"If you want to marry someone, will they marry you?" Xiao Ruiqing glanced at the third brother, not to mention his personality of spending all day drinking, even his background was destined not to marry the concubine of the Zhou family, how could the concubine of the Zhou family marry a concubine.

"How is it impossible, she is a woman who has died of her fiancé, it would be good if I could marry her, besides, now that my father has gone to the capital, my father is friends with Zhou Jianxiong, eldest brother, you send a letter to your father, and my father is naturally willing to pull the Zhou family to our family's chariot." Xiao Yanqing looked at the eldest brother unconvinced, what's wrong with the concubine, if his father really becomes the emperor in the future, then he will be the prince, what is there to be unworthy of a daughter of a family.

Xiao Ruiqing didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly instructed the steward of the Wang family: "Since the Zhou family is fighting, then don't rob it first, let my father-in-law come forward and contact several other family heads, such a big pie, I believe many people want to swallow it, since we can't eat it, then let's go together, I want to see if the Zhou family can resist the pressure around them, they want to swallow Li Mu's industry, and they also want to see if they have the ability to protect it." ”

He also wanted to suppress the power of the Zhou family, now his father and Zhou Jianxiong check and balance each other in the north and south, if his father raises troops in the future, what is the attitude of the Zhou family, now give the Zhou family a lesson, suppress the Zhou family, it is also a good choice, and let the Zhou family see the power of their Xiao family

"Yes, the subordinates will do it" The steward of the Wang family was ordered to retreat-

In the Imperial Palace of the capital, the queen was very busy because the envoys and vassal kings of various countries had to come to congratulate them. arranged palace affairs, but neglected Zhou Xiwan, the scourge.

"The Queen Mother... The slave went to report the queen's mother...... The Queen Mother ......" There was a noise outside the hall.

"Dodge" the grandmother next to the Queen Mother pushed the palace maid away.

Zhou Xiwan helped the Queen Mother slowly walk into the queen's main hall, followed by a group of people.

"The queen mother is coming, and the daughter-in-law is late, please atone for the queen mother." The queen hurriedly knelt down to greet her.

The Queen Mother did not call for a waiver, but sat directly on the chair, and Zhou Xiwan stood aside, looking at the Queen with a smile.

"Come on, arrest the queen to the mourning family" The queen mother did not say anything else, but gave an order. Immediately, two strong mothers pressed the queen's arms and twisted them around.

"The Queen Mother. What did your daughter-in-law do to make such a big move? The queen struggled hard, and the maids and grandmothers in the queen's palace knelt on the ground.

"What was done? Let me ask you, how did the child in Li Zhaoyi's belly fall? How long has His Majesty been on the throne. This is the first concubine to conceive a child after His Majesty ascended the throne. But it's not been a month. The child is gone, the good daughter-in-law of the mourning family, do you want to explain it to the mourning family? The Queen Mother turned the Buddha beads in her hand.

"The Queen Mother. The daughter-in-law has been busy with the affairs of the envoys of various countries during this time, and the daughter-in-law admits that she neglected to take care of Li Zhaoyi, but the daughter-in-law does not want to see the child fall, and the daughter-in-law is also very sad, the queen mother should blame the daughter-in-law, but the other daughters-in-law are really innocent. The queen looked at the queen mother innocently.

"The matter of entertaining the envoys of various countries is the matter of the Ministry of Rites, the queen, you don't help Your Majesty settle down the harem, but you go to take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty, this hand is really too long, since our queen mother does not admit it, come on, bring that grandmother to the mourning family." The Queen Mother sneered.

Immediately, a grandmother was brought up, and the queen frowned when she saw this grandmother, isn't this a grandmother in her palace?

"Does the Queen know her?" The Queen Mother asked

"It's from the daughter-in-law's palace."

"Then let her tell me what she did?" The corners of the queen mother's mouth curled slightly, no wonder she targeted this daughter-in-law so much, who let her stretch her hand too long, she actually provoked the emperor to rob her of the rights in her hands, she has controlled the harem all her life, how could she watch her daughter-in-law rob her of her rights, so, the hostess in this harem is going to be changed, this Zhou Xiwan is not bad, obedient, she needs an obedient person, so that she can be her puppet, and when she dies, she wants to be a real queen.

Originally, the queen was her daughter-in-law, and she was very fond of her heart, she just took a fancy to the queen's ability, so she would let her enter the door, because at that time she wanted the queen to help her son grab the throne, and she needed a capable woman by her side, but now the situation has changed, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are no longer in a relationship of mutual assistance, but a hostile relationship.

