A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 247 Beauty's Scheme (9)

It turned out that as early as when Shi Yi entered the court, he gradually undermined Lu Zhi's power. Lu Zhi didn't care about it, but she felt empty inside as she gradually had less time, and she began to think about making trouble for Liu Ying.

Since she couldn't bear to trouble her daughter, she decided to trouble her troublesome son. However, when she was about to take action, Shiyi came to see her specially and praised her to the sky. She agreed to help Shiyi train the female official without thinking.

Those trained by the empress dowager herself were naturally not ordinary female officials. The young Yan'er and the concubine Nie Shen'er were naturally Lu Zhi's students. At the same time, there were several promising concubines, and they all became Lu Zhi's students.

In order to take care of the three young children, Yan'er took them wherever she went. It was only after Lu Zhi had close contact with the three children that she discovered that the child born by Nie Shen'er was also a girl.

The anger of being deceived and Shiyi's boldness made Lu Zhi feel strangely excited, and she became more passionate about teaching these students.

Lu Yuan also attacked overnight, with the purpose of attending the class taught by his mother herself.

Lu Zhi's teaching career was in full swing, and Shiyi's reform work was also urgent. The court officials all came from major families, and each had their own family to consider, and could not serve the country and the people wholeheartedly.

People without the support of their family cannot even enter the main hall. People in the court, whether male or female, need a group of sincere people. Shiyi's workload has increased again.

Liu Ying was having a great time outside the palace. Without Lu Zhi's supervision, Liu Ying was almost living among women. But every late night, he would feel lonely and missed the days when he was under Lu Zhi's supervision. He worried that without him, Yan'er would be afraid of the palace.

The two emotions pulled Liu Ying apart, making him restless. At this moment, he thought of the King of Dai, with whom he used to have a good relationship, and decided to go to Dai and have a heart-to-heart talk with him.

In Liu Ying's heart, his brothers were all good brothers, and it was his mother who forced and persecuted them. He never thought about whether he would still be alive if his brothers were in power.

In case Liu Ying was stubborn and wanted to meet his good brother, the secret guard responsible for protecting Liu Ying passed the message to Lu Zhi, but the busy Lu Zhi didn't pay any attention.

Shi kept telling the secret guards to protect Liu Ying and not let anyone harm Liu Ying's life. The secret guards resigned themselves to their fate, packed their bags, and left with Liu Ying.

Du Yunxi of Dai State was doing very well. Although there was a Queen of Dai before her, she was able to gain a foothold in Dai State through her own means and successfully became pregnant.

At the same time, the Queen of Dai was also pregnant. She was the second queen of King Dai and the sister of General Zhou Zifu of Dai. She was devoted to King Dai.

Dou Yifang knew that the Queen of Dai was her strong rival. As long as she was alive, she could not get the full love of the King of Dai, could not better complete the task given by Lu Zhi, and could not protect her daughter.

For the sake of her daughter, Dou Yifang decided to take a risk and kill the queen while she was giving birth. So when she was taking a walk on behalf of the queen, she heard the discussions among the palace people.

"Sister Xier, wait for me, what are you going to do so fast?"

"I received a letter from home saying that my sister-in-law is pregnant. I was just about to pack some things and ask someone to send it to my brother."

"Congratulations, your sister-in-law is pregnant, and you are going to be an aunt. But why are you so sad about such a happy event?"

"My sister-in-law is pregnant, but my brother's concubine is also pregnant. My brother is worried about which child to give the family property to in the future." The girl named Xier was also worried.

"Since ancient times, the legitimate son has always inherited his father's property. Your brother will not let the illegitimate son inherit the family business, right?"

"Maybe, my brother likes that concubine so much. If she gives birth to a firstborn son, I'm afraid my brother will let the firstborn son inherit the family business. This kind of thing is possible."

"Oh, the child hasn't been born yet. What's the point of worrying about it now? Besides, you are just the child's aunt. You can't make the decision on such matters."

"Yes, let's clean up and get back to work, or we'll be punished later."

After the two palace maids finished speaking, they saw Queen Dai and quickly bowed to her and left. Queen Dai looked thoughtful.

"Queen, the king likes Dou Yifang so much, don't you want her child to become the crown prince?" A beauty beside Zhou Ziran said dissatisfiedly, "If that's the case, then I really feel sorry for you. Everyone knows that you entered the Han Palace for the king, and now you have finally returned to Dai and become the king's queen. You can't let Dou Yifang get away with it."

"Mo Yu, the king is not that kind of person. Don't worry too much. The baby in my belly is the king's legitimate son." Zhou Ziran's words seemed to be comforting Mo Yu, but also seemed to be comforting himself.

"But no matter how powerful Empress Lu was and how everyone in the court supported her, didn't the late emperor still want to pass the throne to Concubine Qi's son? If it weren't for Empress Lu's power, I'm afraid who would be the empress dowager now? You don't have Empress Lu's power, but Dou Yifang has Concubine Qi's favor, so you have to be on guard." Mo Yu started by talking about Empress Lu and Concubine Qi, which made Zhou Ziran even more confused.

She had been to the Han Palace and knew how powerful Empress Lu was. But it was precisely because of this that she understood how difficult it was for the emperor to ascend the throne smoothly, and she also knew more clearly how she could never compare to Empress Lu.

It is true that his brother is a general, but the other party's eyes and heart are all about the Dai Kingdom. He thinks that he will not do anything extreme for such a small matter. After all, he and his children are alive and well, he just lost the throne.

The more Zhou Ziran thought about it, the more she felt that her future was bleak. However, if she was asked to kill Dou Yifang because of an uncertain dispute over the position of crown prince, she felt that she could not do it. Besides, Dou Yifang was pregnant with the king's child, and she did not want to see the king sad.

Zhou Ziran hesitated, but Dou Yifang would not hesitate. She planned to bribe a few palace maids to put some eye drops on Zhou Ziran. However, before she could act, Mo Yu acted first.

Mo Yu was a person who wholeheartedly relied on Queen Zhou Ziran. She didn't have any particularly bad intentions, but because she relied on the queen, she cared about the queen more than anyone else. Especially after hearing what the two little palace maids said that day, she was worried every day.

Finally, she came up with a good idea: "Queen, I have a good idea."

Zhou Ziran looked at her in confusion, waiting for her next words.