The Empress Dowager and Zhu Qizhen returned to Qingning Palace from Qianqing Palace, the former was slightly tired, and the latter looked listless.

After the two took their seats, the Empress Dowager looked at Zhu Qizhen quietly and stopped talking.

The other party just happened in the Qianqing Palace, and she didn't know how to comment to the emperor.

It's useless to talk more, so let him slowly understand it himself.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager pressed the political affairs to the table, but opened her mouth to talk about another important topic: "I'm afraid Jinyiwei has no clue about the assassin case, right?" ”

"That's right, there is no trace of Cailou Zhong or the assassin, and this case is very strange." Zhu Qizhen replied.

After a moment of silence, the Empress Dowager asked, "Does the emperor think that the person who shot the assassin was in the palace or outside the palace?" ”

"According to the Jinyi Guard's report, at that time, the guards were in their positions, and no one left without permission, and none of the ministers, female officials, and palace maids in the palace had such skills, besides, if the person who did it was in the palace, it would be difficult to escape the sight of the guards, and it would inevitably leave traces on the snow."

"So, the suspect isn't in the palace?"

"This matter still needs to be investigated in detail, but if there are villains in the palace, they will plot against the emperor's grandmother and grandson, how can they make such a big fuss for a prince?"

Yes, if there are bad people in the palace, there is no reason to give up high-value goals and take low-value goals.

If you want to deny the inference that the suspect is in the palace, there is enough reason for this!

At this time, Princess Shunde, Princess Changde, and Zhu Qiyue entered through the back door.

At the same time, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, happened to walk in from the front door.

Seeing that there was a group of grandchildren in the palace, the haze on the face of the Empress Dowager was swept away, and she smiled and said: "So many people, if you salute and make a fuss, you will not be polite!" ”

Zhu Qizhen left his seat and came to Zhu Qiyue's side, and asked with concern, but the latter was busy thanking him.

Zhu Qiyu just smiled at Zhu Qiyue, which was counted as a greeting.

In Zhu Qiyue's impression in the past, the two cousins were very similar, but now that they are compared, Fang finds that the difference between the two is still quite big. The face of the lobby brother belongs to the kind where the heavenly court is full and the earth pavilion is round; The second cousin has an oblong face.

In other words, the emperor has a good appearance, and the king has a handsome appearance.

It is rare for the three little men to get together, and they can talk about something and nothing to say, but Princess Changde keeps interjecting on the side, making the verbal exchange between the three intermittent.

Zhu Qizhen reluctantly turned around and left, re-seated.

The Empress Dowager kept laughing and laughing, and when she saw Princess Shunde and Princess Changde holding hands, looking intimate, she was very pleased. The resentment and resentment of the previous generation did not carry over to the child, which is a blessing in misfortune.

"You children, you only care about talking to yourself, but you leave the imperial grandmother aside." The Empress Dowager feinted.

Princess Shunde and Princess Changde came to the Empress Dowager hand in hand with a smile.

"Okay, grandmother, Tong'er won't leave by your side, I'm afraid that you will be annoyed by Tong'er again after a while."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Nonsense, why did the imperial grandmother bother you?" Just count your unforgiving mouth, you didn't bully Qi Yue, right? ”

Princess Changde said coquettishly: "The imperial grandmother is eccentric! People are articulate, how dare Tong'er bully him! ”

"Okay, it's good that you don't bully people." The Empress Dowager's eyes stopped on Princess Shunde, looked at it quietly for a long time, and sighed faintly: "This day flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, the children are all adults, it's time to talk about marriage." ”

Princess Shunde hung her head shyly.

Princess Changde's gaze brushed on Zhu Qiyue's face.

Zhu Qiyue's nose was sore, and he actually cried.

The Empress Dowager's face sank and said, "Qi Yue, it's good, why are you crying?" ”

Zhu Qiyue took a few steps forward, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the Empress Dowager. "Imperial grandmother, every time my grandson sees Princess Shunde, I only think she is closer than her own sister."

