The time that the emperor gave Yang Zao'er three days to think about it had passed, and even Kou Liancai no longer had hope. However, at this moment, Yang Zaoer asked him if he was late? Of course not. As long as you can come, it's never too late. Kou Liancai, who was excited, could only touch tears.

"I want to come and get my stuff, but I don't know if it's still there?" Yang Zao'er still smiled sweetly. She had already made up her mind that if the things were still there, she would be the queen. If the thing isn't there, then she buys a train ticket and goes home.

"In, in". Kou Liancai touched his tears: "The thing hasn't moved, and it is placed on the coffee table in a restored form." The emperor didn't let him clean up, saying that he would wait for the queen to come back and clean up in person. ”

Yang Zao'er, who originally had a natural expression, heard Kou Liancai call her the queen mother, her face flushed with shame, and the whole person became uncomfortable. Bowed his head: "Then please let Grandpa Kou lead the way." ”

"Hey, the minion obeys."

Yang Zao'er walked up to the Yingtai Bridge, and Kou Liancai carried Yang Zao'er's burden and followed behind. The reason why Yang Zao'er decided to come back was because of Sun Jianai's sentence: I am willing to sacrifice everything for the emperor, including my life.

Who is Sun Jianai? Sun Jianai was the emperor's teacher, the largest newspaper tycoon in the Qing Dynasty and even in the whole of East Asia. In Shanghai, even foreign consuls who want to meet him need to make an appointment in advance. Status, status, power, wealth, what does he not have? He is a person who can influence the speech of Shanghai, just because of the emperor's words, he abandoned the achievements of these years of hard work in Shanghai, and still returned to Beijing to be a minister. The official department is still a scholar, a member of the imperial court, and he is indeed in a high position. But where is it compared to the freedom of calling the wind and rain in Shanghai. He's got enough, court? Doesn't he know even if he quits now. No one dared to provoke him, he didn't know that he was teasing his grandson at home. Retirement? Just because he has an ideal of a strong country in his heart, and he also sees hope. So he was willing to sacrifice everything he had, including his body and life, for this hope.

Isn't the most talked about in the whole university hall today about being a strong country? How many students come to study in the university hall for this ideal, isn't it just so that they can realize this ideal one day in the future? There are more children of rich families in the university hall, who abandon their family clothes to reach out for food and open their mouths, and come to the capital to live their own laundry and quilt life. And those students who travel far away from their hometowns to study in the ocean, aren't they all for the ideal of a strong country?

If all people can sacrifice for their ideals, why can't she? If she can really calm the anger in the emperor's heart, it should also be a way to sacrifice for the country. And this approach is not completely unacceptable to itself. I have the confidence to be a good queen.

She has known the emperor for four years, and the emperor has a good temper. It should be said that he is a co-founder of the husband, except for his identity as an emperor. Although it is not realistic for the emperor to marry only one woman, but look at those wealthy families in the people, which man does not have a wife and concubine? You may not even be able to count the maids in the room. In this case, it is enough to be this queen.

Walking across the Yingtai Bridge, Yang Zao'er looked at the palace gate where the palace was forbidden and strict, and stepped in with her legs. She had been to Yingtai once before, but she had come once for the remarks of the Zhongxing Association and Li Jurong in the university hall. That. The emperor took the two of them to visit the royal gardens, including Zhonghai and Beihai. At that time, she was still immersed in the grandeur and beauty of the royal garden, but today she is the hostess of the place.

In April, Yingtai is already red and willow green, spitting buds and stretching branches and leaves to render this place full of spring.

"You can see clearly with big eyes, from now on. This is the queen mother of our Great Qing Kingdom. are all carefully served. "Kou Liancai told every guard eunuch and palace maid who passed by that there was now a queen mother in the Great Qing Kingdom.

Countless invitations made Yang Zao'er, who was originally very confident, blushing shyly. I don't know how to respond. The short distance from the palace gate to the main building made Yang Zaoer feel that she had walked for a long, long time.

In front of the main building, Kou Liancai pushed open the door. Yang Zao'er saw at a glance that it was as if she had left four days ago. Or a messy coffee table. The picture album on the coffee table was placed in a mess, and the booklet of "The Idea of Popularizing National Education" written by the emperor himself was still turned on that page and did not move. Even the letter of commitment written by the emperor for him was still on the coffee table.

Yang Zao'er turned around and asked, "Father-in-law Kou." I must have come late, and I don't know ...... the emperor."

"The emperor went to the court early in the morning, and went straight to the staff headquarters after the court. The emperor routinely does not talk about matters unrelated to the military at the staff headquarters, and at this time, even if the mother comes, the slaves have no way to inform the emperor. Rest assured. ”

"Then it's mine!" Yang Zao'er turned around and hugged the booklet of "National Education Popularization Idea" in her arms and said happily.

