Princess Taiping's mansion is busy.

It is not easy for such a large family to travel for a long vacation. In addition to Xue Shao's wife and concubines, there were also forty or fifty swordsmen and honor guards from the princess's mansion, as well as more than 30 people such as Guo An, Wu Ming, and Duan Feng, who returned from Bingzhou. Together with cooks, grooms, handymen, eunuchs and maidservants, the total number was no less than 200.

It took three days to prepare for the big and small matters before they were properly arranged.

Before leaving, Xue Shao and Princess Taiping went to the palace to bid farewell to Wu Zetian, and happened to meet Wu Zetian again to meet the minister to discuss state affairs. So Princess Taiping stayed and waited, and Xue Shao went to the official office to explain some things to Yao Yuanchong.

Princess Taiping waited for a moment and met Shangguan Wan'er coming back from outside.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Princess Taiping said, "Wan'er, after I leave Beijing, can you do me a favor?" ”

"The princess has an order, and Wan'er must obey it." Shangguan Wan'er replied.

Princess Taiping smiled: "It's not a big deal. We traveled far away with our family, and the princess's mansion had its own officials and miscellaneous servants left behind, but there was no one to take care of it at the Zhao Guogong Mansion. If you have time, you might as well take a look and take a look. Ideally, you can ask your mother to come and stay with you for a few days. This house is empty and unpopular, but it is easy to rot. ”

"Wan'er is happy to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess. In the morning and evening, if you have free time, you must go to the house to take care of it. Shangguan Wan'er readily agreed.

"Thank you!"

After that, Xue Shao and his wife said goodbye to Wu Zetian together and returned home. Early the next morning, he left home with a mighty team and headed for Chang'an, Xijing.

Traveling with your family is a very personal thing. But since it was Xue Shao and Princess Taiping who did it, there was a voice of speculation from the government and the opposition. Many people don't understand, now that Wu Chengsi is pressing forward step by step, pointing directly at the East Palace, Li Tang's old ministers are fighting and refusing to give an inch, and the two sides are fighting back and forth, and the winners and losers alternately have each dead and wounded. At this juncture where the struggle in court politics is the most intense, how could Xue Shao leave behind the army and the government and travel away with his family?

There is also Princess Taiping, although she has never been directly involved in court politics, but her relationship with the empress has always been very close, and no one knows how much influence she has brought to the empress in private. Wasn't she the one who initiated the case that Song Zhi asked before? Song Zhiwen is a royal literati whom the empress admires, or a close henchman and confidant of Wu Chenghe, even if he is the prime minister of the dynasty, he does not dare to provoke him easily. But Princess Taiping's jade hand turned over and took chestnuts from the fire, and in an instant, she made his head fall to the ground and left a stench for 10,000 years.

Is this kind of energy idle?

Seeing Song Zhiwen's death, many people couldn't help but think of Zhang Zhiwen's death many years ago. It is also murder, but the difference is that one is reckless and ignorant and instigated, and the other is a master-level scheming method.

Today's Princess Taiping, who else dares to ignore it?

The couple chose to leave the capital at this time, what did they think about and what were their plans?

Xue Shao and Princess Taiping went to play happily, leaving behind them not only a row of ruts, but also a number of mysteries and speculations.

Shangguan Wan'er, as in the past, worked by the empress's side during the day, and returned home at night to read and write poems to accompany her mother.

Life is the same as it always is, as if nothing has changed. But Shangguan Wan'er was in a trance for several days, she couldn't read books and write poems, and there were several typos in her edict to the empress. If it weren't for the Kudi clan finding out in time and reminding her to change, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape the empress's reprimand and punishment.

Shangguan Wan'er felt that she was unprecedentedly upset. Somewhere in my heart seems to be empty, and there is even a chaotic illusion of losing a loved one.

"Actually, what is the difference between him in Xijing Lantian and in the Shendu Princess's Mansion?"

"Even when he traveled thousands of miles, I didn't miss it too much."

