Confidante Saisuke

Rouge followed the maid into Tongming Hall.Yan Zhi was a little excited when she thought that she would soon see the woman who Shangguan Wan'er never forgot but was hurt deeply.

"Presumptuous, when you see His Majesty, you still don't kneel down to salute." Dazed by the brilliance of the hall, Yan Zhi stood there in a daze.Seeing that Rouge was so bold, the palace maid hurriedly ordered.Rouge was shocked, and her knees softened involuntarily. "Get up." A woman's voice came from ahead.Rouge was agitated, and quickly looked up.

This is Her Majesty the Queen today.The person my sister loves deeply.I saw that the woman was wearing a black round-neck gown like a man, and there was no luxury in the clothes.The face is full, the eyebrows are slender, and the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned.Wu Meiniang looked at Yanzhi staring blankly at herself, smiled slightly and got up and walked over.Rouge found that Wu Meiniang was very tall.

"Get up and talk." Yan Zhi realized that she was kneeling all the time, so she stood up as she said. "I heard that you and Wan'er walked together all the way, is she in good health?" It's good that Wu Meiniang didn't mention this.Yan Zhi immediately remembered the package of medicinal powder, and said in a cold voice: "My sister has to drink saffron every day, how can it be better?" This was quite rude, Wu Meiniang immediately narrowed her eyes: "It's so courageous. Talking nonsense in front of you, aren't you afraid of being dragged out and beaten to death with sticks?" Yanzhi was bitter for days because of Qingdai, and she had the idea of ​​repaying Shangguan Wan'er, so she also gave up: "What I said is the truth. What you say to sister It's not good at all." Tears welled up in her eyes slowly, "If you drink too much saffron, you won't be able to have children anymore. You don't care about your sister's body at all." Wu Meiniang smiled faintly: "Could it be possible that I have Is this woman still thinking about having children?" Yanzhi cried and said, "Even if that's the case, then she doesn't have to drink for 10 years." Wu Meiniang suddenly turned to look at Yanzhi.Rouge's eyes blurred with tears, "Drinking those medicines for a year or two can cut off a woman's fertility, don't you know, Your Majesty? Why do you let her keep drinking? Sister loves you so much, you don't care about her body at all Is it?" Wu Meiniang pinched Yan Zhi's chin and asked: "You told her about the medicine?" Yan Zhi's jaw hurt, as if she didn't realize it: "I said it. My sister saved me several times, so I won't harm her But, my sister is afraid that you will kill me if you find out. She knows that those medicines will harm her, and she mixes those medicine powders into wine every day to drink. I saw my sister drinking while crying several times. I wish I could go to bed early If you die, you won’t have to embarrass your sister so much.”

Wu Meiniang let go of her hand and walked slowly to the window, after a while she said, "Go down." Hearing the sobs gradually fade away, Wu Meiniang sighed softly.After hiding it for so long, Wan'er still found out.She must hate herself so much now.After contemplating for a long time, there was no good solution, so I had to ask someone to call Song Zhaohua.

"Zhaohua, we let Wan'er know about the drug we put in her snow lotus wine." Song Zhaohua was surprised, and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know who leaked this matter." Wu Meiniang said with a frown : "This time I met someone who is not afraid of death. It is the prostitute who follows Wan'er, named Yan Zhi. Wan'er has such a temper that she can't rub the sand in her eyes. I want to go to her to explain it myself." Song Zhaohua immediately stopped: "Wan'er Never, Your Majesty. Ever since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been many out-of-control people who always wanted to break into the forbidden area and assassinate His Majesty. Your Majesty's safety is more important than anything else. I am bold, please put the country first."