Kou Liancai couldn't help but touch his tears and knelt down and said, "Slave Kou Liancai knocked on the queen's mother, Jin An." The queen mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old. ”

After Kou Liancai brought tea to Yang Zao'er, he retreated lightly and gently closed the door. Because Niangniang just spoke, Niangniang wanted to calm down and read the booklet written by the emperor alone. After Kou Liancai ordered everyone not to alarm Niangniang, he rushed out of Yingtai and rode a horse to the Summer Palace like crazy.

In the Summer Palace, the opera was babbling and singing on the stage, and the queen mother of the two palaces listened attentively. Outside the Summer Palace, Kou Liancai rushed into the garden directly on horseback, jumped off the horse outside the palace gate of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and then slammed into the door without waiting for the report.

The door was slammed open with a "bang", and this sudden sound interrupted the ambition of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces who were watching the play. Without waiting for the queen mother of the two palaces to speak, Kou Liancai did not salute, panting and pointing out the door: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, she ......"

"Smack", Cixi put the tea bowl in her hand on the table: "Are there any rules, where did we come from the queen of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"No, it's the Queen...... No, it's not the queen'......" Kou Liancai was taken aback by Cixi, thinking that the emperor had not officially announced it, and the queen mother had not approved it. Yang Zao'er's identity as the queen is not confirmed, but when it comes to her mouth, it is all the queen's.

"After all, it's not yet, even out your breath before you speak." Cihui obviously attaches more importance to the origin of the word queen.

Kou Liancai took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down, but his words still revealed excitement: "Miss Yang Zao'er entered the palace today." She agreed to be the queen. ”

"Yang Zao'er? Do you mean the Yang Zao'er girl who was selected by the emperor a few days ago to be a little gentleman in the University Hall? Cihui asked excitedly.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it is this Yang Zao'er girl. The emperor has promised the position of queen. He promised to take over as Minister of Education in a few years. ”

Cihui was happy, but his face suddenly became gloomy, and he waved away the palace maid beside him. Let the drama on stage step down. Only then did he ask Cixi: "The emperor's election of the queen should be a great joy. But the emperor really wants to let this Yang Zao'er enter the palace as a Han girl, and this ancestral system is ......"

Cihui's hesitation did not sound like this to Cixi. The emperor has already told her that marrying a Han girl into the palace is really forced by the situation, and this is also to stabilize the mind of the Han minister to protect the family and country. Cixi slapped the table: "As long as you can give birth to a grandson for the mourning family, even the foreigner's mother-in-law will recognize the mourning family." ”

That said, so what are you waiting for? The queen mother of the two palaces immediately set up the stage. On the way, Kou Liancai explained Yang Zao'er's life experience to the Queen Mother.

In order to protect the emperor's safety, everyone around the emperor has to check the eight generations of ancestors, so Yang Zao'er's life history has been found out as early as four years ago. Yang Zaoer is the daughter of an ordinary family surnamed Yang in a small fishing village near the sea in Ningbo Prefecture, Jiangsu, Zhejiang. She is the only daughter in the family, and there are no other siblings. Yang's father, Yang Qishan, was a talent before Xianfeng, and later because of repeated failures, he gave up the mind of the imperial examination, married the daughter of the Huang family in his hometown, and made a living by teaching, and a few years later Yang Huang gave birth to a daughter named Zao'er. After that, Yang's father attached great importance to his daughter because he had no children, and he taught poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Houjing Normal University National Admissions. Because his father was familiar with Hangzhou officials, he recommended his daughter to study in the university hall. Later, Yang Zaoer enrolled in the Department of Chinese Literature and stayed on to teach because of her outstanding achievements. Yang's father also has a younger brother, and he has two sons who make a living from fishing.

"An ordinary net worth can't be more ordinary." This is the conclusion of mercy.

At this time, Yang Zao'er was sitting in the main building, holding the book in both hands, but she didn't turn a page. She had already cleaned up the messy coffee table. I can't calm down and read. Queen, this is a woman who is the envy of all women in the world, but she is also a woman who is not climbable. Although she envied the queen's rich life. never thought that he would become a queen one day. The ridiculous story, the inexplicable experience really made her a queen. She was still in turmoil.

There was a knock on the door. woke up Yang Zao'er, who was still thinking nonsense.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces is here. Ask the lady to take the ride. Kou Liancai's voice came from outside the door.

"Yikes!" Yang Zao'er exclaimed, what should I do when the Queen Mother comes? Yang Zao'er opened the door in a panic under the urging of Kou Liancai, and the queen mother of the two palaces walked to the door. Yang Zao'er rubbed her hands uneasily, and when she saw the Queen Mother, she even forgot to salute in a panic. No one ever told her what to do.

"The emperor has named you the queen, how can you still be so rude." Cixi was a little dissatisfied.

