The snow outside the house had been falling all night, and when the Queen Mother got up, she opened the window and saw that the snow-covered appearance made her heart heavy.

"Queen Mother, it's time to dress up." Gong E on the side reminded in a whisper.

The Queen Mother stroked the broken hair on her sideburns and sighed, "This year's snow came earlier than in previous years, and at this time in previous years, it was just colder, and there were not snowflakes everywhere." ”

"Ruixue Zhaofeng year, the Queen Mother, this means that the coming year will be a bumper harvest and auspicious year, which is a good thing." Gong E hurriedly picked up something nice.

When the Queen Mother heard this, a smile bloomed on her face, "Your little mouth is really sweet, and the mourning family must reward you heavily." ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager." Gong E hurriedly bent her knees to thank her.

After this clever mouth Gong E said a few nice auspicious words, the Queen Mother's mood turned from cloudy to sunny, and someone closed the window, and then Gong E, who was sweet and obedient before, sat in front of the mirror platform, and saw that the person in the mirror was older than at the beginning of the year, she leaned forward and stroked the wrinkles on her forehead with her hand, "Did the mourning family add a few more wrinkles?" ”

The eunuch who was about to comb the queen mother's hair heard this, and was shocked, the jade comb in his hand fell to the ground, and instantly fell into two pieces, this sound also alarmed the queen mother, only to see her coldly turn her head and look at this unlucky eunuch with displeasure.

The eunuch who combed his hair hurriedly knelt down, "The queen mother is gracious, the slave is not interested in disturbing the mother, but his hand slipped and he didn't hold the jade comb for a while, the queen mother is gracious......"

The Queen Mother, who had not been very angry, heard this begging for mercy, and immediately turned dark, "This early in the morning, you will come to touch the frieze of the mourning family, it seems that there is no punishment is really not good, drag it down and hit twenty boards, and let him go to the Huanyi Bureau on an errand in the future, so as to save the anger of the mourning family." ”

The combing eunuch's face suddenly changed greatly, and he was overflowing to the Huanyi Bureau, this life is over, "The queen mother gives a chance to atone for her sins to the slave, and the slave really won't dare to commit it again next time......"

The Queen Mother didn't have the heart to listen to these nonsense, frowned and waved her hand, and suddenly someone dragged the combed eunuch out, and suddenly everyone in the palace looked at each other, the Queen Mother was not so moody before, since the queen was the sole favor of the harem, the Queen Mother's temperament became more and more unpredictable.

In the end, Gong E, who had a sweet mouth and a smooth tongue before, stepped forward, picked up the newly replaced jade comb and carefully combed the queen mother's hair.

"The Queen Mother's hair is so good, smooth, I don't know what kind of hairstyle the Queen Mother wants to comb today?"

The Queen Mother took a look in the mirror, this person is old, and no matter how he maintains it, he is not as young as he is, "It's okay at will, it's too old to look at, and no one appreciates it no matter how you get it." ”

This casual is not casual, it has always been the most annoying, and finally this sweet-tongued Gong E combed the queen mother's daily favorite hairstyle, seeing that the queen mother's face was not displeased, she sighed quietly, and carefully put the exposed white hair into the bun, and did not dare to pull it off lightly, otherwise the queen mother's scalp hurt, and she would have to fall to the ground.

In the end, the combing storm passed under the careful waiting of everyone.

When she applied the ointment, the Queen Mother suddenly asked, "Is this the recipe that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou matched last time?" ”

"Exactly, doesn't the Queen Mother like to change?" The palace maid with the ointment in her hand was busy asking for instructions.

The Queen Mother squinted at the ointment, "No, I want to come to the ointment prescription offered by Mrs. Xiangyang Hou is still good, but when she comes back from Ruyang City, she really wants to change the prescription for the mourning family." ”

When the palace attendants heard that the Queen Mother was not looking for a ballast, their faces looked a little better.

Mama Liu didn't wait in front of the Queen Mother for two consecutive days, and when the puffiness on her face disappeared, she heard that the Queen Mother rewarded a palace lady after punishing the eunuch who combed her hair, and she was obviously in a good mood, so she had the courage to wait in front of the Queen Mother again.

