Confidante Saisuke

On this day, Yu Xuanji told Shangguan Wan'er that she was going to gather a group of talented scholars in the temple to have fun.Poetry party?Even though Shangguan Wan'er was depressed, she couldn't help becoming a little interested.She grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, and she was a criminal slave. She had only heard of this kind of gathering of literati, but never witnessed it with her own eyes.He also heard from Yu Xuanji that the people who came here were all well-known talents in Luoyang, so I still had some expectations in my heart.

Unexpectedly, this was the case.

There were literati, female Taoist priests, and fireworks girls who attended the party.Shangguan Wan'er has no disdain for these degraded girls, but... Seeing them making all kinds of intimacy, even the female Taoist priests participated in it, Shangguan Wan'er felt disgusted for a while, and just served them tea and wine without saying a word .Everyone was playing the game of passing earrings, men and women were chasing and fighting, making a mess, Shangguan Wan'er carefully avoided them.

"Are you Shangguan's girl? Xuanji told me about you." Shangguan Wan'er came to a literati case and was refilling his drink, she suddenly asked herself.

"Yes. Wan'er has met the young master. If the young master needs anything, just ask Wan'er." Shangguan Wan'er put down the jug and bowed to him.

"You don't have to be polite. I have heard about the girl for a long time, and I admire it very much. It's just that I am entangled in trivial matters and afraid of being abrupt, so I have never visited the girl. I can see you today, and it is a wish. Student Cui Shi, the girl does not need to meet Besides, just call me by my name." Cui Shi sat reclined with his knees wrapped around his knees, looking at Shangguan Wan'er while talking eloquently.

Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly: "Master Cui, Wan'er has to pour wine for others, so I can't talk with Mr. Cui, please forgive me." She bowed and walked away.

Cui Shi raised his eyebrows and smiled.It's a joke that the bohemian Yu Xuanji is surrounded by such a gentle and polite girl.Unknowingly, he turned his head to look at Shangguan Wan'er again, and saw that she had a lithe body and swaying steps, remembering that she had bright eyes, bright teeth, frail and boneless appearance just now, she looked like a slender beauty.It's just too gentle and refined, it's not easy to strike up a conversation.However, she was originally a woman in the palace, and it was normal for her to be so cautious and courteous when she came out of such a strict place.Now that he's here with Yu Xuanji, it's not difficult to strike up a conversation.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er walking past him, Cui Shi called out to stop her: "Wan'er, do you know what happened in the palace recently?"

Shangguan Wan'er really stopped suddenly, turned around and walked in front of him, and asked: "What happened in the palace?" Feeling that her tone was too urgent, she coughed lightly and asked: "Young Master Cui must know something, Can you tell Wan'er one or two?"

Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er was as expected, Cui Shi smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation: "Sit down, Wan'er, there have been many important events in the palace recently, and I can't finish talking about it in a while."

Shangguan Wan'er put down the jug as she said, and knelt beside Cui Shi, watching him silently with her beautiful eyes, waiting for him to speak.Cui Shi suddenly felt light and light, and smiled again unconsciously, Fang said: "Three days ago, the Queen Mother..."

Hearing the words of the person who was thinking about it from others, Shangguan Wan'er's heart suddenly moved, she shook her head, Fang concentrated on listening, the other party had already finished speaking.Shangguan Wan'er was very embarrassed, and said very ashamedly: "Young Master Cui, I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly just now, what did you say? What happened to the Queen Mother?"

Not to mention that the girl was stunned, I couldn't believe it when I heard it.When the empress dowager is in power, no matter whether the prince or the emperor is in her hands, she is like a puppet in a shadow play, and she is more domineering than the empress Lu of the Han Dynasty.Cui Shi smiled and said: "The queen mother deposed the emperor, drove him and the queen to Fangzhou to be the king of Luling, and made the king of Yu the emperor."

What!Shangguan Wan'er gasped, and hurriedly covered her mouth.How dare the queen of heaven abolish the emperor at will!This is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans!Shangguan Wan'er's heart beat wildly from shock and unstoppable worry.In a moment of desperation, Shangguan Wan'er pulled Cui Shi's sleeve and asked, "How is the queen mother?"

