Training Wu Zhou

At this time, cold sweat broke out on Tang Guan's back, and he suddenly thought that Wu Zhao could not leave the old Pei Yan behind. He could save him for a while, but he couldn't save him forever.

Pei Yan was currently ranked first among the officials. If he really ascended to the top, the consequences would be unthinkable. This woman has already reached the cusp of the storm. If she takes a step forward, the sea and the sky will open up. If she takes a step back, she will be crushed to pieces.

At this time, Wu Zhao made Tang Guan face the same situation, "She wants me to choose!"

Thinking of the certainty in Tang Guan's eyes, he still didn't write.

Baiguan didn't take it seriously when they saw this. In the past, some Gongsheng would ponder for a long time, and only started to write after a few hours. It seemed that the Empress Dowager had some problems for Tang Qubing.

At first, everyone thought it was just a formality, but they didn't expect that it seemed to be a real exam, but there was no such thing as a failure. They still felt in their hearts that Tang Guan's writing was such that the number one scholar would not be able to escape. After all, he was the only one in the palace exam.

They didn't know that Tang Guan's heart was up and down at this moment, and every time Wu Zhao threw a question, Tang Guan was hovering on the line of life and death.

"Turn over even if I don't let me turn over!"

Tang Guan stared at the two names quietly. He knew that as long as he wrote the word "Emperor Wu", he would have a bright future and a bright future.

Although he wanted to write very much, he was reluctant.

He also knew that even if he didn't write these two words, Wu Zhao would still deal with Pei Yan after all.

He is a rare upright official with a heart for the common people, but he is the biggest stumbling block in this woman's way, kicking Pei Yan away, the window paper that she is away from the throne is completely pierced.

Although Tang Guan never boasted that he was a gentleman, he still remembered that desolate old man. He was so beautiful now, and he was the number one scholar at the age of nine. It is not difficult to imagine that if he pleases Wu Zhao, there is hope for him to turn around in the future, and it is not difficult to become another Pei Yan. must.

But Pei Yan's current situation makes Tang Guantu die and fox sad, life and death are completely out of his control, if he fails, he will follow in his footsteps, even if he really has power, so what, not to mention Wu Zhao will not allow himself to have power.

"Pei Yan has no military power!" Only then did Tang Guan realize that this is the most important point. Official position and fame are a kind of soft power, which can make people fearful, but what is really scary is hard power.

In some respects, Pei Yan is not even as good as Xu Jingye, who dared to climb high. Although Xu Jingye has no talent for success, he has the courage and opportunity.

Without Tang Guan's article, the two sides would have been doomed to fight to the death. Although Xu Jingye didn't have the strength, he was doomed to die, but according to the normal style of play, it was inevitable that blood would flow into rivers.

"Pei Yan...Wu Zhao...Pei Yan...Wu Zhao" Tang Guan unexpectedly closed his eyes slowly.

This question can be said to be so simple that it can be called "complicated", especially for Tang Guan. Yu Qing, he just wants to use Wu Zhao, but he has respect for Pei Yan. Yu Li, he should naturally choose Wu Zhao, after all No matter how he chooses, he knows that Pei Yan will suffer in the end, and if he chooses him, his life will be dragged down."

The officials in the hall were not in a hurry, and they sat down on the Tang crown in silence.

And Wu Zhao picked up the fragrant tea and pursed her red lips lightly.

He even said, "This soup is good."

The officials were stunned when they heard the words. Literati writers are most afraid of being interrupted, but Wu Zhao spoke regardless of the occasion. It seemed that he didn't care. You must know that in the palace exams in previous years, this woman sat upright, showing her majesty.

Thinking of the strangeness of the ceremony at this time, everyone shook their heads secretly for a while, thinking it was just "witnessing a miracle".

The ministers over there were only watching a play, but Tang Guan's clothes were soaked through here.

This is the robe he just made, the material is very good, and it is new, with little sweat, which shows Tang Guan's nervousness.

"Which side of the water did you use?" Wu Zhao asked the eunuch next to him as soon as he finished speaking.

"The Empress Dowager is offering the Peach Blossom River in Yizhou"

"Peach Blossom River?" Wu Zhao smiled slightly upon hearing this, and looked at Tang Guan again.

