empress and princess

In a blink of an eye, there are still three days before the grand ceremony will be held, thousands of miles away, so the Zhao Palace.

Qin Jiufeng and his subordinates were lighting up the lamp to analyze the situation of the battle. Halfway through the analysis, he lost his mind, and his thoughts no longer knew where to go.

"Qi State's destruction of Song Dynasty aroused the anger of the people, and the four countries attacked it. Just a few days ago, Qi State was finally defeated and had no strength to fight against Qin State. Now the time has come. General, we can attack and defeat Wei State in one fell swoop!"

"At the end of this battle, the general will invite you to serve as the forward of the army, the general... the general? the general!" Finally, the deputy general shouted loudly.

Qin Jiufeng was shocked immediately, and after a while, he came back to pick his ears, "I heard that, the noise gave me a headache." Really lost the interest in analyzing the situation of the battle, she waved her hand, "That's all, that's all for today, let's go back and rest."

Everyone had no choice but to accept orders and exit the palace.

Not long after, Qin Jiufeng raised his forehead with his hand, and asked the others with determination: "It's been five days, is there any letter in the palace?"

"Back to the general, not yet."

"you sure?"

"Yes, there is indeed no letter from the palace, and it is all on your case."

"Get out, get out, I'll be alone." Qin Jiufeng drove everyone away, and soon she was the only one left in the whole hall.

Most of the letters placed on the case came from the Empress Dowager Wei, but they couldn't return to the palace without the order, so what's the use of having more, Qin Jiufeng didn't want to see the letters that Wei Si sent back.

Ji Huang, who was full of thoughts of only her, brought up Ji Huang whom she regarded as her own.

After thinking about it carefully, she couldn't figure it out. Wei Si knew how important Ji Huang was to her, so she shouldn't refuse so ruthlessly.

It is reasonable to go back and forth for half a month at most, and there will be no turmoil in the old Zhao area. It is too much to fool with this reason.According to what she knew about Wei Si, it was absolutely impossible for Wei Si to do something for no reason.As for Ji Huang's wedding, how could her little uncle not be present to congratulate her?After all, it is against human relations for a woman to become a queen. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I don't feel at ease.

The more Qin Jiufeng thought about it, the more something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so tonight was another sleepless night.

After finally surviving until dawn and the sun rising, she couldn't survive her test.

There are only two days, hurry up, you should make it in time——

"General, where are you going? Come back!" Without a will, the lieutenant left the guard without permission. The deputy general still had a loud voice, and was anxious to stop Qin Jiufeng's horse, but in the end he didn't stop him. Qin Jiufeng kicked him aside and watched helplessly She rode away.

It is also thousands of miles away, Song Guo.

After receiving the good news from Qin State early in the morning, Song Rong Dayue finally appeared in front of Qin Mingsu after a month.She drank tea calmly and said vicious words: "Don't waste your energy, you can't send the news, just wait for the ending in two days. Ming Su, this is the mother country you care about most, take care of the widow. How did you help your brother destroy it?"

Qin Mingsu closed his eyes and originally didn't want to speak, but suddenly opened his lips and sneered, "No wonder Sister Jihuang doesn't like you."

Song Rong's hand tightened suddenly, the teacup burst, blood gushed out from the cut skin, and flowed down in streams.

"She doesn't look down on the widow, and the widow doesn't force it. Such an arrogant woman, the widow may not be able to surrender." Song Rong licked the blood and smiled, "It may be more interesting to torture her in another way. Let her also Taste what it feels like to be pulled from the throne. This is not over yet, if Qin Jihuang survives a catastrophe, facing the betrayal of the person she loves the most, and being unable to get what she wants in her life, it must be very hard."

Qin Mingsu trembled his lips, "You..."

Song Rong's mouth was full of blood, and his eyes were full of hostility, "Do you want to say that the widow is vicious? That's right. The widow has never been a kind person, and was forced by you."

