Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi in the mirror, a little dazed, and her hand stopped in mid-air for a long time.

Bao Xi looked up at Xiuxiu and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There's one thing, I don't know if the mother is clear?" Xiuxiu's brows tightened, and she looked at Bao Xi and said, her hands were clenched very tightly, and her heart was full of uneasiness and hesitation.

"Let's talk," Bao Xi said lightly, thinking that it shouldn't have much to do with it.

"It's not the first time that Qi has been at war with Dongyi," Xiuxiu said, "During the reign of the first king, Qi also fought with Dongyi, and the result was a great defeat for Qi, and Dongyi invaded a large part of Qi's land, counties, and counties, and the matter was never resolved until the king ascended the throne." Now that the two armies are facing each other, it is like ......" she said that she will not say it here, and the next four words are "history repeats itself", I am afraid that it will be unlucky to say this, if it is not for his master is praise, he will definitely be pulled down and scolded because of this rebellious remark.

The westernmost part of the entire Zhou Dynasty's territory, close to the Qinling Mountains, was closed to news. This happened for several years, but Bao Xi did not know it. After all, the easternmost part of the territory of the entire Zhou Dynasty, from east to west, this news was transmitted extremely slowly, and there were many errors and omissions, "Tell me specifically?" ”

"Specifically, Xiuxiu doesn't know very well, and she just listened to a few words, knowing that this war is widely implicated, and the ending is very miserable." Xiuxiu said, "The first king was a virtuous Ming Jun before this war, and he also fought in the north and south, and won many battles. The State of Qi had defeated Dongyi before, and the people of Qi sang praises for the king, but unfortunately they were frustrated in the State of Qi later, and they were indecisive when they made decisions, and finally fell into the slander that there were women in the harem and signs of heavenly rain that listened to the minister's advice. Originally, the queen mother was not Queen Jiang, but the daughter of Qi Bo, because of this defeat, even the queen was not spared, the king listened to the fallacy, killed the queen, and exiled the prince. The Zhou Dynasty, which had just settled down, fell into chaos again. ”

Bao Xi's hand twitched slightly, "Later, Queen Jiang became the queen?" ”

Xiuxiu nodded.

Bao Xi remembered that in the past time, King Zhou once said to himself that in order to survive in this palace, his mother can be said to have exhausted all the organs, and it is not easy to help him, a prince who was originally a concubine and not the eldest son, to ascend the throne.

Underneath, there are countless and white bones.

"Why was the Qi State defeated?" Bao Xi asked.

"The general of Qi at that time was very powerful, leading Qi to fight against Dongyi, but later died for no reason, and the reason was never found. The spirit of the Qi State was greatly defeated, and it was finally defeated, so the first king suspected that there were collaborators and treason in the Qi State, and would rather kill by mistake than let go, and the matter was ultimately widely implicated. Later, as Empress Jiang became the queen, no one mentioned this matter anymore, and finally it was selectively forgotten by almost everyone. Xiuxiu said to Bao Xi that she knew these things from the mouths of Mrs. Zheng and Uncle Zheng, and she didn't know how much was true and how much was false.

Bao Xi felt a little strange, and always felt that in this way, today's battle array was probably the intention of King Zhou, the purpose was to regain the lost territory of the day and completely expel Dongyi from the land of Kyushu. If this is the case, King Zhou is afraid that he has been planning for many years for this day, and if he is not completely sure, he will definitely not act rashly.

"Xiuxiu knew that it was not very auspicious to talk about this matter, but she suddenly thought of it, so she said that Yu Niangniang listened, Niangniang didn't have to worry, the king will definitely be able to win and return to the court!" Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi's pale face and tried to be relieved, but Bao Xi waved her hand, "That's it, life and death are fate, let's just wait for the result and do our own thing." ”

"Niangniang might as well write her lovesick meaning on the cloth and send it to the king?" Xiuxiu suddenly proposed.

"The messenger in the army is used to transmit military information, if I insist on putting my personal letterhead in official business, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of obstructing the military situation, if he is rewarded for meritorious deeds every day, I will be the first to be dragged by the king to punish for my mistakes." Bao Xi said, Xiuxiu knew that this was good, Bao Xi couldn't fall into the hands of others, thought for a while, Xiuxiu proposed again, "Why don't we release a carrier pigeon, Niang Niang write some words, send the carrier pigeon?" ”

"The pigeon doesn't know where the king is," said Bao Xi, who had already stood up and straightened her long dress.

"Niangniang write some words of affection, let the carrier pigeon fly, if it is in the hands of the king, the king will naturally know that it is the letter sent by the mother, even if it falls into the hands of others, it will be fine!" Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi and said, "Niangniang is lovesick for thousands of miles, but how do you know that the king is not, Niangniang only said a few words, maybe to comfort the king's lovesickness." ”

"That's right," Bao Xi said lightly, "I'm afraid it will affect their marching formation." ”

"Don't you know that the words of a lover are the best medicine to cure fear, and the only one who can give the king the courage to go into battle against the enemy is Niangniang." Xiuxiu opened her mouth and persuaded her.

