The silk and bamboo are pleasing to the ear, and the dancing girls are graceful.
In the luxurious residence of the Queen of Qin, Mrs. Huayang wore a thick golden phoenix and black bird robe and sat in front of the pavilion. Groups of attendants stood on the left and right. They seemed to be arranged randomly, but in fact they were all in an orderly manner.
Looking at the information in her hand, Mrs. Hua couldn't see much expression on her face.
After a long time, Mrs. Huayang put down the information in her hand, lifted the tea cup, opened the lid, and took a sip of tea.
The breeze blew, and under the curtain in the distance, the best musicians from Great Qin strummed the strings. The melodious music was accompanied by the maids on both sides lightly fanning their feather fans, bringing a hint of coolness to the early summer morning.
Everyone around was waiting quietly.
No one dared to speak out.
Mrs. Huayang didn't raise her head until she finished drinking a cup of tea.
"I heard that Lu Buwei went to Zheng'er's palace yesterday?"
"The empress has a clear warning." The attendant replied respectfully, "According to the news report, around half a quarter of noon yesterday, Lu Buwei went to the Prince's Hall of His Highness Gongzizheng."
"Lü Buwei came out of the Gongzi Palace about two-quarters of an hour later. According to the news, after returning, Lu Buwei began to look for talents, and was ready to start putting pressure on Shangyang, Taiyuan and other places..."
"Haha, this old fox feels that he is under great pressure, so he is ready to win over Zheng'er?"
"Queen, do we need to deal with it?"
"No need." Mrs. Huayang's posture was calm, her eyes twinkling under her gray temples: "Our Mi family has been in Shangyang and Taiyuan for a long time. Even if Lu Buwei takes away several official positions, even if he is the highest, It won’t help at all, and in the end it will end up in vain at best.”
"The queen is wise."
"Compared to these things about Lu Buwei... Zheng'er is really forging in the room?"
Queen Huayang frowned, feeling a little weird when she thought about Ying Zheng.
The majestic eldest son of the Qin Dynasty is only six days away from ascending the throne. What can't he do at this time, suddenly go to blacksmith?
The guard nodded respectfully: "Back to the Queen, it is true. According to the news, His Highness Gong Zizheng went to the side room of the Prince's Palace yesterday after Lu Buwei left, and ordered people to fetch a lot of fine iron from the palace workshop. There are also forging tools and a few grains of extraterrestrial iron from the treasury.”
"The banging continued all afternoon and didn't stop until midnight. Even the food was left outside. I dared to sneak in and take a look, and I found that His Highness Young Master Zheng was forging iron in the room."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Huayang's doubts suddenly deepened.
The majestic eldest son of the Qin Dynasty, the soon-to-be king of the Qin Dynasty, is actually forging iron in the side room. Is it because he has stayed in a barbaric place like Zhao for a long time?
Or is it too much pressure?
After thinking for a while, Mrs. Huayang still didn't take it to heart.
After all, Ying Zheng is really not a threat now.
As a young man who was just thirteen years old and not yet in his prime, Ying Zheng had only been back from Zhao for a little over three years. He had no power of his own at all, and almost every move he made was under her surveillance.
On the other hand, Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji, in just four years, had grown to the point where they could almost compete with her.
Nowadays, the power of the entire Great Qin is concentrated in the two major groups. Even if Ying Zheng comes to the throne, the real center of power of the entire Great Qin is still in the two major groups. The so-called King of Qin is just a puppet in the final analysis... ...
The doubts in her heart gradually dissipated, and Queen Huayang continued to drink tea.
Let him be.
As long as Ying Zheng obediently becomes the King of Qin and doesn't do anything outrageous, let him do the rest.
Isn't it just a blacksmith? It's not bad to play with things and lose one's ambition.
However, you must be cautious, and you cannot relax your vigilance just because Ying Zheng is young...
While Queen Huayang was thinking, the attendant next to her spoke cautiously: "Queen, Your Highness Young Master Zheng is about to ascend the throne. Is it better not to do these things? Do you want to take a humble position..."
Mrs. Huayang's expression did not change when she heard this. She continued to drink tea and said in a calm tone, "When will you be able to discuss Zheng'er's affairs?"
The guard was stunned for a moment, and then he knelt down on the ground with a bang, kowtowed his head, and broke out in cold sweat!
"You deserve to die for your humble job! You deserve to die for your humble job!"
"Please punish me, Queen!"
After looking at the attendant who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing crazily, Queen Huayang put down the tea cup.
"You have been with me for a long time, why don't you have any memory? Go and receive the punishment yourself."
"After receiving the punishment, continue to monitor Zheng'er. If there is anything abnormal, come and report to me immediately."
Hearing this, the attendant immediately felt as if he had received a general amnesty, and hurriedly kowtowed on the ground several times!
"yes!"
"Thank you Queen for sparing me!"
"Thank you Queen for sparing me!"
"I'll take my orders now!"
The guard stood up respectfully and hurriedly went to receive the punishment and handle the matter.
Looking at the leaving guards, Queen Huayang did not take this small incident to heart. While continuing to sip tea, she silently thought about many ways to deal with Lu Buwei...
Just as Queen Huayang learned about Ying Zheng's affairs, spies from Lu Buwei on the other side naturally found out that Ying Zheng was forging iron.
Blacksmithing?
Forge a sword?
What's happening here? What is Ying Zheng doing?
Lu Buwei frowned slightly as he watched the intelligence that the spies came back with.
As a man who is about to become an emperor, why are you still forging swords?
Or even... go into battle in person?
And beside Lu Buwei, there were several counselors who were almost the same age as him. These were the people he had summoned to make suggestions against Shangyang Taiyuan and other places.
They also saw this information one after another, and they all frowned suspiciously.
"What is Ying Zheng doing? Prime Minister Lu, do you want us to test it?" a counselor asked.
Lu Buwei frowned.
After a long time, he slowly shook his head.
"No need."
"I just met with Ying Zheng yesterday. It would not be appropriate to send someone again now."
"And it's just a blacksmith. According to the intelligence returned by the spies, there is nothing unusual. You just need to continue to keep an eye on it."
"Our main goal now is to deal with the affairs of Shangyang and Taiyuan."
The breeze blows.
After hearing Lu Buwei's words, many counselors nodded slightly.
Their most important targets now are indeed Shangyang and Taiyuan. These two places are where Mrs. Huayang and the Mi family have been entrenched all year round.
Taking down these two places is not as simple as imagined.
Although I don’t know why Ying Zheng suddenly wanted to forge iron in the palace, it doesn’t matter at all.
Today's Ying Zheng is about to take the throne. Although he is just a puppet and does not have much power, at this time, there is no time to stop him.
After all, it would be troublesome if she did not cooperate with their actions after ascending the throne, or even defected to Queen Huayang...
In the Xianyang Palace of the Great Qin Dynasty, turmoil was surging.
Faced with Ying Zheng's sudden move, neither Queen Huayang nor Lu Buwei wanted to pay too much attention to it.
There is no airtight wall in the world. As time goes by, the news that Ying Zheng is forging iron in the palace gradually spreads in the ears of many people...