"Xiao Langjun, after you finish writing, I will also give you a pot of painted beauty"

Hearing this, Tang Guan opened his eyes and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

Tang Guan of the Peach Blossom River knew that the Son of Heaven was known as drinking water from all directions. The Peach Blossom River was actually just a tributary, but it was the place where concubines were chosen in ancient times. It was also called "beauty's nest" in later generations. It was telling him that if he stood in the right ranks, he would gain fame and fortune, and beauty power would be at his fingertips.

Wu Zhao is even more particular about drinking tea. What kind of tea is matched with what kind of water is fine, and he spares no effort to travel thousands of miles to deliver it chilled in ice. It can be seen that the luxury of the Tang Dynasty has actually risen at this time, but it is not as famous as it was when Xuanzong came.

Then Tang Guan closed his eyes again and remained silent.

However, he never noticed that behind Wu Zhao, a little court lady had been secretly staring at him.

From Wu Zhao's inscription, it is clear at a glance that the maid who is closest to Wu Zhao is standing here.

I saw this woman greeted people with her bare face, her black eyebrows were slightly frowned, she felt a little heroic, she was that Shangguan Wan'er.

At this time, she looked nervously at the Tang Guan with her eyes closed tightly. She witnessed Wu Zhao's inscription with her own eyes, and she was as smart as she could imagine the anxiety of getting on the Tang Guan.

Just when all the officials were paying attention to Tang Guan, Shangguan Wan'er moved lightly with lotus steps, bowed her head quietly and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Lang..."

"Huh!?" Wu Zhao said coldly, Shangguan Wan'er's face turned pale, and she hurriedly retreated. She knew her worth. Although Wu Zhao liked her a lot, she was only a female official of the West Palace.

Shangguan Wan'er stood back to the original place, looked at Tang Guan, and said in her heart: "People say that a beautiful woman has a bad life, but this talented man doesn't have a good life."

In fact, she and Tang Guan are the same kind of people, they are the kind of people who are young but have a thousand plans. Tang Guan benefits from being a human being again, but Shangguan Wan'er is born with it.

She has no other thoughts about Tang Guan, but the so-called "heroes cherish each other", and there is no conflict of interest between the two now. Tang Guan has no loss to her if he is alive, and he has no loss if he dies.It's just that it's rare to see such a talented person, and I feel a little regretful.

"If Uncle Di was here, I don't know how to write it?" Shangguan Wan'er thought of someone in an instant, and muttered to herself.

Tang Guan's expression remained unchanged, the paper was tightly clenched in his hands, and the two pages blocked the sight of all officials.

Wu Zhao dared to ask such a question in front of all the officials. Naturally, he knew how to choose.

Her questions are so simple that as long as they have some common sense, anyone who has been in contact with court affairs will know the correct answer, not to mention Tang Guan was born in a scholarly family and is full of talents. The most important thing is Pei Yan and herself, Tang Guan have been in touch.

In her mind, even if Tang Guan still had a young and childish side in his heart, he would not be so ignorant of current affairs that he would write scribbles.

Sure enough, Tang Guan's current appearance was in her favor.

"A child is a child after all, even if you really have the heart of an adult." Wu Zhao looked at Tang Guan with a playful smile on his lips.

This stalemate went on for several hours.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Chen Yunsheng, standing among the officials, also panicked.

Looking at Tang Guan who seemed to be in a state of concentration, he shouted in his heart: "Write quickly!"

A palace test that I thought should end easily was actually dragged by Tang Guan until the sunset, and it was about to end.

Only Tang Guan himself and the two women above knew that this palace examination, which was easy and funny in the eyes of the officials, was a life or death choice for Tang Guan.

As the setting sun entered the palace, Wu Zhao's expression gradually changed from relaxed following Tang Guan's stalemate, and now his eyes were quite cold.

Tang Guan was like a wooden stake at this time, and the officials secretly became anxious.

"Bang!" There was a sudden muffled sound, and everyone froze.

Tang Guan fell headlong on the table.

"Fell asleep!?"

Seeing Tang Guan tilting his head at the table, everyone exclaimed in their hearts, Tang Guan fell asleep in full view.

From this appearance, it seems that he has fallen asleep long ago, but his movements have been deadlocked.

Wu Zhao was slightly taken aback when he saw this, and then scolded: "Tang Qubing!"

Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth with a smile from behind, Tang Guan had been frowning at first, but unexpectedly he fell asleep.

