"General, what should we do now?" After being surrounded by the enemy, a burly man under Zhu Cuo's command asked tiredly and panickedly.

It's been lucky to be able to escape until now. If he escaped, he had no confidence that he would be able to survive.

Zhu Cuo's face was gloomy, he snorted coldly, and said, "What, are you afraid?" If you are afraid, go and beg them to see if they will let you go, so that you will not suffer this sin with Ben. ”

Hearing Zhu Cuo's words of reprimanding the big man, everyone was silent.

Dahan's face was also flushed, but he lowered his head and did not speak.

They were born and died for Zhu Cuo, even if they were chased to the end of the road, they did not turn their backs on him, but they didn't expect him to have such an attitude towards them.

This made everyone, who was already a little frustrated, even more disheartened, and didn't know what the point was in persevering like this.

It's not that Zhu Cuo didn't see the faces of his subordinates, but he didn't care. All he cares about is his own life, and these people are just his meat shields in the end.

Now, these meat shields are almost useless.

He doesn't want to die!

He finally got reused, a good life has just begun, and he still has time to do the next big business, how can he be willing to die!

But what if he could escape?

Will the prime minister still believe him and reuse him?

I am afraid that as early as when he received the news of his defeat, he had already removed him from his authority and discarded him as an outcast.

If that's the case, if the capital doesn't return, he doesn't believe that the world is big and there is no place for him to stay.

He admits that the Minzhou army is very powerful, but he is not bad. If he hadn't been so underestimated at the beginning, it was unknown who would have won and who would have lost.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cuo cheered up again, and said in a deep voice: "Stand up for me, let's kill it, I don't believe it, I will die in the hands of these people." ”

He still wants revenge, and he wants to be ashamed, how can he die!

Even if you are on your knees, you have to live.

Zhu Cuo was right, after receiving the news of Zhu Cuo's defeat, Prime Minister Sun Cheng had already given up on him.

He doesn't need men who can defeat battles.

What's more, the reason why he used Zhu Cuo at the beginning was because there was no one under his hand for the time being, so he had to do it as a last resort.

No matter how capable Zhu Cuo is, and how many contradictions he has with the Song family, it is also an indisputable fact that he once worked under the old General Song.

Sun Xueyi minded this matter very much.

But now, after this month's buffer, he has found someone who can replace Zhu Cuo, but because Zhu Cuo was extremely brave some time ago, and it can be said that he has won a hundred battles against those anti-thieves, he has to keep him.

Now, Zhu Cuo not only lost the battle, but also fled in the wilderness, and this alone is enough for him to take back his military power and give up on him completely.

The Royal Palace, in the Palace of Bliss.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was dressed in a thin layer of light veil, lying on the chaise longue covered with snow-white fur, and two powerful and tall men were serving her.

One knelt in front of the couch to pinch her legs, and the other gave her a beating on the shoulder, both with a flattering and flattering smile on their faces, and spoke to her carefully.

When Sun Xueyi came, he was seeing this scene, a trace of disgust quickly flashed in his eyes, and his face was so black that it seemed to be dripping water.

He coughed lightly, prompting his own sustenance.

Empress Dowager Zhou slowly opened her eyes, waved her hand slightly, and the two strong men quietly retreated.

She sat up, saw Sun Xueyi's blue color, couldn't help laughing and trembling, threw him a wink, and said lightly: "Look at you, you're jealous again." Didn't the mourning family sue you a long time ago, in the heart of the mourning family, you are the most important. They're just gadgets. If you don't like it, just kill them. ”

Sun Xueyi listened, and almost didn't vomit out breakfast.

He's not jealous! It's just a dislike for her.

What kind of beauty does he want, why be jealous for an old woman?

It's a pity that since Cao Zhong died, the little emperor who was unassertive and weak regarded the Empress Dowager Zhou as his only support, and obeyed her in everything.

