Training Wu Zhou

Daming Palace.

It was deserted in the palace that day, and all the foreign ministers from inside and outside the Xuanzheng Hall returned home. There was no other reason.

But Zihuan Hall is not so deserted anymore, there is a charming woman sitting on the table, different from usual, her face is rarely relaxed and full of smiles, but the two old men on the ground can no longer laugh.

The woman laughed because she knew that her time had finally arrived, and one scene after another passed before her eyes like an empty flower.

The fear and anxiety of entering the palace at the age of 14, the desolation and helplessness of Ganye Temple, the cautiousness of being a maidservant of the queen, the cruelty and ruthlessness of killing a daughter to seize the heir, and the mother's world when Mount Tai was enshrined in Zen, everything has passed.

Decades of trembling, trembling every step of the way, merciless beheading again and again, and all the loneliness, finally paid off for this moment, when the whole world bowed its knees for her.

Or the last two people who might share the world with her also knelt down.

Both of them were dressed in cloth robes, and each had a Usha cap next to them.

Wu Zhao seldom smiles, since Tang Guan appeared, she seems to smile more, but this time the smile is not the same as before, it is a kind of relief, but in contrast, she looked at the two old men on the ground. His eyes were only heartless and cold.

These years, they are all tired, Wu Zhao's youth has passed away, and he is no longer the little maid when he entered the palace, and the two old men in front of him are sad and gray-haired, and they are no longer the prime minister who has lived a life of ups and downs.

For so many years, day and night, they have been intriguing, they have been discussing business affairs at night, and they have spoken a lot of words of spring and autumn, and for many years, they have been discussing civil and military affairs day and night, trying to dominate the world.A matter of loyalty.

But when he turned around, he noticed the woman's footsteps.They have long been trampled on the soles of their feet until this time.In this place, they knelt in the most familiar place, and it was also the most glorious place for them to be officials.

Wu Zhao looked at the two old men with a smile, and lightly opened his lips and said, "Is this really the case with the two old men?"

One of the old men raised his head and saw his face clearly. It was the Prime Minister Liu Jingxian!

"The old minister is getting old, please let me go back to my hometown."

The other old man trembled, Liu Jingxian nodded again after finishing speaking, they have only knelt down to Wu Zhao a few times in their life.Once was when she sealed the empress, and once was at this time.

The two of them stood up to each other with Pei Yan, controlling the internal and external affairs of the three provinces, and Pei Yan was even more daring. Since he tied the seal, whether the woman was angry or not was irrelevant to him, and he did not bow his knees before leaving.

Now that Pei Yan is in pain, there is no trace, they only know that their old friend is not dead.I feel at ease, but I no longer have the desire to be competitive.

"General Guo, what about you?"

The other old man trembled again when he heard the sound, but he didn't say a word after all.It seems humiliating and helpless to just bury your head in the bottom.But it must be done.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wu Zhao didn't get angry.He said lightly: "I know."

Liu Jingxian stood up after hearing the sound, but the other old man still stood up.Liu Jingxian stretched out his hand to help him, but he waved him away.

Seeing this, Wu Zhao smiled even more. She smiled briskly, without any confusion or fear. On this day, she was in power, and no one in the court could stand in front of her!

"It seems that Mr. Guo still has something to say. I am here today, and you have said everything you want to say."

"Brother Shiju, get up, Your Majesty let us go home." Liu Jingxian helped again, this time the old man did not resist, Wu Zhao smiled when he heard this, and then hung on the corner of his mouth again.

I have been an official all my life, and I have given power to the government and the public. In the end, I just want to change one sentence, Your Majesty let us go home.

This person was none other than Guo Shiju. From the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word until he got up and said: "Your Majesty, take care, thank you for not killing me."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jingxian did not stop him from speaking out like in the past, but stood aside calmly.

It was also rare for Wu Zhao not to say a word, just smiling and looking at the two of them.

It wasn't until seeing that the two had no intention of leaving that Wu Zhao smiled and said, "Why did I kill you?"

