Mixed to the point of Xu Xun, she is really only one step away from the back position, and if she wants to say that she is not the top level of palace power, not many people will believe it. It is really a very normal thing for power to circulate among the upper echelons, Jingci Immortal Master was not in good health, and he almost died of illness when he was the queen, which is also a well-known fact, and it is also very natural that she needs to recuperate in Chang'an Palace. And since this is the case, it is logical that the queen mother and the emperor agreed to let the imperial concubine take care of the house. After all, the queen has also been sick for many years, and now in the eyes of outsiders, she has just recovered momentum, and when the imperial concubine was a concubine before, she used to manage palace affairs for a period of time - and in the hearts of the low-level palace maids and low-level concubines, she managed it better than several masters.

Although the palace is big, but in the end it is also composed of people, Xu Xun has won the hearts of the people, and today he took over the palace affairs again, and naturally everything went smoothly. She also followed the old example, assisted by Aunt Qiao and Mama Zhou, and the two Shanggong directors were both old people, so she didn't need to say anything, she tried her best to do things, and she could give her many precedents for any matter, and analyze the pros and cons of various practices.

The people at the bottom can work hard, Xu Xun is naturally labor-saving, coupled with Qingning Palace's lenient policy towards her, this time the alternation of palace power is also a smooth transition. Xu Xun almost took over in the joy of the upper and lower people, and in just a few days, she didn't do anything, and everyone praised her, "After all, the imperial concubine is kind and kind!" ”

In this festive scene, the only person who is unhappy is probably the queen. - Then again, if it weren't for making her unhappy, the Queen Mother wouldn't have pinched her nose to support Xu Xun. Although she partially achieved her goal this time and pried out the power of managing the palace from Qingning Palace, the emperor let Xu Xun take over the palace affairs without consulting her, which can hardly be said to be the most ideal result in her heart.

Since she is still nominally sick, she needs to serve the sick, when Xu Xun went to serve the queen, her face was not very good-looking, and when she saw Xu Xun coming in, she said sourly, "Yo, the fairy daughter is here." ”

Xu Xun said peacefully, "I don't understand what Niangniang means. ”

The queen is sick now, that is, in the name of illness, and the concubines who came to serve the sick basically sat in the side room for a few hours to go back, knowing that she was in the back room, and she couldn't help but endure hardship. Even if Xu Xun is the imperial concubine, she can't be an exception, but she at least has a little special treatment, she has shown up, the queen is not invited in, and she can probably go back to her house after a while, it is better for other concubines to sit for an afternoon - the identity of the imperial concubine brings her this difference.

Today, the queen invited her in, maybe she was going to sour her, but seeing Xu Xun's flat reaction, she was deflated and said stupidly, "Don't think you have anything to be proud of, I didn't want to manage the palace again this time, but I didn't want her to respond to me anymore, you have great power, and it is in my arms - it can't be regarded as my loss." ”

The queen's desire to win is really helpless, Xu Xun said helplessly, "I didn't say that you lost, who are you playing chess with, from beginning to end, what does it matter to me?" ”

"Don't think I don't know." The queen glanced at Xu Xun and snorted, "With the temperament of the eldest brother, how can he be so kind to the immortal master, you often go to Qingning Palace for a while, not to consult with the immortal master and the queen mother, but who to go to?" ”

The emperor didn't pay attention to her movements, which didn't mean that the immortal master wouldn't be careful, but Xu Xun didn't get information from her words: this matter, she was just guessing from beginning to end, and it didn't sound like she meant to communicate with the emperor. It seems that she doesn't feel bad, the emperor has never been able to completely forgive the immortal master, but he is afraid that he is not for the queen in this matter, but just a disgust for the immortal master, and a maintenance bolt.

"After all, it's a sister, and when she was in the past, she didn't treat me badly." This thought was fleeting, and Xu Xunyi said, "I'm here to protect her, not to step on you, you don't have too much heart." ”

The queen shook her head, she suddenly showed a little sentimentality, "Compared to the Holy Will, after all, I still lost to you......"

