Chapter 8 The Queen’s Heart
“Greetings, Mother.” Zhou An and Shangguan Rong bowed and said at the same time.
The Queen Mother looked at Zhou An and asked gently, "What do you think of what the Left Prime Minister has proposed?"
I didn't expect the Queen Mother would raise this issue at this time. The Queen Mother never mentioned a word about such state affairs in front of me before.
Shangguan Rong also showed a curious look and looked at Zhou An, wanting to know what the real Zhou An looked like.
"My son doesn't like court struggles, nor does he understand state affairs. It would be better for him to have fun with his concubines so as not to harm the country. It is better for mother to make the final decision on everything." Zhou An said.
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, took a sip of the tea, put it down, and said with a smile: "You are relieved, but it is a pity that there is no wise ruler in the Qianyuan Dynasty. Your elder brother was very good at both civil and military affairs, but unfortunately he died early.
Several other princes either died or fled, so you were allowed to ascend the throne. Well, since you are not interested in state affairs, you should just pretend to be emperor when you attend court in the future, so that the ministers won't quarrel over this matter again.
It's late at night, I won't disturb your wedding night, go and have a rest, no need to see you off." The Queen Mother stood up and left under the escort of the Purple Guards.
The two of them immediately stood up and saw her off at the door. After the Queen Mother left, Shangguan Rong suddenly asked, "Your Majesty should put the people of the world first."
"Oh my! The old one left, and the young one came. You Shangguan family are too suspicious." Zhou An secretly complained and said with a smile: "I know nothing about ministers and the world. Forcing me to manage the world's affairs is not diligent and loving the people, but a disaster to the world.
As a person, you should know your own abilities and what you should do, otherwise you will hurt others and yourself. The emperor should do the same.
Today is our big day, and every moment of the wedding night is worth a thousand gold coins, Queen, let's go in." Zhou An said meaningfully and walked towards the bedroom.
Shangguan Rong frowned, walked into the bedroom, asked all the palace maids around her to leave, and only left her personal maid guarding the door.
Seeing the way Zhou An looked at her, she felt unhappy and said coldly: "As an emperor, you don't care about the country and the people, but only seek your own pleasure. Are you worthy of our ancestors?"
Zhou An was surprised. He was looking forward to what was going to happen, but suddenly he found that something was wrong with Shangguan Rong. It was completely different from what he thought.
She is a member of the Shangguan family, and her actions should be in line with what they want.
If it was a test, there would be no need to do so at this time. Instead, it would be more reasonable to let Shangguan Rong brainwash herself.
He put away his admiring gaze towards women, looked at Shangguan Rong seriously, walked to the table and sat down, picked up the wine jug and prepared to pour himself a glass.
Shangguan Rong walked over quickly and held Zhou An's right hand as he was pouring wine. The touch of their skin was so soft and gentle that Zhou An's heart was moved. He couldn't help but sigh that this woman should only exist in heaven. The woman he met two days ago was really like a mortal being in front of her.
"Let me pour wine for His Majesty."
Shangguan Rong held his hand and poured wine. This was the closest he had been to her today. The faint fragrance made him intoxicated and full of daydreams.
Zhou An really couldn't understand her thoughts and felt that this woman's behavior was a bit confusing.
His life experience really made it impossible for him to understand what this woman was thinking. Thinking of the ability to read faces that he had learned from the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Sutra, he could only use a plug-in to deal with it.
Based on what he had learned and compared it with Shangguan Rong's face, because it was his first time to read faces, he was unfamiliar with the technique and it took him a while to read. As a result, Shangguan Rong thought that Zhou An was obsessed with his appearance.
He smiled slightly, put down the wine jug, picked up the wine glass and fed him the wine.
Because Zhou An was too focused and his mind was calculating quickly, he instinctively drank the wine that was at his lips. As a result, he choked and the wine sprayed out of his nostrils.
The Queen's phoenix robe on her chest was wet by the spray. He woke up with a start and saw the place he had sprayed wet. He didn't think about it and naturally reached out to wipe the wet place.
Shangguan Rong exclaimed and instinctively stepped back, but she only took half a step back and stopped, looking at Zhou An with a shy and blaming face.
"Sorry, sorry." Zhou An immediately realized that his behavior was inappropriate when he felt the touch with his hand, and quickly retracted his hand.
Shangguan Rong took a deep breath, and as if mustering up her courage, she took the initiative to sit on his lap, leaned on his shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, how do you think I compare to those concubines?"
"Of course I can't compare with you. Queen, do you want me to favor you alone in the future?" Zhou An asked back.
Shangguan Rong shook her head and said, "I dare not. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. How can it be that he has only me, a woman, by his side? How will people in the world view me?
I just beg Your Majesty to spare some time to learn the ways of a king and how to be a good emperor."
