The bottomless courtyard, because it is built by the mountain, the layers of palaces are stacked on top of each other according to the mountain, which is more magnificent and huge than the imperial city in the capital.

The courtyard resounds all year round with the sound of bells and the sound of wooden fish.

This is where the largest temple in the royal family is located, Biyun Temple.

The moon is already high, and after the rainstorm, the moonlight is even clearer.

In the deepest part of the temple, the mountains and rocks are surrounded by springs, pavilions and pavilions, ancient trees are towering, small bridges are embellished, and the bells are far away.

What a claustrophobic courtyard.

At the end of the spring in the courtyard, in a small room, you can't hear the sound of the bell, only the sound of wooden fish constantly coming from the room.

Looking for the sound, I saw the main hall in the inner room of the house, facing the small Guanyin standing under the lotus bottle holding the willow statue, kneeling half of the old woman, and the continuous sound of the wooden fish was from the woman's hand.

The woman was about forty years old, with a simple bun, a half-gray and half-worn dress, without any ornamentation, without any powder, and her eyes were slightly closed. Dressed up like this, she looks like the most ordinary woman in the market. can take a closer look at her delicate facial features, fair and slender fingers, and graceful posture, all of which show that the woman is by no means ordinary, and must be very beautiful when she is young. Even now, after the best years of a woman, she still retains a delicate appearance, and her dusty temperament makes people forget the vulgar.

At this time, the woman was silently reciting the scriptures in her mouth, and her hands were constantly beating the wooden fish. The sound of the murmuring spring outside was muffled by the constant sound of wooden fish, and the sound of hurried footsteps was also muffled.

"Mother's ......"

As soon as the shrill eunuch's voice came out, it was silently interrupted by the maid who was guarding outside.

The maid guarding the outside is like a woman in the room, and she is also in a gray dress, without any decoration, but her bearing is comparable to that of the oldest grandmother in the palace.

When the eunuch who came on foot saw it, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said hello in a low voice: "Aunt Zheng is good." ”

"What's the matter?" asked Aunt Zheng.

The eunuch held up the porcelain plate with both hands: "This is the news that just came from the palace." ”

The porcelain plate contains a jade tube as wide as a thumb and half the length of a flute, and the red wax seal at the interface of the tube is stamped with a special seal.

Aunt Zheng took the jade pipe and asked, "But do you still have anything to say?"

The eunuch bowed down and said: "There is a word, Gonggong Huang said that the queen mother has decided on the show girls this time, a total of twelve people, and they are still the original people, and there is no change." The other three people were selected and pointed out to King An. The emperor did not say anything about this. ”

King An is the sixth prince of the first emperor and the brother of the current saint, Qin Sifei. Just a month ago, according to the decree of the Queen Mother, he was awarded the title of King An.

The queen mother immediately set three people for King An, and she solved King An's concubines and concubines on both sides together, so I don't know how to distribute the twelve people set for the emperor.

Aunt Zheng nodded and waved her hand for the eunuch to step back. She held the jade tube and listened attentively to the sound of the wooden fish in the room, and when the sound gradually subsided, she gently pushed open the door of the inner room and slowly walked into the inner room.

The woman in the room put down the wooden fish, folded her hands, raised her head lightly, opened her eyes slightly, and bowed three times to the statue of Guanyin.

Aunt Zheng waited for the woman to finish worshipping, then stepped forward lightly, helped the woman stand up from the lotus futon, and turned to sit down on the side chair.

The woman had been kneeling for a long time, and her knees were a little numb, so Aunt Zheng squatted down to help the woman rub it, and after the woman nodded yes, she got up and ordered the little girl who was guarding the outside to bring tea in.

After the woman drank the tea, the little girl retreated, and only the master and servant were left in the side room, and Aunt Zheng took out the jade pipe and presented it to the woman with both hands.

"Niangniang, this is new news from the palace. ”

The woman took the jade tube, glanced at the seal, opened it and pulled out the note inside.

After a moment, the woman chuckled, folded the note again, and took a sip from the teacup.

"What news has come from the palace this time?" the woman put down her teacup and looked at the maid who was guarding the side with a light smile.

Aunt Zheng shook her head lightly and said with a smile: "The slave can't guess, so I guess and make the mother laugh, but I still don't guess." ”

"You're lazy again. In the past, I would say a few more words, but now it's good, even those few sentences are saved, and I don't know if I ask, just wait for me to give you an answer. ”

"Niangniang also knows that the slave is stupid, and she always guesses wrong, and saying a few more words is just to have a good time with Niangniang. ”

The woman tapped the Buddhist beads in her hand and said with a smile: "Oh, then you don't want to say more now, do you want to be happy with me anymore?"

"Niangniang is laughing at the slave again, how dare the slave and the maid think about him, but always use a set of words to go back to the mother, the mother is not new when she hears too much, how can she be happy. Isn't it true that the slave and maid can't find words, and is worried? ”

The woman laughed, and the Buddhist beads in her hand turned around a few times: "Look, isn't this just the way to talk about it, and you dare to say that you are stupid." ”

Aunt Zheng bowed and bowed, and said with a smile: "Let the mother smile." ”

"Alright, alright. The woman waved her hand, "If you laugh, you will be exempt from the ceremony." ”

Aunt Zheng straightened up slightly: "Niangniang is happy, there should be good news from the palace." ”

The woman shook her head lightly, and pressed her fingertips to fix the largest main bead: "It's not good." If the jade face is judged, it has been ascertained that the case of Master Xi'an is the handiwork of Long Xingwei. ”

"Long Xingwei?" Aunt Zheng raised her eyebrows slightly, "What does Yin mean by this?"

