After the establishment is a matter of urgency, like the establishment of the crown prince, it is necessary for the Ministry of Rites to set a specific timetable, and then count the days together with Qin Tianjian, but after the issuance of the edict, the title of Empress Sun is basically decided. The palace also sent additional people to start cleaning up the rather deserted Kunning Palace to create a peaceful environment for Concubine Sun Guifei. Some of these furnishings can be brought from Changning Palace, some have to be remade, and some very symbolic jewelry or something, because the timing is more abrupt, so they have to be rebuilt day and night. For a while, everyone in the palace was busy, and this summer was lively and quiet.

The excitement is that many people are busy, Qingjing, just Qingjing in everyone performing their duties, there is no offense against each other, and there is really no conflict in the palace. The Queen Mother is stable in Qingning Palace, as if she has admitted defeat, Sun Guifei is impossible to come out at this juncture, every day with Luo Concubine in Changning Palace with children, according to the grapevine, even the prince's diaper she will change by hand. How hard it is to take care of children, everyone who has given birth to children understands that Sun Guifei wants to take care of children by herself, how can she have the spare energy to make waves? Basically, she didn't even see the concubines who came to ask for peace.

It's a little good to not have a queen for the time being, anyway, you don't need to go to Kunning Palace to ask for peace, and after getting up early every day and receiving an invitation from Cao Baolin and Jiao Zhaoyi, Xu Xun has nothing to do. -- Now that the population in Yong'an Palace is small, and they are all unfavored concubines who have been unable to see the face of heaven for many years, this kind of person is very easy to satisfy, anyway, they feel very happy if they don't deduct much according to the regular supply. Xu Xun's workload has also been reduced because of this, and now what Yong'an Palace has to do is to follow the steps, divide the use of three masters according to the grade, and then ...... And then it's gone.

There is no need for Xu Xun to go out, any Mama Zhao can do things well, all Xu Xun has to do is to live calmly.

Although she didn't need to do anything theoretically before, the strings in her heart could not be loosened, and now there is really nothing to worry about, Xu Xuncai feels that her quality of life is slowly improving. Get up every day to wash up, have breakfast, talk to Cao Baolin and Jiao Zhaoyi about children (the two concubines like a little, this is not much in their lives), talk about cats and dogs (in the same way, all three of them have cats and dogs), and then talk about plants, talk happily and go directly to the residence to observe the shape of the leaves or something, Xu Xun feels that he has not lived so much for a long time, and he still has the leisure to study the flowering period of various seasonal flowers.

In the morning, she took a nap in the afternoon, she took a little bit to the imperial garden for a walk, sometimes a little bit reluctant to go out, Xu Xun went out for a walk by himself, enjoyed the surrounding scenery, and chatted with the palace maid who swept the floor for a while...... When I was sweating slightly, I came back to practice the piano, learn to paint, and read all kinds of idle books, and it was night again in a blink of an eye.

The emperor often comes over for dinner now to see a little bit by the way, and when he comes, he has eaten dinner and enjoys the joy of family, and he is about to be carried down to sleep. There was nothing particularly in-depth to talk about between the two of them, talking about children, talking about the books they had read recently, the weather, and the emperor sometimes talking about his troubles.

After chatting, it's bedtime time...... The emperor really began to take this elixir that is conducive to childbirth as he wished, but the dosage was not very large, and his temperament did not change much after eating, but he was more courageous in the bed, Xu Xun observed for a while, and did not feel any harm, so he went with him. Anyway, to put it mildly, she also benefited from this matter.

If the emperor doesn't come, she doesn't read at night, and pulls Grandma Sun to play two games of chess, and it's almost time to go to bed, Xu Xun sometimes thinks about things before going to bed, but on the whole, she feels that her happiness should have climbed to the highest point since entering the palace. ――Sometimes I think that when she first entered the palace, she looked at Zhang Guifei and Han Lifei how envious she was, how ashamed she was, and how trembling she was at that time...... She couldn't believe that now that she actually has a concubine, she can still put down her fears and worries and live such a trouble-free life.

A little bit by day, day by day, day by day, things are being done day by day, and soon it will be July, these two months, as Xu Xun wishes, the palace is calm and there is no contradiction. Everything went according to plan, and when the autumn was crisp, a grand queen canonization ceremony was held at noon.

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The canonization of the queen is a very important matter, Xu Xun and others, including all foreign women, are impossible to stay out of the matter, and they have to lend their bodies to fill the square, and witness the queen's full set of dresses and makeup in front of Kunning Palace. - In fact, in general, he walked around following the instructions of the celebrant officer, and then went up to congratulate the queen as the head of the inner woman, and all the rules were set, and Xu Xun just did it. Empress Sun just doesn't deal with her anymore, and it is impossible to show it on such a big occasion. The only small accident was that when Xu Xun presented the congratulatory watch, the queen almost didn't hold it steady - although it was July, Qin Tianjian put the auspicious time at noon, and the autumn tiger was still very fierce, and the two of them were all wearing big clothes and sweating. The only thing Xu Xun is better than the queen is that the crown on her head is not so heavy.

