After the good time and beautiful scenery left, Feiyun came to the courtyard. Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er were sitting in the pergola, chatting and admiring the flowers and plants in the flower garden. Wu Yuan and a guard stood quietly on both sides, looking around warily.
Seeing Feiyun coming out, Wu Zetian asked Wan'er to say hello and invite him to come over and sit down on the chair next to her. Feiyun didn't refuse, thanked him, and sat down.
Feiyun looked at Wu Zetian and said: "Although the journey has been bumpy, Madam is still in good spirits!" Wu Zetian smiled slightly and said: "I am older and not as good as before. When I was younger, I would definitely be like Liangchen and Liangchen. The beautiful scenery is the same, you can’t sit still.”
Feiyun knew that Wu Zetian had just gone out to see the good time and beautiful scenery, so he said: "My two junior sisters are unruly and naughty. If I have offended them in any way, please forgive me, madam!"
Wu Zetian smiled slightly and said disapprovingly: "When I was young, I was more willful than them. I like Liangchen's cleverness and beautiful scenery's frankness and heroism. It would be great if they could stay with me for a long time!"
Feiyun heard something in Wu Zetian's words, hoping that on a good day and with beautiful scenery, he could go to the palace and become her personal maid. If it were an ordinary person, they would naturally be eager for such a good thing. After all, it is a great honor to be favored by the emperor, and it will also bring huge benefits.
But Feiyun was not tempted at all, and did not react at all, pretending not to hear the meaning of Wu Zetian's words. Of course, he also knew that even if he agreed, the good time and beautiful scenery would not agree.
Feiyun then smiled and said: "Madam, they are just village girls in the mountains. They act willfully and don't know etiquette. They don't deserve such praise. Don't praise them like this in person, otherwise they will be even more arrogant and will not accept my restraint." .”
Shangguan Wan'er thought that Feiyun really didn't understand what Wu Zetian meant, so she said: "Young Master Lin, Madam really appreciates them and hopes they can accompany her. I wonder if Young Master can part ways with her?"
Feiyun saw Shangguan Wan'er clarify her words directly and forced Feiyun to answer directly. Feiyun knew that Wu Zetian did not really appreciate the good times and beautiful scenery, but valued the martial arts of the two. Because compared to good times and beautiful scenery, Wu Yuan's martial arts is far inferior.
Feiyun hesitated and replied slowly: "I can't make the decision on this matter. Miss Shangguan can ask them themselves. They are my junior sisters, not my slaves. No matter what they choose, I will respect their decision."
Feiyun didn't want to refuse directly, because that might embarrass Wu Zetian. If the good time and beautiful scenery are not wanted, even if Wu Zetian is unhappy, it is inconvenient to argue with them. If Wu Zetian gets angry, Feiyun can still mediate.
Wu Zetian had long felt that Liangchen and Meimei did not like her. She originally wanted Feiyun to come forward. Maybe the two of them would listen to Feiyun and enter the palace to protect themselves. Since Feiyun was looking for excuses to shirk, he was obviously unwilling. Wu Zetian couldn't force it, so she had to give up.
Shangguan Wan'er was very displeased when she saw Feiyun's lack of appreciation. She said with a sullen face: "Young Master Lin, it is a great grace to be able to enter the palace to serve the Holy Master. You'd better convince them not to miss such a good opportunity."
Feiyun glanced at Shangguan Wan'er coldly and said disapprovingly: "In order to get such an opportunity, some people will do anything, even regardless of the life and death of their loved ones. How can we, rough people in the mountains, do anything?" Worthy of being in that elegant hall."
Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather and father offended Wu Zetian and were ordered to be killed by Wu Zetian. At that time, Shangguan Wan'er had just been born and was taken into the palace as a maid together with her mother. When she grew up, Shangguan Wan'er was appreciated by Wu Zetian because of her outstanding literary talent, and she rose to prominence from then on.
Feiyun had naturally heard of Shangguan Wan'er's deeds, and thought that she was a flattering, shameless, and forgetful person, and was very disdainful of her. Therefore, Feiyun's words were sarcastic and rude.
Shangguan Wan'er is smart and smart, and of course she heard the hidden meaning of Feiyun's words. She couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, showing a hint of shame.
Wu Zetian was extremely dissatisfied. Feiyun's words were undoubtedly a slap in the face and suspected of stirring up trouble. If it were an ordinary person, or in the Luoyang Palace, Wu Zetian would have ordered the murder long ago.
But under the current situation, Wu Zetian could only suppress her anger and pretend not to hear what Fei Yun meant. Feiyun saw Wu Zetian's serious expression and knew that she was unhappy. Feiyun didn't care about her attitude, stopped talking, stood up and left, returning to the guest room.
After a while, the innkeeper brought the food. Feiyun asked about the situation of the inn and found out that many people had stayed in the front room in the past few days. Feiyun was secretly frightened, suspecting that there was someone with ulterior motives among them.
After Feiyun finished eating, he came to the courtyard. Seeing Wu Yuan walking back and forth in the courtyard, he said: "Chief Guard Wu, there are many guests staying in front of us, we still have to be more careful!"
Wu Yuan nodded and said: "I know that the situation is complicated now. If anything happens, please be more careful, Shaoxia Lin." Feiyun responded: "Don't worry about this, we will do our best."
The two briefly said a few words and then walked away. They had only known each other for two days and didn't understand each other, so naturally they had nothing to say. Feiyun only wanted to protect Wu Zetian, and he really had no interest in interacting with the guards.
In the eyes of Feiyun and the others, these guards are all people who are greedy for glory and wealth. Unless absolutely necessary, Feiyun and the other three didn't bother to talk to them. Feiyun secretly thought that if there were enough reinforcements in Jingzhou, the three of them would not need to travel with these people, and could instead help each other secretly.
For the guards like Wu Yuan, they still couldn't completely trust Feiyun and the others. Although Feiyun and the other three helped them fight off the assassins, no one could guarantee that these three people would be fine. Maybe these three people are spies, just waiting for a more suitable opportunity.
The extremely disrespectful attitude of Feiyun and Wu Zetian towards Wu Zetian made Wu Yuan and the guards very angry. If they weren't worried about the three people's high martial arts skills and the fact that they had to rely on three people for the time being, the guards would have gone into trouble long ago.
Wu Yuan and others were Wu Zetian's trusted guards. They were extremely popular in the capital and no one dared to offend them. Feiyun and the other three completely ignored their existence and did not take them seriously at all. For Wu Yuan and others, it was even harder to accept that they had never been so slighted than killing them.
Feiyun and the others knew what Wu Yuan and others were thinking, but they didn't care at all. They had no intention of becoming friends with these guards. After arriving in Luoyang, we parted ways immediately and we will never see each other again!
Feiyun returned to the guest room and saw that nothing happened for the time being, so he sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and practiced martial arts. Before Feiyun met Pei Shouyi, he was very confident in his internal strength and strength. However, when Feiyun and Pei Shouyi fought against each other, they found that their internal strength and internal strength were far inferior to each other. Only then did they realize that there was a sky outside the sky, and there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the world.
