There are several pots of evergreen plants in the yard of the Empress Dowager, but no one in Shouchang Palace has bothered to take care of them in recent years, and many withered grasses have grown out of miscellaneous next to it, and the originally beautiful and upright plants have also been deformed. She held a long pair of scissors in her hand, carefully repaired these edges and corners, and suddenly opened her hand again, and sighed: "If you don't repair it, it's already crooked, and no matter how you fix it, you can't repair it back to its original appearance." ”

She raised her eyes and smiled at Xue Yuan, and pointed to a small pestle underneath: "Palm print, please sit." Xue Yuan sat down according to her words, and she turned her gaze back to the potted plants: "It is said that people go to tea and cool, and the mourning family has been gone for more than two years, and the palace is like a wasteland, who will know that this is the dormitory of the empress dowager of the dynasty?" ”

At the beginning, she intended to contact the people in the court, and wanted to delay the matter of the prince, Xiaozong sent people away immediately for the sake of his own daughter, Xiaozong was only afraid of hating her, of course, it was impossible to order someone to take good care of Shouchang Palace.

Xue Yuan sat on the pestle with a casual expression, and did not say anything, and the Empress Dowager was not annoyed when she saw it, and stroked the coral beads around her neck: "Fortunately, now that the mourning family is back, it is only a matter of a blink of an eye that this Shouchang Palace will prosper." She smiled kindly with her head sideways: "You'er, this child mourning family grew up watching from a young age, because of her father's relationship with the queen mother, she and the mourning family have always been a little dirty, although she is not my own child, but the relationship is so cold that it is also chilling, and the world is not good-looking when it is seen, what do you think of the palm print?" ”

Xue Yuan lowered his eyes and said in a loud voice: "The emperor is pure and filial by nature, but he is not good at words, in fact, he is filial to you in his heart, and the empress dowager doesn't have to mind in her heart." ”

The Empress Dowager listened to him playing in an official tone, her eyebrows were raised, and she pressed her nose with a silk: "Palm print is a smart person, why bother to tell the mourners these scenes, after all these years, how the emperor has treated me, I haven't counted it in my heart?" She put one hand on the arm of the chair, looking tired, and the grandmother behind her came up to her and pressed her lightly when she saw the opportunity: "At the beginning, the relationship between the emperor and the Zhenguo Mansion was not very close, and later married Empress Zhang as his wife, and the Guogong Mansion became the Guogong Mansion, and there were more contacts." ”

Xue Yuan's eyebrows jumped: "What does the Queen Mother mean?" ”

The Empress Dowager folded her hands on her knees: "The emperor is almost at the age when it is time to talk about marriage, and there is a caring person by his side to take care of people and make people feel at ease." My Zhao family has also produced a few young talents in this generation, and it is not humiliating to be worthy of the emperor, the palm seal is in charge of the entire celebrant supervisor, and the mourning family called the palm print, just to discuss this matter. ”

Xue Yuan said lightly: "Then you can ask the wrong person, the emperor's marriage, our family can't be the master." His heart jumped, Second Lady Zhang was worried about the emperor's family affairs, he could still reprimand him back, the Empress Dowager was Jiang You's grandmother, she asked Jiang You's family affairs in the name of the right, and even Jiang You himself couldn't blame it.

The Empress Dowager was not surprised to see him shirking, and raised her hand to stroke the phoenix hairpin on her sideburns; "Now that the emperor is young, he can still hold most of the Great Qi Dynasty in his hand by the palm print, but she will always grow up one day, will she always be at the mercy of the palm print?"

She is a master of watching people's hearts, Xue Yuan didn't think about it at the beginning, but later he had a different mind about the little emperor, so he put this matter aside.

Seeing his thoughtful expression, the Empress Dowager was overjoyed, and said persistently: "If my Zhao family becomes the queen, I will definitely not forget the support of the palm print, and the emperor has a close person by his side, and the power of the palm print may be even higher." ”

Xue Yuan is a seven-hearted person, and the Great Qi Dynasty has not had a female emperor, but after getting married, she strictly abides by the rule that the queen is not allowed to interfere in politics.

His heart moved, and his face sank: "The Queen Mother is really a minister, and the minister can't help much in this matter." ”

The Empress Dowager took a deep breath: "What's so difficult about this?" As long as you pull the strings from it, first encourage the cabinet to start, and then attract the emperor and my nephew to meet more, if the two of them are born rice" She said her plan for a while, but she felt that it was not very decent, so she changed her words and said: "If the two of them look at each other, it is also a merit of yours." ”

She is old and sophisticated, and she is the most proficient at coaxing women among the nephews and nephews of the Zhao family, and she thinks that it is unseemly, how old is Jiang Youcai's child, she has never seen such a romantic battle, most of them will be coaxed by her own nephew, and then she will deliberately make some trouble, for the sake of fame, Jiang You will not be able to get married even if she is not married, who made her not only the emperor, but also a woman?

Xue Yuan knew what she was thinking when he heard her voice, his face was full of wind and thunder, his face changed suddenly, and he stood up suddenly: "What kind of nonsense is the Empress Dowager talking about, the emperor lives in the palace, is it that chicken and dog bits and pieces that you can see if you want to see them?" To put it mildly, if someone has any bad intentions, can you still compensate another emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty?! ”

His voice was like a whistle, and more than a dozen brocade clothes poured in from the gate of the palace, which frightened the women and children in the palace.

