"Emperor of Great Zhou, please."
After recovering from their shock, Baiqi and Xun Yu pointed in the direction of the palace and said respectfully to Wu Zetian.
"You're welcome." Wu Zetian looked at Baiqi and Xun Yu as she smiled and nodded.
Following that, Wu Zetian brought Shangguan Wan 'er and the Great Zhou officials who had alighted from the carriage and followed Xun Yu and Baiqi to the Great Zhen Dynasty's Imperial Palace.
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About 20 minutes later, Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan 'er, and the others followed Xun Yu and Baiqi into the palace and arrived at the True Dragon Palace.
At this moment, Qin Zheng has been sitting on the dragon throne in the True Dragon Palace and waiting for a long time.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Great Zhou and the civil and military officials of Great Zhou have arrived.”
After entering the True Dragon Palace, Xun Yu looked at Qin Zheng and bowed respectfully.
"Great Zhou Wu Zetian and all the civil and military officials of Great Zhou greet Your Majesty.”
After Xun Yu finished speaking, Wu Zetian bowed respectfully to Qin Zheng.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
After Wu Zetian finished speaking, all the officials of the Great Zhou also knelt down in front of Qin Zheng.
"There's no need to be so polite."
Qin Zheng says with a smile as he looks at Wu Zetian and the Great Zhou's officials.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Wu Zetian said respectfully and slowly stood up.
"Great Zhou came here to merge Great Zhou into Great Zhen, right?”
After Wu Zetian stood up, Qin Zheng looked at Wu Zetian and asked with a smile.
"That's right. After I inherited the throne of the Great Zhou Empire, I deeply felt the power of the Great Zhen Empire. The Great Zhou Empire joining the Great Zhen Empire is the best choice. Therefore, I came here today to integrate the Great Zhou Empire into the Great Zhen Empire.”Wu Zetian took out the document and looked at Qin Zheng.
"Alright." Qin Zheng nodded.
After Qin Zheng nodded, Xun Yu took the document from Wu Zetian and respectfully handed it to Qin Zheng.
After Qin Zheng receives it, he takes a glance and closes it.
This was just a formality. After all, it was impossible for the loyal Wu Zetian to present a fake document.
"I've already read the document. Since your Great Zhou is so sincere in joining my Great Zhen, I'll agree.”Qin Zheng looked at Wu Zetian.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Why don't you quickly pay your respects to Your Majesty?”When Wu Zetian heard Qin Zheng's words, she immediately said to the civil and military officials behind her.
" There's no need to pay respects. The Dazhen Dynasty is now in a state of prosperity. The officials of the Dazhen Dynasty only look at their ability. As long as they have the ability, they can be put in an important position. I will arrange for people to assess them. If they pass, they can continue to be officials. Only then will they be qualified to pay respects to me. Of course, if they are not capable enough, I will also give them a lifetime of wealth. After all, they are civil and military officials who followed you to the Xian Kingdom and have contributed.”
Just as the civil and military officials of Great Zhou were about to pay their respects to Qin Zheng, Qin Zheng smiled and shook his head at Wu Zetian.
Hearing Qin Zheng's words, the expressions of all the officials of Great Zhou turned serious.
They were all officials selected by the Great Zhou Empire through layers of screening. Their abilities were definitely not to be said, yet they did not even have the right to pay their respects?
However, forget it. The situation was stronger than the person. They had no choice but to lower their heads. Moreover, they were still very confident in their own abilities. Passing the assessment should not be a problem. They would pay their respects when the time came.
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About an hour later, the Xian State Assembly of Great Zhou ended.
The civil and military officials of Great Zhou were taken away by Xun Yu to assess their abilities after the court session ended. If there were really outstanding people, Qin Zheng would not be stingy with their official positions. However, if they were all good-for-nothings, they would just be ordinary people of Great Zhen.
After the court meeting dispersed, Qin Zheng did not let Wu Zetian leave.
Instead, he brought Wu Zetian to the Heavenly Defense Hall.
After all, there were some things that were not suitable to be said in the True Dragon Palace. They needed to be discussed in private.
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"Mei Niang, after you returned to the Great Zhou, you have changed a lot. It's so much that I'm not familiar with you anymore. I want to know, are you still Mei Niang?”Within the Heavenly Imperial Hall, Qin Zheng looked at Wu Zetian and said in a deep voice.
Although the system had given Wu Zetian and the others full loyalty, the implanted identities were based on this world. Baiqi and Xun Yu were Qin Zheng's subordinates, so there was no need to ask. However, Wu Zetian's implanted identity was the reincarnation of the Palace Lord of Phoenix Palace. Moreover, she had returned to Great Zhou half a year ago. After returning to Great Zhou, Wu Zetian had awakened her memories of her previous life.
The Wu Zetian who had awakened her memories from her past life had changed greatly. She was completely different from the Wu Zetian from before. Therefore, Qin Zheng still had to ask some questions to go through the motions.
"After Mei Niang left the Great Zhen Dynasty, His Majesty changed greatly. Mei Niang grew up with His Majesty and could be said to know His Majesty like the back of her hand. But now, Mei Niang is no longer familiar with His Majesty. Mei Niang also wants to know, is His Majesty still His Majesty?”When Wu Zetian heard Qin Zheng's words, she also looked at Qin Zheng and asked solemnly.
"I will always be me. What about you?" Qin Zheng looks at Wu Zetian and says with a smile.
"Mei Niang will always be Mei Niang, forever that little handmaiden by His Majesty's side.”Wu Zetian smiled when she heard Qin Zheng's words.
"Alright, with Mei Niang's words, zhen won't ask about the changes in your body.”Qin Zheng says with a smile when he hears Wu Zetian's words.
"If Your Majesty wants to know, Mei Niang can tell you everything she knows.”Wu Zetian looked at Qin Zheng and said.
"No need, everyone has their own secrets. Zhen only needs to know that Mei Niang, you will not have bad intentions towards Zhen.”Qin Zheng looks at Wu Zetian and shakes his head.
"Your Majesty, even if Mei Niang has bad intentions towards herself, she would definitely not have bad intentions towards you.”Wu Zetian said solemnly.
"I believe you, Mei Niang. You are the Emperor of Great Zhou and have contributed greatly to the country. Tell me, how do you want me to reward you?”Qin Zheng looks at Wu Zetian and says with a smile.
"Mei Niang has no other requests. She only wants to return to His Majesty's side and be a maid.”Wu Zetian said.
"Maid? I can't." Qin Zheng shook his head.
"Your Majesty, why not?" Wu Zetian's beautiful eyes narrowed when she heard Qin Zheng's words.
"You don't want to be an imperial concubine, but you want to be this one's maid. Could it be that you don't want to be this one's concubine?”Qin Zheng says with a smile when he hears Wu Zetian's words.
"His Majesty's concubine?" Hearing Qin Zheng's words, Wu Zetian was first shocked before her face turned slightly red as she lowered her head.
"If you hadn't returned to the Great Zhou, I would have made you my imperial concubine after I ascended the throne. Now that you're back, the position of my imperial concubine is naturally still yours. Of course, if you're unwilling, I won't force you.”Qin Zheng looks at Wu Zetian and says with a smile.
"I'm willing." Wu Zetian immediately raised her head.
"Alright, zhen will issue a decree later. Mei Niang, you will be zhen's imperial concubine in the future.”Qin Zheng laughed loudly as he looked at Wu Zetian.
"Yes." When Wu Zetian heard Qin Zheng's words, a smile appeared on her face as she happily nodded her head.
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