Bao Xi looked at the hour, there was still some time before the hour, she thought for a moment, looked at Xiuxiu and said, "Take a pen and cloth." ”

"Yes, sis!" Xiuxiu laughed, turned around and ran back to the study to take out all the pen, ink and cloth, and wrote a poem on the white cloth:

Vote for me with papaya, repay it with Qiongju, repay the bandits, and always think it is good.

Vote for me with a peach, repay it with Qiong Yao, repay the bandits, and always think it is good.

Vote for me with Mu Li, repay it with Qiongjiu, repay the bandits, and always think it is good.

The ink is smeared on the white cloth, exuding a heavy atmosphere, the font is delicate, each time the pen has been carefully considered, she picked up the cloth and handed it to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu laughed, she recognized this poem called "Papaya", cast it with peach and plum, and reciprocated it with affection.

"I'm going to find some carrier pigeons, and I'll be back when I go!" Xiuxiu took the white cloth and hurriedly ran out of the house, and when she came back, there was already some morning light in the east, and the sun was slowly rising from the sky, trying to radiate light. Bao Xi finished dressing up, walked in front and walked out of the Qiongtai Palace, the air outside was even colder than in the house, but Bao Xi straightened her body very straight, strutted hard, and walked towards the East Palace step by step.

It's been a busy morning.

The people of Youyang Palace stood in the cold winter, rubbing their hands constantly, stomping their feet, looking at the golden halo in the distance, waiting for when Bao Xi would appear? They thought that Bao Xi would not come, so when they saw her walking towards the East Palace, they were surprised, took a deep breath and rushed towards the Youyang Palace, "Madam, Madam!" ”

"Coming?" Mrs. Qin immediately turned around and asked, she had already washed up, brought the bead hairpin, sorted out her clothes, and fidgeted in the main hall.

Xiren nodded, "Bao Niangniang went to the East Palace!" ”

"Let's go!" Mrs. Qin said, the concubines, the female queens, and the women who had been prepared for a long time all accompanied them, and they walked out of the door, and the number of people in this team was not small, they were all beautiful women, taking advantage of the color of the rising sun, it was really a good scene.

The East Palace, which had been stopped for more than three months, was now reopened, and on the first day, Shenhou didn't expect that all the people would come, but at this moment, she could look at the full house, and her heart was full of mixed feelings. This is a kind of comfort, the ladies gave the court face, but it was also a kind of panic, this face was not for her, but for praise.

Because Bao Xi came, the rest of the people didn't dare not come.

Empress Shen smiled a little ugly, and said in a voice as always with some majesty and kindness, "Because of the physical reasons of the main palace, the pilgrimage has gradually stopped since the occasional wind and cold three months ago, and now that it has reopened, everyone can come, and the main palace is very pleased." ”

"Look at what Niangniang said," Mrs. Wei glanced at Bao Xi and Shenhou, and knew at a glance that the two of them had reached some kind of agreement in private, and the two of them had a better chance of winning against Mrs. Qin, and she had no reason not to express her position at this time, "We have said to come to see Niangniang every day, but Niangniang is always closed, and now that this pilgrimage has reopened, one of our wishes has finally been fulfilled." ”

"Thank you for remembering," Empress Shen looked at Mrs. Wei and said, the politeness in this speech had a sense of alienation, which made Mrs. Wei a little surprised, and her words seemed to be a little thankless.

Mrs. Qin reclined on the wide chair in the main hall, "Since you have come, don't talk about these vain, Niangniang might as well go straight to the topic, and we will discuss the trivial matters of the harem." Now that the king is no longer in the palace, he entrusted Bao Niangniang with full authority to take care of it when he parted, although Bao Niangniang has never been titled, and we don't know what etiquette to receive you, but since the king said, we will also obey. She handed her gaze to Bao Xi, and these words poked directly in the middle of Shen Hou and Bao Xi, triggering a contradiction between the two that were about to oppose each other.

"Mrs. Qin misunderstood," Bao Xi said lightly, "What the king left me is just to deal with the affairs of a few female queens and women leaving the palace, because I don't have any titles, so I can only be in the middle of this matter, not partial, and not offended." Now that the affairs have been handled, I am about to report the process of this matter to Niangniang, and it happens that Niangniang has reopened the government and the opposition, which will save us a lot of trouble in the future. ”

Mrs. Qin looked at Bao Xi, and she had already known that she was clever and clever, but now that she said this, people couldn't find fault with it, so she had to change her tone, "Thank you Bao Niangniang for this matter." ”

Bao Xi didn't answer Mrs. Qin's words, and watched Empress Shen report to her the number of women who left the palace this time, not specific to who in which room, and more than a dozen people left before and after, but because they were all female queens and women, the ladies in several rooms had not had time to pay attention, and Bao Xi only reported the number and grade in the palace, not to mention the rest, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Wei listened to it, and they were all anxious.

Empress Shen nodded, "You have handled this matter very well, and the rest of the rest will be handled in my personal name to reward some money, so as to survive this long winter." ”

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