Xu Xun couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, if the queen was domineering, she might be more comfortable. "Niangniang asked me to enter the door today, just to talk about this?"

"That's not it," the queen also gave her a blank look because of Xu Xun's impatient tone, "I just wanted to ask you, do the two people who Qingning Palace dispose of really deserve to die?" ”

The emperor must have explained something to the queen in this matter, Xu Xun didn't know what her intention was when she asked herself again, she was slightly stunned, and said, "This ......"

Before she could speak, the queen intercepted again, "You don't have to say anything about the scene, I think it's strange, when Wang Zhen talks about this, he always talks about it, I want to ask in detail, but he refuses to say it." I'm afraid that the so-called two people he pointed out are not so true, right? ”

Wang Zhen has been popular over the years, first by the emperor's side, then by Shang Baojian, and then somehow he went to the prince's side as a companion. Being clever will come to things, Xu Xun has heard people praise him, and she has no impression of him, but today she can't help but feel a little disliked: he really doesn't delay, and between the emperor and the queen, no one can be offended. I don't want to think about it, if the emperor knows this, can he please it?

"I don't know about this, now that the immortal master has also returned to Chang'an Palace, presumably the foster nanny next to you will take closer care of the bolt, whether it is the two of them or not, does it matter?" Xu Xun asked rhetorically, "Those two have always been the hearts of immortal masters, and it is difficult to find more important pawns, are you still not satisfied?" ”

The queen was so blocked by Xu Xun that she couldn't speak, she snorted stupidly, thought for a while, and said, "It's not that I'm not satisfied, I just feel that there is something strange ...... inside."

She still waved her hand and laughed at herself, "That's it, even if there is something strange, the eldest brother has said that this is the end, what else can I do?" Now even the old lady has been cleaned up honestly, saying what is what, saying that if you don't let the Jingci Immortal Master out of Chang'an Palace, the Immortal Master will really not go out, and the old lady didn't say a word...... What am I, and how dare I act rashly? Or when I were you? ”

Although this is a mockery, it also reveals a bit of sincerity: with the extension of the emperor's reign, his control over the court and the court is getting stronger and stronger, and in this palace, there are fewer and fewer people who can go against his wishes, or even confront him a little. Xu Xun smiled bitterly, and also told the truth, "Why bother squeezing me?" Do you want to take care of the palace? It's not that my eldest brother asked me to take care of it, I can't leave it alone......"

The two looked at each other, and for a moment there was a strange feeling of sympathy for each other—but they felt a little strange, after all, the two were opposites, and they were really not suitable for this kind of sympathy.

The queen broke the deadlock first, she coughed, and said, "I heard Mama Zhou say that there is nothing going on in the palace recently?" ”

"After all, I only picked it up at the beginning of spring," Xu Xun said truthfully, "Except for some routine affairs, there is nothing, in fact, the six Shang can take care of it, and I don't have any work." ”

"Then it's better to pick up the unfinished business." The queen seems to have typed the draft early, it seems to be a small talk, but in fact, I don't know how rhythmic, "Didn't you look at Nei'an Le Tang before?" In the past few years, the old lady has been in charge, although there are more doctors in it, but you also know how the medical skills are. ”

With such a big palace, how can there be immortals? In the past few years, there have been many sick palace maids in Yong'an Palace, and now that there are doctors in Nei'an Le Hall, Xu Xun is not good at opening the door to let them go out of the palace to see a doctor - of course, it is not that no one has recovered and returned, but there are also people who have fallen ill and cannot return to Yong'an Palace to serve, and some people have died of illness, and the recovery rate is even lower than before.

After Xu Xun took over the palace affairs this time, she was mainly thinking about this problem, when she didn't care about things, she was not in her position and did not seek her own politics, and she would not think about change with self-deprecation, now that she was in charge, she naturally had to try to improve the diagnosis and treatment system in the palace. However, it is impossible for her to believe that the queen is completely well-intentioned.

