Although the anniversary of Emperor Zhao has not passed, and the Qingning Palace is not good for extravagance, but after all, it is the residence of the Queen Mother, and there is no need for gorgeous clothes and decorations, and the wealth and wealth of the heavenly family are inadvertently revealed in a small place.

Empress Dowager Zhang shallowly took a sip of the Ming Qian tea that had just been harvested and sent to the capital, and sighed, "The only thing I know in the piano is water, and the tea is Mengshan." After all, it is a tribute from the Tang Dynasty to the present, how many years have been inherited, and when it comes to tea, I prefer Monttop Stone Flower. ”

The emperor sat under the queen mother, and when he heard the words, he owed a little money, "If my mother can like it, it is my son's filial piety." Ordinary tribute, sent to Beijing has long been out of season, this is the Sichuan town guard eunuch Wang Wenyin sent to the capital quickly, from Sichuan, it took less than ten days. ”

"It's hard for him." The Queen Mother smiled and said, "But this matter, can not be repeated, although it pleases me, but there is no need to tell Wang Wenyin, if this matter is a law, the tea farmers in the Mengshan area should complain." ”

"Wang Wenyin bought it on credit at a high price, and he didn't dare to disturb the place at will." The emperor hurriedly explained, and said, "But what my mother said is that if Wang Wenyin is praised a lot, and the eunuchs in various places are compared, the atmosphere will be bad." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, showing a look of satisfaction, she gently put the tea bowl on a few places, and waved her hand at the palace maids and female historians in the room.

When the emperor saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief: if outsiders were still there, at least this conversation would be held in the "Inner Living Note" or even the "Living Note", such a humiliating thing, he didn't plan to let future generations know.

Of course, as for the Queen Mother's preaching, as early as when someone came to call him from Qingning Palace, the emperor expected a little. The inner palace is now in chaos, there are all kinds of rumors, and it is impossible for the Queen Mother not to come forward.

"There was a sentence just now, and you said it very well." The Queen Mother seems to be sorting out her thoughts while reasoning with her son. "A thousand gold, precious but not a trend. The atmosphere is broken, and it is more difficult to change it for the better than to ascend to the sky...... This principle is universal. Even in the harem, it's the same. ”

"Mother is right." The emperor responded respectfully, but did not say much, leaving room for the queen mother to play.

"What kind of ethos is this? It is the ethos of reverence for orthodoxy...... This matter is also something I didn't do right," the Queen Mother sighed, "After all, I was a little negligent, and I thought that a play was a play, and I only found out that something was wrong afterwards." The queen stepped forward to intervene, it was my request, and there were some things that there was no way to come forward if it wasn't for the orthodoxy of the harem. ”

The Queen Mother took care of everything, and took all the responsibilities of the queen on herself. No matter how tired the emperor is, what else can he do? He whispered, "My son didn't blame her, and now he has figured it out." ”

"Hmm." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction. "Spoil concubines and respect their wives, and the difference between wives and concubines, you must understand in your own heart. Concubine Zhuang didn't have to talk to you that day, but she was not wrong at all. The Hu family is a wife who was seriously selected and appointed by your grandfather. You don't recognize her decency, it's tantamount to denying your grandfather's decency. You say she doesn't deserve to be a queen, meaning your grandfather is gone? ”

The dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the emperor couldn't admit it no matter how much he hated the queen, he said, "My son was just impulsive at that time......

"It's the folk, and there are three out of seven, and they have all accompanied you to the funerals of your grandfather and father, can you say that you will give up?" The Queen Mother glanced at her son, and her attitude gradually became cautious. "Our family is naturally the most noble family in the world, and the great grandfather Shengming set the rules for small households to avoid interference in the harem. The concubines in the harem, in terms of family background and power, have nothing to look at. But that's not to say you can go wild in the harem. The Son of Heaven is ordered by the heavens, and the heavens and men are sensitive, and there is no distinction between respect and inferiority in the harem, and the world will be corrupted. If something is broken, it will be repaired, and when will the atmosphere be bad, when will it be improved? This harem, although it is your one-third of an acre, but the gentleman is cautious, the more no one can restrain you, the more you have to restrain yourself. Just because the queen's family background is lowly and she has no work in the country, you can splash dirty water with your heart like this, and complain about your wife's room with a concubine, right? A wife is a wife, no matter how humble her status is, the day she is carried into the palace from the noon gate, she is your enemy. Even among the people, it is a big crime to spoil a concubine and kill a wife, you can't lead by example as a son of heaven, are you very faceful? It's been passed out, so what do those ministers think of your character? ”

She said that the emperor had a fever on his face - after returning from Yong'an Palace that day, he was so angry that he felt a little shameless. The fire is really inexplicable.

