The eldest princess of Shanhua clasped her hands together, respectfully bowed to the tablet again, and then straightened up and said to the incense on the table, "Mother, let's go." ”

Zhang Yuma said on the side, "Come, Nannan, salute Grandma." ”

Three or four-year-old little girl, just learned a little etiquette, planted down can not get up, the eldest princess and the horse smiled at each other, personally leaned over and hugged her, after stepping out of the palace of Qi'en to hand over to the mother, the eldest princess herself and the horse together, sat down in the room dedicated to the rest of the Lingling people, first washed her hands and patted the ashes, and then used some fresh melons and fruits produced near Jingling. The eldest princess called the attendants in the mausoleum again and asked about the renovation of the mausoleum this year.

The old chamberlain was in good spirits, and when he heard this, he carefully talked about the rain this year, the collapse of the side of the sealed soil, and the details of the follow-up repairs, and said with a smile. "So that His Royal Highness knows that at the beginning of this year, when the queen mother was born, after you came, but in a few days, many of the leading figures in the palace in the past had made an appointment to worship, and there were three or four sets of people one after another, more than ten people, and there were also people in the palace of the Marquis of Yongning who came to pay homage to the mother."

When the eldest princess heard this, she couldn't help but smile, turned her head to her husband and said, "I think it must be Hua'er, Lan'er, and Han Nushi." ”

"There are all, they all," the old chamberlain said with a smile, "There are also the six blessings in the palace of Xiaogong Niangniang, and the brother Zhao Lun beside the mother in the past are here, and there are some female histories in the six Shang, which are not recognized by slaves and maids." ”

"You are usually bored to guard the mausoleum, but at this time, you can talk more to the old people." The eldest princess also said. "There has been a lot of rain in the past few years, and there is no one to watch here, I don't worry, you can keep it for a few more years, and I will transfer you back."

This person is the servant Xiao Nazi who used to pass the food for Yong'an Palace, he committed an accident, and wanted to put into the Huanyi Bureau, and later begged to the eldest princess's house, she interceded in the middle, and the little son was transferred to guard the tomb. He shook his hand and said, "Your Highness, the slave and maid are here quietly and quietly, in the past, they used to pass food for the mother, and now they offer incense to the mother on time, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end." ”

Zhang Yuma nodded beside him, "Good slave, this loyalty is good." ”

The eldest princess was also happy, squinting and smiling, "Wow, it's rare to praise people, it can be seen that your loyalty is commendable, come to someone, reward him." ”

As he spoke, someone came up and handed the old man a purse, and the eldest princess said, "What are you missing here, just send the little apprentice to talk to me." If there is any movement on the mother's grave, I also came to tell me that the palace is not as concerned as before, I don't mention it, who cares about it. ”

Zhang Yuma didn't speak for a while, and when the old man retreated, he bit the watermelon and said, "It's been less than twenty years, it's really warm." ”

The eldest princess came to the mausoleum, it was stepped on the Midyear Festival, the weather was still a little hot, she slowly shook a pu fan - take it It was windy, and watched the little grandson playing under the eaves through the window, and heard Zhang Juma speak, and couldn't help but smile, "Yo, even our head of the house has heard about this, so it can be seen that it is indeed a big trouble." ”

"Is it really going to be lowered?" Zhang Yuma's expression was a little unhappy, "My brother has only been gone for a few months......"

"The one in the palace has always been orthodox, and there are many people in the court who like it, isn't this tossing. Whether it is lowered or not, I don't do anything. In addition to her own family, there was no one else in the mausoleum, and she spoke very casually, and the eldest princess said casually, "Actually, they are all going for the fifth brother." ”

"Fifth brother, this is almost twenty years old...... Zhang Yuma sighed, "Alas, after all, it is the Queen Mother!" ”

"You said that your mother's life has been full of ups and downs, and even after she went, she was so turbulent." The eldest princess started talking, "Let's start with the nickname, and we will fight endlessly." Do you want to go to the temple, do you want to be buried together...... It's a miasma! It's only been quiet for a few years, and here it is again, this time if the seal is lowered - I don't know if I will make trouble again in the future. ”

Zhang Yuma's expression darkened, "It's not all rumors!" ”

