I really dare not mess with the Queen Mother

[one more]

It was late at night when Qin Zhao returned to Prince Qi's mansion, she got off the carriage of Xu's mansion, the servant in front of the door immediately went in to report to Qin Suduan, Qin Zhao greeted Xu Jingwan and entered the mansion.

Qin Suduan was in the front hall, and the servant who Qin Zhao had heard from came back and said that Qin Suduan asked her to go to the front hall.

"What did you say in the palace?" Qin Suduan sat on the main seat, there was no servant in the room, maybe Qin Suduan kicked them out.

Qin Zhao had already sobered up at this time, because of Gu Junran's words "you are like this", she was so frightened that she sobered up at that time.

"No, I didn't say anything..." Qin Zhao sat down on the chair below, drank a few sips of tea, and said, "I met the Ninth Prince Qin Jingyan in the palace today."

Qin Suduan thought for a while, and said: "The Ninth Prince is getting older now, but he is still a child after all, and he couldn't get into the eyes of those in the court. Now he is suddenly pushed by a group of people to be the prince. It's going to hurt my brain."

Qin Zhao poured another bowl of tea into his mouth, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is Qin Jingyan's mother and concubine?"

Qin Su smiled and said: "I was originally sent to the cold palace by His Majesty, but later she was released because she was pregnant. She was originally an unreasonable character, but she has become more and more unknown these years."

Qin Zhao didn't ask why Qin Jingyan's mother was sent to the cold palace. There was no explanation in the original text, and the Ninth Prince didn't have much to do with the main plot, so she didn't bother to ask.

Qin Suduan said again: "The Wu family who falsely accused you of robbing the farmhouse earlier was wiped out tonight."

Qin Zhao was startled: "Miemen?"

"A family of 36, none of them survived." Qin Suduan paused, his expression became more serious: "I'm afraid this matter will come to an end here, Zhang Heng was arrested in the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, all the money he was greedy It’s enough for him to destroy the three clans, and today Jing Zhaoyin’s case was judged and sentenced, saying that all the money he was greedy for ink should be returned to Danzhou, and the public grievances should be calmed now.”

Qin Zhao's eyelashes trembled, he nodded and said, "That's fine, I can't bear those stigmas all the time."

Qin Suduan looked at her: "Now that His Majesty is protecting you, I finally understand this matter. Even if the third prince is not reconciled, that's up to him."

It's good if this matter can be understood quickly, anyway, she never showed up from the beginning to the end, it seems that everything has nothing to do with her, so Emperor Yuan Qi can completely believe in her innocence.

"Oh, by the way," Qin Suduan said again: "I heard that in the court today, some courtiers pushed the third prince to become king, and His Majesty Long Yan was furious."

Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty disagrees?"

"Of course I don't agree. It stands to reason that before the prince was crowned king, he either had to be sent to the fief when he was old, or he had made real achievements. Even though the third prince has done a few beautiful errands over the years, he was still not qualified."

Qin Zhaodao: "It's not impossible."

"Is it possible?" Qin Su frowned.

"Well...it's possible, if someone blows the pillow wind in front of His Majesty's ear, then it's possible."

After Qin Zhao finished speaking, Qin Suduan asked, "Concubine Su Chen? But it is impossible for Concubine Su Chen to interfere with His Majesty in the government affairs. This cannot be justified after all."

Qin Zhao curled his lips and smiled: "It's not Concubine Su Chen, Concubine Su Chen can't interfere, but if the queen speaks, it will be different."

According to the original plot, the matter of the third prince becoming king was indeed rejected by the officials, and although Emperor Yuan Qi was not as furious as Long Yan is today, at least he did not agree immediately. It was indeed Gu Junran who contributed to this matter. I don't know what means.

But it is true in the original text that when she was established as the crown prince, the third prince Qin Shou was crowned king.

But the problem is that there is still a long time before she enters the palace, so why does the third prince start clamoring for him to be crowned king?Many plots either have discrepancies, or many important plot points have been advanced. Is it really because of my appearance that the original plot has changed?

Qin Zhao couldn't figure it out. Because of drinking tonight, her mind was sometimes excited and sometimes tired.

