Jin Su spring speech

Chapter 98
In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong died in Taiji Palace.

The whole city is plain, and the bell rings thirty thousand.

All unmarried concubines were sent to become nuns in the Ganye Temple outside Chang'an City, where they grew up with the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns all their lives.

Wu Zetian was twenty-six years old, in the prime of her beauty, and she was quite reluctant to let go of her black hair.

But comparing the gray hair that grows back with the head that doesn't grow back, it is more important to see immediately.

In the spring of the following year, on February [-]nd, the spring was bright and beautiful, and a group of dandies in Chang'an City met to visit Ganye Temple for an outing.

Wu Zetian was sweeping in front of the door, and met him and his party. The group of dudes saw her beauty, so they couldn't help molesting her.

"Tsk tsk, you look like this, it's a pity to be a nun."

"It's better to follow me home and be a wife."

"Hey, just follow me."

"Or, you can take turns serving us."

Wu Zetian's face was flushed, and she was holding the broom tightly, but she was too angry to speak.

"Otherwise, how about I serve you?"

Suddenly a nun came out, and at a rough glance, her eyebrows and eyes were carved out of the same mold as this Wu Zetian, but her demeanor and elegance were not like ordinary people in the world.As she spoke, she protected Wu Zetian behind her, and faced dozens of them without any fear.

They were all taken aback when they looked at her, and laughed loudly: "You little lady, you are more beautiful than others, and you have more temper."

She didn't change her complexion, she smiled slightly, not full.

"My lord, your father is the censor, and his family education is very strict. You just received the family law the day before yesterday. Could it be that your skin is itchy again?"

"Mr. Li, I heard that your wife is killing Guojue, and you have a very deep relationship with her. Why don't you invite her to come and have a look?"

"Young Master Qin, don't laugh. Both of your parents are dead and you haven't married yet. I heard that you were raised in another courtyard. You are a young man with red lips and white teeth. He is eleven years old."

The nun paused for a moment and raised her eyebrows: "Young masters, this is a royal temple, not a place where you can make trouble. If you don't leave, I will obey the will of heaven and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys."

There was a faint flash of coldness in her wide sleeves, and a long sword was placed on the prince's neck in a flash, and a bloodstain immediately appeared.This group of dandies couldn't bear to be scared, and ran away in a hurry.

Wu Zetian narrowed his eyes: "I don't know the name of my aunt?"

The nun waved her hand: "The poor nun is greedy for the world of mortals, so she took her hair to practice, and her dharma name is Huijue. She has always been the least fond of vulgarity. My sister is born similar to me, and I am very happy. In private, you and I are sisters, how about it?" "

Wu Zetian was stunned for a while, then smiled: "Sister must obey."

Recently, Emperor Gaozong always rummaged through the piles of memorials, sometimes elated and sometimes depressed.The emotions flashed by, and then they were covered up, and every now and then, they waved away the eunuchs and maids who served on the left and right. The chief eunuch took a peek and saw that Gaozong couldn't wait to extract something from the memorial, and read it happily.

It was a letter paper wrapped in a plain white cloth with a touch of sandalwood. A few days ago, Emperor Gaozong found this letter paper in a long and boring memorial. He opened it when he found it novel. This letter sincerely wrote that she couldn't help it, and for the sake of safety, I will not tell her name for the time being. If he feels a little bit happy, please write back to her, wrap it in this white cloth and put it back where it was.

After many correspondences like this, he fell in love with her outstanding literary talent, and there was a trace of deep meaning in his disrespectful tone. He asked her name back, and finally one day, she signed her name in the lower left corner, Ming Kong.Gaozong suddenly remembered that when chatting with his father's martial artist, she once said that she would change her name to Zhao in the future.

On this day, after the routine sitting meditation was over, Huijue led Wu Zexia to play chess.

Wu Zetian thought for a moment, and then sighed: "A few days ago, there was a thief in the temple, and my sister lost some things."

