It wasn't until dinner that Zhu Qiming left the Lu family, put on a silver mask, returned to the imperial city alone, and met Jin Ying at the fork in the road to Qiupu Xuan.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, please enter the palace with the Sprinkle family, the Queen Mother is waiting in the Xianxi Palace."

In the twilight, Zhu Qiming glanced at the direction of Qiupuxuan, thinking that he would be free for a day, leaving Feng Duo alone and probably still starving and freezing.

"Feng Duo is the only one by this king's side, and Gonggong Jin didn't let him go hungry, right?"

Jin Ying smiled awkwardly, "The Empress Dowager has ordered someone to send a meal to Qiupuxuan, and Feng Duo is not hungry." Oh, the queen mother also asked people to send cakes, tea, and thirty catties of red charcoal to Qiupu Xuan. ”

The queen mother's monthly quota of red Luo charcoal is one hundred and twenty catties, but she is afraid of the cold, Xianxi Palace burns three braziers every day, and when she goes out, she keeps her hands on the stove, and one hundred and twenty catties of red Luo charcoal is only enough, and now she gives Zhu Qiming thirty catties, and Xianxi Palace has to lose a brazier.

There is no way, the queen mother is in charge of the affairs of the harem, and she has to mobilize the six bureaus and one division of the female officials, but it is inconvenient to send the inner chamberlain, and the twenty-four supervisors are like the internal government, only listening to the orders of the emperor, and the queen mother is in the will, and the queen mother cannot be suspected of pre-government.

It was inconvenient for the Empress Dowager to come forward to speak, and Jin Ying was obviously powerless to move the palm print eunuchs whose eyes were on their foreheads, so Qiu Puxuan naturally continued to lack what he should lack.

However, when the family members of the inner prison were all avoiding him, the king of Yue, like a plague god, Jin Ying was reluctant to be embarrassed, dragging a pair of old legs and running around, what else was there to complain about?

"There's Father-in-law Laojin."

Jin Ying invited Zhu Qiming to move to Donghua Gate, and before leaving, he suddenly whispered: "King Yu wants to see His Highness." ”

King Servant? At present, the situation is turbulent, King Yu is obviously pretending to be asleep, his eyes must be firmly focused on the major affairs of the court, and Jin Ying, who has always been unsided and has a transcendent status, chose to be the messenger of King Yu at this time, and the deep meaning is quite intriguing.

"The third day of the second month is the Holy Day of the Queen Mother, according to the system, the emperor will lead the prince to give the Queen Mother a birthday, and it is not too late for the king and the king to meet again on that day."

Jin Ying was speechless for a while, and it wasn't until she got on the bridge that she muttered, "Can Your Highness stay in Beijing until that day?" ”

There are still more than ten days before the Queen Mother's Holy Day, is it so fast to canonize Princess Yue? Zhu Qiming couldn't help but glance at Jin Ying.

The guards at the gate of the city all gave Zhu Qiming a fist salute, and everyone's expressions were slightly relaxed, no longer as nervous as last night.

Seeing this, Jin Ying grinned, "Your Highness is a fierce tiger in front of the Tartar thieves, you see, these Jin Wuwei soldiers have seen His Highness return to the capital with their own eyes, and people's hearts have calmed down a lot." ”

Zhu Qiming laughed. If you want the low-level sergeants to be like this, the princes on the temple may not!

After entering the Donghua Gate, the entire Forbidden City has been shrouded in night, and it is difficult to see people on the road. Jin Ying took the opportunity to talk about many trivial matters in the palace, all of which Zhu Qiming was interested in.

There are still grandmothers and palace maids on duty and cleaning in Qingning Palace, and Cui Mama, Yin'er, and Quqing have all returned to Qingning Palace; On the day Zhu Qiming left Beijing, the emperor issued a decree to marry Xu Gong and Hongli, and the two got married at the end of that year, and now they have a three-year-old son······

Zhu Qiming didn't answer along the way, thinking that he was a person of right and wrong, and it was time to break up with a group of old people, why let others be put under the wall for their own sake!

