Chapter 155 Under the Nine Springs, I Will Never See You Again

In fact, Chunjia didn't have a deep impression of her Yuan Empress, although Ji Lingzi was second to none in terms of appearance and temperament in the big palace.

She is one year younger than Chunjia, she is twenty-three this year, her eyebrows and eyes have been completely opened, she no longer has the unique beauty of young girls like Yun Fenghuang, but is calm, with the charm and coquettishness of grown women.

It looks like a peony in full bloom in spring, solemn and graceful, luxurious and gorgeous.

He walked down the steps slowly to greet him with salutes, but his momentum was not at all inferior, and he faintly fought against Chunjia.

"The queen has lost a lot of weight." Chunjia squinted her eyes, looked her up and down for a moment, and then said slowly, "I thought you could grow some flesh by letting you rest these days."

Ji Lingzi calmly said: "Your Majesty, please take care, but I have actually gained two catties these days."

Chunjia was not embarrassed, and said frankly: "I haven't seen the queen for a long time, but I don't remember clearly."

"Your Majesty's heart is not here, and I feel uncomfortable when people come." Ji Lingzi smiled lightly, "In this way, I don't feel at ease when I look at myself. It's a torture for each other. It's good not to come."

"Then why did Concubine Xian call me over today?" Chunjia asked calmly, "I thought so too at first. Originally, I and the empress respected each other like ice, so we don't need to see each other for the last time. Especially when the Ji family just fell, we I thought the queen might not want to see me at all."

Empress Ji took a deep look at him: "I want to make a deal with Your Majesty."

"Deal?" Chun Jia asked with great interest, "But I don't know what the queen's bargaining chip is?"

This is not because he intended to ridicule, after all, although Empress Ji's status is noble, this nobility and status all come from her birth as the first daughter of the Ji family.

Now that the Ji family is overthrown, and her own life is at the mercy of the emperor, what qualifications does she have to negotiate a deal with the emperor?

"How about a chance to weaken the Regent?"

The queen's words made Chunjia more curious, and her tone was playful: "Oh? What chance?"

"The current father-in-law of the Prince Regent, Lu Qidao, another adopted daughter of the Marquis of Qingping, is serving as a concubine in the palace." Empress Ji leisurely mentioned this person whom Chunjia had almost forgotten. You have done the same thing, so why is Qing Pinghou intact? The regent queen mother’s family is humble, and her married wife is not from a high family background. To be able to have today’s momentum, Qing Pinghou has contributed a lot.”

"If you can suppress Qingpinghou's mansion, even if it's just relegating Qingpinghou, it should be an excellent thing for Your Majesty, right?"

Chunjia pondered, the queen was right, the regent was actually not very good at temple affairs.

It should be said that Shenzong's two sons, Xiaozong and the regent's political struggle methods are not very good.

Otherwise, Xiaozong, as a son and grandson of the emperor, would not be forced to die in depression by the Ji family; the regent obviously has the backing of the Dingbei Army and the full support of Xiaozong, but he still stops at half a step. , watching Chunjia who had nothing to do with the throne ascend the throne.

In the beginning, the regent king was able to get the title of regent king. In fact, after marrying Qing Pinghou's adopted daughter, Qing Pinghou gave advice.

Qingping Hou Lu Chuncao, like Zheng Gu, was born as an eunuch, and they all worked their way up from the bottom of the imperial palace step by step, so one can imagine his wrist.

The two great arms in front of the regent, Wen is headed by Qing Pinghou, and Wu is headed by Zhao Wubo - if any one goes wrong, it will seriously hurt its vitality.

On Uncle Zhaowu's side, Yun Fenghuang offered advice, and Gu Zhen was appointed as the queen to make a divorce.

But for Marquis Qingping, Chunjia had no good strategy for a while.

If Empress Ji can really give the Qingping Hou Mansion a heavy blow through Lu Qidao...

Chunjia thought about it and said with a smile: "What does the Queen want to trade? Why do you think I will fulfill my promise?"

It's about this time, before the emperor entered the Chongchang Palace, he imagined the various reactions of himself, the empress of the Yuan Dynasty.

Whether Empress Ji yelled at her, begged bitterly, felt ashamed, or let him see a dead body when she strangled him to enter the door...he would not be surprised.

But the queen negotiated a deal with him as if nothing had happened.

This made it hard for Chunjia not to suspect that either the queen had other plans, or this matter was very, very, very important to Queen Ji.

It's so important that even if the Ji family is destroyed and she is about to die, she will always think about it.

"The concubine heard that His Majesty ordered the Ji family to be buried respectfully, so I want to see him off." Empress Ji said calmly, "If Your Majesty allows it, I still hope that I will go away with dignity."

These two things are not embarrassing things, and to a certain extent, they even help to maintain Chunjia's image of "wise, wise and benevolent".

Chunjia thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no need to refuse, so he asked, "How are you going to plot against Lu Qidao? Qing Pinghou is not taking it easy, and ordinary things can't involve him."

