Why was the Queen Mother so angry? It was because General Zhennan, Xu Chengjin, intended to take advantage of the time when the King of Pingxi entered the capital and Zhong Zhiheng's energy was tied up to expand the power of the Southern Xinjiang Camp to more than a dozen small tribes in the surrounding areas. Not long ago, the Southern Xinjiang army had just cleaned up seventeen restless small tribes, but Xu Chengjin only mentioned six tribes in the war report to the court. The remaining eleven small tribes were directly incorporated into the sphere of influence of the Southern Xinjiang Camp. Chi Chongyuan, the third-rank commander who led the troops to the expedition at that time, found something wrong. When his advice to Xu Chengjin was ineffective, he could only bite the bullet and write a letter to the Queen Mother, asking her to persuade Xu Chengjin. The Queen Mother heard about this. She was shocked. After all, the eleven small tribes involved more than 100,000 people, and they were foreigners. If the matter was exposed one day, let alone Xu Chengjin could not cover it up, it was not impossible that he would lose the Xu family's century-old foundation. The Queen Mother wrote a personal secret letter that day. She was sent to southern Xinjiang. But since then, the Queen Mother has never slept peacefully again.
"What's wrong with him?" The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Cheng Jin has never been someone who won't listen to advice. Now even General Chi, who has been with him for more than ten years, can't persuade him. What's wrong with him?"
"Queen Dowager, please don't think too much. The general has seen your handwritten letter and will naturally follow your wishes. He will never dare to act on his own. Don't worry," Bi Qiao advised hurriedly, "Queen Dowager, you haven't had a good sleep for a long time. You can't stay up today. Let me help you wash and rest."
The Queen Mother nodded, took a sip of tea, and suddenly asked Bi Qiao: "When can the Prince of Pingxi enter the capital?"
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Pingxi will be able to enter the capital within half a month," Bi Qiao said. While gazing at the Majesty's expression, she added, "He should be able to arrive before the sacrificial ceremony for Queen Zhenxian."
After a long silence, the Queen Mother finally sighed helplessly: "What a sin."
"Queen Mother, please don't say that!" Bi Qiao was immediately panicked when she heard this, and hurriedly lowered her voice to say to the Queen Mother, "If His Majesty knew about this, he would definitely be angry with you again!"
"Hasn't he been angry with me a lot over the years?" The Queen Mother looked indifferent. She covered the tea lid and sighed again, "If it was Ling'er who ascended the throne, there wouldn't have been so many incidents."
"Queen Mother, so many years have passed. Please don't think about it anymore. It will only add to your sorrow." Bi Qiao said softly.
"Yes, it only adds to my sorrow," the Queen Mother sighed, and shook her head, "I don't want to think about it anymore, I don't want to think about it anymore."
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June 18, the 33rd year of Jiasheng.
The capital.
Yanxi Palace.
The promotion ceremony had just been held, but Imperial Noble Consort Zhao did not show the slightest bit of joy. Instead, her eyebrows were raised and her face was full of resentment.
"Mother, please don't be angry. Today is a good day after all." Prince Rong Zhong Mingzheng knew that Zhao was in a bad mood. He drove all the maids out of the palace and sat next to Zhao to comfort her. "Mother, you have been a noble concubine for nearly ten years. It's not easy to be promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, with the same status as the Vice Queen. This is a great thing!"
"Yes, I have been a noble concubine for nearly ten years. In order to advance further, I have been very cautious. Now that I have finally become an imperial concubine, I am even more terrified and dare not even breathe." Zhao stared at the gorgeous and complicated golden armor on her fingers and said coldly, "That bitch has had a smooth sailing. She went from a low-ranking palace maid to the current Concubine Hui in less than a year. Judging from her situation, when the dragon seed in her belly matures, she will probably be a concubine. If it is a prince, it is not impossible for the emperor to be furious and make her a noble concubine."
"Mother, even if the emperor dotes on her, her background is still there," Zhong Mingzheng said hurriedly, pouring a cup of maple tea for Zhao, and said, "This time the emperor canonized her as a concubine, which has caused dissatisfaction among the former court and the harem, and even the censors have reported this matter. Even if the emperor ignored it, he knows it in his heart. Naturally, he will not easily promote that bitch again in the future, not to mention that uncle is here, mother, you can just relax!"
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