Although Zhu Ying likes to join in the fun on weekdays, after the emperor has made such a clear statement, she immediately pulled Zhang Shou's sleeve without being reminded by Mrs. Tai. And Zhang Shou also didn't want to stay in such a delicate place at such a delicate time, so he planned to retire immediately. Unexpectedly, at this time, Mrs. Tai rushed in front of the two of them.

"Your Majesty, it is rare to enter the palace, and the courtiers plan to go to Qingning Palace to meet the Queen Mother, and discuss how to spend the birthdays of Princess Yongping, Yingying and Zhang Shou, so I will take the two of them to retire first." Mrs. Tai bent her knees slightly as she spoke, and then said calmly, "The inside story here, the courtiers should also tell the Queen Mother one by one." ”

The emperor was indeed worried that the Queen Mother would either come in person after learning about this, or order someone to summon him to Qingning Palace for questioning - after all, he didn't want to bear it for a moment. Therefore, Mrs. Tai is willing to take over the difficult problem of going to inform the cause and effect, how can he be unwilling? So, while nodding in agreement, he added a few more words.

"I also asked my aunt to tell my mother, but I said that I was disheartened, so I had to make up my mind to abolish the queen. However, the husband and wife for many years should have left a little dignity for them, so they plan to abolish her as Concubine Gong and move out of Kunning Palace, but from now on, I will not set up another queen. As for the affairs of the harem, if the queen mother is unable to do it, let Mingyue take care of it. ”

When the second prince heard his father once again clearly say that he would abolish the throne, his heart had sunk to the bottom, but when he heard that the emperor had decided not to stand again, he seemed to see a glimmer of light - because in that case, at least all the princes would be concubines, and the two young and ignorant sons of the third prince and the fourth prince would not override him.

But when he heard that the emperor did not choose the palace concubine, but asked Princess Yongping to take care of the affairs of the palace, he was shocked and angry, and at the same time he deeply regretted it. His eldest brother, who used to pretending, had at least a good relationship with Princess Yongping in the past, but he didn't like the younger sister who was a talented woman all day long, so he and Princess Yongping couldn't talk about friendship at all!

After he "invited" the chef of the Yangzhou Hall to his home like a kidnapping in private, after tasting those foods, he felt that it tasted good, and heard that the queen was on a hunger strike in the palace, so he finally decided to make a gesture of filial piety, so as to earn back a little reputation for himself, so he planned to send some delicious food into the palace, so as not to lose the imperial dining room, and his mother would be so hungry.

Who knows what is wrong, he just heard that the queen was spitting up and screaming that someone had poisoned him, in order to protect himself, he had an idea and shouted that Zhang Shou was framed, but he never thought that this would cause such serious consequences!

The second prince's anger and regret, Mrs. Tai naturally didn't care. Since the emperor asked herself to send a message to the Empress Dowager of Qingning Palace, she naturally agreed, but these instructions from the emperor just now were really extraordinary, and after she took Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying out of the Qianqing Palace, she couldn't help but sigh at her granddaughter and future grandson-in-law who were supporting her left and right.

"Freezing three feet, it's not a day's cold."

Zhang Shou knew that she was lamenting that the upcoming post-abolition incident was by no means sudden, but because the emperor's accumulated dissatisfaction with her came to a peak today, so the relationship between husband and wife was completely ruined. But this kind of housework in the palace, he didn't want to comment on it at all, so he simply kept silent.

Zhu Ying muttered softly: "I heard Concubine Yu say that the queen was not like this back then...... She is a daughter who is famous for her dignified and virtuous in her mother's family. ”

Mrs. Tai shook her head, but did not speak. The queen mother really took a fancy to the influence of the queen's mother's family in the Yingzong dynasty, and heard the queen's good name, so she made the decision to set up such a queen for the emperor. Of course, the emperor was indeed very satisfied with such an empress at that time, and the fact that he had not been to other concubines for three or four years after marriage is the best evidence.

But it was precisely because she tasted the taste of being the lord of the six palaces, and because she had been held in the palm of the emperor's hand for many years, the queen naturally forgot to put on that layer of virtuous disguise, and her jealous and mean side gradually revealed. But she didn't expect that when she no longer concealed those ugly shortcomings, but there were other women in the palace, how many days would she be able to get?

After that, it can be said to be a vicious circle. Of course, if the queen is at fault, the emperor is not without fault, and the queen mother is not without fault. The ancestor of this dynasty once said that if the emperor has desire and ruthlessness, he can recruit beauties and spread the branches, if he has no desire, the harem favors one person, then the rest of the concubines can send him to marry, as for the heirs...... Is there still a small royal family surnamed Zheng in the world?

