Beauty is poisonous

Chapter 101

Zhuo Qihua was so angry that his teeth itched, is this the rhythm of robbing him?

He rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle Huang, I haven't had dinner with you for a long time, why don't I sit by your side too."

Everyone covered their lips and smiled, who didn't know that Zhuo Qihua's drunkard's intention was not to drink?Just now I refused, but it will be better to say than to sing!
But this time they once again saw Zhuo Shitian's doting on Zhuo Qihua. May I ask which emperor in the world to invite someone who is not a kindness to his courtiers and juniors? Changed my mind, isn't this taking the emperor too seriously?
Zhuo Shitian said with a half smile but not a smile: "Now there is no place for you by my side."

Zhuo Qihua was about to speak again when the eunuch sang: "Please, empress, please, please, empress, imperial concubine!"

Everyone stood up again, knelt down on the ground in unison, and said loudly: "The empress is a thousand years old, the empress is a thousand years old, and the imperial concubine is a thousand years old."

The queen is the daughter of a side branch of the Cui family in Longxi, and the former queen is also the daughter of the Cui family in Longxi, but it is from the direct line. After the death of the former queen, the Cui family in Longxi plans to send another direct line in order to consolidate the position of the family. However, Zhuo Shitian only agreed to allow the daughter of a side branch of the Cui family to enter the palace as the empress, to show respect for the former empress.

Although the Cui family was unwilling in every possible way, they had no suitable reason to refute Zhuo Shitian's decision, so they could only grit their teeth and choose a woman with good looks and average scheming from the side branch to be the queen.

The reason why he chose the one with average appearance instead of extremely beautiful ones was that Zhuo Shitian would be fascinated by the beauty of the new empress, and thus agree to things that Pang Zhi should not agree to.

And the choice of the scheming is to protect the interests of the direct branch, so that the new queen will not use her clever mind to help the side branch up and compare the direct branch.

You must know that the direct branch of the Cui family has always had a strong sense of superiority and has always looked down on the side branch. It broke the balance between the direct branch and the side branch, and even made the side branch have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

Zhuo Shitian is very willing to see this point, he hopes to use this to make the direct branch and the side branch fight, so as to divide the Cui family from the inside!

This is also the reason why he married the prostitute's daughter as the empress.

As a large clan, the Cui family has thousands of years of heritage, and there are many children and grandchildren under the family. There are already signs of threatening the imperial power. Just imagine how Zhuo Shitian can tolerate it?

Tao Zhizhang glanced at Zhuo Lingyi who was standing behind Empress Cui, and couldn't help thinking that the death of the former empress might also be caused by Zhuo Shitian, just to make room for the new empress.

Although the new Empress Cui has been in the palace for several years, she has no children under her knees. Tao Zhizhang couldn't help but pay more attention to her.

Empress Cui looks very dignified and looks very gentle. Although she is only in her 20s, it may be because she has been a queen for many years, she looks a bit dignified.

Empress Cui is not the kind of flirtatious woman, but it makes people look very comfortable and sensitive.

Because just when Tao Zhijian looked at her, she turned her head, and when her eyes met Tao Zhijian, she smiled slightly, very warm.

Tao Zhizun's heart moved, this smile... reminded her of her mother, Feng Shi, who also smiled so gently and gently, forgiving all her faults, but she would point it out very seriously afterwards, making her Know where you are wrong.

She returned a smiling face to Empress Cui. Empress Cui was taken aback for a moment, then nodded to Tao Zhizhang and then looked at Zhuo Shitian.

Such a kind Empress Cui made Tao Zhizhang feel sorry for her, but such a gentle woman became a victim of a political marriage, even her own child is impossible!
If the prediction is correct, Empress Cui's infertility must be the sterilization drug given to her by the direct branch of the Cui family, just to make the branch not think about it and can only wholeheartedly support the prince born to the direct queen.

But the prince...

Tao Zhizhang looked at the prince who had always been like a fairy, and his lips twitched fiercely. Empress Cui might not be able to get close to such a big son.

When Zhuo Lingyi looked at Tao Zhizhang, he immediately turned his head and gave Tao Zhizhang a refined smile, and Tao Zhizhang had no choice but to smile back.

This laugh was unbelievable, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and Zhuo Qihua said sourly: "Tao Zhizhang, are you going to climb the wall in front of the master?"

Tao Zhizhang's face darkened, and he gave him a hard look, this guy didn't even look at the occasion, he dared to say anything.

Unexpectedly, being stared at by Tao Zhizhang, Zhuo Qihua was even more fascinated, and muttered reluctantly: "When you see other men, you smile, and when you see the master, you frown coldly. Tao Zhizhang, you Isn't the difference too obvious?"

Tao Zhizhang gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, "Zhuo Qihua, are you finished?"

