Even if Zhao Lun didn't come to deliver the letter, Xu Xun felt that it was time. The speed update is waiting for you () Baidu search can be done! Look at the latest novel on -_-!Le-_-!Wen-_-!Xiao-_-!Say-_-!Net (http://) Baidu search has not seen Liu Zhien for a year, it is indeed to prevent extraneous branches. At present, Liu Zhien is doing a good job in the East Factory, and his relationship with Renshou Palace and Qingning Palace is also good. How can she say that she was also his old superior, and when she meets to talk about the past, even if she asks about Western things, others can't say what is wrong. After all, now is not the time when the emperor has just ascended the throne and the turmoil on all sides has not subsided. King Xiang returned to Changsha, the emperor lived in the Qianqing Palace, and the government was under the control of the three Yang adults, and it seemed that there was no big mistake. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager live in two palaces, and they are in peace, and they have not asked anything about the political affairs of the outer court.

Having said that, if you want to see Yoo Ji-en, you still have to get permission from the Empress Dowager first. After all, a transactional leader like Liu Zhien, like a eunuch in charge of the seal, is not something that ordinary concubines can touch casually, and he will not be stuck in the harem if he has nothing to do. What can be said is that even if the Empress Dowager doesn't take it seriously, the opportunities for her and Liu Zhien to meet in the future are extremely limited, although they live together in the same city, but the less contact between each other, the better.

From ancient times to the present, the lives of the queen mother and the concubine are actually the same, and they will not change much with the change of dynasties. On the one hand, it is the elders left by the first emperor, naturally to serve well, if it is the previous dynasty, there are some low-ranking concubines, life may be more miserable, the palace is too lazy to raise, so they are sent to the temple to repair, as for the high-level concubines, at least there is a place to live, as for Xu Xun and other famous high-ranking concubines, according to the practice of Taizu and Taizong, they are already the emperor's concubines. Regardless of whether she was almost martyred during the inheritance of the throne, after surviving this turmoil, she will naturally be respected as a concubine, and all kinds of supplies will not be missing.

On the other hand, the husband has gone, and from now on he is a widow, and there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and I must be more cautious in my words and deeds, and I can't run out all the time, or I will do something new. Even the queen mother and concubine have no exceptions. When Xu Xun was still the imperial concubine, he wanted to go to Xiyuan to run a horse, so he said goodbye and went. It's been a year now, although she lives near Xiyuan, but she hasn't been to Xiyuan once, but lives in Qing'an Palace, and has nowhere to spend her leisure time, either going to the two palaces to ask for gossip, or communicating with the immortal master. Teaching her children to be a person is already her main business, except for the time when the children go to school, Xu Xun now tries to stay with them as much as possible, and grasp the time spent with the children in the past few years when they got married and went to the former domain.

In addition, what kind of plays, horses, and football, these entertainment activities, and the fate of the queen mother and concubine are shallow, at least it is impossible to appear in the past three years, and in a few years, when the emperor is older, after the draft is married, what festivals are there in the palace, and they are respected for participating in the past, that is there, and they have fun by themselves without younger generations, and it is not like saying that it is not like to spread it. - Therefore, no matter how strong the queen mother and concubine were in the past, after being raised, most of them will live in peace without a daughter-in-law. After all, if you want to fight, you have to have an object, and you don't even have an object to fight. God knows how beautiful and good you dress up, who will look at it?

The poems that come to the palace to complain mostly describe the beauty mentality of the king who is fortunate and keeps the empty boudoir alone. However, in Xu Xun's opinion, the most terrifying thing is not this, but the long future, and now that the three of them have daughters, they are better. After a few years, his daughters are married, and Zhuang'er will be a vassal domain, and the emperor will have an heir in the palace, and it is predictable that as he grows up and begins to be pro-government, he will pay less and less attention to his parents' generation. Just a few people live in the West Palace, staring at each other every day, locked in the house without a thing to do, and even have no motivation for intrigue, from here to the age of seventy, there are still more than 30 years, if you don't have a hobby, this kind of completely backwater, even despair has never had a quiet life, I believe it is very difficult. - It's no wonder that the Empress Dowager in the past was so keen to intervene in palace affairs, and Xu Xun also came to this job, only to understand that the life of the concubine and the empress dowager, who he was very envious in the past, was not so interesting. The queen mother is better, whether it is fighting with her daughter-in-law or rubbing her daughter-in-law, she is justifiable, as a concubine, she just needs to be honored, even if she wants to make waves in the palace, no one cooperates. Boredom has nowhere to dispense, if you don't love haode words, it is easy to hold back the disease, such as the Confucian Temple Concubine, Jing Taifei, Xian Taifei, etc., have not lived to be fifty years old, counting, the life of the concubine has not been ten years, people can't stand it, and the originally healthy body is also idle.

She herself is better, not the kind of person who pours all her blood into her children and competing for favor, and now she is indisputable, so she concentrates on her children, and believes that in the future, she will be able to find some hobbies after she gets married.

Although he was also trained before, but at that time his heart was not quiet, whether it was piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or spring skills, in fact, they were all used to get close to the emperor to seek favor, Xu Xun never knew that some of her colleagues learned these purely out of love - the only one who really placed his affection on Ya Play was Cao Baolin, who raised flowers. Later, he began to manage the palace, the children, and serve the emperor, and he didn't have the heart to think about this. Now that my mind is calm, I feel that these knowledge are endless, Xu Xun loves to paint, I didn't know how to practice before, I only learned the fur, and I was cheeky enough to say that I could draw two strokes. Now she is learning to lay a foundation with Han Guilan, painting flowers and birds, and when she has a small success in the future, she plans to invite the husband in the female school to come over and continue to teach. I heard that there are two little eunuchs in the inner study hall, who have studied from the famous painters enshrined by the first emperor, and Xu Xun also plans to let them come over to guide them, and he will be a disciple again.

You have to keep your nails to play the piano, she gave it up, and the rest of the chess and calligraphy exercises, Han Guilan is also a very haode companion, although she is a North Korean, but she was born in a Korean family, and she is also a famous Confucian family, and she may not be as rich as the country in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but in terms of culture and education, the foundation is much thicker than Xu Xun and other small family girls. With a straight face, you can teach the strong man the character of dealing with people, put down the shelf, and be an expert who can play from pumping a spinning top to shooting and covering the wine order. Xu Xun didn't know a lot about Go at all, but she had to give her guidance to understand the beauty of many formulas.

