Lingzhi Hall was very quiet in the afternoon. In the spacious hall upstairs, Queen Zhenyao was with Queen Mother Guo again.
When the eunuch Zhang Huan walked upstairs, Zhen Yao was still kneeling at the banquet on the north side. Queen Mother Guo got up and came to the stairs and stood next to the window.
Queen Mother Guo looked back at the queen, faced Zhang Huan who was bending over and said, "Say it."
Zhang Huan, who was slightly thin, bowed and said: "I saw General Wei. General Wei was not injured, but the guard next to him was hit by a sword. Yesterday, General Wang Yanyun and General Wang Gongmei (Jin Hu) went to the guard in person.
General's Mansion, leave after dinner."
Queen Mother Guo's slender eyebrows were frowned. When she heard this, she couldn't help but let out a sigh. She didn't know whether it was a feeling of relief from happiness or a sigh of dissatisfaction.
Zhang Huan lowered his voice, glanced sideways at the queen, and continued in a low voice: "General Wei and the leading general Ling Huyu both agree with that matter, but the Wang family does not agree."
The "thing" the eunuch said was to depose the current emperor. This kind of thing must be instigated by powerful ministers, but on the surface it must be in the name of the Queen Mother Guo, because the Queen Mother Guo and the emperor have a mother-son relationship, so Qin
Before dawn, I looked for an opportunity to inform Queen Mother Guo.
Empress Dowager Guo held her hands in the wide sleeves of her silkworm clothes, took two steps gently, and said, "I understand."
Zhang Huan, however, was still standing there bent over, with no intention of leaving.
Queen Mother Guo's bright eyes swept across his face. Zhang Huan was slightly startled, and finally hesitantly said: "I also heard some rumors."
Queen Mother Guo was not in a good mood and said in a stiff tone: "Speak directly."
Zhang Huan said: "His Majesty was in a good mood this morning, and he even said something in the palace." He imitated the tone, but his voice was still quite small, and said in an excited tone, "Okay! The fight is about to begin, the fight is about to begin.
Got it!"
Among the eunuchs, Huang Yan is the only one who likes to play with her tone of voice and gestures, and her performances are often lifelike. I didn't expect Zhang Huan to imitate others. However, as soon as Zhang Huan finished her performance, she immediately returned to her original seriousness, and her expression changed so quickly that it made people feel a little bit
weird.
Zhang Huan said the words and seemed vaguely relieved.
But Queen Mother Guo was suddenly aroused by the excited tone he imitated, as if she heard a "thump" in her heart, and a surge of anger surged into her heart without warning!
Queen Mother Guo finally suppressed the anger in her heart. The anger seemed to be tangible and filled her heart. She could only endure it for a while. Cao Fang was the emperor after all.
Tingwei had previously tortured Guanqiu Jian's cronies. After Empress Dowager Guo learned of the result, she was almost certain that the emperor's secret edict received by Guanqiu Jian was definitely not a false edict and could only have been written by Cao Fang; the Youzhou rebellion and the emperor's escape
It doesn't matter.
Moreover, Cao Fang must have been involved in the plot to assassinate Qin Liang last year. Otherwise, how could Rotun and other eunuchs collude with Li Feng and Xu Yun?
But everything Cao Fang did did not cost him anything! He was almost blatantly acting recklessly, and people knew it was him who did it, but there was nothing they could do about him!
Empress Dowager Guo couldn't help but wonder whether the plot to assassinate Qin Liang was also related to Emperor Cao Fang?
Cao Fang is only that old, so he shouldn't be able to place undercover agents in the Wang family in advance, but those ministers who are secretly "loyal" to the emperor can do it. As long as Cao Fang secretly issues an edict, some ministers may launch a conspiracy.
Queen Mother Guo glanced at Zhang Huan, turned around and left without saying a word.
Zhang Huan bowed and said, "Please excuse me, my servant."
Empress Dowager Guo took a long breath and knelt down at the banquet opposite Zhen Yao. Zhen Yao raised her eyes to observe her expression and said, "Is Empress Dowager and Zhang Huan talking about Qin Zhongming?"
Queen Mother Guo nodded.
"Ahem..." Zhen Yao picked up a handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed a few times.
Queen Mother Guo calmed down and asked, "Are you feeling well?"
Zhen Yao sighed: "In recent years, my health has been bad and my body has been cold. It's okay in summer, but when the weather gets a little cooler, I feel chilly."
Empress Dowager Guo recalled that when Zhen Yao first entered the palace, she was still a simple girl who didn't understand anything, with a childish look on her face. However, in the past few years since she became the queen, she had been tortured and even beaten. If an older woman might have
I can bear it, but a girl of Zhen Yao's age may not be able to bear it.
Empress Dowager Guo then gave her kind words and advice: "Young Master, go see him. Out of sight, out of mind. You should also think of the good in everything, and don't make things difficult for yourself."
Zhen Yao looked touched and said in a strange voice: "It's been a little better this year. Fortunately, my mother is taking care of me."
But Queen Mother Guo felt that she didn't do much to help her. She just said a few nice words to her, and she seemed about to cry.
Zhen Yao added: "I met Qin Zhongming last time. I thought he was sincere and attentive to people, and his manners were dignified and polite. He didn't look like a traitor or a bad person. Why are there always people who want to harm him?"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Guo immediately thought of Cao Fang and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Whether you hate a person or not has nothing to do with whether he is a good person or not."
Zhen Yao was startled for a moment and looked at Queen Mother Guo thoughtfully.
The Queen is young and didn't know much at first, but she should be a smart girl and could understand many things even when she was a teenager, even if Queen Mother Guo sometimes spoke very obscurely.
Zhen Yao said softly: "No wonder the queen is so angry."
Queen Mother Guo couldn't help but put her slender fingers gently on her beautiful face. Realizing that she was showing her anger on her face, she blurted out: "What do you mean?"
Zhen Yao said: "When we last met, Qin Zhongming said that as long as he can make His Highness (Queen Mother Guo) happy, it will be his greatest honor."
Queen Mother Guo said calmly: "You remember it very clearly."
Zhen Yao said: "Qin Zhongming has such feelings for his mother. It's not surprising that she was angry about what happened yesterday. The relationship between her and him should be unusual..." At this point, Zhen Yao suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly explained,
"Because Guanqiu Jian's letter mentioned the incident between his mother and Qin Zhongming."
This was getting darker and darker! Zhen Yao finally understood and stopped silently. She thought for a while and said softly: "My mother is so good to me, but I won't speak ill of you behind your back. I hope you understand."
my heart."
Queen Mother Guo was a little upset and said, "That's all."
After a while, Zhen Yao said again: "Next time the Queen Mother summons Qin Zhongming, you can also call me. I think what he said makes sense."
At this moment, several palace maids walked up the stairs and stood bent at the door. Zhen Yao looked back and suddenly said: "I told them that they have to go back to Zhaoyang Palace before dinner, so please take your leave first."
Seeing that it was getting late, Empress Dowager Guo had no time to persuade her to stay and stood up from the banquet.
The Queen stood and bowed before her. Queen Mother Guo then returned the bow and watched her walk towards the door.