People get old really quickly, it's only less than a year of hard work, the empress dowager is already old, the head is open-minded, the white hair is only sparse, and even the bun can't be tied up, so it can only be let loose, even the eyes have lost their former brightness, muddy and yellow, as if a blind person has no divine light. Even though there were many more people in the room than usual, she did not show any intention of noticing the coming, her eyes drooping slightly, but she looked at the back of her hand in distraction, and if she blinked occasionally, it almost made one think that she was asleep.

"Old lady." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Aunt Qiao held back her tears and reminded in her ear in a low voice, "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, and the cabinet have all arrived. ”

People who are about to die don't have so many taboos, and the ministers will see them when they see them. Even the Queen Mother and the Concubine are also old people, and they can't make any ugly things, but they are only slightly separated by screens, and they all kneel beside the bed, and the Queen Mother moved slightly, turned her head sideways and looked at everyone, moved her lips and teeth, and said a few words vaguely, you have to be a person who is used to listening to her words to know what this unclear words mean.

“…… What about Yang Mianren? "The Empress Dowager didn't find an old acquaintance.

Aunt Qiao didn't know how to answer, she glanced at everyone for help. Most of the ministers still haven't understood, but the concubines who often serve the left and right have understood, and the Queen Mother said, "Yang Mianren has returned to his hometown, and the old lady - I'm afraid you have forgotten." ”

Not only is it to return to his hometown, Lord Yang Mianren has been in the officialdom for many years, and in the end he was forced to give office, but I am afraid that I will not feel good in my heart, and I occasionally feel cold on the way back to my hometown, and my condition deteriorates rapidly, and I have died of illness on the way back to my hometown. But of course, it's not easy to say this to the Empress Dowager now, and the noble concubine Niangniang also diverted the topic, "Qiao Nushi, the old lady's words, you can help repeat it." ”

Aunt Qiao naturally agreed, but after being interrupted like this, the Empress Dowager also seemed to remember something, she smiled self-deprecatingly, "Old ......"

"Old lady......" At this time, any words of comfort were useless, and the little emperor who was kneeling beside the bed called softly, and his tone was a little bitter, but he only made a start, and he didn't know how to continue.

"It's been more than 30 years since Hongwuzhong entered the door." The Empress Dowager whispered, Aunt Qiao listened attentively, and then turned her head and whispered to the ministers - although some people may be able to understand the vague speech of this leaky old man, but only to gain the trust of everyone, such a translation is still necessary.

Of course, it is impossible for her to translate indiscriminately by herself, starting from the Queen Mother, the noble concubine, Hu Xianshi and even a few princesses can also understand the words of the old man.

Several Hanlin scholars knelt on the side of the bed, and could not see the old man's face, but they could hear her words, and as they listened, they curled their fingers to remember something, and the older ones didn't care if they looked like scribes, and they hung their heads and memorized them on the manuscript paper. It is impossible for this old man to have the ability to compose the words into the literary style in the edict before he dies, so she can only say it, and the Hanlin scholar drafts the edict.

-- This is the edict being made. Whether it is Taizong, Renzong or Xuanzong, there is no blessing of the empress dowager, as the de facto ruler of the empire, she has the identity of making an edict, and she also has the time to make an edict. The three emperors in front of them went very suddenly. Although Taizong seems to have left an edict in person, the important ministers who witnessed him at that time were all hardcore princes. Party, who knows if this edict was drafted by himself? I'm afraid that even Emperor Renzong can't tell.

As for Renzong and Xuanzong, Xu Xun was in the field when Renzong went, and he didn't know the inside story, as for Xuanzong, he died violently like that, how could there be any possibility of leaving an edict, it was just drafted by the cabinet. can now be the Empress Dowager who personally issued an edict, and there is only Emperor Taizu in the country. However, Emperor Taizu's edict has always been secretive to everyone, and the part that Xu Xun came into contact with is so simple that it has obviously been deleted, and it can be said that the edict of the Empress Dowager is the first edict to be played by herself and will not be greatly deleted and changed.

Generally speaking, the edict focuses on a few things, one is how to handle one's own funeral, the second is how to designate the heir, and the third is to feel some feelings and modesty about his ruling over the years, and his advice to future generations. In fact, the first and third are just going through the motions, Xu Xun knows in his heart that like her, everyone is most concerned about the second point.

The emperor has been married for five months, and the relationship with the queen is very good, although he did some foolish things when he was young, and his reading talent is not very good, but in the past two years, he has also matured a lot, at the age of fifteen, he is not big or small, and the pro-government seems to be a little early, but he has been married and has done the crown ceremony, which is not without basis. But on the other hand, it is not uncommon for a fifteen-year-old child to make a mistake after coming into contact with real power, and compared with a group of scheming ministers, he is still tender, and compared with the queen mother, in addition to a legitimate identity, there is not much advantage.

