Yu Shu rested for two days because of the housewarming, and as soon as he returned to Si Tianjian, he received a summons from the queen, which was not surprising at all. She packed up, explained a few words to Wen Shao'an, and went with the people sent by the palace.

Qiwu Palace is not as deserted as Yu Shu imagined, the golden glaze, the painted beams, the delicate ceiling caisson, and the green potted plants that fill the corridors, in this early autumn season, there is no sense of gloom.

The eunuch led her into the palace gate, and the palace maid stepped forward to guide, all the way to the side hall of Chaoyang, in other palaces, in addition to the palace master who lived in the main hall, most of the low-level concubines were placed in the left and right side halls, but the palace was only in the Wu Palace, but the queen lived alone, which was the privilege of the main palace mother.

She knew that the queen was not favored, she sat on the back seat for these years, but she had no children under her knees, she gave birth to four children for Emperor Zhaoqing, the second princess married to a scholar of Taowenguan University, the fifth prince died young, the tenth princess died unexpectedly, and now there is a nine-year-old fourteenth princess by her side.

The process of meeting the queen was much more cumbersome than when Yu Shu met Xue Guifei before, she first changed her clothes in the incense room of the side hall, took off her single clothes with only the lining, her hair was broken up and combed again, and the items on her body were checked by a special palace maid, and they were registered in the same book to confirm that there was nothing that should not be bringed.

Then rinse your mouth and fill it with incense, light a stick of incense in front of you, sit quietly for a long time, and wait until the experienced old lady speaks, then you can put on your clothes and go out as they are.

Yu Shu had already looked through the classics in Si Tianjian, and this set of rules for meeting the queen was inherited from the reign of Emperor Anwu, in other words. That is, it was formulated by Empress Ning Zhen during her lifetime.

Thinking about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand that Empress Ning Zhen was not only the mother of the country at that time, but also the number one governor of Si Tianjian, the power in her hands, to say a big disrespectful word, a lot of the behavior of the emperor was restricted, at the beginning of the founding of Da'an, the customs and culture of the previous dynasty affected a generation, and the status of women was much inferior to that of men. Many people think that women are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. There were many courtiers who attacked Empress Ning Zhen, and Empress Ning Zhen set up such a rule for the sake of her own safety and avoided a lot of trouble.

Let's take an analogy. Let's just say that there is an incense stick in front of you. There's a name for it. Called "Sansi Xiang", according to legend, there was a minister's wife back then, and she had some friendship with Empress Ning Zhen. Because her husband and son were convicted and entered the palace to plead, she was determined to die, smeared poison on the hairpin, and originally thought that Empress Ning Zhen would not agree to her plea, so she cut herself in front of her.

Empress Ning Zhen heard the news early and did not refuse to see her, but after she entered the palace, she asked her to be led to a room, burned a stick of incense in front of her, and made her sit motionless, and waited until the incense was extinguished. As a result, the minister's wife calmed down while waiting, and when the incense was burned, she dispelled her crazy thoughts, and finally did not do anything stupid, and this incense got its name.

This is a psychological tactic, but it is used in the palace rules, Yu Shu turned over this period of wild history in the library of the Taishi Library, and had to admire the wisdom of Empress Ning Zhen.

Of course, Yu Shu didn't have any bad ideas, she leaned back in the chair, closed her eyes and recuperated, and didn't care about the old woman who stared dryly.

There are also a few palace maids standing in the room, quietly raising their eyes to look at the rumored Miao Ling female envoy, the secret way is really extraordinary, those who return to Qiwu Palace to meet Niangniang for the first time, which one is not trembling and cautious, the one in front of him, but very relaxed, sweat did not leave a drop, seeing that she closed her eyes, shouldn't she be asleep?

After a stick of incense, Yu Shu finally met the current queen Rui in the side hall.

As a former Shengdou Xiaomin, the most noble woman in the world, Yu Shu did not feel particularly excited, Queen Rui was slender, at first glance she was a little weak, she was wearing a beautiful Jin Luo Luan big swing shirt, the long silk tail hung down on the pedal, and the heavy bun fell with large gold beads and jade.

Not as beautiful as Xue Guifei, not as arrogant as Concubine Yin, and not as amiable as Concubine Lu, she has a faint smile on her face, talking to Yu Shu, it seems to be cordial, but there is an indescribable indifference.

"Wechen meets the queen's mother, the mother is a thousand years old." Yu Shu knelt down and kowtowed, only then did he hear Queen Rui's voice.

"Excuse me, give me a seat."

The two palace maids brought a chair, noting that it was not a stool or a pier, but a chair with a backrest, Yu Shu glanced at the chair, and suddenly had a number in his heart.

The queen ordered her to enter the palace, not to find her bad luck for the matter of Kun Book, but to show her goodwill.

"Thank you for your grace."

Yu Shu sat down on the chair, raised his head, and looked at Queen Rui, and did not learn the way those women and female officials shrank their heads in the literature, and the old lady on the side frowned when she saw that she was so unruly, and was about to scold, but was stopped by a look from He Shanggong who was standing behind Queen Rui.

"Hehe," Empress Rui smiled and said to Yu Shu: "I heard that the Miao Ling Envoy was originally from the south?" ”

Yu Shu said: "Exactly, Weichen was born in Yiyang. ”

"Yiyang? I haven't been to the south, what are the customs of your hometown, pick up some interesting things to listen to? ”

Queen Rui showed that she was approachable again, but the words inevitably contained the meaning of being high, Yu Shu knew that she was looking for a hot topic, so she cooperated and talked about some things in Yiyang City, Queen Rui listened very interested, and asked questions from time to time, and after the most Lu, when it came to eating, she asked people to present three-color pastries, saying that it was the southern dim sum that the imperial chef only kneaded this morning, so that Yu Shu could taste it.

After drinking tea and eating snacks, Queen Rui felt that it was warmed up, so she clicked on the theme:

"The Kun Ling Bureau presented the Kun book in August, and the palace has read it, but the female envoy has drafted it?"

Yu Shu wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and replied solemnly: "After Weichen's divination, the most righteous right order was chiseled." ”

If Queen Rui can't see what is hidden in the Kun book, how can she sit in this position safely now, Yu Shu knew that she would ask, so she ambushed in the words, it sounded like Jing Chen's most difficult idea, but who knows that the whole article was arranged by her alone, Jing Chen did not revise half a point, stamped it, and presented it to the palace.

After a pause, she had a slight uneasiness on her face, and asked: "Weichen is afraid, dare to be this month's Kun Register, what's wrong?" ”

Queen Rui saw that she was uneasy, her voice softened a little, and said: "It's not inappropriate, but this palace is in charge of the six palace concubines, in the end, there are some things to explain to the female envoy, the palace was in poor health before, and I only saw you today, I heard that you have seen several ladies in other palaces, presumably they have already explained some things to you, only one point, this palace has to mention it again, the female envoy may wish to listen to it, and it is harmless." ”

Yu Shu got up and said, "Please show the mother." ”

Queen Rui sat on the eight-foot-long peacock bed, leaned back, put away the smile on her face, and said:

"The drafting of this Kun book is all for the sake of the holy dragon body, not only must it be strictly calculated according to the rules of Si Tianjian, but it must always take into account the mood of the saint, do you say yes or no, female envoy?" (To be continued......)