I traveled with them to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 22 Zhao Ya: I gave you a chance, but you are useless

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Zhao Ya knew that Zhang Chun's ultimate goal was to become the empress dowager.

If you want to be the empress dowager, you must first be the queen.

If you want to be the queen, you must first be the woman of Zhao Ya, who is now the most likely to become the emperor.

This is inevitable.

Therefore, Zhao Ya tailored it to Zhang Chun and created an opportunity for him to get into his arms.

At this time, as long as Zhang Chun continues to pretend to be a charlatan and says something like "Because I am destined to have a marriage with you", Zhao Ya will cooperate and say "I feel the same way", then Zhao Ya and Zhang Chun can successfully connect and achieve a win-win situation.

If Zhang Chun had been bolder and said, "Because I am destined to be your queen," even though Zhao Ya could not fulfill Zhang Chun's wish, he would still look up to her.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chun held it in for a long time, and what she said was: "I have my own reasons, I hope Your Majesty will not ask."

As soon as she said that, Zhang Chun wanted to slap herself: "What kind of nonsense am I talking about?!!! What a golden opportunity! If I had said, 'Because of you, we are destined to be together,' I might have been able to avoid a lot of detours!"

Then, Zhang Chun hoped that Zhao Ya would ask her the reason and give her another chance.

However, Zhao Ya, who only wanted to make Zhang Chun and the other five women fall into his trap and didn't want to rush into being "lickers", changed the subject directly: "Since you don't want to talk about it, then I won't ask. By the way, the soap-making method you gave me, was it your own invention?"

Zhang Chun wanted to vomit blood: "I told you not to ask, so you didn't ask? Do you have any curiosity at all, any backbone at all? Ask me again, just once, as long as you ask me again, I will definitely open my heart to you!"

But the opportunity is fleeting, and Zhao Ya said he would not ask, which meant he had no intention of asking at all.

Zhang Chun had no choice but to say angrily, "This was developed by my junior sister. She is good at mechanical engineering and has a pair of naturally deft hands. She can make many magical things."

It’s not that Zhang Chun didn’t think about taking the credit for himself.

However, invention and manufacturing are too professional. If Zhao Ya asks some related questions, she, who has only a vague understanding of the subject, will be exposed immediately. Not only will she lose Zhao Ya's trust, but she may also offend Ma Xiaojiao. It would be too risky.

Therefore, Zhang Chun made Ma Xiaojiao her junior sister, and elevated herself by elevating Ma Xiaojiao.

Zhao Ya thought to himself, "You lied without even thinking. Fine, fine, just wait and see how I'll deal with you later."

He said, "I will go back to the palace and find a skilled craftsman to make soap. If it succeeds, that would be great. If it fails, I will have to trouble your junior sister."

"My servant and I are on standby at any time." Zhang Chun agreed readily.

"You are anxious to meet with me. Besides wanting to tell me that His Majesty has not much time left and ask me to make preparations early, is there anything else you want to do?" Zhao Ya asked.

"Yes. Although Your Majesty is a real dragon, it does not mean that Your Majesty is not a threat and can safely ascend the throne. According to my deduction, Prince Duan is an evil dragon. If he is allowed to disrupt the will of heaven, the evil dragon will turn into an evil dragon and snatch Your Majesty's throne away. Then the Zhao family and the world will be in danger." Zhang Chun used the theory of ghosts and gods to remind Zhao Ya to be careful of Zhao Ji.

"It's okay. Although he's talking nonsense, at least he helped me point out the enemy. He did his best." Zhao Ya thought.

"So, Prince Duan will be my biggest enemy in becoming emperor?" Zhao Ya asked knowingly.

"That's right. Your Majesty must be on guard." Zhang Chun reminded Zhao Ya.

"As long as what you said before comes true, I will believe what you say." Zhao Ya said very straightforwardly.

"It will definitely come true." Zhang Chun said confidently.

