Chapter 3

When I woke up, outside is already the sun. Inside the temple is very quiet, even when the wind whisked through the roof of the tent, gently lifting the sound of the veil can be heard one or two, I struggled twice, still feel weak. Support body to high pillow cushion to go, called the palace.

　　"Empress Dowager." The palace people stepped on a fine step soon appeared outside the weft veil, bowed and waited for my command.

　　"Bring it up." I closed, still feeling sleepy, but I couldn't carelessly forget the matter of taking the birth avoidance pill after the healing. After all, with Mi Bazi's status as a widow nowadays, it would be treasonous to carry a child, and not to mention that I wouldn't be able to accept it myself, even Ying Ji would be so ashamed that he would commit suicide.

　　A bowl of steaming hot medicinal juice was handed over, I only took it with my hand, brought it to my lips and blew on it before tilting my head back and drinking the bowl.

　　"Where is the King of Rong?" I asked the voice, Yi never will be in the company of me to sleep until three pole, this is already close to noon, but I do not know where he went again.

　　Palace people back: "back to the empress dowager, the king of rong left the palace early in the morning, he said that the evening meal time to come back."

　　I rolled my eyes, but I don't know what tricks Yi is playing again, rubbed my shoulders, lowered my eyes to look at the battle stains all over my body and frowned, "serve this palace bath."

　　My words can fall, hanging down the weft veil has been lifted up around, four courtiers hanging head in the left and right, eyes looking straight at their own toes, even the corner of the eye do not dare to glance at me, see my feet a landing on the busy body from the Qu to come to help.

　　"Last night the king returned to the palace can see what people." I asked the courtesan on my left, A-Shang, who has been one of my more capable subordinates over the past few years, and I have been able to keep track of Ying Ji's every move in the palace.

　　A-Shang replied, "Your Highness, the king has been staying in the Huayang Palace since last night, and there was no sign of any change when he went to bed, nor did he see any visitors. Nu, I really don't know why the Great King suddenly ran to Ganquan Palace."

　　I skimmed the lips, unfolded arms by them for me to broaden the clothes, the tip of the foot to reach the jade dew pool to try, a pool of milk white is very crystal clear people mind swing. Into the pool, sit against the wall, shoulder light and heavy moderate massage ensued. Under the window hanging a hollow incense cage, which burned from the Rongdi Yi brought some of the herbs, he said that often smell that kind of herb scent helps to calm the mind. I closed my eyes and relaxed my whole body and mind, letting a few courtiers behind me serve me properly.

　　Just when I thought I was going to fall asleep, the voice of a palace servant came from Aman: "Empress Dowager, Liu Changshi from Huayang Palace is asking for an audience."

　　Behind me, A-Shuang scolded, "Get out, the Empress Dowager's inner chamber is for you to intrude at will? A chamberlain also dares to come to Ganquan Palace to seek an audience with the empress dowager, drive him out."

　　Ah Shang is the only one who can freely enter and exit my inner chamber, so she knows a lot about the secrets of my place, and she also treats my Ganquan Palace as a forbidden place within the entire Xianyang Imperial City. She has also made my Ganquan bedchamber a forbidden place in the whole Xianyang Imperial City, a forbidden place that no one else can cross except for Yi who can come and go freely, and she dares to block it even for Ying Ji. It's not that she has any great courage, it's just that I've given her the power to do so.

　　This kind of small matter I naturally will not care, still closed eyes, motionless leaning on the warm pool, the rest of the few palace people are not affected by any, kneading my arm, washing my hair.

　　That palace people may be newly promoted to me this sweet spring to, hear a裳 evil words, scared to pounce kneeling on the ground, trembling, "Empress Dowager forgive me, Empress Dowager forgive me."

　　That palace people may be heard of some of my deeds, this moment has been afraid of death kneeling on the ground fierce kowtow, brain door heavy chiseled in the Wu Liu floor tiles thumping straight sound, I had a good mood just like this to be stirred up by her. Before I could get angry, Shuang had already ordered someone to drag her out.

　　Silence returned in an instant, and I moved, leaning my head back and resting it on a piece of cotton towel, my face was cool, it was Shuang who was applying a compress to my face. Although my actual age is only twenty-three years old, but Mi Bazi is more than thirty years old people, shelved in this period can also be called a Xu Niang, I am afraid that if I do not take good care of the four will become an old nun.

　　Will those annoying things are put behind, comfortable overflow of breath, enjoying this super luxury treatment. If it is not this kind of status, this pool of milk is afraid of enough for me to drink a year, which can be like now, but just a word of matter.

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　　When I came out of the bath, it was lunch time. I changed into a palace dress, made A Shuang comb her hair, and was ready to pass the meal when I realized that Ying Ji had come uninvited.

　　Ying Ji led a dozen or so chamberlains in a procession towards the side hall.

　　"Empress Mother, my son has brought two cooks back from Luochuan, and their cooking is very authentic. The son minister has not shared food with the mother queen for a long time, today ... "He also knows the proportion, first cut off the end, and then come to win my mother's love.

　　I am not accustomed to the floor bending knees, so in my Ganquan Palace everywhere in the comfortable backrest chair, the kind of no chair legs backrest chair, a few cases, although not changed, but the flat floor of the chair back sitting is also easier than kneeling to eat. I leaned towards the back of the chair, glanced at Ying Ji who was standing at the side, and finally smiled and raised my hand.

