In a blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the cold wind of late autumn has once again blown all over the palace, and the palace has begun to prepare for winter. Renovating the palace, relighting the flue, and even preparing the charcoal fire that will be delivered to the concubines every winter are all routine work, however, because the most important Shang Palace Bureau in the six Shang this year has changed the Shang Palace, the person in charge can't help but add a little more care, and almost finish these errands with his ears, and when he came to ask for peace, he also asked the Queen Mother and the Concubine anxiously, "Two Niangniang, after the renovation this year, is there anything unsatisfactory?" ”

The emperor is pro-government, in order to show filial piety, the first thing to do is to renovate the palace for Qingning Palace and Qing'an Palace, although the Qianqing Palace has not been renovated for ** years, the painted gold at the head of the palace has fallen off a little, but the emperor has not mentioned the repair, but it is the residence of the queen mother and the concubine, which is decorated with a new decoration, and some small problems on the building have been repaired by the way, this year's warm pavilion is particularly warm, only less than half of the firewood burned in the middle of winter, and the house is so hot that even the cotton jacket can not be worn. The Queen Mother nodded, not hiding her appreciation, "It's all good, hard work queen." ”

A generation of newcomers replaced the old, after the emperor was in power, the queen mother did not continue to uphold the meaning of power in the palace, but signaled the queen to take over the six palace affairs, and enjoyed the retirement life comfortably in the Qingning Palace. The emperor did not do any less, after renovating the two palaces, he added the queen mother and the concubine's mother's relatives, and all kinds of filial piety also earned him a lot of praise for his flesh and numbness. Coupled with his great respect for Lord Shoufu Xiyang, in this early year of pro-government, the emperor's reputation was still very good, even higher than the evaluation he received when he was not pro-government - although it was because the original evaluation was indeed low, but it was also rare to have such a result.

Although the arrogance of Warat is getting higher and higher day by day, and the troubles on the border are getting more and more day by day, but after all, it is a disease of scabies, not in its position, not seeking its government, after the queen mother retreats to the position where she should be, she also feels much faster than before, she is now the supreme in the palace, and she is not involved in court politics, of course, the courtiers are all flattering good words, even the emperor has to settle the province in the morning and dusk, and talk to the concubine who came to ask for peace in his spare time, and then summon his mother's relatives and married daughters into the palace to meet, and he will not be idle every day. Even the health that has been stumbling over the years is now improving, the red light is full of energy, and the energy of going around the small garden in the morning and evening looks like it can live to be a hundred years old.

However, today she has no joy, because of the queen's filial piety, that is, after a while, it was replaced by melancholy, the queen mother did not pay attention to the queen, but said to the next concubine, "Have you heard the news sent this morning?" ”

The life of the Queen Mother is leisurely, and the quality of life of the concubine is not much worse, she has been in power for two years, of course, at that time was subject to a lot of restrictions, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to be beaten over, but when the emperor is in power, this spirit of modesty and self-restraint and prudence is also the same as the Queen Mother, and has been vigorously praised by the courtiers. Although the reason was not clearly stated, after the Son of Heaven promoted the Xu family to Yulu because he was taught by the noble concubine, there were more such voices. Even the palace concubines respect the queen mother, but they are not cold to the concubines, and they have to go over to say hello every now and then, including the queen mother, who often takes her to talk - and even sometimes they go to Qing'an Palace to sit and sit, anyway, the distance between the two palaces is close. After supporting each other for all these years, there is not much resentment left when I was a concubine in the past, and what is more important is the friendship of helping each other in the same boat over the years.

"I haven't heard of it yet." The concubine shook her head, and her eyebrows gathered. "Is it a letter from Shunde?"

Since the queen entered the palace and the emperor was in power, the nicknames of the emperor's children have completely withdrawn from the stage, and in front of the queen, even Ah Huang is called by the title Shunde.

The Queen Mother nodded, her expression was also a little depressed, "The eldest princess's mansion came to deliver a letter this morning...... I don't dare to tell Chang'an Palace there yet. ”

"It's better not to say it." The concubine also shook her head, "Sister Hu heard about it, and if she is in a hurry, it will not be better." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, turned her head and instructed the queen again, "We old people, it's just a matter of visiting, don't go into Chang'an Palace to say hello for filial piety - it's a disease that will pass people's lives, but it's not fun, even those concubines don't let them go to Chang'an Palace." ”

"Yes." The queen didn't dare to say anything, so she responded with low eyebrows - in fact, for fear of the queen mother's taboo, the concubines almost never entered the Chang'an Palace to disturb Hu Xianshi's cultivation.

