Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 31 One year later...

The prince must have valued his younger brother Jin Wang very much. Not long after he agreed, Zhan Shi from the prince's mansion went to the house where their mother and daughter settled in Chang'an.

What is the position of Zhan Shi in the Prince's Mansion?He is equivalent to the prince's butler, able to handle all matters, and can even lead troops. He is a true confidant of the prince.

The prince must have valued him, and he would definitely not order him to get married. Naturally, he would have to meet him first, and it would be up to him of his own free will.

So he introduced himself to his family and explained his purpose of coming. He wanted to meet the second girl of the Wu family, 13-year-old Wu Shun.

As a result, the two met. Zhan Shi from the Prince's Mansion saw Wu Shunsheng's beauty and docile temperament, so he expressed his willingness on the spot.

But Wu Shun disliked his unattractive appearance and old age.

Naturally, she didn't dare to say this in front of others. She didn't know what excuse she gave. Anyway, Prince Zhan Shi didn't understand it at the time.

In the end, he was politely sent away.

After the person sent him away, Wu Shun cried and told Yang that he didn't want to, saying that it was a matter of his whole life, how could he make such a decision casually.

Ms. Yang originally had a firm attitude towards marriage, and she did not agree with letting her daughter get rich and spend her life with someone she didn't like.

When Wu Rou entered the palace, she felt that Wu Rou had ruined her marriage, and she cried with guilt.

That was the emperor and the Holy Lord, and she didn't think it was good.

What does Zhan Shi in the Prince's Mansion mean now?As long as my daughter doesn't like it, it won't work.

Later, she asked Xu Chongrong's people to bring a letter to Wu Rou saying that she was old and had lived a good life enough. You just think about yourself, there is no need to think about her, and there is no need to decide your life for her.

They thought so at the time, and without notifying Wu Rou, they were ready to think of ways to refuse.

Zhan, the Prince's Mansion, had done everything neatly and he was satisfied with it. At that time, he did not see Wu Shun's intention of rejecting him, so he sent someone to issue the letter of appointment, which was then clearly rejected.

That's fine.

I don’t know why it’s so hard to refuse or find reasons.

The final reason for rejection turned out to be: I didn’t want to marry someone with Hu ancestry!
That's right, Zhan Shi in the Prince's Mansion is of mixed Chinese and Chinese descent, and you can tell at a glance.

Wu Rou wanted to die when she heard this.

What kind of perfunctory and insulting excuse is this? !

Who doesn’t know that although the royal family of the Sui Dynasty was surnamed Yang, the empress of Emperor Gaozu of the Sui Dynasty was surnamed Dugu, and she was also of Hu origin.

You, a girl from the Wu family, are half of the blood of the former Sui clan. Who do you dislike here?

Besides, as long as you are a northerner, from the time when the Xianbei people of the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, to the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, to the Sui Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty, there are a few powerful Han families with ancestors who have not married any noble Hu people. , with some Hu people ancestry?

There are also those with compound surnames and those who have changed their surnames to Han. Although they look no different from Han people now, the roots of their genealogy are all Hu people.

For example, the deceased Empress Changsun, the biological mother of the prince, is of Xianbei blood...

She could imagine how speechless and contemptuous the prince was when he heard the reason for the Wu family's rejection.

At that time, Wu Rou was standing next to Xu Hui and heard the news. She wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Xu Chongrong turned his head to look at Wu Rou, looked at her up and down with dull eyebrows, and said:
"It seems that no one in your family is reliable except you... I think it's better to forget it. Let's get this out there. If the Wu family girl wants to find someone, she will probably have to find someone from the Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang families. Well, only those of them who consider themselves to be of noble blood are worthy of your family."

Wu Rou lowered her head, her face already as red as burning coals.She quickly walked out, bowed and said:

"My grandma and the others definitely didn't mean that... they must have thought of this stupid trick because they couldn't find any reason to refuse."

Some time ago, Concubine Wei expressed her dissatisfaction with the four surnames. Today, their family has the same ambition as the four surnames.

Fortunately, they are just a few "ignorant women and children" and have no relatives serving as officials in the court. Otherwise, I don't know what kind of implication this would have.

Moreover, the prince did not find anything to do with her, which was already very magnanimous...

Xu Hui raised her chin and said in a proud voice:

"No matter what you think, it's not suitable for you to worry about anymore. You tried to fulfill your filial piety, but they don't have the fate and can't take it, so forget it.

Anyway, I won’t carry messages for you in the future, so everyone should just calm down. "

Wu Rou lowered his head and closed his eyes.

Sure enough, you can never count on others. The key is to rely on yourself.

It doesn't matter, she is only fourteen now, still young, and there will be many opportunities in the future...

There is always a chance.

……

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In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Wu Rou was 15 years old.

For a year, she set herself up with Xu Chongrong and Wei Guifei as standards. In addition to doing her errands diligently, she also read and practiced calligraphy.

Knowing that His Majesty the Emperor liked Wang Xizhi's running script, he copied and practiced it every day.On this day, she was copying copybooks in Xiliang Pavilion, and Arthur came back with his face covered.

She looked up and saw her face was dejected, covering her face and lowering her head, shrinking as if she had stolen something, so she asked:
"Didn't I ask you to go to the Chamberlain's Ministry to give a thank-you gift to Chamberlain Xiaoqu? Why did you come back like this?"

