Wu Yanxiu's face turned red and white, she snorted heavily, turned her head and left.

Not far away, Xue Huaiyi's face was extremely ugly. He was even more embarrassed than Wu Yanxiu.

Xue Huaiyi was originally a rogue in the market. He has been domineering for ten years and is arrogant. Last year, he became the chief general of Longyou Road and led his army to fight against the Turks. Prime Minister Li Dezhao became the chief secretary.

Because he disagrees with Li Dezhao, he showed great power in anger, forcing the dignified prime minister to kneel down and beg for mercy to give up.

Today a small guard dared to slap him in the face in public. Xue Huaiyi was furious in his heart. He rushed up and pointed at Li Zhen and cursed: "You are a dog of Shangguan Wan'er. Today you dare to insult me ​​Xue Huaiyi. I must make you worse than death!"

Xue Huaiyi's tantrum in public shocked more than a thousand Yulin Army guards on the court. What is the difference between this and the rogue on the street?

Li Zhen turned his head and ignored him. Xue Huaiyi became more and more angry. He was about to draw his sword to kill someone, but at this time, a young woman's voice came from behind him, "Dear Liang Duke, Longyou Dao General, and the Right Guard General can't afford to lose a single ball?"

When Xue Huaiyi turned around, he saw Shangguan Wan'er standing not far behind him, looking at him with a smile. Although he was of low quality and acted recklessly, after all, he had been in the palace for nearly ten years and knew how to seek profit and avoid harm.

Last year, he showed great power to Li Dezhao, and Shangguan Wan'er told the emperor about this matter, which made the emperor furious and issued an order to apologize to Li Dezhao for fifty whips.

It was that incident that made him hate and fear Shangguan Wan'er, especially after Wei Tuan'er was executed, he did not dare to provoke Shangguan Wan'er easily. Xue Huaiyi heard Shangguan Wan'er use three big hats to suppress him, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart, snorted, turned around and left.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't say anything more and looked at him coldly.

At this time, when the guards saw Xue Huaiyi being scolded by Shangguan Wan'er, they were all very pleased and went forward to salute. Shangguan Wan'er smiled and nodded to everyone, and said to Li Zhen: "Guardian Li, the emperor has something to ask you for trouble, come with me!"

Li Zhen quickly explained to everyone, and then quickly followed Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er walked slowly. She glanced at Li Zhen following behind her and comforted him softly.

"You can ride and shoot with great strength, which can convince tens of thousands of guards. And you have also broken the Duantan case. You have completely relied on your own ability to get to this day. Don't listen to some people's slander."

Li Zhen nodded, "I won't take it to heart."

Shangguan Wan'er changed the topic and smiled again, "Does the priest have something to hand over to you? Do you want to meet the priest, or listen to my retelling?"

Li Zhen was slightly stunned. If there was a task, it should be Wu Chongxun who gave it to him. Why did he become Shangguan Wan'er?

Shangguan Wan'er understood the doubts in his heart and smiled and said, "The Lord asked me to find a capable person, and I recommended you to her, so this matter has not been passed by Wu Chongxun. I will ask you now, should you go to see the Lord with me or let me retell it, and you can think about it."

After saying that, Shangguan Wan'er stared at him with beautiful eyes. Li Zhen didn't think much and smiled faintly, "I think it's easier to not face the saint."

Shangguan Wan'er was happy in her heart. Her beautiful eyes turned slightly, and she gently said, "Come with me!"

Li Zhen followed Shangguan Wan'er to the Zhengzheng Room in Fengyi Hall. This is Shangguan Wan'er's official room in the palace. She reviews and reviews the memorials for Wu Zetian every day, less than a hundred steps away from Wu Zetian's imperial study room.

Shangguan Wan'er asked Li Zhen to wait for a while, but she went to the imperial study room.

This is the first time Li Zhen has come to Shangguan Wan'er's official room. The official room is composed of three rooms inside and outside, connected into a line. The outermost part is the maids' hearing place, the study room in the middle is where he is now, and the inner part is her temporary resting place.

