Chunjia actually didn't have a deep impression of his Yuan Hou, although Ji Lingzi's appearance and temperament were second to none in the huge palace.

She is one year younger than Chunjia, she is twenty-three this year, her eyebrows and eyes have been completely opened, and she is no longer the unique freshness of a young woman like Yunfenghuang, but she is calm, with the style and charm that only adult women have.

It looks like a peony that blooms to seven or eight points in spring, solemn and graceful, luxurious and gorgeous.

Slowly descended the steps to salute and greet him, but he did not fall behind in his momentum, and faintly fought against Chunjia.

"The queen has lost a lot of weight." Chunjia narrowed her eyes and looked her up and down for a moment before she said slowly, "I thought that these days you would be able to recuperate and grow some meat. ”

Ji Lingzi said calmly: "Your Majesty has bothered, but the concubine has actually gained two pounds these days." ”

Chunjia was not embarrassed, and said calmly: "I haven't come to see the queen for a long time, but I don't remember it clearly." ”

"Your Majesty's heart is not here, and people are not comfortable coming." Ji Lingzi smiled indifferently, "In this way, the concubines don't dare to feel comfortable looking at each other, they are torture to each other, and it's good not to come." ”

"Then why did you let Concubine Xian call me over today?" Chunjia asked calmly, "I originally thought the same way, originally I and the queen respected each other like ice, and the last one, even if I didn't see it." Especially since the Ji clan has just fallen, I still think that the queen doesn't want to see me at all. ”

Empress Ji looked at him deeply: "The concubine wants to make a deal with Your Majesty." ”

"Deal?" Chunjia asked with interest, "But I don't know what the queen's chips are?" ”

This is not his intention to tease, after all, although Queen Ji's identity is noble, this dignity and status all come from the origin of Ji's concubine.

Now that the Ji family has overturned, her own life is also in the emperor's thoughts, but what qualifications do she have to negotiate a deal with the emperor?

"How about a chance to weaken the regent?"

The queen's words made Chunjia more and more curious, and her tone played with taste: "Oh? What chances? ”

"The regent's current father-in-law, another righteous daughter of the Marquis of Qingping, Lu Qidao, is a concubine in the palace." Empress Ji leisurely mentioned this person who had almost been forgotten by Chunjia, "The Ji clan was destroyed because of the Shu Ji clan, if Lu Qidao also did similar things, then why is the Marquis of Qingping intact?" The mother of the regent is humble, and the wife of the knot is not from a high background, so she can have today's momentum, and the Marquis of Qingping has contributed a lot. ”

"If you can suppress the Qingping Marquis Mansion, even if it is just to demote the Qingping Marquis, it should be an excellent thing for Your Majesty?"

Chunjia groaned, what the queen said was right, the regent was actually not very good at temple affairs.

It should be said that the two sons of Shenzong, Xiaozong and the regent. Govern. Fight. The means of fighting are not very good.

Otherwise, Xiaozong, as an emperor with a son and grandson, would not have been forced by the Ji family to end up depressed; The regent obviously has the backing of the Dingbei Army and the full support of Xiaozong, but he still stops at the half-step imperial brother, and sees Chunjia, who had nothing to do with the throne, ascend the throne.

When the regent was able to get the title of regent, in fact

After marrying the righteous daughter of the Marquis of Qingping, the Marquis of Qingping gave advice.

Lu Chuncao, the Marquis of Qingping, is a eunuch like Zheng Gu, and he was mixed up step by step from the bottom of the palace, and the wrist city government can be imagined.

The two arms in front of the regent, Wen is headed by the Marquis of Qingping, and Wu is headed by Zhao Wubo - any one of them goes wrong will greatly hurt his vitality.

On Zhao Wubo's side, there was a cloud wind fence to offer a plan, and Gu Zhen was the queen to carry out separation.

But for Qingping Hou, Chunjia didn't have a magic plan for a while.

If Empress Ji can really give the Qingping Marquis Mansion a heavy blow through Lu Qidao......

Chun Jia's mind turned, and he smiled: "What does the queen want to trade?" And on what basis do you think I will keep my promise? ”

At this time, before the emperor entered the Chongchang Palace, he imagined the various reactions of his empress dowager.

Whether Queen Ji was scolding, begging bitterly, or pinching him to enter the door, he let him see a dead corpse...... He wouldn't be surprised.

But the queen talked to him about the deal as if nothing happened.

This makes it difficult for Chunjia not to suspect that either the queen has other plans, or this matter is very, very, very important to Queen Ji.

It was so important that even if the Ji family was destroyed and she was about to die, she was thinking about it.

"The concubine heard that His Majesty ordered the Ji family to be buried up and down, and I want to send it off." Empress Ji said calmly, "If Your Majesty allows it, the concubine still hopes that she will go decently." ”

These two things are not difficult things, and even help to maintain Chunjia's image of "virtuous and generous" to a certain extent.

