Empress Dowager Wei drove the Anyan Palace, Xun Shaoling came out of the palace to greet him, saluted, he helped the Empress Dowager into the palace, and said: "Recently, the ministers have been busy with government affairs, and they have neglected to ask for peace, I don't know if the queen mother can be okay recently?"

"Eh......" Empress Dowager Wei's mind was depressed, showing a haggard look, and said: "Since Concubine Jin went, the mourning family will not be stable for a day." ”

"Failure to care about the queen mother in time is the fault of the sons, and the mothers mourn and take care of the phoenix body. He reassured and helped the Empress Dowager Wei to sit down on the silk collapse. The prince led the palace people to serve fragrant tea, and Xun Shaoling personally served it to the Empress Dowager Wei.

Seeing that he was so virtuous and filial, Empress Dowager Wei was comforted, took a sip of tea, her face was a little pale, she no longer sighed, and asked instead: "Emperor, the mourning family heard that you had a dispute with Elder Tianyuan again in the early court today, right?"

Xun Shaoling almost knew the intention of the Empress Dowager Wei, and replied: "Yes." Erchen and Master had a slight disagreement on the resolution of assigning Shang Shuwei Rushen of the Military Department to be in charge of the military affairs of the Southern Expedition. ”

"There is a small disagreement, but the mourning family heard that the emperor directly scolded the elder and left the court angrily, could it be that the mourning family heard the truth?" Empress Dowager Wei asked as softly as possible.

Xun Shaoling lowered his head, suppressed the anger in his eyes, and said: "Well, it's the truth, but the queen mother can rest assured, it's not that serious, and the son is just angry for a while." Master has been discussing politics in the court every day recently, which is understandable, but he often disagrees with his sons, and when his sons are anxious to prepare for the southern expedition, he not only shares his worries for his sons, but only advises his sons that they can't do that thing, and they really teach their sons to be upset. ”

Empress Dowager Wei said: "Emperor, for the affairs of the court, the mourning family can not say much, but the mourning family believes that the advice of the elder Tianyuan will make you worry again, and it is also really for the sake of the monarch to plan for the sake of Beiliang, if his advice to the emperor can not be patiently accepted, then who else in the court can listen to the advice? You are the king of a country, you should be macro, don't worry about the elders, he is like this, he is careful all his life, it is inevitable to be more suspicious, you should only be more tolerant, as for his advice, you can be discerning, you can't reject it." ”

Xun Shaoling bowed with his hand and said: "The queen mother's lesson is yes, and the sons should remember it." ”

Empress Dowager Wei smiled kindly, nodded, and instructed the palace people to bring up the pastries she made and put them on the table for Xun Shaoling to taste. She brushed her hand and retreated from the palace, smiled at the pastries, and said eloquently: "These are what you liked to eat when you were a child, before you went to Nanke, every time you finished practicing with your master, you would run to the mourning family's dormitory to eat the dim sum made by the mourning family, and she also liked to tell the mourning family what you learned from the master today, obviously the techniques of the Wan Dynasty Sect cannot be said to the outside world, but you still have to show the mourning family...... As soon as you go to Nanke, you have been there for ten years, and rarely return to China, the mourning family is thinking about it day and night, you come back, but even your appearance has become unrecognizable to the mourning family, and I don't know if your taste has changed, these pastries mourning family has not done it for a long time, today I made it for you to get some to try, you eat and see, is it still the same as when you were a child?"

Recalling his childhood, Xun Shaoling also felt a little emotional, his heart was smoother, he picked up a piece of mille-feuille cake and tasted it carefully, showing a smile, and couldn't help but praise: "Well, it's still like a child, although I haven't done it for a long time, the queen mother's craftsmanship is not unfamiliar at all." ”

The Queen Mother covered her mouth and laughed: "You just make the mourning family happy, it's been so many years, how can it not change at all?"

