After hearing Mingzhu's words, Anle pursed her lips and rolled her eyes:
"What does she have to talk about?"
Mingzhu smiled, drank up the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then poured herself another full glass. She understood Anle's thoughts. Frankly speaking, Anle's feelings for Wu Zetian were extremely complicated. She undoubtedly
She envied Wu Zetian very much and wanted to become a real queen like her. However, because of her childhood experience, Anle had a deep fear of Wu Zetian in her heart. At the same time, because Anle knew that no matter how much she wanted to, she
It was difficult for her to ascend the throne and proclaim herself emperor like Wu Zetian, so she was unforgettably jealous of the superior Empress Zetian.
Under the influence of this complicated mentality, Wu Zetian became the person that Anle least wanted to mention. Mingzhu drank the wine in the glass and said leisurely:
"Today I will not talk about the great achievements of Queen Zetian, nor the merits and demerits of her life. Others will have to talk about these, and I am afraid they will continue to talk for thousands of years." What Mingzhu said is the truth. Even in modern times, there are still many
People are talking about Wu Zetian and studying Wu Zetian.
But Anle didn't understand her words and said disdainfully:
"How would you know if people have been talking for thousands of years? I think you are talking drunkenly!"
Mingzhu smiled. It was a very confident and free smile. Even Anle had to admit that Mingzhu's face was filled with a kind of brilliance.
"Princess, just think that I'm drunk. Anyway, I have to say a few drunken words today."
"What on earth are you going to say!"
"I want to talk about the man next to Queen Zetian!" Mingzhu said softly and skillfully.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Anle drank out:
"You are crazy, you dare to talk about this kind of thing! Do you know what will happen if you talk about this kind of thing?"
"Of course I know," Mingzhu remained calm and calm. "If Queen Zetian is still alive and knows that I dare to talk about her and those men behind their backs, she will beat me to death immediately."
After Mingzhu finished speaking, as if she still felt unhappy, she added, "Your Highness, your half-sister and half-brother are talking about Queen Zetian behind her back.
Was he beaten to death because of something that happened between the curtains?"
Anle couldn't help but shudder, and her face turned a little pale:
"How did you know about this?"
Mingzhu smiled slightly again. For people of this era, these things may be palace secrets, but for people a thousand years later, these are historical materials that have been excavated and sorted out. Mingzhu's expression is still so clear.
It was light, but her tone became more serious:
"I also know a lot of things, so I am sent by God to help you."
Mingzhu picked up the wine glass again and drank it all in one gulp. Now she no longer recommended the easy wine, but started drinking on her own.
"Your Highness, I also know that the princess and the prince died unjustly, but people cannot be resurrected after death, and they are not the ones I want to talk about today."
"Then what are you going to say?" It is not difficult to see that Anle's heart is a little confused because she thinks of the two siblings who were beaten to death by Wu Zetian. Now she only hopes that Mingzhu will finish what she wants to say quickly so that she can finish this.
The fatal topic is over.
Mingzhu drank another glass of wine:
"Princess, we are all women. To be honest, we are all looking forward to having countless men kneeling in front of us for us to enjoy." Mingzhu said this and quietly added in her heart, "This is not the case."
My wish is your wish.'
Mingzhu continued:
"But looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, there is only one woman who has achieved this goal, and that is Queen Zetian! Although princess, you are already much nobler than those ordinary women. You can not be bound by the world and be free to be as you like.
dating with men, but you also have to do everything possible to avoid everyone's eyes and ears. Just like today, you asked me to get those young men into the house. We still have to do everything possible to be careful, even if they stay in the future.
In the mansion, we have to be careful day and night, for fear of leaking the news, am I right?"
Mingzhu's words made Anle's face darken, because what Mingzhu said was true, and it was exactly what she was worried about.
Mingzhu glanced at Anle and smiled. She picked up the jug and wanted to pour herself wine. She found that the jug was empty. Mingzhu picked up the second jug without hesitation and filled her own wine glass.
.
"Actually, the princess doesn't have to be unhappy because of these things. Not to mention you, even the current queen, your mother, can't freely keep men by her side for her own enjoyment. Princess, look at this.
Mr. Wu Sansi understood everything. Thinking back to the beginning, if Queen Zetian had taken a fancy to any minister, wouldn’t the ministers have all obediently gone to the harem to serve the queen? It would have been as if they had received a great gift from heaven! But when the queen came,
Here, you have to accommodate Wu Sansi in every possible way!"
