Great Zhou Empress

Liu Mian's grandfather was the emperor, and his father was born to a noble concubine, so he was named the king of Qin at that time, and the fief was in Xianyang. This place was the capital of the Qin Dynasty at that time, full of iron and blood temperament.

In Liu Mian's generation, because his father had no legitimate sons, he was downgraded to inherit the title as a concubine, so he became the Duke of Qin, and his fief was reduced by half.

His father was likely to be the emperor back then, because the queen had no children at that time, and the son of a noble concubine was naturally the most noble, but the queen actually recorded the son of a low-level concubine under her own name and raised him as a legitimate son. Such an identity naturally made that child a prince.

Because of this origin, Liu Mian's father was always aggrieved when he was alive. Every time there was a new trend of the emperor from Bianjing, he would always say that it was because he was not allowed to be the emperor. It must be better than the kid who is in office now.

Unfortunately, the brother whose father was the emperor died, the brother's son became the emperor, and then the son's son became the emperor. Slowly, by Liu Mian's time, the relationship with the royal family was far away.

But Liu Mian still thinks that the throne should belong to their branch. He is so smart and wise. He Xia Guo bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister.

What's more, he is more confident in his masculinity. Just looking at his three sons, he knows that the royal family in Bianjing City is withered, and he is not the chosen one at first glance.

A new generation of emperor has ascended the throne again. The little boy who has to be called his uncle is said to have a weak disease brought about by the womb. He is panting after taking two steps. The power is still in the hands of that annoying Yuan family. He is talented in both civil and military affairs, so why should a woman be there to watch the morning.

There have been many natural disasters this year, and his fief is extremely dry. In order to show that he loves the people like a son, he allows the tenant farmers to pay rent again next year.

Natural disasters have always been the fault of the emperor in power, and the emperor should issue a "crime edict". Now that the Yuan family rooster is in the morning, this year's natural disasters are a warning from the emperor, telling the world that the Yuan family should return the royal power to the emperor. They are the Liu family.

Liu Yan's yellow-mouthed child can't sit firmly on the throne, so he should abdicate to let the virtuous, his uncle is the most suitable candidate.

The tea farmers in the southwestern region took the lead in the uprising, and Liu Mian felt that the opportunity had come. The nearby Xia State contacted him, and he joined forces with Xia State to fight against Bianjing, promising that when he became emperor, he would give Xia State this and that. return.In order to be more secure, he also tricked his cousin Jin Guogong to work with him.

God bless you, Yuanshi took Liu Yanxiaoer and fled from Bianjing City. He has occupied half of the success, but it is not easy to call himself emperor now. Liu Yanxiaoer has to abdicate himself, which is justified, so he calls himself King Qin, Restored his father's title.

It's just that the Yuan family actually asked her niece Yuan Jin to be the commander of the forbidden army. How dare he, a seven-foot man, have the nerve to fight a little girl? Isn't that bullying him?

Therefore, his Qin army has been stalemate with the imperial court's forbidden army on the west side of Bianjing City.

Liu Mian did not expect that some strange books began to appear in the territory under his control.

His subordinates collected a batch of them for him, and the more he saw them, the angrier he became.

All the words seemed to be annoyed at him, and every play was mocking him.

Call him an opportunist, say he's an impolite fool, say he doesn't deserve a royal name.

If Xue Zhijing knew that he thought so, he would probably have laughed dumbfounded. These plays were clearly for the literati, officials, landlords, businessmen and other literate groups in his mansion of Prince Qin, in order to draw these people to the side of the court. Where is it for King Qin to see.

It was a surprise to see him vomit blood.

It seems that he is not shameless, but a little blindly confident.

"Come on, call Yan Hai over here!" Liu Mian said blushing with anger.

Yan Hai is a tall and straight middle-aged man with a calm face, he looks like a literati who has read classics for many years, or a Confucian businessman.

But in fact, he is the person in charge of an underground organization under Liu Mian. Because Liu Mian's father saved his life in the early years, he has been working for the Qin Palace until now.

The organization was called Fuyouyuan, and Yan Hai adopted a large number of orphans or children whose families were poor and unable to support them in his own name. The children all called Yan Hai their father.

Yan Hai will teach them to read and write, and will also teach talented children to practice martial arts.

When they grow up to be in their teens, children who can read and write will be sent to various shops under Qin Wang Liu Mian as apprentices, and if they have the ability, they can even be shopkeepers.

In addition, those children who practiced martial arts formed a secret underground assassin organization. There were always some wealthy people who wanted to do some secret things, and this organization would be useful.

Good income.

Yan Yi is Yan Hai's only daughter, but that child with apathy probably doesn't know the father-daughter relationship between them at all, so she should think that she is picked up by "father" just like the other brothers.

Apathy probably helped Yan Yi a lot, she is still the gold medal killer of Fuyouyuan.

"Yan Hai, look!"

