"That's right, Yue'er, you're in the prime of your life now, but what's the intention, men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, if you really have, let Niangniang help you interrogate, if appropriate, let Niangniang make a matchmaker for you, how about it? This is a big deal for my daughter's family!" The Queen Mother smiled slightly, changed the topic, and said to me with a lovely smile. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Niangniang, my daughter is still young! I am not in a hurry to think about these things, but I still thank you for your kindness. I bowed my head shyly and whispered.

The Queen Mother said unhurriedly: "This woman, in the final analysis, must be married well to be good." Men are afraid of entering the wrong business, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, it is better to marry well than to do well, find the right person, that is a lifetime of happiness. The emperor is a good person, if I hadn't met him, I would still be playing drums and performing arts in Kaifeng for a living, going south and north to make a living. However, you don't know the hardships of the people at the bottom, haven't you heard the saying that poor and lowly couples mourn everything? No matter how good your relationship is and how similar your temper is, if you have no economic security, you will always be tired of running around for life, and life will wear down your feelings little by little, and finally be exhausted. In fact, when I and Brother Gong, you beat the gong and I played the drum, in the eyes of others, we were a loving couple back then, but even supporting ourselves was a problem, how could there be any leisure to talk about love, and there was no time to sort out the bits and pieces of feelings-" Her big autumn eyes looked into the distance, and fell into the memories of the past.

"What about Brother Gong, is it good for you?" I couldn't help but ask curiously, who is this Queen Mother who keeps mentioning it.

"He is indeed a good person, and he really likes me, thinking about everything for my sake, even if there is only half of the steamed bun left, it must be left for me, and he is reluctant to eat it. But seeing that he was poor and white, and couldn't afford the happiness I wanted, he decisively chose to quit on his own initiative. That's where he is great, too. Although we are a fake couple, we are a husband and wife for a hundred days. In fact, through getting along day and night, I also gradually developed feelings for Brother Gong, and I also had some feelings, but it was difficult for poor couples, in order not to want my flowers and moon appearance to be wasted, in order to be able to be prosperous and rich one day, and to get ahead, I had to give up the hard-won feelings. Thinking about the days when I slept in the open at that time, I didn't know the next meal after eating, it was really unbearable to look back. But thinking about it carefully, I suddenly have a few nostalgia for that simple and wonderful days of performing everywhere. Brother Gong is obedient to himself and pampered. If I had chosen him, maybe my life would not have so many ups and downs, so many difficult steps. Although I later got my wish and entered the palace, but throughout the ages, in all dynasties, which emperor is not a three-wife and four concubines, not a harem of three thousand beauties? Let the emperor have a fresh sense of himself all the time, so that he will not forget the old feelings in front of the new favorite, always desperately figure out the emperor's thoughts, so that the queen has no hostile intentions towards herself, and she has to keep learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and study hard, from a country girl who can't read big characters to a well-read queen, the queen mother, studying the statecraft, it's really tiring and tired——"

The Queen Mother paused, and then said: "Now that I am finally better, and your appearance has disturbed my calm mind, I have to think more about it for you, and plan to plan." Men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, you know, children, this marriage event is indeed very important. Du Qiuniang's "Golden Threaded Clothes" is very well written, persuading the monarch not to cherish the golden threaded clothes, and persuading the monarch to cherish the youth. The flowers can be folded straight, and the branches must be broken without flowers. You don't have to be in a daze all day long, you have to plan for yourself. It is better to ask for others than for yourself. It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. You don't plan for the future yourself, it's hard for God to help you. ”

"Mother, in fact, the current situation is--there is no one I like, and there is no one who likes mine-" I said embarrassedly,

"Hey, indeed, the way you look - it's all to blame me, it's all to blame for the mother's failure to take care of you. She suddenly slapped her well-maintained face with her delicate hand, which I didn't expect. "Mother, this can't be helped. I hurriedly took her warm hand, and the Queen Mother said with great regret: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's a pity that you have become like this now, it's all to blame Niangniang for hurting you and making you so ugly, you don't know, you were just born with that handsome appearance, not to mention how beautiful, it's really loved by everyone." Hey, it's all my fault, but, Yue'er, don't worry, I must search all over the country, find the best doctor in the country, give you plastic surgery, and make you as beautiful as before, even if it costs gold and silver, I will not hesitate to -"

I couldn't bear it, so I said, "Look, mother-" and laughed like a silver bell. I said unhurriedly while taking off the inseparable pigskin mask, "Niangniang, you don't have to worry about me, in fact, my appearance has not changed, it was the master who insisted on me to wear it, and when I said it, for my good, I can identify people who really like me, so this one has been worn for more than ten years." ”

The Queen Mother was taken aback, and then laughed loudly: "Ah, it's so good-looking, it's good, it's good, it's good, I'm relieved, Yue'er looks really like a flower, and it's as beautiful as a flower." And it's like, it's like. She looked at my real face when I took off my mask, and was full of praise and couldn't help but say with joy.