Whether to continue to hand over the regent to the Queen Mother and let her wait for the emperor to return to power, or directly skip the Queen Mother and hand it over to the emperor, it can only depend on the old man's own choice, and in this matter, the courtiers have no voice, and the harem will not say anything more on this sensitive issue. If he were a wise lord today, maybe the situation would be different, but now that this is not the case, how to decide, depends on the words of the family.

“…… The emperor is smart and benevolent," intermittently said the big and small things he had passed when he entered the palace, and in the end, the empress dowager mentioned the emperor, and only these two words boosted the spirit of all the people, "You must be in power well in the future...... Attentive to state affairs, close to the virtuous ministers......"

The Hanlin people worked hard to write, and maybe the memories of the Empress Dowager's long speech just now fell on the edict with only one sentence, and now this short sentence will be perfunctory on the edict with many beautiful words. Xu Xun couldn't help but glance at the Queen Mother - she couldn't see the expressions of the ministers, and thinking about it, it should be different.

The Empress Dowager did not mention the Empress Dowager, but directly talked about the emperor, it seems that it should have been decided to return the emperor directly......

However, it may not be settled, and perhaps later, the meaning will change.

After some instructions, the Empress Dowager took a break, and then kept saying, "As for the Empress Dowager and the Princess—"

As she spoke, Aunt Qiao translated softly, which was originally a very smooth rhythm, "The family affairs of the concubines are in charge of you......

But with the Empress Dowager's vague words, she suddenly paused, looked in the direction of the Empress Dowager in surprise and fear, and then continued, "You need to follow the ancestral teachings of the national dynasty and not interfere in the country's affairs......"

Even the pen of the Hanlin official stopped, but he didn't dare to raise his head rashly: the edict directly knocked down the status of the queen mother's government, and sternly warned not to interfere in national affairs, which did not take care of the queen mother's face at all......

Of course, in the edict to attribute all power to the emperor, it is a good signal for the imperial court, although the queen mother has been in power for several years, but has always been cautious in words and deeds, in the court is a decoration, never to win over the party, once the edict will take away her authority, the ownership of power will no longer have any doubts. From the overall point of view, although the Empress Dowager is suspected of treating the Empress Dowager poorly, this is an old move after all. Combined with the relationship between the two houses over the years...... Such a decision, perhaps, is not so surprising.

Anyway, it's all about returning to power! Although the Queen Mother is now behaving in a proper manner, she never said a word during her reign, and she never did a single thing, and occasionally something was wrong, and she was also pushed back by the courtiers. But that's because there is always someone pressing on the top of her head, if the empress dowager goes, there is no check and balance, she will be arrogant, and she will not be willing to return to power in the future, it will be another trouble. It's good to be able to settle like this now!

Although the talent of the Son of Heaven may be quite complaining, but the emperor is the emperor, in the case of him growing up, Wenchen will never support others to take charge of the government, at the moment when the Empress Dowager expressed her position, the Son of Heaven Treasure Seal in the hands of the Empress Dowager has actually lost its effect, unless it returns to the Qianqing Palace, otherwise, the orders issued in the Renshou Palace, even if there is a seal, no one will obey it.

Everyone wants to see the Queen Mother's expression at this moment, Xu Xun is naturally no exception, but what she is more curious about now is Zhuan'er's expression - this is not a dying occasion, there is no need to be coy, all gathered in front of the Queen Mother's bed, Zhu'er does not have to avoid the defense of men and women, and kneels directly by the bed, and the rest of the military ministers and harem concubines are bounded by the screen and kneeling a few steps away from the bed, so she can only see the back of Zhu'er.

Since the day he chose the Qian family, Zhu'er has been waiting for this day to come, right? In the past year, he has not done a thing that makes the Empress Dowager unhappy, and his filial piety everywhere has provoked the eldest princess to praise her, even Aunt Qiao and others have said good things about him in the ears of the Empress Dowager, praising him that once he has opened his mind, he will quickly become sensible. Even, judging from the few words she occasionally gets, Yang Mianren's resignation was actually not hidden from the Empress Dowager......

Just like the Queen Mother knew about this, even if she was lonely, she couldn't help but feel a little proud, the Queen Mother knew about it, although she would sigh a few times for Yang Mianren, but she would naturally have some appreciation for an emperor who knew how to move the old ministers and pave the way for his own pro-government. - If he starts moving from Shousuke, or if he strikes one after another, then he is in a hurry. But when Sanyang's power was at its limit, Yang Mianren's removal from the throne made the inner court very relieved for a while.