Seeing this, Wu Chengsi hurried out and shook Tang Guan awake.

Tang Guan quietly opened his eyes and rubbed them.

Seeing Wu Zhao on the seat with a livid face, and seeing the officials not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he shook his head slightly, his tired and tense face gone.

"The Queen of Heaven forgives my sins. I watched the wolf smoke for thousands of miles yesterday. I fell asleep late at night and got up in the middle of the night. Qubing was young and couldn't bear this kind of suffering. I beg the Queen of Heaven to forgive me!"

Wu Zhao's face softened after hearing this, but her eyes became sharper. She knew that Tang Guan couldn't really fall asleep.

Tang Guan looked at his words and said: "Qubing was in danger on the way, and fortunately, he came to the rescue of my old man. At this time, I saw him put down the thief, and I was very happy. I only thought of my old man's old body. Ashamed, I didn't expect to pay homage to the old man's demeanor, and fell asleep thinking about it."

"Pfft!" I don't know who it is, first laughed out loud, the officials could not help but smile, Liu Jingxian and Guo Shiju even smiled and looked at each other.

Pei Yan throws an olive branch to Tang Guan as a butcher, as the two people in the same cabinet know each other well, seeing Tang Guan is so grateful to Dade, he is also a little happy, but he doesn't know that Tang Guan is facing this kind of difficulty.

Wu Zhao's heart sank when he heard the words, and was about to speak when a bell rang outside the hall, "Dang~"

Hearing the ringing of the bell, Chen Yunsheng's face changed drastically, "Oh no! It's time!"

At this moment, Tang Guan picked up the pen and quickly wrote down a few words.

"Genius Tang Guan, submit a letter!"

Seeing this, all the officials were stunned. Although Tang Guan started to write, it was obvious that he only wrote a few words.

Tang Guan picked up the article and bowed towards it. Wu Zhao also seemed a little impatient, so he didn't let the eunuch accept the article, so he stood up and took it.

Then he looked intently, but his face changed drastically!

Shangguan Wan'er also stood on tiptoe, she couldn't help but cover her mouth.

Seeing this, the officials looked at Tang Guan, only to see him smiling and bowing to the side, as if he had a plan in mind, but Wu Zhao's face changed continuously. this change.

For a while, the atmosphere became rather strange, and Chen Yunsheng even held his breath, looking at Wu Zhao secretly.

After a long time, Wu Zhao actually folded the article gently and put it in the kit on the case.

Shangguan Wan'er seemed to be still in shock, Tang Guan found her and smiled at her.

Wu Zhao sat down slowly and looked at Tang Guan again and again.

Until the last bell rang outside, the hall was silent.

Only then did she say: "According to my imperial decree, announce it to the world, list it on the gold list, and nominate Tang Guan!"

"Ah!" Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed in a low voice, Tianhou didn't kill Tang Guan, just the two words on the paper that didn't match the title were enough to kill him, this was beyond her expectation.

"Your Majesty congratulates you on your excellent talent!"

The ministers seemed to have expected it when they heard the words. After all, this palace examination was originally held for Tang Guan alone, and they didn't care about it because they announced it directly in public and didn't issue a gold list.

Chen Yunsheng's face was filled with joy, every time Tang Guan entered the palace, he was worried, but luckily every time there was no danger.

But Tang Guan's face flashed with joy, and then he bowed to thank him.

Wu Zhao looked at him rather complicatedly, and after a long time, he ordered: "Among the etiquette, follow the usual rules, and nominate Zhuangyuanfang tomorrow."

Finally Tang Guan's face showed joy, Wu Zhao waved his sleeves and said, "Sanchao!"

The ministers were about to retreat when they heard the words, but Tang Guan stepped forward and said, "Queen of Heaven, where is the minister's tea?"

Wu Zhao glared at Tang Guan when he heard the words, shook his sleeves and said, "Give me tea!"

Hearing this, the inner supervisor hurriedly poured out one and handed it to Tang Guan, Tang Guan took it with his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you, Saint Long En!"

Seeing that he was so bold, Shangguan Wan'er was also frightened.

Only then did Wu Zhao drive away, and all the officials dispersed in a loud crash.

"Congratulations, champion!"

