"Do you think I'm taking your power?"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the polo court outside the window with a sad look. Behind her, Li Zhen's anger gradually disappeared, but his eyes were still filled with dissatisfaction with Shangguan Wan'er's decision. No matter what intention she intended, Li Zhen would never accept it.

"I didn't say you were seizing my power, but at least you didn't discuss it with me. You broke your previous promise, right?" Li Zhen asked aggressively.

"Maybe I don't respect you very much, but why don't you ask why?"

Shangguan Wan'er turned around and stared at Li Zhen, her eyes showing helplessness and a hint of incomprehension.

"If you are willing to say something, I will listen to you patiently."

Shangguan Wan'er sighed, "Let's sit down and talk!"

She walked back to her desk and sat down. Li Zhen also sat down opposite her. He noticed that Shangguan Wan'er's desk was surrounded by mountains of memorials, which showed how heavy she was in her usual government affairs.

Guard Xiao'e gave them tea. Shangguan Wan'er picked up the tea and took a sip. A strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She raised her long eyelashes slightly, and stared at Li Zhen with bright gems like a gem.

"Do you know why you were promoted to her personal bodyguard by the Lord?"

"The servant once hinted to me because-" Li Zhen couldn't continue.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded slowly, "You understand correctly, because the emperor likes you."

"She wants me to be the second Xue Huaiyi?"

"Xue Huaiyi may not be, but when you are by her side, something you are unwilling to do will definitely happen. I remember asking you, you said you are unwilling to do it!"

Li Zhen was speechless. He didn't want to. Now he understood why the guards were saying that he had been favored by the emperor, and why the Queen's personal bodyguard's salary and benefits were so high.

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he looked up at Shangguan Wan'er, "The servant wanted to transfer me away because the emperor was--"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "Because you acted decisively and rationally in the imperial physician room, which made the emperor interested in you again, so I wanted to transfer you out for a while."

She picked up a scroll and handed it to Li Zhen, "You can see it for yourself!"

Li Zhen took the scroll and slowly opened it. He saw Shangguan Wan'er's handwriting above. She applied to transfer herself to Bashu to investigate the Qiang rebellion case, but the bottom approval was "not accurate". Li Zhen was stunned and looked at Shangguan Wan'er incomprehensible.

Shangguan Wan'er smiled helplessly and said, "This application was sent by the emperor just now. She rejected my plan to transfer you. In other words, your dissatisfaction can be eliminated, and you will still be responsible for the Xue Huaiyi case."

At this moment, Li Zhen's dissatisfaction and anger were gone, but his heart was filled with guilt. Shangguan Wan'er clearly wanted to protect herself, but she didn't understand her painstaking efforts and got angry at her.

"I apologize to the shepherd!" Li Zhen looked at her gratefully and said.

But after hesitating, Li Zhen asked in a low voice with some anxiety: "Does the Lord want to summon me?"

"I can only say...not for the time being."

Shangguan Wan'er's pretty face, like a white porcelain, flushed. The reason why the emperor lets go of Li Zhen was because of her. The emperor was relying on her, so he did not take her away. But sooner or later, the emperor would find that there was no one between them-

But she didn't want to tell Li Zhen the real reason. She sighed secretly and whispered to him: "We'll have a meal together at noon today, okay?"

Li Zhen's heart was filled with gratitude for her. He thought for a while and asked with a smile: "Can the servant leave the palace?"

"Of course, it's just that I'm too busy and rarely have time to leave the palace."

"Then I'll invite you to Suxiangju for lunch."

"We... are the two of us?" Shangguan Wan'er blushed, and her eyes quickly avoided Li Zhen, but nodded slightly, "Okay!"

She stood up and said, "Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes."

She quickly walked into the inner room, and the maid Xiao E hurriedly followed her in. Soon, Shangguan Wan'er changed into a men's outfit, wore a black gauze hat, a lilac robe, white satin trousers, black leather boots, and leather straps on her waist. She had a tall figure, white and greasy skin, making her look taller and handsome.

"How is it?" She turned around and smiled at Li Zhenyingying.

Li Zhen's eyes lit up and he raised his thumbs up and praised: "What a handsome guard!"

"You are praising me again!" Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile: "Then let's go!"

She turned around and said to Xiao E: "With Commander Li protecting me, you don't have to follow me."

Shangguan Wan'er and Li Zhen smiled and walked out of the study together. They turned over the horses in the yard and walked out of the palace along the horse path.

"What should we call it?" Shangguan Wan'er asked with a smile on her lips.

"You can call me A Zhen or Lao Li, so how do I call her Sheren? Can you call you Wan'er?"

"I'm such an old woman, calling Wan'er is so unsightly. Call me Wan'er!"

"You are old nowhere, you look only twenty years old, I still want to call you Wan'er."

When Li Zhen thought that he could have the opportunity to call her Wan'er, he couldn't help but feel agitation, and he smiled with shamelessness: "No matter whether you want it or not, I will call you Wai Wan'er."

Shangguan Wan'er is very good at maintaining her. She has always been very confident in her appearance. She does look like she is in her early twenties. She also knows that Li Zhen is not flattering her. However, Li Zhen can say this, and she is really happy in her heart. She smiled and said, "Then do whatever you want!"

Along the way, many guards greeted Li Zhen, but when they saw the appearance of the guards beside Li Zhen, they were so scared that they lowered their heads and did not dare to talk nonsense. Even though Shangguan Wan'er changed into men's clothes, she was easily recognized by the guards.

Suxiangju is located in Quanshanfang, a big wine shop closest to the imperial city. There are endless officials and guards coming here to have dinner every day. There are guests everywhere, both at noon and at night, and business is particularly prosperous.

