Confidante Saisuke

Wu Tuan'er walked into Tongming Hall with a letter and presented it to Wu Zhao: "Your Majesty, the princess sent someone to deliver a letter to Your Majesty." Wu Zhao smiled and said, "It's so big that I don't even bother to enter the palace. Did you tell me face to face?" He took the letter and opened it, shaking his head: "Taiping is really getting more and more nonsense." Wu Tuan'er said with a smile, "Did the princess give His Majesty a problem again?" Throwing the letter into the jar, seeing that the paper quickly sank to the bottom of the jar with blurred ink, he got up and went out: "Danggui was out of the palace today to play, and probably bumped into Taiping, and Taiping took her there. Taiping said in the letter, If you want Dang Gui to be her female pet, you won't let her go back to the palace." Wu Tuan'er said with a smile: "Taiping has been pampered by His Majesty since she was a child, and if she sees anything good from His Majesty, she will ask His Majesty. Now I think Miss He That’s right, it’s received in my mansion again like before.”

Wu Zhao looked at Yiyi Yangliu on the shore, speechless for a long time.Song Zhaohua's people reported to Princess Taiping's every move.Not only did the family keep a lot of diners, but he also wrote notes to recommend her to her several times in a row, so as to seek officials for others.But who are those people?When he was in office, he only knew how to seize power, collect property, and raise concubines.There are a few people who want to do things but have great ambitions and talents, and the local people are full of complaints.In the end, he had to send someone to be his deputy to clean up the mess of those people.Wu Zhao is well aware of Princess Taiping's ambition.She is not afraid of her daughter, but she is a little bit sure that she will not rest on her own ambition.However, ambition is valuable, but it is also necessary to know who is available and who is not.Loyalty bears the brunt of recruiting talents, but if you don't have the ability to guard one side, you can't even protect yourself, let alone support her to make things happen. This kind of loyalty is useless.Perhaps Taiping didn't know that the people she recommended had already become empty-handed in the local area, and all the deputies she sent were in charge of the real power.

Now He Danggui is detained in the Princess Mansion.If you don't know how to do something real to win the hearts of the people, you will get angry at these superficial things... Wu Zhao shook his head.Wu Tuan'er observed the words and expressions, guessed and asked: "If Your Majesty doesn't like the princess doing this, I will send someone to the princess's mansion to pick up Miss He back." Wu Zhao shook his head: "It's not a big deal, let her make trouble. After a few days, the freshness has passed, and she sent back the angelica herself." Wu Tuan'er said with a smile, "I'm saying something disrespectful, but His Majesty doesn't seem to care about Miss He very much." Wu Zhao said with a smile: "What is this? ..." Wu Tuan'er smiled again and said, "Your Majesty, if Wan'er is changed and Taiping takes Wan'er to her house, will Your Majesty let Taiping do it?" Wu Zhao also laughed: "That's not possible. You know Wan'er's temperament, she can't bear to be angry at all, even I can't suppress her. If Taiping insists, these two people will have to fight. At that time, even if I really deal with it fairly, Wan'er will not You will blame me for being too peaceful. I don’t want to cause trouble for myself.” Thinking that since Shangguan Wan’er returned the letter unopened, I told Song Zhaohua that if there is nothing important, I don’t need to report Wan’er’s affairs to myself.As a result, there was no news of Wan'er for several months.He used to talk about going out when he was in the palace, but now that he was out of the palace, he really had fun, as if he had made her perfect.Wu Zhao frowned and began to return along the way he came.

Wu Tuan'er followed Wu Zhao, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I figured that if Your Majesty doesn't go to pick up Wan'er, Yi Wan'er's temper may not show up, and she won't come back." Wu Zhao laughed. : "Don't worry about her, she came back after playing tired. You remember that year I had someone beat her several times, and imprisoned her in Yeting for two years. Later she left the palace, and finally came back by herself. She also said that she always thinks about the palace when she is outside. She, after reading those messy books in recent years, she has lost her mind, so she wants to go out for a walk. When she is tired from playing, she will naturally feel that the palace is good, so she will come back Going to find her now, she is in high spirits, and I gave her another reason, that stubborn temper, it would be strange if she would come back obediently." He smiled and said to Wu Tuan'er, "You don't have to say anything. I always mention Wan'er in one sentence, for fear that I will forget Wan'er. Even you want to bring her back, how could I forget? It is because I have made an agreement with Wan'er that I will put some messy things in the palace in the past two years People, once they arrive in two years, I will send them out of the palace, leaving Wan'er alone." Wu Tuan'er suddenly smiled and said, "I am worrying unnecessarily. It turns out that His Majesty has already made a thorough plan. I also looked at these things around His Majesty. People, there is no one who is more determined than Wan'er to think about His Majesty and do His Majesty's best, so I always think that Wan'er will come back to accompany His Majesty soon." Wu Zhao said with a smile: "I know it in my heart. These people have mixed thoughts, why? Can be compared with my Wan'er. They and I just get what we need." The two talked and laughed as they walked back to Tongming Hall.Wu Tuan'er waited on Wu Zhao for lunch before leaving.