"Tang Dianyuan, congratulations, congratulations"

Before going out, officials surrounded him. Wu Chengsi moved the fastest and stood beside Tang Guan.

"Tang Dianyuan, congratulations, the nine-year-old No. [-] scholar, who will be named on the gold list tomorrow, will definitely be famous all over the world!"

Tang Guan laughed, saw Chen Yunsheng in the crowd, and waved to him.

At this moment, Chen Yunsheng was also full of smiles, he knew that the son of his old friend would have a promising career in the future.

Tang Guan dealt with it again and again, until he walked out of the palace, Chen Yunsheng stepped forward, and looked at Tang Guan with joy.

"Qubing, from now on, Uncle and you will be colleagues."

"Haha..." Tang Guan also felt high-spirited at this time, but then disappeared again, with a bit of worry on his brows.

Seeing this, Chen Yunsheng asked, "What topic are you doing?"

Tang Guan shook his head slightly when he heard the words, but didn't speak. He looked up at the sky and sighed in his heart: "Old Master, I can only help you so far. Whether you live or die, there is nothing I can do."

For a while, the two boarded the carriage in silence, and kept asking questions until the road, but Tang Guan shook his head and answered one by one.

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Daming Palace.

Shangguan Wan'er stood by Wu Zhao's side, but she didn't dare to raise her head. Wu Zhao still held a kit in her hand. She knew that only three people knew the contents of the kit, and she happened to be one of them.

Wu Zhao stood silently in front of the dragon couch, sat down after a long time and said, "Wan'er"

"exist"

"Did you see what he wrote?"

Ancient Wan'er heard the words and knelt on the ground hurriedly, shook her head and said, "Wan'er didn't see anything"

A smile finally appeared on Wu Zhao's face when he heard the words, he stretched out his hand to lift Shangguan Wan'er's chin, and said with a smile, "I just like your cleverness, remember, he can write these two characters, but you can't."

Shangguan Wan'er remained silent. After a long time, she wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a palace maid, "Princess Taiping asks to see you."

Wu Zhao nodded when she heard this, and Shangguan Wan'er also stood up when she saw this, and stepped aside.

Sure enough, Princess Taiping, who had not arrived before her arrival, was still the same.

"Mother! You really made Tang Qubing the number one scholar?"

As soon as the voice fell, a person entered from behind the bead curtain.

Wu Zhao shook his head and smiled when he heard the sound, looked at the pretty Princess Taiping, and said, "What? Did Qubing offend you?"

Princess Taiping pursed her lips. She always had an inexplicable rejection of Tang Guan in her heart. In fact, this was normal. She was Wu Zhao's favorite person, and she was not yet mature enough to be a strong woman as recorded in historical data.

At this time, she was unavoidably a little jealous, but this did not match the historical data. Later, she was as dissolute as her mother, and had countless ministers under her skirts, but now Wu Zetian is undoubtedly the most important in her eyes.

Princess Taiping lowered her head and held back for a long time, but she couldn't tell what exactly Tang Guan had offended her.

Wu Zhao also smiled and shook her head. She knew her daughter's personality very well, so she couldn't hide her little thoughts.

Immediately said: "He will be a minister with fame in the future, so don't play petty temper to embarrass him anymore."

"Mother~" Princess Taiping said coquettishly, and stepped forward.

"Queen, what questions did you ask him, I want to see?"

Shangguan Wan'er on the side buried her pretty head a little more when she heard the words, she no longer dared to remember those two words, she only knew that Tang Guan had guessed what Tianhou wanted to do most, but she had never done it.

Hearing this, Wu Zhao smiled lightly and said, "When you get married, the queen mother will show you."

Princess Taiping, who was still a little curious at first, fell silent when she heard this, and wanted to refute, but she had nothing to say.

But the kit was quietly lying in Wu Zhao's arms. What did Tang Guan write on this day?It has also become the subject of divergent opinions in later generations. Some people say that he is a hero who finally wrote the word "Emperor Wu", and some people say that Wu Zhao needed him this year. Although he wrote "Pei Yan", he still let it go. he.

Some people even said that Tang Guan didn't write anything, implying that the two are not helping each other, and he will stand in whichever row has the upper hand.

But after all, only three people in the world knew about it, but everyone in the world knew that a nine-year-old number one scholar was born on this day!

(What exactly did Tang Guan write? First dig a hole and tell everyone later)

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