Chapter 31 The sultry queen
The golden protective fingers flew through the air and hit Jiang He hard in the face.
The Queen Mother was really angry.
Being a son of man ends with filial piety.
Although Zhao Jiao is a bastard, at least he knows how to be filial to his parents.
Just looking at the way Jiang He spoke harshly to her today, you can understand that Zhao Zheng's so-called filial piety is just an act.
But the Queen Mother waved her hand to nothing.
Jiang He quickly stepped back, but the dragon bed blocked her way. She simply raised her hand and grabbed the Queen Mother's arm.
Her fingers were so strong that she didn't look like a princess, but a rough maid chopping wood and making fire.
The Queen Mother did not expect that Jiang He would dare to resist beyond the rules. She widened her eyes and tried to shake Jiang He away, but she could not move at all.
This behavior scared the chambermaids and maids to their knees, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.
"Queen Mother, please don't lose Feng Yi."
When the Queen Mother was exhausted, Jiang He let go of the Queen Mother's hand with a hint of ridicule.
"you……"
The Queen Mother was about to step forward again, when suddenly a dull voice said: "That's enough."
Zhao Zheng, who was lying on the dragon bed, first opened his eyes, then spoke to stop him, and finally seemed to be shocked by the scene in front of him and coughed violently.
"Zhenger!"
Suddenly seeing Zhao Zheng wake up, the Queen Mother had a mixture of sadness and joy on her face. She walked a few steps quickly to help Zhao Zheng sit up.
Zhao Zheng stretched his arm towards Jiang He, stood up with her help, and looked towards the Queen Mother.
His skin was already fair, and now there was a faint greenish tint at the corners of his eyes and pair of eyes that were originally cold and aloof now became a lot more alienated.
"Mother, are you busy dealing with my wife before my son has passed away?"
The word "wife" seems to be in your mouth, cherished and valued.
In fact, he doesn't often get angry and accuse others, but once he speaks, even in a normal tone, people can hear fear.
The Queen Mother subconsciously took a step back, her expression seemed aggrieved and sad, she shook her head and said: "Why don't the Queen Mother want you to live a long life, but now you are poisoned..."
She suddenly realized that maybe Zhao Zheng had heard what she said.
Those words about brothers becoming brothers and about Zhao Jiao ascending to the throne.
Fortunately, Zhao Zheng didn't seem to want to hurt the relationship between mother and son with these trivial matters. He took a breath weakly and said: "Mother, I would like to ask you, did Zhao Jiao come to find you, and did you lock him up?" stand up."
The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Zheng with a complicated expression.
No matter what wrong thing Zhao Jiao did, he would always seek her help.
Since Zhao Zheng could guess that she had locked up Zhao Jiao, it meant that he also guessed who poisoned her.
The relationship between this pair of brothers can never be repaired.
"Zheng'er," this nickname was so unpleasant to hear, but the Queen Mother insisted on calling it this way, and said to Zhao Zheng, "Born into an emperor's family, the road ahead is paved with flesh and blood. You can resent your mother, but if you can't bear it, the Queen Mother We must continue to live hard every day and defend the little country that the late king has built. Although Zhao Jiao is ineffective, he is still much smarter than your uncles' sons who deliberately raised the disabled in order to avoid the fear of the late king. "
Zhao Zheng smiled.
This smile is like the wind in winter and the ice in summer breaking a poorly put together bronze mirror.
He smiled and said: "Queen Mother, is the door of Da Zheng Palace locked?"
The Queen Mother looked stiff and didn't understand for a while.
What does this mean?
Zhao Zheng continued: "All the people in the Da Zheng Palace belong to Zhao Jiao. Queen Mother, don't you even know?"
"How could..." The Queen Mother muttered and looked outside, raising her steps in a panic.
However, she only took one step when she suddenly heard a muffled "boom" coming from the direction of the main entrance of the palace, and not long after, the calm voice of the head chamberlain Li Wenzhou came.
"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the Queen, Lord Chang'an led his private troops to break through the city gate and come towards Zhiyang Palace."
Leading the troops to break through the city gate was so fast!
Li Wenzhou said again: "The Lord of Chang'an holds the jade seal, saying that Princess Jiang of Qi committed regicide and imprisoned the Queen Mother in an attempt to overthrow the Yong Dynasty. He was entrusted by Your Majesty to kill the rebels and rescue the Queen Mother."
It's an honest excuse.
Zhao Zheng closed his eyes deeply.
After he succeeded to the throne, he deliberately did not purge Zhao Jiao's accomplices, waiting for the day when he could eradicate them all.
It's just that although this day has arrived, there is no joy at all.
Zhao Zheng suddenly remembered that year when he left King Yong's Palace, the infant Zhao Jiao was held in his mother's was so small and soft, his little hands stretched out randomly with a flawless smile on his face.
The person he was 16 years later is no longer the same person he was then.
Growing up has changed so many things.
"Rebel! Rebel!"
The Queen Mother was shaking violently with anger.
She raised her hands to press down on her side, her wide dark clothes fanned out the wind, and she didn't know what to do.
It was originally a piece of cake. Zhao Jiao only had to wait. When Zhao Zheng passed away, she would support Zhao Jiao to succeed him.
In this way, the first one is justifiable, the second one can continue the marriage, and the third one can use Zhao Zheng's poisoning to attack dissidents.