"Oops, this flight is wrong." Only then did he fall down, Xu Xun calculated that it was wrong, and only then did he see a chess piece in the lower right corner asking her to contact and solve the siege, but this one fell, and he realized that he had blocked an air eye, which made his base in the hinterland of the middle plate a few breaths less.

She glanced at Han Guilan several times with a weak heart, she smuttered for a moment, and then begged, "This-can you regret one step?" Guarantee that this game will be a step of regret. ”

Han Guilan has been with her for nearly ten years, how can she not know Xu Xun's temperament? She said calmly, "Niangniang, you are a true gentleman who is silent when watching chess, and there is no husband who has left behind." ”

"I'm not a husband either." Xu Xunlai is experienced in chess, and quickly blocked a sentence, "--I have a lot of hope to win this game!" ”

She doesn't need to be let to play chess with others, and Mama Qian is the least skilled among the people around, and she is ravaged by her, and Xu Xun doesn't like to play with her. Han Guilan's level is extremely high - at least for her, every time she abuses her easily, Xu Xunlao is discouraged by her, and it is easy to have a chance to win a game at this time, but she ruined the chance of winning, how can she not be in a hurry? Seeing that Han Guilan was unmoved, and fell again, she was so distressed that she inhaled the cold air, "Really don't let it?" ”

"If the mother has a toothache, let it." Han Guilan said a word, and everyone in the room around laughed, Hua'er's voice was the loudest-maybe she didn't think about this stubble at all, she was a nameless palace maid, but she finally escaped the funeral, Hua'er felt that she had escaped death, and her temperament became more and more cheerful. "Mother, if you have a toothache, you can regret the chess."

"Go, go, go." Xu Xun was speechless, and drove away a room of lively people, and was about to play another trick to see the time leak, when the children were about to come back from school, they had to sigh in frustration and give up insistence, "That's it." ”

Although she herself can't be left without regrets, she always has to show such a spirit as an example in front of her children. Otherwise, when the child came back after a while, she saw that she had won, and when she asked, it was because she regretted chess, and she had no face as a mother. had no choice but to give up the trick, and was smoothly killed by Han Guilan in the middle game and lost, Xu Xun pushed the chessboard, "Don't play!" ”

"This time, I can quit for at least ten days." Mama Zhao also laughed and joked about Xu Xun. When the room heard this, they laughed again--for them, the palace people, serving the concubine, of course, was far happier than serving the concubine. The work is still the same, but the master has less crises such as falling out of favor and being snubbed, being buried, and when he is older, he is not likely to easily replace the people around him, they are equivalent to supporting the elderly with Xu Xun, and without the constraints of Xu Xun's widowhood, they are much more comfortable than Xu Xun.

In the laughter of everyone, Mama Sun, who went to Renshou Palace to ask for an inquiry, came back, "Reply to your words, after the old lady listened, she didn't say anything, please make your own arrangements." ”

Xu Xun didn't ask the Empress Dowager in person, firstly, he was too cautious, and secondly, he was a little pressing, if the Empress Dowager had other concerns, I was afraid that it would not be good to refuse in front of her. But according to common sense, the Empress Dowager has nothing to disagree to, when Liu Zhien went to Nanjing, she was still in Nannei and did not come out, and it was normal to have some old questions to ask her confidants in the past. When Xu Xun heard this, he was not surprised, he just nodded and said, "Just let Zhao Lun pass the word, see when it is convenient for Gonggong Liu, just come over, now he is busy, we have nothing to do here, it is up to us to cooperate with him." ”

As a factory father, Liu Zhien deserves to be an old husband in and out of the palace, and even in the mouth of her concubine - this old man is like an old man in the officialdom, and only a few people at the top are worthy of such a title. Mama Sun and other people who were close to Liu Zhien in the past were even more happy for his promotion, and when they heard Xu Xun change his name, they all smiled and said, "Isn't it?" Now although it is said to be a factory guard, there is almost no factory guard, but is it not busy with Liu Gonggong? ”

Xu Xun has always relied on his subordinates to get news from outside, and his expression moved when he heard this, "There is still this statement?" ”

Mama Sun told her the gossip in the political arena, "It's not because it is inconvenient for the Jinyi Guard to enter ......the palace after all."

The Empress Dowager did not officially govern, as far as Xu Xun knew, during this year, the government operated smoothly, and Sanyang rarely reported to her for the Empress Dowager to adjudicate. Of course, there are questions in the palace, and the cabinet also explains humbly, but because of various previous circumstances, the empress dowager did not speak too much on political affairs, but only paid attention to the emperor's study. After listening to Mama Sun's words, she knew that the Queen Mother had not relaxed on the East Factory, especially because there were many eunuchs in the East Factory, and the movement into the palace was small.

“…… It is also inconvenient for Gonggong Feng to meet the old lady, and the person who enters the palace to report back has always been Gonggong Liu. After Grandma Sun finished explaining, she also smacked her lips, a little envious. This talent is a talent, and Father-in-law Liu can make a career when he goes to sea, and he is also doing a good job in the East Factory. This time he took over, and everyone in the East Factory was convinced, but no one criticized his origin. ”

Xu Xun has almost never inquired about things outside the Qing'an Palace in the past half a year, and it is the first time that she knows that Liu Zhien is so open, and she is also happy for him in her heart, "That's good, so to speak, I really went to Nanjing in the first place." If he stayed in Yong'an Palace all the time, wouldn't it be a waste of his ability? ”

While talking, the two children came back with their front and back feet, and they all came over to say hello to Xu Xun, and took out the homework that Mr. had corrected for Xu Xun to see. Diandian was a little apprehensive, but Zhuang'er still looked calm, and didn't seem to care about what comments he received.