Li Zhen couldn't help but look around. The room was decorated very elegantly. The calligraphy of Chu Suiliang and her grandfather Shangguan Yi was hung on the wall. There were bookshelves on the east and west sides, and various exquisite decorations were placed on the shelves.

In the corner of the wall is a kirin incense burner. Light smoke comes out from the kirin's mouth that looks up to the sky, making the room filled with a refreshing fragrance of lotus.

By the window to the north is a large desk with pen, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as more than a dozen scrolls sent from all over the place. There are hundreds of scrolls neatly placed on both sides, including imperial decrees and memorials.

Shangguan Wan'er was named a shepherd. According to principles, Wu Zetian's various decrees and decrees should have been drafted by the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, but now all of them are drafted by Shangguan Wan'er, so she is called the Nei Shepherd.

Not only that, she also had to review the memorials for Wu Zetian. She decided on some less important political affairs and reported them to Wu Zetian later, which made her extremely powerful and was very busy every day.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er's personal maid Xiao E slowly walked in with a cup of tea. She said to Li Zhen with a blushing face: "Guard Li, please sit down and wait, my girl will come soon."

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen took the teacup and sat down. Xiao E was about to retreat, but stopped and whispered to Li Zhen: "Miss rarely has a certain foreign official to enter her room."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Miss Xiao'e's reminder makes me deeply honored."

Xiao E blushed and stepped back. Li Zhen took a sip of hot tea and waited patiently.

......

In the imperial study room, Wu Zetian was reviewing several urgent memorials, while Shangguan Wan'er stood quietly aside, not daring to disturb the emperor. At this time, Wu Zetian put down his pen and pointed to the pile of memorials next to him and smiled: "Today's court affairs are very busy, so you will approve those for me."

"Yes! Wan'er obeys the order."

Wu Zetian thought of something and asked her again: "Why didn't Li Zhen come?"

Shangguan Wan'er whispered: "Wan'er let him wait in my room."

Wu Zetian said 'Oh!', looked at Shangguan Wan'er meaningfully, and smiled, "Is he that worthy of your trust?"

Shangguan Wan'er quickly bowed, "Wan'er won't misjudgment."

Wu Zetian smiled and picked up a sealed paint tube from the table and handed it to her, "I thought about what you told me yesterday for a night and thought it made some sense. I will leave it to him to investigate it. If this matter is true as you said, I will consider your suggestions."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Shangguan Wan'er took the paint tube and slowly retreated. Wu Zetian closed her eyes and thought about it. Her mind was once again filled with her elegant posture when Li Zhen shot the leopard. The beauty of the martial arts once made her heart beat.

However, since Wan'er wants to use him, it is a pity, but this is the first time Wan'er has made a request, not to mention that she has promised her.

......

Li Zhen was already drinking the second cup of tea. At this time, he finally heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside. Shangguan Wan'er walked in like a gust of wind, followed by two palace maids, each carrying more than twenty scrolls.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Shangguan Wan'er entered the house and smiled apologetically.

Li Zhen quickly stood up, and the two palace maids put down the memorial and retreated. Shangguan Wan'er took out the silk silk and wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead, waved her hand at Li Zhen, "Just be casual when you come to me, please sit down!"

Li Zhen didn't say anything, and he sat down again. At this time, he noticed Shangguan Wan'er holding a sealed paint tube in her hand, and thought to himself, "Is this the task she wants to give her?"

Shangguan Wan'er also returned to her seat to sit down. She glanced at Li Zhen and bit her lip gently. She wanted to tell him why he could sit here? But after thinking about it, Shangguan Wan'er decided not to tell him for the time being.

"There are two things, one is an open matter. When you go to Shaolin Temple in Songshan, the Maitreya relic was enshrined there last time. Do you go and check the situation of their worship?"

