"What happens next?" he asked again.
Wei Yao didn't think about it for so long: "Let's talk about the future later. I really appreciate Madam's current state of life. She is happy but not sad, sad but not sad. She has things she wants to do and goals to move forward. , eyes firm and confident."
Wang Zebang heard that Wei Yao was full of praise for Madam. Even if Madam just said a casual conclusion based on normal thinking, he would blow a flower for her.
Sometimes Wang Zebang seriously doubted that this Wei Yao did not treat his wife as a sister at all, but as a little daughter, who looked cute and interesting everywhere, and had no flaws at all.
Wang Zebang rolled his eyes at him and said, "That's a long way off. My wife didn't suggest using the Four Elephant Army this time. Do you think it was because she didn't think of it at the moment, or did she not mention it on purpose?"
Wei Yao raised his head and yawned, then shook his head: "Who knows, we are not madam's roundworms, how can we guess everything accurately? Maybe madam has her own thoughts, she didn't mention it, We don’t have to make our own decisions.”
"Are you humble now? Just now I saw that you seemed to understand Madam's thoughts."
"Say Zebang, you are trying to pick on me on purpose, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense and talk about serious matters. Regarding your family's affairs...have you made corresponding preparations for them?"
Wei Yao was silent for a moment, then said feebly: "I will arrange this well, what about you?"
"My family is simple, not as complicated and intricate as yours."
Wei Yao put a hand on his shoulder: "Sometimes I really envy you..."
In the deep dark night, everything was silent. The two of them walked on the path and whispered. The cool breeze of early summer blew through the laurel trees on the roadside, making bursts of brushing sounds and the faint chirping of crickets.
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next day
Zheng Quchi got up early all morning. She quickly ran to Yuan Xingzhou's bedroom, straightened her expression, raised a warm and ingratiating smile, and knocked gently on the door: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness, may I ask your question?" Have you gotten up?"
This polite tone, this polite tone, you can tell from the first listen that you are asking for something.
After knocking three times, she turned her ear and leaned against the door to listen to what was going on inside, but found that the room was quiet and there was no sound of anyone.
"General's wife, are you here to see His Highness?"
Suddenly a hesitant questioning voice came from behind her.
As soon as Zheng Quchi turned his head, he saw a palace maid with beautiful appearance and fair and delicate skin. She was born with smiling lips and eyes that were full of words. She looked like a beautiful woman who was eye-catching.
I had never seen this person before, so Zheng Quchi said a little cautiously: "Ah, yes, who are you?"
"My maid Rong Rong is the maid specially sent by the steward to serve His Highness the Crown Prince." She blessed Zheng Quchi with an elegant posture.
Oh, they were sent by the chief eunuch. They should not be classified as "invasive alien species". Zheng Quchi walked up to her and asked, "Rong Rong, where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left the palace before dawn, and I don't know where His Highness went." Rong Rong replied politely and gently.
She thought she could catch him soon, but she didn't expect him to get up before dawn. Was he rushing to be reincarnated?
"The general's wife wants to find His Highness the Crown Prince? Why don't Rong Rong send someone to find out?" Rong Rong looked at the general's wife who caused a lot of excitement in Shengjing.
She is pretty good-looking, but according to Rong Rong's observation, the general's wife has no scheming intentions. She is like those rabbits that are sold casually on the roadside. When encountering "hunters", they either open their stupid big eyes and stare blankly. Standing, or being unable to escape and then being pierced by an arrow and killed.
"No need, I know where he went."
Now that Zheng Quchi knew Yuan Xingzhou was gone, he picked up his skirt and chased after him.
Last night, he said that he was going to Yanchun Palace to ask the queen for the Golden Seal of the Three Armies today. She didn't think much about it at the time, but when she was tossing and turning in the middle of the night, she suddenly had an idea.
I usually want to go to the Queen's Palace
No matter how hard she racked her brains, she might not be able to get in. After all, she had offended people to death earlier, and she had no valid reason to see the queen.
But in the queen's palace, there is a sacred tree dream that can restrain the poison. For the sake of her little sister, she must also implement this matter...
Since Yuan Xingzhou is going, why not take the opportunity to go with him?
Yes, her original intention was to find an excuse to accompany Yuan Xingzhou to find the queen. She never thought that he would leave early in the morning, and she rushed early and slowly without catching up.
When she arrived at Yanchun Palace, it was no surprise that she was stopped outside the palace gate by the guards. She argued hard, but they were cold and merciless.
"The Queen will not see guests for the time being. Please ask the General's wife to leave immediately."
