What happened in the hall of Longyuan, the queen did not know, the night was deep, but the queen was sitting by the window, looking at the night sky outside in a daze, she was over forty years old, elegant and dignified, and the blood of the royal family made her naturally noble and abnormal.

The dragon chariot is very large, and the place where the queen lives is also very luxurious, a little far away from the hall, although she knows that the emperor is summoning the minister, but what happens, she doesn't care.

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, so the queen never asks about the affairs of the court.

Her responsibility lies in the harem.

But now the queen is gradually discovering that it seems that even the harem itself can no longer be controlled, and the reason is actually very simple, just because of the snowflake girl.

Feng Yuanpo, the governor of Hexi, dedicated the beauty, I have to say that Feng Yuanpo spent a lot of thought, the snowflake lady is indeed a peerless stunner in a thousand miles, even the emperor who is dedicated to the Tao is now fascinated by this snowflake girl, since the snowflake girl entered the court, she soon got the emperor's favor, the snowflake girl's request, the emperor was carefree, and the snowflake palace was specially built for her in the palace.

In addition to cultivating, the emperor is mixed with the snowflake girl, and the queen, who used to respect the emperor like a guest, now wants to see the emperor, which has become a difficult thing.

What's more important is that it is said that this snowflake lady was born in a large tribe of Yiman, and is the pearl of the tribal chief's palm, and her beautiful name is even more famous throughout Yiman.

When the Snow Lady entered Beijing, she came with a group of barbarian servants, two of whom became eunuchs and entered the palace to serve by the side of the Snow Lady.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

Snowflake Niangniang was favored by the emperor, and the status of her servants in the palace also increased, one by one arrogant, especially the two eunuchs of Yelisin and Pusin, relying on the emperor and Snowflake Niangniang as backers, and there was no one in the palace, and it was precisely because of such a group of people as Snowflake Niangniang in the palace that the queen's prestige was seriously hit in the harem.

At the beginning, the emperor favored the queen, for decades, the queen's status in the harem was deep-rooted, stable as Mount Tai, but in a short period of time, the snowflake lady latecomer prevailed, and the concubines in the harem who used to be only the queen and the horse's head were gradually alienated from the queen, and approached the snowflake lady, although the snowflake girl entered the palace for a short time, but the influence in the harem has exceeded the queen.

If it were someone else, it would naturally be incompatible, and she would fight to the death, but the queen has always been calm, gentle and submissive, and she doesn't care about the power of the snowflake lady in the palace.

She is already over forty years old, without the passion of her youth, she has accompanied the emperor for half her life, the emperor is now light on him, she does not show any abnormalities, in her regard, the most important thing is her son Qi Wang Yingren, as long as the King of Qi can be safe, no matter who the emperor favors, she doesn't care.

This time on the northern tour, the queen knew that the timing was not good, and she also persuaded the emperor whether to cancel the northern tour, but the snowflake lady advocated the northern tour, and the queen no longer fought more, and drove out of Beijing, but her heart was worried about the king of Qi who was far away in the capital day and night.

The passage of time has not made this former princess and current queen show any signs of aging, but has made her more mature and elegant.

"Queen Mother, it's late......!" The voice of the palace maid came from beside him, "It's time for you to rest." ”

This northern tour is huge, not to mention the officials and soldiers who accompany the car, there are nearly 300 eunuchs and palace maids brought out of the palace alone, but the harem concubines who can accompany the northern tour are only the queen and the snowflake lady.

The queen got up, saw that the palace maid was opening the brocade quilt for herself, walked over, and asked softly, "Is the saint still summoning the minister?" ”

The palace maid glanced at the door, and said in a low voice: "It has just dispersed, and the saint seems to have made peace with ...... It's ...... back to the house with her! ”

Of course, the queen knew who "she" was in the palace maid's mouth, and she said "oh", without saying much, and sat down on the edge of the bed, and the palace maid said softly: "Queen, just now...... Someone seems to be dead! ”

The queen frowned slightly, "Who died?" ”

"Looks like an official." The palace maid lowered her voice and said, "I heard them whispering just now, and I heard that an official who does not know whether he is alive or dead has committed the crime of great disrespect, and it is ...... to blaspheme the Holy Lord!" But he didn't dare to continue.

"What is it?"

The palace maid hesitated for a moment, and the queen had already said: "You say it's okay, the palace won't blame you." ”

Only then did the palace maid say, "That man said...... said that the saint was a faint king, and also said...... He also said that the Qin State would perish......! ”

The queen's eyebrows furrowed.

"He blasphemed the saint, and I heard that the Snow Lady had his tongue cut out, and the man himself hit the copper tripod and died." The palace maid said cautiously: "The saint is very angry, and has already left the hall with the Snow Lady. ”

"Do you know the man's name?"

The palace maid thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "It's an official of Xishan Road, I can't remember what kind of official slave maid, but he seems to be called Wei Zheng......!" ”

The queen groaned, and the palace maid walked to the window, felt a cold wind blowing in, and closed the window, and after a long time, she heard the queen sigh softly: "It's a loyal minister......!" ”

The palace maid didn't dare to say much, and said softly: "Queen, these days, you will always wake up when you rest at night, and you can't sleep well, and the slave maid will let you cook a bowl of soothing soup for you, so you can have a good rest." ”

The queen shook her head and said, "No need. ”

"Mother, you...... You're a lot thinner than you used to be. The palace maid looked at the queen's lonely appearance, and couldn't bear it, "Is the queen ...... Are you thinking about His Royal Highness? Seeing the queen's eyes coming, she hurriedly knelt down, "The slave is talkative, beg the mother for forgiveness!" ”

The queen said softly: "Get up, this palace doesn't blame you." Stretched out his hand to pull the palace maid up, and smiled: "How old are you?" ”

"The slave is fifteen!"

