A cold-faced and pretty concubine, her heart is full of tenderness.
Just as it was unbelievable to capture King Zhao, Zhuang Xun didn't know what to say when he got Queen Mother Jiang in this way, so he could only stand up and applaud.
He was infatuated with the beauty of Queen Mother Jiang and fell in love at first sight. Zhuang Xun respected Mrs. Jiang who had supported and protected him, but at the same time he hated Queen Mother Jiang who wanted to rip out his heart.
Zhuang Xun actually had very complicated feelings for Empress Dowager Jiang. On the one hand, he was the former Bai Yueguang, and on the other hand, he was his current enemy.
All of this was unified on the bed, and the desire to conquer dominated Zhuang Xun. Standing and lying at the head and end of the bed, back and forth, Zhuang Xun fought an arduous struggle to criticize this beautiful woman who was unyielding in her heart.
Lan Qiu joined the criticism. She transformed into the Queen Mother Jiang in an attempt to cover up her former benefactor so that she would suffer less. The result was that Zhuang Xun was even more excited and angry at the Queen Mother Jiang because they were exactly the same. He did it according to his feelings, and Queen Mother Jiang succeeded every time, which made Queen Mother Jiang suffer even more.
The toad insulted the swan again, and the swan was now suppressed by the toad. At least in Lan Qiu's eyes, Zhuang Xun, who was hugging Empress Dowager Jiang, was like this. The noble beauty was turned into a rag doll, and the light in her eyes was gone. She was a rag. Ruined.
Lan Qiu liked Zhuang Xun, but when she saw that Zhuang Xun was parasitic on the soft and white Queen Mother Jiang like a parasite, she thought that Zhuang Xun was raised by Mrs. Jiang in the first place and grew up sucking Mrs. Jiang's blood. She could only Say it has nothing to do with association.
She still felt pitiful for Queen Mother Jiang. The butterfly was trapped in a cobweb, and she couldn't tell who was right or wrong. However, she was relieved that she no longer had to be hostile to Mrs. Jiang.
Being able to do his part to protect his former master and current mistress, even though this strength is better than nothing in front of Zhuang Xun.
She never regarded Si Qin Mi as her mistress. It wasn't that she didn't respect Si Qin Mi, but that the mistress already had someone in her heart.
Empress Dowager Jiang's thoughts were contrary to hers. For Lan Qiu, Empress Dowager Jiang was also a great benefactor who saved her from the disaster of destroying her family and introduced her to Taoism.
She also only has one mistress, and she always hopes that the two of them can be together, even if she is just a maid.
It wasn't until Si Qinmi sent someone to remind him that he was going to see Jing Zheng's envoy that Zhuang Xun got up from the body of Empress Dowager Jiang who had turned into a puff and her eyes were lifeless, took a shower and changed clothes, and went to see the envoys from the two countries.
The former master and servant were left behind to treat each other honestly and silently.
"Madam, let's take a bath." Empress Dowager Jiang was already lying down, and Lan Qiu supported the naked and dirty Empress Dowager Jiang.
As before, Lan Qiu was waiting for Queen Mother Jiang to take a bath. She still had the same mentality as before, a maid mentality. Seeing Mrs. Jiang's white back leaning against the bathtub, she took the initiative to go up and clean her of all kinds of filth.
The more she looked at them, the more pitiful she became, pitiful at best. Lan Qiu felt happy in her heart when she saw the two of them succeeding in cultivation. She was a man she liked and a benefactor she respected, two happinesses.
It's hard to say whether he was righteous or not, but the method he got was very righteous. One for one, the freedom of King Zhao was exchanged for the freedom of Queen Mother Jiang.
King Zhao is not scarce. Even if he is the emperor, he is useless. It is a pity to throw it away if it is tasteless. His value is not as good as the captured equipment.
