I traveled with them to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 17 The perfect script
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Because Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Ya had a secret matter to discuss, six palace maids including Ma Xiaojiao and Yuan Qingcheng were all driven out by Yang Jian.

As soon as they left the front hall, Ma Xiaojiao and Yuan Qingcheng deliberately lagged behind the other four palace maids for a distance, discussed in a low voice, and finally decided: Yuan Qingcheng would go to Zhang Chun to discuss how to deal with this emergency, and Ma Xiaojiao would stay to help Yuan Qingcheng cover.

Not to mention how Ma Xiaojiao helped Yuan Qingcheng cover up.

It is said that Yuan Qingcheng hurried all the way to the gate of Cide Palace and found Zhang Chun who was cleaning the courtyard.

Seeing Yuan Qingcheng coming to find him, Zhang Chun was very surprised: "Why are you here?"

Yuan Qingcheng looked around and saw that there was no one nearby, so she asked instead of answering, "Have you made contact with Zhao Ya?"

"How can I not succeed if I take action?" Zhang Chun said proudly.

"So, it was you who asked Zhao Ya to marry Zheng Yaban and Wang Yaban?" Yuan Qingcheng asked again.

"Zhao Ya is going to marry Empress Xiansu and Imperial Concubine Yisu?!!! How is this possible?!!!"

Zhang Chun was first in disbelief, and then found it hard to accept.

Zhang Chun's plan was to find an opportunity to seduce Zhao Ya and get pregnant with Zhao Ya's child first, and then let Li Lin's four daughters help her to create some "miracle from heaven", saying that she was pregnant with a true dragon emperor, so that Zhao Ya would marry her as a princess. When Zhao Ya became emperor, she would naturally rise to become the queen.

"If you are unlucky enough to give birth to a daughter, try to change it to a son."

"Hmm...sons born from outsiders are unreliable. I have to persuade Li Lin and the other four to give birth to a son for Zhao Ya. Why haven't the five of us given birth to a son yet?"

"Then I will outlast Zhao Ya, or kill him, and let my son ascend the throne. That way, I can become the queen mother and realize my political ambitions."

Zhang Chun even thought about how to kill Zhao Ya.

"I can't hire someone to assassinate Zhao Ya. That's a foolish thing that only people without political acumen would do. Besides, it would easily get me into trouble. Not only would I have a reputation as infamous as Pan Jinlian, but I might even be buried with Zhao Ya, making wedding clothes for others. It's simply not worth it."

"My method is much more sophisticated."

To put it simply, Zhang Chun planned to inherit the tradition of "enjoying the advancement of ladies" in the Song Palace and find more women for Zhao Ya. When Zhao Ya could no longer play with them, she would hint to others to recommend Taoist priests to Zhao Ya, so that Zhao Ya would become addicted to women and alchemy.

In this way, firstly, she could gain Zhao Ya's favor and make Zhao Ya like her more. Relying on Zhao Ya's love, she could get in touch with politics early; secondly, by being neither jealous nor envious, she could gain a reputation for virtue, accumulate enough political prestige for her, and lay a solid foundation for her future rule of the Zhao Song Dynasty; thirdly, she could cultivate a large number of confidants in this way, dominate the harem, and avoid the emergence of competitors; fourthly, and most importantly, when Zhao Ya's iron rod is ground into a needle and the poison takes over his heart, he will surely die young, and then her chance to rule the Zhao Song Dynasty will come.

What a perfect script.

Zhang Chundu applauded her own perfect script.

Who would have thought that before she could implement this perfect script, Zhao Ya was going to marry someone else, causing her perfect script to fail in the womb.

The key point is that Zhao Ya still wants to marry Zheng Xiansu.

In history, this woman truly inherited the tradition of "Ladies of Le Jin" in the Song Palace. She was also good at guessing the emperor's mind and was quite shrewd.

Qiao and Wei were both her maids. She saw that Zhao Ji liked Qiao, so she found an excuse of being unwell and asked Qiao to serve Zhao Ji on her behalf. Afterwards, she adopted Qiao as her daughter and gradually helped her become a concubine.

