Chapter 488 Extra 7 Zhao Zhao's Wish Come True

Chapter 488 Extra 7 Zhao Zhao's Wish Come True

The year Princess Baocheng was born, the country's name was changed to Chengzhao.

In the 13th year of Cheng Zhao, Emperor Wu Su abdicated and the crown prince Yuan Heng was named King Yu, with the fiefdom of eighteen continents in the northwest.

Ji Qingwu was reluctant to let her son go to such a remote place, but since it was Yuan Heng's own suggestion, she could only agree.

Princess Baocheng had been close to her brother since childhood and was determined to follow him. Ji Qingwu personally saw the brother and sister off at the palace gate and tactfully stated that if they missed their mother, she could go anytime.

Yuan Heng and Bao Cheng hurriedly got on the carriage and set off amid their father's increasingly impatient gaze.

Princess Chen Zhao ascended the throne as empress and retained her previous title.

The court officials did not object too much to the empress's ascension to the throne, because Emperor Wu Su was a good ruler, and with the national destiny system in Ji Qingwu's hands, Beili was peaceful and prosperous.

When the empress ascended the throne, she took over a peaceful and prosperous era. All the court officials hoped that she would be the ruler who would maintain the status quo. However, the empress did not think so. Only half a month after she ascended the throne, she did a great event in the previous dynasty.

Some time ago, Nan Chu was restless at the border. They crossed the border line and sent some gangster soldiers to cause trouble and bully the women, children and the elderly nearby.

The Queen immediately issued an edict, sending Wei Ting to lead the troops, not only to chop off the heads of these rogue soldiers, but also to cut off the five towns on the border of Southern Chu.

Lu Juan, Li Chengxun and others are all old ministers. They have followed Emperor Wu Su for a long time and have developed the style of planning before making decisions. But the newly crowned empress obviously did not inherit her father's style.

Empress Chen Zhao is good at cutting the Gordian knot.

Her personality is not like that of Emperor Wu Su, but more like that of Empress Mingde, who likes to greet people with a smile. No matter how the court officials objected, she always responded with a smile, but her words were sharp and to the point, choking the officials.

After the court was dismissed, the empress summoned Wang Wanbai to the Qinzheng Palace.

She smiled and asked him to sit down, then asked, "Do you blame me? You waited so long for the clouds to clear, but after just one month of marriage, I sent General Wei away?"

Wang Wanbai smiled helplessly and said, "How dare I?"

After thirteen years, Wang Wanbai has grown from sixteen to twenty-nine years old, and she has been often criticized by people for climbing up the social ladder and being shameless.

But fortunately, during his lifetime, the thick cloud in Wei Ting's heart finally dissipated.

Empress Chen Zhao said, "Since you became a female official, you have found an opportunity to become my disciple. Everyone knows that you and Wei Shisi are my trusted followers, and the Wei family has long been inseparable from me."

Wang Wanbai sighed and said, "The general is willing to serve His Majesty, not because of me and Fourteenth Sister."

Empress Chen Zhao understood what she meant, and said with a smile on her lips: "Don't underestimate yourself."

"By the way, I am planning to appoint an imperial husband. Please go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find Eunuch Dong and help me select the portraits."

Wang Wanbai asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any hobbies?"

Empress Chen Zhao smiled and winked at her: "What kind of person do I like? Don't you know?"

Wang Wanbai smiled and said yes, then respectfully withdrew.

Silence returned to the Qinzheng Hall, and the only sound that could be heard was the dripping sound of the clepsydra.

Empress Chen Zhao closed her eyes for a while, and when she heard a slight movement in front of her, she opened her eyes and asked, "Why did you appear?"

Five years ago, Sihai assigned Chen Zhao to be a secret guard.

Si Hai said respectfully, "The Zhiguan sent a message, he wants to see you."

She chuckled and said, "No hurry, let's go at night."

The empress picked up a memorial written by Lu Juan, which advised her not to rush to send troops. She threw it aside. No one could stop her from making a decision, and she was not acting rashly, but had been planning this for a long time.

