Two in one! Sending the Queen Mother a few "guards" is a great act of filial piety...
Gui Yang was forced to listen to the "Crown Prince Dispute" between Anguo and Beiguo. The protagonists were the two brothers from Beiguo and their extra-curricular brother An Zhuo.
After explaining the cause and effect clearly, Juyan and Boyou repeated the contents of the brocade book.
Finally, Boyou asked, "I wonder what the Prime Minister thinks, should the Queen Mother intervene in this matter?"
When Gui Yang heard this, she understood that the Queen Mother wanted to intervene, but her followers did not agree with it. In order to avoid being blamed by the Queen Mother, the followers came to him for help.
Does this count as surrendering to the enemy?
Gui Yang did not answer the question immediately, but a new question emerged in her mind.
You should know that the relationship between Queen Mother An and the King has always been very delicate, and the King once used killing a chicken to scare the monkey to intimidate the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother An was not the king's biological mother, and she had never even raised the king. The relationship between mother and daughter was extremely cold, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were enemies.
"It's hard to say about this." Gui Yang took a sip of warm wine. The sweetness of the grain made him feel much more clear-headed. The more others drank, the drunker they became, but the more he drank, the more sober he became.
Gui Yang decided to ask the king, and he would do whatever the king said.
Since she wanted to tell the king about this, she certainly couldn't give Juyan Boyu an answer now, so Gui Yang's answer was perfunctory.
Ju Yan and Bo You looked at each other and saluted Gui Yang. They did not urge Gui Yang, but only said that they had to give a reply to the Queen Mother in two days. They did not know what the Queen Mother would decide, and hoped that the Prime Minister could tell them as soon as possible what to do.
It is said that one should not hit a smiling person. Ju Yan Boyou's attitude was very friendly, and Gui Yang did not want to be cold to them, so Gui Yang responded and said that she would tell them the answer as soon as possible and asked them to go back to the house and wait.
Also, it would be scary if someone knocks on your door in the middle of the night.
Gui Yang gave the two of them two visiting cards, so that they could visit her at any time next time with the visiting cards.
The two sides had a harmonious and friendly interaction, and then Ju Yan Boyu left Gui Yang's mansion in the wind and snow.
It's impossible for us to stay overnight because we are not that familiar with each other yet.
After a night of heavy snow, Shen Zhiwei woke up in the morning and shivered from the cold as soon as he got out of bed.
There was a huge heater in the house emitting heat, and there was also a floor heating system burning underground that Shen Zhiwei had rushed to build before winter. Even with these two systems working together, he still felt cold. Shen Zhiwei had a bad feeling. How cold would it be today?
Shen Zhiwei adapted for a while, washed up, put on his clothes, and then pushed the door open and walked out.
At first glance, what you see is a world of ice and snow.
Everywhere he looked was a sea of white. Perhaps because the buildings of this era were not particularly tall, Shen Zhiwei could see large expanses of rooftops.
The houses covered with heavy snow looked very beautiful, without any of the old feeling they had in the past. Shen Zhiwei was in a trance for a moment, thinking that she had returned to her hometown in the countryside.
The snow scene in her hometown is so beautiful. When she was a child in the countryside, they had to sweep the snow after it snowed. The adults waved brooms, and she and her friends ran to the snow to make snowmen and play snowball fights. Sometimes they would go to play on the frozen river, which was a natural ice rink.
In a blink of an eye, nearly twenty years have passed.
Her childhood playmates had already gone their separate ways. When she returned home after growing up, she no longer knew the way home or her old friends.
Now that she has traveled to another world, it is even more impossible for her to see everything that was familiar to her in the past.
"Your Majesty, it snowed heavily last night and it's melting today. It's very cold outside. Don't stand in the wind, or you'll get sick."
Yanxia's voice brought Shen Zhiwei back to her thoughts. Shen Zhiwei gathered her clothes. The winter in Jingchang was much gentler than that in her hometown. At least there was no biting north wind.
It was actually much warmer outside than Shen Zhiwei had imagined. The reason it was cold inside was simply because houses these days were not well insulated.
"Order people to go around the city to see if anyone's house has collapsed under the heavy snow. Also, go to the villages outside the city and ask wherever they can. Any minor officials willing to go out and work will have their salary doubled this month."
Shen Zhiwei was afraid that such heavy snow would collapse the house.
