"I feel deeply - regretful."

Princess Taiping raised her tone and did not hide her dissatisfaction. "I can fully understand your father's hatred of that woman, but there are many ways to fight politically. Using assassination to solve the problem is undoubtedly a low-quality one. Frankly speaking, this matter has already implicated me. The Lord of the Lord may suspect that it was my move. How do you ask me to explain it to the Lord?"

Shangguan Wan'er's return to her hometown to worship her ancestors was extremely secret. It was Princess Taiping who leaked it to Wu Furong. Princess Taiping knew about the assassination before it happened. At that time, she did not stop it at all. Instead, she revealed Shangguan Wan'er's whereabouts to them, which was undoubtedly to secretly encourage them to take action.

But once the assassination failed, she began to accuse the Wu family of implicating her. Wu Furong also understood Princess Taiping's thoughts. She benefited the profits after success, and the Wu family took responsibility after failure. This made Wu Furong very dissatisfied.

But now she asked Princess Taiping, and did not dare to show her anger. She quickly explained: "My father also realized that it was inappropriate to send someone to assassinate, but the matter had already happened. We can only try to make up for it later. If the incident happened, my father was willing to take responsibility and would never implicate His Highness the Princess."

"Willing to take responsibility?"

Princess Taiping snorted, "Can your father afford this responsibility? He is now a guilty person. Once Li Zhen finds out that this matter was done by your father, do you think the emperor will spare your father? Furong, if I guessed it correctly, Wu Sansi revealed something to you!"

Wu Furong nodded silently and whispered for a while: "Uncle San found his father a few days ago and gave me the letter between me and Xue Huaiyi, which moved my father. Uncle San also said that the relics case was actually planned by Shangguan Wan'er behind the scenes, which made his father extremely angry."

"So your father decided to assassinate that woman?"

Princess Taiping said in great dissatisfaction: "Wu Sansi first used his little favor to win over your father, and then led your father's hatred to that woman. Do you think he is kind-hearted? He deliberately seduced your father to do stupid things, and finally made your father unable to escape. This is his purpose!"

Wu Furong looked back and thought about it carefully, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of horror. Wu Sansi and her father have always been against each other. How could he be so kind to separate her relationship with Xue Huaiyi? If her trust between her and Xue Huaiyi was exposed, it would be nothing more than her guilt, but it had nothing to do with her father.

But Wu Sansi induces his father to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er, which makes his father fall into a serious crime that he will never recover. Wu Sansi's scheming is so deep and his intentions are so vicious that neither she nor her father realizes it.

Wu Furong suddenly became a little panicked. If Wu Sansi had any evidence of the assassination and took the opportunity to report his father to the emperor, he might have been doomed this time.

Their only hope now is that Princess Taiping can help her father. At this moment, Wu Furong did not care about her hatred for Princess Taiping, and hurriedly begged: "I beg the princess to help my father, and we will remember it in our hearts."

A hint of undetectable smile appeared on Princess Taiping's mouth. She was waiting for this moment. She had long guessed Wu Sansi's plan, but she ignored it.

On the one hand, although she also hoped that Wu Chengsi would get rid of that woman, on the other hand, she was also waiting for Wu Chengsi to fall into the trap dug by Wu Sansi, and then she would help him. Only in this way would Wu Chengsi be willing to become her lackey, rather than a so-called ally, and she could take the opportunity to hold Wu Chengsi's financial, human and material resources firmly in her own hands.

Whether this assassination was successful or not, Li Lingyue was the winner.

Princess Taiping raised her eyebrows gently and said calmly: "This is really not easy to deal with, but I will do my best to help your father. Of course, I also need your cooperation. Furong, do you understand what I mean?"

Wu Furong nodded helplessly, and Princess Taiping immediately said: "First of all, we must disband the Wu family generals, or incorporate them into my Taiping Mansion. You can go back and discuss this with your father first!"

...........

Although the incident of Shangguan Wan'er being assassinated was very secretive and Shangguan Wan'er did not promote it, this incident began to spread quietly in the Luoyang officialdom with the help of someone who was interested.

Many officials only realized that Shangguan Sheren was not in Shendu, and they also realized that Shangguan Sheren had encountered an assassin on his way back to his hometown.

In the morning, shortly after the court meeting, Su Wei Dao rushed into Li Dezhao's official room like a gust of wind and shouted anxiously: "Li Xiang, have you heard of Shangguan Sheren being assassinated?"

Li Dezhao was just appointed as the chief examiner of this year's imperial examination by Wu Zetian. He was always above the imperial examination and seemed uneasy. It was not until Su Weidao said it for the second time that Li Dezhao responded.

"What did you say? Who assassinated Shangguan Sheren?"

"I don't know who assassinated, but many people are talking about assassination, which is probably true."

Li Dezhao frowned. He was a veteran in the officialdom and knew that assassination was a taboo in the officialdom. Once the emperor knew about this, he would probably never give up easily.

Li Dezhao said worriedly: "I'm afraid this incident will cause another uproar."

Just as Li Dezhao was worried, this incident soon reached Wu Zetian's ears. She was shocked at first, then furious and immediately issued an order to order the Censor Lai Junchen to investigate the matter comprehensively.