"Niangniang, what is it like—" I suddenly heard my mother sigh and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Yue'er, come, you come in with me, Niangniang will let you see something, and you will know what it is. The Queen Mother twisted her elegant body, took graceful steps, like dancing ballet, gently pressed something, the door swished open, the Queen Mother gracefully turned into the dark room inside, and I followed her step by step and walked in. Inside is more splendid, magnificent, all kinds of rare treasures at a glance, are placed in an orderly manner, there are antique calligraphy and paintings, Ming jewelry, dazzling, shining, I see dazzling, dizzying, I want to one day be able to bring back one or two pieces of modern society I will enter the ranks of multimillionaires, it is really beautiful to be beautiful, by the way, what do I have to do first, such as the housing prices of post-modern society are so expensive, I must first buy a luxury house to enjoy life by the way, right, and then buy an elongated Lincoln, swaggering through the market, "The spring breeze is proud, and I can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day——" Sprinkle a few stacks of RMB 100 yuan bills on the way, anyway, if you have money, you have to be capricious, just let yourself do what you want, the feeling of the colorful money fluttering in the wind must be very good, forget it, it is not good to be regarded as a neuropathy by everyone, or convergence, anyway, let everyone look at my poor bastard, the general office staff also have a day of soaring, haha, the sea and the sky are wild and whimsical, thinking about the beauty, suddenly thought of the draught and did not forget to dig the well, and hurriedly cast a grateful glance to the Queen Mother.

I saw that the Queen Mother carefully took out one of the picture scrolls from the layers of layers of valuable gold-inlaid jade vermilion sandalwood boxes, and skillfully took out one of the picture scrolls, but the picture scrolls were full of dust that had been deposited for many years, and it seemed that they were old objects that had been sealed for many years. But I am more interested in the box, lingering for a long time, this is the Northern Song Dynasty expensive cultural relics, whether from the shape or the process, are second to none, ingenuity, if Xiao Fei saw I don't know how happy it should be, it is really a rare treasure, if I can accidentally take it back, I can make a fortune.

The Queen Mother slowly unfolded the scroll, looked at it slightly, and gently handed it to me, this is a priceless treasure of calligraphy and painting, I carefully took the scroll that weighed as Mount Tai, "It's really like, no, it's exactly the same." "I thought to myself, the beauty in the painting is lifelike, the eyes are bright, it is simply my self-portrait, it is like another purple moon.

"Look, this is the portrait of me when I was younger. Hey, it's a pity that the years are not forgiving, you don't see the sad white hair of the high hall mirror, the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk, and now it is getting old and ugly. The Queen Mother sighed helplessly. No wonder she would be my ancient landing, it turned out to be so similar, isn't it my previous life?" "Niangniang, don't say that, in my heart, you will always be so young and beautiful, so graceful and luxurious." I hastened to add. "My son doesn't think my mother is ugly, you will naturally say so, but the years are not forgiving-" The Queen Mother gently stroked my face and sighed softly. "It's so good, even this smooth and delicate skin is the same as I was back then, it's really my good daughter. ”

Suddenly, a bang interrupted our speech, it turned out that the Queen Mother had just taken the scrolls in a hurry, not placed, those layers of scrolls out of balance, or maybe these scrolls saw the light of day, excited, scrambling, running to tell each other, calling friends, so accidentally two portraits fell to the ground. The Queen Mother walked over gracefully, I hurriedly put the scroll in my hand with relief, the Queen Mother slowly opened one of them at will, she gently stroked the scroll with her fingertips, frowned slightly, sighed and said: "Hey, why are you willing to leave me so early, how lonely and pitiful we are orphans and widows, do you know how much I miss you day and night, and now you are doing well over there?" The Queen Mother's eyes were slightly moist, and she gestured to me: " Yue'er, come here, this is the portrait of the former emperor, that is, the portrait of your father, look, how extraordinary the emperor is, heroic and upright. I looked at the lifelike picture scroll and exclaimed: "No wonder you fell in love at first sight, it is indeed the emperor, no, my father is really a jade tree in the wind, handsome and compelling." ”

