In a blink of an eye, the queen relieved her palace affairs to concentrate on recuperation, and it was almost a year. At the beginning of the year, she was still sick and crooked, and she was so thin that her shadow became a line, and after a few months, her thin cheeks plumped up again. It's just the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and lips, but it is difficult to disappear with the fullness of the lines, even with the most delicate grease care, the traces of time have quietly climbed up the queen's face after all.

"You don't see Gao Tang Mingjing's sad white hair," she sighed at the brass mirror, "Morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk." I still remember ten years ago, you praised me for having a lot of black hair, shining like a satin, how long has it been? ”

Mama Zhou squinted her eyes, carefully looking for traces of white hair in the queen's hair, and said casually when she heard the words, "There is also a young man, you are all white hair in this nest, the roots are there, and they are still growing after being plucked." It's the same with slaves, who have had a few since they were teenagers, and they're always white. ”

She carefully plucked out another gray hair before letting go of her hand, "No more—where is it like a green silk turning into snow at dusk?" After pulling this nest, it is still the same satin. Your hair has been much brighter these months......"

"That's in exchange for taking the new Jade Girl Cream from the Tai Hospital, it's really good, I have been eating it for a few months, and I feel that my body is much more convenient and refreshing, and it is not like before, as soon as I stand up, I will be dizzy when I work hard." The queen chatted with Mama Zhou, "I heard that Qingning Palace is also using this recipe." ”

"That's what I said," Mama Zhou said, "The old lady also seems to say that this recipe is good, and she also ordered to reward those imperial doctors." ”

"Well, it's a reward." The queen glanced at Mama Zhou, and saw that there was a faint look of envy on her face, so she said casually, "Mama is also old, when you go back today, quietly take a box and go." After all, it's a precious thing, and the old lady hasn't rewarded people at will, so it's not easy for us to do too much. ”

Mama Zhou's face was suddenly full of joy - at her age, the second greedy is money and power, and the first greedy is naturally long and healthy.

She knelt down and kowtowed to the queen to thank her, before she got up and smiled, "It seems that Niangniang really saw it." ”

"You mean the matter of Yong'an Palace." The queen couldn't help but smile, and she said, "Didn't you say that she was dying, what did I have to do with a dying person?" ”

She was joking, but Mama Zhou didn't cheer, but showed a look of surprise, and the queen couldn't help but be really amused, "That's it, Mama, the situation in Yong'an Palace is still what you told me, how can I say a word, and you will be shaken?" ”

Mama Zhou was shocked at this time, she smiled wryly, and distinguished a few words for herself, "Don't you know, now it is rumored in the palace that there are eyebrows and eyes, saying that even the longevity materials are ready, and this old slave will inevitably muttered a little in his heart......"

However, as a high-level of Kunning Palace, Mama Zhou still has some connections in Yong'an Palace, not to mention anything else, many of Cao Baolin and Wu Jieyu's servants are the descendants of Kunning Palace in the past, and the palace maids in Kunning Palace also have branching relatives. Of course, she knows the truth: Xu Guifei's body and bones are fine, if there is anything wrong, that is, she can't go out for several months, which makes her a little bored. Every afternoon, I would take my two children to the back garden, chat with the two palace concubines, and play swings in the back garden.

Because of this, she was indeed a little puzzled by the queen's good mood, after all, in the emperor's decree, although the queen was written on the table, at least as far as Mama Zhou knew, the queen didn't know anything beforehand, and this was directly stuffing words into her mouth. - Regardless of whether it is Xu Guifei who is canonized or not, the queen will at least be a little unhappy because she is not respected, right?

The queen also saw her doubts, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and said in a harmonious voice, "You still don't understand, in my heart, how can I be most worried about her being favored......

But she didn't say much, but changed the topic meaningfully, "What has happened in Qingning Palace these days?" The old lady's body is still healthy, right? ”

Now that the queen and the concubine are sick, every time they look forward, Concubine Hui will lead everyone to Qingning Palace to ask for peace, that is, yesterday, Concubine Luo just came back with the crowd to ask for peace.

"I heard Concubine Luo say that the old lady didn't see them, but just asked her to bow to the chair and came back." Mama Zhou said.

"What about the prince?" The queen asked, "Have these days passed?" ”

In the past few years, as the crown prince has gradually grown up, the emperor will regularly take him to his grandmother, and the queen mother sometimes sends people to pick him up to play, and the relationship between the prince and his grandmother will not be more rusty than that of his younger brother.

"No, I haven't picked it up for seven or eight days." Mama Zhou frowned, she also realized that something was wrong, "It's a few days later than usual......

She glanced sideways at the queen, "Could it be that even the Queen Mother didn't know beforehand—"

It's not that she doesn't understand the situation in the palace, but she didn't expect the emperor to be like this...... So......

So what? Mama Zhou couldn't say it again.