Who would have thought that Zhao Jiao didn't even want to wait for a moment, he dared to steal the jade seal she kept, he even dared to lead private soldiers to break through the palace gate, and he even dared to involve the Jiang family of Qi State! Confused!
Too confused! Zhao Zheng has woken up, and those murderous Lang Zhonglingjun will also be Queen Mother walked out quickly, she wanted to stop Zhao Jiao.
Stop him and save his life.
This is the only thing she can do as a mother.
The hall was instantly empty.
Zhao Zheng sat on the bed, and Jiang He also sat down slowly.
Li Wenzhou brought a bowl of medicine, Jiang He took it in his hand, and Li Wenzhou retreated with his chambermaid.
Compared with yesterday's suspicion and fear, Li Wenzhou looked at Jiang He with a lot more gratitude and relief.
This may be because Jiang He prevented Zhao Jiao from lynching yesterday and also protected Zhao Zheng just now.
The palace gate is still far away from here. After the Weiwei Army and the Langzhong Lingjun who had asked Zhao Zheng for orders left, the palace became quiet.
Jiang He handed the medicine to Zhao Zheng, but Zhao Zheng did not take it.
"My hands and feet are numb and I can't hold the bowl."
He said a little apologetically.
This is someone who needs to be fed.
After asking her to put on clothes and shoes, she was given a new errand.
Jiang He stirred the medicinal soup, scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Zhao Zheng's Zheng only touched it, then stepped away and said: "It's too hot."
Jiang He looked at him with raised eyebrows and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, you can blow it yourself."
Do you still have to blow it yourself?I haven’t seen you need others to blow it by themselves when feeding Wei Ji medicine.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng looked at Jiang He and frowned: "I just heard the queen say that if the Great Yong dies, the people's hearts will be scattered?"
Although it sounds funny, I always feel that she can do it and has the intention to do it.
Jiang He looked at him angrily.
You really don’t know what’s good or bad, why do you listen to half of what people say?What I said before is obviously to protect you!
But she had been too lazy to explain to Zhao Zheng, and because she felt guilty, she could only lower her head and blow on the medicinal soup before feeding it to Zhao Zheng.
He scooped up the medicinal soup, blew it, and brought it to Zhao Zheng's mouth.
He did this action countless times before Zhao Zheng finally finished taking the medicine.
He turned his head over and motioned for Jiang He to wipe the corners of his mouth.
Too much.
Jiang He casually pulled the bed curtain and pushed it over, and then Zhao Zheng gave up.
"How could you treat this poor guy like this?" He shook his head, looking frustrated.
It is really pitiful to be diagnosed by the imperial doctor as hopeless, and to hear with one's own ears the cold-bloodedness of his mother and his brother's rebellion with private soldiers.
Jiang He put down the medicine bowl.
Although I couldn't empathize with him, I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
But before she could persuade her, Zhao Zheng said again: "Gu has known the Queen Mother's thoughts for a long time. Gu is not a child and understands human nature."
It is indeed human nature for a mother to prefer the children she keeps close to her.
It is human nature, and there is also deep love for Ladu, Mencius's mother moved three times, and her son traveled thousands of miles, and her mother was worried.
"Your poison..." Jiang He bit his lip and said.
"It doesn't matter!" Zhao Zheng said with a smile on his face, "I don't know how many times I have been judged dead by the imperial doctor. If it weren't for Yong's ban on gambling, I really should have made a handicap. The queen loves money as much as her life, and now she bets that Gu can live forever. .”
Jiang He laughed when he said it.
The sound of weapons clashing could be heard in the distance.
But Zhao Zheng and Jiang He in the hall showed no fear at all.
They all know very well that there are probably very few opportunities to sit down and talk honestly like this.
After thinking about it, Zhao Zheng still asked: "Is your father the envoy of the Qi State envoy who was assassinated in Wei State three years ago?"
Jiang He nodded, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
As long as you find that she is familiar with Wei Ji, you can probably guess her identity.
There seems to be a fine spider web in the world, connecting everyone just don’t know which thread to pull to find my father’s remains.
Zhao Zheng nodded and said: "Back then, it was rumored in the seven countries that Sun Wu had devoted his whole life to writing a secret scroll, which contained strategic insights, including power, situation, yin and yang, and techniques, which were the culmination of military strategists. So all countries heard the news and moved to find this secret scroll. Three years ago, Someone found out that your mother, Sun, is a descendant of Sun Wu. Even the family of the King of Qi didn't know about this. It was just that the Sun was deceased, so the King of Wei invited a delegation from the State of Qi to visit. What happened next, the Queen knew."
Jiang He looked out the window with a gloomy expression.
After that, they were kept by the Wei family for three months, and then the Wei family broke up with each Wei Ji hadn't saved her life and traveled thousands of miles to send her back to Qi, she would be dead now.
The reason why the King of Qi family brought her into the palace was because they heard about the secret scroll and thought she would have some after getting nothing for three years, he agreed that she could leave after getting married.
Zhao Zheng looked at Jiang He and said with deep eyes: "Is the reason why the Queen acted like a crazy wild cat just now because of the support of this secret volume?"
Jiang He looked back at Zhao Zheng and said in a low voice: "How can your Majesty talk about wild animals?"
Zhao Zheng snorted.
What's wrong with the wild animals? There are so many wild animals...they're scratching people.
Suddenly there was a loud shout outside, and the rebel army invaded Zhiyang Palace.
(End of this chapter)