-- Speaking of which, this is still a rule that was developed from the strong man. Because his teachers were all male, Xu Xun was inconvenient to talk back and forth with them. But when Mr. went to class, there was no reason to let the chamberlain and the palace maid be on the side. It was because she asked Han Nushi to regularly check Zhuang'er's homework, and take the school to make up the class at any time, so as not to delay the gentlemen because Zhuang'er was the second son, and teach carelessly. As for Diandian, when Xu Xun was in Yong'an Palace, he could meet with Liushang and even the gentleman in the women's school at any time, but now Liushang has changed to the East Palace with the Empress Dowager, and it is inconvenient for the two sides to go back and forth, so he also used the example of Zhuang'er, but Xu Xun himself checked it in order to grasp it more comprehensively.

Diandian is a little apprehensive today, and in Xu Xun's material, her cultural classes have always been very good, and she can't find anything to find fault with her homework, and now that enlightenment has ended, "The Book of Filial Piety", "Thousand Character Text", "Zhuzi's Family Motto", etc., have been learned. began to read the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and really entered the serious cultural education, however, these classics are not required to be memorized, it is enough to be familiar with and understand, and there are also some miscellaneous studies such as "Sound and Rhyme Enlightenment", and even qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, all of which have their own introductory education, and their performance is not bad - but the performance of the female red class is extremely poor, and she has no patience, she has been studying for more than seven months, but even the simplest flower is embroidered crookedly.

She's a princess, so it's a big deal if she can't embroider? But the education of the princess in the national dynasty has always been very strict, Ah Huang and the round female red can still get by, although Xu Xun is quite disapproving on this point, he is not so strict with his daughter, but it is not good to deal with the gentlemen, even if he often turns a blind eye, he will inevitably have to avoid it, and there will be times when he wants to reprimand.

This afternoon, it was another female red class, Xu Xun took a little homework and looked at it, and saw that she still barely pricked a flower, although the stitches were far from smooth, but they were a little bit good, so he eased his face and asked, "Did Mr. Gu say anything?" ”

Mr. Gu is Mr. Dotted Embroidery - a little bit of sound like a gnat," said the gentleman...... My husband said I must not have practiced well. ”

She usually doesn't sit idle all day, she goes to class every morning and afternoon, although her homework is not heavy, and she can sleep when she comes back at night after eating and doing, but she has to practice a lot of female red, and she has to squeeze her sleep time. Xu Xun frowned, "The practice time is not in the length, only in whether you have the intention, when you embroider in the future, think more about the needle, be more patient, and be able to make the stitches fine, so that you won't even be able to prick a flower, and no one wants you to be like an embroiderer, relying on embroidery to earn food." ”

It seems to be a reproach, but how can you not hear the true meaning? At the moment, he was already smiling-Xu Xun saw it, and regretted it a little, feeling that his tone was too relaxed, and he couldn't help but indulge the children, so he seriously educated again, "When we were in Nanjing, many girls from large families embroidered their dowries by themselves. Since the age of thirteen or fourteen, he entered the embroidery pavilion, the door was locked, the steps were withdrawn, and he could not get out of the house at a step, that is, he was locked in the room to embroider the dowry, and embroidered until he got married. Others are also girls with fine clothes and food, and they can embroider their own full set of dowries, why can't you? ”

In fact, Xu Xun said this, that is, hearsay, she was born in a small family, and there are many neighbors in the neighborhood who are big girls who show up and don't wear hats on the street, where do you know that the real big family acts? But this is just right to deceive the palace hillbilly, she listened to it with her eyes blinking, very serious, it seems that she is afraid that Xu Xun will also put her in the embroidery pavilion, concentrate on embroidery, and by the way, raise the black meat bottom that can't be white.

After educating his daughter, Xu Xun took Zhuang'er's homework again, and saw that the top was full of red pens, all circled points, and nodded secretly. - Although Zhuang'er's studies are not difficult, he can be praised for every time he does his homework, which shows that he is practical and diligent in his daily life.

The emperor's learning is the most concerned issue in the two palaces now, when Xu Xun has nothing to do with the two palaces to ask for peace, it is common for the queen mother to worry about this, but she doesn't think that the emperor's talent is not as good as her younger brother - the emperor's course, Xu Xun also has some understanding, compared to what Zhuang'er learned in three days, maybe it can't catch up with the content he learned in one day, and even the standard of Mr. Yu's scoring is completely different.

As a vassal king, there is no need to understand the major affairs of the state. The emperor has a course, specifically to learn the geography of the mountains and rivers of the dynasty, and there is a gentleman to explain the public opinion of the world for him, in contrast, the strong man can not even touch the public opinion map of the world, and even as a vassal king, collecting this thing is more taboo than the average rich family. Naturally, he was exempted from this course, and of course he didn't have to memorize the many twists and turns of the road map. After moving to Renshou Palace, the Empress Dowager also hung a geographical map of mountains and rivers in her study, Xu Xun had the fate to see twice, and heard that the emperor sometimes had to distinguish where this was the border from a mountain road that was not marked, and she had 120,000 sympathy for the emperor in her heart.

Almost all the courses related to the national economy and people's livelihood are such unreasonable rote memorization, and it is not good to master it, this is not counting those cultural courses, greedy and chewy, the emperor's courses, can it not be a problem? As for the strong children, these courses do not have to be learned. The Four Books and the Five Classics have also begun to come into contact, but the requirements for him are the same as those for the point, it is enough to be familiar with and understand, and there is no requirement to even memorize them, not to mention that from those awkward words, all kinds of governing principles originate...... If Zhuang'er can't even keep up with such a course, then he can really be called stupid.

The most prudent part of his education is about moral education, there is a saying among the people, 'the feudal disaster is fiercer than the tiger', many feudal kings' mansions, the long history of talking is useless at all, the feudal king himself is stupid and arrogant, unreasonable at all, he does all kinds of ridiculous things, naturally he basically does not educate his sons at all, and the vassal king who raised him can't even write his own name, and he is also the same ferocious - in order to protect the local people from the poison of such a vassal king, The gentlemen in the palace can be energetically instilled in Zhuang'er a lot of truths about doing things for people, what kind of karma and karma, and the truth that good people have their own afterglow, etc., they are tireless, and then talk about it, Zhuang'er listens to his ears are calloused, and he was once a little tired of going to school, and he came back every day to do his homework for a while, and then he was going to Xiyuan to play, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother knew about it, and they didn't take it seriously.

