empress and princess

At the same time, the state of Song was in chaos.

Since King Song died, the throne was empty, and the prince was young and had no one to support him. In order to seize power, several princes took advantage of the coup and mutiny. They did not hesitate to fight each other for the throne.

She was arrested without a fight and imprisoned. When the situation is certain, she will inevitably die.

……

"This day has finally come." A low and hoarse tone.

The dungeon was dark, and for three days and three nights, Song Rong just knelt cross-legged in the corner.

From now on, she has no father, no mother, no brother, and no worries.

The last trace of family affection was trampled clean from the moment they entered the dungeon!

Only relying on an illusory obsession to hold her up.

Song Rong's lips were chapped from not eating or drinking, her gray face was pale, and her prison uniform was in tatters, but even though she was in prison, her brows were calm, she was not frightened, and the corners of her mouth were faint Wu's smile is incompatible with the dungeon.

Fighting for power and profit outside, and the flames of war, but the candlelight in the prison is dead silent, and the long wait also gives people temporary peace.

Suddenly, there was a burst of heavy footsteps.

Song Rong opened his eyes, and a ray of light overflowed from his eyes.

"Third Prince, it's too late to save you!" The visitor knelt down and bowed.

"It's good to come."

"Third prince, please preside over the overall situation!" A cold light flashed, and the door lock was split in half.

Song Rongyou stood up leisurely, unable to conceal the innate luxury around her body, she flicked her sleeves: "Let's go, it's time for us to play."

After traveling like this for two days, they finally arrived at King Qin City.

When the eldest princess Fengjia came to Qinwang City, the people in the city almost flocked to it, squeezing the two streets of Suzaku and Xuanwu to a point where nothing could pass through.In addition to welcoming Lord Qin Jiu's return, the big guys all want to take a look at the princess snatched from the Chu Kingdom. I heard that just one look can fascinate people.

It's a pity that Fengjia was surrounded by people, and no one was lucky enough to see it.

But this does not prevent them from being proud. What Chu State is ashamed of is the glory of Qin's victory, the glory of the monarchs and the people.

The people of Qin were happy and the people of Chu were worried, and they almost pissed Meng Qiong to death.

……

The state of Qin advocates martial arts, and the folk customs are tough, which is similar to that of the state of Chu.

The most shocking thing is that the closer you are to Qinwang City, the more open the folk customs are. For example, ordinary women are no longer regarded as showing their faces when they go to the street, and there are both men and women who greet Fengjia officials.

The laws of the State of Qin are both kind and powerful, regardless of rank or rank, whether they are officials or businessmen, they are largely on an equal footing.

These violations of ethics are all related to the political reform many years ago, which allowed the women of Qin State to get the respect and attention they deserve.

Chu Huaimin, who grew up in the state of Chu, was always surprised by the state of Qin.

Chu Huaimin saw a lot of the customs and customs of the Qin State along the way, and despite being somewhat modest, he had to admit the strength of the Qin State.

……

"Princess, look."

There were people watching before and after entering the Qin Palace. When passing by a certain place, Chen Hao took the opportunity to approach and tried his best to lower his voice: "The study."

It takes no effort to get here, and you will meet your destination as soon as you come.

But it is difficult to get in.

From stepping on this strange land under his feet, Chu Huaimin observed everything he saw calmly, and naturally saw the heavily guarded 'Book Jade Palace' not far away.

Chen Hao whispered: "The defense is too strict, and our people can't get in unless they are summoned by the King of Qin or have a special permission."

At this time, the young woman in official uniform led her subordinates to pass by in a hurry, so it was inconvenient to say more, Chu Huaimin said softly: "Don't worry, the future will be long."

As soon as the words were finished, a servant dressed as an attendant came to block the way from the upper left.

Chu Huaimin stopped, seeing that he was a little older, and there were several young attendants behind him, so his status in the Qin Palace was definitely not low.

Sure enough, this person saluted respectfully: "The old slave's surname is Wu, and he is the head of the palace. You must be His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, right?"

Chu Huaimin said lightly, "Exactly."

Being blocked by the veil and unable to see her face clearly, Director Wu took a few glances at her and said with a smile: "That's it, the king just ordered someone to tidy up the 'Hanqing Palace', and it will be your residence from now on. If the eldest princess is missing something , as long as you only speak one word, the old slave has done everything properly."

"I'm sorry, Manager Wu." Chu Huaimin was in the palace, how could he be unaware of the worldly affairs in the palace, and gave Chen Hao a wink.

