Dou Meiyi saw that the appearance of the new emperor in front of her was not vicious, but with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a wide forehead, he was an extraordinary entrepreneurial hero. And he smiled when he spoke, obviously to test whether she understood the truth after reading the book.

She was no longer afraid, and after a little thought, she said in a delicate and pleasant voice: "The slave and maid live deep in the palace, and they don't know anything about foreign affairs, and they are not allowed to inquire in the palace. Occasionally, I heard Yi'an Niangniang sigh privately: Since the Wanli Emperor, the government has been worse than a year, and the Apocalypse Dynasty has become even more sluggish, and the people are in turmoil. ”

"The ancients said: Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world. The ancients also said: The people are like water, and water can carry boats and overturn boats. Emperor Chongzhen is not a mediocre lord, and finally lost the country, because the Ming Dynasty has increasingly lost the hearts of the people since Wanli, and there are today's things. May Your Majesty always put the will of the people first......"

Li Zicheng cut off her words and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to live in the palace, and you can understand such a truth, it is very rare in the female stream, you wish I put the people's hearts first, this is exactly what I want, but the rise and fall of the world, there is still a number of gas." The Ming Dynasty has run out of energy, and non-human power can be recovered. ”

"Why doesn't Chongzhen want to work hard to become the master of Zhongxing? But the mandate of heaven has changed, even if Chongzhen struggles desperately, he has no power to return to heaven. Since I started the army, I have experienced a hundred battles, experienced many hardships, saved the people, and everywhere I went, the people's hearts were submitted. There is another layer, the reason why I won the world is that my name is in the picture, and the will of heaven has been determined early. You're in the deep palace, probably don't know. I should be transported with water virtue, and I have the prophecy of the eighteen main artifacts. Do you believe in the truth of the rise and fall of the five elements?"

Dou Meiyi replied boldly: "Of course the slave believes. However, the ancients also said: Although the principle of prosperity and decline is called the Mandate of Heaven, is it not a matter of personnel? When Your Majesty first arrived in Beijing, he very much hoped that His Majesty would make an agreement with the subjects of Beijing Shuai in three chapters to abolish the harsh government of the previous dynasty, so that all the people would be exposed to the benevolence of the rain and dew of the new dynasty and be convinced. ”

Li Zicheng couldn't imagine that this handsome woman would have such knowledge, and he was a little surprised in his heart, until this moment, he suddenly remembered that this Dou Meiyi's figure, white and tender face, and smart eyes were very similar to Deng Taimiao who he saw in Xi'an, but she was one or two years younger than Deng Taimiao. Thinking of this, he looked at Dou Meiyi for another moment, and increased his desire to accept Dou Meiyi as a concubine.

Li Zicheng thought that he was different from Emperor Chongzhen. Chongzhen abides by the family law of his ancestors, and in order to prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, he does not allow the concubines to say a word to the government or inquire casually. He Li Zicheng was born in the people, and the poor couples in the people discussed and shared the sorrows. After the uprising, Gao Guiying has been accompanying him through his career as a horseman, and he has experienced hardships and hardships. At this moment, he was not only satisfied with Dou's beauty, but also with Dou's talent, and couldn't help but think in his heart that if he accepted Dou as a concubine, he would definitely be able to give him rare internal help.

He also thought that beauty, literary talent, and knowledge gathered in a woman's body have been rare since ancient times, and now he actually met him, and it was in vain that he came to Beijing in person. He couldn't help but look at Dou Shi, and when he met Dou Shi's gaze, he was so moved again that he almost couldn't control himself, turned his eyes to Wang Ruifen, and almost said that he wanted Dou Meiyi to stay in the dormitory tonight. However, he finally swallowed the sentence that was about to burst out of his throat.

He asked the Dou clan in an ordinary person's cordial tone: "You grew up in a deep palace and don't ask about foreign affairs, how can you also understand the truth of governing the country and leveling the world?"

"Yi'an Niangniang has been widowed for 17 years, and spends time reading, writing, reciting poems, playing chess and watering flowers every day. She likes to read historical books, orders slaves and maids to accompany them to read, and when she has experiences, she sighs or talks a few words with slaves and maids. Although the slave and maid are dull, they have understood some truths over time. Speak boldly in front of Your Majesty tonight, and ask for forgiveness for the death penalty of slaves and maids. ”

"You said it well, Yi'an likes to read historical books?"

"She is a lady of the main palace in the Apocalypse Dynasty, subject to the traitorous party of the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, and she is depressed every day, and she can only read for fun. I especially like to read all kinds of historical books, in order to understand the rise and fall of chaos in the Ming dynasties. I often hear the older eunuchs say that in the last years of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian brutalized Zhongliang and poisoned Qingliu, and the government became even darker. One day, the Emperor of the Apocalypse came to sit in the Kunning Palace and asked the queen what she was reading. Zhang Niangniang replied: The concubine is reading "Historical Records: The Biography of Zhao Gao", and the emperor has more than 10,000 spare time, so you might as well read it. The Emperor of the Apocalypse knew her intentions, so he was not angry, sat for a while, and left silently. ”

Li Zicheng said unconsciously: "Ah, Yi'an turned out to be such a queen. ”

He understood that Dou Meiyi was worthy of being a person who was cultivated by Empress Yi'an's side, and was different from ordinary beauties. He had two conversations with Deng Taimiao in Xi'an, praising Deng for his talent and good at poetry, but Deng was not as good as Dou's attention to governing the country. He praised in his heart and said, "Rare!

