It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 1

Shentai five years, June.

This year’s rain was particularly heavy. When Master Tang set off from the capital in March, Jinling was misty and rainy. When they stumbled all the way to the north, it was still raining.

After the rain, the road is particularly difficult to walk, they stop and go, and the original two-month journey was grind to three months by them. Fortunately, they have entered the fief of King Jing, not far from their destination.

Master Tang and his entourage are beauties sent by Master Wang. They came to serve King Jing on the order of the Queen Mother Yao. However, looking at the appearance of no one on the road, I am afraid that King Jing did not expect them so much.

Also, how could a well-known vassal prince who supported his army be willing to be stared at by the female servants who were called court beauties, who were actually the eyeliners of the queen dowager.

Since entering the fief, Tang Shishi obviously felt that the order had taken on a new look. The refugees on the road were barely visible, and even the official roads were much smoother. Master Tang looked at the scene outside, thinking that it is no wonder that the Queen Mother is not at ease with King Jing.

The little emperor of Jinling is only eleven this year, and the uncle Jing of the North is in his prime, guarding the fortress and holding half of the world’s soldiers and horses. Who in Miyagi can really relax?

When Master Tang was in a trance, the beauty in the same car smiled and said, “Sister Tang, what are you looking at, so fascinated?”

Master Tang returned to his senses, lowered the curtain, and said, “It’s stuffy, just look at the outside air.”

The person who spoke was Ji Xinxian, who was also a beauty sent to Prince Jing’s Mansion, who had never been convinced by Tang Shishi. In fact, of the five people in the car at the moment, only Shishi Tang was the lowest. They didn’t even mention the same car. Even if all the beauties on this trip were brought over, no one would have a lower status than the female merchant of Tang Shishi.

Ji Xinxian is the daughter of the prefect of Yangzhou anyway, so why is he jealous of Master Tang? Speaking of this incident, Master Tang had to sigh and show his face.

No, who made her look good. The empress dowager was more blue-eyed towards Master Tang, and personally ordered Master Tang to be the leader of the beauties of the faculty this time. Among the people, Master Tang was the first.

Ji Xinxian was annoyed when she saw Master Tang’s wicked attitude. She leaned against her companion and said, holding the veil: “It is not the work of the noble lady to raise the curtain on the road. Look at Sister Zhou, you won’t do this kind of indecent behavior. thing.”

Zhou Shunhua kept silent until he heard this, he lifted his eyes and raised a faint glance at everyone: “What is it to me when you argue with you? Let’s live a little better. If Madam Feng hears it, he will have to scold him. “

Mother Feng is a close friend of the Queen Mother. She is nearly forty years old and never married. She is very cruel. Ji Xinxian shut up in fright when she heard of Mother Feng, but Tang Shishi didn’t care. Who made her look good? Grandma Feng couldn’t bear Master Tang’s face the most. It was too late to maintain her, so how could she be punished?

There were a total of five people sitting in the car. Although they ate and slept together for three months, they did not have much affection for each other. After this episode, no one in Zhongmei wanted to speak, and the rest was dull and silent.

Fortunately, they were lucky enough to catch up with the station today. Madam Feng let the girls get out of the car, and Master Tang stood on the ground with the shaft of the car. She could not help but let out a long sigh of relief when she saw the gate of the post station.

Other beauties also showed a relaxed and happy color. It is too boring to go on the road. It is a beautiful thing to be able to sleep well at night, and maybe even take a bath.

The beauties happily took their little sisters to the station. Master Tang has no sisters, and she is not rare, and walks beautifully towards the door alone. At the entrance of the post station, Mother Feng divided the rooms between the people with a stern face. Although these beauties were sent to serve King Jing, the beauties were also divided up and down. Master Tang has a good appearance and a good figure, and is appreciated by the Queen Mother. Zhou Shunhua’s family is powerful and he is born tall.

The two of them never squeeze the chase with other people, and always have their own rooms. It’s just that this time the station room is tense. Shishi Tang and Zhou Shunhua share a room with an upper room, and Mother Feng occupies an upper room by herself, and the others, four or five people squeeze into an inferior room.

When Shishi Tang heard that he wanted to live with Zhou Shunhua, he instantly lost his interest. Zhou Shunhua was able to hold his hand, with a look of everyone saluting to Grandma Feng, “Thank you, Grandma.”

Master Tang rolled his eyes secretly, and walked around the room to the room. As she passed the corridor, Mother Feng called to stop her: “Master Tang.”

