In Ciren Palace, the largest palace on the east side of Yong'an Palace, the queen mother sat crookedly on the couch, squinting slightly and listening to the little palace maid singing.

An old woman came in from outside.

The queen mother opened her eyes and waved her hand to let the little palace maid go down.

"I listened to the emperor in a trance, what the hell is going on?"

The old lady lowered her eyebrows and said softly beside the queen mother: "It was the seventh lady of Ningshoubo's Mansion who provoked Your Majesty......"

She told Cheng Qiniang how to beat the Liang envoys, how the Liang envoys played right and wrong, and how Yuan Kangdi was weak, because she didn't dare to offend the Liang, she summoned Cheng Qi Niang, and Cheng Qi Niang told the Queen Mother about the scolding of Yuan Kangdi and even the civil and military officials in the palace.

The Queen Mother almost laughed when she heard this, and her stomach hurt.

She listened with great joy in her heart.

"This Cheng Qi Niang is interestingly tight."

The old lady also laughed: "Yes." ”

The queen mother took the old lady's hand and got up: "In this way, the mourning family should protect her, she will suffer a big loss." ”

She said to the old lady: "If you look for someone to confess for a while, you will say that it is said by the mourning family, Cheng Qiniang is a clan girl after all, you can't go too far, even if you go into the cell, you can't be rude to her, and ask them to take good care of her." ”

The old lady smiled: "Niangniang is too kind-hearted. ”

"She breathed a bad breath for the mourning family, and the mourning family can't help but repay one or two."

The Queen Mother sighed and looked at the blue sky outside the window, her expression was extremely complicated.

The queen mother's surname is Cao, born in Jiangmen, Cao's ancestors won the world because of their assistance to Taizu, and they have made great contributions, and they have also been crowned kings and generals, and their ancestors are very prominent.

And before the Empress Dowager Cao, the Cao family also had one queen mother and two queens, not only Jiangmen, but also descendants.

Empress Dowager Cao's family background is prominent, her family background is very deep, and she is also a very strong and thoughtful person, so her life in the harem is not sad.

It's just that today's Yuan Kangdi is a person who offended the Empress Dowager Cao to death.

It turned out that Emperor Yuan Kangdi was not the son of Empress Dowager Cao.

Empress Dowager Cao's biological son is the deceased Emperor Pingchang, Empress Dowager Cao is still martial, Emperor Pyeongchang also likes martial arts, and has a similar temperament to Empress Dowager Cao, is a very strong and ambitious.

Emperor Pyeongchang had long seen that the Liang was not pleasing to the eye, and since he ascended the throne, he has reformed internal affairs, strengthened the training of the army, and wanted to be ashamed.

If Emperor Pyeongchang had been on the throne, it would be impossible to say that Daliang would not be as arrogant as he is now.

However, although Emperor Pyeongchang was capable, his life was too short, and he died early.

When he died, he did not have a son and a half daughter, and the throne fell to Emperor Yuan Kang.

Emperor Yuan Kang was a cousin of Emperor Pyeongchang, and because Emperor Pyeongchang was the closest by blood, he was supported by the ministers to sit on the throne.

At that time, Empress Dowager Cao passed away because of her heartbroken parents, and she didn't pay attention to these things.

For her, Emperor Pingchang has already gone, so whoever becomes the emperor is the same, and besides, Emperor Yuan Kang often went in and out of the palace before he ascended the throne, and he was quite close to the Empress Dowager Cao.

Empress Dowager Cao has always thought that he is a good person, so she has never objected.

What Empress Dowager Cao didn't expect was that Yuan Kangdi's personality was really not good.

When he first ascended the throne, in order to sit on the throne, he was very filial and respectful to the Empress Dowager Cao, and asked the Hou every morning and evening, coaxing the Empress Dowager Cao to release power to him.

After a year or two, Emperor Yuan Kang sat firmly on the throne, and he showed a disgusting face.

He not only changed many of the policies formulated by Emperor Pyeongchang, but also emphasized literature over military force, and even bowed to the Great Liang and curryed favor with him.

Forget it, Empress Dowager Cao's heart was like ashes at that time, and she didn't care about these.

However, what made Empress Dowager Cao unbearable was that Emperor Yuan Kang actually proposed to crown his biological father King Shu as the Emperor Taishang, and his biological mother Wang as the Empress Dowager.

