Shangguan Wan'er looked at him half-believingly, and her emotional ups and downs made her unable to judge which sentence was true and which sentence was false that this foolish emperor said.

Yang Yao clapped his hands, and the door of the side hall opened, and Yunzhu took Tuan'er's hand out of the side hall.

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward a few steps and grabbed Tuan'er's shoulder and asked, "Tuan'er, what happened yesterday?"

Tuan'er said truthfully, "Zhaoyi, I was hungry when I was guarding outside the bedroom yesterday. At this moment, Sister Yunzhu brought me to the side hall and sent me a large box of delicious pastries. Then, I fell asleep in the side hall. When I woke up, Zhaoyi arrived."

After listening to Tuan'er's confession, Yang Yao did not have any behavior that violated her. Shangguan Wan'er was truly relieved.

Yang Yao said with a smile, "Zhaoyi, I'm just kidding you!"

Shangguan Wan'er went from great sorrow to great joy, wiped the tears on her cheeks, and said angrily, "The priest's joke is not funny at all, I'm leaving!"

"Zhaoyi! Slow down!"

Shangguan Wan'er was about to pull Tuan'er away, but she heard the cold voice from Yang Yao behind her. She turned around and looked at Yang Yao, "Master, do you have any advice?"

Yang Yao showed a sneer and said slowly, "Zhaoyi can leave, but Tuaner can't leave!"

Shangguan Wan'er asked back, "Tuan'er is a palace maid brought from the Empress Dowager's harem, why can't she leave?"

Yang Yao winked at Wang De, and Wang De hurriedly said, "Reporting to Zhaoyi, a palace maid, Tuan'er, dared to peep at the emperor's bedroom, is a crime of disrespect. Regarding the rules of the palace, he should be beaten and drove out of the palace."

Yang Yao coughed and said, "Of course, if Zhaoyi wants to talk to me about a friend's affair, I can also pardon Tuan'er's great disrespect at my discretion. If Zhaoyi wants to talk to me about the palace rules, I will do things according to the palace rules. Everything is up to Zhaoyi!"

Only then did Shangguan Wan'er fully see that Yang Yao had tried his best to set up this trap, which was to put Tuan'er into this trap, and then force her to submit, and obediently wrote an edict to enthrone the Xue family in Hedong for Yang Yao.

She actually had no choice. She made things difficult for Yang Yao to not use the edict and the jade seal. It was her personal grudge between her and Yang Yao, but she was venting her personal anger. Now that even the little sister group has been involved, she can only choose to surrender.

Shangguan Wan'er sighed, "Okay, I will write a letter of enthronement for the priest, and then send it to the Empress Dowager for review and approval."

Yang Yao achieved his goal, so he let the two of them leave happily.

He looked at Shangguan Wan'er and Tuan'er's leaving figure and smiled slightly. He was not worried that Shangguan Wan'er would complain in front of the tiger mother. The cause of the incident was that Shangguan Wan'er made his own decisions. How dare she confess the truth to the tiger mother?

Xi Neiyuan

Wu Zetian reviewed the enthronement edict written by Shangguan Wan'er. Not only did he enthrone the son of Taiping Xue Chongxun as Duke Xue, but he enthroned Xue Shao as the Zijin Guanglu Dafu, but he also requested a reward of Princess Taiping with 500,000 copper coins, 10,000 cloth, and 100 gold and silver.

The emperor's extensive enthronement of the Xue family in Hedong is indeed suspicious. However, Princess Taiping is her most beloved daughter. She should be rewarded with great honors. Since the emperor is willing to give rewards, as the empress dowager, she cannot return the emperor's edict and re-print an empress dowager's edict, which is not reasonable or palace rules!

Wu Zetian thought for a while, but still approved Yang Yao's enthronement edict.

Shangguan Wan'er took the edict approved by the Empress Dowager, respectfully accepted it, and suddenly said, "Empress Dowager, I want to transfer back to Xi Neiyuan to serve the Empress Dowager, I hope the Empress Dowager will be approved."

Wu Zetian looked up at her and asked, "Are you having a quarrel with Xian'er again?"