Leaving from the front hall, returning to her own yard, taking a shower and climbing onto the bed, staring blankly at the bed curtain above her head for a while, her mind was full of the words Gu Junran said to her before leaving—— You are like this.

What exactly is Gu Junran thinking about her?

Is she really going to accept her fate and call her mother every day?

No matter how you think about it, how strange it is!

Qin Zhao felt chills at the thought of Gu Junran kneeling and calling her mother, so she managed to pull the quilt over Jin's forehead, held her breath for a long time, and finally fell asleep forcibly.

After sleeping until the second day, there was a decree from the palace, telling her to enter the palace in three days.

As soon as the father-in-law who announced the decree left, Qin Suduan called her to the study and said, "Since you are going to enter the palace in three days, I will give you a letter of divorce and notify your uncle."

Qin Zhao was taken aback: "I... Uncle?"

"Your uncle wrote a letter from the northern border a few days ago, blaming me for keeping the news that you were still alive from him." Qin Suduan smiled wryly: "It's just that I picked you up from the palace that day, so I was afraid that there would be any rumors while walking. Naturally, I hid it from him."

"What else did uncle say?" Qin Zhao asked.

"He also said you..." Qin Suduan paused, "There is a daughter in his family who is waiting in his boudoir. She is your cousin."

Qin Zhao was startled: "Huh?"

Qin Suduan said very cautiously: "Your uncle was dismissed by His Majesty a few years ago, and later the Bei Rong invaded and was able to be reactivated. Although the official rank is not high now, he is now stationed in a county in the northern border."

Qin Zhao listened quietly.

"Your mother belonged to the Zhou family in the northern region. What an honor it was back then, but later your mother was thrown into limbo, and the Zhou family was also demoted for this. Your grandfather died directly on the battlefield..." Qin Suduan was silent for a while, Said: "I'm afraid your uncle wants to use you to reproduce the old Zhou family."

Qin Zhao thought for a while, then said vigilantly, "Then does he know my current situation?"

Qin Suduan shook his head: "He is far away in the north, so maybe he doesn't know about it. If he knew, why would he let you marry his daughter?"

"Ah..." Qin Zhao shook his head and said, "Actually, even if he doesn't have so many plans, I wouldn't marry a cousin? Why is uncle so eager to give me a wife?"

Qin Su smiled and said: "If you enter the palace, I'm afraid it's not just your uncle."

Qin Zhao was startled: "What does this mean?"

"If you enter the palace, if His Majesty grants you a marriage, then those princes and nobles will definitely be moved by the news. Fortunately..." Qin Suduan looked at her coldly: "It is a good thing that you finally stopped paying attention to that brothel girl. .”

Qin Zhao couldn't help being a little speechless: "Father, I think that Chen Fangfei is a little strange."

Qin Suduan snorted coldly: "I sent someone to investigate earlier. She has many contacts with those scholars in the Taifu, and most of the outsiders' evaluation of her is that she is a great talent."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Radicals, rebels, are they considered great talents?

Are these scholars stupid in studying?

And seeing how the third prince behaved, saying that she was not good enough for Chen Fangfei, could it be that she was also fascinated by her "big talent"?

Qin Zhao was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Father, don't you think that the name Chen Fangfei is the same as the daughter of Chen Shangshu you saved back then?"

Qin Suduan looked at her: "What do you want to say?"

"Uh...you never thought that Chen Fangfei, the courtesan of the brothel, is the daughter of Chen Shangshu back then?" Qin Zhao could only speak clearly.

Qin Su smiled and said, "How is it possible?"

Qin Zhao shrugged: "Is it possible, you can write a divorce letter to Qianshan Temple and ask if Chen Fangfei is still in the temple, then you will know."

Qin Suduan pondered for a while, and said: "If it's really her, what does she want to do? What does she want to win over students from the Taifu?"

Qin Zhao shook his head: "I don't know, maybe..."

Rebel for yourself.

Who knows.

Originally thinking that the topic would end here, Qin Zhao was about to go out, but Qin Suduan called to her again and told her, "When you enter the palace, get closer to the empress."

