Two carriages intersected, one heading towards the Cold Moon Mansion and the other heading towards the Imperial Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Back in the palace, Ying Zheng put his arm around Lin Ye and listened to Zhao Gao say what happened in the palace during his absence.

Looking at the intimacy between Lin Ye and Ying Zheng, Zhongli shook his head, this maid can no longer be used, a person's emotions are expressed on his face, and it is not suitable to take the path of an assassin again, because he can't hide it.

In the future, they will face all Dacheng masters, Lin Ye's strength is too poor, and it will definitely drag everyone down, so it is to choose a new maid to be honest, and it is a woman that others don't know.

Lin Ye didn't know what Zhongli was thinking, if he knew, he would definitely not be able to laugh. I don't know, at least I can still listen to Zhao Gao's report now, and happily added in Yingzheng's arms: "Brother Xiao Zhao is right, during the time when the eldest brother was away, there was a lot of noise in and outside the palace for the position of the concubine. ”

"The Queen Mother said that Mi'e was born beautiful, and she can definitely charm her eldest brother and be a concubine; Lu Buwei said that the sister of the Min Dynasty was dignified and virtuous, and she was more beautiful than Mi'e, and she was the best choice for the main concubine; Some of the other ministers said that the princess of Qi was good, and some said that the Korean princess was good. ”

"Anyway, each has its own opinion, and in the final analysis, it is nothing more than that each family has collected private money, all for their own interests. But the final candidate for the concubine still has to be decided by the eldest brother, and the others only have the share of participation, which the eldest brother still has power, because this is the tradition of my Great Qin. ”

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "They refuse to give a lot of power, and the right to choose their own concubines, naturally no one will annoy me." Let them go, I naturally have my own plans. ”

"Zhao Gao, have you found out the identity of that girl?"

Zhao Gao replied: "Zhao Gao didn't dare to delay the things that the king explained, I inquired about the post house for a long time, and all the people of Chu didn't seem to dare to say anything about that girl, and I didn't find anything." It's just that I heard that the envoy of the State of Chu has changed from Qu Yuan to Li Yuan, and this Master Li only went to Lu Xiang's mansion once, and he didn't do anything else. ”

"And the news from the Cold Moon Mansion that Meng Jiang has a very high status in the court of Chu State, and Princess Mi'e listens to her arrangements for everything, and the words spoken by this maid seem to be more effective than Princess Mi'e. As for how she entered the Chu State and what she did in the original way, maybe only the royal family of the Chu State can know something, and even the information of Princess Hu Ji can't be found. ”

Zhongli said coldly: "I can't even find out Hu Ji, what is she hiding?" If you say that you are too familiar with Mi'e and come to see off your relatives, I believe this. But she married into the palace, which I don't believe. During the years she spent with her son, I secretly observed that there must have been other purposes for entering the palace. ”

Ying Zheng said helplessly: "Don't think Jiang Er so badly, Xiao Zhao and Ye Zi don't talk about her to outsiders." Xiao Zhong, if Jiang Er is an assassin, she is here to assassinate me, do you believe it? At least I don't believe it. ”

"But Zi Ming has never appeared, this person is also a woman, but we don't know anything......" Zhongli couldn't go on, because no matter what aspect of the relationship, as long as Meng Jiang and Ying Zheng met, it was impossible to assassinate Ying Zheng.

But why is my heart always unsteady, there is always a feeling that something is going to happen, and I can't think of what it is for a while. It seems that the people and environment around us must be reorganized recently, so as not to have any loopholes and be exploited.

After a few days, Ying Zheng did not come out of the palace, except for sitting in the court, which was training with Zhongli. On the occasion of the wedding, he no longer had sex with women, but just laughed a few times with Lin Ye, Qi Run and others, and stepped up his martial arts training.

The people who came from Xianyang were very busy for a while, listening to Zhao Gao's advice, among them, Guo Kai often went in and out of Lu Buwei's mansion, Mi'e went to Huayang Palace a few times, and Min Dai entered Lengyue Mansion, so that the counterparts there did not dare to go out.

