In 240 BC, the Xianyang Palace of the Qin State.

"The son visits the queen mother."

With a refreshing but slightly childish voice, a dark red royal robe, and a delicate and handsome face, the current Qin Wang Yingzheng slowly knelt down.

"Let's be flat, Zheng'er, there are no outsiders, no need for a big gift." The tone was slightly majestic, and the smiling Queen Mother Zhao Ji always had a little charm in her eyes.

Ying Zheng, who stood up, did not look directly at his mother, bowed his head and said, "I don't know what is the matter with the queen mother urgently summoning Zheng'er to come?" ”

Yingzheng is the king of Qin, but he seems to be a little afraid of the queen mother.

"Shall I not summon you to sit down if there is nothing to do?" Zhao Ji was still smiling, but for some reason her complexion didn't seem to be very good.

"Erchen didn't mean that, this time, Erchen also had something to ask the queen mother." Ying Zheng always seems to be very careful when he speaks.

"Oh? Let the queen guess, we're talking about the same thing. Zhao Ji's tone was soft and loving.

But I don't know if Zhao Ji is loving or deliberately disguised.

"Then the queen mother, you speak first." Ying Zheng said.

"Okay, then the queen mother will speak first." Zhao Ji said, "Now, you have reached the age of twenty, and you are asking about the coming-of-age crown ceremony, right?" ”

"That's it, huh." Ying Zheng saw that Zhao Ji really understood his own thoughts, and said with a smile on his face, "It turns out that the queen mother has already guessed what is on her son's mind. ”

"It's not that I guessed, but what the queen mother wants to tell you is also about it." Zhao Ji said, "And there are two other important things to discuss with you. ”

"Queen Mother, please speak." Ying Zheng's face was full of expectation, and after performing the crown salute, he would control the royal power and become the real king of Qin.

"Yesterday, Lu Xiangbang came to discuss this matter with the queen mother, and he said, I want to postpone your crown ceremony and postpone the ceremony for the time being, what do you think?" Zhao Ji said.

"Huh? This...... Why is that? Ying Zheng went from full of anticipation to full of disappointment in an instant, although he had thought of this result, but he still couldn't accept it for a while, because he knew that since it was the queen mother and the middle father who had discussed, it was something that had already been decided, and he came to him, just through Zhao Ji's mouth, to tell him the result, and this result, he had to accept it.

"For the specific reason, you should ask Lu Xiangbang." Zhao Ji said unhurriedly, "Although the crown ceremony has been postponed, as an emperor's family, there will be no shortage of other coming-of-age ceremonies, there will be hunting celebrations in the spring, and there will be ceremonies to worship ancestors." Several other countries will also send princesses from various countries to choose concubines, and the king will have to choose carefully. ”

Ying Zheng didn't care about anything else except for the crown ceremony: "The widow will go to the middle father to ask for clarification about the crown ceremony." The hunting ceremony and ancestor worship ceremony can also be arranged normally, but the matter of choosing a concubine has not been considered by the sons, so he is not in a hurry. ”

"Twenty years old means that you are an adult, and the sons of ordinary people will be married, let alone the king of Great Qin." Speaking of this, Zhao Ji's expression became a little more loving, "It's just that this first princess is likely to be the queen candidate in the future, so she needs to choose more carefully." ”

"Queen Mother, why do you have to choose a princess from another country, there are thousands of women in Daqin, why can't you choose?" Ying Zheng asked a little childishly.

Zhao Ji said: "If you are still a prince or a prince, and your father is still alive, your father will choose the wife. But now that you are the king, you have chosen the princess, not the crown princess. Moreover, the princess's competition for favor is related to the interests of several countries, not to mention the choice of the queen. Therefore, the candidate for the first princess is bound to be fiercely contested by all countries. ”

Ying Zheng was silent.

