Qian Song

Chapter 274 Empress Zhu in Difficult Situation
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In Yanfu Palace.

Ever since Zhao Huan ascended the throne and released tens of thousands of people from the palace twice, there has never been such a lively scene.

But behind this excitement, there is deep sadness and endless worry.

The survivors of Qin Shihuang Fen VI ruled the world and created the Qin Dynasty, the first unified dynasty in Chinese history, and he himself became the first emperor in history, with his illustrious martial arts for thousands of years.When his son Hu Hai came to power, he first killed his brothers and sisters. Hu Hai himself was forced to commit suicide within a short time. The remaining nephew, Ziying, was also killed by Xiang Yu.

After the fall of the Han Dynasty and the Cao Wei Dynasty, although the royal family and the clan did not live very well, after all, many people survived. Compared with other dynasties, the ending is already considered good, so I won’t say much.

The bad thing is that after Liu Yu destroyed Jin and founded Liu Song, the entire Sima family was destroyed.

Liu Yu ended the tradition of treating the descendants of the former royal family kindly, and it is basically difficult for the descendants of the exterminated dynasty to die well.

That is to say, from then on, the daughters of the subjugated royal family and the clan will basically become the playthings of the new dynasty's dignitaries.

Not to mention far away, just say that Zhao Song destroyed Hou Shu, Zhao Kuangyin took Mrs. Huarui;

Therefore, after learning that the Zhao Song Dynasty was abolished, the royal daughters and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty had already guessed what would happen to them, especially when they were gathered and imprisoned in the harem .

In this regard, the daughters of the royal family and the clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasties could not only read, "The flag was raised and lowered on the king's city, and the concubine learned about it in the deep palace. 14 people were disarmed, and none of them was a man.", What can I do? What did you get?
As the lord of the harem, after the initial shock and depression, Zhu Lian cheered up and called her two younger sisters Zhao Huan's concubine Zhu Shende and Zhao Kai's concubine Zhu Fengying to visit the Queen Mother Zheng.

Zheng Shi will be 49 years old soon, and she is three years older than Zhao Ji. No matter how attractive Li Cun is, it is impossible for Li Cun to attack an old woman who will be 50 years old soon.

Therefore, Zheng was not worried about what Li Cun would do to her.

Taking a step back, Zheng Shi doesn't care what Li Cunzhen does to Zheng Shi, and even Zheng Shi may feel that she is the one who took advantage of her.

but--

Although she wasn't worried about what Li Cun would do to her, it didn't mean that Zheng could sit back and relax.

First of all, although Zheng Shi has no risk of losing her virginity, if she wants to enjoy her old age in peace, she must find a way to please Li Cun, a person whose attitude can determine her fate.

In addition to enjoying her old age comfortably, Zheng also has to consider her family, the Zheng family.

When Zheng was young, she was beautiful and erudite. Her memorials were all self-made, with brilliant pens, which even made the talented Zhao Ji suspect that they were written by gunmen.

Moreover, the Zheng family is very good at getting along with a romantic emperor like Zhao Ji.

——She perfectly inherited the Song Palace's tradition of "happy young lady", encouraged Zhao Ji to accept more women, and was willing to take care of those palace people who were pregnant with Zhao Ji's children.

For example, although Zhao Gou's mother, Webster, was first recommended by Webster's friend Qiao Guifei, she was later adopted by Zheng as an adopted daughter. Wupin Tongfang was promoted to a fifth-rank talent.

Concubine Liu Gui passed away, and the Zheng family took the initiative to write to adopt Concubine Liu Gui, and also greatly supported Zhao Ji's pursuit of Concubine Liu Gui as Queen Mingda. This not only made Zhao Ji grateful for her kindness, but also preserved the dignity of the queen to a certain extent.

Later, Concubine Liu Gui (also known as Concubine An) entered the palace as a special favor, and was sought after by Zhao Ji as a fairy. She enjoyed sacrifices when she was alive, and her limelight overshadowed the Central Palace, but the Zheng family still treated her indifferently.

After the death of Concubine Liu Gui, Zhao Ji was very sad, boasting that she was a fairy who came down to earth, worried about the country and the people, and named her Empress of Ming Festival.

The careful Zheng family immediately led the harem concubines to offer condolences in person.

Zhao Ji also gave Zheng a step to adopt Ming Jie.

Zheng Shi did not know how many things like this, and even did it easily.

Therefore, from the concubine Wang Guifei who was given to Zhao Ji by the Queen Mother together with Zheng at the beginning, to the low-ranking maids in Zhao Ji's palace, they all thought of Zheng's kindness.

Even Zhao Ji felt that the prosperity of his own sons and daughters was due to the Zheng family.

Therefore, Zhao Ji was very generous to Zheng's family. Zheng's father, Zheng Shen, was finally granted the title of Jiedu Envoy of the Yinghai Navy, a first-rank grand master of Zhengyi, and the third division of Kaifu Yitong. Zheng's two elder brothers, Zheng Yizhi, Zheng Chengzhi is the Jiedu Envoy of the Army and Navy and the Jiedu Envoy of the Ande Army respectively.