When the Queen Mother saw her appear, she smiled and said, "The mourning family thinks you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head for the rest of your life?" ”

Mama Liu smiled shyly and said, "As long as the Queen Mother is happy, the old slave can be a turtle with a shrunken head for a lifetime......"

"Come on, you old thing, the mourning family still doesn't know you?"

Hearing that the Queen Mother was in the mood to joke with herself, Mama Liu's mood relaxed a little, and she stepped forward to carefully take the chopsticks in the hands of the young Gong'e and set up dishes for the Queen Mother.

She has been waiting for the Queen Mother for a long time, and she knows the Queen Mother's preferences, and this dish is quite suitable for the taste of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother made an exception to add a bowl of porridge.

When Emperor Zhu Yi sent someone to ask the Queen Mother about her eating, he also gave Mama Liu a reward.

Mama Liu returned to the sight of the Queen Mother in this way, and counted her fingers, the matter of the Nine Princes could not be delayed any longer, if the emperor took action first, the Nine Princes were only afraid of danger.

Tonight happened to be her night duty, and when she was waiting for the Queen Mother to change into pajamas and wave away from the palace attendants, she suddenly knelt on the ground and said eagerly to the Queen Mother: "Please save the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother, who had changed into bright yellow pajamas, frowned, and shouted: "What do you mean by this? Even if you've waited for him when Sa'er was young, you can't talk nonsense......"

"The Queen Mother, the Ninth Prince has a secret letter to the Mother." Mama Liu took out the letter in her arms and handed it to the Queen Mother, and at this time she was not afraid of exposing her close relationship with the Nine Princes.

The Queen Mother snatched the letter from Mama Liu's hand with a hesitant expression, shook it open, and then looked shocked, her hands kept trembling, and she could hardly believe her eyes.

"The Queen Mother?" Mama Liu stepped forward to support the Queen Mother, whose body was shaking.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and asked sharply, "What about the person who gave you the news?" Let him come to the mourning family, and the mourning family should ask clearly. ”

"The Queen Mother, he has been waiting for Jin to see Niangniang, so the old slave will go and bring him over quietly." Mama Liu hurriedly said that the Queen Mother was willing to see the envoy of the Nine Princes, which meant that the Queen Mother would definitely protect the Nine Princes, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she thought about it.

The Queen Mother watched Mama Liu go out, and just sat down on the bed with a decadent face, her eyes staring at the secret letter that she clung to, the most terrible thing happened, she was glad that her two sons had always been able to live in harmony, but now it seems that she is blind and blind, and they are still standing on the opposite side of each other.

Mama Liu led people in a hurry to see the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother has no previous decadence at this time, if she doesn't cheer up, it is estimated that the two brothers will really kill each other, she looked coldly at the secret envoy sent by her younger son.

"The one in the palace is a stand-in, yes or no?"

At this moment, her voice was as usual, and people couldn't hear the clues.

Mama Liu's heart tightened for a while, but she recalled that the Queen Mother was also very fond of the Nine Princes, and everything went along with this little son, so she was a little relieved.

The secret envoy did not hide it, and arched his hand and said: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, yes." The prince is now in Ruyang City, and he has not returned to the capital......"

Knowing the truth, the queen mother's face couldn't hide her paleness, the palace was a stand-in, this was the crime of bullying the king, once the eldest son knew, the younger son really couldn't keep it, and couldn't help but scold, "Confused......"

"The matter has come to this, Niangniang, if you don't give a hand to save the prince, the prince is afraid that he will never be able to return to the capital again......" Mama Liu knelt down and pleaded with tears and snot.

After the Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, she asked again: "As mentioned in the letter, the emperor has already caught the handle, what is going on with this matter?" ”

When he left Ruyang City, the Nine Princes specially instructed him that if he couldn't stop this group of people from going to Beijing to see the emperor halfway, he could only ask the Queen Mother for help, and only the Queen Mother could save him in the world.

So he tried several tricks halfway and failed to intercept the group of people holding Mr. Zhao, but lost a lot of soldiers and horses, after entering Beijing, he wanted to get rid of Mr. Zhao but also failed, and finally had no choice but to come to the Queen Mother for help.

