At the same time.

Inside the Hall of Ten Thousand Springs.

Queen Wang gritted her teeth with tears, looked at De'an who came to pass the word in front of her, and said coldly:

"You say......

Is it His Majesty's decree that the palace should go to the Qianqiu Hall to confront each other? ”

De'an lowered his eyebrows and said softly:

"Niangniang's words are wrong......

The Lord just wants to invite the mother to come and discuss it, but it is not such a serious matter as confronting each other......"

Queen Wang sneered and said proudly:

"Really?

But how did this palace hear that His Majesty listened to Concubine Xiao Shu's judgment and decided that it was the palace that someone went to replace Wu Meiniang's white jade dragon ring, and then set fire to it in the Qianqiu Palace, and then borrowed this thing to frame Wu Meiniang with a camera? ! ”

Hearing this, Dean slowly raised his head and looked directly at her:

"Have you ever done such a thing?!"

Looking at the henchman in front of him, who had been growing up with Li Zhi and had always said much, suddenly asked like this, for some reason, Queen Wang suddenly had a sense of horror and weakness.

Opening her mouth, she quickly calmed down and said quietly:

"It's too rude for my father-in-law to question this palace.

However, this palace will not punish you for the sake of serving Your Majesty for many years, and you will inevitably make mistakes in your affairs......

It's just that you have to know that these words are not something you can ask about this palace! ”

Dean nodded, and did not thank him, but said slowly:

"Niangniang is right, after all, such things should have been asked by the Lord himself.

But the lord said that he still trusted the mother, so when he came to De'an, he said that if the mother was dissatisfied, then De'an would ask on his behalf.

As long as Niangniang said that there was no such thing, then De'an would naturally return to the Qianqiu Palace to restore his life, and the lord should also punish the concubine Niangniang......

But if it'......"

When Queen Wang heard this, her heart was cold, she was both chagritful and regretful, and she couldn't help gritting her teeth and asking:

But if this palace doesn't answer positively......

You will be ordered to pass the palace into the Qianqiu Hall to inquire in response to the invitation of the palace, right? ”

Dean nodded, but remained silent.

At this time, the queen really regretted it-

As De'an just said, in fact, in this matter, there is still a buffer, that is, Li Zhi asked himself through De'an's mouth.

And if she doesn't complain about the following things and answer them calmly, then no matter how Concubine Xiao Shufei or anyone else, they can't criticize her until they get evidence that this matter was done for her......

It was her, she herself blocked the road.

And the reason for this......

It's also because of my own weak heart.

For a while, Wang Shanrou only felt that she was trapped in an infinite black abyss and could no longer climb up.

With a blindfolded gaze, she took a heavy breath for a long time and said long:

"Hongu ......

You didn't do anything like that, you ...... You can take the words back and give them to Your Majesty. ”

De'an hesitated to glance left and right, followed by the two little eunuchs of his Qianqiu Palace, and then looked up at her and said:

"Mother, Dean thought ......

It's better for you to enter the Qianqiu Hall and meet Your Majesty. ”

Wang Shanrou raised her eyes, looked at the two little eunuchs of the Qianqiu Hall like him, and suddenly sneered and said:

"What if you don't go to this palace?

Are you going to take this palace to death? ”

At this moment, Wang Shanrou no longer has the lofty and lofty demeanor of the past, nor does he have the calm and peaceful style of the past.

Guilt, insecurity, weakness, despair, anger......

gnawed away the last shred of her sanity.

Therefore, even if she understands that the old opponent of the Qianqiu Palace is waiting for her angry words; Even though she understood that De'an's words were kindly proposing for her future position; Even if she understood......

Even if she understands that if she doesn't go today, her path will be so narrow that it will be impossible to increase in the future......

Even if she understands these ......

She can't, and can't let go, the most important thing in her heart:

The pride that belongs to the women of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the dignity of being the mother of the Tang Dynasty.

She couldn't let it go......

Can't put it down either!

……

In the end, De'an left with the two Qianqiu Hall eunuchs.

The queen sat upright on the phoenix throne as always.

Even if she is dressed in a phoenix dress and a golden crown, even if she is still young and beautiful, even if she is surrounded by a group of servants......

But at this moment, she looks like Mei Niang who has just entered the Wanchun Palace......

But he was so alone, helpless......

Seem......

It seems that it is not her person who is holding the phoenix robe and golden crown, but a bone, just a bone that is so thin that it seems to be about to break and shatter at any time.

For a moment, Mei Niang had an urge to leave, to turn around and leave, and never see this woman again.

But she hesitated, the body temperature of Wen Niang who was holding her from her arm, and the figure of Ryan in front of her, finally made her completely break this hesitation and walk forward calmly:

"I've seen the Queen Mother."

When the queen first heard this nightmarish voice, she didn't have time to react.

But soon, she came to her senses, looked at the woman condescendingly, raised her chin, and said lightly:

"I don't know what the important thing is that Wu Niangzi came here today?"

While talking, he didn't give Mei Niang a chance to speak, but first blamed left and right:

"Since the martial lady has come, why didn't she open her mouth to report?!

