Hearing the name Yuan Tiangang, Xue Shao's first reaction was quite surprised, and he immediately thought of a rumor that has been widely spread in history - Chaotianguan and Wangyunpu.

Specifically, Yuan Tiangang once faced Wu Zetian, who was a boy when he was a child, and said, "If this son is a woman, he should be the lord of the world."

Whether this is deliberately fabricated by someone to welcome the empress after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, or it is true in history, in short, "looking at Yunpu from the sky" is not groundless. Moreover, it is indeed true that Yuan Tiangang and Wu Zetian's father have old friends. But counting the age, Yuan Tiangang should have long been gone.

So Xue Shao said: "Won't it? Isn't Yuan Tiangang supposed to have ...... already a long time ago?"

"That's right, Yuan Tiangang has been dead for many years." Wu Zetian said, "But the demon is indeed his next-generation disciple. ”

"How?" Xue Shao was puzzled.

Wu Zetian smiled and said softly: "Yuan Tiangang is gone, but he left many codexes and books, which have always been secretly collected by the inner court of the Tang Dynasty and have never been announced to the public. ”

Xue Shao was a little surprised, Yuan Tiangang actually left a "martial arts" cheat in the inner court?

Thinking of Yuan Tiangang's famous name, Wu Zetian is more "superstitious" like everyone in the Tang Dynasty, coupled with the rumored mysterious connection between Yuan Tiangang and Wu Zetian, Xue Shao thinks that those "martial arts cheats" will be Wu Zetian himself, privately sent someone to secretly collect and collect?

"Those things left by Yuan Tiangang have been seen by this palace in person." Wu Zetian said, "But it's too mysterious and mysterious, obscure. The palace has been looking at it for many years, but it is still confused and has found nothing. ”

"The demon understands?" Xue Shao asked in surprise.

Wu Zetian smiled, "If there is still one person in this world who can understand, then she must be a natural genius like You'er." ”

"This ...... How can it be? Xue Shao was surprised, "Although You'er has an unexpected magical talent, she doesn't know metaphysics after all. How can she learn without a mentor? ”

"Aren't you her mentor?" Wu Zetian said with a smile.

"Me?" Xue Shao smiled bitterly, "I don't understand metaphysics either!" ”

"Have you forgotten that you borrowed Pharmacist Li's military book from Wu Chenghei and copied the Qiang Ji at night in the Yixin Palace?" Wu Zetian said, "What the demon carried for you is the Qimen Dunjia chapter in the "Mirror of the Six Armies". Since then, the demon has been obsessed with metaphysics. She began to teach herself astronomy and geography, and practiced the strange techniques of looking at qi and stargazing. When she didn't understand something, she would go to the Taishi Bureau to ask Si Tianjian's people for advice. One comes and goes...... Si Tianjian's people are not as good as her. ”

"......" Xue Shao was stunned.

"Since then, Wangsendai has a real fairy." The corners of Wu Zetian's mouth rose slightly, revealing a mysterious and reassuring smile, "This fairy can be lucky and lucky, and he can see the Yellow Spring at a glance, and break the destiny of heaven in one word!" ”

Xue Shao was a little stunned and speechless. Even if Wu Zetian is superstitious, she is also a person who has seen the world, and she doesn't know how many high-ranking monks and immortals she has been in contact with in the past few decades. Now she gave such an exaggerated evaluation of the demon...... Xue Shao suddenly felt that he didn't know so much about the demon!

"Destiny. Destiny. Wu Zetian looked into the distance and chanted these two words softly.

Xue Shao suddenly came back to his senses - the number of Heavenly Destiny Qi, this is the focus and core of what she called me today!

"The destiny is in the heroine, and the artifact belongs to the Wu family. However, Li Tang's gas is not exhausted, and he will prosper in the next life. The demon's voice suddenly came from behind him, and Xue Shao and Wu Zetian turned back sharply at the same time.

The demon who was smiling happily was holding a porcelain urn in his hand, and was suddenly glared at by two people like Xue Shao and Wu Zetian, who were not ordinarily powerful, and were stunned on the spot. As soon as his hand slipped, the porcelain urn shattered and splashed all over the ground. At the same time, there was a small four-legged thing on the ground.

A small turtle.

The three of them stood like stone sculptures, leaving only a small turtle crawling away on the ground.

"Childish words are unscrupulous." Xue Shao said in a calm tone as much as possible, "Please don't blame the Queen Mother." ”

Wu Zetian also quickly changed his expression and smiled faintly, "You'er, your Doudou is about to escape." ”

The demon also came back to his senses instantly, shouted "Doudou, Doudou", and went to the ground to catch the little turtle.

"Still not helping?" Wu Zetian let out a low shout, and several eunuchs above the altar hurriedly ran forward, wiping the floor and catching turtles.

After they were done, they invited the demon very tacitly, saying that they would find another small urn for her to raise beans.

Xue Shao and Wu Zetian were still standing on the railing, but the atmosphere was much more serious than at the beginning.

Some window paper, just can't be pierced. Even if everyone knows it, once it is pierced, the nature of the matter will change drastically.

Xue Shao felt that this was the case right now.

"Destiny. Destiny. Wu Zetian whispered these two words again.

"The destiny is in the heroine, and the artifact belongs to the Wu family. However, Li Tang's gas is not exhausted, and he will prosper in the next life. Xue Shao repeated the words of the demon once, then paused for a moment and asked, "Queen Mother, do you believe it?" ”

"......" Wu Zetian was silent.