The Queen Mother calmly listened to the whole process, and slapped the case angrily, "This rebel, he will not give up if he doesn't make the mourning family angry, and doing such a thing is a big crime of killing the head and destroying the clan." ”

"The matter has come to this, the Queen Mother, let's save the prince, the emperor has secretly interrogated Mr. Zhao and the head of the water bandits, I am afraid that the emperor will ...... him" Mama Liu cried.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes in pain, the reason why the eldest son didn't take immediate action was just to care about her biological mother, but now the palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, which makes her really in a dilemma, which son Gu is wrong.

Mama Liu has been waiting for the Queen Mother for so long, how can she not know that the Queen Mother's heart is at war between heaven and man, in case she really only cares about the emperor and ignores the nine princes, it will be bad, so she cried again: "Niangniang, the emperor is now sitting firmly on the throne, but the nine princes are really stormy, if the prince's affairs are revealed, the prince will definitely die." ”

Such alarmist words made the queen mother's heart skip a beat, but in the end it was the weak little son who prevailed, as long as the younger son could be kept this time, he would find a reason to send the little son away from the capital in the future.

The queen mother, who has been in the harem for decades, can mix with the current unshakable position, and has never been a hesitant person, "Well, after all, it jumped out of my belly, and the mourning family owes him." ”

"The old slave is the queen mother." Mama Liu was finally able to let go of her heart.

The Queen Mother's mood is very heavy, she blames her for being too negligent, this little son has been recuperating for so many days and even she has not seen her, she should know that there are clues in it, instead of resigned to the development of the current difficult appearance, God is playing tricks on her.

Since she learned about her youngest son's rebellion, the queen mother had to sleep and eat peacefully, and finally worried, and even mobilized her eyes in the palace to pay close attention to the actions of the emperor and queen.

Su Ziyu has been strengthening the guards around the three milk babies during this time, the ninth prince wants to rebel, and her son, who is only a few months old, is definitely a stumbling block, at this time she doesn't believe that a rebel will care about any old friendship.

On this day, after taking care of her three children, she saw the maid she sent to the Nine Princes' Mansion come back, and said busily: "Hongling, how is it?" ”

"The ninth prince still said that he was sick, saying that he had thanked Niangniang for his reward, but he still couldn't get out of bed and couldn't thank him personally......"

"Did you see his real person?"

When Hongling heard this, she shook her head, "Through a screen, the slave maid failed to see the true face of the Nine Princes. ”

Su Ziyu got up suddenly, this is not like Zhu Sa's style, at this time she has too many questions in her heart, pacing around the room several times, she said to Hongling: "Go to the imperial study, please come over......"

As soon as her words fell, Cao Cao said this, Cao Cao arrived, and Zhu Yi was walking in, "Ziyu, what are you looking for?" ”

For a long time, his wife hadn't looked for him, not even himself, and when he heard that she actually took the initiative to invite him to the queen's bedroom, the smile on his face was a little more than usual.

"The emperor came just in time, the concubines have something to say......" Su Ziyu said this, and hurriedly glanced at the palace attendants around him.

The group of palace attendants were all human spirits, and they knew that the emperor and queen had something to say, so they all bowed and retreated.

Zhu Yi looked at his wife with interest, not knowing what she was going to say, but her behavior made him feel extremely happy, and the two seemed to have returned to the old days.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has a conjecture, I don't know if it's accurate?"

"Oh, Ziyu has something to say, we are all old husbands and wives, what else is there to avoid?"

"The concubine said bluntly, I have sent people to deliver medicine to the Nine Princes several times before, but I have not seen anyone from him, you say, will the people in this mansion be fake, and it is very likely that he is not in the capital......"

In fact, not to mention Su Ziyu, even Zhu Yi has long suspected that Zhu Sa is very likely to go out of Beijing, but the Queen Mother is still alive, so he doesn't want to do things too desperately, and he can't do anything that really forces his mother to death. "Think about this matter......

How could Su Ziyu be willing to put the Nine Princes to death?