Who made the emperor the son of heaven with a heavenly constitution in his mouth? As long as he is willing, how can there be anything in heaven and earth that he can't do? When it was to be abolished, the old lady was reluctant, after all, it was not abolished? Today is just a royal concubine, how big is it? What else will the emperor scruple about?

"Big brother's move must have been stimulated by the old lady." The queen smiled at the corner of her lips, and said slowly, "The old lady made a thousand mistakes, and the most wrong thing was that she didn't send the two new fruits to Yong'an Palace without the eldest brother...... The first time, the eldest brother may be able to endure it, but this second time, it is a little too much - she will never be able to grasp this degree. It's already missed once, but it's unrepentant, and it's going to be wrong again. ”

The result of the first mistake was to make the palace position smoothly completed, at least to kick the Hu family off the throne of the queen smoothly. And this second mistake is to let there be an extra imperial concubine in the palace - didn't your queen mother suppress the Xu family, just because the Xu family unintentionally offended your authority, she was forced to hand over power, and she was so aggrieved that she couldn't even come forward at the funeral of Concubine Zhaoyi. The son doesn't argue with you about anything, but if you can press it, I can hold it, what is the concubine? There is also a first-class imperial concubine on the top!

The holy will is like Beidou, hey, in this palace, even if it is the queen mother, you can't help but look at the emperor's face, otherwise, between Qingning Palace and the harem, there are already many doors, as long as the emperor has a thought, a heavy door is a heavy Tianque, the queen mother is no matter how noble, how can she interfere in the harem?

Mama Zhou is the one who brought these news to the queen, after all, the concubine's illness is indeed suspicious, and Kunning Palace can't help but ask questions. Even if the queen didn't say it explicitly, she gradually reacted now, and couldn't help but smile, "I'm afraid that after that, Qingning Palace will be in peace for a while, and Niangniang can recuperate with peace of mind." ”

"Do you think I'm happy about this?" The queen glanced at Mama Zhou, and her heart unexpectedly overflowed with a little contempt and loneliness. She sighed softly, "The old lady is the eldest brother's mother after all, no matter what, the eldest brother will not tear his face with her...... She wants to rub me and rub Xu's, as long as she doesn't cross the line, the eldest brother will at most compensate for it elsewhere, and settle down for a while? After all, you think the old lady is small. ”

That-Mama Zhou was a little puzzled again: the only benefit of this matter to Kunning Palace, that is, the Queen Mother's low-key, listening to the queen's meaning, even this point is still a luxury, so why is Niangniang happy?

The queen just laughed, she thought for a long time, and said, "I don't know if this matter is planned by the eldest brother due to the situation, or if he unintentionally inserted willows, anyway, the palace will be peaceful for a long time." ”

She folded her hands together and said softly to the Buddha, "Amitabha, my heart has finally settled down." ”

Mama Zhou stared at the queen in confusion, pondering for a long time, she realized something in her heart, but it was difficult to get it right, she asked tentatively, "Niangniang, but because, in this way, Qingning Palace and Yong'an Palace are only afraid that they will be like fire and water, and on the other side of Qingning Palace, I am afraid that they will turn to suppress Yong'an Palace with all their might——"

The queen glanced at her with a smile, and was also a little pleased, "It doesn't matter if you suppress Yong'an Palace or not, as long as the two palaces are out of harmony, it's enough." ”

She exhaled a long breath, feeling that since she ascended to the back seat, her long-dusted soul seemed to be wiped heavily, and all the burdens of her body were lifted, and she actually had a rare urge to go out. "Let's go for a walk in the back garden."

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Compared with the satisfied Kunning Palace, the atmosphere in the Qingning Palace, these days it is naturally more low-key, the Queen Mother leaned on the bed, and Jingci Immortal Master, Concubine Xian wiped the leaf card together, she was a little absent-minded, the cards in her hand were scattered, Concubine Xian's cards had been full several times, but there was no Hu down, or patient, looking at the Queen Mother's cards to feed Zhang.

"Eat it," Jingci Immortal Master ate the Queen Mother's card, and said with a smile, "Old Lady Niangniang should be careful, I'm going to be full." ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but be surprised, glanced at the card, only to react, she looked at the table again, saw that the leaves on the table were scattered, without any context, couldn't help but be upset, and didn't care about counting the cards, casually scattered, "That's it, no intention to play, horizontal and vertical is also to lose, you divide the color head." ”

How do these two care about a little bit of luck? Concubine Xian smiled, got up and resigned, "I have decided to accompany Sister Zhang to copy the scriptures." ”

Immortal Master Jingci is also going to retire - in the past ten days, the Queen Mother has not asked for anyone to accompany her, most of the time, she has been meditating in her own room, even if Immortal Master Jingci has seen the crux of the problem clearly, but the old man does not speak, she must not act rashly.

"You stay and talk to me......" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, but left her behind. Immortal Master Jingci had no choice but to sit back at the table, while packing up the leaf cards, while waiting for the Queen Mother's next words.

