The location where she and the Sixth Prince were was at the back window of the side hall. If you didn't come here deliberately, you wouldn't have noticed them at all.
The poor sixth prince encountered his mother being treated lightly at a young age, which undoubtedly caused the greatest trauma to his young mind. How should he face Concubine Zhang in the future? She is the most noble concubine and her son. This time, there will be resentment over this.
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As Huai Yao entered, Qin Yun released the hands that were restraining Concubine Zhang, and then walked out. For a moment, the sound of Concubine Zhang crying could be heard in the palace. Mother and son were separated by dozens of steps and a wall, but they both cried because of this incident.
After about a cup of tea, Concubine Zhang put her clothes back on, put some makeup on her face, regained her previous glamour, and went out to the main hall.
At this time, the sixth prince had already run out of energy to cry. He leaned against Chu Yunjing's collarbone, soaking her bra with countless tears. Even though he was paralyzed on the ground, he still held the sad child in his arms tightly.
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She tentatively said: "Ziyu..."
The sixth prince in his arms twitched, then put his hands around Chu Yunjing's neck, moved his head to her shoulders, and held her tightly with their faces facing forward and the other facing back.
Chu Yunjing's body is not very big, and his frame is about the same size as the five-foot-tall child in his arms. If you don't look at his face, it looks like two people of about the same size hugging each other.
"Zi Yu is not afraid... Zi Yu is not afraid..." Chu Yunjing stroked the child's head and comforted him softly.
It was already Xu hour when she returned to the banquet, and it was still a scene of singing and dancing. She ordered Si Yu to send the sixth prince back to Yihua Palace and asked Si Yu to guard him there. She was worried that the sixth prince would do something impulsive.
At this moment, Concubine Zhang, who was on the left of His Majesty, looked tired. Sitting opposite Chu Yunjing, Prince Huai was full of energy, chatting with the surrounding ministers in high spirits.
What happened tonight made her feel uneasy. She didn't know the purpose of Honglou's entry into the palace, and she didn't know what Qin Yun wanted to do. At this moment, Taifu Ning came to the imperial platform with a wine glass in hand and stood under the Chu Palace.
Five or six steps in front of Yun Jing, Taifu Ning came to the imperial stage to toast the Holy One.
Since Taifu Ning was located close to her, she accidentally saw Taifu Ning looking at her meaningfully, which made her feel fearful. Was this a look of resentment, to avenge his daughter?
Taifu Ning shouted loudly, and no one in the hall could make any noise anymore: "I respectfully wish you, Your Majesty, a long life, and may my seal last for thousands of years!"
Then he drank it all in one gulp, and the ministers in the palace responded and said: "I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, I wish you a long life, and I wish that my great seal will last for thousands of years..."
With this momentum, it was as if Taifu Ning was the leader of hundreds of officials. Even the unsociable Prime Minister Han below could not compare with the power in front of Ning's eyes.
The saints on the throne raised the golden cup together, expressing my solemn aura: "I drink with you all, and wish my great seal to last for thousands of years!"
"Princess Qi, the wife of the fifth prince Qin Mian, is of the Chu family. She is virtuous, talented, virtuous, and meritorious in hosting state banquets. She is indeed a model for women in the world. I specially give her the assistant to manage the harem and assist the queen together with Concubine Zhang."
In a few simple words, the power of the mother of the country was assigned to her. There was silence in the palace. Everyone who was not surprised was thinking about the purpose of this matter.
It seemed that the Holy One had drunk too much wine, so he said casually. As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the queen began to persuade: "Your Majesty! Being the assistant to manage the harem is a big deal. Princess Qi is still young and may not be able to take on such a big responsibility!"
At this time, she couldn't sit still anymore, so she stood up and knelt down in the center with her eyebrows lowered.
"My words have been spoken, and that is my will!" After hearing the Queen's refutation of him, the Holy Emperor was unhappy, and his tone became more forceful and angry.
The queen quickly knelt down to apologize. Who would have expected that the Holy Lord would lose his temper because of this: "I made a mistake!"
No matter what the Holy Father said at the state banquet, you should not refute it in person. The Queen's words were a bit hasty, which made the Holy Lord dissatisfied. Maybe she had a room with the Queen a long time ago and took this opportunity to express her anger. Even if it was hidden
No matter how good things are, the fox's tail will eventually show up. She has already seen through the Queen's sinister face.
She thought that if King Huai was not allowed to harm Concubine Zhang, it would be fine if Concubine Zhang died long ago. How many concubines in the harem died at the hands of the empress? Would the Holy One really not know about it at all?
"I accept the decree!" Her voice came out as she kowtowed and thanked her. Immediately after, the ministers at the banquet frequently went to curry favor with Chu Yao and Chu Yi, all of them congratulating them. Those who were dissatisfied could only suppress their anger and pretend to be
Smile with a false smile, otherwise the outcome will not be good.
The banquet lasted until Xu hour and ended in the magnificent Qilin Palace. The palace people sent the foreign ministers out of the palace, and everyone in the palace returned to the palace.
She felt that Taifu Ning's glance meant revenge. Like father, like daughter. A sinister and powerful father would have a vicious daughter.
Most of the banquets still use Ning Ruoshui's arrangements, because Ning Ruoshui has arranged all the procedures properly, and it would be too late to overturn them all in just a few months. It is a bit unethical to have the power to co-administer the harem because of this.
