Marry the villain and the whole court kneels down and calls her the queen

"Your Highness, what did the Prime Minister tell you? What should we do?"

Madam Xiang, the confidant of Queen Zhou, was her most capable assistant.

I have been with her for more than 20 years. I am cautious and smart.

Queen Zhou sighed faintly: "We need to prepare to take action in advance..."

"Ah?" Nanny Xiang obviously hadn't expected this outcome. "His Majesty is still very loving to the Empress."

Queen Zhou played with the emerald the size of a pigeon egg in her hand.

"The Crown Prince is not young anymore. He can try to participate in government affairs. But isn't father being too impatient..."

Nanny Xiang felt the same way and speculated, "Could it be because so many things have happened in the Madam's family recently..."

Empress Zhou took a deep breath and said, "As soon as Xiaojiu returned to Beijing, our Zhou family ran into trouble. As expected, Master Huiyuan was right. Our Zhou family and Xiaojiu are incompatible..."

Nanny Xiang frowned, "Isn't this too much of a coincidence? Besides, Princess, Madam Chang's death doesn't seem to have anything to do with Prince Qi, but rather Prince Ling..."

Empress Zhou snorted coldly, "Who knows? Anyway, anyone who stands in the way of my son's future deserves death..."

Nanny Xiang understood: "Since the Majesty has made the decision, I will make the arrangements right away..."

Outside the imperial study, Zhao Zhuoxi walked out, turned his head and looked deeply at the imperial study, his almond-shaped eyes full of entanglement.

The Sixth Prince, Zhao Zhuoran, came out from the side and said, "Xiaojiu, you finally came out. What did the Emperor say to you?"

Zhao Zhuoxi walked out of the palace side by side with Zhao Zhuoran.

"Nothing. He just wanted me to stay in the capital for a few more days. We haven't seen each other in fifteen years. He said he missed me very much..."

Even fifteen years ago, when Zhao Zhuoxi was in the palace, his relationship with the eldest prince was not very close.

At that time, the only people Zhao Zhuoxi could play with were the third prince and the sixth prince.

The eldest prince is old and married, so there is a generation gap between the two.

Who would have thought that Zhao Zhuoxi had not been to the capital for fifteen years, and this eldest royal brother actually said that he missed him and asked him to stay in the capital for a while longer.

Are you planning to kill him?

Kill him with the knife of family affection.

When Zhao Zhuoran saw the sarcastic smile on Zhao Zhuoxi's lips, he knew that he didn't believe in the emperor's affection at all.

"In fact, your majesty is old, and it is understandable that he wants family affection."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhuoxi raised his eyebrows. You are brothers from the same mother, so of course you will support him. He is not so naive as to take the royal family affection seriously.

"Your Majesty doesn't have many beauties in the harem. I gave him two skinny horses from Yangzhou a while ago. I thought he would be happy, but I didn't expect him to still be concerned about the Queen. Women are just for fun, so why did the Queen's sister-in-law take it so seriously?"

"Your Majesty, there is only one prince in your harem. The other concubines are either childless or gave birth to princesses. Our royal heirs are in jeopardy..."

The emperor only favors Queen Zhou, and there are not many beauties in the harem who give birth to children. Fortunately, there is already a prince, otherwise, the court officials would certainly worry about the emperor's offspring.

Zhao Zhuoran chuckled: "Our royal family is full of romantic people."

Oh, it’s true when Zhao Zhuoxi thought about it carefully.

The Emperor and Queen Zhou were a young couple, and their support for each other all the way to the present day was already considered a good story in the court.

The third prince gave up his kingdom for a woman.

The Sixth Prince has not married yet because of a woman.

Zhao Zhuoxi...

Well... you know what, there are indeed some romantic people in the royal family.

"Sixth brother, what you said is wrong. Every man in the world can be romantic, except our royal family. If the next generation has only one male heir, the crown prince, and something happens to him, wouldn't that mean we'll hand over the kingdom to the Zhou... or some other family..."

