It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager

Chapter 62 give up

Long after Zhao Chengjun left, Du Juan walked in tremblingly and asked: “Girl, the prince, has he gone?”

Teacher Tang gave a faint hum, his expression was neither lukewarm nor cold. Dujuan guessed for a while, but couldn’t guess why he came, and asked cautiously: “Girl, what did the prince say?”

“You don’t hear all of what he said.” Master Tang found a purse from the closet, sat on the bed of Luohan, and slowly twisted it with scissors. “Don’t think about the work in the study, he let me recover from illness, in other words , It’s banned.”

This… Du Juan couldn’t understand the current situation. She watched the violent movements of the teachers and students of Tang, and said hurriedly: “Girl, slow down, be careful of hurting your hand! Girl, didn’t you just embroider just a few days ago? God, why did you cut it again?”

“If you don’t need something, it’s better to lose it earlier.” Master Tang used his hands and quickly cut the purse into several pieces, and she even picked up the lotus on it. After doing this, Master Tang felt a little more relieved. She threw down the scissors and said, “I only dealt with Ji Xinxian before, and I didn’t eat much. Go and prepare meals for me.”

Dujuan looked at Master Tang’s energy and appetite very well. It didn’t seem to be a horn of horns, and he was determined in his heart. Du Juan went outside and ordered the kitchen. Before he left, he saw Master Tang leaning on the bed of Arhat and playing with the candle wick with scissors. He hesitated for a moment, or said, “Girl, the day will be long. The slave servants have served in the palace for eight years, and they understand the prince’s temperament. The prince is different to the girl, don’t rush for a while, take your time, it will grow in the days to come.”

Master Tang responded and said, “I know. I want to eat lotus soup, crispy goose, and cheese with less sugar.”

The cuckoo responded quickly and hurried to prepare the meal. Master Tang cut the candle for a long time, seeing that the candle should be extinguished by her again, before putting down the scissors.

Du Juan was worried that Master Tang could not think about it. In fact, Master Tang was very calm. Even during this period of time, she suddenly wanted to understand several things.

Zhao Chengjun personally promised that she would not be harmed by the princess. Although Zhao Chengjun is not a good person, he has all the responsibilities he should have, and he will not blame her. Zhao Chengjun can say that, at least Tang Shishi doesn’t have to worry about dying at the hands of other people in the palace for the rest of his life.

She only needs to worry about whether she will be killed by King Jing.

Master Tang originally thought that Xi Yunchu was about to enter the door, but unfortunately she missed her plot, so she hurriedly found her way. Now that there are no worries about the future, Master Tang is no longer anxious to enter the male lead’s harem.

Even she felt that she didn’t have to enter in the future.

Master Tang is truly confident in his beauty, but he still doesn’t lose his mind. She repeatedly offended the male lead, and even Master Tang knew that it was difficult for her to get Zhao Zixun’s favor.

She cheated on Zhao Zixun so many times, if Zhao Zixun still liked her, Master Tang would have to suspect that Zhao Zixun was a masochist. Seeing that it is hopeless to be a concubine, she has to consider another way out.

In fact, a good life in the palace may not necessarily be a concubine, and those high-ranking court ladies are not bad either. The concubine beloved one after another, but the eunuchs beside the emperor are like iron strikes, from the cabinet of the queen to the concubines and court ladies. You must be polite when you see them. Of course, Master Tang can’t be a eunuch, but she can be a female official.

If she continues to serve in the study and becomes a powerful female officer next to Zhao Chengjun, and Zhao Chengjun enters the palace in the future, she will be the first aunt before the imperial court. At that time, Zhao Zixun was only a prince, and Zhou Shunhua was the prince Liangdi at best. How could he compete with Tang Shishi?

