Chapter 124 Palace Affairs

In Kunning Palace at this time...

Empress Zhang was pacing in the palace with a troubled face.

She wanted to go to Cining to visit her good sister and explore a certain thief's mouth, but she thought of the embarrassment of being discovered by the thief when she was peeping by the window last night...

What's even more outrageous is that the thief clearly discovered him, but he actually acted as if nothing was wrong, and made even more efforts to make out with the Queen Mother in front of him...

He didn't take himself as the master of the harem seriously at all.

If he mentioned this matter when he went to Cining Palace to find him, wouldn't he lose all his dignity?

But if you don't find such a big help from Xichang, if you are attracted by Zhou Guifei and Zhu Wenjing and their mother and son, then you will be in vain.

How to do how to do…

at this time…

There were knocks on the door outside the palace, and then the voice of the eldest prince Zhu Hong came out: "My child, come to pay your respects to the queen."

"Come in…"

Zhu Hong pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing that his mother seemed to have a sad look on her face, he bowed and said, "My child, please give my regards to my mother..."

He was precocious, studied hard since he was a child, was kind and not pedantic, and after running the East Palace, he cultivated a large number of people. It can be said that until he was deposed, no one could shake his position as the prince!

The second prince and the third prince saw no hope at all.

But he was anxious, too anxious...

Also failed...

After being imprisoned in the East Palace for more than half a year, he figured out a lot of things and saw through a lot of things. Although he was not yet mature, he already looked mature...

Empress Zhang thought of her child falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley, her eyes were a little red with distress, and she said: "I have suffered a lot from you recently."

"It's not bitter, the child is not bitter..."

When Zhu Hong saw this, the tip of his nose felt sour. He knew that it was his mother's operation that allowed him to be lifted from the ban.

I think of my mother crying all day long during that time, thinking of my mother running around trying to get me out, thinking of my mother being wronged in order to help me return to her parents' home...

His eyes were red and his voice was choked as he said, "It's because the child is unfilial and makes the queen mother worry."

"What are you talking about?"

Seeing this, Queen Zhang squeezed out a smile on her cheeks and said reproachfully: "You are my son. If I don't worry, who will?"

"Queen mother..."

Zhu Hong hesitated and said: "My child knows that the queen is still fighting for the position of the crown prince. The reason I came here today is to prevent the queen from going to jail anymore..."

He paused in his voice, as if he had figured it out, and said with relief: "My child, I have figured it out, that seat is not easy to sit in, my child... I won't fight for it... I won't want it either!"

“Total nonsense!!”

Empress Zhang's face turned cold when she heard this, and she felt the fire in her heart welling up. She scolded sternly: "You bastard, I will not hesitate to... not hesitate to save you..."

She paused, and her heart trembled when she thought of feeding a tiger with her own body. She hurriedly changed the subject with a cold snort, and scolded: "You have been ambitious since you were young, how can you lose it because of such a small setback?"

Upward heart!?”

"But I really don't want my mother to work so hard..."

Zhu Hong leaned over and knelt on the ground, and said with true feelings: "My child has really figured it out. Now that the position of crown prince is vacant, my second and third brothers are all eyeing...

And the child is now disgusted with people and ghosts. Not to mention the trump card, there is no card in his hand to play...

If that's the case, that's fine, but it's even more uncomfortable than killing the child to make the mother run around and suffer."

"Confused!"

Although Empress Zhang felt happy when she heard this, she still snorted coldly and said, "Who said you have no cards to play?"

"..."

Zhu Hong was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and said tentatively: "What the Queen Mother means is that Governor Xu Boqing of the West Factory has returned to Beijing?"

"Um."

Empress Zhang nodded slightly, but thinking that Thief Xu might have his beard cut off, she couldn't help but feel a little more depressed...

She also didn't want her children to see that the matter hadn't been completed yet, and thus lose their ambition.

He said half-truthfully: "Xu Boqing is not only the governor of the West Factory, but also the chief internal affairs officer of the Cining Palace, and is deeply trusted by the Queen Mother...