Zhuo Qihua stopped talking immediately, and looked at Tao Zhizhang sadly, like a puppy abandoned by its owner, how pitiful and pitiful the melancholy eyes were.

Tao Zhijuan felt accusing gazes from all around were shooting at her, almost hitting her with holes.

She tried her best to squeeze out a smile, and said to Zhuo Qihua: "Hey, go back and reward you!"

Zhuo Qihua was happy for a moment, and he came up to him and said, "What reward? How do you want to reward? Go back and kiss Grandpa?"

If Zhuo Qihua said these words in a low voice, there would be nothing wrong with Tao Zhizhang, but the most annoying thing is that Zhuo Qihua actually used Yin and Yang tones, which attracted everyone's attention, almost making Tao Zhizhang want to find a hole in the ground got in.

What is yin and yang?That is, the tone of speech is high and low!

What Zhuo Qihua said just now made people hear the high voice, but not the low voice. In the end, it was this sentence that reached everyone's ears: "What? You want a father?"

It was as if Tao Zhizhu offered to wash his flowers in person.

This guy must be doing it on purpose, to let everyone here hear how much she wants to be a prince!
Tao Zhizhang is very angry and funny, and Ganqing's cleverness is used in this.

But when she saw his smug smile with careful flattery, all her anger disappeared. Who made her like him?It just happened to drive away those flies for her too!
Sure enough, after Zhuo Lingyi heard this, his eyes sank slightly, and he looked at Tao Zhizhang with a little bit of displeasure.

Zhuo Lingyun seemed to have caught Hong Xing's cheating wife, staring at Tao Zhizhang with jealous and angry eyes, as if Tao Zhizhang would not let it go unless he explained clearly.

But no matter how powerful their gazes were, they could not compare to Concubine Xu's gazes, which seemed to want to eat her up.

It was the first time for Tao Zhizhang to see Concubine Xu. As she had imagined, Concubine Xu was not very beautiful, but she was very petite and pitiful, which could arouse a man's desire for protection.

It's just that Concubine Xu Gui may have been that kind of girl when she was not in the palace. After years of precipitation and court battles, she is no longer the girl next door in the past, but has grown into a woman with a Buddha face and a snake heart.

Otherwise, how could she have allowed Zhuo Lingyun to do such inhumane things to her in the previous life? !
Empress Cui and Concubine Xu walked up to Zhuo Shitian, bowed to Zhuo Shitian gracefully, Zhuo Shitian smiled and asked them to excuse themselves.

"Queen, how about my concubine serving you today?"

After Xu Guifei saluted, she walked delicately to Zhuo Shitian's right and was about to sit down.

That appearance clearly did not put Empress Cui in their eyes, and everyone lowered their heads, not daring to show the slightest expression.

Although Empress Cui is not favored, she is the main palace and has a prince under her knees. Although Concubine Xu is favored, she has no power behind her, and the only one she can rely on now is the fourth prince.

Therefore, it is still unknown who will win and who will win the fight between the concubine and concubine. They must not stand in line.

But they were not so peaceful, they still secretly looked at Empress Cui, trying to see some clues from Empress Cui's eyebrows.

After all, Empress Cui is a member of the Cui family, and the nobleness of poetry and calligraphy has accumulated in her body for thousands of years. She just didn't see Xu Guifei's provocation, but she was dignified and generous. Standing aside, watching everyone with a smile.

Zhuo Shitian's eyes sank slightly, he was becoming more and more dissatisfied with Concubine Xu, at first he doted on Concubine Xu, firstly because she was petty and gentle, not fighting or snatching, and secondly because she had no background and was easy to control , but the years are like a butcher's knife, turning a warm girl who had no intention of scheming at the beginning and only wanted to survive into an insatiable and deep-scheming girl.

Maybe……

He said lightly: "No need, I have already asked Second Miss Tao to wait on me."

After finishing speaking, she ignored her, but looked at Empress Cui, and said with a gentle smile, "Zitong, sit by my side. It's been a long time since you and I sat together and had fun together."

Empress Cui smiled gently and said: "It is a concubine's blessing to be able to enjoy the joy with the emperor!"

Having said that, Yongrong sat noblely on Zhuoshitian's left side, and did not look at Xu Guifei's ashen face during the whole process.

At this time, I only heard Zhuo Shitian waving to Tao Zhizhang: "Second Miss Tao, come, sit by my side."

Tao Zhijuan's face turned black, the emperor's trick made her confront Concubine Xu directly, but if she and Concubine Xu did not deal with each other, the Emperor probably knew it a long time ago, and now maybe he took the opportunity to beat Concubine Xu.

Tao Zhizhang slowly walked towards the chair full of Concubine Xu's poisonous eyes, biting the bullet and ignoring Concubine Xu's vicious warning eyes, as well as Zhuo Lingyun's angry eyes.