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this." Empress Ji got the promise, her expression became indifferent, and she said lightly, "Has Your Majesty forgotten the experience of being a Marquis of Qingping? He is also smart and intelligent, so he was appreciated by the late emperor, so the common man Ji gave him to the late emperor, and he has been deeply trusted by the late emperor since then, and his title was bestowed by the late emperor under heavy pressure."

"I, Mr. Ji, don't know about his details and flaws?"

Seeing that she didn't mean to go into details, Chun Jia didn't ask any further questions, but just smiled: "There are a lot of papers about impeaching the empress these two days, since the empress is also eager to defend herself, let's do it tomorrow, okay?"

The queen nodded slightly.

Chunjia said: "That's it. Tomorrow, I will wait for the queen's bargaining chip. The Ji family is still in mourning. On the day of the funeral, I will take the queen to express condolences."

The implication is that if the queen doesn't cheat Lu Qidao enough to implicate Lu Chuncao when she defends herself tomorrow, on the day of the funeral, Chunjia herself might not even be able to go, let alone the queen.

The husband and wife respected each other like ice, and when the matter was finished, Chunjia got up and left.

Empress Ji is not in the mood to act like him right now, she just sits still and doesn't bother to see him off.

But Chunjia walked to the door and remembered, turned around and asked, "I thought you would mention the second prince and the third prince."

"Your Majesty really knows how to joke." Empress Ji said calmly, "When the two princes talk about it, they want to call my concubine "Queen Mother", don't they want to call Your Majesty "Father Emperor" even more? Why do I need my concubine to worry about them? Your Majesty You are not a heartless person. Even if your own flesh and blood have blood that you don't like, at most you will miss the high position, and suffer a little grievance between brothers and sisters. What will happen to you? If that is the case, they will not survive Now."

In fact, the main reason is to know that if Chunjia doesn't plan to have twins, it's useless for her to intercede.

Might as well just let it go.

"I heard that over the years, the empress has been persuading the Ji family to be my step-heir, and then set up another young master." Chunjia said "Yes", and asked again, "Is it because I have neglected you?"

Empress Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty is underestimating this concubine's status. I was born in a family. How could I try to put you to death for such a small matter? I just think that if you don't die, you will die." Future troubles. It's a pity that no one in the family listens to being a concubine. Otherwise, the Ji family can be a concubine, how could it be possible to fall into the current situation?"

This made Chunjia slightly startled: "The queen doubted me early in the morning? Why?"

"Because Your Majesty is so studious." Empress Ji said lightly, "My Ji family has many heirs, and my concubine was well-behaved and sensible when I was young, so I didn't need to worry about it at home, but every day before dawn, I go to greet my elders early and wash up after I'm done. Go to women's school, summer and autumn are fine, winter and spring people are prone to sleepiness, and every time they are woken up by the waiter, they will occasionally lose their temper."

"Your Majesty's 15th day of practice seems to be timid and cowardly, and he is indecisive and concerned about Yuan Niangniang, but since entering the palace, no one has supervised him, and even I, Mrs. Ji, prefer you to waste your studies and play all day long, but what about you? Learn literature and martial arts , never a day goes down.”

"Even if your performance is mediocre, it seems that you don't know how to understand. But in my opinion, just because you keep practicing, it shows that you have a firm heart, which is extraordinary."

"Throughout the history, the monarch who was supported by powerful ministers and failed to break free from the control of powerful ministers throughout his life is either a complete waste. After ascending to the throne, he only spends time and wine, indulges in pleasure and enjoys himself so much that even the hearts of loyal ministers will be chilled; Either one is eager for quick success, and on the first day of sitting on the throne of God, you can’t wait to contact the inside and outside to kill the powerful officials; oh, there is another kind that is poor in physical fitness, although you are smart, you will die within a few years."

"Your Majesty does not belong to any of these categories. You are strong and strong, and you are so self-disciplined that you frighten me physically and mentally."

"That's why I feel that it is very dangerous for me, Ji, to let you live another day."

"That's why it's better to pick a young clan relative to adopt as soon as possible, and when the time comes to teach him nonsense from an early age, my Ji family can be stable for more than ten or twenty years."

Chunjia didn't get angry when she heard these words, she just said: "The empress is really a discerning person, luckily Mrs. Ji didn't listen to you. But I'm also curious, why didn't Mrs. Ji listen to you? I seem to have heard of it vaguely. The Ji family is quite wary of the queen?"

Empress Ji stared at him for a long time before saying: "It's probably because of His Majesty's destiny. The Ji family has been prominent for three dynasties, Fu Zuo has gradually declined, and everyone has slacked off."

"Destiny?" Chunjia smiled, and said gently, "I have today is the result of years of hard work, so what does it have to do with destiny?"

As for the fact that the Ji family was slack, he didn't take it seriously, "Even if I don't take it seriously, the regent is still there, the Duke of Yi is here, the Cui family and the Zheng family are here, what right does the Ji family have to be slack? collapse, how can the Ji family slack off?"