Since he was giving the task, Li Zhen could not sit there. He stood up again and agreed, "I understand!"

Shangguan Wan'er handed him the paint tube, "This is the real task, the location is still Songshan. You can't demolish it now. You have to go to Songshan to dismantle it. This matter is very secret. At present, only the emperor and I know it, so you can only go alone."

Li Zhen silently took the paint tube, and Shangguan Wan'er asked again, "It will take at least five or six days for you to go there. What are you going to do to make arrangements for the polo team?"

"I plan to let Li Linfu be the deputy team leader, and he will lead everyone to train. He is a lively person and will not have conflicts with others."

"Okay! It's up to you."

Shangguan Wan'er stood up, walked slowly to Li Zhen, stared into his eyes, and whispered for a while: "Don't let me down!"

......

Shortly after Li Zhen left Taichu Palace, Wu Zetian's personal maid Yan Shuanger sneaked into the Yaoguang Hall where Xue Huaiyi lived. This is where Xue Huaiyi recited scriptures and studied Buddhism in the palace.

Xue Huaiyi was ridiculed by Shangguan Wan'er, and he was so angry that he returned to the inner palace meditation room. He did not dare to complain to Wu Zetian, so he vented his anger on the palace maids and eunuchs who served him.

He found an excuse and slapped the rattan with a slap. More than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs were beaten to the ground and rolled around, crying and shouting. Until the rattan was broken, his anger subsided slightly and he shouted, "Get out!"

More than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs were reluctant to get up, supported each other, and limped away.

Xue Huaiyi sat on the couch and drank tea, staring at the knife holder in the corner of the wall with a vicious look, thinking quickly in his mind.

At this time, a palace maid said timidly at the door: "Report to Buddha, Miss Yan is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Shuang'er, the virtuous maid, walked in quickly.

Yan Shuang'er is actually the replacement of Wei Tuaner. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old and had been serving Wu Zetian for almost ten years. She was the favored maid second only to Wei Tuaner. When Wei Tuaner was executed, she took office.

Yan Shuang'er has a slightly fat figure and looks not as delicate as Wei Tuaner. However, she is very sweet and can be liked by Wu Zetian. More importantly, she is illiterate, so she does not have Wei Tuaner's ambitions, and Wu Zetian is also more at ease with her.

But Wu Zetian never thought that as early as last autumn, Yan Shuang'er became Xue Huaiyi's, and her whole body and mind were conquered by Xue Huaiyi. She was even more flattering to Xue Huaiyi than Wei Tuaner.

Yan Shuang'er walked into the Zen room and hugged Xue Huaiyi's neck and said with a smile: "If I tell you an important news, how can you thank me?"

Xue Huaiyi doesn't like Yan Shuang'er very much. She seems smart, but in fact she is simple-minded. She is far worse than Wei Tuaner, and it's really boring.

In fact, Xue Huaiyi is a little tired of women. Compared with women, he prefers power more now, but women are the only way for him to seize power, and he has to force himself to deal with it.

Xue Huaiyi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "If your news satisfies me, I will repay you in your favorite way."

Yan Shuang'er's eyes lit up, and a look of longing appeared in her eyes. She immediately whispered to Xue Huaiyi with her ears. Xue Huaiyi was shocked, "Does they say this?"

Yan Shuang'er nodded, "I'm right outside the window, I hear it very clearly, there's no mistake."

Xue Huaiyi gritted his teeth in hatred and cursed secretly: "This bitch!"

He quickly coaxed Yan Shuang'er and said that the emperor would come soon, and it was inconvenient now, so he would repay her well in the evening. Yan Shuang'er had a moment of intimacy with him, but then he was reluctant to leave.

As soon as Yan Shuang'er left, Xue Huaiyi immediately wrote a note, found his confidant eunuch, handed the note to him, whispered a few words, and finally said, "Tell her that the situation is a little bad, the emperor has already... awakened, she must do it immediately!"

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Chapter completed!