Chapter 35: Refusal

Zhou Yuran only sat in Cining Palace for a while before leaving the palace.

In Cining Palace, the Queen Mother recruited her henchmen after some careful thinking: "Let people invite the emperor to come, just say that the mourning family is a little uncomfortable." ”

Since tearing their faces for Zhao Youjun and Zhao Tiannan, the relationship between the two most noble people in the palace has dropped to the freezing point.

Although Zhao Tiannan will still come to Cining Palace to ask for peace, but more just to deal with errands, come to Cining Palace every other three or five days, and say a few irrelevant words to the Queen Mother.

And early this morning, Zhao Tiannan had already come to Cining Palace.

If she doesn't use some means, the Queen Mother is really worried that she won't be able to invite Zhao Tiannan.

The palace people in Cining Palace found all the way to the imperial study, and finally met Zhao Tiannan after a lot of courtesy, and conveyed the meaning of the queen mother.

"Is the Queen Mother ill?" Zhao Tiannan raised his head from the folds on the imperial case, and the temples that were not completely covered by the crown and hat faintly showed frost color, "That is the case, but you can ask the imperial doctor?" ”

The palace people were stunned, and they buried their heads and whispered: "Not yet." ”

Zhao Tiannan's face sank, and he said coldly: "The Queen Mother is not well, and no one tells her, don't you know how to ask the Imperial Doctor to diagnose the pulse?" So, what's the use of you? Well? ”

The palace people from Cining Palace knelt on their knees, and when they heard the word "um" rising upwards, they felt that their hearts trembled a few times, and the cold sweat on their backs instantly soaked their underwear.

The wrath of the emperor, how could he, an insignificant palace man in the palace, afford it?

Although the Queen Mother and the Emperor are filial piety on the surface, what is going on inside, how can they, the people who are waiting closely, not know at all, but even if they know that the Queen Mother is using some means. But does he still dare to speak out to the emperor?

Therefore, the head of the palace was lowered a little lower, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Zhao Tiannan would not be angry with a small palace person, so he skipped this and asked, "So, before the Queen Mother was not well, who came to Cining Palace?" ”

But he didn't need to ask to know that there was someone in Cining Palace.

I have to say. Zhao Tiannan's understanding of the Queen Mother is really extraordinary.

This question. The palace people didn't dare not answer, and they couldn't help answering, "It's the Duchess of Anguo." ”

"Queen Mother. I really have a good niece......"

Zhao Tiannan finished speaking, and then stood up.

Since the Queen Mother wants to see him, then he, as a son, should go to Cining Palace for a walk. I just don't know, this time. What does the Queen Mother want to say to him?

In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Zhou was thinking about what she was going to say when she saw the emperor later, but she was a little anxious in her heart.

Although Empress Dowager Zhou is not as attentive to her son as she is to Zhao Youjun, she is also her son no matter how she says it. Naturally, she knew him well.

Although she called someone to pass the word, the Queen Mother knew that Zhao Tiannan would not be blinded by her little trick, if he refused to come......

Wouldn't her calculations be in vain?

But. Soon, the Queen Mother was no longer worried. Because she had already heard the singing of Gonggong Lin beside Zhao Tiannan, it didn't take long for her to see a bright yellow figure coming inward.

"I saw the queen mother, and when I heard that the queen mother was sick, my son was very anxious." Zhao Tiannan said these words with a faint expression that were very warm on the surface, and then turned his head and instructed Gonggong Lin, "Spread my will, call Imperial Doctor Zhang from the Tai Hospital to come to Cining Palace to diagnose the pulse of the Queen Mother, and be sure to take care of the Queen Mother's body." ”

Gonggong Lin lowered his eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Zhang has returned to his hometown last month, but the new Imperial Physician Wang Tai's medical skills are not inferior to Imperial Physician Zhang, why don't you pass Imperial Physician Wang to diagnose the Queen Mother's pulse?" ”

Zhao Tiannan paused.

Taiyi Zhang is the envoy of the Tai Hospital, and his medical skills are second to none in the Tai Hospital.

Zhao Tiannan paid little attention to the situation of the Tai Hospital on weekdays, although Taiyi Zhang was the envoy of the Tai Hospital, he was just a fifth-grade official, and he naturally wouldn't have much impression of the old man of a fifth-grade official.

