Chapter 49 He was just a lion steed

  This morning's stroll was quite strange and unusual, and that poem was even more astonishing and shocking.

  Chen Yunsheng left the palace gate but lingered there, anxiously looking up and waiting.

  The development of things was completely beyond expectation, and Tang Guan was unexpectedly left alone to meet.

  Past officials who saw Chen You Sheng had some who directly went forward to quietly congratulate him, and others also cast a gaze that was different from before.

  Chen Yunsheng was distracted and responded perfunctorily, one wave after another. At this point, he didn't expect Tang Guan to please Tian Hou, but only hoped to retreat wholeheartedly.

  Since then, Wu Zetian was moody and unpredictable. Tang Guan, this child, was also a weird talent in Chen Yunsheng's heart, with a mysterious personality. It is difficult to predict the outcome of the two getting along.

  But at this time in the palace, something even more unexpected was happening for Chen You Sheng.

  A figure with a plump and elegant appearance walked in front, wearing a long cheongsam dress, while a small figure followed closely behind like a tail.

  There were no extra guards and no usual fanfare; the two of them walked towards the deep palace gardens as if they were just taking a stroll.

  The sun rises slowly, and Wu Zetian is even more majestic, ordinary people see it must be afraid to look straight.

  Ke Tang looked at the elegant and refined Wu Zetian in front of him, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

  "Haha, you actually dare to bring me here, you're really bold"

  Originally in the Hall of Origin, the two were silent for a long time. After a while, Wu Zetian surprisingly let Tang Guan follow.

  It has to be said that Wu Zetian's appearance was not within Tang Crown's expectation, if it weren't for the few strands of silver hair under her temples, Tang Crown really wouldn't dare imagine that this was a woman approaching sixty.

  "This martial woman's genes are really good, it is said that her mother Yang was over 90 years old and still loved to play with young men, unfortunately we can't witness this miracle"

  Wu Zetian led the Tang crown through the hall and pavilions, stopping at a arched bridge. The Tang crown walked by her side, lost in thought, and suddenly bumped into her without noticing.

  A moment of tenderness left Tang Guan slightly dazed, the fragrance piercing his nostrils, and he stood there, frozen in place, not wanting to pull away.

  "Is it true that you can cure illnesses?"

  A cold voice made Tang Guan instantly wake up, but he didn't back off and pretended to be silly and cute, saying "Fragrant"

  Tang Guan was after all just a child, Wu Zetian smiled slightly and didn't think much of it, lightly brushing her sleeve and saying: "Do you know why I brought you here?"

  Tang Guan retreated and looked around at the surroundings, which were mostly the same, except for a pond under the bridge, and seemed to be no different from what he saw on the road.

  Tang Guan shook his head.

  "Remember this bridge, it has no name, Taizong stood here, the Emperor stood here, now I also stand here."

  "What the hell does it have to do with me?!" Tang Guan almost blurted out, "This woman seems to think she's an emperor and has gone mad, making a big deal out of every little thing."

  Fortunately, Tang Guan's acting skills were excellent. Although he didn't take it seriously in his heart, his face was solemn and serious, with a heavy expression that said "we're on the same side".

  Fortunately, Wu Zetian finished speaking and continued on her way, with Tang Guan still closely following.

  "The emperor has stood here, and the eunuchs have also stood here, why don't you say so?" Tang Guan muttered to himself as he followed behind, unaware that there were still two bridges in the distance, and this nameless bridge was now only left for Wu Zetian to walk!

  The two of them walked on the road without stopping, and as they proceeded through the deep palace gardens, it was strange that they didn't encounter any palace maids. Tang Guan couldn't help but feel a little curious.

  See Tian Hou

  Tang Guanzhi finally heard human voices and stopped in his tracks, looking up to find himself in front of a palace.

  "In the forbidden area of Xigong, I didn't lose face at all, and was directly taken to the inner chamber." Tang Guan narrowed his eyes slightly, he had a talent for remembering everything he saw, this path although winding, but after walking around in a circle, he gradually distinguished the direction.

  "Hey, just don't know if that unlucky son of hers is locked up in the East Palace or the West Palace."

  Wu Zetian entered the room, and Tang Guan only then discovered that there were quite a few palace maids here. Now that the sun had just risen, these palace maids began their daily chores. They belonged to various departments, but they all counted as relatively high-ranking among the palace maids, after all, they were people who could serve Wu Zetian.

  Unfortunately, with one by one lowering their heads and obeying, Tang Guan did not get a clear look at his appearance.

  "Down comes the beaded curtain, someone is here."

  Two palace maids heard this and slowly pulled down the beaded curtain, instantly separating this side.

  Wu Zetian glanced at the dragon bed in front of her, and slowly took off her phoenix robe, revealing the golden yellow clothes inside. She then slowly sat down sideways.

  Looking at this beautiful woman's lazy painting, Tang Guan's heart skipped a beat, "What does this woman want to do?"

