When Zhou Huan got up, Qi Yu next to him was gone.

"Mother, are you awake?" In the outer room, a nimble little girl spoke.

Zhou Huan nodded, then lifted the curtain and lowered his legs (chuáng) to the couch, raising his eyes to look at the little palace maid in front of him. It's also a clever girl, especially the big almond eyes that look smart.

"Where's Yuxi?"

The girl replied respectfully: "Back to Niangniang, Sister Yuxi has prepared breakfast for Niangniang, and told Lumei to wait for Niangniang here." ”

Zhou Huan nodded, then moved to the bronze mirror and sat down, "Your name is Lumei?" ”

"It's Niangniang, yesterday (rì) Sister Yuxi brought a group of ten of us over to serve Niangniang."

This girl is neither humble nor arrogant when she speaks, although she is just a little palace maid and looks like a child, but she can speak very calmly.

In this way, Zhou Huan nodded with satisfaction.

"What kind of bun do you know?"

Hearing this, Lu Mei immediately stood up from the kneeling ground, "Niangniang, you (shēn) are slender and have a fair face, and the spirit snake bun may be very suitable for you?" ”

Zhou Huan looked at himself in the mirror and nodded, "Even so, let's comb my hair again and again, and tell the palace something about the palace (qíng)." ”

"Yes."

For some reason, Zhou Huan always felt that the girl Lumei was too calm, and she didn't even look like an ordinary girl.

However, before Lumei had time to tell Zhou Huan more in detail, Yuxi had already arrived with the morning dew, "Niangniang, everything over there in Shoukang Palace is ready." ”

Without waiting for Zhou Huan to speak, Yuxi had already sensibly opened the prepared Xia Lian diagram.

The scroll more than one meter long is vividly painted with a pond of lotus flowers, and more importantly, the appearance of the Buddha can be faintly seen in the middle of this painting, which seems to be a very unremarkable gift for the Empress Dowager who believes in Buddhism.

Today (rì) is Zhou Huan's first day as the empress, so it is very important to meet the only elder in this palace, the empress dowager.

I heard that the Empress Dowager was also a powerful figure when she was young, and she went all the way from a small nobleman to finally let her son become the emperor, so she was posthumously crowned as the Empress Dowager. And since the death of Empress Jiang, the power of the six palaces has always been in the hands of the Empress Dowager, who was respected by the previous emperor.

Even, the phoenix seal has not been handed over to Zhou Huan until today.

Accompanied by Yuxi, the two finally arrived at the door of Shoukang Palace.

"The queen mother is blessed with Jin'an." The palace maid at the door was also sensible, but she only greeted Zhou Huan, and did not have any intention of opening the door.

Yuxi (xìng) Zizhi, "Sister, our mother is here to greet the Empress Dowager." ”

"The slave and maid know, but ......," the palace maid was embarrassed for a moment, "but now (rì) the empress dowager has already rested, saying that no one is coming at this moment." ”

The palace maid didn't say anything more after she finished speaking, and stood aside obediently.

Zhou Huan pursed his lips and smiled, "It's okay, then tell the Empress Dowager that her old man has a good rest, and the palace will come to see her old man again." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhou Huan actually turned around (shēn) and left, and Yuxi after (shēn) immediately followed, although he was helpless.

"Mother?"

Zhou Huanwan smiled and comforted Yuxi, "It's okay, accompany the palace to see the emperor, at this time his early dynasty should be over." ”

Sure enough, when Zhou Huan passed, Qi Yu had already gone down the morning court, and had just prepared some simple food in the upper study to prepare for breakfast.

"The emperor doesn't cherish his own body like this, so how can he cherish the people of the world. This palace is really a pity for those people, it's a pity. ”

Qi Yu had just picked up a bowl of white fungus porridge and was about to taste it, when he suddenly heard the sound of laughter behind him (shēn).

He turned (shēn) to Zhou Huan, and her (shēn) was followed by Xiao Liuzi who was guarding the door.

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Xiao Liuzi immediately knelt down and confessed, "Your Majesty, the queen must come in, the slave ......"

The upper study is an important place for government and politics, and logically speaking, everyone in the harem should not be able to set foot in it.

Who knows, Qi Yu hooked his lips and smiled, "It's okay, I ordered to go down, and in the future, where I can go in this palace, the queen can go." ”

Xiao Liuzi is a sensible child, and immediately turned (shēn) and kowtowed respectfully to Zhou Huan, "The slave has eyes and does not know Huizhu, so that the mother is covered with dust." ”

"Sure enough, it's the person next to the emperor (shēn), and he speaks so eloquently."

Yuxi on the side immediately understood, and gave Xiao Liuzi a Nanzhu that had been prepared early, and then Xiao Liuzi kowtowed a few more times to Zhou Huan before retreating.

"How is it, are you still comfortable in the palace?" Qi Yu spoke.

Zhou Huan shook his head, "The Empress Dowager didn't see me. ”

Hearing this, Qi Yu's movements paused slightly, "Qingqing, this empress dowager (xìng) is too stubborn and strong, embarrassing you." ”

"I know."

