"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye, and I wish the queen mother good health. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 While speaking, the little emperor of Wanli knelt on the ground in an orderly manner, and kowtowed to the woman sitting on it. The one who can make the current monarch of a country salute like this is naturally his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li.

Empress Dowager Li watched her son kowtow to her according to the rules, but there was a faint sense of amazement and helplessness in her eyes. Since the incident that happened in the palace two years ago, the relationship between the emperor and himself has been estranged a lot, although he will still come to say goodbye in the morning and evening every day, but the two of them meet more often just to say something that is not salty or light, it seems that they are just acting for a filial piety.

In this regard, Empress Dowager Li naturally felt very uncomfortable, and she did not regret it. If he hadn't been in a hurry that day, he casually said such a thing as abolishing the establishment, and the relationship between himself and the emperor should still be as close as before. Thinking of this time and persuading the emperor to retract his fate, the Queen Mother didn't feel a little hesitant, will this make the relationship between mother and son worse?

But after thinking about it, Empress Dowager Li felt that she was doing this for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and also for the emperor himself, even if he couldn't understand it now, but when he grew up, he could always understand his hard work. Thinking about it this way, she finally made up her mind.

"Get up, Emperor. You have also grown up, and you are the king of a country, don't always kneel down when you come to mourn the family in the future......" In order to ease the relationship between herself and the emperor, Empress Dowager Li made this suggestion again.

"This ...... Thank you for the mother's compassion, but as a son of man and a son of tomorrow, I am towards ruling the world with filial piety, and my son should be responsible for himself, a model for the people of the world, and dare not be disrespectful to the mother. Although Wanli was a little moved by his mother's proposal, he still shook his head and refused.

When the queen mother heard this, a happy smile appeared on her face: "The emperor has really grown up, and this thing is much farther than the queen mother's woman's family, and this Daming Sheji has really found a good emperor." ”

"The queen mother praised it." Wanli saw her mother praising her so much and being so close to herself, and she also knew that she wanted to get closer to her. Actually, why didn't he think so? After all, the blood of mother and son is thicker than water, although it has become separated because of the previous suspicion, but after such a long time, it is indeed time to forget about it.

With this thought, Wanli's nerves, which were still a little tense, relaxed slightly, and the smile on his face became much more comfortable, and even his voice became cheerful: "Is the queen mother okay with dinner and rest recently?" It's getting colder, so you need to pay more attention to yourself. ”

The so-called mother-son connection, this change of the emperor was immediately felt by the queen mother. A kinder smile soon bloomed on her face: "Everything is fine in the harem, so I don't have to worry about the emperor." It's you, you have to go to court early every day, and you have to deal with a lot of political affairs, but you have to take care of your body, and the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world are indispensable to you, the emperor. As she spoke, her eyes swept over the eunuchs behind her: "I heard it, you have to serve carefully, if the emperor has any physical discomfort, I can't spare you." Unconsciously, she also changed her self-title.

After the eunuchs led by Feng Bao whispered yes, the Queen Mother waved at them again: "Okay, you all step back first, the mourning family still has something to say to the emperor." ”

In fact, in the past, after saying these regular conversations, the emperor would say goodbye to the queen mother and leave. But today, the mother and son both had the intention of improving the relationship between the two sides, and the queen mother said this again, the emperor naturally did not want to disobey his mother's intentions, so he nodded at the attendants he brought and let them go out with the people who served the queen mother.

When only the mother and son were left in the hall, Empress Dowager Li sighed faintly: "Emperor, you have been blaming the queen mother for what she said to you in the past two years, right?" ”

"Ah...... Erchen didn't dare, how could Erchen dare to blame the queen mother as a son of man? What's more, the queen mother blamed and punished her sons that day, and it was also the sons who did wrong things in the past, as the queen mother, you should naturally scold the sons and daughters...... "Wanli didn't expect the queen mother to bring up the old things again, but as he said, as a son, he didn't dare to show it.

Seeing him arguing so anxiously, the Queen Mother smiled bitterly again: "Although you try your best to deny it, I'm afraid that you still think so in your heart, right?" Otherwise, why don't you think about what I'm talking about? ”

"This ......" Wanli was speechless for a while, he really wanted to argue for himself too much, and he didn't think about it carefully. I had to smile at the Queen Mother embarrassedly: "Erchen is wrong, Erchen will not dare in the future." ”

"Actually, it's normal for you to blame me, it's me, and I regret and fear what I said and did that day afterwards. You are the king of a country after all, even if I am your mother, it is not good to say such heavy things in front of those eunuchs. Let's talk about it today, and I want to apologize to you for my mother. As she spoke, Empress Dowager Li wanted to get up and salute the emperor.

