After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

Chapter 4
At noon, Xiao Lingyue had lunch from her wet nurse, burped a few times beautifully on the shoulder of her mother-in-law, and then was washed and changed diapers by four maids.

After finishing everything, lie down on the dragon bed and continue to spend time with Empress Wu as mother and daughter.

In the ancient times when entertainment items were scarce, teasing their own children became a woman's biggest entertainment hobby.

Although Empress Wu is 41 years old, she is still obsessed with the joy of being a mother.

During the confinement period, she seemed to have forgotten about the power struggle, and she couldn't bear anything except her own little princess, and she would look for her daughter if she didn't see her for a while.

Xiao Lingyue is also very well-behaved, as long as she wakes up, she will rub herself in Empress Wu's arms, and then keep spitting bubbles, trying to be cute in front of Empress Wu.

Empress Wu was so teased by the little guy that her mother's love overflowed, and her wanton laughter would come from the hall from time to time.

The mother and daughter looked at each other, Empress Wu's eyes were full of tenderness. To be honest, she hadn't smiled like this for a long time. Since entering the palace, she was named a martial artist, became a monk in the Ganye Temple, defeated Concubine Xiao Shu, and brought down the queen... on the road to imperial power. On the road, every step she took was dancing on the tip of the knife.

Power makes her lose herself, and she can do whatever it takes to get to the top. If anyone stands in the way of her grabbing power, she will clean it up without hesitation.

She thinks she has a heart of stone and has become a political tool that lives for power.

Until the birth of her daughter, in this little guy, she finally found the happiness of being an ordinary person.

Perhaps she didn't even know that for the rest of her life, she gave all her motherly love and family affection to Taiping alone.

Her favor for Taiping is not all because she likes this daughter. In the final analysis, it is just an emotional transaction and sustenance.

The concubines in the palace, the heirs of the royal family, the female relatives of the ministers, batch after batch of people brought all kinds of gifts, hoping to step into the Hanliang Palace and kowtow to the mother and daughter on the dragon bed. .

Xiao Lingyue huddled in Empress Wu's arms, listening to the people outside who reported their family name through the thick curtain. Empress Wu was lazily lying on the bed, she didn't even have to look at anyone, she just accepted other people's kneeling with peace of mind , This is the benefit of power.

Regardless of whether the outsiders are sincere or not, she only needs to control the fate of these people to gain supreme glory and status.

The whole afternoon, the Hanliang Palace greeted and sent off, and the congratulatory congratulatory people were so fleeting that even Empress Wu herself couldn't remember clearly.

Xiao Lingyue woke up and ate, then fell asleep until dawn the next day.

On the morning of the third day after his birth, Li Zhi came to Hanliang Hall early. He was dressed in military uniform, holding a huge bow and arrows on his waist.

Empress Wu frowned when she saw him dressed like this, and asked:
"Kuro, what are you doing?"

Li Zhi rolled up his sleeves and replied with some excitement: "Meiniang, today is the third day of our princess's birth, and I want to hold a six-shooting ceremony for my daughter!".

With a sound of "噗嗤", Empress Wu was immediately amused, and poked Li Zhi's head with her finger:

"You are confused, how can there be a shooting ceremony for a daughter, I will order someone to hang a handkerchief outside the hall later!"

"Hanging up handkerchiefs is so boring, it's interesting to hold six shots. Although we gave birth to a princess, I think she will be stronger than men in the future. Besides, I also want to experience the fun of common people!"

As he said that, Li Zhi made a grimace at the infant little Lingyue, with a doting look on his face.

When Empress Wu saw what he said, she was very grateful, but she still comforted her:
"Don't mess around! Shooting ceremony is an old ceremony of the Zhou Dynasty, and it's fine for the common people to continue to use it. You are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can you join in the fun? If those old guys find out, you can wait for the ministers' advice. !"

"My family affairs have nothing to do with them, let alone it is held in the harem, they have no control over it!"

Without waiting for Wu to persuade him, Li Zhi told the eunuch Chen Li: "Go, prepare the sacrificial objects immediately, and I will hold a shooting ceremony for the princess later!"

"Your servant respects your life!" Chen Li waved the dust and immediately led someone to make arrangements.

Li Zhi hugged Xiao Lingyue, and the father and daughter became intimate for a while. Xiao Lingyue also had a good impression of this "wife-loving daddy", pursing her lips, and soon deceived Li Zhi's kiss.

Outside the Hanliang Hall, the court ladies and eunuchs placed an Eight Immortals Table on the square. Because it was not a large-scale sacrifice, they did not place three pigs, cattle and sheep, but only the incense burner and melons and fruits.

Li Zhi walked out of the hall with Xiao Lingyue in his arms, while Empress Wu sat in a phoenix with curtains and was carried out of the hall by four female officials.

Ordinarily, during the confinement period, you are not allowed to go out, but Empress Wu's temperament is useless, as the mother of the little princess, she naturally hopes to see the princess receiving the gift with her own eyes.

After everything was ready, the two female officers carefully placed Li Lingyue on Li Zhi's back, and tied them tightly with cloth strips!

"Look, Mei Niang, our daughter didn't even cry when she was tortured like this. I dare to say that when she grows up, she will definitely be more imposing than a man, haha!"

Li Zhi carried the little princess on his back and turned around several times, which made Li Lingyue's little head dizzy. She couldn't express her protest by crying, which would be hitting her father in the face.

Helpless, I had no choice but to complain from the bottom of my heart: Dad, you are stupid, a woman who is more masculine than a man is not a woman, that is a woman, are you sincerely wanting me not to marry in the future?
Wu Zetian was afraid that Xiao Lingyue would fall down, so he annoyed Li Zhi, this unreliable father calmed down, carried the little princess on his back, first washed his hands in a copper basin, and burned three sticks of incense himself.

After burning incense and praying, he picked up a bow made of mulberry wood, took out an arrow made of fluffy grass, and bent the bow to draw the string.

The first arrow, shot into the sky.

The second arrow, shoot to the ground!

The implication of these two arrows is to pray to heaven and earth for the addition of a child in the family, and the child will respect heaven and earth just like his father, and become a person who stands up to heaven and earth.

The next four arrows are shot towards the southeast, northwest, respectively, implying that your child will conquer all directions in the future and be manly!

The ceremony ended quickly, and Xiao Lingyue was finally freed from Li Zhi.

As soon as she was placed in Empress Wu's arms, she clenched the other's fingers tightly, and her little head arched into her chest vigorously.

Wu Zetian was so distressed that she complained endlessly to Li Zhi:

"Look at you, you are too old to be a proper person. You insist on performing the rituals of that man behind your daughter's back. Look, it scares your daughter. You will be punished and not allowed to enter the Hanliang Palace for three days!"

Li Zhi hastened to make amends, the couple quarreled and reconciled as before.

On the second day after the shooting ceremony, as expected by Empress Wu, Li Zhi's case was full of remonstrance notes.

Above the court, the courtiers were agitated. Zuo Xiang Hao Chujun led a group of courtiers to write a letter criticizing Li Zhi for not abiding by etiquette and breaking the rules.

Strangely, the ministers were arguing and subtly ignoring Li Zhi as the person involved, and instead pointed the finger at Empress Wu, saying that she was a disaster for the court and bewitched His Majesty to break the rules.

Obviously, this is pointing fingers and scolding Huai, and the drunkard's intention is not to drink.

　I'm really sorry, I uploaded the draft as the main text yesterday. This is a revised version, and the missing parts will be filled in the next chapter!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)