It is impossible for Xu Xun to teach Zhuang'er these lessons in governing the country, but she thinks that it is better for children to be busy, always idle, and it is inevitable to raise a wild temperament, so she asked Han Nushi to teach him additional lessons, Han Nushi knows Xu Xun's intentions, how lenient the gentleman outside is to Zhuang'er, how strict she is, in short, it is good to destroy Zhuang'er's arrogance.

Today is no exception, Zhuang'er recently began to learn the right pair, trying to write poems, although the top is also full of red circles, it seems that Mr. is extremely satisfied with his progress, but Xu Xun handed it to Han Nushi to see, she was frowning, commented, "Bamboo to flowers, Pingqian is not right, this, didn't Mr. say?" ”

Zhuang'er is not as naturally angry as a little bit, and he is not frustrated about the pickiness of Han Nushi, but calmly replied, "Mr. said it, but he didn't type it in the notebook......"

Commented on the homework, almost to the time to eat, now the children are older, and there is no need to eat at the table, the mother and son sat together, quietly ate, saw that it was still early, and then took the adoptive mother and a few companions, and went to Qingning Palace to find Yuanyuan to play.

Zhuang'er has no such convenience, although his brother and him have a good relationship, but he is so busy, how can he have time to play? Now that he is older, he doesn't want to play with his sisters, but fortunately, Xu Xun also found a few companions of the same age for him, sometimes he has a rest, and he also ordered someone to take them to Xiyuan to play together. - She always felt that Zhuang'er did not ride and shoot in his course, but she was afraid that she would not be able to temper her body and bones, but because the emperor himself had no time to practice martial arts, Zhuang'er could not cross her brother, so she had to let him go to Xiyuan from time to time to ride a horse and play football to move his muscles and bones.

In the past, as soon as she left, Zhuang'er also went, and Xu Xun herself also prepared to take a walk to Chang'an Palace to find the immortal master after dinner, she was ready to go back to the house to change clothes, and saw that Zhuang'er was still standing still, but she was a little surprised, so she asked, "Why, don't you go out to play today?" ”

Zhuang'er shook his head, as if he wanted to say something and stopped, a little hesitant, Xu Xun saw it, and waved back from the servant, "What?" What's the matter, just say it. ”

Seeing that Zhuang'er was still silent, she guessed. "But what does it have to do with Nannei?"

Emperor Zhang died suddenly, in a hurry, no one thought of Xiao Wu Beauty in Nannei, and when Xu Xun remembered it later, he naturally asked people to go over to check and inquire - but Xiao Wu Beauty was fine, she was not buried by the Empress Dowager by this gust of east wind, and is still imprisoned in her original residence.

This news, Xu Xun didn't know whether to tell Zhuang'er, because of the funeral, no one would explain it in detail to the two children, and their life circle was relatively narrow, at most, Cao Baolin and the three of them suddenly disappeared, it seemed a little weird, whether other concubines existed or not, it had no impact on their lives at all, maybe Zhuang'er didn't know that there was such a thing as martyrdom, in his heart, Wu Meiren should have lived in Nannei, and there should not be a second possibility at all. - However, when Zhuang'er asked later, she realized that this child was still as careful and able to hide things, and she didn't know about the funeral at all, and thought that Cao Baolin and the others had just moved to live elsewhere, but Zhuang'er was when Hua'er was worried about her fate, so she asked a lot of funeral things from her mouth.

Although Zhuang'er almost never visited his biological mother after knowing his background, but after all, he was a blood relative, and it was inevitable to worry about life and death. At that time, Zhuang'er was vague and noncommittal, so she didn't say anything - although this was half a year ago, but because Zhuang'er had nothing else to be shy about, he ate it in one bite, and Xu Xun guessed that it was this stubble.

She didn't guess wrong, seeing that Xu Xun was broken, Zhuang'er simply said directly, "Mr. has something to do today, get out of school early." I heard that the peach blossoms in Nannai bloomed well, so I took me to see it, and when I walked nearby, I suddenly felt familiar, and remembered that Wu Niangniang lived nearby, so I walked over to look at her and said a few words to her...... I guess it's better to come back and talk to you. ”

When Xu Xun heard this, he didn't care, but asked, "She looks good?" Eating and living, I didn't suffer any grievances, right? ”

Zhuang'er said, "Fortunately, it's the same as before, but my mind seems to be a little confused, and although I am happy to see me coming, I can't say anything." ”

When he said this, his face was calm, and his expression did not look like an eight- or nine-year-old child, but a little like an adult. When Xu Xun heard this, she was speechless for a while: she had known about this matter for a long time, but it was not easy to tell the child. Xiao Wu Meiren's mental state deteriorated sharply after Zhuang'er refused to see her, and now it is the same as when she was locked up at the beginning, which is a little abnormal.

The opportunities enjoyed by this person are really enough to make the rest of his colleagues feel luxurious, especially those little girls who have been cautious in their words and deeds all their lives, and Wu Meiren, who has missed several errands and missed several times, but does not have to be martyred, and has always been cared for, I don't know how jealous they must be. However, even for the sake of his son, Xu Xun could only say, "You see what she still lacks, just tell me - that's fine, if you want to see it, go and see it yourself." If you come to me first, I will have to ask Renshou Palace, which will make a big fuss. ”

The order not to let Zhuang'er see his biological mother was given by the emperor, and if he wanted to withdraw it, he had to be a figure of the empress dowager's level, and Xu Xun couldn't make his own decisions. Zhuang'er didn't bring it up before, probably because he was afraid of mentioning it, but it was self-defeating, the Queen Mother didn't expect Wu Yu'er, and was reminded by him, so she ordered her to be martyred. Today, he came out of the machine and ran directly over to create a fait accompli, and then came back to ask Xu Xun for forgiveness, if it was a temporary intention, although it was not impossible, it was not quite in line with the character of Zhuang'er.

