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

Not long after Li Lingyue left, Eunuch Yang led Mrs. Zheng into the hall.

Supported by Cui Daizhao, Empress Wu sat in front of the desk in the front hall, sipping fragrant tea while flipping through books.

Eunuch Yang stepped forward and reported: "Go back to your mother, the convict wife Zheng has been brought!"

Empress Wu's gaze remained on the book, and with a simple wave of his hand, Eunuch Yang retreated, leaving Mrs. Zheng alone in the hall.

After so many years, Mrs. Zheng once again saw the executioner who slaughtered her husband's family. She will never forget that rainy and majestic night, a group of vicious officers and soldiers broke down the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion wielding butcher knives.

A hundred and ten people in the mansion were all killed.

While she was still in confinement, holding the newborn Wan'er was hidden in the closet by the nanny. Through the gap, she witnessed the scene of the nanny being hacked to death with knives.

That night, the rain washed away the body and dyed the entire Prime Minister's Mansion red. She thought she had escaped, but was searched out by the Peony Guards led by Cui Daizhao.

A prison van escorted her mother and daughter to the prison. In the heavy rain, she spread out her wet sleeves to protect her daughter from the wind and rain. The swaddle was soon soaked, and her daughter's cries plunged her into endless despair.

A few days later, her father-in-law, husband, and son were all beheaded in the downtown area for treason.

But she and her daughter were demoted as slaves and exiled from the court.

For more than ten years, she has been thinking about revenge all the time, but when she really faced this enemy, she was afraid!

She didn't know the purpose of the other party summoning her, but she knew very well that if the other party wanted to execute her, it would be easier than crushing an ant.

She was never afraid of death, but what about her daughter?

In her anxiety, Empress Wu put down the book and slowly raised her eyelids:
"Why don't you kneel?"

The simple four words, uttered from Empress Wu's mouth, felt full of oppression.

Zheng's body couldn't help trembling, she bit her lips tightly, stubbornly maintained a standing posture, and stared fixedly at the other party.

Cui Daizhao walked up behind her, suddenly stretched out his foot, and kicked heavily behind her hip, her knees bent, and she knelt down on the ground.

Zheng Shi, who was lying on the ground, wanted to support her body, but she was kicked on the back again, and Cui Daizhao stepped on her mercilessly.

"Demon Empress, you will die!" Zheng cursed angrily!

Empress Wu smiled freely, got up and came to Zheng Shi, staring at her condescendingly.

"A good death is better than a miserable death. If I follow the example of Empress Lu in the past and make your daughter a 'human pig', I wonder if you can still scold me like you are today!"

When Zheng heard this, her face paled instantly, and she wailed miserably: "Don't hurt her, she is innocent!"

"Oh?" Empress Wu feigned hesitation, knelt down, pinched Zheng's chin, looked at her cheek with a sneer and said, "The mother made mistakes, and the daughter suffered for her, so she is not innocent!"

"I beg you, let her go, I'm just such a daughter, she doesn't know anything!" Zheng finally couldn't bear the oppression of Empress Wu, tears flowed out quickly, and kept begging for mercy.

"I hope, as you said, she really doesn't know anything!"

Empress Wu let go of Zheng's chin, stood up, and waved to Cui Daizhao.

Zheng Shi stood up with difficulty, not daring to look into Empress Wu's eyes.

Empress Wu sat back on the main seat, thought for a while, and said to Mrs. Zheng:

"Don't think that His Majesty let you go. If I hadn't been pregnant and couldn't bear to watch your newborn daughter die early, how could you live to this day! You and I are both mothers, so you can decide for yourself!"

Zheng Shi didn't understand the meaning of Empress Wu's words. She knew what Empress Wu was worried about, and she also knew what she cared about. This was a transaction between two mothers who each took what they needed.

Before Mrs. Zheng could answer, Cui Dai stood aside and reminded: "In a few days, the empress will give you some money, remove your slave status, and let you out of the palace. You can do it yourself!"

Zheng's heart was a little excited when she heard the words, the princess did not lie to her, Wu Hou really agreed, and she was also exempted from being an official slave, so that Wan'er would no longer be a slave.

"Thank you... Your Majesty!"

Zheng's sorrow and joy were mixed, for the sake of her daughter, she had to let go of her hatred and compromise with her enemy.

After Mrs. Zheng left, Empress Wu turned to Cui Daizhao and asked, "Cui Dai, am I being too kind?"

"Hui Niangniang, you just care too much about the princess, and you can't bear to get rid of her first friend from Jinlan, so you are soft-hearted!"

Empress Wu sighed, "I hope that Zheng's daughter really treats Yue'er as her best friend!"

……

Just when Empress Wu and the Zheng family compromised with each other, their precious daughter lived the life of a fairy couple in the attic of Taiye Pool.

On the long table in the attic, there is a charcoal-fired tea stove to warm the fragrant tea, and in the lunch box beside it are two pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes bitten into a crescent shape, and lyric poems written in two scripts on the freshly ink-stained rice paper.

On the side of the railing, Li Lingyue was lying on her back, with her head resting on Wan'er's lap, leisurely peeling green oranges.

Wan'er was leaning against the railing, holding a book in her left hand and a fan in her right. While looking at the book absently, she fanciedly fanned the people under her.

"Open your mouth!"

Li Lingyue broke off a green orange and handed it directly to Wan'er's mouth.

Wan'er blushed, hesitated for a moment, and accepted the food unceremoniously.

The green tangerines are sweet and juicy, and Wan'er's brows can't help but twist together:
"This green orange is really sour, it's hard to swallow!"

Li Lingyue giggled and jokingly said, "I don't think so. If one person eats it, it must be very sour and bitter, but if two people eat it, the sourness is in the taste buds, but the sweetness is in the heart!"

Wan'er blushed, she couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, and asked softly:
"Then tell me, is your heart sweet or sour now?"

"Honestly speaking, it's sour and sweet!" Li Lingyue sighed, thinking of the separation in the near future, her heart was indeed sour and sweet.

"Go aside!"

Obviously, Wan'er was very satisfied with this answer, she angrily patted Li Lingyue's forehead with her round fan.

Li Lingyue sat up slowly, went to the long table and poured two cups of hot tea, then sat side by side with Wan'er on the railing, waving her feet, watching the sunset in the sky.

It was dusk at this time, and the lake surface of Taiye Pool was dyed golden. When summer blows, the lake surface is glittering with golden light, and the waves are rippling around!
"Hey! The setting sun is infinitely good, but it's just near dusk!" Li Lingyue was so emotional that she couldn't help but think of this poem!

"It sounds so good, did you write this?" Wan'er looked at her with admiration.

Li Lingyue did not answer, but met Wan'er's gaze, and asked anxiously:
"Sister Wan'er, if there is a chance to leave the palace, would you like to leave here?"

Wan'er was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't want to!"

"Why?"

"There is no reason, just like this green orange, if you leave the person who peels the orange, it will lose its sweet taste!"