In 1449 AD, the Mid-Autumn Festival of the fourteenth year of Ming orthodoxy. The www.biquge.info should be a day of national celebration and family reunion, but the Forbidden City at this time is extremely tense and heavy. The moon of this year is surprisingly round and bright, and the lights in the Forbidden City are bright, but it is not joyful, but it exudes a kind of anger of grass and trees. All the ministers were waiting in the Fengtian Temple, and the ants were restless like hot pots.

In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Sun was anxiously pacing around the room. Two months ago, her son, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, did not listen to the dissuasion and insisted on leading troops to attack Wara, originally to scare and scare the enemy. However, this fright, I didn't expect the 500,000 forbidden army to defeat the 50,000 Wara army. Even he himself was captured in the enemy camp, which was a big joke. Not to mention the disparity in strength but the fiasco, after all, he is his own son, and now he has become a prisoner, Empress Dowager Sun is really anxious and angry. The country can't be without a king for a day, now that the ministers have exploded in the Fengtian Temple, won't the people of the whole country be crazy when the news spreads tomorrow?

Empress Dowager Sun's willow eyebrows were tightly locked together. Queen Qian on the side would only cry blindly, which made her very upset. "Don't cry! You look like this, you are in chaos first, how will you deal with the ministers of the previous dynasty in a while! ”

"What the queen mother said is very true, but the daughter-in-law is too worried about her husband! I can't think of a good way. The young and beautiful Queen Qian choked up. Yes, what else can she do but cry at this time? Her husband became a prisoner of war overnight, her two brothers also died in battle, she did not give birth to children, and her mother's family was not so noble. Thinking that Zhou Guifei, she gave birth to a prince after only one year in the palace, and was named a concubine, her personality is extremely refreshing, her appearance is extremely gorgeous, and she has always been gentle and gentle, fortunately, the emperor likes his weak appearance, saying that it sounds gentle and virtuous, but in fact, he is cowardly and has no idea. Now that this has happened, how can she, who has no children and no daughters, bear it herself? Thinking of this, Queen Qian choked up again.

Empress Dowager Sun looked at the daughter-in-law in front of her who could only cry, a burst of resentment blocked her chest, and she waved her hand and said, "Go back quickly." I'm so irritable when I'm crying. ”

Empress Qian timidly stopped crying and knelt down to the Empress Dowager Sun, turning around to leave.

"Where is the queen going?" The crisp voice blew from the door to the ears of the Empress Dowager Sun, and the Empress Dowager Sun's constricted brows immediately stretched. I saw a graceful woman with a bewitching posture and snowy skin standing at the door at this time, smiling.

"Ruoxue?! Ruoxue, why did you come back, a dead girl? Empress Dowager Sun said half-angrily.

"To the Queen Mother, please be happy to the Queen Mother. Mother, who do you think I'm bringing here? ”

"Li Xian? Scholar Lee? "Empress Dowager Sun is like seeing a savior.

Yes, the previous dynasty was in turmoil, and their group of women who were in the harem every day never asked about political affairs, and everything today was something she couldn't cope with alone, and Li Xian's appearance at this time undoubtedly brought her light.

This Li Xian is Wan Ruoxue's childhood enlightenment master, and now he is a waiter in the Ministry of Clerks. Li Xian is an upright person, and has a gentle and dignified personality, although he has a clear political position in the DPRK and China, he has a good relationship with all the ministers, and is the enlightenment master of his favorite maid Wan Ruoxue. Now that Li Xian is here, Empress Dowager Sun feels that her political ally has finally arrived.

"Mr. Li, please take a seat. Mr. Li, what should you do about this incident? Empress Dowager Sun asked anxiously, wishing to pour out all the uneasiness and doubts in her heart, but when the words came out of her mouth, she could only summarize them simply and directly.

Li Xian said: "Queen Mother, now that the emperor has been captured, it is natural that the previous dynasty is in chaos. Say something disrespectful, I don't know if the mother may listen to it? ”

"Gee, when is this all about? What to be disrespectful. As long as this turmoil can be quelled, just say it!"

Li Xiandao: "Now that the emperor has been captured, the country cannot be without a king for a day, the top priority is to re-establish a new emperor, first stabilize the situation, the minister has reached a consensus with Yu Qian, the left servant of the military department, waiting for the opportunity to rescue Emperor Yingzong back to the dynasty." just wronged the queen mother and the queen. ”

Empress Dowager Sun was silent at this time, change the emperor? Do you want to remove your own son and replace it with someone else's child? Emperor Xuanzong's heirs only have two sons, and the other is Zhu Qiyu, who has been raised outside the palace. And his biological mother, although she was named a virtuous concubine, after all, she was the maid in the palace of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, and it is this identity that although she has been named, she has been living outside the palace, is it possible to take the mother and son back to the palace? Do you want to deign to give up the emperor's position to this wild boy? What's even more infuriating is that she has to sit on an equal footing with this lowly daughter and be the queen mother?

Just thinking about it, he saw Wan Ruoxue, came up with three cups of tea, first presented them to the Queen Mother and the Queen, and then brought them to Li Xian: "Master, please drink tea." ”

Li Xian looked, but saw that in the moon-white Ruyao tea cup, there were a few kumquat floating on the clear golden tea soup. Then he was puzzled and asked, "What kind of tea is this, and why is there still kumquat to brew?" ”

Ruoxue smiled and said, "This is the bitter tea that Ruoxue usually matches." Every autumn, the Queen Mother is the most loved. Master, how about you taste the next one? ”

Li Xian took a sip of the teacup, and suddenly felt a burst of sweetness and bitterness between his lips and teeth, but the sweetness of the fragrance of kumquat and the bitterness of the tea soup unfolded in his throat, mixed with a faint sweetness of honey, moistening from the throat to the five internal organs, so refreshing. Li Xian exclaimed: "It's really a good tea with a different taste." But why is it called bitter tea?

Ruoxue Yingying said: "This tea is based on the mother of Zhengshan small seed, accompanied by the kumquat harvested in the Mid-Autumn Festival, coupled with the best honey of a hundred flowers, it feels slightly bitter at the beginning of the mouth, and after swallowing, the fragrance of kumquat and the sweetness of honey slowly unfold between the lips and teeth. Because the initial taste is slightly bitter, it is called bitter tea. The Queen Mother will taste the mystery of life first bitter and then sweet when she drinks it every day. After that, he looked at the Empress Dowager Sun.

Empress Dowager Sun said as if she understood something at this time: "Concubine Xuanwu Xian and King Zhu Qiyu enter the palace!" ”

At this time, the eunuchs outside the palace hurriedly ran out, "The Empress Dowager Niangniang Yizhi, Xuan Wu Xianfei and the King of Yu enter the palace", the sharp and slightly harsh voice echoed in Cining Palace, and then spread throughout the Forbidden City.

Listening to this movement, Empress Dowager Sun sighed unconsciously. Wan Ruoxue seemed to see the Empress Dowager Sun's thoughts, and said: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Zhou Guifei has been waiting outside the palace for a long time with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in her arms, and she has not dared to come in." ”

Yes, the mourning family also has a grandson, two-year-old Zhu Jianshen. He's the crown prince. Empress Dowager Sun suddenly saw a little light again: "You girl, the prince is only 2 years old, can you bear to let Zhou Guifei keep holding and guarding outside the palace?" Hurry up! ”

"It's Ruoxue's fault, Ruoxue will invite the prince and the concubine in."

"Zhou Guifei..."Queen Qian, at this time, her mood was like a bitter taste and a sour taste. Zhou Guifei, who she didn't want to see the most, was going to hold her son to suppress her.