Chapter 4 The First Woman of the Qing Dynasty - The Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang!
When Wu Yue, with the support of Sandezi, rushed to the main hall of Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was sitting upright on the seat facing the palace gate, holding a book of music in both hands, frowning and checking.
Wu Yue's eyes looked directly at the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang is about fifty years old, with a standard goose egg face, extremely fair skin, and a pair of willow leaf bent eyebrows, shining and smart eyes, staring at the music. The high bridge of the nose and the scarlet lips were bitten lightly, revealing a pair of neat, white teeth.
"Master, quickly bow to the ancestors." Seeing that his eyes were staring at the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Sandezi beside Wu Yue hurriedly raised his hand, gently poked his arm, and said in a low voice.
Wu Yue hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.
"My grandson has seen my ancestor!" Wu Yue said in a deep voice.
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang slowly raised her head, raised her hand slightly, beckoned the palace maid next to her to step forward, helped Wu Yue up, and said softly, "Get up." ”
Wu Yue slowly stood up with the support of the palace maid who came over. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang raised her hand and beckoned Wu Yue to come closer to her. Wu Yue took advantage of the situation, walked over slowly, and sat beside her.
Xiaozhuang nodded at Wu Yue with a smile, and looked sideways at the palace maid standing beside him. The palace maid bowed down and slowly retreated.
"Xuan Ye, later, I will read the news that you are the prince to those ministers. Three days later, he was crowned a great treasure and became the emperor of my Qing Dynasty. Xiaozhuang turned around, stretched out his hand to hold Wu Yue in his arms, looked at him lovingly, and said in a low voice.
"Prince!? Emperor? Wu Yue naturally knew what he was facing, but as far as the current situation was concerned, he had to pretend so as not to be seen by others.
"What's wrong? Doesn't my grandson want to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty? The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's eyebrows rose slightly, and she asked with a loving smile.
Wu Yue had no interest in being an emperor, so he nodded, "Ancestor, according to the ancestral system, the living monarch of the Qing Dynasty will not set up a prince." But why did you suddenly announce the matter of the crown prince to the public? Could it be that something happened on my father's side? ”
"Ancestry? You know a lot. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said in a deep voice, and then her face changed instantly, and she looked sideways in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, and stopped talking.
At this time, Sandezi, who was standing beside Wu Yue, glanced at him and motioned to Wu Yue not to continue.
Wu Yue nodded slightly, looked up at the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and then said, "Ancestor, if there is anything unspeakable, then there is no need to tell your grandson." ”
"My good grandson." When the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang heard this, she bowed her head with a pampered face, and gently touched the bridge of Wu Yue's nose with the bridge of her nose with a tall nose.
"Grandson, the matter of establishing a reserve is imminent, and the specific things will naturally be understood when you grow up. Now, you just need to follow my instructions and accept the crown prince's throne. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said with a serious face.
Wu Yue saw the expression of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang at this moment, and there was no room for negotiation at all, so he could only nod.
"Ancestor, my grandson obeys your will. But there is a question that the grandson wants to know. Why don't you choose the second brother Fuquan? Whether it is age or knowledge, the second brother Fuquan is much stronger than his grandson. It is wisest to choose him as the crown prince. ”
"Who told you this. Is it your teacher Wei Chengmo? Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's face changed and changed when asked by Wu Yue's question, and she frowned and said.
Wu Yue shook his head, "The teacher didn't mention the matter of the prince to his grandson. However, the teacher said that the young and the old are in order. ”
Wu Yue tried his best to make an innocent appearance, raised his head and blinked his eyes, and said.
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang stared at Wu Yue for a few seconds, hugged him into her arms with a chuckle, and said to herself, "I didn't expect my grandson to have such an insight, and he really didn't disappoint me." ”
"I'll go! Crooked! Unexpectedly, my prevarication actually strengthened her determination to let me sit as the most tired emperor in history. After listening to the low words of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Wu Yue's heart suddenly cooled and said silently.
"Ancestor." Wu Yue gently squirmed his body.
