The Chinese New Year banquet can be described as anticlimactic. The queen opened a scene with great interest, obviously she had already won the game, but she didn't follow up, and hastily ended the banquet, and even didn't answer the words of the prince's relatives who were later in the party.

Fortunately, this kind of banquet was originally a formality, and no one was in the mood to eat and drink in the palace on a cold day, especially the women in the cold outer hall, the meat dishes that came up were all white oil, and they were appetizing when they looked at it, so the banquet ended early, and everyone felt happy.

In the inner sanctum, however, the people who watched the play from beginning to end found it strange. The old lady Yu Ge said to her daughter-in-law before she left the palace: "It's strange today, I'm afraid there is something big, you be careful, the palace may not have the news when it will come out, you can also inquire about it." ”

According to the queen's arrangement today, she doesn't have to speak, otherwise it will be too traced. However, it is clear that the prince is already at his fingertips, but the queen suddenly stopped moving, which is really weird.

Grandma Yu responded, and was a little worried: "But my daughter-in-law really doesn't know where to inquire......"

Old Madam Yu Ge was also speechless. It is not easy for her to be a step-room, although she has been going in and out of the harem to pass the message to the Queen Mother and Yu Ge Lao, but that time, the Queen Mother used a letterhead to send out the news, and Yu Ge Lao has never told her. After so many years, she is still excluded, and even her son and daughter-in-law can't know the core secrets of the Yu family.

What's in the picture? Old Madam Yu Ge sighed softly. When the news came out that Yu Ge Lao lost his wife and wanted to remarry, she also tried her best to squeeze out her cousin and marry into the Yu family. But after so many years, there is always a layer between Yu Ge Lao and her, which is a feeling that the status of the pearl is surrounded by green and cannot be erased.

In particular, her son has not had a smooth career like the second son born by the original partner. Mr. Yu Ge said that his youngest son was not a material for reading, but Mrs. Yu Ge felt that Yu Ge had no intention of supporting him. No, he also married a daughter-in-law who was born as a military general, what good is this for people who want to rely on the imperial examination?

The only comfort is probably that because the daughter-in-law is not very literate, she is naturally in awe of scholars, and she is obedient to her mother-in-law, docile and considerate to her husband, and has a strong body that can give birth to grandchildren!

However, there must be advantages and disadvantages, and the daughter-in-law will not do some intrigues, no, let her inquire about the news, I don't know how to ask.

However, Mrs. Yu Ge couldn't talk about her, because she didn't know about it: "That's it, I'll go back and talk to Ge Lao, and they should decide everything." ”

At the same time, Taohua also asked Shen Shu in the carriage: "What did the emperor do?" "I can make the queen poke her head out and retract it, and there is no one else but the emperor.

Shen Shu smiled: "The emperor took down a palace man from Zhongxiu Palace who □□ ice. ”

"The palace people of Zhongxiu Palace?" Taohua was a little inexplicable, "What is the matter with the palace people of Zhongxiu Palace, hindering the queen?" Yes! Could it be that she's—"

"She is the one who drugged Yuan Shufei's diet." Shen Shu said absentmindedly, "I am only responsible for cleaning the road from the palace gate to the small kitchen." As for how she used to drug her diet, I don't know. "As long as the Emperor knows.

"The emperor already knew, right?" But she hasn't moved this Chunbing, in order to take her out today to shock the queen?

"Elder Yu Ge is quite calm." Shen Shu didn't answer this sentence, but turned to talk about Yu Ge Lao, "The emperor thought that he was going to push someone from the party to do the main exam, but he didn't expect to push Wen Guohou out." ”

On the surface, Wen Guohou is not Yu Dang, but since it was Yu Ge Lao who pushed him out, who will he be grateful to Yu Ge Lao in the future?

"However, Wen Guohou's family really can't find any big mistakes, and the emperor can't refuse. And Wen Guohou has not been with the party for many years, so he may not really be attached to the party. ”

Taohua thought for a while: "But today, Mrs. Wenguo is in the palace......