Cui Shi couldn't help laughing.He is a literati with no official position, and he can't even enter the Luoyang government office at will. How can he know about the empress dowager who lives deep in the palace?However, what happened to the Empress Dowager is known to the world.Cui Shi took a sip of wine unhurriedly: "The empress dowager holds great power, life and death are all in her hands, and all civil and military officials are terrified." He sighed softly, "Our emperor is just a puppet."

That's why she's fine.Shangguan Wan'er suddenly relaxed and sat back, staring blankly at the table.It's really strange that no one killed people and no one objected to such a big matter as the abolition of the emperor.However, this is the best way, she did what she wanted to do, and did not kill anyone, even the emperor who was abolished by her was alive and well.Everyone is good, she is also good, what else can I say.Shangguan Wan'er had a sore nose, so she hurriedly breathed out quietly, so as not to cry on the spot.

Cui Shi looked at Shangguan Wan'er and bowed her head in silence, thinking she was feeling sorry for Li Xian and Li Dan, and persuaded gently: "Wan'er, after all, the king of Luling and the emperor are the biological sons of the empress dowager. As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, and the empress dowager It won't do anything to them."

At this time, Yu Xuanji burst into laughter. It turned out that the literati named Wen Tingyun found the earring in Yu Xuanji's sock. Wen Tingyun held the earring high in his hand to ask Yu Xuanji for credit. Yu Xuanji laughed, and Wen Tingyun took advantage of the situation to touch it. her feet.Shangguan Wan'er woke up with a start, and hurriedly got up: "Thank you, Mr. Cui, for telling Wan'er these things. Wan'er still has things to do, so I won't bother you, Mr. Please take it easy."

After walking a few steps, Shangguan Wan'er came back again, looked at Cui Shi and pleaded: "Young Master Cui, if you get any news from the palace in the future, would you please tell Wan'er?"

Cui Shi nodded in response, and Shangguan Wan'er thanked her endlessly.The hope of returning to the palace was already slim, she only hoped to hear news from Tianhou occasionally, knowing that she was all well, she would be comforted in her heart.

Cui Shi's eyes kept watching Shangguan Wan'er get up and hurried out of the room, Fang turned his head to look at Yu Xuanji and the others, and laughed and coaxed: "Brother Wen, let's share something good together, what's the point of eating alone?" They walk over.Seeing this, the people next to him also booed one after another.The scene suddenly turned into a pandemonium.

Luoyang Palace is also peaceful.Wu Meiniang looked at Xiao Jing who was standing in front of the case with a smile: "Xiao Jing, you have contributed a lot to the success of this great event. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Xiao Jing smiled, and thought for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, she looked at Wu Meiniang: "Xiao Jing listened to what the Empress Dowager said, this is already a great success, and you can distribute the meritorious officials, right?"

Wu Meiniang smiled disapprovingly: "Of course there are still some dissatisfaction in the court. But the general situation is set. Since the prime ministers don't say anything, they can't do anything. Xiao Jing, it's good to be cautious, but there is no need to be cautious. The strings are too tight. How about the Ai family giving you a mansion? Or do you want something else? What kind of official do you want to do?"

Xiao Jing slowly shook her head: "Xiao Jing is a greedy person. Xiao Jing's appetite is much bigger than the queen mother imagined." Looking at Wu Meiniang's interested eyes, Xiao Jing's face became serious, "Xiao Jing wants The current Empress Dowager can't give her something. If the Empress Dowager wants to reward Xiao Jing, she can only go one step further."

Further?Wu Meiniang's eyes jumped.I have already become the empress dowager, and I have all the power, how can I go further?She didn't know that there were things in this world that she couldn't give.Even if Xiao Jing wants to be a queen, what's the difficulty?

"Empress Dowager, you have assisted the late emperor in governing the country for more than 20 years. It is not an exaggeration to say that the world has what it is today. It is not an exaggeration to say that you created it by yourself. You are willing to let those historians put their hard work in the name of others. Next?" Wu Meiniang looked at Xiao Jing in astonishment, was she trying to persuade her to become emperor herself?

joke!Since Pangu opened the world, no woman has ever been an emperor.Wu Meiniang categorically vetoed it: "Xiao Jing, I think you have been overworked recently and were talking nonsense just now, you go down."

