After dawn, the city gate opened wide and the two entered the imperial capital one after another.

He stopped at the door of the palace and helped the woman get off the horse. As soon as she walked two steps down, she became weak and almost fell to the ground.

Zhou Ming held her again and said carelessly: "Miss Yu'er, are you okay? Otherwise, I'll take her to another place to rest and return to the palace later." Shangguan Yu'er's flower bud was broken, and it was crazy to ask for it last night. The sequelae is naturally like this: he limped his walking posture, and after he touched the wound, his eyebrows were frowned from time to time, and his face was extremely unnatural.

The woman gently pushed him away and said with a calm expression: "Mr. Zihua doesn't have to help me, Yu'er can just return to the palace alone."

After saying that, she adjusted herself for a few seconds, stood up straight, stepped on the standard court steps, and her face returned to normal.

"Miss Yu'er, one day, I, Tian Zihua, will marry you!"

Zhou Ming stopped the back of the figure who had walked a few steps away and said.

The woman turned around and smiled, and said in a free and easy tone: "If you can get what Mr. Zihua said, Shangguan Yu'er will be enough in this life."

This smile made Zhou Ming slightly lose his mind, and he could only sigh: The women of the Great Zhou dared to love and hate. When they met a man they fell in love with, they would let go of their reserve, like a moth flying into a fire, entrusting their body and mind without hesitation. Even if there is no result, they would not be entangled in pretentiousness and never regret it.

His mind also replays like a movie. His wife Cui Rou, concubine Chu Jingling, and four concubines from maids seemed to be like this, and he put all his heart on himself.

Even Princess Anping, who was going to save this time, had actually felt her affection for herself that had never faded but was only deepening.

"It seems that the debt I have to bear in this life will not be less, but only more."

However, he would not be particularly troubled by this. If he could, he would stop, and if he could not, he would stop. He would grasp the right measure, not be short of heroic spirit, not fall into the love between children, not be entangled or forced, maintain balance in all aspects, and let everything go naturally.

...

When he returned to the palace, Shangguan Yuer first went to the inner court to report (people in the palace are not allowed to leave at will, and the itinerary must be reported every day), then took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and after lunch, he rushed to Furong Garden that afternoon, asking to meet Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Mei, and presented this article "On the Great Power".

"Tian Zihua has written another article? Let me miss you! I haven't read the article he wrote for a long time."

Emperor Li Zhi said excitedly, maybe because Tian Zihua published too few works in the past few months, he felt that his head was hurting a lot recently. His daughter Anping was not sensible and would not talk about it if he didn't come to accompany him. He also learned from Mei Niang that in order not to let the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Turks and the Turks attacked again. For the peace of the people of the two countries, she felt a great responsibility and took the initiative to propose marriage and wanted to marry the Turkic King to protect peace between the two countries forever.

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard the news and thought to himself: Is there something that his daughter Anping can't think about and wants to do such a stupid thing?

Can peace between the two countries be maintained by one woman? In the past century, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been married to neighboring countries more than ten times, but the war has not stopped. The battle needs to be fought, and no one has ever shown mercy to anyone.

So, he wanted to call his daughter Anping over and do some ideological work to persuade her to dispel this idea. However, Queen Wu Mei rarely came to see her in the past few days and said that she would persuade Anping and promised to persuade her daughter back. Li Zhi was relieved.

"On a great country? Tian Zihua?"

The queen Wu Mei, who was beside her, had her eyes twitched, and a trace of badness surged in her heart. What did Tian Zihua want to do? What would she want to make up?

Shangguan Yu'er held the article, cleared her throat, and started to recite it in a slight and silence.

Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Mei opened their ears and listened carefully. When they heard some of the arguments in the article, they nodded repeatedly and agreed.

After reading the article for most of the time, Wu Mei, the queen of the sky, didn't hear any problems, felt that everything was normal, and even sighed regretfully: Tian Zihua, why can't you use it for me? You have such talent and knowledge, and you will win one person and millions of soldiers!

Suddenly, her face suddenly changed drastically, and she even wanted to take the article over and tear it to pieces!

But it was too late. She heard: "So, standing for a hundred years without falling, never losing the Hu people around her. It is because they do not submit to their subordinates, pay tribute, do not marry, do not cede land, the emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country! The people of the country, from top to bottom, everyone is so bloody and strong, and they live strong and fiercely! Even if they die, they will not change their clothes and hairstyles, do not humiliate their ancestors, and do not bow their knees to the foreign races. How can they not be considered a great country?"