The days in the palace are like this, it is too peaceful, and Mrs. Huayang did not come to Yingzheng during this time, she is instilling some things about serving the king to Mi'e.

And Mi'e told Meng Jiang what Mrs. Huayang said, and Meng Jiang said to her: "These words of the Queen Mother are nothing more than wanting Xiao'e to be the concubine." The Queen Mother is selfish, if she sits in the position of the concubine, the status of the Mi clan will be stronger, and the tide will rise, and the Queen Mother's power will be greater. ”

"We have to fight for the position of the concubine, otherwise we won't be able to meet with King Qin more in the future, then we have to look at other people's faces and do things, and we will be very passive. But we must also think clearly, the power of the Queen Mother is too great, King Qin is Xiao'er's man, his own man is tied in the palace, and as his woman, he will also be very faceless. ”

"Since the Queen Mother wants to make Xiao'e as the concubine, we have to fight hard, but after sitting in that position, we will do our best to help King Qin seize power. After all, the Queen Mother is old and will die sooner or later, and we can't expect her to maintain us for the rest of our lives. ”

Mi'e nodded and said, "My sister is right, the Queen Mother actually wants me to become a concubine and refuse the women in the Cold Moon Mansion to enter the palace to see King Qin." God, King Qin used to be the son of Leng Yue, and all of us know what his relationship with Leng Yue is. As long as I dare to give this order, King Qin will definitely be angry, for me, who was born in the palace, doing things that my own men don't like is the beginning of falling out of favor. ”

Meng Jiang said seriously: "So Xiao'e has to become sleek, while promising the Queen Mother to get her support; On the one hand, he wants to make friends with the Cold Moon Mansion, and he also wants to match the women of the Cold Moon. As a woman, especially a woman who is the master of the harem, if she is jealous and can't tolerate the king's other women, the end will be miserable. ”

"The Queen Mother, this is for your good, she is completely pushing you into the fire pit. Take your father, King Chu Kaolie, for example, your father is lustful, and it is normal for men to be lustful, but if Li Yanyan refuses other women to serve the king, how can she become a queen? Yan Yan did a good job, and even during her pregnancy, she pushed the king of Chu to other concubines, so she naturally got favor and was also loved by other women in the harem. ”

Mi'e also affirmed: "Queen Yanyan has done a good job, but it's a pity that her brother Li Yuan is too greedy for power, and sooner or later it will bring trouble." ”

Meng Jiang smiled mysteriously and said: "Those things in the Chu State, we don't have to think about it now, because it is too far away, since we are married, we will be from the Qin State in the future, and we should think about it for ourselves." ”

There are some things that Meng Jiang can't say, the child in Li Yanyan's belly, God knows if it's the King of Chu, or the Chunshenjun Huang Xie. Li Yuan and Huang Xie will have a battle sooner or later, so it's better to leave Chu as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too deeply involved, and I am afraid that there will be big trouble in the future.

It's just that when I left, I told Zhu Ying to do things under Huang Xie, if Huang Xie doesn't listen to you one day, you can leave without getting away when disaster comes.

The contradiction between Huang Xie and Li Yuan was clearly seen by everyone in Chu State, but Huang Xie couldn't understand it. Zhu Ying also understood what Meng Jiang meant, if he could, he would help, and if others didn't listen to persuasion, he couldn't accompany the funeral.

In Lü Buwei's mansion, Guo Kai came again, this time bringing three boxes of gold, and placed them in front of him, shining with gold. Guo Kaiyan said: "Lu Xiang, Qin and Zhao have finally stopped fighting, and everyone needs to recuperate." However, the two countries have been at war for many years, and their hatred for each other is very deep, so in this marriage, the princess of my country's Min Dynasty must become a concubine, which not only reassures my king, but also reassures the Zhao people. ”

"What's more, the Empress Dowager of Qin still wants to meddle in the affairs of the court, as long as Lu Ying inherits it, my country will try its best to cooperate and will cooperate with your actions at the border."

