Ji Xie nodded helplessly: "The lonely book has no intention of abolishing the queen, the queen is too arrogant and stubborn, and she should also suffer some hardships and teach her a long lesson." Well, Lone promises you that there will be no thoughts of waste in this life. ”

Zhao Bohu breathed a sigh of relief, and said deeply: "The minister has thanked the king for His Royal Highness the Prince." There is a third thing, please ask the king to agree, let the minister take his son and father He Tong to return to Shangqiu in the Song Kingdom. ”

"Why is that?" Ji Xie was very puzzled.

"The king, Song Gongzi worships his people, is scheming and ruthless. The king left his brother in Haojing, but he could not play any role, and let him go back to the Song Dynasty, but could restrain the Zi Kun Ritual and make him act fearlessly, so that he would not let go of his hands and feet. After all, there is no heir, speaking of which, Zifu Father He is the one who should sit on the throne of Song Gong the most. ”

"Why don't you understand? But Zifu Father He is loyal to his homeland, and he is afraid that after he goes back, he will think about the Song Kingdom. ”

"The king can leave his wife Qi Jiang in Haojing as a hostage, this woman is pregnant, I think why isn't the son of the father."

Ji Xie stood up and paced slowly for a few steps, turned around and seemed to have made up his mind: "Okay, Lone will agree to the three things you invited, make some preparations, and set off as soon as possible!" ”

"No!"

In the main house of the inner courtyard of the Qiuyu Palace, there was a clanging noise, and the palace maid and the attendant in the courtyard knelt on the ground. Everyone knew that Ji Jiang Niangniang had started to lose her temper again, and everyone didn't dare to make a sound, only stretched their necks to look at the gate of the courtyard, and murmured in their hearts: Why hasn't Ji Diao come back?

Hope, hope, finally hope for a savior. Ji Diao hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand, and let the slaves and maids disperse. Seeing that there were no idle people waiting, he shrank his neck and walked into the house.

"You're just back? Do you know it, the king openly said at the court meeting that there is no waste of the Great Zhou. I've been busy for so long, and it's all a waste of time. As soon as he saw the erection, Ji Jiang angrily split his head and covered his face.

"The minions know it. Knowing that the mother is angry, isn't this rushing back. Ji Diao smiled all over his face, thinking about the wording.

Ji Jiang suddenly became angry, pointed at his nose and scolded angrily: "It's all your bad idea, what makes her die is better than abolishing it." Now it's all right, it's all over! I knew I shouldn't have listened to you, so I had to get rid of this thorn in the flesh first. Now, I am at odds with that self, if she turns over, won't my mother and son die without a place to be buried? ”

"Niangniang, don't worry, hasn't the king unsealed the Middle Palace yet? There are 300 guards guarding day and night, and we can't reach out, can we? ”

Ji Jiang heard the other meaning in his words, turned his face and asked, "You, do you have any news?" ”

Ji Diao said a paragraph in his ear, Ji Jiang's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Really?" The king said to Zhaogong that he wanted the queen to suffer some hardships and teach a long lesson? ”

"yes, there's something to be done. Now only the middle palace is blocked, no one is allowed to enter or exit, and no one can enter. As long as there is abundant food and clothing, where will the queen have to eat? It's better to tell the king, so and so -------."

Ji Jiang nodded frequently when he heard this, smiled, and frowned again at the end, erected a message to know her thoughts, and persuaded: "Niangniang, only the queen has been eliminated, aren't those women still the meat on your chopping board?" ”

"Okay, just do it according to your wishes."

In the East Palace, Zhao Bohu, who was about to leave the next day, was bidding farewell to the crown prince Ji Hu.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, although the king promised not to abolish the queen, he did not lift the seal of the Middle Palace, nor did he lift your grounding. You still have to be cautious in what you say and do, and don't leave anyone to be in control. ”

Zhao Bohu repeatedly admonished, but annoyed the eldest father of Gong Yu on the side: "Don't be such a mother-in-law, with my eldest father here, which evil demon dares to jump in a crooked way, Lao Tzu will poke him to death with a halberd!" ”

Ji Hu smiled and gave a deep salute to Zhao Bohu: "Don't worry, young master, I'm not a child anymore, and I won't be fooled easily." Everything but wait for the young master to come back and decide! The road to the mountain is high, the road is obstructive and long, and the young master must take care of himself. ”

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Duoyou turned the long sword in his hand and said nonchalantly: "With me as a guard, the prince can rest assured that he will definitely bring back the 'first beautiful man in Hojing' with all his beards and tails!" ”

Everyone laughed, and Ji Hu patted Wei He's shoulder: "I owe you a big favor this time." ”

"If you know, it's good." Wei He winked at him.

Dusk is approaching, the sky outside is six minutes bright and bright, four points light and dark, and the sky is thick like fire, rendering the ground full of golden glow. The hibiscus tree outside the window is already bright and bright, and the half-opened buds are full of branches, although there is no fragrance, but it also has a refreshing atmosphere of fruit trees, and it drifts into the apse of the middle palace with the evening breeze.