"Because my grandfather is getting old and his heart has softened, so he can't control his descendants so much." Empress Ji flicked her sleeves, showing a touch of sarcasm, and said, "Back when I was giving advice to my grandfather, if I wanted to exercise power to the end, Just don’t give His Majesty any chance, it’s better to use someone who doesn’t know how to adapt and just read books; the guards who teach martial arts should deliberately give wrong tips to make His Majesty suffer from a hidden illness!”

"If you don't plan to fall out with the Gongxiang family, you should return to the government before your majesty gets bored with my Ji family. It's best to work hard to teach your majesty to the Mingjun."

"In this way, not only can you gain His Majesty's gratitude and trust, but a hundred years later, you can also write a loyal name in the history books."

"But Gongxiang's Fu Zuo has not declined, and Ji's has no possibility of usurping the throne."

"Grandfather is more inclined to repay the government... But, Your Majesty also knows that it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal!"

From the later period of Shenzong's first dynasty, the Ji family has monopolized power.

During Xiaozong's time, he almost covered the sky with one hand.

In this dynasty, the regent has the name of regent, but in fact, uniting with the Zheng family and the Cui family is no more than fighting against the Ji family, and often even falls behind.

The two generations of Ye Guogong, Haixihou, Minyanghou, and Hou may still remember the hardships of those years.

But their next generation, the Ji family was already very prosperous when they were born, and they grew up in such a superior environment. For example, Ji Minggan was a little lazy even to give Chunjia superficial respect, and asked them to put down their hands. Power, regard Chunjia, who is the master and push the throne of God, as the real emperor, to respect, to assist, to dig out his heart and soul, to be a low-key little...

How could they want to?

Empress Ji's face finally showed a little sadness: "At the beginning, I told my grandfather that such a big event should be broken and will be disrupted. But my grandfather always thought that my Ji family has been in the government and the opposition for many years, even if one day I will be rejected by the emperor. , At most, I will give up my title and official position, return to my hometown, and live on mediocrity from now on."

After all, when the Ji family was in power, political opponents such as Ouyang Yanran and Wei Changkong were relegated and suppressed. Not many were killed, and there were almost none who slaughtered the whole family.

In the view of Ye Guogong, whose energy gradually declines with age, even if the Ji family suffers retribution, it is almost three generations of hard work, and they have returned to before they made a fortune.

"But I don't want to, he met His Majesty."

The palace is deep and vast, even in the daytime, it is full of candles.

The queen tilted her head slightly to prevent Chunjia from seeing the sparkle in her eyes. At this moment, her back was still straight, her sitting posture was elegant and graceful, and she said in a deep voice, "It is Ji's misfortune to meet His Majesty, but For the world, they are indeed about to usher in a Mingjun!"

"This is the Ji family's sorrow, but it is a blessing for the people of the world."

"It's just that although the concubine is a queen, it's hard to say congratulatory words to His Majesty."

"Of course, His Majesty does not necessarily need the concubine's congratulations."

"When the Ji family followed Shenzong's late emperor, he sincerely wished that the world would be clean and peaceful, and the world would be peaceful."

"Even though the Ji family does not exist now, it is expected that this original intention will be realized in His Majesty's hands."

"On this point, I will comfort the dead souls of the clan in the future, and maybe you can also talk about it as comfort!"

Chunjia listened quietly, and then smiled: "The regent is still here, the Cui family and the Zheng family seem to be surrendering, but their minds are unpredictable. There is a change... the empress actually believes that I will be the wise king who will make the world peaceful, peaceful and peaceful?"

"Of course you will be such a wise king." When Ji Lingzi turned his head and came over, his eyes were full of water, but his expression was proud, "What do you think of me as Ji? You can destroy me with thunder after only a few years in power. The Ji Clan has made our Ji Clan fall down without using all kinds of methods!"

"How could such an emperor not be the master of ZTE?"

"These people and things you mentioned, are they more difficult to deal with than my Ji family?!"

Chunjia laughed dumbfounded, and said, "Then I will thank the queen for her kind words."

He didn't stay any longer, and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Empress Ji didn't call him back either, she just watched his back calmly going away - when he was almost out of sight, the young emperor suddenly stopped, sighed, and said, "Queen, go all the way."

"Under the Nine Springs, I will never see you again." Empress Ji nodded, very indifferently and calmly, and didn't care about the vague regret and regret in his tone - she knew what Chunjia was regretting, and he appreciated her talent and sensitivity.

But from the day Ye Guogong refused to take the initiative to return to power, it was doomed that the two of them could not have a good result.

So Chunjia rarely came to Yanfu Palace, so the queen never competed for favor.

The couple tacitly kept their distance.

Now the emperor won't be reluctant, and she doesn't need to have extra resentment and sorrow.

only……

She suddenly thought of a not-so-long past event, her eyes were in a trance for a moment, and then turned indifferent.