"Duan's-" Shen Shu smiled, "That's a natural old-fashioned person, I'm afraid that reading is rotten." The first emperor once wanted to invite her to be a female gentleman for the princesses, but after listening to her try to tell a chapter of the book. It just so happened that no princess was born in the palace after that, so this matter was covered up and no one knew. ”

At the beginning, the first emperor also heard that the Duan family was known as a virtuous person in the boudoir - at that time, Prince Cheng was still in his mother's womb, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that he was only afraid that he was a princess, and the first emperor did not have many heirs, and the princess was also good, so he was very interested in inviting a female gentleman for his unborn daughter - who knew that after hearing Duan's lecture on a chapter of the fourth book of women, the first emperor silently let her go back.

Because the first emperor sent people back and rewarded them heavily, and then gave birth to a prince and a prince, so everyone outside said that the first emperor was very sorry that there was no princess, and he couldn't ask the Duan family to teach, who knew that the first emperor thought that the Duan family was too pedantic?

"So, she really thinks that the prince should be raised by the middle palace?" Taohua felt that her mouth was open and a little unclosing, "Can't she see what the queen means?" ”

"It's not necessarily that you can't see it. However, the queen is the mother-in-law, and it is natural to raise the prince. Shen Shu sneered, "The middle palace is orthodox. ”

Momoka opened her mouth, but closed it anyway. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are Duan's like this—it's not surprising, right? However, if there are all such people in the Wen Guohou Mansion, the protégés admitted by this examiner seem to be a little unreliable?

"Wen Guohou still has talent." Shen Shu laughed, "Since the marquis is sealed with Wen, future generations can't throw away the word 'Wen'." In recent years, Wen Guohou has gradually spread some poems among the literati, but he is unlucky, and he has been controlled by the party in the court these years, and it is not his turn. And he has a high spirit, and he refuses to start from a junior official, so he has been stumbling so far. ”

Now that he is forty years old, he can't afford it, and he feels that he has some reputation, and he just has the opportunity of Enko, so he can't help it anymore.

"What does the emperor mean?"

Shen Shu pondered for a while: "This person has a talent to learn, and he was not in the party before, and the emperor will probably use him in the end." "The people in the emperor's own hands are too young, and no one is qualified to be the main examiner of this Enke.

"Pedancy also has the benefits of pedantic." Shen Shu remembered what the emperor said, "When the queen is in the middle palace, it is orthodox, if it is ......" If the queen is no longer the queen, then it doesn't matter what orthodoxy is.

When everyone out of the palace was discussing this anticlimactic banquet, the queen was circling around in the Shouxian Palace: "Queen Mother, this, how is this good?" ”

"What are you anxious about!" The Queen Mother was dizzy by her, and she was also irritable, so she couldn't help but tone heavily, "I told you not to attack the Yuan family a long time ago, why didn't you listen!" "Only then did I come to confess to her, what did I do a long time ago.

The queen was a little flustered, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but retort: "If the Yuan family is allowed to give birth to a prince, I don't know what it will be like now." What kind of spoiled the Yuan family now! It's lawless! "Wearing a red gown at the New Year banquet, the bright color is already close to her, the queen.

The Queen Mother said angrily: "That's not because of you!" "The emperor is in his early thirties and has no children, Zhao Chongyi and Yuan Shufei are pregnant and have miscarriages, which can be regarded as forcing the emperor to the extreme, so he elevates the Yuan family in such a vengeful manner. If she had let the Yuan family give birth to a child, she would have restrained a lot now, and she would not dare to be so arrogant for the sake of the child.

"If she had a child at that time, whether it was male or female, the child of the Lu family would definitely be yours." The more the Queen Mother spoke, the more annoyed she became, "Don't look at one is a concubine and the other is Jieyu, not all of them are concubines!" Which one is kept in the middle palace, which one is more noble. Now it's good, the Yuan family is determined to fight for this prince, and the emperor also helps her, how to clean up this situation? ”

If the queen knew how to clean up, she wouldn't have come to the queen mother to confess.

When the Queen Mother saw her like this, she was even more annoyed: "It's just a move, why do you want to keep Chunbing?" ”

The queen bowed her head and said nothing. She kept Chunbing, because the Queen Mother suddenly attacked, and the emperor only started from the person who knocked down Yuan Shufei, and did not find Chunbing. The queen is also finally □□ to such a person, so she is naturally reluctant to get rid of it now, maybe she will need it in the future.