"Alright, sister. The queen is not the daughter of a big family, and it is inevitable that she will not understand the rules when she first arrives in the palace, so she will learn it in the future. Cihui stepped forward and took Yang Zao'er's hand and took her to the house to sit side by side with her: "Look at these hands, look at this face." It's still a girl from the south. Cixi also nodded in agreement.

The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces sat next to Yang Zao'er, and the Queen Mother's involuntary sense of majesty made Yang Zao'er very uncomfortable. This is normal, and this is the circumstances and experiences of life that make a person change involuntarily until he adapts to the environment. The Empress Dowager Cihui was not the same when she first entered the palace. The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces pulled Yang Zao'er to chat happily, and looked around.

This may be the first time that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has gone up above the second floor of the main building. The first floor is just the lobby and dining room, and there are two rooms dedicated to Kou Liancai and Liu Mei, each floor has a large bathroom, and the second floor is four guest rooms and a large south-facing terrace. The third floor is a standard three-bedroom and two-living room layout. It's just that one of them is locked, and it's the emperor's study.

The Queen Mother and the others chatted for a long time, and the dinner was consumed, but the emperor never came back when the sky was full of stars.

"Kou Liancai, did the emperor return to the palace so late at night?" Cihui was not satisfied. The queens have entered the palace, and the emperor has not come back to round the house in a hurry.

"Back to the Queen Mother, on weekdays, the emperor will come back after dinner at the State Council. But as long as the emperor goes to the staff headquarters, it is not certain when he will be able to come back. Sometimes, the discussion was late at the General Staff Headquarters. There are big rules there, and the minions never dare to urge. ”

"What are you doing, aren't you coming back?" Outside the door, Guangxu came back with the starlight.

"Does the emperor still know to come back?!" The anger in the words of mercy is very palpable.

As soon as he heard the voice of benevolence, Guangxu, who had just stretched out a leg into the door, immediately retracted his leg, so he called out: "Where is the emperor, where is the emperor?" Your Majesty, where is the Queen Mother looking for you? ”

"Okay, Your Majesty, I know that you don't want to see our two old ladies, so you can see the other one."

"Got guests?" As soon as Guangxu heard that he came in from outside the door, he turned around and wanted to greet the queen mother: "Erchen to the two queen mothers...... Jujubes? Guangxu was only halfway through the ceremony, and Guangxu saw Yang Zao'er sitting on the side, and asked in surprise: "I thought you wouldn't come." ”

Yang Zao'er stood up a little flustered, blushing and bowing her head without speaking.

Guangxu saw that the coffee table had been cleaned up, so he asked, "Where is my education manual?" ”

Yang Zao'er raised her head and whispered, "I...... I put it back in my room. ”

Guangxu nodded: "This plan still needs you to implement it, then you can put it away." ”

"It is said that if you have a daughter-in-law, you will forget your mother, okay, okay. Let's not bother the little couple. Cixi was about to leave, but was stopped by Cihui.

"No hurry, no hurry." After Cihui finished speaking, he said to Guangxu, who kept nodding on the side: "It's dark at night, the emperor should take a bath and rest early." ”

In the master bedroom on the third floor, Yang Zao'er sat at the table with a blushing face. On the table, two glasses of wine were placed in a golden tea tray.

Guangxu took a bath, opened the door in big pants and walked in: "Hey, the preparations are quite complete." ”

Yang Zao'er looked up and saw Guangxu on her upper body, and lowered her head with a red face. This was the first time she had seen a man's naked body in her first year.

Emperor Guangxu has always been in good shape because of his daily exercise, and every muscle is a manifestation of strength. Guangxu put on his robe, sat at the table, and picked up a glass of wine. Then he handed another glass of wine to Yang Zao'er: "This is the Queen Mother's preparation." This is the wine, you and I will be a real husband and wife after drinking. I don't know what the ministers said to you, but if they forced you, you can refuse now. If you really want to leave, no one will stop you. But if you really want to be this queen, you drank this wine with me. ”

Yang Zao'er glanced at Guangxu, raised her head and drank the wine in the cup in one go. But he coughed incessantly with the strong smell of alcohol.

"Okay." Guangxu drank the wine in one gulp, hugged Yang Zao'er in his arms and patted her back gently: "Actually, I don't like to drink either." I know that every girl yearns for a grand wedding, and today I have wronged you. But you must be the Empress of the Qing Dynasty, and I promise you that I will give you a luxurious and grand wedding in the world in the future. After speaking, Guangxu bent down, picked up Yang Zao's legs, picked her up and walked to the dragon bed.

The shirt was lightly untied, and what greeted me was a snow-white. It's been five years, and I've been in this world for five years, and I finally have someone with the same fate as myself.

Outside the door, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces listened to the movement in the room, nodded with satisfaction, and left quietly. (To be continued......)