Dong'er broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stopped the few little attendants. turned his head to Huang Huan and said, "Niangniang, we can't sit still!" It's better to send someone to the middle palace to inform you, the queen must have an explanation before leaving, and the middle palace order will definitely try to rescue us. ”

Suddenly, a small chamberlain hurriedly ran over to report: "Yu Niangniang, the bridge outside is on fire!" ”

Zeshui Palace is a peninsula near the lake, in addition to the land intersection, there is a wooden bridge to the west, that is, the bridge that killed Deng Man and communicates with the palace. Now the intersection on the land has been guarded by the people left behind by the erection of Diao, and the wooden bridge has been burned again, which is clearly the road that separates the Zeshui Palace from the outside world.

Huang Huan gasped: "What a poisonous plan!" Knowing that the duchess will be summoned into the palace tomorrow, he will take advantage of tonight to kill our mother and wife to prevent future troubles! ”

"Mother, what should we do?" Dong'er was already crying.

The little waiter who came to report the news was clever: "Niangniang, the slave is a little water-based, and you can dive out to report to the Middle Palace." ”

Ji Diao's errand was very pleasing to Ji Jiang, and he praised him fiercely. Seeing that the master was in a happy mood, Ji Diao's courage was also a little bigger, and he asked: "Niangniang, although Deng Man was only in front of Huang Huan before he died. But it's been so long, and it's okay to forgive, so why do we have to do this? What if one accidentally annoys the king? ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what if. Even if you can't put her to death, you have to beat her hard to make her be cautious in her words and deeds in the future. As for the king, when did they reassure their mother and son? It's just that the queen values them! In order to leave a right-hand man for the prince, this palace can't let Fanji get his wish! Ji Jiangxiu's facial features were a little distorted, and she was a little scared when she saw it.

"Niangniang-" A small chamberlain ran in in a panic, shouting as he ran: "The Zhonggong Order took away Zeshui Palace Niangniang and the third prince!" ”

"What?" Ji Jiang and Ji Diao looked at each other.

Ji Diao reacted first, slapped the little chamberlain down, kicked it again, and roared angrily: "Didn't you let a few of you guard that exit and not allow anyone to enter or leave?" The bridges are all burned out, how did the middle palace get the news? ”

The little waiter ate ate this fat beating, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Niangniang is gracious, the minions do control the exit tightly, and it is impossible for a fly to fly over." Isn't it someone diving and sending out a report? ”

He stomped his feet and said, "I just didn't prevent this." Mother, what should I do now? ”

Ji Jiang didn't say a word, and was about to leave, but Ji Diao hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Niangniang, Niangniang, where are you going?" ”

"Naturally, go to the middle palace, she is just a middle palace order, a slave and maid. Now I still have the final say in this palace, I want to punish Huang Huan in the middle palace in front of her, what can she do with this palace? Ji Jiang was really angry.

"Ouch, my mother! This matter has already made such a big fuss, and if you die, you will die. It's not good for the king to come back! Ji Diao persuaded.

"Niangniang," the little chamberlain on the ground pursed his lips a few times, and said softly: "There is another thing, the Zhonggong Order is not a person. She also brought the Duchess of Zhaoguo, so the minions didn't dare not let them go. ”

"What?" Ji Jiang was really taken aback at this time: "Duchess Zhaoguo? Didn't she just enter the palace tomorrow? Did you read that right? ”

"The Duchess of Zhaoguo often enters the palace, how can the slave be wrong? Zhonggong Ling personally led the Duchess in with a lantern, and the slave saw it really! ”

"Wow! Let out the smoke and say what to enter the palace tomorrow, secretly already in the middle palace, waiting for me to make a move to hold a handle. Fanji is really a good means! Ji Jiang gritted his teeth with hatred, lifted the hem of his skirt and wanted to go out: "I'll go and meet this Duchess for a while, and see what she can do to me?" ”

"!" Ji Diao grabbed her sleeve and pleaded, "She can't do anything to you, but you can't do anything to her, can you?" The Duchess of the Kingdom can at least be on an equal footing with you, and you can't afford to confront you in person. ”

How could Ji Jiang not understand the meaning of Ji Diao's words? Although she is the second concubine of Zhou Tianzi, she is also a concubine in the final analysis, and no matter how noble she is, she can't surpass the queen. The Duke of Zhaoguo is in the dukedom, which is more noble than the Song Duke, who has the highest status among the princes, which is more noble, his wife or the second concubine of Zhou Tianzi? This is an unsolvable question. If she is a queen, needless to say, all the women in the world except her mother-in-law are under her. But if it's the second concubine, then ------

Ji Jiang flicked his sleeves and said hatefully: "Then let's cheapen them for the time being." ”

In the middle palace, Huang Huan held the child and bowed to Zhaoji: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the Duchess of the State!" ”

"I'm just a courtier's wife, how can you afford it if you still hold the third prince?" summoned himself to help Huang Huan, and seeing that the people in Zeshui Palace were all thinly dressed, they trembled and panicked, and hurriedly comforted:

"You come here with peace of mind, you don't have to think about anything!"

"Mrs. Xie Zhao!"

