The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 218 Intimidation

The capital of Chu State, the royal palace.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the cold wind was blowing. The eunuch on duty outside couldn't help but shiver no matter how thickly he wore it.

They are Madam Zheng's servants, and they dare not neglect when they are on duty.

If you are found to be dereliction of duty, you can't help but shudder when you think about those servants who were brutally executed.

This feeling is colder than the cold wind blowing outside.

Everyone is cautious about their errands, walking on thin ice every step of the way, for fear that if they are not careful, they will lose their lives.

Compared with the cold outside, the palace is much warmer inside.

Several bronze furnaces were lit in the palace, and someone watched them specially. They kept burning for twelve hours to maintain the temperature in the palace.

Zheng Xiu lay on his side on the soft bed with a graceful face, closed his eyes and enjoyed Chen Lu's massage.

I saw Chen Lu sitting on a wooden squat, putting Zheng Xiu's feet in his arms, kneading Zheng Xiu's feet in a moderate way, which made Zheng Xiu very comfortable. I thought I was used to Chen Lu's service for so long.

At this time.

A lady dressed as a court lady came in, saw that Zheng Xiu didn't kneel down, but just bowed slightly: "I've seen Madam."

This maid is Nanhou's personal maid, and Nanhou is the original wife of the king of Chu, the master of the harem.

Therefore, the maids around the queen just saluted Zheng Xiu slightly when they saw Zheng Xiu.

"But Yinan, the maid beside the queen?" Zheng Xiu slightly opened his eyes and asked softly.

Isn't this asking knowingly, calling me here and pretending to be stupid.

Although the servant girl Yinan was angry in her heart, she didn't dare to show it, so she could only reply: "It's a servant girl."

"Well, if that's the case, let's do something for Mrs. Ben." Zheng Xiu still had that superior tone.

Yinan laughed angrily, I am the queen's maid, what qualifications do you have for me to do things?
But thinking about it, Zheng Xiu is the favorite concubine of the king of Chu, and her status in the harem is second only to the queen. Su Wen Zheng Xiu usually has a ruthless style, but she dare not offend her.

He could only bow down and say, "I don't know what Madam asked the servants to do?"

Ask what is the matter first, if it is a little effort, it is not impossible to do a favor.

Zheng Xiu winked at the maidservant standing beside her below.

The maid nodded, took out the medicine bag in her sleeve, walked over and handed it to Yinan.

"What is this?" Yi Nan looked at the prescription in confusion.

Zheng Xiu lightly smiled and said: "It's nothing, but I heard that the queen has been pregnant for more than eight months and is about to give birth. My wife is very worried. I heard that the queen is not in good health recently. My wife sent someone to find a cure for it. Putting the medicine in the bowl can cure the queen's hidden illness."

Yinan's face darkened, she took everyone else for fools.

I've never seen you be so kind to the queen before. It's almost time to give birth, so I remembered what medicine to give.

Yinan looked at the medicine bag in his hand, and was sure that there must be something wrong with the medicine.

"The queen is in good health recently. The medical officer has already prescribed several doses of herbal medicine for the queen, so don't bother Madam."

Yi Nan wasn't sure if there was anything wrong with this packet of medicine, but she definitely wouldn't give it to the queen.

But if you tell the queen that it was given by Zheng Xiu, the queen will not take it.

"Do you dare to reject Mrs. Ben's wishes?"

Zheng Xiu's tone became cold, and the servants in the hall suddenly felt cold.

They have been serving Zheng Xiu for a long time, knowing Zheng Xiu's cruelty, this tone means that they are angry, and if they are in peace, they will have to execute a servant.

Yinan also didn't care about offending or not, stepped forward and said with a sneer: "Don't pretend to be kind, no one in the whole Chu Palace knows what Madam is thinking. Madam raised Zilan, but after all, he was born by a lowly servant girl. If the Queen If a young prince is born, I am afraid that the madam will have no status in this harem, so don't even think about letting the slaves harm the queen and the young prince in her stomach."

Indeed, after all, the Queen of the South is the queen of the main palace. If she really gave birth to a young son, it would be the first son of the King of Chu.

No matter how much Zheng Xiu is favored, it is impossible to pass the throne to Zilan, and the nobles of Chu State will not agree.

