The night was already very deep, and the entire palace west garden was quiet, but Zhuge Weidao was still unable to sleep with his eyes open on the big bed in the Yuxi Palace. He rested his hands behind his head and looked fixedly at the beams of the dormitory. The Queen Mother beside her had fallen asleep contentedly, and she made a gentle sound.

Zhuge turned his head sideways for the road, and through the dim light from a table lamp, he looked at the queen mother who was full of foxes in her bones - this is the queen mother! The Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty! I actually slept with the Queen Mother!

Zhuge Weidao didn't feel scared at all when he held hands with the Queen Mother just now, but now think about it...... This seems like a big sin! Since ancient times, the ministers who sleep with the Queen Mother and hold the Son of Heaven hostage, it seems that no one can die well, right? Oh, there seems to be a Han Derang.

But the problem is that this Empress Dowager Zheng has no real power, and Zhuge Weidao is not a powerful minister, but a naval major from the top gate lord of the Ming Dynasty...... Although he already has the position of military advisor (alternate) of the Zhuge family, he has stepped into the decision-making circle of the Zhuge family with one foot. But the "sin" of sleeping with the Queen Mother is also unbearable for him.

What's even more terrifying is that the old men of the Zhuge family seem to know the relationship between him and the Queen Mother...... Then do they know the conspiracy between Zhuge Weidao, Zheng Guoxian and the Queen Mother?

And this conspiracy seems to be a bit big!

This doesn't mean that it wants to destroy the political system of the eight great families of the Ming Dynasty, but it also wants to strengthen the imperial power and weaken the eight great families, right? Those in power of the Eight Great Families need to know, and they must not kill themselves, Empress Dowager Zheng, and Zheng Guoxian?

In addition, will he be an undercover agent sent by the Zhuge family to the pillow of Empress Dowager Zheng?

Thinking that he might betray Empress Dowager Zheng, Zhuge Weidao couldn't sleep even more. Although Empress Dowager Zheng is a little flattering, she seems to treat herself very well...... hooked her alternate daughter-in-law Natalie, and she was willing to come forward to settle Zheng Guozhong, pave the way for herself, and be willing to fulfill herself and Natalie. This shows that Empress Dowager Zheng, Zhuge Weidao, and Zheng Guoxian are likely to be true friends!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao stretched out his hand and gently stroked the Empress Dowager Zheng's body. Although his movements were very gentle, Empress Dowager Zheng still woke up. She found that her "good brother" had not fallen asleep yet, so she put a hand over and asked in a low voice, "Daozi, why don't you sleep yet?" Haven't you had enough fun? ”

Zhuge turned his head sideways for the Dao, smiled at the Queen Mother who had a pair of fox eyes, and sighed: "I can't sleep...... I can't remember a lot of things, and my mind is vague...... Sister Yuhuan, can you tell me how we met and how we got along? ”

"Our two families were originally world friends," Empress Dowager Zheng recalled with a smile, "My father was an official of the Zheng family before his death, and your father was a military advisor of the Zhuge family, and the two of them still ...... brothers."

"Official?" Zhuge heard a strange word again, "What does it mean?" ”

"My family's ancestor Feihong Gong once walked the rivers and lakes in the name of an official, and his name moved the two countries." Empress Dowager Zheng said, "So when my family later followed the example of the Zhuge family's military division group and established the family heart group, it took the name of 'one official eldest brother' as the head of the family, and there were two officials, three officials, and four officials under the first official...... Until the eighteenth official. Therefore, the heart group of the Zheng family is also called the Yiguan Party, and the members are all called officials. ”

"I see," Zhuge nodded for the road, "Sister Yuhuan, do these eight great families all have heartfelt groups like the Military Division Group and the Yiguan Party?" ”

Empress Dowager Zheng nodded: "Yes, they all learned from the Zhuge family, the Zhuge family has a military division group, the Zheng family has an official party, the two Li families and the old Liu family have a general meeting, the Mu family has a loyalty hall, the Zhendong Wang family has a academy, and the Zhennan Wang family has a clan old hall...... The eight great families are all old families for more than 100 years, who is not a big family, a big business, and many rights and wrongs? The good thing for your Zhuge family is that there is a lot of money, and the good thing for our Zheng family is that there are two small sects pasted up, Annan Zheng and Siamese Zheng, and some children can go over by arrange, and the internal struggle is not too fierce. In order to compete for the first place, the children of the other six families really made any moves. Therefore, it is too common for children from different families to form brothers and support each other in their careers.

