Xianyang Palace was built in the period of Qin Xiaogong, although it has been the power center of Qin for a hundred years, but because it was built too early, and is located in the city of Xianyang, so its scale is not large, at least compared to the Zhangtai Palace and Ganquan Palace in the south of Xianyang City, it is much worse in terms of scale.

But this does not affect the importance of Xianyang Palace, because it is inhabited by the King of Qin and Zhao Ji, who was the empress dowager of the prison state.

Zhao Ji, as the biological mother of Qin Wangzheng, moved into Xianyang Palace since Qin Wangzheng succeeded to the throne of Qin, and lived in the west palace of Xianyang Palace, while the east palace was the residence of Qin Wangzheng.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gao, Yang Ming turned around the compound roads and complex corridors, and came to the main hall of the West Palace.

Following the maid who walked out of the main hall and was responsible for guiding the way, Yang Ming entered the palace in front of him.

The moment he entered the palace, Yang Ming felt a kind of rich and extreme atmosphere, a breath called 'rich woman' came from the surface, and a series of red curtains hung down on the beams of the palace, just these silk that were made into curtains were worth a lot of money, their value was so high and the number was so large that even ordinary wealthy families could not afford it.

Under the leadership of the maid, Yang Ming saw bronze objects of different sizes, saw wooden shelves placed under the pillars, from the East China Sea, colorful coral trees, with huge night pearls inlaid on the pillars, and even saw the existence of weapons.

Just the furnishings of this palace cost hundreds of thousands of gold, and what does hundreds of thousands of gold mean? Yang Ming and Zi Nu risked their lives several times in Heng Mountain, tossed for several months, killed and injured countless people, and did not earn 100,000 gold, even so, Yang Ming and Zi Nu already felt that they had made a big windfall.

But here, maybe just a few coral trees that are more than three feet tall can cover half of the Purple Maiden's current value.

From these ornaments, it seems that you can see some of Zhao Ji's tastes, huh? How so? It can only be said that it is very rich.

Under the guidance of the palace maid, Yang Ming passed through a curtain, behind the curtain is a huge bookcase, behind the bookcase is a screen, the jade carved screen is elegant and elegant, and its owner must be a woman with great taste.

But the picture on the screen is not the Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum that it should have, but a huge map, and the Seven Kingdoms are all in it.

The alternative combination of the screen and the screen frame reveals a strange atmosphere.

However, Yang Ming didn't care about these at this time, because there was a person sitting behind the bookcase in front of the screen.

I don't know if it's because of Zhao Ji's kneeling posture at this time, Yang Ming only felt that Zhao Ji at this time actually had an inexplicable majesty, and everything around her was an extension of this majesty, under her palm, there was a scroll of music, and Yang Ming could vaguely see the official seal of the Lieutenant's Mansion on it.

At this moment, Zhao Ji was no longer the unreliable Zhao Ji in Yang Ming's eyes, but the real Empress Dowager of Qin.

Zhao Ji, who was wearing a hosta and phoenix hairpin, looked at Yang Ming in front of him, and his eyes flashed with a strange color, and said, "I heard that you were assassinated on the street last night in order to send two prostitutes from Jinghuayuan?" ”

"Yes." Yang Ming replied.

"Have you ever been hurt?"

"Luckily."

"The mourning family will find out this matter for you, and dare to stab you, it's really too bad to take the mourning family in their eyes." Zhao Ji said, "Are they doing stabbing people?" They're ......"

Zhao Ji couldn't say anything anymore when she said this, and she forgot the words.

"They're slapping you in the face." Yang Ming, who noticed Zhao Ji's stuckness, added very intimately, of course, his 'intimacy' is not pure at all, he is just arching the fire.

If it was really the hand of the net, Yang Ming's current situation might not be able to do anything, but Zhao Ji was different, she had enough strength to punish the people behind the scenes.

"Yes, they are slapping the mourning family in the face, how can the mourning family let them go." The idea stuck in his brain was said by Yang Ming, and Zhao Ji instinctively followed Yang Ming's words.

"Wait, why doesn't that sound right?" Suddenly, Zhao Ji only felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this, but it was indeed exactly what he thought in his heart.

Zhao Ji, who frowned slightly, thought about it, but couldn't think of a reason for a while, and after being silent for a while, she simply gave up thinking and said, "This matter will be strictly investigated by the mourning family and will avenge you." ”

"I have thanked the Queen Mother for her great grace." Yang Ming bowed and saluted.

"Can you still participate in today's competition? If not, the mourning family will postpone the competition for a few days. Zhao Ji asked.

"The Queen Mother can rest assured that she was not injured last night, and it will not affect today's competition." Yang Ming replied.

"Then you can stay here for now, and go to Ganquan Palace with the mourning family in the afternoon." Zhao Ji said.

"Yes."

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Yang Ming, but took a scroll of bamboo slips from the bookcase, unfolded it under his hands, and studied it carefully.

On Zhao Ji's face, Yang Ming saw the solemn look, and when he thought that this was Xianyang Palace, and the recital of the Lieutenant's Mansion that he had just seen, it was easy for Yang Ming to think that Zhao Ji was watching the recital from the important ministers of the Qin State at this time.

