empress and princess

"Jihuang, I have something to tell you..."

Chu Huaimin hesitated to speak, dusk was approaching at this time, a gust of wind was blowing outside the window, she was standing beside the dragon table, floating shadows, looking at Qin Jihuang's extremely tired side face with some absentmindedness .

After a while, Qin Tangjing stopped searching for the report, and slowly raised his face. Only when he saw Chu Huaimin in his gloomy eyes did he radiate a trace of light.

"What a coincidence, the lonely king also has something to ask you, have you met the queen mother today?"

The voice of these words was quite soft, even though she was exhausted, she still curled her lips at the person in front of her, and smiled gently.

Chu Huaimin felt distressed, so he also smiled back, and took the initiative to hug her: "I have seen it, the queen mother told me a lot, do you want to know?" His heart beat rapidly, and it became tense intermittently.

"I don't want to." Unexpectedly, Qin Tangjing refused straight away, and instead of insisting on asking, he took Chu Huaimin's hand with his backhand, and pulled her to the seat to sit side by side: "Don't worry about those troublesome things, my concubine, you Well, just stay by the lonely king's side with peace of mind, and be with the lonely king."

"With you here, the lonely king is at ease."

Hearing her words, Chu Huaimin felt almost suffocated for some reason.

Her heart was still tight and swollen and sore.

——"There are two choices in front of you, either Peisi or Jihuang, you can only choose one, don't be too greedy, there is no way to be perfect in this world."

After a long time, Song Rong's words were always like a huge rock, weighing heavily on her heart.

At this time, Chu Huaimin finally remembered that Song Rong didn't kill Peisi at that time. She had a bigger purpose, which was to create a factor of fear for Qin in the future, a hidden danger that no one could ignore.

Song Rong once said that she wanted to make life worse than death.If you can't get it, it's better to destroy it!

She did it.

Before he was alive, Song Rong never saw them happy, and he refused to let it go after death. As long as she, Chu Huaimin, was alive, it was the biggest mistake in this world. No one would tolerate her taking a breath, and no one would let her and her go easily!

The truth is cruel and unforgiving.

The whole hall was silent, and a sigh stopped between his lips and teeth was fleeting.

Qin Tangjing was still reviewing her memorial.

Sitting on the same seat, Chu Huaimin slowly leaned his head on Ji Huang's shoulder, a few tears slipped down the corners of his eyes, and finally sank into King Qin's clothes.

On the next day, the sky would be dark, and Qin Tangjing had already got up early.

On the bed, Chu Huaimin was lying in a dream, his sleeping face seemed a little restless, his brows were tightly frowned.

Qin Tangjing then stretched out his hand, gently stroked Chu Huaimin's eyebrows, and then outlined her face with his fingertips. When he was satisfied, a kiss landed on her white forehead, and whispered: "With me here, No one can hurt you."

Before going out, she took off the Bright Sword from the bedside post and wiped it again and again.

The distance is not too far, and the sky will be bright by then.

She often comes to this palace, so she is familiar with every step of the Royal Road. When she was young, she even counted them specially. There are 98 steps from bottom to top, only one less than the king.It is engraved with dragons and phoenixes showing auspiciousness, which is very noble, and there is a gorgeous red carpet in the middle of the stairs for the owner of the Supreme Palace to pass.

Qin Tangjing was standing on that carpet right now, and she knelt down slowly when she was twenty steps away from reaching the top.

"Grand Duke Wu, the ancestor of Great Qin, No. 30 descendants of three generations, Ji Huang, daughter of Qin Xianwang, bows down to the mother of the country, the Queen Mother!"

In the Supreme Palace, everything remains the same, only the voice outside the main hall is clear and loud.

Not long after, a maid in charge came out in a hurry, unlike the last time when she tried to persuade her to leave, she directly helped her up with trepidation: "You are breaking us into the palace, Your Majesty, please come in quickly."

The attitude of the maid in charge is different, but the meeting between the mother and daughter is the same as last time, because the King of Qin came too early, and the Empress Dowager Wei just woke up and was sitting in front of the dressing table combing her hair.

Qin Tang entered the hall, stood on the edge of the screen and stared at that figure, the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

The person is still the same as before, but she can no longer run over and jump into the arms of the queen mother without any scruples like before.

Even though she really wanted to throw herself into her mother's arms, telling her bitterness and grievances over the years, even though she really wanted to get her mother's warm care, even though she really wanted to be a child, hugging her mother's hind legs and crying There is candy to eat, but she can't do it after all.

After all, you can't be willful and wanton.

"Jihuang?" A voice sounded from the other end at this moment, it was the queen mother who turned around and called softly, "Come here."

Qin Tangjing suppressed all kinds of thoughts, swept his eyes to signal the maids to back away, walked over and picked up the comb naturally, and took over the position of the maids.

"Queen, I haven't seen you for a few years, why is your hair so gray?" She said, her eyes drooping in the bronze mirror.

The person in the mirror is still her sometimes stern, sometimes extremely kind queen mother.

