Dahanjiao Queen

Weiyang Palace, Jiaofang Palace.

After Chen Jiao got married, she rarely changed into the queen's court dress. From head to toe, from hair bun to accessories, she carefully checked everything. hall.

Li Ling had already surrounded the entire hall with members of the Imperial Forest Army.When he saw Chen Jiao coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Your servant Li Ling greets the empress."

"Get up!" Chen Jiao looked at the Imperial Forest Army outside the hall with satisfaction, "Li Ling, I will leave this place to you. By the way, where is Wei Qing?"

"Oh, Wei Qing took people to Mrs. Wei and those beauties. If I go... Qiu Chan knows it's inconvenient. Don't worry, the empress dowager is also surrounded by our people, the empress dowager Don’t even think about going out of Changle Palace.”

"En." Chen Jiao replied simply, "Without the empress dowager, the Dou family's momentum will be at least three points weaker, and I will survive the few days when His Majesty is away, and prevent the Dou family from taking advantage of the fire to rob me." Somewhat sure. In a moment, I will tell all the members of the Royal Forest Army that no matter who calls them, they are not allowed to enter the palace. If anyone else wants to enter the palace, they must be stopped. From yesterday, you and Wei Qing will only obey orders from me and me. Your Majesty, Your Majesty has not returned, Li Ling, I have tied the safety of Weiyang Palace to you!"

Holding the sword in his hand, Li Ling knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, don't worry, with me here, I guarantee that everyone dares to seek Brother Ninth's throne at this time."

"It's not just about the throne," Chen Jiao corrected him, "I also want to help him take this opportunity to eliminate those voices who advocate peace."

Chen Jiao glanced back at the road from Jiaofangdian, Dou Yifang, what you hoped to do back then, I did it more easily than you.Going to court as a queen, that was something you could not have dreamed of back then, right?Unfortunately, you can't see me sitting inside...

Dou Yifang insisted on pretending that her eyes were healed, and Chen Jiao did what she wanted to make everyone think so.Whether Dou Yi's room can be seen or not, apart from Mo Yu, who is close to her body, is afraid that only the imperial doctor who diagnosed her pulse and herself know.When Emperor Jing was seriously ill, Dou Yifang, in order to conceal the emperor's illness, asked the imperial doctor who specialized in ophthalmology and had been treating her eyes for many years to diagnose Liu Qi's pulse, and isolated everyone from visiting.But the imperial doctor still knew the situation in his heart. Under Chen Jiao's soft and hard tactics and coercion, he chose the then Lord Chen Jiao and the future queen as his backer.After all, no matter how hard the empress dowager is, she is still an old woman who will eventually fall from power.And the queen... with the Dou family and His Majesty, with the queen backing him, his official life is finally guaranteed.Most importantly, the empress will never make things difficult for him.

The empress dowager issued a sealing order, forbidding anyone to find out about her condition.Every time the empress inquired, but never asked, he only needed to answer a few simple questions of yes or no, and even if the empress dowager knew it, he would prevaricate it.But the Empress Dowager is smart enough, he doesn't need to say much at all, the Empress Empress can understand the situation of the Empress Dowager from those few yes or no questions.

So, what Dou Yifang didn't know was that Chen Jiao knew the condition of her eyes like the back of her hand.

"Your Majesty," Li Ling rubbed his head, he always felt that today's Empress Empress is a bit different from the past, "You seem to be a little different today."

no the same?Chen Jiao said the same thing when she thought of Fleeting Nian dressing her up.

"What's the difference?"

Li Ling thought about it for a while, but still couldn't tell why: "I...I can't tell, anyway, I feel that you...are very energetic today! Yes, that's it, it seems..."

Chen Jiao nodded: "I understand what you mean, but Li Ling, it's not about spirit, it's about fighting spirit." She looked towards the main hall, "This is a tough battle, if I can't overwhelm them in terms of momentum, then my We will definitely lose. Li Ling, we cannot lose, we must win."

"But ma'am, if I can't stop the empress dowager..."

"It will be stopped," Chen Jiao's tone was full of certainty, "Li Ling, God will be on our side."

How could they not stop Dou Yifang?

From the moment she knew that she wanted Princess Pingyang to get married, Chen Jiao began to pay attention to the diet of Dou Yi's room.A dose of strong medicine was administered yesterday, and today Dou Yifang's eyes were left with only darkness.Dou Yifang, who is completely invisible to the eyes, will still go up?Can I still go to court?

Chen Jiao saw the walking chariot of the Empress Dowager Wang Zhi from a distance: "Mother is coming."

She had made an appointment with Wang Zhi yesterday, and today, she will go to the hall from the main entrance together with Wang Zhi.

"Mother's Queen," Chen Jiao bowed a standard salute to Wang Yan, "My son pays homage to Mother's Queen."

"Get up quickly," Wang Zhi helped Chen Jiao up, "Has the Empress Dowager come yet?"

