Chapter 138: Shameless
"Why, the lady concubine didn't put up enough of your shelf in front of the palace servants, and she still wanted me, a courtier, to bow down in front of you, and it was okay, I will give you this big gift, but I just got injured, and I am in a bad mood, and if I am in a bad mood, I will easily forget things, I want to think, what should I forget? Prescription? Zhou Xiya said lightly with her head lightly.
"You ......" Zhou Xiwan pointed at Zhou Xiya angrily, this woman is here to anger her.
"Niangniang, don't be angry, you are weak now, looking at your appearance, it is quite poisoned in comparison, can you stand it now that you have stopped taking the medicine?" Zhou Xiya approached him and said.
"I'm not poisoned" Zhou Xiwan shouted, and there were palace maids in the hall, calling them out.
"That's right, now it's just the two of us, how convenient is it to talk like this, let's say, what are I going to do in the palace?" Zhou Xiya sat casually on a chair.
Zhou Xiwan clenched her fists, she didn't expect that she would not be able to surrender Zhou Xiya to her current status, she just used the authority of Concubine Shu to beat Zhou Xiya, but she knew that she couldn't provoke the Zhou family or Zhou Jianxiong.
"I heard you're getting married? I also want to marry Xiao Jingqing."
Zhou Xiya nodded.
"I heard that you are now in charge of all of Li Mu's properties?" Zhou Xiwan continued to ask.
"What does it have to do with you?" Zhou Xiya asked rhetorically.
"Of course there is, I want to cooperate with you, you probably don't know, Your Majesty is about to canonize me as the queen, I am the biggest in this palace, but I want more things, it's a pity. I don't have much power to rely on, so I need your help, and if you can help me, you will be indispensable in the future. Zhou Xiwan said, she wants to bring down the Queen Mother, to make Her Majesty addicted to wine, and she wants to control the country, the previous dynasty is not a matter of no queen or queen mother supervising the country, she Zhou Xiwan can also, and wait to assist a small emperor in the future. She Zhou Xiwan is the most noble woman in the world.
"What good will I be allowed to do? It's good that you don't expect me to die. Cooperating with you is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and to be honest, I really don't dare to touch you. Zhou Xiya was noncommittal.
"There is no long-term hatred in this world, and any hatred is not worth mentioning in the face of interests. Xiao Jingqing is the second son. In the future, it will definitely be his eldest brother who will inherit the throne. What can Xiao Jingqing get, if you help me, I can let His Majesty give Xiao Jingqing the position of the prince. You can become the future Mrs. Hou, this benefit is big enough. Zhou Xiwan tempted.
Zhou Xiya sneered in her heart, the Xiao family is interested in the throne, and people can't look down on a Hou Ye position.
"And what do you want me to do?" Zhou Xiya didn't show what she thought in her heart.
"Help me deal with the Dugu family, I want to get rid of the Queen Mother." The queen mother is very guarded there, she has no way to drug, she has already drugged the emperor's diet, and wants to control the emperor, as long as the queen mother is eliminated, the emperor will be easy to say.
"You are really ambitious, but you may be wrong, I am not unfamiliar with the position of the Hou Ye and Mrs. of the Xiao family, so I can't help it, you want to be the adulterous concubine of the troubled dynasty, I don't want to be an accomplice yet, Zhou Xiwan, I advise you, don't be too big, be careful to ignite the fire, your reputation outside now is not good." Zhou Xiya glanced at Zhou Xiwan up and down, how long has it been, a boudoir woman has become a woman who wields power, which is sad and pitiful.
"Fame...... Hehe, what's the use of that thing, as long as I stand at the top and everyone looks up to me, all the rumors will be self-defeating at that time, and the rest is just flattering and flattering, Zhou Xiya, don't say cool things here, you have been loved by your father like a jewel since you were a child, you are the daughter-in-law, the most noble daughter of the Zhou family, what about me, I am nothing, I have all this today I have fought for myself, who of you knows what I have suffered, I tell you, I Zhou Xiwan will never admit defeat, if you help me this time, In the future, our sisters will be able to get along safely, if you don't help, then don't blame me for being unkind. ”
"I thought I knew how you were welcome?" Zhou Xiya got up and looked directly at Zhou Xiwan.
"This year, the tribute of the surrounding small countries is surprisingly small, Your Majesty already knows about it, the thunder is furious, presumably tomorrow's grand ceremony is lively to see, I know Your Majesty very well, Your Majesty is very face-saving, coinciding with his accession to the throne this year, the countries actually dare to reduce the tribute, Your Majesty will definitely raise troops, this Zhou family is full of loyalty, Jiangmen family, this time the people of the Zhou family must be indispensable to go to the war, the northern grasslands are in turmoil, and now they are going to war, the men of the Zhou family are going to the battlefield, the battlefield is unpredictable, who knows what will happen, do you say yes? By the way, I seem to have heard that the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are pregnant, and if the eldest brother goes to the battlefield and the woman is frightened, can the child in the belly be okay? If there is any bad news coming back, there may not be one or two people who will die......" Zhou Xiwan smiled and whispered, but the words he said were terrifying.