As for doubling the salary, it is entirely due to the anger of the workers for not getting overtime pay for overtime work. Occasionally, there are special circumstances at work, and overtime is inevitable, but it is not that uncomfortable.
But unpaid overtime is disgusting, and unpaid and meaningless overtime is even more disgusting.
"Yes." Yanxia responded. She waited until Shen Zhiwei entered the house before turning around to find someone to carry out the king's order.
It's such a hot day, perfect for roasting by the fire and eating some sweet potatoes or something.
Shen Zhiwei thought of the fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes, especially the modern honey potatoes, which were roasted in the oven for a long time. When they were in the hands, they were sticky and the nose was filled with the sweet aroma of roasted sweet potatoes. A bite of them tasted better than honey, sweet and with the unique taste of sweet potatoes.
It doesn’t have much fiber, and it almost becomes sweet potato puree in your mouth. You can swallow it without biting it much. You will feel warm all over after eating it. It is really suitable for winter!
When Shen Zhiwei thought that Da Zhou didn't have any sweet potatoes, let alone honey potatoes, his face turned cold instantly.
Xianyu collapsed on the couch, and Shen Zhiwei began to think about some random things.
In this era, can she build a ship that can sail far away and bring back crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc.?
Throwing a potato into the fire is also delicious, not to mention roasted corn, and boiled corn is also very fragrant!
The more he thought about it, the greedier he became, so greedy that Shen Zhiwei wanted to eat something to grind his teeth.
So she asked someone to prepare some beef jerky for her.
Beef jerky is her favorite food recently. Although it doesn’t have as many braised meat ingredients as modern ones, the beef itself is very fragrant.
However, the beef in the palace was all from oxen, which was very rare. Generally, oxen were the main force in farming. Even if King Shen Zhiwei wanted to have a bite, he had to wait until the oxen were old and weak, or got sick or had an accident.
Shen Zhiwei thought, it would be great if we could raise more cows. In addition to beef, milk is also a good thing, mainly because milk can be used to make desserts.
She is a little craving for cake.
What good is it to travel back to ancient times? It's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, and you can't eat anything you want.
She has to see the suffering of the world every day, and even though she empathizes with them, she doesn't have the ability to help all the unfortunate people.
When Shen Zhiwei thought of this, she couldn't even enjoy her meal. She was regretting now. She regretted that she shouldn't have ruined her body so much, which led to her untimely death. She didn't realize it when she was alive, but only after she died did she realize that modern times are really good.
She was just here feeling sad about the passing of time while watching the snowy scene when Gui Yang came into the palace and brought her some bad news.
Queen Mother An wanted to intervene in the dispute over the crown prince in Anguo.
The melons from Beiyue and Beirong have not been eaten yet, and now the melons from An Gongshou’s sons are to be added. It’s quite lively.
Shen Zhiwei raised an eyebrow, silently sat up straight, and became excited.
However, if Queen Mother An gets involved, the royal family will inevitably be implicated. Shen Zhiwei really wants to watch the show and does not want to be the protagonist in it.
"Dazai, do you think I should intervene in this matter?"
Shen Zhiwei asked Gui Yang with a lack of interest. Anyway, if she really had to intervene, it would not be her who did it personally. She would only be responsible for the aftermath.
But she was planning to be the king of a fallen country, so what was the point of cleaning up the mess? She needed a cleanup, so she could just attack Jingchang.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhiwei felt a little better.
Gui Yang listened to the king's lukewarm tone and felt uneasy. Did the king want to intervene or not?
Gui Yang believed that he had gradually become familiar with the king, but every time he had to guess the king's intentions, he would doubt whether he had ever really tried to understand the king before?
Why couldn't he see what the king was thinking?
"Yang believes that we should not interfere in this matter and let them fight among themselves. There are so many princes in the world. If Your Majesty intervenes in the An Kingdom, you will inevitably have to intervene in the disputes among the other princes' families for the crown princes. How can Your Majesty have so much free time to take care of such trivial matters?"
The emperor is a mascot and also the person that all the princes in the world pay attention to.
No matter what the emperor does, the princes of the world will talk about it over and over again in their mouths and hearts, and keep wondering why.
No one cared about the emperor before, but after what happened with Taisheng and Donghai, and the crowning of the king in Yun State, who could still look down on this young emperor?