Guo Shiju turned a blind eye to Wu Zhao's question, and continued to say to himself: "Your Majesty is not here, don't listen to the words of the villains in the court, the water conservancy in the south must be facilitated, and Tubo is very powerful in the frontier, and our soldiers have been fighting for years. Guo, I beg your majesty to think twice before you act. The north is bitter and cold, food and grass are unsustainable, the Turks are staring at them, and there is rebellion in the back of their heads. The people are overwhelmed and miserable, your majesty..."

"Enough! Brother Shiju!" Liu Jingxian finally stopped him, but Wu Zhao slapped the table and said, "Speak! Let him speak!"

But Guo Shiju opened his mouth and couldn't say anything more. Both of them took two steps back and bowed again, saying: "Your Majesty, please take care!"

After saying that, the two turned around, Guo Shiju was inconvenient to kneel down for a long time due to his advanced age, Liu Jingxian helped him slowly walk out of the hall, his back was slumped and desolate.

For a while, only Wu Zhao was left in the palace, and then there were the two crowns.

Wu Zhao stared blankly at the two black sands on the ground, and laughed intermittently after a long time: "Heh."

"Heh, ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Wu Zhao raised her head and laughed, her phoenix eyes formed a line, no one could see her expression clearly.

She laughed wildly, but no one could hear her, and she laughed heartily, but no one could understand.

When the king smiles, she should be proud, shouldn't she?

But why does a trace of pain flow back to the heart, or is this the long-lost tears?

No one would know if she was proud, but at this time a young man in the city was really proud.

The tall horse, the people give way, and the young man is full of vigor.

"Xiao Langjun, the old man will send you here first, and then return to the palace."

"I have to thank you for this matter." The boy said as he took another boy beside him and got off the horse.

The people on the horse stopped talking, and the horse team turned around and left.

"Brother Guan, you really chose a place where the birds don't shit."

"Haha, the old man chose the one who doesn't shit. You said it yourself."

Another teenager scratched his head when he heard the words, and the two stopped standing in front of the door, and happily opened the door behind them to enter the courtyard.

The proud young man didn't pay attention, two dead leaves quietly fell from the bushes that sprouted and bloomed in spring, which were left by the cold winter, and were topped off by the sprouting new shoots at this time.

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outside the city.

The two carriages drove out slowly, and did not stop until they entered the outskirts of the city.

One of them opened the curtain, and there seemed to be more than one person in the compartment, a middle-aged man with a nervous expression, and a beautiful young woman hugging a four or five-year-old girl.

Only one old man came out of the compartment, and at the same time another old man came out of another carriage, and the two old men jumped out of the carriage, and looked back at Chang'an behind them in unison.

After a long time, the silence was finally broken.

"Brother Guo, goodbye today, see you in the next life, haha."

"Haha!" The other person also laughed out loud.

After laughing, as if thinking of something again, he frowned and asked, "You really don't want to say goodbye to that little guy?"

After speaking, he seemed to be laughing at himself a little bit, shaking his head and said: "This old man is hypocritical, brother Liu will leave."

"Take care of yourself."

The two of them spoke very little, so they returned to their respective carriages. The two carriages drove through the city wall, parted ways, and each went in different directions.

In one of the carriages, the four or five-year-old girl saw her grandfather come back, she broke free from the beautiful woman's arms and threw herself into the old man's arms with a smile, "Grandpa, where are we going?"

Holding the girl in his arms, the old man stretched out his dry hand to straighten his granddaughter's hair, and said with a smile, "Go home."

"Go home? Isn't our home in Chang'an?"

The girl's voice was crisp and clear, which made the old man smile, but the middle-aged man frowned even more tightly, as if hesitating to speak.

The old man laughed and said, "It's not our home."

The carriage gradually drifted away in the setting sun, until the outline of Chang'an completely disappeared, and the dust rose up. On this spring day, everything was full of vitality, and the king smiled like a flower.

It seems that accompanied by bursts of laughter, two more people disappeared into the era. (To be continued..)