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

At five o'clock, Cui Daizhao sent for supper, and Li Lingyue sat in the side hall with Empress Wu for dinner.

The death of a loved one left the mother and daughter with no appetite, so they barely ate a piece of cake and returned to the mourning hall.

Empress Wu knelt on the futon, looking at the memorial tablet on the altar table, mourning for a moment, and told Li Lingyue about the past of the Wu family.

"Yue'er, do you know why Auntie left the Wu family and entered the palace to accompany her?"

Li Lingyue shook her head, she only knew that Empress Wu entered the palace at the age of 13, but as for the reason, it was never mentioned in the history books.

Empress Wu let out a long sigh, and said with a gloomy expression:

"Your grandmother, Yang Shi, was the daughter of Yang Da, the king of Guande in the former dynasty. She wanted to be with the green light forever and not care about the world. However, the late emperor gave her a marriage. She married your grandfather and became his step-wife. She had three daughters for the Wu family, but no children. Therefore, be neglected!"

When Empress Wu said this, it seemed that it brought back painful memories of her childhood. Her eyes became colder and her tone became more serious.

"Later your grandfather died of illness, and Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Yuanqing, the first sons of the Wu family, together with other uncles and cousins, made things difficult for us everywhere, insulting us at the slightest, and whipping us at worst. We are also members of the Wu family, but our lives are not as good as pigs and dogs. Later, our mother and daughter The four of them were expelled from the Wu family and moved to Lizhou in Shu, and since then, A Niang has had a long-cherished wish in her heart, that when the future rises, the families of those Wu clan who bullied us will be ruined!"

Li Lingyue was secretly speechless, no wonder the old lady didn't like the Wu family. When it came to poisoning He Lan Minyue, she pulled out Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun as scapegoats. She not only killed her niece, but also killed two cousins. , can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"So, Aunt, you entered the palace for revenge?" Li Lingyue asked softly.

Empress Wu nodded and continued: "Aniang is a daughter. She cannot be an official. If you want to change your fate against the sky, the only way to go is to enter the palace! Afterwards, I went through many hardships and took charge of the harem. The Wu family was overjoyed." Sheng, thinking that from now on, he can climb the dragon and become the phoenix, and rise to the top, hehe, since they want high officials and rich salary, then I will grant them..."

Li Lingyue was terrified when she heard that. It was clearly recorded in the history books that after Empress Wu was established as a queen, her half-brother Wu Yuanshuang was granted the title of Shaofu Shaojian and moved to Haozhou as the governor. An older brother, Wu Yuanqing, was awarded Zongzheng Shaoqing, and was released as the governor of Longzhou. He died of illness in office.

The two descendants of the Wu family died in foreign lands one after another, and their heirs were also convicted and exiled in Zhenzhou and Longzhou, which are today's Hainan Island and Guangxi Province.

These two places, even today, are not economically developed, let alone the Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago.

Good guy, the name is promotion, but it's actually exile. My old lady is playing with her own family, that's really fucking to death.

Li Lingyue slandered in her heart: No wonder Aye distributed the power to her so reassuringly. It turned out that she didn't have to worry about the issue of 'foreign relatives usurping power'. On the contrary, she almost wiped out all the members of her family.

Li Lingyue shuddered, looking at Empress Wu's eyes with both admiration and fear.

Seeing her daughter staring at her in a daze, Empress Wu reached out to stroke her hair, and said with emotion:

"I also blame my mother for being impulsive. Now that your grandmother has passed away, the Wu family doesn't even have a person in charge, hey!"

"Didn't my cousin adopt to the Wu family? Besides, he's in Dongdu!" Li Lingyue thought of He Lan Minzhi.

Empress Wu shook her head and replied: "That bastard caused a catastrophe last time. When you left Chang'an, Auntie had deprived him of his status as the head of the Wu family and restored his original surname of Helan!"

Even though he said so, Li Lingyue knew in her heart that her old mother probably picked out He Lanminzhi's rat shit in order to maintain the Wu family's reputation in power.