The Queen Mother picked up another painting, looked at it intently, fell into deep thought, I carefully looked at the portrait of the emperor, and blurted out: "By the way, Niangniang, you look so attentive, who is this in your hand, can I take a look?" "Of course you can, by the way, I forgot to tell you, this is the Brother Gong I just kept mentioning and was so kind to me, this is his portrait more than ten years ago." "When I looked closely, the man with thick eyebrows and big eyes on the picture gave me a sense of déjà vu. Except for a few wrinkles that the master himself painted on the snake's feet, it was exactly the same, yes, and suddenly remembered that the master called him a man and called him Brother Gong, and it turned out that this Brother Gong was the master's man. It seems that the Queen Mother really likes me, and deliberately put me at the door of the master, instead of putting me casually. No wonder the master said that her man ran away with a woman who looked like a palace maid, no wonder she sneaked into the palace several times to find out the news, but she never asked why she came out, so it was. And the woman who walked with her man was none other than the personal maid in the Queen Mother's palace. It seems that seeing is not necessarily believing. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, the affectionate and righteous Brother Pan is the unkind man in the master's mouth. The same person in the eyes of different people has different faces. And Master's adopted daughter is me, the princess who can't see the light, Master's biological son Yun'er is now the current emperor, and Master's man is the nominal ex-husband of the Queen Mother, this relationship is so complicated that I feel dizzy to think about it, but this Queen Mother, where is Brother Gong, who is in Master's heart, dead or alive?

I was thinking about it, when the familiar rooster crow of the turkey came from outside, interrupting my fluctuating thoughts: "The Queen Mother, the eldest princess and sister of the eldest princess of Deng Guo and the princess Li begged to see the queen mother, and they came to congratulate the queen mother—" "Tell them to come in, let's go, Yue'er, let's go out and have a look-" I saw several graceful and luxurious women coming to meet them, two of them were older and one was young. When they saw the Queen Mother, they immediately knelt on the ground and said devoutly: "Knock on the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old, I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan, this is a few thin gifts that we have specially prepared, the courtesy is light and heavy, and I hope the Queen Mother will smile - " "Everyone, get up, what kind of gifts do you bring, it's good that people are here, it really bothers you." Over the years, the old man has been busy with government affairs, and he has no time to go over to visit relatives, visit sisters-in-law, relatives, I haven't seen you for several years, you don't have to be formal. ”

After a long time of not seeing each other, they chatted enthusiastically, first talking about some short and cumbersome family affairs in the family, and then the eldest princess said: "By the way, the Queen Mother, originally we female streamers don't talk about political affairs, but we are worried about you, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not?" The eldest princess looked at me a few times at ease, and whispered cautiously. "There are no outsiders in the palace, but it doesn't hurt to say it-" The Queen Mother dispelled their concerns. The eldest princess said sincerely: " The Queen Mother's great-grandfather Liu Weiyue became the envoy of the Tianping Army Festival and the Zhongshu Order and the Shangshu Order, the Queen Mother's great-grandmother Song was named Mrs. An Guotai, grandfather Liu Yanqing was named the Changhua Military Festival Envoy and Zhongshu Ling and Xu Guogong, grandmother Yuan was named Mrs. Qi Guotai, father Liu Tong was the King of Kaifu Yi and the Three Divisions of Wei, and his mother Pang was named Mrs. Jin Guotai, although nominally listening to the splendid flowers, a prosperous scene, but in fact, people with a discerning eye can see that in fact, the Queen Mother and your mother's family are really not officials, and now you and the little emperor are weak, I think you should promote more of your mother's family as the right hand of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, you also save worry, so as not to work day and night, hurt your body, Queen Mother, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are a lot haggard, the phoenix body is important. ”

The queen mother said without thinking: "Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, I understand it, but this is not good, nepotism in the court is a taboo, when the emperor was alive, I was told not to slack off on this matter, not to mention the courtiers, that is, the Liu family itself, also has limited ability, if blindly cronyism, if the Liu family does something harmful to the country, how will I see the emperor under Jiuquan after a hundred years? So I rely on those talented scholars in the court, such as Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, Lu Yijian, Lu Zongdao and so on, I believe in my own vision, the country still depends on them. ”

"It's still the Queen Mother's high opinion, we women are short-sighted, with long hair and short knowledge, you don't have to worry about us in general, or the Queen Mother is far-sighted, and women don't press their eyebrows. The eldest princess said with a smile. "That's, that's it, the Queen Mother. Others chimed in.