"Don't think that if you are the emperor, the ministers will listen to you." The Queen Mother was also a little emotional, she was originally very suppressed and angry, and showed a little, "Yi Yin and Huo Guang, aren't they all courtiers?" You can't firmly overpower everyone in virtue and ability, and the ministers don't respect you in their hearts, and they can't do anything in private! There is a rod and scale in the heart! Do you think that when you ascend to the throne, people really think that you are ordered by heaven? Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the emperor is just a person. How long have you been fighting with the ministers, can't you see this? If this matter spreads, it will not be said that you do not respect your concubine, but only that your reckless actions and credulous attitude will make the ministers respect you as a son of heaven! ”

The emperor finally understood the queen mother's thoughts, he knelt down and said respectfully, "Mother's lesson is that my son is indeed too impulsive!" ”

"More than a little." The Queen Mother sneered. "Do you know who I thought of when I heard this? - Thinking of your grandfather! ”

She was also a little emotional when she said it, and she couldn't help choking up. "Son, my mother didn't sleep well that night! What is your grandfather like in his old age, you know in your heart that your mother is really suspenseful day and night, for fear that you will become like him...... So what should we do, but what should we do! ”

The two emperors of the founding of the dynasty, Emperor Gao and Emperor Wen were both murderous, Emperor Gao loved to kill officials, peeled the skin and grass, and Ling Chi brushed and washed all from Emperor Gao's hands. As for Emperor Wen, he is not inferior, the melon vine copy and the ten tribes are all his inventions. In his later years, he didn't even let go of the concubines in the harem, and he was completely indiscriminately chopping and killing. Begging for a life under such an emperor, how much psychological pressure can be, the grandson is not unclear, and when his mother said it, he was also shocked: his temper came up, and he also disregarded his temperament. Don't......

In his later years, although Emperor Wen was no longer very competent, and his mind was full of only thinking about fighting and killing people, he still had a prince, and almost all of the princes were in charge of state affairs in the later ten years. And what about him? It's all at this age, and there is no heir under the knees, if it's really paranoid to that point, who cares about the government?

The Queen Mother looked at the emperor's expression and knew that he had realized the seriousness of this matter, so she burst into tears, "If you are a lone seedling, then that's fine, but you still have uncles, children!" ”

"Mother!" The emperor took a few steps on his knees, and hugged the queen mother's knees, "The child knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely restrain his temperament in the future, and he will no longer be so indulgent and willful!" ”

The Queen Mother hugged the emperor, and she was also excited for a while, tears fell on the emperor's hair, she wiped her eyes, "Okay, how old is the person...... Get up and speak. ”

After the emperor sat up straight, the queen mother continued, "The affairs in the harem, as long as they don't involve the emperor's heirs and don't go outside, no matter how big they are, they are trivial." After hearing the news that day, the queen was supposed to lock up the palace and wait for the crime, so I sent someone over to persuade her. ”

Once locked in the palace and punished, this is no longer just a trivial matter in the harem. The three reasons used by the emperor to accuse the empress are basically untenable, and if this matter continues to make a big fuss, it will only increase the sympathy of the people in the court and China for the empress. The people's hearts are turned back, and they are not controlled by the imperial power, even if you are the Son of Heaven, you can't control the hearts of the people. And although quarrels between husband and wife are also common, as an emperor, you have to endure stricter moral requirements than anyone else, and complaining to the concubine about the wife's family is not, once it spreads, it is certain that the emperor's reputation will be bad.

Why should you bear such a result for no reason? Hearing that the Queen Mother had wiped his buttocks, the emperor's face widened.