Shangguan Wan'er said hesitantly, "The emperor is too cunning. I am afraid that I will lose the empress dowager's entrusted and delay the empress dowager's plan."

Wu Zetian took the rice paper on the side of the dragon case, spread it out and reviewed it carefully, without raising her head, "Wan'er! Do you know why everything was suppressed by Xian'er?"

Shangguan Wan'er said truthfully, "Because the minister is not as smart as the emperor."

Wu Zetian sneered and said, "Yes, not right! Because you are hitting the long-term with a short attack, you are obviously not as smart as Xian'er, but you have to fight with him wits and literary talent. How can you not lose?"

She pinched the rice paper in her hand, looked up and stared at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Wan'er! A woman, the most deadly weapon is not your mind, but your beauty and tenderness! You are beautiful, elegant and well-educated, and you should have favored the harem alone, making Xian'er intoxicated in the gentle land. However, Zhaoyi, the emperor, has always resisted serving Xian'er and sleeping with Xian'er. Why?!"

Shangguan Wan'er stammered, "Sir, yes, he is a foolish monarch and a minister, and he cannot delay the empress dowager..."

"Nonsense! You dare to deceive the Ai family!"

Wu Zetian coldly scolded and interrupted the words behind her, and threw the rice paper in her hand in front of her, "This is the reason why Wan'er, you don't want to serve in bed!"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the rice paper thrown by the empress dowager. It was the "Colorful Book Resentment" she wrote at the poetry appreciation meeting that day. She was so scared that she knelt on the ground and did not dare to vent her breath.

Wu Zetian shouted sternly, "Wan'er, your poem "Colorful Book Resentment" is not written for the Ai family, but for the deposed crown prince Li Xian!"

Shangguan Wan'er's thoughts were seen through by the empress dowager at first sight. She did not dare to look up at the empress dowager's questioning gaze. She could only look at the ground and nodded repeatedly, "I am guilty, I deserve to die!"

Wu Zetian waved his phoenix robe and walked slowly to her, staring at her crawling back coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Wan'er, the Ai family has told you that the women in our harem were born to be chosen by men. When the old emperor was there, they must be timid and serve carefully. When the old emperor died, the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha had to be a widow for the whole life. If a new emperor served, the civil and military officials would still scold you for being incest. Well, when the new emperor died, his son ascended the throne. All officials, even their sons, thought that a sixty-year-old empress dowager should go back to the harem to retire and wait for death! They would rather choose a foolish monarch to sit on the throne than tolerate the empress dowager who worked hard for the Tang Dynasty for two or three decades, and reviewed memorials every day until late at night. You say, who do our harem women work hard for the rest of their lives?!"

"So, after decades of ups and downs, the Ai family finally figured it out. If they want to get rid of this fate and choose a man, they must stand at the top of power! Because before standing at the top of power, all love and love have nothing to do with us, because we have no choice but to decide everything!"

Wu Zetian squatted down slightly, gently stroked Shangguan Wan'er's hair, and continued, "Wan'er! In our eyes, there should be only two types of men, and there are only two types. One is useful and the other is useless. Whether it is the late emperor or the emperor, they are stepping stones for us to step on the top of power. As for those men who cannot protect themselves and wait for death, they are just like the spicy food, pepper, sesame, and seasonings in the imperial meal!"

"Wan'er, if you can understand the words of the Ai family, you can continue to stay in the Zhenguan Palace. If you can't understand, the Ai family will let you out of the palace now!"

After leaving the palace, she couldn't see Li Xian who was imprisoned in Bazhou and was under strict supervision. After going to the people, what way could she have with her talent? She didn't want to go to a brothel or a concubine of a powerful man!

Shangguan Wan'er's delicate body was trembling constantly. She raised her head slightly, and looked at the vicissitudes of the empress dowager in front of her with tears in her eyes. She said with tears in her eyes, "Empress Dowager, I know I am wrong, I am willing to stay in Zhenguan Palace!"

Wu Zetian said coldly, "The Ai family believes in you again and will give you another task. No matter what method you use, Xian'er must agree and transfer Wu Chengsi to the Minister of Rites and Wu Sansi to the Minister of War."
Chapter completed!