"How long have you been in the palace?"

"The slave maid has been in the palace for two years." The palace maid lowered her head and said shyly.

The queen said softly: "Then do you want to have family?" ”

The palace maid hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

The queen sighed faintly: "Mother and son are connected, your family is only afraid that they are thinking about you now......!" ”

"Niangniang, you miss His Royal Highness King Qi, why don't you ask the Holy Lord to let King Qi accompany him on the northern tour?" The palace maid blinked, "If Your Highness can also accompany the northern tour, Niangniang can see Your Highness, and you don't have to miss it so much." ”

The queen chuckled and said: "The saint is on a northern tour, someone must stay in the capital, the prince is in charge of the country, of course the king of Qi has to help the prince manage the ...... together!" ”

"Oh ......!" The palace maid saw that the queen was gentle and gentle, and she was not afraid, "But ......!" After thinking about it for a while, I didn't dare to say much after all.

"But what?"

"Slave maid...... The slave didn't dare to say it. The palace maid said.

The queen smiled and said, "When you speak, only the palace can hear it, so don't be afraid." ”

The palace maid thought for a while, and then said cautiously and softly: "The slave and maid listened to them chewing their tongues behind their backs, and they all said...... It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not like the King of Qi, the Prince is in charge of the country, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi stays in the capital, but he is afraid of ...... I'm afraid that the crown prince won't treat His Royal Highness King Qi well......! ”

"Bold!" The queen rebuked: "Who said these words? ”

Seeing that the queen was still smiling just now, the palace maid looked cold in a blink of an eye, fell to her knees in fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Queen Mother, it's the slave and maid who are talking nonsense, the slave and maid should die, the slave and the maid should die, please ...... the mother spare her life!" ”

The queen said lightly: "It's good to know that it's gibberish, if this palace listens to you say these nonsense again, beware that this palace has someone cut your tongue too." ”

"The slave and the maid know, and the slave and the maid will not dare anymore."

The queen raised her hand and said, "You retreat, the palace is going to rest." ”

The palace maid kowtowed a few times, got up and retreated, and retreated to the door, the queen stopped and ordered: "You tell those who chew the root of their tongues behind their backs, let them control their mouths, don't say what they should say, don't say what they shouldn't say, let alone say it, if they really think that their tongues are in the way of their mouths, let them say a few more words." ”

"The slave knows ......!"

When the palace maid retreated, the queen did not lie down to rest, she got up and walked to the window, re-opened the window, the cold wind of the autumn night was blowing, there were guards patrolling back and forth in the distance, the queen's eyes were re-cast to the dark sky, the mature and beautiful face was quite dignified, after a long time, she sighed faintly: "No...... They...... They won't ......! Although he said this, his eyebrows were full of worry.

Far away in the Luo'an capital city, hundreds of miles away, the time has passed, the capital is shrouded in a tranquility, a carriage stopped in front of the Qi Palace, the guards opened the carriage door, and the tired Qi King Yingren got out of the carriage, he was dressed in a light yellow brocade robe, wearing a jade crown, although there was still a youthful childishness on his face, but compared with two years ago, it has become much more mature.

The palace of the king of Qi has been completed many years ago, when the queen was favored, the king of Qi was also loved by the emperor, at that time the treasury was still in charge of the prince of Anguo, Huang Ju, anyway, although the taxes had been raised at that time, the people lived a very difficult life, but Huang Ju not only ensured that the Huang family was making money every day, but also ensured that the emperor squandered money.

The household department allocated a large amount of money and mobilized a large number of skilled craftsmen to build this Qi Palace.

The palace of the king of Qi is beautiful, it has been several years since it was built, but its owner moved in, but it was less than a year, the king of Qi has been living in the palace until after the Tongtian Temple incident, the emperor finally issued an order, ordering the king of Qi to leave the palace and open the mansion.

When the government is opened, it has its own set of teams, with long officials and chiefs, and guards in the military.

According to the laws of the Qin State, after the opening of the palace, the prince can have a guard team with a ceiling of no more than five hundred, and the guards of the Qi Palace's palace are naturally easy to select and recruit, but it is not easy to choose a guard commander.

Not long after King Qi entered politics, he had rarely been with the civil and military ministers in the court, which made his foundation in the court very shallow, and there were very few people who could really be called confidants, except for Xu Congyang, only Chu Huan.

Although now the remnants of the Han Dynasty have defected to the command of the King of Qi for their own future, but the combination of the two sides is actually the use of each other, the basis of cooperation, completely based on interests, the King of Qi is very clear, the most fundamental reason for them to take refuge in themselves is not that they think the King of Qi is capable, but because they are the enemies of the prince, they need to find a big tree that can compete with the prince as a support, to save their lives and future, and this big tree, they have no choice, only the king of Qi.

Understanding this crucial root, King Qi naturally would not be complacent because of the huge momentum of the Qi King Party, on the contrary, he really didn't have any sense of trust in these people from the King Qi Party.

Even if it was the household servant Lang Lang, King Qi was also cautious and very vigilant.

So in this case, it is not easy for him to personally choose the close ministers of the palace, for a palace, the two positions of the chief of the palace and the commander of the guards are very important, and he must not be sloppy, if Chu Huan does not leave, the position of the commander of the guards, King Qi is naturally the first to think of him.

The emperor made a decree that the king of Qi could select generals from the court to enter the palace as the commander of the guards, whether it was the Twelve Tun Guards or the Royal Guards, but if there were military generals he liked, he could be selected by name.