"You are shameless...... Zhou Xiya wanted to slap her, why was her heart so poisonous.
"I'm shameless, I'm shameless because I was forced by you, you look down on me from above, and now I'm on top, how about it, it's not like this tastes good, it's not like I haven't done anything in the past two years, it's still easy to arrange something, if you are a smart person, you naturally know what to do, my request is not difficult for you." Zhou Xiwan smiled, and finally saw Zhou Xiya's angry appearance.
Zhou Xiya looked at her deeply, Zhou Xiwan really became unrecognizable to her.
"Okay, I promise you" Zhou Xiya finally agreed, although the men of the Zhou family grew up on the battlefield, but they can't go to war because of the face of the faint king, my father has already guessed that there may be a war, and this battle is not easy to fight, so the best way is to withdraw from this struggle between the emperor and the family, but I didn't expect Zhou Xiwan to also participate.
"Sure enough, I know the current affairs, it's very good, I still want you to help me collect some of the criminal evidence of the Dugu family, as long as there is enough criminal evidence, I am sure to pull the queen mother down." Zhou Xiwan smiled, she defeated Zhou Xiya for the first time, and she was physically and mentally refreshed.
Zhou Xiya returned to the house, Mama Zhou greeted her, and was relieved to see that Zhou Xiya was fine, "Miss, Xiao Gongzi is here." ”
Zhou Xiya nodded and walked towards her courtyard, opened the curtain and walked into the house. I saw Xiao Jingqing holding Xian'er and teaching her to speak, the two of them looked like father and daughter, Zhou Xiya's footsteps paused slightly, if the person standing in front of her was Li Muduo.
Hearing the footsteps, Xiao Jingqing turned around and saw that it was Zhou Xiya and smiled, "Xian'er, look, your mother is back" Xiao Jingqing took Xian'er's little hand and waved it twice.
Xian'er saw Zhou Xiya's aggrieved crying, stretched out her little hand to ask Zhou Xiya to hug her, and followed Zhou Xiya for several days. The two have cultivated a mother-daughter relationship.
"Little without conscience. I laughed when I hugged you, and I started crying when I saw your mother. Xiao Jingqing was helpless, so he hurriedly handed the child to Zhou Xiya, and pinched Li Xian by the way.
"Alright. Xian'er stopped crying. Mother is here. Zhou Xiya hugged the child and coaxed. Xian'er hugged Zhou Xiya's neck and didn't let go,
"What's wrong with your face? Why is it green? Zhou Xiya looked at Xiao Jingqing.
"Ahem, it's okay" Xiao Jingqing touched his face in disguise.
"Got into a fight? Who would dare to beat you? Zhou Xiya was really curious. Not to mention Xiao Jingqing's identity, it is his force, and ordinary people can't hurt him, let alone that he is accompanied by a lot of guards when he goes out.
"Why, you care about me." Xiao Jingqing came to Zhou Xiya's side and wanted to hold their mother and daughter in his arms.
Zhou Xiya dodged away, she couldn't be so close to Xiao Jingqing.
"I'm hurt for you, you can't feel sorry for me" Xiao Jingqing began to pretend to be pitiful, in order to get Zhou Xiya's heart, a man's pride is nothing, nothing is as important as his wife.
"Dugu Jin did it?" Zhou Xiya could only think of him.
Xiao Jingqing touched his nose and began to pretend to be innocent, he knew that Zhou Xiya was hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, pretending to be pitiful to her, and let her care, maybe he could enter her heart.
"You stay away from Dugu Jin in the future, I can't do anything about him, I'll give you those medicines to touch it, and I will go to the palace tomorrow to participate in the grand ceremony, how bad you look with your injuries." Seeing that the child was asleep, Zhou Xiya handed the child to Mama Zhou and went to get the medicine box.
Finding the potion and gently rubbing it on Xiao Jingqing's face, looking at Zhou Xiya with bright teeth in front of him, Xiao Jingqing didn't hold back, took Zhou Xiya's hand, and wanted to kiss her lips.
"Don't move," Zhou Xiya glared at him.
"Xiya, can you change the matter of different houses for three years?"
"Why, you can't wait" Zhou Xiya asked rhetorically, where is this Xiao Jingqing still the same cold as before, why has Xiao Jingqing become the way he is now since the wedding date.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to wait?" Xiao Jingqing smiled, the method of chasing Zhou Xiya, or he consulted others, so he had the current countermeasures, and he just couldn't force Zhou Xiya.
"I can't wait for anything," Zhou Xiya smiled maliciously.
"Look, I'm dangling in front of you with this handsome and extraordinary man, what if you insult me one day?" Xiao Jingqing was saying it, but he also felt a little blushing when he said such a thing, he had never said such a thing to a woman in his life, he blamed the person who gave him the idea, why was this so awkward.