Xun Shaoling said: "It is true that it has not changed at all." ”

She looked at Xun Shaoling and sighed: "Yes, this learned craft is really not easy to be rusty." It's the same, Emperor, you shouldn't forget the teachings of the elders back then. ”

Xun Shaoling still wanted to take another piece of pastry, after hearing this, he took a sip, took a sip, put down the teacup, and said with a shallow smile to the Empress Dowager Wei: "Well, Erchen understands that Master's teachings, Erchen always keep them in mind, even after decades of time, they don't dare to forget, not to mention that the master can still mention it every day in front of the hall, and Erchen has benefited a lot." ”

Empress Dowager Wei looked at him, as if she saw that he was slightly displeased, and pushed a plate of his favorite pastries in front of him, looking as kind as an ordinary mother, and continued: "The emperor should not forget the kindness of Elder Tianyuan back then, if it wasn't for his help, how could there be the current situation?" It can be said that every step you take to the throne has the credit of the elders, so many years, you are lurking outside, and the court is maintained by Elder Tianyuan, although you are the emperor, you are still young, and you still have to count on his old man to stabilize the government in the future, the emperor will listen to the words of the queen mother, and cultivate more with Elder Tianyuan, and you can't be alienated because of the difference between monarchs and ministers. Looking at the Northern Liang Court, can you still find a good minister who is more worthy of relying on than Elder Tianyuan?"

Although Empress Dowager Wei's tone was gentle and taught, the meaning of her words was already very clear, looking at the Northern Liang court, no one could understand Xun Shaoling's road to becoming an emperor better than Shangguan Tianyuan. He has so many insider secrets in his hands, Xun Shaoling can only keep the same front as him, otherwise he will be a big threat. At present, Xun Shaoling's best choice is to rely on Shangguan Tianyuan.

Even if Empress Dowager Wei really had the intention of persuading Xun Shaoling to reconcile with Shangguan Tianyuan, Xun Shaoling heard that this is what she meant. He bowed his head and said, "Yes, Erchen remembers." ”

Maybe Empress Dowager Wei also meant that, so she added: "Emperor, for the sake of the overall situation, you should only be more patient." ”

As far as Empress Dowager Wei is concerned, Shangguan Tianyuan is on the same front with her in dealing with Weiyang, who is very suspicious of her, and she can't help but be jealous of Shangguan Tianyuan like Xun Shaoling, after all, he knows too much. On the way Xun Shaoling ascended to the throne, all the secret darkness was in his hands, how could they not guard against it?

After saying this, Empress Dowager Wei began the second purpose of this trip.

She knew that Xun Shaoling had been going to the Splendid Palace a lot recently, and she was very fond of Weiyang, if she told Xun Shaoling at this time what Mallow had told her at that time, and she was worried that there was no evidence, it would make Xun Shaoling unhappy, thinking that she was also as suspicious as Elder Tianyuan.

Empress Dowager Wei took advantage of the stillbirth of the dragon child conceived by Zhou Jinse, talked about the extension of the imperial heir, and reminded Xun Shaoling not to be favored, but to be kind to the palaces, one is to maintain the harmony of the harem, and the other is also conducive to the continuation of the imperial heir.

She finally suggested that Xun Shaoling, not long after the tragedy in the harem, in order to appease the palaces to regain their joy, and seal the six palaces and promote all the concubines.

At this point, the Empress Dowager Wei said this, Xun Shaoling had no choice but to agree, preparing to draft a decree to seal the harem, promote the beauties to Zhaoyi, and Jin originally sealed Zhaoyi and concubines.

When the discussion was over, she smiled and said lightly: "Concubine doesn't need to be promoted, right? Anyway, she has reached the concubine position, and she can be regarded as a monopoly in the palace." ”

Xun Shaoling was still a little worried about Weiyang, he said: "I'm afraid this is a bit unfair, Queen Mother, since the Great Seal Six Palaces, how can she be left alone?"

Empress Dowager Wei said patiently: "It's not that she's the only one, it's just that she has reached the concubine position, and then go up...... If you feel that it is unfair, the mourning family will prepare a rich reward to appease her, and the concubine is very virtuous, so she must not account for too much. ”

Xun Shaoling complied with the queen mother's wishes and said no more.

On the day when Xun Shaoling issued the decree to seal the harem, the Empress Dowager Wei really summoned Weiyang to Fengluan Palace, rewarded her a lot, and persuaded her not to mind with detailed words, and all the concubines were also present, and they all sighed that the Empress Dowager Wei was careful about Weiyang.