"If I don't intervene, the Queen Mother will be very disappointed."
Shen Zhiwei believed that Empress Dowager An would take some action in private. Empress Dowager An has never been a person who is content with what she has to endure. She is not making trouble now because she knows that there is no benefit in making trouble.
Especially regarding Shen Zhiwei's troublemaking, the Queen Mother was called the Queen Mother because the Emperor called her mother, and she and Shen Zhiwei were in the same boat.
So the Queen Mother stayed in the harem obediently.
But Hui'an Jun was her only child, and she hated the person who killed her child, whom she thought was An Gongshou. As long as there was a chance to take revenge on the other party, the queen mother would definitely not hesitate to use her strength and rush forward bravely.
"Mr. An Shou is dying. The Queen Mother has a thousand ways to prevent him from doing so. Why would she personally intervene to help a bereaved man like Mr. Rong? I heard the Queen Mother has been looking for good-looking actors. Yang does know a few good men. Why don't you recommend them to the Queen Mother?"
Shen Zhiwei's expression twisted slightly when she heard this. She introduced a man to the Queen Mother?
Well, isn't that for her dead father...
That's good. The person is dead, and it's impossible for him to jump out and scold her for being unfilial. Besides, there is no such thing as chastity in this era. After the death of the previous king, you can't let the queen mother be lonely every day, right?
"Okay, bring a few good ones to the palace and I'll send them to the Queen Mother. I hope the Queen Mother will wait for these people, until Lord An has passed away."
Shen Zhiwei didn't care. She was just giving those men a convenience. She couldn't block their path to wealth.
The Queen Mother is definitely a very good rich woman. She is rich, beautiful, generous and has no worries.
Shen Zhiwei was willing to give the Queen Mother some freedom, on the condition that she did not get pregnant.
Shen Zhiwei thought to herself, this can’t be such a coincidence. The late king said it was not possible, but it’s not possible that he and the queen mother had been together for more than ten years without having children. As soon as he left, the queen mother became pregnant.
It would be troublesome if she really got pregnant. It would not sound good to make it known to others. The late king had been gone for less than a year, and the queen mother had already found a male lover and got pregnant. It was not very moral, even if it was a year later.
The Queen Mother seems quite smart on weekdays, so she shouldn't cause any loss of life.
Shen Zhiwei felt relieved when he thought of this.
Moreover, the Queen Mother is old, and pregnancy and childbirth are very bad for her health. The Queen Mother is a woman who has given birth before, so she should know this.
Shen Zhiwei had not considered that there were no effective contraceptive measures in this era, and that the Queen Mother was older than the others, but in modern times, she would only be considered an elderly mother.
Gui Yang acted quickly and sent the person he mentioned to the palace that afternoon.
There were three men in total, all of them were handsome and gentle in appearance, tall in stature. One sang, one played the piano, and one danced with a sword.
Shen Zhiwei remembered that the Queen Mother seemed to prefer this type, and Gui Yang had really worked hard in secret.
I don’t know why he would study this aspect carefully. Shen Zhiwei thought that before she reused Gui Yang, Gui Yang seemed to be a handsome and gentle type.
Now he has some of the cunningness of a powerful official, he is no longer gentle, and his smile is a bit flattering. Sometimes Shen Zhiwei would hallucinate the powerful eunuchs he had seen on TV.
It's very strange.
Shen Zhiwei threw aside the messy thoughts in his mind and went to find Empress Dowager An with three actors.
Empress Dowager An is now a little anxious.
She really wanted to send people to Anguo, she really wanted to avenge her son, but Juyan and Boyou asked her to wait, and she simply couldn't wait!
Anshou, her brother, the person she hated. When she thought about him lying in bed enjoying himself while her son's head and body were separated, she gritted her teeth in hatred and wished she could tear off his flesh and blood piece by piece and swallow it!
"You two have been hesitating and speaking incoherently since entering the palace. Why is that?"
Facing the questioning of Empress Dowager An, Juyan Boyou said nothing but bowed his head and confessed his guilt.
Queen Mother An pointed directly at Ju Yan and asked, "Ju Yan, are you willing to go to Anguo?"
"Of course I am willing!" Ju Yan immediately nodded in agreement. No matter what he thought in his heart, he certainly could not refuse the Queen Mother's request openly.
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager An's unpleasant expression finally improved a little.
