This scene is truly thrilling! Does the Queen Mother understand the meaning of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys? ...
Now Shen Zhiwei somewhat believed that the original owner appointed the daughter of the Hu family as a doctor out of pure admiration.
Old Man Wen disagreed, he must have never seen what the real daughter of the Hu family looked like. If he had seen her, and the old man dared to breathe heavily, she, Shen Zhiwei, would have lost!
"You get up first."
The young king spoke softly, and Hu Youan saw the king's love for her and was very grateful.
Her relatives did die because of treason, so logically speaking, she and the king were enemies.
But regardless of whether her relatives deserved the punishment, she grew up in the palace and almost watched Wang Ji rise from obscurity to the throne of king, so she couldn't hate Wang Ji.
No, he is the king now.
She would not hate the king. Compared to those vague figures that occasionally appeared in her memory, Wang Ji was her relative. Wang Ji treated her very well, never lacking food and clothing, and was willing to face the pressure from the ministers of the previous dynasty and appoint her as a doctor.
Since he values her so much, how could she let the king down?
"Don't worry, my king. As long as I am here, I will never allow any villain to get close to you again. I will take care of those greedy people one by one for you!"
No, sister, what are you burning about?
Seeing the sudden declaration of loyalty with a resolute tone like the daughter of the Hu family who had joined the party, Shen Zhiwei was stunned for a moment.
I couldn't understand what the other person was mumbling, but it felt quite important. Shen Zhiwei thought for a moment, then gave up analyzing it.
She is here to destroy the country, why analyze so much!
"I know what you mean. If you work hard, you will have a bright future."
The emperor called himself "Yu Yiren" in formal occasions, and Shen Zhiwei also called himself "Yu", which was no big problem.
When the king's hand fell on her shoulder, Hu Youan secretly swore in her heart that she would make a name for herself in this life and live up to the king's wishes!
Shen Zhiwei may not be good at other things, but she is very good at painting a rosy picture to comfort people.
In modern times, we always listen to that stupid boss making empty promises to satisfy our hunger. Now Shen Zhiwei is a professional in making big promises.
Feeling the reverence in the eyes of the Hu girl, Shen Zhiwei felt that people of this era were still simple and honest.
However, she was not just making empty promises. Her original body had already arranged a position of doctor for the daughter of the Hu family. As long as the daughter of the Hu family worked hard, the position of doctor would be hers.
After exchanging awkward glances with the Hu girl, Shen Zhiwei didn't know what to say.
Thinking about her original body's daily schedule, she determined her next itinerary.
"It's getting late. We should go to Xia Jing Palace to visit the Queen Mother."
"I am leading the horse for the king."
Hu Youan was very considerate and immediately left to find a means of transportation for Shen Zhiwei.
As a doctor, she was in charge of the chariots and cavalry, serving as a guard inside and a soldier outside. She was a versatile talent.
When Shen Zhiwei got into the carriage and staggered towards Xia Jing Palace, in Xia Jing Palace, Empress Dowager An was lying on a middle-aged man with his upper body exposed with her eyes closed.
Empress Dowager An is thirty-three years old this year. If she were a commoner, she would have been very old and half buried in the ground. But she is a noble, fed with fine rice and dressed in gorgeous clothes. Her appearance is better maintained than that of modern women, and some people would believe that she is in her early twenties.
How can you live alone when you are in such a prime time and as beautiful as a flower?
So Empress Dowager An kept some actors who pleased her. The actor who was now acting as a cushion under her was named Zhuang. Empress Dowager An gave him a surname, so he was called An Zhuang.
"Queen Mother, the King is coming to Xia Jing Palace."
A palace maid came in with a message, and Queen Mother An frowned, her dislike for the new king almost written on her face.
"Go down."
No matter how much she disliked it, Queen Dowager An never thought of letting the young king see her being intimate with her male favorite.
Zhuang put on the robe scattered on the ground and quickly left the side hall. Before leaving, he glanced at the carriage that had just arrived at the palace gate, his eyes full of heat.
