Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 696
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Harem.

In front of a quiet courtyard not far from the Song Palace.

Zheng Qingyun stuffed a golden hairpin to a female guard guarding the gate, and said: "I am Zheng Qingyun, the wife of the Xinjin Kingdom, and the Queen Mother Zheng of the Deposed Song Dynasty is my aunt. Please let me meet my aunt."

The female guard pushed the hairpin back to Zheng Qingyun and said, "If you want to see the abolished Queen Mother Song Zheng, you only need to sign and report, there is no need to be so polite."

Zheng Qingyun is a little different!
Zheng Qingyun did not expect that the supervision of Queen Mother Zheng would be so lax.

However, Zheng Qing went to think about it, too, the Empress Dowager Zheng is just a woman, in this palace where there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, can she still fly with wings?
Zheng Qingyun pushed the hairpin back to the female guard, and said, "Sister, take it, and take care of my aunt from now on, my little sister is very grateful."

Hearing what Zheng Qingyun said, the female guard took the hairpin away, took Zheng Qingyun to register, and then personally sent Zheng Qingyun to see the Queen Mother Zheng.

When Zheng Qingyun saw Queen Mother Zheng, she was basking in the sun while reading a book, and there were more than a dozen maids waiting on her in the room.

Obviously, Empress Dowager Zheng's life is much better than Zheng Qingyun imagined.

Empress Dowager Zheng has a dignified personality. Since she entered the palace, she has been fond of reading. The chapters are organized in an orderly manner. Zhao Ji likes her talent very much.

During the 15 years when Empress Dowager Zheng was empress, Zhao Ji's harem was stable, his offspring prospered, and he enjoyed the blessings of the people of Qi, so that he escaped like Zhao Ji, and never thought of changing the empress.

All in all, although Zhao Ji was not a competent emperor, Empress Dowager Zheng was definitely a competent queen.

Zheng Qingyun has always regarded Queen Mother Zheng as her role model.

Seeing Zheng Qingyun coming, Empress Dowager Zheng put down the book and said: "My niece is still caring, unlike my daughters, who have not even said to come and see me this old woman for so many days."

What Empress Dowager Zheng was talking about was Zhao Yupan and his concubines, who were all daughters of Empress Dowager Zheng in name.

Zheng Qingyun said: "They are not like nieces. They are already at their own pace. After a while, when the officials accept them, they will come to see you, aunt. Also, niece has to say something to aunt, why are you getting old? She looks younger than her niece."

After hearing Zheng Qingyun's words, the Empress Dowager Zheng looked at Zheng Qingyun's clothes on behalf of Mrs. Guo, and then knew that Zheng Qingyun must have been lucky enough to be passed by Li Yanlin, and then promoted to Mrs. Guo.

This made Empress Dowager Zheng feel very complicated!

Anyway, Zhao Huan is also her son in name, and she has been called Queen Mother for fifteen or sixteen years. Therefore, Zheng Qingyun is not only Queen Mother Zheng's niece, but also Queen Mother Zheng's daughter-in-law.

The daughter-in-law was favored by outsiders, which made the mother-in-law, Queen Mother Zheng, feel uncomfortable, even if Zhao Huan, the son, was ruthless and ungrateful.

However, the sophisticated Queen Mother Zheng did not show it, but smiled naturally: "You, you will flatter me, an old woman."

Changing a lazy posture, Queen Mother Zheng said again: "You may not know it, your official family has accepted them a long time ago, if they want to come to see me, an old woman, they have come here long ago, after all, no What is born is not what is born.”

Zheng Qingyun was a little surprised and said, "The officials have already taken them in? Who did you hear that from?"

Empress Dowager Zheng pointed to the room and said, "You haven't noticed that all my things are back yet, have you?"

It was only then that Zheng Qingyun noticed that most of the objects in the house belonged to Queen Mother Zheng before.

Zheng Qingyun said: "If you don't tell me, my niece hasn't noticed yet, why are all your things back?"

Empress Dowager Zheng said: "Empress Liu has come to see the old woman. She decided to return my girl and things to me. She also said that she will be freed after a while. In this palace, where the old woman wants to go, she can do whatever she wants." Where can I go?"

Now in this harem, there is only one person who can be called the queen, and that is Li Yan's queen Liu Huiniang.

Although Zheng Qingyun had just lifted the ban, he naturally knew about such a key event.

Zheng Qingyun said: "Auntie saw her? How is she?"

Empress Dowager Zheng praised without hesitation: "Very smart, very sensible, and very insightful. My old lady didn't have her kindness when she was young... There is no fluke in success. Judging from the fact that your new official sent her to be a queen, The country of your new official family is likely to be stable."

Zheng Qingyun couldn't tell whether what the Empress Dowager Zheng said was true or not, and he was thinking in his mind: "Could it be that my aunt knew that I had been accepted as the wife of the country, so she said that on purpose? Or was my aunt saying something ironic..."

Ever since the first time she met Queen Mother Zheng, Zheng Qingyun knew that her aunt was not only kind, but also unpredictable. Anyway, she hadn't been able to figure out what her aunt was thinking all these years. of.

Zheng Qingyun didn't dare to go around with Queen Mother Zheng anymore, because she thought she couldn't get around Queen Mother Zheng, so she said directly: "My niece came to see my aunt this time, and I want to ask my aunt for two things."