The Zheng family has never been proud and complacent because of this, but has become more dignified and respectful. She refuses to create a new queen's crown, and can use the imperial concubine's crown to change it.

As a result, the Zheng family has high qualifications, great achievements, wide connections and is the most favored. After being Zhao Ji's queen for nearly 20 years, she was able to become the queen mother smoothly after her only son died young after retirement.

In short, the Zheng family is good at trying to figure out the king's heart and has a lot of city power. Although Zhao Ji favors many concubines, she not only has a strong posthumous position, but also never falls in love.

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With Zheng's qualifications, contributions, contacts, skills and Zhao Ji's affection for her, she will definitely have a very good old age.

However, the Zheng family never expected that in the later period of Zhao Ji's administration, he frequently made foolish tricks, which finally put the country in danger.

The key point is that Zhao Ji hastily passed the throne to Zhao Huan, the white-eyed wolf.

in fact--

As smart as the Zheng family, he has already made arrangements for the prince.

On the one hand, after the death of Queen Wang, the Zheng family adopted Prince Zhao Huan and his direct sister Rongde Emperor Ji Zhao Jinnu, and took good care of their siblings;
On the other hand, the Zheng family has always maintained a very good sister relationship with Zhao Kai, Zhao Shu's mother Wang Guifei, and the mothers of other princes who are expected to become crown princes.

In this way, no matter how you look at it, the Zheng family who bet on both ends, no, bet on the long side, will definitely not lose.

Later, after confirming that Zhao Huan would become emperor, Zheng bought another insurance, and it was double insurance, that is, she borrowed Zhao Ji's hand to give Zhao Huan her two nieces, Zheng Qingyun and Zheng Yaogong. She is going to let her two nieces who are direct relatives follow the old path of her and Wang Guifei.

The Zheng family has calculated to this extent and successfully implemented it. No matter how you look at it, the rest of her life and the Zheng family should be stable.

Who would have thought that Zheng's agencies had exhausted their efforts, but they hadn't figured it out, and Zhao Huan was not a womanizer.

It has been almost a year since Zheng Qingyun and Zheng Yaogong entered Zhao Huan's harem, yet Zhao Huan never touched them once.

In other words, Zheng Qingyun and Zheng Yaogong are still first-time girls.

The Zheng family never thought that Zhao Huan, who was humble and filial when he was the prince, turned out to be a beast who could even imprison his own father who passed the throne to him for the sake of power.

In this case, even if Mrs. Zheng has the means, no matter how good at trying to figure out a man's mind, what can she do?
What's more, Mrs. Zheng would figure out the heart of a flirtatious man like Zhao Ji, not a man like Zhao Huan who is not at all feminine.

Moreover, while Zhao Huan put Zhao Ji under house arrest, he also put Zheng under house arrest because he was afraid that the powerful Zheng would spoil him.

It can be said that after meeting Zhao Huan, who is not good at women and is ruthless and ruthless, the Zheng family, who has been in every way for more than 20 years, was completely defeated.

It was precisely because Zhao Huan helped Zhu Lian suppress the entire Zheng family that Zhu Lian was able to rule the harem with ease, and his mother loved the world.

If it's just that, forget it.

As smart as Zheng Shi, how could he not understand that one courtier is one emperor?

——The emperor changed from Zhao Ji to Zhao Huan, and Zhao Huan unscrupulously eradicated all of Zhao Ji's political forces. No matter how unwilling the Zheng family is, what can they do?Could she really go to court and fight with Zhao Huan in person?
Therefore, if Zhao Huan can really suppress Zhao Ji all the time and firmly control the Zhao Song Dynasty, no matter how many ideas the Zheng family has, they can only compromise.

However, Zhao Huan was an expert in internal fighting and an amateur in external fighting, so Li Cun was abolished, and he was no longer an emperor.

At this time, Mrs. Zheng will inevitably think of Zhao Huan's "filial piety" to her and Zhao Ji.

For example, when Li Cun was besieging Bianliang City in Tokyo for the first time, Zhao Huan first attacked their Zheng family, drove her father Zheng Shen and her two brothers Zheng Yizhi and Zheng Chengzhi to the end, and copied their Zheng family completely. Jing, she didn't care about her adoptive mother, she, the queen mother of Zhao Song Dynasty.

That's right!

The Zheng family hated Zhao Huan.

But it's Li Cun's business to deal with Zhao Huan. How can there be any possibility of Mrs. Zheng intervening?

However, the Zheng family can transfer this hatred to Zhu Lian who is singing with Mrs. Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan is not good at women, and hates extravagance and waste, which makes Zhao Huan's harem very small.

——It's full of counts, including Zhao Huan's concubines, plus female officials, plus untitled court ladies, Cai girls, singing girls, etc., there are more than 100 people in total.

But Zhao Ji's harem is different. There are a total of 140 three named concubines and female officials, 470 nine untitled court ladies, 310 picking girls, and [-] singing girls.

Do you think this is over?

wrong.

A group of emperor concubines, a group of concubines, a group of concubines, a group of concubines, a group of clan concubines, clan wives, clan wives, noble relatives, and their maids, etc...

These women together, there are more than 3000 people.

