The day before Chinese New Year's Eve, there were more people coming and going in the palace, showing flowers and branches, and beautiful faces. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Mrs. Ji once said that this may be the last time she will enter the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year, so it is even more grand. The women's clothes, the crown of the women, and the cane in her hand are all symbols of the glory of her life, and they are all given by the most powerful woman in the country this week.

Acquaintance and acquaintance, ups and downs, bloody and bloody, they have joined forces and have gone through the change of dynasty. She went from an ignorant young lady to a married woman, who has been up and down in the backyard for decades, fighting for power and fighting ruthlessly, and she doesn't have to pay less than any man. Later, I got acquainted with the Queen Mother, who was still a little noble concubine, the country was ruined, and after several escapes, she became the Queen Mother and became the biggest hero of the Empress of Zhou.

They married Jin Lan and became sisters. Commanding the wind and clouds, the Zhou government and the opposition, no one admires and admires them.

Maybe there is affection between the Queen Mother and her, but this affection can only be reflected in the balance of interests. Without the win-win of interests, maybe they don't know each other at all.

In front of the palace gate, the palace gate is still towering, majestic and cold, but within the cold palace walls, it is the hottest and highest power place that everyone desires. Therefore, many people are willing to walk here, even if it is only once, it is worth dying.

"Old Madam Ji, the Queen Mother asked the old slave to wait here to welcome the old lady into the palace." Gonggong An, who was beside the Queen Mother, bowed and said.

What an honor it is to have the Queen Mother personally send someone to the gate of the palace to greet her! "Thank you for the Queen Mother's compassion, the Queen Mother has been in good health recently?"

"Everything is fine, the Queen Mother got up this morning and mentioned the old lady, this time, she is chatting with Mrs. Wang!"

"Thank you for your concern. Grandpa An, you are old. ”

Grandpa An clenched the ups and downs in his hands, looked up at the cold sky, and sighed: "The years are urging people to grow old, the children have grown up, can we not be old?" ”

The old lady smiled and said, "Fortunately, we can do something for the children before we even step into the coffin." ”

"What the old lady said is that although our era has passed, we have to do our best to help the children."

"Uh-huh, haha."

"Then let's go! Please get in the car, Grandma Ji, please get in the car too. Grandpa An patiently commanded. Then he lifted the curtain and let the old lady in, and after the old lady sat down, he tore open his throat and said, "Go." ”

In the palace, it is a lot of glory to let the Queen Mother send a chariot to pick you up!

When she arrived at the destination, the old lady got out of the car, looked at the three words of bronzing on the Zhu door, and couldn't help but feel that the queen mother could walk under these three words, and only she understood what price she paid.

Gonggong An stepped forward and said, "Old lady, you are waiting here for a while, and the old slave Rong will go to report it." ”

"Okay."

Liu Yeqing stepped forward, held the old lady's arm, and whispered: "Old lady, this is really magnificent!" ”

"It's very magnificent, but the people who live in it are even more magnificent."

Liu Yeqing was a little nervous, and the hand holding the old lady's arm couldn't help but clench, "Daughter-in-law hasn't seen the Queen Mother for a long time." ”

The old lady patted her hand and comforted: "Don't be nervous, the queen mother is very good." When you see her, you just have to smile, and you can say whatever the Queen Mother asks you. ”

"My granddaughter-in-law has only met the Queen Mother twice, once before she got married, my mother took me into the palace to greet the Queen Mother. Once after marrying Xianggong, he entered the palace to thank him. It was already two years ago. ”

The marriage between Liu Yeqing and Ji Boyuan is still the matchmaker of the Queen Mother, so after the two got married, they had to enter the palace to thank them, but they didn't have the opportunity to enter the palace later, and I don't know if the Queen Mother still remembers what she said in person?

The old lady turned her head to her granddaughter-in-law and said with a smile: "You, you are a sensible child, the queen mother's vision is really right, steady and introverted, smart and decisive, you are smarter than your mother-in-law, don't think that I am old, I can't see it." ”

"Actually, my mother-in-law is very good, but sometimes she is a little anxious."

"Hehe, so, in case I'm not there one day, your mother-in-law is in charge, and you are by her side, you have to mention something, it's the easiest thing to have an accident. Although your mother-in-law may not accept your affection, since you are a member of the Ji family, you have to think about the Ji family. ”

"Yes."

From a distance, I saw Father-in-law An trotting over and ordered, "The Queen Mother is invited." ”

Entering the Ciming Palace, the old lady first knelt on the ground with Liu Yeqing and shouted: "The old body sees the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”

The Queen Mother stretched out her right hand and said softly: "Get up!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

The two of them got up and looked up at the tall old woman sitting in the hall, although she was old, she could be said to be graceful and luxurious, rich and majestic. "This is your granddaughter-in-law!"