Qin Zhao nodded: "Understood."

After coming out of the study, she walked out of the house all the way.

East Street is far away from the imperial palace, so there are few high-ranking officials and dignitaries living here, and most of the common people live here. As soon as you walk on the street, you will see a lively scene.

Vendors peddled along the street, and jugglers also set up venues for performances. Qin Zhao walked forward while watching.

She walked out of East Street and came to a small alley on South Street. This alley was the busiest on the whole street, with many shops and people coming and going.

I found an empty shop, negotiated the price with the shop owner for a long time, and finally rented it at 40 taels of silver per month.

Qin Zhao felt distressed for a while, and felt that the rent of the shop in the capital was really expensive, and even after she had bargained with others for most of the day, 40 taels a month was really expensive.

Finally, the "contract" was signed, and when she was about to leave, the master asked her cheerfully, "My lord, what do you plan to rent my shop for?"

Qin Zhao looked at him coldly: "You also think the rent is expensive?"

"Ham, my lord, if you ask around, all the shops on this street are at my price, but my shop is too big, so few people come to ask except for restaurants, but there are already seven or eight restaurants on this street. Opening a restaurant business may not be good..."

Qin Zhao shook his head: "I don't open a restaurant, boss."

"Huh? Then what are you doing?"

Qin Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth: "Sell books."

"Sell... sell books?"

The boss was dumbfounded: "Sell...books? There...there are [-] bookstores on this street, my lord, I'd rather not earn you the money, you should return it!"

Qin Zhao smiled, thanked him, took the signed contract and left the shop.

The boss looked at her back and muttered to himself: "You are really weird. What kind of books are you selling these days?"

[two more]

On the second day, Qin Zhao specially asked someone to renovate her newly bought shop. The previous tenant of this shop might be a restaurant, and the pile of tables and chairs left by the owner did not throw away. Qin Zhao thought it was useless. Let the boss take it all away.

She told the workers who came to work that a large table should be built at the front of the whole shop, and the chairs below should be made according to the drawings she drew, the kind where people sit next to each other.

As for the back of the rows of chairs, a partition should be made with a small door, and a chair should be placed near the door behind the partition. A wide bookshelf can be placed behind the chair, which can hold thousands of books.

The leading worker was dumbfounded. After listening to Qin Zhao's request, he said in a daze, "My lord, what exactly are you going to do? Do you want to build a teahouse?"

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "It's not a teahouse, it's... probably similar to a cross talk show..."

"What?" The worker was still puzzled: "But this..."

Qin Zhao quickly said: "Just do what I say. I have also drawn the previous drawings for you. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. If you do what I want, I will definitely give you more money."

The worker was still struggling at first, but when he heard about the extra money, he laughed and said, "That's it!"

After Qin Zhao explained, she was about to go back home. She walked forward with her hands behind her back, but was stopped halfway.

As soon as the man came up, he grabbed her arm, raised his eyebrows and said to her, "Are you Qin Zhao?"

Qin Zhao took a look at her. Opposite was a woman. She was wearing a suit of armor. The gold and silver armor was particularly dazzling in the sunlight. She had slender eyebrows and a heroic air.

"You are?" Qin Zhao looked at her.

The woman reported her family name: "My name is Xu Si, and I am Xu Jingwan's second sister."

Qin Zhao nodded: "Oh, it turned out to be Miss Xu Er from the General's Mansion. You are looking for me...?"

Xu Si glanced at her coldly and asked, "I heard from Xu Jingwan that you want to match him with the third princess?"

Qin Zhao was startled, and suddenly had a headache: "Ah? There is no such thing, when will I match him with..."

"No such thing?" Xu Si sized her up for a while, then said: "If you can really make the third princess and him happy, I should thank you."

Qin Zhao couldn't understand: "What are you talking about?"

Xu Si shook his head: "I'm sorry Prince Xiaoqi, I was the one who was rude just now."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Ah this...

Qin Zhao suddenly seemed to understand a little bit. If Xu Si really fell in love with the third princess, and now he is hesitant to talk, could it be that he is reluctant to give up?

