The emperor gave an ancient jade flute handed down from the previous dynasty on the day of the Jiang family's girl and the ceremony, and the news naturally could not be hidden from the people in the palace, and it spread all over the city in two days.

The queen inevitably went to the queen mother to complain again: "It's already been pointed out to others, what is the emperor going to do?" "Since the Chinese New Year, her life has not been smooth. Zhao Chongyi's belly gradually revealed, but she still insisted on coming to greet her on time. No matter how stupid the queen is, she will not think that she respects the middle palace, and she is obviously using her to show her courtesy and virtuousness. If it weren't for the news coming out of Shouxian Palace that the Queen Mother had already made a move, she really wanted to ask someone to beat Zhao Chongyi half to death immediately! As a result, this matter is not over yet, and the Jiang family is restless again.

The Queen Mother had her eyes half-closed, but she didn't hear her words. These days, she often feels a faint swelling pain in her forehead, and the hospital envoy has come to ask for a pulse several times, saying that she must keep her mood calm and happy, and never be angry again. However, there are always things that don't go well, and the queen is still so uneasy, she can't be angry if she wants to.

"Niangniang-" The palace people outside came in with their heads down, "The Jiang family sent news again, saying that Aunt Hai's illness is serious again, and the Queen Mother is asked to send the imperial doctor again." ”

"Why do you want a doctor?" The Queen Mother frowned, "The last time the imperial doctor went to check the pulse, how many days has it been?" Even if she took medicine, she didn't get better so quickly, so I told her to wait a few more days! When she was in the palace, she didn't have a doctor to check her pulse, and she didn't see any illness, but now she is noble when she goes out? "Even the little concubines in the palace, the imperial doctor is not on call, let alone a palace person?

The palace man who passed the message lowered his head and whispered: "Aunt Hai said that she is dying of illness, and the Jiang family does not dare to take this responsibility...... "If the person rewarded by the Queen Mother dies at home, it will be a big trouble."

"Dying?" The Queen Mother said suspiciously, "Didn't the Imperial Doctor say that she was just a little irregular? Go, and announce that the imperial doctor of that day will go and take a look. ”

With the words of the Queen Mother, naturally there are palace people to send a message to the imperial doctor. It just so happened that the imperial doctor was on duty today, and he couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "How can you be seriously ill again?" "He obviously prescribed antidiarrheal medicine.

Although he didn't want to go much, the queen mother had a life, and the imperial doctor could only go out of the palace and rush to Jiang's mansion. When I arrived at the place, I saw Aunt Hai's sallow face, which startled the imperial doctor, and hurriedly came up to check the pulse: "This is—haven't you used medicine?" ”

Kikyo was kneeling in the corner of the house, and said with a bitter face: "It's not good to be a slave." The girl and Aunt Rihai said that she wanted to eat crispy meat, and the slave maid took her a piece of ......" said, covering her face with her sleeve, "The girl will definitely kill the slave and maid, woo-" I couldn't squeeze out tears after crying twice, so I had to quietly rub my fingers with ginger juice on my eyes, and suddenly tears flowed down my face.

The imperial doctor's face was longer than the horse's face: "Obviously, the lower officials have already said that you must not touch meat these days." After examining the pulse of Aunt Hai's hands, she couldn't care about getting angry, "How much did you eat?" How did it get to this point? "This pulse is much heavier than when he came a few days ago, and if it continues like this, even his life may be in danger.

Aunt Hai can't say what she is suffering. She was tempted to say that she had already started diarrhea before eating that piece of meat, and that the medicine prescribed by the doctor was obviously not very effective. But at this time, she didn't dare, she was so angry that she pointed to the doctor to save her life.

The imperial doctor frowned, deliberated and prescribed a new prescription, and when he was leaving, he advised: "Don't get meat again!" Otherwise, there is nothing the lower officials can do. ”

As he was talking, he heard a girl's voice outside laugh and said, "This imperial doctor, what is Aunt Hai's condition?" ”

The imperial doctor looked back, and a tall and bright girl walked in briskly, although she hadn't seen Jiang Mansion before, but she could guess that this must be the future princess of the county who had been sentenced by the emperor to temporarily seal the Liupin Academy.

Obviously he has excellent medical skills, but he still wants to ask him what he does? The imperial physician muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to bring it out on his face - this one was only rewarded by the emperor at the ceremony a few days ago, saying that Jane should not be far behind in the Sacred Heart, and he is a little imperial doctor, sandwiched between these nobles, it is better to be cautious.

"Haigong people have fragile stomachs and intestines, and it is difficult to restrain oil and meat, so it's better not to eat them."

