Evergreen Palace, Ming Palace.

Yang Shi, the leader of the eunuchs, carefully brought a cup of fresh mandarin cheese to the table, and said after considering the words: "Your Majesty, you are worried about state affairs, and the Queen Mother is also worried about your dragon body, so she specially sent this fresh orange cheese, do you want to taste it?"

"Hold it for now. ”

“...... Be. "Although Yang Shi was recommended by the Empress Dowager Yang to be the chief eunuch of Emperor Wen Zihua of Wei, who in this Evergreen Palace does not know that the court forces in the Empress Dowager Yang's clan have been wiped out by the new emperor, and she has no real power to leave her as a queen mother, and even in the absence of a queen, the power of the six palaces that the queen mother should be in charge of is also clearly ordered to let her live in peace without asking, and the forces of the Empress Dowager Yang in the Evergreen Palace also died inexplicably in an extremely cruel blood exchange after the new emperor first ascended the throne, and the rest were naturally trembling, for fear that one would accidentally offend this unfathomable, Xinjun, who is more feared than the old Emperor Wei, doesn't know when he will die in vain.

"Go down and call the Jiang maiden to come over. Wen Zihua's voice was very good, but there was an indescribable cold arrogance, he was carefully reading a letter of the book of the household, and from time to time he had to circle one or two, but he didn't look at the bowl of fresh mandarin cheese that was still steaming next to him.

Yang Shi looked at his face, but he couldn't see a name, knowing that although this emperor had made him the chief eunuch, there were any intimate and important things, but they were all brought from Fujian to do it, thinking that he was not favored, so he simply settled down, so he responded in a low voice, and withdrew to summon Jiang Jianing.

But after a while, Jiang Jianing entered the Ming Palace, and after she finished saluting, Wen Zihua finally put down the fold and brush in her hand, raised her head and said, "What's wrong?"

"As the emperor expected, none of the people in Xiaonanguo knew about it, and now that they have arrived in Hedu, they will enter the Evergreen Palace tomorrow. ”

"What about the one named Wei Yan?"

"I still haven't found it, I think it was taken away by Emperor Li's hidden guards. ”

"It's fine. ”

"Then tomorrow-" Jiang Jianing hesitated, "Do you need to open the gate of the Evergreen Palace tomorrow to welcome 'her'?"

Wen Zihua's face did not see a trace of change in expression, there seemed to be many unknown secrets hidden in his deep eyes, his already handsome appearance was wearing a yellow dragon robe on a black background, and he was particularly arrogant, he said lightly: "Since it is not 'her', then just take a look at it in the Purple Gold Hall." ”

"Yes. Jiang Jianing was dressed as a standard maid of the Evergreen Palace, her original honey-colored skin seemed to have become fairer, and her neatly combed bun still had a tassel hairpin with Fujian characteristics, she raised her head slightly, and the tassel of the hairpin also moved slightly, "Your Majesty, today is the birthday of Concubine Yue." ”

"Okay, I'll see her later. ”

Jiang Jianing's eyebrows twisted slightly, and she seemed to be struggling a little, but she finally opened her mouth and said: "Your Majesty, forgive the slave and maid for talking too much, since that one is no longer likely to enter the Evergreen Palace, after returning the marriage certificate this time, she and the emperor will have nothing to do with it." But how can the dignified Wei State and the majestic Evergreen Palace not have a queen for a long time, and I hope that the emperor will choose the candidate for the throne as soon as possible. ”

"What the envoy Jiang said is not right. You weren't too talkative just now," Wen Zihua lifted the already cold mandarin cheese and suddenly closed the lid forcefully, "You're already presumptuous." ”

"The emperor forgives the sins!" Hearing this, Jiang Jianing immediately knelt down, bowed his head to the ground and did not dare to make a sound.

At least there was a stick of incense, Wen Zihua didn't speak, but Jiang Jianing didn't dare to come out, and his palms were covered with greasy cold sweat, until he heard the sound of slow footsteps, he realized that Wen Zihua had arrived in front of her and helped her up with one hand.

"The slave and maid dare to talk about the major affairs of the harem, it is really presumptuous, please ask the emperor to punish it. ”

"The Jiang maiden has been following me for so long, and her loyalty can be seen, how can I punish her. Wen Zihua's voice was soft and slow, but with a hint of calm that made Jiang Jianing a little frightened, "Min is my hometown, and Jiangmen can be regarded as my mother family, but there are many royal favored concubines in this history, and the mother family has been arrogant or committed unforgivable crimes because of this——"

"Slaves don't dare, Jiangmen doesn't dare!"

"Jiang Nu is thoughtful, but some things are just too difficult to see, you should really go back and learn from Concubine Yue, correct your position, and last a long time. After that, Wen Zihua took a very delicate wooden box from the case, "This is my birthday gift to Concubine Yue, you sent it for me, and told her to go and see her later." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone. ”

Watching Jiang Jianing retreat cautiously, the corners of Wen Zihua's mouth showed a shallow sneer, how could he not know that Jiangmen had served him wholeheartedly for so many years, although there was a friendship between Zhen Ji, who had known and cherished each other since he was young, and Jiang Tong, the mother of the Jiang family, but with the gradual change of the identities of the two, this friendship was mixed with too many interests. His birth and upbringing, Jiangmen's growing strength, and Jiang Yingyue's undisguised love for him since he was a child, even if Jiang Tong didn't say anything, in the eyes of everyone in Jiangmen, Jiang Yingyue is naturally his only candidate for a wife, although he married Jiang Yingyue very early, and at that time, he only named her concubine on the grounds that the Jiang family was a businessman, but now it is different from the past, in the matter of his ascension to the throne of Wei, Jiangmen has almost become his only backing except for Murong Jing, the king of Fujian, but Murong Jing's identity determines that he can't cross the entire Li Dynasty too obviously to help him succeed, but Jiangmen can do his best for him without any scruples。 In such a situation, the already somewhat absurd marriage contract with the Li Dynasty, with the news that Yao Jin became the lord of the Xiaonan Kingdom became known to the world, their marriage contract at that time also became a dead letter, and now almost all the people of the Wei State believe that Jiang Yingyue became the empress of the Wei State is a natural thing - however, after today's war, civil strife and the bloodbath of the court, the Wei State, which is almost in ruins, as the king of the Wei State, really needs such a queen representing Jiangmen?

Wen Zihua looked at the majestic palace city under the gray-white sky, the sunlight was scarce today, and in the slightly gray sky, except for the long bell tower, the other palaces seemed to be connected, like a huge black monster, entrenched in this world with teeth and claws. He walked slowly towards the blue garden, and every palace maid, eunuch, and guard he saw along the way kowtowed to him in fear, and in their eyes there was not only awe for the emperor, but also a fear from the bottom of their hearts. He knew that in the great reshuffle that could almost be called the slaughter of the palace in order to clear the old forces when he first ascended the throne, in just one night, many people died in their dreams before they could open their eyes, and the very few who were alive woke up in a corpse and blood, and in the face of this evergreen palace full of lonely souls, how many people could not tremble and fear? Although the new emperor mercifully accepted a large number of newcomers into the palace, and opened the harem to the Manchu courtiers to recruit concubines, although the emperor inside and outside the palace was the most handsome in history, but the methods were the most ruthless in history, and they were all afraid to the core.