"Speaking of hair-" The Queen Mother sighed: "I haven't seen you for a long time, the sisters-in-law are all old and hairless, you must have time to enter the palace to play, this time is like a shuttle, your former green hair is now sparse, there is not much left, hey, time is like a shuttle, and the sisters-in-law are also old." ”

The eldest princesses said: "Yes, the queen mother, this time is urging people to get old, time flies, I want to be young when we were young, and the emperor frolicked and played in the imperial garden, just like yesterday, I still remember that we all sang happily in the courtyard of the former dynasty poet Wang Bo's "Falling Flowers" - falling flowers, falling flowers are deserted. The green leaves and green tarsus reflect the dancalyx, and Jun Pei returns to the Golden Pavilion. The shadow brushes the tortoiseshell feast, and the incense flutters on the dogwood curtain of the dance hall. Falling flowers fly, burning into the middle curtain. The falling flowers are full of spring, and the spring people will not return. The degree of falling flowers, the atmosphere surrounds the tall trees. The falling flowers and spring have multiplied, and the spring people ignore the spring. Qige Qingtai is quiet and leisurely, and Luo Yuan's red scarf is returned. The prime of life is no longer obtained, and the high branches are difficult to climb again. Try Fudan to travel in the falling flowers, and stay in the falling flowers at dusk. With Jun Luohua Courtyard, the stage is double-haired. Now I think of it, but I suddenly feel desolate, time passes like water, we have all entered the year of the wind and candle, become the old man who has half cut into the ground, life for a hundred years, suddenly, it is really short, in a few years, I don't know if we can still walk, into the capital to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother?"

The Queen Mother continued: "Sisters-in-law, don't say these frustrating words, but you must take care of your body, everything is outside the body, only the body is your own, and minor illnesses should be taken to heart, and they must be treated as soon as possible, and they should not be delayed for half a minute. But the old body really envy the life of the sisters-in-law, you can still take care of your old age, the old body is busy with state affairs every day, and you are as busy as a spinning top, when can you steal half a day of leisure——"

They saw that the Queen Mother was a little tired, and said knowingly: "This has disturbed the Queen Mother for half a day, and the Queen Mother is tired from working for half a day, so we won't say more, and we will say goodbye first, and hope that the Queen Mother will pay attention to the phoenix body and pay attention to rest." The Queen Mother hurriedly said to the maid: "By the way, Lu Luo, bring those precious jeweled papiers (similar to the decoration of the turban), the old body does not need these gorgeous things now, and has never worn them, so I just gave them to the sister-in-law today." After a while, those exquisite ornaments were presented by the turkeys, and the red sandalwood box with vermilion lacquer carved dragons and phoenixes was opened, and the golden light was shining, which was indeed a rare good thing. After the queen mother put hairpins on them with her own hands, the eldest princesses were covered by those exquisite ornaments with increasingly thinning hair, and they really looked a lot better, much younger, the queen mother specially took a bronze mirror, let them appreciate it carefully, the eldest princesses couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Thank you Queen Mother for your generous gifts, the Queen Mother is busy, I must pay attention to the phoenix body, we don't stay for a long time, this is goodbye——"

At this time, Princess Run, who had been silent next to her, lost no time in saying coquettishly: "Queen Mother, you are too partial, why don't you treat everyone equally, such precious accessories are really rare, there is no place to buy them if you have money, has the Queen Mother forgotten our daughter-in-law of the Zhao family?" She opened her mouth skillfully, and also wanted to ask the Queen Mother for a copy, the Queen Mother smiled slightly, and politely refused and said: "The eldest princess, they are the daughters of Emperor Taizong, the sister of Emperor Zhenzong, and it is right to take care of them." And we, the daughters-in-law of the Zhao family, don't be too particular, we still have to be frugal and housekeeping. "It seems that the Queen Mother has a hand in both external governance and internal governance. "Yes, what the Queen Mother said is extremely true. Although Princess Li was depressed, she still forced a smile, pretended to be happy, and went out with her aunts.

The Queen Mother was about to taste tea and take a break, when she heard the chirping voice of the turkey again-"Queen Mother, the ministers ask to see you, and they specially congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, and the birthday gift is coming-" "Let them come in, it's really lively today, I haven't been so happy for a long time-" The Queen Mother said with her eyebrows fluttering. The ministers came in in twos and threes, bowed their heads, and sat down in turn.

