Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 177 The Smart Woman

Shangguanyi felt that she had really changed her luck.

In less than a month's time, Shangguanyi experienced a leap from a living man to a minister of the Ministry of Justice, and then from a "little transparent" to a celebrity in front of the imperial court. In the end, he also got Li Shimin bestowed the princess's personal promise.

That's the princess!

In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's elder sister and younger sister were called the eldest princess, the emperor's daughter was called the princess, the prince's daughter was called the county master, and only the prince's daughter could be called the princess!
Of course Shangguanyi understood, so he knelt down immediately with a "plop".

"How can I, Shangguan Yi, be able to receive such grace from the Holy Majesty, I thank the emperor for his kindness!"

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times to Li Shimin, then stood up again, then knelt down and kowtowed three more times, repeating this cycle three times.

Kneeling three times and knocking nine times, this is the most solemn etiquette in Tang Dynasty, so when Shang Guanyi finished his salute, Li Shimin immediately stood up and helped him up with his own hands.

"Ai Qing is free from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Shangguanyi got up, Li Shimin chatted with him casually, said some heart-warming words, and then asked Liu Bing to send Shangguanyi back to the mansion.

After Shangguanyi returned home, he immediately began to prepare for a happy event for his son Shangguan Tingzhi. He was not in a hurry before because he had just become the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and needed to keep a low profile, but now it is different. With Li Shimin's promise , Shangguanyi couldn't wait to have a princess granddaughter.

It was not a secret that Li Shimin promised Shangguanyi to make his granddaughter the princess, so it quickly spread in the official circles. For a while, Shangguan Tingzhi, who had not yet married a wife, suddenly became a sweet bun and came to propose marriage Some people almost broke the threshold of Shangguan's house.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad. When Shangguanyi was too busy choosing a wife for his son, a woman in a green palace dress was standing by the Weishui River outside Chang'an City, her face was full of struggle.

"If you just die like this, it would be clean, but I'm not reconciled!"

The person who is planning to commit suicide is none other than Wu Mei who was kicked out of the palace.

At the beginning, when Wu Mei received Li Shimin's order, she was completely dumbfounded. She couldn't figure out why Li Shimin would suddenly cut off her position as a talent and drive her out of the palace. She didn't even know that she What was wrong.

Wu Mei still remembers that at that time Li Shimin's verbal instructions said that she was "improper in manners and unvirtuous", but Wu Mei couldn't figure out how she violated these two rules. She didn't think of it until after she was kicked out of the palace. There is only one person—Gao Ming.

Wu Mei still remembered that she was suddenly summoned by Li Shimin, and then went to the imperial study room, but she saw Gao Ming in the imperial study room, and Gao Ming said something strange at that time, which made her a little puzzled.

But thinking about it afterwards, Jean found that Gao Ming's attitude towards her was very strange, as if he was afraid of her.

"Why is the prince afraid of me?"

Thinking of this question, a trace of gloom flashed across Wu Mei's face.

"Is it because of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang?"

Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are the sons of the samurai Xun and the half-brothers of Wu Mei, but they never regarded Wu Mei as their sisters. As soon as the samurai Xun died, the two came to occupy the family property .

If the two of them were simply occupying the family property, Wu Mei would not hate them so much. The most hateful thing about the two of them was that they were very mean to Wu Mei and her mother, Yang.

At that time, Wu Mei was only 11 years old. Facing the abuse of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, she couldn't resist, so she could only bury these hatreds deeply in her heart. As time accumulated, this hatred became more and more serious. deep.

Three years later, Wu Mei was 14 years old. After being selected into the harem, she won Li Shimin's attention by virtue of her agility and intelligence, and she climbed from a court lady to a talented person.

After Wu Mei became a talented person, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang did not dare to bully her mother and sisters anymore, but these alone could not alleviate the resentment in Wu Mei's heart, so she wanted to climb up and gain more power , wanting to make Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang pay the price!
But what Wu Mei didn't expect was that after she became a talented person, her luck seemed to be exhausted, especially when she found that Li Shimin was starting to alienate her, she immediately felt anxious.

"What did I do wrong?"

Wu Mei didn't know that a woman who was too smart would make a man wary, especially a suspicious emperor like Li Shimin.

Wu Mei stayed in the harem for five years. During these five years, what she thought most was how to get Li Shimin's favor, and then how to get revenge on Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang. For her, this was the only One that sustains her beliefs.

But now, that belief has collapsed.

Losing the position of a talented person is equivalent to losing the most important amulet. Wu Mei can already imagine what kind of methods they will use to torture her and her mother when Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang know all this. Thinking of this, Wu Mei felt shuddering.

