Chapter 168 The Will in the Palace

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This morning, the emperor called Zhao Kuangyin and Guo Shao to the palace together.When Fu Hou knew about this, she was always worried and waiting for the result to be announced at all times, but she did not look like she cared about it.

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In the Zide Hall, she was listening to the nonsense of a group of concubines and palace ladies, and enduring that the wet nurse was holding Chai Zongxun, a child who was less than three years old, and teaching him how to be healthy.

The child knew nothing and spoke in a silence, saying that Fu was upset when she listened, but she wanted to act like a kind look.

Chai Zongxun was born to a concubine before Chai Rong ascended the throne, and the woman died after giving birth to a child; in addition, Chai Rong's children were all killed, Chai Zongxun was the first new male, so she was extra favored and adopted Chai Rong's wife Fu in order to give Chai Zongxun a higher status.

But Fu actually dislikes children the most.

It seems that after a woman has a teenager, she should focus on a child who doesn't understand anything. She has to live back and become an idiot so that she can play with a child all day long. Many women are like this, but Fu is upset when she sees the child.

Besides, Chai Zongxun was not born to her, so this child was just one thing to her, something that could stabilize the position of the queen; she couldn't throw it away, but she didn't feel anything.

Especially today, she was up and down.

But the wet nurse kept teaching and correcting the child's pronunciation as the mother queen, and she was furious and repeated again and again. Fu was furious when she heard it.

The concubines and palace wives around were also laughing at Chai Zongxun, just like they were rare treasures.

Fu thought to himself: He was not born to you, do you really like him that much?

But she did not show her anger and irritability, but just said to the wet nurse calmly: If you take him down, he should not be anxious.

Fu's speech was very soothing and had no expression.

But when she was silent, her curved eyebrows and eyes seemed to have a faint smile, which made people unable to see through... especially her tone was not at all turbulent, which made people unable to figure out her smile.

At first glance, the faint smile looked like the spring breeze, beautiful and gentle; but if someone dared to look closely at her eyes, he could see a trace of fatigue and anxiety.

The wet nurse finally took the child away. Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally she was less troubled by her.

Outside the hall, the sun was bright, but she was too lazy to move... Now she could only sit on this couch and listen to the meaningless nonsense of the women in the palace.

In public, they speak quite carefully, and at least they won’t say anything boring.

Fu knew that everyone would look behind their backs about whom the official family had been lucky, and why that person was lucky.

The competition for favor is very fierce... However, Fu did not participate in the competition for favor, so he was not interested in these topics.

In the past, she could accept Chai Rong and thought that he was a very capable monarch, and his courage, ability and demeanor could make up for it.

But since Huainan suffered a serious illness, Fu's heart has been completely different.

After hearing the words of the concubines in various palaces, she said: It's okay, let it go.

The women saluted and left the Zide Hall one after another with tact.In their eyes, the queen did not compete for favor with them and was kind and fair to others, so she still supported Fu as the leader of the harem.

Shortly after the concubines left, the eunuch Cao Tai entered, walked straight to the soft couch in the upper position, and whispered beside the Fu family: Early this morning, I met the girl in the East City.She brought a story about Guo Shao: Zhao San's death is not my fault, and I will not kill Zhao San.

Fu listened to the first half of the sentence without any movement, because she never felt that Zhao San's death had anything to do with Guo Shao... After all, Fu watched him grow from a young imperial guard to a senior general, and knew what he did very well. Trusting him would not make such mistakes.

But as soon as he heard the last sentence, he would not kill Zhao San, Fu's curved eyebrows suddenly raised slightly, as if he was a little surprised, but soon there was an elusive smile on the corner of her mouth.

Cao Tai said something and stood beside him and remained silent.

At this time, Fu's head turned slightly, Cao Tai hurriedly came over and heard her say softly: I'm going to tell me the result of the official summoning Guo and Zhao today.

Cao Tai did not ask the reason, but just said: Look.

Fu slowly stood up: I'm going back to the palace to rest.

She has been living in seclusion recently, and she doesn't care about anything except seeing concubines and palace ladies, and she shows her purity and desires.

In the past, the situation of persuading officials and managing military and political affairs never happened again.

She seemed to have entered a hibernation period of keeping her low profile.

After the emperor returned to Beijing from Huainan at the end of last year, she paid close attention to the observation and felt that Chai Rong was in worse health after returning this time.

She had to prevent everything, and in case of any change, beware that the emperor would be wary of herself...

The current situation made her very uneasy. If Chai Rong had passed away too early, according to the experience and lessons learned from the past, it would be difficult for anyone to control the situation under the old situation.

Especially if there is no one or a soldier in the imperial guards, it will definitely be uncontrollable; the only general of the imperial guards who Fu feels reliable and can fully trust is Guo Shao.

If she loses Guo Shao, she will not only be very sad, but also loses the ability to control the situation, and her situation is worrying... Fu can't help but think of the terrifying experience of the soldiers in Hezhong Mansion being in chaos and the turbulent riots.

And that Zhao San actually wanted to assassinate Guo Shao, it's really damn! And Zhao Kuangyin, what exactly does he want to do?

A cold light appeared in Fu's eyes. Those people from the Zhao family were not only dealing with Guo Shao, but also putting me in a situation where they could be mermaid meat!

Are they thinking about my future like those countless women who have been plundered and humiliated by warriors?

Fu saw it very clearly that once Chai Rong was gone, the court could not engage in checks and balances at all... Only when the strong lord was in power could the balance be balanced. In an uncontrolled situation, one must be distinguished and the winner must be decided.

If that day comes, Fu only hopes that this person is Guo Shao, not to set up checks and balances; if those tricks are broken, they have to pay for everything they have.

Fu's trust in Guo Shao is not a matter of course. She has verified Guo Shao's heart many times; if this person cannot be trusted, she does not feel that she can find a second person to rely on.

All the names of great powers are things that people who are too stable care about. Fu understands the taste of becoming someone else's chopping board meat in that critical moment.

When even basic survival and dignity cannot be guaranteed, who can care about much?

...Today Chai Rong summoned Guo and Zhao, and Fu was waiting for the result.

She just hopes that Guo Shao can pass this level smoothly and stabilize his position first.

In the future, when there is a chance, Fu will prepare to settle the old accounts with the Zhao family slowly.