Seeing that his adoptive mother did not expose it, but took more photos, Zhuang'er's face couldn't help but be lightly moved, and he said in a low voice, "That's pretty good...... Mother-"

Xu Xun interrupted him and said, "Okay, it's just a trivial matter, so why bother with it?" Let's go play football, tomorrow I have to take a etiquette class, and I have to sit upright all morning, if I don't move my muscles and bones at this time, I will sit on my back tomorrow. ”

Seeing that Zhuang'er was still standing still, she couldn't help but smile slightly, stepped forward and touched the back of the child's head, and hugged him tightly in her arms, "It's okay to say it's okay, go ahead." ”

Zhuang'er showed a smiling face, ran out of the house with a rare briskness, Xu Xun cleaned up by himself, and took the two palace maids to Chang'an Palace.

For a while, as long as the sky is warm and warm, she will go to Chang'an Palace to find the immortal master to talk - this place is a place to retreat after all, and it was built under the nose of the queen mother, although only the immortal master lived, but it was also a pavilion cascading, the landscape was quiet, much more moving than Xu Xun's Qing'an Palace scenery, the two of them took a walk in the garden together, and it was also quite pleasant. But when Xu Xun passed by today, he was blocked by lotus lotus.

"Niangniang, please wait a moment," she hurriedly came out of the inner courtyard, also a little embarrassed, "The immortal master is teaching the eldest princess." ――Why don't you go up to the garden first, and we'll be here in a while. ”

Although Ah Huang chose a son-in-law, due to the death of his father, the marriage was postponed to three years later. Before the dowry of haode, all of them were sealed, only waiting for three years later, she now lives with the fairy master, often taught by her mother, as far as Xu Xun knows, the fairy master is eager to beg kindness, and it is very strict to teach her, presumably the scene of the goddaughter is not suitable for spectators.

Even so, she simply didn't even go to the garden, walked out of Chang'an Palace, remembered to look for a round round play in Qingning Palace, and saw that the sky was not yet dark, so she made the palace people light lanterns and wanted to go to Qingning Palace to find her daughter to go home together.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, I saw the Queen Mother holding Yuanyuan in her hand, walking beside her little bit, and the group also came in the direction of Qing'an Palace. Xu Xun quickened his pace and saluted, "Niangniang." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand and excused herself, "You just came from Chang'an Palace?" I also said that I would go to Qing'an Palace to look for you, and go to the garden of Chang'an Palace together, but you walked out. ”

State affairs are controlled by the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager can't even touch the side - she doesn't seem to be interested, as for palace affairs, there is not much palace affairs to take care of now, and the Empress Dowager spends a lot of time in charge of the emperor's studies? She and Renshou Palace, separated by a whole three halls, to go a long way, besides, now the two palaces are hidden into a pair of tripods, she is alienated from Renshou Palace does not often go to ask for peace, inside and outside the palace, no one will say anything, is that after the Queen Mother won the position of Feng En in charge of the twelve libraries, like Xu Xun, there is often a lot of free, I don't know how to spend it.

She is also the same as Xu Xun, she is bound by etiquette, and it is impossible to go to Xiyuan and other places to play often, although Qingning Palace covers a vast area, it is a pity that no matter how big the palace is, it is good to have many people to be companions. In the past, even when she was sick, there were people who came to work every day to serve the sick, and she didn't want to see her, so let her sit in the outhouse, and wanted to see her, how could there be no one to talk and flatter? But now, except for the palace people who often accompany him, almost all the concubines have been martyred, and if you want to say that they have the same status and can speak, except for Xu Xun, there is only an immortal master.

Boredom is really a more powerful weapon than any interests, in the case of having nothing to do and not being able to leave the West Palace, not to mention Xu Xun and her, even she and the immortal master, this year, they often move around, and it is not like the king who did not see the king back then. The Queen Mother sometimes didn't speak in Qingning Palace for a few days, and she didn't bother to send someone to invite them, so she came to visit the door herself-although Qingning Palace was big, she was really annoyed to visit after living for a year.

"Sister Hu has something." In front of the two little girls, Xu Xun said very vaguely, "I went around in the past and came out, since the mother has come out, it is better to go back to Qing'an Palace to sit down." ”

The Queen Mother also had no objection, and the group walked not far away, and then arrived at Qing'an Palace - this was originally the place where Qingning Palace was cut off, and the distance between the two palaces can be described by the sound of chickens and dogs.

"I wanted to ask her, do you want to go to Renshou Palace tomorrow." The Queen Mother said, "I heard that the old lady is sick again, and the three of us should go over to say hello." ”

"Why are you sick again?" Xu Xunyi frowned, "Today I sent Grandma Sun over to ask for peace, but I didn't hear about it." ”

"It's just the words that came after dinner." The Queen Mother said, "I said that I was uncomfortable in the afternoon, and after dinner, I vomited again, it should be that I felt cold during the change of season." ”

When she is old, even a minor illness may continue to become a major illness, although under the perfect medical conditions of the palace, the possibility of incurable is very small, but the old man has really had a lot of minor illnesses and pains in the past year, and it also makes people worry about her body. Xu Xundao, "That's what you should go over to see, Sister Hu is fine, it's the same whether she asks or not, she should be able to go over together." ”

said and sighed, "In the past few years, the funerals in the palace have been really dense, and there has always been a little less popularity - after Concubine Jing was gone last year, I felt something, and I always felt that the palace was a little gloomy, and the old lady was old and frail, and I was afraid that I couldn't stand this yin qi, so I often had a sickness." ”

The Queen Mother didn't think so, "The old lady is working hard, right?" Although it is said that there is a big event to come forward, how can you let it all go? Closely monitor the imperial court, ask questions from time to time, knock and knock, and always ask. I have to look at the edict that I have submitted for sealing...... How old is she, how can she still resist such a toss, and she has been supported for so many years, so it's no wonder that she is not sick. ”

This is also said, Xu Xun thought of his hard work when he was in charge of the palace, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic and a little lucky: whether it is managing the palace or listening to politics, this kind of thing finally has nothing to do with her now. As for how others want to catch ducks on the shelves, it is a problem for others after all, and she doesn't have to worry about it.