The lights of Xianxi Palace could be seen from afar, and Jin Ying seemed to inadvertently mention a matter: "Your Highness, don't blame the Sprinkle family for talking too much, the civil strife in Zhejiang and Fujian and the threat of Wara are enough for the emperor to worry about, and the current feudal states are not peaceful, North Korea and Jianzhou Jurchen Li Manju have conflicts from time to time, and there is a civil strife in the south of Zhancheng, foreign relatives usurp power, raise troops to attack Annam, and then Annam counterattacks and invade the territory of Zhancheng, the war has not been extinguished for several months, the mediation of the Ministry of Rites has been fruitless, and the court is in an uproar. Alas, with the court like this, the emperor may not have time to summon His Royal Highness for a while. ”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, from these fragmentary news, Zhu Qiming keenly captured extremely valuable information, his eyes lit up, and then he took off the silver mask and stuffed it into Jin Ying's hand.

"It turns out that His Highness ······"

Looking at Jin Ying, who was stunned, Zhu Qiming smiled indifferently, "The silver mask will be given to my father-in-law." After finishing speaking, he walked towards Xianxi Palace without looking back.

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I heard that Zhu Qiming has returned to Beijing, and she is going to come to Xianxi Palace tonight to meet her, and the Queen Mother sent a message to the Sixth Palace, so as to avoid everyone's morning and dusk, and before nightfall, she came to the main hall early to take a seat.

She obeyed the Empress Dowager's will, took over the affairs of the harem, and now she is over forty years old, and her heart is greatly reduced, and gradually the palace affairs are handed over to the queen and Concubine Zhou, and she herself concentrates on it, with more than ten years of enduring intuition, staring at Concubine Wu's every move.

Only a year after the death of the Empress Dowager, the Hu family has passed away, but the Wu family is more and more alive, the body is slightly blessed, and when she is dressed in ceremonial clothes, she is richer than the queen mother.

A is a long life!

The queen mother gritted her teeth secretly, and resolutely waved away the nightmare in her mind, and instead remembered her nephew who was about to enter the palace.

The thought struck at another instinct of hers. The proverb, the Empress Dowager's entrustment, and the emotions accumulated over the years for discipline all these factors converged to deepen her latter intuition, and although she lived in seclusion in the deep palace and did not care about the government, she still sensed that the edifice of Sheji was shaking. Intuitively, she believed that her nephew would become a minister of Dingdingsheji, even though the prince was quite confined to the government.

As soon as his heart widened, his eyes became lively, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the attendants and palace maids in the hall all lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, looking nervous, and some people were even trembling slightly, as if they were about to see a powerful ghost. The queen mother couldn't help but be furious, and was about to scold her, when she suddenly heard the sound of the inner servant outside the door.

"Queen Mother, King Yue asks to see."

"Let him in."

"Ahh I don't know who screamed softly, touching the sensitive nerves of several timid palace maids, and a heavy snort suddenly sounded in the hall, and several figures swayed, obviously nervous to the point that they were about to lose control.

"Qi Ming, the king of Chenyue, knocked on the Queen Mother, and respectfully invited the Queen Mother Sheng'an!"

With Zhu Qiming's appearance, the main hall suddenly became silent. The queen mother stood up straight, and all the chamberlains, starting from the bold and then the cowardly, glanced at Zhu Qiming one after another, followed by the palace maids, seeing that the chamberlains did not react unusually, they also trembled and hurriedly glanced at Zhu Qiming from the corner of their eyes, and after a glance, they didn't want to look at it anymore. So, the people in the whole hall were stunned, first surprised, then looked at and admired, and the fear in their hearts quickly dissipated with the wind.

Although Zhu Qiming is dressed in ordinary clothes, his appearance is really shocking! What kind of ghost is the king of Yue in front of him? is clearly a beautiful man who is the best in the world!