Speaking of which, this is also the first time Xu Xun participated in the queen's canonization ceremony, and he canonized Empress Zhang and Empress Hu twice before, once she had a miscarriage, and once she herself did not come back in Nanjing. This time, she also regretted a little that she didn't call herself sick - the queen's canonization ceremony is really much more troublesome than the imperial concubine's canonization. Receiving the book, the temple and even the court, you have to be accompanied, although most of the time you are there to watch Queen Sun perform, but you also have to dress up. And as the first person under the queen, all kinds of errands such as praising knights, congratulating watches, and leading the crowd to salute were all pressed on her, which made Xu Xun feel the same as brushing a cylinder in Nannei, with back pain and exhaustion. After a few days, she actually lost her face - quite haode, after she came back from Nannei, she neglected to exercise, and there was a faint feeling of roundness between her waist and abdomen, and this tiredness went back again.

She is not the most miserable one, Queen Sun is more unlucky, her erratic moon letter just came on the day of the temple, and she lay down directly after the temple, and it took seven or eight days to recover her vitality, and ordered all palaces to go to Qingning Palace together to ask the Queen Mother for peace.

When a bride is established, the family always has to get together to celebrate, at least the bride's tea must be served to the old man. However, Queen Sun's situation is more special, and after the illness is over, the bride's tea may be exempted, and taking everyone over to say goodbye is the official end of this series of celebrations. On this day, the emperor was waiting in Kunning Palace, and when dozens of people arrived, he rushed to Qingning Palace.

When she arrived at Qingning Palace, the Queen Mother was also wearing regular clothes, opened the door of the main hall, raised the curtain high, stood on the throne in the hall, and received the courtesy of everyone, before smiling to everyone, "Get up - sit down, it's rare to get together, I really like it from the bottom of my heart." ”

On the one hand, the queen was still saluting and greeting several concubines, how dare the concubines sit, or stand until the queen sat down, only then did they kneel down one after another, several concubines sat on the left wing, the emperor and the queen sat on the right wing, Xu Xun and He Xianxian could still have a seat, and others had to stand behind the emperor and queen, and mingle with the palace maids.

Just like all plenary sessions, the more people, the more official the spirit conveyed, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother exchanged cordial greetings, the Queen Mother said that the Queen Mother is virtuous and virtuous for the world's female virtues, and the relationship with the Emperor has a long history, the Queen is humble, and said that she is young and thin and cannot be praised. Xu Xun was a little sleepy when he heard this, and he almost hung his head and took a nap, but there was a row of people opposite her, everyone seemed to be energetic enough to immediately find out her slacking behavior, so she had to keep blinking, and even secretly pinching her own tiger mouth, in order to maintain a decent demeanor.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother probably couldn't bear to see everyone drowsy, hanging their heads and napping, and after talking some nonsense, her tone changed and she began to get down to business.

"I took over the palace affairs before, but it was because the Hu family was not in good health, and it was really difficult to do it - and you were pregnant with a prince in the palace." She smiled at Sun, and said it very well.

Several eyes suddenly glanced at Concubine Luo behind the queen openly and secretly, and the queen mother should not be able to see it, and continued comfortably, "Now that the prince has landed, Kunning Palace also has a new master, and now I will return the palace affairs to you, and I will also enjoy a few years of Qingfu - when you were a concubine in the past, you also helped the Hu family a lot, and I am very relieved to hand over the housework to you." ”

Although the words are not good, but the posture is generous, no matter how much you object, now that you are the queen, my queen mother will not give it to you. I don't care about the palace affairs, I give it to you, I don't raise the prince, you keep it, and I don't even say that I won't win over Concubine Luo, when she doesn't exist...... Xu Xun was a little surprised: the Queen Mother's performance was too generous, and it was a little inconsistent with her impression. She also thought that the queen mother had to control the palace, and she would be embarrassed to talk about it in the next few years.

There is always a reason for this change in attitude, Xu Xun couldn't help but glance at the emperor, but the emperor looked calm, did not speak, but looked at Empress Sun, as if waiting for her reaction.