"But why, do I feel so sick now?"

Shangguan Wan'er asked herself repeatedly, but she never got an answer.

Anyone who knows Shangguan Wan'er praises her for her outstanding talent and intelligence. But at this moment, she suddenly felt that she was stupid. Knowing that he already has Princess Taiping, knowing that he and he will not have a complete future, knowing that he is the one he should not fall in love with.

Why, do you fall deeper and deeper?

"My intellect, my cleverness, even my cunning, my delicacy...... Where did they all die? ”

Xue Shao has been gone for more than ten days.

On this day, after Shangguan Wan'er and Kudi had finished processing a batch of concerts, the empress suddenly said: "Wan'er, there will be a suburban ceremony in three days, and all departments of the imperial court are actively preparing. I don't want anything to go wrong, so you go and inspect the good life in my place. But if there is a reason, report it immediately. ”

"Obey." Shangguan Wan'er solemnly promised.

"Suburbs" were the most important religious and political ceremonies of the feudal dynasty. The Son of Heaven completed the "Jedi Tiantong" and the gods through the southern suburbs to worship the heavens, the northern suburbs to sacrifice the land, and the five suburbs to worship the five emperors, so as to achieve the supreme purpose of the divine authority of the monarch. Especially since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this kind of sacrifice to heaven and earth has become a symbol of the change of dynasty. Wu Zetian had just changed Tang to Zhou and ascended the throne as emperor, and the importance of this matter is self-evident.

Wu Zetian looked at Shangguan Wan'er, "I see that you don't look good, you must be overworked." Take advantage of this opportunity to get out of the palace, you might as well go and have a relaxing tour. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is not tired at all." Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly said, "It is the duty of a minister to share worries for His Majesty. ”

"No need to defend yourself." Wu Zetian smiled and said, "I didn't mean to blame you. I just hope that you can take care of your body and keep your spirits up, so that you can serve me better. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little worried, and said in her heart that I have really gone crazy recently, and even His Majesty can see that something is wrong with me. No one is irreplaceable, and there are hundreds of people in this inner court who want to replace me. If I go on like this, I really can't do it!

So Shangguan Wan'er also planned to take advantage of the two days to relax and adjust her mood.

After leaving the imperial study, Shangguan Wan'er went to say goodbye to her mother, called a few eunuchs and maids to leave the palace, and first went to the suburbs to inspect the site.

No one in the Manchu Dynasty knew the importance of this outskirts, and they did not dare to be careless. Therefore, Shangguan Wan'er had nothing to do at all, and the empress just found an excuse to let her out of the palace to relax. In the evening, the waiters around me came to ask if they were going to the post house to collapse?

Shangguan Wan'er frowned, she had stayed in the post house many times in the past when she went out of the palace on errands, but she was inevitably harassed by many ministers and officials, which annoyed her. At this time, she thought of Princess Taiping's instructions before leaving, so she decided to go to the Zhao Guogong Mansion to stay, which was really a lot of money.

Princess Taiping obviously left a message, so several maids and eunuchs who stayed in the Zhao State Mansion respected Shangguan Wan'er very much and regarded her as the master. Shangguan Wan'er walked around the mansion casually and took a look, and everything was fine. Then her eyes fell on the painting boat that Xue Shao often used to fish.

She couldn't help but feel a move in her heart, why don't I also try to go boating in Luoshui and drift with the waves, there must be a different kind of feeling, right?

So she walked over to the side of the boat, "Is there anyone?" ”

The four fishing eagles walked out of the cabin and clasped their fists in unison, "What does Yuzheng command?" ”

Seeing these four men, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little panicked. She knew that none of the sailors on this ship were idle people, they were either heroes who once roamed the green forest, or top assassins who killed like horses.

At this moment when Shangguan Wan'er hesitated, one of them stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "Don't panic, the master once said that seeing the emperor is like seeing the master." Yuzheng but there is a rebuke just give an order, I will wait to go to the soup and die without giving up! ”

With that, the four of them bowed down on one knee together.

