Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

After Prince Qing left, Concubine Yun's angry expression gradually relaxed.

"Come out."

As soon as Concubine Yun finished speaking, Concubine Xian came out from the inner room, her eyes were blank, like a walking corpse. In fact, when she heard Concubine Yun say this yesterday, although she said she didn't believe it, since she came to eavesdrop today, it means that her heart has been shaken. Especially when she heard Xiao Zuoqing say that she was useless and even that she might become an obstacle to him, at that moment, Concubine Xian felt that all her years of grievances were in vain.

"What? Now that you know the truth, are you finally giving up?"

The virtuous concubine remained silent, she didn't know what to say at this moment.

Concubine Yun stood up from her chair and slowly walked behind her, gently stroked her shoulders with both hands, and spoke in a low voice into her ear.

"Emperor Mingren has three sons. Chen'er is relatively pure and has few desires, and Xiao Zuoming is a fool, so only Xiao Zuoqing inherited Emperor Mingren's temperament. Think about it, when you first married Emperor Mingren, did he show any ambition to be emperor? Even if he didn't have the ability at the time, it doesn't mean he didn't have this intention. Otherwise, why would he want the throne as soon as Bai Qingning found him?

The same is true for Xiao Zuoqing. Moreover, his life story is very similar to that of Emperor Mingren. Both of them have a mother who has no background and is the least favored prince. The pain of Emperor Mingren is that everyone said that he was not qualified to inherit the throne, whether from the emperor's love or the family background of his mother's family. There is only one prince, and the other brothers are all illegitimate, but he is the least qualified one, so he wants the least qualified son to become the emperor.

So no matter whether Xiao Zuoqing is qualified or not, Emperor Mingren will first make all officials believe that he is not qualified, and then deify him in front of everyone. "

After listening to Concubine Yun's words, Concubine Xian thought for a moment and asked back.

"So? What do you want me to know all this for? I don't think I'm of any use to you."

"Don't think like that. Everyone in this world has their own role, but some people play a bigger role, and some people play a smaller role. But if you want to achieve great things, any small role cannot be ignored."

The virtuous concubine shook her head.

"I am of no use, nor do I want to be of any use. I am tired, so I will go back first."

Without waiting for Concubine Yun to say anything, Concubine Xian turned around and was about to leave. Concubine Yun saw her leaving but did not stop her, but was thinking about something in her heart.

It seems that Xiao Zuoqing's words were not harsh enough and he failed to make Concubine Xian give up on him.

Concubine Yun returned to the desk, holding her chin and thinking about something, then called Mu Dai in.

"Empress~"

Mu Dai stood respectfully, because compared to Emperor Mingren, he was more afraid of Concubine Yun. This woman was even more vicious than Emperor Mingren.

"Help me do something."

"Yes~"

......

Two months passed in a flash.

In the first two months of the new year, everything went smoothly in Wangyan City.

The mining industry under Xiao Zuochen developed better and better, and he also built his own auction houses in various cities. With the support of funds, the members of the spider web spread more and more widely. But at the same time, he became busier and busier, and sometimes he didn't go back to the shadow house for seven or eight days in a row.

"Pfft~"

Xiao Zuoming sat in the yard and watched Jinmian chasing the chickens and ducks in the yard, and couldn't help but find her cute.

The wife had these chickens and ducks because she felt bored at home, so she had raised them as "pets" in the past two days. The master and servant thought that these animals were easy to raise, and that they could just sprinkle some food on them every day, but who would have thought that they would pee all over the ground and eat the flowers and plants everywhere, making the yard a mess and smelling.

"Why would your master think of raising these things? They're so dirty~"

The Third Prince was disgusted while gloating on the side. Jin Mian, who was originally chasing chickens and ducks with a broom, raised the broom and hit the Third Prince, not letting him off.

"You're still standing by and watching? This kind of work should be done by idle people like you!"

