The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 34: When Zhao Ji thought, Ying Zheng laughed

This cannot be blamed on Zichu. Zhao Ji is now in her prime, beautiful and charming. It is understandable that she cannot control herself.

Ying Zheng hurriedly comforted Zhao Ji and said with a smile: "Okay, mother, it's no big deal."

"They and their son pose no threat to us, and father still loves you the most."

Zhao Ji asked in confusion, "How can there be no threat? That woman is younger than me, your mother. Moreover, she has been with your father day and night all these years, and your father also raised the child. Their relationship must be deeper than ours."

"I heard about it a long time ago when my mother played mahjong with some noble ladies in Handan. The fighting in the harem is extremely dangerous. Just like playing mahjong, the first win does not count as a win, only the last win counts as a win."

Zhao Ji was a little sad when she said this: "Zheng'er, it's also because of my mother's low status. I can't compare to that woman's noble birth, and I can't provide you with any help in this court."

"Your father feels guilty towards us now, and mother just came back. When he gets tired of us in the future, I'm afraid our lives will be difficult."

Seeing Zhao Ji's very logical analysis, Ying Zheng could not help but burst out laughing, and his laughter grew louder and louder.

Zhao Ji was so angry when she saw Ying Zheng still laughing.

She stepped forward, pinched Ying Zheng's face, and scolded him tenderly: "You're still laughing! We're about to live a hard life, how can you still laugh?"

Ying Zheng pushed Zhao Ji away, restrained his smile, and straightened his expression:
"Mother, the affairs of the dynasty are not that simple. Your analysis is correct, but you didn't take the most important thing into consideration. The result is completely different."

"From the very beginning, they posed no threat to us."

"It's because they were born into a noble family, but it's not their place that's noble. They were born into the State of Chu."

Zhao Ji was even more confused and asked Ying Zheng: "What do you mean? What's wrong with being born in Chu? Isn't Queen Huayang a Chu person? Aren't there many Chu people in the court of the Qin Dynasty?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "Yes, there are a lot of them. Precisely because of that, they are not a threat to us, because there are too many of them."

"Mother, you have to know that the royal families of the various vassal states often intermarry with each other. It can be said that you are in me and I am in you."

"But no force can suppress the main vein. However, this situation has now occurred in the Qin Dynasty. Since the Queen Mother Xuan, the Chu people in the Qin court are too strong and too many."

"The Queen Mother Xuan, a noblewoman from the State of Chu, could actually govern the State of Qin. I would like to ask, is Qin a state of Chu or a state of Qin?"

"The previous king took great pains to depose the Queen Mother Xuan, expel the four nobles, and once again make Qin a country for the King of Qin and his people."

"However, the relationships in the court are complicated. You are in me and I am in you. After all, it is impossible to expel all the Chu people from the Qin court. The previous king only dealt with the leading figures of Chu, but there are still many Chu people in the court and the harem."

"Let me ask you, will my father and grandfather allow the people of Chu to control Qin again? Will they give them a chance?"

Seeing Zhao Ji was thinking, Ying Zheng paused and continued:
"The Qin and Chu tribes have been intermarried for generations, and the former Queen Mother was regent. There are countless royal nobles who have married noblewomen from the Chu Kingdom, and Queen Huayang is one of them now. How could my father and grandfather not be vigilant?"

Zhao Ji interrupted Ying Zheng and asked, "Zheng'er, what you said makes sense. But didn't Lady Huayang still become the queen? And your father became the crown prince because he worshipped the queen as his mother."

Ying Zheng smiled.

"Emotions are emotions, and court affairs are court affairs."

"The king loves the queen very much, but this does not conflict with suppressing the power of the Chu people."

"The queen ordered my father to marry Mi Yu. This is a clear marriage move to improve relations."

"Father changed his name to Zichu and submitted a letter of surrender to the queen, but the queen still wanted an alliance. This matter is enough to make the king and father wary. The king dotes on the queen and it is difficult to disapprove." "The queen is uneasy and wants to deepen the relationship between the two sides. It is understandable. And I guess the marriage is not just the queen's idea. All the Chu people should have made great efforts to promote this matter. The queen cannot ignore their opinions."

"My father had just become the queen's adopted son at that time, so he naturally wanted to make the relationship more stable."

"But Mi Yu can only be a concubine, even though she is of noble birth. She accompanies my father every day, but hasn't she still had no chance to become the principal wife in the past few years?"

"Of course she can't succeed. My father won't allow it. This is also supported by the king. The king doesn't want the next queen to be a noblewoman of the Chu State."

"The king really loves the current Madam Huayang, so he made her the queen. But the next one must not be her, and the Chu faction must not be allowed to become too powerful."

"It was just temporary before the king ascended the throne, especially after the king ascended the throne and my father became the crown prince, this noble lady of Chu who was in marriage was obviously suppressed."

"That is, the queen has no children. If she does, then any prince who might become the crown prince would not be allowed to marry a woman from the State of Chu as his principal wife."

"Today we are meeting the king. What the king said is very straightforward. Why is he rewarding us mother and son? Asking father not to mistreat you or wrong you, isn't this supporting you to secure your position as the crown prince's wife?"

"It is also a reminder for my father to strike a balance. This is the tacit understanding between the king and my father."

"Besides, after my father became the crown prince, his relationship with the queen became more delicate. On the one hand, he had to rely on the help of the queen and the Chu faction in the court, but on the other hand, he couldn't let them become too powerful."

"The queen is deeply worried. And extremely embarrassed."

"Is there any place in the world where a barren woman can be the queen?"

Ying Zheng sighed: "The king really loves the queen very much and is very considerate of her. He has made my father the queen's support in the future."

"The only person the queen can rely on in the future is her legal son, that is, her father."

"But my father is not my biological son after all, and his biological mother is still fine. It is only natural for the queen to have worries."

"No one wants to walk on only one leg. Besides, that leg could very well become someone else's."

"The queen must lean on the other leg, her kin."

“People live in this world, surrounded by all kinds of relationships. These relationships are between people, and it is impossible for people to be completely independent. (People themselves are the sum of all social relationships.)”

"People have feelings, so of course they trust their own relatives more, and they want better for those close to them."

"You have to give up something if you want to gain something. Since you have the support of the other party, you naturally need to return the benefits to the other party."

"The Queen's Chu family and others also have requests. It's very embarrassing, and this conflicts with my father's ideas."

"I don't think the queen wants to conflict with her father, as her father is her fundamental support in the future. But she cannot ignore the Chu family's opinions."

"The queen also hopes that her descendants and those below her can be more obedient. But people want to move to higher positions, and she may not be able to control them."

"Just like Mi Yu, it wasn't necessarily the queen's idea for this woman to marry into the family."

"Father currently needs the strong support of the Queen and her Chu faction, but he doesn't want them to become too powerful."

"This means unity externally and opposition internally. This balance is not easy to strike. In any case, a large number of people will die in the future."

(End of this chapter)