"The matter of the Inner Peace Hall cannot be delayed any longer." As soon as the Queen Mother opened her mouth, she said a topic that was unrelated, at least it was beyond the expectations of the Jingci Immortal Master. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, but she didn't speak, just listened to the old man's words. "I've been thinking about it for the past few days, in the past, the internal servants were not allowed to study medicine, one was illiterate, and the second was that when Emperor Gao, the palace attendants were never allowed to marry each other, and they were usually fine, and they couldn't even say a word more - but these two points are not a problem today, so it is better to set up a rule, open a new medicine in the inner study hall, and sit in the inner peace hall after leaving the school, and in the future, the palace people will go there for medical treatment, what do you think?"

Immortal Master Jingci pondered for a while, and felt that it was appropriate, she nodded and said, "The old lady is wise and benevolent, and I also think it is very good. ”

The most haode point is that it is naturally out of the framework set up by Xu Guifei, and there is no need to adopt the countermeasures she proposed, the smile on the old lady's face is slightly displayed, and the Jingci Immortal Master said, "It's just that I don't know how many years it will take to study medicine from apprenticeship to teacher?" ”

"Normal is more than ten years," the Queen Mother naturally thought about this a long time ago. "But where can we wait? Two years at most, let's deal with it ourselves for another two years, and let them step up their studies in these two years, and if there is a medical officer in the inner peace hall, it will not be impossible to explain, and as for the future, we can take measures calmly. ”

This is very simple, because the intention itself cannot be concealed by words at all—the presence of a medical officer in the inner peace hall, who can be treated symbolically, is much better than the present situation that can only rely on the heavens, and as for the cure rate, there is no need to pursue it. Folk quacks also abound, and at this point, they can only punish the heart, not the action. And in this palace, who dares to accuse the Queen Mother of her intentions? At least the inner peace hall, it will not be the queen mother's handle in the future.

Immortal Master Jingci fully understood the Queen Mother's train of thought, although in her opinion, no one in the palace specifically blamed the Queen Mother for neglecting the Inner Anle Hall in the past, but this change was indeed enough to calm the hearts of some fluctuating people in the palace a little, she nodded in agreement, "This strategy is very safe, and it can be done." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother seemed to have nothing else to say, she paused, and finally couldn't help but ask anything more - this small offense may not offend the Queen Mother and pose any threat to herself, but it is very likely to arouse the anger of the old man and make her hatred of Yong'an Palace even hotter.

But her desire to speak stopped, how could she hide it from the Queen Mother? A wry smile finally leaked from her lips, showing the old man's mood.

But he didn't say more than a word, just waved his hand to let the Jingci Immortal Master retreat, and the room returned to boundless silence.

Qiao Shi is still a haode, in the silence, she thought absent-mindedly, judging from Hu Shi's performance, she did not leak a word. Except for himself and Da Lang, no fourth person knew about that conversation.

This cognition somewhat soothed her emotions, but it couldn't hide the deep embarrassment in the Queen Mother's heart, even if everyone didn't know, she couldn't hide it from herself.

"In the spirit of the Queen Mother, how can I ever have a mercy?" After receiving the news that day, she was furious, and she directly sent Aunt Qiao to Xingshi to ask for the guilt - after all, before this, even if she was to be abolished, the emperor at least discussed with her first, instead of slapping his own mother in the face like this when he knew that the two had a fierce disagreement.

"Before the noon gate, I didn't receive any information from my mother." The emperor's response was also more simple and direct than ever. "If the concubine behaves inappropriately, my mother only told me how to have a reason not to be punished. Before the second delivery of fruit, didn't my mother think about her son's half a point? ”

The Dengwen drum is set up at the noon gate.

The emperor knew everything a long time ago.

has also borrowed the matter of Jin to seal the imperial concubine, and it is obvious to express his attitude. -- There is no room for any controversy, whether it is the former dynasty or the harem, this family can only have one master. No one acts wantonly without his permission, Hu is like this, Wu Yu'er is like this, although her status is respected, but at this point, she does not have any privileges.

In layman's terms, it's her who has lost ground.

For the Empress Dowager, this fact was much more embarrassing than her falling out of favor with Emperor Zhao, but she would not forcibly deny this fact for the sake of her own will, and there would be no more benefit to doing so than to deepen the embarrassment.

The only thing you can do right now is to be yourself...... As long as she is herself, she will still be the queen mother who is high, and no one's attitude towards her will change in the slightest.

- Except in her heart, she always knows what is going on in this family, how the mother and son are respectful and weak, how she was mercilessly overturned by her own son, and lost the majesty of being a mother.

It was late summer, the windows were wide open, and a breeze blew, blowing a few strands of the Queen Mother's sideburns, and in the fluttering hair, her face was as hard and indifferent as a rock.

In the early autumn, a grand ceremony was held in the palace, and the concubine Xu was promoted to the imperial concubine, regarded as the deputy queen, and assisted in the six palaces.

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I'm so busy tonight, Khan, and when I wrote about Zuihou, I couldn't help but delete and change the plot, and add something......