Empress Dowager + Spoiler

Cai Jun was speechless for a long time.

Zhao Sansi sighed, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival again, I don't know how many women the Empress will put in my harem this Mid-Autumn Festival."

Now that Cai Jun has a child, his life is complete, and he also understands the benefits of monogamy. Hearing the sad words of the little emperor, he suddenly feels distressed. No matter how many branches and leaves there are, no matter how many of them there are, they will never be able to surpass the empress."

Zhao Sansi smiled, but did not speak.

Her queen definitely doesn't want a high position that no woman in the world can surpass, what she wants is to win the hearts of others.

She is so.

The same must be true of the Queen.

Chapter 145

After the Changping Hou couple entered the palace, they still had to go to Zhao Sansi to greet them first. Zhao Sansi still received them with the same attitude as before, and greeted the haggard Madam Changping Hou with concern, and rewarded her with some supplements. , Then someone took them to Changning Palace.

Gu Xizhao knew that her mother's illness was just a cover, but before Changping Hou got straight to the point, she still greeted Changping Hou's wife a few words, "My mother is sick, and my daughter can't visit her. It's really unfilial."

Compared with Marquis Changping, Gu Xizhao's feelings for this mother are more complicated. The master treats her well, and she doesn't expect so much for her mother's love.But with more contact, she can also feel the love that Mrs. Changping Hou has for her.

Seeing Madam Changping Hou's haggard face, she was really worried, "Mother is getting old now, so you have to take it easy and take care of your body."

Mrs. Changping Hou felt sore, thinking of her own life, outsiders said she was beautiful, but in this beautiful family, only Gu Xizhao, the daughter, could say a few words that made her feel warm, "It's just a minor illness, you don't need to worry about it. .The old man knows it too.”

Gu Xizhao nodded. She is not very good at speaking those affectionate words with her family, and she can't say the sincere words, "It's good for mother to know."

After chatting about a cup of tea, Marquis Changping winked at Gu Xizhao.Gu Xizhao found an excuse at random to get the palace staff to retreat, and asked Chan'er to take Mrs. Changping Hou to the side hall, and asked Imperial Physician Zhang to help her diagnose her pulse.

This can also be considered as the empress's empress, she values ​​her own mother.

After the palace quieted down, Gu Xizhao didn't bother to play Tai Chi with Marquis Changping, and spoke first, "Father came back to the palace this time to talk to his daughter about giving the emperor a concubine."

"You know it well." Marquis Changping snorted softly, and went to look at her again, "There is no son and a half daughter in the central palace, so you can't wait to let the newcomer into the palace... Madam, you really want to replace the royal family." Branches and leaves are scattered..."

From his eyes to his tone, the purpose of Marquis Changping's test is too obvious.

Gu Xizhao looked at him calmly, "What does father mean by that?"

"What do I mean, your empress should be aware of it. Your master said that your health is fine, and he also prescribed begging soup for you, but your empress has not seen pregnancy for a long time. I am afraid that your empress does not want to be pregnant?"

Gu Xizhao lowered her eyes, and after a while, she looked over mockingly, "It turns out that my father still refuses to really trust me even now."

Marquis Changping snorted softly, but didn't reply.

Gu Xizhao brushed the handkerchief in the corner of his eyes, and said again: "Why don't I understand what my father said, why don't I want a child, but my stomach is not up to date, what can I do? Since the wedding, the emperor has been doing it every day. Resting together with me, but I have never been pregnant. The courtiers did not say anything on the surface, I am afraid that they have already discussed in secret. Now, all the officials are forcing the emperor, and the emperor is trying to force me again. My father asked me to do this What about the Queen?"

"Let me disagree with the emperor accepting concubines? There are three types of unfilial piety, and the worst is to have no descendants. How will the courtiers say that I, the queen, as the mother of a country, has no heart for others?"

Changping Hou's expression softened, "Then you should at least inform me in advance."

"At this juncture, there may be many pairs of eyes staring at me. If I ask my father's opinion because of this, father thinks those eyes will not be suspicious?"

Marquis Changping was speechless for a while.

Gu Xizhao took a breath, glanced at Marquis Changping, and continued: "Furthermore, my daughter is not stupid. The emperor loves me a lot now, and it's just to see that I have a good color, but women are old and faded. How long can it last? When the courtiers played the matter of accepting the concubine, the emperor was clearly unwilling to waste people and money, and he was unwilling in every possible way. He was afraid that he was testing me. Otherwise, why did the emperor agree to it after a few words of persuasion?"