Zhao Zhuoran smiled faintly and considered for a long time.

He knew very well that Zhao Zhuoxi was afraid that Queen Zhou would rule the country from behind the scenes in the future, and if something happened to the crown prince, the Zhou family would seize the throne.

"That shouldn't happen. Your Majesty is in good health."

"Really?" Zhao Zhuoxi raised his eyebrows, smiled, and walked to the palace road. A ray of sunlight hit his face, half of it was sunlight, and half was a shadow.

"But today, I was playing chess with my brother, and he fell asleep..."

As they were talking, they both arrived at the palace gate.

They said goodbye to each other and got into their respective carriages.

Jiang Jiuren had fallen asleep in the carriage, feeling warm. When Zhao Zhuoxi came up and lifted the curtain, a cool breeze blew in.

Jiang Jiu woke up: "Today is not very long..."

In the past, every time Zhao Zhuoxi went to the palace to play chess, it would take about three or four hours.

The emperor is so busy, yet he still finds time to play chess with Zhao Zhuoxi. I wonder what he is thinking.

Zhao Zhuoxi rubbed his hands, hugged the heater to warm them for a while, and then hugged Jiang Jiu in his arms.

"He wasn't in a good mood today. However, Zhou Hou didn't bother him today... He seemed a little absent-minded."

Jiang Jiu pursed his lips: "Are we going back to Sucheng?"

Zhao Zhuoxi shook his head: "No, His Majesty didn't let me go back..."

Jiang Jiu: "Is it His Majesty who won't let you go back, or is it the Queen who won't let you go back?"

The two people's attitudes are quite different.

If the emperor did not allow Zhao Zhuoxi to return to his fiefdom, perhaps the brothers would really get together to reminisce about the past.

If the Queen doesn't let Zhao Zhuoxi go back, his life will be in danger.

Zhao Zhuoxi pinched Jiang Jiu's fingertips: "All of them."

"I've endured this for so long. If I don't go back, I'll just take action..."

Jiang Jiu chuckled and poked the dimple on Zhao Zhuoxi's cheek: "Haven't you already started..."

Yes, so many people in the Zhou family have died...

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhuoxi smiled confidently: "I'm just trying to vent your anger. However, I think Prime Minister Zhou has already begun to notice something. It's time for us to really take action..."

The death of both Mrs. Chang and Zhou Min was indeed a way for her mother and grandmother to vent their anger.

However, they were just women and could not shake Zhou Xiang's position in the court.

Jiang Jiu sighed, and his eyes gradually became firm as he stared at Zhao Zhuoxi.

"Okay, we'll do whatever you say..."

Zhao Zhuoxi lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. The sky above the palace was clear and cloudless.

"It's time to change the day. Let's start with the Shen family, the relatives of the Zhou family."

The Shen family, the governor of the capital, manages all the big and small matters in the capital.

It is the most inconspicuous official position in the capital, but it is also a very important official position.

If you do well, you will be successful and have everything going for you.

If you fail to do your job well, you will be a lone minister in the court.

The Shen family was the one that did the best. Not only was they related to Prime Minister Zhou by marriage, but his son Shen Zerui also married Yan Xiaoxiao, the daughter of Yan Gang, the leader of the imperial guards.

He won over the emperor and Prime Minister Zhou, and was able to please everyone.

This kind of person is very smooth and difficult to make friends with.

Jiang Jiu asked puzzledly: "But is there an explanation?"

Zhao Zhuoxi scratched Jiang Jiu's nose and said, "You'll know when you get back."

Jiang Jiu followed Zhao Zhuoxi out for a long time, and no one in the Zhou family knew about it. She went back quietly.

But when she returned, she brought back a girl.

The lobby of the Zhou family.

Old Madam Zhou has not returned from the Guanyin Temple yet. Madam Zhou is frail and sickly and never wants to see outsiders easily.

In the lobby, only people of their generation were left.

Shen was a little surprised when she saw Jiang Jiu bringing back a girl.

"Xiaojiu, who is she?"