Although lunch time had passed when Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er arrived, Su Xiangju was still full of guests.

The bartender Zhaoke apologized to Li Zhen: "There is no single elegant room. Maybe you can find a seat by the window on the second floor. Can you see if you two?"

Li Zhen turned around and looked at Shangguan Wan'er. He didn't care. He just saw whether Shangguan Wan'er was willing. Shangguan Wan'er smiled and nodded. Li Zhen immediately said, "Then find a seat by the window and try to be quiet!"

"Okay! Please follow me, please."

Li Zhen took Shangguan Wan'er into the lobby. The lobby was filled with officials and guards, and there were crowds of three or five, chatting and laughing. But soon, the noisy chatting and laughing gradually disappeared. Many people looked at Shangguan Wan'er in men's clothes in surprise, and even Li Zhen became the target of everyone's attention.

As everyone watched, Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er went up to the second floor and sat down in a seat by the window. Many people on the second floor stood up quietly and looked at this side.

Li Zhen ordered six or seven dishes, and a bottle of wine was served. The bartender hurriedly went to serve the dishes. Li Zhen smiled and said to Shangguan Wan'er, "It seems that Miss Wan'er rarely comes out to eat!"

The title of "Wan'er Girl" made Shangguan Wan'er a little unnatural, but she did not object and smiled and said, "I usually follow the emperor and leave the palace, but I also go out by chance. The last time you met me in Chang'an was a rare trip for me."

"Miss Wan'er has only been to Yuexia Villa once?"

"Yuexia Villa is not my property."

Shangguan Wan'er said lightly: "That is Wu Sansi's manor. He wanted to give it to me and specially changed it to Yuexia Villa, but I didn't accept it."

"I haven't seen Wu Sansi yet." Li Zhen smiled.

"You don't need to see him!"

Shangguan Wan'er's lips sneer appeared and said bluntly: "He is an unreliable person, and his character is despicable. However, his daughter Wu Dingxiang is not bad. It's a pity that she married a sick husband and became a widow in less than three years of marriage."

"But... I seem to remember that at Yuexia Villa, Miss Wan'er said she was an ally with Wu Sansi." Li Zhen carefully tested. For some reason, he wanted to know the true relationship between Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi.

"A Zhen, there are no allies in the officialdom, they can only use each other."

"His he offended you?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "The incident of changing the tomb for my grandfather was revealed to Xue Huaiyi, and I was impeached by Lai Junchen."

Shangguan Wan'er sighed again, "It's all my fault that I saw the wrong person. I actually believed his kindness and accepted his Feng Shui treasure land in Beimang Mountain, which made my grandfather uneasy. Alas! I can only blame me for believing it."

At this time, the bartender brought their wine and food. Li Zhen poured a glass of wine for Shangguan Wan'er, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Thank you, Miss Wan'er for giving me face and having a meal with me. I will toast you this glass of wine."

Shangguan Wan'er smiled with her lips, picked up the wine glass with her slender and fair fingers, gently touched his wine glass, and drank the wine in the glass in one go, and a faint blush appeared on her white jade-like face.

The two of them had a chat. At this time, they walked out of an elegant room not far away, holding wine glasses and smiling. The person in charge was Prime Minister Li Dezhao, followed by Prime Minister Su Wei. Su Wei squinted her eyes and stared at Shangguan Wan'er's pretty face, with an unusual ray of heat flashing across her eyes.

"It's rare! I actually met Shangguan Sheren here."

Shangguan Wan'er's face slightly darkened, and her eyes showed displeasure, but then disappeared. She stood up and nodded to the two prime ministers, and said lightly: "It's rare for a moment to have free time. My friend and I have a drink here. Is there anything to do in Li prime ministers?"

Shangguan Wan'er's implication was that she hoped Li Dezhao would not disturb him. Li Dezhao heard what she meant, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face. His eyes turned to Li Zhen again, "This is--" He could not hide the curiosity in his eyes. He had never heard of Shangguan Wan'er drinking outside with any man alone, but he actually met him today.

Li Zhen also stood up and nodded slightly, "Let me be here!"

"So you are-"

Li Dezhao and Su Wei both showed a sudden enlightenment in their eyes. It turned out that this young man was Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the inner guard. No wonder Shangguan Wan'er would drink with him. When they looked at each other, they had a smile of "so that's it".

"Since that's the case, I won't disturb Shangguan Sheren's rare leisure time. Please continue."

When Li Dezhao heard that Shangguan Wan'er had changed into men's clothing and drank in the restaurant, she wanted to come and drink two glasses, but unexpectedly, she ran into a soft nail. Li Dezhao beat him and turned around and went back. Su Wei Dao glanced at Li Zhen in disappointment and followed Li Dezhao.

"Don't you want to know these two prime ministers?" Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Zhen and said with a smile.

Li Zhen shook his head. He had no interest in these two people, especially Su Weitan. His eyes at Shangguan Wan'er made Li Zhen disgusted. Although Su Weitan tried his best to conceal, he was still caught by Li Zhen's sharp gaze.

Shangguan Wan'er poured Li Zhen a glass of wine and apologized: "I'm afraid there will be some rumors tomorrow. A Zhen, I'm sorry!"

"I should have said this to Miss Wan'er."

"I never care!" Shangguan Wan'er shook her head gently.

"You don't care, so what else do I care about? Everyone says I am the male favorite of the emperor. Can I live a life without a single life?"

Shangguan Wan'er forced a smile and whispered: "Next time we don't want to drink here, I don't like it very much."

"Okay! Next time I'll invite you to the Egret Restaurant, in Qinghuafang, I like the tranquility there."

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Chapter completed!