Long live Emperor Wu!

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the Wang family was imprisoned in Yeting Palace.

Wu Rou's conferment ceremony was held grandly on an auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites.

On that day, she wore the phoenix crown of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix and a queen's dress. Under the gaze of the emperor's relatives, civil and military officials and all the ladies, she walked through the long imperial steps to the sky and stood on the The emperor's side.

When she walked up to him, neither of them spoke, but just looked at each other. She put her hand in his palm, and as he stood firm, he stood up straight and accepted the roar of the mountain and the tsunami. worship.

At that moment, the joy in her heart of getting what she wanted was actually dispelled by such momentum, and she even felt a little uneasy and panicked.

She looked at the officials in colorful court uniforms in front of her, as well as the envoys from all over the world. Tens of thousands of people gathered at her feet and worshiped her.

The crowd seemed to extend to the distant skyline. Outside the majestic palace walls, it seemed that the whole world was crawling at her feet.

At that moment, she had to admit that she felt a little timid and a little scared.

Rights also come with responsibilities. This is the first time that she has deeply felt the burden and pressure brought by the word "world".

In a daze, she turned her head and looked at the person beside her.

Li Shan was still calm and dignified, standing tall and majestic, with no trace of hesitation in his expression, as if he had long been accustomed to the high position of the throne and the heavy pressure of the word "world".

Only she knew how much he wanted to get rid of this responsibility and become a leisurely person.

But at this moment, she suddenly understood him better.

"No one who kneels down is in vain. If he fails, he will have to pay with his life." This is what he once said.

It turns out that only by truly standing at this highest place can we understand the meaning of this sentence, otherwise it will appear to be hypocritical.

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Empress Wu was newly established, and the Lizheng Palace next to the Wude Hall was idle for many years after the death of Empress Changsun. It was finally unsealed and became the new empress's bedroom.

Wude Hall and Li Zheng Hall are separated by only one wall. There are examples of Emperor Taizong and Empress Changsun in the front.

Everyone knows what it means to let the queen live here-Wu Cai is the real queen of the Tang Dynasty.

At night, Wu Rou and Li Shan took off the heavy outfits they wore during the day, wore regular clothes, held hands, and strolled around the Li Zheng Hall.

After passing through the flower garden, when he stopped in front of a door, Li Shan looked in the direction of the door and murmured:

"Actually, I don't like this palace very much."

Wu Rou followed his gaze and looked over. The closed door was the room where Princess Jinyang lived before she died.

At that time, she stood in front of that door, across the wind and snow, carrying Princess Jinyang on her back to see him for the last time.

The Li Zheng Palace, as it happened, was the place where he lost his mother, and also lost his biological sister who he spent time with and raised single-handedly.

Seeing his desolate expression, Wu Rou held his hand tightly and said:

"If you don't like it, let's not live here. I'll just go back to Zhaoqing Hall in a few days. I'm used to living in Xinan Pavilion and I don't want to change."

After hearing this, Li Shan turned his head and smiled, comforting him and saying:

"It's okay. Even if you don't like it, I want to see you within a few steps. Zhaoqing Palace is too far away after all. It's not convenient to go there when it's busy during the day.

How nice it is to have you living here. If I want to rest my eyes and take a walk, I can find you, and then we can go for a walk together. ” ˆ ˆ Wu Rou smiled happily, held him with both hands and said:

"Not only that, if something happens that you are too thin-skinned to do, and you need my iron face to come forward, you can send someone to call me. I will go there with a knife in my hand to stand up for you."

Li Shan laughed out loud after hearing this, and rested his forehead on her shoulder, laughing so hard that his body was shaking.

"So happy?" Wu Rou asked with a smile. She raised her hand habitually and touched his black and smooth hair and the hair tie hanging behind his back. She couldn't put it down.

"I have a picture in my mind, I really can't help it..." He paused, smiled, and said seriously and tenderly, "I feel so relieved to have you here."

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Wu Rou's first day in charge of the harem.

Everyone in the harem came to say hello.

Li Shan's harem was even smaller than that of Emperor Taizong. Counting the female officials who assisted in managing the harem, there were only a dozen in total.

The only people he had ever slept with were the three or five he had received when he was the prince.

It's a mixed bag of good and bad. The good thing is that she doesn't have to compete with others and be jealous. The bad thing is that she has to take care of everything and do it herself.

Wu Rou sat on the high seat, looking at Concubine Xiao Shu who was kneeling at her feet and crying pitifully, silently.

Concubine Xiao Shu was lying on the ground exhausted. She no longer wore such a domineering hairstyle and makeup. Her hair was half-combed. She was as pitiful as she could be. She cried and said:

"Please show mercy to the Empress. The appointment of a queen and the appointment of a crown prince are all major events that require blessings. That's why we offer a general amnesty to the world. People who have committed serious crimes outside have been pardoned. Why bother to embarrass the two children.

Queen, you have everything now, please let my two daughters go. Woo hoo..."

Wu Rou heard this and sneered, looked directly at her and said:

"You still have the nerve to plead for mercy?... If His Majesty hadn't refused, I would have killed them with my sword.

You wouldn't have survived. Now that you can live, but you can't see each other, you should be grateful, but you are not satisfied? "

Concubine Xiao Shu did not expect that Wu Rou, just on her first day as queen, would care so little about her reputation and dare to say such cruel and cruel words in front of everyone in the harem.

She was stunned for a moment, and then she started crying miserably, rubbing her handkerchief and saying:

"Empress, Huahe and Huaye were so young back then. They just bumped into the empress unintentionally. Why do they need to kill them all like this?

After all, they are His Majesty's flesh and blood, and they are the princesses of the Tang Dynasty. They are kept like kittens and puppies. If they lose the face of the Tang Dynasty in the future, won't they also lose the face of you, the Queen?

Everyone should say that the queen is unvirtuous and ruthless, even her children will not be spared. "

If Wu Rou couldn't do anything to her in the past, I'm afraid she would be extremely angry when she hears her arrogant excuses.

Now, it was easy for her to squeeze her to death. Instead, she was not so angry. Instead, she sneered and said:

"Princess of the Tang Dynasty? Does she have a title? If she doesn't have a title and is locked up again, what's the difference between being demoted to a commoner?

No matter how noble the royal family is, if they make mistakes, they can be demoted to common people and have nothing to do with the Li Tang royal family.

What qualifications do your two naughty and vicious daughters have to be the princesses of the Tang Dynasty? "

Concubine Xiao Shu was so frightened that her heart beat "dong-dong", her eyes rolled, and she kowtowed and said:

"Your Majesty, you also have daughters. I heard that you love Princess An Ding very much. Please spare them for once because of your feelings. From now on, I will definitely discipline them so that they can serve the Queen with filial piety like their own daughters."