Many of the few maids and maids in the emperor's palace have withdrawn.
"The imperial doctor said that His Majesty needs to rest, and the Queen has also rested."
"It's time for the Queen to have a good rest."
Several chamberlains outside the palace whispered to each other.
Seeing the people exiting, the waiters standing on the other side frowned.
"Why did you come out?" one asked.
"The imperial doctor is here." The person who exited said with a bit of indifference, "Don't worry, the queen can't even leave the palace now."
The two maids closed the palace door and nodded to the queen.
"Ms. Cheng, do you know what you are talking about?"
The queen then lowered her voice and said to Cheng Jiaoniang with an angry expression,
"Adoption! How dare you say that!"
She paced back and forth.
"The imperial line has fallen by the wayside!"
"Adoption is not." Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head and interrupted her, "Adoption is inheritance of incense, how could it be left behind?"
She also smiled when she said this.
"If we don't inherit the imperial line, we will fall behind."
The sane King Ping ruined the country. If it had been the sane King Qing, he would have been in power for forty-five years.
The queen stopped and looked at her.
"Incense?" she said, "It would be fine if His Majesty had no heirs, but now His Majesty still has heirs. You talk about Jia Nanfeng, you talk about Emperor Hui, why did Emperor Wu insist on passing the throne even though he knew his son was stupid? That is his heir.
, is his bloodline, is his incense offering!"
"You can also adopt an adopted son," Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"Adopted sons can also have disputes." The queen gritted her teeth and said angrily, "I don't want your majesty to share incense with others, and I don't want to cry in front of the prime minister and officials. What does it mean for me to do such a thing?
If I have the face to meet my ancestors, how can I have the face to face the people of the world? I would rather go with Your Majesty as a married couple than bear this infamy." [Note 1]
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at her.
"The infamy is not the fault of Empress Dowager Cao," she said. [Note]
Those insults were all attributed to the emperor and ministers who did such things.
The queen was startled.
"In short, no!" She said, rolling her sleeves, "No matter who wants to bring up this kind of thing, I will never bring it up."
"Only you, the Queen, can really bring up this kind of thing." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "Ministers, please don't speak first."
My ministers, no good, first.
The queen looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.
She said ministers, it’s not good, first, but not ministers, it’s not possible, that means...
Heavy footsteps sounded outside the door.
"Your Majesty." The palace maid's voice sounded outside.
Before he finished speaking, the curtain was opened.
Seeing the intruder, the queen's face turned pale.
"Bold!" she shouted.
The waiter didn't have much fear on his face, but he gave a polite salute.
"The Queen Mother asked Madam Cheng whether your Majesty's illness can be cured? Can it be alleviated?" he said.
He broke into the queen's resting place without permission and asked questions over her. The queen's face was gloomy, and she could not hide a trace of embarrassment.
Cheng Jiaoniang glanced at the queen.
"If you go back to your Majesty, you can't," she said.
"If you can't, please ask the lady to come out of the palace." The chamberlain said.
Cheng Jiaoniang responded and saluted the queen.
"Your Majesty, take care of me," she said. "I'm already so much better. It's better not to fall short. You still have to use the medicine you need."
The chamberlain frowned and glanced at Cheng Jiaoniang and the Queen.
A palace maid came in at the right time holding a medicine bowl.
"Mother," she said with tears in her eyes.
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"You mean the Queen stopped taking the medicine?"
the Queen Mother asked.
The chamberlain nodded.
"Ms. Cheng showed it to her and persuaded her to continue taking medicine," he said.
The Queen Mother snorted.
"Who are you putting on for? You can die if you want." She said with a bit of disdain and disgust, "What's the rush? It'll happen sooner or later."
No one dared to answer this, and all the servants bowed their heads.
"Has anyone been sent out?" the Queen Mother asked again.
The waiter responded.
"The slaves sent it out personally," he said.
The Queen Mother nodded and felt relieved, and then smacked her with hatred.
"Chen Shao! Shu Zi! I'm so angry!"
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The palace door was closed, and the queen seemed to have exhausted all her strength, leaning on the couch and closing her eyes.
Someone poked his head out from behind the curtain on the side, looked around, and then turned around.
"Empress." Concubine An knelt down beside the queen's bed, raised her sleeves and covered her face in tears.
"Okay, I'm not dead yet." The queen said calmly with her eyes closed.
Concubine An immediately stopped crying, and there were no tears in her eyes. She raised her head to look at the queen, and then looked around.
"Look at whatever you are looking at and say something if you have anything to say. I am not at the point where I don't even dare to speak or listen to anything." The queen still closed her eyes and said.
Concubine An laughed, knelt and moved forward.
"Empress, what did Mrs. Cheng say?" she asked.
The queen laughed, opened her eyes, and when she was about to speak, she saw Concubine An, and couldn't help but frown.
"Can you be more serious about pretending to commit suicide? At least put a red mark on your neck?" She said, "And since you said you want to go on a hunger strike, can you wipe the snack residue from the corners of your mouth?"
Concubine An smiled and hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe her mouth.
"I'm not here to see you, don't be afraid," she said.
The queen looked at Concubine An.
"I sometimes don't know what you are thinking. Are you brave or stupid?" she said.
The young and beautiful Concubine An showed a charming smile.
"I am stupid, I am not very courageous. I am very scared now. If Your Majesty and your empress die, I will also die," she said.
The queen sneered.
"So, you still plan to die after me?" she said.
"So your Majesty, you must take care of yourself." Concubine An said calmly.
Probably only such a person could allow her to arrange this scene against the imperial concubine.
Really...
