The Empress Dowager is the grandmother of the present day and the eldest daughter of General Wuwei of the previous dynasty. At the age of sixteen, he was ordered by his parents to match the words of the concubine, and was promised to him by his father as a proud confidant - it was the later Emperor Tai and Zu.

At that time, it was the last years of the first dynasty, because the last emperor was stupid and cruel, perverse, only caring about lewdness and pleasure, and ignoring the government. There are many parties in the DPRK and China, and the eunuchs are dictatorial, all of whom regard it as a matter of dumping power, and abandon the society and the people. As a result, the common people were miserable, and the officials forced the people to rebel one after another, and the vassal kings in various places took advantage of the situation to divide the territory, fishing in troubled waters and recruiting troops, in order to subvert the imperial court and change the day. The world is becoming more and more chaotic.

At this time, the mighty general was ordered by the emperor to lead 20,000 troops of the imperial court to various places to exterminate the rebels. It took many years to almost succeed, but in the end, because of the collusion between the court traitors and the vassal king, he died tragically in the calculations of his own people.

After the death of the mighty general, Emperor Tai and Zu collected half of the Thai soldiers and horses under the command of the mighty general in the name of avenging the old man. Later, in the name of the old man, he raised troops and made it difficult to settle down, and the Qing monarch was on the side. In the end, he was clear, and somehow he cleared the previous dynasty, and he changed the world with his own yellow robe.

The Empress Dowager also rose to the top because of this and was named the queen. Because at least one-third of the soldiers and horses who followed the Emperor Tai and Zu were under the command of the mighty general, the Empress Dowager was the eldest daughter of the mighty general, and followed the Emperor Tai and Zu to fight for many years, and her prestige in the army was quite high. Even though Emperor Tai and Zu continued to favor the new concubines after they ascended the throne, no one in the harem dared to plunder the queen's edge.

The Empress Dowager has been influenced by her father since she was a child, although she is a woman, she is strategic, intelligent and wise, resolute in heart, and has a good character, and all kinds of words and deeds are not inferior to men. He never does anything jealous, and only cares about raising his parents and managing the harem every day.

Later, Emperor Tai and Zu died, and the Empress Dowager, who was the empress at that time, assisted her parents and children to succeed to the throne, and was known as Emperor Taizong in history. The first thing Emperor Taizong did after ascending the throne was to crown his mother as the empress dowager. After that, he made great efforts, recuperated, appointed talents, and persuaded farmers to teach mulberry, all kinds of measures were done by the Lord. How can God be jealous of talents, Emperor Taizong died young after only a few years on the throne. Only the infant toddler remained.

The Empress Dowager lost her husband in the prime of life and her son in middle age, and she experienced the heartache of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man, and was devastated. But he had to endure his grief to assist his grandson - that is, he succeeded to the throne today, and imitated the deeds of the young lord of the past dynasties who ascended the throne, and selected six loyal and capable old ministers from the court to serve as ministers to assist the young lord in governing the world. Historically known as the "Cabinet".

Later, the young lord gradually grew up, was crowned and married, but those cabinet ministers who held heavy power were unwilling to let go of their power, and openly and secretly blocked the current pro-government. At that time, there was an open and secret battle between the monarchs and ministers, and the atmosphere in the court was tense.

Today is the young son of heaven, and it is the time when the wings are growing and the spirit is high. Seeing that he was an emperor but was constrained by others everywhere, Long Yan was furious and furious. He clashed and disputed with the cabinet ministers several times, but in the end, he was weak and repeatedly at a disadvantage.

On the one hand, the Empress Dowager taught the way of the Holy God King, the art of checks and balances, and the method of forbearance, and on the other hand, she continued to mediate in the court and won the support of the four kings, eight dukes, sixteen marquis and other meritorious veterans. After several years, the cabinet power was finally eradicated, and the current pro-government took power.

