Chapter 7: The Crooked Neck Princess

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The next day, except for the palace guards who came to deliver two meals to Xue Shao, no one paid attention to him, as if the entire world had forgotten about him.

Xue Shao carefully recalled the memories of this period of history in his mind, and had already figured out one thing - there are not many daughters of the current emperor Li Zhi, there are only four in total. Two were born to Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, because their mother was defeated in the harem battle in her early years, so she was implicated and has been locked in the cold palace and only got married not long ago. But they were ordered by Wu Zetian not to return to Beijing; The other two daughters were both born to Wu Zetian, and one died in infancy, which also led to a historical case of "Wu Zetian killed a woman". And Li Zhi's youngest fourth daughter, the only one who is likely to stay in the palace, can only be Princess Taiping!

Thinking of this, Xue Shao smiled bitterly in his heart - I didn't expect Princess Taiping and I to meet in such a way!

…… An Xiaorou, Princess Taiping, isn't this really providential?!

In the afternoon of the same day, Princess Taiping moved from the Longshou Hall to the dormitory of the Penglai Hall of the harem. She hummed and chirped all the way, her limbs were stiff and her neck was crooked, like a vegetative person who was seriously injured and couldn't take care of herself, and with the support of several palace maids, she moved to the couch and lay down step by step.

Wu Zetian watched from the sidelines, smiling rather than smiling.

"Ouch, the crooked-necked princess is so pitiful!" Princess Taiping exaggeratedly twisted her neck and crooked her eyes, and snorted pitifully, "Queen Mother, did you order his head to be killed?" ”

Wu Zetian flicked his sleeves and drove the idle people out of the dormitory, sat down next to the master of Taiping, and said softly: "Although this person is guilty of beating you, he saved you from drowning for meritorious service." As for his crimes, there are extenuating circumstances, how can he kill them? Otherwise, the rumor will go out, and everyone in the world will say that your father and queen mother do not know what to do, and the rewards and punishments are unknown. In this way, how can you command the world? ”

"Queen Mother, you know that you have to say some great truths...... Princess Taiping cried and snorted with a trembling face, "Anyway, I won't let him go!" I'm going to get revenge! ”

Wu Zetian smiled knowingly, "Okay, after you recover, go to him for revenge." But there is a premise, you must not mistake the rules and often mess up the etiquette, let alone behave inappropriately and hurt people's lives. ”

"Mother, that's what you said?" Princess Taiping sat up suddenly, "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!" ”

Wu Zetian smiled. Looking at the quirky baby daughter in front of her who looked quite similar to her, she seemed to see her youthful appearance when she first entered the palace at the beginning of the year. At that time, he was just a talented person who was snubbed by the former emperor Li Shimin, and he stayed alone in the cold palace all day long, with boundless loneliness and cold guns and arrows in the harem.

"Sixteen or seventeen years old, the same age as a flower......" Wu Zetian did not answer Princess Taiping, got up and walked outside the hall. As he walked, he muttered to himself, "When it is like a peony, bloom!" ”

Princess Taiping looked at the background of her mother's gradual departure, and her eyes full of aura kept flickering, "What's wrong with the queen mother today?" ”

By the evening, Xue Shao had been under house arrest for a day and a night, but there was still no explanation, and he would neither release nor punish him. Xue Shao didn't panic, because he knew that if a big royal family really wanted to clean up anyone, let alone a mere "Lantian son", even if he was the prime minister of the court, then he would be charged with a crime, and a prison official would be enough to settle it. He only pondered in his heart - how should he face Princess Taiping?

According to the original plan, Xue Shao definitely didn't want to marry any princess or be a concubine, and when he entered the palace, he was disgusted by Princess Taiping to find a bad luck, and most of this trip was over. But people are not as good as heaven, Princess Taiping actually looks so similar to An Xiaorou! Moreover, his meeting with Princess Taiping is also such a ridiculous and cliché way - heroes save beauty!

Well, the point is that the hero also beat the beauty!

Xue Shao can be similar to Princess Taiping's thinking logic, in her "princess-style three views", everyone is good to her, obedient to her, worship, including dying for her, that is all right; But if someone dares to disobey her and make her angry, it is really a thousand mistakes - if they beat her, no matter what the reason, they deserve a thousand cuts!

Therefore, it was originally Xue Shao who saved the princess and was a meritorious person who should be rewarded; But now that he is under house arrest and "thinking about it", it is enough to see that someone hates him to death and beats the princess - and the person who hates him can never be the two saints of the present day who educate the world, and they cannot indiscriminately give people a handle because of this little thing. Then, it can only be an unreasonable little girl.