It's just that for so many years in this dynasty, even if there is a king who favors one person, he has never really dispersed the harem......

Mrs. Tai sighed secretly while walking, and waited until she entered the Qingning Palace, the female official Yuquan beside the Queen Mother had come out to greet her, she smiled and accompanied the people into the door, and saw that the Queen Mother was sitting on the soft couch in the middle, and when she saw her quickly got up, she stepped forward to salute first, and when the Queen Mother pulled her to the side of the soft couch to sit together, she did not greet her, relayed the emperor's words, and detailed what she had seen and heard in the Qianqing Palace before.

Although there has been no news in the Qingning Palace since the accident, and even Zhu Ying hurried to the Qianqing Palace after learning about the incident here-it was the Queen Mother who instructed her to go to relieve the anxious emperor a little, but at this moment, hearing these latest details, the Queen Mother couldn't help but gently rub her eyebrows with her fingers, and she was unspeakably upset.

She also wants to drag it on for a long time, and don't let the emperor leave a reputation after the abolition - throughout the ages, the emperor who abolished the queen will have a good reputation and most of it will rot, and even Emperor Han Jing and Han Guangwu, who are known as Ming Jun, have also left a handle after the abolition. But now it seems that this step is inevitable, but fortunately, the emperor does not intend to establish this point again, and he can barely gag the mouths of some people.

It's just that the emperor actually planned to let Princess Yongping, instead of any concubine, manage the harem, which is really whimsical...... This is not the era when the eldest princess of Hubei was in charge of the harem and raised Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty!

Thinking about it, the Queen Mother suddenly noticed the small movements of Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying who were standing aside.

I saw Zhu Ying pulling Zhang Shou's sleeve with one hand and shaking it slightly, Zhang Shou waved his hand lightly as if he wanted to break free, and finally lowered his hand as if compromised, letting Zhu Ying pull her sleeve like this, and even patted her hand gently, as if to comfort people and not be impatient.

After being slightly stunned, the Queen Mother suddenly realized the origin of Zhu Ying's small action.

Dare to love is that she never ordered the two of them to sit! As for the palace people in Qingning Palace, I am afraid that they have long been stunned because of what Mrs. Tai said about the aftermath and forgot about this stubble.

Thinking that the emperor and the empress in the past were not without such harmony, when they showed all kinds of intimacy in front of themselves, the emperor also snubbed the concubines, but in the end the two ended up like this, and now seeing the attitude of this pair of children, the queen mother couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said: "Zhang Shou, you and Yingying sit down and talk." ”

Zhu Ying has always been unrestrained in front of the Queen Mother's aunt and grandmother, just now she just wanted Zhang Shou not to be formal, at this time when she heard this, she immediately smiled, pushed Zhang Shou to sit down, and then opened her mouth and said: "Queen Mother, it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, my birthday with Ah Shou and Mingyue is coming, and my grandmother just said to the emperor, I want to discuss with you what to do about our birthday!" ”

Mrs. Tai suddenly frowned. The emperor is about to be abolished, she just used this as an excuse to see the queen mother, why is Zhu Ying still serious? Usually Zhu Ying is willful and willful, but she has always been very measured!

However, to her surprise, Zhang Shou also smiled and said: "Queen Mother, Yingying has proposed to the emperor before, since the selection of imperial chefs will start in the near future, the first day of the preliminary round will be set on August 15. First, the Mid-Autumn Festival is already lively, and secondly, it can be regarded as a good thing to enjoy with the people. As for us, we're just going to have a good time with our birthdays. ”

Speaking of this, he said sincerely: "Moreover, since there are many events in the palace of the central court, it would be better to make the scale of the first day grander, if you can take advantage of this liveliness to dilute the haze of the recent events in the capital, it would be great." ”

At this moment, Mrs. Tai and the Queen Mother exchanged a look, and at the same time suddenly realized.

How to celebrate a birthday or something is only in second place - Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying are both seventeen years old, and they are young and not a full life. However, this day happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and if it is combined with the so-called Imperial Chef Selection Contest before......

That can indeed divert the attention of the people as much as possible! Let them put more interest in such a grand event, instead of relish the royal selfishness.