What does that mean?

Isn't this obvious to wipe out Empress Dowager Cao's husband and son?

You must know that Empress Dowager Cao and Emperor Gao Zongwen are in love with each other, and their relationship is very deep, and they are even more in love with Emperor Pingchang to the extreme.

Empress Dowager Cao naturally didn't want to be the emperor, so she and Emperor Yuan Kang were not excited.

And those ministers also have the same line as Empress Dowager Cao, and some are loyal to Emperor Pingchang, so naturally they don't agree.

For this reason, the court has been arguing for three years.

Although in the end, Empress Dowager Cao made a good move, but in the end she did not let Emperor Yuan Kang succeed.

However, the bond between the two people was settled.

It's just that Empress Dowager Cao's skills are superb, coupled with the support of the Cao family, a big general, and a series of civil officials such as the Wei family, Yuan Kangdi didn't dare to do anything to her.

But he is no longer so respectful to Empress Dowager Cao.

Empress Dowager Cao didn't care about him, and since then she has lived in the palace and doesn't pay much attention to the world.

Only Empress Dowager Cao was on fire in the end, and she looked down on Emperor Yuan Kang very much.

Now it is rare for someone to scold Yuan Kangdi, and Yuan Kangdi can't take her, Empress Dowager Cao is naturally very happy, and she also has a very good impression of Cheng Qiniang.

As the queen mother, even if she doesn't care about the world, she still has the ability to protect a person.

If she wants to keep Cheng Qiniang, it is not difficult.

Empress Dowager Cao thought about Cheng Qi Niang's temperament, if she protected her, she couldn't say that there would be things to block Emperor Yuan Kang in the future.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became.

The breath that has been held in my heart in the past few years has dissipated a lot.

Taiping Village

Qin Yi hurriedly returned to the village from outside.

He entered the village and did not go home, but went directly to Cheng Xiucai's house.

Entering the door of Cheng's house, Qin Yi had a smile on his face, and when he saw Cheng Xiucai, he came over to greet him: "Sir, I have already found out the whereabouts of those kidnappers, and I can't say that I will be able to rescue Sister Yan in a few days." ”

Cheng Xiucai seems to have aged a lot in the past few days, and the whole person has shown a downward trend.

Instead of being happy when he heard Qin Yi's words, he let out a long sigh: "You have been working for the past few days. ”

"That's as it should be." Qin Yi stood aside and laughed back.

Cheng Xiucai glanced at Qin Yi: "It's just that you have bothered in vain, I have already asked someone to prepare Yan Ran's coffin shroud, and I will mourn her tomorrow." ”

"What, what?"

Qin Yi was taken aback and looked at Cheng Xiucai in disbelief.

Cheng Xiucai was a little weak-hearted, he clenched his fist and put it to his mouth and coughed: "Yan Ran has been abducted by a kidnapper for so long, I'm afraid that her innocence is no longer guaranteed, even if she is rescued, what can she do, the left is just a few places to go, but it will also bring the Cheng family's family reputation, it is better to give her up ruthlessly." ”

After speaking, Cheng Xiucai turned around and went back to the house, he didn't dare to look at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi stood in the courtyard, only feeling cold.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the sun was warm, and it was usually hot, but Qin Yi still felt very cold.

He had a biting coldness, and his mood was even heavier.

At the same time, he also felt the sadness and darkness of this society, as well as the horror of this cannibalistic ritual.

Originally, Qin Yi only watched from outsiders, but after Cheng Yanran's incident, he could no longer stay out of the matter.

Cheng Xiucai is a father, and he usually looks so fond of Yan Ran, but when it comes to this time, he says to his daughter to give it up.

And what about other people's homes?

What about the Qin family?

Qin Yi thought about his three sisters, saying that he couldn't encounter such a thing, and his three sisters also ended up like this.

Qin Yi really couldn't figure out why?

In modern society, if someone's daughter is lost, it is eager for the whole world to know and help find it.

As for whether the daughter will be disfigured or innocent, in the face of separation and the possibility of losing her life, these are small things, as long as your own children can come back, everything is fine, and nothing can be cared about.

But what about this Great Qi Dynasty?

Qin Yi looked up at the sky, only to feel that his body was very heavy, and he finally understood what oppression was.