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Queen Wei's life is actually very difficult now.
Her marriage to Emperor Zheng originated from a political deal.
Both she and her husband knew this very well.
In order to repay her father for taking the initiative to stabilize the situation when the Zheng Kingdom was in chaos and unequivocally supporting the emperor, and also to stabilize the situation where the young emperor was eager for reform but accidentally caused the people in the army to boil, she became... The queen of Zheng.
Sixteen-year-old Wei Qishu has a beautiful appearance, but her mind eclipses her.
She actually didn't have high hopes for her marriage.
Many people may be unhappy if I say it, but the reality is indeed the case. As early as a few years ago, through the experiences of a group of female relatives around her, the young Wei Qishu realized an absurd truth— —Men, that’s all.
In today's world, it is not an exaggeration to say that etiquette has collapsed and music has collapsed. Gentlemen were a rarity in the peaceful years, let alone now?
Furthermore, the gentleman defined in an era when men were in power may not necessarily be a gentleman for women.
What about a gentleman?
Even a gentleman can eat women!
The Duke An of Wei, who was famous all over the world for being a courteous and virtuous scholar, was well known to everyone. When he was besieged in an isolated city, he killed his beloved concubine to feed the army, and the world praised him!
Therefore, for Wei Qishu, no matter who her future husband is, it will not cause too much trouble in her heart.
It’s pretty much the same anyway.
Where is her origin, and her father and brother are so powerful? The lower limit is equivalent to being fixed, and the upper limit is probably the queen?
Unexpectedly, she actually became the queen of Zheng in the end.
In the beginning, the couple still had some feelings for each other.
After all, at that time, for the young emperor, Wei Zhao was the doorkeeper he could sleep on at night and an important bargaining chip to stabilize his throne. How could he reuse Wei Zhao while mistreating his daughter?
Just slowly, the situation changed.
The emperor sat firmly on the throne, and the countries around Zheng showed no intention of invading.
Especially after Zheng Guo paid enough protection fees to the powerful country headed by Zhou Guo, Wei Zhao, a veteran who insisted on guarding Xiguan and repeatedly asked not to cut arms expenditures, seemed It's a bit of an eyesore.
The emperor counted it on his fingers. It must have been about five years, right?
Every year, they say that they must be on guard against the Zhou people, saying that the Xiguan area is important and is the gateway for the Zhou people to move eastward. If there is any loss, the Zhou people can march straight in and take the capital of Zheng State.
For this reason, Zheng Guo invested a huge amount of gold and silver, one, two, three years, and now it is the fifth year - have the Zhou people come?
Where are the Zhou people? !
Having said that, does Zheng Guo need this money for his national defense, does he need this money to defend Xiguan, or does he, Wei Zhao, need this money? !
It’s been five years and it still hasn’t satisfied your appetite? !
The emperor was fed up. In the sixth year, he directly cut the expenditure required by Xiguan in half. He even lost his temper at Queen Wei, and in his words, he even doubted whether the Wei family wanted to support the army and respect herself.
Regarding his doubts and suspicions, Wei Qishu just remained silent, but did not say any words to defend himself.
Because she knows very well that when a stupid person insists on planting a crime on you, words are not enough to move him.
As for benefits.
How could she have any interests that could impress him?
Will you take the initiative to offer your own father’s head?
Wei Qishu just felt pathetic.
My father devoted his whole life to the country's affairs, but in the end, he ended up like this.
Likewise, when a world-famous general, the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom could visit him in person in order to invite an old general to come out. When he heard that the general was suffering from foot disease and was inconvenient to travel, he could even bend down and serve him like a teacher. Carrying a sedan chair shows such respect.
And the monarch her father serves...
As for the so-called bribery of Zhou with huge sums of money, isn't it just putting out the fire with salary? If the salary is not exhausted, the fire will never be extinguished!
She just felt sad and regretful.
When they first got married, her husband was high-spirited and held her hand, saying that he wanted to do something great, change the situation in the world, and create a peaceful and prosperous age for the people of Zheng.
He did do a lot in those years.
but now……
In fact, his appearance has not changed much, and as he grows older, he has become somewhat more mature and manly compared to his previous youthful appearance.
But at the same time, she did feel that the once-satisfied young man was decaying and dying in his increasingly taller body.
Sometimes when Wei Qishu left the palace and went to the countryside, she would feel shocked.
Does the emperor really know what he is doing to his people?
The queen's fall from favor was also accompanied by the emergence of new people.
Daughters of princes, folk beauties, noblewomen from other countries, and even the queen mother's niece, beauties like flowers bloom in this majestic and gorgeous palace.
The emperor would also comfort her in private: "I had to do it as a last resort. The government needs to balance the situation. If you don't marry a woman sent by another country, you will lose the closeness between countries..."
He sighed and said, "Don't the emperor have any difficulties? Do you think I really like all those women? It's just for the sake of Zheng Guo."
