Zhang Lezhi has not seen the emperor for eight days.

Since it was reported in the Qianqing Palace eight days ago that the emperor was unable to get up and avoid the court, she could only hear some scattered news from the mouths of the people who entered and exited the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor is not in good condition......

The emperor has lost weight in the past few days......

Every time the emperor drank the decoction, his nose would bleed......

She knew that the emperor didn't want her to see his approaching appearance, and she didn't dare to look at it.

She didn't know what she was waiting for, she didn't know how she should behave, she just knew that her heart was in turmoil.

It's like the weather outside the window.

Suddenly, a whirlwind arose, dust was everywhere, and the clouds were in three halls.

Then someone hurriedly reported: "Queen Mother, long live the lord, I'm afraid he is, no......"

Can't pretend to be okay anymore, Zhang Lezhi and Mrs. Jin glanced at each other, covered their crying faces and hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

There were already many people kneeling at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Lezhi wanted to go in, but was stopped by Xiao Jing and said, "Niangniang, the emperor is summoning the three adults, Niangniang is waiting outside." ”

"Which three?"

"Three Cabinet Ministers."

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, Xie Qian. Zhang Lezhi stopped, these three are the emperor's most caring ministers, it seems that he is already arranging the future.

Just as she was thinking, there was a flustered footsteps behind her, and she turned around to see that it was the prince.

"Mother, mother! Father, how is he? ”

"Shhhhh......h ”

As soon as her words fell, a heart-rending cry suddenly came from the main hall: "Minister, send Your Majesty back to heaven." ”

Zhang Le was stunned, and a kowtow sounded next to him:

"Respectfully send Your Majesty back to heaven."

"Sending Your Majesty back to heaven."

The chanting over and over again spread throughout the Forbidden City, and everywhere the voice went, the palace maids, eunuchs, and soldiers all knelt down in the direction of the Qianqing Palace. All the people in the palace wept, and the birds in the trees flew away, and the half-blooming flowers were gone.

Before Zhang Lezhi had time to sob, she was supported by people left and right, as if she was afraid that she would not be able to accept the fact that the emperor had died. The crown prince had already taken advantage of the chaos to rush into the room, but was soon swept out by the three cabinet ministers together.

Seeing Li Dongyang and them, Zhang Lezhi hurriedly greeted them and asked excitedly, "Does the emperor have any words left?" ”

Xie Qian was familiar with her, so he came over and led her aside, and replied with red eyes: "Don't worry, Niangniang." The emperor's last words just said that the prince was very smart, but he was still young and happy, and he wanted his ministers to assist him well and make him take on great responsibilities, so the emperor would die and be blind. ”

After he finished speaking, he wiped his tears and walked away, Zhang Lezhi turned his head in a daze, there were crowds of officials in charge of the funeral behind him, and there were officials in charge of explaining the prince's affairs who were teaching him how to be, no one asked why the emperor died suddenly, and no one asked her if she wanted to see him for the last time.

After a while, a prisoner of the Qianqing Palace walked out with a tray, noticed her when he passed by her, and bent down to say hello to her.

Zhang Lezhi looked at the leftover half bowl of soup on the tray, and finally couldn't help crying out loud......

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This year's summer did come early, only in May, and it was already so hot. A few steps in a light shirt will reveal a thin layer of sweat, not to mention wearing a set of vegetarian clothes.

Although the moon and stars are scarce outside the window, it is a depressing scene, Zhang Lezhi is sitting in the main hall of Kunning Palace, facing the darkness of the room, I don't know what he is thinking.

The door suddenly opened, and someone approached and asked, "Niangniang, why don't you let people light the lamp?" ”

Zhang Lezhi came back to his senses suddenly, staring at the comer.

"How did you end up here?"

"The slave and maid bring clean clothes to the mother." As he spoke, he stepped aside and lit a candle, raised it in his hand and returned to Zhang Lezhi.

Under the flickering lights, in addition to Zhang Lezhi's pale face, there was also an indifferent but familiar face - Zheng Jinlian.

"Clothes down, you can go."

"Yes, sissy." Zheng Jinlian was expressionless, but answered.

This made Zhang Lezhi feel incredible, she stopped her who turned around, and said, "Wait, you won't really come to deliver clothes, right?" ”

Zheng Jinlian didn't move for a long time, and when she turned around again, she was already in tears, "No, the slave just came to see, now the queen, oh, no, it's the queen mother, are you satisfied?" ”

Zhang Lezhi pursed his lips and did not speak.