"No!" Unexpectedly, Xiao Jing vetoed it: "Since the minister has already said these words today, he must finish it. Queen Mother, you are now in power, and you only need a title. Why do you want to stretch out your hand?" Why is something that can be picked but withdrawn? The opportunity to build an unprecedented achievement is right in front of you, and the empress dowager just watched it slip away like this, are you willing? It is obviously my hard-earned property, why? Want to let it be named someone else?"

Xiao Jing saw that Wu Meiniang's face was no longer as shocked as before, and knew that she had listened to what she said, so she took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: "Empress Dowager, think about it carefully, now that you have reached this point, you still have a way to go." Retire? The emperor is 20 years old this year, and the government is imminent. If you don’t try, you will be persuaded to resign by those people immediately. Are you willing to retreat to the harem like this? Now the descendants of the Wu family are using you as an official in the court. Once you Step down, the emperor will be in charge in the future, what will you do for the descendants of the Wu family? Let alone the glory and wealth, can they save their lives?"

Wu Meiniang remained silent for a long time, glanced at Xiao Jing who was staring at her, got up and walked in front of her: "Xiao Jing, you haven't told Ai Jia, what do you want?"

Xiao Jing smiled calmly: "Xiao Jing wants to be a unique female prime minister under the hands of the first empress through the ages, and my minister wants to have a once-in-a-lifetime story with the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother can achieve an indelible achievement Even if Xiao Jing was cut into pieces, he would dissect the coffin and kill the corpse without complaint or regret, I wonder if the Empress Dowager would dare to join hands with Xiao Jing?"

Wu Meiniang looked at the provocation in Xiao Jing's eyes, she didn't feel that her words were rude, on the contrary, she was excited: "Of course the Ai family dares. There has never been anything in this world that the Ai family dare not do, it depends on whether the Ai family wants to do it or not!"

Since Shangguan Wan'er saw all kinds of insults of those literati that day, she no longer followed Yu Xuanji to see some poetry and wine singing, and stayed quietly in the room alone.This day, she was sitting alone under the lamp again, when she suddenly heard the sound of shouting and crying outside, she hurriedly got up and went out to check.

Pushing open the door and going out, there was a little female Taoist priest at the door of a room, with her arms stretched left and right to resist the chasing and beating of the wooden sticks, while crying.Seeing how pitiful she was at such a young age, Shangguan Wan'er was moved with compassion and hurried over.

The one who chased and beat the little Taoist priest with a wooden stick in the room was a female relative who often came to the temple, and everyone called her Mrs. Han.I saw her beating and scolding: "Damn girl, who let you into my room. Madam, I finally came up with a poem, and you messed it up. Are you trying to make me look ugly? Look at me today I won't kill you."

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't bear it anymore, she saw that the little Taoist priest had several red marks on her arm, she hurriedly persuaded her: "Mrs. Han, she is still young and ignorant, your lord has a lot, don't beat her."

Mrs. Han stopped and glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, and said in a rough voice: "Then what about my poem? I will take it to give a farewell party tomorrow. Everyone will have poems, and I can't do it alone." How embarrassing to come out."

Shangguan Wan'er blushed, pursed her lips, and said: "I can read a few words, and I usually write poems for fun. If Madam doesn't dislike it, let me try it? If Madam can't see it, I will ask someone else Write for Madam."

Mrs. Han threw away the wooden board, pointed to the desk case with paper and pens on it: "Okay, then you can write."

Shangguan Wan'er picked up the corner of her skirt, stepped into the room, looked at the balls of paper beside the table, smiled, knelt down, picked up a pen and wrote without thinking.When the ink was dry, Shangguan Wan'er picked up the paper and handed it to Mrs. Han who was standing beside her.

Mrs. Han took a casual look, then turned to look at the little Taoist priest who was still sitting at the door crying: "Stop howling. You are lucky today, this girl saved you with kindness, otherwise I will sue your master later. You are good to eat. Go away!"

The little Taoist priest hurriedly got up and ran away. Shangguan Wan'er smiled and rejected Mrs. Han's proposal to invite her to drink tea, and went back to her room.

The author has something to say: for the sake of Xiao Jing, let the queen's aura be a little weaker, so that the queen's party is safe and don't be impatient