Narada world

Chapter 4 The Ancient Empress

At five o'clock in the morning, the east is white.The emperor once ruled for three days, and hundreds of civil and military officials entered the palace one after another.

The female emperor is dressed in a dragon robe, and in the Fengluan Palace, she reigns supreme in the world, with a graceful appearance.The eyes are red and phoenix, as deep as a pool of autumn water.The nose is as straight as a bridge, the lips are red, and the eyebrows are raised, but it is heroic.

Above the court hall, civil officials are on the left, military officials are on the right, and there are many female officials in the court.In the 36 dynasties of the Ji Dynasty, a total of six empresses emerged, and only Qin Junlan had the power to swallow mountains and rivers and dominate the world. He succeeded to the throne at the age of 12, and now he has overwhelmed the world and frightened all directions.

"Qin Tiansi, do you have something to play?" The female official Liyue, Qin Junlan is close to the maidservant, is also a member of the shadow guard, and also serves as the female official of the court.

Qi Xuan wore a blue official uniform, took small steps, walked out of the ranks, bowed his waist and bowed his head, "Your Majesty, two of the eight spy suspects who were arrested have confessed, but no information can be obtained. After they confessed, they Aphasia, Wei Chen suspects that they took poison in advance..."

After a few moments of silence, Qi Xuan raised her eyes slightly and looked at Qin Junlan. She only uttered one word coldly, "Kill!".

"Yes... Then, do you want to lure the snake out of the hole?"

"Director Qi, once you are bitten by a snake, and when you encounter a snake again, do you kill it or avoid it?" The speaker was Quan Qing, and the current Prime Minister Yi Hongchuan, he is the Empress Dowager's brother and the Empress' uncle.

"This..." Qi Xuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he glanced at the high and mighty throne. Qin Junlan had always kept a few words in his mouth, but he always kept secrets hidden and never revealed them in a single word.

Yi Hongchuan's words really made him embarrassed, "I also feel that it is really difficult to deal with the secretive party members."

"Director Qi, you are trying to destroy your own prestige by abusing other people's aspirations, and you are doing nothing but meticulous work. Why should your majesty be disturbed by strangulation?"

Yi Hongchuan was cold-eyed, scheming, and focused on making profits for the family. He waved his sleeves behind him and bowed to Qin Junlan, "Your Majesty, it's better to leave the investigation to Quan'er. I don't think Qin Tiansi has found anything useful. "

After he finished speaking, he threw a signal look at his son Yi Ziquan, who knew that Yi Ziquan was born without insight and did not comprehend his father's intention at all.Yi Hongchuan really hates that iron cannot be made into steel. The most incompetent person in the Yi family is Yi Ziquan, but he is his only son.

Yi Ziquan is also considered a good-looking talent. He is handsome and handsome. He likes reading but has no talent for governing the country. He loves weapons but knows no martial arts.He is simple-minded and kind-hearted, and he is not recognized by his father, but Qin Junlan likes him deeply.Through power and the Queen Mother, Yi Hongchuan finally helped him find the rank of a fourth-rank state official, but he has not made any achievements so far.

"Your Excellency, it is the responsibility of the Shadow Guards and Qin Tiansi to hunt down and kill meticulously. Such rough things should be done without labor." Li Ruoyan said.

"The lower officials also agree with Master Li's words." Qi Xuan hastily seconded.

"Director Qi has turned the tide so quickly, even a self-proclaimed incorruptible official is nothing more than that."

The tit-for-tat confrontation in the court was about to break out, Qin Junlan raised her eyes slightly, a layer of frost was already covering her brows and eyes, she quietly opened a memorial, and suddenly threw it at the officials.

"The theft of Luo Guogong's silver has not yet been found out!" Qin Junlan's slightly angry voice came from the dragon chair, and everyone knelt down in shock.

"The silver is falling from the sky in the refugee camps on the outskirts of the city, and there is no way to properly resettle it so far."

With a clear female voice mixed with a trace of anger, she stood up suddenly, and the crown on the crown swung up, "There are big and small things, and the country has a great reputation. In our territory, the tribute silver was stolen, but you are secretly making waves in the officialdom. Where do you want to put me?"

Long Yan was furious, and all the officials were terrified, and no one dared to speak more.

"Prime Minister."

"The old minister is here."

"You are highly respected and majestic. You are the pillar of the Ji Dynasty. Please help me go to the Luo Kingdom and get all the weapons in place. I will not be harsh on what I promised just because I lost a hundred thousand tribute silver."

