The arrival of Empress Dowager Jing'an was much simpler than Empress Shen's travels, with less than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids following, and more than 100 guards, which was undoubtedly a small drop in the bucket compared to the scale of Empress Shen's nearly 1,000 people.

But Empress Dowager Jing'an's lofty status in the Daning Dynasty is far from being comparable to Empress Shen, that is a person who even Emperor Yanjing wants to kneel down to ask for peace, and her words can even affect the entire political situation.

At the beginning of this year, after the death of Empress Yang, the power of the King of Chu was high, Shen Guifei was canonized as the queen, the King of Chu opened the mansion, Empress Yang's father and brother fell from a high position, or dismissed or degraded, the East Palace suffered a heavy blow, and the emperor even said 'The prince is not impossible to change', the status of the crown prince is in jeopardy, and then the dispute over the history of the assassin of Donghai County broke out, and Uncle Shen Guo saw that victory was in sight.

But at this critical moment, the crown prince went to cry to the queen mother, and the queen mother, who had not asked about political affairs for decades, met the emperor and proposed that the prince is the foundation of the country and should not be moved lightly, and it was precisely because of her statement that the emperor agreed that the prince had the right to recommend the assassin of Donghai County.

The appointment of the Assassin of Donghai County was a key turning point, it was the victory of Donghai County that reversed the difficult situation of the prince, the emperor stopped suppressing the prince, canceled the will to remove the Liurate Mansion of the East Palace, and returned 20,000 troops to the East Palace, Yang Ting'an, the younger brother of Empress Yang, who was originally going to be demoted to the Assassin of Guilin County, was transferred to the Assassin of Yuhang County, and Yang Sheng, the father of Empress Yang, was also appointed as the Taifu.

A series of measures have stabilized the status of the crown prince again, all thanks to the support of the queen mother for the crown prince at a critical moment, of course, the fundamental reason is that the emperor only wants to use the death of Empress Yang to suppress the eastern palace system and make room for the Chu royal family, but his suppression action is a little too big, just to take advantage of the queen mother's intercession to adjust back.

But no matter what, the status of the empress dowager is supreme in the Daning Dynasty, not only because she is the empress of the main palace of the former Aizong, but also has an unknown secret, she is also the biological mother of the current emperor, which is the biggest secret of the Daning Dynasty, and only a few people know.

Hearing that the Queen Mother had arrived, Queen Shen's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and she wanted to leave, but she didn't dare to be disrespectful to the Queen Mother, so she had to order: "Help me get off, I want to pay homage to the Queen Mother." ”

The Su family was also amazed, they didn't know that the Queen Mother was coming today, the Queen Mother didn't give them any prior notice, they slowly retreated to the side and became bystanders, especially Su Xun, the sudden arrival of the Queen Mother undoubtedly relieved the pressure that Queen Shen gave him just now.

He was very suspicious in his heart, and his intuition told him that the arrival of the Queen Mother might have something to do with his granddaughter's affairs.

The Empress Dowager's car slowly arrived and stopped in front of the gate of the Su Mansion, at this time, the Yulin Army guarding Empress Shen had already driven away the people watching around, and surrounded the Empress and the Empress Dowager's car.

Empress Shen was helped down from the car, she came to the queen mother's car and knelt down, and said softly: "Daughter-in-law Shen Qinyu knocks on the queen mother!" ”

The curtain of the car opened, revealing a gentle smile of the Queen Mother, "The Queen doesn't need to be polite, please get up!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Empress Shen stood up, and the Empress Dowager asked her with a smile, "Where is the Empress going?" ”

In front of the queen mother, Queen Shen has always lowered her eyebrows, she has been in the palace for more than ten years, the status of the queen mother in the palace is very clear, she clearly remembers that ten years ago, Queen Yang had publicly contradicted the queen mother's accusations, as a result, the emperor was furious, drove Queen Yang to the cold palace, and prepared to abolish the queen, and finally it was the queen mother's intercession that made Queen Yang escape, since then, Queen Yang no longer dared to have the slightest bit against the queen mother, and then the queen mother moved to live in another palace outside the city, Queen Yang still has to go to ask for peace every year.

