Steel Dynasty - Chapter 125

[Chapter 125 Scheming]

“Concubine Zhen, yesterday many ministers in the court impeached King Qi. They seem to be very dissatisfied with King Qi’s actions in Qingzhou.”

Queen Zhao said to Concubine Zhen while taking a leisurely walk in the garden.

The harem is a well-informed place, and the concubine who has a good relationship with her has already told her about this matter.

Not only are the various political orders of Qingzhou completely different from those of Great Chongqing, but recently the news that Xiao Ming targeted and massacred local wealthy families has become even more widespread.

What kind of place is the Great Chongqing? The powerful families have ruled for thousands of years and are deeply rooted in the Great Chongqing. What Xiao Ming did made other wealthy families quite dissatisfied.

Moreover, the Wang family and the Sun family in Qingzhou have also been operating in Chang’an for some time, and some officials in the court have received money from the Wang family. Naturally, they will be aggrieved by the Wang family.

After all, the King of Qi was too high and the Emperor was far away. Even if they criticized the King of Qi in Chang’an, the King of Qi was helpless.

“I also heard about this, but the Wang family assassinated the princess first, and the Sun family rebelled later. Ming’er probably had no choice but to do it.” Concubine Zhen defended Xiao Ming.

Queen Zhao and Concubine Zhen were walking alone in front. She turned back and looked at the concubines behind her. Seeing that they were far apart, she said solemnly: “This is just what King Qi said, but the ministers in the court have always been able to trick people.” Call it white, call it black. Some people say that the King of Qi

deliberately framed the Wang family in order to get rid of the wealthy family. “My Majesty, the minister who said this is really cruel. Isn’t this framed for my Ming’er?” Make the decision for King Qi.” Concubine Zhen suddenly turned pale and wanted to salute Queen Zhao.

Empress Zhao immediately supported Concubine Zhen and said with a gentle look: “Sister, the minister will not talk nonsense. I am afraid there is someone behind the instigation. After Princess Pingyang changed her route, she went to Jinling City, and then sent people to rush to Chang’an. Later, she impeached Qi “

Princess

Pingyang, King Wei?” Concubine Zhen suddenly felt a chill coming from her back, “Where did my Ming’er provoke them?”

Both of them are high-ranking people. She was extremely favored in front of Xiao Wenxuan, but Empress Zhao had always been extremely afraid of King Wei and Princess Yang.

Because in her opinion, King Wei and Princess Pingyang are not people she can control, especially now that King Wei and Princess Pingyang are very close now.

In Chang’an, the two of them never favored any prince, and her attempts to win over him failed to come to fruition. If the two of them stood by her side, the crown prince’s throne would be truly secure.

But the problem is here. In the dispute, there are only enemies and friends, and there is no center. He can’t figure out these two people, so he is on guard. The land of Qingzhou borders the fiefdom of King Wei, so he is the best person to prevent and constrain King Wei. .

“Who can know this?” Queen Zhao said seemingly unintentionally: “Now that King Wei is the richest in the world, with strong soldiers and horses, he may have other ideas.”

At this point, she suddenly stopped, “My sister just listens to this. Don’t talk nonsense, I’m just talking casually, but don’t worry, sister, the prince said a lot of good things for King Qi in the court.”

Concubine Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Thank you, prince.”

“That’s it .

The prince has always liked King Qi, and he had a good relationship with Ming’er when he was in Chang’an. They are brothers after all, and they should help each other.” Queen Zhao chuckled.

Concubine Zhen has no power, but she is still a very smart person despite being able to enjoy the honor in the palace.

From the beginning, she knew what Empress Zhao meant. It was just to tease her and let her know how powerful it was, so that Xiao Ming could follow the prince closely.

It’s just that she doesn’t have many choices now. When Xiao Ming was arrogant and unwilling to make progress, she wasn’t worried about Xiao Ming. Now, almost every one of Xiao Ming’s actions in Qingzhou has been spread to Chang’an City. This is true. Make her restless.

She likes to read the most on weekdays. As dynasties change, there are only a few princes who can survive. The only one who is alive is a useless prince with no power.

In the past, she hoped that Xiao Ming would make progress, but she did not hope that Xiao Ming would work hard to become a strong vassal king, but that she would cultivate his moral character and spend the rest of his life in peace.

But now everything is developing in an unpredictable direction. She has always disliked manipulation, but for Xiao Ming, she had to do something for Xiao Ming in Chang’an.

She could see clearly now that although the emperor was somewhat dissatisfied with the prince, the prince’s position was still stable, and Queen Zhao’s father, King Zhao, was supporting the prince behind his back.

There will be no problem with the crown prince’s position for the time being, but what Xiao Ming needs most now is time, and relying on the crown prince means having a backer in Chang’an. No one can stop the malicious slander and conspiracy of Qingzhou from the middle of the court.

Just now, Empress Zhao mentioned the fact that Xiao Ming was helping Xiao Ming speak in the court, which was already a very obvious hint.

“Your Majesty is right. The prince and Ming’er are as close as brothers, so they will naturally help each other.” Concubine Zhen said slowly.

Queen Zhao had a smile in her eyes. Concubine Zhen had never clearly supported the prince. Now that King Qi was being criticized in the court, this was an opportunity for her.

It was with her instructions that the prince led his party to exonerate Xiao Ming in court.

And now she’s getting her wish.

She struck while the iron was hot and continued: “King Qi is not young anymore, and now he has reached the age of getting married. I have a niece in my family named Zhao Ronger. I will change the RB palace to let her come to the palace. If my sister sleeps, I will mention it to the emperor. “

If the emperor agrees, this will be a happy event.”

“It’s true that my sister is worried about the princess. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. My sister thanked your concubine on behalf of Ming’er.” Concubine Zhen said with a smile, although she was not happy in her heart. At this point she had no other choice.

The prince’s marriage was just a marriage between the emperor’s family. Concubine Zhen saw this clearly, and Xiao Ming’s wife was destined to be a woman from a prominent family.

Empress Zhao wants to further win over Xiao Ming through marriage, but it’s unclear what the emperor’s thoughts are.

She sighed in her heart, no matter whether mother and son wanted it or not, she was destined to be unable to stay out of the disputes in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

The group of people were walking when suddenly a voice called “The Emperor has arrived.” was heard not far away.

The concubines turned to where the sound came from and saluted. Xiao Wenxuan was walking towards this direction.

“Queen, dear concubine, what are you talking about, are you so happy?” Xiao Wenxuan seemed to be in a good mood today, with a smile on his face.

Empress Zhao smiled and said: “Reporting to the Emperor, my sister Zhenfei and I were just talking about choosing a princess for King Qi.”

“Choose a princess for King Qi.” Xiao Wenxuan’s expression did not change, but there was a strange look in his eyes, and he said: ” So, the queen already has a candidate.”

“Exactly, my niece Zhao Ronger is well-educated and handsome. I think she will be a good match for King Qi,” said Queen Zhao.

Xiao Wenxuan showed a look that was indeed true, and he said: “I have seen Zhao Ronger, it is indeed good, but there is no need to rush the marriage of King Qi, I have my own arrangements.”

(End of this chapter)