If he had heard these words just now, Zhou An would definitely think that the Queen was testing him again. However, after looking at Shangguan Rong's face, he found that she had the appearance of a woman who could assist the country. This kind of appearance would hardly appear on a woman, let alone a woman who looked so beautiful and charming.
"Does the Queen know about the ban that the Queen Mother issued to me?" Zhou An asked, while taking the Queen's right hand, pretending to stroke her hand and carefully looking at her palm.
"I know. The Queen Mother has forbidden the Emperor to practice martial arts or read any books related to state affairs and the art of ruling. She can't even let the Emperor know about anything outside the harem.
But is the emperor willing to be a caged dragon like this? Your Majesty, don't you think about it, although you have endless happiness and wealth in the harem, how long can this last? "Shangguan Rong's tone was a little unfair and charming, and she didn't care about Zhou An looking at her hands.
Zhou An put down her hand and looked at the beauty in his arms, feeling a little hesitant. It was the first time for him to read someone's fortune. He was confident in the heavenly book, but he still had doubts about his own fortune-telling ability. After all, he came from the modern earth, and this was a matter concerning his own safety, so he didn't dare to mess around with such a thing.
"If the Queen has anything to say, please just say it," Zhou An said.
Shangguan Rong immediately stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please be a good emperor for the sake of the country and the people. I am willing to follow you until death and assist you."
He was not surprised that Shangguan Rong suddenly said such words. Instead, it just proved that what he had seen was correct. As soon as this woman came in here, it was obviously inconsistent with what the Queen Mother did. He felt strange about it, but now he could understand it.
"Can you tell me, as a direct descendant of the Shangguan family, why do you want to go against the Queen Mother? Do you know that if you succeed, your Shangguan family will definitely exterminate all nine generations of your clan? If you fail, the Shangguan family will never forgive you." Zhou An asked sternly.
"I just don't want the Shangguan family to become a sinner for all eternity, and I also hope to leave a glimmer of hope for the Shangguan family. Although the Qianyuan Empire is now militarily strong, this is only the blessing left by our ancestors.
Now most of the wealth in the national treasury has gone to the Shangguan family. There is chaos in the Western Regions, and the countries in the north, east and south are eyeing it covetously. The Qianyuan Empire can be destroyed in an instant if it takes a wrong step.
At this moment, factions in the court were still fighting. Although the left prime minister wanted to save the country, he could do nothing about the burden of the Shangguan family.
The emperor certainly does not know that many people in villages along the western border of our country are suffering from the infection of voodoo. The border police are unable to provide treatment and have no choice but to massacre and burn the entire village.
Although there was no direct fighting in the north, the patrol troops had clashed with the Northern Ice Kingdom many times, resulting in many casualties. The other side was waiting for the opportunity for the expansion of voodoo in the Western Region.
Although the Canglong Empire did not take any action, all intelligence revealed that Canglong was secretly funding the North Ice Kingdom.
Many people from the five southern countries have already sneaked into Qianjing, and even the concubines around the emperor may have their people. I hope the emperor will consider my words.
To be honest with you, Your Majesty, once the Queen Mother is ready and removes those who stand in her way, the Western Regions will be in chaos with witchcraft, and then the Emperor will be executed as a tyrant, and the Queen Mother can take advantage of the chaos to become the emperor. "Shangguan Rong said all these words in one breath, looking at Zhou An with a resolute look.
If the Queen Mother heard this, she would be executed even though she was from the Shangguan family.
Zhou An walked over to her, helped her up, sat beside her, poured her a glass of wine, and asked with a smile, "How does the Queen want to break this situation?"
Hearing this, Shangguan Rong knew that Zhou An had been moved, and what she needed now was a bargaining chip, a bargaining chip that would make Zhou An dare to resist.
She immediately said: "The fight between the left prime minister and the queen mother is a great opportunity, but the left prime minister is weak now. If we give him some help, we can force the queen mother to use her trump card. In addition, with the witchcraft rebellion in the Western Regions, the queen mother must go all out if she wants a complete Qianyuan Empire. By then, she will have no time to take care of the emperor. That will also be the emperor's opportunity.
I am willing to be the emperor's eyes and ears, and speak well of you to the queen mother, so that she can relax her vigilance against you and concentrate on dealing with the left prime minister's faction. I can let my personal maid leave the palace to contact the ministers in the court for the emperor and win their support. "
"Okay, thank you Queen for everything." Zhou An smiled and sighed that the royal family was indeed surrounded by people who were good at strategy and had great ambitions. If he could suppress Shangguan Rong, he would be a talented person who could assist the country and a beauty in his palm. If he couldn't suppress her, he would be another empress dowager.
Convincing Zhou An made Shangguan Rong very happy. She said shyly, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Let me serve you."
Looking at the queen with a blush on her face, Zhou An's heart beat wildly, and the two of them walked towards the bed hand in hand.
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