Chun Jia thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no need to refuse, so he asked, "How are you going to calculate Lu Qidao?" Qingping Hou is not idle, and ordinary things can't affect him. ”

"Your Majesty can rest assured." When Empress Ji got the promise, her expression became indifferent, and she said lightly, "Your Majesty has forgotten the experience of the Marquis of Qingping?" He was originally a person who served in front of the Shuren Ji family, because of the intention of serving and being clever and intelligent, he was appreciated by the first emperor, and the Shuren Ji family gave him to the first emperor, and then he has been deeply trusted by the first emperor, and his title was still sealed by the first emperor under heavy pressure. ”

"What is his background, what flaws, I don't know Ji's?"

Seeing that she didn't mean to say it in detail, Chunjia didn't ask, only smiled: "There have been a lot of excerpts to impeach the queen in the past two days, since the queen is also in a hurry to defend herself, then tomorrow, is it okay?" ”

The queen bowed slightly.

Chunjia said: "That's it, Ming'er is a bargaining chip for the queen to wait quietly." The left and right Ji family are still in a state of silence, and on the day of the funeral, I will go to mourn with the queen. ”

The implication is that if the queen doesn't pit Lu Qidao enough when she defends herself tomorrow, and she can't involve Lu Chuncao, then on the day of the funeral, don't say that the queen can't go, Chunjia herself may not go.

The husband and wife respected each other like ice, and after the matter was finished, Chunjia got up and left.

Empress Ji didn't have the heart to act with him at this time, she sat still, and was too lazy to send him.

Instead, Chunjia walked to the door and remembered, turned his head and asked, "I thought you would mention the second prince and the third prince."

。 ”

"Your Majesty is really joking." Empress Ji said calmly, "When the two princes talk about it, they want to call the concubine 'queen mother', don't they want to call Your Majesty 'father'?" Why should concubines worry about them? Your Majesty is not a ruthless person, even if your own flesh and blood flow in the blood you don't like, at most you have no relationship with the big position, and you are just a little wronged between brothers and sisters, will you still be wronged? In that case, they wouldn't be alive now. ”

In fact, the main thing is to know that if Chunjia doesn't plan to keep the twins, it's useless for her to intercede.

It's better to leave it alone.

"I heard that over the years, the queen has been persuading the Ji family to be my step-heir, and then set up another young master." Chunjia let out an "um" and asked, "Is it because I snubbed you?" ”

Empress Ji smiled: "Your Majesty said this, it is too underestimated to be a concubine." The concubine is from a good background, how can she try her best to put you to death for such a thing? It's just that if you don't die, you will be in trouble. It's a pity that no one in the family listens to the concubine. Otherwise, whether the Ji family is a concubine, where could they end up in their current situation? ”

This made Chunjia slightly stunned: "The queen suspected me early in the morning? Why? ”

"Because Your Majesty is so studious." Empress Ji said lightly, "I have many heirs of the Ji family, and the concubine was well-behaved and sensible when she was a child, and she didn't need to worry much about the family, but she got up early every day before dawn to ask the elders to say goodbye, and went to the women's school after finishing the freshening. ”

"Your Majesty's fifteenth practice of Zuo, seems to be timid and cowardly, and indecisive about Yuan Neem, but since entering the palace, no one has supervised, and even my Ji family prefers you to waste your schoolwork and play all day long, but what about you? Xi Wen and Wu have never fallen one day. ”

"Even if you're acting at a mediocre level, as if you're not enlightened. But in the eyes of the concubine, the fact that you practice alone shows that you are resolute and extraordinary. ”

"Throughout history, the monarch who was supported by the powerful ministers and never broke free from the control of the powerful ministers throughout his life was either a complete waste, and after ascending the throne, he just spent all his days drinking and indulging in pleasures, and even the hearts of the loyal ministers were cooled; Either he is anxious for quick success, and on the first day of sitting on the throne of God, he is eager to contact the internal and external generals to exterminate the powerful ministers; Oh, there is also a kind of poor royal body, although intelligent, it will be gone after a few years. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't belong to any of them, you are strong and strong, and you are self-disciplined to make your concubine frightened."

"So the concubine feels that it is very dangerous for me to live one more day."

"Therefore, it is better to pick a young clan relative as soon as possible to succeed, and when the time comes, I will teach him from an early age, and my Ji family can be stable for more than ten or twenty years."

Chunjia heard this, but he didn't get angry, and only said: "The queen is really a clear-eyed person, fortunately the Ji family didn't listen to you." But I'm also curious, why didn't the Ji family listen to you? I seem to have vaguely heard that the Ji family is quite wary of the queen? ”

Empress Ji looked at him for a while before she said: "This is probably the mandate of heaven in Your Majesty, the Ji family is illustrious for three dynasties, and the blessing is declining."

Up and down, they all slackened. ”

"Destiny?" Chun Jia smiled and said gently, "I have today as the result of years of hard work on thin ice, what is the matter with the destiny of heaven?" ”

As for saying that the Ji family is slacking, he also disagrees, "Even if I am not taken seriously, the regent is still there, the Yiguo Gong is here, and the Cui family and the Zheng family are here, what qualifications does the Ji family have to slack off?" The palace is in the water, the royal tomb is collapsing, how can the Ji family be slack? ”

"Because my grandfather is old and his heart is soft, he can't control his children and grandchildren so much." Empress Ji flicked her sleeves, revealing a touch of mockery, and said, "At the beginning, the concubine gave her grandfather a message, if she planned to abuse her power to the end, she should not give His Majesty any chance, and the teaching should be the kind that does not know how to be flexible and will only die studying; The guards who teach martial arts should deliberately say the wrong trick and let His Majesty fall into the dark disease himself! ”

"If you don't plan to fall out with the Gongxiang clan, you should start returning to power before Your Majesty gets tired of my Ji clan, and it's best to make efforts to teach Your Majesty to Mingjun."