Zhao Ji looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Right now, all countries will send portraits of princesses. On auspicious days, the princess of the country will be sent to choose a concubine. What you need to care about is not whether you will get married or not, but the question of which country is more suitable for the princess. ”

"What does the queen mother mean, do you want the widow to marry the princess of Zhao Kingdom?" Ying Zheng said tentatively.

"It's still Zheng'er who is smart, and he can guess his mother's thoughts." Zhao Ji said, "That's right, the queen mother is from Zhao Guo, half of your blood is from Zhao Guo, you have also grown up in Zhao Guo since you were a child, and you have a certain affection for Zhao Guo, I heard that the princess of Zhao Guo is all talented and intelligent, dignified and lovely, and Zhun Bao can give birth to a big fat grandson in this palace, hehe." ”

When I think of holding my grandson, as long as I am a grandmother, I can't control my joy instinctively.

"The sons listened to the arrangement of the queen mother, but they didn't know what the queen mother was going to do." Ying Zheng's face sank, but he still behaved quite calmly.

"The Queen Mother is a member of the Chu State, and she is also a clan relative to the princess of the Chu State, and she will definitely like the princess of the Chu State, so as to continue to consolidate the position of the magnates of the Chu State in the Qin State. But for the great cause of Great Qin in the future, this may not be a good thing. Zhao Ji put away his smile and said, "Chu State, but the strongest opponent of Great Qin, the Mi clan in the palace, the power should not be underestimated. If their strength is further strengthened in your generation, it will be difficult to predict what the future holds. ”

"Erchen wrote it down, presumably the middle father also meant the same, right?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The queen mother has already consulted with your middle father before summoning you over." Zhao Ji said.

Ying Zheng nodded, and said in his heart, it seems that this choice of concubine has also been discussed.

Zhao Ji's tone changed slightly, "There is one more thing, the queen mother wants to discuss with you." Zheng'er can ask for an agreement. ”

Ying Zheng: "......"

Obviously, it was just a notice, but it had to be said to be a discussion.

"The queen mother is tired of living in this palace and wants to live elsewhere for a while." Zhao Ji's expression was a little different and said, "The place has been chosen, Yongcheng is the original national capital, that place is good, the queen mother wants to move there and live in the palace." ”

"The queen mother is moving to Yongcheng?" Ying Zheng said, "Erchen still thinks that the queen mother is just going out to play, if she goes to the palace, presumably in a short time, the queen mother will not return to Xianyang, so how to plan for the affairs of the court?" ”

"The queen mother has already informed Lu Xiangbang that there is no need to invite him to the palace in the future." Zhao Ji said.

"It seems that the queen mother has been arranging this for a long time." Ying Zheng said, but it was not a taste in his heart.

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "The rights and wrongs in this palace, the queen mother is really not used to it, and you also know that the queen mother brought you back to the Qin State, originally she just didn't want you to stay in the Zhao State to be wronged, but she was confused and became the queen mother." Now go out to hide and be clean, and calm your mind. ”

"Since the queen mother has made a decision, it is up to the ministers to follow the wishes of the queen mother. It's just ......" Yingzheng wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhao Ji asked, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that Zheng'er has never left her mother's side since she was a child." Ying Zheng said a little sourly, "If my mother is not in the palace, I am afraid that the widow will not be able to cope with it." ”

"You are the Great Qin Monarch, the lord of a country." Zhao Ji said sharply, "If there is anything that can't be dealt with, if there is something that can't be dealt with, just leave it to Lu Xiangbang to do." ”

Ying Zheng didn't know what to say, so he could only say obediently: "In this case, the widow will go to Yongcheng to visit his mother." ”

"If it's nothing big, you don't have to go often, the queen mother likes to be quiet now, and she doesn't like to be disturbed very much. With the manager with him, he didn't feel bored. Zhao Ji said decisively.

Ying Zheng looked up at the back, but he didn't see Chang Yu.