"Mingzhu, you're drunk!" Anle said sternly, and at the same time pressed Mingzhu's hand to get the jug. Mingzhu broke away from Anle, poured herself another glass of wine, and said:
"Princess, please let me get drunk for a while today. There are some things that I can only say when I'm drunk."
Mingzhu drank the wine in her glass and asked:
"Princess, have you ever thought about it? Why is there such a big difference between Empress Zetian and the current empress? It's because Empress Zetian is the empress, and there is no emperor to control her anymore. But the empress is different.
No matter how noble she is, she is only a queen. She is also afraid of the emperor and other people's comments! So if she wants to favor a minister or a man, she has to do it secretly, and those ministers and men have to be afraid of the emperor. How can it be compared?
Empress Zetian, the empress not only favors ministers and men openly and openly, but if anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks, she will directly kill them with an imperial edict! This is the truly happy woman!"
After Mingzhu finished speaking, she held her head with her hands as if she was too drunk. In fact, the wine couldn't stop her at all. She just stopped deliberately to give Anle time to think.
Sure enough, Mingzhu's words touched Anle greatly. Her face was uncertain, and her eyes were flashing with two clusters of intense flames. It seemed that Fang Mingzhu had stirred up the deep fire in her heart!
Mingzhu saw that the heat was almost done, so she drank another glass of wine and continued:
"One more thing, princess, have you ever thought about your own future?"
"What's there to think about my future?" Anle sneered, "Empress Zetian has passed away. Now in the Tang Dynasty, no one dares to mess with me anymore!"
"Yes, it is true that no one dares to mess with you now, but what happens after the current emperor dies?" Mingzhu said lukewarmly, "I would like to say something treasonous again, even the current emperor cannot live forever until the emperor dies.
After that, the current crown prince will ascend the throne. At that time, princess, will you still be able to do whatever you want like now? As far as I know, you and the prince have always been at odds, and the prince has long hated you. Am I right? "
"Hmph, that little bastard, I'll deal with him sooner or later!" Anle said harshly. Because Mingzhu's words hit her point of pain, she and the prince are half-siblings, and the prince has suffered a lot since he was a child.
They were bullied by their mother and daughter, and there was deep resentment between them!
"Princess, when he becomes emperor, will you be able to deal with him? I think he can deal with you just fine!" Mingzhu continued to say without fear of death.
Anle slapped the table angrily:
"I have long asked my father to depose him and make me the crown princess, so that I can inherit the throne from now on. However, my father refuses to agree, so I still have to go find him."
"Princess, with all due respect, it is useless to search for this matter. No matter how much the emperor loves you, he will not do such a thing because it is against etiquette and law. Neither the civil and military officials of the dynasty nor the royal family will do such a thing.
Promised."
Anle sighed, it was indeed the case, her father had told her many times that she could agree to anything she wanted, but this was absolutely not possible.
"Then after that little bastard ascends the throne, I will let the Queen Mother handle politics behind the scenes and not give him any real power..."
Anle came up with another idea, but this time, before she finished speaking, Mingzhu interrupted her directly:
"The Queen Mother listens to politics behind the curtain, which can only happen when the Prince is very young. Now that he is so old, can the Queen still control him?"
"According to what you said, there is nothing I can do. I can only watch that little bastard become the emperor! Then he comes to raid my home!" Anle was furious.
"There is a way." Mingzhu could not speak clearly.
"you say!"
"Let the Queen Empress ascend the throne and become the Queen!"
"Let your mother be the queen?"
"Yes, there is no precedent for you to be the Crown Princess in the previous dynasty, but for the Queen to ascend the throne, there is a precedent for Queen Zetian, and you are the Queen's only flesh and blood. Once the Queen ascends the throne, it is natural that you will inherit the throne!"
"But what if at that time, the ministers still oppose my accession to the throne and continue to demand that the crown prince ascend the throne?"
Mingzhu smiled:
"My princess, after the queen becomes queen, aren't you the one who has the final say whether the prince lives or dies?"
Anle finally understood it completely this time:
"That makes sense. What you said makes sense."
"I don't dare to say what I have to say. I just ask the princess to forgive me for my nonsense. I do this out of my sincerity towards the princess!"
"Of course I know your loyalty, don't worry, I won't blame you for talking nonsense."
"Thank you, Princess." Mingzhu was already drunk and lying on the table. Finally, she said vaguely: "Princess, there is one more thing?"
"What's up?"
"The sooner the queen ascends the throne, the better! Because the relationship between her and the emperor is still there. If the queen gets old and loses her beauty, and the emperor appoints a young new queen, everything will be over!"