Chen Jiao shook her head: "Not yet. Queen Mother, the time has come, let's go in first!"

"This……"

Chen Jiao knew that Wang Zhi's fear of Dou Yi's room had been deeply rooted in her bones, so she didn't tell her her plan: "Queen mother, please see this, let Li Ling go to Changle Palace to have a look, let's go in first." ! After all, His Majesty is not here..."

Since Liu Che ascended the throne, as long as he went to court, he was never late.The two women, Chen Jiao and Wang Zhi, had no reason to be late.

After a little hesitation, Wang Zhi agreed to Chen Jiao's approach: "Li Ling, go to the Empress Dowager to see if you are sick? If you are sick, go to the imperial doctor to take a good look. After all, you are old and your health is getting worse Be extra careful."

Signaling Li Ling to call Wei Qing here before going to Changle Palace, Chen Jiao supported Wang Zhi and walked into the hall together.

In fact, what Li Ling and Liu Nian said was right, today's Chen Jiao knew that there was still a tough battle ahead, but she didn't feel the slightest bit of fear.She didn't have any fear or timidity, she just wanted to go forward and overcome obstacles all the way.

Perhaps, this is because there is hope in her life.

In the past, she wanted to take revenge on Dou Yifang, wanted to hold more power in her hands, wanted to let the Dou family leave King Liang with nothing, and wanted to protect the people in Tangyihou's mansion.She never thought about what would happen to her after she succeeds. Perhaps, subconsciously, she always believes that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, so she has thought about thousands of endings, but she never expects that she can get out of the body. I believe that Liu Che or Liu Fei will stand by her side.But now...

Her life is no longer only supported by revenge, but she finally has a vision. She can look forward to her future life, and she can look forward to reaping happiness one day.

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Seeing Chen Jiao and Wang Zhi go up to the hall, the courtiers' discussions fell silent for a moment, and then started discussing in low voices again.

Chen Jiao and Wang Yan sat down on both sides of the dragon chair, allowing the courtiers to continue whispering, but they didn't speak.

"Dare to ask Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Your Majesty today..." Dou Ying finally asked.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is not in the palace."

Wang Zhi always speaks submissively, just to show respect, so if it is not necessary, Chen Jiao will not rush to speak in front of Wang Yan. At this moment, Wang Zhi has looked at her twice for help.Naturally, it was time for her to speak.

"The Empress Dowager is not feeling well today. Your Majesty left the palace yesterday and has not returned yet. So today, I am here on behalf of the Empress Dowager. Lord Dou Ying Dou," Chen Jiao said, looking at the different expressions on the faces of the courtiers. , "I have something in this palace, I want to ask the Prime Minister. I heard...Princess Pingyang went to make a wedding. Why didn't His Majesty know about this before?"

"This..." Dou Ying was in a difficult situation, so she could only evade, "Marriage matters have always been decided by the harem, and I dare not speak rashly."

Chen Jiao nodded: "Really? But I didn't know about it until Princess Pingyang left. The harem? It seems that I don't even count people in the harem?"

"This……"

Dou Ying was speechless.

"Your Majesty issued an edict before. I remember...Master Dou Pengzu, I remember that your daughter was the most vocal at the time. Why didn't you see the daughter of the Dou family get married?" Chen Jiao still had a smile on her face in the first sentence. At the time of the sentence, his complexion has already pulled down, "Didn't they all say that they want to get married before? When they heard that they wanted their daughters to get married, they all fell silent. Now that Princess Pingyang has gone to get married, you can tell me what is going on. What are the benefits of a marriage between a big man and a Xiongnu? Lord Wei, you are a grand tutor, so you must be very knowledgeable. The late emperor’s uncle always valued you when he was alive, can you please clarify my doubts?"

Wei Wan, who was named, was taken aback for a moment, and he became more and more puzzled about what the empress wanted to do.After hesitating for a long time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "This... the marriage with the Xiongnu has existed since the time of Emperor Gaozu. Back then, Mouton was the monarch of the Huns, with a powerful army and 30 warriors, who repeatedly invaded the northern border. Gaozu was very worried about this situation, so he asked Liu Jing what to do. Liu Jing thought that the Han Dynasty had just been settled, and the soldiers were exhausted by the war, and they could not subdue the Huns by force. Force builds prestige, so we can't use benevolence, righteousness and morality to persuade. We can only make long-term plans to make his descendants submit to the Han Dynasty. So he proposed to marry the eldest princess Lu Yuan, who was born to the queen, to Mao Dun as his wife, and gave him generous gifts. He knew that it was the daughter of the empress of the Han Dynasty and sent a rich gift. The rough foreigners must love the eldest princess and make the eldest princess his wife. The Huns were greedy for the rich gifts of the Han Dynasty. The son born to the eldest princess must be the prince and will succeed him in the future. The throne. The Xiongnu and the Han formed a Weng-in-law country, so naturally they will no longer be enemies with the Han.”