This can bluff the emperor's face changed, and he quickly bounced up from his seat, hugged his mother, and prevented her from getting up, and said at the same time: "Queen Mother, you are going to torture your sons." The son is not filial, and he has been angry with the queen mother for so long because of a trivial matter, and it should be the son who makes amends to the queen mother. So saying, he knelt down again.

Seeing that her emperor's son was much more sensible, Empress Dowager Li felt even more relieved, and hurriedly bent down to help him up: "The emperor doesn't have to be like this, now talk about it, and all this will be completely over." ”

With the words of the Queen Mother, Wanli finally relaxed, and while taking advantage of the situation, he naturally stood behind his mother and slapped her shoulders - this was a way for him to show filial piety when the mother and son got along well two years ago. Now that the knot in my heart is untied, I unconsciously make this action again naturally.

Feeling that his son's attitude towards him has changed greatly, and his shoulders and backs have been beaten more comfortably, a more comfortable smile appeared on Empress Dowager Li's face. After a long while, she said softly: "Emperor, how long has it been since we have talked so well like today?" ”

Hearing this, the emperor's heart was filled with apologies. Because of his anger with his mother, he hadn't spoken to her properly for two years. I have a lot of political affairs to do, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but my mother lives in the harem alone, and I can't even find anyone to talk to, so it's really a little difficult for her.

Thinking about it like this, the movements of Wanli's hand were stagnant, and this change was naturally felt clearly by the Queen Mother, so she patted her son's hand back comfortingly: "The Queen Mother said this not to blame you, but to feel it." In fact, in the past two years, the queen mother of your eldest mother has also seen it in her eyes and is happy in her heart. You are much more mature than you were two years ago, and some things are considered more cautiously than when your father was on the throne, and the queen mother is also very pleased to see me, and feel that I have not lived up to the trust of the emperor, even if I go to see him under the Nine Springs when the time comes, I am not afraid that he will blame me......"

"The queen mother, your son-in-law has to refute this. You're so young now, how can you ...... The retainers will still honor you for decades, even hundreds of years. Wanli hurriedly corrected.

"Okay, well, the queen mother knows that you are filial, so she will let you always be a model for the filial son in the world, and don't mention such depressing words." Empress Dowager Li's heart was even more happy, and after talking to the emperor, there was no longer a barrier between mother and son.

After saying a few more words of gossip, Empress Dowager Li said unintentionally: "Emperor, I heard that those people in the palace have been a little tight recently?" If that were the case, the Queen Mother would have some private money here that you could give them as a reward. ”

"Huh? Why did the queen mother say this? Why didn't the sons know about this? Moreover, even if they are short of money, you don't need to use your own money to subsidize them. Wanli hurriedly shook his head.

"How, then, have I heard that you have reached out to the treasury for money? There is no precedent for this. Empress Dowager Li saw that the time had come, so she brought the topic to what she really wanted to say.

Wanli was stunned at first when he heard this: "Why did this matter become known to the queen mother so quickly?" Immediately, he vaguely guessed something, but said: "Actually, the ministers are not for themselves, but they just see that those people in the palace have always been diligent, but the money is really meager, so I want to reward them with some wealth." Moreover, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Erchen also wants to make everyone in the palace happy......"

"The emperor's idea is really good, but as the Son of Heaven, it is still clear between public and private. Shall the money of the treasury be used for the palace at will? Empress Dowager Li continued to persuade.

"But didn't Emperor Sejong do this a lot at that time?" Wanli couldn't help it, and immediately asked rhetorically. What he was referring to was naturally Emperor Jiajing, who had always used the treasury silver as his own private treasury to cultivate and build palaces.

Empress Dowager Li was obviously stunned for a moment, but then said: "However, Emperor Sejong's posthumous photo also said that what he did was wrong. Could it be that the emperor knows that this is something wrong and still does it? ”

At this time, Wanli finally couldn't refute, so he had to bow his head and say: "Since the queen mother said so, the son doesn't dare to insist anymore." But the queen mother, the son doesn't understand one thing, how did you know about this? ”

"Well, is there anything else in the palace that I, the queen mother, can't find out?" Of course, Empress Dowager Li couldn't just sell Feng Bao, so she gave a vague reason.

In the face of such a statement, of course, Wanli will not believe it. But he had just reconciled with his mother, and he really didn't want to turn his face again because of this incident, so he could only agree. It's just that his heart is unconsciously clouded with a shadow, and he feels that he is still trapped by the invisible net and cannot be free.