"The queen mother is old and has gray hair naturally. She is not as young and strong as you."

Wei Si responded, although she was happy that her daughter was finally willing to come to see her, her gaze fell from the bronze mirror to Ji Huang's face and never left, but she showed no trace on her face: "On the day you returned to the palace, you killed all the traitors. , Deterrence, you can be said to be decisive in killing and attacking. But if the Prince Qi’s mansion is not destroyed for a day, it will always be a threat. Only by being ruthless and merciless if necessary can you sit firmly on the throne."

Qin Tangjing's hand holding the comb paused.

After returning to normal in a moment, she skillfully rolled up her mother's black hair and combed it to the end.

"My minister promised Ming Su to forgive Prince Qi's crimes. My minister must not break his promise. As for Qin Mingyue, the lonely king will punish him otherwise."

Wei Si said that it was so, and said softly, "You are the king, so it's up to you to be the master."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Qin Tangjing bent down slightly, wrapped his hands around Wei Si's arms, and finally couldn't help it anymore, and buried his face in his mother's neck with full of greed: "I also hope that the queen will not blame the son for returning late, and let the mother be wronged. Feel so guilty.”

This sentence comes from the heart.

During the war abroad, although there were very few replies from the palace, she received one every other day, which let her know that her mother was in good condition.

"As long as you come back safe and sound, it will be the greatest comfort to mother."

Wei Si still spoke softly, patted the back of Ji Huang's hand, and laughed at her: "I'm in a hurry to come here so early, haven't I had breakfast yet? I'll let them prepare your favorite meat dumplings. You can eat with your mother." .”

With his favorite meat dumplings and his mother, Qin Tangjing certainly responded with a smile on his face.

Standing up straight, Qin Tangjing continued to comb her mother's hair while chatting.

But the left and right sentences, just don't mention the things of fighting outside, it's all jokes and rumors in the palace.

In the end, Wei Yan heard that the drunkard's intention was not wine, so he pretended to be angry: "You, you, you don't have to have a heart with his mother when you grow up.

This sentence finally gets to the point.

Qin Wang pondered for a while: "The lonely king wants to be a queen."

"Who stand?"

"Chu Huaimin."

Very well, the atmosphere is inexplicably rigid from here.

"Have you thought about it clearly?" Wei Si said, and added: "She is the princess of the subjugated country, and your mortal enemy."

"No matter who she is, I only recognize her as my person, my concubine."

Qin Tangjing's tone was firm.

Such remarks made Wei Si angry and happy. The secular world that even she dared not break through was changed by her own daughter alone.

"But Jihuang, don't forget that Chu Huaimin was the one you would rather give up twenty cities to take back. You can really rest assured that she will become the queen of Qin? Are you afraid that she will have two hearts for you?" She is the daughter of Empress Dowager Wei, and she really came prepared. She only heard Ji Huang say: "The six kingdoms are all dead. She is no longer the eldest princess of Chu. She doesn't even have a family and country, so she can only guard her all day long." The lonely king's Xianyang Palace, besides me, who else can she rely on?"

"If I don't protect her, who can protect her forever? Empress Mother, I will listen to you in everything. Regarding this matter, I will only ask you a question. Can you really not let her go? "

Wei Si thought about it carefully and considered all aspects, but the result was still the same. She said regretfully, "I can't."

"Why, exactly why?" Qin Tangjing held the wooden comb tightly and said with restraint, "As a king, I don't even have the power to decide who is next to me, so what kind of king am I?"

It has been more than 20 years since she was a child, and she has followed everything. In two years, she will be thirty. Why can't she be allowed to be a real king again!

The matter seemed to be developing in a wrong direction, and it was quite appropriate for the maid in charge to appear at this time: "Queen Dowager, King, please move to a different room for dinner."

Qin Tangjing turned his head and gave her a cold look, only that one look was lonely and sinister.

The back of the maid in charge immediately shivered, and she quickly bowed her head and exited.

Wei Si said at this time: "I can do anything to you, but this is the only thing that can't be done. The Ai family doesn't want a hundred years and a thousand years to come. It is recorded in the history books that the reputation of the daughter of the Ai family will be ruined. .”

"One person does things and the other bears the responsibility, I am not afraid!"

"You are not afraid, the Ai family is afraid." Wei Si stood up, stroking Ji Huang's shoulders, her phoenix eyebrows were sharp: "I can promise you, unless you treat your mother as a stumbling block and kick her away!"

"As long as the Ai family is still there, you will never be able to succeed. You have to trust your mother, I did this for the Great Qin, for you, and even more for your eternal family!"

Qin Tangjing trembled, his ears buzzed, and finally he knelt on the ground with a slap on his knees, and fell down beside his mother's feet: "The empress...do you really want to force my son like this?"

Wei Si sighed softly, feeling uncomfortable, squatting down and stroking her face: "I didn't force you, you forced me."

Qin Tangjing's forehead touched the ground, and he didn't speak. Sweat slowly dripped from the corner of his forehead.