Taohua showed a little embarrassed look: "This imperial doctor, Aunt Hai is the person who was given by the Queen Mother to teach me the rules of the palace, and the Jiang family only has the principle of worship, but it is not easy to be simple and restrained......"

The doctor understands this very well. The person who was rewarded by the Queen Mother still thinks about taking care of this Jiang girl, how can she call the Jiang family to take care of it? If the illness is not cured, and they say that they want to eat crispy meat, the maid of the Jiang family will not dare not give it. If such a patient is encountered, the doctor will also have a headache.

"Miss Jiang, this matter is still based on following the doctor's instructions. To learn from the house, you must be well aware of the truth. ”

Taohua personally sent the imperial doctor out and sighed: "The imperial doctor has served the nobles all the year round, and he will definitely be able to understand the difficulties of the Han family......

The doctor understands. Which of the nobles in the palace really takes the imperial doctor in their eyes, does not follow the doctor's instructions, and then there is a problem, and then the imperial doctor is not too much to blame. Thinking about it like this, the imperial doctor's tone couldn't help but be more gentle: "Xia Guan knows that there are also difficulties in the house, but the people of Haigong are really paying attention to this disease." ”

"Then, can you ask the imperial doctor to confess to the Queen Mother on my behalf? The person who was rewarded by the Queen Mother should have been worshipped, but now-"

The imperial doctor pinched the purse that the maid next to him quietly stuffed into his sleeve, and coughed lightly: "Xia Guan came on the order of the Queen Mother, so naturally he wanted to reply truthfully." "Replying truthfully, it is to report Aunt Hai's own desire to eat crispy meat. This thing really has to be explained, otherwise a diarrhea will get worse and worse, won't he even smash his signboard?

"But—Miss Jiang can check the pulse of the Haigong people?" Although this disease can be explained by the lack of adaptation to water and soil, the doctor always feels that something is not quite right. This Jiang girl's medical skills are praised by the hospital envoys in private, so it shouldn't be a shame to ask her for advice, right?

Taohua once again showed embarrassment: "No." It's really Aunt Hai - I think she trusts the imperial doctors more. ”

The imperial doctor was silent, secretly thinking that this Haigong man looked shrewd, but he was actually a fool. If you don't use the girl of the Jiang family, you have to use the imperial doctor in the palace, isn't it because you are afraid that the Jiang family will drug her? But why didn't she want to think about it, if she let the girl of the Jiang family be treated, then the responsibility would be pressed on the Jiang family, and the Jiang family was too late to protect her, how could they still do something to her? As a result, now the Jiang family has completely left everything behind, and has turned everything to the Tai Hospital.

After such a trip, the imperial doctor also felt a little annoyed, and after returning to the palace, he naturally reported to the queen mother word for word: "...... The people of Haigong did not follow the doctor's instructions, and the officials were really ...... Now that he is outside the palace, he is not well informed, and when he went to the lower office, his illness was delayed for several days. The so-called scabies are difficult to treat, and if this disease drags on, I am afraid that the lower officials will also be restrained. ”

The queen mother doesn't care about the life or death of a palace person, she is concerned about whether she can catch the handle of the Jiang family in this matter: "What does the Jiang family say? ”

The imperial doctor bowed his head and said, "According to what the lower officials said, the Jiang family only serves white porridge and side dishes every day, and nothing else will be moved. It's just Haigong people...... When the official went, the maidservant who served the people of the sea palace was being punished. It's just that Jiang Fu said that the people of Haigong were given by the Queen Mother, and they didn't dare to restrain them at will. The lower officials are only afraid that the people of Haigong will be like this, and the illness will get worse. ”

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Can the Jiang family have treated the people of the Sea Palace?" ”

The imperial doctor lowered his head: "The people of the Haigong refuse to ......" It would be good if he let the Jiang family girl diagnose the pulse at the beginning, but now that he has taken over, the Jiang family girl naturally refuses to touch her hands anymore.

The Queen Mother waved her hand to let the imperial doctor go down, and said hatefully: "Waste! She has only been at Jiang's house for many days, but she has been sick for more than half of the time. "And it's getting heavier and heavier, and I know that it's impossible to teach Jiang any rules anymore.

