Chapter 335: Becoming a Rent Collector in Infinite Weirdness 30
"Ah? My concubine? This, how can this concubine do it?"
Hearing this, Qiao Jinhuan shook his head repeatedly, his timid expression slightly reduced as he shivered.
Seeing her useless appearance, the Queen Mother was both satisfied and dissatisfied.
The satisfying thing is that Qiao Jinhuan looks really gentle, not too ambitious, and is easy to handle. She will definitely be able to protect Chu Heng well in the future if she has some backup plans.
The dissatisfaction lies in the fact that her character is really weak and she is afraid that it will be difficult for her to be on an equal footing with Prime Minister Qiao and Prince Su. What if she is gradually ignored by the two of them and becomes a puppet with no ability to protect herself?
The Queen Mother rubbed her head and felt even more tired, "The Ai family is about to die soon. Apart from you, the Ai family has no choice. From now on, the Ai family will teach you the power of the emperor and hand over the central court to you, but you have to
Promise the Ai family on one condition."
"Concubine..."
Qiao Jinhuan frowned hesitantly, "I have never even read the Four Books and Five Classics, I'm afraid..."
"It doesn't matter, I haven't read the Ai family, so why don't you still hold the power?"
As she said that, the Queen Mother looked at Qiao Jinhuan's belly and said, "There is no way to protect this child after the Ai family dies. Do you think he will die early and never even be born?"
"No! No way!"
Qiao Jinhuan immediately retorted, his tone a little more firm.
It turns out that being a mother means being strong.
The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and said: "Then you have to stand up on your own, otherwise it would be better to beat him now and end it all."
"no!"
Qiao Jinhuan said loudly, biting her lips and hesitated for a long time in panic, then nodded lightly, "I, I, I obey my mother."
"That's right. The Ai family will try their best to tutor you in the future, but you have to promise the Ai family three things. First, protect the emperor from dying; second, break with the Qiao family; third, kill Prince Su."
"I and Qiao Mansion are separated by the hatred of killing my mother. They are incompatible with each other! I will definitely protect the emperor, but King Su...how can I kill him?"
Qiao Jinhuan lowered his eyes with a sad look on his face.
"He is indeed difficult to kill, so the Ai family only asks that after you take power, if you have the opportunity, you must kill him first."
"I promise you."
"Kneel down and swear an oath to the Ai family."
Qiao Jinhuan didn't hesitate much, and knelt down in front of the couch with her hands on her waist, "I swear, I will protect the emperor in this life, break up with the Qiao family, and kill King Su, otherwise I will be stabbed in the heart by thousands of arrows."
Suffering, death without a burial place..."
She only said to protect Chu Heng, but she didn't say to let that guy die.
It's okay to kill King Su, but isn't it also to let him die by enduring him to death?
Qiao Jinhuan's oath was insincere.
Queen Mother Qiao thought that everything was going according to her own ideas, but she didn't know that Qiao Jinhuan was not a chess piece that she could control at all.
Later, Queen Mother Qiao indeed began to teach Qiao Jinhuan, analyzing the factions in the court and teaching her how to read memorials.
Qiao Jinhuan took the opportunity to make a comment, saying that the emperor had few heirs, and hoped that Chu Heng could enter the harem and have two more heirs.
The Queen Mother thought about it carefully.
The nobles in the harem all have great backers. If she really gets pregnant and gives birth to a child, if there is an accident in the future, these backers will have to save Chu Heng.
So the Queen Mother relaxed.
After letting go, Chu Heng began to walk around the harem, playing with the beautiful sisters every day.
But the nobles Song, Mu, and Cen who had taken refuge with Qiao Jinhuan early began to complain that they were ill. Even if Chu Heng wanted to go, Qiao Jinhuan would have people lead him to the palace of other nobles.
The Queen Mother was getting weaker day by day, and after three or five days she was so sick that she could not even get out of bed.
Due to this disease, her control over the imperial court naturally gradually weakened, and the Cihe Palace was filled with a medicinal smell all day long.
Soon after, Qiao Jinhuan began to go to court in her stead.
When Qiao Jinhuan sat high above the curtain, the courtiers were dumbfounded.
It is not enough to have a regent queen, and there is also a regent concubine. Are the Qiao family's thoughts too big?
The courtiers below were opposed fiercely.
But I couldn't tell them exactly what to say.
After all, if you say that the harem is not allowed to interfere with politics, there is a Queen Mother who is standing in front of you. She is not dead yet. She is just saying this simply because she wants to move her head to another place.
If we talk about Si Chen's disaster, it's still an old saying. The Queen Mother is still alive. This not only accuses Qiao Jinhuan, not to mention it's not criticizing her?
It may be said that Qiao Jinhuan is young, but the Queen Mother is also in her twenties and listens to politics behind the curtain.
The courtiers kept talking and couldn't find a reason, so they frequently hinted at Chu Ji with their eyes - King Su, this is your Chu family's kingdom, and you just watch the imperial concubine take power, don't you say a few words?
Chu Ji raised the corners of his lips slightly, looked at his nose and heart, and turned a blind eye to the courtier's gaze.
When he felt that there was a line of sight above him looking at him, the smile on his lips became more obvious, and he even gave Qiao Jinhuan a wink above him in front of so many people in the court.
Qiao Jinhuan suppressed her laughter and winked at him.
"Okay! How inappropriate is it to make a noise? Do you have any dissatisfaction with the Queen Mother?"
Qiao Jinhuan stood up and scolded him coldly.
As soon as these words came out, the courtiers shut their mouths and did not dare to say anything.
Do they dare to be dissatisfied with the Queen Mother?
Seeing that the Queen Mother is about to die, if she is angry to death because of their words, then they will probably be happy to mention the Nine Clans.
Or if the Queen Mother sees that they are unhappy and wants to take them away with her, it will be a disaster.
So just like that, when Qiao Jinhuan went to court, the courtiers could only hold their noses and admit it first.
As for Prime Minister Qiao, of course he is happy to hear it!
Qiao Jinhuan was his daughter, and she had a soft temper. If the time came, it would not be up to her to say what she wanted, and the son she would give birth to would still become a puppet emperor.
This country will soon change its surname to Qiao!
Prime Minister Qiao returned to the Qiao Mansion with joy. Looking at his legitimate daughter who was still acting coquettishly at him, he couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment. He turned to Mrs. Qiao and said, "Tomorrow, move Min'er's grave to the ancestral grave, and then give it to her."
She takes the memorial tablet."
"Min'er?"
"Jin Huan's biological mother."
Mrs. Qiao's face changed slightly when she heard this, "Why? She is just an aunt."
"Because Jin Huan has already gone to court and is about to become the second Queen Regent, our Qiao family still needs to help each other with her."
As he said that, Prime Minister Qiao also frowned, "If you hadn't treated your concubine and concubine so harshly and caused Jin Huan to suffer in the house, why would I have to go to the dead man's grave to win her over?"
What?
That little bitch actually went to court!
Mrs. Qiao's pupils tightened, "How is this possible?"
"It's not all your fault that you don't know how to teach children. If it was Yuan'er who was married to the palace, why would I be like this? You are such a loving mother but a loser."
Prime Minister Qiao accused him angrily.
Mrs. Qiao shook her head in disbelief, "This is impossible. How could the Queen Mother let Qiao Jinhuan go to court?"
"She is seriously ill and has no choice."
If that's true, won't that little bitch have to dominate her in the future?