She raised her eyes and saw that Sihai had not disappeared and was still standing in front of her.

Sihai associated the empress with the golden and jade hair crown in front of him with the little girl who smiled as she ate sweet cakes when she was young. Her eyebrows and eyes had changed, and she looked more and more like her father, calm yet sharp.

Empress Chen Zhao asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Si Hai hadn't come back to his senses yet, and he spoke out his true feelings, saying, "Your Majesty shouldn't go to see him."

The Queen raised her eyebrows and said, "Just because I tolerated your offense last time, are you going to push your luck?"

Sihai was no longer the shy boy he once was. He said expressionlessly, "I made a mistake in speaking."

The offense happened on Chen Zhao’s eighteenth birthday. She deliberately tried to lure Si Hai into drinking. However, it was Si Hai’s first time drinking and he was knocked out by just one glass of wine.

She moved closer to observe the stern secret guard, but was kissed lightly on the cheek by him.

The Queen did not think too much about these things. If the secret guards had feelings for her, they would be more loyal to their master and would sacrifice their lives for her.

She opened her mouth and ordered, "Please help me check whether the second young master of Xiu Mansion is really sick."

The second son of the Xiu family is her preferred candidate for the imperial wife. He is very prestigious in the court, and he is an upright person with a noble bearing.

The most important thing is that he is really handsome, with eyebrows dyed with pine soot ink and eyes that are frosty and moon-like. If he is in the palace, one look at him will make you feel comfortable.

Empress Chen Zhao was shaken at the thought.

Sihai's eyes dimmed a little, and he bowed and said, "Yes." Then, his figure disappeared in the hall.

At night, Empress Chen Zhao appeared in the Zhiguan, a pair of gray-blue eyes staring at her in the dark.

She asked in a clear voice: "What do you want to do by not lighting the lamp?"

The candles lit up, and Yuwen Tianqing appeared behind the screen, saying, "I thought you wouldn't come tonight, so I didn't want to light the candles."

Empress Chen Zhao asked with a smile: "You called me here just to let me watch you change clothes?"

"I like men, but I am very picky. I am not interested in old and ugly men."

Yuwen Tianqing appeared with his upper body naked, and said, "I want to ask Your Majesty to look at the wound on my body." He pointed to the scar on his left chest and said, "Your Majesty, do you know how this wound came about?"

Empress Chen Zhao shook her head and said regretfully, "Back then, my mother shot an arrow through your chest. Fortunately, you are lucky enough to have your heart on the right side."

Yuwen Tianqing said: "But I don't blame your mother. I was deceived and sold my life to others. Now I have a chance to take revenge. I want to make a deal with Your Majesty."

He said with hatred: "Xi Jin can rely on Bei Li, but Yu Wen Tian Cheng must die!"

After Yuwen Tianqing came to Beili as a hostage, Xijin's situation changed several times.

The news of Gao Zhaoyue's fake death spread, and soon after, news came out that she was captured by a vassal king. Lanling went to rescue his mother, but found out that it was all directed and acted by Gao Zhaoyue herself. Lanling was controlled, and Gao Zhaoyue planned to recommend Lanling to the throne.

But on the day before he ascended the throne, Lanling disappeared, and half a month later he returned to the Ji family with Ji Changlin. Lanling also came to the Zhiguan to visit Yuwen Tianqing once, on the eve of her wedding.

The battle for Xijin's throne unfolded between Gao Zhaoyue and several vassal kings, but Yuwen Tiancheng came back to life and reappeared in front of everyone, and Xijin was back in his hands.

It's just that he was seriously injured and needed to take medicine to stay alive. Every day he lived a life worse than death. However, Gao Zhaoyue did not leave, but stayed by his side.

Lanling didn't want to be Yuwen Tianxin, and Yuwen Tianqing had had enough of being a hostage.

The grudge between the two brothers should be settled. Yuwen Tianqing said, "I know you have the intention and ability to do this."