Wei Qishu felt very powerless.
Not because of the women who poured into the palace, but because of herself.
She prides herself on being a smart person and boasting that she is more intelligent than her husband. However, because she is a woman, she can only be trapped in the palace. Even though she can see that there are major problems with the emperor's strategy, Nor can it be dissuaded.
She encountered the same dilemma as Queen Xiaohe.
The women in the palace, whether smart or stupid, are all dependent on the emperor. She is bound to death and has no way to break free.
The Queen Mother's niece coveted the position of Queen. She made several provocations and even framed her, but she never got her wish.
After all, the queen is a queen, and the Wei family is a powerful family in the Zheng Kingdom, so every aspect must be taken into consideration.
Although the emperor had a certain preference for his cousin out of personal emotions, he was not a pure fool after all. At least for now, Wei Zhao's daughter could not leave the position of queen.
The Queen Mother also retained considerable regard for Wei Qishu, her daughter-in-law, but this did not mean that she was fair and reasonable enough, but because Wei Qishu had no heirs.
In this deep palace, a queen who has no biological flesh and blood will probably have a sad future fate.
There is no need to deal with her at all. When the time comes, she will die on her own.
Wei Qishu felt as if she had entered a dead end.
She couldn't escape, so she could only sit and watch the death of the young man in her husband's body, and also sit and watch her own death.
Until she met a visitor from afar at her uncle's birthday party.
She was a young woman, tall and not outstanding in appearance. She only had a pair of eyes as calm as lake water, deep and silent.
When their eyes met, Wei Qishu suddenly felt something in her heart.
It seems like we should find a quiet place to sit down and talk together.
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Regarding today's meeting, Gongsun Yi originally wanted to attend in person.
For a politician, moving his lips and tongue is as natural as eating and drinking. This is his old profession!
Yunwei also agreed.
However, after meeting Empress Wei, she suddenly changed her mind: "Sir, let me go and talk to her later."
Gongsun Yi was caught off guard: "Huh?"
I'm ready to make my debut, and you suddenly want to be the protagonist?
He hesitated and said, "Captain Yun, this opportunity is quite rare."
It was rare for the concubine to leave the palace. In the past, the queen was able to leave the palace because of the deep relationship between the couple, but it has gradually become less and less in the past two years.
This time it was because Wei Zhao was guarding Xiguan and could not return home, so the Empress Dowager was particularly kind and allowed Empress Wei, her niece, to come out of the palace to celebrate her uncle's birthday.
Yun Wei said firmly: "Let me go and talk to her."
She said: "Because I can really understand her."
Gongsun Yi was worried, but he followed him quietly, standing next to Yun Wei with his head lowered like a follower.
How is she going to persuade him?
Gongsun Yi thought, from a woman's perspective, could she use tenderness to impress Queen Wei?
Then he heard Yun Wei speak.
"Your dilemma does not lie with you, but with your husband. As long as he dies, it can be solved."
"Zheng Guo's predicament does not lie with the emperor, but with the corrupt imperial court that is rotten from top to bottom. As long as they are eradicated, it can be easily solved."
Gongsun Yi: "..."
Gongsun Yi: 6 Ah Yunwei!
You understand tenderness and grace.
After hearing this, Wei Qishu was slightly startled at first, and then narrowed her eyes.
She looked at Yun Wei with a dangerous look in her eyes: "Which country are you a craftsman sent by?"
After thinking for a few moments, Wei Qishu gave the accurate answer: "You are from the Zhou Dynasty!"
Yunwei didn't answer but asked: "Why do you make such a guess?"
Wei Qishu's expression was complicated and she said: "Because only Zhou Guoguo was so prepared and sent people to fight for the possibility of defeating the enemy without fighting before going to war, and Zheng Guo's current position among other countries is also good. , regardless of the position it occupies on the terrain, Zhou Guodong must hold it in his hands when he leaves from the east."
Yunwei smiled and said: "You are such a smart woman, how can you not see the general trend of the world? I heard that before you came out of the cabinet, you once planted acres of land. After you became the queen, you held the silkworm kiss ceremony every year. They all do it themselves and never rely on others. Don’t you know that today’s Emperor Zheng and his ministers and officials are already poisonous insects that lurk on the people of Zheng and suck the blood?”
Wei Qishu asked her: "What will the queen of Zhou do for the country?"
Yunwei thought for a moment and then told what Empress Xiaohe had done in the past when she was the empress.
They gave silkworm kisses, cared for their wives, praised the families of meritorious officials, adopted the sons and daughters of soldiers who died on the battlefield as the mother of the country, even went out of the palace to comfort the elderly, and organized their wives to serve as soldiers for the expedition. Raising military supplies, and so on.
Wei Qishu listened in silence. After a long time, she asked again: "What kind of life do the people of Zhou live?"