After placing them properly, Zhaoji felt a little tired from backache, and the badger quickly helped her sit down, and said very apologetically: "Madam, you have a body, and you are so tired that the slave and maid are really sorry." If the queen knew about this, she would not let you enter the palace to help. ”

"Where? I am my aunt's own niece, how can I not share her worries? Besides," Zhaoji lowered his head and touched his slightly bulging lower abdomen a little shyly: "If it weren't for my aunt to be the matchmaker, I wouldn't have been blessed to marry Zimu." In my heart, I know! ”

The badger sheep smiled and asked tentatively, "Madam, will Ji Jiang still come to find trouble?" ”

Although Zhaoji is young, he has been managing the daily affairs of the Guogong Mansion as the head of the house for more than a year, and his actions have become much calmer. She shook her head and said, "I don't know much about her, the soldiers are coming, let's see." ”

She knew in her heart that Aunt Fanji did not arrange for her to enter the palace to fight with Ji Jiang, but in fact, it was just to make her act fearful, after all, she was just a courtier's wife, and she was not too deeply involved in the affairs of the harem. I hope that Ji Jiang can accept it when he sees it and stop stirring up trouble, that will be the blessing of everyone.

It's a pity that it's impossible for Ji Jiang not to stir things up. In the first few days, the palace was calm as usual, and the middle palace and the Qiuliao palace did not interfere with each other and did not interact with each other. It's no wonder that how can Zhao, as the wife of Zhaogong, come to visit a concubine? Doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? But Ji Jiang was arrogant, and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to come to the door and say something hypocritical, so the situation in the harem was at a stalemate.

Three days later, Ji Jiang suddenly had a whim, and felt that the previous system of concubines going to the middle palace every day to ask for peace should be restored. It's just that since the queen is not in the palace, the concubines should come to the Qiuliao Palace to greet their highest-ranking selves. When Ji Diao conveyed her meaning from one palace gate to another------

Early the next morning, Ji Jiang looked at Meng Jiang sitting alone in the main room of Qiuliao Palace, and suddenly trembled with anger. Isn't that a slap in the face? Embarrassed and annoyed, she urgently needed an outlet, so she naturally came to Meng Jiang: "What are you doing here?" Did you come to see my jokes? ”

Meng Jiang felt inexplicable, stood up and replied, "Sister, didn't you call me here?" ”

In the eyes of the angry Ji Jiang, is this simply contradicting her? She didn't say anything, she slapped Meng Jiang in the face, pointed at her nose and scolded angrily: "You, you dare to talk back to me? In my mother's house, I am your concubine, but I am just a maid and maid around me, and now I am just a concubine to marry, and I dare to talk back to me? You hook up with the queen, don't think I don't know anything------"

Lala scolded a lot of miscellaneous people, and then let Meng Jiang out. Looking at the red slap prints on her master's face, the personal maid was very distressed: "Niangniang is so good that she also gave birth to Zhong Ji for the Zhou family, even the queen also saves face for Niangniang, and she is still so beaten and scolded as a slave." It's too much of a bully! ”

Meng Jiang turned his head hatefully and muttered, "With such a mind and ability, you still want to fight with the queen mother?" There are times when she suffers! ”

In the inner hall of Qiuxiao Palace, under the careful unraveling of the erection of Diao, Ji Jiang's anger gradually calmed down. Seeing that her mood was improving, Ji Diao began to analyze the situation for her: "Niangniang, the so-called 'capture the thief and capture the king first', you always stare at a pawn like Huang Huan and it's useless!" What if she eradicates her mother and son? The queen is still the lord of the harem, and the crown prince is still the prince, which is not of great benefit to you and the second prince. On the contrary, it made the other party wary, and the gains outweighed the losses! ”

Ji Jiang frowned and said, "How can I not understand what you mean?" But the prince is still in his prime, and he is protected by a male tiger, so there will be no mistake. That time has been meticulous and thoughtful, how easy is it to grasp her handle? ”

"A wise man thinks a thousand times, and he will make a mistake. As long as the mother is patient to find it, there will always be flaws. ”

The Jing River is located in the northwest direction of the Weihe Plain, where the water and grass are abundant and beautiful, the sea is green, and the blue wolf and the white deer gallop here. Every winter when the ice is strong, even if the chariot runs on the thick ice of the Jing River, there is no danger. This place has always been the place where the Rong tribes of various grasslands live, especially the most powerful lynx.

The Zhou army camp was stationed in the middle reaches of the Jing River, which was on the edge of the Zhou Dynasty's sphere of influence and the Qiang Rong tribe. The Zhou army set out from Haojing in early February, and came here after more than half a month, originally wanting to rescue the border towns harassed by the lynx, but when they came here, the enemy had already detected the news and fled first.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ji Xie, the king of Zhouyi, was wearing dazzling gold armor, sitting on a large chair carved from the wide sunken cypress wood, and beside him stood a bronze dayue representing the royal power, looking at the two groups of generals who were arguing fiercely in the tent with a solemn face. The theme of this debate is: Now that the Lynx has withdrawn, should the Western Sixth Division continue to advance or be triumphant?