But thinking about it at this time, it made him feel a little weird in his heart.

In the past few years, there seem to be a lot of doctors in the Tai Hospital who have returned to their hometowns?

Just when Zhao Tiannan was thinking about it, the Queen Mother was a little panicked, although she knew that Zhao Tiannan could guess that she was pretending to be sick, but at least on the surface, she couldn't pierce it, if she really passed the imperial doctor over, then how would she sing the play behind her?

Therefore, the Queen Mother hurriedly stopped Gonggong Lin, "No need, the mourning family is an old problem, just rest for a while, don't bother the doctor." ”

Zhao Tiannan raised his eyes and glanced at the Queen Mother, but he did not deliberately contradict the Queen Mother, but acquiesced to what the Queen Mother said.

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, then raised her hand and waved it gently, "You guys go down first." ”

When the palace people of Cining Palace heard this, they all retreated one by one.

And the people who followed Zhao Tiannan led by Gonggong Lin stood motionless, as if they hadn't heard the Queen Mother's orders.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in Cining Palace became a little strange.

The Queen Mother was a little embarrassed, and her expression on her face became stiff, and then anger surged in her heart.

She is the queen mother, this noble woman in this palace!

Now these palace people, who are inferior to ants in her eyes, actually dare to regard her words as a deaf ear, which makes the Queen Mother feel angry that her authority has been challenged!

The angry Queen Mother didn't notice the little satisfaction and ridicule that flashed in her son's eyes at this moment.

Zhao Tiannan raised his eyes and glanced at the Queen Mother, who did not hide her anger, his mother, who had been a Lafayette in the palace for so many years, seemed to have long forgotten that the reason why she had such a noble status, in the final analysis, was because of him, the son of the emperor!

It wasn't until the Queen Mother's anger was about to explode that Zhao Tiannan finally spoke: "Didn't you hear the Queen Mother's words?" You go down first, I have important things to talk about in the Queen Mother. ”

The first to respond was Gonggong Lin, who bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Then he withdrew from the main hall of Cining Palace with other palace maids.

After all the irrelevant people retreated, the Queen Mother barely suppressed the anger in her heart, and when she spoke again, she had already turned the topic to Feng Mingwu's family affairs.

"Your Majesty, the mourning family has something to ask the emperor." Think about that promise at the beginning. The Queen Mother was very unconfident in her heart, and her tone couldn't help but soften a little when she spoke.

Here it comes!

Zhao Tiannan's heart was cold, a mockery flashed in his eyes, but he said in his mouth: "The queen mother's words are serious, the queen mother and I are mother and son, why do you need to use the word 'ask' between mother and son?" If there is anything about the queen mother, you might as well say it directly. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was overjoyed.

She has a certain understanding of the most noble son in the world. Her son has never been a soft-hearted man. What kind of siblings, mother-son love is impossible to restrain him, from the fact that he can personally send the sister of a mother's compatriot into Ciyun Nunnery, it can be seen that one or two.

Last time, because of Qingping's affairs. The two of them had already torn their faces, and later because of Feng Mingwu's title, she promised not to do anything in the future, and she was originally worried that the emperor would grasp this point and ignore her. But I didn't expect to have an unexpected joy.

Perhaps, is it because the emperor is lazy today?

Think of it this way. The Queen Mother was anxious to take advantage of Zhao Tiannan's good mood to finalize Feng Mingwu's marriage.

"That's the case, the emperor still remembers Yunyang, right?" The Queen Mother asked.

Zhao Tiannan looked at the Queen Mother with a smile, and raised his thick eyebrows slightly, "The county lord of Yunyang." It's only been a few days, how could I not remember? ”

Not only did he remember this person, he also remembered what the Queen Mother said at that time.

So. He wants to hear what kind of reason the Queen Mother will give this time.

was looked at like this by Zhao Tiannan. The queen mother was a little weak in her heart, but in order to let Feng Mingwu have a good family, she also suppressed all those weak hearts, but said with a smile on her face: "It's good that the emperor still remembers, and I don't know what's going on, Yunyang, this child, the mourning family likes it when they see it, so they asked the emperor for this title at the beginning." ”

As if to explain what happened before, the Queen Mother said: "Your Majesty, there is always a feeling of inadequacy in the mourning family these days, I'm afraid that the mourning family will not be able to support it for long." ”

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother's face became a little more sad.