"Who made the queen mother angry again?" The emperor's voice came from outside the hall, "I heard that the queen mother passed on the imperial doctor, but where is the discomfort?" ”

"I don't feel sick." The Queen Mother smiled reluctantly, "It's just that the palace man sent to the Jiang family to teach the rules is sick." ”

"A palace man, can also work like this?" The emperor frowned, "I have also heard about it, it is said that it was because I didn't know how to eat and drink when I left the palace, so I fell ill?" It's not good to be on an errand, but to disturb the queen mother, she has such a big face! ”

There were no flaws in these words, it sounded like she was all concerned about the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother could only smile and say: "After all, the person I sent out, naturally I have to bother." ”

The emperor's brows furrowed even tighter: "I heard from the court envoy that the queen mother often has headaches these days, and it must be because of her fatigue." These people are really hateful, so they don't know how to sympathize with the queen mother, and the queen mother doesn't have to worry about them anymore. If the Haigong people are still not good after three days, they will move her back to recuperate, and send another person who can be used to teach etiquette to the Jiang family, so that the Queen Mother will not be allowed to worry about these trivial matters! If anyone provokes the Queen Mother again, I will never spare it! ”

The people in the hall were all frightened by the emperor's anger, and they were all silent, only Du Neijian answered with low eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and turned around to go out to spread the word.

When he walked out of the palace, the Queen Mother reacted and coughed dryly: "The emperor doesn't have to be angry, you are worried about state affairs day and night, so you really have to take care of yourself." ”

The anger on the emperor's face did not decrease: "I just hate these people for not being useful, and they can't do any errands!" ”

The Queen Mother had nothing to say. In fact, she also deeply agrees, since this year's Shangyuan Festival, these people have not done a few things she has confessed.

"The queen mother should not worry about this matter anymore." The emperor changed his pleasant demeanor and turned to the queen mother, "The envoys have said that the queen mother must be in a happy mood and less angry to be beneficial to the body, these trivial things should only be handed over to the next person to do, why bother the queen mother to ask in person?" ”

The Queen Mother laughed dryly: "The emperor has this filial piety, God will definitely know and bless me." ”

"It's not enough." The emperor said seriously, "The queen mother is on the ninth day of the Ming Dynasty this year, and her poor health is probably because of this - I plan to hold a big birthday festival and pardon the world to pray for the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother then remembered that she was 59 years old this year, and they all said that it was not good for the ninth year, maybe everything did not happen this year and it was really related to this. I still wanted to excuse myself, but I also changed my mind at this time, and only said: "Amnesty is too much, I'm just a queen mother, so I don't have to." ”

Amnesty of the world's grace, generally only the new emperor will be on the throne will be gracious to this, the queen mother is just a nine years, not a full life, really can't afford the amnesty of the world.

But the emperor stubbornly said: "For the sake of the mother's health, why not?" The queen mother doesn't have to worry about it, I have my own ideas. ”

The Queen Mother's Holy Birthday Festival has actually been prepared for a long time, and the Internal Affairs Office will not please anyone, as if they have long remembered it in their hearts for the ninth year, and they can do it just waiting for the first sentence. It's just that the word of amnesty spread out and caused a sensation.

It's really too heavy to amnesty the world, and the capital is boiling like this, even Yu Ge Lao couldn't sit still, and specially asked the old lady to enter the palace to implicitly remind the queen mother: "...... Although it is a prayer plan, the amnesty of the world is inevitably a little too much...... "The heavier the blessing, the better, when you can't afford it, you have to fold it from somewhere else, for example, to fold your life."

The Queen Mother was really helpless: "I also feel that it is too much, but the emperor must insist." "Now that the words have been spoken, how can the emperor Chrysostom change it?

The queen was beside her, pouting and saying: "The emperor is for the queen mother, obviously for others to please the queen mother, and wants to plug the queen mother's mouth!" "As soon as this incident comes out, who cares about the Aunt Hai who the Queen Mother rewarded the Jiang family? I heard that she still had diarrhea after taking the medicine of the imperial doctor, and now she has been recalled from the Jiang family and sent to the palace to recuperate for the palace people.

It is said that it is a place for palace people to recuperate, but in fact, the imperial doctor does not set foot in those places at all, but is watched by a few palace people who are familiar with medical skills, and they make some medicine to eat. If you have a big life, you can probably come back as an errand if you are well raised, and if you are unlucky, you can only carry it out.

As for the Jiang family, naturally the Shangyi Bureau sent another elderly palace person to give guidance - that's right, to point, not to teach - even the queen rewarded the Jiang family, saying that she learned the rules well from Aunt Hai, and the people sent by the Shangyi Bureau dare to say that they are more powerful than the people sent by the Queen Mother? I can only say that I am instructing, and I dare not call it teaching.

This incident choked the queen for several days as if she was stuck in her chest, and she couldn't spit it out and couldn't swallow it, so she found an opportunity to scold Chen Neijian who came up with the idea, and almost threw her out of the main hall.

