Where can I fix the leak?

Zhao Ji came to Qin Palace in the middle of the night, and there was a lot of noise outside late at night.

Baitao, this little fox, had very keen hearing and rolled over impatiently.

Until the movement became louder and louder.

She had to open her eyes in confusion, but she didn't want to move while nestled in the wool quilt. It had been raining heavily these past few days, and when she stepped out of the quilt, she felt the cold and dampness seeping into her bones.

But another round of quarrels started outside.

This is the Qin Palace, not a vegetable market. Who else dares to be so presumptuous?

Baitao jumped up and shook the bell beside the bed in annoyance.

"Ding ding——"

Footsteps sounded, and it was Rui'er who pushed the door open and came in.

She took a piece of fire to dye the jade hook and moiré lantern. After the orange shadow flickered twice, she approached Baitao's bed and said: "My young master, the Queen Mother has come in outside and is running towards you."

"Aunt Zhao, what does she want from Brother Zheng?"

Baitao woke up for most of the time, with her eyes wide open and confused.

In her impression, Aunt Zhao and Brother Zheng, mother and son, were strangers to each other.

Except when Aunt Zhao became the queen at the beginning, when she was the most powerful in the harem, she never thought of having a son like Brother Zheng.

It's just that she and Brother Zheng are facing each other, and they can only live apart for the rest of their lives.

"I don't know, and I don't dare to inquire about your Majesty's affairs."

Rui'er covered her with a quilt and said, "This matter is between your Majesty and the Queen Mother. It's not easy to interfere with it. My little master, you'd better sleep. I don't mean that I want to go out to play tomorrow."

?"

"Yeah, that's right."

The strange thing was that Bai Tao didn't say anything. She closed her eyes obediently, huddled in the warm cup and fell asleep.

The door creaked and footsteps moved away.

Baitao's long and curly eyelashes opened like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, she pulled off the quilt and got off the couch, put on her shoes, and slipped out through the side door.

Rui'er is Brother Zheng's subordinate, and Baitao knows this.

The so-called straightforwardness is nothing more than catering to her preferences and taking advantage of others. Ruier's nature is to be mature and steady.

How she does things depends greatly on what Brother Zheng gives her orders.

If she didn't let herself get involved, she would eavesdrop.

snort.

The King of Qin had not yet attained the crown and had no harem, so Baitao lived in his side palace.

Ying Zheng lived in the main hall, and there were many servants parked inside and outside the main hall, wearing raincoats and hats.

The dark sky was covered with broken strands of rain, densely packed like spider webs, covering their raincoats, splitting into strings of water splashes, and splashing on the stone slabs below.

"Ying Zheng! The Ai family has ordered you to write a letter to the king immediately! Grant the Ai family a marriage to the Prime Minister!"

In the bedroom, candles are brightly lit.

Under the fifteenth bronze lantern, Zhao Ji's hair was messy and her body was shaking like a grass stem blowing in the wind. "If you don't obey, then you are unfilial and unworthy!"

Baitao heard such a wonderful part when she first arrived, and her body was shocked.

Regarding the affairs of the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister, there was a lot of rumors in the Qin State. She actually didn't see much, but she heard a lot of gossip that added jealousy.

Opening the window, Baitao peeked quietly.

When the secret guard of the royal city behind saw this, the corner of his mouth twitched. After all, it was King Qin who was protecting the untouchable, so he let her go.

King Qin in the inner hall lowered his thin eyelids and said, "The Queen Mother would like to tell you what is filial piety."

Zhao Ji had not read any books, but in order to get closer to Lu Buwei, she also asked the palace officials to read some difficult ancient books to her.

Zhao Ji pointed at Ying Zheng's nose and said: "Filial piety is the foundation. Only when a monarch is filial can his reputation be outstanding, his ministers obey and he will be praised by the world."

"Only when ministers are filial can they serve the monarch loyally and have the courage to sacrifice their lives; only when scholars are filial can they do their best."

"Filial piety is the foundation of the world, and it is the foundation of you as a king! What's more, the love between men and women is natural. Even the Queen Mother Xuan had an affair with her ministers. The Ai family is just a woman, not a piece of dead wood.