This is not to say that the emperor is worthless, but it is impossible for the Zhao State to issue armor after it has produced 20,000 armors. If the Zhao State produces armor again, it will really become a serious problem for the Xia State.
The other conditions were given, but Xia Guo felt that it was not worth the price of King Zhao. King Zhao was the emperor after all, so how could it be exchanged for some gold, silver and jewels? The other party's Xuanjia army wanted more land and looked back and did not dare to ask for more, so Just stuck.
When the two sides were arguing over the value of King Zhao, Si Qinmi creatively proposed the idea of exchanging Queen Mother Zhao for King Zhao.
Queen Mother Jiang used her status as Queen Mother to negotiate, and had full authority to represent the current government affairs and political stance of Zhao State. It was reasonable for King Zhao to replace Queen Mother Zhao, and if there were still chips in the future, they could be exchanged.
The value of the Queen Mother Zhao is lower than that of King Zhao, but the Queen Mother Zhao can at least give Zhuang Xun amusement and satisfy the desires of her majesty's lecherous man. She is more valuable than the King Zhao who only consumes rice.
Secondly, the Queen Mother Zhao was a practitioner and had ruled the State of Zhao for so long that she was able to cut off one of Zhao State's arms.
Empress Dowager Jiang also understood what this so-called exchange meant. Most likely, it was not about providing good food and drink, but asking her to please Zhuang Xun and become his woman.
Queen Mother Jiang felt insulted, but Xia Guo's talkative attitude was a kind of torture for Queen Mother Jiang.
Time was very tight, and it would take time to withdraw the troops and return to defense. The Xia army had already surrounded the two separate armies of Zhao State. Siqin Mi seemed to be able to seize this time and did not panic.
Si Qinmi has an alternative plan, but Zhao does not. She must get the result of the negotiation before Xia Jun attacks Zhao Jun. Now everything has been negotiated, and only the problem of King Zhao remains.
Whether to let her son, King Zhao, be imprisoned in another country, or to replace him, Queen Mother Jiang struggled fiercely in her heart. She lost the moment she didn't leave the meeting angrily.
After all, she relented. She was a mother, and this country was also the country of King Zhao. It was better for her to be imprisoned than for King Zhao to be imprisoned. She was just suffering some insults. Who knows what kind of torture King Zhao would suffer.
A dozen days ago, she might not have bothered to care about King Zhao's life or death. She was too angry at that time. Such a great situation was ruined. King Zhao was simply a war criminal and his death was not a pity. Once he lost, he lost the power of Zhao country. .
But after calming down and analyzing King Zhao's operations, and even learning from the soldiers who had escaped the reason for the defeat of eight thousand against four thousand, she felt sorry for King Zhao.
King Zhao has already done a good job, and it would be the same if it were her. She blames King Zhao for not putting the imperial guards in the front line. How will the Tiance army attack from the back line when the time comes?
It was nothing more than an afterthought after the war. The essence was that Zhao State's intelligence work was not as comprehensive as Xia State's. She was the one who brought out the information about Jizhou, and Empress Dowager Jiang also had to bear certain responsibilities.
After wanting to understand this and not shirk the blame, in order to save her son as a mother, she nodded in humiliation and was willing to use herself to save her son.
The complete return of King Zhao is more conducive to the stability of the Zhao country. The succession of the prince by King Zhao is unjust and unjust. He is still young and cannot manage politics. Even if he returns to listen to politics behind the curtain, it will shake people's hearts. Although King Zhao is defeated, but With only the loss of two thousand imperial guards, the State of Zhao was still stable.
"Madam, I'm sorry, last night..." After cleaning Empress Dowager Jiang's cascading hair, Lan Qiu apologized and said that she participated in the whole process last night, but she didn't help much. Zhuang Xun should give Empress Dowager Jiang more, no, more a lot of.
"I know you have tried your best. I owe Zhuang Xun." Soaked in the warm water, Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and moved the water waves, breaking the mirror image of her own alluring face in the water.
