The imperial palace is generally divided into the front palace and the harem, the front palace of the Song Dynasty is actually equivalent to the combination of Zhongnanhai and the Great Hall of the People in later generations, in addition to the emperor in front of the court to discuss matters, there are many palaces are the office of officials.

For example, the Dongfu where the prime ministers worked, the Hanlin Painting Academy where Wu Zhi was located, and the Zhaowen Pavilion, Jixian Pavilion, Longtu Pavilion and other institutions where the scholars worked were all in the palace.

The front palace is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, and there are few eunuchs and palace maids, and people have the impression that there are palace scenes of eunuchs and palace maids everywhere, but they are actually harem scenes.

Shengqing Palace is at the junction of the west of the harem and the front palace, this palace was established by Song Zhenzong, the third emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and the famous ministers and good generals in the Song Zhenzong era came out one after another, and the country also won a great victory in the Liao War, and signed the Song Liao's Lanyuan Alliance, ensuring that the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty was free of war for nearly a hundred years.

However, Song Zhenzong himself engaged in feudal superstitious activities in the later period, not only building Taoist temples everywhere, but also spending the country's manpower, material and financial resources to carry out a Zen ceremony in Mount Tai.

In Mount Tai Feng Zen, this kind of thing is not any emperor can do all dare to do, only the martial arts have reached the level of an emperor through the ages, only to be qualified to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen, these conditions are clearly written in the "Book of Rites", going back to China for thousands of years, only Qin Shi Huang Han Wu Emperor kind of emperor dared to go to the Zen, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was so awesome that he was embarrassed to go, and Song Zhenzong went to seal, he was also the last emperor in history to seal Zen in Mount Tai.

The Shengqing Palace was built in the palace to enshrine the "Book of Heaven" in order to prepare for the Zen Sealing Ceremony...... The Book of Heaven or something was purely presented by the people below to fool the emperor.

Later, Emperor Zhenzong died, and the Empress Dowager Liu E took Emperor Xiaorenzong to govern, so she abolished all the ridiculous things that Zhenzong did during his lifetime, and the book was also simply stuffed into the tomb of Emperor Zhenzong by the Empress Dowager Liu E, and let him take it below.

Since then, the Shengqing Palace has become a palace of worship and blessing in the imperial palace, from the original absurd place, to the most quiet and holy place in the harem.

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Ling'er took Wu Zhi to the Shengqing Palace, and as soon as he entered the door, Wu Zhi smelled a very strong smell of incense, not the ordinary incense smell of temples or Taoist temples in later generations, but a light fragrance, which smelled very pleasant.

Wu Zhi knows that this is the best sandalwood incense in the incense, it is worthy of being in the palace, and even the incense burned is so extravagant, this kind of sandalwood incense burns a pillar of incense enough for ordinary people to eat a good meal in the restaurant.

The structure inside the Shengqing Palace is actually similar to the Taoist temple outside, there is also a tall incense burner in the middle of the courtyard, and there are countless statues of gods in the tall main hall, the difference is that there are eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside here, there are no Taoist priests, and there are no good men and women who come and go.

Wu Zhi also saw that the palace maids and eunuchs here were all the queen's maids, and on both sides of the main hall gate were palace maids and eunuchs who were obviously more gorgeously dressed than elsewhere.

"You go to the side hall over there and wait, I'll change my clothes, and I'll look for you with the queen mother later."

Ling'er ran away after laughing, and her own palace maid led Wu Zhi to the side hall.

When he arrived at the side hall, the palace maid invited Wu Zhi to sit down, served hot tea, and then retreated, Wu Zhi was paying attention to the palace maid who led the way all the way, he didn't have any ideas, but he saw that the palace maid was also a girl, and wanted to talk to her a little bit and chat a few words.

But this palace maid is obviously too well-trained, and she has maintained the same look all the way to help Wu Zhi guide the way, ask Wu Zhi to sit down, pour tea for Wu Zhi, and after skillfully doing this, she retired after a blessing, and never dared to look directly or peek at Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi couldn't talk at all.

Maybe the palace maid also regarded Wu Zhi as another dignitary who entered the palace, she didn't dare to look at Wu Zhi directly, she couldn't be rude...... As everyone knows, in Wu Zhi's eyes, she is no different from ordinary girls, they are all young girls, and Wu Zhi is happy to make friends with the girls or something.

After the palace maid left, Wu Zhi sighed slightly, it was boring to sit alone, and he looked around at the side hall while drinking tea. The furniture in the side hall is very simple, and there is a big innate gossip map hanging on the front wall, the gossip map implies a mysterious philosophy, Wu Zhi stared at it for a while, but felt a lot calmer in his heart.

Wu Zhi also noticed that the side hall was a two-entry room, with a veil between the inside and outside, and he thought that the queen would "meet" with herself through the veil.

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

Not long after, a eunuch's announcement came from inside the veil, and Wu Zhi hurriedly got up and turned slightly sideways inside to prepare to greet the queen.

I don't know why, after hearing the arrival of the queen mother, Wu Zhi's heart suddenly became nervous, he had never been so nervous when he saw the emperor before.

Although the face of the person inside could not be seen clearly through the veil, the outline of the person could still be roughly seen, and after seeing the queen mother who was surrounded by everyone and sat down, Wu Zhi hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Chen Wuzhi, meet the queen mother, the queen mother is blessed with Jin'an."

Wu Zhi didn't know how to say hello when he saw the queen in the harem, so he had to say "Wanfu Jin'an" according to the lines in the TV series in later generations, and many people are not to blame!

"Excuse me, sit down."

A gentle voice came from inside, with a faint smile in it.