"Empress Dowager, we two ministers personally escorted Lord Hui'an to Anguo. If anything were to happen to Lord Hui'an, we two ministers are guilty! Along the way, we were ambushed and poisoned. This shows how vicious Lord An Shou is, beyond compare."
Boyou knew that his friend did not want to go to Anguo, so after his friend finished speaking, he began to denounce An Gongshou, speaking with certainty, as if the person who ambushed and poisoned him was An Gongshou.
Empress Dowager An did not know the truth, and Boyou's words reminded her of sad memories. She closed her eyes in anger and slammed her fist on the table.
"This man Shou really deserves to die!"
"Mr. An is full of tricks. We are no match for him. If we go to Anguo again, I'm afraid we will return empty-handed."
Empress Dowager An calmed down a little after listening to Boyou's words.
She looked up and sized up the two of them with eyes filled with hatred. Both of them had expressions of grief and self-blame on their faces, and looked very sincere.
Queen Mother An narrowed her eyes, then averted her gaze and sighed, "You two have already appeared before him. It is indeed inappropriate for you to enter Anguo again."
She had to choose other confidants to do this. As for Ju Yan and Bo You, she would not trust them as much as she did today.
Who should I choose to go to Anguo?
Queen Mother An had not yet decided on a candidate when a palace maid came in and announced that the king had arrived.
Queen Mother An was puzzled as to why the king came to her today.
She instantly thought of the matter of the brocade book, and also remembered Juyan Boyu's repeated refusals today. She immediately realized that it was these two people who told the king about the brocade book.
This is an act of betrayal! The two of them secretly defected to the King!
Empress Dowager An was furious and glared at Ju Yan and Bo You fiercely. The two lowered their heads and dared not look at the empress dowager.
But they had already prepared themselves mentally. When they went to find Gui Yang, they both understood that they would have to change their master in the future.
They have always wanted a bright future. They used to think that Hui'an Jun was their wise leader, so they followed the Queen Mother, but now, Hui'an Jun is dead.
Why can't they change their master?
Besides, they only told the king the contents of a brocade letter and did not harm Queen Dowager An, so how could it be considered betrayal?
Queen Mother An was so angry that she wanted to drag the two men out and punish them with burning, but the king was about to come in, and for the king's sake, she could not treat those who had surrendered to the king like that.
After all, she still has to rely on the king in the future.
Queen Mother An took a deep breath, and suppressed the anger on her face. In her heart, she remembered the humiliation of allowing others to play with her today. Was she going to endure the humiliation of being played with like this forever? No, it was impossible!
When Shen Zhiwei came in, she felt that the atmosphere was strange, but Empress Dowager An greeted her with a smile and a kind attitude, and there was no difference, so she didn't think much about it.
Shen Zhiwei and Empress Dowager An had nothing to say, as they were not familiar with each other, so after some politeness, Shen Zhiwei went straight to the point.
"I heard that the Empress Dowager has been waking up frequently in the night lately and hasn't been sleeping well. I thought it might be because of the cold nights, coupled with the long winter nights, that the Empress Dowager is frightened, so I found three tall and strong warriors to keep watch for her."
When sending a male companion, you can't just say that you are sending someone to warm your bed. Shen Zhiwei knows that speaking should be artistic. She has always felt that she should study art and she will definitely become a master of art.
She was not here to send a male lover, she was here to send a guard. The reason she sent people here was all out of filial piety to her mother.
Seeing the three people entering the room one after another, Empress Dowager An's eyes lit up slightly. Her gaze wandered over the three people, and she felt very satisfied.
"Your Majesty is truly filial, thank you for your concern."
"I just hope that the Queen Mother can sleep well every night and not wake up every day." Shen Zhiwei looked up at the traces between the Queen Mother An's eyebrows, a little surprised.
Empress Dowager An must have frowned a lot during this period, and there is already a deep mark between her eyebrows.
Poor mothers in the world love their children.
Empress Dowager An heard some different meanings from Shen Zhiwei's words.
This is to let her sleep well and not think about anything else.
In other words, the king does not want to get involved in the dispute over the Crown Prince of Anguo.
"Your Majesty, Anguo is growing stronger, while Beiguo is weak and Bianguo's army is incompetent. Anguo alone can withstand two. Even Yunning and Yunning combined forces were unable to break through Anguo's defenses. Instead, Anguo captured two cities in a row. If we don't stop this in time, Anguo will become even more powerful in the future. What will we do?"