The Queen Mother is not nonsense, she does feel this way, and she really thinks that this is a warning from God before her deadline comes.

It's just that the Queen Mother rarely says something that is not adulterated, but in Zhao Tiannan's eyes, it is just a small means she deliberately uses to achieve her goals.

For the sake of Zhao Youjun's daughter, the Queen Mother would actually say such sad words.

Zhao Tiannan thought like this, and the coldness in his eyes was even more terrifying.

The Queen Mother was still immersed in her own sorrow, and she had a deep sadness on her face, "The mourning family has also enjoyed half a lifetime of glory and wealth in this life, even if it falls in Huangquan now, there is no regret in saying it, only one ......"

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother raised her head and looked at Zhao Tiannan with ardent expectation in her eyes.

Zhao Tiannan's face was full of disapproval when he heard this, and he sank his face and said: "What is the queen mother talking about, seeing that the queen mother's birthday is coming, I also plan to let the queen summon both the internal and external wives into the palace when the queen mother is in the middle of the year, so that the queen mother can also have a good time." ”

After saying this, Zhao Tiannan also cooperated to ask about the Queen Mother's regrets, "I don't know what regrets the Queen Mother has in her heart?" ”

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhao Tiannan didn't ask, she didn't know how to continue.

Hearing this, he shook his head, with a sigh of emotion, "Your Majesty, the mourning family really likes the child Yunyang, seeing her is like seeing the original Qingping, but Qingping is a blessed person, more than 20 years ago, he left the mourning family early, and now the mourning family just wants to find a good family for the child Yunyang, so it is regarded as the regret that the mourning family has not been able to see Qingping as his own son, I don't know what the emperor thinks?" ”

Zhao Youjun's matter, whether it is the Queen Mother or Zhao Tiannan, is undoubtedly clear.

The Queen Mother deliberately said this at this time, just hoping that Zhao Tiannan could see Zhao Youjun's miserable end now and feel a little more pity for Feng Mingwu.

Zhao Tiannan raised his eyebrows.

He really didn't expect that the Queen Mother pretended to be sick and asked him to come in order to talk about Feng Mingwu's family affairs.

When he heard that Duchess An Guo came to Cining Palace, he thought that Zhao Youjun was still not doing his duty in Ciyun Nunnery, and he figured out what kind of demon moth the Empress Dowager Guò was doing.

"What does the Queen Mother mean," Zhao Tiannan said in a deep voice, "Do you want me to marry the Lord of Yunyang?" ”

The Queen Mother nodded overjoyed.

"That, I don't know, the Queen Mother takes a fancy to it. Which boy is it? Zhao Tiannan said again.

Hearing the loosening in Zhao Tiannan's tone, the Queen Mother was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "What does the emperor think of the prince of Anguo?" The population of the Anguo Mansion is simple, and there is not as much smoke and miasma as in other back houses. Moreover, if Yunyang marries into the Anguo Mansion, her mother-in-law will be silent, even if it is for the sake of the mourning family. Yu Ran will definitely not let Yunyang suffer anything. ”

As soon as I mention this. The Queen Mother couldn't help but babble, and all she said was why she chose such a mother-in-law for Feng Mingwu, and what benefits she had after marrying.

The more the Queen Mother spoke, the more she spoke. The colder Zhao Tiannan's eyes became.

His mother, over the years, has really never changed her sex.

Zhao Tiannan's family was poor since he was a child, and he was born when it was the most difficult time for the Zhao family. At that time, the Zhou family was busy running around to make ends meet, so naturally they didn't care about giving this son much love.

And then later. In order to subsidize his family when he was a teenager, Zhao Tiannan almost had some strength to work outside to make money.

Until, he seized that opportunity in the troubled times, and since then he has embarked on a path that he had never thought of before.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither.

No matter which dynasty. The extremely dazzling dragon chair was made of countless blood and bones.

In those years of fighting abroad, Zhao Tiannan didn't have much time to return to that home to have a look. So at that time, he actually felt guilty about his parents, but he could only live a little better. Bring more money to your home.