Some time ago, it was not easy for Taishi Zhou to die on the belly of the concubine, and there was one less person who competed with him for power, but the Empress Dowager Zhou supported her brother to take the throne, and let him inherit the position of the prince of the country, and married her own daughter Princess Lanyang to her nephew, and the power of the Zhou family swelled again.

In the past, there was a Song family who pressed them, but now, apart from him, the prime minister, there is only the Song family in the court. It's a pity that the Zhou family is just a wine bag and a group of rice buckets, all day long they only know how to hold money, eat, drink and have fun, and they also pinch the little emperor all day long, and the entire court and even the harem are all made into a miasma by them. If it weren't for the fact that the situation did not allow him to be the emperor, he would have killed the prostitute of the Empress Dowager Zhou and wiped out the Zhou family.

Thinking of this, Sun Xueyi showed a smile that was not smiling, and came over and said: "How can I be willing to kill the Queen Mother's new favorite, with them accompanying the Queen Mother, teasing the Queen Mother, and the Prime Minister is also happy in his heart!" ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, she laughed again.

However, she was afraid that her face would show wrinkles, so she quickly stopped laughing.

In other words, in order to be able to stay young forever, she has tried all kinds of perverted methods.

A few years ago, she had only drunk some human milk, but now, she had intensified her efforts and began to drink the blood she was in, or bathe in theirs.

In addition to raising a group of nurses, in recent months, she has also raised a group of beautiful young girls. Even the palace maids around her, as long as they are virgins, she may release their blood at any time. Every day, there are young girls who die from excessive blood loss.

Unfortunately, even so, she still ages irrepressibly.

Especially in the second half of this year, I have aged terribly, my face has a lot of wrinkles, my hair is grayer, and I even lost weight quickly.

The doctors knew she was whole

The imperial doctors knew that she was in the Elysium Palace all day long, overindulged in lust all the year round, did not know how to restrain herself, and only believed in those evil sects, and also took a lot of pills of unknown origin, but did not know the medicine supplement, so that it would lead to such a situation, but they did not dare to tell the truth, so they could only be sloppy.

Some young palace maids, in order not to be targeted by the queen mother, actually tried every possible way to seduce the little emperor, even if they couldn't become concubines, they could spend the night with the emperor.

In addition to being cowardly and incompetent, the little emperor was also hooked by the Zhou family to be greedy and lustful, and almost refused to come, and was almost sucked dry. He was an adult man of eighteen or nineteen years old, but his small body was so thin that it could almost blow him away with a gust of wind.

It's just that no one has persuaded him to cultivate his self-cultivation, and he will only hook him to play.

As long as Empress Dowager Zhou is comfortable, she won't care about her.

"By the way, how is the Mourning family asking you to do?" Empress Dowager Zhou stroked her black hair and asked with a serious expression.

Her hair was deliberately dyed black. Otherwise, she would have gray hair and would not be able to see anyone at all.

Sun Xueyi's face showed a little embarrassment, and said: "Niangniang is too embarrassed for me, how can those hidden masters be so easy to find, not to mention, some time ago, didn't the original appearance have already introduced a real person with great powers to the Queen Mother?" Could it be that the elixir he refined was useless? ”

"Don't mention it." Empress Dowager Zhou's face was faintly blue, "After taking his pill, I'm afraid that before I regain my youth, I will already die of illness." ”

Every time she took the pill, she kept having diarrhea, and she was about to collapse, who could stand it.

Even if the real person said that the excretion was due to her good health, and to remove the dirt and toxins in her body for her, she would not dare to use it.

Sun Xueyi actually knew the specific situation for a long time, and this person was not a master of the Tao at all, but a liar he found casually, and he couldn't help but smile secretly when he heard this, and he didn't ask too much, and said with a stern expression: "In this case, I will continue to find a real master of the Tao for Niangniang." It will always make the mother rejuvenate. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was satisfied, and she also asked the people of the Zhou family to look for it, but the result was equally unsatisfactory. She also knew that the Zhou family had no skills, and Sun Cheng was more reliable.