Empress Shen was also puzzled at first why the emperor was so filial to the queen mother, every time the queen mother was sick, the emperor had to come to kneel down and ask for peace, and personally bring water and feed the medicine, which always made her very puzzled, the queen mother was just the queen of the previous emperor, although she was named the queen mother, the emperor also called himself the emperor in front of her, but that was only a nominal title, and in fact, the queen mother was just an aunt, he didn't need to be so filial.

Later, Empress Shen gradually guessed a little secret, the Empress Dowager Jing'an used to be the princess of Chu, and she was most likely the emperor's biological mother, only in this way can the supremacy of the Empress Dowager in the palace be explained.

Although she guessed this secret, Empress Shen did not dare to say it, on the contrary, she took advantage of the discord between Empress Yang and the Empress Dowager and tried her best to honor the Empress Dowager, so that the Holy Lord had a very good impression of her, so that she finally ascended the throne of the Empress.

It is precisely because of these experiences that Empress Shen did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the Queen Mother, and always behaved with low eyebrows, she said in a low voice: "Back to the Queen Mother, my daughter-in-law has an imperial village outside the city, which has just been repaired. ”

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly: "Since it is a way, why do you want to enter the Fang to come to Su Mansion?" ”

Empress Shen still said respectfully: "The daughter-in-law heard that the granddaughter of Su Saijiu is beautiful, and the daughter-in-law is very interested, so she will come to take a look, if it is good, the daughter-in-law also wants to be a matchmaker for her." ”

"I see, it's really a coincidence, the mourning family also wants to be a matchmaker for the granddaughter of Su Saijiu, if the queen doesn't mind, this opportunity to be a matchmaker will be given to the mourning family, okay?"

Queen Shen was shocked, she immediately reacted, this is the king of Lanling County invited the queen mother out of the mountain, and only the king of Lanling County can invite the queen mother, she immediately made a trade-off in her heart, for a Guan family to offend the queen mother, this is definitely more than worth the loss, so she didn't do it.

She immediately smiled and said: "This is not a chance, just boring in the palace, find something to relieve boredom, if the Queen Mother is interested, of course the daughter-in-law is willing to give it to the Queen Mother." ”

"Then thank you, Queen!"

The Queen Mother got out of the carriage, Queen Shen hurriedly stepped forward to support the Queen Mother, and walked to the door of the Su Mansion, Su Xun and his wife Mrs. Lu stepped forward and knelt down, "Minister Su Xun sees the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother a long life." ”

"Master Su, please get up!"

The Empress Dowager looked around, and asked with a smile: "What about the granddaughter of Ling Jiutian?" ”

Su Xun and his wife Lu were secretly surprised, Jiutian is Su Han's nickname, only the family knows, how could the Queen Mother know? They didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked the Zhou family to find Su Han, in fact, Su Han was hiding in the gate, she was first very nervous by the queen's coercion, and then the arrival of the queen mother made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Hearing that the Queen Mother was looking for herself, she hurriedly walked out of the palace and knelt down in front of the Queen Mother, "Su Han asks the Queen Mother for peace, and for the Queen Mother." ”

When the queen mother saw that Su Han was beautiful, her eyes were as clear as water, and she was beautiful and wise, she immediately liked it, and she had no good vision, this is her granddaughter-in-law.

The Queen Mother hurriedly pulled her up and said with a smile: "What a good boy, I have also read the book you wrote about the Monkey King's havoc in the Heavenly Palace, it is very good, I like it very much." ”

Queen Shen next to her was also shocked by Su Han's beauty, she was secretly glad that the emperor did not see her, if she saw her, her status would really be lost, she also quickly pulled out a jade hairpin from her head, handed it to her and said with a smile: "I came out in a hurry, I didn't bring any greeting gifts, this jade hairpin is my beloved thing, so I will give it to you." ”

Su Han took it with both hands, bent his knees and thanked: "Thank you for the reward!" ”

Empress Shen has always been good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, since she has decided never to offend the Queen Mother for the Guan family, she naturally wants to make up for what she just said, and at the same time please the Queen Mother, she smiled at Su Xun again: "The Queen Mother also wants to propose marriage for Miss Su, what I just said is canceled, please don't take it to heart." ”

"Don't dare!" Su Xun breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, what he was most afraid of was not that his granddaughter would marry the Guan family, but that he was afraid that his granddaughter would enter the palace.