"Since ancient times, you have been indifferent to the emperor's family, and you will be able to see your position clearly." Changping Hou sneered, "This little yellow hair has learned a little bit of cleverness, and he has learned ten percent of the hypocrisy of their Zhao family."

Gu Xizhao sneered at Changping Hou's words, and pretended to sigh on the face, "The emperor is kind to me, and it's just because I helped her by accident when I was powerless and powerful. In front of people, people in the court are a little dissatisfied with her, the prince who suddenly appeared. She has no one to use, so she trusts me. Now that the throne is firmly seated, and the emperor's wings are hardened, naturally they treat me not as pure as before Understand."

"If I don't show generosity and wit, the emperor will probably get tired of me early."

Marquis Changping didn't think her words were exaggerating either. He looked at men from a man's point of view, and he quite agreed with Gu Xizhao's words. Only with three thousand beauties in the harem can he be called a real emperor.

"When the newcomer enters the palace, if other people's mothers are more expensive than their children, how about you?"

Gu Xizhao squinted her eyes with a gloomy expression, "Father also underestimated me too much. He agreed to the emperor's concubine only for the sake of my reputation as a queen and to make the emperor respect me even more. As long as I am a queen among the courtiers and the emperor They are all important, why bother to be afraid of these concubines. No matter how many women come, they will spend half of the month in my palace. Furthermore, I have to approve each of these concubines. How can you have an heir than my husband under my nose?"

Marquis Changping didn't expect her to be so "ruthless". He was stunned for a moment, and felt relieved when he realized it, "As expected of the daughter of my Gu family, since you have made up your mind, I can rest assured."

Gu Xizhao smiled, "Father just need to rest assured, the daughter can tell which is more important."

Marquis Changping's depression that had been suppressed for several days was swept away immediately, he thought for a while and said: "I'm old, I really can't wait for a few years, if it's really not possible, let's talk about the fake first?"

Gu Xizhao clenched her fingers slightly, "Father's misrepresenting the truth?"

"You fake pregnancy first, and then talk about it after giving birth to the emperor's heir."

"Happiness in the middle palace is a big event, I'm afraid it's..." Gu Xizhao looked puzzled, then looked at Marquis Changping again, "Or does father have other plans?"

"This matter came up on the spur of the moment, but I have to make a careful calculation. I'm not in a hurry. I'll send a letter to your brother Feige." Changping Hou said here, paused, and stared at Gu Xizhao for a moment , and then continued: "Over the years, Xiwan has never died of thieves, always thinking about our fertile land, and even trying to marry Princess Tara to your brother and form an alliance with my Gu family."

Gu Xizhao pretended to be surprised, "There is such a thing? Since father knows that their evil intentions are not dead, he shouldn't..."

"The horses raised in Xiwan are very fine. If there is a strong attack at that time, we must cooperate with them. Of course, unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not seek skins from tigers."

Gu Xizhao trembled slightly in her heart, and pinched her palms heavily, "But what my father said is right. Although the emperor was powerless when he came to power, he has won the hearts of the people now. If my father attacks violently, only you The [-] Gu Family Army is still difficult to contend with."

"That's our trump card. I won't force it unless it is absolutely necessary. Over the years, the Xiao family has kept their names incognito. It is only now that they secretly planted these forces. They can only succeed."

Gu Xizhao secretly took a deep breath, and after a while, she pretended to look at Marquis Changping nonchalantly, "Father, apart from the [-] troops in the northwest, do we still have people in the court?"

Marquis Changping took a look at her, and Gu Xizhao quickly said: "I agreed to accept the concubine, the emperor still has a little affection for me now, and I'm afraid I feel a little guilty right now, taking this opportunity, I can still calmly say chuīchuī wind in the ear."

Marquis Changping lowered his eyes, "You're right. My Xiao family has laid out for so many years, and those who can gain a firm foothold in the court are always insignificant people. If you can promote them, it's a big deal. Good thing."

Marquis Changping thought for a while, and reported a series of names to Gu Xizhao, and finally couldn't help but sigh, "These people who have been placed in the court, except for Mo Huiwang, the Jiang family is the most helpful, but it's a pity that Princess Mingshao is the most helpful person. This idiot ruined his own opinion and had to push the Jiang family out."