"You do things, don't worry about the mourning family." Empress Dowager Zhou said as she asked people to bring a mirror.

Her mirror is a desktop vanity mirror, but it is countless times clearer than the best bronze mirror, and it illuminates people perfectly.

If Qin Shu was here, she would know that the mirror of Empress Dowager Zhou was quietly sold by her.

In fact, the Empress Dowager Zhou has two mirrors, in addition to this desktop vanity mirror, there is also a small mirror. She usually cherishes it very much, and she didn't even give it to her when the eldest princess of Lanyang asked for it, but unfortunately, two months ago, after she found out that she was aging rapidly, she broke the small mirror because of fear and panic, so there was only this one left.

The palace maid half-knelt on the ground, holding the mirror with both hands steadily, so that the Empress Dowager Zhou could look in the mirror.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked left and right, and found that the wrinkles on her forehead seemed to have one more, and she caught a glimpse of the palace maid's young and beautiful appearance, and her heart was angry, and she shook the palace maid's big mouth casually, and said angrily: "Waste, I can't even hold the mirror steadily, come here, drag her down to the mourning family, and open her mouth for twenty." Let's bleed her tonight and bathe the mourners! ”

When the palace maid heard this, she immediately collapsed to the ground. Immediately, someone appeared and dragged the poor palace maid who collapsed.

If you are bled out, the chance of surviving is less than 1 percent.

Sun Xueyi looked coldly at this, and only then did he say: "Why should Niangniang make a big fuss for a cheap maid, if she hurts her body, she will die a hundred times, and it will be difficult to atone for her sins." Niangniang doesn't have to worry, the current aging is only temporary, and the current appearance will definitely find a hidden master for the queen mother, and the queen mother will regain her youth, just around the corner. ”

When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, her mood was better, she touched her flabby face, and cried with red eyes: "Only the prime minister understands my heart." Those who accuse me of extravagance and lasciviousness all day long know my difficulties? How much I paid for this face, no one can understand at all. ”

"I understand my mother's suffering. I'm sure I won't let my mother down. Sun Xueyi pretended to sigh.

After a pause, he suddenly said: "By the way, Niangniang, I almost forgot that the last time His Majesty chose a concubine, it ended because Cao Zhong was killed." Now, after so much time, does Niangniang now have the right candidate? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou frowned, then stretched her brows and said, "This is not in a hurry, just choose one for him in the capital family." It's a big deal, I'll let him marry the daughter of the Zhou family. The most important thing now is to find me a recluse master as soon as possible. Also, you quickly send troops to quell these rebels, and you can't let outsiders think that our court is no longer good. If you can't quell those rebels, the mourning family has no choice but to ask the emperor to take back your military power and send someone else. ”

Her eldest brother has been fighting the idea of military power, and wants to take the military power from Sun Xueyi's hands, but she was also a little shaken, so she took this opportunity to tell Sun Xueyi.

When Sun Xueyi heard this, he hated it in his heart, and he couldn't wait to strangle the demon woman in front of him, how could he spit it out what he ate, so he could only say: "Don't worry, Niangniang, I have a candidate now, and I will definitely suppress these thieves completely." ”

"That's good." Empress Dowager Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, she has been having nightmares, dreaming that the thieves hit the capital and cut off her and the emperor's heads, and even she dreamed that the Song family came to her to settle accounts, and also destroyed the Zhou family, she was scared every time she woke up, and felt that her neck was cold.

If it weren't for that, she wouldn't care if she was a thief or not!

"There are also those remnants of the Song family, and they must be cleaned up as much as possible, and no one must be left out." Empress Dowager Zhou said viciously.

"Yes, as the mother wills." Sun Xueyi bowed down and said, even if the Empress Dowager Zhou didn't mention it, he would treat the remnants of the Song family as his biggest enemy

of the enemy to deal with.