At least in her heart, Zhu Sa's weight is not light, but she is a mother, once someone threatens her heir, she can't sit still no matter what, this is motherhood.

"What else does the emperor want? Now the facts are separated by a layer of gauze paper, as long as we open it, we can directly touch the truth, as long as we control the Nine Princes and prevent him from being in danger to Jiangshan Sheji, the Queen Mother will also have an explanation. ”

"It's not so simple, the queen mother will definitely not let us go so easily, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and I am already the son of heaven, Brother Sa is the weak, people are biased towards the weak, how can the queen mother really care about Brother Sa?" Zhu Yi knew that once he really took action, he would not be able to stop lightly.

"Are you just going to let him do whatever he wants?" Su Ziyu looked at her husband with a hesitant expression and sneered, "I hope the emperor will not regret it one day if he is so indulgent." ”

With that, she brushed her sleeves away.

Zhu Yi stroked his forehead, and regretted a little that he shouldn't have been open and honest with her that day, for the son he had finally obtained, his wife was almost stunned. Seeing her angry back, he was reluctant after all, and took a few steps to catch up with her, grabbed her arm, and rolled her into his arms.

"Alright, alright, this matter is up to you."

Su Ziyu leaned on his arms, and when she heard his compromising words, she couldn't help but think of what she had heard in the boudoir, women often test men with a sentence, that is, me and your mother fell into the water, which one do you save? Now that she and the Queen Mother are really standing on the opposite side of each other, Zhu Yi chose to stand on her side, and her dead heart suddenly jumped again.

Her eyes were firmly fixed on the man's handsome face, even though she was nearly middle-aged, and she said, "Your Majesty, don't regret it?" ”

"No regrets." Zhu Yi reached out and gently pinched the bridge of her pretty nose.

This kind of action often happened when they were young, but since the collapse later, there has been no such intimate action, and now that it has reappeared, both of them have a feeling of being separated from each other.

Su Ziyu didn't want him to mess with his heart lake anymore, so she pushed him away and said calmly: "The concubine will go and settle the three milk babies first, and get ready to travel." ”

Zhu Yi's arms suddenly emptied, and he was a little uncomfortable, seeing her figure as if she was running away, he suddenly chuckled, this smile was a little free and a little happy. I still remember that the first time they kissed behind someone's back, afterwards, she was also in such a desperate posture, and the memories that came out of this turn still have some sweetness in the past.

This is a good start, and he is confident that one day, he will get her heart back.

Both Zhu Yi and Su Ziyu chose to travel in micro-services without fanfare.

Sitting in the ordinary carriage, Zhu Yi, who took off his dragon robe, and Su Ziyu, who was wearing ordinary women's clothes, could not hide the aura of the superior, after all, he was used to sitting in that position, and he couldn't get up normally if he wanted to.

"Your Majesty, if that person in the palace is really a stand-in, what are your plans?" Su Ziyu looked at the bustling street scene outside the window for a while, then instantly lowered the car curtains, turned his head and asked.

Zhu Yi groaned slightly, and then replied, "If this is really the case, then what should be done, it is an indisputable fact that he violated the law of the country, I have already told Ye Xuyao to pay attention to the movements in Ruyang City, my younger brother has always been a smart person." ”

And he was too smart, although he knew that this younger brother was restless, but when he was the elder brother, he still tolerated him with one eye open, and it was enough to think about it for so many years.

When Su Ziyu heard this answer, she couldn't say what she felt in her heart for a while, she didn't want Zhu Sa to die, and she didn't want to trap him for a lifetime, he once comforted her, but no matter what, it was not as good as her son, maybe she was really too cold to him.

The husband and wife didn't talk anymore, their hearts were unusually heavy, in fact, this mystery has always been under their noses, but they have chosen to turn a blind eye for a long time, and now they want to open it, and they feel as if they are going to be torn to blood.

Su Ziyu suddenly reached out and clasped Zhu Yi's hand, at this moment, she needed him.

Zhu Yi held her hand tightly, he is the emperor and the son of Dashun, so he has to keep the inheritance passed down from his ancestors, and he must not lose this great river and mountain because of personal feelings, and he must pass it on to his son, and then his grandson, for generations.