Although the Empress Dowager had a plan, after all, she had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she was also shocked when she saw this terrifying formation, but she forced herself to calm down and said: "What does this mean?!" When I'm this Shouchang Palace, is it your East Factory?! ”

Xue Yuan listened to her scolding, but instead laughed lightly, and pressed the Buddha beads on his wrist: "The minister has always been cautious, and he likes to bring some people in the palace." He turned his head and scolded: "Don't retreat yet!" He turned his face again, and there was still a smile on his lips: "The minister knows that the Empress Dowager cares about the emperor, but if Fang Cai's words are spread, I am afraid that some people will think that you have ill intentions towards the emperor." But since the minister listened to it, naturally he wouldn't spread it at will, so this matter didn't pass. ”

He turned around and walked out, and when he was about to step out of the door, he suddenly paused: "The emperor's family affairs have their own etiquette department and celebrant supervisors, and the emperor doesn't want to see you working too hard, you just need to live in the palace for a long time." ”

When the Empress Dowager saw him leaving, she only felt a burst of anger rushing up, and she took a deep breath to barely calm down, at this time the curtain of the warm pavilion on one side opened, and Concubine Shu walked out with a tea cup, while stroking her chest and smoothing her breath, she looked fiercely outside the hall: "I didn't expect this person to dare to talk to you like this, there are no rules?" ”

The Queen Mother's chest rose and fell a few times, and she looked at her coldly: "After teaching you for so many years, you still haven't grown at all, he holds most of the Great Qi Dynasty in his hands, and this kind of power has long been not limited by the rules." ”

She picked up the teacup and drank it lightly: "It was my miscalculation, I thought that he would be able to succeed by giving some benefits to others like him, but I didn't expect him to have a big idea in his heart." She shook her head and sighed, "That's it, this matter is too hasty for me, let's go back and figure it out slowly." ”

Xue Yuan knew that he had provoked Jiang You the night before, and the next day he ordered someone to rush to buy the fashionable dim sum in Beijing, and he turned on the stove before dawn to make it, and it was still steaming when he entered the palace. He went to the Qianqing Palace with the food box in his own hand, but he didn't expect that this time he was empty, and the incense seal stood at the door of the palace and said that the emperor rushed to the main hall early in the morning.

Xue Yuan smiled and listened, but when he turned around, his eyebrows sank, according to Jiang You's temperament of lying in bed, it was strange that he could go to the court early, but he was afraid that he would avoid him.

He guessed right, Jiang You would rather doze off in the side hall now than stay in the palace and be caught by him, she was taking a break with half-squinted eyes, and suddenly smelled a pungent smell of snacks, her eyebrows moved, and she opened her eyes and sat up straight.

Jiang You looked around, and immediately saw Xue Yuan standing not far away, his body suddenly tensed, and he took the initiative to greet after a while: "The palm print also came so early."

Xue Yuan glanced at her: "Don't dare to compare with the emperor, you are really diligent and love the people." He sighed: "The minister remembered that the emperor was in a bad mood last night, tossed and turned all night, and rushed to the Qianqing Palace before dawn to ask for guilt, but he knew that the emperor went out early in the morning, didn't he deliberately hide from the minister?" ”

Jiang You moved his body left and right, and sat on the seat farthest away from him with what he thought was a hidden movement: "The palm print is too hearty, how can I have it?" ”

Xue Yuan leaned over and approached her: "The emperor really doesn't have it?" ”

Jiang You snorted and looked left and right, he suddenly lowered his eyes and asked, "The emperor is really hurtful like this, you are so far away from the minister, do you hate the minister?" ”

Jiang You paused when he asked, shook his head and said, "I don't hate palm prints. She scratched her head and said, "The palm print has helped me a lot, how can I hate the minister?" ”

He threw an eye wave with a smile: "Then the emperor just likes the minister, and the minister also thinks that the emperor likes to stick to the minister when there is nothing to do." ”

Jiang You paused again, but still wisely bypassed the topic: "Although I heard that the Empress Dowager is coming back, it is said that she will not come back until the New Year, and the palm print says that why did the Empress Dowager suddenly come back last night?" ”

Xue Yuan thought of what the Empress Dowager had said last night, his eyes sank, and he smiled at Jiang You half-truthfully: "The emperor is getting older when he sees it, maybe he is rushing back to choose a suitable queen for the emperor?" ”

Jiang You was not fooled, waved his hand and said: "I am not in a hurry to marry the queen, her return is already tied, wouldn't it be uncomfortable for herself to come back?" ”

Xue Yuan smiled silently, there are also benefits of not understanding the amorous customs, at least she doesn't have to worry about being abducted by others, and was about to reply, when she suddenly heard the sound of a jade chime outside, followed by the inner attendant, asking the emperor to go to court.

Jiang You stepped into the dragon chair, and the waiter had just finished reporting that he had something to do, and he had nothing to do. Li Xiangzhong stepped forward, bowed slightly to Jiang You, and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music." ”

After he finished speaking, he took out a thick stack of paper from his sleeve, handed it to the chamberlain and presented it to Jiang You, and then bowed down and said: "The minister wants to participate in the criminal department, Zhao Baiyu, in order to repair the house, forcibly demolish the people's houses, connive at the house slaves to oppress the people, and harm the good people, please ask the emperor to investigate strictly, and be sure to return justice to the people in Beijing." ”

Zhao Baiyu is now the head of the Zhao family, the nephew of the Empress Dowager, the brother of Concubine Shugui, the Empress Dowager is only coming back now, and the momentum is booming, he didn't expect that someone would dare to brush the tiger's whiskers at this time, and he was stunned for a long time before he retorted hatefully: "What nonsense!" ”