Queen is fearless

Chapter 313
"I'll take care of you, Lord Hou." Zhou Jing really didn't know that King Xiao had a secret guard.

It stands to reason that only the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty could have hidden guards. What happened to King Xiao?

Could it be that Grandpa Huang once preferred King Xiao to be the crown prince?impossible……

You don't even need to inquire about it, you know what kind of reputation Xiao Wang is in the royal family and in the court. It is impossible for such a person to become the heir apparent.

Could it be that Grandpa Huang specially got a dark guard for King Xiao because of his favorite concubine, and no one told him?

It's not impossible. After all, tokens can be given, and the promise of never letting King Xiao leave the capital can be made. What else can't be done?
Thinking of this, Zhou Jing couldn't help frowning, if this is the case, it's really not easy to handle.

You know, the role that the dark guard can play is really too great, if King Xiao really has a dark guard...

"Your majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to find out everything and completely eradicate this cancerous king Xiao."

Gu Qingshan also understands how much threat the hidden guards will pose. I don't know how many hidden guards there are in Xiaowang's hands, and how different is the difference from the emperor's hidden guards?

Yuan Bao was guarding outside the imperial study room, he didn't know what was being discussed inside.

In this harem, knowing everything is not necessarily a good thing, sometimes it is rare to be confused.

Some palace people came towards the imperial study, Yuan Bao took a closer look, it was from Fengyang Palace, presumably, he was asking the emperor when he would go to Fengyang Palace.

When he got up early, he waited on the emperor to get up, and he heard that the emperor had told the empress that he would accompany her for lunch at noon.

When the palace servants approached, Yuan Bao asked a few words, and it was exactly as he thought.

"At this moment, the emperor is talking with Gu Houye inside, just wait a moment, and the miscellaneous family will ask you, so you can go back and report to the empress."

When dealing with people in Fengyang Palace, Yuan Bao always treats people a little less, not towards others, but also towards the empress, right?

The palace people responded quickly, and Yuan Bao went into the imperial study and reported to Zhou Jing.

"I see." After he finished speaking, Zhou Jing responded, thought for a while, and explained a few words, "You order people to prepare lunch at Longgan Palace, and invite the queen to bring the prince and princess to Longgan Palace for dinner. "

Since the child was born, only Gu Fangshi has seen it, after all, she has lived in the palace for a long time.

On weekdays, if she wants to see the children, she can also come into the palace, but Gu Qingshan, because he is a foreigner, cannot enter the harem, so he can only listen to his wife's description, what does his two grandchildren look like?
Zhou Jing thought, let Gu Qingshan also see the child, presumably, the queen will be happy too.

"Master Gu, let's go to Longgan Palace together in a while, just to see the two children."

The children will turn over, the nurse said, and in a few months, there will be more things.

Zhou Jing is looking forward to it. After the children can speak, call him father.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Qingshan responded quickly, he knew very well that it was definitely the Emperor's grace to see the children.

Otherwise, depending on his status, he can only have a chance to see the children when they are old enough to run and dance.

As the children's grandfather, how could he not want to see the children?
"There is one more thing. After the matter of King Xiao is resolved, I still have to rely on Master Gu for help."

At this moment, Yuan Bao left the imperial study room, finished speaking with the servants of Fengyang Palace, then hurried back to Longgan Palace, and explained the emperor's orders.

"Please speak, Your Majesty." In the Imperial Study Room, Gu Qingshan listened to the Emperor's words, and quickly saluted, waiting for the Emperor's order.

"Master Gu should know that there are not many concubines in my harem, and they are far worse than those of the previous emperor."

Even if it is not compared with the previous emperors, compared with the emperors of all dynasties, Zhou Jing's harem is definitely small.

Gu Qingshan didn't say a word, secretly thinking about the meaning of the emperor.

The emperor suddenly mentioned the harem, could it be that he wanted to draft and fill the harem?
But the queen just gave birth to twins, the emperor felt that if he proposed to be drafted at this time, it would make the queen sad, so he wanted to persuade the queen?
How can this be?Even if a knife is put on his neck, he won't meddle in the affairs of the empress. To be exact, as a courtier, he shouldn't be meddled!
If you really want to say that the emperor has that kind of thought, you should talk to your wife or the queen mother, where did you say it to a big man like him.

Up to now, he himself is only a daughter-in-law, not to mention a concubine, there is no common room, so it can be seen what kind of temperament, the emperor will not let himself persuade the queen, or talk to his wife, right?

If he went to his wife and said it, at this juncture, if the wife didn't push him to sleep in the study, the sun would come out from the west!

Gu Qingshan thought to himself, seeing that he was silent, Zhou Jing continued to speak.

"Don't worry, Gu Houye, I told you this, not because I want to be drafted to fill the harem."

Ever since he was a prince, he had thought that there would never be too many women in his backyard.

After becoming the prince, this idea has not changed.

He has just been enthroned, because he has not met the queen yet, so he does not reject the draft, but he will compress the candidates for the draft, from a dozen or more entering the palace every three years, to a few or even less.

Now, after all the big and small incidents in the harem, he suddenly didn't want to draft. Now, he only went to Fengyang Palace, which was actually unfair to other concubines.

In the past, although I didn't particularly love anyone, but in the end, for thirty or fifty days, I would sit here and have a meal there, even if I didn't stay overnight, I would go and see it anyway.

Now, he didn't even have to look around. In the harem, he didn't want to go anywhere other than Fengyang Palace.

Therefore, instead of drafting and letting newcomers in, but not even looking at it, it is better not to draft and not letting newcomers in, so as to save big and small things, and they will continue to emerge.

Gu Qingshan remained silent, he couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, so he could only wait for the emperor to speak.

However, the emperor's next words made him unable to recover for a long time.

"I'm thinking, wait until next year's sacrificial ceremony, and announce that there will be no more drafts." Last year, because there were many people of the right age among the royal family, the draft was brought forward.

A total of three concubines entered the palace, and now there is only one left.

If I don't enter the harem, now there is only one son and one daughter in the palace, the court ministers will definitely bring up the draft again, even if there is a war at the border.

Instead of waiting until they speak again, tell them directly that they don't want to be drafted anymore.

But just for him, I'm afraid there will be many voices of opposition.

"Gu Houye's popularity in the court has always been good. I want you to test it out and see what the courtiers say."

Even if the ministers object, this matter will not change in the end, but Zhou Jing does not want to hurt Jinzhi because of his decision.

If he said that there would be no draft, there would be people with ulterior motives who would go and talk about the queen, which she didn't want to see.

(End of this chapter)