Weiyang told the Queen Mother that he would not have any objections to obeying the etiquette law, and believed in the will of the Queen Mother and the emperor.

Although she showed her heart like this, compared to the kindness and consideration of Empress Dowager Wei, she was still a little worse in the eyes of the concubines. All the concubines were thinking, it was impossible for Weiyang not to mind at all. Empress Dowager Wei also thought so, so she wanted to mention Weiyang's cold attitude when she saw Xun Shaoling the next time, and she seemed to be unconvinced.

However, in the afternoon of the same day, Weiyang prepared a gift for the concubines who were enshrined, and according to the distance of the palace, they were personally sent to the palaces one by one to celebrate the concubines, showing kindness and generosity in one fell swoop, so as to block the mouth of the Empress Dowager Wei and everyone.

After this incident, Weiyang is well versed in the means of the Empress Dowager Wei living in the harem, and she also faintly feels that some things have been revealed, such as her contest with the Empress Dowager Wei.

This night, in order to meet the wishes of the Empress Dowager Wei, Xun Shaoling turned over the brand of the new concubine, and the Splendid Palace was idle. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ruyi secretly informed Tang Jianyi. In the middle of the night, Tang Jianyi sneaked under the window of Weiyang's dormitory and talked with her with pen and paper.

Since the meeting before killing Zhou Jinse was almost broken, in order to prevent mallow from happening, they chose such a silent communication late at night, and burned the paper after the conversation, leaving no trace.

Tonight, Weiyang came to Tang Jianyi to say that Empress Dowager Wei intended to target her, and she suspected that Shangguan Tianyuan had already communicated with Empress Dowager Wei, and they all had to deal with her. Tang Jianyi told her and Ruyi to be careful in everything, not to absorb intelligence first, and to focus on prevention and self-protection for the time being.

They finally talked about the unfinished agreement that night, although they had deliberately ignored it and not mentioned it again, but this was always a knot in Tang Jianyi's heart, and he asked her: "Why did you change your mind and refuse to leave that night?"

Weiyang was silent for a long time before he wrote on the paper: "The ambition of the family and the country, don't dare to forget." ”

He was skeptical, asking, "Is it really just because of this?"

She replied, "Yes." As a small work, it should be a small work. Rest assured, I will not back down from the future. Qinglong, don't be shaken by me anymore, if you really help me escape, it will be betraying Luoyunmen, do you know?"

Thinking of that decision at that time, how could Tang Jianyi not know what kind of thing he was doing? It's just that he really wanted to give Weiyang a little freedom, and she couldn't bear it.

Through the wall, she didn't know his heartache, and only received the cold words on the paper from the crack in the window: "Loyal to the Romon, don't dare to take it." ”

She wrote under this sentence: "Encourage together." Then he turned off the lights. And he quietly departed.

Another night, Xun Shaoling came to the Splendid Palace in person, and waited for him to go to bed. The beauty was gone, the black hair poured down, the brocade faded, and she was beautiful and beautiful, lying on his side.

He smiled, but he was thinking about something else, caressing her face, and sighed, "Huh...... It's hard to escape......"

She was startled, shrunk into his arms, and asked, "Your Majesty...... Why do you sigh like this?"

He said, "I just thought of a great event. ”

"If you are happy, you should be happy. She was a little apprehensive.

"It's a happy event for Beiliang, it's a happy thing, but it's a trouble for Nanke, and at this time, I don't know how many people in the south are worried and how many people can't sleep peacefully. Xun Shaoling seemed to be in a very comfortable mood.

Hearing this, she became more and more uneasy in her heart, worried about Nan Ke, smiled on her face, and asked, "Can the concubine know what is going on?"

He smiled: "You must not believe it, Princess Zhaoming of Nanke abandoned Luo Yunmen and eloped with a man. Do you remember that I told you that I changed my appearance with a person to become like this? Su Jianing, Su Jianing, no matter how powerful a woman is, she will still be trapped by love......"

"I really don't believe it...... she was stunned for a moment, she didn't want to believe every word in his words, her voice was like a mosquito chirping, and she said with her lips slightly open.

His gaze came, and she naturally changed into a stretched smile, and the brocade quilt was down, and the jade fingers were clenched, and the fingertips were almost embedded in the flesh.