Qin Shi: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

Chapter 118 That's Slapping Your Face in the Empress Dowager's Face (Leader Plus 2)

Xianyang Palace was built in the period of Qin Xiaogong. Although it has been the power center of Qin State for a hundred years, but because it was built too early and it is located in Xianyang City, its scale is not large, at least compared with the chapter in the south of Xianyang City. As far as Tai Palace and Ganquan Palace are concerned, there is a huge difference in scale.

But none of this can affect the central importance of Xianyang Palace, because the king of Qin and Zhao Ji, who is the empress dowager of Jianguo, live here.

As the biological mother of Qin Wangzheng, Zhao Ji moved into Xianyang Palace after Qin Wangzheng took the throne of Qin, and lived in the West Palace of Xianyang Palace, while the East Palace was the residence of Qin Wangzheng.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gao, Yang Ming turned around a series of complex corridors and arrived at the main hall of the West Palace.

Following the maid in charge of leading the way out of the main hall, Yang Ming entered the palace in front of him.

The moment he entered the palace, Yang Ming felt an aura of extreme wealth, a kind of aura called 'rich woman' spread over the surface, and bright red curtains hung down from the beams of the palace. The silk of the curtain is very valuable. Its value is so high and the quantity is so large that even ordinary wealthy families cannot afford it.

Under the guidance of the maid, Yang Ming saw pieces of bronze wares of different styles, wooden frames placed under the pillars, from the land of the East China Sea, colorful coral trees, huge luminous pearls inlaid on the pillars, even Also saw the presence of weapons.

Just the furnishings of this palace cost hundreds of thousands of gold. What does hundreds of thousands of gold mean?Yang Ming and Zi Nu risked their lives several times in Mount Heng, tossed and tossed for several months, suffered countless casualties, and had not yet earned one hundred thousand gold. windfall.

But here, maybe just a few coral trees over three feet can be worth half of Zi Nu's current worth.

From these decorations, it seems that some of Zhao Ji's taste can be seen, huh?How to say?It can only be said to be very rich.

Under the guidance of the court lady, Yang Ming passed through a curtain. Behind the curtain was a huge desk, and behind the desk was a screen. The screen carved from jade was elegant and hidden in its elegance. Its owner must be a man of great taste. woman.

But the picture on the screen is not the plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum that should be there, but a huge map, with all the victories and victories of the Seven Kingdoms in it.

The alternative combination of screen surface and screen frame reveals a strange atmosphere.

But at this moment, Yang Ming couldn't care about these things, because there was a person sitting behind the desk in front of the screen.

I don't know if it's because of Zhao Ji's kneeling posture at this time, but Yang Ming only feels that Zhao Ji has an inexplicable majesty at this time, and everything around her is an extension of this majesty. Under her palm, There is a volume of memorials, on which Yang Ming can vaguely see the official seal of the Lieutenant's Mansion.

At this moment, Zhao Ji was no longer the unreliable Zhao Ji in Yang Ming's eyes, but the real Queen Mother of Qin.

Zhao Ji, who was wearing a jade hairpin and phoenix hairpin, looked at Yang Ming in front of her, with a gleam in her eyes, and said, "I heard that you were assassinated on the street last night in order to send two prostitutes from Jinghuayuan?"

"Yes." Yang Ming replied.

"Have you ever been injured?"

"It's a fluke."

"The Ai family will investigate this matter for you. If they dare to assassinate you, they really don't take the Ai family seriously." Zhao Ji said, "Are they assassinating you? Are they..."

Zhao Ji couldn't continue talking here, and forgot the words.

"They were hitting you in the face, Queen Mother." Yang Ming, who noticed that Zhao Ji was stuck, added very caringly. Of course, his "caring" was not pure at all, he was just flirting.

If it was really a trap, Yang Ming's current situation may not be able to do anything, but Zhao Ji is different, she has enough strength to punish those behind the scenes.

"Yes, they are slapping Aijia in the face, how can Aijia let them go." Zhao Ji, who was stuck in her head when Yang Ming said it, instinctively followed Yang Ming's words.

"Wait, why does this sound a bit wrong?" Zhao Ji suddenly felt that there was something wrong with this word, but it was exactly what she thought in her heart.

Zhao Ji, who frowned slightly, thought about it, but couldn't think of a reason for a moment. After a little silence, she simply gave up thinking and said, "The Ai family will investigate this matter strictly and will avenge you."

"Thank you for the kindness of the Queen Mother." Yang Ming bowed and saluted.

"Can I still participate in today's martial arts competition? If not, the Ai family will postpone the martial arts competition for a few days." Zhao Ji asked.

"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I was not injured last night, and it will not affect today's contest." Yang Ming replied.

"Then you can stay here first, and go to Ganquan Palace with Ai's family in the afternoon." Zhao Ji said.

"Yes."

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, she ignored Yang Ming, but took a scroll of bamboo slips from the desk, unfolded them under her hands, and began to study them seriously.

On Zhao Ji's face, Yang Ming saw the serious look, thinking that this is the Xianyang Palace, and the memorabilia of the Lieutenant's Mansion that he saw just now, it is easy for Yang Ming to think that Zhao Ji at this time is looking at the Memorials of important ministers of the Qin State.