Only in this way, there will be no head of the Wu family in Dongdu, and my mother will be forced to face two choices:

Either send someone to Zhenzhou and Longzhou to take back the heirs of her two elder brothers, and serve as the new head of the family to keep the filial piety;

Either Empress Wu, the only family member of the Wu family, went to Dongdu to mourn in person.

The problem is that Dongdu is nearly [-] miles away from Zhenzhou, and it takes three or four months to send someone to go there once, and it takes three to four months to travel by water, which is too late in time.

Thinking of this, Li Lingyue asked with some anxiety:
"Aniang, how long do you plan to stay when you go back to Dongdu for the funeral?"

Empress Wu's expression froze, and she patted Li Lingyue on the back:
"This is not something you should care about. Go to the dormitory to rest before dawn!"

"Oh!" Li Lingyue nodded obediently. She knew that it would be useless to ask her if she didn't tell her, so she got up obediently and walked outside.

After walking about ten steps, I couldn't help but look back, and saw Empress Wu still kneeling on the futon, with a very serious face, I don't know what she was thinking.

For some reason, Li Lingyue said something out of nowhere:
"Aniang, if you leave, Chang'an may change!"

Empress Wu slowly turned her cheeks, looked at her daughter with some surprise, then frowned, and scolded angrily:
"Be your princess, don't ask what you shouldn't!"

"Oh"

……

As the sky was getting brighter, Li Lingyue lay on Empress Wu's bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She really couldn't figure out how her old mother could break the situation.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, when parents passed away, the children not only had to go home to attend the funeral, but also had to stay in their huts to observe filial piety. Men kept filial piety for one year, and women kept filial piety for three years.

When the first emperor passed away, Empress Wu was sent to Ganye Temple to become a nun because she was a talented person. No matter how much Li Zhi doted on her, she spent five long years there in the end.

Now that Yang's family has passed away, Empress Wu, as the only surviving daughter of Yang's family, must rush to Dongdu to attend her mother's funeral out of love and propriety.

Once she stays away from the court, what awaits her is bound to be a vacuum of power.

Li Lingyue thought about it, but didn't think of a solution, so she simply dressed and got out of bed, and went to the mourning hall again.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard the voices of Empress Wu and Cui Daizhao coming from inside.

"Back to your mother, the maidservant has received a letter from Fei Ge, and her nephew Wu Yizong has promised to be the successor of the family. Within five days, she will be able to go to Dongdu to see her!"

Empress Wu said helplessly: "It's too late. If the matter of mourning cannot be confirmed at the court meeting, I will also be reprimanded for being unfilial. Besides, those gangsters and thieves will not wait until you choose the head of the Wu family. Today At the court meeting, I'm afraid there will be more bad luck than good luck!"

"Then why don't you continue to use the method of delay, and after we think of a countermeasure, the empress will participate in the court meeting!"

Empress Wu shook her head with a wry smile and said, "My mother has just passed away. Tomorrow at the latest, I will set off for the Eastern Capital. If I drag it on, I will be guilty of 'disloyalty and filial piety' and 'lust for power'!"

Seeing that Empress Wu had accepted her fate, Cui Daizhao fell to her knees and begged:
"Your Majesty, that's been three years. The court is already turbulent and treacherous. If you leave, it's hard to guarantee that the courtiers under you will not have two hearts. Your Majesty, the power you have cultivated with great difficulty may be in vain. Please think twice, Your Majesty." !"

Empress Wu raised her hand to help Cui Daizhao up, and instead of continuing this topic, she solemnly exhorted:

"As soon as I leave, you will stay in Chang'an and help me take care of the princess. That girl follows my temperament. If you don't restrain her more, it is impossible to guarantee that she will not get into trouble. You ask Peony Guard to protect her at all times and go to Fengyang Pavilion more often on weekdays." Take a walk and tell her to eat more when she's hungry, dress more when she's cold, drink more medicine when she's sick, and write more letters if she still misses my mother..."

Empress Wu babbled a lot, each sentence was about her beloved daughter, which made Li Lingyue feel uncomfortable!
She slowly clenched her fists, turned and left Hanliang Hall.