"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty Shufei requests an audience."
The Queen Mother frowned slightly when she heard the name "Shu Fei", while Qin Mu was a little curious. Shu Fei had a somewhat spoiled personality. If she knew what the Queen Mother was planning, would she endure it?
"Let Concubine Shu come in." Before the empress dowager could speak, Qin Mu spoke first and asked someone to come in.
The Queen Mother looked at Qin Mu and glared at him. Didn't he know what kind of character Concubine Shu was? If she knew that she wanted Zhao Rou to enter the palace, she would definitely make a fuss.
Now that Duke Lai had just passed away, her plan was to prevent Zhao Rou from seeing outsiders in the name of mourning, and then place her in the palace to give birth to Qin Mu's child.
In this way, the child born by Zhao Rou can be raised by Concubine Zhao Yin. After all, they are all children born by a woman of the Zhao family. If Zhao Rou can also give birth, it is not impossible for her to become the emperor's concubine in the future.
In the past, there were married women who became the emperor's concubines, and some even became empress dowagers.
So what if they have a concubine in the Great Qin who has been married and has children?
Of course, the Queen Mother would not let Zhao Rou become the Queen Mother. She would register Zhao Rou's child under Zhao Yin's name, making Zhao Yin the rightful Queen Mother.
But unfortunately, neither Qin Mu nor Zhao Rou had any intention of following the Queen Mother's wishes.
Qin Mu became very calm after taking a glance at Zhao Rou. Although she looked good, she was not so beautiful that he would want to take a widow as his concubine.
If Zhao Rou's appearance was comparable to Wushuang's, or even more beautiful than Wushuang, he would not be unable to "compromise".
But unfortunately, the most beautiful woman in the world must be Wushuang.
"I pay my respects to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."
When everyone in the room was silent, Concubine Shu came in hurriedly, her steps quick as if she was in a hurry.
When she saw Zhao Rou sitting next to her, her expression instantly turned ugly.
It turned out to be true. The Queen Mother actually wanted to give up on her and let Zhao Rou enter the palace to replace her?
The news Zhao Yin received was that the Queen Mother saw that Lady Zhao Rou, the wife of Duke Lai, could give birth to two sons after marrying a sickly man, and thus confirmed that Zhao Rou was fertile.
So after Duke Lai passed away, the Queen Mother wanted Zhao Rou to enter the palace to give birth to a child for the Emperor, and then let Zhao Rou replace her and become the new Concubine Shu.
Anyway, Concubine Shu is a daughter of the Zhao family, so just keep silent about the fact that Concubine Shu is Zhao Yin, and Zhao Rou can replace her in the future.
How could Zhao Yin let this happen?
"Zhao Rou, didn't you just lose your husband? You came into the palace just after the seventh day of your husband's death and offended His Majesty. Can you bear this?"
Concubine Shu also knew that she had no right to question the empress dowager, so she put a hat on Zhao Rou as soon as she opened her mouth.
"You are still in mourning period, how can you enter the palace and offend His Majesty and the Queen Mother?" Concubine Shu looked at Zhao Rou, who was wearing a simple and elegant "mourning clothes", with an ugly face.
As the saying goes, "If you want to look pretty, you have to wear filial piety."
Zhao Rou now perfectly interprets this sentence.
She usually looks good when she is dressed up, but now she looks even more pitiful in plain clothes. Her haggard and tired expression from handling the funeral makes her look even more fragile and lovable.
Concubine Shu silently changed the angle, blocking the line of sight between Zhao Rou and Qin Mu, so that Qin Mu could not see Zhao Rou.
Although there are not many women in His Majesty's harem, Concubine Shu feels that the other nine women are redundant, and she does not want to have any more rivals in love.
Especially since this love rival is Zhao Rou, the woman who has been at odds with her since childhood.
Zhao Rou looked at her and raised her eyebrows. Seeing Concubine Shu's appearance, she had the idea of entering the palace to compete for Concubine Shu's favor.
But as soon as the thought came to her mind, she quickly suppressed it.
Her current life is better and more carefree, so she doesn't want to enter the palace.
As for Concubine Shu telling her that she had offended the Empress Dowager and the Emperor by entering the palace during her mourning period...
It wasn't her own desire to enter the palace. It was the Empress Dowager who issued an imperial decree to summon her. Don't try to accuse her of anything.
Concubine Shu glared at Zhao Rou, then came to the Queen Mother, took her arm and said coquettishly, "Queen Mother, why did you call Zhao Rou into the palace? She still has to observe mourning."
The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Shu and realized that her favor for Zhao Yin over the years had made her forget her duties.
She is the emperor's concubine and has not given birth to any children for His Majesty. Now she wants to prevent other women from the Zhao family from entering the palace. How can this be allowed?
"Shufei, please pay attention to etiquette." The Queen Mother said lightly.
Seeing that the Queen Mother actually called her "Shu Fei" so seriously, Shu Fei's expression became a little unhappy. She let go of the Queen Mother and bowed respectfully, "Yes, I am rude. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."
Qin Mu watched this scene without saying a word. He didn't care at all about what happened to the Zhao girl.
The world belongs to the Qin Dynasty, to the Qin family, not to the Zhao family.
Qin Mu knew very well what the Queen Mother was planning, but from the beginning he had no intention of letting the Zhao family produce another queen or queen mother.
Moreover, he has verified during this period that he is still inhumane and can only show his prowess with the beautiful Shu Liu Wushuang, so it is very likely that only the beautiful Shu can give birth to his child.
In this case, Qin Mu no longer cared about Zhao's thoughts.
"I still have things to deal with. It's rare for my mother to see my niece, so I won't disturb her." Qin Mu didn't even look at Zhao Rou and Zhao Yin. He bowed to the empress dowager and left the Cining Palace.
Watching Qin Mu's departing figure, the Queen Mother's face darkened after the man had truly disappeared. She scolded Concubine Shu, "Zhao Yin! Do you know what you've done?"
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