Chapter 432 Queen Mother Wenzhuang

Still in Zhongdu, in Cining Palace, or in that meditation room, the conversation continues...

"How can you change your mind?" As a mother, as a grandmother, as a queen mother, Wenzhuang's choice at this moment was extremely difficult.

"I can't change it! No one can change it!" Emperor Zhaowu laughed and said with a sharp smile: "Just before I came here, I have already informed the world that Qin Lei, the prince of Longwei County, will be on behalf of Tian, ​​and will go to Chu to welcome the prince back."

"Have you ever considered the country in this way?" After a moment of silence, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang seemed to abide by Qin Lei's fate, and instead discussed the Qin Dynasty with him: "Do you don't need to give the people an explanation?"

"Yes, of course!" Emperor Zhaowu said with a curl up his lips: "The imperial edict has been written... As soon as the news from Nanchu comes back, I will inform the people of the Qin Dynasty. It was Qi who instigated the people of Chu to act recklessly, and they are the real culprits! I want to make the people of Qin angry again, just like the invasion of Qi and Chu eighteen years ago, to stimulate all the energy of our people of Qin..."

As if he was in a state of imagination, Emperor Zhaowu said in a crazy expression: "By then, I have already grasped the Qin imperial guards firmly in my hands through military exercises," he said with a sudden wave of his hand, and his eyes shining: "Then I will lead the imperial guards to personally fight with Qi, and then I will fight to the death of the country. At that time, my military commander will ask who is the enemy in the world?!" Seeing his ugly appearance, he almost said, "The sun rises to the east, and I am unbeaten."

Obviously, the distance between the two is like a mountain. This conspirator, No. 1, regards war too simply...

But Emperor Zhaowu obviously felt good about himself. He waved his arms enthusiastically, looked at the empress dowager with bright eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "I will definitely make you proud of me! I want to prove to you that I am the best one!"

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang sighed from her heart and said nothing.

The sun gradually deviated from the east to the west, and one of the protagonists of the conversation had left, leaving only Empress Dowager Wenzhuang sitting on the cushion alone. But she saw her eyelids drooping and her breathing was slow, as if she was asleep.

But Eunuch Qiu at the door knew that the old empress dowager felt as if she was upside down, so he brought in a plate of Tan An Shenxiang.

Smelling a faint fragrance, the old lady whispered: "You know that the Ai family never uses this..."

Eunuch Qiu smiled and said, "In the past, you were as calm as water, so naturally you couldn't use it, but today... let's click it." His concerned tone was like an old friend for many years, not just a master and servant.

The old lady did not object anymore and nodded slowly and said, "Sit down and let's talk."

Eunuch Qiu responded respectfully and sat on the cushion opposite the old empress dowager... Although His Majesty the Emperor of Qin had also sat here half an hour ago, the old eunuch was sitting so naturally without any fear.

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang didn't realize anything and asked softly: "Old Qiu, when did you follow me? You have to have a Jiazi..."

Eunuch Qiu smiled and said with emotion: "It's rare that you remember clearly. The old slave entered the palace in the early years of the late emperor. At that time..." He couldn't continue to say anything... Everyone is familiar with each other, but some words can't be said randomly.

But Empress Dowager Wenzhuang said uneasy: "Ai's family had just entered the palace at that time. Although they were selected as a beautiful girl, among the beautiful women, they did not look outstanding and did not attract the attention of His Majesty. Soon they were sent to the washing clothes to wash clothes..." As she said that, she smiled and said, "You are the washing clothes to go to the washing clothes half a year later. Speaking of which, the Ai's family is still your senior."

Eunuch Qiu was also immersed in his memories and chuckled softly: "Yes, I was only eight years old at that time and didn't know anything. I was bullied and I had to replace those older people and be punished and locked up in a dark room. If it weren't for the Queen Mother, you would have been starved to death for many times."

The old empress dowager sighed and said, "It's so fast. It's been sixty years in the blink of an eye. The late emperor, Yuan Kang, Lao Qin, Lao Xue... all the people around the Ai family have left, and only you are with you all the way, and one is still by your side."

Eunuch Qiu said in a deep voice: "That's because the old slave made a sincere wish to God and wanted to serve you until the last moment." He covered his mouth and chuckled, "You are the Thousand Years Empress, and it's because I'm still the old slave who has benefited from you."

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang smiled and said, "Long live the emperor, it's obvious that life is fair to everyone, and it won't increase or decrease a little because of poverty, wealth and honor." She sighed and said, "Why do you live so long? You're alone and worry about it."

Seeing that the old lady had just mentioned it was depressed again, Eunuch Qiu slapped herself gently and said with a smile: "Look at my mouth, I'm almost seventy and can't speak."