The more Tang Shishi thinks about it, the more it feels good. The court ladies are not pampered by the queen mother, but the mortality rate is low, the struggle time is short, and it is easier to succeed. If she is the queen mother, Tang Shishishao will have to endure for forty years, and if there is a slight difference in these forty years, she will be exhausted. In contrast, a female official is much easier. She only needs to maintain her current posture and successfully survive until Zhao Chengjun ascends the throne. At that time, she will be named casually, which will be enough for Master Tang for the rest of her life.

The only shortcoming of this road is that Zhao Chengjun’s reign is too short. When Zhao Zixun takes the position, once the emperor and the courtier will be the emperor, she will have a headache again to the extent that Tang Master is dead.

However, Master Tang secretly calculated his age, thinking that she could grit her teeth for a few years. After the age of twenty-five, the lady of the palace will release the palace according to the law. Even if Zhao Zixun hates Master Tang, he will not treat the old people who have served the emperor of the previous dynasty harshly. He will always let Master Tang go out of the palace. Once out of the Forbidden City, who would know what was going on inside the palace, Master Tang could go back to Tang’s house for retirement. Relying on the name of the imperial female official, she was in the Tang family, and even in the entire Linqing, didn’t she call the wind and the rain?

In this way, she can take care of her mother for the rest of her life. If Tang Mingzhe has a good attitude, she will live in the Tang family. If Tang Mingzhe still spoils the Su family, she will take her mother out of the Tang family and buy a house by herself. Anyway, Tang Shishi didn’t plan to marry, Qi Jingsheng was regarded as a **** in Linqing after being a talented person. Tang Shishi was a person who walked before the imperial court, and she didn’t believe those merchants dared to bully her.

As for the male lead and the female lead, let them linger. Zhou Shunhua had been fighting for 30 to 40 years before becoming the queen mother, Tang Shishi could retire honorably at the age of twenty-five. In contrast, Tang Shishi might have enjoyed the blessing for a longer time.

Teachers and students of Teacher Tang felt relieved after this thought, as if they were relieved all over. She had prepared so much for Zhao Zixun, she thought she would be unwilling when she gave up, but in fact, she was very calm.

It seemed that she had given up something she didn’t want to do.

After Master Tang adjusted his life goals, he felt a sense of peace and comfort. Zhao Chengjun didn’t let her go out, so she stayed in the house with peace of mind, embroidering embroidery and cutting characters, but she felt comfortable.

Master Tang stayed behind closed doors, naturally I didn’t know that these two days, as the wind of the foot restraint spread, rumors about Master Tang’s falling out of favor were spreading in the mansion. Master Tang deliberately didn’t pay attention, but the limelight still blew in front of Master Tang. These days, Jiajiayuan’s food was delivered more and more late, and sometimes she and the warehouse had to wait for a long time to get something.

The maids of the Jianjiayuan were all aggrieved, and the cuckoo was the most excited. Cuckoo is really mad, these idiots dare to say that the girl has fallen out of favor! The prince was so angry when he came that day, but when he saw the girl, there was no punishment or no reprimand. He was still angry when he left, but he was only forbidden by the girl.

In the backyard, what punishment is forbidden? This is obviously not willing to punish the other party’s face, so I picked the least painful one. Dujuan has been in the mansion for eight years and has never seen anyone who can stand upright after making the prince angry. As a result, the group of idiots outside call it out of favor?

Nonsence! Du Juan was filled with righteous indignation, but he was afraid of making Master Tang sad, so he endured it so that the girl would not hear the rumors outside.

It rained last night, and today the sky is as clear as washing, and it’s very comfortable to push the window. Master Tang leaned against the window and cut flowers. After a while, Cuckoo came in angrily. Master Tang glanced at him and asked, “Who messed with you again?”

Du Juan endured and tolerated it. He couldn’t help but swallow the breath. He cursed, “Girl, those women are so deceiving! I gave the girl cold fragrance, and they shied away in every way. In the end, she said it was gone and sent it all to Ji Meiren. There.”

Master Tang nodded, not surprisingly: “Ji Xinxian has been favored recently, and the concubine is holding her up again. It is not surprising that the people in the kitchen please Ji Xinxian. If you don’t have one, change one. I don’t have to drink cold fragrance.”