"From last year to this year, there have been several waves of epidemics in a row, and the first waves have been avoided, and I thought I could be safe, but I didn't expect that the last wave was nine out of ten diseases." The concubine sighed, "But Sister Hu has survived until this time, maybe she will be able to survive it." ”

She also makes sense to say this, last month the epidemic of typhoid fever in Beijing, several people in the palace were infected, among which the most serious disease was the Tian family, who had just been crowned a concubine, and was seriously ill before he was lucky, followed by several palace maids, and now they are gradually healing, and they are sick until now, almost all of them who can't survive have died, even if they don't die, that is, they are like the eldest princess of Shunde, just drag on the days, Hu Xianshi's condition has always been good and bad, and it is still hopeful, she still doesn't know that her daughter has been sick, and she knows that she has an epidemic, kept saying that he didn't want his daughter to visit, so there is still news on both sides. The eldest princess of Shunde didn't care that her mother was sick, and Hu Xianshi didn't know what was going on in the eldest princess's house.

The news sent from the eldest princess's mansion this morning is that the eldest princess is only afraid that there are signs of the next life - since last night, all that has been discharged is blood and urine, and the imperial doctor is helpless to eat and vomit. The Queen Mother immediately sent someone to tell the Son of Heaven, believing that either today or tomorrow, the Son of Heaven would also order the eldest princess's mansion to add food, and the eldest princess's two children would be added to the officialdom, which meant that the eldest princess could be relieved to go on the road. When the queen came to ask for peace, she didn't know about it, and when she heard the queen mother talk about it, she also sighed with her eyebrows, and she was gloomy for a while. "The children are still young, and the horses are a match made in heaven......"

She is still young, she has a good heart, she treats her elders with pure filial piety, although her talent is a little worse, but in her education since she was a child, and with the help of the female officials around her, she can be regarded as handling everything in the palace in an orderly manner, and I believe that after a few years of training, she will only be older. - But now after all, I am still younger, although I have met with the eldest princess of Shunde a few times, but I heard that she is dying, and she is still in tears and sad.

Young people have not experienced many lives and deaths, and it is inevitable that they will be emotionally aroused when they encounter such things. But how many things have happened in the years since the queen mother and the concubine entered the palace? When the Empress Dowager died, the concubines were all ancient wells without waves, without the slightest ripples - they really didn't feel happy or regretful, as if watching a flower bloom and be as natural. Now it is difficult to do anything about the state of children, and sigh for the death of the eldest princess of Shunde - in this life, she has really seen too many young lives disappear suddenly, leaving an abrupt broken chapter, not to mention children, and even the last words will not have time to be explained. This kind of powerlessness in front of fate, she has long been used to it.

"Although your filial piety is commendable, but at the moment, after all, the epidemic is not completely over, so it is better to go out less." She thought about it and told the queen, "Even the concubines, stay in the palace if you have nothing to do, don't go out and walk around." Those attendants, don't go out of the palace every day, there must be more patients outside than in the palace......"

As he was talking about this, seeing that the queen's face was a little different, Xu Xun paused, "What's wrong?" But what do you have to say? ”

The queen said cautiously, "Before I came over, I met the little chamberlain by His Majesty's □ at the palace gate, and I heard him say ...... His Majesty is out of the palace again. ”

Since the pro-government, the emperor likes to go out of the palace very much in his spare time, he has been the prince since he was a child, the son of the daughter can not sit down, almost never out of the palace, and later ascended the throne as the emperor, and no one dared to take him out of the palace to play, now he is in charge, he has to go out of the palace for half a day at three or five o'clock, and sometimes he returns at night. Even the king was dragged out of the palace by him and swam several times, fortunately, according to the king of the palace when he returned to the palace, he did not drill into the place of fireworks, but he was more inclined to observe the people's feelings, observe all industries, and go to the dock to watch the boats, and go to the shops to buy things. This can be regarded as a kind of understanding of the world, so even the cabinet ministers, that is, they didn't say much if they clicked a few words on the side.

But now that the epidemic is not settled, it is a little reckless to go out rashly, Xu Xun heard it, he was stunned, and then he took his eyes to see the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother acted as if nothing had happened, but smiled faintly, "The emperor acts in his own way, and you don't have to worry too much." Presumably, you won't be staying on the street for long. ”

Since the emperor took over the government, the queen mother's attitude is not so much to let go of power as to ignore it. At the beginning of the emperor's rule, sometimes there were some negligence in details, this is the time for the queen mother to teach, but the queen mother never said that the emperor was not, today the emperor went out of the palace to play before the epidemic was over, and the queen mother still refused to say a word.