Compared to the queen mother who has experienced many things and has a heart as cold as iron, the new king is younger. Not only does she control the world, she is also a young girl who has not yet fallen in love.
When Shen Zhiwei got off the carriage, he saw a man with disheveled hair and half-dressed clothes passing by.
Who? Da Zhou Performance Art?
Shen Zhiwei was confused at first, then she remembered that Empress Dowager An kept many actors to entertain her, openly cuckolding her dead father, and everyone in the world knew about it.
This was nothing in the Zhou Dynasty. Compared with the so-called "chastity" in later generations, the Zhou Dynasty advocated human desires more. When Queen Dowager An was in An Guo, she gave birth to a child. The father was unknown. I had seen him several times. The previous king even asked me to call the child brother. The child now holds an official position in the court.
The people are so open-minded.
Shen Zhiwei declined these things. As a modern single mother, she had never thought about establishing an intimate relationship with anyone, and now she would not do that even more.
It is possible to die while giving birth in modern times. Was it crazy to give birth in ancient times?
Shen Zhiwei wanted to be the king of a fallen country, but never thought of becoming a ghost. For the sake of her own life, she stayed away from men to ensure her safety.
Even though she was a king, she would probably be gossiped about if she had no offspring.
But she is about to become the king of a fallen country. Is she afraid of what others say?
Of course not! Shen Zhiwei only felt that he was terrifyingly strong now.
As they entered the palace, the palace maids came forward to pay their respects, but Chu Yun, the maidservant beside Empress Dowager An, came to stop them.
"The Queen Mother was taking a nap. Your Majesty, please wait for a moment until she has washed up before entering."
"I came a little late, and I'm sorry that the Queen Mother has been troubled."
"Your Majesty's daily visits to greet the Queen Mother are a testament to his filial piety. Everyone in the world admires your filial piety and heart. The Queen Mother is equally grateful for your filial deed and will not blame you for this momentary oversight."
Shen Zhiwei nodded slightly when he heard this, and stood at the door waiting.
I rolled my eyes in my heart.
Xiaoxiaoxiao, this is hilarious! If you didn't know, you would have thought the original body had a very good relationship with Empress Dowager An! What's the truth? The two of them had only met a few times in the past fifteen years!
Queen Dowager An was fertile, but she never became pregnant again after entering the palace. There were many women in the late king's harem, but none of them became pregnant. Considering the small number of people in the royal family, it was clear that the late king had health problems.
The former king had already lost all hope, but who would have thought that one of the royal wives in the harem would be pregnant.
The imperial wife had a very low rank in the harem, and she died of heavy bleeding after giving birth to the original woman.
Knowing that the original body was a daughter, the late king did not care much about her and randomly appointed a concubine to raise the original body. The concubine was a harem minion of a higher rank than the royal wife. The original body had a hard life in the past few years. She was not loved by her father and mother. She had enough food and clothes to eat, but that was all.
Later, the former king realized that he was really not capable of bearing any child and that he would probably only have the original body as his child in his lifetime, so he hurriedly brought the original body to his side to raise him. This happened about two years ago.
Queen Mother An did not like her original body. She thought she could give birth to children, but she did not expect that the previous king would have a short life.
Shen Zhiwei sneered in his heart. The late king slept in the harem every day, so it was a long life for him to live past thirty. He was not in good health to begin with, and he took medicine and went through so much trouble. If he didn't die before thirty, it was all thanks to the blessing of the ancestors of the Great Zhou.
The original body was forced to become the king. Queen Dowager An realized that she would have to rely on the original body for her livelihood in the future, so she became close to the original body.
But she had been a queen for many years and was very proud. She could not lower her head at all. Being intimate with the original body meant allowing the original body to come and greet her every day.
Originally, she had days off during her court service, but she had no days off to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager An. The wind and rain never stopped. Shen Zhiwei suspected that it was raining knives from the sky, and she had to come to pay her respects under the rain of knives.
An An An, why are there so many Ans to ask about? Just because your surname is An, I have to ask about your An? Why not ask when you are not An, go down and find that no brother of the previous king?