"Minister's letter."

Wu Zetian suddenly turned his head to look at Xue Shao, his eyes shining like a dragon torch, and his power was extremely compelling.

Xue Shao responded to her without evasion, and said lightly: "The minister really believes it." ”

"Hongu, don't believe it!" Wu Zetian turned his face away, and his expression returned to calm.

Xue Shao didn't know if she believed the first half of the sentence, or the second half, or Yang or all of them. In short, there is no need to break the casserole to ask this question to the end, unless you are also as innocent and innocent as you can be a demon.

Silence, for a long time.

"Everyone has a destiny given by God." Wu Zetian suddenly opened his mouth.

Xue Shao nodded.

"I've always challenged my fate, and I've never stopped." Wu Zetian took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, "I have never failed!" ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned, that's right, she could indeed afford to say such a thing. Since she entered the palace as a teenager, she has been challenging fate, breaking and overthrowing everything that binds and suppresses her, including the traditions, theories, rules, and even divine monarchy that have been passed down in the land of China for thousands of years!

Xue Shao couldn't help but take a few deep glances at the woman in front of him, putting aside her successes and failures and the praise and disapproval of her by later generations, Wu Zetian is indeed a "transcendental" person with courage and talent-bull!

"I admire you." Xue Shao said something sincere.

Wu Zetian turned his face and smiled.

Xue Shao could see that she was sincerely smiling once.

"Chengyu, do you know why this palace brought you here?" Wu Zetian suddenly asked, "Except for visiting the demon." ”

"Destiny, number of gas." Xue Shao breathed a sigh of relief, "It shouldn't be the first time that the demon has said such things to the Queen Mother." ”

"Her heart is very clean, she has no desires, no scruples, and even a little dust of the world. That's what I like most about her. Wu Zetian said, "Ordinary astrologers, whether they have real talent or indiscriminate numbers, like to make mysterious and vague words, and say that the heavenly opportunity should not be revealed, so they let others guess and guess." The demon is different, what she sees is what she sees. Whether it's bad luck or good fortune, she is all outspoken. ”

Xue Shao could hear it, but in fact, Wu Zetian also believed what the demon said.

"The minister knows, what did the queen mother call the minister to do."

Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows slightly with interest, "Let's hear it?" ”

"Those who follow the heavens prosper, and those who go against the heavens die." Xue Shao said eight words.

Wu Zetian smiled again, "Xue Shao, this is not your character. ”

"Character?" Wu Zetian's words made Xue Shao slightly stunned, "Queen Mother, the minister has never known what kind of character he is. ”

"You are very patient, but you are not weak. You have been working hard against fate, and you will never compromise easily. Wu Zetian smiled slightly, "It's like this palace." ”

"......" Xue Shao was speechless, and his expression suddenly froze. If it weren't for her words, I really wouldn't have thought that I would be the same kind as her - we are the same as God-sent original sin and the shackles of fate, and then we need to spend a lifetime fighting against it!

"What people like us really care about may not be the final verdict of the coffin, but a never-turning back without a sense of guilt." Wu Zetian is like chanting poetry, and he seems to be talking to himself, "The struggle against fate, or there is no victory or defeat, only until death." ”

"There is no winning or losing, only rest until death." Xue Shao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "The minister agrees." ”

"There are no kings and ministers here, not even elders and youngers." Wu Zetian said, "I hope to hear some of your voices from the heart." Although I know that you are very forbearing. Even Taiping feels that you always have a lot of things to hide from her. You've been hiding from everybody. ”

Xue Shao understood Wu Zetian's intentions. The words that the demon said were too appropriate for the situation, and they pierced the window paper that should not be pierced. So there was this round, the biggest test of Wu Zetian's loyalty and ambition...... The innocent little demon child has become Wu Zetian - nursery!

"If you don't want to say it, I won't force it on you." Wu Zetian said lightly.

"I suddenly remembered someone."

"Who?"

Xue Shao said: "Pei Yan." ”

Wu Zetian was slightly stunned, "Why?" ”

"Pei Yan wanted to see me by name before he was sentenced, so I went to see him once." Xue Shao said, "We said something inconsequential, nothing more than each other's verbal sneering, I don't remember much." But one word that came out of his mouth made a deep impression on me. ”

"Which one?"

"Ideal country." Xue Shao said, "In Pei Yan's heart, there is an ideal country. I, perhaps, also - Queen Mother, you must have too. ”

Wu Zetian was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly, "It's a pity that Pei Yan's ideal country can't have my existence." ”

"That's right." Xue Shao did not deny it, and said, "Since then, I have been thinking about what my ideal kingdom should look like? ”

"Have you figured it out by now?" Wu Zetian asked.

Xue Shao smiled slightly and shook his head, "I may not be able to figure out this question in my life." ”

"Why?" In Wu Zetian's expression, a rare curiosity appeared.

"Because I have never been able to construct what that ideal country should look like." Xue Shao said, "Whether it is the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors mentioned in the book, or the unforeseeable future of thousands of years, it is too ethereal and unpredictable for me. All I can grasp is now. So I hope that this country ...... Better every day! ”

Wu Zetian smiled, this time, he smiled even more sincerely than last time.

"Xue Shao, this is exactly what I Wu Cao has in my heart - the ideal country!"