"Qin Jihuang plotted against the widow first, why can't the widow fight back? Just because she is your elder sister, the widow has to suffer? How can there be such a reason in the world!" She leaned closer and said in a low voice, "The widow likes her, don't you?" It’s not fake, it’s not fake to watch her suffer.”

Qin Mingsu's eyes were blank, facing Song Rong, he lost the ability to speak for a while.

After all, the young man is no longer a young man, and the changes in the court made her vicious, and those who can't get it would rather destroy it than make it easier for her.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and after tonight, the Qin Kingdom will welcome a new queen.

It was this new queen who caused a lot of discussion inside and outside the palace, and the Lord of Hanqing Palace became a figure on the cusp of the storm, turning a deaf ear to outside affairs and still patiently staying in his own palace.

Tonight is also the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone in the Qin Palace is in a hurry, and the palace people are extremely busy for tomorrow's grand empress ceremony.

At this time, Hanqing Palace is also very lively.

"There have been more than a dozen queens in our state of Qin, and besides the queen mother, you are the most beautiful." The king of Qin had made a decree early on, and Ami led several ingenious maids to carefully change the phoenix robe to the future queen. On her body, a compliment came from her heart, "Concubine Chu is kind-hearted, wearing this splendid phoenix robe, the king must be delighted to see it."

Chu Huaimin just smiled lightly, glanced towards the palace door, and asked softly, "Is Your Majesty coming tonight?"

Before Ami answered, Chen Hao appeared suddenly, and answered: "The king of Qin is busy with government affairs, and urgently invites Dr. Qing to discuss matters in the Shuyu Hall. I am afraid that His Highness will not be able to come tonight."

"Who said the king can't come! The king has already ordered her to come to Hanqing Palace as soon as she finishes her work." Ami heard his yin and yang tone, and hurriedly spoke for her master: "It's really my great Qin's blessing to work hard!"

"Yes, yes, you are the blessing of the Great Qin, and I am Chu..." The disaster of the country.Before he could speak, he swallowed it back.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Can you speak louder, big men are so sissy!"

"Don't care what I say, I don't care about you."

It's fine if the two masters above don't deal with each other, and even the followers start to fight each other.Chu Huaimin had no choice but to frown and said, "Okay, stop arguing, I want to be quiet for a while."

Ami didn't give Chen Hao face, but Concubine Chu didn't dare not give face, so she hurriedly bowed and left to wait outside.

Apart from her, all the maids in the hall and Chen Hao were also dismissed.

There was no one around, Chu Huaimin was the only one sitting alone on the table sipping tea.

After a few cups, she looked down at the phoenix bird, the king of all birds, on the robe on her chest. The phoenix bird symbolized the master of the harem and had a high status.But after watching it for a long time, I found it so dazzling and ironic.

What happened in Tangchi that day was like a dream in the spring breeze, and it disappeared after waking up, leaving only the indelible memory.

indelible.

Chu Huaimin closed his eyes, but at this moment he heard soft footsteps sounding from nowhere, approaching from far away, straight to the inner room.

Soon, the sound of footsteps disappeared, and a simple and honest face gradually appeared in the candlelight. The man bent over and stood in front of her, cupping his hands and saying: "Chu Concubine, I come to fetch something."

Chu Huaimin still closed his eyes, his lips and teeth were cold, "What if you lose?"

Qin Mingyue straightened her back and said loudly, "I won't lose, and my empress won't lose in a bet."

After years of meticulously laying out the game, pretending to be crazy and bearing the burden of humiliation, and behind him with the secret support of many veterans, how could he lose when the day finally comes?Impossible!

The edict of abdication has not yet been obtained, so he can only accompany Zhou Xuan: "Your Majesty is saying this now, maybe it is because you are afraid?"

Chu Huaimin opened his eyes coldly, "I never believed in Qin Jihuang, but only you."

"That's because the concubine Chu has to trust me. It's just a deal between the minister and the empress to get what they need." Qin Mingyue smiled suddenly, "Since the empress trusts the minister, then the minister must live up to the high expectations of the empress."

