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

After a while, the maidservant rearranged two sets of silver bowls and chopsticks!

The two girls sat opposite each other, eating their lunch quietly.

Seeing that her daughter suddenly became gentle and elegant, Empress Wu felt a little uncomfortable. After a good meal, she felt mixed feelings, so she simply put down the bowl and chopsticks, took the handkerchief Cui Daizhao handed over, and wiped the corners of her mouth.

Li Lingyue saw that Auntie had lost her appetite, so she quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand. In the Tang Dynasty, filial piety was the first priority. Parents did not touch the chopsticks, and neither did the children. This is the rule!
Empress Wu picked up the glazed cup, took a sip, and asked softly, "Do you have any objections to what I just said for my mother?"

Li Lingyue sighed, and said helplessly: "So what if there are objections, even if Auntie allows me to go in and out of Ye Ting Palace, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you a few times!"

"Why is this?" Empress Wu asked puzzled.

Li Lingyue looked forlorn, and immediately said the agreement she had reached with the Zheng family, but after listening to it, Empress Wu slapped her palm on the table again.

"You are so courageous, you dare to negotiate terms with my daughter, and you don't weigh your own identity, Cui Daizhao!"

Empress Wu turned to Cui Daizhao and ordered, "Go to Yeting Palace and arrest the mother and daughter to see me!"

Cui Dai bowed and was about to accept orders, but Li Lingyue hurriedly stopped her, got up and walked to Empress Wu, holding her arm and comforting her:
"Aniang, my daughter knows that you are doing my best, and she is worried that Mrs. Zheng has bad intentions, but now that my daughter has agreed not to have any more contact with you, it is exactly as you wished, so why should you be angry?"

It had been a long time since she was held so intimately by her daughter, Empress Wu suddenly felt refreshed, but with a serious expression on her face, she pretended to twitch her arm, stretched out her other hand, and poked Li Lingyue's forehead.

"Silly girl, Auntie loves you for being wronged. A lowly prisoner who dares to negotiate terms with the princess deserves to be killed!" As she said, Empress Wu looked at Li Lingyue suspiciously again:

"My mother is very puzzled, what kind of sorcery did that criminal woman use to make you a dignified princess of a country, in order to save her, you even gave up your life?"

Li Lingyue rested her head on Empress Wu's shoulder, with a flash of sly eyes, she murmured:
"Since my daughter saw her for the first time, she felt close to her. A Niang, you haven't seen it. The daughter of the Zheng family is beautiful, smart, gentle, and talented. In terms of talent and appearance, my daughter would feel ashamed in front of her!"

Empress Wu was upset when she heard it, and sarcastically said:

"It's just the daughter of a slave! How can I be half as good as my daughter!"

Madam, when Wan'er becomes your senior secretary, you won't think so!
Li Lingyue slandered from the bottom of her heart, but then she thought, now that the relationship between Wan'er and herself has been known by Empress Wu, there is definitely no hope for the position of Nei Sheren in the future.

In the beginning, the reason Li Lingyue dated Wan'er without telling Empress Wu was because she believed that Wan'er would be called by Empress Wu as an inner servant, and the first condition for becoming an inner servant must be a political amateur, such as Cui Daizhao, who must not be attached to any forces or factions, even if she had socialized with princes and princesses before being called!Only in this way can Empress Wu dare to keep it by her side for long-term use.

At that time, in order not to affect Wan'er's official career, Li Lingyue chose to maintain the relationship between the two secretly.

But now under my own micromanagement, Wan'er's official career is completely ruined. She may not be favored by Empress Wu in this life, and she will not become a generation of talented women who will go down in history. Even the name "Shangguan Wan'er" will never appear in the history books of later generations.

But after thinking about it, this arrangement may not be a bad thing, at least it can keep Wan'er away from the court, and live in peace, so that she will not be involved in the struggle of the royal family and die tragically by Saburo's sword.

After figuring this out, Li Lingyue didn't hesitate any longer, and said cruelly to Empress Wu:
"Grandmother! Since you don't like your daughter's relationship with Zheng's daughter, why don't you draft an edict to remove the mother and daughter from the lowly status and send them out of the palace?"

"You said it lightly, the palace servants are expelled, and His Majesty needs to issue an edict. You have to beg you, Aye, what are you doing with me!" Empress Wu said casually.

Li Lingyue didn't answer, and looked at Empress Wu without blinking, the meaning was self-evident: who in our family has the final say, haven't you figured it out yet?
Empress Wu stared, and changed the subject very smoothly:

"You were crying the day before, but today you are so willing to let them out of the palace?"

After all, it was my mother who pinched Li Lingyue's pain point at once. She drooped her head and said helplessly: "I'm willing, at least this can make my mother feel at ease!"

"Come on, I think you want to protect them!"

Empress Wu's intention to expose her daughter directly, she thought for a while, and then nodded: "Forget it, when the court tomorrow morning, Auntie will be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with it!"

"No hurry! Let's wait two days!"

According to Li Lingyue's plan, the matter should be finalized first, and then find a way to make Wan'er accept the fact of parting. As long as Wan'er no longer goes on hunger strike, then everything will no longer be a problem.

After finishing Wan'er's side, Li Lingyue thought of another matter. She simply sorted out her thoughts and asked Empress Wu in a deep voice:

"Aniang, have you ever found the mastermind who murdered your daughter?"

Empress Wu smiled when she heard the words, and pointed to the wooden box on the table: "Here, it's here, do you want to see it?"

Li Lingyue looked stunned, stepped forward to touch the wooden box, found the opening on one side, and opened it in a daze...

With a scream of "Ah", Li Lingyue's expression changed drastically, and she took several steps back!

"Aniang, this is a person... a person..."

"Isn't it just a human head, look at your worthless appearance!"

Empress Wu reprimanded her, and her eyes fell on Mang Renyou's head again. The two were very close, but she acted as if nothing had happened.

With a "wow", Li Lingyue vomited immediately!
She would never have thought that when she was eating with A Niang just now, there was a human head next to her, and the smell that came out, at first she thought it was A Niang's foot odor!
This time, Li Lingyue was really convinced.

Wan'er is watching her eat, but Empress Wu is fine, she is watching the head eat, it is really a pervert!
Cui Daizhao called someone to bring a spittoon, and while patting Li Lingyue's back, he quickly explained the assassination incident.

When hearing the two sensitive words 'Xue Shao' and 'Secret Guard of Xue's Mansion', Li Lingyue roughly guessed that the secret guard should refer to Yan'er next to Xue Shao.

She didn't expect Yan'er to be Cui Daizhao's eyeliner next to Xue Shao, if that was the case, then Yan'er would be her ally.

But the assassination incident that night was still vivid in his mind, that Yan'er obviously came here with the intention of killing herself.

Each question confused her mind. If Yan'er really wanted to kill herself, there was only one explanation: She was turned against by Xue Shao and became a double agent.

When the matter came to this point, Li Lingyue had no solid evidence and could only bear with it for the time being.

What's more, even if Yan'er has a problem, she can't bring it up in front of Empress Wu, because Mudan's inner guard is under the command of Cui Daizhao. If the subordinates rebel, then Cui Daizhao will bear the crime of negligence.

Li Lingyue grew up under the watchful eye of Cui Daizhao, needless to say the relationship between the two, the key point of the trip to Yanzhou, the other party also helped her a lot, this love, I have to remember!
Li Lingyue, who returned in vain, could only feel indignant in her heart: "The Xue family is a thief! I will let you live a few more days!"