Xiao Zuoming dodged Jin Mian's attack perfectly.

"Oh, you have become quite strong!"

Jinmian said viciously, gritting her teeth.

"Yes, thanks to Miss Jinmian~"

"You! Stop right there!"

The two of them chased each other in the yard. Seeing Xiao Zuoming about to escape from the gate, Jin Mian rushed over and raised the broom to hit him hard, but she didn't expect Wei Changmei to walk in from the gate. Xiao Zuoming was only concerned with running forward, and didn't expect Jin Mian to use all her strength. When he saw Wei Changmei, he subconsciously wanted to hide behind her to annoy Jin Mian.

"what!"

Wei Changmei had just stepped into the yard, holding the snacks she had just bought from outside, and was walking with her head down. She felt something moving quickly in front of her out of the corner of her eye. Then she felt someone pulling her sleeve, and her whole body was adjusted in direction by a force. Then, in front of her, there was a stick heading towards her face. She was so scared that she could do nothing but close her eyes and scream.

But the pain he imagined did not come. Wei Changmei closed his eyes and touched his forehead, then tentatively opened his eyes. He saw a woman in black clothes and a high ponytail standing in front of him, holding Jinmian's broom tightly with one hand. Wei Changmei was about to reach out and pat her and ask who she was, but the woman used one hand to force Jinmian out with the broom.

Wei Changmei was completely stunned, who is this woman! ?

The woman seemed to have sensed something and clapped her hands together as if she was disgusted by the dirtiness of the broom. She turned around and smiled at Wei Changmei.

"Sister Wei, long time no see."

"!"

Wei Changmei was completely shocked.

"Zuo Xin! Are you out of confinement?!"

But compared to being shocked, Wei Changmei felt more surprised.

"Oh my God, if you don't come back I'll almost forget you~"

Wei Changmei was so excited that she shed tears. Zuo Xin just reached out and patted her on the head.

"If I don't come back, I won't be able to see you anymore. Who are they? They are so brave."

Wei Changmei then remembered what had just happened. He looked towards the place where Jin Mian was thrown out, only to find that the person who was thrown out was actually Jin Mian.

"Ah this..."

Wei Changmei quickly ran over to check on Jinmian, who also struggled to get up from the ground.

"lady..."

Jin Mian was knocked all over the place by the quilt. She managed to calm herself down and saw Wei Changmei.

"Are you okay?"

Wei Changmei asked with concern.

"Is this your maid?"

Zuo Xin also walked over and looked at the two of them with wide eyes.

But before Wei Changmei could explain, Zuo Xin showed a look of disgust again.

"You are such a bold maid, you actually dared to make a move against you. If I hadn't arrived in time, I would have hit you with that stick!"

"Madam, I didn't do it on purpose. It's all the Third Prince's fault!"

"You're really good at making excuses!"

Zuo Xin didn't listen to her explanation, but it was at this moment that she noticed that the man hiding behind Wei Changmei was the Third Prince, and rolled his eyes at him. The Third Prince was stunned when he saw this. When did Zuo Xin have the guts to roll her eyes at him?

"Why do you care so much?"

Jin Mian was about to retort after being told off by Zuo Xin, but was interrupted by Wei Changmei.

"Watch your words, she is Mrs. Zuo."

Although they were both concubines, because there was no main wife above them, the servants in the house always called Wei Changmei "Madam". As for Zuo Xin, because the servants had never seen her since they came, they only knew that there was another Madam Zuo in seclusion in the mansion.

When Jin Mian heard what her master said, she immediately shut her mouth, and finally apologized under Zuo Xin's oppressive sidelong glance.

"Hmph~ You have to take good care of your servants~"

Zuo Xin hugged her shoulders with a very proud expression.

"Okay, okay, since you're back, help me. Let's go. You haven't shown up for almost a year. You need to let the servants in the mansion recognize you first~"

So Zuo Xin went back to her room to change clothes under Wei Changmei's urging.