Chapter 43 I Recognize This Queen Mother

To be honest, even if the royal property was not sold, it would not be difficult for Cao Wenzhen to take out the relief funds for Chengyu County.

With Cao Wenzhen's wealth, it was easy for him to take over just one county.

But he would rather sell the royal property than pay out of his own pocket, which shows the loyalty of Eunuch Cao.

At least he is not as loyal to Ning Zhongyu as the outside world sees. Perhaps he can use this matter to his advantage in the future.

Moreover, although Lu Changjing was wrong in this matter, Cao Wenzhen's mistake was even greater.

If he had told Lu Changjing in advance that the royal secret treasury and the national treasury were empty, Lu Changjing would not have agreed to Wang Shengdi's relief to Chengyu County.

As a result, when something went wrong, Cao Wenzhen pushed all the responsibility onto Lu Changjing, which was quite shameless.

After giving Lu Changjing a good scolding and asking him to be more careful in the future, Cao Wenzhen prepared to leave with some heartache.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

But before Cao Wenzhen walked out of the imperial study, he heard a greeting from outside, so he hurriedly opened the door and invited the Empress Dowager to come in.

Today's Queen Mother gives people a slightly different feeling.

She wore a yellow Bixia Luo embroidered with phoenixes, a long pink smoke gauze skirt that trailed on the ground, and a soft green gauze on her arm. A peony flower was inserted diagonally in her bun and misty hair. She really had the air of a woman with dark eyebrows blooming like a distant mountain and green hair dyed with the thick smoke of spring.

The emerald emerald green smoked sweater, the pleated skirt scattered with water mist and green grass, the body is covered with a thin emerald water veil, the shoulders are cut into a waist, and the muscles are like orchids, charming and boneless.

She doesn't look like Ning Zhongyu's mother at all. Some people would believe that she is Ning Zhongyu's sister.

"I heard that the emperor is selling his property to help with the disaster. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Seeing Lu Changjing, Hua Yanqiu asked with concern, it was indeed because of this matter.

Lu Changjing glanced at Cao Wenzhen, who looked at his nose and his mind, as if he didn't hear anything.

If this guy hadn't just felt sorry for Lu Changjing for refusing the help of the concubines, he would have really thought that Cao Wenzhen didn't love money.

In order to prevent Hua Yanqiu's help from being taken away by Cao Wenzheng, Lu Changjing shook his head directly: "Thank you for your concern, mother. This matter has been resolved, mother, don't worry."

Cao Wen Zheng frowned when he heard this, and a flash of heartache crossed his face.

But thinking that doing so might make Ning Zhongyu lose face, he decided not to use his true Qi to send a message to make Lu Changjing agree to Hua Yanqiu's help.

Hua Yanqiu frowned slightly: "You really don't need my help? Before the late emperor passed away, he left me a lot of things, including many resources and treasures that the emperor needs."

"This..." Lu Changjing glanced at Cao Wenzheng beside him and refused again with some heartache: "I really don't need it, mother, please take it back."

After all, the resources and treasures that Ning Zhongyu can use, Lu Changjing can basically also use.

It was a pity that the damn eunuch Cao Wen Zheng was right next to him, otherwise he would have accepted it. At the same time, he told Hua Yanqiu not to leak the matter.

Although this Empress Dowager had a seductive look and was a little too attractive, she was pretty good in other aspects, at least she kept her mouth shut.

"Well, since the emperor doesn't need help, I will go back."

Seeing Lu Changjing's repeated refusals, Hua Yanqiu did not force him and left the imperial study with a few palace maids.

"Pah pah pah..." As soon as Hua Yanqiu left, Cao Wen Zheng couldn't help but give Lu Changjing a few strong winds from the air, then turned and left.

Although Cao Wen Zheng did not say why he taught Lu Changjing a lesson, it was easy to tell that the eunuch in charge had become greedy again.

However, he was not brave enough and did not dare to ask Lu Changjing to agree to Hua Yanqiu's help.

As soon as Cao Wenzhen left, Lu Changjing "recovered" from his injuries and continued to practice and improve.

But not long after, the window on the side was heard to be opened, and a graceful figure entered the imperial study and bowed before Lu Changjing: "Your servant Qing'er greets His Majesty."

Lu Changjing looked up and saw Qing'er wearing light green underwear with a light pink vest underneath. There were morning glory tattoos on her neckline and chest, which made her look particularly charming.

In terms of appearance alone, Qing'er is not much worse than Tan Qingyun and Lin Yixin, but she is far inferior in terms of temperament.

Looking at Qing'er in front of him, Lu Changjing inexplicably thought of Qing'er in a TV series he had watched in his previous life. The two of them had quite a few similarities.

She is a maidservant beside Empress Dowager Hua Yanqiu, and one of the most trusted maidservants by Hua Yanqiu. Not only is she beautiful, but her kung fu skills are even better.

At only in his twenties, he was already a master of meridian forging.

With all her spiritual weapons, it is not easy for even some mid- to high-level masters to do anything to her.

It was not difficult for the other party to sneak into the imperial study.

Lu Changjing waved his hand and asked her to get up: "Did the Queen Mother ask you to come?"

"Yes, the Empress Dowager asked me to bring some things over." Qing'er placed a brocade bag in front of Lu Changjing, then turned and walked away: "I will leave first. The Empress Dowager asked me to tell the Emperor that only the three of us know about this matter, and no one else will know. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, just keep it."

Looking at Qing'er's disappearing figure, Lu Changjing was a little surprised and a little moved.

He didn't expect that this extremely charming Queen Mother would be so nice to him. He thought the relationship between her and Ning Zhongyu would be rather awkward.

After all, although they are said to be mother and son, their age difference is actually less than three years. Lu Changjing felt embarrassed every time she called him mother.

He opened the brocade bag and took a look. There were actually two hundred low-grade spirit stones inside, enough for Lu Changjing to use for a long time.

In addition, there are some elixirs. The one that Lu Changjing is most excited about is a bottle of calming pills. This is a high-level elixir, and an extremely rare high-level elixir that can enhance spiritual strength.

During this period, Lu Changjing also received a lot of gifts, but he had not received any panacea or treasures that could enhance his spiritual power. You can imagine how rare they are.

Hua Yanqiu gave him a bottle of ten pills. Such a generous gesture made Lu Changjing open his mouth wide and secretly said that his mother was so mighty.

Because of this bottle of calming pills, Lu Changjing felt that the title of "mother" was not difficult to pronounce, and on the contrary, it sounded a bit intimate.

It seems that I should get along well with the Queen Mother. If I can enter and leave the palace freely in the future, I can go and see her more often. Maybe I can get good things like the Tranquilizing Pill from her.

With this bottle of calming pills, Lu Changjing saw the possibility of practicing the spirit, energy and essence together.

When he returned to the secret room at night and locked the stone door, Lu Changjing immediately took out a calming pill and prepared to taste it.

I don’t know to what level this high-level elixir can enhance his spiritual power. Two or three small realms should not be a big problem.

　PS: Dear parents who provide you with food and clothing, please read this, newbies really need it, (*^▽^*).

　　
　
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