My queen does not compete for favor

Chapter 25

Wan Qixiao had already run away a long time ago.Nonsense, what is he looking for is a wife, he is obviously trying to recruit a dog!
Wan Qixiao muttered all the way back to the middle palace, Yunxia had already been waiting anxiously in her bedroom.Seeing Wan Qixiao, Yunxia breathed a sigh of relief as if seeing a savior: "Your Majesty! You are finally back!"

"What? What happened?"

"My maidservant just got the news that the Empress Dowager, who was repairing at Huang'en Temple, knew that Concubine Rou was pregnant. She was very happy, and she will return to court tomorrow! Now everyone in the palace is busy making preparations to welcome the Empress Dowager!"

"Queen?" Wan Qixiao thought and thought, and finally found such a vague woman in the corner of memory.That is a woman who is as ambitious and incompetent as a blind bear, and she is a branch of the Zuo family.During the bloody days when Qin Xian took Mo Qixiao back to court, she once ascended to the throne of queen mother as a queen and supported her son to become emperor, but within three days she was dethroned by King Ling. Forced a coup in the palace to pull him out of power, and lost his son in middle age, so far he has retreated behind the scenes.Afterwards, after a series of struggles for power among the kings, Qin Xian finally overthrew the imperial capital suddenly with a hidden leopard, became a blockbuster, and quickly grasped the military power in the imperial capital, and the political situation finally settled down.The contending kings and their most radical supporters soon disappeared, and Qin Xian ascended the throne.At this point, the Empress Dowager Zuo asked her to leave the palace and go to Huang'en Temple to clean up, and she no longer interfered with the affairs of the palace.This time, I think it is because I am happy to see Concubine Rou, and I want to use this opportunity to make a comeback.this woman!
Wan Qixiao flicked his nails and raised the corners of his mouth.Stupid woman, a lot of age, still haven't learned to be smarter.Will someone like Qin Xian give you a chance to come back?He still wants Baba to run back to take his own humiliation.You can't let go of power at such an old age!
Hmm... But yes, who would be willing to let go of such a good thing as power?At least she couldn't if Wan Qixiao.Knowing how to be the top of the mountain, looking at the small mountains, calculating all the way, stepping on other people's corpses to climb to the top, and ascending to the top in one fell swoop, this is the happiest thing in life.Fighting vertically and horizontally, life and death, what is more exciting and enjoyable than this?

Ha ha ha ha ha……

That being the case, in this battle for the master of the harem, Empress Dowager, I am happy to compete with you!
On the fourth day of November, the Empress Dowager returned to court.

The Great Qin Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and when the Empress Dowager returned to the court, the welcoming scene was naturally extremely grand.The autumn is breezy and cloudless, the red flags on the palace wall are rustling in the wind, and the dragon flags of the emperor are flying domineeringly at the gates of each checkpoint. The Guanghua Avenue is specially covered with a golden silk red carpet overnight. Qi Qi waiting, the scene is extremely spectacular.

At the gate of Zhengde at the end of Guanghua Dao, all the women in the harem were all dressed up, standing neatly behind Wan Chengxiao, dignified and reserved, waiting for the arrival of the old queen mother.

Then I heard a voice that pierced through the sky from far away: "The Empress Dowager has arrived..."

"Welcome the empress dowager for a thousand years and a thousand years!" All the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down, and the voices of thousands of people shouted together were loud and magnificent, and it was magnificent under the blue sky and white clouds.

The golden-yellow Luanyu drove slowly, and the gold thread tassels on the curtains of the car swayed from side to side, getting closer and closer. Wan Chengxiao felt a little puzzled seeing the car of the Queen Mother Zuo approaching.Qin Xian hasn't appeared yet?This person has always been impeccable in his work, why is he so frivolous this time?For such an important event as the queen mother's return to the palace, no matter how bad their relationship is, they still have to pretend, right?Wouldn't it be criticized for not appearing so grandiosely?

Wanting to return to his thoughts, Wan Qixiao didn't move slowly, and immediately led all the concubines to salute the Queen Mother: "The concubine welcomes the Queen Mother for a thousand years and a thousand years!"

Here Wan Qixiao has the highest rank. She is the empress, equivalent to the position of the main wife, and the master of the harem. In theory, except for the need to kneel down to the mother-in-law when meeting the elders on the day after the wedding, there is no need to kneel down to the queen mother at other times.So Wan Qixiao just bowed and saluted.And behind her, there was a clatter of kneeling.Even if the status is as respected as the third concubine, she is still a concubine after all, and the etiquette cannot be dismissed. After all, the concubine's room will kneel down and salute when seeing the queen mother.

This is the benefit of power.Wan Qixiao sighed in his heart, but enjoyed such pleasure very much.Of course, it would be even better if you don't have to salute.Hehe, there will always be such a day, always.There was a flash of light in Wan Qixiao's eyes, and his expression was shining.

The golden car curtain on Luanyu was raised, an old eunuch crawled out first, raised his arm, and then a plain white hand stretched out from the car to rest on his arm, the queen mother bent down and slowly got out of the car come out.With the support of the old eunuch, the queen mother slowly got down from Luanyu.

When the Queen Mother touched Luanyu, Wan Qixiao felt the concubine Rou behind him ready to move.This made Wan Chengxiao couldn't help raising his eyebrows.Concubine Rou is so restless, it seems that Qin Xian must have started to move in the court, and the range is so large that the Zuo family feels uneasy.This kind of uneasiness is reflected in Concubine Rou's impatience in urgent need of help.The Empress Dowager Zuo returned to court, and she immediately wanted to join forces with her as if she had seen a savior, and discuss big plans together.

Wan Qixiao suddenly wanted to laugh.The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are both counting on each other to help them, stepping on each other to help them rise to the top.As everyone knows, all mud bodhisattvas cross the river and cannot protect themselves.Qin Xian alone is enough for them to suffer, not to mention that the things given to her by Yunshang, a child prostitute in Yuhuafang, are enough for the Zuo family to eat a big pot and collapse half of the sky.

However, she hasn't decided whether to help Qin Xian or not.She also wished that Qin Xian's court would be more chaotic, so that she would have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos to rise to power.But unfortunately, although the timing is right now, and the monarch and his subjects are fighting to the death, she has not made enough preparations, does not have enough foundation, and rashly ascending to the position will only die faster.When the time comes, but not enough preparations, or when you are ready, but fail to wait for the time, these are really two major tragedies in life.She wants the pinnacle of power in the world, but she will not advance blindly, and she will not do things that are not sure.Therefore, what she wants to do now is to have a firm grip on the harem first.

With the support of the old eunuch, the queen mother slowly got down from Luanyu, and once she stood firmly, she walked to Wan Qixiao at a slightly faster pace and helped her up, smiling kindly and dignifiedly: "Rou'er, please forgive me! Don't get tired! Yulian, Biluo, hurry up and help the empress...Rou'er, I haven't seen you for so long, I can't recognize Aijia anymore, the change is so big...hehehe" She grabbed Wanqi Xiao Xiao clapped his hand lovingly.

Wan Chengxiao trembled.Concubine Rou behind her was still kneeling on the ground, and when she heard the words, she immediately raised her head with a pale face, with a frail look on the verge of collapse: "Empress Dowager! Rou'er, Rou'er is here!" After saying that, she bit her lower lip, water Wang Wang's almond eyes seemed to be filled with water.

(End of this chapter)