"But this is in broad daylight..." Baozhu hesitated slightly, feeling that something was wrong.
"Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. You can just bring Nianyun here openly without covering it up. Everyone knows that I and Empress Dowager Guo don't deal with each other, and Nianyun is Empress Dowager Guo's confidant, and she has no friendship with Niansu.
Okay, no one would think that Nianyun would betray Queen Mother Guo, so go ahead." Qin Zhao opened his lips calmly.
Baozhu did not dare to delay and brought Nianyun to Qin Zhao as quickly as possible.
After Nianyun saw the ceremony, Qin Zhao took a sip of hot tea and slowly opened his lips: "Do you know why I want to see you?"
Nianyun is a smart man. From the moment he saw the treasure, he knew why Qin Zhao, a noble man, wanted to come to Jinyang Palace.
She nodded almost invisible: "I would like to know what the Concubine Xian said to the Queen Mother."
The corners of Qin Zhao's lips rose: "I like to deal with smart people."
"Why do you want to help the imperial concubine? Last time, the slave and the imperial concubine made a deal, but the imperial concubine did not help me." Nian Yun looked calm.
There was no further conclusion to the last transaction, and the imperial concubine never came to her again.
"If you can help me this time, after the Queen Mother passes away, I can keep you and let you work as an errand in Jinyang Palace." Qin Zhao lowered his head and took a sip of tea: "Of course, you can think about it for another quarter of an hour.
But I don’t have that much time, and the emperor will soon come to trouble me.”
She was sure that Nian Yun would agree to make this deal with her, just because Nian Yun didn't want to die, and the palace maid still had unfulfilled wishes.
Nianyun didn't think about it for long. She looked directly at Qin Zhao and said, "Your Majesty's words are true. Will they not be as incoherent as last time?"
"I also approached the Emperor last time, but you are the popular person in front of the Queen Mother. There must be someone who can take care of the Queen Mother. This time is different. The Queen Mother will not last long. As long as you say that the Queen Mother is a good concubine.
If you follow this plan, I will definitely protect you." Qin Zhao had already prepared a set of words.
After Nianyun heard Qin Zhao's words, he no longer struggled.
"The Concubine Xian wants to settle in the middle palace and become the queen. The Concubine Xian wants the Queen Mother to leave a decree to make her the Queen. Of course, this is not enough... Concubine Xian said that the Empress Dowager should choose to commit suicide on the Lantern Festival.
, and pretended to have died of illness. That day was the emperor's birthday. If the Queen Mother died of illness on this day, the Emperor would remember the goodness of the Queen Mother as his biological mother, so as to enhance the power of the decree." Nian Yun slowly said.
said.
Baozhu's face changed slightly when he heard this: "What a ruthless virtuous concubine!"
The Lantern Festival is the birthday of the Long Live Lord. The wise concubine actually asked the Queen Mother to commit suicide on the Lantern Festival. How vicious must she be to come up with such a way to force the emperor?
It took Qin Zhao a while to find his voice: "It is indeed ruthless. If my guess is correct, the Queen Mother has agreed to cooperate with Concubine Xian, right?"
She shouldn't be surprised that the two women who hated her so much had discussed such a poisonous plan together.
It seems that Wu Xirou not only hates her, but also Xiao Ce.
"The Queen Mother did agree. It's because the Queen Mother couldn't stand it for long. I think it was precisely because the Queen Mother knew this that she dared to propose such cooperation." Nianyun answered truthfully.
Qin Zhao sneered: "Before she died, the Queen Mother wanted to show off to me. It's not surprising."
Seeing that Qin Zhao was not angry, Nianyun felt a little curious: "Does the imperial concubine have a way to deal with it?"
"Aren't you here? I don't need to come forward. The Lantern Festival is the emperor's birthday. I hope the emperor can have a happy Wanshou Festival..."
Qin Zhao explained it carefully to Nianyun. Nianyun glanced at Qin Zhao and suddenly became curious: "Have you ever thought about becoming a queen?"
Qin Zhao was stunned: "No."
Why do everyone ask her this question?
Doesn’t everyone know that she was once a concubine? It’s not easy to become a concubine, how could she possibly take the position of empress Xiaoxiang again?
"This servant thinks that the position of queen must be that of the empress." After Nianyun said this, he left Jinyang Palace behind his back.
Qin Zhao was only lucky that there was only one orb waiting around, otherwise the words Nian Yun just passed into Xiao Ce's ears would have been enough for her to eat a pot.
Does she no longer want to be the queen, or should she pass this hurdle first?
Judging from Nianyun's attitude just now, there is a high probability that he will not betray her, so the conspiracy of Queen Mother Guo and Wu Xirou will not succeed.
In the past, she felt that Wu Xirou could not become the queen, but now she felt that she could not let any woman become the queen, just because she had Xiao Ce in her heart.
Under this premise, she cannot tolerate Xiao Ce having a wife by his side, and she is just a concubine.
Otherwise, how can we say that it is not a good thing for people to have greed, anger, and delusion?
In the past, she regarded Xiao Ce as a relative and friend, so she didn't care how many people he had in his harem, but now she clearly knows where her bottom line is.
If one day Xiao Ce is canonized as a queen, she will stay far away from Xiao Ce until she completely separates Xiao Ce from her heart.
In the Yangxin Hall, Zhang Jixiang quickly found out the news. The so-called Master Zhao was Zhao Yu, and the concubine who died in the Zhao Mansion was Yue Qing.
"I heard that he died of illness on New Year's Eve, when Mr. Zhao was still attending the palace banquet." Zhang Jixiang looked at Xiao Ce cautiously, and he probably guessed that his master was not in a good mood.
Xiao Ce did not expect that Yue Qing would pass away.
He remembered that he had seen Yue Qing once. Her appearance was very ordinary, not as good as Qin Zhao Wanyi, not as bright as Qin Zhao, not to mention Qin Zhao's temperament. She was just an ordinary woman, and she had no similarity with Qin Zhao.
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In addition, there were rumors that Guo Yueqing looked like Qin Zhao, so this woman died peacefully.
However, how could he die so quickly? There seems to be a suspicion that there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
"Jixiang, do you think Yue Qing and the imperial concubine are similar?" Xiao Ce asked quietly.
Zhang Jixiang replied without hesitation: "Not even remotely similar."
Even now, the emperor is still doubting the imperial concubine.
"Why didn't he die sooner or later? Just after I saw Yue Qing, Yue Qing fell ill and died like this?" Xiao Ce seemed to be mumbling to himself.
Since Zhao Yu doted on Yue Qing like that, why didn't he see a doctor for Yue Qing when she was sick?
What kind of disease could kill Yue Qing in such a short period of time?
"I heard that Yue Qing was favored on weekdays. The Wu family was jealous and resentful, so she hurt Yue Qing's head. After that, Yue Qing's health was not good." Zhang Jixiang told all the information he had learned.
"Check more carefully, and the doctor who treated Yue Qing will also cross-examine carefully to make sure there are no omissions." Xiao Ce was still worried.
He didn't know why he was obsessed with this matter, but if he didn't find out, he always felt that Qin Zhao had an unresolved relationship with Zhao Yu secretly.
Zhang Jixiang was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect that the emperor would continue to investigate even though Lian Yueqing was dead.
He did not dare to object, so he sent someone to investigate the matter in detail.
(End of chapter)
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