"If it comes true, I will definitely reward you generously." Zhao Ya made a promise.

Zhang Chun was a little unhappy with Zhao Ya's superior mentality. She hoped that Zhao Ya would treat her as an equal, such as treating her as a military advisor, just like the relationship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

But the reality is that this is simply impossible. Not to mention Zhao Ya, even she herself, in front of Zhao Ya, calls herself "slave".

This is destined to an unequal relationship between the two parties.

"In this feudal era where men are superior to women, wanting equality between men and women is just overthinking."

"It's better to be patient for a few years. I will climb up step by step to the highest position of Queen Mother. Then we will see who dares to ride on my head!"

After giving himself some self-praise, Zhang Chun bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

In contrast to Zhang Chun who was very unhappy, Zhao Ya was extremely happy.

If this happened in the previous life, even if Zhao Ya gave Zhang Chun ninety-nine carnivals, it would be impossible for Zhang Chun to be so servile to him, let alone make Zhang Chun so eager to approach him and please him.

Zhao Ya, who had never intended to reveal that he was a time traveler, would not let Zhang Chun and the other five girls know that he was also a time traveler.

Zhang Chun then took out a list and handed it to Zhao Ya: "I have prepared five loyal and five capable ministers for Your Majesty to assist you, so that you can clear the obstacles and ascend the throne."

When Zhao Ya unfolded it, he saw that the five loyal ministers were headed by Zong Ze, and the five capable ministers were headed by Cai Jing.

Zhao Ya looked down and saw that Zhang Shuye and Tong Guan were both on the list.

It can be seen that the list Zhang Chun gave to Zhao Ya was of great value. If these ten people were used, not to mention seizing the throne, even governing the Zhao Song Dynasty would be much more effective.

But Zhao Ya still found fault: "My great Song Dynasty only has ten available people?"

Zhang Chun thought to himself, "If I had told you everything, how could I possibly survive? Humph! If I wasn't afraid that you couldn't compete with Zhao Ji, I wouldn't have told you all ten of them at once."

Zhang Chun said, "I have only deduced these ten good ministers so far. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Although Zhang Chun had many reservations, Zhao Ya returned the favor by removing his jade pendant and handing it over to Zhang Chun along with Yang Jian's token. "If you need any help, you can seek help from Zheng Yaban and Wang Yaban. They will definitely take care of you on my behalf."

——The reason why Zhao Ya asked Zheng Xiansu and Wang Yisu to take care of Zhang Chun and the other four was mainly because Zhao Ya was afraid that they were used to advocating freedom and equality and would cause trouble again. If one or two of them were really beaten to death, it would not only be a loss for Zhao Ya, but also a loss for the world.

Seeing that Zhao Ya was very considerate in connecting her with Zheng Xiansu, Wang Yisu, and even Yang Jian, and even helped her find a backer in Cide Palace, Zhang Chun thought to herself: "You have a conscience, and it's worth my help."

After Zhang Chun thanked him again, Zhao Ya asked, "Do you have anything else to report?"

Zhang Chun could see that Zhao Ya wanted to leave.

This won't work.

I haven't secured a spot to teach palace maids yet.

But how can a young girl like me say such an embarrassing thing?

So Zhang Chun hesitated to speak.

Zhao Ya had the patience to continue playing with Zhang Chun, but the problem was that it was time to close the palace gates.

Seeing that Zhang Chun was unable to speak, Zhao Ya said, "Then let's talk about it next time. Perhaps Zheng Yaban and Wang Yaban can handle it, and you can go find them."

Zhang Chun's eyes lit up: "Haha, with what you said, I can go directly to Empress Xiansu and Imperial Concubine Yisu to ask for a quota to teach the palace maids. Isn't this matter perfectly solved!"

After seeing Zhao Ya off, Zhang Chun happily returned to Cide Palace to show off his brilliant victory to Li Lin and the other four daughters...

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(End of this chapter)