The Tao Te Ching says: The heaven is clear, and the earth is clear. Therefore, the place where the emperor lives is called the Ganqing Palace, and the place where the empress lives is called the Kunning Palace. In fact, there is also a Hall of Jiaotai between the two palaces, which means "the heaven and earth are harmonious and prosperous, and the happiness is perfect."

Jiaotai Hall is the place where the emperor and concubines live. To be precise, it should be the place where the emperor and the queen live. The ceremony of canonizing the queen or the birthday ceremony of the queen is held here, and it is also the place where the queen accepts worship of other concubines in the harem on weekdays.

Jiajing rarely goes to Kunning Palace. Occasionally, when she is lucky, Empress Wu will stay in the warm pavilion of Jiaotai Hall. After work, she will return to the Ganqing Palace to sleep alone and never spend the night. Although this is a rule, the main reason is that Jiajing thinks Empress Wu is boring. For example, when Jiajing favors Concubine Shu, she often spends the night.

Tonight, after the new bathing, Empress Wu was in the warm pavilion of Jiaotai Hall early, and dressed up carefully, waiting for Jiajing to arrive. Today, she got Bingyi's long pill during the day, and the Empress Dowager also came to see the emperor in person, so Empress Wu felt that the emperor would definitely come tonight, so she had already taken a "Innate Jade Powder Pill".

After taking this thing, it was warm and I felt that all the limbs and bones were very happy. Queen Wu couldn't help but sigh secretly, "Zheng Bingyi is really a master of Taoism, and the pills he refined are also so wonderful!"

So, Empress Wu's confidence in her possession of the dragon seed increased a little more, and everything was ready, so she owed the emperor to come and spread the rain. But after waiting around, she had not seen the emperor arrive for a long time, Empress Wu began to feel anxious and asked, "Fu'an, when is it time?"

Fu'an was the eunuch who served Empress Wu. He lowered his waist and replied, "Go back to the Empress, it's about to be 3:00 in the Xu hour (about 8:00 pm)."

Empress Wu couldn't help but look slightly dark and ordered: "Go to the Ganqing Palace to inquire."

The eunuch Fu'an agreed and hurriedly left Jiaotai Hall and returned in about a quarter of an hour, with an obvious unnatural expression. Empress Wu asked anxiously: "How? Is the emperor still reviewing the memorial?"

The eunuch Fu'an shook his head and stammered: "The emperor sent Lord Xu out of the palace. When he came back, it was already four o'clock in the hour, and then he went to... Jingren Palace."

Queen Wu's expression changed a little. She smashed a teapot to the ground and said angrily: "Jingren Palace, it's the fox concubine Shu again!"

The queen was angry, and the eunuchs of the palace maids fell to their knees and didn't even dare to speak out. Although the queen was not favored and the power of the harem was now held in the hands of the empress dowager, the queen had to punish her, and even killed the eunuchs and palace maids she served by was just a matter of one word. Before, a palace maid was ordered to be beaten by the queen for doing something wrong, and was almost beaten to death. In the end, she was sent to the washing machine to do a chore and died of illness shortly afterwards.

Queen Wu's expression changed, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. She hated everyone she could hate, naturally including Xu Jin and He Zhier. Because the emperor listened to the empress dowager's words on weekdays, but today she violated the empress dowager's advice. It was obvious that she was annoyed by her criticism of Xu Jin not long ago.

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Queen Wu smashed another teacup to the ground, pointed at the eunuch Fu'an and shouted: "What do you think is this palace not as good as that bitch as Shufei?"

Eunuch Fu was sweating coldly on his forehead and said, "The Empress is beautiful and beautiful, and she is well-educated and polite, and is so beautiful that she can't compare to the Concubine Shu. The Empress must not belittle herself."

"Then why does the emperor love her but not me?" Wu Palace Queen said angrily.

"This... I guess Concubine Shu knows how to please the emperor." Eunuch Fu stammered.

Queen Wu was stunned for a moment and stared at the broken teacup and teapot on the ground in a daze, as if she was reviewing and reviewing her performance in the years she married the emperor.

Seeing this, Eunuch Fu took the opportunity to persuade: "Empress, although our family is not a man, we also know that men like gentle, considerate, and tactful women. The queen is too silent about the rules when she gets along with the emperor..."

Queen Wu's face suddenly darkened, and Eunuch Fu was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything. He kept squeaking and saying, "I'm talking too much, I'm dying!"

Queen Wu was not angry, but said coldly: "What about He Zhier, a yellow-haired girl who is neither male nor female? She only works in military battles all day long, and she is dirty all over. Why does the emperor like it tightly?"

"This... I don't know either!" Eunuch Fu stammered and made an excuse.