The eldest son is worthy of the eldest son, he bowed his hands and saluted to show his gratitude, his gesture was absolutely respectful, but his words were not weak at all.

"Actually, I have always been very curious. Where did the Eldest Prince come from to be confident that he thought he would win?" Chu Huaimin got up at this moment, and walked down the steps step by step with a brocade scroll in his hand, "King Qin is not stupid, and Queen Mother Wei is even less Silly, their mother and daughter are smarter than the other."

"I naturally have my own way." Qin Mingyue stared at the brocade scroll without moving her eyes.

"Your method can beat the queen mother? Can you beat the king of Qin and the guards in the palace? You really are not afraid that this is a trap, a game set up to catch you out."

These words are a reminder as well as a warning, once troubles arise, it will be difficult to recover.

Qin Mingyue was very calm when she heard the words, and she habitually showed her silly smile in the past, "Your Majesty is worrying too much, this is definitely not a game in the middle."

Chu Huaimin stopped abruptly.It's even more terrifying to be caught in the middle of the game and become the turtle in the urn.However, the most frightening thing is that if the things that appear on the surface are just deceiving people, then no one will even know who set up the game and who was caught.

Whether it was Qin Mingyue, Qin Jihuang, or someone else who set up the trap, I'm afraid it will only be revealed when the dust settles.

Chu Huaimin gathered his fingers and slowly lifted the brocade scroll, "Qin Mingyue, you are too confident, so confident that it makes me afraid. I suddenly hesitated whether to give this to you."

"Don't be afraid, give it to me." Qin Mingyue started immediately, and finally walked up to her and stretched out his hand, "I promise you I will do it."

"Release 7 people from Chu State."

"Okay, I'll let it go."

"Don't kill Qin Jihuang after everything is over, but save her life."

Before Qin Mingyue got the brocade scroll, after listening to Chu Huaimin's two demands, he clenched his five fingers into fists at once, unwilling to rush to grab the brocade scroll, Chu Huaimin dodged sideways, and he rushed to nothing.

"Don't you know the consequences of cutting the weeds but not the roots?" Qin Mingyue began to change his face when he failed to snatch it.

"Clear, but it has nothing to do with me."

Qin Mingyue lowered her face and stared at Chu Huaimin for a long time, seeing that she was still as cold as ice, she turned to look at the brocade axis.

"Okay, very good. You really fell in love with Qin Jihuang, and it's rare for you and your husband to be together." Finally he let go, "I promise you, I won't kill Qin Jihuang after the matter is over, but I will be demoted to a remote and desolate place. land."

Chu Huaimin slowly raised his hand again, "There is no evidence for what you say, why don't you use the imperial edict written by the eldest son as evidence."

Qin Mingyue was finally enraged, and grabbed the brocade scroll, "Don't go too far!"

When he got it, he unfolded it and saw that it was clean and without half a word, and the imperial edict was blank.

"Although Prime Minister Li promised me not to kill Qin Jihuang, I don't believe anyone in this palace, only the evidence that I won't go back on my word. The Eldest Young Master is only one step away from the seat in the court hall. It's up to you not to write this imperial edict. "

Chu Huaimin grinds the ink himself, fills up the nib, and holds the pen for him himself.

Even if she is at a disadvantage, she can turn to threaten Mr. Qin.

The eldest son of Qin gritted his teeth and finally started to write. At this time, he still did not forget to sneer: "The eldest princess is both talented and intelligent. She really deserves her reputation. With this edict, even if I lose the army, I can still save your life, maybe Qin Jihuang misses you, and tomorrow will be smooth."

Standing by the side, Chu Huaimin replied calmly, "The right is just to save your life."

Qin Mingyue let out a cold snort, buried her head in the book and wrote it intermittently, writing every word with great difficulty.