Shangguan Wan'er blinked her eyes and was slightly fixed in her heart, "I want to go boating out of the mansion and drift down the river, is it okay?" ”

"Please board the boat!" The osprey lowered its wide, thick sampan.

Shangguan Wan'er thought to herself, these four men must be quite dangerous. But I can trust him, and his people will not harm me!

So she emboldened herself, leaving the eunuch and the maid alone on the boat.

The boat quickly set off, sailed away from the Zhao State Mansion, and floated on the Luoshui. Shangguan Wan'er stood on the deck, facing the cold and moist river breeze, looking at the vast Luoshui, and her mood was really much more relaxed.

It was getting dark soon, the osprey took up the lantern, and the boat had floated to the middle of the water. Although she was generally at ease, Shangguan Wan'er always felt uncomfortable with four men around her. So she ordered the ship to drop anchor and stop the boat, and said to the osprey, "I want to be alone here all night." Can you take the boat and retreat first, and then come back tomorrow to sail the boat? ”

"Yes!" The four ospreys clenched their fists and jumped into the water in a neat manner.

Shangguan Wan'er was startled, "The spring water is cold!" ……”

As the name suggests, the osprey is gone.

Shangguan Wan'er's heart beat for a while and gradually calmed down, and she couldn't help but whisper to herself: "There are many such capable people around him. The scouts of Shuozhou, the ospreys of Luoyang, different origins and identities, the same extraordinary skills! ”

It was dark, and the full moon hung brightly in the sky. It was silent, and only the sound of the river lapping against the hull could be heard.

Shangguan Wan'er stood quietly at the bow of the boat for a long time, as if she was thinking about a lot of things, but she didn't seem to think about anything. Gradually, she felt a little cold on her body, so she went back to the cabin bedroom to find a dress to put on.

Once she went in here once, she saw Xue Shao sleeping on his back in a big word, and the quilt was all lifted to the side. The sleeping appearance was very ugly, like a naughty and restless child.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help laughing, and when she looked for it, she found the white fox in the wardrobe that Xue Shao had once draped over her body to fish.

White foxes are very rare, and this fox fur is actually made of a handful of white hair under the armpits of many foxes. Needless to say, luxury is not necessarily something that money can buy.

Shangguan Wan'er took it out, and it felt unusually soft and comfortable. Draped on his body, he can vaguely smell the unique smell of his body.

This made Shangguan Wan'er feel very happy. It was as if it had fallen into his arms.

Putting on a fox fur, Shangguan Wan'er returned to the deck.

It was still dark, and the moon seemed bigger and rounder. Luo Shui's voice beat rhythmically and gently, like a lullaby.

Shangguan Wan'er came to the place where he and Xue Shao sat and talked about things that day.

He said that he often abandoned his subordinates, let the boat drift down the river, and then lay alone on this deck to sleep. What would that feel like? ”

Shangguan Wan'er slowly lay down, and the silver-white moonlight fell on her body like substance. She stared at the sky for a long time, feeling as if she was the only one left in the world.

"I am in your boat, in your clothes, and lying where you once laid. Looking at you, the night sky and moonlight that I have ever seen. ”

"But I can't imagine what you look like at the moment."

"When did I engrave your name into my bone marrow?"

"When did I learn to be sad because of you?"

The sky gradually blurred, and Shangguan Wan'er closed her eyes. Two tears slipped quietly from the corners of her eyes and landed on the deck as lightly as pearls.

She wished she could sleep like this, in the moonlight, where he had slept.

Long.

A pair of feet, wearing a pair of white socks, walked to Shangguan Wan'er's side as silently.

She didn't even notice it until he sat down beside him.

She sat up, her eyes wide in panic. His eyes were bloodshot red.

He turned his head to look at her, a smile on his face, gilded with a gentle layer of moonlight.

"You promised me that you will not weep again.".

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