Chapter 184 Mother and Son
Three days passed in a flash.
Fusu and Ziying ran excitedly to Zhao Yuanxi's bedroom and saw that their grandmother was still sleeping soundly. The two of them were lying on the edge of the bed, supporting their chins with their hands and shaking their short legs.
Ziying came closer and said, "Brother, why hasn't Mother woken up yet?"
Fusu placed the newly picked plum blossoms next to Zhao Yuanxi's pillow and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either."
Zhao Yuanxi had already woken up when they approached, but she didn't know what they were going to do until a faint fragrance filled her nose. She smiled and opened her eyes, "Why are you here?"
"Grandmother!" the two shouted in surprise in unison.
"Jang Geum said it's your birthday today, so my brother and I picked some plum blossoms for you. Do you like them?"
Zhao Yuanxi took the plum blossoms from the two people's hands, put them under his nose and smelled them, "What a nice fragrance! Thank you, I like it very much."
The two little guys lowered their heads a little embarrassedly.
Zhao Yuanxi noticed that Ganquan Palace was more lively than ever today, and many of the palace servants coming and going were people she had never seen before.
The dress was so complicated that Zhao Yuanxi had to call Jang Geum for help. It took a lot of effort for him to put on the whole dress.
Jang Geum put one piece of jade ornament after another on her. Now Zhao Yuanxi not only had several kilograms of heavy objects on her head, but also several kilograms of heavy objects on her body.
"This is not a birthday celebration at all, it's clearly asking me to hike with a heavy load." Zhao Yuanxi whispered.
She suspected that her skirt might be pulled down by these jade ornaments, but her idea was obviously unnecessary. The skirt was very sturdy and there was no possibility of it falling off in public.
According to the procedure, Zhao Yuanxi first went to Zhangtai Palace and met with the ministers with Ying Zheng.
Zhao Yuanxi never thought that she would be able to experience the feeling of ruling from behind the curtain. No, there was not even a curtain in front of her. She was facing all the court officials directly.
The Qin State had a tradition of queen dowager regent. Before the monarch took power, the queen dowager was the actual controller of the country.
Even though the King of Qin had already taken power, the Queen Mother still had influence in the court. Of course, this was before the rebellion in the Qinian Palace occurred.
All of Zhao Ji's former followers had been purged by Ying Zheng, and the remaining few were just a few small fry who could not cause any trouble at all.
Even so, Zhao Yuanxi felt that he had experienced the feeling of ruling the world.
If this is a script-killing game, then there is probably no other script-killing game in the world that can be so immersive.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at Ying Zheng beside him and couldn't help but smile.
Ying Zheng whispered, "Is the Queen Mother satisfied today?"
"If the following things were waived, I might be more satisfied."
Ying Zheng smiled, "One should be content with one's position and fulfill one's duties. This has been the way it has been since ancient times. Even you, the Queen Mother, cannot escape this."
Zhao Yuanxi rolled her eyes at him. How could she not know?
However, matters of etiquette and laws are all determined by humans. The saying that they have existed since ancient times is just the inspiration of the ancients.
Zhao Yuanxi asked in return, "If nothing has changed since ancient times, how did the Qin State get to where it is today?"
Ying Zheng chuckled softly.
What he wants to break now is the tradition since ancient times. The era of the Zhou emperor ruling the country has ended. The future will belong to his Qin State, and those deep-rooted old laws should also be changed.
The Queen Mother and the King were whispering upstairs. Although the ministers could not hear what they were saying, they were all shocked to see the King actually laughing. There was something wrong in the way they looked at Zhao Yuanxi.
The relationship between the King and the Queen Mother has indeed reconciled, and may even be better than before.
Meng Yi was closest to the king. Unlike his brother Meng Tian who was in the army all year round, Meng Yi spent the longest time with the King of Qin. He knew the king's plans very well.
The king has always wanted to implement the county system to the end, but the old Qin nobles have never given up on bringing back the feudal system. The queen mother was once a supporter of the feudal system, so the old nobles naturally placed their hopes on the queen mother. Now the queen mother seems to have changed her direction and chosen to support the king, which is obviously of great help to the king in clearing out those old forces.
Meng Yi also sincerely hopes that the Queen Mother and the King can be like real mother and son. Even if the Queen Mother cannot treat the King sincerely, as long as she does not cause trouble for the King, it will be fine.
Now it seems that the Queen Mother has indeed changed. After returning to Xianyang, she not only drew a clear line with the old nobles, but she could even be said to be content.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't think she was very content. She just knew her position and didn't want to cause trouble for herself or others.
The ceremony lasted the whole day. Zhao Yuanxi sat there and couldn't help yawning secretly. He had no interest in the food at the banquet. He ate half full and had no appetite anymore.
Two large men walked out from the banquet hall and said, "Your Majesty, we are willing to help the Queen Mother with her entertainment."
Zhao Yuanxi paused in covering his mouth. Where did these two black-faced generals come from?
"Okay." Ying Zheng said.
Zhao Yuanxi sat up straight and stared at the two strong men below.
The two men started fighting in the hall, or should I say wrestling, with half of their arms exposed, their muscles knotted and they looked extremely powerful.
They fought fiercely and the people around them kept cheering, but Zhao Yuanxi looked confused.
She didn't want to watch people fight!
"Don't the Queen Mother like it?" Ying Zheng suddenly spoke.
"It's okay." Zhao Yuanxi couldn't possibly not give them face, so he could only give such a perfunctory answer.
Ying Zheng looked at her thoughtfully.
"You didn't prepare this on purpose!" Zhao Yuanxi was surprised.
Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, then uttered two words, "No."
Zhao Yuanxi also thought it was impossible.
After the two finished their competition, she gave them some rewards as usual.
The banquet was finally coming to an end. Zhao Yuanxi breathed a sigh of relief. He made an excuse of being tired, packed up and prepared to return to Ganquan Palace.
Ying Zheng watched her leave.
The Queen Mother could have made some requests to him today, but to his surprise, she seemed to be just putting on this show to cooperate with him.
Ying Zheng was in mixed feelings. He had made countless preparations, but he never expected that she would just pass by so lightly, as if today had nothing to do with her.
If Zhao Yuanxi knew that Ying Zheng might agree to the request she made today, she would definitely have become a wish-making spirit by now.
Unfortunately, she didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking. She just thought her mission for the day was completed and couldn't wait to leave Zhangtai Palace.
As the sun sets, Zhao Yuanxi comes out of Zhangtai Palace and overlooks Shanglin Garden not far away. The sunset glows all over the sky dyed the sky with brilliant colors, which merged with the endless forest below, forming an extremely magnificent picture of mountains and rivers.
The scene before him was so beautiful that Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but stare at it.
She looked back at the towering Zhangtai Palace and inexplicably thought of the sentence, "The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for it."
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