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

So, it seems that Zhou Ping'an fell into the water because he was drunk.

In fact, it was his father's nanny who pushed him into the water.

And because the Sixth Prince was the Minister of Dali Temple and did not want to care about Zhou Ping'an's life or death, he classified Zhou Ping'an's death as an accident.

The Zhou family members left one after another since the Chinese New Year.

Some were suicides, some were accidents, all in less than two months.

Of Zhou Xiang's children, only Queen Zhou, who lived in the deep palace and was high and mighty, was left.

Old Madam Zhou also felt that she was getting older and older and was unable to do anything.

Seeing Zhou Xiang’s gray hair, I felt a little distressed.

"The eldest brother has passed away, and we are the old people who are sending off the young. We are old and can't bear it anymore. Otherwise, we should retire and return home."

Is he old? Zhou touched his hair in front of the bronze mirror. He was not yet sixty years old, and was in the prime of his life.

Besides, he is at the peak of his career now. How could he retire at this stage? He is unwilling to do so.

"Boss, he's just confused. I know what he wants to do. He just wants to take the position of prefect of the capital. I don't want him to take the position because I have a more important and better official position for him..."

Who knew he would be so impatient?

Compared to when he was young, it is far worse.

Madam Zhou was furious: "Since you had other plans in mind, why didn't you tell the boss earlier?"

Zhou Xiang was also planning to have a good talk with his son to calm his mind.

But when he returned from the palace, Zhou Ping'an had already gone to drink with his uncle.

I thought we were all relatives, so there was nothing wrong with drinking together.

Who knew drinking could be fatal?

Later, there was a funeral and a lot of other things to do, which delayed it again.

And Zhou Ping'an also had an accident.

Zhou Xiang thought about it carefully, wondering if someone was plotting against him.

Three coroners were called in to perform the autopsy, and they all gave the same answer: the man drowned after drinking alcohol.

Zhou Ping'an was not good at swimming.

The most important thing is, after drinking and walking by the river, where are the servants and maids around him?

The prime minister's mansion is so big, with so many servants to support, but why is there no one in charge at the critical moment?

Prime Minister Zhou became furious and wanted to sell off all the servants and maids who usually served Zhou Ping'an.

Zhou Ping'an's wife was stopped by several people. Her maid and old woman were also in the same room. However, Prime Minister Zhou still beat the servant who served Zhou Ping'an to death with a stick.

Zhou Xiang thought of his second son. In fact, the second son was better than the eldest son in terms of talent and cleverness.

But Zhou Ping'an is not only the eldest son in his family, but also the eldest son in the entire clan. He has received the best education since childhood.

The road paved for him is also the smoothest.

He studied, entered the Imperial College, and became an official, starting from the grassroots level, and was promoted one level almost every year.

Just because his father was the prime minister, his promotion seemed normal to outsiders.

But according to the promotion system of the Daning court.

Each position must be held for a full three years, and then the superior leader will conduct an assessment once a year. All three assessments will be sent to the Ministry of Personnel for review. Only then will a decision be made based on the results as to whether the person will be promoted, continue in office, or be demoted.

Nowadays, this system only restricts ordinary people and is of no use to special groups.

If this isn't favoritism, what is?

Old Madam Zhou felt that her family had not had peace since the Chinese New Year, with funerals happening one after another, so she decided to find a Taoist priest to do some fortune-telling.

Zhou Xiang intuitively felt that someone was trying to harm him, and eventually set his target on the ninth prince Zhao Zhuoxi.

One day, early in the morning, Zhao Zhuoxi was called into the palace by the emperor again.

The old eunuch said that the emperor was upset and wanted to find someone to play chess with him, talk to him, and relieve his boredom.

But this time, Zhao Zhuoxi brought three people into the palace.

Originally, it was not allowed, but Zhao Zhuoxi said that she had been feeling unwell recently, had to take medicine every two hours, and was also sleepy. In order to prevent accidents, she had to bring servants into the palace to serve her.

So, this time, in addition to Jiang Jiu, Nishang and Lu Ming also entered the palace together.

As soon as he entered the palace, Zhao Zhuoxi played chess with the emperor.

Lu Ming waited outside, while Jiang Jiu and Nishang found the imperial kitchen and boiled medicine together.

The old eunuch also sent people to monitor, but found nothing wrong.

But today is a special day. Queen Zhou, who never leaves the palace, accompanied Old Madam Zhou to the Guanyin Temple.

It takes about three days to go back and forth.

Jiang Jiu and Nishang found the informant arranged by Zhao Zhuoxi in the palace and changed their clothes directly.

The two went straight to the queen's bedroom.

Because the queen left the queen's bedroom, half of the guards left with her, resulting in fewer patrols around it.

The remaining palace maids and eunuchs were mostly not valued, so they took the opportunity to be lazy.

So, Jiang Jiu and Nishang had the opportunity to enter the queen's bedroom.

"Did you really find out that the thing you found was in the emperor's bedroom?"

Nishang took Jiang Jiu and pretended to be a palace maid cleaning the place, tiptoeing around.

Jiang Jiu was certainly confident: "Think about it, that safe is different from the ancient wooden box, it will definitely attract attention."

"Besides, everyone wants what's in there. Since the Queen got it first, she must have hidden it somewhere she can see it every day."

However, this thing was too dangerous, and Queen Zhou did not dare to move before it was opened.

Jiang Jiu flashed and went straight into the queen's bedroom.

It’s not quite the same as what’s shown in movies and TV dramas. The imperial palace is very big.

The palace is filled with various decorations, and the screens are embroidered on both sides. Each decoration is priceless.

Jiang Jiu just glanced around and went straight into the queen's bedroom.

With just one glance, Jiang Jiu saw the unique decoration.

A gray metal cabinet.

Looking at the wheel on the metal cabinet, it is actually a modern setting, a combination wheel.

Jiang Jiu admired Jiang Yao's intelligence very much. Who could make such an exquisite safe?

But since it was done, an ancient person would definitely not be able to solve it.

Jiang Jiu turned the password and it worked.

It seems that Queen Zhou doesn't know the password, so she doesn't dare to move it.

But what exactly is the password?

Jiang Jiu pondered deeply, carefully recalling every detail.

The thing belongs to Jiang Yao, and the password was naturally set by her. Since she was willing to leave a letter, she was naturally willing to leave the password.

Yes, that letter.

Fortunately, Jiang Jiu had a good memory and carefully recalled the contents of the letter.

Birthday?

Jiang Jiu turned the code, making a crisp clicking sound.

No.

Time travel day?

Jiang Jiu turned it again, but the safe still didn't open.

The date of death, definitely not. Who can predict the date of their own death?

If she were Jiang Yao, what password would she set?

Suddenly, Jiang Jiu had a flash of inspiration. He remembered that at the end of the envelope, Jiang Yao had written a sentence: "After traveling through time for so long, the clouds in my hometown are all fragrant."

The music sheet of the first line of the song "Clouds of Hometown".

5-1-1-2-2-5.

Jiang Jiu slowly turned the combination shaft, and with a "click", the safe actually opened.

When Jiang Jiu opened the cabinet, his eyes almost popped out.