The grandmother glanced at the queen carefully, lowered her head and trembled a little, and said a little stumblingly: "Grandma Sun beside the queen told the old slave to let ... Let the old slave put a medicine in Li Zhaoyi's meal, I ...... Li Zhaoyi's cook and I are sisters, I have this opportunity, so let me go, Queen Mother, you spare the old slave, the old slave is really obedient, the old slave is really unwilling......" Mama couldn't stop kowtowing after speaking.

"Okay, pull it down" The Queen Mother waved her hand impatiently.

"Queen Mother, that slave and maid are talking nonsense, the slave and maid have not done anything, the slave and the maid are wronged, and the slave and maid have wronged the slave and the maid." Mama Sun beside the queen panicked and quickly knelt down to defend herself.

"What slave, are you talking to the mourning family about tongue twisters? Someone pulled her out and tortured her well, and the mourning family wanted to know if the mourning family had really wronged her. The Queen Mother waved her hand, and Grandma Sun was pulled down.

"The queen mother, the daughter-in-law is really wronged, ask the queen mother to be gracious." The queen begged for mercy, Mama Sun was tortured, and she couldn't hide anything when the time came, although she didn't harm Li Zhaoyi this time, but before, how many children of Her Majesty died in her hands, these things can't be investigated.

"If you are wronged or not, you have to check it out, come on, look at the queen, before the matter is clear, the queen is not allowed to take a step out of this palace, let alone anyone to see the queen." The Queen Mother got up and ordered.

"Yes," the crowd responded.

Zhou Xiwan helped the queen mother to walk out, passing by the queen kneeling on the ground, she was very proud, she planned for many days, and finally succeeded, and got rid of the queen, and in the future, I will be the only one in this harem.

The queen fell to the ground with a miserable face. How so.

Out of the queen's palace, Zhou Xiwan pretended to look at the queen mother: "Queen Mother, you are really majestic today, if the concubines are satisfied with your ability in the future, then what should we do next, the layout of the queen mother is too profound, and the concubines can't understand it many times?" ”

"Hehe, you girl is still too tender, but no wonder you, this harem is a melting pot. I can turn a stone into gold. It can also become scum, it depends on whether you can survive it, the longer you survive, the longer you live. is the final winner. It's a pity for the queen. I can't give her a chance to turn over, I'll go to Your Majesty tonight, and I still have to let Your Majesty know about this matter. The Queen Mother patted Zhou Xiwan's hand.

"Yes. The concubines listen to the queen mother for everything. Zhou Xiwan nodded obediently.

At night, the emperor's Chengde Hall is still singing and dancing, the emperor sits on the couch, surrounded by two beauties, holding a wine glass to feed the wine, the emperor lewd. Laughing and drinking, hugging the beauty around him and saying something in his ear, the beauty couldn't stop covering her mouth and laughing.

The dancing girls below are graceful, graceful, and graceful, dancing elegantly and moving, all of them are beauties.

"Good...... Good...... Dancing well, reward ......" the emperor shouted happily.

The eunuch standing beside the emperor frowned, he was the former emperor's attendant, and now he is following the new emperor, but looking at the new emperor's style, it is really impossible to see it, the first emperor almost always reviews the chapter until late at night, and has little leisure time, but look at the current emperor, he has not been to the court for several days, and he either drinks and has fun every day, or lets women sleep, so he should die in this way.

"Your Majesty, it's not too early, today's recitals are piled up on the royal table, waiting for your Majesty to approve it." Wang Neijian reminded.

"It's a disappointment, it's piled up, don't bother me with these, come, beauty, let's drink, I'll feed you a drink." The emperor reprimanded the king's inner eunuch, raised his glass to the mouth of the woman next to him, the woman's lips opened lightly, and she drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"Your Majesty... You are so bad, you are drunk concubine," the woman slapped the emperor on the shoulder with a smile.

"I'm just going to get you drunk, otherwise how can I do you badly?" The emperor leaned into the woman's cheek......

The inner eunuch shook his head, it was really unsightly.

"The Queen Mother arrives at ......" was passed on by the eunuchs outside the door.

The Emperor raised his head, "What is the mother doing here?" ”

The door of the hall opened, and the Queen Mother and Zhou Xiwan walked in.

The emperor stepped down from the couch and "saw the queen mother".

"The emperor is really hard." The queen mother glanced at the emperor, and she didn't like it in her heart, why did the emperor change so much after he ascended the throne, and she almost didn't know it, where is this still the excellent son she had before, what is the difference between this and the faint king.

Zhou Xiwan stood aside, sneering in her heart, she had long been dead to this man, so she turned a blind eye to these warblers and Yanyan around him, and instead persuaded him to be surrounded by women, the emperor ignored the government, she had the opportunity to control greater rights, yes, what she loves most now is rights, she wants rights, she wants great rights, she wants to stand at the highest place and look down on all beings.

The emperor stood there embarrassed, waved his hand, and told the dancers, concubines, musicians, and so on to step down.