Seeing that today's victory is in hand, the Empress Dowager retreats bravely in the rapids, and lives in Shoukang Palace every day, only knowing how to pick up flowers and grass, teasing grandchildren, teaching great-grandsons, and not taking the initiative to ask about the affairs of the court. However, the more the Empress Dowager is so indifferent to power, the more convinced the Empress Dowager is of teachings today. Whenever you want to make a major move or important appointment, you must seek the Empress Dowager's advice in advance. Even if the government is busy, he can't spare time to enter the harem. I still don't forget to drive Shoukang Palace and Shouning Palace every three days to greet the imperial grandmother and queen mother.

Today's matter is filial piety, and love and righteousness, now the empress dowager has died, even if she is old and dead, it is a joy and mourning. However, today's sorrow cannot be diminished in a slightest. Although it is hindered by the ancestral system of palace rules, there are hundreds of officials who have painstakingly advised that "the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and for the sake of the society of the country, I implore the saint to reduce his mourning a little", so he could not be like the ordinary people's home, and kept filial piety for his grandmother for three years. However, today does not follow the old practice of "every emperor has a mourning day for the year, so the vigil is 27 days", and the public opinion is strongly rejected for the empress dowager to eat vegetarian fasting for three months.

In addition, it is still edicted to the world: all princes and princes will enter the court and follow the class according to the lord system. Where there is a lord's house, no feasts and music are allowed within a year, and the common people are not allowed to marry in March.

As the prince of the country, the prince lost his mother at a young age, and is now being personally taught by his side. However, today's saints have their hearts hanging in the balance, and they have every opportunity, even if they love the prince and lost his mother at a young age, he doesn't have too much energy to take care of the prince. Therefore, the crown prince was raised by the Empress Dowager herself in Shoukang Palace when he was a child. Even when he grew up and lived in the East Palace, the prince often visited the Empress Dowager in Shoukang Palace. And he developed the habit of having a dispute with his father or having doubts in his heart, and going to Shoukang Palace to seek the Empress Dowager for explanation and persuasion as soon as possible.

This is the same as that of his father.

The Empress Dowager has gone through three dynasties and assisted two emperors to ascend the throne, and her foresight is naturally not far behind. She not only carefully raised the prince, but also has the words and deeds of today's saints, under the influence of the prince's ears and eyes, his character, means and knowledge are naturally deep in the true inheritance of the empress dowager.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager, as today's grandmother, is usually the most supportive of orthodoxy, and with her behind the crown prince to assist, even if the later brothers are all grown up, each excellent, and eyeing the position of the prince, the prince has never been too worried. It's just because there is a big mountain of the Queen Mother behind him.

Now that the Empress Dowager is in control, the crown prince is like someone has taken off a backbone. In addition to grief, a trace of the bleak hesitation of the six gods and no master faintly rose in his heart. looked at the sad faces of the brothers behind him in filial piety clothes, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the other party was gloating; No matter how you think about it, you feel that the other party is harboring evil intentions at the moment.

Such a suspicious and suspicious love is very wrong! The prince took a deep breath and shook his head a little dejectedly. For him, the status of the Empress Dowager does not only mean that she is his amiable great-grandmother, but also the most favorable guarantee that he can sit in the position of the crown prince safely and securely, and succeed to the throne after his father's great trip in the future.

Now that this biggest backer is gone, the prince suddenly feels like he has lost something. Seeing that his father was planning for the country, he couldn't take care of the gifts of his descendants and kept filial piety for his great-grandmother for three years, so he was full of regret and was unhappy. The crown prince also remembered the teaching and nurturing of the empress dowager over the years, and when he reacted, His Royal Highness the crown prince had already knelt in front of the civil and military officials and royal clansmen, and begged His Majesty to allow him to keep filial piety for the empress dowager for three years.

The prince's request not only surprised His Majesty, but also surprised the civil and military officials. When they came back to their senses, they praised the prince's benevolence and filial piety. Today, the saint also showed a look of approval, nodded to the prince, and Chrysostom praised the prince for his purity and filial piety. However, on the grounds that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of the country and also has important responsibilities, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not allowed to keep filial piety for three years.