So Zheng Xiu had some thoughts, but he couldn't do it too much, it had to be done 'naturally'.

Zheng Xiu chuckled, "Finally I couldn't help tearing my face apart, my wife thought you would hold back."

"Hmph, this servant is by the queen's side, and the queen knew about it when she came. The servant was worried about the queen's health, so she left first." Yinan is not afraid of what Zheng Xiu dares to do to her. In this harem, the queen is still in charge.

"Wait a minute, Mrs. Ben wants to show Miss Yinan something." Zheng Xiu smiled nicely and waved her hand lightly.

The eunuch at the side took out a small, dark, long wooden box, stepped forward and held it in front of Yi Nan.

"What is this?" Yinan frowned, what exactly does this Zheng Xiu want to do.

"Open it and have a look. You will be surprised after reading it." Zheng Xiu covered his mouth and chuckled.

Yi Nan snorted coldly, stretched out his hand to open the wooden box, and saw what was inside.

"what!"

Only a sharp scream was heard outside the hall.

The wooden box was thrown on the ground, and inside the wooden box was a bloody ear, the ear of a person.

"You, why are you showing me this?"

After Yi Nan screamed, she was furious, and she didn't know whose ears it was. Could it be that Zheng Xiu wanted to scare her with this?

"In a place called Tianjia Village on the outskirts of Yindu, there is a family of five, with two parents and three sons. It happened that the family owed money to my wife's natal bank, and was arrested by the bank's young man. , ready to use his life to repay the debt, this is the ear of the father of that family, it seems to be called Tian Tiechui, hehe, what a stupid name, don’t you think?” Zheng Xiu laughed.

"You are so vicious, you let my parents and younger brothers go soon."

Yinan was trembling all over, her surname was Tian, ​​Tian Tiechui was her father, and she had three younger brothers, the oldest was 15 years old, and the youngest was only seven years old.

Zheng Xiu looked surprised: "What, that's Miss Yinan's family, ouch, what a coincidence." Then he looked embarrassed: "But your father owes a huge sum of money, and if you can't pay it, you can only use it Even if my wife wants to save her, there must be a reason."

"You're deliberately framing my father. I'm going to the queen to sue... to expose the fact that you want to kill the queen." Yi Nan turned around angrily and was about to leave.

"I'm afraid what you will see tomorrow are the bodies of the five members of that family. Hey, it's really pitiful to think about it." Zheng Xiu sighed, with a look of compassion.

"you you!"

Yinan turned around and pointed at Zheng Xiu angrily, wishing she could swallow her alive right now.

Zheng Xiu's voice cooled down: "Help me do this, otherwise you will wait to collect the corpses of your parents and brothers."

……

Yinan returned to Nanhou's palace in a daze.

Nanhou has a big belly and is already eight months old, and she may give birth at any time.

It was also because of this that Zheng Xiu became more and more nervous, for fear that giving birth to a young son would threaten Zheng Xiu's status.

Now the King of Chu has only one son, Gong Zilan raised by Zheng Xiu. If there is no other competitor, Gong Zilan will be the future King of Chu.

Therefore, Zheng Xiu absolutely does not allow such a thing to happen.

"Nan'er, Mrs. Zheng didn't make things difficult for you, did she?" Nan Hou saw Yinan and stepped forward to ask.

Yinan nervously put away the medicine bag in her hand, bowed quickly and said, "No, no."

"Then what did she ask you when she called you over?" Nan Hou didn't notice anything unusual about Yi Nan either.

"I just asked some queens about their health." Yi Nan lowered her head and said.

"that's it?"

Nan Hou was a little puzzled, and he didn't have much contact with Zheng Xiu in normal times, that is, he only met a few times on formal occasions.

Zheng Xiu's status is lower than the queen's, so he should come to pay a visit, but Zheng Xiu is so arrogant, how could he come to salute, so the two of them rarely meet each other, and they don't have much ill feeling towards each other.

"That's all." Yi Nan was afraid that Queen Nan would find out something, so she quickly changed the subject: "Queen, it's windy outside, please let me help you in."

"it is good."

Although Nanhou was puzzled, she didn't suspect anything, and entered the hall with Yinan's support.

(End of this chapter)