The queen is also accustomed to the queen mother's approach, and smiled apologetically when she heard this, "The daughter-in-law is worried in vain, thinking about it, Your Majesty is naturally measured." ”

The queen mother said so, and the queen will never say anything directly, she is not such a character - even in the past six months, the Wan family and the Zhou family in the harem have been very favored, but she has never put on any prestige of the main palace lady, although she will inevitably suffer some faint grievances openly and secretly, but because of this, the relationship with the emperor is also very good, and she has not been neglected.

Because of the news of the eldest princess of Shunde, the atmosphere in the palace has not been good, and the queen sat down again and left. The concubine waited for her to leave, and then said, "The emperor still wants to leave the palace at this time, doesn't he know that the epidemic is not over, and it is not suitable?" Listening to my sister's meaning, did he keep a private house outside the palace? - It's not so unproductive, is it? ”

The king of ten thousand times, what woman does not have, raising a private house outside the palace is simply a joke, although the emperor is young and has a lot of luck in the palace, but he should not be such a lascivious character.

The Queen Mother shook her head, and also showed a hint of sarcasm, "It's not like this...... He should have gone to Wang Zhen's. ”

The noble concubine suddenly raised her eyebrows high, "Wang Zhen? ”

"I went to the second month of pro-government, and since then, when I encounter troubles in political affairs, I always have to go once or twice." The Queen Mother said lightly, "I already knew, but I was afraid that you would be upset, so I didn't say it." ”

Listening to her tone, she didn't plan to care, the concubine was a little puzzled, and she didn't knock on the side, "In Renshou Palace that day, the edict of the first empress dowager was a bit excessive, but that was the meaning of the old man...... In my opinion, for more than a year, the emperor still has a lot of respect for his sister - remember that as soon as the edict was promulgated, he also immediately came to Qingning Palace to meet him, right? ”

"What's more, if you want to talk about respect, there are many other things, I can cite them." The Queen Mother obviously didn't want to talk more, glanced at the concubine, and sighed in a low voice, "It's just that what is his intention in doing this, I also know that this son has endured for many years, and it is the time when he gains power and does whatever he wants, I just said, can he listen to me?" It's better not to please this boring. ”

She heaved again, "I don't say it, he went to Wang Zhen a few more times, and he knew that he would be restrained - Wang Zhen's departure from the palace that day was a crime of disobedience to the two palaces, and no one in the palace knew it?" If you want to take it back, it will be a loss of face for me, and he may not be able to do this. Hey, hey, if I say ......"

If the Queen Mother said a word, the emperor might have to get Wang Zhen into the palace. The concubine is also well aware of the emperor's temperament, and she was not surprised when she heard the words, but was relieved - in the past year, the emperor's performance really did not match her impression, and after listening to the queen mother's words, she felt reasonable.

"It's time for him to hire people." The concubine said, "I thought I could get together with Xiyang and disperse - I left the palace four or five times in August, and I didn't leave the palace in September, but it was only the end of October, and I went out again...... It seems that after all, it is unbearable. ”

"If he can endure it for a year, he will grow up." The Queen Mother said indifferently, "The emperor thinks that he has been suffering all his life, and now that the good time is coming, how can he allow others to hinder him from doing happy things?" - However, there is no need to mention this, according to the ancestral teachings, you and I cannot interfere in political affairs......"

When she said this, she couldn't help but show deep hatred, she adjusted her tone for a moment, and then sneered and continued, "You and I just stand on the dry shore to watch a good show, anyway, this fire can't burn us." ”

The concubine sighed, shook her head and said, "I don't even want to watch the drama in the court, but now I'm worried about Sister Hu...... Shunde is gone, I'm afraid that Sister Hu will survive, and after knowing the truth, it will be difficult to hold on for long......"

Whether it is her or the Queen Mother, after these ups and downs, they can be regarded as insightful of the world. The prediction of the two of them was not wrong: that night, the eldest princess of Shunde died of illness, which was inadvertently known to Hu Xianshi, and the immortal master's condition immediately became serious that night, and he didn't last too much for a month, and he died the same.

In the spring of the second year, the son of Xiyang killed more than a dozen people in the township, and it was also put on the table, although the hundred officials returned to protect him, but he was implicated by this unscrupulous child, and the first assistant could only return to his hometown gloomily, after nearly 20 years, Lord Nanyang finally survived to the position of the first assistant, but he has always been silent, and his ability is not enough to deter the hundred officials, his prestige is insufficient, he is old, and the strength of Lord Xiyang, but it is no longer the same. The cabinet, which has been glorious for ten years, has also been in turmoil so far, and it will never return to its former glory.

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