Zhou Zhi actually thought that he was playing with the prince, and the queen would be unhappy. After all, at the beginning, the queen had told herself to accompany the prince to study, guide the prince well, temper and temper the prince's temperament, let the prince calm down, and completely immerse himself in reading and learning.

But the prince's temperament is like to play around in his bones, how can he be a stable person. And it seems that the prince Zhu Houzhao only has three minutes of enthusiasm for doing something, but it seems that the days of insisting on the new gameplay of Keju are not short, and in the blink of an eye for half a month, he is actually happy to do it.

Instead of waiting for Empress Zhang to find her own trouble, it is better to take the initiative to explain everything to Empress Zhang. So Zhou Zhi got an opportunity and told the little eunuch Gao Zhong that he wanted to see the queen once, so that Gao Zhong could report it to him.

Gao Zhong is just a little eunuch with a very low status, but he has the opportunity to meet the queen every once in a while. Gao Zhong took advantage of the queen's happy mood on this day and talked to the queen about thoughtful things. Empress Zhang didn't think about it, but said, "Go and call Zhou Zhi over, this palace wants to hear what he has to say." ”

Gao Zhong peeked and couldn't see Queen Zhang's joy and anger, so he hurriedly went to find Zhou Zhi.

It was just after Dong Yue's class in the morning that Zhou Zhi came to see Empress Zhang in a hurry.

At the back of the Kunning Palace is a garden of considerable size. It's April, the weather is beautiful, and the garden is full of life with all kinds of trees, lush greenery, birds and flowers. The last time Zhou Zhi saw the Empress was in the living room of Kunning Palace, this time it was in the garden.

Empress Zhang, dressed in brocade, was sitting lazily on the soft floor in the gazebo, while beside her were several palace maids with high temples waiting carefully. One of the palace maids had a fair face, two slender eyebrows, and a pair of eyes that were not big, but they revealed shrewdness. She is Wu Jing's counterpart Xia Lanxia Mama.

This Mama Xia obviously has the highest status among these palace maids, she stood beside the queen, her face was solemn, not like other palace maids with her head bowed, very restrained.

Speaking of which, Mama Xia has been by Queen Zhang's side for almost ten years, and she knows Queen Zhang's character very well, and she has a lot of weight in front of Queen Zhang.

According to Mama Xia's identity, she was able to fall in love with Wu Jing entirely because she fell in love with Wu Jing's ability to make money. It's just that in a few years, Wu Jing has a lot of silver, and he has spent countless amounts on Mama Xia.

It stands to reason that Mama Xia is waiting for the queen in the palace, and there are not many rewards from the queen, and Mama Xia herself doesn't need too much silver. But Mama Xia is still living a very hard life now.

It's all because she is a very family-oriented woman.

Her home is in Anji County, Huzhou. The Xia family in Anji County was just an ordinary landlord family in the early days, and although the family lived a reasonable life, they usually had to be careful so as not to be poor. But since Mama Xia entered the palace, especially in the past few years, Mama Xia has tried her best to replenish the silver for the family, and almost all the silver she got from Wu Jing has been sent to the family.

In just a few years, the Xia family in Anji County has become a big family, a wealthy family. There are thousands of mulberry fields, and there are several houses.

Zhou Zhi came to see Queen Zhang, and without Queen Zhang's permission, Zhou Zhi naturally stood aside, not daring to be disrespectful.

Empress Zhang still had such a kind and nice voice, and said, "Zhou Zhi, you want to see the palace, is it for the prince to have fun in the East Palace these days?" ”

Zhou Zhi secretly admired Empress Zhang's insight, the so-called insight into fire, this word seems to be used on Empress Zhang is not an exaggeration at all.

It's no wonder that this strong, smart and skillful woman, she naturally pays a lot of attention to herself, and she pays a lot of attention to everything about the prince.

Standing in front of this strong woman, Zhou Zhi suddenly had a feeling of fear. hurriedly said, "If you go back to the queen's mother, it is for the prince's keju."

Keju has been passed down for many years, and in Zhou Zhi's opinion, as a man, especially a young man like the prince, it is actually reasonable to play Keju appropriately and exercise his body, and it is even beneficial and harmless.

However, the queen also knows that in the past few days, the prince seems to have devoted all his body and mind to Keju, so that he is a little inattentive in reading and class, which is Zhou Zhi's responsibility.

Zhou Zhi came today to ask the queen to forgive his sins. ”

In front of such a woman, Zhou Zhi must tell the truth. He paused a little when he said this, he was still going to defend himself and further convince the queen. Unexpectedly, at this pause, Mama Xia, who was standing next to the queen, interjected, "Queen, the slave maid looks at this Zhou Zhixiu with clear eyebrows, and she is also very polite!"

And according to the slave maid, Zhou Zhixiu was only eighteen years old, and he had only been studying for two years, and he was admitted to the Baoding Mansion's Xiao Sanyuan, and there is no doubt that he is a talent.

How could someone as smart as him do something stupid? The slave heard that he guided the prince to juju, and he created a novel way to play juju, so that the prince abandoned his studies, and the slave really didn't understand, what is the reason for this? ”

If you listen to Xia Lanxia's mother at the beginning, she was praising Zhou Zhi, but later she was obviously questioning Zhou Zhi's ulterior motives, she was undoubtedly fanning the flames.

Zhou Zhi had long learned from the little eunuch Gao Zhong that she was Mama Xia.

Last year, Zhou Zhi arrested Mama Xia's goddaughter Li Yuanyuan, and Mama Xia hated Zhou Zhi when she learned about it. Under the instigation and influence of Wu Jing, Mama Xia was looking for every opportunity to put Zhou to death. But she saw that Zhou Zhi entered the Guozijian step by step, and became the prince's companion, but she never found a suitable opportunity.

Because she understands the queen, the queen is a very smart woman who can see through people's hearts, so Mama Xia can't make things out of nothing and make trouble for no reason, so as not to be able to clean up the thoughtfulness, but put herself in first.

Today, there is finally such an opportunity, how can Mama Xia let it go easily. She also knew that it was impossible to put Zhou to death with this matter. But as long as the flames are fanned and the queen is furious, Zhou Zhi is driven out of the palace, or even from the country's prison, it is still possible to let Zhou Zhi go home.

But Queen Zhang's performance was very unexpected by Mama Xia.

Empress Zhang just smiled slightly and said, "Xia Lan, you listen to Zhou Zhixiu, this palace wants Zhou Zhixiu to do this for his reason." ”

Xia Mama Nuo Nuo said continuously, "Yes, the slave is too talkative, the slave is too talkative!" ”

She said this, but in her heart she was thinking, this Zhou Zhi really can't be underestimated, according to common sense, I said such things in front of the queen, where can the queen allow Zhou Zhi to say more? It seems that the weight of this week in the queen's heart is not as simple as she thinks. The queen has a good impression of Zhou Zhi, not to mention, and it seems that she likes Zhou Zhi very much. Cleaning up and killing Zhou Zhi must take a long-term view and take your time.