The Minzhou army that defeated Zhu Cuo, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and he wouldn't go out of his way to deal with them. He cares more about the remnants of the Song family.

In his heart, Cao Zhong was killed by the remnants of the Song family. Since they can kill Cao Zhong, maybe they will kill themselves one day, so he naturally treats them as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.

He received news that the remnants of the Song family had fled to the Huguang area and mixed with the Maitreya sect, which had always been unsettled.

It's time to deal with them.

……

Time passed quietly, and soon, it was February.

Although the temperature is often hot and cold, it is constantly unpredictable, but it is also starting to warm up gradually.

Qin Shu's life hasn't changed much.

The Xu family moved out a few years ago, not far from the Marshal's Mansion, and occasionally Mrs. Xu would come to visit.

Since the last time Qin Shu said that she was looking for a few grandmothers who taught rules and etiquette, Qin Zhao became convinced, and just after the New Year, he sent her two grandmothers.

Probably in his forties. I heard that she used to be a palace maid in the palace, and she still had a relatively high status, but she was released by chance.

I have stayed in many large families in the capital and taught those young ladies etiquette.

It's a pity that they are old, when they were young, they suffered a lot of sins in the palace, they often got sick and took medicine, one of them had his tongue cut off and couldn't speak, and the other had his hands broken, and his hands were not very flexible, and the two of them cooperated, which was not bad. It's just that it's still unsightly, and after just a few years, I was kicked out.

The two had to return to their hometown, but unfortunately, there was no one at home for a long time. Fortunately, their identity in the palace was barely able to get their hands on, and they were invited back by some nouveau riche or landlord squires to teach their daughters, but unfortunately, they couldn't do it long in each family, and no one was willing to provide for them, so they have been displaced like this.

Qin Zhaocheng also had his own intentions in choosing them.

He knew that there was a secret in his mother. It is only fitting that these two people serve their mothers. What's more, they can only rely on them to live, and they will provide for their old age, and they will definitely do their best to assist.

Of course, the most important thing is that they do have real materials, gentle personalities, and good hearts. Serving a family, being loyal to a family, never betraying, should not be an ungrateful person, not afraid of their bad intentions.

One of the two is surnamed Zhang and the other is surnamed Shi.

Mama Zhang can't speak, but she is strict, calm, and meticulous in everything. Mama Shi's hands are not flexible enough, but she is smart and smart, patient, and has eyes, and she smiles when she meets people, and when she speaks, she is like a spring breeze, and the people in the family are very convinced of her.

Since they were, Qin Shu's courtyard suddenly became orderly.

The four maids, each performing their own duties, have never made a mistake.

In addition to teaching Qin Shu various rules and etiquette, they can also be regarded as the grandmother in charge of her side.

As soon as they came, the four maidens retreated.

Dongyu was even "educated" by Mama Shi, and since then, I have never seen her come to Qin Zhaocheng's side in a flashy manner, and she is very honest.

When teaching Qin Shu, he is even more attentive, there are strict rules for walking, sitting and lying, can't be like this, can't be like that, how to eat, how to drink tea, how to sit, how to receive people and things, what kind of words to say to who and so on.

And the most important etiquette and rules, they taught Qin Shu from the beginning seriously and solemnly.

However, it has only been more than a month of hard work, although Qin Shu has not said that he has changed again, but the change is indeed very big, to be exact, he is very fan, and he can bluff people.

Qin Shu also studied very hard, after all, this was her own request.

If there is bitter water, you can only swallow it in your own stomach.

Besides, it's always good to learn more.

However, the two grandmothers are very measured, except for Qin Shu's things that should be taught and reminded, as for what Qin Shu does in private, they do not interfere.

Of course, Zhou Zhen'er was also caught by them and taught. Zhou Zhen'er is now a real rebirth, which is not the same as before, and knows the rules and etiquette.

There are also the female students, and the two grandmothers also go to class once in a while.

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