Chen Hao immediately put on a smile on his face, took advantage of no one looking around, took out his sleeve, and secretly stuffed a handful of silver taels to him: "Boss Wu, we are new here, please take care of us in the future."

"It's easy to talk about." Manager Wu shook his sleeves and weighed it up before accepting it. Having benefited, he bowed his hands to salute Chu Huaimin, and smiled brightly: "His Royal Highness, please come with this old servant."

Chu Huaimin nodded, and followed him slowly to the 'Hanqing Palace'.

Wherever you go, you need money.

It's just that the name of this residence is not very pleasant, it's called 'Hanqing Palace', how does it sound like being thrown into the cold palace?

Sleeping in the open air for more than a month, Qin Tangjing was not in the mood to do anything else when he returned to the palace, so he thought of a quiet palace for Chu Huaimin, and really hid him in a place where no one usually goes.He ordered people to do it, and went to bathe and change clothes by himself.

After getting rid of the wind and dust all over her body in comfort, as soon as Qin Tangjing got out of the bath, Ami, her personal servant, ran to report in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has summoned you!"

"Oh, the lonely king knows."

"Your Majesty, and...and the ministers are also here."

"It came so soon." Qin Tang raised his eyebrows, his eyes sank, and his expression was cold, "They didn't offend the Queen Mother, did they?"

"Go back to the king, the queen mother... the queen mother scolded all the officials!"

"Good scolding."

A bunch of eventful pedants.

What should come will always come, Qin Tangjing put on his belt in a calm manner, kicked on his boots a few times, and smoothed the skirt of the dragon robe casually. When he left, he felt his stomach was empty, so he grabbed a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth pad to cushion his stomach. Go to the Andian Hall where political affairs are usually handled.

At this time, people standing outside the hall were full of people discussing, and both sides of the hall door were wide open.

Just wait for her.

"What kind of words, if I knew this before, I should have stopped the king in the first place! This is great. I didn't get a single point of compensation, but I lost [-] cities. It really makes people laugh."

"That's right, it's really outrageous, the king actually gave up twenty cities for a little girl!"

"Your Majesty is still young, so it's inevitable that you will be impulsive. The Ninth Prince should give you a lot of advice, so why don't you let your Majesty go his own way?"

"The Ninth Prince is also involved in this matter!"

"The Ninth Prince holds the military power, who dares to do anything to her? Even if she made a mistake, the Queen Mother will definitely protect her."

"How can the Queen Mother be so confused?"

"Why not, it's not the first time."

"It's alright, alright, don't quarrel, your majesty has his own considerations, the matter has come to an end, it's useless for you to talk more, so why bother."

"Doctor Li, what you say is disgusting. Don't do whatever you want just because your daughter is the daughter of the Great Qin Dynasty! The future of Qin is not dependent on us courtiers, who else can we rely on? We don't worry about it, who else cares about it? Yes Are you, or a commoner?"

Dr. Li was in a hurry and tugged on his sleeves, but before he could stop him, he was full of enthusiasm:

"How can a king be so stupid that twenty cities come for nothing? It was brought down with the blood of soldiers! You all have seen it with your own eyes, women have never been able to get on the stage since ancient times!"

When these words came out, it suddenly became dead silent.

It's fine to talk about it in secret, but this meeting is not afraid of death and moves to the table, thinking that the neck is not comfortable enough and needs to be polished!

The sun was shining brightly, but there was a coldness climbing up their backs, which seemed to emanate from the inside of the hall, or swept in from outside the hall, accompanied by a deep voice that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and made people tremble: "Dear gentlemen... What is the doctor so excited about discussing? How about talking to the lonely king to make the lonely king happy?"

Hearing this, everyone turned pale with fright, and knelt down to salute one after another:

"Meet the king."

"Well, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The queen's face looked normal, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When Qin Tangjing slowly walked over, Doctor Han's face was tense, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and he was very disturbed.

Seeing Qin Tangjing passing by, she didn't seem to intend to pursue it, but before Dr. Han could breathe a sigh of relief, Qin Tangjing suddenly grabbed his clothes and stared at him coldly.

"Say."

"Sir... what did you say?" Dr. Han gritted his teeth, and he seemed to lose his sense of righteousness in front of Qin Tangjing.

Qin Tangjing approached him: "Does the lonely king look like an evil ghost who kills without batting an eye?"

"No...not like that."