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang shook her head and smiled and said, "It's not your fault, it's mainly because the Ai family has been feeling too difficult recently." The demise of the Wen family, the madness of Emperor Zhaowu, the dangerous fate of the two grandsons, and the series of adverse reactions caused by this seemed to be a mountain pressing on her chest, making the old lady breathless.

Eunuch Qiu smiled and comforted: "Look at what you said, what kind of storms have you not experienced in your life? I feel that this time is much better than the time 18 years ago, and you can definitely deal with it easily."

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang sighed again. In just a short time, she had already sighed three times, even more than in the past ten years: "It seems that I am really old and can't be hard. If I had half the original cruelty, I wouldn't have been in such a dilemma."

On the one hand, she is her son who is in power in the dynasty, and on the other hand, she is her grandson whom she has high hopes for... If she chooses the former, Daqin is likely to lose the future; but if she chooses the latter, Daqin may collapse now. She once fantasized about a stable handover of power, so that Daqin will arrive safely tomorrow.

But the old empress do not fear the greatest malicious guess of others in her life, but she still thinks her children and grandchildren too well... She underestimated her son's greed for power, and Emperor Zhaowu's monopoly desire was enough to make her relatives disregard her relatives; she even underestimated her grandson's obedience, Qin Lei's bold and arrogant personality did offend the emperor's majesty...especially when the emperor was not ready to tolerate it anymore.

"I don't know what is more important than the present and the future..." The old empress dowager muttered in her heart. She suddenly felt very sad. When she encountered something and needed to discuss it, she could only talk to the old eunuch in front of her. She couldn't help but feel a little discouraged and didn't want to say another word.

After all, Eunuch Qiu served the Empress Dowager for a long time. He could feel the emotional changes in the Empress Dowager, so he stood up and said, "Empress Dowager, you have been sitting for a while. I will help you to take a break."

Wenzhuang nodded, asked Eunuch Qiu to rub his numb calves, and then stood up with his support and walked slowly towards the warm-up pavilion.

If she just walked back to the room, lay down and slept, and didn't think about her son and grandson, then she would be just an ordinary old lady, not the Queen Mother of Daqin Wenzhuang who was awe of countless people.

The reason why she was able to reach this day is because she has an extremely strong heart. Decades have passed. Although that heart is no longer as powerful as when she was young, it is even more firm... because she is the unique Queen Mother Wenzhuang.

Halfway through, she suddenly stopped, held the crested crutch with one hand, and stood in the hall as steadily as before. Eunuch Qiu knew that the old lady had escaped her temporary confusion and made the final choice.

I saw the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang close her eyes slightly and said, "Send someone to tell Yutian: 'Grandma as long as you come back safely'."

The old eunuch looked stern and said in a deep voice: "Abide by the order."

Looking at the disappearing figure of Eunuch Qiu, the old lady slowly looked to the south and whispered: "But on Nanchu, you can only rely on yourself. Grandma believes that you can do it!"

Although Qin Lei had hardly seen the emperor's grandmother show her power, and was more of aware of her past style from the legend, Qin Lei was extremely relieved... The reason why his old lady did not show her power was because she did not want to disrupt Emperor Zhaowu's plan and influence his authority.

But this does not mean that the old empress dowager is powerless. On the contrary, Qin Lei believes that the old empress dowager's accumulated eighteen years of power is absolutely extremely huge. Once released, it will be enough to turn the tide.

So Qin Lei cares about this grandmother's attitude very much... If she still stood silently on Emperor Zhaowu's side as usual many times, and even her own family was cut off, she would not respond... Because although Qin Lei knew his grandmother's cultivation of her, she still could not be sure whether this love and cultivation could compete with her support for Emperor Zhaowu.

With Qin Lei's current ability, he had not yet achieved both ends. When he used all his mental energy to deal with the Chu people, or even planned a life escape plan, he could not take into account everything in the country...

Therefore, when Qin Lei saw the nine words passed by the Empress Dowager to him, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. The so-called smart people don’t need nonsense. With this sentence, Qin Lei can understand that the old empress dowager decided to stand on her side, so naturally there is no need to worry about the situation in Beijing anymore...

"I'm not fighting alone!" When Qin Lei woke up from his nap, he gently cheered himself up.

After saying that, he wiped his face randomly and went out with great spirit. When his subordinates saw the prince coming out, they quickly stood up to greet him. Seeing his spirited look, the haze in everyone's heart also faded a lot.

"This is a war. Now we are all comrades-in-arms, so don't be polite!" He smiled heartily and asked everyone to sit around the square table. The conditions in this inn were very poor. There were only a half-old Eight Immortals Table in the whole hall, and then a row of older chairs.

He picked up the teapot on the table and gusted his stomach. Qin Lei wiped his mouth and said, "It feels so comfortable..." He raised his eyes and said, "Don't be accustomed to the Grand Secretary, the Lone King is like this in front of his own people."