The Empress asked about the marriage for no reason, of course it was not to know how the marriage was done in the past, but Wei Wan didn't know what the Empress wanted to hear, so she could only say this for a while.

Chen Jiao listened to Wei Wan's words with a cold face, and only asked a question: "Really?"

"Your Majesty," Wei Wan explained, "Empress Lu begged Gaozu back then, so Emperor Gaozu didn't send out the eldest princess in the end, but found a court lady to marry Lord Modun as his wife in the name of the eldest princess. The Xiongnu... "

"What about Princess Nangong? She is the daughter of the Empress Dowager, and she is also His Majesty's sister. I have lived in the harem for a long time, but I would like to ask my lords to clarify. Is this Princess Nangong a real princess? The 20 Hun army that King Liang mentioned earlier What's going on outside the Great Wall?"

Liu Che has three older sisters, the eldest sister is Princess Pingyang, the second sister is Princess Nangong, and the third sister is Princess Longli.

And this Princess Longli is also Chen Jiao's sister-in-law.She married Princess Guantao's second son, Chen Yu.

Seeing the courtiers bowing their heads and not speaking, Chen Jiao sneered: "Oh, why, you stopped talking? Are you wondering where your Majesty has gone? Are you thinking in your heart, why is it a woman's turn in this big man world? Talked? Ah? Then Bengong will tell you that His Majesty went to Yumen Pass. Before he went, he only said a word to Bengong——Big man, there will be no more marriage with the princess! Such a shameful thing, he will never allow it to happen !"

"Your Majesty is holy!" Liu Fei was the first one to echo him. He went to the hall in military uniform, which was not in keeping with the rules, but because he held the military power, the queen mother and queen didn't say anything, and no one dared to criticize him. .

"During the few days when His Majesty is away, this palace will temporarily take over the government. If there are any urgent matters, this palace will discuss with the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, King Jiangdu, and the prime minister. Other matters will be dealt with after your Majesty returns to court. King Jiangdu, I remember that you have [-] troops in your hands, and please pick out a team of elites. Wei Qing," Chen Jiao called Wei Qing from outside the hall into the hall, "I remember, your riding and shooting skills are excellent. , His Majesty also praised you before. Now this palace orders you to quickly lead a team of fine cavalry, day and night, to the Great Wall to protect Your Majesty!"

Liu Fei stood in the center of the hall: "I obey the order—"

Complying with the decree is not only showing that he supports the queen to temporarily take over the government these days, but also telling everyone that the soldiers in his hands are at the disposal of the queen.

"Mother's queen, son and minister have surpassed." Chen Jiao signaled Wang Zhi to express his opinion.

Wang Zhi nodded: "Before the emperor returns, this is the only way to do it."

"My lord, what do you think?"

"My minister agrees."

"What about the rest?"

"The minister agrees-"

"The minister agrees-"

Listening to Dou's family's statement, Chen Jiao frowned with satisfaction.Without Dou Yifang, the Dou family would be a mess.

"Since this is the case, if you adults have nothing to report, then retreat to the court!"

Chen Jiao stood up, helped Wang Zhi to leave, and softly comforted her who was hesitant to speak: "Mother, if I raise the matter of Mrs. Tian today, I'm afraid you will become the target of public criticism. Don't worry, I promise Your business will definitely be done."

Last night, Chen Jiao promised to let Wang Zhi's brother Tian Fu take this opportunity to become an official. After much hesitation, Wang Zhi decided to speak for Chen Jiao.Speaking of which, the empress dowager did not attend the morning court today, which relieved her pressure a lot.She really didn't have the guts to argue with the Empress Dowager.

"A-Jiao, if the empress dowager tomorrow..."

If the Empress Dowager goes to court tomorrow, her elder brother Tian Fu...

"Queen, you also know," Chen Jiao said, "If the Empress Dowager goes to court, no matter what decision I make today, she will reject it."

It was only then that Wang Zhi came to his senses: "You put her..."

Chen Jiao denied: "Where did the queen mother think, I did not hesitate to confront my imperial grandmother for the sake of Che'er. What's more, she failed to come to the morning court today, how could I have expected it? If I really have the ability to predict the foresight, last night really Will you still bother the empress late at night? The imperial grandmother is really ill. Didn’t I send Li Ling to Changle Palace? After a fleeting year, I secretly told me that Li Ling has gone. People say that her eyes seem to be invisible at all." As she spoke, Chen Jiao pretended to sigh a long way: "There are still many important government affairs that require the empress to use her seal!"

"Empress Dowager's eyes?" Wang Zhi was secretly happy, but still had a worried look on his face, "Why did you suddenly..."

"I don't know either. A few days ago, she said she was getting better soon. Queen Mother, let's go to Changle Palace to see her!" Chen Jiao suggested.

"it is good."

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