In later generations, there was a word called "princess disease", and Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty, who was spoiled by thousands of people, should be a serious patient of this disease.

In short, now Xue Shao has enough reason to believe that Princess Taiping will definitely not "let go" him.

At dinner, the person who came to deliver the meal was replaced by an obese young eunuch. Xue Shao saw his eyes flickering, and he woke up at that time - the person who came was not good!

"Xue Gongzi, please use". After putting down the meal, the fat eunuch was not in a hurry to leave, and was still watching.

Do you want to poison me?

Xue Shao had such a thought in his heart, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not enough. So he picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of stewed lamb tripe to taste - salty!

It's not just salty, it's like chewing salt!

Xue Shao was about to spit it out on the spot, but the fat eunuch said, "Don't be rude, son, this is the Lord's reward." ”

Needless to say, Xue Shao also understood who the "lord" in the little eunuch's mouth was. It seems that the other dishes and drinks don't need to be tasted, they must be all pranks.

So, Xue Shao swallowed this piece of stewed lamb tripe raw and said, "I'm full." ”

"That's not going to work. The lord has instructed that the prince must finish this meal in order to show the prince's loyalty to the monarch and the country. The fat eunuch said.

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die", this is the biggest "truth" that exists in the world today, and there is no need to discuss!

Xue Shao didn't say a word, and took a big bite to eat. In the past, when they lived in the wild in the primeval jungle, rats and roe mantis had to be swallowed raw, what is this? The only thing that made him a little uncomfortable was that the teapot was not filled with tea, but old vinegar that was so sour that it made people cry.

Like a whirlwind, Xue Shao finished eating. The fat eunuch was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Later, after the fat eunuch left, Xue Shao vomited out what he had just eaten, and then found some fresh water to rinse his mouth and stomach. He thought to himself: Princess Taiping, this is clear that she wants to repay me! …… After all, it's a little girl's family, what kind of means can you use out of the ordinary, let's use it together!

In the Penglai Palace, Princess Taiping and the friends around her were stunned!

"Did he really finish eating?" Princess Taiping's mouth turned into a circle, and she could no longer close it.

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, not only did he finish eating, but he also enjoyed eating very much." The fat eunuch replied.

"Is this person a monster?" Princess Taiping blinked her eyes a few times, and was just about to tilt her neck habitually, when she suddenly felt a pain, "Oops! Hurt!! ”

"Call the Imperial Doctor!" Left and right hurriedly shouted.

"No need." Princess Taiping waved her hand and said angrily, "This palace really can't understand, why does the queen mother protect this hateful man?" She's always been responsive to my needs—have you found out the details of that man? ”

Left and right hurriedly replied, and roughly told Princess Taiping about Xue Shao's origin.

"No wonder the queen mother protects him, it turns out that he is still a relative of the imperial family...... Princess Taiping said suddenly, "This palace also seems to remember that there is such a relative, but I have never seen it." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly replied: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, this person has been degraded to another state with his family since he was a child, and he has only returned to live in Guannai in recent years. ”

"No wonder." Princess Taiping muttered and touched her aching neck, "No, I don't understand my hatred!" Even if the queen mother is not allowed to hurt his life, then the palace will beat his neck! - Come up with ideas! ”

A group of eunuchs and palace maids pondered for a while, and a seemingly clever little eunuch said an idea to let Xue Shao participate in the "corner arrival".

Kakutoshi is wrestling, also known as sumo, and later spread to Japan and became their national quintessence. It is the same as polo, juju, tug-of-war, and fighting, which is a kind of sports activity that is now popular in the Tang court.

Princess Taiping's eyebrows fluttered, "Okay, you guys hurry up and find a few powerful horns to fight sumo and beat his neck!" - The main shrine is to come and see it in person! ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the villain has seen him with his own eyes, but he is just a pampered and weak appearance, and he will definitely have no power to restrain the chicken." The fat eunuch who delivered the meal said flatteringly, "The villain even thinks that he doesn't have to go to the corner team and sumo wrestling booth to find someone, just call a strong eunuch to make a move, and he can hit his neck with his hand." In this way, it can ruin his prestige even more! ”

"Very good! Zhu Weimei, then you can go! Remember that your name of 'beauty' was taken by this palace, don't embarrass this palace at that time! Princess Taiping clapped her hands and said with a smile, "If you win, you will be rewarded, and if you lose, you will be buried!" ”

The fat eunuch Zhu Weimei was stunned on the spot: My mouth is too cheap!