The red robe with intertwined dragon patterns is lifelike, and the dragon tail in the Chinese costume looks like a blooming dragon. Qin Junlan takes two steps forward, and her slender figure shows the demeanor of a king.

"This... the old minister complies with the order." Yi Hongchuan was upset that the emperor actually asked him to go to Luo country, but he didn't dare to say more.

Luo State is just a frontier country that surrendered to the Ji Dynasty. Every year, a large amount of tribute and silver is offered. The Queen also promised to provide it with different materials such as weapons, grain and grass every year.A fifth-rank foreign official could solve the matter, but she ordered him to go as a prime minister. After all, Qin Junlan began to fear the power of Yijia.

The front court is turbulent, but the harem is calm.Qin Junlan has been single for many years, unmarried, and has no favorite concubines. Even if the Ji Dynasty dominates the world, the royal family will have no successors.For this reason, Uncle Guo tried his best to support the Yi family's superiors, and his heart can be learned from it.

After taking off her fine clothes and lengthy carvings, Qin Junlan wore a light blue gown, put down her complicated bun, and her long hair poured down like water.After the kingly spirit, she is a gentle and amiable woman.

She is leaning on the dragon chair, her shirt has dropped to the ground, her fragrant shoulders are slightly exposed, and her collarbone is looming, which is fascinating.She supported her body with one hand, her eyes were slightly closed, and her mind was full of incidents inside and outside the court in the past few days.Every time she goes to court, she has to face these politicians and fight for power. She can only see so many open guns, and how many hidden arrows are going on quietly, how can she not know.

As Qin Junlan's closest maidservant, Liyue is amazed every time she sees her at this time.If it weren't for such a high position, how many people would be overwhelmed by the queen's beauty.Now that she is high and high, how many people admire her, but they can only bury that affection in their hearts.

"Liyue..." Qin Junlan's voice was laziness, and she exhaled deeply, whispering a charming breath.

"The servant is here."

"Press me." She sat up slightly, showing a little fatigue.

Liyue stood beside her, gently pressing on her shoulders, with a certain degree of severity.Qin Junlan's body was thin, and wherever his fingertips touched, there were bones.Li Yue didn't dare to be too heavy, so she could only rub lightly.

"Your Majesty, you are distributing Uncle Guo in a disguised form. I'm afraid he will have to sue the Queen Mother again..."

"In recent years, my uncle has strengthened the disciples openly and secretly. He has arranged for his own people in the four departments of the court. He has been using the queen mother to suppress me. Now he wants to support Ziquan and not give him some dragon power. He really thinks that I am blind." Said. At this point, Qin Junlan slapped the table, but felt the pain from the wound.

"Your Majesty, don't get angry if your injury hasn't healed yet." Li Yue took off her coat to check, the wound had scabbed and was healing, luckily the wound just now didn't affect the wound.

Qin Junlan caressed her chest lightly, but she didn't feel any pain at all.Rubbing the bandage back and forth with her fingertips, the scene of the day of the assassination came to her mind. Ten killers chased her and Liyue, and finally called another person's name. She thought it was the killer who killed the wrong person. Now that she thinks about it, maybe this is a game.

"Come here, pass on Liruo."

Not long after, Li Ruo arrives with a sword. He and Li Yue are twins, brother and sister with similar looks, one masculine and the other soft, controlling the shadow guard for Qin Junlan.

The so-called shadow guards are just like shadows, who can't see people, but secretly protect the queen every step of the way, and also collect information for her. They are her personal guards.

"I asked you to check the Suyuan Building, how about it?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I sent people to monitor the Suyuan Building day and night. During the day, there are literati dancing and writing, and at night, it is full of romance."

"Fantasy and snowy...that red kite?"

"Four years ago, He Xi bought her with a lot of money, and not many people knew her details. But I heard that He Xi respects her a lot, maybe it's the hidden proprietress."

"Nonsense! Will the boss let his wife show his face? That's not what I want to hear." Qin Junlan frowned slightly, and Li Ruo hurriedly leaned over with such a powerful aura that he didn't know what he said wrong. He was just reporting the truth.

"Anything else?"

"Her background is unknown. It is said that she is an orphan. No one knows where she came from."

"Brother, that day we were forced to approach Suyuan Tower by assassins, Your Majesty separated from me, do you think she is suspected?"