The queen stretched out her hand and pressed her forehead, exhaled and sat up. There was no trace of the anger, panic and anxiety on her face.
"Ms. Cheng naturally said what she should say." She said, "She is a smart person, she knows what to say, and she also knows what I want to hear."
An Fei frowned and couldn't understand her words.
"When a wise man speaks, he always says what the other person wants to hear," the queen said.
Concubine An understood.
"Then Madam, did she know that you had already made up your mind?" she asked hurriedly, "That's why she followed your wishes? Then, what did she think? She won't coax Madam, right?"
"Of course not, she and I are mutually exclusive," the queen said.
If I hadn't known that she had this intention, I wouldn't have ordered her to come in.
If she hadn't known that I had this intention, she wouldn't have come to the palace.
It is a fatal disease, and it is not a fatal disease for this person alone.
Now that everyone has reached a consensus, it will be easier to handle.
"Your Majesty, I hope you have better luck this time." Concubine An knelt down and held her knees, muttering.
The last plan and arrangement were obviously so good and everything went as expected. Unexpectedly, Prince Ping was struck to death by lightning, and the emperor fainted from anger. As a result, they fell short and were caught off guard.
"Empress, I don't know which minister she is talking about. Will it be okay when the time comes?" Concubine An couldn't help but asked in a low voice.
Whether it works or not, do it.
The queen stood up.
"My luck has always been very good," she said. "Besides, I've done so much, so I can't fall short."
It's all going to die anyway, so it's better to give it another try. No matter what, you can't just watch the fool ascend the throne and the Queen Mother take power in the Gao family.
Either a fool ascends the throne, but there cannot be a queen mother, let her come to power as the queen.
Either you have a queen mother, but you can't let a fool take the throne.
Now it is impossible to get rid of the Queen Mother, so the only option is to replace the Queen Mother.
The queen took a deep breath and clenched her hands.
Hearing that Cheng Jiaoniang had returned, Zhou Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the yard again. The yard was noisy under the setting sun.
“….Here, put it here…”
"...If you can't fit it, don't take it with you...throw it here and don't need it..."
Mr. Zhou was busy in the yard watching the servants and women loading the cars.
"Father, father, there's no need to leave." Zhou Hui stepped forward and said to him.
Mr. Zhou looked back at him.
"Jiao Niang is back." Zhou Hui said.
The lights in the room were lit, and after listening to the words of the servants and guests, Mr. Zhou looked complicated.
"Chen Xianggong actually dared to force the Queen Mother to expel Gao Lingbo and not allow the Queen Mother to listen to politics behind the curtain. How dare he say that." He murmured, "He also cited the example of Yang Jian. Now, Gao Lingbo really cannot stay in the court no matter what.
Already."
"But if Chen Shao does this, he will inevitably be accused of being like Cao Cao." Qingke said.
"So what? In order to prevent him from becoming an old thing like Cao Cao's, the courtiers will definitely compete to become a direct minister and protect the orphan." Mr. Zhou said, "After all, the reputation of establishing a prince to assist the government and forcing the palace to be forced into the palace has been shouldered by two people. The remaining
The ministers can then safely serve as ministers of the Qingming Dynasty assisting the young master. Who can refuse this good reputation that will be remembered in history and be passed down through the ages? Mr. Chen..."
He said and nodded.
"In order to secure a stable position for His Majesty's heirs, I really have to bear the notoriety and eliminate hidden dangers, so as to live up to Your Majesty's kindness."
"If you want me, I can't do it."
Everyone in the room nodded with a bit of emotion.
"However." Mr. Zhou sat up straighter again cleverly, "This has nothing to do with us. The queen mother was released. It is obvious that the Queen Mother Gao family can't care about dealing with her for the time being. The most important thing is to establish a crown prince to assist the government behind the curtain. It is not that
She will be fine. She will still have to be dealt with after the appointment of the Crown Prince and Assistant Governor is decided."
As he spoke, he stood up again.
"Hurry up and pack your things, leave the city overnight, and return to Shaanzhou."
Zhou Hui hurriedly got up and grabbed Mr. Zhou.
"Father," he shouted, "that's impossible to say."
Master Zhou looked at him.
"What can't be said for sure?" he asked.
"After the decision is made on the establishment of the Crown Prince and the Assistant Government." Zhou Hui looked at his father and said slowly, "Will she be dealt with again?"
After establishing the throne, will she be dealt with...
Mr. Zhou looked at his son and felt his head pounding.
"Have you forgotten who was the first matchmaker and the one who started the trouble?"
It’s King Ping!
"So, it won't work unless this matter is resolved."
The solution is easy, but paying the price is the future of the family.
"That's just a small thing."
Yes, things that once seemed unsolvable have turned out to be trivial matters that can be solved once and for all.
Isn't it enough to be a King of Ping?
Mr. Zhou couldn't help but tremble.
Mother, you have seen what kind of monster you are, the granddaughter you have raised and protected with all your heart!
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Note 1: Song Renzong had no heirs. After his death, Zhao Shu, son of Pu'an Yi Wang Yunrang, succeeded to the throne as Song Yingzong. After only half a month of Yingzong's pro-government, Prime Minister Han Qi and others proposed to Yingzong to discuss the identity of Yingzong's biological father.
This triggered a debate and hundreds of officials resisted. However, because of his biological fatherhood, Yingzong did not hesitate to demote Lu Jie, Lu Dafang, and Fan Chunren. They went out and used various means. It took 18 months to finally achieve the goal.
Target.
Note: Song Yingzong was at odds with his adoptive mother, Empress Dowager Cao, who once cried to the prime minister and complained that Yingzong was unfilial. (To be continued)
