Luoyang, East Palace.

From the first day of Wu Zetian's establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the East Palace was a sensitive and eventful place. The imperial heir Li Dan has lived in the East Palace for many years, never spent a day in peace, and later even his beloved concubine disappeared without a trace.

After the return of Li Xian, the king of Luling, he was made the prince and lived in the East Palace, but he was also in a panic all day, and he didn't dare to make friends with anyone on weekdays, and the East Palace has always been very deserted.

But half a month ago, the crown prince Li Xian, who has always been like a mouse and a cat, actually developed a rat gut and entered the palace to raise a matter to the empress, saying that he wanted to celebrate the birthday of the crown princess.

The Empress agreed.

After Li Xian returned to the East Palace, not only did he not dare to believe it, but his legs were still trembling, and he was severely ridiculed by the crown princess Wei Xiang'er, saying that he was a frightened bird without courage and no strategy. The prince was shocked and asked, do you expect His Majesty to agree? Wei Xiang'er said, the emperor has the same name, your mother, you definitely don't want the world to see her as a mother-in-law who is both mean and petty.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been sensitive, and the emperor's family is also vulgar. The empress is so famous, even if she is full of suspicions, she will not veto, this is Wei Xiang'er's grasp.

So today's East Palace, the guests are like carp and lively, and the carriages of ministers and ministers are endless. specially came to celebrate the birthday of the crown princess Wei Xianger.

In addition to the wedding ceremony of the children of Li Wu's two families who had just returned from the previous Luling King, this is the only "grand event" held by the East Palace so far. The ministers came with their own thoughts, but one thing they knew was clear: the current prince is cowardly and cowardly, and he didn't expect his wife to dare to openly gather with the ministers in such an extraordinary period, and he is really a bold and unafraid lord!

Because of this, many ministers only sent their wives to congratulate them in order to avoid suspicion, which makes sense from the perspective of etiquette. But there are also many ministers who came in person, and the drunkards did not mean to drink, they all had the courage to come close to the prince. has always been rich and dangerous, although the prince is currently in a weak position, but it is precisely because of this that it is even more "strange and livable". If it really comes to the day when the crown prince ascends the throne as the emperor, I am afraid it will be too late.

Therefore, this princess's birthday banquet is like a big gamble. Some people jumped into the jam with all their net worth and wanted to make a life-and-death gamble, while others had to come because of their feelings, and they only watched the excitement when they came, and they wouldn't bet a penny. Of course, there will be some people who not only come with a large amount of gambling money, but also plan in their hearts to take the entire casino for themselves.

For example, Wu Sansi.

Another example, Shangguan Wan'er.

It is not unusual for Wu Sansi to come, the crown princess is his own mother, and the empress has also told him many times to ask him to be close to the East Palace to ensure that after the death of the empress, the martial family still does not lose power. Therefore, in public and private, Wu Sansi must come today.

Shangguan Wan'er's appearance was greatly unexpected by most people.

Princess Taiping was placed under house arrest by the empress in the harem, which is a well-known thing. It is no secret that a series of recent events have pushed Xue Shao and Princess Taiping to the forefront. Under this situation, Shangguan Wan'er dared to appear in the East Palace openly, I have to say that this woman is really bold!

As soon as Shangguan Wan'er got out of the carriage, Wei Xiang'er hurriedly greeted her in person.

"The crown princess greeted her personally, and Wan'er was terrified." Shangguan Wan'er gave a generous salute.

"Mrs. Shangguan is here, and the East Palace is full of splendor." Wei Xiang'er was secretly overjoyed in her heart, this was really unexpected!

How simple Shangguan Wan'er is, Wei Xiang'er knows very well in her heart.

The Shangguan family has long been a famous family in Guanzhong, and Shangguan Yi, the prime minister of Longshuo, and his son Shangguan Tingzhi were both famous in the world. This greatly satisfies the marriage selection criteria of the current magnates, so there have long been voices within the Xue family, saying that if there is no royal marriage, Shangguan Wan'er is the most suitable wife for Xue Shao.

Over the years, the "love story" about Xue Shao and Shangguan Wan'er has also spread all over the streets and alleys inside and outside the capital. Some say that Xue Shao burned all the peach blossoms in the mountains in northern Xinjiang, leaving a branch alone to give Wan'er; Some people also say that Xue Shao made great achievements in the world, just in exchange for Shangguan Wan'er's free body, and he didn't want any other rewards.

Heroes love beauties and don't care about themselves.

Crazy men and women are overwhelmed by it, and literati and writers praise it endlessly.

Shangguan Wan'er's image in the folk is probably like this.

But these are not important to Wei Xiang'er at all.

Under the circumstances of Xue Shao's departure from Beijing and Princess Taiping's house arrest, Shangguan Wan'er was the spokesperson of Xue Shao and even the entire Xue group in the capital.

That's all that matters.

Because of this, Shangguan Wan'er's appearance really shocked many people, such as Wu Sansi.

Putting aside his covetousness for Shangguan Wan'er in his early years, Xue Shao's spokesperson in the capital actually appeared in the East Palace today without avoiding suspicion, which must be a very important signal.

Immediately afterwards, another unexpected person appeared, Zhang Yizhi!

Zhang Yizhi is the face of the empress, and he has long been made public to the government and the opposition. In other words, he is also the empress's current spokesperson in the court!

Not long ago, Zhang Yizhi killed Xue Shao's henchman Guo An.

Immediately afterwards, the thirteen veterans bloodied the five families of the Zhang family.

Zhang Xue's hatred is not shared!

However, today, Xue Shao's concubines Shangguan Wan'er and Zhang Yizhi are here......

The situation in the East Palace suddenly became very delicate and very tense.

