In the palace, the head of the concubine is the way to build authority, Zhuo Yao, an old man who has followed the queen mother for sixty or seventy years since he was a child, is indeed the most vocal, at this time, listening to Yu Zhao's desire to ask for advice, she smiled indifferently, nodded and said in a low voice:

"Don't worry, the slave thinks it's very good."

Don't dare to accept the praise so easily, Yu Zhao held on to his attitude of not being arrogant or impatient, and humbly asked: "It's true that Concubine Liu's behavior is too arrogant, but she is an elder, the first time I dealt with her, I completely tore my face with her, and in front of many ladies of the New Year, I gave her such a big embarrassment, does it seem that I am too vicious?" ”

"Look, Niangniang said, no." Zhuo Yao vetoed Yu Zhao's worries, and after comforting her, she began to analyze the cleverness of her series of actions:

Although Niangniang's words were a little harsh, she put the key point of the main and secondary chaos in this palace to put it bluntly, among the ladies present, which one is not a thousand-year-old fox, who can't see the thoughts of the outstanding concubine and Concubine Liu? Instead of chatting with them in the clouds, it is better to tear apart the hypocrisy of Concubine Liu and her party to talk about things, and it seems that you are neat and straightforward, and you will not end up with a sanctimonious reputation like them. ”

Although there is some convincing truth in the words, Yu Zhao knows that it is not so simple to deal with these people who are not shallow in the way of dealing with the world, so he said:

"But I look at those ladies, the previous attitude towards Concubine Liu can be regarded as very respectful, in the end she is the old man next to the first emperor, her qualifications are here, and her temperament is no matter how annoying she is, and it is natural for her to be respected by them.

"Niangniang's verbal respect, nine times out of ten, it's just face-saving kung fu!"

Zhuo Yao is almost tired of seeing these nobles in Jingzhou City in her life, she is not like Yu Zhao who thinks that the lady of the public order will really not want to benefit, and she purely has any respect for anyone, so she is very sober and directly told Yu Zhao what the truth is.

"Others were locked in the palace gate and didn't know the inside story, the slaves and maids were fortunate to have His Majesty's trust, but they could see clearly that Concubine Liu had been able to do big and powerful in the palace in recent years, which seemed to be because His Royal Highness the Xian King was more competitive in the previous dynasty, but in fact, it was just because His Majesty was too lazy to care about people like her.

I see, Yu Zhao listened silently and nodded slightly, but Zhuo Yao's words were not finished, and then said to her:

"Gradually, Concubine Liu's style became more and more arrogant, making things difficult for people with authority, secretly using threats to seize things and collect money, she did not do less, the ministers and wives were afraid of her status, how many things dare not be angry, today is good, Niangniang came forward to clean her up, and it can be regarded as tearing off the fake tiger skin outside the evil fox, and the change of direction is also for the ladies, how can they have the will to fight for her."

"Really?" Yu Zhao couldn't bear to stop at these words, knowing that he had no face to use his power to force others to give money and goods to satisfy his selfish desires, and was made by a dignified royal concubine, which really made the royal family shameful, Yu Zhao couldn't help but be surprised and asked:

"Is this a wide-ranging matter? Your Majesty and His Royal Highness King Xian know? Have they not been disciplined and persuaded by one or two? ”

Zhuo Yao replied: "The slaves and maids all know, how could Your Majesty not know, originally she didn't ask Your Majesty's meaning, and privately recruited a wave of beautiful girls to enter the palace, from which she sought a financial gift worth tens of thousands of gold, Your Majesty was furious when she found out, and almost didn't give an order to drive her out of the palace, it was because His Royal Highness King Xian had secretly pleaded for a long time, and His Majesty opened the net and suppressed the rumors to refute her old face. ”

After understanding the above things, Yu Zhao relieved his surprise, couldn't help but shake his head, took a step forward, and casually summed up a sentence: "Now it seems that there is a sentence like this, and it is really reasonable, I used to see Liu Zhaorong as a girl, I loved to follow Concubine Liu around, and now it is better than blue, but as long as you don't cause trouble to Your Majesty, the palace doesn't want to care, I'm afraid that it will stain the rest of the good seedlings." ”

has lived with Yu Zhao for several years, what does her mean by what Zhuo Yao immediately understood, and hurriedly nodded with a smile: "Niangniang's vision will definitely not be bad." ”

Needless to say, the topic converged, Yu Zhao also hooked the corners of his mouth, glanced sideways at Zhuo Yao, and said with a smile: "Aunt also thinks she is not bad?" ”

Zhuo Yao nodded and said: "Niangniang only returned to the palace before, and she was not afraid of Concubine Ling's overtures, I am afraid that Shurong Niangniang was bold, she didn't dare to try to get close to you, if she clearly knew that Niangniang had the intention of appreciating her at this time, she would definitely understand the reason of abandoning the dark and turning to the light, and she would never follow Liu Zhaorong and the others again." ”

"I can't talk about appreciation, I'm just lazy to take care of these idle things in the palace," Yu Zhao never disdained to put any light on his face, and directly stated the purpose: "Since someone has the ability and is willing to help me manage things, why should I hold on to it, let the talent be buried, and let myself be burdened"

After speaking, Yu Zhao paused and thought for a moment, and then puzzled: "But I really can't figure it out, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, she also let Zhang Shurong hold the power to govern the harem, in terms of qualifications, she is not shallower than Concubine Ling and Liu Zhaorong, why does she often make humble promises and bow to the two of them with the flow?" ”

"Power is in hand, but it may not be secure."

Talking about Zhang Shurong, Zhuo Yao sighed deeply and said regretfully:

"Everyone knows that the eldest girl of Zhang Shangshu's family has inherited her father's style and is a good hand in the housekeeper director, but who has seriously thought about it, why did she get this ability?"

"The child who lost her mother when she was young is pitiful, if she doesn't cultivate this skill to rush to be in charge, there are thousands of aunts in the house, who will allow her to steal the limelight from her children?"

"Where is it better now, seeing that she has entered the palace, there is a blessing of power to settle accounts, but she has never been favored, Mama is not like Mama, the concubine is not like a concubine, and her status is not high or low and she is wandering in this palace, which is also embarrassing."

"Zhang Shangshu has a lot of children in the family, and then he also raised his aunt as a positive, so he didn't pay much attention to her, and there was never a family letter to offer her during the New Year's holidays, what can she do, naturally she wants to climb a big tree for the stability of her body."

The flowers are gradually becoming charming, and looking at the group of concubines in the palace who are not in the climate, it is true that only Concubine Ling and Liu Zhaorong can be regarded as big trees, Yu Zhao was relieved, lowered his eyes and thought about his plan, and the talk ended there.