It is estimated that the queen has already announced to the guards guarding the door that her palace dogs and Zheng Quchi are not allowed to enter.
"What about His Royal Highness? Is he in Yanchun Palace?"
The guard looked forward and said nothing.
Seeing that these people were unmoved, Zheng Quchi rolled his eyes and suddenly had an idea: "Since the queen has no guests, what about the princess? I want to find Princess Sheng'an."
She has also learned this strategy before.
"Meet the princess?"
"That's right, isn't it true that even the princess doesn't want to see guests?" Zheng Quchi frowned.
Guard: "..." I didn't say that.
When the guards brought Zheng Quchi to Yuan Chuhua, she was watering her beloved golden orchids. When she heard footsteps approaching, she laughed and said without looking back, "I heard that the general's wife wants to see this princess?"
Zheng Quchi's mind was not idle along the way. She had already thought of a plan, so as soon as she arrived in front of Yuan Chuhua, she hurriedly shouted: "Princess, something serious has happened. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, went to find the Queen. His expression yesterday was Something is wrong, I'm worried that he might do something stupid this time when he goes to find the queen."
Zheng Quchi always talked nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth, and his purpose was to make people panic.
Sure enough, when Yuan Chuhua heard this, she could no longer do such a leisurely thing as watering the flowers. She turned around and stared at Zheng Quchi with a pair of bright phoenix eyes.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"How can this be faked? If you don't believe me, go to the Queen's Yanchun Palace. I also woke up this morning and found that the Crown Prince was not there. I also remembered that he talked about some past events last night, and I was a little worried that he was impulsive..."
All the past events are the content of her guesses, but she knows that there must be some deep hatred between Yuan Xingzhou and the Queen. Now that Yuan Xingzhou has gained the title of supervising the country, and is about to obtain the real power of the Golden Seal of the Three Armies, she I don't believe that the mother and daughter can not panic.
The old one may have a very deep city and be able to keep his composure and suppress the situation, but the same cannot be said for the small one.
"I actually don't want to care about this matter, but if I don't care, if His Royal Highness really kills him..."
Before she could finish her words, Yuan Chuhua's expression changed drastically and he rushed out of the room. As soon as Zheng Quchi saw something was going on, he immediately jumped up and ran after her, like a little tail, following her like a shadow. In the end, the whole journey was smooth. Arriving in front of the queen without any hindrance.
That's right, Yuan Chuhua was anxious and subconsciously ran to the queen's bedroom. Along the way, the guards and palace people respectfully gave way to Princess Sheng'an. No one dared to step forward to stop her, although they also spotted her from the corner of their eyes. , but seeing that he was following Yuan Chuhua all the way, he thought they were traveling together.
And she didn't think much about it, and because she didn't know the way, she went wherever Yuan Chuhua went. Until she saw the queen Fuchai looking in the mirror in a large and luxurious room, she was a little confused. . Isn't this a reception hall?
It doesn't look like it. Who would be a good person who would put a bed, a dressing table, a bronze mirror and a toilet in the living room?
What about Yuan Xingzhou?
Could it be that she met the queen earlier than Yuan Xingzhou?
A drop of cold sweat slipped silently from her forehead.
Bo Ji saw that Yuan Chuhua was out of breath and looked around with a panic expression as soon as he came over. She twisted her eyebrows and said sternly: "How unbecoming! Sheng'an, you are a majestic princess of a country. You broke into my bedroom early in the morning. What a look on your face." Your actions are inappropriate, is this what I have been teaching you for more than ten years?"
Seeing that Bo Ji didn't seem to have formally stood up, Yuan Chuhua sighed secretly: "Mother, has Yuan Xingzhou been here?"
After all the maids dressed and groomed the queen, they bowed their heads and left quietly in small steps.
When Bo Ji heard this, she understood why Yuan Chuhua looked like this. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled coldly: "Here we come."
"Then where is he now?" Yuan Chuhua was puzzled.
"In Xinuang Pavilion."
Xinuang Pavilion is the reception room of Yanchun Palace.
"What exactly does he want to do here this time?"
"Oh, what else can there be..." Bo Ji hadn't spoken yet, but when she saw the figure reflected in the mirror, her eyes widened and her words stopped.
She turned her head quickly, looked behind Yuan Chuhua with a frown, pointed at Zheng Quchi, who looked innocent and embarrassed, and said sternly: "Why is she here?"
she?
who is she?
Yuan Chuhua looked back in confusion and was stunned.
She lost her voice: "Why are you here?"
Zheng Quchi: "..."