In the hearts of Concubine Xu and Zhuo Lingyun, they thought that Tao Zhizhang should resign and then give up the position to Concubine Xu, so as to save Concubine Xu's face, but Tao Zhizhang did not do this, that is because she has no vision price.

Tao Zhizhang sneered in his heart, knowing that Concubine Xu Gui was plotting against her secretly, and she went out of her way to curry favor with Concubine Xu, wouldn't she have become the No.
Fool?
This royal person is really narcissistic. Do you think that everyone in this world has to coax them, and even show an expression of honor after being tricked by them?
She pursed her lips, and said to Zhuo Shitian and Empress Cui: "Your Majesty, Empress, that courtier is not welcome."

Zhuo Shitian smiled and said, "If I tell you to sit down, why should you be polite?"

Empress Cui said gently and softly: "The emperor must not frighten her. The concubine likes her very much. If it is not for fear that the Taohou Mansion will not let her go, the concubine would want to recognize her as a righteous daughter."

Zhuo Shitian's heart moved, and he looked at Empress Cui. Seeing that Empress Cui had a calm face without any scheming, he couldn't help thinking secretly.

"Zitong, is what you just said true?"

Empress Cui said happily: "Of course it is true, does the emperor want to..."

Zhuo Shitian said with a noncommittal smile, "That depends on how Zi Tong behaves."

"Expression?" Empress Cui looked at Zhuo Shitian foolishly and didn't understand the meaning of his words.

Zhuo Shitian was a little annoyed at his frivolity, knowing that according to the Cui family's family rules, Empress Cui must not know what he secretly meant. This is also the reason why he is not close to Empress Cui. Who would like a woman who doesn't understand her style? ?
Therefore, the daughter of the Cui family can be a queen because of her dignity and courtesy, but she cannot win the emperor's favor.

He coughed lightly, and said in a disguised way: "One day I can consider what I mean when I'm in a good mood."

Empress Cui smiled and said: "Now the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the weather is going well in all places, so the emperor is naturally in a good mood."

"Hahaha, well said!"

Zhuo Shitian laughed loudly and said: "Okay, since that's the case, today, while I'm happy, I will announce that Tao Zhizhuo is beautiful, intelligent, gentle and considerate, and won the empress's favor. From now on, she will accept the empress's knees as the empress's adopted daughter."

Empress Cui was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"

Empress Cui knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed to Zhuo Shitian.

Tao Zhizhang glanced at Empress Cui in surprise, she never expected that she would be so favored by Empress Cui, she would become Empress Cui's adoptive daughter after just seeing her, she was a person who had died once, and she was more perceptive than others , I can naturally feel Empress Cui's kindness towards her.

Empress Cui saw that she was still standing there stupidly, so she couldn't help but kindly said: "Silly boy, what are you still doing in a daze? From now on, you will be the adoptive daughter of the palace, and also the adoptive daughter of the emperor. Come and thank your adoptive father of the emperor!"

"..." Tao Zhizhang was tongue-tied, became a princess all of a sudden?It's too uncomfortable.

"Hahaha..." Zhuo Shitian laughed again and said, "Zitong, you are always gentle and gentle, but I can't tell that you are also cunning. relation?"

Empress Cui showed a look of sincerity, and when she was about to speak, Zhuo Shitian interrupted her: "Hehe, there is no need to explain, I was just joking with you, I know you really like Peach Tree, so I want to Fight for her more rights, well, today, while everyone is happy, I will give Tao Zhizhang a title, how about giving her the title of princess?"

Empress Cui said happily: "That's really great, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhuo Lingyun and Zhuo Lingyi's faces changed drastically, it was enough to recognize the queen as a foster mother, they still had a chance, but once the emperor recognized Tao Zhizhang as a foster daughter, they would be brothers and sisters.

They will never even think about marrying Tao Zhizhang in this life.

Immediately, both of them said anxiously: "Father, you can't do it!"

Zhuo Shitian was in high spirits when interrupted by the two of them, his face became gloomy and he hummed, "Why? What's wrong with me recognizing a daughter?"

"My son doesn't dare!"

Both of them felt their scalps go numb and apologized in unison.

It was Zhuo Lingyi who was more clever and said: "Second Miss Tao and Cousin Hua are in love with each other. If the father recognizes Miss Tao Second, then it means that they have become cousins ​​with Cousin Hua. Isn't this just like beating mandarin ducks together?" Is it gone?"

Zhuo Lingyun hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, if both the father and the mother recognize Miss Tao Er as the adoptive daughter, then she will become the only daughter of the mother's concubine. According to the ancestral system, she will have the title of a concubine. But the queen mother is still so young, if there is another chance to give birth to a royal sister in the future, wouldn't the status of the royal sister be lower than that of Miss Tao Er? This would be unfair to the future royal sister.

(End of this chapter)