The queen didn't know what happened in the Dragon Chariot Hall. The night was deep, but the queen sat by the window, staring at the night sky outside in a daze. She was over 40 years old and elegant and dignified. The royal bloodline made her look extremely noble.

The dragon chariot was very large, and the place where the queen lived was very luxurious. It was a bit far from the hall. Although she knew that the emperor was summoning the ministers, she didn't care what happened.

The harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, so the queen never interfered in the affairs of the court.

Her responsibility lies in the harem.

But now the queen gradually realized that even the harem herself could no longer be controlled. The reason was actually very simple, just because of the Snowflake Empress.

The Governor of Hexi Feng Yuanpo, who offered beauty, has to be said that Feng Yuanpo spent a lot of thought. The Snowflake Queen is indeed a peerless beauty selected from thousands of people. Even the emperor who was devoted to Taoism is now fascinated by the Snowflake Queen. Since the Snowflake Queen entered the palace, she soon received the favor of the emperor. The Emperor was worried about the request of the Snowflake Queen and built the Snowflake Palace for her in the palace.

In addition to practicing Taoism, the emperor even hangs out with the Snowflake Queen. The empress, who used to be respectful to the emperor, now became a difficult task to meet the emperor.

More importantly, it is said that this Snowflake Empress was born in a large tribe of Yiman. She is the pearl in the palm of the tribe chief. Her beautiful name is even more famous throughout Yiman.

When the Snowflake Empress entered the capital, a group of barbarian servants came with him. Two of them became eunuchs and entered the palace to serve the Snowflake Empress.

If one person attains enlightenment, the chicken and the dog will ascend to heaven.

When the Snowflake Empress was favored by the emperor, the status of the servants under her in the palace became higher, and they were arrogant and domineering, especially the two eunuchs, Yelisin and Puxin, who relied on the Emperor and Snowflake Empress as their backers, were even more arrogant in the palace. It was precisely because of the group of people like Snowflake Empress that the queen's majesty was severely hit in the harem.

At that time, the emperor favored the queen. For decades, the queen's status in the harem was deeply rooted and as stable as Mount Tai. However, in a short time, Snowflake Empress's later generations came to the forefront. The concubines who once only followed the queen and followed the horse gradually alienated the queen and approached the Snowflake Empress. Although Snowflake Empress entered the palace for a short time, her influence in the harem had exceeded that of the queen.

If it were someone else, it would be impossible for the fire and water to fight to the death. However, the queen has always been calm and gentle, and she does not care about the Snowflake Empress being in power in the palace.

She is already over 40 years old. She has no passion when she was young and has been with the emperor for half her life. The emperor has now become indifferent to him, and she has not shown any abnormalities. For her, the most important thing is her son, King Yingren, who can be safe and sound, no matter who the emperor loves, she doesn't care.

During this Northern Tour, the queen knew that the time was not good, and she also persuaded the emperor whether to cancel the Northern Tour. However, the Snowflake Queen insisted on the Northern Tour, so the queen stopped fighting and left the capital with her. She was worried day and night that the King of Qi was far away in the capital.

The passage of time has not given the princess of the previous dynasty any signs of aging, but has made her more mature and elegant.

"Empress, it's too late..." The voice of the palace maid came from beside him, "It's time for you to rest."

This Northern Tour was a huge momentum. Not to mention the officials and soldiers who followed the tour, there were nearly 300 eunuchs and palace maids brought out from the palace. However, the only concubines in the harem who could accompany the tour in the north were the Empress and Snowflake Empress.

The queen stood up and saw the palace maid opening the brocade quilt for her. She walked over and asked softly: "Is the Lord still summoning the minister?"

The palace maid glanced at the door and lowered her voice, "It just broke up. The emperor seemed to have returned to the house with... and...!"

Of course the queen knew who the "she" was in the palace maid's mouth. She said "Oh" without saying much, and sat down beside the bed. The palace maid whispered: "Queen, just now... it seems that someone died!"

The queen frowned slightly, "Who is dead?"

"It seems to be an official." The palace maid lowered her voice: "I heard they were talking in a low voice just now. I heard that an ignorant official committed a crime of disrespect and blasphemy about the emperor..." But she did not dare to continue.

“What is it?”

The palace maid hesitated for a moment, and the queen had already said, "You are just saying it's okay, I won't blame you."

The palace maid then said, "That man said... the emperor was a foolish monarch, and he said... he said that Qin would perish..."

The queen frowned.

"He blasphemed the Lord. He heard that the Snowflake Queen had someone cut his tongue, and the man hit the bronze tripod and died." The palace maid said carefully: "The Lord is very angry and has left the hall with the Snowflake Queen."

"Do you know the name of that person?"

The palace maid thought for a while before whispering: "It's an official from Xishan Road. I can't remember any official slaves, but his name seems to be Wei Zheng..."

The queen pondered, and the palace maid walked to the window and felt a cold wind blowing in. She closed the window. After a long time, she heard the queen sigh, "He is a loyal minister..."

The palace maid didn't dare to say much and said softly: "Queen, these days, you will always wake up when you rest at night and can't sleep well. I have someone cook a bowl of calming soup for you, so you can rest well."

The queen shook her head and said, "No need."

"Empress, you...you are much thinner than before." The palace maid looked at the queen's lonely appearance and felt unbearable. "Is the queen...are you thinking about Your Highness Qi?" Seeing the queen look at her eyes, she hurriedly knelt down, "I'm talking too much, please forgive me!"