Lu Buwei was puzzled: "Lord Guo, you have always been greedy for money, why are you willing to pay so many silver taels this time?" I don't want your usual personality. ”

Guo Kai said honestly: "This time is different from the past, my king attaches great importance to the princess, if he becomes a concubine, when I return to China, it is very likely that I will go further." ”

Lü Buwei understood, and if he went one step further, he would become Xiangguo. If it were me, I would do the same, and there would be something outside the body, where would there be a further reality.

As long as you have the cooperation of Zhao Guo and work hard at the border pass, you can win the support of many generals. Although he is the prime minister of Qin and controls half of the military power, there are not many generals who support him, and many of them still look forward to the queen mother. Guo Kai wants to climb up, and he also wants to win over the generals, and the two have the same purpose.

No matter how the Queen Mother said that Mi'e was good, she had to firmly support Limin as the concubine. So that night, Lü Buwei came to the mansion of the Shang Duke and discussed with him.

"Shang Gong, you are the patriarch of the Ying clan, and the women of the Mi family are too powerful. Our queen mother, you also know, her power is really too great, don't look at me as the prime minister, many things can not be done without her nod. Please think about it, if there is another concubine of the Mi clan, although I am not from the Ying clan, I will have to worry about you. After all, Great Qin was founded by the Ying clan, no matter how high my power is, I will only support the Ying clan. ”

Shang Gong listened with a smile, and when Lu Buwei finished speaking, he said unhurriedly: "There are two clans, one outside the main and one inside, this is the tradition of my Great Qin. However, the Queen Mother is really powerful, and it is very likely that she will learn from the Queen Mother, which is not what our clan wants to see. But Lu Xiang, please answer me, what do you want? The prime minister of a country, can't you still be satisfied? ”

Facing the treacherous and cunning businessman, Lu Buwei knew that he couldn't lie, and said seriously: "I want real power!" Soldiers! Don't look at me, I have half a tiger talisman, and the troops that can really be mobilized are not even half of the Queen Mother's. If it weren't for Shang Gong's nod, the Meng family, Duke Qi, and many generals would not listen to me. ”

"And I have reached an agreement with Guo Kai that if I can make Princess Min Dai the concubine, Zhao Guo will cooperate with our country's military operations. If our country attacks South Korea, King Zhao will not care, and if Zhao attacks Yan, my country will not stab me in the back. ”

Shang Cheng said: "Guo Kai really said that? ”

Lü Buwei replied affirmatively: "It's true! ”

Shang Gong nodded and said: "We fully support Princess Min Dai as the main concubine, and we will also explain the benefits and disadvantages to the king, and he will understand how to do it." Once the matter is reached, what Lu Xiang wants will definitely be obtained, and he will also be supported by me. ”

Lü Buwei left satisfied, and Shang Gong understood how important the agreement between Qin and Zhao was. The contradiction between Zhao and Yan was very deep, and King Zhao did not dare to fight Yan, mainly because he was afraid that Qin would attack from behind. And Great Qin was unable to hold a large-scale war, the main reason was that Zhao had too many generals who could lead the army, and he did not have the determination to raise the strength of the country, so it was really not suitable to go to war.

But to develop so steadily, and it is not the style of the Qin people, the big war cannot be fought, but the small war is still possible. The territory of South Korea has been coveted by the Qin State for a long time, but the Three Jin Dynasty are united, and the Qin State cannot take it. Now with King Zhao's promise, Sanjin is no longer a monolith, and it is difficult for Shang Gong to be tempted by the huge benefits in it.

So Shang Gong went to the palace and told Ying Zheng about this matter, as for what Ying Zheng thought, it was not something Shang Gong could consider.

Each king had his own ideas, and his courtiers could not speculate arbitrarily, let alone preach like Lü Buwei. Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, Yingzheng is already the king, if he still preaches like before, it will inevitably cause the opposite effect.

Shang Gong knew very well that Lü Buwei had laid the root of his unconcealed words, and you fought for power with the Queen Mother, and never considered giving some power to the young king. On the day of the Great Crown Ceremony, the first one to stand up is to use you to open the knife.

Who will be the concubine? Ying Zheng naturally has his own thoughts, an idea that only a few people know, but those who know will not say it, including Princess Mindai in the Cold Moon Mansion.