"Xunle, what's the matter?"
Looking at the impetuous little girl, the queen smiled gently without any blame.
Yan'er, the maid in waiting, came to the Queen. She spit out her little tongue playfully and said with a smile, "Madam, there is new news about what you asked me to inquire."
"Tell me quickly~" The queen's eyes brightened and her face was full of curiosity.
The queen asked Xunle to inquire about Cao Ze.
Emperor Qiandi's harem is relatively harmonious, because Emperor Qiandi is weak and doesn't favor any empresses. It's useless for the harem to collude with each other. If Emperor Qiandi is abolished, his empresses and concubines will not escape into the cold palace.
Since he entered the palace, Emperor Qian only occasionally visited the empress and two concubines and never stayed overnight. However, the three concubines were extremely concerned about the situation of Emperor Qian. Their future was uncertain when they were in the harem, and their fate depended on Emperor Qian.
The three empresses knew that the situation was very unfavorable for Emperor Qian, but they were all weak women and could not change it. They had to pray secretly.
Over the past few days, good news has been spread to the Imperial Palace in succession, and the situation has gradually turned around. The three empresses are also relieved, so Cao Shaoqing, a riding general who played a key role in turning the situation around, has a good opinion and continues to pay attention.
The three empresses were all inconvenient to come forward, and all entrusted the task of finding out the news to their own maids. For example, the empress asked Xunar to find out.
Chu Yuan and the three kings have great influence in the capital, but the imperial palace is still in the hands of Emperor Gan. The three kings, the national teacher and the head of Jingyesi do not allow Chu Yuan to put his hand into the imperial palace. It is not difficult for the maids of the three empresses to ask for information.
"Goddess, it's great news."
"General Cao fought outside the city this morning..."
The beautiful palace maid, Xunle, reported the information she had inquired, and her face was filled with a bright innocent smile.
"That's great."
The empress breathed a sigh, opened her pink lips, and murmured, "Your Majesty should be very happy now..."
In this battle, Cao Shaoqing showed his cards and played a more prominent role. Emperor Qian's situation is no longer so passive.
The prestige of the Chu Yuan was further damaged, and its power was also weakened. However, the Qiandi's momentum grew gradually, and its power soared many times.
"Madam, I heard that General Cao has entered the palace and is talking with your majesty in secret."
"General Cao is really a divine man. He has such powerful strength and influence at a young age. He is also a first-rate beautiful man in the world. His Majesty also trusts him. I don't know what kind of woman is worthy of him..."
Xunar's face shows admiration and admires Cao Ze very much.
When the queen heard the words, her eyes flashed a strange color, and her heart stirred up ripples.
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Changle Palace, Yongle Palace.
After Princess Zhaojun entered the palace, she went straight to the Yongle Hall. She was still thinking about meeting Cao Ze.
Previously, when she received the good news of the war outside the city, she rushed into the palace and wanted to share it with the emperor's brother immediately to ease his mood.
When she met Cao Ze, Princess Zhaojun changed her mind. She knew that Cao Ze was going to the palace to see Emperor Qian and had something important to talk about. Now she could not disturb the emperor's brother, so she went to Yongle Palace to talk to the empress dowager.
Princess Zhaojun entered the Yongle Hall without incident, found no one and was about to leave when a soft and charming voice suddenly sounded.
"Zhaojun, why are you here again?"
"Queen Mother, Zhaojun is worried about your loneliness and has come to talk to you."
Princess Zhaojun's beautiful eyes flashed slightly, her eyes scanned the hall, and finally fell behind a gorgeous screen. As she said, she crept past.
"Wow!"
Princess Zhaojun's jade hand pulled the screen and was about to see the spring scenery when she saw the queen mother in her bathrobe looking at her with a half smile.
Zhaojun looked at the queen mother's beautiful and graceful figure and delicate skin, focused on sweeping the towering mountains, and said with a smile, "The mother has bathed so quickly?"
"Or what? Wait for you, an unfilial girl, to play tricks on my family?" The queen mother rolled her eyes and walked out gracefully.
After sitting down, the empress dowager said quietly, "Go ahead, what's the matter?"
Beware of being seen through, Zhaojun was not embarrassed at all. He immediately came to sit beside the empress dowager and said excitedly, "Mother, guess who I met when I entered the palace?"
"Cao Shaoqing," said the empress dowager lightly.
"Ah? How did the mother know?" Zhaojun was shocked. How did she know what happened at the gate of the palace city when the mother was just bathing?
"Why is it difficult?"
"If you are interested in entering the palace, you will be Cao Shaoqing these days." The empress dowager was indifferent.
Zhaojun nodded, but without further questioning, he said quickly: "Mother, that Cao Shaoqing is so powerful, he hid too deeply. This time, the old guy Chuyuan suffered a big loss."
The empress dowager's eyes flashed a strange color and said, "Oh? Tell me about it."
Princess Zhaojun told the news again. The empress dowager praised her, but she was a little upset.
"What a good Cao Shaoqing, how nice, hehe~"
The empress dowager recited something in her heart, and said another thing directly: "Your emperor's brother is going to reunite with the empress. Do you know this?"
"Yes." Zhaojun nodded.
"That's a good thing. Sister Linglong is finally going to become a real fruit. She has felt sorry for her for the past few months."
When talking about the empress, Zhaojun sighed. She liked the empress Shuilinglong very much, but the situation was not right before, and she could not persuade the emperor's brother to do that.
As for the rumors from the outside world, Zhaojun didn't believe it at all. She and the emperor's brother knew each other clearly from childhood. How could the emperor's brother be a daughter?
Hearing the words, the empress dowager frowned slightly and recovered instantly. Princess Zhaojun did not notice.
"Really not a daughter?" The empress dowager thought to herself. She didn't believe it.
She has some clues in her hands. Although there is no evidence, she believes in rumors.
Who would have thought that Emperor Qian suddenly wanted to reunite with the empress? Once it was done, the rumor broke down, which could be said to be a desperate attempt.
"I'd like to see if you are taking drastic measures or trying to hide the truth." The empress dowager sneered in her heart.
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After leaving the palace, Cao Ze went straight back to the mansion. Cao Zhengyu and Cao Feixue came together with excited smiles on their faces.
Cao Ze talked with the two people in the main hall, mainly about Cao Feixue's reporting work. The framework of the intelligence force [Royal Guards] Cao Ze asked her to establish has been set up, and is ready to radiate the whole of Zhongzhou with the capital city as the center.
On the other side, King Yan's Residence, King Yan, King Xu and King Zhenwu held a secret meeting.
In the Chamber of Secrets, the three kings attached great importance to the battle outside the city, and their respective tone was very solemn. The theme was whether to increase support for Chu Yuan.
"We all underestimated Cao Shaoqing. Unexpectedly, he hid so deeply, and was full of courage and ruthless. He was a person who did great things."
When talking about Cao Ze, the King of Yan sighed with fear.