Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 263

Chapter 263

"I pay my respects to my grandmother."

Although I don't know why the Empress Dowager Huayang suddenly came to the door this time, Mrs. Zheng can only greet her with a smile. After all, apart from other places, at least in this harem, the Empress Dowager Huayang is the elder of Mrs. Zheng.

"Get up!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang gently raised her hand, signaling Mrs. Zheng to be excused.

"How have you been recently?"

"Thanks to grandma, everything is fine."

"That's good. It's hard for you to manage this huge harem."

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

The two asked and answered, and their words seemed extremely harmonious. If people who don't know the inside story see this scene, they may really think that this is some kind of picture of "grandmother, loving grandson and daughter-in-law".

However, in fact, these are just some scenes between the Empress Dowager Huayang and Mrs. Zheng.

After the two exchanged pleasantries.

Only then did Mrs. Zheng try to get into the subject, and said, "Grandmother is here today, is there anything I can do for you?"

The Empress Dowager Huayang shook her head with a smile and said: "It's nothing, maybe it's because of getting older, people suddenly become inexplicably wanting to talk to someone. I happened to pass by here today, so I wanted to come in and chat with you gossip."

"It turns out that this is the honor of my concubine."

Mrs. Zheng agreed with a smile all over her face, but in fact, she is probably the only one who knows exactly what is going on in her heart.

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

In fact, what the Empress Dowager Huayang just said was indeed the truth, because when she first entered Mrs. Zheng's palace, it was indeed the Empress Dowager Huayang who walked in on a whim.

Only after walking in, the Empress Dowager Huayang suddenly changed her mind.

"Fusu recently handled the government affairs, but is it going well?"

"This...the concubine doesn't know about it. The court affairs are all things that men should do. The concubine is just a woman, so how dare she talk too much."

"It's true, how can us women control those men! But the king's decision this time is indeed a bit reckless. After all, Fusu is still young now. Isn't it right to let him touch the court affairs rashly at this time? It’s pulling seedlings to encourage growth.”

"..."

Mrs. Zheng did not respond to this sentence.

See here.

The Empress Dowager Huayang also seemed to realize what she said was wrong. After pursing her lips, she immediately changed the subject and said, "But if there is any problem, you can ask Fusu to ask Xiong Qi for help. He is Fusu's after all. Dear uncle, it must be because of this consideration that the king specially appointed Xiong Qi as the 'Prime Minister of the Right' before leaving this time."

"My concubine remembered it."

Mrs. Zheng responded respectfully.

"Well! It's the best. I'm old, and it's easy to chatter. This time I came to chat with you for a while, and the old man's mood suddenly became much more comfortable."

"It's getting late, and it's time for the old man to leave."

The Empress Dowager Huayang stood up, ready to leave.

Mrs. Zheng got up quickly and said: "I will send my grandmother away."

After sending the Empress Dowager Huayang all the way out, seeing the imperial sedan chair of the Empress Dowager Huayang leaving, Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but narrowed her eyes. After a while, she turned and returned to her palace.

After returning to the palace.

Mrs. Zheng sat back in her original seat. Just as she was seated, Mrs. Zheng realized that a cold sweat broke out from behind her back at some point.

"What a great old man!"

Although Madam Zheng has been constrained by the Empress Dowager Huayang for so many years, before that, Madam Zheng always believed that it was because the Empress Dowager Huayang was older than herself, and there was a "family of relatives from Chu" behind her. If you support him, you will be suppressed so miserably.

But until just now, Mrs. Zheng realized for the first time how powerful this Empress Dowager is.

The few conversations between the Empress Dowager Huayang and her just now seemed to be just ordinary chats, but it was the temptation of the Empress Dowager Huayang from beginning to end.

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

Actually tell the truth.

Mrs. Zheng's feelings for the Empress Dowager Huayang are also quite complicated, similar to Ying Zheng.

Although the Empress Dowager Huayang has been suppressing her in the harem all these years, it is precisely because of the relationship with the Empress Dowager Huayang that Madam Zheng has been able to survive in the harem until now.

Even the fact that she was able to conceive Fusu was largely due to the Empress Dowager Huayang.

And in fact, Mrs. Zheng herself is indeed related to the Queen Mother Huayang by blood. Even the reason why he was able to become Yingzheng's concubine at the beginning was due to the Queen Mother Huayang.

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

So in the face of this situation, Mrs. Zheng should actually send a little information to the Queen Mother Huayang, but unfortunately this idea is not realistic, and Mrs. Zheng does not dare now.

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And at the same time.

the other side.

Not long after the Empress Dowager Huayang left Madam Zheng's palace, her complexion became gloomy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Just now Madam Zheng was quite calm in the face of her temptation, but it was precisely because she was too calm that the Empress Dowager Huayang confirmed that something was wrong with the other party.

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

And now suddenly it became so calm and cautious.

These two diametrically opposite personalities appeared in the same person, and it was obviously impossible for the Empress Dowager Huayang to believe that nothing happened to Mrs. Zheng.

It can only be said that ginger is still old and spicy.

Mrs. Zheng thought that her performance was not exposed, but she didn't know that sometimes there were no flaws, which was a kind of flaw in itself.

Originally, even if there was something strange about Mrs. Zheng, the Empress Dowager Huayang would not pay too much attention to it. However, when the Empress Dowager Huayang described "Beauty Yao's banquet", "the extra guards in front of Mrs. Zheng's palace", "Mrs. Zheng's abnormality" ······

After all these situations are linked together.

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in her heart.

Return to Huayang Palace.

The Empress Dowager Huayang pondered for a while with a sullen face, then suddenly said: "Go and check, what are Xiong Qi and the others doing recently?"

Recently, the situation in Xianyang as a whole has been considered peaceful, so even the Empress Dowager Huayang couldn't think of where her 'bad premonition' came from.

Finally after much deliberation.

The only possible problem in the recent period is probably Xiong Qi's body, because Xiong Qi's position of 'Prime Minister of the Right' was not honorable.

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(End of this chapter)