In fact, Qin Zhao didn't want to get involved in other people's emotional matters, whether it was Xu Si or Xu Jingwan, it didn't matter who liked the three princesses, but what's the matter with Xu Si coming to her?

Even if Xu Si wants to reluctantly part with her, is it possible to let her be the middleman?

This girl...

What are you thinking?

"I'm sorry, Second Miss Xu." Qin Zhao smiled: "This is a matter between you, and I am an outsider, so I can't get involved."

Xu Si was startled: "What?"

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "Second Miss Xu, let me remind you that you want the third princess to be with Xu Jingwan, have you asked the third princess what she means?"

Xu Si looked at her vigilantly: "What do you know?"

Qin Zhao shrugged: "I don't know anything."

Xu Si looked at her for a while, then finally saluted and left without saying a word.

Qin Zhao shook his head, she doesn't do this kind of thing anyway, and no matter what's going on in this love triangle, it's none of her business anyway.

While drooping his eyes and meditating, he suddenly heard a chuckle behind him, followed by a sentence: "Prince Xiao Qi is still involved with the second lady of the Xu family, it's really impressive."

Qin Zhao was startled, hearing this familiar voice, she knew who it was without thinking.

She turned around suddenly, and sure enough, she saw Gu Junran standing behind her, looking at her very leisurely, with that familiar smile on his face.

Why is Gu Junran everywhere?Emperor Yuan Qi actually let her go out of the palace at will?Still so blatant?

Qin Zhao paused, saluted, and looked over with a smile: "Madam didn't hear anything just now, so it's too much to say that I have something to do with her?"

Gu Junran was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I thought you liked her, so I wanted to be the officiant of your marriage. How can I say that, I am also your mother—"

Qin Zhao: "..."

Mother?

To preside over the marriage?

Where is this, and she has already started to put on the picture of being a mother?

Qin Zhao took a deep breath, lowered his voice and said, "I think... can the mother's affairs be slowed down?"

Gu Junran raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"No, you always talk about me like your mother, me, me, me..." Qin Zhao said with a bitter face, "I'm so awkward!"

Gu Junran smiled softly: "That would be great."

Qin Zhao was taken aback: "What... what?"

Gu Junran said happily: "I'm not awkward."

Qin Zhao was almost driven crazy by her, is there something wrong with this woman?Why is she so happy to be someone's mother?

She thought for a while, took another breath, and said, "About the matter of mother or not... I think it's better to have a long-term plan."

Gu Junran nodded, and asked her: "How to plan in the long run?"

Qin Zhao asked her seriously: "Do you know who I am?"

Gu Junran laughed: "Of course I know."

"Know? Do you know who I am?" Qin Zhao looked at her suspiciously: "Then tell me, who am I?"

Gu Junran walked closer to her, and whispered in her ear: "If you say you are not Qin Zhao..."

Qin Zhao was startled, she shivered, she didn't know if it was Gu Junran's lips that accidentally brushed her earlobe, or because she shivered because of Gu Junran's words.

She tilted her head in surprise, and looked at the woman who was close at hand. She just smiled and continued to lower her voice: "Even so, I don't care."

Qin Zhao suddenly felt cold all over his body.

After Gu Junran finished speaking, he straightened up.

She looked at Gu Junran in confusion: "Why? Why is it me?"

Gu Junran raised his eyebrows: "As you said, I have no children and need a prince, even this prince..."

Gu Jun then stopped talking for half a paragraph, Qin Zhao thought, what Gu Junran should say is that even if this prince is not the biological son of Emperor Yuan Qi.

Qin Zhao let out a breath, and suddenly said, "Since you know that I am not him, then you should find him and recognize him as your son."

Gu Junran smiled when he heard this: "But I don't want him, I just want you."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Ah, what I said is too imaginative.

Qin Zhao looked at her and asked again: "Then you know, the real Qin... Where did Qin Zhao go?"

Gu Junran said softly: "Dead."

"Dead?" Qin Zhao suddenly felt ashamed: "How did you die? Why did you die? Ah?"

Gu Junran said casually, "Dead."

Qin Zhao's face suddenly turned pale: "Dead?"

Gu Junran said: "Yes."