Seeing that she didn't speak, just looked at herself silently, the queen couldn't help but smile, but she was also generous, "The old lady has been blocking me for a few years, and I will also add some blocking to her, isn't it too much?" ”

This move is indeed quite ruthless, it is considered a kind of yang scheme, and if Xu Xun's temperament is calculated, it must be blind to the status quo, she pushes it, if Xu Xun makes a move, it is equivalent to slapping the queen mother in the face again, the queen mother is embarrassed, and the relationship with Xu Xun is naturally estranged. If she didn't make a move, the queen would have another trick to despise her in the future, and she really couldn't lose anything, Xu Xunqi said, "Niangniang, are you still strange at this time that I don't want to be friends with you?" ”

The queen smiled and said calmly, "I also feel that it seems that it is more refreshing not to be friends than to be friends." At least some things are more interesting to talk about on the table than to put them in your heart. ”

If she is very angry because of this, it is equivalent to entertaining the queen, besides, although Xu Xun feels helpless, but she does not have any emotions, after all these years of ups and downs, she is no longer the child who does not rub sand in her eyes, thinking that shijie is as pure as the book says.

"I have thoughts on this, too." She readily admitted, "When the time comes, let's act when the opportunity comes, if it doesn't work, we have to use Niangniang's liliang." ”

"Hey, you can afford me now?" The queen covered her mouth and smiled, "The road is facing the sky, go to one side, who said this, why did I forget?" ”

Xu Xun gave her a fierce look, the queen couldn't stop laughing, over the years, she didn't have to take care of the palace to recuperate, her complexion has improved a lot, and now she is even happier when she smiles, the haggard patient who described it as withered in the past has been faintly replaced by a radiant young woman - but the corners of this young woman's eyes and eyebrows are a few more wrinkles that can't be concealed after all.

"Before, there was a medical department in the inner study hall, and I also invited my husband to teach, although this is not as good as the famous doctors outside, but it is better to apply it first." Xu Xun has nothing to hide, after all, even if the queen doesn't know about this now, Mama Zhou will return it on the day it is implemented. "Otherwise, wouldn't these chamberlains be unlucky and useless? It is only the seeds of reading that can be selected into the inner study hall, and it is not good to spoil others. Use it first, if it doesn't work, it can be regarded as benevolent and righteous, and then try to take measures. ”

This delay can at least drag out half a year and a year, after all, the medical department has not been opened for a few years, the queen pouted, "Although this is right, but in the inner palace for a year, I don't know how many people will die in vain for this, do you really want to go?" ”

"I don't want to go, and there's nothing I can do." Xu Xunping said flatly, "Why don't you let Niangniang take care of it?" ”

One sentence choked the queen, she glanced at Xu Xun and snorted, "Are you provoking me?" ”

Xu Xun only smiled and said nothing, and the queen thought for a long time and said. "Although I haven't recovered yet, I can't take care of it, but it's not that I haven't planned for it, I didn't know it before, but now that I know, there is naturally no reason to go on like this. The countermeasures you mentioned will not have an immediate effect. If it is up to me, it is better to send someone to the king of Zhou first, ask for some eunuchs who can heal, or a folk doctor who can heal, and open a temporary medical hall in the south area. ”

Xu Xun said in surprise, "The original King of Zhou has been gone for nearly ten years, and now this one is a master of opera, is there still a good doctor around him?" ”

She really didn't know about it, so she asked sincerely, because the two fathers and sons of King Zhou of this generation are very famous, the old King Zhou is a miracle medicine star, and he has written many works on materia medica, but the little King Zhou is a miscellaneous drama everyone, and he has offered a lot of birthday miscellaneous dramas to Beijing in recent years, but I haven't heard that he is also good at medicine.

The queen's face turned red and said, "Have you gone?" I forgot for a while, and after I got sick, my memory sometimes suddenly became bad. ”

King Zhou rarely enters Beijing, usually the ladies of the inner court and the domain basically have no contact, it is normal to remember, Xu Xun believes that the queen is indeed talking and thinking, she thought about it, and said, "In fact, there is no need for King Zhou to give people, how many patients can there be in the inner court, and the many doctors in the hospital are not all busy, and the inner peace hall can't be cured, and then invite them over, it is not overkill." It's nothing to let them hold it for a few years. ”

The queen smiled quietly, "The imperial concubine is reasonable. ”

Xu Xun couldn't help but be a little depressed, she had no excuse to delay any longer when the queen said this, the sooner this strategy was implemented, the sooner the patients in Nei'an Le Tang would have more hope of recovery.