"You go to Kunning Palace in a few days, and accompany the queen, and this matter will be over." The Queen Mother said again, "Don't feel bad and bow your head, it's still the same sentence, she and you are husband and wife, in front of her, what kind of emperor's shelf do you put on?" Isn't Emperor Wei Wu a king? Mrs. Ding has no way out, her family is cold, and she has a temper with him and wants to reconcile, did he personally persuade him? You don't treat her as a wife, so how can she treat you as a husband? ”

Now whatever the Queen Mother says, the emperor has to respond, and he does respond, "Yes." My son will do it. ”

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction. "As for Concubine Zhuang......"

The emperor quickly said, "Although Concubine Zhuang said that she should not contradict her son, what she said is reasonable......"

Oh, whether this pet is petted or not, whether you love it or not, you can't hide it in the end. How many good things he said for the queen, there was still a trace of reluctance in the words that the emperor promised. Concubine Zhuang only mentioned a word here, and she couldn't wait to speak for her.

Although it was a big crime to contradict the emperor, the Queen Mother did not blame Concubine Xu Zhuang, on the contrary, she valued Concubine Zhuang's character more. Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen the hearts of the people for a long time, and it is nothing to look good in Su Ri, and when it comes to the really critical moment, this person's true colors can be revealed. The words that Concubine Zhuang said were to the point, although they were a little too radical, but they showed her righteous and outspoken style. Just talking about this backbone, although there are many daughters in the harem, I am afraid that there are not many who can compare with her.

It's just that the old man is old and spicy, and he didn't take his praise out of the outside because of this, but said lightly, "Although she is a little bold, but fortunately, she still knows how to be powerful, and she didn't mix things up bigger." Since this matter is going to be confused, let's just be confused. If you love to pet her, you can spoil her, and if you want to snub her, it's up to you, just watch it yourself. ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in response at the moment, and the queen mother said casually, "Did you dispose of the person who provoked you?" ”

Thinking that he would be provoked by a few words from a lieutenant official, the emperor gritted his teeth for a while, "It has been sent to Dongchang, I am unlucky, and I can't ask a master." ”

"Mastermind?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but sneer, "This kind of thing, can there be a real evidence?" In my opinion, there is no need to judge, not so much to judge him, but to judge your heart. For the sake of a slanderous villain, the hearts of you and the harem concubines have been alienated, there is no need for this. As long as you can control it yourself, no matter how many villains there are, what's the use? ”

After all, she is the queen mother who has been in the government for many years, and her casual words are so sophisticated, the emperor chewed on these words of the queen mother, and the more he thought about it, the more flavorful it became, so he nodded and said, "Mother is right-"

He paused, and said, "My son will give an order, let him be punished properly, and all the lieutenants of the Qianqing Palace will go to watch the ceremony!" ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "This is the right way." Eunuchs and ministers have to be beaten by you all the time, and this is also for their good ......"

She paused, her thoughts going back and forth, and at the end of the day, it was slowly turning to a result.

The old man sighed and said with a little fatigue, "Next, let's talk about the heir...... At the concubine's place, before you have a child, you better not go more......"

If it was a few years ago, the queen mother could still tolerate and wait, but the emperor is twenty-nine years old this year, and he has been married for seven or eight years, and he has not had a son. The matter of the heir has become a top priority, even the concubine who grew up watching it since she was a child, now she has to stand aside......

Not to mention that the emperor is talking to the queen mother, Xu Xun's Yong'an Palace has also ushered in a rare liveliness in recent days.

- Yoo Ji-eun is back.

Before entering the palace to ask for peace, he must go to the 24th Yamen to cancel his leave. I will definitely contact a few lieutenants in the Yong'an Palace, this eunuch goes to the local place to do things, just like a business trip, how much he has to bring some souvenirs back to give away, of course, before entering the palace to Xu Xun to ask for peace, he has already been clear about Xu Xun's current situation, as well as the turmoil in the palace some time ago.

What Liu Zhien likes most about Xu Xun is that he always seems to be very calm and calm, as if there is no way to do anything when something comes to him. And this time it was the same, he even smiled, and it seemed that he didn't take Yong'an Palace's current predicament seriously at all.