The queen said softly: "Get up, I didn't blame you." She stretched out her hand to pull the palace maid up and smiled: "How old are you?"

"I am fifteen!"

"How long have you been in the palace?"

"I have been in the palace for two years." The palace maid lowered her head and said shyly.

The queen said softly: "Do you miss your family?"

The palace maid hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

The queen sighed quietly: "Mother and son are in love, your family is afraid that they are thinking about you now..."

"Empress, you miss Your Highness, why don't you ask the Emperor to let the King of Qi go with you in the Northern Tour?" The palace maid blinked, "If Your Highness can also go with you in the Northern Tour, the Empress can see Your Highness, so you don't have to miss it like this."

The queen chuckled and said, "The emperor went to the north to visit, and someone in the capital should stay behind. The prince was in charge of the country. Of course, the King of Qi would help the prince manage the government together..."

"Oh...!" The palace maid was not afraid when she saw the queen being gentle and kind, "But...!" After thinking for a while, she didn't dare to say anything.

"But what?"

"I...I dare not say it." said the palace maid.

The queen smiled and said, "Only I can hear you when you speak, don't be afraid."

The palace maid thought for a while before carefully whispering: "I heard that they were gossiping behind their backs. They all said... they said that the Crown Prince does not like the King of Qi, the Crown Prince supervises the country, and the King of Qi stays in the capital. I am afraid... I am afraid that the Crown Prince will not treat His Highness well..."

"Bold!" the queen scolded: "Who said these words?"

Seeing that the queen was still smiling just now, the palace maid looked cold in a blink of an eye. She was so scared that she knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Empress, I am talking nonsense. I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I beg the queen for spare time...!"

The queen said lightly: "It's good to know that it's nonsense. If I hear you talk about these nonsense again, be careful that someone else will cut your tongue."

"I know, I will never dare to do it again."

The queen raised her hand and said, "You retreat, I am going to rest."

The palace maid kowtowed a few times, stood up and retreated to the door. The queen called out and ordered: "Tell those who were chewing behind their backs, let them control their mouths, don't say what they should say, let alone say what they should not say, let alone if they really think that their tongues are in their mouths, let them say a few more words."

"I know...!"

When the palace maid stepped down, the queen did not lie down to rest. She got up and walked to the window and opened the window again. The cold wind of autumn night came to her face. Guards were patrolling back and forth in the distance. The queen's eyes turned back to the dark sky again. The mature and beautiful face was quite solemn. After a long time, she sighed quietly: "No...they...they...they can't...!" Although she said this, there was a look of worry between her eyebrows.

The capital city of Luo'an hundreds of miles away was already past midnight, and the capital was shrouded in tranquility. A carriage stopped in front of the Qi Palace. The guards opened the carriage door. The tired-looking King Yingren of Qi got out of the carriage. He was wearing a light yellow brocade robe and a jade crown. Although he still had youthful and childishness on his face, he seemed much more mature than two years ago.

The Qi Palace was completed many years ago. At that time, the empress was favored and the Qi King was also loved by the emperor. At that time, the treasury was still under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Anguo Huang Ju. In any case, although taxes had been raised at that time and the people had a hard time, Huang Ju not only guaranteed that the Huang family would make money every day, but also guaranteed the emperor's squandering money.

The Ministry of Revenue allocated a large amount of funds and called a large number of skilled craftsmen to build this Qi Prince Mansion.

The Qi Palace is beautiful and has been built for several years, but its owner moved in, but it has been less than a year since the Tongtian Palace incident. The emperor finally issued an order to order the Qi Palace to leave the palace and open the palace.

When the mansion was opened, there was his own team, including officials in literature, officials in charge, and military officials in charge.

According to the laws of Qin, after the founding of the palace, the prince could have a guard team with a maximum of no more than 500 people. It is naturally easy to choose the guards of the King of Qi's palace, but it is not easy to choose a guard commander.

Shortly after the King of Qi entered the government, he had rarely been with the civil and military ministers in the court, which made his foundation in the court very shallow, and there were very few people who could be called a confidant. Apart from Xu Congyang, there were only Chu Huan.

Although the Han King's legacy party has joined the King of Qi for their own future, the combination of the two sides is actually the basis of mutual use and cooperation, which is entirely based on interests. The King of Qi is very clear that the most fundamental reason for them to surrender to themselves is not how capable they think the King of Qi is, but because they are the prince's enemies. They need to find a big tree that can compete with the prince as support to protect their wealth, life and future. However, they have no choice but to King of Qi.

Understanding this crucial root, the King of Qi will naturally not be complacent because of the great momentum of the King of Qi. On the contrary, he really has no sense of trust in these King of Qi.

Even the Minister of Revenue Lang Wuxu, the King of Qi, was cautious and very careful.

So in this case, it is not easy to let him personally choose a close minister in the royal palace. For a royal palace, the two positions of the chief officer and the guard commander are crucial and should not be careless. If Chu Huan did not leave, the position of the guard commander, the King of Qi would naturally be the first to think of him.

The emperor issued an order that the King of Qi could select military generals from the court and enter the royal palace to serve as the commander of the guards. Whether it is the Twelve Tunmen Guards or the Royal Guards, if there are military generals you like, you can choose by name.
Chapter completed!