"You are simply ......" The Queen Mother really didn't know what to say, she just felt her heart beating wildly, her ears were buzzing, and she sat on the seat with her chest and gasped.

At this time, even the queen was frightened, and hurriedly came over with Qingyu, stroking her chest and pressing her head, and it took a long time for the queen mother to feel a little better, and she covered her chest and said weakly: "What evidence does Chunbing have?" ”

"Nope." The queen said immediately. What she ordered Chunbing to do was not for her to come forward, the palace person who was fortunate to contact Chunbing was old this year, and he had been released from the palace a few days ago.

The Queen Mother sighed: "Then don't be afraid." ”

"But-" The queen was still a little apprehensive, "If Chun Bing speaks...... "If Chun Bing proves that the queen murdered the fetus in Yuan's womb, she still can't escape the involvement. Speaking of which, she didn't do it once or twice before, but the emperor had never made such a big move, could it be that this time for Concubine Yuan Shu, she really wanted to ......

The Queen Mother glanced at her angrily. In the past, the Yu family was strong, and the emperor swallowed his anger, so she was unscrupulous, but now that the emperor has become tough, she is afraid - really, she is very strong, she will only be in the nest, and she will be helpless if she moves a little bit.

However, it was too late to say anything at this time, and the queen mother didn't expect that the queen would actually leave a Chunbing in Zhongxiu Palace, leaned in the chair and thought for a long time, and sighed: "Don't think about the prince's affairs for the time being." ”

"Auntie—" The queen suddenly became anxious.

"What did you do earlier!" The Queen Mother also raised her throat, "From the Jiang family, I said that you have to have a prince in your hands, but you just don't listen!" What's the rush now? The emperor doesn't bring people early or late, but at this time he took Chunbing away, just to cut off your thoughts! ”

"Huh?" The queen was stunned, "The emperor is unexpectedly-he is determined to give this prince to the Yuan family!" ”

"You still haven't figured it out?" The Queen Mother simply hated iron and steel, "Why did you say that you wanted to carry the prince to the Middle Palace, and Chunbing was taken away over there?" "The arrest of people on the first day of the Lunar New Year is something that has never happened in the palace. If you really want to arrest people, or start it before the year, or drag it out until the fifteenth day of the first month, how can you rush to touch this mold on the first day of the new year.

"What's more, the emperor has no evidence." The Queen Mother took a pill specially made by the Tai Hospital, felt that her chest was calming down a little, and her irritable mood was slightly calmer, and she said lightly, "What does Chunbing have in his hand?" "There is neither evidence that the queen instructed her, nor any medicine, as long as she insists on not admitting it, the emperor has no choice.

The queen was panicked at first, and it was the emperor who went against the norm and scared her by arresting people on the first day of the new year, and only then did the queen mother react: "Yes, yes, Chunbing has no evidence in his hand!" Without evidence and no certificate, the emperor can't do anything to me! ”

The Queen Mother looked at her like a chicken that had just been rescued from under the butcher's knife, and suddenly she was alive again, and she didn't know what to say: "That being said, the emperor's meaning is already very clear, this prince, you can't hold the middle palace." ”

"That can't be given to the Yuan clan either!" The queen was suddenly anxious, "It's really not good, just let the Lu family keep it!" ”

"Lu's, after all, it's not right." Speaking of which, a Jieyu is really not qualified to raise children by herself.

"Give her a promotion!" The queen's mind turned quickly on this, "She gave birth to a prince, naturally it is a great credit to her to be promoted to Xiuyi!" ”

Xiu Yi is one of the nine concubines, and everyone seems to be the same in terms of grade, but when it comes to the title, Xiu Yuan is still above Chongyi, Chongrong, and Chongyuan.