After going round and round, she finally became Zhuang Xun's woman. From the beginning she didn't care about Zhuang Xun's love, then she made a vow in front of Xuannv, lost her virginity accidentally, and finally promised to serve Zhuang Xun and become his woman in the future. It is still vivid in my mind. It was so far away that she would one day become someone else's plaything. She had never thought about it.
"Madam, actually King Xia, he..." Lan Qiu wanted to say good things about Zhuang Xun, but thinking of Zhuang Xun's attitude towards Queen Mother Jiang, many words were stuck in her mouth and she couldn't say them out.
"Needless to say, I understand. I made my attitude clear by being so proactive yesterday. You don't need to say it. I understand all this."
Practitioners, can you not understand these things? Queen Mother Jiang never wanted to pay attention to it, and her eyes gradually recovered from the dull state.
"I asked for this result myself. It is his right to treat me as a toy. It seems that I should be the most favored among the toys. I have expected all this. Thank you for last night."
Empress Dowager Jiang pulled Lan Qiu's hand and motioned her to enter the bath. The two of them had often done this before, and they settled their differences.
"No, I have always been grateful for Madam's kindness. It was my fault to let King Xia go, which made Madam like this."
Jade feet stepped into the water and sat in front of Queen Mother Jiang. This was the most guilt-ridden thing Lan Qiu had done in her life. Therefore, even if she rescued Zhuang Xun, she would not take credit. She felt that her credit should be counted and should be given to everyone. Queen Mother Jiang, she is a despicable betrayer.
"If you don't let him go, he will escape on his own. You can't trap a person with sound limbs who wants to escape." Wiping Lan Qiu's body with a towel like before, Empress Dowager Jiang understood clearly that Lan Qiu was just a helper. Even if Zhuang Xun wanted to escape, Lan Qiu would also escape.
She is not the kind of person who tries to get the best of things. Zhuang Xun's success and Zhao Guo's success are not the result of one or two people turning the tide or deliberately sabotaging them. They are the result of many people. It is wrong to criticize anyone alone.
The reasons for the failure were the right time, the right place, and the right people. Now she has half-exited the scene, sitting back and watching the changes, and she has a more detached state of mind.
She had thought about this and that and worked hard for Zhao Guo before, but now that her mobility was being forcibly stripped away, she no longer thought about it, and she felt much calmer.
"You think you are right, I think I am right, let's quietly see who is right, thank you for yesterday, for setting such a good example."
Queen Mother Jiang still believes that Zhao has great advantages. Even if the three countries come together, Zhao will be able to defeat them all.
"No need to thank you. Madam, you are wronged. Your Majesty, King Xia, is a little too arrogant... Madam, you are crying."
Lan Qiu felt heartbroken when she saw it. Tears welled up in the eyes of the speechless Empress Dowager Jiang. She quickly hugged Empress Dowager Jiang who was like her sister.
"You have obviously accepted it calmly, why do you still feel wronged..." The seemingly calm Empress Dowager Jiang shed tears of grievance.
No matter how much she tried to convince herself, no matter how much she detached herself from things, her plan completely failed, how could she remain indifferent.
Jizhou's strategic mistakes, the first loss of virginity, the failure of Zhao's strategy, the capture of King Zhao, the encirclement of Zhao's army, the humiliation of negotiations, the humiliation and flattery, including the lingering taste of heather in the mouth, the pain, humiliation and grievances of a series of events followed. With tears flowing.
Passive loss of virginity is completely different from active service. The shame in it is worthy of Zhuang Xun's prejudice against her.
"Just get used to it, get used to it..." Holding Empress Dowager Jiang in her arms, Lan Qiu said distressedly that she was also involved.
It was said to be comforting, but in fact, it was silently waiting for Queen Mother Jiang to dry up her tears, for the attendants to bring her clothes to change, and for Lan Qiu to dress Queen Mother Jiang.