"Yes, thank you, Queen!"

Wu Zhi bowed down again, and then carefully put the small half of his butt on the chair, turned sideways to the queen, and looked very restrained.

Wu Zhi didn't know why he was so nervous, could it be the queen of the world in front of him, and the reason for his future mother-in-law's identity?

Well, it must be like this, Wu Zhi, as a person in the twenty-first century, will not be afraid of the queen, but he will be afraid of the future mother-in-law!

Since ancient times, mother-in-law has been the nemesis of sons-in-law, especially when this is the first time to meet the future mother-in-law, it is inevitable that I will be nervous and cramped...... It's still easy for the future husband to get along with.

Wu Zhi felt a lot of emotion in his heart!

"Wu Zhi, although I haven't met you before, I know you, the masks and alabaster you created are very useful, and my brother often mentions you in front of me." The queen spoke unhurriedly, and her voice was gentle and graceful, "He admires you very much, I heard that you have become brothers?" ”

"Hmm~"

At this point, there was a muffled snort from inside the veil, as if it came out of a suppressed voice.

Wu Zhi raised his eyes cautiously, and saw that in addition to the palace maids on the left and right of the queen in the veil, there was also a graceful figure by her side, thinking that it was Ling'er.

Seeing Ling'er, Wu Zhi not only wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, but also said in his heart, Ling'er, I didn't mean to worship your uncle, didn't I know you at that time!

"Thanks to Uncle Murong Guo's love, I can't shirk it, I can only climb high."

This was actually said to Ling'er: Ling'er, I was really forced to bow to your uncle at that time.........

"My brother is a kid with a temper and no informality." The queen said with a hint of a smile.

Ling'er inside didn't make any strange sounds, Wu Zhi was a lot more relieved, it seemed that Ling'er wouldn't blame himself.

"Wu Zhi, that mask of yours ........."

As in Yizhi, after chatting a few words at the beginning, the queen mother opened her mouth to ask questions about Wu Zhi's beauty and skin care, most of which were asked by other concubines in the palace, and Wu Zhi naturally answered very seriously, so he was a young man in the 21st century who grew up watching various skin care product advertisements on TV with Dabao every day, and the nursing knowledge in his stomach was enough to deal with the queen's questions.

Wu Zhi gave an example of how to analyze the problem of enlarged pores, Wu Zhi gave an example of saying that the skin on the face is very tight in winter and large pores in summer, so as long as the skin is kept cool at any time, the skin will be firm and elastic, and how to keep the skin cool?

Naturally, it is to look through medical books to find vegetables and fruits or medicinal materials with cooling properties, such as green fruit mint...... According to the proportion, grind it into a mask and apply it to the face, and the skin will naturally be refreshed and firm!

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Some things seem elusive, but that's what they are.

Soon, in less than half an hour, the queen mother had already finished asking all the questions, and she even asked the eunuch to take notes on some key points.

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"Ling'er, you should avoid it first, I have a special question for Wu Zhi."

The queen mother inside whispered to Ling'er, but Wu Zhi outside still heard it.

Particular question? Wu Zhi couldn't help but tighten the chrysanthemum, don't embarrass me!

"Yes."

Ling'er responded obediently and retreated.

Seeing Ling'er leave, Wu Zhi's heart suddenly emptied, and he was very insecure.

As soon as Ling'er left, the queen mother inside got up and walked towards Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi was shocked, and immediately got up and bowed her head to greet the queen.

The veil was lifted, and a eunuch leaned over to support the queen's hand and walked in front of Wu Zhi.

Feeling the queen's approach, Wu Zhi couldn't help but take two steps back, in fact, the queen mother was very measured, although she removed the veil and walked over, but when she stopped, there was still more than a zhang away from Wu Zhi, and the reason why Wu Zhi retreated was because he was weak and scared.

"Raise your head and let the mourners see."

The queen sat down in a chair next to her.

Wu Zhi raised his head like a little girl.

When the queen saw Wu Zhi, she couldn't help but smile.

"Although he looks ordinary, he is a very pleasant child!"

Seeing Wu Zhi's unremarkable appearance and bright eyes, the queen smiled and nodded.

Wu Zhi smiled weakly, bowed his head to the queen mother, and comforted himself in his heart that it would be good to get such an evaluation from the queen mother, the queen mother she married a handsome guy, and she has been watching the handsome guy for more than ten years, and of course her vision is high.

However, after being seen clearly by the queen's mother, Wu Zhi also saw the appearance of Queen Murong clearly, the queen's phoenix crown is draped, extremely noble, looks like she is only in her thirties, her eyebrows are gentle, her smile is friendly, her skin is very well maintained, there are no wrinkles at all, but she is not as immature as a girl, with charm, in general, the queen is a very beautiful and gentle lady.

I really can't imagine that the sister of the foodie Brother Murong is so beautiful and temperamental.

"Wu Zhi, do you know what I'm going to ask you next?" The queen stared at Wu Zhi and said leisurely.

"I don't know, please let the mother know."

Listening to the queen's tone, Wu Zhi was also very worried in his heart, it seems that the test of his mother-in-law is coming soon!

"Ling'er, she was raised by me, just like my own, I love her the most."

Listening to the queen talk about Ling'er, Wu Zhi's heart hung up.

"Your business, Ling'er...... Told me all. ”

After speaking, the queen looked at Wu Zhi meaningfully, and her eyes seemed to be a little unkind.

"Huh?"

Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment and looked at the queen nervously.

"Wu Zhi, you are so bold! As a married man, you dare to provoke the princess, can you be guilty? ”

The queen's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she scolded Wu Zhi like thunder.