The cool season of early autumn is a good time for the ladies in the palace to put paper kites. Along the gentle evening breeze, a colorful butterfly-like kite fluttered to the courtyard of the middle palace, somehow stuck between the branches of the old locust tree, and did not move.

After a while, the deer sheep came in with the colorful butterfly kite. Fan Ji took it, and with a swift movement, he ripped open the bamboo skeleton of the kite, and pulled out a small roll of cloth with words written on it from a thicker bamboo tube. After reading it in a hurry, he handed it to the nurse on the side and instructed: "After reading it, take the flint stones and burn them all." ”

The sheep glanced at it, and immediately showed joy: "Great, the Duke of Zhaoguo has already sent an envoy to Song Qi." The king also promised that he would never be abolished, and see what tricks the cheap maid could turn up? Then the slave and the maid will take the flint. ”

With a flash of sparks, the kite and the pieces of cloth lit up a faint blue light in the bowl, gradually turning into gray-white embers. Watching the firelight gradually dimming, she sighed: "It's a shame that Huang Yingniang has the heart to come up with this method to deliver the news inside." However, Niangniang, when will the king unseal the Middle Palace? It's been a month and a half, and when will it be sealed? ”

Fan Ji said in a deep voice: "Seal until I kowtow to him and submit to it." ”

"That's how Niangniang suffers." The sheep glanced at her, as if dissatisfied: "But if you are willing to obey the king, it will not be like this." Last time Huang Huanniang came, you just refused to bring a soft word to the king, you were so stubborn! ”

"Because I'm not born to be inferior." Although Fanji's voice was soft, it was full of firmness: "What's more, since he wants to take this breath, I will let him do it." If he hadn't beaten me into the dust and suffered a lot, how would he have been able to breathe through it? Anyway, since I marry into the royal family, I can't leave this palace in life and death, what do I say? ”

She sighed lightly, and her mouth revealed a desolate meaning: "If it weren't for Hu'er, what regret would I have been deposed?" What's the point of scheming all day? ”

Before he could be persuaded again, suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the hall, and it seemed that many people had entered the hall. The two looked at each other, and they were both surprised, how could so many people come? Fanji quickly ordered: "Nurse, you go and have a look first." I'll add another garment and come out again. ”

Ji Jiang walked into the door of the apse of the middle palace, undoubtedly resentful in his heart. She had fantasized countless times about how majestic she must have been when she stepped into this place as the mother of a nation, but that seemed to have come to naught. She once asked King Zhou Yi for the phoenix seal on the grounds that she had no authority to manage the affairs of the harem, but the king only glanced at her meaningfully and said lightly: "Although the Fan family has been robbed of the seal, she is still the queen, and only the queen can be in charge of the phoenix seal." Don't overthink it! ”

In order to show the absolute dominance of the queen in the harem, the middle palace occupies more than a quarter of the area of the palace and is divided into three halls: front, middle and back. The front hall is the place where the banquet in the palace is held, and the middle hall is the meeting room, which is thought to be the place where the queen concubine asks the queen for peace, and the back hall is the queen's living place. On both sides of each hall there are two side halls in the east and west, and there are countless rooms, which are thought to be the residences of princes and princesses.

Now this empty apse is lonely, and the dust is everywhere, and it looks like a desolate scene. Ji Jiang felt a little happier in his heart, but he still didn't have a good face for the deer sheep: "What are you?" How dare you stop this palace? Beat the dog to see the master, your master has fallen, what is the use of your old dog? Come on, slap your mouth! ”

"Stop!" With a crisp shout, Fanji turned out from behind the screen, with a gloomy face. After all, she is the queen of several years, and her appearance has its own majesty, and everyone bowed down and said: "Queen Niang!" ”

Fan Ji pulled the deer sheep behind him, walked in front of Ji Jiang, the corners of his mouth curved, and asked provocatively, "What?" Why is the second concubine here? Could it be that you want to be the master of this middle palace? ”

Ji Jiang's fists were clenched tightly, and she couldn't wait to go up and tear the beautiful face in front of her to pieces, and pinched her wrist to death, and she came to her senses. Perfunctory blessing, and said: "Don't dare to disturb the queen's mother's self-reflection, it is really the king's will, and the concubine has to obey." ”

She paced leisurely, as if looking at the building, and said casually, "The queen hasn't cleaned it here for many days, has she?" Seeing that there is dust everywhere, there must be a shortage of manpower around. ”

As soon as she waved her hand, the eight palace maids came forward, bowed down one after another, and said in unison: "Say hello to the queen!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fanji is full of vigilance.

"Without him, I just can't bear to see that there are not enough people to serve the queen and mother, so I will assign these eight palace maids to the mother to be used for sprinkling."

"No need," Fan Ji refused categorically: "The king has been able to order, I can't leave the middle palace unless I die in this life, why delay their flowery years?" It's enough for me to have a nurse by my side. You better take it back! ”

Ji Jiang Gege smiled, covered his mouth with a brocade handkerchief and said: "It seems that Niangniang still doesn't know, not only these eight palace maids, but also thirty beauties are about to move into the middle palace to live." At that time, this middle palace will become a lively place in the harem, and the queen will not be lonely. ”

Fan Ji was shocked, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What does this mean?" You made it clear in one sentence. ”