"I'll discuss it with my eldest brother first." Of course, she didn't take a sip of it, and took a sip of tea, not wanting to continue the topic. "After that, how are you?"

"It's okay, he's busy with schoolwork, his heart is real, and he won't think about it." The queen hesitated, "Zhuang'er's side—"

"Zhuang'er already knows his background." Xu Xun sighed, "Anyway, it's still like that, he didn't say that he wanted to see his own mother." ”

"After all, it's you who has to hurt your big brother." The queen began to pantothenic acid again, "This one of our families...... Alas, you can only see walking steps. ”

"Then I'll exchange it with you?" Xu Xun was not angry: just said that this is a preface, and the queen would rather die of trouble than be willing to exchange with her.

"I'll exchange Yuanyuan with you." The queen let out a sigh of relief and shook her head gently.

Xu Xun was silent for a while, "The relationship between you and Yuanyuan ......"

The queen just shook her head and said abruptly, "The child is older and has his own ideas, and some things can be explained clearly without explanation." ”

Come to think of it, she is also very lonely and lonely on weekdays, so there are not many people to talk about in the court where mothers are extremely rare. is willing to uncover his scars in front of Xu Xun, just to confide in the pleasure.

Xu Xun can only be silent about this, but it is impossible for her to learn to pinch the emperor's hand to the emperor. At this time, I just want to ask: if you were to go back in time, would you still do the same thing?

As soon as this question emerged, Xu Xun also had an answer in his heart: the queen would definitely make this choice, but unlike last time, this time, she will do it more perfectly and more in place, remove all threats in advance, and strive for all support...... After all, she was originally such a person, and this kind of person would never dare to gamble because she was afraid of losing.

Emperors, empresses, and even Emperor Wen and Empress Dowagers...... Even if they go back in time, at the moment of that decision, Xu Xun thinks that there is a great possibility, even if they know the future development, they will still make the same decision, although these people have different temperaments, but they all have one thing in common: they are all very confident and believe that they are different people.

The little sympathy for the queen diluted again, and the guilt in Xu Xun's heart, which was not strong, weakened even more, and she brought up the topic that had been repeatedly postponed by herself just now. "When you speak of princesses, I remember. The eldest brother means that it is time to handle Ah Huang's marriage. ”

The queen was surprised: "Ah Huang is only fourteen years old this year, right?" Her aunts were all married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, could it be a little early? ”

"I'm to blame for that." Xu Xun sighed, "I used her as an excuse to plead with my eldest brother......"

The queen suddenly 'understood', she couldn't help but shake her head, but said something for Ah Huang, "How can you say that she is also a firstborn daughter, how old is it, for the sake of the immortal master, she wants to be an adult, so why should you implicate the child." ”

She has been shrewd and calculating all her life, but now she is speaking for the person who calculated her, Xu Xun now doesn't know whether to feel funny or sad, she said, "Big brother is such a character, he has made up his mind, who can change it?" I'm just going to say hello to you, lest Mama Zhou hear about this, and try to find out openly and secretly - she is too old to bother so much. ”

The queen smiled, and for a moment, it was really like the two of them were sitting and talking about homely things when they were young, smiling and saying without any extraneous meaning, "You will win people's hearts, and you will feel more sorry for me than me." ”

Xu Xun looked at her vivid expression, and suddenly remembered the past, sighing in his heart, how can he say anything?

#就如同后妃两人一致的体认, now in this palace, there are not many people who can resist the emperor's decision. The emperor didn't need to explain to anyone, and if others had doubts about his decision, they could only guess in their hearts. Anyway, the Queen Mother is like this, even if Ah Huang's marriage is suddenly put on the agenda, she is likely to have her own suspicions, but judging from what Xu Xun has learned, even if she has an idea, she has not brought it up to the emperor - naturally she will not come to ask her.