"The lonely king doesn't think so either." Qin Tang Jingju looked down at the civil servants all over the ground, and said with a pleasant face, "Doctor Han seems to have forgotten, who of you remembers? Tell Doctor Han."

No one said a word.

After waiting for a while, Qin Tangjing smiled, let go of Doctor Han and wiped his hands on him, and kindly reminded him: "Doctor Han, the lonely king knows that you have a big mouth and eat a lot, but it's a disaster, too." It came out of the mouth, understand?"

After finishing the words, Qin Tangjing snorted coldly, rolled up his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, walked past a group of ministers indifferently, and entered the hall.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was as quiet as a cicada, not daring to say any more, lest disaster come out of his mouth...

Only Dr. Li left quietly.

Tang'an hall is divided into inner hall and outer hall.The outer hall is used to handle government affairs, and it is not far from the gate of the hall, so what is said outside can be heard.

When Qin Tangjing stepped over the threshold, he saw a familiar figure standing in the hall. He hadn't seen him for a long time, and he thought about it even more. Maybe too many things happened recently, and the queen mother seemed a little lonely.

She regained her composure, walked over and bent over, respectfully and politely:

"My son has seen my mother."

"En." In response, he turned around and waved to her, "Come here."

Qin Tangjing didn't dare not listen, and walked up to the Queen Mother honestly, and said softly, "Queen Mother, my son is back."

Wei Si remained silent, raised her hand and lightly touched Qin Tangjing's cheek, paused for a moment, then took half a step back, and said without anger, "Kneel down."

Qin Tangjing bowed his knees according to his words, without needing to argue, he just said: "Mother, I miss you."

Wei Si was unmoved, and took another half step back: "Do you know what's wrong?"

"My son... my son doesn't know."

Knowing what was going on, Qin Tangjing stuck his neck and didn't bow his head.I usually dare not disobey my mother, but this is only a decision she made as a king, and should not be disturbed by anyone.

The two were deadlocked for a while, Wei Si raised her head and looked outside the hall, she was so startled that she shrank her head back.

Wei Si said: "The Ai family only asks you, is it worth it?"

"value."

"Aijia will ask you again, if she is not used by you, will you kill her?"

"Yes." Without hesitation.

"Okay, remember what you said." Wei Si asked again, "Do you know what's wrong?"

"I don't know what mistake I made." It took a long time before he opened his mouth, but he still answered like this, there is nothing wrong with it.

Wei Si was furious with her daughter.

"You still don't know what's wrong! How did the Ai family teach you? Did you ignore it? Who did you exchange my Daqin's painstaking efforts for a few years? You exchanged for a state of Chu without Chu Huaimin!"

"Or is it a joke of your King Qin?"

"Have you ever considered everyone's feelings, especially those soldiers who are fighting bloody battles outside? Are you worthy of them? Are you worthy of the bones underground? Qin Jihuang, are you worthy of your father!"

Wei Si suddenly reprimanded, Qin Tangjing bit the bullet and withstood the coercion from his mother.

"Ask you again, do you know what's wrong?"

"My son..."

Wei Si stretched out the hand behind her back, and showed a beating stick.

Qin Tangjing was so frightened that his soul almost flew away, he lifted his robe and hid, immediately begging for mercy: "Mother, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

"Your crime is the same as the people for breaking the law! If you don't beat you, it's not enough for the people to be angry."

Wei Si's eyes fluttered, and from the corner of her eye, she spotted two familiar faces in time, but she pretended not to know, and walked towards her daughter with a stick.

"Little Uncle!"

"stop!"

The two voices of "uncle and nephew" sounded at the same time, and Wei Si stopped.

"This matter has nothing to do with the king. Why did you beat her?" Qin Jiufeng came in a hurry and stood in front of Qin Tangjing.

Qin Tangjing grabbed her: "Little Huangshu, don't help the lonely king take the blame."

"Empress Dowager, I think this matter..." Li Shizhou handed over his hand at this time, but was interrupted by Wei Si, "A woman doesn't need affection."

"The Ninth Prince came just in time. You don't have to take the blame for the king in this matter. You also have a share." Wei Si raised her eyebrows, glanced at Qin Jiufeng, and finally waved her sleeves, turned away from the two of them, and ordered:

"Come here, drag Qin Jiufeng down, and in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, fight with thirty army sticks to make an example to others!"

"Mother..."

"Go to the inner hall and kneel, and don't get up without the order of Aijia!"