The spring of the twelfth year of Daqi Zhengde

The peach blossoms bloom just right in April, especially the peach blossoms in the palace, which are extraordinarily fragrant and gorgeous. People in the palace know that the queen mother loves peach blossoms, when the emperor was alive, he ordered people to build a peach blossom garden in the palace, and when the spring flowers bloom in April, there are always peach blossoms in the garden, and the beauty is like a dream.

Every year the Queen Mother of Peach Blossoms always goes there to enjoy the flowers, and it is another year of peach blossoms, but the palace people on duty in the Peach Blossom Garden do not see the Queen Mother.

One day, the little palace maid on duty in the Peach Blossom Garden just went in and found that a forty-year-old mother-in-law had just broken a peach blossom from the tree, so frightened that she hurriedly walked up and reminded, "Mother-in-law, the peach blossoms here are very precious, and they are the favorite of the Queen Mother, how can you easily fold them, this is a big disrespectful crime." ”

The mother-in-law was neither panicked nor annoyed, with a smile on her face and a gentle and beautiful voice, which made people feel very comfortable.

"I am the personal female official next to the Queen Mother, and this flower was asked by the Queen Mother to pick it up."

The little palace maid looked at the elegant and decent female official in front of her, only felt familiar, and asked timidly, "Who are you?" ”

"Everyone in the palace calls me Aunt Yingxiu."

The House of Parliament

"Your Majesty has reached adulthood, please ask the Queen Mother to withdraw the curtain and return to Your Majesty."

On the top of the main hall, the courtiers knelt on the ground. In the past, there were always arrows and crossbows in the court, and sometimes the ministers would always quarrel over a trivial matter, but they had never reached an agreement like today, and they all shouted to return the government to Your Majesty.

His Majesty the Emperor, who had just been crowned, sat on the dragon chair with a blank expression, but his pursed lips and fingers clasped on the handle all showed that he was not as breezy as he appeared on the surface.

He was nervous, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, and he didn't want to be held back by that person everywhere.

Everyone knows that since the current emperor succeeded to the throne at the age of three, because the emperor was young, the first emperor entrusted the crown prince to the courtiers and the queen mother, and the queen mother Gu has been listening to the government for 17 years. Now that he has grown up, the Queen Mother has no excuse to hold on to political affairs.

The ministers all had serious expressions, the emperor and the queen mother did not speak, and the court fell into a tense atmosphere.

Empress Dowager Gu rubbed her eyebrows, and her well-maintained face was already a little tired. She habitually tilted her head to look at the peach blossoms outside the window, and realized that this was in the court hall and not in her Fu'an Palace.

Through the bead curtain, she looked at the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, waiting for her to reply, and said: "The Zhongqing family is reasonable, the mourning family has been hanging the curtain for seventeen years, and now that the emperor has grown up, the mourning family has no reason to interfere in political affairs. According to what the Qing family said, the curtain was removed and returned to the emperor. ”

This surprised the emperor and the hundred officials, they were afraid that the queen mother would not easily let go of power, so they prepared countless allusions and wording, intending to quote scriptures to persuade the queen mother to let go of power, but they never thought that the queen mother would easily agree to their request, and the hundred officials looked at each other, and they all clasped their heads and shouted that the queen mother was wise.

In the shouting, Empress Dowager Gu suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the palace maid next to her quickly helped her, so she didn't make a fool of herself in front of everyone.

"If the mourning family is unwell, they will leave first, and the emperor and the ministers will take care of themselves." There was a deep tiredness in her voice, and she felt that she was really old, and she was no longer able to do many things. She didn't want to get involved in those court affairs anymore, and she didn't want to argue with anyone anymore. It's good to return to your majesty, and she will work hard again.

In Fu'an Palace, Empress Dowager Gu sat quietly by the window, looking at the peach blossoms blooming outside through the open window. Suddenly, her shoulders were warm, and she didn't have to turn her head to know that it was Yingxiu's clothes for her.

"Niangniang, the spring cold is coming, be careful of the cold." Yingxiu sighed involuntarily, looking preoccupied. Recently, it has been rumored in the folk palace that the current Queen Mother has no children, and Her Majesty is not from the Queen Mother, but from the dead Zhao Guiren. Some people even speculated that Zhao Guiren was poisoned by Empress Dowager Gu.

But what the truth is, she knows best.