Zhangtai Palace.
Zhang Wanyao knelt in front of Queen Mother Zhang for a long time and confessed all his actions.
Empress Dowager Zhang looked at her stubborn nephew and thought of her careless nephew. She suppressed the anger in her heart and her face turned green and white:
"You idiot! As long as you are half as smart as the one from Changle Palace, will the Ai family still have to worry about the Zhang family having no successor?"
Zhang Wanyao twitched and said: "Queen Mother, please calm down. I, I never thought that things would develop to this point. In the past, when I was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I ordered someone to beat to death a second-class maid who stole my bracelet. , no one thought there was a problem.”
"Shut up!"
Empress Dowager Zhang looked angrily.
"Don't think that the Ai family doesn't know about this. The laws of the Qin Dynasty are very strict, and no dignitary can do anything that disregards human life! Otherwise, the Great Luo Immortal will not be able to protect you even if he is still alive!"
"My uncle told the Ai family the whole story about how you beat the maid to death. It was clearly you who caused the servant to die unjustly indiscriminately! If you don't have a grandfather who is the prime minister to deal with the aftermath for you, do you really think that you can do it in this Xijing city?" Is it lawless?"
"These words, you will die in the stomach of the Ai family after you leave Zhangtai Palace! His Majesty already regards his relatives as a thorn in his side. If you cause the Zhang family to fall into his hands, don't blame the Ai family for turning against them and being ruthless!"
Empress Dowager Zhang devoted herself to cultivating Zhu Siyi for many years. Unexpectedly, Zhu Siyi lost control when her wings became stiff. She chose Zhang Wanyao only after retreating to the next best option.
Although Zhang Wanyao was close to her, how could he compare to Zhu Siyi, who was brought up by her?
The people on the left and right were all from her mother's clan, but Zhang Wanyao's brain was so smart that it failed to succeed and failed.
Zhang Wanyao was despairing: "Empress Dowager, please help me! Wanyao really knows that she was wrong. After this incident, Wanyao will never cause trouble to you again, and she will definitely obey orders..."
Empress Dowager Zhang was disappointed and said: "If you had killed just an ordinary palace maid the night before, the Ai family could have used the power to control the harem to cover up the matter. But it is not good for you to kill anyone, but you killed Duan's wife." The old woman’s nephew!”
Zhang Wanyao was so fierce that she trembled all over: "Both Wan Yao and Wan Yao know that Wan Yao hopes that Yun'er can survive more than anyone else! But at this moment, there is no way to save her, and her body is tied up by the eunuch. The stone was thrown into the lake in front of Yu Changshi's palace."
Commander Yu... Empress Dowager Zhang recalled carefully and remembered that the new member of the palace named Yu was Mrs. Yu's youngest daughter Yu Xin, wasn't she?
But this Taifu Yu is also a veteran of the foreign relatives’ faction!
She wanted to frame her body, but she didn't know if she would frame it on Du Bazi or An Shao Shi?
Seeing that Queen Mother Zhang was about to have another attack, Zhang Wanyao hurriedly explained to her: "Wanyao did this for a reason!"
She knew that Duan Yun'er was a palace maid of the Shangyi Bureau. It was also during this period that she became familiar with Duan Yun'er when the Shangyi Bureau sent winter clothes to various palaces.
Unless there are special items of clothing, the Shangyi Bureau will not give out new clothes in order of rank, but in order of distance between palaces.
In order of position, the last person to get the winter coat should be Fang Xinyue Fang Shunchang.
Among the harem, the one who lives farthest from Shangyi Bureau is Yu Xin who lives in Xiangsi Hall.
On the day of the incident, people from the Shangyi Bureau happened to be delivering new clothes from Xiangsi Hall. Duan Yun'er left behind her companions due to her physical discomfort and returned to the Shangyi Bureau one step behind them.
On her way back to the Shangyi Bureau alone and passing by the Weiyang Palace, she was called into the Weiyang Palace by Zhang Wanyao's people.
Once you enter, you will disappear from the world forever.
