The Queen Mother's face sank suddenly.

In Ci'an Palace, people turned on their backs, and everyone knelt on the ground to salute Emperor Wen.

And the Queen Mother knew in her heart that Emperor Wen's trip was definitely not an ordinary greeting, she glanced at Chanyi viciously, she didn't believe that it would be such a coincidence, when she was going to send Princess An, the emperor would arrive in time.

She looked at the palace eunuchs waiting in the hall, her old eyes narrowed, it seemed that it was time for these people in the palace to change.

Emperor Wen exempted everyone, and Chanyi also stood up.

The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Wen with a gloomy face, "The emperor is not in the Qianyuan Palace to take care of government affairs, what is the important matter of coming to Ci'an Palace?"

Empress Dowager Zhu's words didn't give Emperor Wen a step and face at all, and she was about to face the emperor in front of a room full of internal and external women, which made everyone in the room eager to shrink themselves to the back, for fear of being unintentionally drawn into the whirlpool of the struggle between the most noble mother and son in Dayan.

Emperor Wen did not have the expected thin anger, his face was still faintly smiling, and the coldness in his eyes was less than before.

He said in a deep voice: "The court is in a mess, in order to make a nickname for the queen has been noisy, I came here, I also want to ask the queen mother's meaning, the queen mother, do you think it is better to be holy and respectful or virtuous?"

As soon as the words fell, the queen mother's face was a little heavier than before, whether it was Shengde Gongshu or Mingde Jingxian, the queen was not worthy, she was proud and complacent when she was alive and dominated the harem, and the cause of death was because the prince forced the palace, she hanged herself in order to let the emperor open up to the prince, if it wasn't for the royal dignity, it would be impossible for the queen to die like this.

The emperor's words looked like he was asking for her ideas, but in fact, he was simply beating himself, don't forget what the queen died for.

Empress Dowager Zhu was angry, but there was nothing she could do.

After being silent for a long time, Empress Dowager Zhu gritted her teeth and said: "These are just false names, the emperor has his own ideas, and the queen is also generous, so she doesn't care about these false names." ”

In the end, she had to cover up for the queen, and she had to admit that the daughter-in-law she chose was good.

Chanyi couldn't help but feel panicked for the Queen Mother when she heard such a lie.

If she hadn't known about the disagreement between the queen mother and the queen early on, I am afraid that at this moment, like those who don't know the inside story, she would think that the queen mother is very satisfied with the queen's daughter-in-law.

Emperor Wen nodded: "Then let's be filial piety and benevolence, the queen has always been filial to her mother, and this nickname can be regarded as a whole part of her thoughts." ”

Empress Dowager Zhu couldn't help but have a sore tooth again, when did the queen ever be filial to her! Fighting in the ring with Concubine Zhuang every day not only raised the prince to be fierce and vicious, but also caused the prince born by Concubine Zhuang to die early, if it weren't for this, where would the prince's position be Chu Shaozhou!

After Emperor Wen finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and added: "The Zhu family's brother will also return home, there is an excerpt in the imperial history, saying that the Zhu family has always been clear, and it is the mother of the queen mother, since the opening of Lishan Academy in Qinghe County, it has cultivated countless talents for Dayan, and has made great contributions to the society. ”

The Queen Mother was stunned, what does the emperor mean by this? What do you want to entitle yourself? Could it be that you want to give the two brothers of the Zhu family a position?

Before she had time to rejoice, she listened to Emperor Wen's words.

Emperor Wen's voice was fluttering, but the words he said made the Queen Mother almost faint, he said: "I asked Wang Zhengen to draft a decree and named the old lady Zhu as the Marquis of Wenchang, which can be regarded as consistent with the family style of the Zhu family to pass on the family style." ”

Wenchang Hou!

The emperor is simply suppressing the Zhu family, which powerful family will produce a civil servant! If the Zhu family is given such a title, will future generations have to carry such a title and turn from civil to military in their official careers?

Empress Dowager Zhu only felt that the world was spinning, her mind was blank, and she couldn't sit still on the Luohan bed and wanted to stand up.

But as soon as she got up, she fell down with her head tilted, startling Aunt Shu Yue who was serving beside her, and hurriedly helped her hard, but the Empress Dowager Zhu had no worries in the harem all the year round and was very rich, where was Shu Yue able to hold on, and almost let the Queen Mother fall to the ground in one or two strokes, or the concubine next to her was quick and grabbed the Queen Mother.

The temple was in turmoil for a moment.

Emperor Wen looked at the messy inner hall and couldn't help frowning, "Don't hurry up and ask for the imperial doctor!" and you," he looked at the hall full of internal and external women, and his face was impatient, "It's all gone, remember what you can say and what you can't say!"

Everyone held their breath and lowered their heads and frowned, and retreated respectfully from in front of Emperor Wen.

Chanyi walked in the innermost, while looking sideways at the Empress Dowager Zhu being carried to the Luohan bed, while frowning and thinking, the Empress Dowager is really too careless, even if the Zhu family really has the title, the descendants will only have blessings, that is, there is no possibility of entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and they can also serve the court, if the Zhu family really doesn't care about these, the Queen Mother will not be this reaction.