Master Tang stopped, and when she turned her head to face Grandma Feng, he immediately put on a nice and gentle smile: “Grandma is well, I wonder if Grandma has any instructions?”

Grandma Feng looked up and down Tang Shishi. She had been with the Queen Mother for a long time, and instinctively didn’t like beautiful women, especially Tang Shishi. But I have to say that Master Tang’s appearance is really good.

Black hair and snowy skin, willow brows and apricot eyes, nose bridge, red lips, especially the wonderful thing is that the corners of the eyes are slightly raised, and the bright colors are mixed with attractiveness.

No wonder the Queen Mother has high hopes for this woman. From a man’s point of view, she really can’t resist this stunning beauty. Grandma Feng felt astonished by herself, not to mention a man?

Mother Feng thought, her face was rarely soft, and even a smile appeared on her lips: “I will be at the Jing Palace in a few days. Seeing that the days of the old man and you are seldom like a day, I really can’t bear it. Tonight, You might as well move to the old man’s room, and the old man can say something to you.”

Teacher Tang showed a reluctance to give up in front of her, and when she heard the second half of Madam Feng’s words, she was shocked in her heart.

Mother Feng actually let her live in her own house? This shock is no small thing. Master Tang held steady, and immediately showed a surprised and proud expression: “Really? Mother Xie.”

The other beauties did not go far. They were surprised and envious when they heard what Feng Feng said. Many people stared at Master Tang in jealousy. Zhou Shunhua glanced at each other with her handkerchiefs, and cast a look of mockery and pity at Master Tang. Master Tang took all the orders one by one. She happily said goodbye to Mother Feng, and then went back to the house in a high-profile manner to pack her luggage.

Master Tang’s luggage has been moved to the post room by her husband. Master Tang cleaned up the items by himself and went to Sister Feng’s room for the night. As she packed her things, she loosened her hand and a book fell out.

This book is a bit old, although it is carefully preserved, the edges are still yellowish, and it can be seen that it is some years old.

Master Tang looked at the familiar indigo cover, slightly stunned. She has been away from home for three years. In the past three years, I don’t know how her mother is. Mother is weak and soft-eared, how can she beat Su and many young and beautiful concubines alone in the back house.

Tang Shishi is a merchant girl, whose ancestral home is Linqing. Although the status of merchants is low, merchants are really rich. Jiucheng Chaoguan in the world is in Linqing, Jiucheng Linqing Chaoguan is in the Tang family, and the Tang family is the veritable Linqing richest man.

But at the beginning, the richest man in Linqing was not the Tang family, but the Lin family. Master Tang’s mother, Lin Wanxi, is the only daughter of the Lin family. Father Lin has been in shopping malls all his life, but he has never had children. Later, the old man Lin had no desire to beg his son. He looked at a young man, Tang Mingzhe, and felt that this son would be of great use, so he betrothed his only daughter to Tang Mingzhe, and wanted to find someone to take care of his daughter Lin Wanxi in a hundred years’ time.

Facts have proved that Mr. Lin’s vision is very vicious. Tang Mingzhe took advantage of the Lin family’s relationship and really showed his glory. In just a few years, he expanded the Lin family’s business several times. Not only did he control the canal business, he also had a relationship with the government.

Old man Lin had no children in his life, but he found a good son-in-law. He died of illness with a smile, but after the death of Old Man Lin, Tang Mingzhe held a huge amount of fortune and entered the wind and moon field again, and his mind slowly became active.

Nine months after the death of Old Man Lin, Master Tang was born. Lin Wanxi focused on her daughter, and when Master Tang was about to turn a hundred years old, Tang Mingzhe came back from outside socializing and suddenly offered to accept a concubine.

Lin Wanxi was stunned. However, at this moment, Linqing is completely Tang Mingzhe’s world, everyone only recognizes Tang Mingzhe, who still remembers the Lin family. Lin Wanxi’s current identity is only Mrs. Tang, so there is no right to oppose her husband’s concubine. Within a month, the Su family came in. In May of the following year, Su family was born prematurely and gave birth to the second lady, Tang Yanyan.

Su said that she was born prematurely at seven months, but according to Tang Yanyan’s appearance, she was born full-term. Su didn’t even feed her milk, so she rushed to get pregnant when she was out of confinement. In the second year, she successfully gave birth to a boy.

So far, Su’s position is completely stable. Lin Wanxi was weak in character and squeamish, and she was quickly marginalized. Later, when Tang Mingzhe’s women entered the door one by one, Lin Wanxi had no sense of existence.

When Shishi Tang was very young, she heard the maids tell her with regret that she was a girl. If she were a boy, the eldest lady would not be reduced to this.