Hanxianglu is collected from early morning dew, added several kinds of flowers, herbs, and carefully decocted. There is not much dew in the morning, and it takes a lot of effort to cook this medicated meal. Therefore, cold fragrance dew has always been in short supply, and it is not a good deal to drink it.

In the case of Master Tang, one lamp was enshrined every day. Unless the weather was bad and it was impossible to collect dew, it would be suspended. It rained last night, and supposedly there will be a lot of dew today. As usual, Dujuan went to the kitchen to get cold fragrance, but was told that it was gone.

What’s gone, it’s obviously that they see Master Tang staying behind closed doors and look down on them, so they want to ignorant the remaining cold fragrance and please others. Cuckoo was so angry that he said: “Girl, the servants don’t care about the bowl of cold fragrance, but their attitude. When the girl worked in the study some time ago, what were their faces? Now the girl is only resting for a few days, they just Turning the rudder one by one, it was disgusting to see.”

Teacher Tang was very calm: “Tend to the flames and follow the trend, step on the high and praise the low, it is human nature.”

“Girl!” Du Juan blurted out anxiously, “But this is not the case. The prince is very indulgent to the girl, so it can be seen that he is not really going to punish the girl. You go to the prince and say a few good things, isn’t it?

When Master Tang heard the slight pause, he raised his head and looked at Du Juan strangely: “What are you talking about, I’m going to intercede with King Jing? He is so tired of me, I’m going to intercede with myself, isn’t it just hitting the gun?”

When Du Juan heard it, he also felt incredible: “Girl what are you talking about, the prince is tired of you? How can it be possible.”

The two masters and servants looked at each other, and both felt that the other party was going crazy. The sun was shining outside and the scenery was just right. Master Tang was really bored after sitting for a while, and tentatively said: “King Jing just let me recover from the illness, and didn’t say how long to keep me. Then I can go outside to relax and help my condition get better. ?”

Cuckoo’s voice was blocked, and he didn’t answer for a while. According to common sense, isn’t this a tacit excuse? Female dependents are confined, which one is really recuperating.

If you change to someone else, Dujuan will desperately stop him and let the other party stop doing it. But if this person is replaced by Master Tang… Du Juan thought for a while and said, “Girl, you can try it.”

The more Teacher Tang thought about it, the more she felt that she was justified. She changed her clothes and tried to go out. When people outside saw her coming out, their eyes widened, but no one stopped her. If it is not forbidden, it is allowed. Master Tang immediately went to the garden happily.

In the study, Liu Ji set his head and walked in from the outside. Zhao Chengjun was reading the mansion newspaper. The little **** brought fresh water. Liu Ji gently poured tea to Zhao Chengjun and said softly: “Master, Miss Tang is out today.”

Zhao Chengjun paused with his fingers, but he kept his eyes on, and asked, “Where to go?”

“garden.”

Zhao Chengjun’s fingers were tight, but she was so daring, he said that she had thought behind closed doors, she was fine, and completely ignored his words. It’s only a few days now, how dare you go out in a big way?

Zhao Chengjun didn’t fight with anger, but he was a dignified lord, and he wouldn’t be honest with a woman, so Zhao Chengjun didn’t think he could hear it, and he left it alone.

Liu Ji looked at him and gave a long voice in his heart. Zhao Chengjun is not a good-natured person, and he is especially taboo against others. In the past, the prince was only slightly out of Zhao Chengjun’s mind, he was playing the board and copying the book, but now Master Tang justly violated Zhao Chengjun’s words and neglected Zhao Chengjun’s authority in front of the whole palace, so the prince could bear it?

Hey, Liu Ji is speechless, this is incredible. Those idiots outside actually said that Master Tang had fallen out of favor, and they really blinded them, and they were able to say such pig-like things.