Wu Zetian stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and said to Lai Junchen with a gloomy face: "If this matter is a rumor, find the person who spreads the rumor for me. If this matter is true, find the murderer for me and be severely punished!"

Lai Junchen hurriedly bowed and said, "I obey the order!"

He bowed and hurriedly left, and Wu Zetian's anger was still not gone. Although Xue Huaiyi was also acting recklessly, he was born in the market and Wu Zetian did not really regard him as a court official, so he designed to murder Shangguan Wan'er, which made Wu Zetian angry, but was not pursued in the end.

But this time, the assassination against Shangguan Wan'er happened again. Wu Zetian was furious and was also very uneasy. She knew that it was her failure to pursue Dongshou's assassination that led to today's evil consequences. If she tolerated this time, it would be difficult for her to give Shangguan Wan'er an explanation.

Wu Zetian asked Wu Youxu to come and ordered him: "You can quickly bring a thousand guards to Shan County and guard Shangguan back to Beijing. No accidents are allowed!"

"Abide by the order!" Wu Youxu bowed and left the imperial study room and rushed to gather guards.

.........

Two days later, Shangguan Wan'er returned to the capital of Shenhu Luoyang under the strict escort of a large number of guards. At this time, there were two days before the highly anticipated spring examination examination. Various news about the imperial examination had spread throughout Luoyang, and the news of her assassination had been diluted.

Shangguan Wan'er learned from Wu Youxu that the news of her assassination had spread in the court and the country, which really made her feel unhappy. She wanted to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, but she did not want to complicate it. However, the forest wanted to be quiet and the wind was not stopped, and some people wanted to mess up the pool of water.

Shangguan Wan'er pondered all the way. When she entered the palace gate, she ordered someone to find Li Zhen. At this time, her relationship with Li Zhen became a superior and a subordinate again.

"General Li, I want to discuss the assassination with you. You go to my official room first and I will meet the emperor, and then come back and talk to you in detail."

Li Zhen nodded silently, "Abide by the orders with humble duties!"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at him deeply again, and wanted to speak but stopped, then smiled and said, "You go first! Let's talk to you later."

Li Zhen bowed and turned around and hurried to Shangguan Wan'er's official room. Soon, Shangguan Wan'er came to Wu Zetian's imperial study room. An eunuch hurried in to report. After a moment, the eunuch came out and smiled at Shangguan Wan'er, "The Lord let the servants go in!"

Shangguan Wan'er slowly walked into the imperial study room and saw Wu Zetian, the queen of the Tang Dynasty, standing in front of the window with her hands on her back. She hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Wan'er, please see Your Majesty!"

"You're finally back!"

Wu Zetian's face showed a sincere smile. She walked back to her seat and sat down, pointing to the memorials piled up like a hill next to her and smiled: "These all need to be issued. Taiping really wants to share my worries, but I still insist on waiting for you to come back."

Shangguan Wan'er's heart thumped. The emperor meant that Princess Taiping wanted to take the opportunity to compete for her power to make edicts, but was rejected by the emperor. She was very moved and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your trust in Wan'er, Wan'er will do her best to help you solve your problems."

"Well! I'm used to you too. I'll send these memorials to your official room later, but I want to ask you another thing."

Wu Zetian's eyes became sharp and he stared at Shangguan Wan'er deeply, "I heard that you were stabbed, what's going on?"

"Report to Your Majesty, this is indeed true. In a small town about forty miles away from Shan County, Wan'er and her mother stayed overnight in the town. Unexpectedly, an assassin sneaked into the inn in advance and suddenly launched an assassination. Thanks to Commander Li's life to protect him, Wan'er escaped the disaster by chance."

"Did Li Zhen save you again?" Wu Zetian asked meaningfully.

"It is precisely because he has not brought many guards, so he protects Wan'er closely all the way."

Wu Zetian smiled. She understood the meaning of Shangguan Wan'er's close body. It seemed that Li Zhen was indeed Wan'er's person. No wonder he could stand aside when Wan'er put on makeup.

"He always makes meritorious service. How can I reward him?"

"Your Majesty, I don't need to reward him this time. Let Wan'er repay his life-saving grace by himself!"

Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er often have the same feelings as mother and daughter, and sometimes they appreciate each other like confidants. They speak more casually and frankly. Shangguan Wan'er rejected Wu Zetian's kindness, and Wu Zetian didn't feel offended. She just smiled and put it aside.

"But I must investigate this matter deeply. I will never tolerate the repeated occurrence of assassination of important officials of the court. It is related to the stability of the court's principles. I will not tolerate the assassin again and again."

Wu Zetian's statement was expected by Shangguan Wan'er. Someone deliberately spread the news that he was stabbed in order to force the emperor to investigate the matter strictly. This was not to protect his own interests, but to some people want to make trouble with this matter.

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a moment and asked, "I wonder who Your Majesty plans to send to investigate this case?"

"I have decided to let Lai Junchen take over the case. I hope Wan'er can cooperate with him and find out the real murderer behind the assassin. I will never let it go again!"

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly felt a little uneasy, and the emperor actually sent Junchen to investigate the case.

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Chapter completed!