Old Mrs. Yu Ge didn't hear the queen's words, and still said to the queen mother: "But this matter is too serious, and the old lady is already going to say thank you on behalf of the mother." ”

"That's as it should be." The Queen Mother didn't have the queen, so she nodded and said, "You go back and tell the elder to tell him to just do what he wants, I don't want to be famous." ”

Yu Ge Lao's speech and thank-you were folded quickly, but unfortunately the emperor did not intend to listen, and even invented an edict to the world for amnesty. Although this edict has not been issued for a while, it has already spread in the capital and is spreading rapidly to the surrounding areas.

"Since the emperor insists on this, why don't you obey?" Some of the backbone of the party gathered in the home of the cabinet and talked at night.

Yu Ge Lao's brows furrowed, and he glanced at the person who came up with the idea, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes. This person doesn't have much talent, but he was promoted by the party, because he was loyal like a dog, and Yu Ge Lao used him. However, he was in a hurry to pat the horse, and often said things that he didn't know, not only could not contribute, but was often a burden.

"No." Another immediately retorted, "This is a passover." At that time, the emperor will be a great filial piety, and the queen mother will just-"The emperor is taking the queen to win a reputation for filial piety for himself."

Yu Ge Lao nodded slightly. This is an eye-catching one, and it can be seen that the emperor has gradually separated from the Yu clan. In the past, the emperor was filial to the Queen Mother, but there has never been such fanfare.

"But the emperor obviously refuses to ......," the man said at first, and was silent after half a sentence.

The people were silent. The emperor put on a posture that he had to be pardoned this time, of course, if the cabinet members hindered him, the emperor's edict would not be issued. But then it is bound to be stiff, which is a troublesome thing.

"According to the lower officials-" Lu Xian didn't speak all the time, and then leaned forward, "If the emperor wants pardon, there is no need for amnesty." "Amnesty for the world is the emperor's specifications, but if it is a little less, the queen mother is not too qualified.

"How can I forgive that?"

"In the shallow opinion of the lower officials, the emperor wants to pardon only those people in Shandong."

It really stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and Lu Xian's words made everyone talk about it. The one who patted the horse at the beginning immediately shouted: "How can this be done? If it is forgiven, doesn't it mean that "at last his head is still nimble, and he swallows back the words in time, and he can only know these things, but he can't say them."

This time, everyone agreed with him, if he really pardoned these people, did he want to admit that Yu Rui had wrongly killed the good people in Shandong?

Yu Ge Lao glanced at Lu Xian lightly: "Ling Ci's illness has been better these days?" ”

For a while, everyone looked sideways. Many people know that the Jiang family is treating Lu Xian's mother's leg, could it be that Lu Xian wants to ...... because of this

Lu Xian hurriedly got up: "Chengge cares, my mother's illness is much better." I didn't dare to hide it from the elders, my mother was old and confused, and she agreed to Jiang's words, and now Jiang's is forcing her to ask her subordinates to beg for forgiveness from everyone in Shandong. ”

He said it so clearly, Yu Ge Lao's brows loosened slightly: "A gentleman's promise, weighing more than a thousand gold, is Ling Ci's promise, and you can't break your word." ”

Lu Xian bowed his head and replied yes, and said: "The lower officials have thought about it carefully, although this is a little disadvantageous to the guards, but it also lets the world know that the emperor does not really want to give amnesty to the queen mother. "In the same way, it also made the emperor no longer use the queen mother as a pretense.

"Now the old man is stubborn, but the emperor wants to make an order, if someone comes out to make this suggestion to make a turnaround, the old man will not be able to refuse. And if it is really to be amnesty, these people are also among the pardonable, and the result is no different, but it makes the elder lose the opportunity. Now that it is proposed by the lower officials, it can still be seen that the old man is open-minded. ”

Lu Xian said, but he didn't know what it was like. He didn't know whether the current situation was an intentional arrangement or just a coincidence, and he didn't know whether what Jiang said to him that day was just King Anjun's intention to oppose Yu's family, or whether there was an emperor interfering here.

Ever since the emperor revealed that he wanted to grant amnesty to the world, he tossed and turned night after night, and the more he thought about it, the more he didn't know what to do. It is said that he was promoted by Yu Ge Lao, and he should follow the Yu clan. But after all, it is the emperor, and Yu Ge Lao can lean towards the government and the opposition, but the emperor is always the master of the world. And this time in Shandong, Yu Gelao's actions were really unexpected, and it made him feel a little strange......

