Zhuo Lang shook the blood jade bottle in his hand, as if he was tempting the greedy wolf with the fat in his hand, and said, "How is it?" What about it? Are you going to use this thing, or are you going to use your own stupid methods? ”

I have to admit that Zhuo Lang's words are true and thorough in Jiang's heart.

In her life, what she hates most is not the person who once dared to stand in her way, nor the person who dared to jump out to block her and find a thorn, but Yang Rui, who snatched Emperor Showa away from her hands.

She knows very well that she will chase fame and fortune all her life, and this feeling of unsettling desire is often uncontrollable even for herself; But at the same time, she also knows very well that power and status are just things outside her body, and there is only one person who can fill her empty nagging heart, and that is her husband.

She has lived for nearly fifty years, and everything she has done has been done after entering the judgment of reason, except in the matter of marriage, she fell in love with Emperor Showa because of love at first sight; Regardless of the dissuasion of his family, and even regardless of the gains and losses of marrying Emperor Showa, he still insisted on making himself his wife.

At that time, she knew that in this world, only this man could repeatedly break her defenses and taboos, and she could even sacrifice everything for him; Growing up, he was the first and only man to have this kind of affection for her.

However, this man who made her love deeply was snatched away by another woman; She had been heartbroken, she had screamed, she had struggled, she had begged, but the deepest feeling that dwelt in her heart was hatred that could not be driven away.

She hated Yang Rui, because she lost her husband because of the appearance of this woman, and because of her appearance, she ruined the beautiful dream she had made up single-handedly; Therefore, if there is a chance to make Yang Rui miserable and make her feel uneasy, she is definitely the first person willing to do so.

Therefore, after a battle between heaven and man, Jiang stretched out his hand and took the blood jade bottle in Zhuo Lang's hand.

Seeing the movements in Jiang's hand, Zhuo Lang smiled lightly: "The old man is here to wish the queen mother a success, and get what she wants." ”

In the Quevi Palace

After Zhou Yanran heard the report of the palace attendant who was placed outside the Yonghe Palace, she immediately put her cheeks in deep thought.

Jiang's actions in recent days have become more and more frequent, not only secretly seeing the minister privately, but now even foreign men dare to bring them into the harem at will; This woman is really bold to the extreme, as if she doesn't take all the palace rules in her eyes and doesn't put the Son of Heaven in her eyes.

No, wait!

Although the Jiang family has accumulated a lot of power in the harem over the years, he has always been measured, and he has never acted as recklessly as he has done recently; Now that she is acting abnormally, it can be seen that she is a precursor to plotting against her, and if Jiang can risk her life to do such a thing, then what she is trying to do must be very important.

Thinking about it carefully, with Jiang's current status, what can make her tempted, what does she want most?

It's just self-explanatory! - The position of the Queen Mother.

However, as long as Emperor Showa does not die, no matter how strong the Jiang family is, it is impossible to sit in the position of the queen mother, unless, she wants to do something to Emperor Showa.

Zhou Yanran, who understood this, couldn't sit still any longer, shouted outside, and set up a guard of honor for the concubine and went to Tai'an Palace to find Emperor Showa.

She knew very well that Emperor Showa must not have an accident at this time, because Zhao Ling was not in the capital, if Emperor Showa had an accident at this time, the whole imperial city would be controlled by the Jiang family and King Xuan, and at that time, Zhao Ling would probably have no chance with this throne.

Moreover, this is not the worst, she is even more afraid that King Xuan will be unfavorable to Zhao Ling after ascending the throne.

Therefore, she had to remind Emperor Showa that he must be very careful recently.

……

Emperor Showa has not been in good spirits in recent days, and he even has less time to go to the harem; Therefore, when he heard the palace attendant inform Zhou Yanran that he was coming to him, he was quite surprised.

Because he knows very well that his beautiful concubine doesn't really like him, as an emperor, there will be a lot of helplessness many times, but sometimes he can rely on this identity to get many unexpected things.

For example, women.

He knew that as he grew old and became more and more incompetitive, he was no longer the suave son in the minds of many women, but there were still many women who climbed on his dragon bed one after another; In their eyes, he is not the existence of a husband, but the existence of a king.

They fear him, curry favor with him, and need to cling to him, because he is the true ruler of the Great Wei, and a casual word can control their life and death, and can also change their fate.

And Zhou Yanran was the one who was changed by him back then, he still remembers her crying red eyes when he first saw Zhou Yanran, he saw reluctance in her eyes, saw rejection and resistance, so he fulfilled her, left her alone in a side hall, and let her live quietly in the harem with her poor self-esteem.

With the passage of time, he slowly forgot that there was such a woman in the harem, after all, with his current state of mind, a woman was like admiring flowers in the imperial garden for him; It's true that people love beautiful flowers, but who really can keep a bouquet in their hearts forever?

Therefore, when Zhou Yanran appeared in front of him again, he remembered it for a long time before remembering.

But her appearance also surprised him, because this woman who refused to be lucky to him a year ago took the initiative to climb onto the dragon bed today, begging for his favor.