  Taking off the wide and large imperial robe, Wu Zetian's plump and charming figure was even more evident, which coincidentally fulfilled Tang Crown's fantasy about his mother having a big buttock when he first arrived at the Tang family.

  Wu Zetian didn't say a word to Tang Guan, but instead turned around and took out a small box from one side.

  Gently opened it and took out two scrolls from it.

  "Sickly youth, come here." Wu Zetian's jade hand lightly waved, Tang Guan heard the words and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, taking a step closer.

  Perihelion

  Tang Guan took a few more steps, "I'm not Feng Xiaobao, don't mistake me for someone else." Tang Guan was only one step away from Wu Zetian on the couch, his heart racing with excitement, but unfortunately, he had the desire but lacked the strength.

  Wu Zetian reached out and pulled him, and he was actually pulled onto the couch. Tang Crown was only nine years old, and under the sudden movement, he fell back onto the dragon bed.

  "Wu Zetian stretched out a jade finger and lifted up the chin of Tang Crown."

  "Wait a minute, this development is wrong! This should be my move!" Tang Guan shouted in her heart, but she didn't dare to show any other expression.

  "Heh heh, where's that courage of yours in front of all the officials?" Wu Zetian asked with a soft laugh, her voice was so charming and seductive, if it could be said that she had a special kind of majesty in the Hanyuan Hall, now it seemed more like teasing.

  "Afterwards, I was young and ignorant when I got sick, at that time I just wanted to see the Queen of Heaven's appearance, so I could go back home and bring glory to my ancestors"

  "Now that you've seen me, am I beautiful?"

  Tang Guan gazed at Wu Zetian's pretty face, but remained silent. In his heart, he thought, "I bet those Koreans also have someone who has crossed over and brought plastic surgery techniques with them."

  "The beauty of the goddess, weeping as if the city was overturned, I dare not look directly"

  Wu Zetian's voice was full of a mature woman's flirtation, and she smiled lightly when she heard Tang Guan say that.

  "If you were born a few years earlier, perhaps tonight you could still accompany me." Wu Zetian muttered to herself, not caring whether Tang Guan could understand her or not.

  Tang's face showed a bewildered expression, but his heart was filled with a chill.

  Wu Zetian saw his appearance and slightly shook her head, opening the scroll in her hand: "Can you tell me how you wrote such a poem at your young age?"

  Tang Guan heard the words and calmed down, knowing that no matter how Wu Shi's genes were, she wouldn't be desperate enough to take advantage of her own child, so she must have been teasing herself just now.

  He immediately changed his expression and said: "A book read a hundred times will reveal its meaning. There are some books hidden in the house of Go Bo, but he just loves to read."

  "Hmph, reading books." Wu Zetian closed the scroll, her tone turning cold.

  Tang Guan glanced at her, still finding this solemn atmosphere more to his liking. He had some psychological barriers when it came to flirting with an old woman who seemed very beautiful, so he immediately said: "I'm a scholar."

  "Wu Zetian was taken aback, gazing at the Tang crown in front of her, and slightly shook her head: 'Have you read my imperial edict?'"

  Tang Guan's heart skipped a beat, he jumped down from the dragon bed, bowed and said: "I have something to observe"

  "So tell me, does Luo Guanzhong read more books or do you read more books?"

  "It can't be that she wants to..." Tang Guan's heart skipped a beat as he had an instant guess, but didn't dare confirm it. Just as he was about to speak, a commotion came from outside.

  "Princess, you can't go in, the empress is receiving her ministers."

  "Are you awake?" A pleasant voice sounded.

  Wu Zetian heard the sound and was just getting up. She tied her sleeves and opened her mouth to say: "Taiping, come in."

  "Peace? Good fellow, better late than never." Upon hearing these words, Tang Guan slightly shifted backwards, and saw the beaded curtain being suddenly lifted, revealing a lovely young girl.

  The girl was wearing a thin palace dress, which was more seductive than the usual clothes Wu Zetian wore. She looked like she was only eighteen years old. Tang Guan stared at her in a daze, unable to help but feel stunned.

  "It's not fair" Tang Guan's gaze swept across Taiping Princess's chest, and in his subconscious mind, the title and person of this woman were both to be verified.

  "Mother... I..." The girl had just entered and was about to speak coquettishly to Wu Zetian, but suddenly stopped mid-sentence, having discovered the presence of Tang Guan.

  "Who is he?" Taiping Princess asked directly with a hint of arrogance.

  "Peace is not obtained by being discourteous."

  The Princess Taiping looked at Tang Guan and saw that he had a clear and handsome face, with some arrogance between his eyebrows. She couldn't help but think of someone and said: "He is indeed the young Tang Guan, really just a little boy."

  "Enough!" Wu Zetian frowned, and Princess Taiping immediately stopped speaking.

  "Princess Taiping, arrogant and domineering in her youth, it seems the historical records are not wrong." Tang Guan, standing beside her, noticed that Princess Taiping's tone was not very polite, realized something, and secretly took another look at this delicate young girl.

  "It's somewhat similar, but slightly inferior to Lin Yuhong" Seeing the girl's beauty, Tang Guan couldn't help but secretly compare her with Lin Yuhong.