After hearing this sentence, Wu Mei, who was very worried, heard a heavy gasp in her ear. When she turned to look, she saw Emperor Li Zhi, whose face was flushed, panting like a cow, trembling all over, her eyes wide open, and suddenly sat up from the bed, roaring like thunder: "What a man who doesn't accept his subordinates, does not pay tribute, does not marry, does not cede land, the emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country! I can do it, I can do it too!"

After saying that, Emperor Li Zhi seemed to have been lit by someone, and he was still motionless, without blinking his eyelids, and breathing, and he remained for more than three minutes.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty? What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

Wu Mei found something was wrong and quickly patted him on the back, but he didn't respond. He seemed to be dead.

"Your Majesty!!" Wu Mei shouted, with a hint of crying in her voice.

"I'm here~"

Li Zhi, who had been hard for a long time, suddenly relaxed his expression, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, as if he had forgotten what had just happened. Then he looked ecstatic and suddenly jumped up from the bed and said, "My head no longer hurts, it doesn't hurt at all, it's so good, it's so good!"

After the memory in his mind recovered, Li Zhi walked barefoot to Shangguan Yuer, bent down, picked up the article she had just thrown on the ground anxiously, brushed the dust on it, held it solemnly in his hand, and swept the words on it again, and praised: "This "On the Great Power" should be mounted on my bedside, read it three times a day to show my ambition!"

At the same time, he sighed: "Mr. Zihua, you are so talented, how can you assist the Great Zhou? Are you waiting for me to visit the cottage three times?"

Li Zhi remembered the allusion of respecting the wise and the wise men and visiting the cottage three times.

But with the emperor's noble body, he looked at the lower class of Guizhou people, and his attitude seemed to be too low and not too polite.

However, as long as those talents can be told to enter the officialdom, they will really ask him to visit the cottage three times. The historical books are also a good story about a wise ruler and famous minister.

With Tian Zihua's talent, he is enough to become the protagonist of this story!

For a moment, Li Zhi was ready to move.

The queen Wu Mei, who was standing beside her, looked at the sickly emperor, who was now so energetic, and she felt so angry that she felt so angry that her teeth were itchy, but at the same time she also understood that her daughter Anping could not marry the Turkic King. On the contrary, she had to adjust her strategy and make up the lies she had told before, so that Emperor Li Zhi would not be resentful and dissatisfied with her. She had to find a way to seal some people's mouths and prevent everyone from knowing that she had the idea of ​​sending Princess Anping and pro-Turkic.

After thinking for a while, her eyes turned and she thought of a good idea.

...

Daming Palace, in Princess Anping's room.

"Ping'er, the mother was just angry at that time and had no idea of ​​letting you get along with the Turkic couple. Your father had already told me, and the mother also asked the Turkic envoy to leave the marriage... Ping'er, you are eighteen years old, your sister Changping, at this age, is already a mother of two children... For your marriage, the mother was worried. Ping'er, can't you let the mother down? "

The queen Wu Mei held her daughter Anping's hand, wiped the corners of her eyes with Sijuan, while speaking earnestly and severely criticizing her. She occasionally looked helpless and kind-hearted. Anyone who saw her could understand the good intentions of this mother.

"Mother Queen, Anping knows that he is wrong!"

Princess Anping burst into tears, threw herself into Wu Mei's arms, and said with great remorse: "My mother, Anping is obedient! Anping agreed to find a man to marry. No matter who the man is, as long as he does not marry far away, Anping is willing to obey the arrangements of his mother and no longer willful!"

After suffering such a big blow, Princess Anping finally chose to surrender, let go of her obsession, and only hoped not to live in a nightmare world in the future.

"Ping'er, it's right that you can think so. The Queen Mother also knows who you like in your heart. Ping'er, Queen Mother, let me ask you, are you willing to marry Tian Zihua? If you want to, Queen Mother will make the decision for you and summon Tian Zihua to the palace to ask about his opinion on this matter. If he also likes you, Queen Mother will not object to you being together..."

Queen Wu Mei said something in Princess Anping’s ear that surprised and happy.

Princess Anping buried her head and said as if red: "My mother, Mr. Zihua already has a wife, and he is a kind person, how could he do that divorce and marry me again..."

The royal princess is a daughter-in-law and cannot marry anyone as a concubine. She cannot even have a fair wife. She must be a good wife!

Because the royal family must reflect the dignity and integrity of being the royal family. Although sometimes Princess Anping herself also feels that as long as she can stay with her beloved man, it doesn’t matter if she has no status.

but……

If she really dared to be someone else's concubine and do things that harmed the royal family's dignity, not to mention that her father and mother could not tolerate her, the entire royal family would also be filled with shouts of killing. No matter how she ran to the ends of the world, she would not have her place.