Wu Meiniang hesitated for a while, Song Zhaohua said again: "I speculate on my own, your Majesty is probably afraid that Shangguan Wan'er will be angry. I assure Your Majesty that Shangguan Wan'er will never feel resentful towards His Majesty because of this matter. Your Majesty only needs to take care of himself." "Although Wu Meiniang was full of melancholy, she still smiled when she heard Song Zhaohua say this: "How do you guarantee it? Are you going to lobby Wan'er?" Song Zhaohua also replied with a smile: "You don't need to do anything extra. The minister will go to find her in August. About the Rouge, Wan'er knew about it at that time. I received a secret report from my subordinates today. On the day of His Majesty's ascension to the throne on the ninth day of September, Wan'er also went to Emei Jinding. At that time, the group of criminals wanted to kill King Heng'an Wan'er's daughter sacrificed the flag, Wan'er stood up and argued with the group of thieves, but was forced to reveal her identity by the group of thieves. The group of thieves forced Wan'er to take them into the palace to assassinate His Majesty. Wan'er said that between her and His Majesty, she was willing. His Majesty has never forced her, and she will never hurt His Majesty. At that time, hundreds of thieves in the field heard Wan'er say so. So I guarantee that Wan'er's heart for His Majesty is still the same as before, and His Majesty can rest assured." Wu Meiniang was pleasantly surprised Intersection: "This child is so stupid. She doesn't know how to kung fu, and she is not afraid that they will kill her if she says that in front of those criminals." Song Zhaohua nodded and said: "The person I sent to protect Wan'er They all followed from afar and did not show their whereabouts in front of Wan'er. Those who surrounded and participated in the rebellion never communicated with Wan'er. It is indeed admirable for Wan'er to say this in front of them." Wu Meiniang said that she regretted it. I am really happy: "How old is a person and still have such a solid mind, so I won't just make up something to fool the past. It's just stupid."

Song Zhaohua observed his words and guessed that Wu Meiniang would not leave the palace again, Fang said: "The secret letter said that the Turkic woman who was with Wan'er was a Turkic spy who wanted to take Wan'er away and give it to the Turkic king. She wounded several of them." Wu Meiniang snorted upon hearing this.Song Zhaohua hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, please transfer some of the second-class guards in the palace to rescue Wan'er." Wu Meiniang was angry: "Does Khan Mochuo think that my Great Zhou is still the old Tang Dynasty?" Song Zhaohua didn't dare to answer because the political affairs of the previous dynasty were involved.Wu Meiniang didn't say much, and ordered: "You choose a reliable person to go over there, and you must rescue Wan'er." Song Zhaohua took the order to deploy by himself.

Here Shangguan Wan'er and Ayi are still on their way to Bazhou.Ayi can't hear any movement in the carriage.No sound, not even a sob.He couldn't help but lift the curtain and saw Shangguan Wan'er looking at her calmly.Ayi casually found a reason to talk: "Well, I don't think you ate anything just now, that red cloth bag contains dry food. If you are hungry, you can eat whatever you want." Shangguan Wan'er hummed.Ayi couldn't find anything to say for a while, so she had to put down the curtain again, feeling depressed for a while.

In the evening, Ah Yi used to hunt wild animals for the two of them to eat. "I didn't find a pool today, so let's just eat some rabbit meat." Ayi handed the leaves wrapped with rabbit meat to Shangguan Wan'er.Shangguan Wan'er took it, opened it and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you." Ayi immediately cheered up, and said with a smile, "It's nothing. When we go to the grassland, there will be more and more delicious wild animals. I'll cook them all for you." After speaking, he quietly looked at Shangguan Wan'er.Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly, but did not speak.After the two of them finished eating, they washed their hands.Ayi pulled Shangguan Wan'er who was about to get up and go back to the carriage: "Wan'er, it's still early. Let me play a tune for you to relieve boredom." Shangguan Wan'er sat down again after hearing this.Ayi was secretly delighted, as expected Wan'er had given up on the Queen Mother.Ayi casually picked a leaf from the branch and played a tune for Shangguan Wan'er.