As soon as the queen thought of this, she pressed Zhao Chongyi, Wang Chongrong and Jiang Chongyuan all over, and she became happy: "Zhao's slut has been pestering the emperor these days, so that people can suppress her prestige." ”

As for Wang Chongrong, although she never causes trouble, she always looks like she thinks about the emperor wholeheartedly, regardless of personal gains and losses, which really makes her look unpleasant. Not to mention Jiang Meihua, just because she is Jiang Taohua's cousin, it is impossible for the queen to look at her pleasing to the eye!

The Queen Mother did not speak immediately, but leaned back in her chair and groaned.

There was a scene on the first day of the new year, and the emperor didn't want the middle palace to hold the prince, but did he really want to leave this prince to the Yuan family, or did he only use the Yuan family as a shield, intended to protect the Lu family?

If it is said that the emperor has always favored the Yuan family in the past, he has never been so undisguised. Now even the Yuan family is uncharacteristically wearing red and red, is it because he has lost his child and is determined to resist, or is it - if things are abnormal, they must be demons?

The Queen Mother glanced at the excited queen next to her and sighed secretly. This niece really can't be counted on, and I always feel that she seems to be out of tune more recently than before, and when she is in the boudoir, she is even more judgmental. In this case, it is better not to tell her some things, lest something leak from her and startle the snake.

"Then, let's give the Lu family a promotion, but there must be a reason." The Queen Mother leaned her head on the back of the chair and exhaled softly. No matter who the emperor wants to give the prince to, as long as the Yu family has military power in his hands, the emperor's will will not be his will.

At this time, it is better not to go against the emperor. The Queen Mother thought coldly: showing the enemy weakness, lying dormant and waiting, and hitting with one blow is the right way.

As for the queen - the queen mother glanced at the queen again, in fact, it is not interesting to hold a prince, it is not born by herself, and she is not familiar with it. For example, she raised the emperor for 18 years and helped him inherit the unification, but in the end......

If you really want to raise it, at least the child must be nominally the queen's. The Queen Mother's mind turned calmly.

In fact, she had thought about this a few years ago. Find a palace person in the queen's palace, and then let the queen pretend to be pregnant, and when she gives birth to a son in the future, she will say that the queen gave birth to it. This harem is controlled by her and the queen, and it is not too difficult to hide it from outsiders. And at that time, the relationship between the queen and the emperor was not bad, even if the emperor knew, most of them turned a blind eye.

But the queen didn't think so. At that time, she was still thinking about giving birth to herself, how could she be willing to take the children born by others as her own. The Queen Mother only asked the old lady Yu Ge to knock on the side and mention it once, and the queen almost turned her face, and the Queen Mother had to give up. Now that the emperor's intention of not wanting the queen to be pregnant has been revealed, this matter is even more difficult to handle.

I really regret that I didn't do this sooner, but if things continue like this, I'm afraid this thing will have to be done. You must know that pushing other people's children to ascend to the throne is probably only like the emperor in the end, or his own children are the most reliable.

After the queen mother finished thinking, she saw that the queen was still sitting there, and suddenly felt that the breath that had just calmed down was churning again: "You go back to Fengyi Palace, remember, don't worry, don't mess up first." In addition, the promotion should not be done too quickly, I didn't say it, there must be a reason. ”

Lu Yingyou was pregnant once, and in one fell swoop, she was promoted again, and there must be a reasonable reason for her to be promoted again, otherwise it would be too eye-catching.

The queen really can't think of this reason: "This ......"

There is only the urge to do it, and there is no brain to think of a reason. The Queen Mother really wanted to cry without tears, so she had to wave her hand and say, "Go ahead, wait for me to think about it." ”

The queen came out of Shouxian Palace, and there was already a sedan chair parked outside the palace gate. A small chamberlain who was sweeping the floor on the long street spied on her face, and after the group walked away, she carefully swept the path, and then hurried away with a broom.

In the Mingguang Palace, the emperor was sitting leisurely playing chess. The imperial court did not open the seal until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and this period of time was also a rare holiday for the emperor.

Du Neijian walked in lightly, and the emperor glanced at him: "Has Chunbing recruited you?" ”

Du Neijian shook his head: "She insisted that she hadn't done anything. It wasn't until the slave took out a bottle of rose dew to pour it on her that she was so frightened that she couldn't do it, but she still bit it to death and said she didn't know. ”

The emperor laughed: "A bottle of rose dew can't poison her, why is she scared like that?" ”

Du Neijian bowed his head and remained silent. She is afraid of rosedew, naturally because the □□ she lays looks like rosedew.