The Queen Mother seemed to see her thoughts, and she snorted a little angrily, "You don't have to gloat, the old lady can't push me for a while...... She wants to be willing to let go, and when she had a fever last year, she let it go, and she didn't mention it that time, and she won't let go until she can't support it. ”

The Queen Mother's kung fu of looking at people's eyebrows and speculating on people's hearts is really a must, and now her words are sharp, in front of her, there is simply no room for a trace of artificiality. Xu Xun smiled and said, "I haven't said a word yet, but Niangniang has said a long list." ”

She didn't pretend to be stupid, paused, and said, "Last year was last year, this year is this year, and last year's illness dragged on for a month. I'm afraid that if I get sick this time, I may not be able to get up easily, the country can't be left without an owner for a day, it's okay for ten days and half a month, and if it drags on for more than a month, if it is not handed over to you, who else will it be handed over? I think you still have to be ready to take over. ”

What she said was not false, and the Queen Mother also sighed and stopped arguing with Xu Xun.

"Now the cabinet is very tough," she said the truth, "I don't put the inner court in my eyes at all, I don't understand these things, I just can't pick out the thorns if I want to, just take the seal and stamp it on the edict, this is a virtual excitement, I don't care, the old lady can bear it herself and don't push it to me, that's the best." ”

After wanting to establish the king of Xiang, the majesty of the inner court was greatly reduced, and the queen mother took the initiative to cede most of the power, and now the cabinet of three people, how to say internally, is an iron plate externally, no one can pry open it - especially for the inner court, but also united the ministers, in many matters are the same word, there is no room for the inner court to express opinions. It is not surprising that the Queen Mother has this opinion, Xu Xundao, "In fact, it is nothing more than stamping, since you don't understand, then send in what to cover, if something goes wrong, it is not you who will lose face, it is naturally the cabinet." If you don't understand it, don't you just read it? ”

Such an irresponsible comment naturally aroused the queen mother's eyes, and the two discussed a few words, and when they saw that it was getting late, they dispersed when it was approaching the second watch. On the second day, the three of them went to Renshou Palace to visit the Empress Dowager.

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The Empress Dowager really felt the weather, suffered from the cold, had a low-grade fever, and had a slight diarrhea. Such a small illness, there is no need to be too excited, the children are in class as usual, the three of them said a few words around, seeing that the Queen Mother was a little tired, Xu Xun and the Queen Mother came out, leaving Jingci Immortal Master to take care of the old lady - she and the Queen Mother have a deep friendship, like a mother and daughter, she will take care of it, and the Queen Mother is also the most comfortable.

As soon as he got out of the inner courtyard door, he saw an inner servant coming to him, Xu Xunyuan didn't care, the queen mother traveled with her, and she had to kneel far away when she saw the car driver, let alone see someone? Seeing that he glanced at himself one more time before bowing, she could not help but move in her heart, and she used her eyes to look him up and down—but this person was kneeling, and she could hardly see anything from his back.

When he got closer, Xu Xun was suspicious in his heart, but he was still not very sure, so he simply raised his voice and asked, "Who is kneeling there?" ”

"Dongchang Liu Zhien, I have seen the Queen Mother and the Concubine Mother." The man saluted and kowtowed to the two of them, and only then did he half-straighten his waist and reply in harmony.

The Queen Mother may have recognized him earlier, and she was not surprised, but she also stopped and said, "Is there something wrong with you coming?" The old lady is not feeling well, if there is no major incident, please go back to peace, don't disturb her rest. ”

Liu Zhien hurriedly said yes, "It's not a big deal, just some trivial chores back and forth." In this case, the slave and maid asked for peace from afar and turned back. ”

The East Factory he is in charge of is already a piece of land in the inner court, and the attention it receives is not trivial, and there must be nothing to come in to say goodbye, Xu Xun nodded, and also praised, "But you are attentive and careful, I heard that you entered the East Factory, I am also very happy for you, and in the future, you can serve the old lady and the big man with all your heart." ”

She is a standard old master's tone, and Liu Zhien is also decent, "The slave must be ruined with liver and brains to repay the deep gratitude of several generations of masters." ”

"Niangniang, if you have nothing to order, will you go back?" Xu Xun asked, and when he saw the Queen Mother nodding, he looked at her and smiled, passed Liu Zhien, who was still kneeling, and walked out of the courtyard.

It wasn't until she went to the palace and put down the curtain that Xu Xun leaned behind her that she let herself reveal a little emotion: I haven't seen her for ten years, but I don't know the other side. If she hadn't taken a second look, she was afraid that she would pass by like that, and she wouldn't have known that Liu Zhien was kneeling a few feet away.

It seems that he and the Queen Mother are also on good terms, not to mention the Empress Dowager, even if the two palaces have a tacit understanding, if the Empress Dowager is not satisfied enough and believes that Liu Zhien is not capable, he will not be able to ascend to the position of the Duke of Dongchang. - Every time she thought of Yoo Zhi-eun, she always felt guilty and uneasy, and felt as if she had delayed his future, and today it was twists and turns, but Seon was blessed, and he had reached the top of power faster than his peers - but it was also because of her.

Perhaps, today, this concern can really be let go......

Thinking of the past, the corners of Xu Xun's lips couldn't help but show a little self-deprecating smile - if he could really think like this, then it would be fine.

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was so interrupted by the empress dowager's illness, Xu Xun couldn't spare time for a while, so he summoned Liu Zhien to come in and reply. Because of the Empress Dowager's illness, she was unfortunately seriously affected by her, and her recovery was really slow, delayed for more than half a month, and she still had diarrhea from time to time and had a low-grade fever at night. The prescription prescribed by a group of imperial doctors is only barely improved after eating, and it cannot be cured in the end. The Queen Mother had no choice but to run to Renshou Palace every day, on the one hand, she was sick, and on the other hand, she also had to stamp on behalf of the Queen Mother to watch the music and manage some idle palace affairs.

She has passed, can Xu Xun and the immortal master still be idle? Inevitably, they have to go around every day, even if the Empress Dowager is usually sleeping during the day, they have to go over and sit. After making trouble for more than half a month, the Empress Dowager's condition finally improved, and everyone was able to return to their original pace of life. The Queen Mother has to work hard, although she has returned to Qingning Palace to reside, but she still has to go over to stamp it in three or two days, and some things that were originally under the control of the Queen Mother, now she is naturally duty-bound.

