meiniang, smiling like a flower: "I picked five of them. Tianhou, Liu Niang, sister Tuan'er, Yiwei and I each have a branch. These are specially for Tianhou."

Wu Meiniang reached out to take the peach blossoms, seeing that Shangguan Wan'er was not wearing flowers on her head, she asked, "Where's your branch?"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and took out her peach blossom from her sleeve, and said, "I don't wear it. I just watch and play with it." While taking the peach blossom from Wu Meiniang, she said with great interest, "Queen of Heaven, I Put it on for you."

Wu Meiniang laughed loudly: "Wan'er is not even worn by a little girl, let alone an old woman like me. How can someone as old as me wear peach blossoms. As the saying goes, flowers match beauties, and such beautiful peach blossoms are for your little ones." The girl wears it, if I want to wear it, I can only wear chrysanthemums."

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er's face immediately changed when she heard this, she threw the peach blossoms to the ground, and said angrily: "Why do you say that you are old. I don't like it when you say that about yourself. You are not old at all."

Wu Meiniang couldn't figure it out for a moment, she looked at Shangguan Wan'er who seemed to be really angry, she quickly smiled and comforted her: "Okay, I'm not old, I'm not old. There's nothing to be angry about."

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes slowly turned red, and she choked up and said, "I'm only 16 years old, so you just say you're old. If you get old, what should I do? I don't allow you to grow old, you have to stay with me all the time."

Only then did Wu Meiniang understand, she gently held Shangguan Wan'er in her arms, and was about to speak when Tuan'er's voice came from outside the curtain: "Tianhou, Miss Shangguan's lunch is ready."

Wu Meiniang hummed, then lowered her head and said to Shangguan Wan'er, "Wan'er is good, let's go eat something first."

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, turned around and hugged Wu Meiniang's waist tightly, and buried her head on the side of Wu Meiniang's neck.Wu Meiniang felt distressed and regretted at the same time, Wan'er was originally happy, but it was all because of her own words.Wan'er just didn't think about the age of the two of them, and reminded her why she was so confused.

After a while, Shangguan Wan'er tried her best to calm down, wiped away her tears quietly, raised her head and said, "Tian Hou, I'm going to eat first. Sister Tuan'er is still waiting outside."

Wu Meiniang nodded, let her go, picked up the peach blossom by herself, shook her head, and sighed.

A month later, the patrol team finally arrived in Luoyang.The Tongming Hall where Wu Meiniang lives is actually exactly the same as the Ganlu Hall in Chang'an City.Shangguan Wan'er and Cheng Yiwei directed the maids to arrange the things they brought from Chang'an as they were.In a hurry, the group came.

"Miss Shangguan," Tuan'er stood at the door with a smile on her face, "The Queen of Heaven ordered that Miss Shangguan can go to the side hall of Tongming Hall to pick and display things she likes, and the girl from the side hall can come in and out as she pleases."

After hearing the last sentence, Shangguan Wan'er immediately smiled, and came up to hold Tuan'er's hand to thank her.Tuan'er also smiled and even said that she didn't dare to be the one, and took her and Cheng Yiwei to the side hall.

Pushing open the door of the side hall, there are rows of shelves inside.On some shelves there are antique utensils, which can be seen as rare treasures at a glance.There are countless books on some shelves.On the shelf further inside are memorials and documents.Shangguan Wan'er excitedly shuttled back and forth between the bookshelves, and unexpectedly found that many broken and fragmented slips were complete here, so she called Cheng Yiwei over, and the two hugged each other and returned to the side hall.

After traveling long distances and losing a brilliant doctor like Ming Qingyuan, Li Zhi's body became weaker day by day.At this time, Wu Meiniang didn't need to review the memorial anymore, so she went to Zhenguan Hall to serve the decoction.

Luoyang City is not the capital of the Tang Dynasty, so the palace ban is not as strict as Chang'an City.Shangguan Wan'er got bored staying in the palace, so she dragged Cheng Yiwei out of the palace to go out for a walk, and sometimes Wu Meiniang said a few words, but she was only superficially obedient and didn't care at all.Wu Meiniang was quite helpless, the child was not afraid of herself at all, seeing that the two of them came back unscathed every time, she no longer cared about her, and only ordered people to follow behind quietly.

On this day, after serving Li Zhi'an, Wu Meiniang went back to Tongming Palace.Sure enough, Xiao Jing's secret report arrived.Nothing confidential.The prime ministers Dai Zhide and Zhang Wenguan passed away one after another, and the prince recruited the eldest grandson.

Grandson Marquis?The literati who helped Honger compile "Congtai Yulan"?Wu Meiniang raised her eyebrows, burned the secret report, took a piece of paper, wrote a few words, sealed it with wax, and called the sender of the secret report to come in and hand it to him.The visitor bowed his head to take it, and went away quietly.

If a person who cherishes feathers like the prince knows that he has lived under the shadow of immorality for so many years, he must think about how to deal with himself in the future.Wu Meiniang smiled faintly, her eyes were venomous, she will surely make them feel at ease even if they dare to let her down in this world.

Here Shangguan Wan'er brought a box of snacks, and came back with Cheng Yiwei excitedly.When she sneaked out of the palace with Taiping before, she had tasted the food in the West Market, her mouth was full of flavor, she did not expect the snacks in Luoyang to be more special.I had a good meal first, thinking that Tianhou would never have a chance to eat outside food, so I bought a few of each of my favorite ones and came back.

Back in Tongming Hall, Shangguan Wan'er asked Cheng Yiwei to rest in the side hall, and went straight to the main hall.Wu Meiniang was sitting in front of the desk talking to Liu Niang who was standing on one side, when she saw Shangguan Waner come in and pretended to be angry, she said with a straight face, "Going out to play again? How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to leave the palace, I will punish you later you."

Shangguan Wan'er blinked her eyes a few times, she decided that Wu Meiniang was scaring her, she smiled, walked up to the box, opened the box, and said while taking the snacks: "Tianhou, these snacks are delicious, I brought you a copy back .” Then he pulled out the lower layer and smiled at Liu Niang and said, “Liu Niang, this is for you.”

Liu Niang thanked her with a smile.Shangguan Wan'er picked up a piece of dim sum, peeled off the oil paper on it, and brought it to Wu Meiniang: "Tianhou, try it, this dim sum is the best."

Liu Niang immediately became anxious.This is something outside the palace, and it has not been tasted by the palace people, so how can Wu Meiniang be allowed to enter it casually?However, she hesitated to speak out to make Shangguan Wan'er unhappy.Wu Meiniang no longer shy away from Shangguan Wan'er's attention to her, she has to consider Shangguan Wan'er's feelings.

Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er came to her senses right away, took her hand back, and put it into her mouth with a smile: "Oh, I forgot to try it. Then I'll eat a piece first."

Wu Meiniang's smiling face sank, she frowned and grabbed Shangguan Wan'er's hand: "Don't mess around." Turning to Liu Niang, she said, "Ah Liu, cut some of these dim sums for people to taste."

Liu Niang went out with the box.Shangguan Wan'er bypassed the imperial case and slipped into Wu Meiniang's arms, talking about her fun today while waiting for someone to bring back the snacks.