Although Wang Anting is a prince, everyone is now grasshoppers on the same rope, so he didn't realize that Qin Lei's movements were inappropriate, so he shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty is casual, and he still looks kind."

Qin Lei grinned at him, and said to Zhou Baojun who had already returned: "Your letter of nationality has been handed out. When will you meet Emperor Chu?"

Zhou Baojun's face looked ugly again, and he shook his head and said with a stern voice: "Report to the prince, he handed it out, but the Ministry of Rites of Chu did not give a letter at all. He was forced to be impatient by the empress, so he said that the emperor was sick and bedridden and could not take matters. He had to wait until his condition improved and the dragon body was healthy before reporting."

"A word of swearing!" Qin Lei curled his lips and said, "This old man has been lingering in sick for three or five years. If he wants to do it carefully, he will probably have to wait for the rest of his life." Putting the sick old man aside, he asked again, "When will we see the prince? At least we must first determine whether he has gained weight or lost weight, and whether he has been abused, right?"

Zhou Baojun said helplessly: "Their reply is even more outrageous, saying: 'They don't know the whereabouts of the prince.'"

Qin Lei slapped his forehead and smiled bitterly: "This is even more amazing, I don't even miss you."

Wang Anting, who was sitting at his head, said anxiously: "Prince, we have to find the prince quickly. We can't have a bad reputation, otherwise we can't afford to be guilty!" He looked extremely excited, as if his biological father had been lost.

But when Qin Lei asked him what to do, the Grand Secretary was stunned and didn't know anything after asking. It seemed that the Censor was the Censor, and he basically knew nothing except finding faults and shouting slogans.

Qin Lei had to turn his eyes to Zhu Gui who came with him and said, "How is it? Have you found out what news?" He had expected that this time would be in danger, so Qin Lei brought all the power he could mobilize to the south. As for how to come, it was not his concern. As for the fact that he was raising troops for a thousand days, he spent so much money and had to come in handy at critical moments.

At least... Le Buyi must be hiding somewhere. Of course, he has to bring this super bodyguard with him when he goes deep into the tiger's den.

Zhu Gui, who was experienced, was the liaison officer on this trip. After two years of training, he had long become a loyal supporter of the prince and gloriously joined the sacred organization of the Black Clothes Guard... In other words, this guy has transformed from a short-term worker who cared for living and fed to a long-term worker who kept food and accommodation.

Zhu Gui winked Qin Lei and said respectfully: "I went out and walked around, and there were seven or eight tails behind my butt, and I didn't come into contact with any valuable person."

"That's just that I don't know anything?" Wang Anting said in an occupational disease: "Do you have the time to inquire about it?"

Zhu Gui naturally did not dare to be as knowledgeable as the Lord Zhongtang, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's not a waste of time," and bowed to Qin Leigong and said: "Prince, I found that the people of Chu State were rumored that the thousand-year-old ginseng given to Emperor Chu by the Crown Prince, which made the old emperor fall ill again. They all said that Qin State was unwilling to fail the negotiations and wanted to create civil strife for Chu State."

Qin Lei rolled his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Anyone believes the rumors that come up with this kind of donkey's brain?"

Wang Anting also shook his head and said, "How can such a low-level lie be spread?"

While accompanying the last seat, Gongshu Camp interrupted: "The people of Chu live a leisurely life. If you have nothing to do, you like to spread some rumors the most. There is a saying that "three people become tigers". No matter how fake the rumors are, they become more and more serious. In the end, even those who spread the rumors believed it true..." Although they were full of worries, everyone was still amused by him for a while.

Just as he was smiling, he heard Gu Jun who had been silent and said: "At that time, the prince wanted to get out of trouble, he did send a thousand-year-old ginseng to Emperor Chu. Soon after, news of Emperor Chu's serious illness came out, and we also thought that this was the reason why the State of Chu suddenly turned against each other."

"Where did the thousand-year-old ginseng come from?" Gongshuying suddenly asked, "The prince's gift list was copied by the subordinates, but he had never seen any thousand-year-old ginseng?"

Qin Lei laughed and said, "You can remember all the hundreds of gifts?"

"If the prince doesn't believe it, ask us lords. It is famous for his uncle to remember his past." He is very talented and too arrogant, and the Gongshu Camp concentrated on the advantages and disadvantages of the children of aristocratic families.

Before Zhou Baojun nodded, Gu Jun said first: "Brother Gongshu remembers correctly. There is indeed no thousand-year-old ginseng on the gift list. The ginseng was given to him by an old friend of the prince after he came here..." You should know that there was no habit of making false advertisements at this time. It is said that a thousand years is a thousand years, and ninety-nine years are not enough.
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