Liu Mian threw those books in front of Yan Hai. Yan Hai had long been accustomed to Liu Mian's superior appearance, so he calmly picked up these books and flipped through them.

Liu Mian walked back and forth angrily in front of him.

"I have sent people to search for all such books. The task for you is to let the bookstore guy under your hand write for me, and write about me in a wise and powerful way, so that people in our entire region know that I am The emperor whose destiny belongs to."

Yan Hai frowned slightly, "Your Highness, someone obviously spent a long time thinking and editing this booklet, and our fellows probably won't be able to write such an excellent work in a while."

"Then I don't care!" Liu Mian said loudly, "Three days, three days later, I want to see the book."

Yan Hai put away his emotions, he knew that Liu Mian had such a temperament, so try his best.

"Yes."

……

Xue Zhijing ran into a young eunuch from Sitianzao Office in the palace, and she asked about Ayila's situation by the way.

The little eunuch said, "Xue Shanggong, our office has been in the palace recently and our Sitianzao office has not come out. She seems to be in a bad mood, and her diet is getting less and less. Although she seems to be researching new boat, but she wasn't like that before, she never cut back on her diet."

It seemed that the little eunuch was a caring child, Xue Zhijing patted him on the shoulder and told him to go to work.

Go see Ayla, has anything happened recently?

The Sitian Zao Office is located in a corner of the imperial palace. It used to be a small courtyard of the outer mansion of the Duke's Mansion, so it is really cramped.

When Xue Zhijing found Ayila, she was tossing about her model in a small room.

Xue Zhijing looked around. This room is probably Ayila's operating room. There are many models or unformed models on the shelves. On the generous table are all kinds of carpenter's tools, ranging from planers and saws to small carving tools. There are many kinds of knives.

The whole room smells of wood.

When she came in, Ayla looked up, saw her, and said flatly, "Here we come!"

Xue Zhijing nodded, and then saw Ayila immersed in her own affairs again, and suddenly felt that Ayila was really in a bad mood.

"What are you doing here?"

"Part of the tank boat."

Water boats are flat-bottomed boats on inland rivers, which are specially used for water transportation.The so-called water transportation is to transport the materials related to the national economy and the people's livelihood from the place of production to the capital and other major cities by water.

Even if the capital is now transferred to Jiankang in the economic center area, the water transportation has not disappeared, and the water boats will naturally have to be continuously improved.

Xue Zhijing watched it for a while, and asked some questions, which Ayla answered.

Sure enough, something was wrong with Ayla today.

She seemed to have lost her energy, and she seemed to be suppressing something in her heart.She is like this, whenever she is depressed since she was a child, she will wrap herself in a shell.

Having seen her youthful and lively appearance some time ago, the shell at this time is even more obvious.

"I heard that you have been eating very little recently. I thought that today is just free. Please go out to eat something. I recently know a restaurant with delicious fried dishes."

Ayila looked at her, after all, it was Xue Zhijing's invitation, so she agreed, and she wouldn't bother with anyone else.

After leaving the palace, he took a carriage to the Xinchang Tower.

The owner Yan Qi was not there, so I don't know if Zhao Wutong called him to the martial arts competition again.

Asked for a private room on the second floor, Xue Zhijing took Ayila up.

The guys brought tea and snacks, and Xue Zhi ordered some dishes for them to cook.

Helping Ayila pour a cup of tea, Xue Zhijing asked gently, "Did something happen to you recently? Can you tell me about it?"

Xue Zhijing's aura is still tolerant and appropriate, with a feeling like the sea. When she asked this question, Ayila's whole body relaxed.

In fact, she didn't want to talk about it with others. After all, when she thought about it, she felt a little scared. Telling others, isn't it courting death?

But Xue Zhijing is different, Xue Zhijing is the same as the empress dowager, he treats her very well, it is the two of them who gave her a new life.

"There are some troubles, and I have been insomnia for many days." Ayila took off her veil, took a sip of tea, and said.

"Can you tell me? If I can't help you, I can use it as a tree hole for you. It should be better." Xu is used to it, and now Xue Zhijing sees Ayila's face without a veil, and can treat her peacefully .

Seeing Xue Zhijing's gentle smile, Ayila said slowly, "Some time ago, the Empress Dowager told me that she wanted to find a husband for me."

Xue Zhijing looked surprised.

Ayila's heart skipped a beat, could it be that Xue Zhijing knew about it?

"Then how did you reply, are you sure?" Xue Zhijing asked.

Ayila shook her head, "I refused, I said that the maid of honor must be 25 years old to leave the palace for marriage, and I am only 19 years old."

Ayila is also a very smart person. She has a different major from Xue Zhijing, but her IQ is extremely high. After observing Xue Zhijing's reaction, she asked, "Did you know something?"

Xue Zhijing smiled gently, and said slowly, "Before you told me, I didn't know anything, and if you told me, I would pretend that I didn't know anything."

Ayila let out a long breath, "Hey~Xiaojing, I might fall in love with the queen mother."