At this moment, Qin Zhao understood that Queen Mother Guo was jealous of her, because Xiao Ce treated her differently, which made Queen Mother Guo, a mother-in-law, jealous.
Empress Dowager Guo and Xiao Ce had an inextricable knot because of the death of the late emperor. Empress Dowager Guo would never be too close to Xiao Ce in this life, so Empress Dowager Guo hated her.
Queen Mother Guo's face was a little distorted, and it took her a while to return to normal: "You just have a face that attracts the emperor."
"It's most likely, right? Who told me to be good-looking? It's hard to give up on your natural beauty. Many times, I will be surprised by my own beauty. As an emperor, he is not exempt from vulgarity." Qin Zhao replied softly: "
Since the Queen Mother is here, she should go and see the Emperor before leaving. Don't hide in a dark corner, as it would be bad to scare the Emperor."
Without waiting for Queen Mother Guo to reply, she walked away.
Queen Mother Guo clenched her fists and looked at Qin Zhao's back, her face twisted and ferocious.
Nianyun was used to Empress Dowager Guo's expression, so she reminded her softly: "This is the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, and there are many people talking nonsense. The empress still has to guard against some people gossiping in front of the emperor. Forget it for now, the emperor probably won't do it for a while."
Go to sleep."
Empress Dowager Guo's appearance at this time would only make the emperor unhappy.
Queen Mother Guo knew that Nianyun's words made sense. No matter how unfaithful she was to Qin Zhao, she could not confront the emperor at this time, otherwise the relationship between mother and son would be hurt.
The best way is to find a charming woman to divert Xiao Ce's attention from Qin Zhao.
Although Cui Jieyu has the opportunity to sleep with him, she has not been able to capture Xiao Ce's heart so far. If it doesn't work, then she will select a group of beautiful girls to enter the palace.
As long as those beautiful women are not on the stage in life, they will not get involved in the palace.
At this moment, Queen Mother Guo had a plan and decided to hold the draft as soon as possible.
In this way, Queen Mother Guo came and went quietly without disturbing Xiao Ce.
In the back hall of Yangxin Hall, Xiao Ce called Zhang Jixiang to him and asked about Ding Lian.
"Master Ding is indeed a master. Once, the imperial concubine was in a coma for several days, but as soon as Ding Lian entered the palace, he easily woken up the imperial concubine using some method." Zhang Jixiang told the truth.
Xiao Ce remembered that he always dreamed of a different Qin Zhao. After pondering, he said, "Go and bring this Ding Lian into the palace. I want him to interpret his dreams."
Zhang Jixiang looked troubled when he heard this: "Ding Lian is not in Kyoto and has traveled all over the world. As for when he will return to Beijing, the date of return is uncertain."
"If you are not in Kyoto, bring him back to Kyoto for me!" Xiao Ce ordered in a cold voice: "This is an imperial edict!"
He always felt that his dream was very important, otherwise it would not be so real. Qin Zhao's attitude also made him suspicious, and his intuition told him that Qin Zhao knew the contents of his dream.
Qin Zhao didn't want to say anything, so he couldn't torture Qin Zhao to force this woman to speak.
"Yes, I will take care of this right now." Zhang Jixiang was about to leave.
Xiao Ce suddenly stopped him and asked: "You said that the imperial concubine had been sleeping for a few days. What happened?"
"I don't know what happened. That time, the imperial concubine didn't wake up for several days. Baozhu and the others couldn't hide it, so they came to report the matter to the emperor. Later, the emperor went to Jinyang Palace. No matter how the emperor called the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine would not wake up.
There was no movement. It happened that Mr. Ding was in Kyoto at that time, and the servant called for Mr. Ding. Mr. Ding dismissed everyone at that time, leaving only a maid beside Mr. Ding. No one else was present, and the servant did not know what Mr. Ding was using.
What method?" Zhang Jixiang feels that this is still an unsolved mystery.
As for why the imperial concubine fell asleep, the emperor didn't ask much at that time.
"Are you saying that the imperial concubine was unconscious after falling asleep?" Xiao Ce asked with a frown.
Zhang Jixiang nodded and said: "Exactly."
Otherwise, I won’t be able to wake up the imperial concubine.
"It seems that there is something strange about the imperial concubine." Xiao Ce waved his hand: "You go first and find Ding Lian into the palace. I want to ask Ding Lian personally."
"The emperor asked Mr. Ding the reason at that time, but Mr. Ding said that the secret must not be leaked." Zhang Jixiang said.
Xiao Ce sneered when he heard this: "Secret?! It's just about the imperial concubine. What kind of secret can there be? Is it possible that the imperial concubine has an unknown identity?"
Zhang Jixiang didn't dare to talk nonsense.
Speaking of which, he thought one thing was strange. How could a family like the Zhao family marry a woman like Qin Zhao into the family?
No matter how wealthy the Qin family is, it is still just a family of merchants, and the number of wealthy ladies who want to join the Zhao family can't be counted on both hands. How could it be that Qin Zhao married Zhao Yu.
But later, when he saw the imperial concubine enter the palace and become the emperor's woman, he felt that the world was mysterious and there were many things that could not be explained clearly in a few words.
Before Xiao Ce went to bed that night, he actually expected to dream of Qin Zhao again. Even if he sometimes couldn't remember the content of the dream after waking up, he would still recall all the details later because it seemed like it really happened.
thing.
It was so real that it shocked him.
Unfortunately, there was no dream or Qin Zhao that night. He fell into a drowsy sleep and woke up the next day feeling a little disappointed.
So much so that when he went to court in the morning, he was a little unfocused.
After he finished his work in the morning, Queen Mother Guo came and mentioned the draft.
"In the past few years since the emperor ascended the throne, the government has been stable, the people of Qi have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and achieved remarkable achievements. The only issue that cannot be silenced is the emperor's heir. Emperor, it's time for you to draft a draft. This matter should not be delayed any longer. Even for the sake of the great nation.
For the sake of Qi Jiangshan and Sheji, the emperor has to put this matter on the agenda!" Empress Dowager Guo said in a heavy tone.
Xiao Ce was silent for a moment, feeling that Queen Mother Guo's words made sense.
"Everything will follow the Queen Mother's arrangements." Xiao Ce did not hesitate for too long.
In fact, he felt that it didn't matter whether there were more or less women in the harem. He usually didn't have time to walk around the harem, and it didn't matter whether he was drafted or not.
But if Queen Mother Guo wants to draft a draft, then he can just follow Queen Mother Guo's arrangements.
"Okay!" Queen Mother Guo was pleased: "The Ai family will start to handle this matter. The draft is a big event. At that time, the Ai family will work with the imperial concubine to select a group of young and beautiful women to serve the emperor."
She deliberately dragged Qin Zhao into the water, and the purpose was to kill Qin Zhao's heart!
In addition, there is the chess piece A Kou. A Kou looks like Qin Zhao and is younger than Qin Zhao. Maybe he can also come in handy at critical moments.
She had already given instructions to everyone in the Siyi Department to treat A Kou well and take good care of him. When the time is right, A Kou can be presented to the emperor.
Xiao Ce didn't know that Empress Dowager Guo had already planned something. After he and Empress Dowager Guo had lunch, they sent Empress Dowager Guo away from the Yangxin Palace.
Baoyu, who was serving food outside, heard the conversation between Queen Mother Guo and Xiao Ce. Seeing that she had some time, she went back to Jinyang Palace to get vaccinated with Qin Zhao.
"It's time for the draft. The emperor has been on the throne for several years, and there are very few concubines in the harem. If you say it, you can't get it on the stage." Qin Zhao was not too surprised.
