Chapter Seventy-three The palace gates shrouded in clouds and mist (I)
Word Number：222
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-09-28
It is said: At the Pavilion of Yuzhang in Kunming, the Emperor ascended to take his pleasure. Upon the terrace stood men like jade, and poetic sentiment peerless in the world. In the second year of Shenlong (706), the multitude returned to the capital, Chang’an. Thereafter, under the sway of the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox, within but a few months, Princess Anle (Li Guo’er) grew ever more arrogant in her favored indulgence, selling offices and manipulating trials; her power waxed day by day. Beholding this, none of the civil or military officials dared utter a word. As time passed, Princess Anle’s ambition swelled further. One day, when Emperor Zhongzong, weary from court and perusing memorials, was about to take rest, a pair of delicate hands covered his eyes. Knowing it was Princess Anle again, he laughed and said: “Guo’er, in the past when you appointed men to office, you would first write decrees, and afterwards either cover the words or blindfold me, so that I might sign them. Tell me, whom do you seek to appoint today?” Princess Anle coquettishly replied: “It is only because Father dotes on Guo’er; elsewise how could Guo’er’s thoughts escape Father’s discerning gaze? But today I ask not for appointment.” Zhongzong asked: “If not so, then for what?” Princess Anle sa
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