The old lady smiled: "Exactly, the Queen Mother saw her two years ago!" ”

Liu Yeqing took a step forward, Shi Ran saluted, and said, "Ye Qing greets the Queen Mother." ”

"All right, get up! Oh, the mourning family remembers, you are the daughter of Mrs. Liu! ”

"Exactly."

The Queen Mother thought about it, then remembered it, and said, "At that time, you also pinched the shoulder of the mourning family!" What a good boy. Xiao Anzi, go, take a chair for Mrs. Ji to sit down. ”

"Yes." Mrs. Ji is an elder and Liu Yeqing is a grandchild, so naturally there is no place to sit, so she can only stand behind the old lady and watch them chat and laugh.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." The old lady sat down and thanked her.

The Queen Mother looked at her slow movements and said: "The last time I entered the palace, our two sisters couldn't talk well, I usually want to summon you into the palace, but I'm afraid that you will be tired and your body can't bear it, I don't want to, you came to pay New Year's greetings to me by yourself." ”

"Thanks to the Queen Mother's concern, the affairs of the house have always been relatively complicated, and I can't spare time to greet you."

"Old sister, we are all a lot older, if we have something, we will leave it to the children to do, why bother with our old bones."

The old lady bowed her head slightly and said with a smile: "What the Queen Mother said is true." ”

"We haven't chatted for a long time, so you let your granddaughter-in-law go to the palaces. What about you, how about chatting with the mourners here? ”

"The will of the Empress Dowager, it's just that this girl has just entered the palace, I'm afraid I don't know the rules of the palace, I'm afraid that she will collide with which lady?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said with a smile: "Hey, you are good at everything, but this is not good, you want to take care of everything yourself, and you are not too tired to panic." There is a first time for them, so that their young people can grow up quickly. ”

"Yes." Then he turned to his granddaughter-in-law and said, "Since the Queen Mother said so, then you can go, remember, you must understand etiquette when you speak." ”

"Yes, old lady." Liu Yeqing bowed and replied, speaking politely and thoughtfully.

Father-in-law An on the side smiled and said: "Queen Mother, the plum blossoms in the back garden are blooming, and the old slave goes to fold some back and puts them in the house to suit the occasion." ”

"Okay, let's go!"

The Queen Mother received guests, as the chief eunuch of the first palace, where did she come from to fold plum blossoms, but she just found an excuse to accompany the newcomer Liu Yeqing and took gifts to the palaces to pay New Year's greetings. The old lady was very moved, so she bowed her head slightly and said "thank you".

After everyone left, there were only two old men left in the palace, the Queen Mother and Mrs. Ji, the Queen Mother looked at Mrs. Ji's gray hair, and sighed: "Look at your white hair, the mourning family really knows that we are all old." ”

The old lady also said helplessly: "The old body is old, but the queen mother is still beautiful and young." ”

"Okay, how many years have I been a sister, don't say these flattering words, these days, the mourning family always dreams, dreams of the previous people, the previous things. Sometimes the mourning family even has the illusion that these people and things happened yesterday, but when I woke up and saw myself in the mirror, I realized that they were thinking of us. O old sister! They're coming for us. ”

The old lady's hand holding the cane was not only a little tighter, but said, "The Queen Mother is just dreaming." ”

"It's just a dream, but it's real. Some mourners know each other, some mourners don't know each other, and some people just feel familiar, but they don't remember who it is. Loved ones, friends, enemies, it's almost time to settle accounts. ”

"The Queen Mother has just been in the palace for a long time, maybe she will be fine when she goes out of the palace to relax."

The Queen Mother shook her head and sighed. "The mourning family has spent their whole lives in the palace, fought for a lifetime, been trapped for a lifetime, and had to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, and had to be trapped in the palace in the next life. The sky outside the palace is destined not to be mourning. ”

"Don't think so about the Queen Mother, at least, you still have him with you."

"You're right, the mourning family is still accompanied by him, but what about you, lonely and miserable, it's you who is the most bitter."

"As long as the Queen Mother is good, the old body is a little bitter, it is nothing. Now the son is a very popular minister, and the granddaughter is the daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother, and the old body is already content. ”

The teacup on the Queen Mother's short-term table, took a sip, and said: "Concubine Li is grounded now, and she can't come to greet you, you can also go to see her later." ”

"Yes. Originally, the harem was just an old body that shouldn't be asked, but she is also the granddaughter of the old body, and the old body dared to ask, why was Concubine Li grounded? ”

"The will was made by the emperor himself, and it was Concubine Li who collided with Long Yan. But in the eyes of the mourning family, things are afraid that things are not so simple, not to mention that the emperor favors her Ruobao, but Concubine Li's temperament, it is impossible to do anything to collide with Long Yan. ”

The old lady nodded, she originally planned to go to Moyu when she entered the palace today, and she had to ask about some things in person. "It seems that the old body has to go to the Jade Immortal Palace in person, does the Queen Mother know what Concubine Li is doing now?"

"I haven't heard what she's doing, so I just prepare something for the New Year every day."