Huijue didn't raise his eyes: "Oh? What did my sister lose?"

Wu Zetian rubbed his chin: "It's nothing valuable. It's just that I lost some Buddhist scriptures that I copied by myself."

Huijue rolled his eyes: "Probably, this thief is still a person who worships Buddha, haha."

She paused for a moment, raised her head, and the jade hairpin on her hair sparkled: "Speaking of this Buddha, my sister once heard a story when she was a child, the goddess of Jingguang was enlightened by Buddha, and the Buddha said to her, you will give up the heaven. As a human being, with a female body as a king, I will finally be at ease in the wheel. The monarchs of the Central Plains and Kyushu are all men, my sister thinks, can this woman look down on the world?"

Wu Zetian slowly gave birth to another son: "There is no one before, and there will be someone later. It's just that my sister will only be with the green lantern forever in this life."

Huijue smiled lightly: "Sister, the past is out of reach, and the comers can still be chased."

Wu Zetian looked at her quietly: "I don't know if my sister thinks that she will not hesitate to use unscrupulous means to deceive the king and the world?"

Huijue picked up Heizi, with sporadic smiles in his eyes: "That's my own choice, I just want to be ashamed and regretful. Sister, you lost."

Only then did Wu Zetian shift her gaze to the chessboard, and sighed: "My sister is superb at chess, my sister is ashamed of herself."

Soon, on the day of Taizong's death, Gaozong found an excuse and came to Ganye Temple to offer incense.

Everyone greeted the emperor at the door, but Huijue ate something bad and fell ill and lay on the couch.

When offering incense, Emperor Gaozong couldn't help but often looked at Wu Zetian at the side. Now her shaved and bald head had grown back black hair, which was draped softly and smoothly behind her neck. Her picturesque eyebrows and eyes were in ancient times Under the influence of the Buddha, he became more calm, and there was a little indifference in every frown and smile. He had a good impression of her when she was with Taizong in the past, but he was interested in her. After coming to Ganye Temple, Gaozong also slowed down Slowly fade away.

Afterwards, Gaozong dismissed the crowd, and closed the door with Wu Zetian, whispering and exchanging heartfelt feelings.

"Mingkong, go back to the palace with Gu."

"The concubine is afraid of messing up the rules and ruining your majesty's reputation. I am very happy to see your majesty again."

"Mingkong, what you wrote in your letter is deeply affectionate in your heart, and you know it alone, and you will definitely live up to it."

Wu Zetian was slightly startled, closed his eyes to hide the surprise in his eyes, and leaned on Gaozong's shoulder.

Everyone was waiting outside, I don't know what they said, but when they came out, Wu Zetian's jade pendant hanging in the skirt of his clothes fell outside.Before leaving, Gaozong assigned five guards to Wu Zetian to protect her secretly.

When Gao Zongshang was the crown prince, he had a good concubine, Xiao Shi, who was charming and lovely, and gave birth to a son and two daughters, who were quite favored.After Emperor Gaozong came to the throne, he named Concubine Xiao Shu, the crown of the harem. The queen had no children, and she was always overwhelmed by her.

The matter of Gaozong Ganye Temple and Wu Zetian immediately reached the ears of the queen.She thought of Gaozong's rather weird behavior before, and with her exquisite heart, she had an epiphany, and then she thought, if she supports another woman to compete with Concubine Xiao Shu, she will reap the benefits of a fisherman, it is not a bad idea.

Queen Wang took the initiative to propose to Gaozong that Wu Zetian be included in the harem, which was in line with Gaozong's wishes. The emperor discussed for a long time, but because it was still Taizong's filial piety period, she decided to wait until the next year's filial piety period was completed before formally accepting it.

This matter was kept secret, but there were many people talking about it, and Concubine Xiao Shu knew about it.

Concubine Xiao Shu was vicious and jealous, so she wanted to kill her immediately to avoid future troubles.

(End of this chapter)