, it would be better to resign from the throne tomorrow and leave the palace after a while. She thought about returning to Jiuhua Palace.
The luxurious makeup had long made her exhausted. She hurriedly removed the restraints on her head and body. She touched a tube top. It was still wet and still had the tears of the sixth prince. She sat on the dressing table with a worried look on her face.
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Poor child, because Qin Yun was innocent, he put such a bad mark on his splendid childhood. Seeing that Si Yu hadn't come back yet, she sent Qian Guanguan to Yihua Palace to have a look.
She put on a casual coat and picked up the divine ball. She hung a bell on the divine ball so that she would not worry about losing it. Fireworks inside and outside the imperial city continued to set off, illuminating the entire Kyoto like daylight, driving away the palace.
It's lifeless inside.
Dressed in plain clothes, she stood under the window holding the magic ball, looking at the fireworks blooming in the distance, and was overjoyed.
She was supposed to stay up all night vigil tonight. In the past, her grandpa doted on her and only let her stay up until noon before going to bed. Now that she was the mistress, she should set an example and stay up all night in Jiuhua Palace.
I don’t know when Zhou Yang stood behind me. She was startled when she turned around. She was tall and burly and had a stern look on her face. This was Zhou Yang’s usual image. She turned back with no expression on her face and continued to watch the endless fireworks in the distance.
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For a long time, the two of them didn't say a word. She was really awkward and didn't know what the person behind her was doing.
"Shouldn't the imperial army patrol various palaces? Guard Zhou is very idle?" She broke the silence and spoke first.
"Um!"
Huh!? Just a ‘huh’? It was an extremely perfunctory tone of voice with no hint of joy, anger, sorrow or joy. She was even more puzzled. Could it be that he was accompanying her to watch the night?
"Weiwei Zhou, please go back if you have nothing to do. It's so late at night..." Her voice was very low.
"I'm here to keep vigil with you."
It turned out that he stood there motionless to keep her company during the night. It was really puzzling. Why did the majestic princess need him to accompany her? Could it be that she felt lonely?
"No, a maid will come in later to keep me company overnight. Guard Zhou should go back and rest early." She did not look back.
"I negotiated Concubine Du Shu's maid, and I also brought the guards outside Qilin Hall."
With a cold tone, even the warm house heated by charcoal fire could not stop the chill radiating from Zhou Yang's body.
It turns out that what he said that day, I will help you, was what he meant. The road ahead was clear, how he talked through Concubine Du Shu's maid, and how he calculated that Ning Ruoshui wanted to kill her.
She opened her mouth and said in embarrassment: "Is it possible that Guard Zhou is here to take credit for saving my life?"
He said nothing and said to himself: "Taifu Ning intends to marry his second daughter to King Huai."
These information jumps were a bit big. Before she could filter out the last one, there was another shocking jump. Zhou Yang was like a tool for transmitting information, laying it out one by one, allowing anyone to choose which one to catch.
"Being a side room?" she asked.
"Be the first wife!"
This means that the Ning family has given up on Ning Ruoshui and wants to kill Ning Ruoshui and then train a new princess named Ning to succeed the queen.
The poison of a tiger does not eat its children. The Ning family can give up the chess piece that is their biological daughter at any time for the sake of power. I can't believe there is anything that the Ning family dare not do. She shuddered even more when she thought of Taifu Ning's look. Ning Ruoshui
Even if he has done all the bad things, he deserves to be killed by his own family members.
"You should stop me."
Does this mean she is asking her to declare war on the queen? To declare war on Taifu Ning? Taifu Ning’s look today may have said it all. Ning is going to declare war on Chu Yunjing!
She turned around and looked at him suspiciously: "Why should I stop him?"
"The current Princess Hui is not a threat to you, but that won't be the case if another one comes. The new Princess Hui will kill you."
"The old Princess Hui also wants to kill me."
"It's different. At least you have defeated her. Can you beat her again?" The man with a stupid sense of reasoning analyzed it for her: "You already have the power to co-manage the harem, so you can still interfere in this kind of thing.
...." His tone was soft, a little guilty, and seemed to be coaxing.
Chu Yunjing didn't want to be at the center of the fight. She just wanted to return to her one-third of an acre of land to do some small business and live a life without fighting against the world. She believed that she could talk the emperor through and release her as soon as possible.
The palace, as for who cares about the affairs in the palace, Ning Ruoshui is about to be deposed. If a new one comes, he will definitely take over the affairs of the palace. Then she will no longer have to be imprisoned here.
She met his evasive gaze and said in a arrogant tone, "I will resign tomorrow."
Zhou Yang looked at her fiercely, frowning and frowning: "Do you really think you can defeat the Queen?"
This sentence seemed like a mockery. If you think about it carefully, she really couldn't defeat the queen and her son. The power given to her by the Holy One was just to check and balance the already powerful King Huai and the scheming queen. If she lost this power, she would be easily defeated.
Crushed to death.
But she didn't even think about arguing with the queen. If Ning Ruoshui hadn't repeatedly provoked her, she wouldn't have resisted. As for the throne that the queen wanted, just take it. She had never even seen her husband, so how could she do it?
To seize the throne, even if King Huai ascends the throne and wants to kill her, why not run away and take her grandfather and aunt to another country?