Beijing, in Chaoyang Palace.

As soon as the eunuch who went to Xi'an to deliver the decree withdrew, the empress dowager smiled.

Fourth, you really didn't disappoint the mourning family.

Chaoyang Palace is full of pearls, there are southern pearls strung into curtain beads, there are eastern pearls inlaid on gold objects, and there are fist-sized night pearls.

The Empress Dowager sat in a piece of jewels, her eyes were sharp, not half cloudy due to old age, and the pearls in the hall were inferior.

The young queen sat down, she looked up at the queen mother, gentle and reverent, her eyes were warm and soft, her eyes reflected the figure of the queen mother, and also reflected the pearl of Chaoyang Palace, but only her emotions could not be seen.

When she heard that King Qin's father and son did not accept the holy decree and politely refused the title of prince, the queen was taken aback.

She guessed that King Qin's father and son would not want this son, but she didn't guess that they would dare to resist and disobey.

Since the establishment of the Great Qi Dynasty, no one has dared not accept the holy decree of the reward, at least this holy decree seems to be glorious on the surface.

As long as the father and son of King Qin received the holy decree, then Zhou Zheng would enter the capital to thank him, and as long as he arrived in the capital, the empress dowager and the Yang family would have a way to leave him.

The death of the ancestor Zhou Zhen was the defeat of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager did not say it, but she was extremely remorseful in her heart.

After Zhou Zhen gradually grew up, the Empress Dowager gave Zhou Zhen a number of beauties, these women are either older or younger, they are trained, they will figure out men's minds, and they will let men follow their minds.

But these people still couldn't make Zhou Zhen obedient, so the Empress Dowager thought of poisoning.

That kind of poison can't kill people, it can only make Zhou Zhen dependent on drugs, and gradually, Zhou Zhen is so confused that he can't even be seen at the palace banquet, and the royal family declares that Zhou Zhen is lingering on the sickbed.

The Yang family took the opportunity to cut off Zhou Zhen's contact with the outside world, and they knew that King Qin would definitely be suspicious.

Soon, the news came that the King of Qin quietly sent people into Beijing, and the Empress Dowager and the Yang family were waiting for the King of Qin's people to enter Beijing.

They knew that the strength of the King of Qin was not enough to raise an army to rebel, but once the King of Qin's people entered Beijing without an edict, it would be a rebellion.

At that time, with human and physical evidence in hand, and the hostage of the prince Zhou Zhen, King Qin could only obediently.

What the Empress Dowager and the Yang family want for the time being is nothing more than half of the military power in the northwest. As for all the military power, they have no delusions, that will force the King of Qin to rebel, the battle between the trapped beasts, and the rat taboo.

The Empress Dowager even found a fief for King Qin, as long as everything goes well, within five years, she will let King Qin guard a fief and be a rich prince.

But only for five years.

With these five years, the Yanbei army under the command of Yang Qin can regain its strength, and the Central Plains Army, the children of the Duke of Huguo, can also recuperate, and any of them can be evenly matched with the Western Qin army.

But who would have thought that the sick and fragmented Zhou Zhen would die!

The news of his death spread all over the capital overnight, and then spread all over the world from the capital, and the empress dowager had no choice but to edict the people of the king of Qin to enter Beijing and take Zhou Zhen's coffin back to the northwest.

King Qin sent a group of eunuchs and civil officials, completely breaking the mind of the empress dowager, Zhou Zhen is a waste chess piece both in life and after death!

This is something that the Empress Dowager is reluctant to mention, and now King Qin's father and son have once again disgraced her.

Empress Yang looked at the Empress Dowager silently, she did not see anger on the Empress Dowager's face, on the contrary, she saw a flash of excitement in the Empress Dowager's eyes.

At this moment, there should be excitement.

Why is the Queen Mother excited?

Finally, the Empress Dowager felt her gaze.

"Queen, do you think the mourning family should be angry?"

The queen lowered her eyes: "The imperial grandmother Feng Huai is elegant." ”

"Yaliang? Hahaha! The Empress Dowager laughed, as if she had heard the most ridiculous thing, and suddenly, her laughter stopped abruptly, "The mourning family is old, the mourning family can't wait, I can't wait to see a good show." ”

The queen was puzzled, she waited for the empress dowager to continue, but the empress dowager just waved her hand: "Kneel down." ”

Out of Chaoyang Palace, the queen frowned, what does the queen mother mean?

A good show? What's the show?

Suddenly, she remembered a person, the county lord of Zhongling.

She had seen the county lord of Zhongling, but she had only met once.

Although the county lord of Baoyuan can win the favor of the queen mother, the Su family has no real power, and it is just a family that lives on the favor of the queen mother.

Therefore, it was not until Zhongling County mainly went to Xi'an that the empress saw her in the Chaoyang Palace.

The county lord of Zhongling grew up in a nunnery since she was a child, and the circle of noble ladies said that she had a cold temperament, but in fact, she was beautified.

The county lord of Zhongling is mediocre, and even a little ugly, probably because of the coarse tea and light rice in the nunnery, the county lord of Zhongling is very greedy, and he can't stop talking when he sees exquisite food, so she is much fatter than ordinary ladies.

The queen was able to see that the county lord of Baoyuan did not like this daughter, and she didn't even want this daughter to come out to meet people, so after the county lord of Zhongling returned to Beijing, she stayed in the mansion, and the county lord of Baoyuan came out to socialize, followed by her eldest daughter Dongguang county lord who was married.

Because he was going to Xi'an, the county lord of Baoyuan took the county lord of Zhongling into the palace, and when she saw the county lord of Zhongling, the queen was a little surprised.

She thought that the Empress Dowager would assign a powerful character to Xi'an, but she didn't understand how such a Zhongling county lord could be favored by the King of Qin, and how she could successfully become the princess of Qin.

That day, the Empress Dowager and her, as well as Concubine Lin Shu, gave a lot of rewards, and after the county lord of Baoyuan left with the county lord of Zhongling, the queen asked: "Grandmother Huang, can this county lord of Zhongling do it?" ”

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly: "Does the Empress think she is too dull?" ”

"Yes." The queen said.

"What kind of woman hasn't King Qin seen? Beautiful, intelligent, noble, charming, do you think there is any woman in this world who can make him swoon? Since there isn't, what's the harm in sending him a dull one? ”

It was these words that the queen was puzzled.

Now, suddenly, she remembered it again.

Perhaps, the thing that excited the Empress Dowager was the county lord of Zhongling?

She called her confidant and said, "Let someone go to Su's house to inquire......"

Two hours later, news from outside the palace came in.

As soon as the eunuch returned to Beijing, a eunuch from the Qin Palace's palace arrived at Su's house.

The eunuchs of the Qin Palaces left Xi'an one day later than the eunuchs who passed the decree, but they walked fast on the road and arrived in the capital on the same day.

This eunuch came to deliver a letter of peace to his family on behalf of the county lord of Zhongling, and there were many gifts along with the letter of peace.

It is said that these gifts filled ten large boxes, more than the things that the county lord of Zhongling brought to Xi'an.

Of course, these were all sent by King Qin.

Although the county lord of Zhongling only went to the Qin Wangfu to "stay", it was also seen that the Qin king was very fond of this county lord, and even flattered him.

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