The queen said to Zhao Qiuqiu with a smile: "Miss Qiuqiu, you don't have to be so anxious. Just stay in the mansion and serve the second son well."

Now Zhao Qiuqiu is already the concubine of the Second Prince. Although they have not actually had sex, the title has been established.

The Zhao family has lost all face now, but they can't do anything about Zhao Qiuqiu.

Since Zhao Qiuqiu has already been to the Second Prince's Mansion, she is a member of the Second Prince's Mansion.

The Queen said to Zhao Qiuqiu, "From now on, when you are in the Second Prince's Mansion... I will trouble you to take good care of the Second Prince. If there is anything, please come to the palace and tell me in time. I will help you in any way I can."

Zhao Qiuqiu was a little surprised. She nodded quickly and said to the queen with a smile: "Thank you, Queen."

"Then Queen, I need some medicinal herbs and some silver. Please give me some."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qiuqiu really wanted it. The queen sighed in her heart: Zhao Qiuqiu is really brave. Their Second Prince’s Mansion has caused a lot of trouble to the palace.

But if Zhao Qiuqiu really wanted it, the Queen would naturally give it to her. These things came from the national treasury anyway, not from her own palace.

The queen smiled and gave Zhao Qiuqiu some silver and some medicinal herbs.

Zhao Qiuqiu said some flattering words in front of the queen, which made the queen happy, and then she left with her followers.

After they left, the Queen looked at Zhao Qiuqiu's back thoughtfully, and then said to Daiyu and Zijuan, "You two get ready. I want to go see the Queen Mother."

"Yes."

So, the two of them immediately went downstairs and carried up a sedan chair, helped the queen get on it, and went to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.

......

When the Queen Mother saw the Queen coming, she said, "You never come to the Palace for no reason. Why are you here today?"

"Mother, I want to tell you about your illegitimate brother's granddaughter, Zhao Qiuqiu, who is the second brother's new concubine."

"The little concubine has a lot on her mind."

"Hey."

The Queen shook her head and said, "She thought we knew nothing about the Second Prince's Mansion. In fact, the servants of the Second Prince's Mansion came to report to me early in the morning. They said that the Second Prince was going to be enfeoffed, but when Zhao Qiuqiu heard about it, he was unwilling to go. I don't know why."

"The second son wants to go to be a vassal, but Zhao Qiuqiu is unwilling to go with him."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she smiled and said to the Queen, "Queen, I will tell you why."

"She is unwilling to go with me to be a vassal, because being a vassal... is too difficult. How can being far away in Yongzhou compare to the carefree and wealthy life in Kyoto? Kyoto is a place of wealth and luxury, with everything available."

"Although it's comfortable over there, it's only comfortable for the second son. Zhao Qiuqiu naturally likes to stay in a rich place like Kyoto, with piles of gold and silver, silk and jewelry!"

When the queen heard this, she smiled and nodded, saying, "Mother, this little concubine has ulterior motives. Should we let her be with the second son in the end?"

"Of course I want it. This second brother, after falling flat on his face in a woman's arms, wants to fall flat on his face again. The big fall he made before taught him a lesson, but it wasn't a practical lesson."

The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and said to the Queen, "So you have to teach him countless lessons, so that he won't be so active in the future and won't think about these trivial things. It's better to let him learn more lessons."

The queen nodded and immediately understood what the queen mother meant.

"So what should we do next?"

"Of course, the second son must go to the vassal state to see if Zhao Qiuqiu will follow him. If he doesn't go, then Zhao Qiuqiu will definitely follow him.

But if we insist on letting the second brother go to rescue the vassal state, and Zhao Qiuqiu doesn't follow, then this matter will be much more interesting. You can see what the second brother will think at that time."

"Okay, I get it.

"Mother."

The queen nodded and chatted with the queen mother for a while in the palace.

Afterwards, the Queen Mother smiled and said to the Queen: "Ping An wrote to me two days ago. He said that he was doing very well in Loulan, and that there were ministers in Loulan to help him, so he would not be left alone."

"Alas, this kid returned to Loulan alone. I was wondering what to do if he couldn't handle Loulan's affairs? After all, there might still be remnants of Dadawa's old subordinates there. But I didn't expect Ping An to tell me that he had killed all of Dadawa's old subordinates."

"He said it was the intention of our Zhou Song Emperor. This kid is really smart."

"After all, Zhou Song and Loulan were at war, so it was normal to kill some of Dadawa's old subordinates. If they said Ping An killed them himself, they would certainly disagree. But if they said the emperor killed them, the ministers wouldn't dare to say anything."

"Will this matter be blamed on your Majesty? What if Zhou Song and Loulan come to blows?"

The queen was a little worried: "Will this provoke a war with our Zhou and Song dynasties?"

"That's not going to happen."

The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head, saying firmly, "I watched Ping An grow up, and he would never be so ungrateful."

"Besides, how could Loulan defeat Zhou and Song? Don't worry."

"It seems that the Queen Mother likes His Highness Ping An very much."

"Absolutely."

The Queen Mother smiled, took a sip of tea, and said, "Although I took Ping An in because I knew he was the prince of Loulan, there is another point... Ping An is indeed very grateful."

"You see, he was treated to a meal by Princess Rongbao that day, and our Grand Princess Chang'an was also there at the time, so we like Princess Chang'an and Princess Rongbao very much. There are traces of all this."

"Ping An is a child who really knows how to repay kindness. He is never an ungrateful kid."

"clear."

The Queen nodded quickly and said to the Queen Mother, "Ping An's move has solved a lot of problems. If there was civil unrest over there, Your Majesty would probably be in a state of panic."

"After all, the war between the two sides just ended. If the war breaks out again, it will definitely distract Your Majesty."

"Yes, the emperor is already busy enough with the affairs of the royal family, not to mention the affairs of the previous dynasty, which is even more troublesome."

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