I'm sorry, you two, mother and daughter, have such high standards that you never put her in your eyes from the beginning to the end?
Zheng Quchi said honestly: "I came all the way with the princess."
Bo Ji immediately looked at Yuan Chuhua with evil eyes.
Yuan Chuhua looked like she couldn't argue. She didn't expect Zheng Quchi to be such a rogue. She was the one who obviously started the trouble by running in front of her, but now he was throwing all the blame on her alone: "I, I just... If the situation is urgent, there will be no..."
Bo Ji narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled. She stopped Yuan Chuhua's explanation: "Well, why is the general's wife here?"
While the mother and daughter were chatting, Zheng Quchi had not been idle just now. She had been observing secretly everywhere.
But after observing the queen's bedroom, she remembered with a headache that although she knew that Shenmu Meng could save her little sister, she forgot to ask Yuan Xingzhou, what exactly was this Shenmu Meng?
The name sounds like wood.
But does it have to be wood? Could it be a vessel? food? use? Wear it?
She finally had such a good opportunity, but she didn't know what Shenmu Meng was. She couldn't turn around and have a detailed chat with Yuan Xingzhou now, and she couldn't ask them directly...
"I'm here to give the Queen some advice. As the saying goes, it's better to make friends than to make enemies." She replied absently.
When Bo Ji heard this, she stood up. She looked at Zheng Quchi as if she were a mentally retarded person: "What do you know?"
Yes, she doesn't understand anything. She is just looking for something to say when she has nothing to say. By the way, she takes a look at what thing in this room is suspected of being a sacred tree dream.
This name is also quite strange. It is also divine, woody, and dreamy.
Is it the rockery potted plant with many small trees on it? Or a parrot in a cage? Or those decorations on the table?
"If the queen insists on being an enemy of the crown prince, she will be an enemy of the king. Aren't you afraid?"...
At the mention of King Ye, Bo Ji clenched her back teeth. The humiliation she suffered yesterday will never be forgotten by Bo Ji for the rest of her life!
The suffocation in her chest made Bo Ji feel pain in her heart. She quickly took out a wooden hairpin from her sleeve and put it on the tip of her nose and smelled it. The strange fragrance of the wood suppressed her irritability and anger. After that, she put it back into her pocket.
"Zheng Quchi, do you still have time to care about these things? Is it possible that you don't know that your husband Yu Wensheng's body will be brought back by people from the Julu Kingdom today, and then you will be standing in the court, facing Carefully identify a corpse that has been eaten by fish and shrimp until it is unrecognizable. Whether he is the husband you once loved so much."
Zheng Quchi's eyes that were staring at the wooden hairpin slowly became dull for a moment, and she looked at the queen: "Is it today?"
"Today is the day. Did you know that once it is confirmed that Yu Wen Sheng is really dead, a funeral ceremony should be held. However, with the king's temperament, he will not allow you to mourn at all for fear of offending the five kingdoms. He may just find someone
As an excuse, Yu Wensheng's body was handed over to them for disposal as they pleased, thus clearing away all responsibilities and avoiding disputes. "
Zheng Quchi couldn't tell that she was deliberately creating a gap between her and King Ye: "It's not just King Ye, the queen has the same idea as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. When he was alive, Yu Wensheng worked hard to protect the country for you. Since he is dead, he has no value in your eyes, so you can just let others insult and trample on his body?"
Bo Ji was not afraid to admit it. She smiled coldly and said: "When a person dies, he knows nothing. Besides, we can't offend the five countries just to seize a useless corpse, right?"
Zheng Quchi couldn't help but feel angry when she saw what she said so confidently. She tried hard not to let her anger rise, because incompetent roaring could not solve the problem at all.
Her calm, clear eyes that see through the world met Bo Ji's sarcastic, lustful, and malicious eyes.
"You don't want it, I want it. If you don't take it, I will take it. If that body is really the body of my husband Yu Wensheng, then no one can waste it."
Seeing her taking the oath so seriously, Bo Ji couldn't help but find it particularly funny: "Zheng Quchi, in Ye country you can still rely on Yu Wensheng's shadow to speak up, but in front of other countries, who will sell your face? "
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a series of running footsteps, and then one of Bo Ji's personal eunuchs knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound.
"Queen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led troops to surround our Yanchun Palace. He said that he had found a collaborator and wanted to personally clean up the house of our Yanchun Palace. However, he did not arrest anyone else, but only ours. People! He also said that if the queen really didn't want to see him, then he didn't need to consult the queen, and he would immediately execute these people to make a warning to others."