Our fathers were brothers, and as soon as you were born, I fell in love with you. We used to play together for a while...... It's also a childhood sweetheart, two little guesses, right? ”

Playing with a kid who's six years old?

Zhuge said for the Taoist heart: "It turns out that the two of us have played since we were children, which means that you play with this Zhuge baby as a live-action version of the rag doll!" ”

"Actually, I was supposed to be your sister-in-law......" Empress Dowager Zheng said with some sadness, "but before my marriage contract with your brother was finalized, my father died, and those old guys from the Yiguan Party were in charge, so they married me to the old guy King Lu, who was very promising to be elected emperor!" On the day I got married, you cried so sadly that you said that when you grow up, you must come to save me. ”

"I'm sad?" Zhuge said for the Dao Heart, "What about my brother? Isn't he sad? ”

"When we meet again...... You have just graduated from the Naval Academy and are back in Beijing to await your appointment. Empress Dowager Zheng sighed, "And the old King Lu is dead, my son has just been elected emperor, and I have naturally become the queen mother and become a mourner!" ”

Zhuge thought to himself: "The old man has been the emperor for more than a hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, but this Empress Dowager Zheng must have paid a lot to make her ten-year-old son the emperor, right?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhuge sighed again: "It's a pity that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty doesn't have real power......"

It's good to have real power, because Zhuge Weidao has now done the queen mother who listens to the government, isn't this equivalent to getting involved in the supreme power?

Empress Dowager Zheng said with a smile: "Xiao Daozi, although the emperor has no real power, he is much better than being a broken prince." ”

"Where's the royal powerhouse?" Zhuge inquired about the true strength of the royal family again.

"Of course it's strong!" Empress Dowager Zheng was a little proud, "Otherwise, I would do all my best to figure out what this Empress Dowager would do?" She glanced at Zhuge Weidao again, "This royal strength, speaking of which, I have to thank King Wuzhong." ”

"Thank you, King Wuzhong?"

"Yes," Empress Dowager Zheng nodded and said, "The rule set by King Wuzhong back then, if there is a surplus of silver money allocated to the royal family by the imperial court every year at the end of the year, it will be invested in the industry opened by your Zhuge family. Although the share capital is not available to me, I can use the annual dividends...... With this money, plus the fact that I can talk to the military advisors and officials of the Zhuge family and the Zheng family, it will be easy for you and Shenshan to climb up. As long as you can climb to a high position and have your own henchmen and strength, won't the emperor and I have something to rely on? ”

Zheng Yuhuan suddenly looked at Zhuge Wei with a pair of foxy eyes and said, "Daozi...... Are you willing to be my and the Emperor's support? ”

This is the sleeping queen mother and the son of heaven!

Zhuge Weidao immediately calculated in his heart, although the queen mother and the emperor are not in power, they are not completely powerless...... Empress Dowager Zheng is rich and face-saving, and her appearance and figure are first-class, and she has played with herself since she was a child.

Such a political ally is really hard to come by!

"Sister Yuhuan, of course I am willing to be the support of you and the emperor!" Zhuge nodded for Dao, but he still kept an eye on it, and did not inform the other party that he had taken the position of military advisor, but assured, "As long as I become the military advisor of the Zhuge family, I will definitely assist you and His Majesty the Emperor with all my heart!" ”

"I'm relieved to have you say this," Zheng Yuhuan said with a smile, "Tomorrow afternoon, I will have someone invite King Zheng Cheng (Zheng Guozhong) into the palace, so tomorrow morning, you should think carefully about how to persuade him to support your plan to provoke the British Empire." Once you've convinced my fourth brother, I'll have someone send you and Natalie home. ”

"Really?" As soon as Zhuge Weidao heard this, he looked at Zheng Yuhuan with grateful eyes.

Zheng Yuhuan glared at him angrily and said, "You are thinking about that Rakshasa girl now, what good is she ...... But don't be too happy, although my fourth brother is a little confused and easy to deceive, but his henchman Lin Shaomu is not easy to fool! The entry of the Gongjin Empire into India is a big deal, and my fourth brother will definitely bring Lin Shaomu with him! ”

"Lin Shaomu? Lin Zexu! Zhuge thought for Dao and said with a smile, "It's okay, he won't let go of the opportunity to team up with Emperor Daoguang to bully the British!" ”