In the middle of the afternoon, Shangguan Wan'er returned to the Prince's Mansion from the tailor shop with the clothes to be made, and saw Fang Wuchi tidying up the yard, and asked casually, "Why did my sister think of tidying up the yard? Now that you have done it, Tomorrow, Shun'er and I will be in a mess." Fang Wuchi stood up and smiled at Shangguan Wan'er: "I'll tell you later. You go back to the house and rest for a while. There are iced watermelons in the kitchen. If you want to eat it now, you can eat it." Go get it, if you don't want to, just wait until I finish packing and eat together." Shangguan Wan'er's forehead was covered with sweat, and she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat.Fang Wuchi smiled and said: "Okay, go to the house and rest. You are so afraid of the heat, don't stand outside." Shangguan Wan'er nodded, went back to the house to put down the package, and came out to help Fang Wuchi clean up.

Fang Wuchi said helplessly: "Can't you take a good rest? There's not much going on here, and I'll clean up in a while by myself." Shangguan Wan'er didn't even raise her head: "Two people clean up faster than you alone I'm used to walking these days, and I'm not as tired as before." Fang Wuchi couldn't resist her, so he had to speed up the movements of his hands.After packing up, the two returned to the house to eat watermelon.Shangguan Wan'er dug watermelons with a spoon and asked, "Why is sister tidying up the yard?" Fang suppressed a smile and said, "Shun'er told me today that he will bring a girl to the house for lunch tomorrow." Shangguan Wan'er He stopped and looked at Fang Wuchi in surprise.Fang Wuchi smiled and nodded: "It's a girl from Mr. Cai's family who runs a private school in the village." Shangguan Wan'er also laughed: "The girl Shun'er likes probably won't be sent there." Fang Wuchi nodded: "I I met Mr. Cai a few times. He is a scholar and has a gentle and elegant temper. His girl probably has the same temperament." He said, "I asked Han Mama to buy some fresh melons and vegetables today. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it by myself tomorrow, so Wan'er Let me help." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "It's the first time a girl comes to the door, so it's appropriate to be more serious." After the two of them ate the watermelon, Fang Wuchi poured the well water over the colorful cold noodles and served them again. Give it to Shangguan Wan'er.After the meal, the two of them took a bath and went to bed, without talking all night.

The next day, the two got up early and had breakfast.Fang Wuchi was preparing ingredients in the kitchen, Shangguan Wan'er watered the flowers and plants in the yard first, and then went to clean the tables, chairs and windowsills in the main room.It was already mid-morning when I finished my work, I went to the well to wash my hands, and then went to the kitchen to help Fang Wuchi cook.When it was noon, all the dishes were ready, just waiting to be cooked.The two went back to the house to change clothes.Back in the main room, the tea was ready, and after a while, Li Guangshun came with the girl.Li Guangshun smiled and introduced them to each other.

