Of course, Peony's anger is not only because she has been teased by a few little girls, but also because of her long-term interests in the future.

Seeing that the queen mother is getting older, she will only rely more and more on the people around her in the future, if she can become the queen mother's henchman, not only will she become a top figure among the palace maids and eunuchs, but even the masters of the palaces, even the emperor and the prince, will also give some respect, and more importantly, they can also benefit their own families.

Even Ming Liu, the palace maid under the Jin Guifei of Anxi Palace, her nephew can be a seven-grade county order, not to mention the queen mother's henchmen.

A few big palace maids here are surging in the waves, and Zhang Weizhao is still the same over there.

She also noticed that the relationship between these big palace maids in Changle Palace was not simple. But she felt that she was just a temporary employee, and that the competition between these veteran employees was none of her business.

So Zhang Weizhao doesn't think there is anything wrong with telling a story.

In the past few days, she has been telling the old lady and the little palace ladies the stories that women love to hear, while constantly explaining European customs so that these listeners can understand why the plot of the story happened.

For example, in the era of Mrs. Ban's family, it was difficult for her daughter to inherit the land, but only a small amount of cash, so if Mr. Ban died, his house and land would have to be left to a distant nephew, not to his own daughter. This is the reason why Mrs. Ban is in a hurry to marry her daughter, if her daughter can't get married, they will have nothing to rely on for life.

Another important background is that the entire Atlantic states are monogamous, and the religious background of the vast majority of countries does not allow divorce, so gentlemen should be very cautious about marrying wives.

These customs amazed the Queen Mother. asked Zhang Weizhao again and again how he knew so much. Zhang Weizhao said that he was born in a scholarly family in the northwest. My grandfather was good at Western, my father was good at engineering, and my family had dealings with monks from the West, so I knew a lot about the Atlantic state.

The Queen Mother had actually checked Zhang Weizhao's details a long time ago. But what the Queen Mother can find out is nothing more than the origin that Zhang Weizhao originally designed for herself, and Zhang Rongkun explained the background of his apprentice to the outside world. What Zhang Weizhao is saying now naturally does not contradict what the Queen Mother understands.

Therefore, although the Queen Mother was surprised that Zhang Weizhao had such a broad knowledge background at a young age, she couldn't find any suspicions, and only sighed that there may be people who are naturally smart and far beyond ordinary people.

The Queen Mother originally knew that Dayan had always had the habit of trading with the Western Regions. Heading northwest along the Hetao, through the Gobi and desert, there are many small countries that are very different from the customs of Middle-earth. Passing through these small countries and further west, there is an Atlantic state with a large population and a thriving culture.

This road, which connected the West and Middle-earth, was called the Silk Road by a German traveler in the 19th century. However, in the era when Empress Dowager Liu lived, there was no such thing as the Silk Road.

The most traveled on this road were merchants and monks. Silk and tea circulated through this road, as did culture and thought.

However, it was the first time that Empress Dowager Liu had heard about the details of life in the Atlantic State. In this place, it turned out that a man could only have one wife, and he had to respect and protect her for the rest of his life, even if it was a nobleman and a king. At first, she just thought it was too unbelievable, I was afraid that this little girl didn't make it up on her own whims. But then she listened to Zhang Weizhao's words, and the entire story framework of "Mrs. Ban's Marrying a Daughter" is based on the premise that a husband can only marry one wife, otherwise many plots will not be established, and the Queen Mother believes it.

After listening to "Mrs. Ban's Marriage to a Daughter", the Queen Mother was still unsatisfied, and Zhang Weizhao talked more about the customs and history of the Atlantic State.

What interests Empress Dowager Liu the most is that there are many countries in the Atlantic State that have had queens. Portugal, Spain, England, the Netherlands, and Russia have all had queens in power. Each of these queens had their own accomplishments and advanced the course of human history from different perspectives. For example, Queen Isabel I of Spain, it was under her sponsorship that Columbus was able to discover the New World.

Moreover, most of these queens inherited the throne from the family's fathers, not the throne taken from the husband's family like Wu Zetian, which completely refreshed the queen mother's cognition, and repeatedly asked Zhang Weizhao for details, asking why these kings were willing to pass on the throne to their daughters, aren't they afraid that the hen Si Chen will be rejected by God? Aren't you afraid that the throne will be passed on to your husband's family? Aren't you afraid of the usurpation of power by your courtiers? Not afraid of foreign invasion?

Empress Dowager Liu's problems are endless. She was illiterate when she was a child, and she did not read any "Female Commandments" and "Filial Piety Classics", and later began to learn a little poetry when she was selected into the palace. She only obeyed the three virtues of Confucianism and the four virtues, and the virtuous and chaste and quiet set was just to follow in a big face, and did not regard it as an iron law of heaven. Therefore, it retains the nature of being lively, curious, and liking novelties.