How did you die?Killed by Gu Junran?

Did Gu Junran kill him?

for what?To better control her, the substitute prince?

The more Qin Zhao thought about it, the more palpitations he felt.

Gu Junran glanced at her with a smile: "What's the matter? Prince Xiaoqi is scared?"

Qin Zhao shook his head: "No."

Is it because she is afraid of dying?

Gu Junran stroked her head as if petting a puppy, and then smiled: "Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Qin Zhao quickly shivered, took a step back, and moved away from her palm, then looked at her vigilantly: "What exactly do you want from me?"

Gu Junran paused and narrowed his eyes: "What do you think? What do you think I want from you?"

Qin Zhao frowned: "I just asked you because I didn't know, and I don't want to be your son, you are only two years older than me..."

Gu Junran chuckled, "Do you have a choice?"

Qin Zhao was immediately discouraged.

Yeah, she had no choice, no choice at all.

Now her identity has been completely stripped by Gu Junran, Gu Junran knows that she is a counterfeit, if Gu Junran reveals her identity, then she will definitely be killed directly by Emperor Yuanqi.

Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth: "Can you promise not to kill me?"

Gu Junran was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "That depends on whether your son will be filial to my mother."

Qin Zhao: "..."

She lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head in confusion and asked, "Why do you like hearing people call your mother so much?"

Gu Junran couldn't help laughing, looked at her and said, "Yeah, I really like to hear people shout, so please shout first and let me hear it."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Qin Zhao was silent for a long time, and when she looked up again, Gu Junran was still looking at her with a half-smile, as if he was waiting for her mother.

Gu Junran, is there something wrong with this woman!

what?

There is something wrong!

Like to hear people call her mother?

Qin Zhao groaned, groaned, and groaned, she was struggling violently in her heart, so stop screaming, she has her own reasons.

But this is called...

How could she open this mouth?

"Mother...Mother..." She held back for a long time, but she couldn't cry out after all.

Seeing that Gu Junran was still waiting, she hurriedly said flatteringly, "Well, isn't this matter still undecided? When it's settled, I'll call again. Do you think it's okay?"

Unexpectedly, Gu Junran let her go easily, and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

Qin Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Junran said again: "Remember you owe me."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Maybe Gu Junran is really a lunatic.

……

Back at Prince Qi's mansion, Qin Zhao called Zhao Zhe who was watering the flowers in the back garden, and straight to the point asked him if he would like to be the boss.

Zhao Zhe was surprised, Qin Zhao told him about the shop, and said that he was about to enter the palace, so he would take care of the shop and give him ten taels of silver a month, Zhao Zhe thought about it After a while, he agreed.

When Zhao Zhe was about to leave, Qin Zhao called to him again: "Zhao Zhe."

Zhao Zhe turned around and saluted: "Little prince, what else do you want?"

Qin Zhao thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough for you to be alone in the shop. You can find a few more people to help you. You can pay the wages according to your needs. You can ask me for the money later."

Zhao Zhe nodded, saluted again, and left.

For the next two days, Qin Zhao kept herself bored in the room and began to write the novel she wanted to write.

Writing a book these days is also a laborious task. After all, the folk customs in ancient times are not too open, and I don't know if the set she wrote can have an audience in ancient times.

Regarding that shop, she originally wanted to write the book directly and sell it at a place where books are sold, but if she sold it at someone else's place, she would eventually have to share it with them. Seeing that all the fruits of her hard work were taken by outsiders , She still felt distressed, and after much deliberation, she might as well open a bookstore by herself, except that the rent would be more expensive, but after all, once her books were sold, she could earn a lot of money.

In fact, the money is not the second, the main reason is that Gu Junran likes to read the story books, she thought, since Gu Junran likes to read the story books, she should just do what she likes.

Although calling Gu Junran a mother is a good fit, after all, Gu Junran likes to hear people call her mother, but she can't say those two words anyway, and I'm afraid she won't be able to say that in the future.

For a book, the most important thing is to have a good name. The key is the subject matter. The content is not very important.

So she thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a slightly more subtle name: "Things My Stepmother and I Have to Talk About"