Zhou Huan said to himself, and by the way, he added a little green vegetables to Qi Yu's bowl, "But I also know that I am the only newcomer in the Sixth Palace today, and there must be a lot of dissatisfaction in the front and back harems, so I can't let it be at this time." ”

That being said, Zhou Huan's tone was two more angry meanings.

However, Qi Yu knew Zhou Huan's (xìng) son and knew that she was just complaining in front of her, so she didn't care about anything, but hooked her lips and smiled and started to add vegetables to Zhou Huan's bowl with her backhand, "It's too much, you should also eat more, otherwise it won't feel like you hold it in your arms." ”

A joke made Zhou Huan even more angry.

"What, the emperor has already considered going to the three palaces and six courts?"

Then, Qi Yu suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand and pulled Zhou Huan to his lap, and then lowered his voice and said, "Qingqing, are you jealous?" ”

"I ......"

As a result, Zhou Huan's words did not fall, but Qi Yu still lowered his head (shēn) and blocked Zhou Huan's defense.

……

At the same time, in the Shoukang Palace in this palace.

"Presumptuous, the emperor really said that!"

The Empress Dowager, who was sitting in the 正 (diàn), threw the cane in her hand to the ground, and then all the palace people knelt on the ground.

The Empress Dowager, who is only seventy years old, has a withered face now, but her eyes are still bright, like the eyes of an eagle. She looked angry, and her whole body trembled.

Mama Zhang on the side waved her hand and told everyone to step back.

"Empress Dowager, don't be angry, the juniors are not sensible, and it is not worth it to be angry (shēn)." Mama Zhang bent down and helped the crutches up.

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's face was slightly soothed.

Then the Empress Dowager took the tea that Mama Zhang brought her, and when she pursed her lips and smiled, there was a little more resentment in her eyes.

"The mourning family has been in this palace for so many years, and there is no merit and hard work, but now the emperor has sent a yellow-haired girl to take my power, how can the mourning family be willing!"

Mama Zhang on the side bowed her head, "Actually, according to the old slave, this matter is also good for the Queen Mother, the previous dynasty was not satisfied with the queen of the harem, and now I am afraid that it will turn the sky even more." ”

"yes."

The Empress Dowager squinted her eyes, this pampering is actually a catastrophe of annihilation, but it seems that the little emperor and the little queen have not yet understood it.

"The mourning family remembers that the Qin family has a concubine who was kicked out by the emperor some time ago?"

The person in the mouth of the Empress Dowager is Qin Luoyu, and in the combination of power and interests, Qin Luoyu's (shēn) person is actually very suitable.

Mama Zhang understood, "The slave maid remembers that at the flower viewing banquet a few years ago, the Empress Dowager also rewarded the Qin family lady with a pair of jade ruyi. ”

"Yes, that Jade Ruyi was still the original Emperor Taishang's reward for the mourning family."

After saying this, the Empress Dowager let out a long sigh, then leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.

"The mourning family is old, and I miss the old man more and more, and when I go to the Qin family, I say that the mourning family misses the old duchess."

One of the reasons why today's Guogong Mansion has always been honored is that the cousin of the Empress Dowager is the old lady of Guogong Mansion, but she has passed away for many years.

In these years, the Empress Dowager did not take the initiative to mention it, and the Qin family did not dare to rashly climb relatives, but now once the Empress Dowager speaks, it is bound to be a fire of (chūn) (rì), which is out of control.

In the court, Lord Qin cried in front of the emperor in front of the emperor in front of the civil and military officials, thinking that the old prince was seriously ill and the empress dowager (shēn) was lonely in the harem.

In the end, Qi Yu issued an order to promote the old prince to a first-class lord, and specially repaired a palace for the empress dowager outside the palace to thank him for his contribution to Han Zhaoguo.

In the end, Qi Yu also (yǔn) Xu Qin could enter the palace from time to time to visit the Empress Dowager, and then Qi Yu personally named the imperial doctor to go to the Guogong Mansion to diagnose the old Guogong.

When the news reached Kunning Palace, Zhou Huan was cutting the paper with scissors, but whoever had thought that the paper cut would be broken as soon as he slipped his hand.

"Mother, be careful." Lu Mei didn't have time to remind, and Zhou Huan's index finger was punctured.

Suddenly, blood dripped onto Su Jing's paper, infecting a large area of red. Zhou Huan frowned and put the scissors in his hand on the table.

"Mother-"

It happened that Yuxi came in from the outside, and she looked distressed, so she hurriedly told Lumei to go to the small warehouse for the gold sore medicine.

"Yuxi, who did the Qin family send to the palace?"

Yuxi exclaimed, "Niangniang, do you already know about the Qin family's affairs (qíng)?" ”

Then Yuxi looked at Zhou Huan and nodded, and then pursed his lips and said, "It's Miss Qin's family, Qin Luoyu, and she has already lived in Shoukang Palace." ”

"It seems that the stability (rì) in this palace has come to an end." Zhou Huan sighed, glanced at the paper cutouts on the table, and then picked it up and handed it to Lumei, who had just come in.

"Green Plum, put all of this away."

Lumei took the things and put all the original papers and scissors in the box not far away.