The Queen Mother smiled gently, "Master Su, the Mourning family has never been a matchmaker in this life, today is the first time, I want to propose to the Su family for Wujin, the grandson of the king of Lanling County, that child is also the grandson of the Mourning family, the Mourning family likes him very much, he and Jiutian are born with a good fate, I hope that Lord Su can give the Mourning family this face and consider this marriage." ”

Su Xun never dreamed that his granddaughter's marriage would alarm the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was a matchmaker for the first time, and it was for her granddaughter, Su Xun was both frightened and felt very honored, he was originally very tempted by Wujin, thinking that his strength could support the status of the Su family from falling, but he was a little hesitant that he and the Su family were not the same kind of people, but now there are the most noble people in the Daning Dynasty interceding for Wujin, how can he not give the face of the Queen Mother.

What's more important is that Queen Shen mentioned just now that she would let her daughter enter the palace, which made Su Xun's heart extremely shocked, if she finally rejected the Shen family's marriage proposal, then they would inevitably retaliate, and the most direct revenge was to let her granddaughter enter the palace, since they failed, they would not let the king of Lanling get it.

It was the hidden danger of the granddaughter's entry into the palace that reminded Su Xun that he could not drag this matter on anymore, and the queen mother's marriage proposal was undoubtedly the best opportunity to crack this hidden danger.

Su Xun immediately saluted: "The minister's granddaughter can win the favor of the queen mother, it is her blessing, since the queen mother has opened the golden mouth, the minister is willing to marry the king of Lanling County, and the Su family agrees to this family business." ”

The Queen Mother laughed, "Since the Su family agreed, then we will make a decision, and the man will start to accept it, although the mourning family is old, they are also willing to be a matchmaker for them and witness their marriage." ”

The queen mother witnessed the marriage, what an honor this is, Su Xun readily agreed, "Just a word, and start to accept it tomorrow." ”

When Su Han heard with her own ears that her grandfather had agreed to this family business, she was immediately furious, but her reserve made her face dare not show joy, and she just lowered her head shyly.

The more the queen mother looked at her, the more she liked it, so she asked her with a smile: "Nine days, are you willing to go to Bixian Palace to live for a few days and talk to the mourning family?" ”

Su Han looked back at his grandfather, Su Xun nodded in agreement, and Su Han whispered, "Nine days are willing!" ”

"Good! Then you will come with me. ”

The Queen Mother turned around and got into her car, Su Han and Queen Shen supported her left and right, and the Queen Mother smiled at Queen Shen: "Queen, if you have something, go ahead!" ”

"That daughter-in-law retired."

Empress Shen didn't want to stay any longer for a moment, she had tried her best, but even if the Empress Dowager came forward in person, she couldn't do anything.

She got into her own Luan, quickly left Sufu, and went to the south of the city, Su Han helped the queen mother to get into the carriage, she waved to her family, the car started, and slowly left Sufu.

Looking at the car driving away, Su Hanchang sighed softly and said, "I didn't expect to alarm the Queen Mother in the end." ”

Su Xun also smiled bitterly, "Whether it's a blessing or a curse, the Su family can't hide from it." ”

He turned back to his wife and said, "Tomorrow, I estimate that Princess Lanling will come to give gifts to Nacai, and you will be responsible for the reception!" Now that I have agreed to this marriage, there will be no more accidents. ”

Since returning home yesterday, Su Xun has not had a good rest, he is a little tired, and he is ready to go back to the house to rest, but at this moment, several horses galloped over, everyone was stunned, and looked back.

I saw several eunuchs turn over and dismount, rush forward and say loudly: "The emperor has decreed that Xuan Guozi's priest Su Xun will enter the palace immediately." ”

Su Xun was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I'll enter the palace now." ”

The eunuch stepped forward and smiled bitterly and said, "Hurry up, my lord!" The imperial examination has made a big deal. ”

"What's going on?" Su Xun's heart immediately hung in the air.

The eunuch lowered his voice and said: "There was a serious fraud incident in the imperial examination, the test questions were leaked in advance, and I heard that Guan Xianju, the son of Guan Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, was seriously suspected, and the emperor was very angry. ”

"Ahh

Su Xun and Su Hanchang were both stunned at the same time.

(To be continued)