Renshou Palace has been vacant for seven years, and now there are people moving in again, at least it has to be renovated so that the Empress Dowager can move in, and as for the Empress Dowager Xu, there is also some furniture to be added to move from the smaller Qing'an Palace to Qingning Palace. In fact, to put it simply, she is now alone, and it is a bit of a waste to live in such a big palace.

Because the palace in the south has always been used by Youxing, to settle the queen's size of the residence may have to build another pavilion, which is a big burden for the strained finances, the emperor and the Empress Dowager Xu discussed, the Empress Zhuangsu and Concubine Chen and other concubines moved to her vacated Qing'an Palace to live. - Those who can stay, that is, a few high-ranking concubines, and the rest of the palace people who have no name, all of whom have been favored by the emperor, are now directly released from the temple outside the palace. It is also avoided that in the daily service, something that should not happen to the emperor will be spread out and it will be another scandal.

It is said that there are not many suitable palaces near Renshou Palace, but in Xu Xun's opinion, the emperor has some thoughts in it, compared to the Holy Emperor Dowager, the two princes left by the first emperor, of course, are still under her nose to make people feel more at ease, at least every morning and dusk are time-saving, and they can also easily control the situation of the two children, if they have received any wrong education, they will soon be able to find clues.

After ascending the throne for more than half a year, the waves gradually calmed down, the chaos in the outer court was initially organized, and new talents also emerged in the ceremonial supervisors, coupled with the guidance of Wang Jin, who was specially recalled from other places in Beijing, the emperor is now not so strange to the government now. At least it was not as dazed and flustered as when Warat attacked the capital at that time, and he also had his own opinions on many things, and he had begun to cultivate some dissidents outside of the adults - commanded and repelled Warat, making Lord Yu's reputation among the military and civilians unparalleled for a while. Such a great achievement, even the Ministry of Shangshu Wang can not compete with him, now the military and political power, in fact, is concentrated in the Lord alone, as the emperor, no matter how much you trust the Lord, of course, I don't want the court to have only one voice.

will make such a decision, which means that the emperor has more or less found a way. Xu Xun didn't like to interfere in daily political affairs, although he still paid attention to the major affairs of the court, but that was just in case, for fear that the emperor would have a brain drain one day and do something as stupid as his brother. In addition, she didn't ask anything else, after moving to Qingning Palace, in addition to going to Renshou Palace to see the Holy Empress Dowager, she was to take care of some troublesome things for the emperor in the harem that he was inconvenient to come forward with.

This inconvenient thing is, of course, my brother's family matter......

In the past, they lived in several palaces and were high, but now although the name is still there, they have been reduced to live together in the small Qing'an Palace, except for Queen Zhuangsu, Concubine Chen and Concubine Zhou do not even have a emblem, and they don't even have a definite title, so they can only call the first emperor Concubine Chen, the first emperor Concubine Zhou, although theoretically the treatment of diet and living has not changed much, but the difference in mood, how can the material make up for it? The three of them have fallen to this, the insurmountable separation in the past, now it seems that it is not so noble, coupled with the weak temperament of Queen Zhuangsu, who is sad for the emperor all day long, and cannot control the two concubines at all, Concubine Zhou has always held the eldest son of the emperor by her side, and she does not come to Queen Zhuangsu to say hello when she is idle, and she believes that she has given birth to the eldest son, and she usually does not care much about Concubine Chen, and Concubine Chen is not easy to care.

Although it is a trivial matter, but living close, there are few people who pass the words to Xu Xun's ear, Xu Xun does not want to make such a fuss in the Qing'an Palace, so after thinking about it, he invited Queen Zhuangsu to persuade him.

However, Queen Zhuangsu is really obsessed with her own thoughts, even if Xu Xun takes the excuse of 'your man is gone, you have to take out the spirit to be in charge', she is not convinced, as long as the first emperor is mentioned, Queen Zhuangsu can have red eyes, which makes people say - the so-called mourning is greater than heart death, Queen Zhuangsu is obviously like this, after the first emperor left, she didn't even have the strength to live, but she was bent on chasing him, and the things next to her were no longer taken care of.

This can be regarded as a model of female virtue that can be famous through the ages, the love between the emperor and the queen has reached this point - or the queen to the emperor to this point, but it is indeed rare, and this does not care at all about Concubine Chen, Concubine Zhou, and even such a large group of palace maids who have been fortunate, but dedicated themselves to their husband's wife, before Queen Zhuangsu, Xu Xun thought that it only existed in legends.

It's just that in this way, the problem of the prince's education is bound to be impossible to count on Empress Zhuangsu. Xu Xun didn't trust Concubine Zhou's character very much, and was mainly afraid that she would instill in the eldest son of the former emperor in private, something like 'the throne should be yours, and you will take it back in the future'.

"Wan's place, you can choose two honest people at will," she said, "but Zhou's place, I mean to choose two of the strictest henchmen, and you can be kind to the child, but you have to subdue Concubine Zhou." ”

The Empress Dowager also heard about the Qingning Palace, she didn't have a good impression of Empress Zhuang Su and Concubine Zhou, and when she heard the words, she also said, "One pot with one cover, if Concubine Zhou is not domineering, she is so blind and easy to bully the housewife." ”

After saying a few words of soup, Fang said, "Also, these children grew up in sugar water, and they are all very thick without knowing the sky, and the child is still young now, so it might as well be okay, if the child is older, Concubine Zhou has some nonsense, let Zhuang'er know, and give birth to mustard in her heart, but it will harm the child." ”

Xu Xun and she both knew how Emperor Wen and Emperor Zhang controlled the harem in the past, and the power of Dongchang was even affected in the palace. Now let's not talk about the serious six palaces, even Renshou Palace and Qingning Palace, Dongchang must have arranged manpower in Qing'an Palace, according to Xu Xun's understanding of Liu Zhien, even if the emperor didn't order so, he would definitely be so prepared. There are only Empress Zhuang Su and Concubine Zhou and Concubine Chen, who have never gone through wind and rain since entering the palace, except for Concubine Chen, the remaining two people live too simple at all, and Concubine Zhou must be able to do this kind of thing when she says something inappropriate to her child.