"In this way, not only can you get Your Majesty's gratitude and trust, but also a loyal name will be placed in the history books a hundred years later."

"But the blessings of the Gongxiang clan have not declined, and the Ji clan has no possibility of usurping the throne."

"My grandfather was more inclined to return to power...... However, Your Majesty also knows that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift! ”

From the late part of the Shenzong Dynasty, the Ji clan had a monopoly on power.

At the time of filial piety, it was almost a hand to cover the sky.

When it comes to this dynasty, the regent has the name of regent, and in fact, he unites with the Zheng clan and the Cui clan, but he only fights against the Ji clan, and even often falls behind.

The two generations of Yeguo Gonghai, Xihou, Minyanghou, may still remember the hardships of the blue wisps of the road back then.

But their next generation, when they were born, the Ji family was already very prosperous, and they grew up in this kind of superiority, such as Ji Mingji, who was a little lazy even to give Chunjia the respect on the surface, let them put down the power in their hands, and treat Chunjia, who is the master of God's throne, as the real son of heaven, to awe, to assist, to dig out their hearts and lungs, and to be low-minded......

How would they be willing?

Empress Ji's face finally revealed a little sadness: "At the beginning, the concubine told my grandfather that such a big event should be interrupted and it would be chaotic." But my grandfather always thought that my Ji family had been operating in the court and the opposition for many years, and even if I was disgusted by the Son of Heaven one day, at most I would give up my title and official position, return to Sangzi, and live with coarse tea and light food from then on. ”

After all, when the Ji family was in power, for political enemies, Ouyang Yanran, Wei Changkong and the like, they were all degraded and suppressed, and not many were killed, and there were basically no slaughters of the whole family.

In the eyes of Ye Guogong, whose energy is gradually declining with age, even if the Ji family is retributed, it is almost three generations of hard work, and once it returns to the pre-development period.

"But he didn't want to, he met His Majesty."

The palace is deep and wide, and even during the day it is lit with candles.

The queen tilted her head slightly, not letting Chunjia see the crystal in her eyes, at this moment, her back was still straight, her sitting posture was elegant and graceful, and she did not fall into a graceful manner, and said in a deep voice, "It is the misfortune of the Ji family to meet Your Majesty, but for the world, they are indeed about to usher in one."

Mingjun! ”

"This is the sorrow of the Ji family, but it is a blessing for the people of the world."

"It's just that although the concubine is the queen, it is difficult to say the words of congratulations to Your Majesty."

"Of course, Your Majesty may not need the congratulations of the concubine."

"When the Ji clan followed the first emperor of Shenzong, he sincerely wished that the world would be clear and peaceful."

"Even though the Ji family does not exist now, this original intention is expected to be realized in the hands of His Majesty."

"At this point, he comforts the souls of the Hezu clan in front of the soul of the day, and he can probably talk about it as comfort!"

Chunjia listened quietly, and then smiled: "The regent is still here, the Cui clan and the Zheng clan seem to be subservient but they are unpredictable, and the rebellion in the three states can be calmed down but it is a manifestation of local erosion, and Wei Su in the north has changed...... The queen actually believes that I will be the Ming monarch who will make the world peaceful in the world? ”

"Of course you will be such a gentleman." When Ji Lingzi turned his head, his eyes were glowing with water, but his expression was proud, "What are you and my Ji family?" It only takes a few years for the pro-government to destroy my Ji clan by thunderous means, so that my Ji clan has been defeated without any use of all kinds of means! ”

"How can such a Son of Heaven not be the master of Zhongxing?"

"Are these people you talking about more difficult to deal with than my Ji clan?!"

Chunjia smiled a little dumbly, and said, "Then I will thank the queen for her auspicious words." ”

He didn't stay any longer, flicked his sleeves, and walked away.

Empress Ji didn't stop him, she just calmly watched his back gradually move away - when he was almost out of sight, the young Son of Heaven suddenly stopped, sighed, and said, "The queen has gone all the way." ”

"Under the Nine Springs, I will never see you again." Empress Ji nodded, very indifferently and calmly, not caring about the vague regret and regret in his tone - she knew what Chunjia was regretting and regretting, and he admired her talent and acumen.

But from the day Ye Guogong refused to take the initiative to return to power, it was destined that the two of them could not have a good result.

Therefore, Chunjia rarely comes to Yanfu Palace, so the queen never competes for favor.

The couple tacitly kept their distance.

Now the emperor will not be reluctant, and she does not have to have additional resentment and sorrow.

It's just that......

She suddenly thought of a not-so-distant past, and her eyes were in a trance for a moment, and then turned indifferent.

(End of chapter)