It was on such an afternoon that Liu Zhien came to Xu Xun to say goodbye. According to his own words, when he arrived at Qingning Palace, he asked the Queen Mother how she was doing, and remembered that the old master was nearby, so he naturally had to come over and walk around and ask Xu Xun how well.

- Don't blame him for being so cautious and careful to avoid suspicion, because this concubine's henchman went to the East Factory to be the factory supervisor, which is actually a very taboo thing. To put it mildly, even the evidence of Xu Xun's troubles in the government, of course, from the perspective of the Queen Mother, this matter may not be a big deal, after all, Liu Zhien has been transferred for many years, and he has not served for long. But the Empress Dowager is well aware of Liu Zhien's transfer from the original situation, if the two are still close, it will greatly hinder both Xu Xun's reputation and Liu Zhien's own future.

However, having said that, looking at Liu Zhien, who saluted him in the hall, Xu Xun still felt a little ridiculous: between the two of them, there had never been any selfishness or conspiracy, even the emperor, and he never said that Liu Zhien was nothing, and even admitted that he was also his loyal servant. Now that he has gone, and he still asked Liu Zhien to go to Beijing, obviously to pave the way for her in the future, but it is such a frank relationship, it is clear that neither the Queen Mother nor the Queen Mother take it too seriously, and you still have to be careful when you meet, I really don't know whose suspicion you are hiding.

"Father-in-law Liu, please get up," Liu Zhien was polite, and she was also polite, "Come on--give me a seat." ”

Liu Zhien didn't dare to sit, he thanked him again and again, "In front of the mother, where is there a place for slaves and maids to sit?" ”

Xu Xun also felt that the house was restrained, Liu Zhien was uncomfortable, and she was not comfortable, so she simply got up, "It's okay, it's stuffy in the house, let's go to the back garden for a walk." ”

Qing'an Palace also has a small back garden, with a swing tied to it, for a little bit, and the strong child has nothing to do to kick on for fun. In a corner of the garden, a shelf was erected, so that the creeper coiled back and forth, and a few grapes were planted, which had already borne fruit at this time, and the vine leaves were entangled, and it was a good place to escape the heat in summer. Xu Xun took Liu Zhien and Han Nushi, strolled all the way, and sat under the creeping tiger frame.

She and Liu Zhien, standing and sitting, the two of them for a while, no one spoke, Xu Xun only felt an embarrassing atmosphere, like a small insect twisting on the neck, she looked at Liu Zhien, I don't know how, suddenly remembered Emperor Zhang again, my heart was even more sour, stunned for a while, and then asked, "I heard that you did a good job in Dongchang......

"Uncle Feng takes care of it." Liu Zhien replied calmly, "There have been no storms. ”

"That's good." Xu Xun let out a sigh of relief, and finally told the truth, "If you are uneasy about your position in Dongchang, I will feel even more sorry for you in my heart." In the past, it was because of me that you went to Nanjing, and it was easy to settle down in Nanjing, and because of me, I was dragged by my eldest brother to come to Dongchang - but it was so unfortunate that it was so unfortunate that it was so difficult to make a fuss......

"The slave and maid are in Nanjing, and they don't have much to do." Liu Zhien smiled slightly, "Although the slave maid is a eunuch, she also has some ambition to do business, and she has the grace of Emperor Zhang, and she has a share of following her godfather to the sea. This is the mother's support for the slave and maid, how can there be a can't help but say it? ”

is still so good at talking, the emperor inexplicably sent him out, and inexplicably pulled him in, in Liu Zhien's mouth, it became the emperor's grace, his own support.

Xu Xun couldn't help but smile a little on her lips, and the rustiness of a long-term absence seemed to slowly dissipate with Liu Zhien's smoothness, she said, "You can't say that, Liu Zhien, you understand me, what happened back then...... I feel very sorry for you, it's my own willfulness, but it has affected you. ”

"It's a slave's business." Liu Zhien said naturally, "The mother treats the slave and the maid seriously, and the slave and the maid should also repay the friendship of the mother, besides, the slave and the maid are also completely sure that the emperor will not condemn the slave and the maid, so why should the mother be angry?" To put it mildly, the emperor is merciful, and the mother may not understand it, but the slave and maid have long understood, if they think they will die, the slave and maid may not do so. Always rely on the emperor still has a little understanding, expected that the emperor's character, will be able to take a piece of loyalty and filial piety of the slave maid, even if there is a punishment, it is also a small punishment and a big commandment, I am afraid that in the future I will pay more attention to the slave and maid, so I will take a risk, sure enough, otherwise, the slave and maid are afraid that they will not be able to be promoted to the Nanjing celebrant supervisor, but because of the blessing of misfortune, they have been promoted--speaking, the slave has not yet asked the mother to forgive the sins of the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid eavesdropped first, and acted without authorization, and took advantage of the mother's fall to achieve their own promotion level, which is really intended to be used-"

As he spoke, he was about to kneel down again, Xu Xun hurriedly drank it, she was a little helpless, "Why do you have to be like this?" ”

Liu Zhien's statement made her shake a little - it's not that Liu Zhien's can make her believe, it's just ...... In this matter, Liu Zhien's attitude of not wanting her to appreciate it has been expressed very strongly, and Xu Xun doesn't know what result he can insist on no matter how persistent he is. Does she have to force Yoo Ji-eun to admit that he risked his life to save her, so that she can be satisfied? In fact, even if it is today's friendship, she can no longer repay it, if Liu Zhien really did it at that time, how should she repay this affection?

As the saying goes, suspicion gives rise to dark ghosts, she and Liu Zhien were originally frank and unrestrained, and there was no place to see anyone, but because of the emperor's suspicions, both of them are a little uncomfortable today, she forced nothing to do, and Liu Zhien had to reluctantly clear it up, as if they had had some mountain alliance and sea oath, and they had promised each other for life behind their backs, as if they were eating each other. Xu Xun thought about it, and also felt ridiculous - although in the harem of Emperor Wen, there were not a few unfavored concubines and eunuchs who ate in pairs, maybe Jiao Zhaoyi and Cao Baolin also had one or two internal servants, but those were all unfavored concubines, only a thing, after she Xu Xun entered the palace, more than ten years of ups and downs to now, even if there are many ups and downs, but there has never been a lack of favor, if this can still be thought about others, then what has become of her? Then, is she still worthy of Emperor Zhang?