"That's exactly what I said," Xu Xundao, "everything should be taken care of, so as not to cause changes in the future." Only you know by my side that over the years, they have been more honest and kind, and if they can suppress others, there is no such candidate. ”

As a concubine, there is no need for too many strict and cold upbringing, the children are all older, Xu Xun does not need such a person, in addition to Zhao Mama and Hua'er and Lan'er who have been accompanying her over the years, she looks good and uses a comfortable young man, who is lively and laughing, kind and kind, and is not suitable for controlling Concubine Zhou, Mama Zhao, Hua'er, and Lan'er have long stopped working, and are only like Han Nushi, just talking to Xu Xun and amusing him. Over the years, everyone has been like a family, and the division between master and servant has long been blurred, and Xu Xun can't bear to send them to do such a sensitive job. It's the Queen Mother here, because she used to be in charge, and there are many people in the palace, and there are a few people who are quite skillful, but it's really not good, Mama Zhou's face sank, and she can also serve as a nurturing grandma.

"You don't have to choose from all sides." The Holy Empress Dowager said, "Liushang just sent people over, this is a grand avenue, are you still afraid that they will not be satisfied?" Send one or two henchmen around you to act as eyes and ears to repay at any time, that is. ”

She thought for a moment, then pointed to the palace maid who was busy pinching the legs of the Holy Queen Mother in front of the couch and said, "What do you think of Zhen'er?" ”

Zhen'er hurriedly stood up, stood aside with her hands tied, and didn't make a sound, looking like she was letting Xu Xun judge. This is a rather plump big girl, her face is quite delicate, seventeen or eighteen years old, because she is tall and strong, although her posture is decent, but there is still a majestic momentum between the actions, which makes people dare not feel humiliated when they see it, and they know that she is a powerful character at a glance.

Xu Xun is also familiar with Zhen'er, she has been quite face-saving in front of the Holy Queen Mother in recent years, usually shrewd and capable, quite praised by the Holy Queen Mother and Mama Zhou, when listening to Mama Zhao and others talking, it is to put down the elders such as Liufu and so on, if it is not not illiterate, the Holy Queen Mother plans to send her into Liushang. She looked at Zhen'er a few times and asked with a smile, "Are you okay?" ”

Zhen'er knelt down and said without humility or arrogance, "If the two maidens pick the slave maid, the slave maid will do her best and die." ”

Xu Xun snorted, and was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he said again, "Having said that, you are a little strong, and Concubine Zhou is a delicate one, so I sent you to see a guest, and it was really a little unpleasant to see the guests." ”

The Empress Dowager was reminded by Xu Xun, but she also said, "Yes, you stand next to Concubine Zhou, and when you say that you are sent by me to take care of it, you press Concubine Zhou to be obedient, and you don't dare to take a mouthful of the atmosphere. It's better to send a strong and introverted, thinner past, and everyone looks good. ”

Going to Concubine Zhou's side to discipline the eldest son of the former emperor was not a very glamorous job, and if she was not allowed to go, maybe Zhen'er was still secretly happy, she couldn't see the loss on her face, "Slave maid but according to Niangniang's orders." ”

Xu Xun and the Empress Dowager discussed it again, and then picked Fang'er, who was also shrewd and powerful, but was delicate and thin, and picked the six Shangzhong candidates, Xu Xun said, "It just so happens that when the emperor comes these days, I will talk to him." ”

Such a thing, of course, is that the two of them mother and son can speak openly, and the Holy Queen Mother has no objections. In the evening of this day, when the emperor came to Qing'an Palace to say hello, Xu Xun sent his subordinates and explained to the emperor, and the emperor didn't say anything, "It's good for my mother to be in charge of these things, you don't have to ask me." ”

He paused, and said thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, the prince of the two nephews should also be settled as soon as possible." ”

People are going to change, after being the emperor for half a year, the current Zhuang'er is no longer the one who still has a little bit of simplicity, at the beginning of the throne, he left the six palaces to his sisters-in-law for a few months, and in the next year, he actively repaired Renshou Palace, and even the canonization ceremony of his concubines was pushed to the back...... Only by repairing Renshou Palace, the two queen mothers can be relocated, the Qing'an Palace will be vacated, and the queen's daughters will leave the harem - the most important thing is that the two nephews will also leave the inner court together, leaving this place where no other children are qualified to stay except for the emperor's own children.

Although it has not yet been put into words, changes have always happened little by little, and the current emperor, the number of times he mentions his brother is getting less and less, and even when he talks about it, his attitude is getting colder and colder......

Xu Xun saw it in her eyes, and her heart gradually relaxed, and she said intentionally, "This is the right reason-however, if you mention this matter, the court and the central government are afraid that there will be few voices of opposition, so you still have to be prepared." ”

When the emperor heard this, his eyebrows and eyes suddenly darkened, and his displeasure was almost beyond words, and he was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "In the past few days, Warat has sent an envoy to sue for peace, saying that as long as he has gathered enough gold and silver treasures, he will return the man." ”

This was the first time he had used 'that man' instead of his brother to refer to the emperor in a private conversation.

The author has something to say: Zhen'er is fat and strong, and it is also recorded, it is said that this makes Xianzong feel very secure, haha, every time she is lucky, she wears men's clothes as a precursor~