"I wonder what's the matter with the Queen Mother coming here so late?" The Emperor asked.

"Of course there is something, you know about Li Zhaoyi's loss of the child, right?"

"Yes, I know," the Emperor nodded.

"Although you have children, they are all daughters, and they have never had a son, this has always been a place that has been criticized in front of the emperor, and the mourning family has been looking forward to your wife and concubine giving birth to a prince as soon as possible, so that the mourning family can rest assured, if it is providence, the mourning family cannot die as soon as possible, but if it is a man-made disaster, the mourning family is absolutely intolerable, and no one can harm my child without heirs." The Queen Mother was heartbroken, she naturally knew what to say in order to make the emperor happy.

"Mother, what do you mean by that?" The emperor was puzzled.

"Alas, the mourning family didn't believe it, but the facts were in front of the mourning family, and the queen mother couldn't believe it, so the mourning family came to you, Li Zhaoyi's matter has been found out, it was the queen who did it, and the mourning family tortured the nurse Sun Mama beside her, and then I knew why your concubine was pregnant for so many years and why did you taste abortion and dystocia, it turned out that the queen did it all the hands and feet, and what I was afraid of was that they had the remaining boys to steal her seat, this woman's heart is poisonous, she can't give birth to a son herself, and she won't let other women give birth, This is to cut off my son's heirs, and the mourning family will never tolerate her. The Queen Mother said that she was heartbroken, and her tears were about to come out, and she was a motherly posture worried about her son.

"This poisonous woman," said the Emperor through gritted teeth.

"Yes, such a vicious woman must not stay any longer, Emperor, look?" The Queen Mother did not finish her words.

"Then let's abolish the queen," the emperor continued.

"Since the emperor said so, the mourning family will not stop it, just follow the emperor's words and abolish the queen." Of course, the Queen Mother doesn't want to be a bad person, so it's better to let the emperor say it himself.

Things became settled in this way, deciding the fate of a woman, Zhou Xiwan, who was standing aside, saw the benefits of power and was even more fascinated by power, as long as she became the most powerful person in the world, no one could decide her fate anymore.

"But can the emperor have a candidate in his heart for the new queen? The country cannot be without a queen for a day, so that the harem is also managed, and the hearts of the subjects can also be appeased," the queen mother asked.

The emperor was silent, thinking about the right candidate in his heart, the concubine is easy to choose, but the position of the queen is not easy to choose.

"The emperor, the concubine is virtuous and virtuous, gentle and virtuous, talented and virtuous, deeply favored by His Majesty, and the mourning family also likes her very much, and she is also the daughter of Zhou Jianxiong, born in a famous family, in the eyes of the mourning family is the best candidate for the queen, what does the emperor think?" The Queen Mother took Zhou Xiwan's hand and looked at her lovingly, and Zhou Xiwan lowered her head shyly.

The emperor glanced at Zhou Xiwan, Zhou Xiwan is indeed very obedient, and he is not as domineering as before, and he also has his own considerations, his father had secret agents before, and recently found out that the family moves frequently, and he urgently needs the soldiers in Zhou Jianxiong's hands, to be precise, Zhou Jianxiong's loyalty, so as to ensure the stability of this country.

Maybe Zhou Xiwan is the link between him and Zhou Jianxiong, and it is worth giving Zhou Xiwan the position of queen in exchange for a loyal protector general.

"Then listen to the queen mother's opinion." The Emperor nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Xie" Zhou Xiwan knelt on the ground happily, she finally succeeded in taking this first step.

At the same time, in front of the Zhou Mansion, the lights were bright, and several carriages stopped in front of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Jianxiong walked out of the mansion quickly, looking at his daughter who walked down from the carriage, with a smile on his face.

"Dad, my daughter is back," Zhou Xiya saluted.

"Well... Okay, it's good to come back safely" Zhou Jianxiong touched Zhou Xiya's head, and was really happy in his heart, as long as her troubled daughter left his sight and went far away, something would happen to her, and next time he really didn't worry that she was going out.

"Ahem, I handed Xiaoya to you, take a good look at her, let her take her medicine on time, let's go back to Baifu first." Bai Yichuan and his wife, who came over, reminded him that they should not come and thank him for being an uncle.

"It's so late, you guys stay at my house first, don't bother your father-in-law and mother-in-law, if you know that you are back, your father-in-law and mother-in-law will get up." Zhou Jianxiong is three years older than Bai Yichuan, so naturally he will not call him his eldest brother, even if it is his wife's brother.

"Yes, uncle and aunt, you can stay first, I will accompany you to Baifu tomorrow, it's so late, don't let the family toss." Zhou Xiya also followed suit.

"Okay," Bai Yichuan had no choice but to nod.

"Please" and the group entered the Zhou Mansion. (To be continued......)