　　Receiving my permission, Ying Ji was overjoyed, "Thank you, Empress Mother." Turning around, he went to order the left and right to open the banquet.

　　I rolled my eyes and watched the chamberlains place a spicy dish on the food table, and without waiting for Ying Ji to explain, I already sneezed several times.

　　"Empress Dowager." As Shang was busy handing me a scented handkerchief, I covered my nose and mouth and sneezed several more times.

　　Ah Shang turned around and ordered the chamberlain Ying Ji had brought with him, saying, "Quickly, remove these, the Empress Dowager is not accustomed to such a pungent odor."

　　I waved my hand to stop it, "Ah Shang, it's alright, the Great King's good intentions, how can this palace let it down." In fact, I hadn't eaten any heavy dishes for a long time, and if I had put it aside in the past, I would have long since gone up and feasted on it. Now that they have been brought to me, I will naturally choke on the pungent flavor.

　　Ying Ji blamed himself and stood aside, saying, "Mother, I didn't know you didn't like spicy food, so I ordered them to remove it."

　　Ying Ji had been a hostage of Yan in his early years, and he had not been able to return to Qin after the death of Ying Yi, and had it not been for the short life of Ying Dang, he would not have wanted to return to Qin in his life. He grew up as a child lacking a father's love and a mother's compassion, and Mi Bazi took great pains to push him from a commoner's son to the throne, and then before I had the chance to show Ying Ji the love of a mother, I was taken in by me, and my youth, which was about to be twenty years old at that time, was sampled under the influence of Mi Bazi, an ambitious woman, and in order to save my own life I was forced to consolidate Ying Ji's position. In order to save my life, I had to consolidate Ying Ji's position. In the process, my power also grew, together with Yi's assistance from the side, the whole Qin dynasty can be said to have stepped on the bottom of my feet.

　　Looking at Ying Ji, who was growing stronger and stronger, I couldn't give up my power. Maybe he was too weak, maybe he was too young, and I never felt comfortable leaving a big dynasty in his hands.

　　Shook his eyes, the chamberlain has begun to start packing up the dishes on the case, I breathed a sigh of relief, out of the voice to stop: "Do not have to pack up, are put aside." Glancing at the timid Ying Ji, I sighed again, "All of you go down, this palace wants to dine with the king alone."

　　The palace staff did not dare to be slow, and within a few moments, they all exited Ganquan Palace, even Ah Shang didn't stay behind.

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　　I gave Ying a rare smile and said calmly, "Ji'er, come, sit next to Mother." I don't even know if I'm a saintly mother, calling someone my actual age my son without blushing or skipping a beat.

　　However, I seemed to be so deep into the drama that instead of feeling disgusted by what I was saying, I felt smugly that I was becoming more and more of a doting mother.

　　Ying Ji looked up in disbelief, because he hadn't had much contact with me from the time he returned to Qin from Yan to the time he ascended to the throne, and when the dust settled, I was so busy consolidating each other's positions that I was always cold and indifferent to him, like a stepmother. Now that I was cold and unkind to him, he was a little too accepting.

　　I cleared my throat and said, "Why, didn't you come to eat with the Queen Mother?"

　　"Yes, yes, yes." Ying Ji grinned, and when he smiled, the corners of his mouth sunk deep into two dimples that were identical to the ones on my face. He pulled a reclining chair and leaned over to me. His hands were busy with the dishes, but the more they were arranged, the more messy they became.

　　"Let me do it." I reached out and pressed down on his hand, taking the dishes and placing them one by one in front of me.

　　Ying Ji hemmed and hawed, "Mother."

　　"Uh-huh." I responded, pulling up my sleeve to clip some shredded chicken into Ying Ji's bowl, and then I grabbed a piece of tofu for myself, but just as it touched my tongue, I put it back on the plate. The spicy flavor was not something I loved, so I rinsed out my saliva and lost my appetite as I looked at the dishes laid out all over the table. When I lightly wiped the corners of my lips, I realized that Ying Ji had been staring at me.

　　I squeaked as if nothing had happened, "What's wrong."

　　"Mother." Ying Ji suddenly knelt down and sat in front of me and took hold of my hands, causing me to be shocked, and I thought of retracting my hands, but he held them even tighter, and suddenly said to me in a sad voice: "Mother, do you think that my son is very useless."

　　I was shocked by his sudden action, he called me Empress Dowager, mother, never dared to open his mouth to call a mother, even though I have seen more than once he desperately wanted to be close to me as his own mother, but were all blocked by my merciless face to the door.

　　Seeing his look of frustration, I began to waver again, subconsciously still seem to have the remnants of the love of the Mi Ba Zi for his son. Although it was suppressed by my aura, that feeling could not be extinguished by determination.

　　I tried to keep myself calm, and unconsciously smiled gently at Ying Ji, "Why do you say that about yourself, Ji'er, you're the great king of our Qin Kingdom, who dares to say you're useless."

　　"If the child is not useless, why do we have to rely on the king of Yiqu Rong, and mother won't ..." Ying Ji overreacted, and only closed his mouth when he said to this point, a fool can hear the meaning of his words. In addition, without Yi, his throne may not be able to sit steadily, this moment is like wanting to cross the river to tear down the bridge.