Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"I pay my respects to my grandmother."

Although she didn't know the purpose of Queen Mother Huayang's sudden visit this time, Mrs. Zheng could only greet her with a smile. After all, if nothing else, at least in this harem, Queen Mother Huayang was Mrs. Zheng's elder.

"Get up!"

Empress Dowager Huayang raised her hand gently, signaling to Mrs. Zheng to stand down and avoid courtesy.

"How have you been lately?"

"Thanks to my grandmother, everything is fine."

"That's good. It's hard work for you to manage such a large harem."

"It's not hard, this is what I should do."

The two of them were asking and answering questions, and their words seemed extremely harmonious. If someone who didn't know the inside story saw the scene in front of them, they would probably think that this was some kind of "grandmother's loving grandson and daughter-in-law's filial piety" scene!

However, in fact, this is just some scene talk between the Queen Mother Huayang and Mrs. Zheng.

After the two exchanged pleasantries.

Mrs. Zheng then began to try to jump into the topic and said: "Grandma is here today. I wonder if there is anything that I need my help with?"

Empress Dowager Huayang smiled and shook her head and said: "It's nothing. Maybe it's because I'm getting older. I suddenly want to find someone to talk to. I happened to be passing by here today, so I wanted to come in and have a chat with you. gossip."

"So that's it. It's my honor."

Mrs. Zheng agreed with a smile on her face, but she was probably the only one who knew what she was actually thinking.

Seeing the smile on Mrs. Zheng's face, Queen Mother Huayang also had a 'kind' expression on her face.

In fact, what the Queen Mother Huayang just said was indeed true, because when she first entered Madam Zheng's palace, it was indeed the Queen Mother Huayang who walked in on a whim.

But after walking in, Queen Mother Huayang suddenly changed her mind.

"Fusu has been handling government affairs recently, is it going well?"

"This... I don't know. The matters in court are what men should do. I'm just a female, so how dare I say anything."

"That's right. How can we women control those men! But the king's decision this time is indeed a bit reckless. Fusu is still young after all. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for him to have rash contact with the affairs of the court at this time? It’s to pull back the seedlings and encourage them to grow.”

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Mrs. Zheng did not respond to this sentence.

See this.

Queen Mother Huayang seemed to realize what she said wrongly. After pursing her lips, she immediately changed the subject and said, "But if there is any problem, you can let Fusu go to Xiong Qi for help. After all, he is Fusu's My dear uncle, it must be out of this consideration that the king specifically asked Xiong Qi to be the 'right prime minister' before leaving this time."

"I have written it down."

Mrs. Zheng responded respectfully.

"Well! That's the best. As people get older, they tend to chatter easily. I came to chat with you for a while this time, and my mood suddenly became much more comfortable."

"It's getting late, it's time for me to leave."

Queen Mother Huayang stood up and prepared to leave.

Mrs. Zheng stood up quickly and said, "I send you to my grandmother."

After sending Queen Mother Huayang out all the way, Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but narrowed her eyes when she saw Queen Mother Huayang's royal sedan leaving. After a while, she turned around and returned to her palace.

After returning to the palace.

Mrs. Zheng sat back down. Just as she sat down, Mrs. Zheng realized that she had broken out in a cold sweat behind her back.

"What a wonderful old man!"

Although Mrs. Zheng has been constrained by the Queen Mother Huayang for so many years, before that, Mrs. Zheng always believed that this was because the Queen Mother Huayang was older than herself, and because she had "Chu foreign relatives" behind her Support, that's why I was suppressed so miserably.

But it was not until just now that Mrs. Zheng realized for the first time how powerful the Empress Dowager was.

The few conversations that the Empress Dowager Yangyang had with her just now seemed like ordinary chatter, but from beginning to end, they were all tests by the Empress Dowager Huayang.

The old man had obviously discovered something, but he couldn't be sure for a while, so he tried to test it in other ways to expose his flaws.

Actually tell the truth.

Mrs. Zheng's feelings towards Queen Mother Huayang are also quite complex, similar to Ying Zheng's.

Although the Queen Mother Huayang has been suppressing her in the harem all these years, it is precisely because of her relationship with the Queen Mother Huayang that Mrs. Zheng can survive peacefully in the harem until now.

A large part of the reason why she was able to conceive Fusu was because of Queen Mother Huayang.

And in fact, Mrs. Zheng herself does have a blood relationship with the Queen Mother Huayang. Even the reason why he was able to become Ying Zheng's concubine was because of the Queen Mother Huayang.

From this aspect, Mrs. Zheng should have thanked Queen Mother Huayang.

So facing this situation, Mrs. Zheng should actually convey some information to the Queen Mother Huayang. Unfortunately, this idea is not realistic, and Mrs. Zheng does not dare to do so now.

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And at the same time.

the other side.

Not long after Queen Mother Huayang left Mrs. Zheng's palace, her face turned gloomy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Mrs. Zheng had acted very calmly when faced with her temptation just now. However, it was precisely because she was so calm that Queen Mother Huayang was sure that something was wrong with her.

After all, Mrs. Zheng's behavior was very 'impulsive' at Meiren Yao's banquet.

And now suddenly he has become so calm and cautious.

These two completely opposite personalities appeared in the same person. If nothing happened to Mrs. Zheng, it was obviously impossible for the Queen Mother Huayang to believe it.

All I can say is that ginger is still spicy.

Mrs. Zheng thought that her performance was not exposed, but she did not know that sometimes there was no flaw, and it was a kind of flaw in itself.

Originally, even if there was something strange about Mrs. Zheng, the Queen Mother Huayang would not pay too much attention to it. However, when the Queen Mother Huayang mentioned "Yao Meiren's banquet", "Mrs. Zheng's sudden appearance of guards in front of the palace", "Mrs. Zheng's abnormality" ······

After all these situations are brought together.

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in her heart.

Return to Huayang Palace.

Queen Mother Huayang thought for a while with a sullen face, and then suddenly said: "Go and check, what are Xiong Qi and the others doing recently?"

Recently, the situation in Xianyang has been relatively peaceful, so even the Queen Mother Huayang couldn't figure out where her 'bad premonition' came from.

Finally thought about it.

The only possible problem in the recent period is probably with Xiong Qi, because Xiong Qi's position as the 'right prime minister' was not a glorious one.

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