Wentang

Chapter 617 The Queen's Study Room

It is inappropriate to visit other people's homes in time for dinner, so Yue Shan had dinner at his own home first to see if it was almost time before leaving.

Although it's not appropriate to visit other people's homes in the afternoon, it doesn't matter if he goes there with a mission.

When he arrived at Duke Ying's mansion, it was Mrs. Wu Yang's family, who was Wu Zetian's mother, who received him. After chatting with him, he found out that the warrior Xun had gone out to visit his friends but hadn't returned.

Yue Shan didn't find it strange at all, the warrior Xun could only stay in the capital until the seventh and eighth day of the lunar new year, so he must take advantage of this free time to go through all the old relationships.

It would be strange if he was at home at this point.

But it doesn't matter, someone can get him back.Tell Wu Yang directly that he has official business and needs to see Ying Guogong immediately, and ask her to send someone to find him.

Wu Yang didn't dare to delay when she heard this, and hurriedly sent the housekeeper to call for someone, while she stayed to entertain Yue Shan.

Yue Shan has also admired this Wu Yang family for a long time, and he wanted to get to know him a long time ago, so he could take this opportunity to observe.

Judging from her appearance, although she is old and fading, it can be vaguely seen that she should have been a beauty when she was young. No wonder she can raise beauties like the three sisters of the Wu family.

But thinking of her identity, she felt that it was normal to have this appearance.

Her surname is Yang, the Yang of the Sui Dynasty.Get it, her father is Yang Da from the Sui Dynasty clan, so she is naturally from the Sui Dynasty clan.

Whether it is now or in ancient times, beauties and all kinds of rare playthings will be gathered in the hands of the rich and powerful, so the children of powerful families are rarely ugly.

The Yang family came from an old aristocratic family, and the genes passed down through generations are quite good, and the descendants will not be bad. This Wu Yang family is quite outstanding in appearance.

This Wu Yang family is a devout Buddhist. It can even be said that most of the imperial clan in the Sui Dynasty believed in Buddhism.

But when she was 44 years old, Li Yuan ordered that she had to marry the warrior Xun.

Of course, the above are all rumors.

There is also a rumor that she married someone when she was young, but her husband died within a few days.She simply ignored Qingdeng Gufo and never mentioned the matter of remarriage. She didn't marry the warrior Xun until Li Yuan personally acted as a matchmaker.

But no matter which rumor it is, this Wu Yang family is a standard tool person, and it is precisely because of her marriage to the warrior Xun that she has been recognized by the powerful class.

But don't think that this tool man is the kind of gentle, honest, amiable, and innocent-hearted person.There are not many people who come from rich and powerful families.

There are not many records about this Wu Yang family in history, but one point has been introduced emphatically.

That is Li Zhi's plan to abolish the king and queen and make Wu Zetian the queen, but was opposed by the officials. This old lady who eats fast and recites Buddha every day steps out.

She contacted her old relationships everywhere and ran for her daughter.She even went to Changsun Wuji's mansion to lobby, but Changsun Wuji ignored her.

It can be said that Wu Zetian was able to become a queen, and she also played a big role.

So if anyone really thinks that the old lady is as kind as she appears, they probably don't know how she died.

Yue Shan knew what she had done in history, so naturally she would not be deceived by her kind appearance.Talking to her is all polite nonsense, and nothing useful is useless.

The two were chatting when they saw two young men barging in, saluted Yue Shan and said:

"Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang have seen Qingshuihou."

"Oh? It turned out to be the two gentlemen of Ying Guogong's mansion, Yue is polite." Yue Shan smiled and cupped his hands.

But he didn't get up. Although the ages of the two were about the same, the difference in status was too great. The two brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were not qualified enough for him to stand up to greet him. It was almost the same when their father came.

Wu Yuanqing immediately complimented him: "Qingshuihou is the mainstay of my Tang Dynasty. My brothers and I have admired him for a long time. Today I finally got to see Zunyan and finally realized this dream."

Wu Yuanshuang also nodded repeatedly.

The two brothers didn't seem to see Mrs. Wu Yang sitting on the main seat, and they didn't even look straight at him.As for Wu Yangshi, he looked at the two brothers kindly and showed no signs of being unhappy.

Yue Shan saw all this in his eyes, and combined with the historical records, he had a clearer judgment on the situation of this family.At the same time, I was also thinking about how to treat the two brothers and Wu Zetian's mother and daughter.

Now this family has shown such disharmony, and when the samurai Xun dies, they will turn their faces in seconds.

At that time, will he stand on Wu Zetian's side and kill the Wu Yuanqing brothers, or help the two brothers beat Wu Zetian you.

