Huayang Palace.

The sun was shining, the Empress Dowager Huayang was taking care of the flowers in the backyard, and Changping Jun, under the guidance of the palace maid, walked behind her and bowed.

"The Queen Mother."

"Why, did you finally remember to say hello to the mourning family today?"

Since Changping Jun's subordinate Empress Dowager Huayang dealt with it, there has always been a gap in his heart. But now, after he went to Chang'anjun, he finally understood the depth of it.

Chen returned to Xianyang with Chang'an Jun and learned that he had been investigating the whereabouts of a caravan in Xianyang these days. In the midst of it, he heard the name of a man. ”

Changpingjun paused and spoke.

"Zhao Shuang!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang put down the scissors in her hand, turned around, looked at Changping Jun with her head down, and said with a smile.

"Got it?"

Changpingjun glanced around and said softly.

"Queen Mother, I've been thinking about it these days, where is Zhao Shuang's origin?"

Empress Dowager Huayang shook her head, continued to pick up the scissors, and was cutting the branches and leaves.

"Who is Zhao Shuang, or is it?"

Changpingjun followed behind her, and just spoke, but was blocked by the words of the Empress Dowager Huayang.

"Xiong Qi, don't look at you as the Changping Jun of this Qin State, you seem to be in a high position. But for many people in the Qin Kingdom, you are just an outsider. If you really want to be aggressive, you may not be an opponent. This trip is muddy! ”

Changping Jun lowered his head and followed suit, not daring to disobey.

"You can't fight Lu Buwei, not only because of your ability, but also because behind him is the king of Great Qin. But above this court, there are not only you and Lu Buwei, but also the size of the Qin State, and many people are watching. ”

"Where is the toad?"

Empress Dowager Huayang glanced at him and said slowly.

"No matter what he promised you, no matter how excited you are to hear it, you must remember that your greatest enemy is only Lü Buwei, not the king of Qin."

Listening to these slightly warning words, Changpingjun's face changed, and then he returned to normal.

"Queen Mother, Zhao Shuang is here!"

Changping Jun was shocked, but when he saw the young man in the distance coming over, the Empress Dowager Huayang changed her expression, and her face was very gentle.

"Shuang'er, you've been in Shangyu for so long, you look emaciated."

Changping Jun has the impression that since he came out, the Empress Dowager Huayang's face has not had this warmth.

"I've seen the Queen Mother."

Zhao Shuang handed over the big box he was carrying, and the maid beside the Empress Dowager Huayang took it.

"What is this?"

Zhao Shuang opened the box and saw that it was a thousand-year-old ginseng with all beards and tails.

"Recently, I sent someone to Donghu to do a sale, and this ginseng is the best among them, so I specially stayed and dedicated it to the Queen Mother."

Changping Jun's face turned pale, and he secretly said in his heart, it was really him!

The answer that Cheng Chan wanted appeared in front of him like this, so easy, the bloody wind and rain behind it, like a layer of fog, dissipated in an instant.

But Changpingjun's heart became heavier and heavier.

The smile on the face of the Empress Dowager Huayang became thicker and thicker, and she said with a smile.

"It's still cool and hearty, not like that Zhao Laosi. The mourning family helped him send the brothers in your clan to the king and became Zhonglang, but he didn't even give a gift. ”

"Tell me, did he ask for that?"

The Empress Dowager Huayang was a little indignant when she said it, but when Changping Jun heard it, it was not the same thing at all.

Zhonglang? How many more? When did it happen?

Changping Jun was a little shocked, he didn't even notice it beforehand? He looked at Zhao Shuang again, listening that his peers in his clan far surpassed him, but there was no awkward expression on his face.

"The patriarch is old and forgetful, and it is inevitable that there will be something inconsiderate, and the Queen Mother will be discouraged." Zhao Shuang shook his head, and also sighed a little, "Just like Qin and Zhao fought not long ago, I heard that the Taiyuan cavalry was injured and was in urgent need of war horses, so the patriarch sold hundreds of war horses to Taiyuan, but it has been so long, and I only remembered to collect the account two days ago." ”

Taiyuan cavalry, isn't that Lü Buwei's force?

Changpingjun glanced at Zhao Shuang, thinking that the Empress Dowager Huayang would be displeased, but she didn't expect her to touch the ginseng in the box and laugh heartily.

"Good! Shuang'er, your heart, the mourning family has received it, it seems that I really have to reward you. ”

Just as Changping Jun was puzzled, the Empress Dowager Huayang turned her head to look at him.

"I remember you had a daughter!"

Changping Jun was stunned, what's going on with his heart, why is he a daughter?

"Yes, it's called Qi Lian."

The Empress Dowager Huayang nodded, very satisfied.

"Then the mourning family will be in charge, and I will promise her to you!"

Zhao Shuang was stunned, are you rewarding me or punishing me?

Qi Lian is the daughter of Changping Jun, Zhao Shuang is just a concubine, and the identities of the two parties are very different, the status is very different, and the door is not the right one, it looks like a reward.

But the problem is in the age.

With so many women of the right age, why are you looking for a little girl?

But seeing that Changpingjun's face changed greatly, he bowed his hand slightly.

"But Lian'er is still young!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang waved her hand, looking unconcerned.

"Girls grow up fast, first set their parents, and wait until Shuang'er has a crown ceremony, and Mi Lian will be close to the age of Lu in a few years. Men, the most important thing is the main room. It is also common to marry a few concubines first, and then welcome the main room. ”

The Empress Dowager Huayang didn't seem to notice the embarrassment at the moment at all, and smiled.

"From now on, we will all be a family, we must be close to each other!"

.......

Prime Minister's Office.

Lu Buwei looked at the military report sent from Taiyuan and frowned.

Since the defeat of Chang Yu, the army on the Taiyuan side has quickly rebuilt. It's just that the progress is far faster than Lu Buwei imagined.

"Xiangbang!"

"What happened to the thing I asked you to check?"

"It has been found out that the hundreds of war horses sent to Taiyuan were sent from those horse farms in the north."

Hundreds of war horses are not a small amount, even if Chang Yu has the money to buy them, who has such a large amount of money to sell?

"Whose racecourse belongs to, is there any news?"

"It's all the property of some clans, their patriarchs, those noble old ministers, not long ago, they also came to Xiangbang's mansion."

"Have you been to my house?"

Lü Buwei has to deal with big and small matters every day, and he has to see so many people up and down the Qin State, he can't remember it for a long time.

After Wei Zhuang's reminder, Lu Buwei seemed to remember something. At the beginning of the banquet, the old nobles and ministers. And the leader among them, Lu Buwei thought about it, and he was still a little impressed.

Lu Buwei touched his beard and sighed slightly.

"Originally, I only thought it was just a little faint and decrepit, but now it seems that it is a little interesting."