After the outbreak of the bloody suppression of the princes, the situation in Yongjing suddenly became tense, and the Empress Dowager Shen ordered high-pressure control over Yongjing, ordered the students in Beijing to return to their hometowns, and issued a ban on the mouth, and no public places were allowed to gather to talk about the political hall system, and violators of the order would be arrested and imprisoned.

Yongjing's major wine shops, teahouses can see the figure of embroidered guards, they got the greatest power, can arrest anyone, for a while, Yongjing fell into the white fear of high-pressure rule, pedestrians on the road hurried, acquaintances to see, with their eyes, dare not talk.

At the same time, Empress Dowager Shen made two orders in a row, first to raise the salary of the court officials, regardless of the officials, all the salaries were doubled, she used the method of salary increase to appease the court officials, and secondly, she decided to move to the Ping'an Palace, which was obviously to make her strengthen her control over the court.

At the beginning of December, the Empress Dowager Shen officially moved from the Huaqing Palace to the Ping'an Palace, and the court officials were all approved by the Queen Mother.

Another fluttering goose feather snow fell from the sky, in front of the imperial study of the Empress Dowager Shen of the Peace Palace, Shen Qinyu was standing in front of the window staring at the snowfall, she reached out and took a snowflake, the crystal white snowflakes gradually melted in her hands, and a trace of coldness entered her skin.

It was only at this time that this iron-fisted woman in her thirties showed a hint of tenderness unique to a woman.

Her dream was to be a mother, every day she thought about how to hold her husband's heart, she dreamed of giving birth to five or six children, so that these children were all around her, and she was willing to be a good wife and mother.

But her husband's ruthlessness shattered her dreams, since her four-month-old child miscarriage, her heart has gradually become cold, in the winter of Huaqing Palace, the drum reverberating in Huaqing Palace made her heart extremely hard, she finally realized that the most reliable in the world is not her husband, nor her son, but power.

So when the news of her husband's death came, the first thing she had to do was not to visit his remains, but to rob him of power.

She succeeded, but she became more and more lonely, she was a healthy woman of thirty, her normal physical needs tormented her body and mind, but she also knew that she could not go the wrong way, or the ministers who were eyeing her would overthrow her position by messing with the harem.

She can only transform this physiological need into an intake of power, and when the physiological need is locked by power, she is destined to be more hard-hearted and cold-blooded.

"Queen Mother, people have already brought."

The snow melted in her hands, and the tenderness in her eyes disappeared without a trace, returning to her usual coldness and coldness.

"Bring him in!"

She turned around and sat on the imperial couch, and after a while, two guards hurriedly walked into the imperial study with a little eunuch, and the little eunuch knelt down and kowtowed, "Little slave Zhang Desheng knocks on Niangniang." ”

The little eunuch Zhang Desheng is the little eunuch in the study of the emperor Huangfu Tian, and he is the right-hand man sent by the Empress Dowager Shen to 'take care' of the emperor.

Empress Dowager Shen took out a note from the drawer, which was recorded by Zhang Desheng, the time that the little emperor and the two masters stayed together, although I don't know what they said together, but Empress Dowager Shen could guess that they were not teaching the little emperor together.

She looked at the note and said, "The mourning family knows the information you provided, but the mourning family wants to know what they are talking about together, do you understand?" ”

The little eunuch Zhang Desheng kowtowed and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, the little slave already knows what they are talking about?" ”

"Oh?"

Empress Dowager Shen sat up all of a sudden, looked at him and said, "How do you know that they let you in?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, since the last time the Queen Mother asked the little slave to pay attention to their conversation, the little slave found a way, in the emperor's study, there is a special cabinet for the emperor's study book, half of it is placed inside, the other half is empty, the little slave hid in it last afternoon and heard their conversation."

"Hmmm! Not bad. ”

Empress Dowager Shen smiled appreciatively, "Then what did they say?" ”

"They are talking about how many royal families have been contacted, how many royal families have expressed allegiance, and it seems that General Mao has been mentioned several times."

"Mao Xiang!"

Empress Dowager Shen's eyes narrowed, they actually mentioned Mao Xiang, the general of Yulin, it should be him, and he was the only general surnamed Mao in Yongjing.

"You're doing a good job, continue later, but be careful not to be found out by them."

Empress Dowager Shen was very satisfied with the little eunuch's report, and immediately instructed the left and right, "Reward him with ten taels of gold!" ”

The little eunuch Zhang Desheng was overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again, Empress Dowager Shen leaned on the soft couch and closed her eyes, she was a little annoyed in her heart, the only thing that made her embarrassed was her son, she knew that her son was dissatisfied with herself, and she also knew that he supported the political hall system, which she could tolerate, but recently her son evolved from dissatisfaction to action, she couldn't sit still, if it wasn't for her son, she would not hesitate to abolish it, or even execute, but this is her only flesh and blood, she can't do this.

And now, she can't ignore it, her son is only thirteen years old, and he is not sensible, the key is in his two masters, Zhou Qilun, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Yun, a university scholar, who brought her son to death, and her silver teeth slowly clenched.

"Master Xuan Zhao is here!"