It's a pity that Zhang Weizhao is not a student of history, and he can only talk about the Queen Mother's questions by hearsay, and he can't give a more detailed answer, which makes the Queen Mother full of questions, and she is still unfinished.

Zhang Weizhao didn't expect that one of his stories would trigger such a great curiosity of the Queen Mother to understand this distant place in the Atlantic State. But she doesn't think it's a bad thing. Ancient China was one of the most prosperous and civilized regions in the world for a long time, but in modern times, it has become weaker and weaker because of its isolation from the rest of the world and its disconnection from the world.

In the parallel time and space of Great Yan, if those in power are willing to open their eyes to the world outside the country as soon as possible, perhaps China's future fate will be completely different.

Zhang Weizhao doesn't mind being the butterfly that instigates fate with its wings. Therefore, she responded to Empress Dowager Liu's intellectual curiosity with abundant enthusiasm.

First, she drew a rough picture of the Atlantic state by impression. In her previous life, when she was studying in the UK, she had traveled to many countries in Europe and was familiar with the atlas. Although many details have been forgotten now, it is still possible to draw the outline consistently.

In addition, I painted some Atlantic landscapes and ladies. In the landscape painting, there are palaces and pavilions that are completely different from those of Great Yan. Some of the ladies wore puff-sleeved tunic skirts, and some wore high-waisted skirts with a waistline at the bottom of the bust, with curly hair and elegant postures.

Although Zhang Weizhao paints these paintings with very simple and refined brushstrokes, they still look vivid. The Queen Mother put these maps and paintings on her desk and read them repeatedly, which was very interesting.

Zhang Weizhao's actions caused Peony to resentment even deeper.

In Peony's view, everything Zhang Weizhao did was simply a lie!

What Atlantic states, what seafaring discoveries, what heroines are in power, what monogamy, is completely the collapse of the foundation of the Great Yan Dynasty. If everyone is not guarding the land, cultivating well, and thinking about going out to the sea, what will so many people eat?

What's so good about monogamy? There are so many nobles, if the royal family, high-ranking officials and gentry can only marry one wife, then what about those women who are outstanding in appearance but come from poor backgrounds? Can't they all marry mud legs? Isn't there no day for the rest of your life?

The most deviant remark is that the heroine is in power, if others listen to it, they still think that the queen mother has nothing to think about the imperial power. In case someone makes a fuss about this and separates the queen mother and the emperor, when the emperor is angry, he won't really treat his own mother, but it's not these people who are unlucky?

From the first time Zhang Weizhao showed the prince a hand injury and dared to ask the prince for a consultation, Peony felt that this person was ambitious, did not abide by women's morals, and was very dangerous. Now I'm really getting more and more crazy.

What embarrassed Peony even more was that when Zhang Weizhao was preaching heresy, she also ridiculed the stories she used to read to the Queen Mother for being stinking, saying that the filial piety woman in "Jiangdu Filial Piety Woman Slaughter" sold herself to a butcher and was mutilated, and exchanged for money for her husband to support her mother-in-law, which moved heaven and made her mother-in-law and husband live happily, rich and long from now on. "Jin Yu Slave Stick Beats Bo Lover" is to promote that women are born cheap, even if they are murdered by their husbands, as long as they are not dead, they have to give him children and make beds.

The Queen Mother actually said that what she said made sense.

In comparison, the Queen Mother was very uninterested in the stories of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness that Peony read.

Occasionally, Peony said a sentence or two, Zhang Weizhao always talked about monogamy, not allowing concubines and the like to be unorthodox, how could there be monks who talk about their husbands and wives all day long? The Queen Mother's face turned cold. In the past few days, it is obvious that Xiangyu and Narcissus have served more times than she and Peony.

Peony only felt that he was loyal, but no one could understand it, and he was even more resentful than Qu Yuan. I kept thinking in my heart, how to kick this scourge out of Changle Palace.

She ordered the little palace maid under her to secretly pay attention to the whereabouts of Zhang Weizhao and her apprentice Luluo, and once any handle was revealed, she would take the opportunity to cut off this scourge.

Peony's dissatisfaction with her became more and more obvious, her face was cold and sour, and Zhang Weizhao was also aware of it. But Zhang Weizhao feels that jealousy is a common emotion that people have, and as long as there are people, this emotion will arise. Peony is not Zhang Weizhao's client, and Zhang Weizhao feels that he is not responsible for her emotions.

Peony saw that he was beating openly and secretly several times, but Zhang Weizhao didn't care at all, and didn't take himself to heart at all. Even with their prestige in the palace, they were not as good as before, and the little palace maids all circled around Zhang Weizhao, and they were much colder in front of them, and the resentment in their hearts was better than day by day.

Zhang Weizhao's pictures of the scenery and ladies of the Atlantic State were bound into a book and placed on the desk of the Queen Mother. Because the Queen Mother liked it, Zhang Weizhao continued to paint new ones, from the ancient Greek gods to the scenery of the Thames. There is no order, it is just what to think of and what to draw.