Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 70 The charming Concubine Qiao

Who is coming?
It is the fair-skinned, beautiful and charming Concubine Qiao.

At this moment, Zhao Gou, Concubine Qin, and Princess Xianfu all looked at Concubine Qiao. They saw Concubine Qiao followed by two maids. The two maids each carried three brocade boxes in their hands.

The six brocade boxes were extremely large and were decorated with hot gold from top to bottom.

Concubine Qin was stunned on the spot, and gradually the smile on her face faded.

She and Princess Xianfu first greeted Concubine Qiao, and then said without changing their expressions.

"Concubine Qiao, I'm supposed to have entered the palace before you. Even though my words don't weigh much in this deep palace courtyard, compared to you, hehe! But I'm still a head taller."

As soon as Concubine Qin finished speaking, Concubine Qiao's face immediately turned cold, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a disdainful smile appeared on her face.

"Really? That's good. Let's talk to the saint later, how about it?"

Concubine Qiao was categorical, and Zhao Gou could see that Concubine Qiao didn't take Concubine Qin seriously at all.

Concubine Qin pointed at Concubine Qiao's nose and said through gritted teeth, "You! Concubine Qiao!"

Princess Xianfu stood aside, her face pale with fright. She never thought that Concubine Qiao would suddenly arrive!

Concubine Qiao shrugged her shoulders and said with a disdainful smile: "What am I? To be honest, when you fight with me, you are simply overestimating your own capabilities."

As Concubine Qiao spoke, she forced Concubine Qin away and led the maid into the courtyard.

Zhao Gou was busy greeting Concubine Qiao. Concubine Qiao smiled brightly at Zhao Gou and said softly: "Prince Kang, we are all our own people, why are we so polite."

She thought to herself: My little nephew has grown up now, and he really looks like a man. My sister, her sufferings all these years are finally not in vain.

Zhao Gou walked into the palace with the two palace maids and Concubine Qiao. Concubine Qin, who was standing outside the courtyard, turned cold and left with Princess Xianfu.

When Concubine Wei Xian learned that Concubine Qiao came to visit her and brought generous gifts, she was so panicked that she didn't know why.

When she ran down from the bed, her feet even sprained.

"Concubine Qiao, I'd like to give you my regards!"

Concubine Wei Xian faced the charming Concubine Qiao as if she were a servant meeting her master, and she didn't feel like sisters who were bound to Jinlan at all.

Concubine Qiao's expression changed, and she quickly helped Concubine Wei Xian up.

Looking Concubine Wei Xian up and down, she asked softly: "Sister, we haven't seen each other for two months, what's wrong with you?"

Concubine Wei Xian just shook her head and smiled bitterly, but did not answer.

How could Concubine Qiao know, Concubine Wei Xian deeply felt the difference in the status of the two in the palace.

Concubine Qiao has been favored by the Holy Emperor for more than ten years, so what does she think of herself?

They are called sisters, but they are just trying to reach a higher level.

Seeing that Concubine Wei Xian was silent, Concubine Qiao began to think about the matter in a bad direction.

Immediately, she stamped her feet hard, grabbed Concubine Wei Xian's shoulders tightly with both hands, and spoke urgently under the pressure of her voice.

"Sister! Could it be that there have been some gossips in the palace recently, which made you feel suspicious of my sister and me?"

Concubine Wei Xian slowly shook her head, her face full of sadness and silent.

Zhao Gou saw that all the eunuchs and maids in the hall had their heads lowered, so he stepped forward and spoke softly to Concubine Qiao.

"Concubine Qiao, there is no such thing as determination. My mother simply feels that she is too high to reach you."

When Concubine Qiao heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She laughed so hard that her branches trembled, and she pulled Concubine Wei Xian to sit down.The two sisters sat beside the bed and talked intimately.

Zhao Gou couldn't help but sigh deeply when he recalled what happened today, and gently opened the six brocade boxes brought by Concubine Qiao.

I saw six brocade boxes filled with high-quality snacks of different sizes and colors.

Looking at the exquisite production techniques, I thought that most of these dim sum were paid tribute to the Song Dynasty by the Liao Kingdom.

He was bored alone in the living room, and if he wanted to go out to practice swords, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed.

I thought I might as well take a rest first, and then go out and practice hard in the dead of night.

So like this, he sat alone at the dining table, looking at the sumptuous meal on the table that he hadn't had time to put away.

His face was full of sorrow, and he slowly closed his eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something pinching him under his buttocks. He stood up quickly and looked down, only to see that it was a thick stack of manuscripts.

Zhao Gou frowned, picked up the pile of manuscripts, and looked at them carefully.

I saw four big characters written on the first page: Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sword.

I know that most of this idle book was accidentally lost here by my father just now. It is not surprising that my father left in such a hurry and lost his belongings here.

He really wanted to take a good look at what was written in this so-called Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, which made his father love it so much.

Open the first page and read from the first word of the first line.

When he saw the word 2, he fell completely into it.

The laughter and laughter of Concubine Wei Xian and Concubine Qiao kept coming to his ears, but he seemed not to hear them at all, and kept reading page after page of "Sword and Dragon Sword".

From the first page, I flipped through it all the way to page No. 17 without even taking a breath.

The more I watched, the more enlightened I felt.

Inadvertently, it allowed him to taste a rare sweetness in this boring and embarrassing life.

Concubine Wei Xian in the hall sighed softly, looked at Concubine Qiao and said, "In fact, concubines have been competing for favor and love among themselves since ancient times. Sister, you don't have to worry about what others are like."

Concubine Qiao nodded first, and then said: "Actually, those are just trivial matters, not worth mentioning."

"Sister, have you heard about it recently? Two days ago, the Holy One decided to send Tong Guan to lead an army of 15 to unite with the Kingdom of Jin to attack the Kingdom of Liao."

The maids and eunuchs in the hall still lowered their heads, neither listening nor looking.

When Zhao Gou, who was sitting far away, heard this, he immediately put down the manuscript of "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sword" in his hand and pricked up his ears to listen.

How could Concubine Wei Xian, a woman with a weak spirit all day long, care about national affairs?

So he shook his head at Concubine Qiao to show his ignorance.

Concubine Qiao's face was full of seriousness and she said thoughtfully: "In recent years, the Liao Kingdom has been weakened. Grand Master Cai and others told the Holy Lord that we should take advantage of this precious opportunity to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and restore our former territory of China. career."

"Furthermore, we have signed a maritime alliance with the Kingdom of Jin. The two countries have agreed that after the Song and Jin Dynasties destroy the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and we will give 25 silver silk tributes to the Liao Kingdom every year. Long live the coin and give it to the Kingdom of Jin."

Zhao Gou listened with his own ears and frowned, but didn't say anything.

Concubine Qiao shook her head and sighed softly: "This shouldn't happen, it really shouldn't happen. Ever since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have been a good and true brotherhood for a hundred years."

"The Jin people are the masters of tigers and wolves, and they have risen among the white mountains and black waters of the Northeast. It is said that the leader of their Jurchen clan, Wanyan Aguda, is a prominent figure of our generation."

"If the Jin Kingdom becomes bigger, it will definitely be more difficult to deal with than the Liao Kingdom. Alas! What a pity, what a pity, now the Holy One actually agrees with the ministers' proposal and unites with the Jin to destroy the Liao."

(End of this chapter)