Afterwards, the sleeping hall returned to silence, and the evening breeze blew in along the window, and the candlelight danced. Later, the imperial edict was also finished.

The two exchanged brocade scrolls, but when it was their turn to abdicate, they each pulled a corner.

Chu Huaimin's fingertips tightened and tightened, and Qin Mingyue tugged a few times on the other side. Of course, he felt that she hadn't let go of her force, so he couldn't help becoming impatient, "Let go."

Letting go means really letting go.

There was a stalemate, and Chu Huaimin pursed his lips again and again, and when he saw that there was a killing order on the case from the corner of his eyes, he gradually let go of his strength.

Qin Mingyue received the edict of abdication as she wished, opened it several times to confirm that it was correct, and did not leave. Before leaving, she resigned respectfully to Chu Huaimin: "It's getting late, and the concubine Chu should go to bed early. No matter what you hear at night, Please don't take half a step out of the Hanqing Palace for any sound. I kindly advise you, don't meddle in other people's business, so as not to cause trouble to your upper body."

"Is that so, thank you, Eldest Young Master, for your kindness." Chu Huaimin nodded indifferently, but his face couldn't hide his paleness, "I only hope that I can win the bet and get the imperial order smoothly, and I don't care about anything else."

Regardless of what happens, stay out of it.

Tonight, she just pretends to be deaf and dumb.Sit idly by and watch with cold eyes.

At the same moment, the Supreme Court.

Wei Si fiddled with the chessboard and frowned, "It's this time and the discussion is endless. Don't they know that Ji Huang will be queen tomorrow, so they have to come up with a countermeasure tonight. What time is it?"

"Back to the queen mother, Xu time." Li Shizhou in this room was also packing up the chess pieces, and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty has been in a state of desperation recently for the matter of going to Wei Guo. Your Majesty can discuss countermeasures as soon as possible, so that you can explain to the soldiers."

"Whoever's daughter is distressed, it's not a problem to delay it for a day or two."

"I have no sons and no daughters. The king was taught by the king when he was young. Naturally, the minister feels sorry for half of the king's children." Li Shizhou lowered his head, trying to hide the expression on his face. Turning his head, Yichen saw that the king is very awake."

Wei Si rubbed the tip of her eyebrows, "It's the best, otherwise Da Qin will be buried, and she will be a sinner forever."

Li Shizhou just smiled, and started to make moves first, watching the chess game with his eyes.

"Does the Queen Mother feel that there is one person missing?" She asked after a while, then turned to look beside her, but there was no one there.

"Qin Jiufeng." Wei Si said the name without thinking.

"Yeah, when the three of us were still together, whenever we played chess, Qin Jiufeng would definitely come to disrupt the situation. I still remember that the queen mother often laughed and called her a gentleman who watched chess without saying a word, but she was fine, and she also scolded the queen mother for being a gentleman without speaking. , which makes you and I dumbfounded. Now that she is missing, I always feel a little uncomfortable when I think about it."

Wei Si looked up, noncommittal, "So the three of us are destined to be enemies."

"Queen Mother, there are only two enemies in front of us, enemies of life and death." Li Shizhou said this in a very slow and soft voice, "I have too many burdens on my shoulders, I can't understand it, and I am in a dilemma."

Wei Si held the black chess and fell silent for a while, looking into her eyes, "Because of Qin Jiufeng?"

"Yes, and no. It's more for the survival of the family, like the queen mother did back then." Abandoning one person to preserve the family, fulfilling righteousness and sacrificing little love.

"so……"

"So, the minister rebelled."

She didn't hide it at all, she was straightforward.

Wei Si was stunned for a moment, threw away the chess pieces, and held the teacup in his hand, but he never drank.

Reverse, reverse.Her hair is the opposite of her love. "So, Ai's family counted all the omissions. Didn't you think that you, Prime Minister Li, would be missed in the end?"

"It's a last resort, the Empress Dowager knows."

"Embrace who?"

"Qin Mingyue."

