Chapter 625 Tell Me What's on Your Mind
Before returning home, the new emperor prepared a state banquet for Murong Jie, Zi'an and others.
When he came, he didn't show the highest etiquette, and when he left, the new emperor didn't want to treat Bei Mo's benefactor badly.
Therefore, the state banquet this time is very grand. Officials above the third rank can bring their family members to attend.
Is this as simple as entertaining Murong Jie and his wife? No, the new emperor will also take this opportunity to win over the courtiers.
Prince Chu Yue is in the emperor... now it's time to talk about the late emperor. Among the many princes of the late emperor, the prince Chu Yue is the most outstanding one. In fact, except for Empress Cao, all the princes are outstanding and suppressed. Come on, can you challenge me? Those who are really talented, also know how to hide their strengths and bide their time, and avoid the edge.
The new emperor's concubine is the concubine of Lord Wang, the minister of rites. It is a joke for a prince to marry a concubine.
However, this marriage is decided by Empress Cao, who dares to question it?
A prince with a straight root has married the concubine's daughter of the Minister's servant, and now this concubine is named the queen. Really, Fengshui turns.
After Zian entered the palace, he talked with the Queen for a long time. From the conversation, Zian could hear the worry of the Queen.
The only source of her worry was Qin Zhou.
Like women all over the world, women's worries are only a little bit, that is, they are afraid that the emperor will make Qin Zhou a queen.
Because Qin Zhou gave her this cheap queen, and even the emperor was supported by Qin Zhou. The best way to reward Qin Zhou is not to give her the status of a county king, but to give her the status of a queen. At that time, they were all family members. Even if Qin Zhou had the soldiers and horses in his hands, what was there to be afraid of?
Therefore, Queen Wang circled around a lot, seeing that Zian didn't seem to understand her meaning at all, she asked directly, "I heard that the princess has a close relationship with the county king, I wonder if she has a sweetheart now?"
After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and chuckled again, "The king of the county is not too young this year. No matter how capable a woman is, she still has to marry and have children. This time, she helped the emperor ascend the throne and made great contributions. I thought, the emperor rewarded the county. The king is a commendation on the face, if you really consider it for the county king, it is best to find a marriage for her."
Zi'an sighed from the bottom of his heart, queen, queen, if there is anything between Qin Zhou and the new emperor, I'm afraid you can't stop it.
I thought so in my heart, but I still wanted to say a few words on the face, "My lady, actually, I just met the county king by chance, and we are not close friends. As for whether she has a sweetheart, I really don't know. My lady expressed her sympathy." It's really touching. Madam can rest assured, the old lady of the Qin family is still healthy, she must be more concerned about the marriage of the county king than Madam, and now Madam has just entered the palace, there are still many things in the harem that Madam needs to worry about."
There was a detour in these words, in fact, it was to tell the queen that she should take care of her own affairs first, and that Qin Zhou's affairs had to be taken care of by members of the Qin family.
Seeing that Zi'an didn't come in, the queen knew that she couldn't ask any more questions, so she smiled disinterestedly, "Yes, the harem really needs to be rectified, anyway, what this palace said to you, you don't want to agree with it." The county king mentioned it, lest she have any thoughts in her heart."
Zi'an said, "That's natural."
After sending Zian away, Qin Zhou was waiting outside.
She is dressed in men's clothes today, a yellow county dress, with wide sleeves and cross-collared collar, with a black edge on the collar, and dragons embroidered all over her body. The embroidery is exquisite and meticulous, which is beyond words.
Three thousand black silk rolled up, tied with a golden crown, handsome face, clear eyebrows, the lines on the face are a bit gentle, not as firm and cold as before.
Zian sometimes thinks that Qin Zhou is a man.
Especially, now that she is standing under the locust tree, the lights are dim and shadowy, and the shadow of the leaves projected is like a still butterfly, with deep eyes, looking at her quietly.
"Here?" Zian walked down. Today she also deliberately dressed up, wearing an autumn-colored dark cloud pattern embroidered brocade palace skirt with a large peony pattern. Xiaosun specially combed her a loose bun with two hair The emerald butterfly hairpin with silver dots is embellished with a silver enamel fan-shaped step, and the forehead hair is pasted with gold tassels. It is completely different from the casual and simple in the past, just like two people.
While she was moving, her dress was sleek, covering her feet with a pair of black-soled brocade jade shoes, the jewels on the toe of the shoes were faintly visible, which was indescribably noble and generous.
Qin Zhou sized her up, and seeing her walking beside her, the smell of incense powder entered his nostrils, so Qin Zhou laughed, "You actually used incense powder?"
Zian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "It's useless, it may be that the empress got close to me just now, and the fragrance was tainted."
"Really?" Qin Zhou didn't seem to care what the queen said to her at all, "Let's go for a walk by the lake, I will... have something to say to you in this county."
Zi'an said: "That's fine, anyway, I'm leaving in two days. When I'm done, I have some things I want to entrust to you."
"What about the Lord Rouyao?" Qin Zhou turned around and walked with his hands behind his back. "You don't have to entrust them. The county will always send people to look for them until they are found."
Zi'an has always been worried about Rou Yao, and now she doesn't know whether she is dead or alive, Rou Yao's life and death are always hanging in her heart, she can't rest for a day.
After hearing Qin Zhou's assurance, she just forced a smile, "Thank you!"
Qin Zhou looked at her, hesitant to speak.
In fact, she had already received some news that someone had seen two people, and from the person's description, one could conclude that it should be Ah Jing.
But Ah Jing brought a wounded man, but that man was also a man.
She couldn't bear to tell Zian.
"What's wrong?" Zian asked seeing her strange expression.
Qin Zhou shook his head, "No, I just wondered where would they go if they were alive?"
"Yeah, it's all over now, and they must have gotten the news. If nothing happened, why didn't they come back?" Zian also felt very strange.
"It turned out that when they fled, the imperial army was chasing them. Maybe they hid in the ravine and didn't know the news." Qin Zhou comforted him with difficulty.
Although Zian knew it was far-fetched, he also hoped it was true.
"What are you going to tell me?"
While talking, the two walked to the lake.
In the distance, maids of honor in twos and threes walked through the winding verandah with trays.
The wind was very good, and the surface of the lake was wrinkled layer by layer. The fallen leaves swirled in the lake, rippling and full of artistic conception.
Qin Zhou was silent for a while, "It's nothing."
Zian was startled, "Huh?"
Qin Zhou raised his head, and there seemed to be some sadness between his brows.
"Bohou proposed marriage to me." Qin Zhou said suddenly.
"Bohou? You mean, Old General Long?"
"Propose marriage to me for his grandson." Qin Zhou laughed at himself, "His grandson is a few years younger than me."
"Have you met him?" Zian didn't expect Qin Zhou to tell her these things. She thought that only girlfriends would talk about these topics.
"I've seen it."
"How does he look? How is his personality? Do you like him?" Zi An paused, "Perhaps, it is enough to ask whether you like him or not."
Qin Zhou sat down on the stone, raised his hand, and raised his sleeves with a neat and unrestrained movement.