Today is really lively, you sing and I appear again, the Queen Mother knows the history of books, likes literature and art, reuses the ministers of civil and military affairs and friends and friends, almost all of them are literary masters, today can be regarded as a gathering of historical celebrities, full of talents, wonderful, there is a writing "two or two wild goose couples, according to the river and sea." The evening light reflects the evening shadow, and there is no dust in the river. Take a leisurely ride on the painting boat and frankly explain the gentry. The green shade bears the cover, and the grass is the yin. Fan Zhongyan, who is "worried about the world first, and happy after the world", has "a new song and a glass of wine, and the weather last year was an old pavilion." When the sun sets, the flowers fall helplessly, and the familiar swallow returns. The small garden incense path wanders alone, "and" the threshold chrysanthemum sorrow smoke orchid weeps dew, the curtain is light and cold, and the swallows fly away. Mingyue does not know how to leave hatred and bitterness, and the oblique light penetrates Zhu Hu. Last night, the west wind withered the green trees, and I went up to the tall building alone, looking at the end of the world. If you want to send color notes and rulers, where do you know where the mountains and rivers are?". It is written that "the rivers and mountains in the area are picturesque, and the scenery is chic to autumn." Where is the water immersed in the blue sky, and the cold light shines on each other. The island of Dihuazhou, covering the bamboo fence thatched house. The sails of the clouds are hung high, and the flag of smoke and wine is low. How many six dynasties have risen and wasted, and they are all gossip about fishing wood. Leaning on the floor, the cold day is silent. The "and" area is picturesque, and the scenery is chic to autumn. Where is the blue sky broken by water immersion? The island of Dihuazhou, covering the bamboo fence thatched house. The sails of the clouds are hung high, and the flag of smoke and wine is low. How many six dynasties have risen and wasted, and they are all gossip about fishing wood. Zhang Sheng, who leaned on the floor, was speechless in the cold day", and wrote "The east city gradually feels that the scenery is good, and the wrinkles and ripples welcome guests." The green poplar smoke is light and cold, and the red apricot branches are in spring. Floating hatred and less entertainment. Ken Ai's daughter smiled lightly. Persuade the sun to hold wine for the king, and leave the evening light among the flowers. Song Qi. It is written that "the courtyard is a little deeper, the willows are piled up with smoke, and the curtain is not repeated." Yule carved saddle tour smelter, the height of the building does not see Zhangtai Road. The rain and wind are wild in March twilight, the door is covered at dusk, and there is no plan to stay in spring. Tearful eyes asked Huahua silently, and the red flew over the swing. Ouyang Xiu, as well as wrote "There are many beautiful scenery in West Lake, and Feigai is happy to accompany him." The summer is coming to an end, and the sound of the river is coming to the sunset. Cheng Lin, and wrote "When should the gray law be answered, Jiang Chun came last night." The breeze moves the willows first, and the residual snow does not hide the plums. The rest of the cold is cleared, and the cold is slightly frozen. There are no guests behind closed doors, and the bottle is open for whom. "And" Hejia Lake on the Tianhua Temple, one by one Xuan window open to the water. There is no need to close the door to prevent vulgar guests, can there be mortals who love leisure?", and wrote "Two societies are good, thousands of families." Pian Pian saw the new Yan again. The phoenix nest is a neighbor, and the smoke of Xiaoxiang will come late. Mess into the Red Mansion and fly low on the Green Bank. When painting the beam, the song is scattered. For whom to return and for whom to come, the master is gracious to the bead curtain. Chen Yaozuo, etc., a large house of historical celebrities, because there are too many people, I am dazzled and dizzy, and I can't recognize them completely, so I won't list them one by one.

After the ministers sat down, after a greeting to congratulate the birthday, the queen mother said: "Pothos, why don't you give tea to the ministers-", the maids led by the pothos hurriedly brought up some exquisite tea sets with dragon and phoenix patterns respectfully, and served tea one by one, the queen mother looked at the tea cup carefully for a long time, and said dissatisfiedly: "How do you do things, how can this tea set for the minister to drink tea have dragon and phoenix patterns?" The old body thinks that this is not a tool that can be used by the ministers, you all replace it, go quickly, hurry up and take the simple and generous Jingdezhen white porcelain cup newly fired this year, this green tea and white background are interesting, it is very good-looking, and it shows that the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty are innocent, one and two innocent, complement each other, by the way, and the next time you reward food to the Liu family, you have to remember to replace those gold and silver dragon and phoenix utensils with lead ware, but you must not be confused anymore, and you must not let the royal utensils enter the Liu family, mess up the rules, and what kind of systemThe Queen Mother took advantage of the topic to play a role, which was nothing more than to express her selflessness and abide by her duty.