One of the biggest features of the Queen Mother's curtain system is that the will does not need to go through the Zhongshu Province, but is directly drafted and issued by the scholars, so there are two scholars on duty outside the imperial study every day, specially for the Queen Mother.

Zhao Feng, a scholar, hurriedly walked in and bowed, "See the Queen Mother!" ”

"There is a purpose for mourning."

Zhao Feng immediately sat down in front of the proposed decree next to him, spread out the blank decree, and put pen to paper to listen to the announcement.

Empress Dowager Shen pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "Last year, someone in Yan'an County exposed cheating in the township examination, and Zhou Qilun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the envoy of the North Guannei Province to investigate the case of cheating in the township examination, and supervise the township examination next year, which is called departure. ”

When Empress Dowager Shen saw that he had finished writing, she said: "Feng scholar Xu Yun is the assassin of Linyi County, and he will set off within three days, and he will issue these two wills immediately!" ”

"Yes, the minister will send it to the ministry immediately."

Zhao Feng retreated, and Empress Dowager Shen slowly closed her eyes again, after all, it was her son, she still had to give him some face, and transferring these two people away could be regarded as a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, she now had to concentrate on dealing with Uncle Shen, and she had no time to take care of her son Huangfu Tian for the time being, as for Mao Xiang, the general of the Yulin Army, she couldn't be too hasty, lest he turn to Uncle Shen.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door, "Queen Mother, General Shen is here!" ”

Empress Dowager Shen nodded, "Xuan He is here!" ”

General Shen is Shen Ji, was named the King of Qin by the Empress Dowager Shen, the palace has always called him His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the anti-Empress Dowager movement also appeared against the slogan of the king with a different surname, the government and the opposition have linked the king with a different surname and the queen mother's curtain system, in order to calm the court's antipathy to Shen Ji's king, the Empress Dowager Shen ordered the palace not to be called the king of Qin, and he was not allowed to build a palace, as for Shen Ji's proposal to canonize his eldest son as the king of the county, the Empress Dowager Shen also did not express, but in this way, it also aroused Shen Ji's dissatisfaction.

Shen Ji has always been lurking ambitions, when he mastered forty percent of the army in Yongzhou, his ambitions began to swell, and began to want to take the Huangfu family and replace him, seeking the prince is only his first step, his next step is to seek the regent of the prison country, and the last foot to ascend the throne, but now he can't even sit firmly with the prince, how to talk about stealing the country? Shen Ji felt that it was necessary to talk to the Queen Mother.

Shen Ji walked into the imperial study quickly, bowed and bowed, "Minister Shen Ji see the Queen Mother." ”

Although Empress Dowager Shen is the sister of Shen Ji and Uncle Shen Guo, when the three brothers and sisters are in charge of the military and political power in Yongjing, it is not suitable to talk about family affection. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Shen Ji sat down, he glanced at the eunuchs and palace maids on both sides, and the Empress Dowager Shen understood, so she ordered left and right: "You all go down!" ”

More than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids retreated one after another, and Shen Ji got straight to the point: "There are two things for the minister to ask to see the queen mother, one is to congratulate the queen mother on moving to the palace." ”

Empress Dowager Shen nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, General, I don't know what the situation of Luojing's army is?" ”

She knew what the second thing Shen Ji was going to say, so she changed the subject, she hoped that Shen Ji would understand what she meant and not mention the second thing.

"Luo Jing is very calm, Huangfu Wujin is confiscating the land of the emperor's relatives, this is well known, there is no need to say more."

Compared with the eldest brother Shen Guo and the third sister Empress Dowager Shen, Shen Ji has no political wisdom, and he is also a straight person, so he doesn't understand the hints of the Empress Dowager Shen, so he immediately said: "The second thing the minister wants to say is about the minister's construction of the Qin Palace's palace and the prince's appointment as the county king, and the minister hopes that the queen mother can approve it." ”

Empress Dowager Shen saw that he didn't understand what he meant, her face couldn't help but change slightly, although Empress Dowager Shen had initially been tempted to let the Shen family replace the Huangfu family, but soon she realized that it was unrealistic, her son would definitely not change his surname to Shen, and the government and the opposition would not agree, even her generals would not agree, Empress Dowager Shen gave up this idea, she was more concerned about her long-term power, and she did not explicitly oppose Shen Ji's ambition, she needed Shen Ji's support for herself, especially Shen Ji controlled 200,000 elite Guanzhong Army, She couldn't even turn her face with him.

Empress Dowager Shen sighed softly, "General, the mourning family can give you a promise, but not now, now that the political situation in the government and the opposition is unstable, the mourning family needs to calm down the incident instead of intensifying the contradictions, please take the overall situation first, let's talk about this matter later!" ”

Shen Ji didn't want to continue to be fooled, he said: "The minister can understand the queen mother's difficulties, but the minister wants a clear timetable for when it can be implemented." ”

Empress Dowager Shen glanced at him coldly, and then said lightly: "Then when do you want it?" ”

"One month, the minister will wait for a month at most, the minister thinks that before the New Year, the queen mother should be able to calm down the situation, the first day of the first month! The Queen Mother gave her ministers a surprise, how about it? ”

Empress Dowager Shen pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Three months, three months later, the mourning family promised you." ”

"Okay, then we'll make a decision!"

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(To be continued)