"Lu Shilang's words make sense." After thinking for a while, someone thought that this idea was good, so he agreed, "However, according to the lower officials, it is not necessary to pardon them for innocence, and it is the same for them to be sentenced to exile." After all, these people are just members of the chaotic party, so it makes sense to change them to exile. In fact, it was suggested at that time that these people should be sentenced to exile, because after all, the matter was caused by the local county order to conceal the disaster, and it is better to show mercy. But in order to consolidate Yu Rui's credit, Yu Dang was sentenced to be sentenced to prison, and now he has to slap himself in the face.

Yu Ge Lao was silent for a long time and nodded. After everyone dispersed, he left Lu Xian alone: "Ziyang—"

Ziyang is Lu Xian's cousin, and after he was still a jinshi, because the elder of the pavilion took it for him, now it has a special meaning: "Why did the Jiang family make such a request to you?" ”

Lu Xian's heart jumped, and he bowed down and said: "According to the lower officials, it must be the king of Anjun behind his back." Otherwise, how would a woman from the Jiang family know anything about the government. ”

Yu Ge Lao nodded slightly: "Then Yi Ziyang looks, the emperor wants an amnesty, is it related to King Anjun?" ”

This question is even more alarming, Lu Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, before he said: "When the Jiang family made this request to the lower officials, they only said that the queen mother would have a birthday this year, and let the lower officials take this opportunity to write a letter to ask for forgiveness." "It's true, and he didn't add or subtract half a word.

Elder Yu Ge groaned and didn't ask anything more. After Lu Xian left, his staff came out from behind and said carefully: "Pavilion Elder, Lu Shilang he-"

Yu Ge Lao said lightly: "Ziyang was picked up by me, so he shouldn't lie to me." "Lu Xian has no family behind him, even if he climbs high, he has to rely on the Yu family, although such a person will not be as easy to use as the Zhao family at the beginning, but it will be more assured to use it in the later stage, and it will not become a big tail.

The staff was still a little worried: "But this time it's too coincidental, the emperor and the king of Anjun - don't forget, they are brothers after all." ”

Yu Ge Lao sneered lightly: "If the two really join forces, there is no need for the Jiang family to raise this matter to Ziyang, it is too revealing!" And there is no father and son in the heavenly family, let alone brothers. Don't forget, between the emperor and the king of Anjun, there is a Nine Dragons throne! Even if King Anjun is interested, will the emperor dare to accept it? Although my family is half in the government and the opposition, the Marquis of Dingbei has 100,000 Northwest Army. ”

The staff thought about it, although they admitted that Yu Ge Lao was right: "But in case of something, Ge Lao still has to guard against it." If the emperor wants to join forces with Wu to resist Wei, it will be very disadvantageous to us. "It is not impossible to take over the kindness of King Anjun first, work together to bring down the Yu family, and then deal with King Anjun.

There was a little disdain between Yu Ge's old eyebrows: "The emperor is the same as the first emperor." If the first emperor had not executed the king and others back then, the Yu family might not have the current scenery. "When the first emperor ascended the throne, there were still a few little brothers, and they were all characters who were not qualified to take the throne by themselves, and could only follow other brothers to wave their flags and shout, and they would not die for their crimes. If the first emperor used them, at least the clan could divide part of the Yu family's forces. It's a pity that the first emperor was like a frightened bird, and as soon as he was persuaded by the queen mother, he abolished all these brothers as concubines and imprisoned them.

used to be the pride of the sky, and they were used to living a comfortable life of fine clothes and fine food, how could they resist such a grind, and they died one after another not long after. It was reported that he had died, but as for the real cause of death, no one asked too much.

After that, the Yu family took the dragon's skills and climbed to the top in one fell swoop, and since then it has been in the sky.

An old and sharp sneer appeared on Yu Ge Lao's lips: "One glory is glory, one loss is loss, these words are infinite ridicule in the heavenly family." The Son of Heaven is called a lonely man, and he is destined to have no one left and right. The emperor was like this, and so was the emperor. You must know that no matter how prosperous my family is, I am only a courtier, and it will still be the emperor's bloodline who will inherit the unification in the future. What about the king of Ke'anjun? ”

The staff's lips moved slightly, not knowing what to say. What Yu Ge Lao said is reasonable, but somehow, the staff always feels that judging by what the previous emperor did will do the same, it seems a bit arbitrary? However, Yu Ge Lao has never made a mistake for many years, and naturally formed his self-confidence, and in recent years, there has even been a trend of development towards rigidity, and some of the staff did not dare to say too deeply, and finally could only say: "The heart of defense is indispensable, and the old man is cautious." ”