Zhou Xiya kicked over directly, reached out and pinched Xiao Jingqing's face: "Let me look at your face, is it wearing a mask and changing someone, is this still the Xiao Jingqing I know?" ”
"It hurts, it hurts, Xiya, let it go" Xiao Jingqing struggled away, rubbing his face.
"What the hell are you doing?" Zhou Xiya glanced at Xiao Jingqing.
"It's not that someone has given me the idea to lower my posture so that I can get close to you, and I feel awkward myself." Xiao Jingqing took Zhou Xiya's hand, and this time Zhou Xiya did not hide.
"Xiao Jingqing, you are very good, but you have to give me time, you really don't have to please me so much, just be yourself, so that you are awkward and I am awkward." Zhou Xiya sighed, she still couldn't harden her heart.
"Okay, as long as you don't hide from me."
"I'm going to marry you, how can I avoid you, Xiao Jingqing, I will fulfill the responsibility of a wife, but otherwise, please embarrass me and give me some time, okay?" Zhou Xiya said solemnly.
"Good" -
The next day, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was held, this ceremony was not just enthroned when the simple ceremony can be compared, the envoys of various countries have arrived, the Chengming Hall hundreds of officials gathered, everyone came with their daughters, everyone greeted each other, a harmony.
"Zhou Xiya, what are you hiding from me?" Dugu Jin walked to Zhou Xiya's side.
"Dugu Gongzi, this is a place for women, you are not suitable here." Zhou Xiya took a step back to widen the distance between herself and Dugu Jin.
"Where do I Dugu Jin want, who cares about me, Zhou Xiya, don't marry Xiao Jingqing, their Xiao family is doing business with their neck resting on the knife, it is a place of right and wrong, if you marry into the Xiao family, life will not be easy, if you want to help Li Mu take revenge, I will help you, I will help you deal with the people of the Xiao family, why do you have to give up your life's happiness to go to the den of tigers and wolves." Dugu Jin was very anxious.
He has his own intelligence system, and he already knows some things that the Xiao family has to do, they are not involved in the Dugu family, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, their Dugu family can still gain a foothold, but the Xiao family is really not a good place, there are too many rights and wrongs in it.
"Dugu Jin, I thank you, this is my own decision, whether it is bitter or sweet, I bear it myself, and also, I am about to get married, let's keep our distance, so it is good for you and me." Zhou Xiya bowed and walked towards the crowd of female dependents.
What else did Dugu Jin want to say
"Your Majesty has arrived...... The Queen Mother arrives in ...... The lady concubine came to ......" the eunuch said loudly.
"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live...... Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose"
Everyone knelt on the ground and saluted, and the emperor sat down and said goodbye, and everyone got up
"Sit down," the eunuch said sharply as he stood on the high platform, and everyone knelt on the mat.
"Today is my enthronement ceremony, it is a day of great joy, I am very happy, come, everyone raise a glass" The emperor picked up the wine glass.
"I wish Your Majesty the enthronement, and the Great Yan River and Mountains will last for generations" The ministers raised their glasses.
"This year is the day of my accession to the throne, a day of great joy, and here I announce to you a happy event, I have decided to canonize Concubine Shu as empress," the emperor spoke.
Soon the eunuch took out the holy decree and began to proclaim the decree: "The concubine is virtuous and virtuous, has a soft temperament, is virtuous and dignified, virtuous and gentle, beautiful and gentle, and her appearance and virtue have won the sacred heart, and she can really mother the world, and now canonize the queen's mother......"
Zhou Xiwan's face was full of excitement, knelt on the ground, and after the eunuch announced his will, he kowtowed and thanked "Thank you, Your Majesty"
"Get up," the emperor helped Zhou Xiwan up.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Queen Mother" The ministers congratulated.
The minister of the court looked at Zhou Jianxiong, okay, this is the national abbot, the Zhou family is really happy.
Zhou Jianxiong sat in his seat, just raised his glass and drank, and didn't look at Zhou Xiwan on the high platform, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
The envoys of various countries stood up and hurried to congratulate them.
"Today is a big day, I was very happy, but someone made me unhappy." The Emperor looked at the envoys below and suddenly spoke.
"I don't know who made His Majesty unhappy, this is a capital crime." An envoy flattered the way.
"Capital offense, that's a good thing, then I ask you the Goryeo envoys, why is there less than seventy percent of the pilgrimage this year?" The Emperor asked.
"This, this? Your Majesty, it's not that we in Goryeo are unwilling to pay tribute to Yan State, but it is true that we have suffered a drought this year, and there is no harvest for two days, and our country is small and weak, so we really can't pay so much tribute, and I ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins. The Goryeo envoy quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"What about the Dali envoys?" The Emperor asked the other man.
"Your Majesty, this year's Dali grain is in arrears, we... We can't come up with ......" (to be continued......)