Most of these 3000 people also hated Zhao Huan.

In their opinion, not to mention that Zhao Huan was too stupid to destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty and make them all prisoners.

It only said that Zhao Huan imprisoned Zhao Ji, copied all the houses of the royal family and clan to collect gold and silver for Li Cun, and gave Li Cun the nine concubines including Zhao Fujin as political bargaining chips for peace.

All these incidents made the Zhao Song royal family and clan hate Zhao Huan, the ruthless, key and incompetent emperor.

On the contrary to Zhao Huan, Zhao Ji was not only generous to ministers, but also extremely generous to the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

This made the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty all willing to get close to Zhao Ji, and even listen to Zhao Ji.

Switching to the harem means that almost all the daughters of the royal family and the clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasties are willing to follow the lead of the Zheng family.

Under such circumstances, if Zhu Lian wanted to do something in the harem of the slave group, without Zheng's support, he would definitely not be able to do it.

Zhu Lian deeply understood this point.

Furthermore, just from the point of view of etiquette, Zhu Lian had to come to see the Zheng family who bears the name of Zhao Huan's mother.

Therefore, Zhu Lian regained his composure, and the first thing he did was to bring concubine Zhu Shende and Zhu Fengying to visit Mrs. Zheng.

Seeing the three sisters from the Zhu family coming to see her, Mrs. Zheng said kindly, "How dare you bother the queen to see this old woman, a concubine. You should go to see the queen as an old woman."

Zhu Lian hurriedly said: "What is the queen mother talking about? There is no reason for you, an old man, to visit me and wait for the younger generation. Since I wait for the younger generation to come to visit the queen mother."

Mrs. Zheng didn't argue with Zhu Lian on this matter, she just said uninterestedly: "Oh, the country is dead, why do you still care about these vulgar rituals, maybe one day, the emperor will make a paper, and I will They are all dead bones in the grave."

When Zhu Lian heard this, she also sighed leisurely, but she quickly pulled herself together and said: "Your Majesty will definitely try his best to mediate. I think, I, Mrs. Zhao, should have a way out."

Although the Zheng family is very wealthy, after hearing Zhu Lian's big joke, she still couldn't help showing a hint of sarcasm on her face.

Zheng thought to himself, when the Zhao Song Dynasty still had millions of troops and sufficient strategic depth, Zhao Huan would be able to let Li Cun destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty and capture all their royal families and clans in the Zhao Song Dynasty. Now that the Zhao Song Dynasty has lost to the point where it can no longer lose, how can Zhao Huan, a waste, idiot, and idiot, turn things around?

But Zheng didn't express the truest thoughts in her heart, she just said perfunctorily: "I hope."

Seeing that Mrs. Zheng was not in high spirits, Zhu Lian, who was unwilling to face this heavy topic, immediately changed the subject and said: "Queen Mother, now the people in my palace only have twelve bedrooms, which is not enough to live in. I don't like Yanfu Palace." I don’t know where there is an empty bedroom, can I place the palace servants?”

Zheng said with a smile: "You can ask Mei Niang about this, how would I know."

The three Zhu Lian sisters all thought at the same time: "If your niece Zheng Meiniang is willing to make arrangements for us, why should we tell you about it?"

But Zhu Lian didn't want to tear herself apart with Zheng Shi, and she would get a reputation for being unfilial for nothing, so she could only respond: "Then I'll talk to Zheng Zhaoyuan later."

The three Zhu Lian sisters patiently chatted with Mrs. Zheng for a while.

Mrs. Zheng was very enthusiastic, with a smile on her face the whole time, but the three sisters of Zhu Lian could clearly feel the alienation of being thousands of miles away in this enthusiasm.

This made the three Zhu Lian sisters very uncomfortable.

Therefore, after the necessary pleasantries, the three Zhu Lian sisters bid farewell to Mrs. Zheng.

Before going out, Zhu Lian hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said to Zheng Shi: "Queen Mother, if...the matter is really unacceptable, my Zhao family should have a martyr to die for the country."

After hearing the words, Mrs. Zheng said indifferently: "When the family and the country rise and fall naturally, why do Wu people complain about Xishi. If Xishi liberates Wu, who will come when Yue falls?"

in fact--

Zhu Lian felt the same way.

This battle was fought by the men of the Zhao Song Dynasty. What does it have to do with the women in the harem?
Therefore, it is really too strong to make women die for the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Zhu Lian didn't say anything, but saluted Zheng Shi again, then turned and left.

Zhu Lian had just stepped out of Zheng's bedroom on the front foot, followed by dozens of Zhao Ji's concubines, including Wang Guifei, Qiao Guifei, and Wei Xianfei, and dozens of concubines from Zhao Song Dynasty, including Jiade Emperor Ji Zhao Yupan, Ande Emperor Ji Zhao Jinluo, Xunde Emperor Ji Zhao Fujin, etc. Emperor Ji, Zong Ji, Concubine Su Ren, Concubine Jing Tian, ​​Concubine Ji Cao, Concubine Kang Xing Bingyi and more than 20 concubines of the Zhao and Song Dynasties came out of the room...

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