Zheng Jinlian let out a sobbing sound and asked again: "The emperor has not accepted a concubine in his life, and he has lived so hard in his life, and finally won you, sitting in this position at a young age, the Queen Mother, are you satisfied?" ”

"Say no more!" Zhang Lezhi finally stopped her, "Yes! The mourning family is very satisfied! Since the day the mourning family married into the royal family, isn't it just to be the master of this harem forever? I know, you are jealous of me, hehehe, of course you are jealous of me, you and her, you will never be able to sit in my position! The new emperor's queen mother, only me, the queen mother! He was buried with the emperor in the imperial mausoleum, and I was the only queen mother! ”

Zheng Jinlian didn't laugh angrily, and snorted from her nose: "How do you know that what you ask for must be what we ask for?" How do you know that you will be able to sit in this position in your lifetime? ”

Zhang Lezhi was so angry that he gritted his teeth, "You are talking nonsense! The new emperor has no brothers and no brothers, and no one will compete for his throne! Even if he dies earlier than the mourning family, his children will definitely respect the mourning family as the empress dowager. Heh, aren't you just relying on the Empress Dowager's favor to be able to run rampant in the harem? The mourning family will let you see, the day the mourning family became the queen mother, hahaha......"

Zheng Jinlian shook her head, the words are different, don't conspire with each other, Zhang Lezhi has been carried away by her status, she doesn't want to talk to her anymore. She turned around, brushed her sleeves indifferently, and sighed with a smile: "Queen Mother, you originally won a good lottery, but you solved the wrong lottery...... In the second half of your life, the slave and maid may not be able to see it, I only hope that you will not be sad at night, and it will be ......good to be lonely and old."

Zhang Lezhi stood in place, listening to her voice drift farther and farther, until she disappeared, she straightened her chest, sneered and raised her head, and sat back on the throne that belonged only to her......

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"Zheng Niangzi, hurry up, they will be back in a while."

"Hmm. I'll just take another look at the emperor......"

Out of Kunning Palace, Zheng Jinlian finally found an opportunity, and with the help of the eunuchs who had worked in the Empress Dowager's palace in the past, she entered Zhu Youji's mourning hall.

His body has not yet been placed in the coffin.

He went too suddenly, the imperial tomb has not yet been built, and even after entering the coffin, I am afraid that it will take a long time before he can be buried. Thinking of this, Zheng Jinlian couldn't help but feel sad again, covered her mouth and cried, and slowly approached him step by step.

His face had been covered.

Zheng Jinlian didn't dare to be disrespectful, so she just tried to touch his fingers so that she could communicate with him for the last time.

Cold to the touch. Zheng Jinlian didn't dare to breathe, but she couldn't help the grief in her heart and wanted to cry bitterly.

But just when she was depressed, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

She stopped her tears, polished her eyes, and raised his palm to look at it in the light of daylight......

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"Hahahaha......"

The little eunuch outside the palace suddenly heard Zheng Jinlian's weird laughter, which made him nervous, and he hurriedly got up to remind her.

Before he could enter the door, Zheng Jinlian had already walked out, her face was strange, she said she was sad, and she was full of smiles; said that he was happy, but his eyes were full of helplessness...... The little eunuch was too frightened to say anything, but just watched her back staggering away.

And there were words in her mouth, as if she was laughing and reciting some kind of poem......

"Ice heart dyes jade hands,

Snow reflects moth eyebrows.

The people of Iraq know each other,

The gentleman lives up to the king. ”

Postscript: Zhu Houzhao, the only son of Hongzhi, was enthroned as Emperor Wuzong, canonized Zhang as the empress dowager, and was honored as the empress dowager of Cishou in the fifth year of Zhengde, and the first half of his life can be described as full of glory.

It's a pity that life is changing, it is impermanent, Wuzong Zhu Houzhao only lived to be thirty-one years old, and he died unexpectedly without even leaving an heir.

Wuzong died childless, and the imperial court decided to establish Zhu Houxi, the son of King Xing, as the new monarch, that is, Emperor Jiajing, which triggered a tragic discussion for the title.

After Jiajing's victory, his mother, Empress Dowager Jiang, entered the Great Inner Palace, and since then there have been two empress dowagers in the harem. But Empress Dowager Zhang still treated Empress Dowager Jiang with the gift of Concubine Fan, and sometimes she was also very disrespectful to Jiajing. This made Jiajing very dissatisfied, so he made it difficult to exclude the Zhang family everywhere, and tried his best to make his mother Empress Dowager Jiang higher than Empress Dowager Zhang.

The Zhang family reached their twilight years, but the evening was sad, the husband died and the son died in the cold and deep palace, and finally died of depression, and the funeral was also hastily completed, and no one sent it to the end.