Mr. Zihua's wife Cui Rou and Princess Anping have also seen each other many times. She is a lively and cheerful, simple and kind woman. On the mahjong table, the two played mahjong several times, and the relationship was very good.

Therefore, Princess Anping, who is also kind-hearted, cannot do anything to hurt this woman.

"Ping'er, don't worry, the mother is already in a position of justice. You don't need to ask Tian Zihua to divorce your wife, so you can marry the matchmaker..."

Queen Wu Mei, in her ear, said a lot of words to ensure the best of both worlds.

Hearing these assurances, Princess Anping's answer became weaker and weaker, and her head was buried lower and lower. After that, she didn't hear what her mother was saying clearly, nor did she see the cold murderous intent that occasionally flashed in her eyes. She was just trapped in her own longing for happiness and became more and more drunk.

...

The next morning.

Zhou Ming, who was ordered to enter the palace, waited in the side hall for a whole morning. It was not until noon that the queen Wu Mei summoned her.

"Your Highness, it's not that Cao Min doesn't want to marry a princess, but that Cao Min already has a wife. She and Cao Min have childhood sweethearts since childhood and have a deep relationship. Cao Min cannot do the job of divorced from wealth and honor."

Princess Anping, hiding behind the curtain, heard the words of the man in the hall, and her smile gradually solidified. Her heart was extremely bitter. Nothing more sorrow than death in her heart. Tears couldn't help rolling down.

It's impossible, it's impossible between them. As long as his wife is still there, they will never be together. Even this man had just said in person that "it's a matter that the people are so happy to marry a princess and cannot be sought after."

But after the word "just", everything returns to reality.

However, Princess Anping, who was sad, suddenly heard her mother Wu Mei and said in a cold tone: "You don't need to divorce your wife with wealth. You just need to wait until the auspicious day to marry my daughter Anping. Why do you have to worry about other things? I have sent someone to solve all worries for you. Tian Zihua, don't be rude!" Afterwards, her heart skipped a beat.

Especially when she heard the words "send people" and "solve", she immediately thought of something.

"My mother, have you sent someone to Mr. Zihua's house to kill Mr. Zihua's wife?"

Princess Anping, who still had tears on her face, walked out from behind the curtain and questioned her mother Wu Mei.

"What?!"

Zhou Ming, who was a little confused by the strange words of the queen Wu Mei just said, was shocked and pointed at the queen Wu Mei and shouted: "Your Highness, have you really done this?"

"So what if I do it? People were sent out early in the morning. Your wife must have been dead for a long time!"

The queen Wu Mei had a cold tone. Seeing his anxious look, she felt very relieved!

"You...I'll kill you to pay for her life!"

Zhou Ming clenched his fists and red eyes, knocked away the two eunuchs, rushed to the hall to kill Wu Mei, scaring her to the point of being disgusted. She raised her body and ran away, shouting "Save Jia, save Jia!"

If Princess Anping, who was not standing not far away, tried her best to hold Zhou Ming who was almost unreasonable, and cried and begged: "Mr. Zihua, go back and see your wife. She may not have drunk poisonous wine yet and is not dead yet! Don't kill my mother, everything is because of me. If you want to kill me, kill me!"

Zhou Ming then calmed down a little, and heard the footsteps of a team of guards coming quickly. He immediately punched her, gave up chasing Wu Mei, turned around and rushed out of the palace.

After the alarm gong sounded, almost all the elite guards in the palace started to act, and a sound of "catching assassins" and "killing those in white clothes will not be discussed". He had to stimulate his full potential, galloping like lightning, knocking down hundreds of elite guards all the way out of the Daming Palace.

After riding the Red Dragon Horse, he had a hundred miles away. He had not slowed down his speed. He had only half an hour to finish the run. After arriving at the mansion in Fengyang Village, he rushed into the gate and searched for his wife Cui Rou. He found that she was sitting in a pavilion in the backyard, playing with a wine glass in his hand. The wine glass was filled with amber liquid, thick as gold juice, and exuded a special fragrance. She couldn't help but raise her glass and pour the wine into her mouth.

"Can't drink!"

Zhou Ming rushed over and slapped the wine glass in her hand with a palm. With a snap, the wine glass fell to pieces on the ground.

"Husband, this is the wine made of flowers that the Empress of the Heavenly Queen has given me. What's wrong with me secretly drinking a glass?"

His wife Cui Rou looked aggrieved and tears rolled in her eyes. After receiving the pot of wine specially given to her by the Empress of the Heavenly Queen, she wanted to hear the eunuch's words and drink it on the spot, but she wanted to keep it until her husband came back, and the two shared it together, so they never drank it.

However, after being aroused by the smell of wine, she couldn't help but want to taste a glass first, but her husband treated her like this.
To be continued...