Everyone regrets that Lin Wanxi’s first child is a daughter, but because of her lack of favors, it is getting harder and harder to get pregnant, and her status in the main room has plummeted. Lin Wanxi’s temperament is weak, so when others chew the tongue, they let them chew, and she concentrates on the child.

Lin Wanxi poured all the hope and love of the rest of her life on Master Tang. She yearned for Master Tang to marry a good family, and she prepared a dowry for Master Tang since she was ten years old. Once, Lin Wanxi took Teacher Tang up to the mountain for incense, and the host stared at Master Tang for a long time, saying that this female fortune was ill-fated, she might not be able to hold it down, and she might end up in a wood show in the forest and the wind will destroy it in the future.

Master Tang felt that the host was cheating money, but Lin Wanxi believed it and panicked completely. After all, Lin Wanxi was the eldest of the Lin family. The private property left by the old man was enough for her to squander for several lifetimes. Lin Wanxi donated half of her wealth in, just to let the host change her life to Master Tang. Later, the presiding officer couldn’t help but gave Master Tang a non-character celestial book, saying that Master Tang should take it with him and worship him. When the time comes, he will know.

Master Tang opened the book and found that the book was blank from the cover to the inner pages.

Is there a more standard scam than this? However, Lin Wanxi believed that she thanked her farewell to the host, and when she returned home, she forcibly escorted Master Tang to worship the heavenly script, praying in the morning and evening.

Master Tang can only comfort himself, so he should spend money to buy a peace of mind for his mother. She was reluctant to worship for several years, however, the blessing of the Buddha did not seem to work.

When Tang Shishi was ten years old, Lin Wanxi’s old friend Mrs. Qi came to Tang’s house as a guest. As soon as Mrs. Qi felt sorry for the miserable fate of her girlfriend, she liked the appearance of Master Tang, so she made a baby kiss for her son Qi Jingsheng and Master Tang.

Qi Jingsheng is a well-known child prodigy in Linqing. He showed extraordinary talents at a young age. It is said that the Qi family is already managing relations and will be available for Qi Jingsheng’s scientific research in the future. Lin Wanxi was extremely satisfied with this marriage, and happily prepared a dowry for Master Tang.

Later, I heard that Qi Jingsheng became more and more competitive, and was admitted as a talent in the fourteenth year of the Tang Master’s and Teachers’ Examination. In Linqing, a group of merchants, when did they have scholars, even Tang Mingzhe praised Jingsheng. During that time, even Tang Shishi and Lin Wanxi’s situation changed for the better.

Unfortunately, they regard Qi Jingsheng as their son-in-law, and others think the same way. When Lin Wanxi embroidered the wedding dress for Master Tang, a message suddenly came out saying that Master Tang was caught by a flower and bird, and hit Tianen, and she was going to be drafted in the palace.

Lin Wanxi was struck by lightning, and no one dared to **** someone from the royal family. In this way, the marriage between Tang Shishi and Qi Jingsheng would naturally be invalidated. However, Tang Mingzhe didn’t want to give up a son-in-law who might become an official. Under the persuasion of Su’s mother and daughter, Tang’s marriage was transferred to Tang Yanyan as it should be.

The night when the news came, Lin Wanxi was anxious and fell into a coma on the spot. After she woke up, regardless of her ill health, she struggled to fight Tang Mingzhe and Su Shi.

Master Tang stopped his mother. Everyone said that Lin Wanxi had a bad life, she was a honeypot in the first half of her life, and Huanglian in the second half of her life, but it was a pity that she didn’t give birth to a son.

It doesn’t matter, if the mother is weak, then Master Tang will be strong; if the mother doesn’t fight, then she will fight.

As a woman, Tang Shishi could not be an official in the imperial examination, could not join the army, and could not return home to support her mother. Then she enters the palace, she must be famous in the palace, let Tang Mingzhe and Su kneel down and kowtow to her mother.

Master Tang quickly retracted his mind and picked up the yellowed book. In the three years since entering the palace, Master Tang almost completely forgot this book. A blatant scam, hollowed out half of his mother’s wealth, and had to carry it with him. Who would be in a good mood after seeing this kind of thing?

Master Tang was very annoyed with this so-called “Wordless Book”. She simply stuffed things into the package, and suddenly there was a flower in front of her, and it seemed to have words on it.

Master Tang was shocked and thought he had read it wrong. She turned over and looked again, and found that there were indeed words on it, and the three characters “Shun Hua Biography” appeared on the originally empty cover.