Mrs. Tai clasped her hands lightly, and then said with a smile: "When I was in the Qianqing Palace, I heard that the emperor had just retained the chef of the Yangzhou Guild Hall in the imperial dining room?" This news should also be released, as those people in the other place will definitely explode! ”

The Queen Mother hesitated slightly: "If it is publicized, won't the news of the queen's poisoning be widely spread?" ”

Zhu Ying understood what Mrs. Tai meant, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Queen Mother, what grandmother means is to let people know that this so-called poisoning is purely the queen's own toss, in fact, it is nothing, so the emperor not only left the chef to serve in the imperial dining room, but couldn't help but spread the news, that is frank and tolerant." ”

She curled the corners of her mouth as she spoke: "Anyway, it's a gag order, and there will be all kinds of news spread outside when we turn around, so why don't we also push a hand and divert other people's attention to the so-called palace secrets to other things?" I think it's interesting that the people take food as their heaven, and they borrow the selection of imperial chefs so that ordinary people can also see the world's delicacies and various ingredients. ”

"You, as long as Zhang Shou says it, you say it!"

The Queen Mother sneered with a smile, seeing Zhang Shou sitting calmly as usual, with a frank expression, she couldn't help but swallow back the teasing that had come to her mouth, and then said thoughtfully: "Since the emperor also agreed before, then this matter is not unavoidable." ”

Zhu Ying was immediately overjoyed. Although she doesn't like the queen, what does it matter to her after she is abolished? It was so easy for her to wait for her second birthday to spend with Zhang Shou, so she didn't want to be ruined by these messy things!

So, without thinking about it, she stepped forward and sat down next to the Queen Mother with a dead face, smiling and moaning.

"Queen Mother, although the emperor nodded and allocated a little money, the news also spread, Ah Shou also pulled in Mr. Liu to help, but the money is not too much, and there are not too many people, you have the money to pay, someone to pay for it, just leak some money from your fingers and leak some people out for us, okay? In this way, I can also go outside to play your banner, and say that the Queen Mother also approves of this selection. ”

"You, not only do you not make people worry, but you also like to cause trouble, let me say what is good about you?"

The Queen Mother was simply laughed at by Zhu Ying's scoundrel, reached out and poked this girl who was once like a little dumpling, and saw Zhang Shou sideways but smiling silently and enjoying herself, she finally relented. is old and has experienced so many things, how can he not be touched in his heart when he sees such a golden boy and girl with a similar heart?

"Yuquan, go open my box and weigh fifty taels of gold to come out. said to the outside world that the emperor wants to select the imperial chef fairly, and I support it, but since he has taken the imperial dining room into the palace, no longer managed by Guanglu Temple, and opened an inner library to do this, then, I, who is the queen mother, will simply come to help the fun, and give 50 taels of gold to subsidize. ”

For Zhu Ying, who has received countless good things from many elders since she was a child, fifty taels of gold is really nothing, her red gold collar that she can't wear at all, large and small South Sea pearls, jade of various textures, gems from Ceylon and other places in the South Seas, and jade that has been paid tribute to a small state in the southwest since Emperor Taizu...... It's all about boxes.

But the queen mother's fifty taels of gold at this time meant that she and Zhang Shou had done this thing, so she naturally hurriedly went over and pulled Zhang Shou to thank her, and then used the excuse of leaving a place for Mrs. Tai and the queen mother to talk, and dragged Zhang Shou out first with a smile.

As soon as she left, the Queen Mother sighed: "I really hope that as Yingying said, people will forget about the abolition of the queen." ”

"Forget that it's impossible, but it's possible to pay less attention." Mrs. Tai's opinion was naturally cautious, but then she smiled and said, "When Zhang Shou first tossed this matter, it was so that people didn't just worry about Cangzhou, Guanglu Temple and Jiuzhangtang, but he didn't expect that such a big thing would suddenly be killed. How much of a role they can make depends on how much they can toss. ”

In fact, Zhang Shou followed Zhu Ying around Qingning Palace for a while - and this is really not a very spacious place, in fact, it took less than a quarter of an hour to walk around - and then the Queen Mother ordered someone to call them in, but it turned out that Mrs. Tai was going back to the house.

In addition to the fifty taels of gold that Zhu Ying forcibly "begged", Zhang Shou also got a piece of inkstone, a bloodstone seal - the former he couldn't identify whether it was good or bad, but the latter realized at first glance that it was worth a lot. As for rewarding him with these two things, the Queen Mother directly used the best reason - a birthday gift. And Zhu Ying simply walked with a box of good things.

And when he left the palace, Zhang Shou, who did not take the sedan chair again this time, said goodbye to Mrs. Tai, but also pulled Zhu Ying with him. When the two of them arrived at Xiao Cheng's house and saw Lu Sanlang, Zhang Shou said bluntly: "Lu Sanlang, take out your greatest ability, in the first primary election on August 15, you will create the greatest momentum for me in advance!" ”

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