Although it is true that slaves are noble by the master, as long as the queen is favored, his status will rise. However, He Zhier is the sister of Marquis Jinghai. This person who cannot be offended, so Eunuch Fu naturally dared not say anything or give advice to the queen, for fear that what he said will fall into Xu Jin's ears in the future.

You should know that Xu Beheading is not a false reputation. All the powerful people who oppose him have fallen. The far away are brothers of the Zhang family, the nearest are Guo Xun, the British Duke Zhang Lun, the Lingbi Queen Tang Shaozong, and the emperor's young master Lu Bing. Compared with the above, Eunuch Fu felt that he was not as thick as others' legs!

Queen Wu said coldly with a tense face: "Dog slave, do you don't know or dare not say it?"

Eunuch Fu said carefully: "I don't know when I go back to the queen's womb."

Queen Wu couldn't help but sneer and said, "It seems that Marquis Jinghai is really powerful. If his sister becomes a concubine again, wouldn't she be even more lawless!"

Eunuch Fu's expression changed slightly, and he buried his head so hard that he did not dare to answer the conversation.

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Xu's Mansion in Xiaofang, after dinner, Xu Jin came to the west wing. The maids and mothers who were responsible for taking care of He Zhier quickly saluted respectfully. Xu Jin nodded kindly and walked into the room.

He Zhier lay on the bed. After drinking the medicine, she looked much more energetic. She called out sweetly: "Brother!"

Xu Jin sat down beside the bed, reached out and touched He Zhier's forehead. He found that he was not hot, so he couldn't help but feel relieved and asked with a smile: "Zhier, do you feel uncomfortable?"

He Zhier shook his head and said, "No, Zhier is fine, brother, don't worry!"

"It's fine, just take a break early. By the way, don't go to the military battle in the future." Xu Jin said.

He Zhier asked timidly: "Why?"

Xu Jin said bluntly: "You and Sipao tested the firearms in Taiyi Pond today, which made the Queen Mother unhappy. The Queen Mother would not allow you to go to the military battle again."

He Zhier's pretty face turned pale and said, "Brother, Zhier has caused you trouble. Sorry, Zhier will never go to the military battle again."

Xu Jin smiled and said, "It's okay. The Queen Mother just blamed her a few words. I can still withstand it. By the way, I know that you like to mess with firearms in the machinery and can't go to the military battle. Then go to the weapons field of Shenji Camp, which is enough for you to do."

He Zhier was overjoyed when she heard this and cheered: "Thank you, brother, if you stay at home all day, Zhier will be bored to death."

Xu Jin's face turned aside: "But you have to pay attention to safety, but don't happen like this today again, otherwise I will have to lock you up at home in the future."

He Zhier hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, Brother, Zhier promises that there will be no danger in the future."

Xu Jin said: "There is no danger in developing firearms. The key is to put safety first and minimize the danger."

"Well, Zhi'er understands!" He Zhi'er said obediently: "Zhi'er heard from his sister-in-law that he will lead his troops to sea again after the New Year?"

"It's not that fast. Wait until the southwest monsoon blows in March and April, but you have to go south to Yingtian Prefecture in early February." Xu Jin said.

He Zhier nodded and said, "Then Zhier will develop water mines before the New Year, and then there will be more firearms to deal with the enemy."

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Just deal with a few rebels, I can handle it. It doesn't matter if there is a mine or not, but I still have to thank Zhier, well, go to bed early!"

Xu Jin tucked the quilt for He Zhier and stood up. The latter had a strange expression and said, "Brother, wait a moment!"

"What else is there for Zhier?" Xu Jin smiled gently.

"Brother, is Brother Si Pao really the brother of Brother San Gun?" He Zhier asked hesitantly.

Xu Jin's heart skipped a beat, sat down on the edge of the bed again, and smiled and said, "Yes, why do you ask like this?"

He Zhier pouted and said, "I have seen Xiaowan's sister-in-law's family. Brother Sipao is not like them at all, and Brother Sipao doesn't know how to do martial arts."

Xu Jin said calmly: "That's the mother of Xiaowan's sister-in-law. Si Pao looks like a mother, and Si Pao has been weak since childhood, so he has not practiced martial arts like they did with one sword, two swords and three guns!"

"Oh, but when I fell into the water today, I seemed to hear Eunuch Huang call Brother Si Pao!" He Zhier's eyes widened.

Xu Jin said without changing his expression: "Maybe you heard it wrong, go to bed quickly, don't think about it!" After that, he stood up and left the room.

He Zhier bulged her cheeks and muttered, "Did I hear it wrong? It's impossible... Well, maybe I heard it wrong. How could such a stupid person as Sipao Brother is the emperor?"
Chapter completed!