"Nonsense! On relatives, Yu'er and Tong'er are your cousins, and you don't have any sisters, it is normal for people to regard them as sisters, why are you crying? ”

"Princess Shunde is such a good person, she can't be bullied. Listening to the emperor's grandmother talk about marriage, the grandson thought of his aunt, the eldest princess of Jiaxing. ”

"I haven't dried up my milk, but I have the hearts of adults." The Empress Dowager glanced at Zhu Qiyue, turned to the palace maid on the side and said, "Help him up." After saying this, his face turned silent.

Everyone's eyes focused on the face of the Empress Dowager.

After being silent for a long time, the Empress Dowager said quietly: "Yu'er has a weak temperament and follows her aunt." Alas, the world says that the emperor's daughter is not worried about getting married, but he doesn't know that most of the royal princesses have a hard life. In the second year of Xuande, the Ministry of Rites, Shuntianfu, and the Inner Attendant worked together to select the Captain of the Horse for your aunt, but unexpectedly let a sick seedling be mixed in the candidates of the number of three, and it was also a creation to make people, the first emperor somehow drew a circle behind the name of this sick seedling, and His Majesty saw that day, the sick seedling vomited blood on the spot, and the first emperor realized that something was wrong, but he could not regret the marriage, and the world watched the heavenly family's work! ”

"And then?" Zhu Qizhen asked anxiously. The other four people at the scene had more or less heard about it, but he didn't know it.

"Later? The sick man was also pitiful, and died of illness before he was ordained. ”

"If you die without a book, you can't count!" Zhu Qizhen said urgently.

"Naturally. After this incident, the first emperor did not dare to be careless, so he ordered Jin Ying, the minister of his duty, to take charge of the affairs, re-selected, and finally selected Jingyuan as the commander of the horse. ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "Jingyuan is good, and my aunt is a blessing in disguise." ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head, "The person who marries is the right choice, but the person who marries gives birth to right and wrong." According to the system, the princess and the princess live in separate rooms, and the princess wants to see the princess, or the princess wants to see the princess, and the grandmother who must be in charge nods, but the grandmother next to your aunt is very eccentric, and repeatedly makes things difficult, so that the two of them can't see each other once for several months. In the fourth year of Xuande, your aunt entered the palace to complain, but from the big festival, the control of the grandmother is in line with the etiquette system, what can the imperial grandmother do? You can only help your relatives and admonish your aunt to abide by women's morals. On that day, watching your aunt leave sadly, the imperial grandmother's heart was broken. ”

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, but everyone was a child, and it was inconvenient to talk about the affairs between husband and wife, so they had to keep silent.

"Fortunately, in the seventh year of Xuande, the position of female official in the palace was vacant, and the first emperor transferred that grandmother to the palace director, and your aunt has only lived a stable life for a few years." The Empress Dowager said.

Zhu Qizhen's gaze fell on Princess Shunde, "You are my eldest sister, I can't be bitter about you." He turned to the Empress Dowager and said, "The eldest sister's marriage is decided by the imperial grandmother." ”

The Empress Dowager sighed lightly and said: "The emperor's own wedding is still a few years away, but now he has to marry his eldest sister first. Emperor, when it comes to the front, the three candidates selected for Yu'er, the imperial grandmother, have to see with their own eyes, and the imperial grandmother has to be reviewed by someone to learn from her character. Since the princess of the royal family is not allowed to marry into a wealthy family, but only marries the children of commoners, the character and talent of the captain must be outstanding, and he must end up well. ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "It's all up to the emperor's grandmother." ”

"Yu'er is a child who has broken her teeth and swallowed it in her stomach, and the grandmother who marries must match her temperament, otherwise, it will not be so easy for the inner chamberlain to send someone casually, and then change it if she finds out that it is inappropriate."

Princess Changde attached to Princess Shunde's ear and said: "Sister first chooses an elderly palace maid with a docile personality, and then entrusts someone to tell the imperial grandmother." ”

Princess Shunde walked up to the Empress Dowager shyly and knelt on the ground to salute. "Thank you Grandmother for taking care of your child, thank you Your Majesty the Emperor!" After the ceremony, he glanced at Zhu Qiyue gently.

Princess Changde stood there in a daze, thinking that Zhu Qiyue had fulfilled his promise with just a few words and a few tears, and her heart was full of doubts.

When he raised his eyes to look at Zhu Qiyue again, his complexion was very different from before.