It seemed that she had gone back to a few years ago, when she was following Queen Mother Jiang wholeheartedly. She was grooming Queen Mother Jiang like this.
Inexplicably feeling nostalgic, Lan Qiu was mesmerized by Empress Dowager Jiang's beautiful face in the mirror as she neatened her hair in a dignified manner. No wonder Zhuang Xun was obsessed with her and wanted to put everything in her.
The queen sent the seal and ribbon, as well as the canonization documents. Empress Dowager Jiang also had a new title, Jiang Zhaoyi.
"Queen Siqin is quite good." After listening to Lan Qiunian's decree that the title of the concubine would not be necessary to greet her sooner or later, Empress Dowager Jiang said sarcastically. She was already a phoenix on the ground, bowing her head to accept this mercy.
"Queen Wei is indeed kind and tolerant to the beauties in the harem, but she cannot break the rules. Except for His Majesty, she really loves His Majesty."
She pretended to be dumbfounded and didn't understand. Empress Dowager Jiang was her mistress, but Si Qinmi was a "good person" whom she couldn't find fault with.
"She does love her. She will target whoever Zhuang Xun likes, and she will get it for him." Empress Dowager Jiang knew very well. This was not the first time she had dealt with Si Qinmi. Zhuang Xun was greedy for her own sex, and Si Qinmi Qin Mi got it for him.
"There is no way that your majesty can also pamper the queen, command the harem, and manage military and political matters. The queen also says the same thing, and it is difficult for your majesty to go against it."
Lan Qiu said with envy that Zhuang Xun and Si Qinmi's selfless and unreserved relationship made others envious.
"How else can I say that Xia Kingdom's Heavenly Journey lasts for two days." She took the seal and ribbon, admitted her identity, and put on a Xia Kingdom-style palace skirt. She was Zhuang Xun's Zhaoyi.
The reputation of Tianxing Erri spread far and wide abroad, and the mutual trust between Zhuang Xun and Siqin Mi also spread to the land of Kyushu.
Like trophies and medals, they should be worn and shown off. Zhuang Xun also liked to put his arms around Queen Mother Jiang's waist and walk around to show off that he had the ultimate beauty Queen Mother Jiang.
It is obvious that the two sides are not a good match together. Perhaps the best match between Zhuang Xun and this harem is He Tan, but Zhuang Xun still enjoys it, as if he is showing off everywhere with a new baby.
As for Empress Dowager Jiang's expression and mood, he didn't consider it. Zhuang Xun didn't care about Empress Dowager Jiang's shame, reluctance, or other expressions.
Because for this woman, he no longer had the respect and shame that he once had for his benefactor, and only had a sense of conquest and superiority.
Because of this sense of conquest, Empress Dowager Jiang was also favored. She found a rare toy. Zhuang Xun wanted to roll into her bed every day for three days in a row, and she was still eloquent. He was afraid that if he let King Zhao go, Empress Dowager Jiang would not be obedient and cooperate with him. .
Bi Yuewu was so jealous that Zhuang Xun used her as a meal replacement for a mature and beautiful woman like Queen Mother Jiang. Now Zhuang Xun dotes on Queen Mother Jiang even more. She is jealous and weird, saying that Zhuang Xun likes to sleep with his mother. , does she want her to bring King You out from hell?
Zhuang Xun laughed and said yes, he just likes to sleep with his mother, which made Bi Yue's face turn green with anger, and ended up making Zhuang Xun babble and scream in the middle of the night.
Zhuang Xun later became more restrained and wandered around the entire harem, no longer curious about Queen Mother Jiang. Queen Mother Jiang felt strange and more relaxed, and Zhuang Xun did not take her everywhere like a parade.
Until one day Zhuang Xun came again, because he had to bid farewell to King Zhao the next day. The exchange items had arrived one after another, and the captured ministers were also sent away one after another.
The last one sent away was King Zhao.
(End of chapter)