Empress Chen Zhao's eyes flickered. The person who knew her best was actually her opponent. She curled her eyes and said, "Deal."

But before leaving, she did not forget to touch his right chest.

"I take back what I said about my old age and fading beauty."

It was no secret in Beili that Empress Chen Zhao was amorous, and her love affairs were spread all over the world.

But she didn't care much.

Ji Qingwu didn't care when he found out. As long as she was happy, everyone has their own way of living.

Zhao Mingyan was so worried that he couldn't sleep well for several nights, but Ji Qingwu's words relieved his worries.

So what if their Zhao Zhao hurt some men's hearts? Did she have to wait for them to hurt her heart together?

Spring of the fourteenth year of Cheng Zhao.

It was the wedding night of the Empress and her husband Xiu Ningchuan.

The Queen originally planned to pretend and get away with it, just being a nominal couple.

But Xiu Ningchuan just frowned and she felt dizzy. The handsome man was determined to devote himself to her, and he was the legitimate husband of the emperor, so the empress had to accept him with a smile.

Early the next morning, Xiu Ningchuan looked at the red spots on the mattress that looked like plum blossoms, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

The eighteenth year of Cheng Zhao.

Nanchu and Xijin successively pledged allegiance.

The Three Kingdoms situation no longer exists, and the world is unified.

Only the Queen and her confidants knew what happened back then. The gangsters sent by Southern Chu at first were actually Northern Li soldiers in disguise. Although their methods were inferior, they had to have a legitimate reason to send troops.

This matter was later known to the Empress' husband Xiu Ningchuan. He took off the gold-inlaid dragon-patterned belt bestowed by the Emperor, threw it in front of the Empress, and had a big quarrel with her.

Empress Chen Zhao let him vent his anger and just said, "I stand on the shoulders of my father and mother, and I see that Beili has infinite possibilities."

"Ningchuan, I have been prepared for a long time. If I want to unify the world, I must be abandoned by my friends and become a lone man."

"I admit it."

Xiu Ningchuan sat there all night.

The next day, he took the two-and-a-half-year-old princess away and went to Xishan Hot Spring to find the retired emperor and the empress dowager who were recuperating.

Ji Qingwu held his little granddaughter in his arms, poked her soft face, and said to the people around him with a smile: "Mingyan, look, Zhenzhen is even cuter than Jiujiu when she was a child."

Zhao Mingyan nodded and said, "Equally cute."

Just one look and you can tell that they are deeply in love.

Xiu Ningchuan was envious and asked, "Mother, who is Jiujiu?"

Ji Qingwu said, "Ah, doesn't Ningchuan know? Chen Zhao was called Jiujiu when she was a child. Jiujiu means kiss. She likes this name very much, but only before she was six years old."

Zhao Mingyan also thought of the time when his daughter climbed up onto the platform at a banquet and kissed him when she was a child. Although his expression softened a little, he still looked cold.

"You have a misunderstanding that needs to be cleared up. Why are you hiding here?"

Ji Qingwu placed the child in Zhao Mingyan's arms and took over the conversation, "Zhao Zhao is busy with government affairs now, Zhen Zhen needs Ning Chuan to take care of her, and Ning Chuan is also very tired."

She said gently, "You can stay as long as you want. Just treat it as a vacation for yourself."

But Xiu Ningchuan didn't stay in Xishan for too long, because news came that Xijin and Nanchu had offered handsome men as tribute.

That night, there was one more person in the bedroom.

The white jade crown held up his raven-black hair, and the moon-white cross-collared robe made him look elegant and noble.

Empress Chen Zhao's smile widened, and she said, "I knew you wouldn't want to come back."

Xiu Ningchuan called out, "Chirp."

The queen's face froze instantly, and she turned around and left, shaking her sleeves.

Xiu Ningchuan held her back and said, "I heard that 啾啾 means kiss."

He placed a kiss on her forehead and whispered, "From now on, calling me Jiujiu means asking for peace. Is that good or bad?"

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