bookbashuk Chapter 258 The Chess Game Begins
Chapter 258 The Chess Game Begins
Chapter 258 The Chess Game Begins
Mrs. Zheng led Fusu back to her original seat.
on the surface.
The conversation between Mrs. Zheng and the Empress Dowager Huayang just now was just an ordinary exchange.
But none of the guests present today is a human being, and how could they fail to notice the tit-for-tat feeling between Mrs. Zheng and the Empress Dowager Huayang just now.
However, what surprised everyone was that Mrs. Zheng and the Empress Dowager Huayang belonged to the royal family of Chu, and they were related by blood. In the past, the relationship between the two of them in the harem had always been very good. Why did they suddenly become "hostile" today? .
Could it be that Mrs. Zheng is going to challenge the status and rights of the Empress Dowager Huayang because of the promotion of the eldest son's status after "supervising the country", and then take the position of "lord of the harem"?
In the hearts of many guests, this seems to be the only reasonable guess.
But in fact, the real inside story is completely different from what everyone imagined.
It wasn't Mrs. Zheng who stopped Fusu just now, it wasn't that she wanted to do it, but she had to.Just now, the Empress Dowager Huayang let Fusu go there, it seemed that it was only for the love of grandparents, but in fact, the real purpose of the Empress Dowager Huayang was to keep Fusu away from Mr. Mo.
Lord Changping's "Prince Prince Plan" is not a plan that can be completed in a short period of time. Once it is implemented, it is very likely to be a protracted battle that lasts for more than ten years or even decades.
During the period of Yingzheng Yujia's personal conquest, the first thing Changping Jun has to do is to plant a "seed" in Fusu's heart.
But this 'seed' is not easy to plant.
If he wanted to successfully plant this 'seed' into the heart of Fusu who was still young, there were three people in Xianyang who he couldn't get around.
One is the Empress Dowager Huayang.
The second is Mrs. Zheng.
The third is Mo Jun.
The first two need Mr. Changping to win over and cooperate, while Mr. Mo is the biggest obstacle.
As a royal censor, Mr. Mo was originally a major "defense" left by Yingzheng. If Fusu could not be kept away from Mr. Mo's interference, then Mr. Changping's plan would naturally be difficult to implement.
But the problem is that Mr. Changping and Mr. Mo are now at the same level of official position, and the two have fought each other many times. Mr. Changping naturally understands how difficult this seemingly young opponent is.
If Mr. Changping was allowed to do it himself, maybe after the frontline battle was over and Ying Zheng had returned to Xianyang, he might not even be able to deal with Mr. Mo.
So in the end Changping Jun decided to ask the Queen Mother Huayang to take action.
However, Mr. Changping did not tell the Queen Mother Huayang of his plan for the time being, because although the Queen Mother Huayang was partial to the "relatives from outside Chu", she might not agree to such an act of treason.
Winning over Mrs. Zheng and the Empress Dowager Huayang will at least start after Mr. Changping's plan has progressed to a certain extent.
But this time, the reason why he asked the Empress Dowager Huayang to act was just to persuade the Empress Dowager Huayang under the pretext of "the relationship between Fusu and Mo Jun is too close".
After all, with the current relationship between the "Chu foreign relatives" and Mo Jun, there is no reason at all for the Empress Dowager Huayang to target Mo Jun.
What the Empress Dowager Huayang did just now was just a test before making a move.
But no one thought of it.
Mrs. Zheng actually reacted so violently.
"Has it been found?"
Sitting next to Fusu, Mo Jun looked calmly at what Mrs. Zheng did just now, and knew in her heart that Mrs. Zheng had seen through part of Ying Zheng's layout.
But he wasn't too surprised, after all, Ying Zheng had given Madam Zheng a lot of hints before that.
For example: Fusu himself got the news in advance that he was going to "supervise the country".
These are actually hints that Ying Zheng sent to Mrs. Zheng and Fu Su indirectly through Mo Jun.
If it wasn't for these hints, how could Mrs. Zheng see through this chess game that even the Empress Dowager Huayang and Lord Changping have not seen through since she has lived in the harem for a long time?
As for why Ying Zheng did this?
This is probably Ying Zheng's last bit of kindness, or ambivalence.
The chess game that Yingzheng set up before leaving included Lord Changping, Empress Dowager Huayang, Fusu, Madam Zheng, and even Jun Mo was in the game.
Among the four, Yingzheng can cut off his relationship with Lord Changping and Empress Dowager Huayang.
But he cut off his relationship with Fusu and Mrs. Zheng.
After all.
After all, Ying Zheng is a person, not a machine.
So in this conflict between wanting to get the 'test result' and not wanting to see the 'worst ending', Ying Zheng finally chose to secretly give Fusu and Mrs. Zheng a little hint before the start of the test.
And from Mrs. Zheng's reaction just now, it can be seen that Mrs. Zheng has clearly seen something.
This is true.
In fact, Madam Zheng already had a lot of doubts in her heart after she got the news from Fusu that Fusu was about to 'supervise the country'.
For example:
Why did Ying Zheng discuss this matter with Mo Jun?
You know, at that time Fusu was studying at Mojun's residence, and Ying Zheng discussed this kind of thing with Mojun, didn't he just ask Mojun to tell Fusu?
In addition, why did Ying Zheng choose to discuss with Mo Jun instead of Changping Jun?
In terms of relatives and distances alone, although Mr. Mo has made great achievements in the court, Changping Lord Xiong Qi is a "foreign relative" after all, and he is a "family member". Shouldn't the "family member" be more trustworthy in such things? ?
Is this because Mo Jun is more trustworthy?
Or... Mr. Changping is no longer trustworthy?
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After realizing this at the time, Mrs. Zheng felt inexplicably terrified.
And when she later heard that Mo Jun and Xiong Qi were promoted at the same time, and respectively served as 'Prime Minister of the Right' and 'Doctor Yushi' respectively, that creepy feeling suddenly became stronger.
in the eyes of others.
It seems that Ying Zheng promoted Mo Jun and Xiong Qi to the position of "Three Dukes" just for the balance of power.
However, in the eyes of Mrs. Zheng at that time, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Mo Jun's "Censor Doctor" was not to check and balance Xiong Qi, but more like an insurance policy.
Then contacted Mrs. Zheng about some anomalies she had noticed before, and an extremely terrifying guess instantly appeared in Mrs. Zheng's mind.
It was precisely because of this guess in her heart that Mrs. Zheng made such a drastic move just now.
After all, if her guess just now is correct, it means that in the next period of time, once she makes a wrong choice, maybe she, Fusu, Lord Changping, and even the Empress Dowager Huayang, all will fall into a place of eternal doom.
This game played by Ying Zheng was too cruel and ruthless.
Even Mrs. Zheng felt so ruthless that she didn't recognize Ying Zheng.
Even until now.
Although Mrs. Zheng was calm on the surface, her hands and palms were covered with beads of sweat.
In fact, so far, Mrs. Zheng is not sure whether her guess is correct, but she dare not bet on this game, nor can she afford it.
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(End of this chapter)