"If you don't believe me, try it and see which ministers in the court agree? They are afraid of your power, so they don't dare to speak out, but they are mostly old-fashioned people in private. After so many years of Qin's reform, they still can't change their ideas. You Don’t be too hasty.”

Qin Tangjing still remained silent, the Queen Mother Wei's words not only did not extinguish her hope, but rekindled the raging flames of war in her.

She understood that Qin's reforms were still not thorough enough and not deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Forgive me for being unfilial, the lonely king is not a child, and he can no longer listen to his mother's teachings from now on!"

Knock three times.

Every blow is exhausted.

Seeing King Qin leaving the palace, the maid in charge outside the screen dared to take a breath. As soon as she entered the inner room, she saw Empress Dowager Wei rubbing the center of her brows, looking very headache.

The maid in charge approached and pinched the Empress Dowager Wei's forehead, and sighed: "Your Majesty is really pitiful. He was forced out of the palace for ten years. He finally wiped out the six kingdoms. When he came back, he was forced to turn against you. He was forced to leave the palace. I am determined to seize power from you, Queen Mother, although you have good intentions, but do you really want to do this?"

Wei Si closed her eyes: "If I don't do this, how will Ji Huang gain power? Those old guys are hiding too deep, so we should deal with them first while Ai's family is still alive. Ai's family is really old, and their lives are getting shorter and shorter. After all, they can't protect her." How many years."

"Then the Queen Mother doesn't need to put yourself..."

"The Ai family is also a stumbling block, and it is also a chess piece that must die." Wei Si answered, the corner of his mouth slightly raised: "It's better to clear it up early, this is the way to be a king, and it is the King of Qin who will not lose to Wei Si; born in the royal family, This is her life."

"By the way, send this meat dumpling to Changxing Palace, the king loves it."

*****

Qin Tangjing stepped into the Changxing Palace, and immediately a child rolled out from the bushes beside her and hugged her legs.

With a small fair face and a pair of bright eyes without any impurities, Chu Peisi giggled crisply, looking up at her with her little head up, and called her in a childish voice: "Gu Jun!"

"You're playful again, aren't you?" Qin Tangjing laughed when he saw her, pinched her nose politely, picked her up and sat on the steps to tease her.

Chu Peisi shook her head into a rattle when she heard it, and saw that Qin Tangjing's forehead had been smashed with a large piece of skin, revealing the scarlet and terrifying flesh inside. As if to ask her if it hurts.

The way the little girl pouts her mouth is cute and funny, because the aunt and nephew look somewhat similar, it looks like Chu Huaimin pouting.

Qin Tangjing suppressed a smile, and said solemnly: "Peisi kisses, maybe Gujun won't hurt."

With a bang, Chu Peisi was fooled, and hurriedly offered a precious kiss to King Qin's cheek.

Qin Tangjing couldn't help laughing out now: "Peisi is so obedient and obedient, will you live here obediently in the future?" The innocence of the little girl quickly made King Qin forget his troubles, and he made full use of the little emperor to coax her That set, "My aunt's home is Perth's home!"

Chu Peisi hesitated, looked left and right, then carefully crawled to Qin Tangjing's ear, and said in a low voice, "Peisi doesn't want to live here anymore, Gujun and Auntie take Peisi away, okay?"

"It's because of my aunt's house, isn't it fun?"

"I like Gujun's house, but many big sisters and big brothers here don't take me to play, they talk to me loudly, but I can't understand. They keep saying that I am... subjugated, uh... oh, Perth Remember, subjugated slave! Gu Jun, what is subjugated slave?"

As soon as these words came out, there were gasps all around, and a large group of maids and servants knelt down and shouted for mercy from the King of Qin.

Subjugated slaves, what are subjugated slaves?

Obviously, in the eyes of those people kneeling and begging for mercy, it is lowly and humble, tortured by enslavement, used to spend leisure time with others after dinner, the right to wantonly ridicule and abuse behind the scenes, and even more the pride and pride of the victorious Qin people. glory.

But for the subjugated slaves, on the contrary, it is humiliation, ridicule, blood feud, national hatred and family hatred, and it is a trace of shame that can't be erased in his whole life.

One side is domineering and bullying, while the other side is full of hatred. However, the winner or loser of both sides is already determined, no matter which gesture they make, there is nothing wrong with it.

But Chu Peisi is just a child after all, a child who is not well-versed in the world and cannot understand the meaning of subjugated slaves. Perhaps she was protected too well by that Chu person, and the last little princess of Chu was able to snuggle up to Mie at this time. In the arms of the enemy of the country, I asked curiously what a subjugated slave is?

Qin Wang, who was sitting on the steps with her in his arms, was stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.

The author has something to say: In two or three more chapters, it will be over. There will be absolutely no plots, they are all necessary plots.

The plot of the so-called water has been interspersed with their previous episodes, so I won’t write it again.

Furthermore, in the final ending, the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wisdom. The author guarantees that there is absolutely no tension, and it all fits their personalities.

Thank you for chasing and working harder~