"Oh."

There was no verbal confrontation, nor thunderous rage, just a few words back and forth, just like that between the two of them.

After the conversation, the two of them could still finish the game of chess in a friendly manner.Li Shizhou didn't back down, and Wei Si didn't compromise, so this game of chess was fiercely fought, one soldier made a dangerous move, and the other retreated and stood firm. In the end, it was a tie.

"Empress Dowager, something is wrong, set fire to the palace!"

Someone was screaming outside, and he was so panicked that he couldn't walk, he crawled and rolled.

At the same time, in Shuyudian, the monarch and his ministers are fighting each other, and the atmosphere is very tense.

Dozens of ministers knelt upright in front of King Qin on the threshold, vowing not to give way.Obviously, the discussion between the monarch and his ministers was not very pleasant.

"Get out of the way, you guys try to block the lonely king again?"

"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for setting up a woman as a queen in all dynasties. As the king of a country, Your Majesty should not break this precedent!" One of the senior officials remonstrated loudly.

Qin Tangjing stood in front of the palace gate with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes against the wind, "What if the lonely king wants to break this precedent?"

Dr. Naqing immediately expressed his grief and shouted: "Your Majesty insists on going his own way, I'm afraid you will hurt the hearts of your ministers!"

"You have broken the lonely king's heart by disobeying the lonely king in his way." Qin Tangjing did not give in, with both hardness and softness, "Get out of the way, and the family will be reunited in the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow. The lonely king doesn't want to make trouble." It's ugly, get up and go back."

At this moment, one person came out from the line of ministers, Dr. Li bowed his head, "I implore your majesty to take back your order."

Qin Tangjing suddenly realized that this group of people came here in the name of discussing state affairs, but they were not kind, "Even you stop the lonely king?"

"I don't dare, I just don't want to see the king go astray."

"Sincerely for the good of the lonely king?"

Dr. Li touched his forehead to the ground, wet the ground with cold sweat, took a deep breath and continued to remonstrate: "Your Majesty likes women, and the ministers dare not say anything, but there is no need to move them to the table. Your Majesty's establishment of a woman as a concubine has already broken the precedent of all dynasties. Even if the king doesn't think about his ministers, he still needs to think about the future of Daqin! If the king has no heirs, the matter of cutting off the roots will cause turmoil in the family and the country, and it is really the crime of the ministers. Daqin will never tolerate such absurd actions after the establishment of the throne, ministers, etc. You can't stand by and watch, and I implore your majesty to take back your order."

The speech was too long, and he was out of breath, and he fell on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up.

But it was very popular, and all the ministers shouted for secondment, determined to discuss it before coming.

They are all old officials with high morals and respect. Qin Tangjing was patient at this moment, walked over to help Dr. Li, and said half jokingly and half seriously: "If the lonely king doesn't reap his life, what do you think? If you force the palace, you should commit suicide in this jade hall to prove it." loyalty?"

Dr. Li didn't say a word, but others said: "As long as the king withdraws his order, the ministers are willing to continue to be loyal to the king!"

"Oh?" She poked her head, looked for the source of the sound, and recognized that this person was working under the female minister's command, "You mean, if the lonely king doesn't reap his life, you will no longer be loyal to the lonely king?"

"Chen, minister..."

"Nothing to say? Master Wu, your loyalty is too cheap."

As soon as these words fell, several flames suddenly shot up in front of him, instantly tearing apart the vast night, reflecting half of the sky red.

A group of ministers turned their heads to look, still kneeling.that direction -

"What's going on, why is the court hall on fire?" Qin Tangjing frowned fiercely, pushed aside the group of people who were in the way, and just stepped out of the threshold when Han Wenxiu arrived with injuries all over his back.

"Your Majesty, let's go to the palace! Qin Mingyue led people into the palace, and the Chaoshu Yudian is here!"

The author has something to say: Accidentally lost the manuscript, woo woo woo, rewrite until now

It's a bit off...