What's more, she suspected that the reason why the emperor hid it from the Queen Mother was to show his attitude...... A hundred words are not as good as doing one thing, and it can prove that after knowing the past, he has been separated from the Queen Mother and turned to the Queen Mother - although this has nothing to do with national affairs, but for an old man, nothing can compare to the satisfaction and joy brought by the success of his plan.

All kinds of moves to win people's hearts finally won the decisive choice of the Queen Mother when she was dying. Even if they come to the end of their lives, the old man still does things with strong personal characteristics, and once he does it, he must do it absolutely, and he will not leave a little affection for others.

Zhu'er has indeed grown up, and it is difficult to say whether he has the talent to be the emperor, but compared with himself five or six years ago, he has already gone up several floors in terms of mental skills.

Perhaps she was accustomed to the suppression of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager looked indifferent and still had a little bit of Qi Rong - a daughter-in-law should have a very decent Qi Rong when her mother-in-law was dying, and there was no superfluous emotion other than that. On the contrary, Xu Xun caught a glimpse of several princesses out of the corner of his eye, all of them reacted differently, a little thoughtfully, his round eyebrows frowned, but a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Ah Huang's lips...... It wasn't until Xu Xun glanced at her that he seemed to realize something, and his expression changed to sadness.

After that, as for the arrangements for his posthumous affairs, although Hanlin Guan was still remembering, everyone was still kneeling on the ground respectfully, but not many people were listening.

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After the edict was finished, the Empress Dowager was very tired, and without waiting for the courtiers to speak, her eyes were closed, and she fell asleep again. All the important ministers also lined up the shifts in the outer hall of Renshou Palace, and they all retreated, Hu Xianshi originally avoided in the neighboring house, and at this time he also came out to take care of the empress dowager, and others naturally had to help him, and the house was also very busy for a while.

The emperor personally put the bed tent for the queen mother, and then exited the house, at this time the snow has stopped, the sky is very bright, it can really be said that the wind and the sun are beautiful, he wants to laugh, but he knows that it is not appropriate to do so, seeing the queen mother's figure in front of the courtyard, it is also a heart moved, think about it carefully, and do not go back to Qingning Palace, but directly take a sedan chair, to Qingning Palace.

He and the Queen Mother are the front and back feet, the Queen Mother has not changed her coat yet, she was a little surprised when she saw him coming, "The emperor doesn't go to the old lady to serve in front of the couch, what is he doing in Qingning Palace?" ”

The emperor didn't bother to find an excuse, knelt down, saluted the queen mother, and said in a deep voice, "The old lady's instructions are injustice to the mother, although the elders are respected, and the children are not good to object, but I also want to talk to the mother...... After all, the old lady has been contributing to the society for many years, and when she gets older, she becomes more and more disobedient, and the child chooses the Qian family as the queen, it is indeed to take care of the old lady's mind, but this is also for filial piety. Mother, please rest assured, the child has grown up now, and the foolish things when he was a child, now that he thinks about it, he is ashamed to die - there will be no misunderstanding of you again, even if he is close to the old lady, he will never alienate the mother. ”

Translated from these words, it means very simply: for a while, I followed the meaning of Renshou Palace, and it was because of the high seniority, not because I was caught by the truth over there. The Queen Mother can rest assured that in the future, when the emperor is in power, he will not have any disrespect for Qingning Palace.

The Queen Mother looked down at the emperor for a while, then smiled slightly and said in a low voice, "Okay, if you say this, my mother will be relieved...... The emperor has indeed grown up. ”

She deliberately paused slightly, and saw that the emperor's face was pleasant, and he did not show intersecting colors because of his pause, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly - she has really grown up.

Fang Cai said what the emperor really wanted to hear, "You came just in time, we can discuss it, the set of treasure seals placed in Renshou Palace, should it be returned to the Qianqing Palace today, or ......"

The emperor kowtowed again, "Mother, don't be angry, the old lady is definitely not what she meant......"

Having said that, when he looked at the ground, the corners of his lips still couldn't help but raise a small amplitude.

The next day, the Empress Dowager summoned the ministers to ask the right question, asking what major things the country had not done, and the words of the first assistant were not finished, and the Empress Dowager passed away for a long time, respecting the Empress Zhao with sincerity and filial piety, and was buried with the Emperor Zhao. The old people of the Zhao Emperor's generation have all died young, and the Queen Mother has officially become the most respected elder in the palace. -- Eight years after ascending the throne, he finally took the power he had always dreamed of in his hands.

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