"Well, there's nothing else to do, the queen mother plans to move in before the end of the month. When you leave, it's good to send your mother. Zhao Ji said lazily.

"Then, the retainers will retire for the time being." After speaking, Ying Zheng walked out of the palace door backwards.

Seeing that Yingzheng was far away, Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come on, he's gone." Zhao Ji turned around and said, her tone was gentle.

"Queen Mother." Chang Yu walked over with a smile and said, "It seems that he won't refute anything you say." This is the best, let's stay away from here, go to Yongcheng, and give birth to our children. ”

"You, you know how to cause trouble for Benhou." Zhao Ji saw Chang Yu looking at her belly, and said coquettishly, "If it weren't for the child, Benhou wouldn't have gone to that kind of place, and you too, if you have to give birth to Benhou, you don't consider how much risk it is, if outsiders know, it will be a big trouble." ”

"Look at you, you said good things, and then you regretted it?" Chang Yu pretended to be unhappy, "Besides, what's wrong outside, you don't have to be bound by this palace, we can do whatever we want, live a fairy-like life, be happy and happy, isn't it good?" ”

"Actually, what I yearn for the most in the future is really that kind of day." Zhao Ji seemed to be looking forward to something, "With the person you like, stay and fly together, have no worries about food and clothing, and be unrestrained...... Just ......"

"I know that the only thing you don't want to give up is the power in your hands." Chang Yu rolled her eyes and said, "In this way, the Queen Mother will give me a title, which can not only help you retain some power, but also buy some family business outside, what does the Queen Mother think?" ”

"This, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, the eunuchs who have always been can be officials, not knights." Zhao Ji was a little anxious, "Besides, what reason will I find to seal you in the future, it will be useless." ”

"If you want to, you can do it." Chang Yu hugged Zhao Ji, "I look at Yingzheng's kid, I listen to you very much, he will promise whatever you say, it's not difficult for him to do it." For the rest, as long as Lu Xiangbang's side agrees, there will be no obstacles. ”

"Speaking easily, you think Lu Xiang is so easy to agree, although you were recommended by him to Ben Hou at the beginning, but he doesn't rely on Ben Hou for everything now, not to mention those princes and nobles." Zhao Ji muttered.

"It's not like you don't have the means to deal with Lu Xiangbang." Chang Yu looked pleading and said, "As long as Lu Xiangbang agrees, those princes and nobles will definitely not want to meddle in their affairs, besides, I am also for the child in your belly." Our child is destined to have no name, and he can't even disclose his identity, so I also want to create some opportunities to compensate him. ”

When it comes to children, every mother will instinctively not refuse, and the mother's heart will become the softest heart in the world.

"Okay, I'll try it later," Zhao Ji thought for a moment before saying, "Then, what title do you want?" ”

"I knew you'd agree." Chang Yu looked very happy, "Then let's have a marquis." ”

"Marquis?" Zhao Ji wondered if he had heard it wrong, "What kind of jokes, no merit and no reward, directly making a marquis, it's the same as Lu Xiangbang, how can you convince the public." ”

"You have to try no, as long as you insist, Lu Xiangbang will agree, we are on his side, he also wants to expand his power after all." Chang Yu said coaxingly.

"That's right, then try, if the marquis can't seal it, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to go down." Zhao Ji finally made a concession.

"Isn't this okay, haha......" Chang Yu smiled evilly, "Let's go, go back to the couch, and let the slaves serve the queen mother well." ”

"It's all the people who are fathers, and it's still like this, but now the queen is pregnant with Liujia." Zhao Ji looked duplicitous.

"Hahaha......"

Chang Yu's debauched and happy laughter was especially loud in the silent inner sanctum.

His true identity has been well hidden, and he has worked hard to infiltrate the palace, and let the Queen Mother conceive a child, everything is in the plan.

Chang Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, a hint of evil smile overflowed the corners of her mouth, and she hugged Zhao Ji and walked towards the bedroom.