Although Zhao Gou's biological mother, Wei, was first recommended by Qiao, she was later adopted by her. She asked for favors for Wei, so although Wei was not favored, she was promoted from a concubine of no rank to a fifth-rank talent when she was seven months pregnant.

When Zhao Ji's favorite concubine, Consort Liu, passed away, she took the initiative to write a letter to adopt Consort Liu and generously supported Zhao Ji's posthumous title of Empress Mingda for Consort Liu. This made Zhao Ji grateful for her understanding and also preserved the dignity of the queen to a certain extent.

Later, even though the young Concubine Liu entered the palace and was favored by Zhao Ji, and was hailed as a fairy, and enjoyed sacrifices when she was alive, overshadowing the Empress Dowager, she still remained calm and did not fight for it.

After Concubine Liu died, Zhao Ji was very sad. He boasted that Concubine Liu was concerned about the country and the people, and was a fairy from heaven. He posthumously named her Empress Mingjie. She adopted Concubine Liu as her adopted daughter, and led the concubines in the harem to pay their respects. She also took the initiative to ask Zhao Ji to raise Concubine Liu's child. Only then did Zhao Ji become happy.

Her various actions made Zhao Ji feel that his prosperity was all due to her.

She was also dignified and respectful. She refused the newly made crown and clothes for the queen, and used the modified crown and clothes for the imperial concubine. She also stopped some of the ceremonial guards and actively suppressed the interference of foreign relatives in politics and the seizure of power.

All of this made it possible for her to always sit firmly on the throne of the empress of the romantic, fickle and emotional Zhao Ji, and her father Zheng Shen, a minor official with no ability and no moral character, was eventually even conferred the titles of Grand Tutor and Prince of Leping.

This shows how successful and invincible Zheng Xiansu was as a queen.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chun's perfect script is largely copied from Zheng Xiansu's historical experience.

Let’s put it this way, although Zheng Xiansu is just a native, she is still regarded as a formidable enemy by the time traveler Zhang Chun.

"Why marry this extremely difficult woman when you can marry anyone else?"

"Also, why wasn't this woman given to Zhao Ji by Empress Dowager Xiang, but became your princess?"

The fact that Zhao Ya was going to marry Zheng Xiansu and Wang Yisu as his queens really caught Zhang Chun off guard, and for a moment Zhang Chun didn't know how to deal with this sudden event.

Over there, Yuan Qingcheng had no idea what kind of psychological changes Zhang Chun had gone through. Seeing Zhang Chun's gloomy face, she asked, "Wasn't it you who gave Zhao Ya this good idea?"

"good idea?"

After a moment's reaction, Zhang Chun realized the huge political benefits that Zhao Ya had gained by marrying Zheng Xiansu and Wang Yisu as his princesses:

"This immediately solved Zhao Ya's dilemma of having no one to speak well of her to Empress Dowager Xiang, and it also deeply bound Zhao Ya and Empress Dowager Xiang together, forming a solid political alliance. Crucially, Zhao Ya's seizure of her love also divided the relationship between Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Ji. This gave Zhao Ya, who originally had no chance of becoming emperor, a chance."

"From the perspective of those of us who understand the course of history, this is indeed a good idea that kills several birds with one stone, and it may even be the only good idea that can break the deadlock."

Zhang Chun looked at Yuan Qingcheng: "Just from the little history I know, it can be seen that Zhao Ya married Empress Xiansu and Imperial Concubine Yisu. Qingcheng is really smart."

Zhang Chun thought about it, "In their previous lives, these four women were as successful as me. How could they not be smart? Especially Ye Shiyun. She's a genius who has won the Brain King title. In terms of IQ, I can't catch up with her even if I try my best."

Zhang Chun thought to himself, "My biggest advantage is that I'm the only one who knows history well. No one else can compare to me. Hmm... From now on, I have to make good use of this advantage. Also, I can't casually reveal history to them anymore, otherwise my advantage will be gone..."

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(End of this chapter)