Great Zhou Empress

Zhao Wutong is back.

Sure enough, when she heard that she missed Yan Yi's culinary competition, she was so angry that she beat her chest.

Hearing that Yan Qi went to work as a chef in Duke Wei's mansion, her eyes almost popped out, she screamed, and she was going to go to Duke Wei's mansion to snatch someone right away.

It was Xue Zhijing who stopped her.

"Wei Guogong is the clan, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Wutong was very angry, but she was a maritime merchant on the surface, and she did some pirate behavior from time to time, which she couldn't do as she wanted in the capital, so she was even more angry.

He yelled that she was going to break into Duke Wei's mansion at night.

Xue Zhijing looked at her, inexplicably feeling like he was watching a flower picker.

Finally calming down Zhao Wutong, Xue Zhijing slowly made a deal with Zhao Wutong.

Zhao Wutong asked, "This deal is easy to talk about, but what benefits do I have?"

Xue Zhijing smiled lightly, "Shengfeng Bank will provide interest-free loans for your fleet, support you in purchasing the latest large ships, equip them with the latest sea-going equipment, and go to Penglai Island. If you have nothing to gain in Penglai Island, this loan can Pay it back in installments within five years, I don't rush you. If you get something in Penglai Island, you can provide me with [-]% of the goods, and you can also pay back the principal in installments within five years."

Zhao Wutong chuckled, "But I can still go by myself, so why buy another big boat?"

Xue Zhijing pursed his lips and said with a smile, "If you believed that your boat could cross [-] miles of ocean, we wouldn't be talking about it here."

Zhao Wutong's boats are few, and the largest is only [-] yuan, and they are indeed old.

This is also one of the reasons why she never made the trip even though she wanted to go to Penglai Island.

By doing this, Xue Zhijing wanted to give her a push and let her explore this sea route that no one has ever sailed through in this era.

Xue Zhijing's first step is to increase the national debt and promote the circulation of the domestic economy. However, the Dacheng Dynasty's current domestic problems are so tense that if it can develop a new continent, it can instantly alleviate the dynasty's financial difficulties.

Financial strength is the foundation of a strong dynasty, and it has been the same since ancient times.

Although Xue Zhijing's own caravan may be the most powerful, but now there are too many things, it is the most cost-effective way to fool Zhao Wutong to explore the road.

Zhao Wutong agreed to Xue Zhijing's request.

Soon, a sensational event occurred in Jiankang City.

It is said that a sea merchant accidentally discovered an item left by Xu Fu during the Qin Dynasty from an overseas island.

It was a jade turtle the size of a table.

It is said that this jade tortoise is a sacred object of the state of Qin, and it is written with the words "Fengtian Chengyun".

It's so mysterious.

The sea merchant is real, even Zhao Wutong, she just came back from the sea is also real, the turtle is also barely real, Xue Zhijing asked Ayila to build it.

But that story is, of course, false.

However, the things in the world that spread the most are often half-truths and half-truths, because fake things can often arouse people's attention, and some of them are true, so you can't believe it.

However, Zhao Wutong cooperated very seriously with the performance. She swaggered through the market and showed off everywhere. She also said that because she paid tribute to the imperial court with such a sacred object, the imperial court gave her the status of an imperial merchant.

She is a half-merchant, half-pirate master. All sea merchants with names and surnames know her, and the big merchants who collect goods on land also know her, and they know her ability to go to sea best. If this turtle is real If it is, the person who is most likely to get it is probably her.

No, public opinion tends to believe.

Naturally, Xue Zhijing wanted to publicize it.

The books and tabloids of Lichunyuan specially opened up a page to tell this story at length.

It almost told the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the legendary Queen Mother of the West.

Naturally, the tortoise was to be transported from the boat to the palace. The forbidden army cleared the way, and the carriage was pulled by tall horses, beating gongs and drums to deliver it to the palace.

Walking halfway, the stone road in Jiankang City was in disrepair for a long time, the horses and carts tilted, and half of the wooden box containing the tortoise fell apart, revealing half of the tortoise's true face.

The people on the side of the road suddenly exclaimed.

Beautiful!

The guards hurriedly packed the tortoise, pulled the cart back to the palace, and made a confession.

From then on, the folk legend began that the tortoise was so lifelike that it should only exist in the sky, and it was definitely a sacred object of the Queen Mother of the West.

What's more, it must be the destiny of the Dacheng Dynasty to obtain such sacred objects, and the royal family of the Dacheng Dynasty will continue for thousands of years.

In fact, how many citizens did I see at that time, but based on false rumors, and the storyteller in Xue Zhijing's hand, he described it vividly and vividly, and this fake tortoise that might go wrong when you look closely is legendary.

Soon, this information reached Liu Mian, the Duke of Qin in the west.

Liu Mian couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

These clan members more or less believed in fate, and he believed it very deeply in his heart. After all, they all said that the emperor is the destiny, otherwise why is your family not the other family as the emperor.

He thinks something like the Queen Mother of the West may be far-fetched, but he has no doubts about the authenticity of this tortoise. After all, Qin Shihuang asked Xu Fu to go out to the East China Sea to find immortal medicines for him, but he never returned.