It turned out that the girl's name was Cai Jingxing, her father was a teacher in Murakami, and her mother was a flower grower.Cai Jingxing shyly handed over the potted flowers in his bosom: "Auntie, Auntie, these are flowers grown at home. They are not expensive things, please let Auntie and Auntie keep them for fun." Fang Wuchi hurriedly took them and thanked them.It was a pot of yellow spring sword orchids.Although Chuanlan orchids are the most valuable among the spring sword orchids, Fang Wuchi has also seen many famous flowers and exotic plants, and he will give up as soon as he treats them as ordinary things.Shangguan Wan'er stretched out her hand to hold Fang Fang Wuchi's wrist, and asked Cai Jingxing while looking at it: "Jing Xing, is this Suxin Xuelan?" Cai Jingxing pursed her lips and smiled, "Auntie also knows a lot about orchids. This is indeed a spring flower. The Suxin Xuelan in the sword." Shangguan Wan'er laughed and said, "Other varieties of Chunjian may not be uncommon in Shu, but Suxin Xuelan is extremely rare. I heard that Suxin Xuelan is It is to pick out the one closest to Suxin Xuelan in a pot of white spring swords and grow it into a pot, and then pick it from inside, and pick it again and again until the real Suxin Xuelan is grown. Jingxing made this potted flower It took a lot of effort, right?" Cai Jingxing still smiled: "I just like it. Now my aunt recognized it right away, and this flower is worth the money." Li Guangshun joked aside: "Auntie, this pot of orchid What's so good about it?" Shangguan Wan'er said: "Although there are many colors of spring sword orchids, there are often variegated colors. It is not easy to grow a pot of colored spring sword root without variegation, and white spring sword root is even more extraordinary. It can be done. Suxin Xuelan is the most valuable white spring sword. The white spring sword is rare because of its pure white flower color, but the shape of flowers and leaves is no different from other spring sword orchids. The flowers are all outward. Unfolding, the leaves stretch upwards. Look at this pot of Suxin Shenlan, its petals are curled inwards, tightly wrapping the stamens inside, just like Xizi holding a heart. Its leaves grow downwards, look Does it look like a dancing beauty with slender shoulders and a slim waist? Orchids have always been known as gentlemen among flowers, but this Suxin Xuelan's nickname is a beautiful gentleman." Shangguan Wan'er was happy to speak at length, and turned her head to see Fang Wuchi nodded slightly at her, smiled inexplicably, and felt a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking.

The four of them drank tea, Li Guangshun stayed in the main room to chat with Cai Jingxing, while Shangguan Wan'er and Fang Wuchi went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.Fang Wuchi asked while pouring the sauce: "How does Wan'er know so much about orchids?" Shangguan Wan'er laughed and said, "I never study hard, I just like to work hard on these things." In fact, Shangguan Wan'er Most of what I know about flowers and plants is learned when I was a flower-growing maid in the Wuzhao Palace.At that time, she only wanted to please Wu Zhao, and Wu Zhao's casual words were regarded as imperial edicts by her.Once Wu Zhao said that she likes to put beautiful flowers on the windowsill, Shangguan Wan'er asked the gardener in the imperial garden for flower seeds, and found many books on flower cultivation, thinking of surprising Wu Zhao.Later, when she was really with Wu Zhao, Shangguan Wan'er let herself go and pestered Wu Zhao to collect strange flowers and plants with weird names for her.

Fang Wuchi shook his head: "Wan'er is not a person who doesn't study hard. I haven't read a few of the books in Xian's study for more than ten years here, but Wan'er has read almost half of the room. If Wan'er doesn't use Those who are good at studying, I am afraid that all scholars in the world should reflect on themselves." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and did not speak.When she was with Wu Zhao before, Wu Zhao was very jealous of her reading those books related to the imperial court, such as "Spring and Autumn" and "Shangshu".Although she was full of curiosity, she was afraid that Wu Zhao would be unhappy, so she had never seen it.Now that it's here, Wu Zhao can't care about it anymore. The prince's study is full of these books, so she can't help but not read them.One is that she really likes to read, and the other is that she still vaguely wants to know why Wu Zhao doesn't let her read it.Shangguan Wan'er quietly asked: "Sister, do you think this girl is like Cai?" Fang Wuchi thought for a while and said, "She is a good girl who is educated and reasonable. She is gentle with Shun'er, a carpenter, and a flower grower. What do you think?" Shangguan Wan'er laughed and said, "I like that girl very much. I see that Shun'er always looks at that girl, and I really like her." Fang Wuchi laughed at her: "I bought you with a pot of flowers. Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile: "It's my sister who doesn't know the goods. That potted flower is very valuable. This girl can raise Suxin Xuelan, she is not ordinary perseverance. Shun'er is soft-tempered, I am afraid that she will suffer from this The girl ruled her. Isn’t sister jealous?” Fang Wuchi smiled and said: “Our mother and son are suffering like this. I was ruled by Wan’er, and Shun’er also found someone to rule her…” Fang Wuchi’s words have not yet been said After finishing, Shangguan Wan'er stretched out her hand to pinch her: "How did I control you? How did I control you? It was clearly you who controlled me, and the villain sued first. I haven't complained yet, but you're calling for a thief." Fang Wuchi hastily beg for mercy.The two laughed and made a fuss, and hurriedly prepared meals.Fortunately, everything that can be prepared in advance was prepared early in the morning, and the rest was just frying in a pan. It didn't take much effort, and the table was full.