"Early this morning, won't the emperor go to Qingning Palace to serve the Queen Mother?" Liu Zhien said leisurely, "If you come back from Qingning Palace and go to Kunning Palace, in a day or two, you will naturally come to Yong'an Palace." ”

"But what if the eldest brother doesn't come again?" Xu Xun is more daring to be anxious in front of Liu Zhien - in front of others, she really has to maintain the stability of people's hearts, but between her and Liu Zhien, Liu Zhien belongs to the person who has more ability and means. She frowned and began to worry, "If so, what then?" ”

Liu Zhien was amused, "Niangniang, the emperor is a person with multiple feelings?" If this is not the case, the one you look at Changning Palace, didn't he rely on affection to get to this point today? ”

These words succeeded in convincing Xu Xun, Liu Zhien saw that her face softened, and said with a smile, "If the emperor can't pull his face for a while, the slave and maid just come back from the south, and it is also the proper meaning of the question to ask the emperor to say goodbye. As long as the mother is good at grasping and reconciling with the emperor, it will be a matter of course. ”

This...... How do you do that?

Xu Xun wanted to ask, but felt a little unable to ask. It's nothing to ask Liu Zhien about anything else, how to keep the emperor's favor, this should be her professional class, and she has to ask Liu Zhien, which seems to be a bit excessive.

Liu Zhien seemed to see it, he smiled slightly, and took the initiative to say, "According to the slave's opinion, the emperor is stubborn, and the mother should overcome rigidity with softness." ”

Xu Xun nodded as if he didn't understand, pondered for a while, and couldn't help but smile again, "Liu Zhien, you are really my lucky star, and when you come back, I think there really is nothing to worry about." ”

"It's also a coincidence that the slave came back." Liu Zhien bowed and said humbly, "It seems that the emperor has the intention to make this matter 'big and small'." ”

Xu Xun actually saw a little bit of this trend, she nodded, "I heard that Liu Yong in the Qianqing Palace is doing something bad." ”

This news was unconcealable, and it spread all over the palace within a few days, Xu Xun was also a little curious, so he asked Liu Zhien, "Who does Liu Yong get close to on weekdays?" ”

"We came out of the Qianqing Palace, and our connections are wide." Liu Zhien groaned and said, "As for Liu Yong...... On the surface, he is impartial, and he generally does not go with the harem ladies. Why is it planted in this matter, the slave and maid don't understand. ”

He paused, and then asked Xu Xundao, "This time, I don't know if Niangniang believes in Guifei Niangniang or not?" ”

This question looks simple, but it is related to the standing of Yong'an Palace in the future. If Xu Xun believes in Sun Guifei, in the next few days, he will not talk about getting close to Changning Palace, but at least keep a distance from Kunning Palace, so as not to be unknowingly and be yin again. If you don't believe it, you don't need to say much about what to do.

Xu Xun has actually been thinking about this issue for the past few days, and there has been no result, and now when he heard Liu Zhien mention it, he asked rhetorically, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"This ......," Liu Zhien was also embarrassed. Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, slaves and maids used to be fine with Changning Palace, but they really had no contact with Kunning Palace. ”

This is also because the concubine never needs to go to the emperor's residence to sleep, and when the emperor goes to the Hu family's house, he naturally uses the Hu family's people to serve him. Therefore, the number of contacts between Liu Zhien and the queen is almost zero, in fact, if you want to calculate it this way, even the number of contacts with Sun Guifei herself is not much. Xu Xun also served the emperor twice and had two coincidences, and lived in the sparsely populated Beijing and Nanjing palaces for a long time, and there were not many servants around him, so he was more familiar with the officials around the emperor.

Even if Liu Zhien has a thousand talents, it is impossible to speculate on a person's character out of thin air, Xu Xun nodded-if you really want to say this, the one who is most familiar with the two of them in the entire Yong'an Palace is herself. It seems that this decision can only be made by herself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable, Xu Xun thought about it, and then decided, "Let's wait for the eldest brother to come to Yong'an Palace again." If the eldest brother doesn't come again, it doesn't matter who harms me. ”

Liu Zhien was slightly embarrassed, but he didn't say much. Seeing that Xu Xun was impetuous, he did not mention the matter of Nanjing, but took his leave.

Walking outside, he thought about it, and didn't talk much with his colleagues in Yong'an Palace, but walked straight to talk to his former colleagues.