Empress Dowager Zheng smiled and said: "I knew that you girl would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing... Tell me, what is it all about?"

Zheng Qingyun said: "The first thing is that the government asked the niece Zhe Miaomiao from the Jiaofuzhou Zhe family to write a letter to Zhe Keqiu, but the government did not allow the niece to interfere with Zhe Miaomiao... There are many women in the government family, how about a niece?" It’s easy to get such an opportunity, if you don’t grasp it well, you don’t know how long it will last, so I ask my aunt to give my niece some advice.”

Empress Dowager Zheng said leisurely: "That new official of yours has really far-sightedness. He has only just ascended the throne, and he has started to make plans for the Zhe family in Fuzhou!"

Zheng Qingyun said: "Now the Fuzhou Zhejia is in a very embarrassing situation. They are surrounded by armies from Jinxia and Xia. If this letter from the official family is written properly, it is very likely that the Fuzhou Zhejia will be conquered in one fell swoop. I beg my aunt to help my niece find a way." , let the niece make some contributions in it, and then get the appreciation of the officials."

Empress Dowager Zheng said: "Your new official family didn't let you interfere with that Zhe Miao Miao, the main reason was that Zhe Miao Miao's letter could not prove herself. Your new official family probably just wanted to use Zhe Miao Miao's letter to lead the way. .”

Zheng Qingyun said: "My niece thinks so too."

Empress Dowager Zheng thought for a while and said, "Is your relationship with that Zhe Miao Miao okay?"

Zheng Qingyun said: "Since she entered the palace, my niece has been taking care of her very much, and she also likes to hang around her."

Empress Dowager Zheng nodded, and said: "That's easy, you just need to tell that Zhe Miaomiao more about the benefits of your new official family and the benefits of this new country you have heard, and that's it."

Zheng Qingyun said: "My niece has also thought of what my aunt said, but isn't this a little lacking... and it doesn't show my niece?"

Empress Dowager Zheng educated Zheng Qingyun and said: "You are good everywhere, but you are a little eager for quick success. You have to remember that everything can be done to the end. Your new official family and this Empress Liu are both extremely smart people. Little tricks Small tricks can't be hidden from their eyes at all, if you keep making small moves, it may backfire and cause them to dislike you, on the contrary, if you put the overall situation first, they will like you more."

Zheng Qingyun understood immediately, and said in his heart: "Fortunately, I came to ask my aunt, it almost caused a big mistake!"

Seeing that Zheng Qingyun understood, Empress Dowager Zheng nodded secretly, and said in her heart: "This child is not bad, the future of the Zheng family probably depends on her."

Zheng Qingyun quickly regained his composure and said, "Auntie, the second thing my niece came to see you for is that my niece wants to ask you for my two younger sisters."

In the distance, she was helping Empress Dowager Zheng tidy up the bookshelves, and she resembled Zheng Qingyun five or six points, like two very beautiful little maids carved out of the same mold. Head up.

Empress Dowager Zheng and Zheng Qingyun looked at the two little maids at the same time.

After a while, Empress Dowager Zheng turned her head to look at Zheng Qingyun, and said, "You are the lady of the country now, right? Is there a chance to arrange your two younger sisters to serve your new official family?"

Zheng Yunqing said confidently: "I have a niece! Auntie, you don't know that the official family is not as unfriendly as Zhao Guan's family. The official family has no women, and he can be lucky with more than [-] women in one night. As long as the niece takes the niece's He has absolutely no reason not to be indifferent to this pair of precious sisters walking towards him!"

Empress Dowager Zheng shook her head and said: "If you are so greedy for women, your body will be exaggerated sooner or later. Even the emperor, who is proficient in Taoist yin and yang techniques, would not dare to be as reckless as him."

Zheng Yunqing said: "The official family is also proficient in Taoist yin and yang techniques, and the official family is very talented. My niece is not a bride, so I know the difference. My niece dares to guarantee my future happiness. The official family is more than a hundred times stronger than the Zhao official family. My niece is also I heard that the official family has not been able to sleep if they are not lucky enough to have three or five girls every day for more than ten years, and in the early years, the official family has not practiced the Taoist yin and yang art."

Empress Dowager Zheng is also not good at discussing the strengths and weaknesses of a man with her niece, so she changed the subject and said: "It's not impossible for you to want your two younger sisters, but you need to find an opportunity to pull the Zheng family out. , has fallen, and besides, many of your uncles, brothers, and nephews have been captured by the Jinren, so you have to find a way to rescue them."

Zheng Yunqing said: "My niece heard that the imperial army is now chasing and suppressing the Jin army. Now that they have won several games in a row, it is very likely that they will eat up all the Jin troops who went south. If this is the case, my niece thinks that my niece's father and brother may They will be rescued soon, and the people of the Zhao family may also be rescued, maybe you will be able to see the emperor soon."

Hearing Zheng Yunqing's words, Queen Mother Zheng couldn't help shaking her head secretly, thinking: "This girl is still a little naive, the people of the Zheng family may be rescued, but the people of the Zhao family are definitely not coming back, as for the emperor... the emperor How are you? Will I see you again in my lifetime?"

One day husband and one hundred days of grace.

Even though Zhao Ji's extravagance caused Queen Mother Zheng, the Zheng family and the country to fall into such a situation, Queen Mother Zheng still misses Zhao Ji very much!
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(End of this chapter)