What’s wrong with pursuing love?”

"As the son of the Ai family, you should obey the Ai family, be considerate of the Ai family, and fulfill the Ai family. This is your filial piety as a king!"

Ying Zheng: "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, the Empress Dowager knows them by heart."

He looked at his mother, who had scarlet eyes and couldn't listen to anything, and said, "I must not be here on a whim when I come to see you this time."

"What do you know?!"

When Zhao Ji saw him, she was extremely disgusted, "A person like you who can do anything by any means knows what love is? You only deserve to be helpless and alone all your life."

"Yes, I have no one to rely on, so the Queen Mother wants to rely on Father Zhong?"

"So what? Ai Jia and him have already become a real couple."

"You can still be a real couple now."

"That's different!"

"What's the difference?"

Ying Zheng said coldly, "Only the Central Plains takes the word of marriage seriously. In the eyes of the people of Qin and Zhao, it is just black and white words and empty words. Only the bonds of love are real."

He added: "Queen Mother, you are also born in Zhao. You should understand this truth, but you are just trying to make a marriage contract in the name of self-deception."

Zhao Ji turned pale and raised her hand to slap Ying Zheng, "You...you are so unfilial..."

Ying Zheng clamped her wrist and continued to pierce her sweet dream, "Since the Queen Mother is so familiar with Lu's Spring and Autumn Reading, she should not ignore the above paragraph, 'Desire has feelings, feelings have restraints, and saints practice restraints until then.

You have desires, so you can't do anything but act on your feelings."

"A saint whose passions are restrained can be a merchant, a Marquis of Wenxin, or a Prime Minister, but he will never be the Queen Mother's bedfellow."

"ah!"

Zhao Ji bit her lower lip, her appearance suddenly declined for ten years, she broke down and cried, "You lied to the Ai family, you are deceiving the Ai family. The love between the Ai family and Buwei is as deep as the sea, the Ai family has no plan...

..”

Ying Zheng swept his sleeves and turned his back to his distressed mother, "Just like a person drinking water, he knows whether it is cold or warm. If the Queen Mother can persuade Father Zhong, I will have nothing to say."

"You..." Zhao Ji shouted hoarsely and fell to the ground.

There was thunder outside, and it was dim and dark.

When Ying Zheng walked out, Zhao Gao bowed his back outside the door and said, "Your Majesty, we cannot let the Queen Mother go to the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister agrees, Your Majesty, you...and..."

He suppressed his expression and hesitated to speak, "This will be ridiculed by everyone in the world."

"Father Zhong will not agree." Ying Zheng walked forward and said calmly.

Zhao Gao followed him closely, wondering: "How can your Majesty be so confident that the Prime Minister will not agree?"

Ying Zheng took the palm oil umbrella from the side and said, "A person who writes books and talks about how to be famous in future generations will not let a woman affect his reputation and be criticized by future generations."

"Your Majesty has learned from the past."

Noticing the tung oil umbrella in his hand, Zhao Gao asked again, "It's so late, where are you going?"

Ying Zheng glanced at a small corner next to him, and his thin lips curved in an imperceptible arc, "Go and see that little master who doesn't make people worry."

*

Baitao made sure not to disturb anyone when she returned to her dormitory.

However, this alarm did not scare anyone who dared to come and disturb her.

After lying on the bed, she swung her three big red fox tails and kept swishing.

The hair on her tail was fluffy and smooth, making her thoughts float.

Why does Aunt Zhao want to marry Lu Buwei?

Lu Buwei said he was not young anymore. He was a handsome man. He was in his forties and still had white hair on his head.

I don’t know if it was beautiful before, but now it may not be that beautiful.

Taking a step back, even if Lu Buwei is extremely powerful, as the Queen Mother, she can get whatever she wants.

What are the benefits of getting married?

Is it just love?

Bai Tao's tail was shaking so fast that it was about to get knotted, and she still hadn't figured it out yet.

Suddenly hearing footsteps outside, she closed her tail, pulled up the quilt, and closed her eyes.

The jade hook and moiré lamp was lit again, and Bai Tao felt that his eyelids were filled with light.
To be continued...