In fact, he is sympathetic to the prince's pampered since he was a child, but he is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the hard work of guarding the system.

Seeing this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was quite grateful for his father's compassion, but his heart became more and more vigilant. What's more, he is also sincerely sad about the Empress Dowager's driving. Hearing this, he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself, only saying that his father was the emperor, so his words and deeds were related to the world, and he should not be too sad and slack off on the government. However, he is the crown prince, his father controls the world, and there are many brothers to assist in the government, and he will not hinder the overall situation by himself. Therefore, he is willing to be a vegetarian and filial piety, and keep the system for the empress dowager for three years.

I was afraid that my son-in-law would not agree, so I opened my mouth to persuade His Majesty and said: "The sons and daughters keep filial piety for their great-grandmothers, even if the food and clothing are harder, the left is just to make the East Palace conform to the etiquette system in terms of food and clothing. He was raised by his great-grandmother since he was a child, and he was not yet able to serve his great-grandmother. Now it is 'the son wants to raise but the parent is not there'. The son was really ashamed, and asked his father to allow his son to do his filial piety for his great-grandmother. ”

Today, it is the temperament of valuing love and righteousness, and after listening to the prince's words, I unconsciously remembered the empress dowager's kindness to her nurturing and teaching, and suddenly aroused a period of admiration. When he looked at the prince again, he was already with tears in his eyes, and his mouth was full of requests from the prince. I don't care about the ancestral system of the palace anymore.

When the civil and martial arts of the Manchu Dynasty saw it, they also deeply felt the righteousness of the prince's benevolence and filial piety, and they only praised and praised in their mouths, let alone objected.

Only those princes and grandchildren, seeing that the crown prince took advantage of the sadness and grief of his father as the empress dowager, he was in the limelight with hypocrisy and false righteousness, and he secretly calculated it. Some people who are simple-minded and loyal to their hearts and galls use this to promote the prince's noble character and mellow temperament, and some who have other thoughts and make other calculations, so they don't think so. There are even some people who are cold-eyed and wait for the pampered prince to endure his hard work and then fall into the well, and there are also those who compete with the snipe and mussels for the benefit of the fisherman, and are ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight...... All kinds of words and deeds are inconsistent.

At present, I can't talk about the dark tide of the situation in the palace. It is only said that the queen mother is driving, and the whole country is mourning. According to the edict system, the house of the lord of the court and the eunuch is not allowed to feast and music within the year, let alone marry.

You Lao'an people are the six orders, according to the laws of the court, you must enter the court with the sacrifice, mourn every day, and you can only leave the palace after the future. Later, please send the funeral to the mausoleum, and the old people are rarely allowed to follow back and forth. You Lao'an is old, where can he withstand such a toss, Chen watched his mother-in-law work hard, and when he rested at night, he couldn't help but persuade You Ziyu to report a sick leave to the court, just don't toss the old man.

You Ziyu smiled bitterly when he heard this, how could he not feel sorry for his mother, how could he not help the empress dowager this time, the saint was extremely sad, seeing that the saint was like this, even if he was as noble as the queen, the fourth concubine and others, he never used the excuse of illness to go to the funeral. The queen mother also did not send the spirit in person because of the power of the harem.

The nobles above are so cautious, he is just a small six-grade official eunuch, where does he have the face to go to the court to beg for mercy and turn around for his mother. At that time, everyone will know, and they will have to criticize him behind their backs.