Arthurs raised his blue eyes and glanced at Wu Rou without saying a word.

To be honest, staring into her blue eyes, it was difficult to tell what her emotions were. I could only feel that she was hesitant.

"Put your hand down, who's going to hit you..." Before Wu Rou could finish the word "cheng", Arthurs let go of his hand, revealing a bright red slap mark inside.

Her skin was originally white, not the rosy white of the Central Plains people, but a cold gray pale color. The mark of the slap was red and swollen, which was particularly shocking.

Wu Rou was immediately shocked. She had been in the palace for so long, and thanks to Xu Chongrong, no one had ever made trouble for her, let alone the one who beat her. He could only roll his eyes at her and answer ignore.

Could it be that because Xu Chongrong went to Luoyang Palace with him, they thought they could find trouble?

"What's going on? You are talking! Are you mute?" Wu Rou's gentle and gentle eyebrows came together in anger, revealing a bit of anger.

Arthur stiffened for a moment, lowered his head and said:
"... On the way back, the slave met Wang Cairen. She said... Turks are all ungrateful and despicable people. When they saw the slave, they got angry and slapped me conveniently.

The servant asked her, wondering where she had offended Wang Cairen?She said that a few days ago, a member of the Turkic royal family, who was accompanying him as a bodyguard, assassinated His Majesty in the palace and was captured and killed.He said that we are obviously bereaved dogs, and we were favored and taken in by His Majesty, but we still don’t know how to be grateful. Sure enough, we are not good things from the same lineage..."

In fact, Turks are famous for their capriciousness.

Arthur started to cry as he spoke. She froze even as she cried. She shed tears without making any sound or movement. She just asked in panic:

"... Talented man, will I be punished by sitting on the bench? But I don't know the Turk who committed the assassination. Moreover, I am of Gaochang race and was just born in Turk."

It was the first time Wu Rou heard that the emperor had been assassinated, and her heart skipped a beat. But she thought that if the news could reach the harem and it was still so quiet, it should be nothing serious.

She calmed down her fright and said:
"Don't worry, you are not his relative. There is no such thing as the Tang Dynasty law. If there were so many Han people who rebelled against each other, all the Han people would be dead."

Arthur seemed to feel a lot more relieved after hearing this, but he was still worried.

Seeing her like this, Wu Rou felt aggrieved for her.

On a good walk, I didn't make any mistakes, but I was slapped and humiliated!
No matter what, we can't let it go.

"Let's go, I'll help you fight back and vent your anger!" Wu Rou said.

Arthur was frightened when he heard this. Seeing that she was about to leave, he took two steps forward and grabbed her arm and said:
"She... slave... it was the Turks who made a mistake. It is reasonable for her to beat the slave... let's forget it. What if it makes a big fuss?"

Wu Rou let go of her hand and said:

"You are mine. If you follow me, you cannot be wronged for no reason."

As she spoke, she turned her eyes, stared at her with the tail of her eyes, and asked:
"Besides, the Turks who rebelled are not you, so where did you go wrong?! How can this be reasonable?!"

Arthur couldn't tell.

Wu Rou's oriole-like voice sneered, quite a bit like Xu Hui and Xu Chongrong, and stared into her eyes and said:
"It's good not to say anything. If you make a few more excuses, I will never care about you again. You will be bullied and beaten by yourself in the future.

I don’t want to focus on standing up for others, only for them to be ungrateful and think I’m nosy. "

Arthurs immediately clasped his hands in front of him, lowered his head, and did not dare to stop him anymore.

Wu Rou stepped out and walked out, followed closely by Arthur.

The two people went out and walked all the way to where Wang Cairen lived.

But halfway through, Wu Rou felt something was wrong.

In the past, when the maids walked in the palace, they would lower their heads to salute or walk in silence.

But today, when the palace maids saluted her, some people always looked at Arthurs with vigilance and disgust.

Arthur's golden hair is too conspicuous. After the Turkic rebellion, I am afraid that no matter whether he is a Turk or not, as long as he is obviously a barbarian, he will be ostracized in the palace.

Thinking of this, she suddenly stopped, looked at the group of palace maids who had passed by, and said:
"No, slapping Wang Cairen's maid in the past was just to vent your anger, and it won't do you any good. In the future, they should target you anyway.

This matter must be decided by Xu Chongrong, punish Wang Cairen, and establish good rules. "

Upon hearing this, Arthur's body that was stiff due to nervousness relaxed obviously and said:
"Then let's go back first and wait until Empress Chongrong comes back."

Wu Rou heard this and glanced at Arthurs with her eyes. Seeing that the marks of the slap on her face were still obvious, she said:

"When she comes back, your face will be healed. How can there be any evidence or misery?... You should make the complaint while it's hot, so that she doesn't have to deny it."

"What should I do?"

"Let's go directly to Concubine Wei." Wu Rou said and changed direction.

It's not like she just entered the palace now. Concubine Wei was prejudiced against her because of her "Mei" imperial title and didn't bother to see her.

Now, after a year of hard work, she is now in Concubine Wei's heart. She is a rare young man who is calm, down-to-earth and capable, and does not want to climb the dragon's bed to reach the sky in one step.

...Although she really wanted to do it, reality did not give her this chance.

(End of this chapter)