Therefore, from the queen mother, she can see the essence of the Zhu family's reputation, and she really has a bit of style when she is the Zhu family, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

……

Compared with the commotion of Ci'an Palace, the Zhu family is much quieter.

Zhu Ling returned home in the dust, and before he had time to clean up the dirt on his body, he was called over by Mrs. Zhu.

"In this way, the emperor has really made up his mind to give our Zhu family a knighthood as compensation?" Old lady Zhu gasped for a long time before exhaling the turbid breath in her chest, and looked at Zhu Xuan with a pair of sharp eyes, not letting go for a moment.

Zhu Xuan looked at Old Lady Zhu's bellows-like wheezing body, and there was a slight unbearable look in his eyes.

After a long time, he nodded and said: "Yes, grandfather, the emperor said so in the Qianyuan Palace, and also said that the title of Marquis of Wenchang was formulated by the emperor after a long time of discussion with several elders, and this title is commensurate with the family style of our Zhu family, so let the grandson come back to report the good news to his grandfather first." ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhu couldn't help laughing, due to old age and body damage, her voice was hoarse and there was a rough breath, it was a kind of laughter similar to "ho ho", which sounded a little terrifying.

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly helped Mrs. Zhu to smooth out, for fear that he would turn his back on him with a smile and a smile.

Old lady Zhu raised his hand and shook it, a pair of sharp eyes were wide open, and he was very different from the kind eyebrows and kind eyes on weekdays, he hissed and said in a deep voice, "It's okay!" and then said to Zhu Xuan: "Brother Xuan! You should remember, even if our Zhu family has a title, it is different from the Yunfu family, our family has always been a literary heirloom, even if it is a Wenchen who enters the office, it is also the way of Wenchen, since Wenchen can't go through now, it is just right, with a title is noble, noble and noble, meritorious service can be noble, since it is a noble child, Yunfu City, there is a place for our Zhu family!"

Zhu Xuan was confused by the words of the old lady Zhu, their Zhu family has always been a clear stream, where can there be this road for the sons of the nobles? Not to mention that their family is only a group of people on the side of Wenchen, but the military generals have no clue, and now it has suddenly become a noble family, Wenchen can no longer make friends, and many of the generals do not like their clear talents, let him see, this game of chess is lost without a fight.

Old Mrs. Zhu knew that her grandson was thinking about the left, and a subtle smile appeared on her face, and she reminded in a low voice: "Have you forgotten who Sister Jin'er's husband's family is? With the brother-in-law of the fourth prince, even if you can't get a piece of the pie in the Northwest Horse City, at least you can be an errand boy in the yamen like Yan Yunwei, the Wucheng Terracotta Division, or the Jiucheng Battalion Guard, don't underestimate a title, the mother's family of Empress Xianxiaonian, the biological mother of Emperor Wuzong, is now in charge of the Wucheng Terracotta Division, and she is a dignified commander." ”

As soon as she said this, Zhu Xuan was empowered, and she instantly understood what Old Lady Zhu meant.

Since the path of a civil servant is no longer possible, it is still possible to take the path of a powerful minister, even though he is still a literati in his bones, but he is also very promising to do civilian errands in some yamen, and he is in charge of power.

Who said that Xungui must go into battle to kill the enemy? The few adults in charge of Yan Yunwei and the Shenji Battalion only need to have a good physique to fool people.

Zhu Xuan lowered his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "My grandson knows." ”

Seeing that her grandson understood what she meant, Old Lady Zhu nodded, the color on her face gradually faded, and she put on a kind face again, and smiled slightly, "You must be tired from rushing back thousands of miles from the northwest, go back and rest first, if Brother Bi asks, hide it from him first, and save him another matter!"

Zhu Xuan's heart sank, knowing that his grandfather was more and more unwilling to see his brother, so he didn't explain much, and nodded in response.

When he returned to the courtyard, his tense spirit gradually relaxed after taking a comfortable hot bath, and he spread out his undried wet hair, and lay on the warm couch by himself, flipping through miscellaneous books for a while, but thinking about the accounts of the northwest.

No wonder the emperor has been concerned about the horse market for many years, it is the wealth he has accumulated in the horse market in just a few months, which is enough to catch up with the Zhu family plus the food and clothing of Lishan Academy for three years.

It's a pity that he was recruited back so cluelessly, and he didn't even have time to see his aunt and grandmother in the palace, so he was sent home by the emperor.

I don't know what happened in the palace, and what happened to my aunt and grandmother.

He was trying to figure out when the door creaked open.

"Big brother, you're back!"

Zhu Bilang called him out, his voice was full of joy, listening carefully, and a little depressed.

Zhu Xuan sighed in his heart, his brother is good everywhere, but he is too stubborn, and some words can't be said against him, he has to touch his temper and say it along the way, so that he can listen to it.

He opened his mouth and responded, "Second brother, how are you doing these days?"