He looked at Wang Ruifen and ordered: "Reward Dou Meiyi with two pieces of jewelry, send her back to Ciqing Palace temporarily, and wait for the resummons!"

"Yes!"

When Li Zicheng passed through Taiyuan, he confiscated a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from the palace of the Jin king. Jewelry, cultural toys, and silk and satin were confiscated from the palace of the Dai Dynasty at the same time, and most of these belongings were transported back to Chang'an, and a small part was brought with them to be rewarded at any time.

Yesterday, when Li Guo and Wu Ruyi cleared the palace, although they had not carefully copied the treasures of each palace, they also copied some of them, and there were many rare treasures. These things will be listed in the inventory, packed separately, and will be shipped to Xi'an in the near future. In order to Li Zicheng's reward needs, some of them were sent to the dormitory. All the valuables that were intended for reward were classified into categories, and a detailed list was drawn up, and they were temporarily handed over to Wang Ruifen for the time being.

Wang Ruifen didn't dare to slack off, quickly took a yellow paper list, put his hands on the imperial case, and pointed to two places with his slender right index finger. Li Zicheng nodded lightly, and Wang Ruifen walked away with the yellow paper list.

Li Zicheng wanted to see how Dou's figure was, and said softly: "Dou Meiyi is flat!"

Dou Meiyi kowtowed and stood aside. Li Zicheng looked her figure up and down, and then looked at her appearance. For the first time, Dou Shi was scrutinized by a man with unusual eyes, and once again his cheeks were bright red, and he lowered his head shyly. She secretly wondered in her heart: What kind of incense is lit in this dormitory? She thought again: The new emperor just said to Wang Ruifen that he wanted me to return to Ciqing Palace temporarily, what does the word "temporary return" mean?

Wang Ruifen reappeared, followed by two palace maids, the palace maid in front was long, wearing a long pink dress, holding a rectangular plate with a plum and bamboo figure embedded with snails and jasper leaves, and a carved lacquer round box on it;

Wang Ruifen walked to Li Zicheng's side, first took the rectangular plate and put it on the table, opened the carved lacquer box on the plate, and said softly: "Reward Dou Meiyi's pair of Qibao carved red gold bracelets, please take a look at Your Majesty." ”

Li Zicheng glanced at it, nodded slightly, and looked at Dou Meiyi again. It's a pity that Dou Shi lowered her head, her heart was beating, and she couldn't see her expression clearly. Wang Ruifen handed the rectangular plate back to the palace maid in the red dress, then took the vermilion lacquer painted gold plum blossom plate and put it on the table, opened another carved lacquer round box, and whispered: "This is a red gold ring with cat eyes, please look at it, Your Majesty." ”

Li Zicheng glanced at it absentmindedly and nodded slightly.

Wang Ruifen walked to the side of the mat and stood still, and the two palace maids holding jewelry boxes followed closely behind her. She shouted to Dou Meiyi: "Dou Meiyi kneel down to receive the reward!"

Dou Meiyi quickly knelt down, bowed her head and waited, her heart beating wildly. Wang Ruifen personally brought the plum bamboo rectangular plate to Dou Meiyi, let her take a look, and then said: "This is a pair of Qibao carved red gold bracelets given to you by the emperor, hurry up and kowtow to thank you!"

Dou Meiyi bowed to the ground and shouted, "Slave and maid thank the emperor!"

Wang Ruifen handed over the rectangular plate to the palace maid in the red dress, and took the plum blossom plate painted with gold and vermilion lacquer from the hand of the palace maid in the green skirt, she was about to ask Dou Meiyi to watch the jewelry and receive the reward, when she suddenly heard the new emperor say a word to Dou: "From now on, you don't call yourself a slave, you are no longer a palace maid." ”

Dou Meiyi's heart was shocked, and she understood that these two pieces of jewelry were the objects of love given by the new emperor. Wang Ruifen was also overjoyed, and was about to remind Dou Meiyi to kowtow and thank him, when suddenly Li Shuangxi came to the window and played outside the window: "The son has something to play the emperor!"

Li Zicheng couldn't help but be stunned, and asked out the window, "What's the matter?"

"The family members of Emperor Zhang's mansion went to the military division mansion to report: Empress Yi'an decided to die after returning to her mother's house, and she did not eat or drink, only crying. Emperor Zhang's family tried to persuade him to no avail, and the queen had hanged herself before dinner today, when there was no one around. ”

Li Zicheng was silent for a moment, and then ordered: "Order Zhang Guoji to pretend to be Empress Yi'an." After the situation calms down, the government will send officials to bury the queen's coffin in the Tianqi Mausoleum. ”

"Command!"