  As for Wu Zetian, he currently doesn't have such a big appetite, "Since she is still in the palace, that means she hasn't married yet, I estimate she should be around 15 or 16 years old." Tang Guan quickly organized the historical materials in his mind and instantly guessed Taiping Princess's age to be almost accurate.

  "Taiping Princess is also a unique individual, just like her mother, she's a woman too, but it seems there's still room for improvement, hehe"

  Princess Taiping ignored Tang Crown, whispering something to Wu Zetian in a low voice. Wu Zetian occasionally frowned, while Tang Crown looked at the mother-daughter pair with a thoughtful expression.

  After a long while, Wu Zetian spoke up and said: "No way!"

  "No way! I won't marry Xue Shao!"

  "Ah, interesting!" Tang Guan heard this and raised his head, a curious expression flashing across his face.

  "Wu Zetian finally spoke up: 'Guo Biao, you may withdraw for now. Tomorrow morning at court, I have something to ask you.'"

  "Come again!" Tang Guan's eyelids twitched at the words. He couldn't stand getting up early every day, but he still bowed his head in response.

  He turned and walked out of the beaded curtain, where a palace maid seemed extremely understanding, seeing him come out immediately led him out of the palace.

  "Mother..." Taiping Princess pulled at Wu Zetian's sleeve with her small hand.

  However, she was stroked by Wu Zetian. Taiping Princess saw that Wu Zetian's face was not surprised, she was Wu Zetian's most beloved daughter, rarely seeing Wu Zetian show such impatience to herself.

  "Taiping, you're no longer a child. A man should get married when he comes of age, and a woman should get married when she grows up. The Xue family has always been our in-laws, this marriage should happen sooner rather than later."

  "Ah...ah..." Princess Taiping opened her mouth, but didn't dare speak out against him.

  Wu Zetian however hugged her and said: "I let you marry, but didn't say that others can control you. When I was as old as you are now, I had already entered the palace."

  If Tang Guan were here, he would definitely be secretly ridiculing this speech, it's almost doting, no wonder Taiping Gongzhu was raised to be on the same level as himself, that indecisive Xue Shao is wearing a green hat without complaint.

  The Princess of Peace rarely heard Empress Wu speak of past events, and couldn't help but ask: "Mother, have you seen Grandfather Taizong?"

  Wu Zetian was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "I've seen it before. I even helped your imperial grandfather tame a fine horse."

  "Good horse?"

  "That horse is called Lion Colt, a famous steed that runs extremely fast, but also very fierce. At the time, even Emperor Taizong's grandfather was at a loss for what to do."

  "Ah, Empress Dowager, have you tamed it?" Taiping asked with interest.

  Wu Zetian smiled and nodded, "This person is like a horse, that Lion Stallion doesn't listen to orders, the Empress Mother will whip it, whip it until it's in so much pain that it has no choice but to obey, then it's tamed."

  "Where is he?" asked Princess Taiping.

  "If someone doesn't listen to our royal family's words, we can also stab him, and keep stabbing until he listens."

  Princess Taiping returned to the palace from the Taoist temple and was kept in the inner palace. At this time, she was not yet the second powerful woman of later generations, but somewhat understood and nodded vaguely, muttering: "I see that Tang Que is very proud and doesn't listen to our words."

  She smiled slightly and said: "He is a fine steed, even more fierce than Lion's Colt. If he doesn't listen, we can whip him."

  "Yes, bind him, hehe" Princess Taiping thought it was just her mother joking around, clapping and cheering, but didn't notice the serious and profound meaning hidden in her mother's eyes.

  For a moment, they even forgot what had happened earlier, and the mother and daughter laughed together.

  Unfortunately, Tang Guan did not hear these words of the horseman, but he also had similar expectations. Now that he was under the eaves, he had to lower his head. Wu Zetian thought he was a good horse, but she didn't know that the driving force behind this good horse's galloping came from ambition, and that ambition originated from oppression!

  Although Tang Guan knew the way himself, he still had a little palace maid lead the way and didn't even bother to identify it himself.

  The two didn't stop or communicate, Tang Guan secretly took a glance at the little palace maid's appearance and slightly paused.

  "Have all the beauties in the world gone to the palace?" Tang Guan had just seen Wu Zetian and her daughter, and was already satisfied. Now, he saw a small palace maid whose appearance was not inferior to Taiping, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

  "What's your name, miss?"

  The little palace maid just kept her head down and walked, without responding, with a very cold expression.

  "Miss, I'm Tang Guan." Tang Guan introduced himself as she ignored him.

  Upon hearing this name, the little palace maid's footsteps paused for a moment, and she softly said: "Wan Er"

  "Oh, Wan'er, what a nice name" Tang Guan thought to himself, and suddenly realized something.

  "What's your surname, miss?"

  "Your Honor," replied the little palace maid as she walked along.

  Tang Guan stopped in his tracks upon hearing this and stood there dumbfounded. "Well, that's just great."