Empress Dowager An was still unwilling to give in and wanted to persuade Shen Zhiwei to be vigilant and act against An Guo.
Shen Zhiwei sighed inwardly.
Is Anguo so powerful? Then will Anguo be able to punch the two states of Bianbei, kick the two states of Yunning, and climb up by stepping on the princes to become the common ruler of the world?
Will An Guo be able to lead his troops to attack Jingchang soon, allowing her to complete the achievement of a king who lost his country?
When the vassal states in the world started fighting, Shen Zhiwei had this idea in mind. The vassal states would first send out the strongest one, and then the strongest one would attack her. She would complete her goal and go home!
Just thinking about it makes me happy.
If Shen Zhiwei hadn't been forced to lose her expression once she was in front of people, she would have laughed out loud when she heard what Empress Dowager An said.
Even without smiling, his expressionless face looked a little softer at this moment, as if he was easy to talk to.
Let Empress Dowager An think that her words moved Shen Zhiwei.
Then she saw Shen Zhiwei shook her head firmly.
"The Queen Mother thinks Anguo is powerful. Is it because Anguo is truly powerful, or is it because Anguo is the Queen Mother's hometown?"
Shen Zhiwei did not admit that An Guo was so powerful. As long as she did not admit it, An Guo would never be a threat to her. She could let An Guo grow bigger and stronger until the king of An Guo conquered Jingchang.
Queen Mother An really wanted to say that An Guo was strong, but when she met Shen Zhiwei's eyes, which were calm and as cold as well water, she was speechless.
Because An Guo is indeed not as strong as she said.
There were several relatively weak princes near Anguo. This time, Anguo captured two cities in a row, all of which belonged to those small princes.
As for Yun State and Ning State, these two major vassal states were not harmed at all.
If they really couldn't win, the war would have stopped this year. How could they have agreed to fight next year? The two countries of Yun and Ning were not crazy. They had to defeat themselves before they would surrender.
Now all the major vassal states know that temporary victory or defeat is nothing, they must seek long-term victory.
Empress Dowager An didn't say anything, so Shen Zhiwei assumed she understood.
In order not to delay Empress Dowager An from getting to know her "guards", Shen Zhiwei stood up and prepared to leave. When she left, Empress Dowager An asked her to take Ju Yan and Bo You with her.
Shen Zhiwei had already learned about the two traitors from Gui Yang. She did not refuse them, thinking of it as a reward for their act of informing on others. If she really kept them, Empress Dowager An would not know how to vent her anger.
Ju Yan and Bo You looked at each other, carefully followed the king, and left the Queen Mother's Xia Jing Palace.
After they walked out of the palace, they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. It was obvious that they felt really guilty in front of the Queen Mother.
Making so many excuses is just to comfort himself. If the Queen Mother really wants to punish them, without the King's protection, they will surely die.
"Thank you, my dear king."
Boyou has always been smart, and Juyan followed closely behind, thanking Shen Zhiwei together.
Shen Zhiwei waved his hand and said, "No need, thank you with Dazai."
If Gui Yang hadn't specifically mentioned it, Shen Zhiwei might not have noticed these two people. For Shen Zhiwei, there was no one she cared about too much.
Ju Yan and Bo You looked at each other and decided that Gui Yang was a really good person.
They had no idea of the source of all the tragedies they were experiencing. It was just when Gui Yang suddenly had an idea that the king wanted him to kill Hui'an Jun.
After resolving the matter of Empress Dowager An, Shen Zhiwei waited for another two days, and the special events began to settle.
[The special event "National War I" has ended. This special event has different endings, and the rating is tentatively set to SSR. When all special events in the National War series are completed, the ending will be rated uniformly.]
The text on the system panel gave Shen Zhiwei a bad feeling.
I clicked on it and saw that it was indeed ominous!
Logically speaking, the SSR-level ending of the special event should have 100,000 achievement points, which is 100 million in cash, but now, it only has 10,000 achievement points!
The amount has been severely reduced and I can only get a reward of 10 million.
Shen Zhiwei quit immediately and angrily asked what was going on with the system.
Unexpectedly, the system, which was always very human, actually explained it to her seriously, and the writing was fluent, and it seemed to be very intelligent.
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