Actually, the main reason why Wu Zetian had such a misunderstanding was because of Zhang Dingguo.
Not only was Zhang Dingguo still unmarried at the age of 20, but the four beautiful women that Wu Zetian had given him had not slept with any of them for half a year. It was inevitable that Wu Zetian would have some bad thoughts.
After all, from Wu Zetian's point of view, no matter how much a man avoided women, he wouldn't go so far as not to touch the legal maids and concubines in the family, right?
Moreover, through special channels, Wu Zetian not only learned that Zhang Dingguo did not touch the four beautiful women she had given him, but she also really let them do the laundry, cook, and clean. Only real servants would do such things.
Zhang Dingguo did not even need them when he washed up or got up to put on his clothes. It gave people the feeling that Zhang Dingguo was avoiding them.
If it wasn't for Wu Zetian's trust in Zhang Dingguo, she would have suspected that Zhang Dingguo was trying to do something bad behind her back.
Under this premise, Wu Zetian saw that Zhang Dingguo was always staring at Xiao Qingfang.
Although they were a little far away and could not see what kind of expression Zhang Dingguo was staring at Xiao Qingfang with, could there be any other reason for a man to stare at a woman other than liking this woman?
Could it be that Zhang Dingguo did not like those four beautiful women because he had lost his mother when he was young and had an Oedipus complex? That was why he liked older women?
Under normal circumstances, if Wu Zetian found out that her beloved general had taken a fancy to a woman, as long as there was nothing wrong with the woman, she would immediately bestow her with a marriage so that her beloved general would be grateful and increase his loyalty.
However, although Wu Zetian trusted Xiao Qingfang, Xiao Qingfang was already in her thirties. Even if she had never been married, she was still a virgin. Ordinary people would definitely not like her.
Even though Wu Zetian's mother married her father in her forties, she didn't dare to casually arrange a marriage.
It was fine if she had pointed it out correctly. If she had misunderstood, it would cause Zhang Dingguo's loyalty to plummet instead. He would not be able to assist the descendants of the Wu family that she had chosen to take control of the court after her death.
Although Wu Zetian did not believe Zhang Dingguo's reason, at least she was sure that not only did Zhang Dingguo not like Xiao Qingfang, but she could also hear a trace of disgust in his tone.
However, this was also normal. Wu Zetian naturally knew about the notoriety of internal guards. However, in order to control the court, she had no choice but to put the internal guards in an important position. After all, many things that were not presentable had to be done by the internal guards.
Therefore, not to mention the court, most people in the world probably did not have a good impression of Xiao Qingfang, the head of the internal guards.
In fact, Wu Zetian wanted Zhang Dingguo to marry into her Wu Clan the most. However, the Wu Clan did not have any suitable girls for marriage. They were either too young or already married. There were some young ladies of suitable age in the Li clan, but Wu Zetian did not want Zhang Dingguo to have any interactions with the Li clan.
Therefore, Wu Zetian temporarily let Zhang Dingguo go.
However, if Zhang Dingguo did not get married soon, it would not be long before Wu Zetian would find a way to arrange a marriage for him…
If Zhang Dingguo knew about this, he would definitely cry out in injustice.
Actually, he just felt that he was still young and was not in a hurry to find a wife.
After all, in modern society, there were many leftover men and women in their thirties who could not find a partner, let alone those in their twenties. So, did he need to be anxious?
As for the question of avoiding the four beautiful women, it was indeed intentional.
However, it was not that Zhang Dingguo wanted to do something big against martial arts, but he simply did not want to have too much to do with people who were suspected of being spies.
However, after experiencing today's incident, Zhang Dingguo began to reflect on whether it was really time to find a wife.
Even if Wu Zetian did not say anything, Zhang Dingguo could guess that one of the four beauties in his family must have snitched on him. It was possible that all four of them were sent by the internal guards. Considering Xiao Qingfang's problem, there might even be people from the Snake Spirit lurking around.
This was actually a very tricky problem, but it was useless to avoid it.
The most important thing now was to deepen his understanding of them and see if he could find any clues. At the very least, he had to identify which people were spies first.
Moreover, in order not to get an arranged marriage and marry someone he had never seen before, Zhang Dingguo had to find a wife as soon as possible.
Otherwise, Wu Zetian might have a sudden idea one day and choose Zhang Dingguo to be her confidant's sister.
However, it was still more important to follow Di Renjie to investigate the case first. He would talk about his family matters after the case was closed…
That night, the interrogation report from Tiger Cage Pass was finally sent over by Li Daniu.
The moment Zhang Dingguo received the confession, he went straight to the Di Residence to look for Di Renjie after a simple review.
Although Di Renjie had been demoted for six years, his home in Fairy's Capital was still fine and had not been raided.
It could be seen that Wu Zetian had always trusted Di Renjie. Previously, he had suppressed Di Renjie more to suppress the forces loyal to Li Tang. He also knew that Di Renjie's survival was more beneficial to Wu Zetian's control of the situation…
(I have nothing to do tomorrow. I won't sleep until I finish five chapters!)）
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