Don't bring any valuables with you when you are looking for fairy medicines from the fairy mountain, otherwise why would the gods give you the elixir of immortality?

After this, Liu Mian was really worried. The mother and son in Jiankang City got such a thing. Doesn't it prove that they are the ones who belonged to the destiny, and that he really became a traitor?

How can you do this?

Not to mention that he himself panicked, but would the people under him also panic?

But Xue Zhijing's strategy is not just to make him feel panic, panic is not enough, it has to be increased.

However, with the layout here, a major event happened in the palace.

This also happened unintentionally.

The palace was too small, Xue Zhijing walked two steps, and met the empress with a big belly, she should be near her due date.

She is now the treasure of the entire dynasty, and everyone is concerned about her belly, and the ministers in the court have to care about her health from time to time.

Every time he mentioned this, Yuan Hanzhang was very happy.

It was tacitly agreed in her heart that she was pregnant with a son who would be the future monarch of the Dacheng Dynasty.

The empress seemed to have always been dissatisfied with Xue Zhijing, probably because of Emperor Liu Yan's respect for Xue Zhijing and some unspoken admiration for Xue Zhijing.

Because of poor health, Liu Yan has too many dreams that cannot be realized, and too many things that he cannot do personally.

Xue Zhijing, who had saved his life, organized the most intense polo game, and showed a heroic appearance every day, naturally became the object of his envy and desire.

And his queen and a bunch of concubines are just people who bear children for him, and he never hides his appreciation for Xue Zhijing in front of them.

Just like that, how could the queen not hate Xue Zhijing.

Almost every time they met in the palace, the queen would slap Xue Zhijing with a few words.

"Hey, isn't this Xue Shang Palace? You are in such a hurry, where are you going? I know that you are a court lady. If you don't know, you think you are the prime minister."

Xue Zhijing rolled his eyes in his heart, but he still had to salute the queen in a gentle and polite manner, "I've seen the empress!"

The queen walked up to Xue Zhijing with big strides, and asked Xue Zhijing with a rosy face, "I heard that Xue Shanggong has done a lot of things in and outside the court recently, and he is a business leader."

Xue Zhijing said hastily, "Just following the orders of the Empress Dowager, doing my best, business leaders, nothing else."

The Queen smiled and said, "It is said that the one who has made a lot of noise recently is a big tortoise, is it true or not? Why don't you show it to me?"

Xue Zhijing's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it on his face, and said, "A sea merchant found a tortoise and offered it to the empress dowager. The empress dowager said that such a tortoise should be enshrined. The empress is now pregnant with Liujia. I was afraid that the dragon energy in your belly would collide with the tortoise, so I didn't let the empress watch it."

The queen snorted coldly, and finally remembered to touch her stomach, "No, I am pregnant with Dacheng's prince."

"Yes, the empress thinks that the crown prince is important, so I stepped back first."

Speaking of Xue Zhijing, she was about to run away, and her humble attitude made the queen feel more comfortable for the time being, so she waved her hand to let her go.

Xue Zhijing turned around and walked not far away, when he suddenly heard an "Ouch" behind him, Xue Zhijing secretly yelled, maybe the queen fell, what should I do with that child?

Although Xue Zhijing didn't like the queen, she hoped that the Dacheng Dynasty would have a descendant. Only when the royal family had an heir would the court be stable and the country peaceful.

So as soon as she heard the movement, she immediately turned around to look, and sure enough, the queen fell down.

Just as she was about to run over to see how the queen was doing, she suddenly discovered something extraordinary.

The queen's belly seems weird.

When the maids helped her up, her stomach suddenly fell down.

Stomach drop~down~come~come~

Xue Zhijing was stunned for several seconds, and he never expected such a thing to happen.

How could she not know what was going on when she was so smart.

When the queen cursed at the maid, and the maid rushed to pick up the fallen round pillow-shaped object, the queen remembered that Xue Zhijing seemed to have not gone far.

The two looked at each other.

Xue Zhijing was shocked, and the queen was extremely panicked.

"Catch her for me."

The queen was panting quickly, and she was at a loss for someone to catch Xue Zhijing. She never thought about what would happen to her after Xue Zhijing was caught. Could she still kill her to silence her?

Xue Zhijing had already strode away when the queen called someone to arrest her, and she wanted to go to Yuan Hanzhang's place quickly.

Shock gradually turned into anger. The queen is actually a fake pregnancy?

How could she be a fake pregnancy?She deceived the entire imperial court. If word of this spreads, at this critical moment of life and death, the people in the court, especially those members of the clan, will probably be worried about the continuation of the royal family, and they will more or less tend to the west. Liu Mian, Duke of Qin, died.

What about the empress dowager, what about the little emperor?

How could the queen's maids run faster than Xue Zhijing? When they caught up, Xue Zhijing had already stepped into Yuan Hanzhang's study.

After entering the study, he hurriedly called out the maids around him. Xue Zhijing said quickly, "The Empress Dowager, I have something to tell you. The Empress Dowager is not pregnant. I saw it with my own eyes in the garden just now. The pillow in her belly , fell out."

"What?" Yuan Hanzhang's eyes were dark.