Shen Zhiwei was already very tired, and after standing at the door for a while, the soles of her feet began to hurt a little. She cursed Empress Dowager An in her heart.
Although she only stood there for less than five minutes, why should she suffer this?
"Someone just left the side hall. Is that the Queen Mother's new favorite? The Queen Mother is showing her disrespect for the late King by committing adultery in broad daylight. She's doing this before the late King's body is even cold. But what's her opinion of the late King?"
Chu Yun didn't expect that the king, who usually kept silent, would suddenly speak up.
They were clearly discussing something just now, why did it happen so suddenly?
Before Chu Yun could react, Hu Youan, who was standing behind Shen Zhiwei, stepped forward with a sword in hand and shouted with an unpleasant expression, "Your Majesty, when your Majesty asked you a question, you servants remained silent. Are you trying to deceive your Majesty?"
As he spoke, he drew out the hilt of the sword in his hand, and the sword flashed with a cold light, full of murderous intent.
Chu Yun's legs went weak and she immediately knelt on the ground, apologizing repeatedly. Not only her, but all the palace maids around her knelt down as well.
There was a lot of noise outside, how could the people in the palace not hear it? When Queen Dowager An heard that the king, who had been silent in the past, suddenly attacked, her anger instantly rose.
But she immediately realized that the person standing outside was not the princess who could be manipulated by others, but the king.
The king wanted to sentence a palace maid to death, and as the queen mother, she could not stop it.
Queen Mother An took a deep breath, and regardless of the fact that her hair was still uncombed, she quickly walked to the door and opened it. Looking at the scene of people kneeling outside, she narrowed her eyes and smiled, "The King is here, please come in."
Shen Zhiwei didn't move, she didn't want to walk.
"Your Majesty, please do not be angry with such a lowly person. Come, sentence him to death."
Empress Dowager An gritted her teeth, not looking at Chu Yun's shocked face, nor listening to their pleas. She just waved her hand and called the guards of Xia Jing Palace. The guards quickly blocked the mouths of the seven palace maids and dragged them away.
In the blink of an eye, all that remained on the ground were traces of dragging and the sound of struggling coming from not far away.
"Stop! After all, they are the Empress Dowager's maids. If I come here, they will die. If the news gets out, people will think that I made the Empress Dowager angry and she is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys."
The guards stopped, not daring to openly disobey the king's order.
Empress Dowager An didn't look at the palace maids who were crying bitterly after escaping death. Instead, she repeated in confusion: "Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys?"
Shen Zhiwei remembered that these people didn’t understand idioms.
I can't remember the origin of the saying "change your orders every day", but Shen Zhiwei knows the meaning of killing the chicken to scare the monkey!
"Have you ever seen a monkey being trained? Monkeys are intelligent, just like humans, and they're most afraid of the sight of blood. Therefore, monkey trainers will chop a chicken to pieces right in front of the monkey, letting the monkey see blood and understand how powerful humans are. This method isn't just for training monkeys; it can also be used to catch them. No matter how powerful the monkey is, a chicken's scream will frighten it so much it's paralyzed, unable to escape."
After Shen Zhiwei finished speaking, she smiled with satisfaction. She was really an ordinary little genius. She could still remember these knowledge points after being away from school for so long!
She said that she should have gone to Peking University or Tsinghua University, but they said she didn't meet the required score and didn't want her, which showed their poor vision!
Shen Zhiwei glanced at Chu Yun and thought to himself: Didn't you just say that I was filial? Come on, come out and say that I'm a filial daughter and make the Queen Mother happy.
The next second, the sword in Hu Youan's hand stabbed Chu Yun. Chu Yun felt a pain in his heart and died instantly.
After the sword was drawn, blood splattered everywhere, splashing onto the hem of Empress Dowager An's skirt.
Empress Dowager An was like the monkey at this moment, powerless all over. She let out a scream, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
Shen Zhiwei was so frightened that his pupils shrank and his whole body stiffened.
Ah!!!! Someone’s dead!!!!
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