It's really getting more and more ignorant of what to do! ”

The slave on one side hurriedly stepped forward and answered:

"......

Mother forgiveness......

Really......

It's really a lady who came suddenly, plus ......

Plus ......"

The slave raised her eyes, glanced at Mei Niang and Wen Niang beside her with a poisonous snake-like gaze, and then said softly:

"And it's really a pitiful slave who doesn't know how to repay it...... This......

After all, this martial lady is an informal concubine......

Speaking of which, there is no palace title (palace title, which is the same title as the official position, such as concubine, talent, beauty, etc.), ......"

Queen Wang nodded, looked at Mei Niang indifferently, and said kindly:

"The subordinates don't understand the rules, but it's rude to the lady."

Mei Niang quietly, with the slender jade hand hidden in the wide sleeves, gently pressed the arm of Wen Niang, who was angry on one side, and then smiled faintly:

"Lian Shang Palace said that this is the case, Mei Niang has no seal and no palace, so it is really inappropriate to come so rashly.

In fact, the palace was also heavily guarded, but Mei Niang followed behind Father-in-law De'an, so naturally no one stopped her. ”

Queen Wang's eyebrows were cold, she looked at Mei Niang for a long time, and suddenly ordered:

"Poor slave, the lady came, and she was rude, and she didn't even know how to prepare refreshments?

Order: The tea table in the back garden is set down! ”

"Yes!"

……

At the time of tea, Queen Wang and Mei Niang sat neatly under the gazebo in the back garden, drinking tea on one wall and talking on the other.

"The lady came this time, didn't she want to tell the palace that you also believed the rumors of those people?"

Queen Wang didn't raise her head, just stared at the little red plum in the cup, and said slowly.

(It should be noted here that, according to some historical records, tea leaves were boiled into soup in the Tang Dynasty, so the natural tea soup was not as clear and transparent as the current tea soup.)

Therefore, even the tribute tea in the palace is a slightly turbid tea soup, and the taste is a little astringent and unpalatable.

So the palace will be ordered with four o'clock new flower petals, or specially pickled with honey, and then dried at any time to take the dried petals, one to help the fragrance, the second is more of an aesthetic taste, three, these edible petals themselves have a certain adsorption of miscellaneous flavors, can absorb the tea making process at that time has just started, even the best tea will have some astringent taste in the tea soup - this kind of atmosphere is said to be the earliest in the early Tang Dynasty Zhenguan period, the eldest grandson queen in a certain banquet inadvertently discovered.

Of course, this custom was completely copied and passed down from generation to generation in Japan, which was heavily influenced by Chinese culture at the time, and even reflected in the modern Japanese tea ceremony.

In many Japanese TV dramas or anime, you will see that Japanese people like to drink tea under the flower tree, or when drinking tea, they must put flowers corresponding to the tea next to them.

And they all like to vigorously depict the scene of flower petals falling and falling into the prepared tea...... In fact, this is derived from the atmosphere that was introduced to Japan from the Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that this kind of atmosphere was only prevalent in the early Tang Dynasty and the seven squares and four families who could get top tributes such as tea from the emperor himself, that is, the four families of the seven squares that occupied the Qinglong position in the imperial city of Taiji Palace:

Among the top nobles such as the eldest grandson, the Taiyuan Wang family, the Boling Cui family, and the Longxi Li family, and it was called 'secret fun', and even the other few families of the five surnames and seven wangs who were slightly inferior failed to do so, so the Japanese people at that time should have blindly copied back to Japan like other cultural customs.

And at that time and later, in Japan, where the feudal hierarchy was more important than that of the Chinese dynasties, such a 'secret interest' could naturally be spread only in the Imperial Palace, that is, the Imperial Palace of Japan, and in the main clan of the family with a few two or three great aristocratic surnames......

After thousands of years of circulation, such an atmosphere, with the Japanese tea is also the same as the Chinese tea, gradually developing and inheriting in the direction of clear tea, it has changed from the original flower into the tea, into the lace tea.

In fact, such a 'secret interest', the landlord has seen many times in the Manyoshu and some other nature of the waka collection, I don't know how many times I have seen sentences with the meaning of 'Tang Zhifeng, tea flowers, beauty of Qiyi'. It can be seen that this custom did exist in the Tang Dynasty, and was introduced to Japan step by step, and then evolved into today's Japanese custom of drinking tea with lace. ）

(To note, most of the things about the addition of flowers in tea and the inheritance of the Japanese people are from what I saw in the early years, some documents about the cultural copying, inheritance and exchange between Japan and the Tang Dynasty in China, including some Japanese books, such as the female emperor of the Nara period in Japan, who is also the first female emperor of Japan, and often uses our Empress Wu Zetian as a "role model and idol" to act in the secret biography of Emperor Xiaoqian, etc.) However, just as Emperor Xiaoqian has a serious misinterpretation of our Empress Wu Zetian's various behaviors, in the gap between culture and inheritance, there will still be artificial distortions and omissions in the history of our country, not to mention the misreading and distortion of our Chinese history and culture by foreign countries, so I will officially explain here that what is here is not necessarily completely reliable, but at least the fact that the Japanese people follow this custom is undeniable.