As the adoptive mother of the Queen Mother, the name must not be broken, originally Emperor Duanzong Jing originally intended to be the Empress Xiaoxian, but this nickname, but was unanimously opposed by the ministers, the reason is that since the death of the Queen Mother, the folk began to spread the legend that she sent people to Wara to assassinate Xizong, and there are many rumors that the Queen Mother is the culprit of the civil engineering change that day, she has a plan for the throne, so she will instigate the Northern Expedition of Xizong, so as to take the opportunity to put the emperor who was still the king of Yu on the throne. In addition, there have always been rumors among the people that the queen mother is a traitorous concubine, in Shilin, the reputation of the Xu family is good, but the reputation of the queen mother is extremely bad, what a tanuki for the prince, what sex is good and extravagant and treacherous, for a time the rumors are convincing, even Duanzong can't resist it, and finally compromise on the nickname, and the name is more ordinary Queen Xiaozhuang, but it is consistent with the title when she was a concubine.

However, perhaps because of the failure to pass the minister, the heart is very unhappy, Duanzong is extremely generous in the establishment of the mausoleum, although the Empress Xiaozhuang was not able to be buried with the first emperor, just built a mausoleum around the burial, but the establishment specifications, far more than the general queen, after the completion of the mausoleum, it is a year to personally visit four times in person, and finally let the court and the central government for the Empress Xiaozhuang those have been disturbed, there is a stop.

But even so, in the first four or five years, there are still a lot of unfavorable rumors about Queen Xiaozhuang, and "Tanuki for the Prince" is often performed, and Yuhuatai, where Queen Xiaozhuang lived in the past, has also emerged a lot of stories about her scheming and cunning when she was a girl, and this trend has not subsided until recent years, however, once Duanzong died, isn't this someone starting to turn over old accounts?

Zhang Juma may not understand it in the clouds, but the eldest princess knows in her heart that these two disputes are actually not the same, the first time is a rebound against the unexplained things that the Queen Mother did to Nangui Xizong back then, to put it bluntly, Wenchen wants to spill out the anger of failing to insist on King Lixiu as the crown prince back then. This is the second time, that is, the Empress Dowager Wang is turning over the old accounts of the year, in the past, the Empress Dowager Wang fell out of favor with Duanzong, because she once said, 'King Xiu should be the prince', although because she admitted her mistake and was not abolished in the end, but the hardships are big enough, and now I mention the abolition of the queen's title, not because of any hatred for my mother, but just through the reduction of the key figures, to convey to the outside world the Queen Mother's support for orthodoxy, in other words, to prove that her approach at that time was in line with the people's hearts. Now the queen of Xiaozhuang is just her first step, I heard that many ministers who support orthodoxy are still fighting the idea of chasing Xizong and adding the fief of King Xiu. After all, whether it is Xizong or King Xiu, they have been dead for a long time, and the situation back then is also the past more than thirty years ago.

However, no emperor in the world likes to hear that his position is not orthodox enough, and because of this, the emperor's attitude towards the reduction of the seal is extremely cold, I heard that since the queen mother agreed to this matter, the emperor has never been to Renshou Palace again, but he has not run to the queen mother, the queen mother, the queen mother, and the eldest princess of Shanhua has less connections in the palace? For these things, she is clear. However, in the end, who will have the upper hand, she is not sure, although the emperor is also in his twenties, but her younger brother Prince Duanzong has bad luck and gave birth to six sons, the first four are the result of white-haired people sending black-haired people, the first two terms died young, and then they were too scared to stand, but the result is still not good, a year before Duanzong's death, the fourth son also died, and the fifth brother became the actual heir. Before that, he had been educated as a vassal king, and although he was quite smart by nature, he had just taken over the throne, so he was still a little rusty after all, and he might be bullied by the queen mother and the ministers.

"If you see the fifth brother, you have to say a few words for the mother." Zhang Juma is a sincere person, and he is still talking about this, "It is better not to lower the seal, or not to lower the seal." ”

"I won't say it, and you are not allowed to talk about it!" The eldest princess of Shanhua immediately instructed Zhang Yuma, "Don't talk about it, you can't get involved in this matter." ”

"But—" Zhang was entangled. "No matter how you say it, isn't that also a mother-in-law......"

"Mother doesn't care about this." The eldest princess of Shanhua stood up and said as she walked with Zhang Yuma, "You haven't talked to her much, if you are familiar, you can understand......"

Thinking of her mother's voice and smile, she couldn't help laughing again, shaking the pu fan, holding the horse's hand under the shade of the tree and walking out leisurely, "Mother will not care about this the most!" ”