Not only do I have a good personal relationship with the Queen Mother, but I also have a good relationship with Xu Boqing. You were released from the ban because I asked him to work in secret...

Some time ago, he was away on official business, and I had already greeted the Queen Mother and sent letters to him.

With this kind of relationship, it shouldn’t be difficult to win over..."

"Ah, this..."

Zhu Hong was stunned.

After being under house arrest for more than half a year, he didn't really lose his ambition, it's just that he was alone now, with no one to help him, and he didn't want his mother to work for him anymore...

Now, according to what the mother said, she had secretly prepared a card for herself, and it was a pretty good card from the West Factory!?

How could he not be surprised by this?

"snort……"

Empress Zhang glanced at him and saw him kneeling on the ground in a daze, and scolded sternly: "Have you forgotten what you told me?

You said that over the mountain, there is the sea!

But now? You want to give up halfway?

Um?

In my eyes, you look like someone has taken away your spine, you are so weak! You can't even lift your head!"

"..."

Zhu Hong's breathing was stagnant, there was a deep confusion in his eyes, his lips were pouting but he didn't know what to say...

"My son has great ambitions and is definitely not the weakling who can only kneel down!!"

Seeing him clenching his hands, Empress Zhang gradually regained something called ambition in her eyes, and said: "I'm going to Cining Palace. You don't have to kneel here stupidly. Go back and think about your future plans..."

She paused, then continued: "If you don't have manpower, I will help you recruit people; if you don't have cards, I will help you create cards!"

But can I keep it for my own use...

It depends on your own ability...

But don’t expect me to have a good deal with you. If someone doesn’t look down on you when I take you to introduce you, then I’ll be really embarrassed!”

After that, he snorted and walked out the door...

"..."

Zhu Hong was kneeling on the ground, clenching his fists, trembling all over, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes...

He took a deep breath, then stood up and looked at himself in front of the dressing mirror. When he saw the haggard figure in the mirror, he raised his hand and gave himself a few slaps...

His face was obviously red from being slapped, but he didn't take it seriously, and even had a smile on his face...

After Empress Zhang went out, she hesitated for a while and instead of going directly to Cining Palace, she diverted to Yongning Palace.

She thought about it...

It is not only unsafe to go to Cining Palace to find Thief Xu alone, but there is also the risk of losing face. You must find someone familiar to distract you...

She had just arrived at Yongning Palace and before she could rush in, she saw Concubine Zhou and the third prince Zhu Wenjing, dressed in Taoist robes and feathers, coming out of the palace...

Looking at it, it seemed that the third prince was leaving, and Concubine Zhou, the mother-in-law, came out to see him off...

Concubine Zhou and the third prince Zhu Wenjing were also stunned when they saw Empress Zhang. Apparently they did not expect to meet Empress Zhang here.

Concubine Zhou saw that her former good sister had a sharp look in her eyes. She pretended not to know and stepped forward to salute. She greeted softly and softly: "I have met the Queen with my son."

Zhu Wenjing on the side moved his eyes slightly and reacted. He stepped forward to salute with a smile but not a smile, and said: "My son, Zhu Wenjing, has met the Queen."

"..."

Although Empress Zhang was full of resentment in her heart, seeing the two of them saluting, it was not suitable for her to be arrogant, so she said in a subtle way: "My sister and I have been in a relationship for more than ten years. Do I still care about these false gifts?"

"That's what my sister taught me."

Concubine Zhou still pretended not to understand and said, "It's just that Jing'er is here. As a mother, I naturally have to teach him the proper etiquette."

"Sister, you are serious..."

Empress Zhang sneered in her heart, glanced at Zhu Wenjing aside, and said: "His Royal Highness King Jing is a dragon and a phoenix among people. If he goes further in the future, I may have to learn etiquette..."

"The empress has betrayed her son."

Zhu Wenjing pretended to be frightened and said: "Brother Hong has been smart since he was a child, and he is an example for my son to learn from. If he goes one step further, it will definitely be Brother Hong who has taken a step further. I am not so lucky."

"..."
Chapter completed!