In Liu Ji’s opinion, this lord is out of favor, this is obviously a great good fortune. I offended the prince and made the prince unable to sleep well for several days, but he was still reluctant to fight and was not willing to be punished, but he was sulking.

This is by no means ordinary care, maybe Liu Ji will rely on this one in the future.

Liu Ji looked at his words and colors, and when he saw Zhao Chengjun not wanting to speak, he stepped aside with interest. Liu Ji watched his nose and nose, and completely regarded himself as non-existent.

Zhao Chengjun’s eyes were still looking at Di Bao, but his thoughts drifted away for an instant. In the past few days, he deliberately didn’t think about that day. He didn’t expect that he took the initiative to avoid taboo, but another person appeared in front of him in a different way.

Zhao Chengjun didn’t really want to confine Master Tang. He was angry when he saw Master Tang fascinated by another man, but he couldn’t punish her severely, so he could only see and do nothing. Zhao Chengjun couldn’t ignore it, and didn’t want to see her go to Zhao Zixun, and simply locked her up.

As a result, Master Tang couldn’t feel the danger of his situation at all, and he didn’t make a lot of noises, even his orders dared not take his orders seriously.

Zhao Chengjun really got more and more angry. He really couldn’t read the book, put down the newspaper, and pressed his eyebrows with a headache.

They are all evil obstacles, Master Tang was specially sent by God to torture him, right?

There was a greeting of “Elderly Jin’an” from outside, and Zhao Chengjun instantly regained consciousness and withdrew his hand calmly. When Zhao Zixun came in, he happened to see Zhao Chengjun let go. Zhao Zixun knew that Zhao Chengjun had been in a bad spirit and had a headache easily. Zhao Zixun saluted Zhao Chengjun and asked: “Father, do you have a headache today?”

Zhao Chengjun was sitting behind the long red sandalwood table with a solemn expression, and said, “Nothing. What’s the matter with you?”

Zhao Chengjun respected him, he didn’t want to say, and Zhao Zixun couldn’t ask further. Zhao Zixun responded and said respectfully: “Back to my father, I have two things to ask about when my son came here today. The first is the princess you mentioned a few days ago. Does my father have a charter in his heart?”

In the study, they are all his own, and Zhao Zixun did not evade when he spoke. When Liu Ji heard it, his eyelids were still drooping, but from the corner of his eye, he secretly glanced at Zhao Chengjun.

Zhao Chengjun’s expression is not very good, his tone is light, and he said in one stroke: “This matter is put on hold for the time being, the princess may not stand up.”

what? Zhao Zixun was taken aback, and even Liu Ji couldn’t help but lifted his eyelids. Zhao Zixun was very surprised and hurriedly asked: “Why? Was it seen by the court?”

Zhao Chengjun hates people hesitating, weak and vacillating, and especially hates the same thing repeatedly changing his mind. Zhao Zixun was beaten up from the moment he entered the mansion, so he never thought that it was Zhao Chengjun who changed his mind. He only thought that it was the imperial court who was making trouble.

Zhao Chengjun paused for a while, and said: “It has nothing to do with other people, I have my own decision on this matter, you don’t have to worry about it.”

Zhao Zixun’s eyes were wide open, and he responded suspiciously. Zhao Chengjun had said this in person a few days ago, but this has been cancelled again? This is not like a father’s style.

Zhao Zixun was puzzled, but it was not the time to investigate. Zhao Zixun suppressed the matter and said: “The second thing is about the defense of Suzhou. A secret report came from a spy, and Tatar was in Heishui city. Soldiers, it is very likely that they will attack Suzhou in May.”

Zhao Chengjun’s expression also became serious when he heard that it was related to border defense. He asked: “Who is the news from?”

“Sand Eagle.”

This is the spy they buried in the territory of Tatar. The war in the northwest is constant and the situation is complicated. Each of the three regimes buried their eyes in each other’s territory. Zhao Chengjun asked: “Is the news true? Has MeSince been intercepted?”