Zhang Wanyao could only order people to sink Duan Yun'er's body at the bottom of the lake in Xiangsi Palace in the dead of night, when dark clouds covered the moon and the palace's guard was relaxed.
In this way, the last place where Duan Yun'er appeared before disappearing became Yu Xin's Acacia Palace instead of Zhu Sijia's Weiyang Palace.
Even if you want to check, you can't find her.
Unless the other maids who were punished that day revealed the matter.
But she has spent a lot of money to win people's hearts, and she has personally promised that her family outside the palace will be rich and powerful in this life, and no one will reveal a word about it.
"The Queen Mother does not know that before Wan Yao entered the palace, my grandfather had given Wan Yao a heavy responsibility. Not only did he have to spread the branches and leaves for Your Majesty and give birth to a crown prince for Da Qin, but he also had to protect you, assist you and help you everywhere in the palace. You solve problems.”
Zhang Wanyao was unhappy and continued:
"Even on the day Wan Yao entered the palace, you went to Weiyang Palace in person to give Wan Yao reassurance, didn't you? You said that His Majesty is young and strong, and all men love beautiful women, so he will not dislike Wan Yao."
"But for two whole months, for two months, His Majesty only stayed in Changle Palace. Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace are only half a step away! But Your Majesty has never looked at anyone else, how can Wan Yao not be anxious?"
Empress Dowager Zhang was moved by her, and her anger dissipated: "Good child, get up. The Ai family is ashamed of you."
She didn't expect that her biological son would actually be so distasteful to women.
All kinds of temptations could not touch his rocky heart.
Empress Dowager Zhang said: "If a woman wants to gain a foothold in the harem, it is not enough to be favored. So what if Zhu Scarlett is favored again? The story of her heir's hardship has spread throughout the palace. Even if she is really honored to be a queen in the future, a childless queen will How desolate will the evening scene be?"
"You don't have to worry about the heir. Others can't enter or leave the Tai Chi Palace, but the Ai family can! You are in good health, and as long as you are willing to do what the Ai family says, the Ai family guarantees that you will be the biological mother of the Crown Prince of Qin."
…
In the evening of the next day, Queen Mother Zhang took Zhang Wanyao and knocked on the door of Tai Chi Palace in person.
If it were anyone else, Hu Shunhai would have straightened his back and boldly stopped him, but he could not afford to offend the Queen Mother, a giant Buddha, so he could only follow her respectfully.
Yan Xiu is playing chess with Ren He.
Hu Shunhai breathed a sigh of relief. If His Majesty was discussing political affairs with ministers and the Queen Mother came in without reporting anything, no one would be able to save their head.
"Wei Chen has met the Queen Mother and Zhang Meiren. Wei Chen will leave first."
Ren He left knowing what he was doing.
The game just now was thrilling at every turn. Yan Xiu always lowered his head to review the situation and had no intention of getting up to salute.
He said coldly: "I wonder why the Queen Mother came here?"
Empress Dowager Zhang knew his temper thoroughly and had long been accustomed to his unkindness over the years.
She ordered someone to pass the meal around: "The Ai family hasn't had dinner with their son for a long time. Let's come and see it today, so that our Emperor Qin won't even know it when he is exhausted. Xuanzhi, where did you get so much energy from the Ai family?" Place?"
Yan Xiu's expression didn't change: "Don't talk when you eat or sleep. This is what the Queen Mother taught me personally."
Zhang Wanyao was so frightened by the atmosphere between mother and son that her face turned pale.
Fortunately, Yan Xiu did not refuse the dinner, nor did he become suspicious of her as an extra person.
After dinner, Queen Mother Zhang excused herself to leave, leaving Zhang Wanyao alone.
Yan Xiu neither kept her nor drove her away, which meant... that he had already acquiesced in her sleeping with her, right?
Half an hour later, Yan Xiu gasped and looked at her with scarlet eyes: "You really want to sleep with me?"
Zhang Wanyao nodded shyly.
Yan Xiu sneered: "I will let you serve as long as you can."