Dou Meiyi was shocked and sad when she heard that Empress Yi'an had hanged herself, if it wasn't for Li Zicheng, she would have fallen to the ground and cried loudly. Here and now, her tears of grief can only flow into her stomach. When she was grieving the death of Empress Yi'an's hanging, Wang Ruifen brought the red lacquer gold plum blossom plate to her, let her look at the cat's eye red gold ring in the carved lacquer box that had been opened, and then handed the plum blossom plate to the green skirt palace maid behind her, and said to Dou Meiyi: "Dou Meiyi kowtows and thanks!"

Just now, Dou Meiyi looked at the gemstone ring in the small box with vague teary eyes, and she didn't see it clearly, but she understood the great significance of this gift. Now after Wang Ruifen's reminder, he quickly bowed to the ground mechanically, and choked up and said the word thanks.

Wang Ruifen bowed to Li Zicheng's side and asked, "Emperor, what else do you have to order?"

Li Zicheng had already seen Dou's teary eyes, and said in a low voice: "You send Dou Meiyi back to Ciqing Palace temporarily, and wait for the edict in two or three days." ”

Wang Ruifen turned to Dou and said, "Tonight's summons has been completed, and there is a decree on the Holy Order: Dou Meiyi will temporarily return to Ciqing Palace and wait for the edict." From now on, Dou Meiyi will stop calling herself a slave in front of the emperor, and quickly kowtow to thank her!"

Dou Meiyi choked up and said: "The concubine Dou Meiyi was originally a slave and maid of the dead country, born in the Holy Dynasty, she received the emperor's grace, and it is difficult to repay her body!"

She bowed to the ground three times, and then said: "May Your Majesty be eternal and live forever." Hooray! Hooray!

Wang Ruifen called softly: "Flat!"

On the one hand, Dou Meiyi received the favor of the new emperor, and on the other hand, she knew that Empress Yi'an had hanged herself, and happiness and grief came at the same time. When she stood up from the prayer mat, she stumbled a step, her waist flashed, and the little silver bell on the skirt and the little golden bell on the golden step shook suddenly at the same time. In this instant, Li Zicheng's half-open lips that were about to speak suddenly closed. The two palace maids who stood three feet away and waited were startled.

Wang Ruifen was very agile, quickly stepped forward, held her up, and whispered in her ear: "You can quit." ”

After Dou Meiyi stood firmly, she bowed to the new emperor and turned outward with a light posture. Just as she turned around, she glanced back at the new emperor, trying to see if there was a scar under the left eye of the new emperor. But he just looked back quickly, and still didn't see it clearly, so he was accompanied by Wang Ruifen out of the dormitory. When Li Zicheng looked up at Dou, he saw her beauty again, and saw her eyes that seemed to contain tears, but were still as bright as autumn water, and couldn't help but move in his heart again. He watched Dou Meiyi leave the dormitory, and the elegant and pleasant sound of the gold and silver bell came from the danqi.

Wang Ruifen ordered the two palace maids to hold the jewelry, and personally led a large group of palace maids to send Dou Meiyi out of the Wuying Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and sent out the Guiji Gate, to the courtyard between the Huangji Gate and the Wumen Gate. She is worthy of being the palace maid who was once the housekeeper next to the Imperial Concubine Miyata, who is careful and thoughtful, and is familiar with the etiquette in the palace. She whispered a word to the two palace maids, and the two palace maids hurriedly left with the palace lanterns.

Then she looked at Dou Meiyi and said with a gentle smile: "Sister Xian, I will still call you Sister Xian tonight, and I won't dare to call it like this in the future." The new emperor has taken a fancy to you, and your answer has also satisfied the emperor, and the jewelry that the emperor has rewarded you with is a thing of love. Your identity is different from the past, you will return to Ciqing Palace tonight, and the palace ladies and eunuchs should stand at the gate of Ciqing Palace to greet you. ”

Dou Meiyi's cheeks turned red, and tears suddenly appeared in her eyes again, but she lowered her head and did not speak. Was it the tears of gratitude to the emperor or the tears of grief for Empress Yi'an's martyrdom? She didn't say a word to Wang Ruifen.

Wang Ruifen thought that the two palace maids who went to Ciqing Palace to report the news should have arrived at Ciqing Palace, so she let Dou Meiyi continue to walk. When Dou Meiyi came, she followed six palace maids back and forth, and at this time, there were two more palace maids holding jewelry boxes. If it is in the people, these two small jewelry boxes can be handed over to a maid to hold, or simply handed over to a girl carrying a lantern to carry.

However, this was the rule of the court. Each of the royal rewards must be held by a palace maid with both hands. Therefore, when Dou Meiyi returned to Ciqing Palace, there were eight palace maids who followed each other before and after, surrounded by beads, surrounded by dingdong, and fragrant with fat powder, as if she was a nobleman.