Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 143 She's Good
Xu Huaian stood there and looked towards the door, almost not recognizing it.

He still remembered that when he went to the Wu family's farm to convey the order, the moment the door opened, Wu Rou looked pitifully thin.

She was only 13 years old at the time, with shining eyes and a look of stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat.

Today she still has the same expression, she is just a woman in her 20s, with a plump figure, wearing a sea-blue nun's robe, her hair is gone, and she uses a monk's hat to cover her blue scalp.

Xu Huaian sighed. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this girl's fate was rough and pitiful.

Wu Rou covered her arms and was stunned for a moment before silently walking forward and calling out:
"Shaojian Xu."

As a greeting, she said directly to the abbot:

"Abbott, Senior Sister Cui is too irritable and beats people at every turn. It makes them cry every time. Can you let me help them do their homework? I already know the daily routine and procedures in the temple. I promise to let them adapt as soon as possible. Don’t cause any trouble to the temple.”

The host saw her covering her arms, wondering what else she didn't understand.

She had just told the chamberlain around the new emperor that Wu Cairen was living a good life, but now she was beaten, making it seem like she was lying.

The abbot smiled awkwardly, looked at Shaojian Xu's face, and then said:
"She's not like this usually. What's wrong today? ...Okay, I'll listen to you. What's wrong with her? It's probably because she's getting older recently and has a bad temper. I'll ask her to copy the scriptures two more times."

After Wu Rou heard this, she looked at Xu Neishi and asked:

"How come the young prisoner has time to come here?"

Xu Huaian said:

"Zongzheng Temple recently allocated money for incense to the royal temple. Following His Majesty's order, I came with you to take a look."

Zongzheng Temple is the yamen responsible for managing royal affairs, genealogy of the royal family and relatives, as well as various royal mausoleums and temples.

In layman's terms, it is the ancestral hall of ordinary people's families, and the emperor of the current dynasty is the patriarch.

It is normal for the clan leader to send someone to follow up and monitor the clan's allocation matters.

After hearing this, Wu Rou lowered her eyes and was about to leave. Xu Huaian quickly said to the abbot next to him:

"Abbott Master, can you let us have a few words alone?"

When the abbot heard this, he exclaimed and said enthusiastically:

"You guys talk, you guys talk."

He bowed and performed a Buddhist salute, turned around and left.

In the main hall is a huge Buddha statue. At the foot of the Buddha statue is the tablet of Emperor Taizong.There was no one around, so they stood at the entrance of the main hall and the side hall, talking.

Xu Shaojian looked around and whispered to Wu Rou:

"Wu Cairen, His Majesty asked me to come here and asked the abbot of Ganye Temple to take good care of you."

Upon hearing this, Wu Rou suddenly looked at Chamberlain Xu, her eyes flashed with shock. After a while, she looked into Xu Shaojian's eyes, sneered and asked:
"Your Majesty will ask someone to take care of me, I believe it. After all, he is kind-hearted, and considering the friendship we have known each other for many years, it is understandable to say anything. But... did he ask you to tell me?"

When Xu Shaojian heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment:

"It's not."

Wu Rou's sharp and vigilant eyes softened. She put down the hand rubbing her arm, lowered her eyebrows and said lightly:
"That's it. If he asked you to tell me, it would mean something else. But he will never do it. Your Majesty has been calm and self-possessed since he was a child. He is dignified and restrained. He never does anything out of the ordinary."

After hearing this, Xu Huaian understood Wu Rou's worries.

She was afraid that if it were confirmed that she had an affair with the new emperor, the world would criticize her and cause trouble.

If you think about it carefully, this disaster can be big or small.

At a more serious level, it can give people an excuse to attack the new emperor and then plot rebellion.At the very least, it may also cause death for Wu Cairen.Xu Huaian slapped his forehead regretfully and said:

"Hey... I was careless. I wanted to forgive you and make you feel better, but I didn't think too much about it."

When Wu Rou heard this, her eyebrows suddenly softened a lot, she smiled slightly and said gratefully:

"Housekeeper Xu, you have always been my noble person. You tell me all the good things in my life. Arou is grateful to you for caring about me. But..."

Li Shan's back appeared in Wu Rou's mind, and she said with a wry smile:
"When I'm here, I can't always count on others to save me. I'm fine. You saw it just now. I'm adapting well."

Xu Huaian sighed, held Fuchen and looked up and said:

"Hey...talented people always lack some luck."

Wu Rou smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Who knows what happened.Everyone else is getting higher and higher.Fortunately for her, she has been falling on the right track.The good Miss Yuan from the Duke of Guo's Mansion is still there, but she has to be bullied and become the stepmother of an old businessman.

She desperately fought for a chance to become the emperor's concubine...but she didn't get a chance to sleep with him even once. She finally adopted a child and was killed...

Damn it, if she had done all the bad things and done evil to others, it would be fine if she got retribution.

He obviously has many good relationships and has never deliberately offended anyone, but he has always been bitten by this bad luck.

Wu Rou thought to herself: Could it be that God had already planned for her to become a nun, and that's why she got here all the way?

I really thank you.

……

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Xu Huaian remembered Wu Rou's words and did not dare to spread the word so enthusiastically. So after returning to Tai Chi Palace, he did not mention Wu Rou's matter and just regarded it as a matter of past.

Li Shan was embarrassed to ask directly and kept waiting for his reply.

After all, in the past, Xu Huaian was a very discerning person. Even if he didn't say it, he should know what he wanted to know.

As a result... after waiting for a day, Xu Huaian didn't even mention it.

Li Shan was speechless. The next day, while he was reviewing the memorial, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

While opening a new book, he pretended to ask casually:
"Did you go well with the errand at Zongzheng Temple?"

Xu Shaojian glanced at the emperor and saw that his face was calm and his expression was solemn. He did not seem to be asking about personal matters, so he answered honestly:
"It's very good. I'll take a look at it. There's no sign of wastage or waste."

Li Shan paused with his head lowered, glanced upward, then slowly turned his head, looking at Xu Huaian without saying anything.

After staring at him for a long time, he was almost spotted.If he didn't understand this, he would be a bit stupid.

When Xu Huaian saw this, he felt a little guilty and was afraid that he would know that he had done it on purpose, so he wanted to bite the bullet and pretend to die to the end. He stammered and asked confusedly:

"Your Majesty...what...what happened?"

Li Shan raised his hand speechlessly, touched his brow, looked around, and said:

"The rest of you should leave first."

When only the two of them were left in the hall, Li Shancai said gently:
"Are you afraid that people will hear you? There's no one around now, let's just say it."

Xu Huaian quickly got off the slope and responded quickly:
"Ah, yes, yes... Your Majesty, I went to see Wu Cairen. She has adapted well."

(End of this chapter)