Chapter 108 Don't engage in politics

The distinction between the front dynasty and the back (harmonious) palace is the Jiaotai Hall. In front of the Jiaotai Hall stands a stone tablet with six words written on it: the rear (harmonious) palace is not allowed to engage in politics. Despite this, no country can really do it. The reason is very simple. No matter how big the emperor is, he is born by women. Unless one day a man can have a child by himself, I'm afraid he can really completely realize those six words.

Although Yi Chuguan is only 19 years old, most women in Xia are married at the age of 17, so Yi Chuguan is older than those noble women who run for the election. However, the Empress Dowager Duanfu is quite satisfied with the new queen without any political power. The reason is that Yiyuan has a little bit of kinship with the Empress Dowager. Moreover, Yi Chuguan feels extremely weak and clever, which is a thing for both the royal family and the court, because if the queen is too strong, the previous dynasty will not be stable.

Just like the previous Queen Yun, who had cuckolded Emperor Xia for 30 years and helped the State of Jin for 30 years, but she was still helpless, just because of the power of the four princes standing behind Queen Yun.

The Queen's Hall, with blue tiles, white jade carving columns, and a little gold powder inlaid in the vermilion wall, shining like broken gold in the sunshine.

Yi Chuguan clenched her fist in one hand and kept knocking on the table. This is her unique habit when thinking about things, but in the eyes of Zheng Shanggong, who served her, it was because the young queen was too nervous.

"Queen, how are you?" Zheng Shanggong asked softly.

Yi Chuguan smiled faintly: "It's okay. Why don't you see Qinlan?"

"To tell the Empress, Miss Qinlan went to the imperial dining room to prepare lunch for the Empress. Miss Qinlan said that she knew more about the Empress's preferences."

"Indeed, she knows more about my preferences. By the way, Zheng Shanggong, have you served Queen Yun?

"When I returned to the Empress, I have been serving Queen Yun since Queen Yun entered the Tai Hall."

Qinlan was slightly shocked: "How did you know?"

"I'm meticulous, and it's natural to know these things." Yi Chuguan said indifferently, "Do you think I'm really here to be a queen and enjoy the beautiful food and clothing?"

Qinlan looked at Yi Chuguan coldly: "Are you hostile to me?"

"No, we are from the same boat. How can we be hostile?" Yi Chuguan said, "

"So, Zheng Shanggong, you are also an old man in the palace. Can you tell me what kind of person Queen Yun is?"

Zheng Shanggong hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Empress Yun always liked to go to Fulu Palace to pray for blessings. Usually, she basically read books and worship Buddha in the Queen's Hall."

"So, what about the other concubines?" Yi Chuguan's hand kept tapping gently on the table, and the pace was getting faster and faster. "I mean, which concubines are the emperor, which ones are more favored, which ones are not favored, and whether they have power in the court. I think you, as an old man in the palace, should know more about these Zheng Shanggong."

"This..."

"What? Don't you want to say it?"

"I dare not." Zheng Shanggong bowed slightly and lowered his head. "In return to the empress, there are a total of seven concubines. Counting the two who have passed away, there are now five, namely, Concubine Liu, Concubine Yan, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Xi and Concubine Hui. None of these five have given birth to a prince. Except for the imperial concubine, all the other empresses have given birth to a prince for the emperor. Unfortunately, all the princes have died, and there are several princesses.

"All the princes died?" Yi Chuguan frowned and said, "So which concubine was born to King Kang and the sixth prince?"

"I reported to the empress that King Kang was born to the palace lady Liu. After her death, the emperor posthumously awarded her the title of concubine, and the biological mother of the sixth prince also passed away a few years ago."

"Do you know why Queen Yun suddenly passed away?"

Zheng Shanggong immediately knelt on the ground and his face changed greatly: "I returned to the queen, I don't know. On that day, Queen Yun died when she was served by Empress Yun by Qin Shang Palace.

"Qin Shanggong? So where is Qin Shanggong now?

"She was martyred in Qin Shanggong."

"Martyrdom?" As soon as Yi Chuguan finished speaking, Qinlan led a group of maids to prepare to come in.

"Queen, please have a meal." Qinlan's tone was obedient, and after the maids were ready, she stood quietly aside.

Yi Chuguan got up, sat down, and said lightly, "Zheng Shanggong, you go down first."

"Yes, the maidservant left." Zheng Shanggong got up as if he had received an amnesty and hurriedly left.

"It's weird." Yi Chuguan picked up the almond tofu served for her, took a few bites and put them down. "All the concubines in the throne have no princes, and all the surviving princes have no biological mothers. Qinlan, what do you think?

"When I was in the uterus, I also had some doubts about this, but at that time, I didn't know that the detailed work of the State of Chu had infiltrated the royal family of Xia, so I think most of the time the emperor found something." Qinlan glanced at the dishes on the table and whispered, "It's easy to die in this palace, and even drinking water will be choked to death. If the emperor knows that we are the work of the State of Chu, I think we will disappear silently in this palace soon.

Yi Chuguan smiled and said, "Maybe the emperor already knows. Do you think it's possible?"

Qinlan lowered her eyes and said, "The emperor is a lot of suspicious people, and the city is extremely deep. In addition, there is a more difficult director of the Supervision Institute."

"You seem to have missed someone." Yi Chuguan turned his head and smiled.

"You mean Jiang Mozhu?"

"Yes, at first you joined hands with the emperor for the throne of the crown princess, and then you joined forces with Jiang Mozhu. You got the throne of the crown princess as you wished, but you never thought that the prince was useless. If you add the previous things, I feel that everything should start from Jiang Mozhu, who was still General Feiyu of Cangguo four years ago, to the State of Jin. How can he put himself in such a dangerous situation with his talent and wisdom? Yi Chuguan put down the bowls and chopsticks, clenched his fist and kept tapping on the table.

"The royal doctor has diagnosed his injury, and he still has more than three years of life. Even if there is something strange in it, no one will joke about his life." Qinlan said.

"You're right, but there is no way to cure the bone penetration nail?" Yi Chuguan sighed deeply and said, "Even if the doctor can't be cured, there will be Lan."

"Lan?"

"The information obtained in recent months has reappeared in the world of Lan, which has been extinct for more than 30 years. The medical saint's desperate life is in Lan's, and he doesn't even deserve to be an apprentice. Therefore, Jiang Mozhu's disease is not incurable.

Qinlan was slightly surprised, but her face was calm: "How did you know this?"

"I'm fine-made. It's normal to know these things. Do you think I really came to live in this palace?"

"Are you hostile to me?"

"hostility? How can we be hostile when we are in the same boat? Yi Chuguan turned his head and smiled at Qinlan, "I just want to remind you that before that you were the crown princess, but at this moment, you are the work of the State of Chu, and everything should put the interests of the State of Chu first. You should still distinguish this clearly.

"You don't need to remind me."

"It's the best that you can think so. After all, you are my military teacher."

"Military division?" Qinlan sneered and said, "Queen, you are so smart, why do you need me, a stupid military master?"

"Stupid? As a woman, you are smart enough, but unfortunately your intelligence is so blinded by your private sector that you can't see the whole situation.

"Actually, we are just chess pieces on the chessboard, and we have never seen anyone playing chess." Qinlan sighed gently, with unconcealed fatigue in her tone.

"The way of heaven is impermanent, and you don't have to believe people's words. This is also the principle of Go, don't you think?" Yi Chuguan got up and raised the corners of his mouth gently. The smile looked a little more unpredictable in Qinlan.