The four of them sat down around the table discussing their seniority and began to eat.After Li Guangshun picked up a few chopsticks for Cai Jingxing, Cai Jingxing tugged at his sleeve and shook his head slightly.Li Guangshun smiled and said: "Jing Xing, you don't have to worry about my mother being like other mother-in-laws. My mother is all about my aunt, so she can't care about me. She just wants someone to accompany me." Li Guangshun said so bluntly Bai, Cai Jingxing was a little embarrassed, pretending to lower his head to eat.Fang Wuchi was also quite helpless at Li Guangshun's words, and then said: "Jing Xing, you don't have to think too much. As long as you and Shun'er have a good relationship and can live a good life together, I can only look happy. But Shun'er, this kid Sometimes I'm a little ignorant, and I need you to take care of it." Cai Jingxing blushed even more, and hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and almost fell into the bowl.Shangguan Wan'er smiled and asked Cai Jingxing about growing flowers, and then changed the topic.After dinner, Cai Jingxing offered to help clean up, Fang Wuchi hurriedly held her down, and Shangguan Wan'er pouted at Li Guangshun.Li Guangshun looked at Shangguan Wan'er suspiciously.Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help laughing: "Shun'er, there are so many weird things in your study, take Jing Xing to have a look. Later, your mother and I will cut some fruits and put them in the kitchen. Remember to bring them to Jing Xing .” Then Li Guangshun dragged Cai Jingxing away.

There were guests, Fang Wuchi and Shangguan Wan'er didn't dare to take a nap, they made a pot of tea and chatted.When the sun was setting, Cai Jingxing came over and said he wanted to leave.Fang Wuchi was a little surprised: "Where is Shun'er? Why didn't he come with you?" Cai Jingxing said with a smile: "Guangshun's uncle is here, he has to accompany his uncle, so I came here by myself. Auntie doesn't need to come with me. You are welcome, my home is so close to here, so I can just go back by myself." Fang Wuchi smiled and said, "I don't need to be polite with you, but I shouldn't let you come and go back by yourself. You can have a cup of tea here and wait for me for a while. Go and come back." Cai Jingxing couldn't persuade him, so he had to sit down and drink tea.

Fang Wuchi came outside Li Guangshun's study and called him.Li Guangshun hurried out of the house: "Mother, you are here. Uncle came just now, and I was going to tell you." Fang Wuchi ignored this and asked Li Guangshun: "Jing Xing came to our house for the first time. Didn't even send it off, let her go back by herself? Did I teach you that? Even if I taught you that, she is your future wife, and you started putting on airs of a husband before she got married? Li Guangshun seemed to be really angry when watching the house, and hurriedly explained: "No, mother. Jing Xing and I are not outsiders, and her house is close to ours. I thought, uncle doesn't come often, so let her I'll go back first..." At this moment, a person lifted the curtain and came out, it turned out to be Li Sujie.He only heard him say: "Princess, you wouldn't let a village girl be Shun'er's main wife, would you? Shun'er is the eldest son of my prince's elder brother. If there were no evil people in the middle, Shun'er would be..." Fang Shi interjected: "No matter what the reason is, Shun'er is now a common man, no different from ordinary people. If he is still acting like a prince, isn't he deceiving himself?"

Li Sujie took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, that temptress has acted against her will, and the world has long since disobeyed her. I have already contacted a group of righteous men who are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and I must help Shun'er take back what belongs to him. Fang Wuchi turned to look at Li Guangshun: "Shun'er, do you think the same way? Want to take back your world?" Before Li Guangshun could answer, Li Sujie hurriedly said: "This is a confidential matter, let's not talk about it here, come back Go to the house." The three returned to Li Guangshun's study, and Fang Wuchi looked at Li Guangshun, waiting for him to speak.Li Guangshun wondered: "I don't know..." Fang Wuchi frowned and said: "You are a descendant of the prince, so I naturally have no position to ask you to be so willing to be an ordinary person. But, Shun'er, if you choose to seize On the road of the world, you and Jing Xing are no longer on the same road. You should not delay her any longer." Li Guangshun bit his lip and said, "Mother, I don't think these two things are contradictory. Even if I want to take Returning what belongs to me, I can also be Jing Xing's husband and take care of her for the rest of her life." Fang Wuchi sneered and said, "What you did was conspiracy, and the court knew that you would implicate the nine clans. Don't talk about taking care of her." For the rest of my life, it would be good if I don't hurt my life." Li Guangshun bit his lip and remained silent.Li Sujie hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, why do you want to grow others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige? Everyone in the world clearly knows that this world belongs to the Li family, and it was taken by the witch who killed brother Xian in disregard of human relations. Shun'er's rebellion is in accordance with the destiny How can such a good thing that pleases people's hearts fail?" Then he turned to Shun'er and said, "Shun'er, if you like that village girl, it will be enough to make her a concubine in the future, and it is absolutely impossible to be a regular wife. You are an upright For the king of a country, you must choose a wife from a high-ranking family to be worthy of you. Also, a man with aspirations for the world must not be blinded by these children's personal affairs. You must always remember who you are, and you must do something."