When the Queen Mother finally woke up, she wanted to step forward and pick up Zhu Qiming, but suddenly realized that he was an adult, and she would no longer be able to show her intimacy like in the past!

Qi Ming······ Oh, King Yue, hurry up. Throne! ”

A trace of tears flashed in the queen mother's eyes, and at this moment, she really felt a little nostalgic. She has always been ruthless to the people who oppose her in the palace, but for some reason, she is only open to her nephew, even if Zhu Qiming asked the emperor to give marriage to her, so that Hongli escaped punishment, she was only depressed for a short time after hearing the news, and she was quickly relieved.

Over the years, she was only interested in two intuitions, one was the intuition of Wu's mother and son, and the other was the intuition of her nephew. She firmly believes in her instincts!

"Thank you Queen Mother for the seat."

After Zhu Qiming took his seat, a palace maid with fast legs rushed over first, served tea with a smile, and her body was almost next to Zhu Qiming's shoulder, her eyes peeking at his face, and she retreated to the side for a long time.

The Queen Mother also stared at Zhu Qiming's face tightly, reluctant to look away. "Did you really find the elixir?"

Zhu Qiming glanced at the chamberlain and palace maid, he didn't want his bizarre story to spread in the palace, so he deliberately pressed the topic: "It's also a coincidence." This matter is a long story, and the minister will report to the Queen Mother in detail another day. ”

The Empress Dowager finally calmed down her mood, her eyes fell on his clothes, and she suddenly froze, "The emperor's court affairs are cumbersome, and I am afraid that I will not have time to ask you for a while, you don't have to think about it." It's just that your clothes are not in order, and the prince has to have the prince's crown robe and regular clothes, so it's okay, the mourning family ordered the Shangfu Bureau to make the prince's clothes for you. ”

The emperor is snubbing him, the king of Yue, and the queen mother is trying to appease him, but in the current turbulent situation, the mother and son will definitely not quarrel over such a trivial matter as a prince's use, not to mention that the mother and son may not see each other once a month. In this regard, Zhu Qiming naturally knows that he will never stupidly cry out for the due treatment of the prince.

"Thank you for the great grace of the Queen Mother! For several years, the nephew could not serve the queen mother, and the queen mother was worried about her nephew. ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was crying, "You don't know, over the years, for the sake of your concubine, the mourning family almost asked for others!" Alas, the mourning family often mentioned ······ to the emperor That's it, I wanted to choose an ordinary woman of the right age to be your concubine, but I don't know when you will return to Beijing, but that's fine, anyway, the mourning family identified the Zhou family and the Lin family at the beginning, so they simply let everyone consume it like this, see who can consume whom! He smiled, "It's different now, the mourning family has set a good day, let you show your face in front of a group of foreign women, and see if the Zhou family and the Lin family will cry and shout and beg to come to the door!" ”

It is also difficult for the queen mother, for several years, he must have mentioned him in the emperor's ear as the king of Yue whenever he has the opportunity, but the Son of Heaven seems to be unwilling for anyone to always talk about the king of Yue, so the queen mother made a difficulty. Zhu Qiming didn't want to speculate more, the queen mother mentioned the major matter of his concubine, and he had to hurry up and burn a fire.

"If others are reluctant, let the minister show his face, hoping that others will change their minds, isn't that still begging others?"

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and chuckled, "Oh, the mourning family is so happy!" You are right, don't look at the mourning family to avoid the morning and dusk of the sixth palace, at this time, there may be many people outside to investigate, the news that your evil poison has been solved will spread throughout the Forbidden City tonight, let them quarrel and fight for the choice of the princess of Yue, and wait until they have seen enough excitement, and the mourning family will be in the mood to take care of them! ”

The queen mother wants to see the excitement, and the pressure of his being "forced to marry" can be eased for a while, and the most urgent thing at the moment hangs on the temple, and he secretly prays: I hope that a good opportunity will come to him!