Although it is said that the new official has three fires, the female officials and concubines in the palace who treat her warmly must also look forward to her seeking some welfare for them, otherwise, they will not treat her like this, so good that Xu Xun is a little flattered. However, after thinking about it again, Xu Xun still decided to settle Ah Huang's concubine first, so as not to affect each other, in case the Queen Mother was angry and wanted to deal with her or something, one came and went, but both things were delayed.

The princess of the dynasty selects the horses, and the palace picks the draft girls, they are all selected in the small households, and the selected horses have no special circumstances, and they cannot participate in politics at all. If you are capable, you may be able to enter the office, but you can do things, but you can't unite Shili, and there is only one thing that an authentic horse should do: serve the princess.

Even though he is clothed and fed, and his servants are like clouds, but a manly husband can't do anything in the world, and he can't even accept concubines at the feet of his mothers. And the princess usually lives in the princess's mansion, and the horses can't see each other unless they are called, so they can only spend their days in the palace alone. In such a career, not to mention the children and reading seeds who have to take care of the future of the whole family, even the rich children with some ambitions are afraid that they are not willing to do it. When several of the emperor's sisters got married, Xu Xun cultivated himself and rarely asked about foreign affairs. I heard a few mysterious rumors: it is said that among the husbands of several princesses, except for the eldest princess of Jiaxing, the concubine is indeed a man, before marrying the princess, he has military merits, and he is also shrewd and capable on weekdays, and the rest of the concubines are honest and inadequate, and in layman's terms, it is a bit stupid......

No matter what Ah Huang's temperament is, it is very far away from stupidity anyway, and if he finds a too honest colt, he is afraid that he will not be able to suppress her, and he is even more afraid that she will have a sigh of 'even if it is a colt case, it will be difficult to calm it in the end'. Xu Xun had no choice but to beg the emperor softly, asking him to send a henchman to pick up horses, instead of finding a eunuch from the Zongren Mansion as usual. You must know that there are many eunuchs in the palace, and many people have been eunuchs all their lives, and they can be regarded as mixed up, but they may have only met the emperor a few times. Send such a person to choose a colt, and who knows what kind of person will be chosen? Naturally, it is not as reassuring as a henchman.

Perhaps to make up for Ah Huang, the emperor gladly agreed to her request, and even generously sent Jin Ying, who was also one of the giants of the celebrant eunuch. Some of the speculations that came out of the hasty Ah Huang marriage were also calmed down because of the emperor's preferential treatment.

Xu Xun didn't dare to slack off, so he summoned Jin Ying and asked for almost more than 100 items, and he wanted a good character, a good look, a clean family, and a strict family style...... Jin Ying smiled bitterly when she heard this, and when Xu Xun finished speaking, she stepped forward and said, "Back to the words of the imperial concubine, you are reasonable, there is only one thing - I don't know who leaked the news, as soon as the news of the selection of horses in this palace came out, many families in the city were busy arranging marriages!" ”

Yes? Xu Xun was dumbfounded, and she asked reflexively, "Then, when the eldest princesses got married before—"

Jin Ying lowered her voice, "When the eldest princess got married, it was the same, how many of the literate families in the city didn't want their children to take the imperial examination to become serious officials?" They are all married. The old lady chose for the eldest princess of Jiaxing for half a day, and the left selection was not selected and the right was not selected, if it were not, she would not have chosen the current captain of the horse - at that time, he was already an official, and it stands to reason that he should not be selected. As for the rest of the younger sisters......"

The rest of the people are not from the old lady, of course, there is no such treatment, Xu Xun then understood, for a while, not only for Ah Huang, but also for a little worry in advance-

If this is the case, I am afraid that a good son-in-law is rare!

The author has something to say: depressed, I haven't slept well for two nights in a row.

Hope to sleep well tonight!

PS I weighed the cat today, but I didn't expect it to look so fat, but it was only 6 pounds and 6 ......