At that time, he could see that the reason why she chose to do this was not because she liked him, but because she wanted everything she wanted from him.

For him, it is not a bad thing to have a smart, well-behaved and measured woman by his side, he thinks that her low eyebrows and delicate appearance are very cute, so he accepts her, and she gets the identity and status he wants from him; It's not so much a gift as an equal exchange.

The two of them give each other what they want, but they don't give each other their hearts; This is the real relationship between him and Zhou Yanran, not so much as husband and wife, it will be more like a partner who loves each other; In the lonely palace, the partners are just working together to survive the years.

Since he knew from the beginning that Zhou Yanran was not sincere to him, Emperor Showa never had much expectation for this woman; As long as she knows how to be well-behaved, he will love her a little more.

didn't expect that she would take the initiative to find him at this time, you must know that in the past, she would take the initiative to come to him if he needed to give an edict.

Emperor Showa put down the wolf pen in his hand, beckoned and motioned for Fusheng Xuan Zhou Yanran, who was waiting beside him, to come in.

Fusheng went out for a while, and soon brought Zhou Yanran, who was dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, in, looking at Zhou Yanran, who was kneeling on the ground and quiet and well-behaved like a young bird, the corners of Emperor Showa's mouth hooked up a faint smile: "How can you have time to see me today?" ”

Zhou Yanran stood up with the help of the palace attendants, with a decent smile on her delicate and moving face: "The emperor has been working hard recently, and the concubines are very worried, so I took the liberty to come to disturb him, and I ask Your Majesty not to blame." ”

Saying that, Zhou Yanran boldly walked on the dragon case, snuggling up to Emperor Showa as usual meekly, that weak posture is really like a silk grass clinging to tall trees, which can very well meet the tall image that men want to highlight.

Fusheng is a sharp-eyed person, and after seeing Zhou Guifei's posture, he glanced at the palace attendants who were waiting on both sides, but all the servants who could serve in front of the palace were basically human spirits, how could they not see the eyes of the chief manager?

After everyone saluted Emperor Showa, they retired in turn and walked out of the palace; Only the chief manager of Fuda, who stood in place like a wooden stake, was left to serve in front of the emperor.

Zhou Yanran has been paying close attention to the situation in the palace, and seeing that Emperor Showa is quite kind to her, she continued to say obediently: "Your Majesty, state affairs and twists and turns can never be dealt with, and please let the emperor cherish the dragon body, don't be too tired." ”

After all, Emperor Showa is a normal man, and the beauties around him are in his arms, and he is so intimate and agreeable, so he is naturally happy in his heart.

He stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Yanran's delicate and soft cheeks, and said, "Don't worry, concubine, I will take care of myself." ”

Zhou Yanran snuggled in Emperor Showa's arms and smiled coquettishly, deliberately pretending to be curious, and asked: "Your Majesty, the concubine remembers that King Ling seems to have been away from Beijing for more than two months, and this Jeju City is not too far from the capital. I don't know when the prince will be able to deal with the disaster in Jeju and come back to help the emperor share his worries. ”

When the stake-like Fu manager heard Zhou Guifei's words, his eyes lowered and quietly glanced in her direction, it seems that this concubine Niangniang is really here for a simple purpose, look at this, it seems that she is here to find out the whereabouts of King Ling.

However, since he can see it, how can the emperor not see it?

The smile on Emperor Showa's face did not change at all, only the cloudy eyes flickered slightly, but it followed Zhou Yanran's words: "It's almost over, I received a quick report from the official posts along the way, the third child has dealt with the disaster in Jeju City and is on his way back to the capital." ”

Zhou Yanran got this answer, and her heart that had been hanging high finally fell.

Great, as long as Zhao Ling can come back as soon as possible, Jiang's plan will not succeed.

Zhou Yanran could not hide the joy on her face, she was meekly lying in the arms of Emperor Showa, and her voice was even more delicate and charming: "Although the concubine is a harem woman, I have heard of it somewhat, this disaster relief is not an easy action; His Royal Highness King Ling has been there for just two months, and he has completed the disaster situation in Jeju City, which shows that he is really capable; Your Majesty, the concubines want to congratulate the emperor here, His Royal Highness is really worthy of being the son of a dragon and a phoenix, with the demeanor of the emperor back then, even such a difficult thing can be handled properly. ”

Emperor Showa laughed happily: "Yes, the third child is indeed a capable person, the concubine is sweet-mouthed, and said that the third child has my demeanor; But I know very well that I don't have the ability of him at his age. ”

Zhou Yanran laughed coquettishly: "King Ling has done such a big thing, I don't know how much reward the emperor is going to give him?" ”

"What is the opinion of the concubine?"

Zhou Yanran deliberately pretended to be coquettish and said: "The concubine is a woman, how dare she give advice to Your Majesty; The concubines just felt that they had always heard that King Xuan was most like the emperor, but now it seems that King Xuan is not the only one who really resembles the emperor, and King Ling seems to be more like you. ”