"It's hard to say." Li Ruo looked at Qin Junlan and saw that her expression was calm, but her eyes were as deep as the sea. He still didn't understand why she was angry. Although the queen was unpredictable, she was never a moody person.

"Get back." Qin Junlan waved his hand, and Li Ruo bent back, then suddenly remembered something, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I found out that Hongyuan had been to the refugee camp."

"Oh? What is she going to do?"

"It's nothing special, just sending some clothes and food to the refugees."

The Ji Dynasty is prosperous, the people are safe and healthy, and there are no refugee shelters in the imperial city, but there is a famine in another country this year, and hungry people come from all directions.Qi Xuan asked the queen to allow the opening of warehouses to raise food, but then the number of refugees increased sharply. Qin Junlan always felt that this matter was abnormal, maybe it was deliberately done by other countries.

For this reason, the refugees were divided into other capital cities and dispersed, but for some reason, these people did not leave Jidu completely, but built a refugee camp ten miles outside the city.

Was she going to the refugee camp out of good intentions, or was it a coincidence?

"The refugee den is the best hiding place." Qin Junlan's words were like enlightenment, and Li Ruo patted his head again, "So Xizuo must be dormant in the refugee den if he is not in Jidu City? Perhaps the refugee den is also the stronghold of Yu Kingdom."

"There's no need to kill the spy. If I kill her one soldier, she will join my army. The other party must have a master of strategizing."

"Your Majesty wants to catch them all?"

"A few fine works can't turn the sky, what I want is the whole Yu Kingdom."

Qin Junlan's eyes were domineering, and they were willing to be convinced by her natural nobility and turbulent aura. With both kindness and power, she easily controlled the turbulent court.A daughter's family has built the army into the strongest in the world.

If it weren't for her too strong aura, who wouldn't want to have such a beautiful woman.It's just that nobility with power over the world, and the tolerance of all rivers, who can match it.

"May Your Majesty unify the world as soon as possible." Li Ruo and Li Yue knelt down one after another. If the territory of the world must belong to the queen, then they would definitely help the queen, even if their heads were bleeding.

The palace is deep and remote, and the night is long.Qin Junlan has had a habit for many years. He likes to climb to the top attic of Fengluan Palace and look around the capital of Ji.From there, you can overlook all living beings and have a glimpse of the bustling Long Street.

Her thin body was elongated by the shadow of the moon, and her hair flowed from her shoulders.The night breeze passed by, and it gradually became cooler. Liyue pulled up the cloak for her, and the lights of thousands of families in the distance shone into her eyelids.

Every day, she has to be alert to herself. She shoulders the fate of the country, carries the well-being of all the people of the Ji Dynasty, and the foundation of dozens of generations of her ancestors. She will become a subverter of the times and be recorded in the annals of history forever.

It's just that the loneliness in the high place will always be with her.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, and this servant will wait for you to rest."

"Lonely in the deep palace, Yue'er, if one day you want to leave and marry, you must tell me."

"Your Majesty, why did you say that? This servant only wants to serve His Majesty in this life, and has never thought of getting married. How can I do wrong as a servant? Please punish me." Li Yue knelt down in a panic, afraid that Qin Junlan would be dissatisfied with her.

"Pingshen, I don't mean that."

"Your Majesty, this servant did not protect you well last time, and was lured away by an assassin, which caused you to be injured. You can punish me and scold me, but don't want this servant." Li Yue is only over eighteen, and has served Qin Junlan since she was a princess. In her world, there are only her brother and the queen. This fear of being abandoned has already surpassed the relationship between master and servant.

"Okay, okay, I won't push you away, get up and talk." Qin Junlan shook her head helplessly, but she didn't want anyone to bear the same loneliness as her.

After entering the shift, Li Yue was sent back to the left and right, and Qin Junlan was lying in the hibiscus quilt of the warm tent. She stroked the silk quilt lightly and pressed her face tightly, which was soft but without warmth.She didn't feel sleepy at all, she sat up, stroked her long hair, the lingering image in her mind, the corners of her lips raised unconsciously.Reminiscent of a young girl, her cheeks are flushed but she doesn't know it.

She held up the lamp and came to the clothing pavilion.The white long gown was lying cleanly in the wardrobe. She was reluctant to wear it again after she came back. The size of the dress was just right, and it carried a faint fragrance.

She picked up the clothes and smiled softer.There are always troubles in the political situation of the court, but only the tranquility of this night can let her temporarily let go of everything.

Suyuan Building, maybe she should go again.

She said that a big favor must be repaid.

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