"If I really want to go back to the days when life was worse than death, I would rather die. If I really die, what will my mother do? I am not reconciled!"

While Wu Mei was vacillating, a voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Hey, beauty, do you want to dance or not?"

Hearing this voice, Wu Mei turned her head immediately, and when she saw the person behind her, she was stunned.

"His Royal Highness?"

At this time, the person who appeared behind Wu Mei was brilliant, but now his face was full of helplessness.

"I said beauty, you came here once the day before yesterday, and once yesterday, plus today, this is the third time, are you going to dance or not? Can you give me a confirmation letter?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei immediately covered her small mouth in surprise.

"Could it be that His Royal Highness has followed me since the day before yesterday? Why did you do this?"

In Wu Mei's opinion, the life and death of a person like herself should not be seen by Gao Ming, so she was so surprised when she knew that Gao Ming had been with her for three days.

Seeing Wu Mei's surprised look, Gao Ming immediately shrugged his shoulders.

"Is there even a need to ask? Of course I'm preparing to be a hero to save the beauty. As soon as you jump off, I'll get you up immediately. By then, you won't be so moved that you will cry and ask for your body?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei's face suddenly showed a trace of misery.

"His Royal Highness is joking. Wu Mei is just a commoner girl. How can His Royal Highness sacrifice her life to save her? I'm afraid His Highness is here to see a joke about a commoner girl?"

Looking at Wu Mei's desolate eyes, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Well, no one believes the truth these days, why don't you jump down and try to see if I can save you."

"..."

Seeing that Wu Mei stopped talking, Gao Ming shook his head immediately.

"It looks like you are not ready to dance, since you are not dancing, then I will leave!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming turned around and left. Looking at his leaving back, the expression on Wu Mei's face suddenly changed several times. In the end, she still gritted her teeth, and ran in front of Gao Ming to stop him. Kneel down for him.

"His Royal Highness, Wu Mei doesn't know what Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang promised you. Wu Mei only asks you to agree to one condition. As long as His Highness agrees, Wu Mei is willing to do anything for His Highness!"

As soon as Wu Mei finished speaking, Gao Ming frowned.

"Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang? Who are they?"

Hearing Gao Ming's answer, Wu Mei's eyes widened immediately.

"Your Highness, you said you don't know Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang?"

Seeing Wu Mei's surprised look, Gao Ming's brows suddenly wrinkled deeper.

"Should I know them?"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, I remembered, these two people seem to be your half-brothers, and they seem to have a grudge against you, don't they?"

Seeing Gao Ming's sudden realization, Wu Mei was surprised again.

From Gao Ming's expression, she could tell that Gao Ming really didn't know Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, and Wu Mei also knew that Gao Ming would not lie about this, because with Gao Ming's identity and status, there was no need to lie to her.

"Did I really guess wrong?"

Seeing Wu Mei's dazed look, Gao Ming immediately squatted down, and then lightly patted Wu Mei's shoulder.

"Maybe you can tell me your difficulties, maybe I'll help you when I'm in a good mood?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, a flash of determination flashed in Wu Mei's eyes, and then she began to tell Gao Ming all the quarrels between herself and the Wu brothers, and she didn't even hide the suspicion she had when she was kicked out of the palace .

After listening to Wu Mei's narration, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha, do you think Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang can help me deal with you? Wu Mei, Wu Mei, you think highly of them and yourself too much."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming's mouth suddenly showed a sneer.

"Let me tell you the truth, in my eyes, scum like Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are not worthy of carrying my shoes. I am the one who really wants to deal with you."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei was dumbfounded again.

"You are the one who wants to deal with me? Why?"

Wu Mei really couldn't figure out why Gao Ming would deal with her, because in her memory, she and Gao Ming didn't even have any intersection, let alone offend Gao Ming, and she didn't think she was qualified to let Gao Ming deal with her.

Seeing Wu Mei's puzzled expression, Gao Ming immediately smiled and shook his head.

"You don't have to think about it, because you won't be able to guess the answer, but you don't have to worry, my purpose is just to keep you away from the palace. As long as you don't enter the palace, you are not my enemy."

As long as you don't enter the palace, you are not the prince's enemy?
Wu Mei is a very smart woman, she nodded immediately after understanding Gao Ming's meaning.

"Wu Mei swears that she will never set foot in the imperial palace again. She only asks His Royal Highness to agree to a Wu Mei condition. As long as His Highness agrees, Wu Mei is willing to do anything for His Highness!"

Hearing Wu Mei's words, Gao Ming laughed immediately.

"What a clever woman!"

(End of this chapter)