"What the Queen Mother said is very true, the Queen Mother is wise, I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old, a thousand years old-" Everyone rushed to send their colorful gifts, and the Queen Mother thanked them one by one, and then everyone talked and laughed while sipping tea. As soon as this literati and ink writers gathered, they were naturally poetic and elegant, and they also played the word game of poetry solitaire. The queen mother quoted the scriptures, and the side was very funny, and the ministers were full of joy and talked endlessly for a long time, everyone can speak the Tao, and the sky is full of flowers, and the head is the Tao. It's really "moss marks on the steps green, grass into the curtain green." There is a lot of talk and laughter, and there is no white ding. You can tune the piano and read the Golden Sutra—"

The Queen Mother then said very earnestly and cordially to the ministers: "The old body is really happy today, thank you for coming to the door to congratulate you on your birthday, this is the blessing of the old body." Now that the state is changing, the political situation is complicated, the old body and the emperor are thanks to the help and support of the princes, so that they can have today's glory and the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, and the old body is really grateful to all the courtiers. Do you think this is good, please report the names of your relatives to the old body, and the old body will all be hired by grace, and the emperor's grace will be great-" While softly instructing the maidservant, "Green pothos, don't you hurry up, hurry up and prepare paper and pens, and present them to all the adults for later use——"

When the ministers heard this, they were overjoyed, overjoyed, without thinking, splashed ink, and wrote their names well, and wrote the names of their relatives one by one, and respectfully presented them. The Queen Mother hurriedly packed up the list of names that were not left behind.

"Xie Empress Dowager Longen, the ministers have nothing to repay, they must be smeared with their hearts and brains, serve the country, and wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan-" The ministers couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in unison with a happy voice.

The Queen Mother smiled slightly: "Don't thank the old body first, in fact, it was just a small ploy of the old body, and there is no way to do it." Listen to the old man's details. The old man assisted the former emperor in governing for many years, and was deeply touched by the courtiers' formation of parties, the lack of governance of officials, the dictatorship of friends, and nepotism. Now that he is old, and the emperor is ignorant and young, it will not be good if your ministers are cronyistic again, especially if they are exploited by those ministers who have schemes, it will be even worse, so-" The ministers knew that they had fallen for the queen mother's strategy, and the layers of smiles accumulated on their faces gradually dimmed, and for a while, all of them had sad faces, frowns, and dark clouds.

The Queen Mother was happy, paused and continued: "Therefore, the top priority is to reduce talents without sticking to one pattern, and our court must select those useful people who have real talents and real learning, and are upright, rather than mediocre people who rely on relationships and open the back door to come in." Therefore, in the future, whenever you meet officials recommended by ministers, you must check the list in this booklet, and only those who do not match the number can be promoted. In this way, it effectively prevents our Great Song courtiers from weaving a power net, but just now, I really thank you for your unreserved cooperation with the work of the old body, without you, today's matter cannot be so smooth and successful. Sure enough, Jiang is still very old, the Queen Mother is really a political master second to none, and she quietly solved this old and difficult problem. The Queen Mother is really superior, such superb political art, skilled political skills, really a heroine among women, really has a mother must have a son, no wonder Song Renzong is praised all over the world, it originally originated from the Queen Mother.

"So the ministers, the old body really can't stand you today, this is a method that the old body has to use, please forgive me, you have made great contributions to the court today, all of them are meritorious members of the Great Song Dynasty, today is the birthday of the old body, the old body is here because of your presence and flourishing, the old body is also very happy, so come quickly, reward you with 100 gold ingots, 100 brocade horses——" Those ministers looked at each other, looking dumb and eating coptis, and they couldn't say what they were suffering from, where did they think that the Queen Mother still had such a powerful aftermath, and they jumped into a big pit with their eyes open, and they were miserable, although they were so angry that they blew their beards and stared at them, but they had no choice but to let the flowers fall, and they could only maintain a reluctant smile. In the end, they all thanked the Queen Mother Long En with a wry smile, and then left in a hurry.