At least in the historical documents that the other side is proud of, the origin and evolution of this custom are indeed mentioned many times. Thank you! ）

Mei Niang smiled faintly, but said:

Niangniang said this, but she was a little too underestimated.

The current situation is related to the basic interests......

Mei Niang can also understand and understand better.

She acted like this just because her mother was pitiful and accepted Mei Niang into her command.

Seeing that she couldn't provoke her, she simply started to use bitter meat as a trick.

However, it was no coincidence, so I had to sow discord in order to try to get the blessing of the mother, and to kill her! ”

Queen Wang's eyes did not move, but her thoughts changed rapidly:

"The lady can understand it like this, and this palace is really relieved.

At present, Concubine Shu is doing this, but she just wants to distance your relationship with this palace.

Once the lady is tricked, she is alienated from the protection of the palace......

I'm afraid that most of them will be poisoned by her......

Fortunately, the lady is smart and aware of it early, very good, very good. ”

Mei Niang nodded, and said lightly:

"It's just that in this way, Mei Niang has to say a word to the queen mother that shouldn't be said."

The queen looked up at her:

"What's that?"

"Niangniang, you should go, that Qianqiu Palace......

No, you have to go, no matter what, you have to make this trip. ”

Mei Niang's eyes were earnest, but Queen Wang said coldly:

"Why did the lady say this?

Now that this is the case, do you want to make this palace suffer another humiliation? ”

"Niangniang, Mei Niang is now under your protection.

Is it because once you are humiliated, what is the difference between you and Mei Niang? ”

Mei Niang persuaded each other bitterly:

"But Niangniang, this time it is humiliation or threat, you still have to go.

Because only in this way can you get rid of the name of whiteness, and you will be loved by all the people and your majesty......

Niangniang, your wit is better than Mei Niang, I don't know how many, naturally I should also know, what is this Xiao Shufei doing, what is the picture, what is it for......

And what.

If you don't go, Mei Niang will naturally not doubt your innocence, but to Your Majesty and your subjects......

Mother, what should you do? ”

Mei Niang's words made the queen stay in place for a while.

For a long time, a long time, she sighed, looked up at the sky, but did not say a word.

……

Half an hour later.

Lizheng Palace.

As soon as Mei Niang sat down, Ryan stepped forward and said:

"Sister, did you say that this queen will go to the Qianqiu Palace?"

"Will she go?"

Mei Niang sneered, but said lightly:

"You're wrong.

It's not whether she's going to go, it's when she's going to go. ”

Ryan was stunned, but before he could answer, he heard Wen Niang say softly:

"This is natural.

As the queen, if such a major event happens to the concubines in the palace, it has nothing to do with her, and she has to ask according to the routine, not to mention that right now, everywhere, will point their heads at her......

The lady went this time, but it was just to push the boat down the river, so that the queen firmly believed that the lady had never found out that it was her hand behind her back! ”

Ryan was stunned, and before he could speak, he heard Mei Niang say lightly:

Yes, she herself understands this:

No matter how big the queen is, she can't be as big as the summons of the Son of Heaven; No matter how strong the Wang family is, it can't be stronger than the coercion of the Tang Dynasty......

So, sooner or later, she will also go.

It's just that there is a subtle gap between going early and going late.

If she goes later, as long as Jiro doesn't come up with evidence to prove that she has something to do with this matter, then her queen's face will be saved, and the Taiyuan Wang's power in the court will only be stronger.

But if you go earlier......

She may be able to prove the 'innocence' she wants immediately, but in this matter, she must be a head lower in momentum - that is, a head lower than Jiro.

And she, as the most noble person in the Taiyuan Wang clan, is a head lower than Zhilang, which is naturally equivalent to the entire Taiyuan Wang clan, and she has lost face in front of Zhilang and has no momentum......

In this way, the clan qi will inevitably suffer a huge blow.

Not to mention ......"

Mei Niang smiled faintly and said:

"It's another thing for her to go this time, and Jiro sees her missing."

Ryan also nodded and realized:

"Isn't it?

The Son of Heaven summons the order, and everyone in the world obeys.

She is the queen, and she respects the Lord in everything.

Now she is first resisting the decree and willful, and then regretting her mistakes and disturbing the lord's political affairs (that is, the procedure, the emperor's schedule for doing political affairs) in the back......

Naturally, the Lord will not see her.

And this one eats behind closed doors, not to mention how her Taiyuan Wang clan will lose face and lose her scenery in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty......

Even her prestige as the mother of the nation, which she had strongly maintained, would inevitably be damaged and would never be reborn.

The lord and his sister will plan this time, but they will drag the queen and the Taiyuan Wang family into the boundless quagmire! ”

Mei Niang was silent, and said softly for a long time:

"He who conspires against others will seek it......

The queen is too self-righteous, too self-righteous and self-conscious, and acts steadily......

As a result, he finally fell into the words self-righteousness, intelligence, and steady action......

It's providence, providence, ......"