Hearing this, Xiaozhuang lightly let go of the arms that were holding Wu Yue, but did not let go completely, but hugged him lightly, his face full of joy.
"Ancestor, the prince's bright yellow costume has been brought over." Just when Wu Yue racked his brains and wanted to find an excuse to push off the sudden fall of the crown prince, the palace maid who had just retreated, holding a jet-black tray in both hands, holding this yellow dress on both sides, bowed over and said in a deep voice.
"Well, serve the prince to change clothes!" The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said in a deep voice.
The palace maids standing on both sides walked over quickly with their heads bowed, supported Wu Yue, and got down to the knees of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. Sandezi stepped forward quickly, took off the yellow clothes on the palace maid's tray with both hands.
The other palace maids stepped forward, took off the services on the hands of Sandezi one by one, and stood directly opposite Wu Yue.
Sandezi stepped forward and came to Wu Yue's body, with a humble face, gently withdrew the clothes on his body with both hands, and then lightly put the Ming Emperor's clothes on Wu Yue's body.
A simple change of clothes took a quarter of an hour. When Wu Yue couldn't hold on, he finally called it a day.
At this moment, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang had already stood up and stood beside Wu Yue, and after he finished changing clothes, she gave Wu Yue a thumbs up with a satisfied smile on her face.
"My grandson was born to be an emperor. This Ming Huang costume is worn on your body, just like a divine dragon soaring into the sky, and the five claws meet the auspicious clouds, which is a perfect match! As the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang spoke, she nodded again and again.
"To me, it's like a cow with a tether for work." Wu Yue couldn't help but speak.
"The old cow brought a cow trap?" The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang listened to Wu Yue's words, and the word "Sichuan" was highlighted in her eyebrows. After a few minutes, he let out a long sigh.
"The analogy of the grandson is much more appropriate. The old ancestor and you, are they not the old cows of the Qing Dynasty? The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang shook her head with a wry smile, slowly turned around, and walked slowly in the direction of the collapse.
"Ancestor, almost two incense sticks have passed, and the slave is worried, and the Shunxi father-in-law is afraid that it will block it for too long." After Sandezi saw the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang sitting back down, he lowered his head and didn't speak, so he stepped forward slowly, came to her side, bowed deeply and hugged his fists, and said in a deep voice.
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang raised her head and looked at Sandezi, and her eyes instantly condensed.
"Humph! Those courtiers, who think that they are all outstanding in battle, can trample on my royal dignity at will? Don't you really put my love for the Xinjueluo royal family in your eyes? The tone of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's speech at this moment seemed to be pursed and popping out from between her teeth, showing coldness and hatred.
"Ancestor, the teacher once taught his grandson to be calm and calm in case of trouble, and not to mess up because of a moment of anger, so that the opponent has an opportunity." Wu Yue listened to the words of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and had an urge to break the net, so he hurriedly said.
"I'll strangle you, you want to die, don't pull me? At this time, if one is not handled well, my little life will most likely be explained here. In the current Qing Dynasty, you are not the only one who can inherit the throne. Get rid of you and replace it with other descendants of Aixin Jueluo on stage, in the eyes of these people, it is not impossible! ”
"The courtiers who are in charge at the moment are all proud generals who follow Huang Taiji or Shunzhi Ye to fight the world, and they have heavy soldiers. This kind of thing, they are very likely to do. Wu Yue shouted in his heart.
After the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang heard Wu Yue's words again, a smile suddenly appeared on her face and said, "What Sun Er said is reasonable. Come, come to the Imperial Grandmother. ”
The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said and waved her hand towards Wu Yue. Wu Yue took the opportunity to come to her side and sat next to her.
"Good grandson, today, the imperial grandmother will teach you a lesson. Let's see how the imperial grandmother deals with these courtiers who maintain the court on the surface, but secretly they are playing their own small calculations! Xiaozhuang said in a deep voice and nodded to Sandezi beside him.
Seeing this, Sandezi bowed towards the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Wu Yue, slowly withdrew from the main hall of Cining Palace, and ran in the direction of the palace gate.