The Nine Princes' Mansion seemed to be in sight, and the expressions of the husband and wife were very strict.

The eunuch who drove the car handed the waist card in the palace to the gatekeeper on the Nine Princes' Mansion, who was startled, hurriedly opened the middle door to greet him, and finally knelt on the ground and respectfully greeted the humble carriage into the mansion.

Zhu Yi gave him a look, and someone immediately appeared to control the gatekeeper and prevent him from ventilating inside, so that the Nine Princes could be prepared.

After the carriage drove into the mansion for a distance, it finally stopped, and Zhu Yi took his wife's hand and walked down together, walking towards the central area of the Nine Princes' Mansion.

This mansion, in fact, the emperor and queen are no strangers, when Zhu Sa's mansion was single, they all came here to celebrate with Zhu Sa, and later came many times, especially Su Ziyu, when the ninth princess was seriously ill, she had come to visit several times, and she was even more familiar with the structure of this mansion.

When the people along the way saw this powerful couple, how could they dare to stop them? Only dare to kneel on the ground and salute.

The closer she got to the courtyard where Zhu Sa lived, the more acute Su Ziyu's senses became, and she secretly pulled her husband's sleeve, "Your Majesty, the concubine feels inappropriate." ”

"Well, keep quiet." Zhu Yi just held his wife's hand, and he felt the same way.

It's not that he's worried about his own safety, he dares to come to the mansion of the Nine Princes, he has already been fully prepared, but the atmosphere in this mansion is wrong, but he can't say what's wrong for a while.

The husband and wife finally stepped into the courtyard where the Nine Princes were recuperating, and entered through the curtain lifted by the subordinates, and finally found that something was wrong.

The Queen Mother, her old man, was here.

There was a smell of medicine in the room, but no one cared, just looked at each other.

Zhu Yi was stunned, stepped forward and saluted, "See the queen mother." ”

Su Ziyu was not far behind, and stepped forward to bend her knees to the Queen Mother, "See Niangniang." ”

"Get up." The Queen Mother said majestically, "How can you husband and wife come together to visit the Nine Emperors?" ”

Zhu Yi smiled, "Queen Mother, I heard that Brother Sa has been sick for so many days, as the royal brother, I am naturally worried, or it is more reassuring to come to visit in person, not to mention that the queen gave medicine to Brother Sa, so I have to worry, so the son will bring her to visit the patient." ”

"Oh, you husband and wife have hearts." The Queen Mother seemed to be pleased, but her eyes looked up and down at the dress of the husband and wife, which was clearly a micro-service trip, "Then why are you?" ”

There is no explicit word, but what she wants to express, can the husband and wife understand it? Su Ziyu said: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, if you come here with great fanfare, I am afraid that it will disturb the Nine Princes to recuperate, which is even more inappropriate, it is better for the two of us to travel in micro-clothes, which can also reduce a lot of red tape." ”

The Queen Mother seemed to be satisfied and got up and held Su Ziyu's hand, "It's hard for the two of you to think thoughtfully." ”

"It should." Su Ziyu was busy, but she was more vigilant in her heart.

"Queen Mother, Erchen is worried about Brother Sa's illness, so let's take a look at Brother Sa first." Zhu Yi said.

The Queen Mother was moved as if there were tears in her eyes, and Su Ziyu helped her sit back in place, and lifted the curtain, revealing the true face of the sleeping "Nine Princes" inside. "He just drank the medicine and fell asleep, and it is really inappropriate to wake him up at this time, alas, I don't know why my son is so unlucky and has such a disease?"

When it comes to sadness, I can't help but cry.

Su Ziyu gently patted the Queen Mother on the back, but her eyes fell on the person on the bed, who did look like Zhu Sa, but was it himself, how can he confirm it if he hasn't talked to him? looked back at the Queen Mother, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy.

How could the Queen Mother's expression under the veil be half sad? She clutched the veil tightly, and since she had come to this point, there was no turning back.

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I'm sorry, there's something at home today, and I can't do more, and I say I'm sorry to everyone in a dream!