Fortunately, all of us are people who have seen the world and pay attention to etiquette. Even if the killing intent in his heart was already boiling, there was only a smile on his face. Except for congratulating the crown princess on her birthday, nothing else is discussed.

Therefore, the atmosphere at the banquet was quite harmonious. At least on the surface.

The crown princess Wei Xiang'er is certainly the core figure. Accompanied by the crown prince, she kept accepting toasts and thanking the guests, and thanked them very earnestly.

Shangguan Wan'er held the banquet, watching Wei Xiang'er's appearance and laughter, and infinite contempt and sympathy rose in her heart.

The reason for his disdain is that Wei Xiang'er is really a bad master who has too great ambition and too poor ability. But she still thinks that Wen Taowu is omnipotent.

Sympathy is because the East Palace is really weak at the moment, Wei Xiang'er is anxious to let the prince get up, everyone wants to win over everyone wants to tie up, this is why there is an embarrassing situation in the same scene today, Wu Sansi, Zhang Yizhi and Shangguan Wan'er are on the same scene, and it is not difficult to see the sad situation of the East Palace. But politics has always been a matter of life and death, and no one has ever been able to really do it without being offended. Therefore, the embarrassment in front of you can easily turn into a big disaster, and it is even easier to hurt the innocent.

Don't forget, there's an empress on it!

Thinking of this, a chill flashed in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes. Heaven is evil, and it is still violated; Do not be guilty of your own iniquity. Wei Xiang'er, if it weren't for your deliberate pretentiousness today, I wouldn't have found a chance to push the East Palace to a desperate situation for a while. If it weren't for being in the absolute, your East Palace wouldn't have been willing to cooperate with me sincerely. So, whatever happens next, don't blame me for being vicious. Shangguan Wan'er just followed the trend; You, Wei Xiang'er, are the gravediggers of the East Palace!

At this moment, Wei Xiang'er and the crown prince had already arrived at Shangguan Wan'er's table. Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly got up and toasted, then motioned for Wei Xiang'er to step aside, and said in a low voice, "Please change the princess's clothes." ”

The voice was not loud or small, just enough for the prince and a few people next to him to hear. These people all turned a blind eye...... Women meet to go to the toilet, who dares to pay attention to the old man?

Wei Xiang'er not only doubted him, but also secretly delighted, Shangguan Wan'er took the initiative to get close to me!

So in front of everyone's eyes, Wei Xiang'er and Shangguan Wan'er disappeared above the banquet together.

Many people secretly exclaimed in their hearts: The crown princess, she really dared to die with one hand!

Wu Sansi and Zhang Yizhi's eyes were even brighter, and they avoided the table and went to discuss in private, what are your plans?!

In fact, Shangguan Wan'er called Wei Xiang'er out, and she really didn't plan to have any special plots. After changing clothes, Shangguan Wan'er excused herself that she was a little dizzy because she couldn't drink, and wanted to find a place to rest for a while. Wei Xiang'er, as the proprietor, was interested in making friends, so she stayed and sat down in the courtyard with Shangguan Wan'er, and just chatted with the parents for a short time.

But after all, Wei Xiang'er was thinking about the full house, and after sitting for a while, she asked Shangguan Wan'er to go back with her, but Shangguan Wan'er said that her head was even more dizzy, and she just wanted to stay here alone to rest. Wei Xiang'er was in a dilemma, so she had to stay here and continue chatting with Shangguan Wan'er.

After more than half an hour, even the crown prince Li Xian felt that it was rude for the crown princess to go too long, so he sent his eldest son Li Chongrun to look for someone.

Li Chongrun is the only biological son of Li Xian and Princess Wei, and the eldest grandson of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian. His birth made Gaozong Li Zhi very happy, and he made him the emperor's grandson. Later, Li Chongrun was exiled to Luling with his parents, and was just named King Shao after his return.

Li Chongrun easily found his mother and Shangguan Wan'er in the courtyard behind the palace, and stepped forward to gently persuade his mother to return to the banquet.

Wei Xiang'er finally met a savior, and Shangguan Wan'er no longer forced him to stay, but invited Li Chongrun, the king of Shao, and said that she wanted to read the recent poems of the king of Shao.

As we all know, Shangguan Wan'er is extraordinary, and her poetry is outstanding, especially good at appreciating poetry and writing, "weighing the corporal of the world". Shao Wang Li Chongrun happens to be a typical Tang Dynasty literary youth, who loves literature and poetry. If his poems can be evaluated by Shangguan Wan'er, it is undoubtedly a great blessing. So he rushed back to his residence to get the poem and handed it to Shangguan Wan'er.

This tasting of poetry passed nearly half an hour.

Shangguan Wan'er felt that the heat was almost over, so she took the poem in her hand and returned to the banquet with Li Chongrun, the king of Shao.

At the moment when she entered the room around the corner, Shangguan Wan'er clearly felt that almost everyone in the room turned their eyes to her, and the scene was abruptly quiet for a few minutes.

Shao Wang Li Chongrun was suddenly uneasy.

Shangguan Wan'er was calm, raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Yizhi, inexplicably smiled at him.

Almost all the guests in the room saw this smile.

Zhang Yizhi's heart tightened, why did the demon woman laugh at me? …… Could it be that you have just set up a plot to kill me?!

After the banquet dispersed, Zhang Yizhi's first one left the banquet and rushed to the palace in a car.

Shangguan Wan'er, accompanied by Wei Xiang'er, slowly walked out of the banquet hall, looked at Zhang Yizhi's carriage from a distance, and sneered in her heart.

My Shangguan Wan'er's smile, except for Xue Shao, there is no man who can bear it.

With this smile, I want to make the East Palace turn the sky upside down and the court shake.

With this smile, I will dig a grave for you Zhang Yizhi!