Empress Sun was also obviously stunned, and her first reaction was, of course, to continue to be modest, "The daughter-in-law is young and ignorant, how can she take over the housework at once, everything still needs the old lady to decide——"

"Well, that's true." The Queen Mother was amused, "The master mother should preside over the feed, you want to be young and ignorant and can't take care of the house, what are you doing to correct you?" Is it because you will give birth? ”

She spoke kindly and playfully, as if she were just joking. Xu Xun was really amused, and he could only chew the tender meat on the side of his lips to prevent himself from laughing. However, some people's concentration is not as good as Xu Xun, Concubine He Hui muttered low beside Xu Xun, and quickly coughed again - but in the end, it still attracted everyone's attention, and the Queen Mother and the Queen both glanced at her. The Queen Mother continued, "I'm old, and it's really inconvenient to take care of the affairs of the harem in every detail if I live in Qingning Palace. If you don't deserve to be in this home, who should be? ”

The queen's face flushed slightly, she glanced at the emperor, and the emperor also smiled, "I think my mother is reasonable-in case of major events, naturally you have to ask Qingning Palace, and you can take care of small things on weekdays." ”

"I don't care about big things." The Queen Mother waved her hand and skimmed it very clearly, "Actually, there are just a few more people in this palace, but you still have so many helpers, and it won't be a matter if you get started in a few months." Now I want to enjoy the blessings and play with my grandchildren, and the drudgery of the palace is pushed to my daughter-in-law as soon as possible. ”

didn't even want the excuse given by the emperor, but he really didn't have the slightest interest in managing the palace, and he wanted to hand over power sincerely. Having said that, the queen had nothing to be polite about, so she smiled and said, "Then I might as well be respectful, but I'm chasing ducks to the shelves, and I'm also learning while managing it, if I don't manage it well in the future, my sisters don't worry about me." ”

Naturally, everyone had to be polite, Concubine Xian and Concubine Jing also took the opportunity to praise the harem sisters Xihe, the scene was harmonious and harmonious, and the Queen Mother was also very happy with a smile, took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Isn't there something in front of you?" Speaking of which, a new batch of show girls have also been sent to the palace, and after the two levels of the primary election, the remaining thirty show girls were placed near Yuehua Gate and invited someone to teach the rules. What to do after that, I will leave it to the queen, how you choose, emperor, and discuss it with your daughter-in-law. ”

Counting on the fingers, it has been several months since I heard the news of the draft, and the show girls may have been trained for a long time, according to Xu Xun's old example of the draft, many unsuitable candidates may have been eliminated for various reasons. - She felt that objectively speaking, their draft method at that time was quite good, and Empress Sun could follow the rules, but seeing that Empress Sun was silent for a while, Xu Xun remembered: She herself did not come in through the draft, and she did not experience it personally.

The emperor was very talkative, and said with a smile, "Mother, you can discuss with the Sun family to choose, in addition to being slender and beautiful, the most important thing is to have both talent and morality, and it has to be the temperament that is suitable for living a stable life, but don't choose some women with a light temperament to come in, and make a mess in the house, that's not good." ”

This idea is more magnificent, and it won the unanimous nods and approvals of the queen mother and concubines. Xu Xun himself couldn't help but glance at Zhao Zhaorong, Zhao Zhaorong was unconscious of the sight in all directions, and hung his head to think about his own thoughts, so serious, as if she was going to host the draft. - Listening to He Xianxian, for a while, she has been the most diligent and pious in running to Changning Palace.

"The daughter-in-law still doesn't know the ins and outs of this matter, so she will think about it first when she goes back, and then talk back to her mother." Empress Sun probably didn't expect the Queen Mother to hand over power happily, which would be a bit chaotic, and her answer was a little reluctant. But the Queen Mother didn't care, he smiled, and said generously, "Whatever you want, you can do it anyway." ”

She stopped talking, raised the teacup and took a sip, the emperor got up to say goodbye, and everyone followed behind him to retire in unison, and came out to return to the palace.

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The Queen Mother didn't leave her to speak, which made Xu Xun relax a little more. According to her estimates, after the obstruction failed, the Queen Mother estimated that she was a little disheartened, and she also hated herself for failing to grasp the opportunity to turn the tables. This disappointment will definitely make her no longer hope for herself, maybe she wants to hibernate for the time being, cultivate new people in the future, or simply ignore these things and live her free life in peace. Anyway, she is the emperor's mother, and she is already the highest status person in the palace, she is happy to play this game, and Queen Sun can only accompany her, and if she is not happy to play, Queen Sun can't pull her into the game.

It was only on the second and third days after the Great Invitation that she gradually figured out the Queen Mother's thoughts - in fact, it was the news that Concubine He Hui brought to her, and now Xu Xun himself rarely paid attention to these gossips.