“Erchen checked it carefully, the lacquer on the envelope is intact, and the seal is correct. It is indeed OK.”

Zhao Zixun’s words are plausible, but Zhao Chengjun always feels that something is wrong. April and May are the peak season for horse breeding. Tatars live on nomads. Why do they attack the border at this time?

This is the news that Zhao Zixun brought back. Zhao Chengjun did not question it face to face, but decided to check it again in private. Zhao Chengjun said: “I know about this, and I will arrange it with the General Soldier of Suzhou. You did a good job, let’s go on.”

Zhao Chengjun rarely praised people, Zhao Zixun was obviously relieved, and saluted again: “Thank you father, my son and minister retire.”

In the garden, Master Tang walked along the lake, picking flowers on both sides while walking. She saw a cluster of purple flowers blooming wonderfully in the forest. At this time, the cuckoo hadn’t followed up, and Master Tang didn’t bother to wait for her, and went into the forest to pick the flowers by himself.

She had just approached Hua, when someone approached suddenly behind her, and suddenly covered her mouth. Master Tang was startled, and was about to struggle, when a low voice came from behind: “Don’t shout, it’s me.”

It’s Granny Wu. Master Tang breathed a sigh of relief, stopped the struggling motion, nodded slightly, and signaled that he understood. Seeing that she had reacted, Granny Wu quickly let go of her hand and hinted Master Tang to follow her with her eyes.

Master Tang didn’t say a word, and quietly followed Granny Wu to a secluded place. Granny Wu looked around and made sure that there was no one around, then she looked at Master Tang, “Why have you been banned recently?”

Master Tang lowered his eyes and sighed faintly: “Last time my mother-in-law and I asked for medicine, I was very careful, but King Jing discovered it.”

When Grandma Wu heard it, she showed a completely unexpected expression on her face. Instead, she persuaded Master Tang: “If he succeeds well, he will not be King Jing. It’s okay, it’s just a miss, and you still have a chance in the future. Man, no matter what you say. He is still lustful in nature. He still keeps you now. It can be seen that he still has an old affection for you and has not rushed to kill him. After all, he is a prince, and he is ashamed of being drugged by a woman. came back.”

In her words, Grandma Wu regarded Master Tang’s drug as King Jing. Master Tang was silent for a moment and decided to shut up and let this misunderstanding continue.

The failure to prescribe medicine to King Jing would be excusable; if Grandma Wu knew that Master Tang had given Zhao Zixun to Zhao Zixun, she would fail in the end, I am afraid that she would not look as good as she is.

Granny Wu talked for a long time, but it was a pity and regret: “You are the closest woman to him in these years, even you can’t do it. Alas, I originally wanted you to help, but now it seems that you should protect yourself first. ”

In the heart of Granny Wu, Master Tang has been diligently conquering King Jing in accordance with the instructions of the palace. Although there has never been a real letter, useful news, and even the secret medicine of the palace will fail, but she has been working hard. It’s not her fault that she doesn’t have enough brains. Granny Wu always encourages this kind of diligent but not very clever work.

Grandma Wu took off Tang Shishi without much consideration. Although Tang Shishi failed, she is still alive and this move must be kept. When Master Tang heard Granny Wu’s words, the light in his eyes moved slightly, and he asked softly, “Mother, what happened?”

Granny Wu shook her head, and Master Tang was no longer available, so she had to consider new candidates and even rearrange the layout. Granny Wu thought about the matter, and casually said, “It has nothing to do with you. Jin Yiwei’s secret letter intercepted King Jing’s secret letter, and he will leave the house in May. This trip is a long time and a long distance, which is a rare good opportunity. However, these have nothing to do with you. You protect yourself and dispel King Jing’s suspicion as soon as possible. This is your greatest contribution.”

Master Tang’s pupils suddenly shrank, and Granny Wu said this was a rare good opportunity. What opportunity is there in this situation?

Naturally, it was an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Chengjun.

Master Tang’s hand was in his sleeve, shaking uncontrollably.