As for Liu Zhien, he once said that he has been pure since he was a child, has no evil thoughts, has never thought of men and women, and does not want to look for vegetable households. She Xu Xun is not a charming beauty, if she thinks that she can make a eunuch move the idea of □, it is too self-inflicted...... This is completely Emperor Zhang's own chasing after the wind and shadows, and he has some strange suspicions, she and Liu Zhien can indeed be said to be masters and servants, but if there is anything else, it is too unreasonable.

Yes, she told herself in her heart: such an inference is extremely reasonable, and the matter must be so true. Liu Zhien and her are clearly nothing, but it is because of Emperor Zhang that they can't find a way to get along. She was afraid that he would misunderstand, but she was afraid that Liu Zhien was even more afraid that she would misunderstand something, so although she took the initiative to ask for it, she behaved so cautiously and cautiously. - It must be so, it is not fake.

found the crux of the problem, Xu Xun was calmer, she didn't ask Liu Zhien about Liu Zhien's mentality at that time, but said, "Although you are very sure, but after all, it was to save me that you angered my eldest brother and was sent to Nanjing." I can have today, and even reconcile with my eldest brother, it is all your credit - however, the eldest brother did not explain the details of the events of that day, and I did not know about it, nor did I be able to send some Cheng Yi to express my heart, and I always felt very indebted to you as a hero. ”

Liu Zhien arched his hand, and his expression relaxed a little, "Niangniang, this is too polite, but then again, if you give something, I'm afraid it will be even more disadvantageous to the slave." ”

Talking to Liu Zhien, that's it, as soon as Xu Xun showed his meaning, he picked up the conversation. Xu Xun smiled happily, and followed Liu Zhien's foreshadowing to pick up the knots between the two. "Yes, after all, you have committed a big taboo, and it is a bit out of bounds, and the eldest brother sent you to Nanjing, so that you can practice for a few more years, and then reuse it, which is already extremely lenient - how much is it for my face. If I still send this and that, I'm afraid that it will remind my eldest brother of your mistakes, and your future is even worse, you know in your heart that you haven't seen me cold, then I will be at ease. ”

After a pause, she added again, "Now that the matter has passed, over the years, I have been able to fall in love with my eldest brother, thanks to your rescue at that time, this affection, you can't shirk it anymore, you have to let me owe it." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhien's shoulders also relaxed, he showed a relieved smile for the first time, and his shoulders also relaxed, "The mother treats the slave and the maid seriously, and the slave and the maid should treat the mother like this, the love of the master and the servant, keep it in your heart for a long time, why talk about what love is not ruthless." ”

He changed the subject, "It's been a year since I moved to the West Palace, is it still comfortable for my mother to live here?" All kinds of supplies are still abundant, right? ”

Picking up this topic and clarifying the misunderstanding, Xu Xun was much more relieved, she smiled slightly, and said sincerely, "It's all up to you to take care of you." ”

"It's the mother who is popular." Liu Zhien shook his head, "The slave didn't ask anything. ”

"It's enough to have you in the East Factory, and you have to ask in person, it's already inferior." Xu Xun doesn't eat Liu Zhien's set, she knows it: now, she is relying on Liu Zhien's care. Although Emperor Zhang died without making follow-up arrangements, thinking about it, the current situation may not be much different from what he expected.

However, when it comes to Emperor Zhang, there is always one thing that cannot be bypassed-Liu Zhien must have said something or done to make Emperor Zhang sure that more than ten years later, he will still faithfully take care of her Xu Xun......

It's just that Yoo Ji-eun herself seems to be a little evasive about this topic, and even made up such a set of nonsense to fool her. Xu Xun didn't want to ask anything more, anyway, Liu Zhien was willing to gamble for the sake of loyalty, whether his life would be in danger or not, he always bet on his rich future, even if he only looked at this, it was natural for Emperor Zhang to trust his character. Why did she bother to get to the bottom of it and make the atmosphere stiff? People don't want to say it, there may be many reasons, maybe Emperor Zhang's attitude was a little unkind at that time, maybe Liu Zhien fooled the emperor in order to survive, maybe nothing happened at all, Liu Zhien was sent to Nanjing in a daze, everything is Emperor Zhang's own decision, anyway, everything, there is already a very reasonable explanation, why does she need to ask more?

"You are the father of Dongchang Factory, you are busy with official business on weekdays, and it is inconvenient to mix with our inner palace maids," she said, "There may not be too many opportunities to meet in the future, but I can talk about it today, and I have one less thing to worry about, I know, I have nothing to repay you now, and there are not many opportunities to repay this kindness......

"If the mother wants to say this, the slave will not dare to come to the door in the future." Liu Zhien put up his face, "The slave maid has served Niangniang, and she has been Niangniang's subordinate all her life, is it possible that now that she has some authority, Niangniang still doesn't allow me to enter the door, I'm afraid that I will be a villain and be rich and proud?" ”

Xu Xun couldn't help laughing, "Are you rich and proud?" Are you such a person? ”

Liu Zhien also smiled slightly, "It's hard to say, maybe this is how Niangniang thinks of me?" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, the rustiness of not seeing each other for many years, and the embarrassment caused by the complicated previous relationship, seemed to gradually dissipate with this laugh and this joke. Liu Zhien looked left and right, lowered his voice slightly, and said in a low voice, "The slave maid came to the palace to ask for peace this time, in fact, he also came with questions - you also know that the slave maid has been away from the palace for many years, and the colleagues in the past are now either promoted or gone to other places, and there are not many connections in the palace anymore. ”

Liu Zhien and his people will definitely not make a fuss and be untargeted, he said that there is a doubt, this must be a real question, Xu Xun couldn't help but nod along with his words, he had already listened attentively. "Yes, you don't have many acquaintances in this palace anymore. ――But Dongchang's eyeliner is also a little insufficient? ”

"That's not ......" Liu Zhien hesitated again before asking, "I don't know how much Niangniang knows about Wang Zhen?" ”