"On the same day, I sent all the account books and keys to Kunning Palace." Xu Xun told the gossip ** who was still very vigorous, "At that time, Zhao Zhaorong happened to be in the Kunning Palace to ask the queen for peace, and when he looked out through the window, he saw stacks of account books...... The queen mother's envoy let go and left, without saying a word. ”

There are those who have experience in managing the palace systematically, and now there are only the Queen Mother and Jingci Immortal Master. The rest, such as Xu Xun and Empress Sun, have been in charge of a palace, but they have not been in charge of the overall situation. Xu Xun has a bit of a headache when he thinks about substituting himself into Queen Sun, not to mention anything else, there may be a lot of rules to explore on the side of the inner treasury alone, and the six bureaus and one division have their own faction, how to deal with them Xu Xun can only be said to be half-understood and half-understood. I don't know if Queen Sun has learned this content in the years since she was with the Queen Mother, if so, it's better, if not, it's a headache. After all, those palace maids and female histories who have really been in charge of general affairs are now serving in Qingning Palace, Xu Xun estimates that the queen is going to ask for someone, and the queen mother will not give it.

Just a few daily operations in this harem, without anyone to help, will have to make Queen Sun spend a lot of brains, not to mention that there is a draft event at the moment, which must be done well and brilliantly...... Although the Queen Mother said that she didn't care, but Queen Sun didn't care how she would behave, Xu Xun could think of it with her toes. Of course, it is impossible for Empress Sun herself to ignore this, this queen, she was quite stressed at the beginning.

Mama Zhao is also smiling, they are people in the palace and know more about things in the palace. "The first two drafts, the first one was when Niangniang entered the palace, and those who hosted and handled it, after the incident of Emperor Wen Yulu, died, and there were few left. The second time was during the reign of Emperor Zhao, and the hosts were all the cronies around the Empress Dowager, and I remember that the eunuch in charge of the selection was Liu Mu...... After finishing this errand, let's go out of the old age. Aunt Ning has always hosted this event among the female officials, but Aunt Ning was also old last year...... The queen is looking for someone to ask, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find it for a while, and the first errand will be difficult to do. ”

Although they are all female officials, they also have business expertise, Zhao Mama and others perform their own duties, although they have done their own work very well, but you let Mama Sun talk about female virtues, or let Mama Qian teach boudoir skills to try? Interlaced like a mountain, there may not be any cronies and female officials around Empress Sun who understand this. Mama Zhao was a little gloating, but Xu Xun shook her head and said, "Not necessarily, I remember that Aunt Meng, who was the first to be used by the Queen Mother, is now sheltered in the Sun family, she has been serving the Queen Mother for a long time, and she should also have some experience, at least she can tell the Queen Mother." ”

Mama Zhao suddenly sighed in disappointment, as if a good show was dismantled before she could sing it, "Niangniang Shengming, the slave forgot about this stubble just now." ”

Xu Xun looked at it and laughed, "You didn't know it in the first place...... It's ......"

She couldn't help but sigh softly before she said, "This is what Liu Zhien said to me." ”

Mama Zhao stopped talking, she lowered her head and looked at her toes, and after a while, Xu Xuncai continued, "However, maybe the old lady doesn't know about this matter, if she knows, I'm afraid she really wants to hate Kunning Palace...... In any case, if the people in the palace die, the classics will not die, I really want to know, just flip through it. If the old lady intends to embarrass the queen, there must be a later article on this matter. It's just that we can't figure it out for a while. ”

In fact, if you really have to ponder, how can you not analyze some clues? But this matter has nothing to do with Xu Xun, it's okay to bring gossip with tea, but she doesn't think it's necessary to really spend a lot of time. Whether there is really a back hand, or the Queen Mother is disheartened and really tired, just look down.

Mama Zhao is also quite blessed to the Queen Mother, nodding yes when she heard this, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid that Sun Niangniang will delay the draft - didn't she say that Concubine Luo would follow this batch to the book?" If you drag it out for one more day, you can still press Luo Concubine for one more day. ”

Xu Xun also smiled when she heard this, "She has taken Concubine Luo tightly enough, if she can pin people to her belt, I think she will not do it." ”

As the biological mother of the crown prince, it is not that no one wants to tie up in the palace, but so far, no one has been able to successfully contact her - not that she is withdrawn, but the former Sun Guifei, and now the Empress Sun really looks too closely. Usually, when Concubine Luo comes out to meet people, she must be on the side. Over time, everyone knew what it meant, and except for Zhao Zhaorong, no one dared to talk to Concubine Luo.

It was getting late, and the two of them added a grandmother who came in to change shifts, and they were sitting around eating tea and gossiping, guessing how the queen would handle the draft, which was a matter of laughter and laughter, but a messenger came from outside the palace. - Empress Sun invited Concubine Xu Huang Zhuang to Kunning Palace to discuss matters. The visitor also said, "Even Concubine He Hui was invited, and the queen invited the two ladies to have dinner in Kunning Palace." ”

What is this? A new broom sweeps clean? Xu Xun raised his eyebrows, but he didn't ask too many questions, only lightly instructed Hua'er, "Help me change my clothes." ”

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Although it is not divided into volumes, it can also be said that a major event has come to an end and a new chapter in court life has begun.

Xiao Sun, the queen, is a little boring, it's difficult at the beginning~