When he finally took the time to go back to visit his parents, he saw Zhao Youjun who was being held in his mother's arms.

Zhao Tiannan had never seen such warmth in her mother's eyes, as if she couldn't wait to hold all the best things in the world to the little girl in her arms.

At this time, Zhao Tiannan knew that in the past few years after he left home, his mother gave birth to another sister.

The mother, who couldn't read a single word, begged for an unknown number of famous local scholars in order to name her sister, and finally found a name that satisfied her.

Zhao Youjun.

At that time, Zhao Tiannan was already a man in his twenties, of course he would not eat his younger sister's vinegar, he was even thinking that he, a son, could not always be by his mother's side, and a younger sister was happy under his mother's knees, which could be regarded as a solution to the guilt in his heart.

Therefore, at the beginning, Zhao Tiannan really favored this young sister very much, and if he got something he thought was suitable when he was outside, he would let people take it back to Zhao Youjun.

It's just that......

When did this situation begin to change?

Was it from the early death of his father?

Or was it before, after life at home was better?

Zhao Tiannan slowly discovered that her mother really pinned all her emotions on her sister, and even her son, who couldn't go back twice a year, couldn't divert her attention from her daughter every time he returned home.

The most impressive time for Zhao Tiannan was that he dragged the serious injuries he suffered on the battlefield home because he was not worried about his family, but after his mother saw the injury, she only had time to ask, and then put it down because of her sister's crying.

Perhaps, from that time on, in the face of his mother and young sister, Zhao Tiannan's heart was already cold.

Later, more and more people followed Zhao Tiannan, and his reputation among the people became higher and higher, until finally, with the support of the Han family, he finally succeeded in winning the dragon chair that he had longed for for many years.

He became the lord of the world, his mother and sister, and also became the queen mother and the eldest princess of Qingping.

Zhao Tiannan coldly watched the Queen Mother spoil Zhao Youjun unprincipledly, and also watched Zhao Youjun's temper getting worse and worse, and he didn't have the grace that a princess should have when he spoke and acted.

He never thought of twisting Zhao Youjun's temperament.

One is that he is too lazy to spend that effort, and the other is that the Queen Mother may not let him interfere in Zhao Youjun's affairs.

After a long time, Zhao Tiannan regretted his inaction.

He never thought that Zhao Youjun, who was so young, would have such vicious thoughts, and she would dare to poison his and Han Su's wine!

At that time, Zhao Youjun was only about to be ten years old.

The result of that incident was that Han Su, who was about to marry and become the queen, died violently overnight, no, Han Su at that time had already been on the royal jade, to be precise, she was the founding queen of the Dawu Dynasty!

How big a crime is it to murder the queen?

Even if she is the eldest princess of the dynasty, she will only die if she is charged with this crime.

But what did the Queen Mother, who later learned the inside story, do?

She hid the frightened Zhao Youjun in Cining Palace, and even when Zhao Tiannan came to the door to send Zhao Youjun outside the palace, she said that she wanted Zhao Youjun to be responsible for Han Su's matter, so she had to step on her corpse first!

The life of the queen of a country, in the eyes of the queen mother, is not as important as whether her daughter wants to live outside the palace from now on.

Zhao Tiannan's heart was already cold, and since that day, there has been no temperature.

Of course he hates Zhao Youjun, but he doesn't even need to do anything, anyway, Zhao Youjun will always toss himself to the point of despair, isn't he?

As it turned out, he was right.

The Queen Mother probably didn't know how happy he was when Zhao Youjun was sent to Ciyun Nunnery, looking at the despair on Zhao Youjun's face and the grief in the Queen Mother's eyes.

And just when Zhao Tiannan recalled these past events, the Queen Mother visited to ask for opinions after counting the benefits of Feng Mingwu marrying Xiao Jingbei: "No matter from any point of view, the prince of Anguo is undoubtedly a good candidate, and the mourning family thinks that Yunyang marrying into the Anguo Mansion is not an insult to Yunyang's identity." ”

"What does the emperor think?" The Queen Mother asked expectantly.

A smile slowly appeared on Zhao Tiannan's face, and just when the Queen Mother thought that he also praised him, he said such a sentence.

"I thought it was ......"

"Not how!" (To be continued.) )

ps: The cold wave is coming, it's really cold