"Last time my grandson Zhongting entered the palace, he found that Concubine Li seemed to have signs of poisoning, I wonder what news the Queen Mother heard?"

The Queen Mother was taken aback, put down the teacup, and said, "Poisoning? But there is no news in the Jade Immortal Palace! It's just that I heard that she is not in good health, and there is a royal doctor to check her pulse every day. ”

Looking at the Queen Mother's expression, she doesn't look like an insider, which means that this poison was not given by her. "Old body and courage, this poison is not the Queen Mother'......"

The Queen Mother shook her head, knowing what she meant. "The mourning family wants to move her, but they will move after the New Year. Are you mistaken, the imperial doctor goes to check the pulse every day, and it is impossible not to see it when you are poisoned? ”

Ting'er said that her body was cold, her face was pale, and she read books about drugs by herself. The Queen Mother didn't know that in the ten years when she was not at home, she also read medical books by herself, and she also worshipped a Jianghu Langzhong as a master. The old body was thinking, could she cure the poison by herself? Or is it so poisonous that even the imperial doctor can't diagnose it? ”

"It's not impossible. But who else in this palace wants her life? ”

The old lady suddenly thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "The old man heard that she was assassinated last time she went to the Great Xiangguo Temple?" ”

Assassination? Except for the person they invited last time, no one ever assassinated her again, so who is this person who suddenly appeared? Seeing that the Queen Mother didn't speak, the old lady said: "Queen Mother, the old man is thinking, we are playing chess, is someone also playing our chess?" ”

"You mean to say that we have become chess pieces in someone else's hands?"

Originally, Concubine Li should have disappeared on the night of Shengpinglou, but she couldn't be counted as if she came back to life, and the person in the secret saw that Concubine Li was still alive, so he could only do it himself. Daxiangguo Temple failed, and turned to the palace to attack. ”

"If there really is such a black hand, we will save trouble. Jade can't get to the back in one step, it has disrupted our plans, if this black hand helps, maybe it can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

The old lady pondered for a while, but she was still worried: "But we don't know whether this black hand is friend or foe, so it's better to be careful." ”

"The enemy of our enemies is our best friend, and as long as we have the same goal, we can form an alliance. But you're right, he and we can cooperate, but he will never be allowed to treat us as pawns. After returning, someone immediately found out who the black hand was. ”

The old lady nodded and said, "Yes, the old man will start this matter after he goes back." ”

"Concubine Li, don't touch her yet, Jade is not pregnant yet, we still have time." As long as Jade is pregnant with a child, it doesn't matter if Concubine Li dies or not. Another point, the emperor attaches too much importance to Concubine Li, if something happens to Concubine Li, I am afraid that the emperor will not only be sad, but also hurt the dragon body, if he insists on finding out the truth, it will not be easy to clean up at that time.

The old lady also agreed that Ji Feicui was not pregnant with the dragon son yet, and even if she was pregnant, she would give birth after October, and they still had a long time to prepare. "On the side of the virtuous concubine, the Empress Dowager has to worry a lot. Jade, this child is simple-minded, and eager to compete, the queen mother takes more responsibility. ”

"You can rest assured! Jade is a sensible child, and the mourning family likes it very much. Although she is still a little childish now, with time, when she becomes a mother, she will mature. ”

The old lady got up, thanked her, and said, "Thank you Queen Mother, that old man went to the Jade Immortal Palace to see Concubine Li." ”

"Hmm." Then he shouted out the door, "Someone." ”

A palace maid and eunuch came in and stood quietly waiting for the queen mother to send her. The Queen Mother said quietly: "You send Old Madam Ji to the Jade Immortal Palace, the road is slippery, be careful when driving." ”

"Yes."

The old lady bowed down again and said, "Thank you Queen Mother, the old lady retired." ”

When I walked outside the hall, I happened to meet a palace maid holding a vase with a few blooming plum blossoms in the vase. On the petals, there are also fine and crisp water droplets, which are crystal clear and beautiful.

The little maid saluted the old lady, and the old lady asked, "Little girl, this plum blossom has just been broken?" ”

The little palace maid lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Exactly, just now Father-in-law An asked the slave maid to fold it, saying that the palace was dull, put some flowers, and look better." ”

"Grandpa An is really thoughtful. Can Father-in-law An play pipa music to relieve the queen mother's boredom recently? ”

"I haven't played it for a long time, and even that pipa has been given to Concubine Li."

The old lady was shocked, her face was still calm, and she asked, "It was given to Concubine Li, when did it happen?" ”

"Concubine Li's second day after she entered the palace."

Mo Yu can also play pipa music, which is really unexpected by her, but why did the Queen Mother give her the pipa? The meaning of the pipa to her is self-evident, how can you say that you will send it?

Seeing that the old lady was not talking, the little palace maid said, "If the old lady has nothing else to do, the slave and maid will go in first." ”

"Okay, thank you."

"Don't dare."