No... Yue Shan immediately thought of a misunderstanding.If Wu Zetian became the princess in advance, would the two brothers be so stupid to turn against them?

By observing the words and deeds of the two brothers, Yue Shan felt that they were not such stupid people.

Wu Yuanqing is about 24 or [-] years old, and Wu Yuanshuang is in his early twenties.The former is calm and stable, no matter what Yue Shan's attitude is, he is always very respectful.Wu Yuanshuang's temperament is more lively, but he also behaves politely.

The performance of the two brothers is remarkable, but they are not as dandy as described in history.

In history, these two brothers have been hacked miserably, especially the useless and incompetent described by many novelists.The reason for blacking them is simple, the three sisters who abused their stepmother Wu Yang and Wu Zetian.

Some people want to say, isn't the Wu Yang clan a descendant of the clan of the previous dynasty, who is also very scheming, how could he be bullied by the Wu brothers.

Very simple, this is an ancient society where men were the masters of the house.

Ying Guogong's mansion is surnamed Wu, and Wu Yuanqing is the master of the family after the death of the samurai Xun. His words are the imperial decree for this family, which is the power bestowed on him by the etiquette.

The Wu Yang family belonged to Huluo Pingyang, so they had all the skills they couldn't use.

And analyzing from the details, the fact that the Wu Yuanqing brothers were able to suppress the Wu Yang family after the death of the samurai Xun, and forced Wu Zetian to escape into the palace, just proved that they are very capable.

The samurai Xun is the founding father of the country, and his family has a big business. The bigger the family business, the more serious the family power entanglement.

Wu Yang has been married to the warrior Xun for more than ten years, and has been the mistress of Duke Ying's mansion for more than ten years. It stands to reason that many people in Duke Ying's mansion are her confidantes.

Don't forget that she is a child of the rich and powerful, and when she gets married, she will definitely have a lot of wealth and servants as a dowry. These are the guarantees for her to marry into her husband's family and gain the right to speak.

When encountering such a useless heir, she can even rely on her connections to continue to control the family and turn the heir into a puppet.

But in fact, the Wu Yuanqing brothers only took a very short time to fully control the power of Ying Guogong's mansion, and in turn abused the Wu Yang family and Wu Zetian's three sisters.

It took only a few days for Wu Yang's more than ten years of business to be subverted by the two brothers. With such scheming methods and abilities, anyone who says they are useless and incompetent playboys is ignorant.

After Wu Zetian became the queen, Wu Yuanqing became Zongzheng Shaoqing by virtue of her kindness.

This is the second in command of Zongzheng Temple, who is in charge of all affairs of the royal family.Li Zhi is not a fatuous and incompetent monarch. If he did not have this ability, would he be allowed to hold such an important position?
But it's a pity, who made them bully Wu Zetian's mother and daughter back then, no matter how capable they are, it's useless.When Wu Zetian took power, he found an excuse to exile the two brothers, and died of illness not long after taking office.

Some people may be wondering here again, the brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Zetian had such a big enmity, why did they get favor?Why didn't Wu Zetian retaliate directly?

This is still related to the ancient clan system.

In the 21st century we say 'don't suffer from others, don't ask others to be magnanimous', but there is no such saying in ancient times, especially between bloodlines and clans, who pay attention to revenge with kindness.

In a word, the clan abused me thousands of times, and I treated the clan like first love. This is the rule of the clan law.No matter how bad your tribe treats you, you have to give back to your clan after you get rich, otherwise you have a problem with your character.

In history, the great eunuch Liu Jin was humiliated in his hometown before entering the palace, and when he became prosperous, people from his hometown came to ask for benefits, Liu Jin directly scolded these people away.

You are already generous if labor and management don't retaliate, and you dare to come here to ask for benefits.

As a result, he was called a dog.The reason is that he treats the blood relatives of this sect so unfeelingly, so it can be seen that he is a cold-blooded villain or something.

Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are Wu Zetian's half-brothers. If she dared to talk about revenge, it is estimated that the empress would be abolished by a group of ministers in a few days.

That's why she endured until she had firmly established herself as the queen and started to take power before she settled this old account.

The topic is too far away, let's get down to business.

Yue Shan was quite satisfied with the performance of the two Wu Yuanqing brothers, so he made a decision to train the two brothers to beat Wu Zetian, so that she would not be lost as a princess.

With this plan, his attitude towards the Wu brothers became more cordial, and of course he didn't ignore Wu Yang because of this.

As for the awkwardness between Wu Yangshi and the two brothers, he pretended not to notice it.