For a while, the song is cheerful like spring water singing in the mountains, for a while it is soft like butterflies dancing in the grass, and sometimes it is like stars twinkling in the sky.At the end of the song, Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile: "This song is very good." It was the first time that Ayi was praised by Shangguan Wan'er, and she was very happy.She saw Shangguan Wan'er smiling, and couldn't help but said: "There are many people who are better than the Queen Mother in the world. You don't deserve to be sad for her when she treats you like this." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said nothing.Ayi was overjoyed, and continued: "Although she is the queen mother, she is now the emperor. But she is already over 60 years old. I heard in the Central Plains that the old woman..." Shangguan Wan'er immediately said with a dark face "You are not allowed to say that about her." Ayi said angrily, "I'm scolding her to vent your anger on you. Why don't you know what's good and what's wrong. She has treated you like this, why are you still defending her?" Shangguan Wan'er was silent for a moment, then said: "She just doesn't love me. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm going back." After speaking, she got up and left.Ayi was left behind with a look of resentment.

After several days of trekking over mountains and ridges, the two finally arrived in Bazhou.After inquiring about it, it was already time to light the lamp near Prince Zhanghuai's mansion.The two had dinner at the inn.Ayi stopped the waiter who put down the food and was about to leave: "Brother, I saw that the stalls on the street were selling red lanterns. Is this a festival?" Xiaoer said with a smile: "The girl is from out of town Right. Those are Kongming lanterns, which are used to pray for blessings. Now that autumn is coming, the wind on the mountain is strong, and the lanterns can be blown far away. So people here bought lanterns at this time and put them on the mountain to pray for blessings. The girl came by coincidence. There are still people selling them. In a few days, everyone will let go of the lanterns and no one will sell them. If the two girls think it’s fun, they can also buy two lanterns and put them on the nearby mountains to pray. It couldn't be more suitable."

Ayi became interested, pulled Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Let's buy two to play with. Anyway, you have arrived in Bazhou, and you have nothing else to do." Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said hello.Ayi was overjoyed, and after waiting for Shangguan Wan'er to have dinner, he dragged her out to buy two lanterns.

On the second day, the two drove to the tomb of the former prince Li Xian.Shangguan Wan'er set up a set of incense candles, and respectfully kowtowed a few times.He took a shovel and dug a hole next to the tomb, and was about to get up to get the pot, when he heard an old man approaching and shouting: "Bold, who are you? How dare you destroy the prince's tomb. Aren't you afraid of being punished by God?" Shangguan Wan'er turned around and waited for the old man to walk in front of her and said, "The thirteen righteous men around the prince suffered misfortune in Luoyang. I am here to send their souls back to the prince." After speaking, she opened the bag and took out the jar to show the old man.With tears in his eyes, the old man asked tremblingly: "All thirteen people are gone?" Shangguan Wan'er nodded and looked at the ground.The old man asked again: "Bazhou is not less than a thousand miles away from Luoyang, thank you for your hard work. May I ask the girl's name?" Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "Thirteen of them died because they saved me, and I am the sinner who killed them. If someone avenges them, come to me." The old man asked suspiciously: "To save you? Who are you?" Shangguan Wan'er replied: "I am Shangguan Wan'er." The old man snorted and sighed: " It turned out to be the Shangguan girl. Since they died for the Shangguan girl, there is no grievance." Everyone in the prince's house knew that Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er's marriage was blocked, and they all thought it was Wu Meiniang who was obstructing it, so they had no grievances about their affairs. all feel sorry

Shangguan Wan'er didn't want to talk too much about it, so she opened the jar, poured the soil into the pit, and buried it again.Kneel down and kowtow, and silently pray: All righteous men, Wan'er has sent you back to the prince.If the soul has a spirit, please rest in peace.When Shangguan Wan'er stood up, the old man asked again: "The Crown Princess is in the front mansion, Miss Shangguan, is she going to get together with the Crown Princess?" Sad. I don’t mind if I don’t go. I still have things to do, so I won’t bother my husband.” The old man didn’t know Shangguan Wan’er very well, and respected that she had a marriage contract with Prince Li Xian, so he didn’t dare to stop her, so he had to let her go .