Speaking of this, You Ziyu couldn't help but sigh again: "What's more, my brother-in-law has already reported his mother-in-law's old illness, but he still moved the prince with the love of mother and son, and took the prince's way. Which character am I on the stage? This time I will go to the ministry to take leave, who do people care about me? I can't say that I will rob me of a white meal, and I am not pure in mind and disloyal. ”

Seeing You Ziyu so embarrassed, Chen had to open his mouth to persuade: "Don't be too anxious. Ming'er, I'll ask my brother if there's a way to report the old lady's old illness as well, and move it out for the time being-"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by You Ziyu, only to hear him wave his hand and shake his head: "You still don't want to think about it." Didn't you think about it? It's just that the brother-in-law reported his mother-in-law's old illness, or entrusted the prince's love, and now someone dares to say anything behind his back. He is now popular, and he is on the cusp of the storm, and there are 10,000 eyes staring at him, to say the least. Just waiting to find out where he is wrong—preferably able to stick to the prince because of this. We can't help him more, and we don't want to trouble him. What's more, most of the funeral has passed, and all that remains is to send the spirit. Grit your teeth and push through, and it's over. You will go to find your brother-in-law for help now, but I am afraid that he will not have such a big face in front of the prince. Why bother to say it in vain and let him be annoyed. ”

When Chen heard this, he had to sigh and sigh, but there was nothing to do. In my heart, I was glad that I couldn't inherit my destiny because I was remarried. Otherwise, this will be tossed back and forth, and I don't know if this baby can be stable.

The husband and wife each muttered once, and the Chen family had to mention the eldest girl's family affairs again - because of the national filial piety this time, it was inevitable to delay it again.

Chen Shi lay in You Ziyu's arms, closed his eyes and calculated: "The eldest girl is eighteen years old this year, and the girls of ordinary people's age, not to mention that they are preparing to marry out of the pavilion, are afraid that the children under their knees will be able to crawl all over the ground." But the eldest girl is now ......"

Chen said, sighed, and said: "I think the family that is discussing relatives is good, the temperament is good, and the foundation of the family is also worthy." That family is also very satisfied with our eldest girl. Originally, it was time to propose relatives to change Geng Ti, but when I suddenly heard that the Queen Mother was driving, the family actually shrank the neck of Wang Ba, and there was no news. I think I also feel that in addition to filial piety, the eldest girl in our family has become a twenty-year-old girl. I don't want to. ”

You Ziyu listened to his wife's nagging, and also felt a headache. "It's all my fault. Over the years, because of external affairs, I haven't paid much attention to her. He mistook her. There is really no way, and I can only look at each other slowly out of filial piety. ”

It's just that at that time, where is there a son of the right age in the right family, I'm afraid that it will either be a continuation or a stepfamily, and I will have to wronged her.

When Chen thought of this, he felt an indescribable grievance in his heart. Even though the eldest girl was not born to her, she had been together for so long, and she was asking for a dowry for her and looking at others for her, and the Chen family really spent a lot of time. In the end, it ended up with such a result, even if it was a sigh of "providence makes people", it was difficult to hide the melancholy.

Chen, who has always had a big heart, has such feelings, let alone a big girl who is a party to the party. Just because she has always been at ease, gentle and silent, and deeply taught by the female precepts. Even if you are lonely, you will not show it to your face. It's just that the words and behaviors on weekdays have become more and more silent.

The second sister and the third sister saw it in their eyes, and they could only try their best to enlighten and persuade them. The effect is not very obvious. In the end, the third sister gave an idea, asking Chen to take the eldest girl to the housekeeper and learn to read the accounts and make food. The Chen family doesn't know much about the way of cooking, and the only thing he knows is the bad goose paw duck letter, which is deeply liked by You Ziyu. Chen taught this dish to the eldest girl.

The third sister searched her stomach again, and searched for a lot of stories of "women should be self-reliant and self-reliant", and changed their faces to sue the eldest girl under the pretense of the deeds of the first dynasty. In the end, I was especially not addicted, so I dipped my pen and studied ink, learned the preferences of my uncle and friend Xu Zichuan in the past, and wrote a lot of words and children's plays.

While Chen's mother and daughter were busy dismantling the eldest girl, his uncle Chen Jue also encountered another turning point in his "career".