Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

The royal sedan chair of Queen Mother Huayang passes through Xianyang Palace.

It didn't take long.

The group arrived at Mrs. Zheng’s palace.

Seeing Mrs. Zheng's palace, Queen Mother Huayang's heart moved, and she suddenly thought of what happened at the last banquet of Yao Meiren.

The relationship between the Queen Mother Huayang and Madam Zheng has always been 'close', or to put it more accurately, Madam Zheng has always been dependent on the Queen Mother Huayang for survival in the Xianyang harem.

Because the reason why Mrs. Zheng became Ying Zheng's concubine was because of the decision made by the Queen Mother Huayang. At that time, Ying Zheng had just ascended the throne and had no power in her hands, so she could only let the Queen Mother Huayang take over.

And this is one of the reasons why Mrs. Zheng has only been Ying Zheng's 'wife', not the 'queen' for so many years.

Because of this.

Although Mrs. Zheng was nominally Ying Zheng's concubine for so many years, she was basically restricted by the Queen Mother Huayang in the harem.

This situation was not alleviated to a certain extent until Fusu was born, but it did not have any substantial impact, because the influence of the Queen Mother Huayang did not come from her status as the 'Empress Dowager', but from the 'Chu State'. Foreign relatives' rights.

The Empress Dowager Huayang is the backer of the "lineage of overseas relatives of Chu", and the "lineage of overseas relatives of Chu" is the support of the Queen Mother Huayang. The two complement each other.

Therefore, as long as the power of the 'Chu foreign relatives' lineage does not collapse, Mrs. Zheng will always be suppressed by the Queen Mother Huayang and will never be able to stand out.

So Mrs. Zheng really started to turn around, which came from the rise of Ying Zheng.

The appearance of Lord Mo enabled Ying Zheng to overthrow the two mountains of Lu Buwei and Lao Ai in just two or three years, and also pinned the "Chu foreign relatives" to the ground and blasted them with a hammer.

The power of the "Chu foreign relatives" was greatly reduced, and the power of the Queen Mother Huayang was forced to be curtailed, so that Mrs. Zheng could gradually regain some say in the harem.

In addition, Fusu gained the trust of King Qin not long ago and gained the power to 'supervise the country'.

On the other hand, I am old and frail, and will soon die.

All factors add up.

It seems that it is not incomprehensible to prompt Mrs. Zheng to openly 'disobey' her orders and challenge her status at Yao Meiren's banquet.

Empress Dowager Huayang did think so at first.

But then after the party.

Queen Mother Huayang gradually felt that something was not right with Mrs. Zheng's reaction at that time.

First, according to the Queen Mother Huayang's understanding of Mrs. Zheng, Mrs. Zheng is not a stupid woman, on the contrary, she is very smart and good at forbearing.

At Meiren Yao's banquet, Mrs. Zheng was obviously a bit too 'childish'. Under such circumstances, doing such a blatant 'disobedience' to herself would not only make her, a dying old woman, resentful, but would also not cause any harm at all. It will not bring any benefit to Mrs. Zheng herself.

This is not something a smart woman would do.

Second, Mrs. Zheng's reaction was a bit too intense. In the final analysis, at the banquet of Yao Meiren, Queen Mother Huayang just asked Fusu to come to her side and eat with her.

Even if Mrs. Zheng doesn't want to, there is absolutely no need to react so excitedly.

At that time, Mrs. Zheng gave Queen Mother Huayang the feeling that rather than resisting her, it would be more appropriate to say that she was 'afraid' of something.

There was a moment of silence.

Queen Mother Huayang slowly raised her right hand and asked her servants to turn around and walk towards Madam Zheng's palace. Just as Queen Mother Huayang's royal sedan arrived outside Queen Mother Huayang's palace, she suddenly noticed something strange.

"Why are there so many guards here today?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, there was a thief in Mrs. Zheng's palace a few days ago. The culprit has not been caught yet, so we have deployed additional manpower nearby in the past few days."

The person who replied was a guard stationed in front of Madam Zheng's palace.

"Thieves? The dignified Xianyang Palace was actually attacked by thieves. What do you do for food?" Queen Mother Huayang asked obviously displeased.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, forgive me." The guard apologized very quickly, as if he had rehearsed it in advance.

"Hmph! Our family has no right to deal with you. When this case is solved, you can go and apologize to the king yourself!"

Queen Mother Huayang snorted coldly, but did not pursue the matter further.

In fact, Empress Dowager Huayang didn't really take this matter to heart. The reason why she asked questions was just to show off her attitude.

In fact, Queen Mother Huayang knows better than anyone that it is impossible to solve a case like this.

Will there be no thefts in the palace?

No.

In fact, quite the opposite.

In real palaces and harems, there are often countless cases, large and small, but usually for the sake of the emperor's family's face, most of these cases will be suppressed and then left alone.

Most of these 'cases' in the harem stem from overt and covert fights and frame-ups among the concubines in the harem.

certainly.

There are also some cases where thieves really committed the crime.

After all, this is a world of martial arts. Many of the thieves and heroes in the world are proud of committing major crimes in various palaces.

Although the vast majority of them died on the way to ‘committing crimes’, there will always be one or two who succeed.

No matter which case it is, the possibility that this case will eventually be solved is very slim.

After asking casually, Queen Mother Huayang walked into Mrs. Zheng's palace after being informed.

The sudden visit of Queen Mother Huayang was undoubtedly something that surprised Madam Zheng, but at the same time, Madam Zheng also felt a little panic in her heart.

After all, in the past, if something happened, the Queen Mother Huayang would always directly summon Madam Zheng to the Huayang Palace for an audience. But today, this was the first time that the Queen Mother Huayang came to visit her.

Queen Mother Huayang's opinion of Mrs. Zheng is accurate in one thing, that is, Mrs. Zheng is a smart person.

A wise person does not think too highly of himself.

Therefore, Mrs. Zheng knew very well that the real reason for Queen Mother Huayang's visit this time was definitely not because Fusu had obtained the power to "supervise the country" and her status had increased.

"Did the Queen Mother also notice it?"

Mrs. Zheng felt a little uneasy. She was not a timid person, but the impact of this incident was so great that even Mrs. Zheng felt a little scared.

Ever since she came back from Meiren Yao's banquet, Mrs. Zheng found that she had been monitored overtly and covertly.

This kind of surveillance made Mrs. Zheng feel quite uneasy.

However, this uneasiness does not come from the surveillance itself, but the surveillance, which means that her previous speculation has at least an 80% chance of being true.

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