"Actually, I was a little surprised when I heard your name. There are not many people with the surname Wu in the world. Your surname Wu may have some connection with our royal family," the empress said.

"I don't dare. Zhaoniang was born in a poor village in a remote county and sold cooking cakes. How could she dare to have a relationship with the royal family." Wu Zhaoniang said humbly.

"You came from a cooking cake seller. You must have suffered a lot from growing up from a cooking cake seller to where you are now!" The Empress sympathized.

"In life, no matter what environment you are in, if you want to change your life for the better, you must endure hardships."

"Well, you're right. Only by enduring hardship can you become a master! Now that you have won the championship of the Yushi Competition, I will definitely reward you. You can tell me what you want first!"

Wu Zhaoniang held up her hands and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that if you win the Censor Competition, you can represent the Great Zhou Dynasty as an envoy to the Empire on the other side of the ocean where the sun never sets. I want to take my husband with me."

"Oh, is this what you want? Why are you on a mission to a foreign country?" the empress asked curiously.

"To be honest, my husband-in-law likes to travel. He is very curious about what the western countries are like and wants me to take him there to see it." Wu Zhaoniang explained.

The empress looked at Pan An in surprise, then chuckled and said: "Your reason really surprises me. It's such a good opportunity to make such a request for your husband-in-law, don't you think so?" Wasted?"

"I don't think that while I'm alive, I just want to travel around the world with him. That's enough." Wu Zhaoniang looked at Pan An and said affectionately.

"Tsk, tsk, okay! The most rare thing I see from the royal family is an infatuated person. This reminds me of my imperial brother." As she said this, the empress showed regret and longing in her eyes.

"Actually, you don't need to tell me, I will leave this mission to a foreign country to you. This is what the champion of the Yushi Competition should do." The empress said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission."

"In addition, I will also make you the royal censor, hold the imperial decree, and reward the censor's mansion with thousands of spiritual stones."

Hearing this, Wu Zhaoniang was overjoyed. She knelt on the ground and thanked her, saying, "I would like to thank your majesty for the reward."

After leaving Fengluan Hall, Pan An and Zhang Xuansu were talking and laughing all the way.

"I didn't expect that the empress was so kind. Not only did she agree to our request, but she also rewarded us with so many things." Pan An said excitedly.

"That's it, we can finally set off." Zhang Xuansu said happily, snapping her fingers.

However, when I looked at Wu Zhaoniang again, I found that her face was solemn and she was not very happy, which made people very confused.

"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you happy about such a good thing?" Pan An asked.

"Ah, are you? I am very happy. This is a good thing. Of course I am happy." Wu Zhaoniang forced a smile.

"Your smile is too fake. It looks like you have something on your mind. Tell me what's going on." Pan An asked.

Zhang Xuansu on the side touched her chin and said, "Let me guess, is it because the empress gave you too many things last time, which made you stressed."

Wu Zhaoniang sighed and nodded.

"Why? People have rewarded you with so many things, why are you still stressed?" "The so-called no reward for no merit, so many rewards for no reason. If you are an ordinary person, you may think it's nothing. You just think that the empress thinks highly of you, but Wu My sister is different."

"What do you mean, do you know something?" Pan An asked curiously.

Zhang Xuansu nodded and said, "Don't forget, we were childhood sweethearts when we were young. I know everything about her past!"

At the mention of this, Pan An realized that Wu Zhaoniang had been hiding her past, and what Zhang Xuansu said today, it was obvious that Wu Zhaoniang was related to the Wu royal family.

And according to the performance of the empress, she probably recognized all this, so she took extra care of Wu Zhaoniang.

"You can't really..." Pan An just wanted to ask, but Wu Zhaoniang signaled her not to speak.

"We are still in the palace, so don't talk about this kind of thing. Let's talk about it when we get back!" Wu Zhaoniang said.

Pan An nodded after hearing this and did not pursue further discussions, but he already had the answer in his heart.

After returning to the Yushi Mansion safely, Zhang Xuansu immediately opened the outer barrier, and then went upstairs with Pan An. The three of them sat on the bed and started discussing.

"Are you really from the royal family?" Pan An asked.

Wu Zhaoniang nodded, not intending to hide anything, and said: "My father Wu Sansi is the younger brother of the current empress. 25 years ago, he went to Liangshan Sword Sect to practice, but unexpectedly fell in love with my mother and gave birth to me. And my sister Wu Zhaoyue. Later, the former empress wanted to marry my father to someone in the court, but she found out that my father was in love with her and had a child before we were married, so she ordered the arrest of our family. "

Zhang Xuansu sighed and said with a look of self-blame: "Uncle Wu, who was being hunted everywhere, took Sister Wu and the others to the Tianshi Mansion for refuge, because my father is also a prince married to the royal family and is the half-father of Uncle Wu Sansi. They are biological brothers, so our two families have a very good relationship, and my father and I vowed to protect them. But in the end... we still couldn't protect them."

"It's not your fault. Even the Tianshi Mansion cannot interfere with matters within the royal family. Although your mother was in the name of hunting, she actually covered us when we left. Speaking of which, we still have to thank the Tianshi." Wu Zhaoniang said with a smile.

"What happened next? Did you run away?" Pan An asked.

Wu Zhaoniang nodded, "I ran away, but... there were heavy casualties. My mother died at the hands of the royal censor in order to cover my father's departure, and my mother was seriously injured in order to protect the two of us. .

In this way, my father took my sister and I on the run for two years, until the Suzaku Gate Incident occurred. The emperor Wu Zetian killed the concubine of the dynasty because of the struggle for the throne and forced the empress to abdicate.

After the new empress ascended the throne, she called off the pursuit of our family and sealed the matter tightly, and no one was allowed to mention it.

This was the end of my father's escape career with us. At this time, he had already been seriously injured due to his two years of escape.

So he took us to Qinghe County and settled there until his death five years later. "

After hearing this, Pan An's eyes became moist. He guessed that Wu Zhaoniang had an extraordinary background, but he did not expect that the father-in-law and mother-in-law whom he had never met would have such a sad love story.

A prince of a royal family and an ordinary female cultivator, but because of the empress's tyranny and ruthlessness, the yin and yang were separated in the end.

In Pan An's view, the reason why Wu Zhaoniang's father only lived for five years after that was not entirely because of injuries on his body, but more importantly because the person he loved deeply was gone and he no longer had much hope of living. (End of chapter)

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