Li Guangshun frowned, unable to make a choice for a while.Fang Wuchi sighed secretly, got up and said: "I am very satisfied with seeing Jingxing today, I thought about making this marriage. Now it seems fortunate that I didn't say anything, lest you hurt others." Li Guangshun looked at Fang Wuchi Before going out, he quickly grabbed her sleeve and begged: "Mother, I really like Jing Xing." Fang Wuchi turned around and looked at him and shook his head: "Shun'er, liking in your heart is not enough. If you want to marry someone , you have to take on the responsibility of being a husband. The first responsibility of a husband is to protect his wife and prevent her from suffering from hunger and cold. Ask yourself, can you still do it after you have gone that way?" Li Guangshun lowered his head and said, "I don't have to be an emperor. It's just that I deserve it, and I haven't figured out what to do." Fang Wuchi thought that Li Guangshun was only sixteen or seventeen years old, so he wanted to do such a thing. The choice was indeed too difficult, and his tone softened: "Then let's wait until you think it over. But today, Jing Xing came to visit, and there is no reason to let him go home by himself. You send him back." Li Guangshun hurried out.Fang Wuchi said to Li Sujie: "Sujie, I know why you are here, and you also know what I think. We don't have to be perfunctory. I can't stop you if you want to come, but I definitely don't welcome you. You are more than You have ruined our peaceful life, and you still want Shun'er to think about what he has lost, causing him to go on the road of no return. Don't talk about us, just talk about yourself. Sujie, you still have a sister in Luoyang , just begging for life under that person's nose, I hope you can think about her." After finishing speaking, Li Sujie left the room without waiting for an answer.

Cai Jingxing waited for Fang Wuchi to come back, thanked her and said goodbye, and went home accompanied by Li Guangshun without mentioning it.Here, Fang Wuchi returned to the bedroom, feeling a little unhappy.Shangguan Wan'er saw that she seemed to have a stone in her heart, and hurriedly asked her what happened.Fang Wuchi taught Shangguan Wan'er the conversation between the three of them in the study.Shangguan Wan'er was silent for a while, but she didn't want to say something she didn't believe for the sake of Kuanfang Wuzhi's heart, so she followed her heart and said: "Sister, if a person really wants to do something, it is difficult for others to stop him." We can only live there. We can only hope that Shun'er can see through those vain names and cherish Jing Xing's affection." Fang Wuchi was restless in his heart, and he couldn't help being angry when he heard Shangguan Wan'er say this, and said angrily: "What the hell is Shun'er doing?" The son is not your own, and you speak so calmly, you are not worried about his life at all." Shangguan Wan'er paused slightly with her hand, and walked away.Fang Wuchi was full of worries, although he knew that the words were serious, but he was not in the mood to coax Shangguan Wan'er, and sat there frowning deeply.

In the evening, Shangguan Wan'er didn't call Fang Wuchi, she made dinner in the kitchen, sent it to Li Guangshun for two, and served Fang Wuchi another.Fang Wuchi woke up from Shangguan Wan'er's soft call, and found that he had been sitting until dark.Looking at Shangguan Wan'er's cooking, Fang Wuchi remembered what he had said in the afternoon, and said apologetically, "Wan'er, what I said..." Shangguan Wan'er covered Fang Wuchi's mouth with a smile, and said, "I know My sister is impatient, and I don’t really think so in my heart.” She puffed her mouth again, “Otherwise I wouldn’t cook for you.” Fang Wuchi held Shangguan Wan’er’s hand, sighed and said, “Fortunately, I still have Wan'er." Shangguan Wan'er looked at the house and Wu Chi still couldn't think about it, and persuaded: "Sister, we have no choice, don't we still have Jing Xing? Jing Xing may not like those things that confuse Shun Er. As long as Jing Xing's ideas are , Shun'er couldn't turn around Jing Xing, so she naturally returned to her sister's side." Fang Wuchi hummed, "I hope so." Then Shangguan Wan'er persuaded Fang Wuchi to have dinner.Seeing Fang Wuchi picked up the chopsticks to pick up vegetables, he also went to the kitchen to fill a bowl, and went back to the room to eat with Fang Wuchi.After the meal, the two of them were a little tired all day, and they didn't play any fun. They took a shower and went to bed, and they had nothing to say all night.