After all, as the biological mother of Qin Wangzheng, Zhao Ji holds a lot of power in the hands of Zhao Ji. Among other things, just the tiger talisman and the final appointment of officials with more than a thousand stones make Zhao Ji a pivotal existence in the entire Qin State.

If it wasn't for Zhao Ji who really didn't know how to use her power, so that she was used and abused her power in the original trajectory, this queen mother would indeed have thick and strong thighs.

Sensing Yang Ming's sudden strangeness, the corners of Zhao Ji's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud. This was the first time she saw such a look on Yang Ming.

Sure enough, in a place like Xianyang Palace, I can truly grasp the majesty of the Queen Mother, and power, for men, is indeed the most alluring thing.

However, it seemed that Zhao Ji spent too long looking at a roll of bamboo slips. Even though a quarter of an hour had passed, she still hadn't finished reading the bamboo slips in her hand.

Yang Ming, who vaguely realized something, simply closed his eyes. This old queen mother who is so boring all day long has no power at all.

During the time Xianyang stayed in Xianyang Palace, the news that the captain of Ganquan Palace was assassinated last night had spread throughout Xianyang.

At this moment, Lu Qi felt the real fear. Before, Lai Ai only described to him the harvest after success, but deliberately made him ignore the consequences of failure.

Especially the Queen Mother's words from Xianyang Palace turned the fear in Lu Qi's heart into fear.

Lu Qi's panic fell into the eyes of Lu Buwei, who is his father, and Lu Buwei could tell something was wrong at a glance, and thinking of the relationship between Lu Qi and Lao Ai, Lu Buwei frowned involuntarily.

"The assassination last night was done by a trap?" Lu Buwei, who brought Lu Qi to the study, asked directly.

"No, it's not." Lu Qi argued.

"I didn't hear clearly, please say it again." Lu Buwei's eyes were already cold.

"It's me, but this matter..." Under Lu Buwei's stern eyes, Lu Qi couldn't insist any longer. He knew that if his father wanted to investigate, he couldn't hide it.

"Do you know how much taboo you have committed?" Lu Buwei asked.

"Father, we did this matter very covertly. The manpower we used was recruited just now. The net has not been collected yet, so we can't find Luo Wang." Lu Qi said.

"Do you think I'm worried about you being found out?" Lu Buwei asked rhetorically.

"This?" Lu Qi wanted to say yes, but thinking of his father's habit, he couldn't say the word 'yes'.

"What's the point of finding out? Could it be that Tingwei's Mansion can still arrest you? What really disappoints me is not that you are so bold and reckless to assassinate the captain of Oasis Palace at this moment. What you disappoint me is your own stupidity." Lu Buwei scolded sharply.

"Father, I..." Lu Qi wanted to defend himself, but when he met Lu Buwei's cold gaze, he was too scared to speak anymore.

"Since you want to assassinate, you have to guarantee success in one blow, but you failed. This is not the stupidest thing. The stupidest thing is that I let you take charge of the net. As the leader of the net, you were killed by your subordinates." Use it, do things that are only beneficial to him, but only harmful to you, how stupid you must be to be used by the inferior." Lu Buwei's sternness has now turned into disappointment.

"Father?" Lu Qi opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"Lao Ai, I underestimated it." Lu Buwei narrowed his eyes as he said, already showing more murderous intentions, this little person he didn't think of before, has the ability to do bad things.

In the passage of time, Zhao Ji came to Ganquan Palace again.

The final three bouts will begin in the afternoon.

"Queen Dowager, I have a request from my humble position, please allow it." Yang Ming, who followed Zhao Ji to Ganquan Palace, begged Zhao Ji who was already there.

"Tell me, let the Ai family see if they want to promise you." Zhao Ji said.

"For the last two opponents, I want to decide the order of the opponents myself."

"Why?" Zhao Ji asked curiously.

The order of the martial arts competition is already in place, and it was also in this order yesterday, why did it come to the last two matches, and Yang Ming wanted to change the order of opponents instead?
"I also ask the Queen Mother to agree." Yang Ming didn't say his intention, but just asked in a daze.

"Well, I'll do what you want." Seeing that she couldn't get an answer, Zhao Ji simply agreed. It was just a small matter, and it wouldn't make her dignified Queen Mother go too far.

"You go, don't forget what the Ai family told you yesterday, if you can't be the captain of Ganquan Palace, you can only serve as a servant of the Ai family." Zhao Ji added.

"If you can stay with the Empress Dowager, even if you are a servant, it's all right." Yang Ming smiled brightly.

Seeing Yang Ming's white teeth showing because of his smile, Zhao Ji was in a daze for a while, and she could vaguely see that there seemed to be something different in Yang Ming's body.

The previous Yang Ming gave her a gloomy and thoughtful feeling, but the current Yang Ming?The gloomy feeling disappeared, instead there was a vague feeling of wanton publicity.

Is this what he really looks like?Thinking about it, Zhao Ji followed Yang Ming who was walking down the steps.

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