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's calm face, Ayi was not very sad, and said cautiously: "I heard that the relationship between the queen mother and the prince is not to be heated. Wan'er, since you are the queen mother's favorite, why did you have a life-threatening friendship with the prince's people? "Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "It's all a misunderstanding." Ayi was confused, and was afraid that if she asked something wrong, it would make Shangguan Wan'er angry, so she swallowed her doubts back.

The two returned to the town, inquired about the way into the mountain, and set off with a lantern.Along the way, Ayi naturally kept talking, and Shangguan Wan'er was mostly silent.Ayi saw that although she was still silent, she was not as sad or angry as before, and she was still very happy.When climbing up the mountain, Ayi felt that someone was following behind him. Hearing the sound of footsteps and breathing, it was obvious that he had worked hard.Quietly sent out a few hidden weapons, all of which fell through.Looking at Shangguan Wan'er who was unaware in front of her, she didn't want to make too much trouble and reminded her of the Queen Mother, and planned to quietly kill these people when Shangguan Wan'er was not around.

When we reached the top of the mountain, the sun had not yet set.The two of them went to play elsewhere and picked some wild fruits to eat.Ayi saw a red mark left by wild fruit juice on the corner of Shangguan Wan'er's mouth, so she reached out to wipe it off for her.Shangguan Wan'er turned her head away.Ayi had no choice but to point it out to her and let her wipe it by herself, secretly swearing in her heart that she must make Shangguan Wan'er obedient one day.

When it gets dark, the mountain wind blows.Shangguan Wan'er and Ayi stood on the edge of the cliff to light the lamp.Seeing the red lantern drifting away, both of them closed their eyes and prayed.Standing by the side, Ayi heard Shangguan Wan'er recite: "First, I wish that the Great Zhou Dynasty will last forever, and secondly, I wish Your Majesty's Holy Body to be healthy and blessed for thousands of years. Thirdly, I wish." Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath and burst into tears. "May Your Majesty and I rise and fall, and never see each other forever." Ayi was delighted to hear that, and opened his eyes to look at Shangguan Wan'er, just in time to see Shangguan Wan'er jumping off the cliff.

It was too late to even scream, Ayi quickly jumped out to catch Shangguan Wan'er.Fortunately, the wind was strong at this time, Shangguan Wan'er's clothes flipped and fell slowly, Ayi grabbed Shangguan Wan'er's hand.The two continued to fall, Ayi saw a tree jumping out of the cliff, bent his waist, and threw himself onto the tree, still holding Shangguan Wan'er's hand in his hand.Before he had time to catch his breath, he felt Shangguan Wan'er thumping vigorously below.Ayi was angry and anxious, and shouted: "Don't move. This tree is already thin, if you move it around, we will all fall." Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er said from below: "Let me go. "Ayi rolled her eyes and ignored Shangguan Wan'er.She reckoned that the people following behind would not be able to see the two of them for a while, and they would definitely find them, and then they could use them to go up.

Sure enough, after a while, several anxious voices came from above: "Girl." "Girl, are you down there?" Ayi was overjoyed, and shouted, "We are hanging on the tree. Quickly find a rope and throw it down. I'm afraid the tree won't be able to hold it later." I don't know how the few people were busy working on it, but after a while, a rope was thrown down.It's just that there is still some distance from Ayi's arm.Ayi was afraid that the tree would break suddenly, and he didn't want them to take it back to connect another section, so he tried his best to reach the rope.Seeing that she was about to hold it in her hand, who knew that Shangguan Wan'er suddenly swayed violently below, at this time Ayi was lifting her upper body to reach the rope, and almost fell together.Subconsciously, Ayi withdrew his hands to grab the branches.

Shangguan Wan'er fell down.Ayi yelled: "Wan'er." The people above didn't know what happened below, so they also yelled.However, Shangguan Wan'er's figure became more and more blurred, and finally disappeared.

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