After all, as the biological mother of Qin Wang Zheng, she has a lot of power in the hands of Zhao Ji, not to mention anything else, just the tiger charm and the final appointment of officials of more than 1,000 stones, which makes Zhao Ji a pivotal existence in the entire Qin State.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Ji really didn't know how to use her power, so that she was used to abuse her power in the original trajectory, this queen mother is indeed a thick and strong thigh.

Sensing Yang Ming's strange appearance for a moment, the corners of Zhao Ji's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud in her heart, this was the first time she had seen such a look on Yang Ming.

Sure enough, in a place like Xianyang Palace, I can really grasp the majesty of the Queen Mother, and power is indeed the most tempting thing for men.

It's just that Zhao Ji seems to have been looking at a roll of bamboo slips for a little too long, even if a quarter of an hour has passed, the bamboo slips in her hand haven't finished reading yet.

Yang Ming, who vaguely realized something, simply closed his eyes, this queen mother, who was old and bored all day long, how could there be any power at all.

During the time that Xianyang stayed in Xianyang Palace, the news of the assassination of the captain of Ganquan Palace last night had also spread throughout Xianyang.

At this moment, Lu Qi felt the real fear, Chang Yu only described to him the gains after success, but deliberately made him ignore the consequences after failure.

Especially the words of the Queen Mother from Xianyang Palace made the fear in Lu Qi's heart turn into fear.

Lu Qi's panic fell in the eyes of Lu Buwei, who was his father, and Lu Buwei saw that something was wrong at a glance, and then thought of the relationship between Lu Qi and Chang Yu, Lu Buwei's brows couldn't help frowning together.

"Last night's assassination was the hand of the net?" Lu Buwei, who brought Lu Qi to the study, asked directly.

"No, it's not." Lu Qi argued.

"I didn't hear clearly, you say it again." There was already more coldness in Lu Buwei's eyes.

"It's me, but this matter ......" Under Lu Buwei's stern eyes, Lu Qi couldn't insist anymore, he knew that if his father wanted to investigate, he couldn't hide it.

"Do you know how taboo you have committed?" Lü Buwei asked.

"Father, we have done this very covertly, the manpower used has just been recruited, and the net has not yet been recorded, so we can't find the body of the net." Lu Qi said.

"Do you think I'm worried about you being found out?" Lü Buwei asked rhetorically.

"This?" Lu Qi had the heart to say yes, but thinking of his father's habits, the word 'yes' could not be spoken.

"What can I do if I find out, can the Tingwei Mansion still arrest you, what you really disappointed me is not so bold to assassinate the captain of Ganquan Palace at this juncture, what you disappointed me was your own stupidity." Lu Buwei reprimanded sharply.

"Father, I'm ......" Lu Qi wanted to argue, but when he met Lu Buwei's cold gaze, he was too frightened to squeak anymore.

"Since you want to assassinate, you have to ensure that one blow is successful, and you fail, this is not the most stupid, the most stupid thing is that I put you in charge of the net, as the leader of the net, but you are used by your subordinates, to do things that are only beneficial to him, and only harmful to yourself, how stupid should you be." Lü Buwei's harshness had turned into disappointment by this time.

"Father?" Lu Qi opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"Chang Yu, I'm underestimating." Lu Buwei said that his eyes had narrowed, and he had already had more killing intentions, this little person who he didn't look at in his eyes before, had the ability to do bad things.

In the passage of time, Zhao Ji came to Ganquan Palace again.

The final three jousting matches will begin in the afternoon.

"The Queen Mother, I have a request for my humble position, and I ask the Queen Mother for permission." Yang Ming, who came to Ganquan Palace with Zhao Ji, pleaded with Zhao Ji, who had already fallen.

"Say, the mourning family will hear if I want to promise you." Zhao Ji said.

"The last two opponents, I want to decide the order of the opponents by myself."

"Why is that?" Zhao Ji said curiously.

The order of the competition is already there, and yesterday was also in this order, why did it come to the last two games, and Yang Ming had to change the order of the opponent instead?

"Please also ask the Queen Mother to agree." Yang Ming didn't say his intentions, but just asked in a daze.

"Alright then, you'll be right." Seeing that she couldn't find an answer, Zhao Ji simply agreed, it was a little trivial, and it was not enough for her to go too much.

"Go ahead, don't forget what the mourning family told you yesterday, if you can't be the captain of Ganquan Palace, you can only be a close attendant to the mourning family." Zhao Ji added.

"If you can stay with the Queen Mother, even if you are a chamberlain." Yang Ming smiled, smiling very brightly.

Seeing Yang Ming's white teeth exposed because of the smile, Zhao Ji was in a trance, and vaguely she could see that there seemed to be something different on Yang Ming's body.

The previous Yang Ming gave her a feeling of being gloomy and extremely thoughtful, but now Yang Ming? The gloomy feeling is gone, but there is a vague feeling of wanton publicity.

Is this what he is? Zhao Ji thought, her eyes following behind Yang Ming who walked down the steps.

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