The woman sneered, pressed the fingertips of the Buddha beads, and the Buddha beads instantly turned several times in her hand: "He wants to fish in troubled waters." first sent people to Jiangnan to secretly collect evidence of corruption among officials, and then behind the officials' backs, he revealed all kinds of information to most of the masters in Jiangnan, causing many masters to retire and leave. In the end, one or two of them were killed by a knife. not only muddied the situation in Jiangnan, but also explored the northwest area by the way, which is really well-intentioned. ”

Aunt Zheng frowned: "Is he eyeing us?"

"It's not necessary to keep an eye on us," the woman raised her eyebrows and laughed, "In my opinion, he wanted to catch a big fish with a long line, but unfortunately the fish didn't see it, and he got wet." ”

"Niang Niang wants to ...... him"

The woman closed her eyes slightly, was silent for a moment, and said: "Tell me to go down, no matter what the outcome of the matter in Xi'an, let our people not move, and this matter will be played by the Queen Mother and Long Xingwei." ”

"Yes. Aunt Zheng replied respectfully.

The woman pondered for a moment, and then changed the Buddha beads to her other hand: "Besides, didn't Tian Heng send a copy of the account book compiled in the household department to the Wang family." It's a pity that Tian Heng's foundation is still too shallow, and the account books he got from the household department are too incomplete. You ordered to go down, let us help him secretly in the household department, and show him a little bit, and it will be included in this section, and you must make Tian Heng suspicious and try his best to investigate. ”

"Yes. ”

"Hehe," the woman smiled uncertainly, "Isn't Yin Xuezheng righteous, isn't the two not relying on each other." I want to see how Wang knows the beginning and end of him and Old Man Zhong, and how he will deal with him. ”

Aunt Zheng raised her eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: "Why should Niangniang be like this, if you want the emperor to go, Long Xingwei will lose the biggest backer of the saint, Yin Xuezheng is just a grass leader now, if Niangniang wants to take him down, it is not difficult at all." ”

The woman shook her head: "Don't underestimate Yin Xuezheng, he was able to mix from a commoner to his current position, he didn't get it casually, his ability is great." Long Xingwei is not what you see on the surface, only the dozens of people are desperately trying to check everywhere. Long Xingwei's real strength is in the shadows, which is beyond the reach of outsiders. In addition, how many big clans' homes were copied by Chengzong Lao'er in those years, they were all ordered by Long Xingwei, and no one knows how much benefit they got from it. With such an organization, we can't move for the time being, so let him go and fight with the Queen Mother and see what the result will be. ”

Aunt Zheng paused and nodded yes, and then asked, "Which side do you think they will have the advantage?"

The woman's eyes were half-closed, and the Buddha beads in her hand turned lightly twice: "It's hard to say, although Yin Xuezheng is small, he is a shrewd person." The Wang Tianfang three families in the Wang family look powerful, but her Wang family is a person who can't bear the temperament, and there are too many fools in the three families who are dragging their feet, and it is not impossible to lose. ”

"Wang Tianfang's three families are holding back, but they also have the help of their mothers. Aunt Zheng said with a smile.

"Hehe, I really want to help them. Do you think that the three major families still control the little emperor, if they lose a grass man in the end, they will really lose face and be ashamed. ”

Aunt Zheng said: "This may not be their incompetence, Niangniang also said that the little emperor is not stupid, and he has the ability to leave the Wang family and them and find Long Xingwei." In this way, Long Xingwei won, and it is reasonable. ”

The woman's Buddha bead paused slightly, and nodded: "This is also true, very likely." ”

"Do you want to ...... mother?"

"No," the woman waved her hand slightly, and said slowly, "just let the little emperor jump away temporarily, whether he can jump out of the circle of the Wang family, depending on his ability, we don't have to care, just keep an eye on his movements at any time." Hehe, he won't be able to jump for long. Rather than letting him die directly and end up relaxed, it is better to let him see hope before dying happily. Hehe, what if the person surnamed Qin is a royal clan, if he is still dead now, he will not miss the life of this little emperor for a while. ”

As she spoke, her eyes were covered with a thick cold air, her fingertips were red, and she pressed the Buddha beads hard. The Buddha beads are almost broken, but then this Buddha beads are made of gold and diamond, which are extremely hard, and they are always intact.

"I just want to watch slowly, slowly, and see that the people with their surname Qin are all dying one by one. What a true son, that death is more ugly than a beggar. Hehe, what kind of dragon son and dragon grandson, don't you still have to report to the Yama Hall one by one, haha, you really think you can ascend to heaven as a dragon. Only the Yama Palace, hehe, only the Yama Hall is the final destination of the people surnamed Qin. I just want to watch, watch them come down to the Yama Hall one by one, haha, look at this world, whose world it is. ”

Aunt Zheng bowed down and stood silently aside, but did not answer. She had heard such a rebellious remark countless times, and she had long been surprised. She knew the woman, and she was the only one of her men who knew the woman's obsession. Not for fame or profit, he tried his best to calculate the world, and led countless living beings to die, but he was only crazy for himself, crazy for a person who had never loved her from beginning to end, to accompany the funeral.

Her Aunt Zheng was just an ordinary subordinate, she received the favor of the woman at the beginning, and swore allegiance to the death, even if she later understood that the woman was taking a road of no return, she would not make another choice, this is her fate.

This is her loyalty, but in fact, she is also crazy!