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Chapter 70 Wu Zetian: I also want to eat chicken
Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er's purpose of coming this time had been achieved, she was embarrassed, so she pretended not to understand and stood up to say goodbye.

"Sister, sister, I still have official duties to attend to. After dinner and dinner, it's time to go see the Queen Mother! Come back later when sister is free."

Upon hearing that she was leaving, Shangguan Yuqing was a little reluctant to leave. The two sisters talked about each other and then reluctantly separated.

After entering the palace, Wu Zetian couldn't wait to ask: "How was it? What did Yang Yanzhang say?"

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a moment, collected her thoughts, and then spoke: "The Queen Mother has probably seen the method of training pigeons. She should know that she seeks stability and pays attention to step-by-step. But after hearing what the Queen Mother meant, he gave A shortcut."

"Oh? Is there really a way? I know he can do it! Tell me, what should we do to make the letters between the Western Regions and Luoyang flow smoothly as soon as possible?"

"He said that if carrier pigeons are not well trained, they will only be able to tell the way a thousand miles away, so he suggested building a point every five hundred miles to capture and train carrier pigeons from the local area. In this way, letters from the Western Regions can be sent back from place to place."

Wu Zetian was overjoyed: "This is a good idea! Yang Yanzhang can always act flexibly. He really looks like a prime minister!"

"But Queen Mother, he also mentioned the disadvantages of this method!"

"Oh? What are the disadvantages? I want to hear about it!"

"He said that in order to avoid being disturbed by others, the homing pigeons must choose a secluded place to stay, but it is easy to be targeted there! If one of the locations is attacked, the message will be interrupted! In addition to this biggest hidden danger , and there are some other minor problems. In short, there are many disadvantages to doing it too hastily!"

Wu Zetian smiled: "I can send more soldiers to patrol various places. It's a small matter."

Shangguan Wan'er smiled bitterly: "Wan'er said the same thing, but he said that even sending a million troops would be useless."

"Huh? How is it possible? An army of millions can't protect a pigeon?"

"Queen Mother, it's really not possible..." Shangguan Wan'er saw that Wu Zetian had made the same mistake as herself, and she couldn't help but want to laugh, and then started to show off: "A million-strong army may be able to ensure that the pigeons are fine in the camp, but those who are interested will see that If there are pigeons taking off in this area, it is naturally easy to shoot them down! What’s more, just a pigeon can be easily poisoned by buying someone!"

Wu Zetian's expression changed: "That makes sense! So, this matter must be practiced slowly?"

"That's not the case. He said that two or more letters can be sent out at the same time. Some letters are passed on to each camp one by one, and some are passed over several locations. In this way, even if several camps are destroyed, it can still be sent. Ensure that the news will eventually reach Luoyang."

Wu Zetian suddenly let out a long breath: "Wan'er, next time you have something to say, speak directly and don't give me any twists and turns. I was almost scared to death by you!"

"In that case, I still leave this matter to you! The sooner, the better! If this matter is done, I will be richly rewarded!"

After Shangguan Wan'er left, the two maids from Yang Yanzhang's house walked in and gave an overview of what happened in Yang Yanzhang's house today, which was no different from what Shangguan Wan'er said.

After Wu Zetian caught some of these words, she became thoughtful.

"Yang Yanzhang actually said such things to Shangguan Yuqing! How can you feed two people, you are so shameless!"

"I am also hungry, who will feed me??"

Thinking about it, I feel hot.

After much hesitation, he still couldn't hold back: "Here comes someone! Summon Yang Yanzhang into the palace immediately!"

..."What should I do at this point?"

Yang Yanzhang was taking a nap. After being woken up, he had to follow several palace ladies to Shangyang Palace listlessly.

"Queen Mother, what's the big deal that necessitates calling me here at this time?"

Wu Zetian motioned for him to take a seat, and after dismissing the palace maid, she walked down and sat next to Yang Yanzhang. She lifted the gauze on her arm and poured a glass of wine for Yang Yanzhang herself.

"Yang Yanzhang, I heard that you have fed all the mouths in your house?"

Yang Yanzhang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly drank to calm down his shock, but he didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only nod randomly.

"Yang Yanzhang, are you full?" Wu Zetian poured him another glass of wine and asked softly.

"You're full! In fact, Wei Chen was even a little stuffed after eating today!"

"Oh, you can still drink one cup after another after eating? You say you are full, but your body is very honest." After Wu Zetian said this, he stretched out his fingers and poked Yang Yanzhang's belly again and again.

"Queen Mother, please, please don't do this!" Yang Yanzhang collapsed. These spies in the house were so annoying. What he and his wife said could be leaked here!
But the more Yang Yanzhang acted like this, the more energetic Wu Zetian became, so she sat closer and blew at Yang Yanzhang.

"Yang Yanzhang, am I a scourge? Why are you so afraid?"

Yang Yanzhang thought to himself, of course I am afraid. How can I not be afraid if young grass is eaten by an old cow?And you, an old cow, don't keep tabs on your food. If you eat it, your reputation will be over.

After taking a deep breath, Yang Yanzhang suddenly stood up, moved away from the seat, and leaned over with clasped fists: "The Queen Mother is highly virtuous and respected by all people in the world. I am naturally in awe of her!"

Seeing that he disliked her so much, Wu Zetian couldn't help but punched her thigh angrily, and then angrily rebuked: "Since you are in awe of me, why have you always been against me in the court in the past? Yang Yanzhang, you duplicitous hypocrite! I don’t believe it, you have no feelings for me!”

Yang Yanzhang listened to Wu Zetian's words about tigers and wolves again, and hurriedly continued to fool: "Of course I have feelings for the Queen Mother! In my heart, the power of the Queen Mother is like the light of hunting, like the mighty river! Not only do I have feelings for the Queen Mother, but also the people of the world have feelings for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother feels it! Especially this time, the Queen Mother destroyed countless temples harboring filth and evil, which is even more pleasing to the people. People from all over the country praised the Queen Mother and even built temples to worship the Queen Mother. It can be seen that the Queen Mother came to the court and really complied with people's hearts!"

Wu Zetian scoffed at first, but when she heard the final "according to people's hearts", she was successfully diverted and couldn't help but laugh.

"Yang Yanzhang, you are always so good at talking! Anyway, just for your beautiful words today, I will go around you this time!"

"However, I still want to eat chicken! It's up to you!"

Yang Yanzhang subconsciously moved down and was suddenly shocked: "Does the Queen Mother want to eat beggar's chicken?"

"Are you going to give me something else to eat?"

Yang Yanzhang ignored Wu Zetian's teasing and immediately expressed his serious position: "If the Queen Mother really wants to eat beggar's chicken, Wei Chen will go to the back and cook it for the Queen Mother!"

"Go ahead, go ahead, Yuqing Wan'er can taste your cooking, so naturally I can't lose to them! If the food you cook today is not delicious, I will use you to satisfy your craving!"

(End of this chapter)