"Keep an eye on the Queen's Palace." The emperor lowered his head and looked at the chessboard again, "The queen probably still has the medicine in her hand, and she shouldn't dare to keep it at this time." It would be nice to get some medicine. "The Queen Mother's Shouxian Palace has been in business for many years, even if he is the emperor, he can't reach out, but Fengyi Palace has a lot of loopholes, and finally □□ a few people for more than ten years.

Du Neijian hurriedly agreed, and said: "When the queen mother came out of the Shouxian Palace, her expression seemed to be a little lighter, not as good as when she went in——"

"So angry?" The emperor smiled again, "The Queen Mother is much older than her, and she knows that I have no evidence now, but I just want to prevent her from taking the prince away." Unlike the queen, looking at her teeth and claws, she is really like a frightened bird. As he spoke, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, revealing a hint of disdain, "I remember that she was not like this when she first entered the palace, how could she have lived in the middle palace for more than ten years and cultivated this virtue." ”

It is not easy for the inner prison to answer this. The emperor pondered for a while and said, "I always feel that the queen's temper has changed a little over the years, what do you think?" ”

Du Neijian thought about it carefully: "The slaves and maids don't realize it when they see it day by day, but when the emperor says this, and then think about it when he first entered the palace, it really becomes very great." ”

The emperor shook his head slightly: "It's not just compared to when I first entered the palace—it's just that, go back and ask Princess Anjun." ”

When it came to Princess Anjun, Du Neijian was even more difficult to answer, so he changed the topic and said with some concern: "Then will the Queen Mother think of Lu Jieyu......

"Yes." The emperor said lightly, "With the shrewdness of the Queen Mother, even if you can't think of it once or twice, you will eventually think of it after many times." After all, the Yuan family is too ostentatious these days. ”

Yuan thought he was smart, but in fact, he didn't make a good calculation at any time. In the past, she defected to the Yu family, although she was a concubine, but the queen only allowed her to enjoy honor, but she was not allowed to give birth, until now that her body collapsed, she didn't understand. He turned his head to him, but he made this shield too obvious, and he only had to write "There are no three hundred taels of silver here" on it!

This method is okay to deal with the queen who is not clear-headed, and the queen mother is not a vegetarian.

"Isn't that Lu Jieyu ......" Eunuch Du naturally has no likes or dislikes for the concubines in the palace, but the emperor's beloved, he wants to express more concern.

"There's no way around it." The corners of the emperor's mouth were flattened, revealing an indifferent and cold expression, but there was a hint of helplessness in his tone, "If she is blessed to pass this hurdle, she will be blessed with endless blessings in the future." If you can't get by...... You should be more careful, there should be no outsiders in the Qiuliang Hall at this time, if something can happen in this way, it will only be considered that she will not be blessed. ”

"The slaves and maids must ask them to protect Lu Jieyu with their hearts." Du Neijian hurriedly agreed, "Their net worth and life are tied to Jieyu." ”

The emperor was distracted for a moment before he said: "There is also the Lu family's personal palace person named Cherry, you should also keep an eye on it carefully, don't think that someone close to you can completely believe it." "The lessons of the past are not far away.

Du Neijian nodded again and again, and asked: "Then according to the emperor, will the Queen Mother give Lu Jieyu a promotion?" ”

The emperor frowned slightly: "I really can't say what the Queen Mother is doing. However, if the Lu family is really promoted, it will prove that the Yu family is big. ”

The words "the one who is pictured is big" came out of the emperor's mouth slowly, which made Du Neijian shudder and hurriedly lowered his head. After a while, I heard the emperor laugh again: "However, if you are promoted, the Lu family will probably be safe these days." ”

It turned out that I was still thinking about Lu Jieyu in my heart. Du Neijian thought secretly, but on the surface, he lowered his head and replied respectfully, "Yes." I want to come to Lu Jieyu is blessed. ”