After chatting for about half an hour, the samurai Xun finally came back smelling of alcohol, and immediately apologized as soon as he entered the door, and Yue Shan also greeted him very politely.

Then the two sat down separately, as for the two brothers Wu Yangshi and Wu Yuanqing, they left very tactfully, and after that there was some unnutritious pleasantries.

"Hi." After a while, the samurai Xun might have gotten drunk, hiccupped the topic and said, "I don't know what Yue Hou Xun has to offer."

"I want to ask about the whereabouts of the second lady of your mansion in the past two days." Yue Shan said.

"Huh? Yue Hou asked why this matter happened, but what did my Changer do to be disrespectful?" Samurai Xun asked drunkenly.

Yue Shan stared at him and said slowly: "Since meeting the second lady of your mansion by chance, the prince's whereabouts are uncertain these two days."

"Who dares to fight the prince's whereabouts..." At this point, the samurai Xun came to his senses, and he woke up [-]% after a vigorous drink, and stammered: "Yue... Yuehou, are you Say... no, no way."

Yue Shan just looked at him and didn't speak.

"Hiss." The samurai took a deep breath and came to his senses, "Damn girl, why didn't you tell me such a big thing."

But he still couldn't believe it, so he said to Yue Shan: "I'm sorry, I'll go to the backyard to sober up and talk again, please forgive me for being rude."

"Okay, I know you need time to think about this matter, so go ahead. However, I want to take this time to visit the second lady's study, I don't know if it's okay." Yue Shan waved his hand.

"Okay, why not? Speaking of which, my daughter likes your articles the most..." At first, the warrior Xun wanted to praise Yue Shan, but seeing his disinterested expression, he stopped quickly and said, "I'll let someone take you there." .”

So the warrior Xun called a steward and asked him to take Yue Shan to Wu Zetian's study in the inner house in the backyard.

After all, Wu Zetian was only 12 years old and hadn't left the pavilion yet, and she didn't live in a separate small courtyard, but shared one with her sister, but lived in a different attic.

The second floor of the attic where she lives is a boudoir, and the first floor is a study, utility room and the like.

Finding the location of the study, Yue Shan pushed the door and walked in. First, he observed the furnishings. It was simple and elegant, not like a place for activities in his daughter's house, but more like a man's study.

There is a table with pens and ink on it at the entrance, and a cabinet behind the table against the wall. I don't know what is inside.On either side of the room were two large bookshelves filled with books.

Yue Shan went around the house, but he didn't find anything like female red, and he didn't know if it was there or it was in another room.

But this study does look like a good place to study essays.

He didn't look at the closet at the back, it would be bad if there was something inconvenient for men to see in it, and besides, looking through other people's closets was indeed crossing the line.

So he skipped over the cabinet and looked at the books on the shelf.There are classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and there are different versions and different annotations.

The books written by Yue Shan himself are also listed, and they are still prominently placed.

He took out his own books and looked through them, and found that several books such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "Education" were relatively new, and there were very few annotations on them.

And through these notes, I found that this second lady Wu is really too young, and she has only a little knowledge of many things, or even doesn't understand at all.

But there is a book that is obviously much dilapidated, and the corners of the book are curled up, and it can be seen at a glance that it is often read. This book is "Only Respecting Confucianism".

After opening it, I found that the blank space on the top of the book was densely filled with annotations. It is obvious that the owner of this book likes this book very much.

Looking at the handwriting of those annotations, it is immature and graceful, and it is undoubtedly the handwriting of a girl. Considering that this is Wu Zetian's room, there are nine out of ten that these words were written by her.

You actually like this book so much, and you have written so many notes, I want to see what you have thought about and written.

Thinking of this, Yue Shan took this book to the chair behind the desk and sat down, picked up the "Only Respecting Confucianism" and flipped through it.

Originally, Yue Shan looked at it with a joking attitude, but he couldn't help being moved - is this really a 12-year-old girl's opinion?

Let's put it this way, although many of her opinions are one-sided or even naive, they are very high-minded.

Many people cannot jump out of their environment when reading "Only Respecting Confucianism", and will interpret this book with their own experience and insights.But Wu Zetian is different. She really interpreted this book from a historical perspective.

Is this the bearing of a generation of empress Zetian the Great?It's really unusual.

"Squeak!" Just when Yue Shan couldn't help sighing when he saw the happy place, the door of the study was pushed open, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl in a festive red jacket came in.

Seeing Yue Shan sitting on the chair reading, he was stunned for a moment, then his face turned cold, and he said sharply, "Who are you? Why are you in my room?"

(End of this chapter)