After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

Not far away, Li Lingyue saw He Lan Minzhi standing alone in the corridor of the front yard, staring at the pond without blinking, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Lingyue was a little curious. This cousin had always been obedient to his mother-in-law. She asked him to leave the Wu Mansion. He should leave the house, but today he has no intention of leaving immediately. I guess he should Something happened, or someone was waiting for me.

"Gong'er, please go back to the central hall and wait. If my mother comes out, come and let me know." Li Lingyue thought for a while and ordered Gong'er.

"Princess, do you want to see the eldest son? I will accompany you!" The little girl was simple-minded and didn't know that Li Lingyue was deliberately sending her away.

"Obey! Go back quickly!"

"Oh! That slave, please leave!"

The reason why Li Lingyue sent Gong'er away was not because she was worried that the little girl would hear something she shouldn't hear, but because he was worried that He Lan Minzhi was afraid of the presence of outsiders and did not dare to talk to her too much. After all, her cousin was hostile to Empress Wu. It was clear as day that even her cousin was deliberately alienated, let alone the palace maid next to her.

Li Lingyue stepped towards He Lan Minzhi. The other party obviously knew it was him, but he did not salute, but continued to cast his gaze towards the pond.

This small gesture showed that she was not treated as an outsider. Instead of being angry, Li Lingyue felt that this way of getting along was the most comfortable. Just like last time, the two brothers and sisters stood side by side, looking in the same direction with tacit understanding.

"Cousin, are you watching the swimming fish?" Li Lingyue asked first.

Helan Minzhi shook his head, "No, I'm just looking at the duckweeds in the pond!"

"Duckweed?" Li Lingyue was a little puzzled: "What's so good about duckweed? These floating things are really boring compared to lotus flowers and swimming fish!"

Helan Minzhi smiled slightly: "You are wrong. Duckweed has no roots. If it rains, it will be blown everywhere. No one will remember its original location. Don't you think it's interesting?"

He Lan Minzhi said it casually, but Li Lingyue immediately understood that he was comparing himself to Duckweed. Now that his parents and sister have died, he is left alone, living alone in this world. He is really different from the rootless Duckweed. No different.

Li Lingyue opened her mouth, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but she didn't know how to speak. If Empress Wu was cruel and killed his relatives, in the final analysis, it was his mother and sister who were responsible for the murder. Who can you blame?

"Is my cousin waiting for someone?" Li Lingyue had no choice but to change the subject and asked.

He Lan Minzhi withdrew his gaze, looked sideways at Li Lingyue, and said with a smile: "My cousin is really smart. The person I'm waiting for is you!"

"Wait for me? Wait for me for what?"

He Lan Minzhi smiled slightly and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch her hair. He stretched it out halfway and then retracted it. He deliberately said teasingly: "What else can I do? I just want to bully you so that I can teach my aunt to kill me!"

Li Lingyue trembled, knowing that he was joking, but if Empress Wu heard these words, she might actually be murderous.

Facing this cousin whom he had watched grow up, Helan Minzhi no longer hid his shame and said leisurely: "If my cousin hadn't disrupted the situation last time, the prince and his aunt would have killed each other long ago. Oh, what a pity!"

Li Lingyue frowned and consoled her very seriously: "Cousin, my little sister reminded you last time not to anger my mother again, otherwise, she will definitely kill you. Listen to my little sister's advice, you won't be able to fight. her!"

He Lan Minzhi waved her long sleeves and said with a smile without fear: "I never thought about fighting her, I just wanted my aunt to taste the feeling of losing a loved one. If I can get what I want, my life, hers What’s the harm in taking it?”

As he said that, He Lan Minzhi looked a little nervous, looked at Li Lingyue with burning eyes, and tentatively asked in a consulting tone: "Little sister, can you help me with this?"

Li Lingyue almost fell over after hearing this, thinking in her mind, this cousin must have gone crazy. How could he instigate others to deal with his mother? Empress Wu loved her so much and was a close relative of her own flesh and blood, how could she help others deal with her? Mother.

Li Lingyue thought she heard wrongly, but Helan Minzhi's expression seemed to be really asking for her opinion, not a joke. This gave her a vague premonition, and she suddenly didn't want to stay any longer.

"Cousin, my little sister is still saying the same thing. You can't fight against grandma. It's better to be alive than dead! Speaking of which, I hope my cousin will think about it. Little sister has something else to do, so I'll say goodbye!"

After that, I gave He Lanmin a generous gift and turned around to leave!

After walking a few steps, He Lan Minzhi called from behind: "Cousin!"

Li Lingyue turned her head and asked calmly: "Cousin, is there anything else?"

Helan Minzhi hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile on his stern face:
"It's okay. Brother Wei just wants to say: How wonderful it would be if you weren't my aunt's daughter! Take care, cousin, and say goodbye to Brother Wei!"

After saying that, he saluted Li Lingyue and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Li Lingyue savored the conversation with He Lan Minzhi, and she still didn't understand what he wanted to express, but the only thing he could be sure of was that his hatred for his mother-in-law continued unabated.

At the mourning hall, after Empress Wu vented her emotions, she ordered the butler Yao Yuan to prepare for tomorrow's funeral. After finishing the explanation, she ate some cakes briefly, then knelt down in the mourning hall and personally kept vigil for Yang.

Li Lingyue returned to the mourning hall, then knelt and sat on the other side to accompany Empress Wu to watch the mourning.

Helan Minzhi returned to his house in a carriage. As soon as he stepped through the gate, he heard the housekeeper say that guests had come to the house and were waiting in the middle hall.

Helan Minzhi seemed to know who the visitor was. After sending away the housekeeper, he came to the middle hall alone and saw Yan'er, the maid next to Xue Shao, sitting lazily in front of the tea seat, sipping tea.

Helan Minzhi glanced at the other party with disdain, then sat on the main seat and asked unceremoniously:
"What? Are you trying to convince me to murder the princess again?"

Yan'er glanced at He Lanmin from the corner of her eyes, lowered her head and took a sip of tea, then said to herself:
"My young master said that this time the Demon Queen and her daughter come to Luoyang to mourn, it is the perfect opportunity to overthrow her. Chang'an has already started to take action. In the near future, the Demon Queen's power will surely fall apart!"

Speaking of this, Yan'er put down the tea cup and looked at Helan Minzhi: "Don't you always want to avenge your relatives? Now her mother and daughter are in Luoyang. If you don't take action now, how long will it take?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Helan Minzhi laughed out loud. He didn't care about Yan'er's sudden change of expression at all, and sarcastically said to her face:

"You have failed in your attempts to assassinate me many times, but now you ask me, a useless person with no power, to help you. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Yan'er explained in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and the Demon Queen have arranged many masters to surround the princess. Now it is difficult to kill her by assassination alone! But you are different. You are the princess's cousin and can easily get close to her!"

As he spoke, he took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and placed it on the table, and continued:

"This is a highly toxic substance produced in the Western Regions. It is colorless and odorless. You only need to arrange a banquet and put the poison in the wine to kill her effortlessly!"