Empress Dowager He didn't even want to face Zhu Tongjing, in terms of age, she was thirteen years older than Zhu Tongjing, and in terms of identity, she used to be the noble queen mother, and Zhu Tongjing was just her face. But now, Zhu Tongjing has become the lord of Jinling, and her son and daughter have become emperors one after another, but now she has become a prisoner of the ranks, and the contrast of this identity is very cruel.

"I've seen the prince." In the end, Empress Dowager He still bowed down in front of Zhu Tongjing, as if he knelt down to worship the emperor.

Even if Empress Dowager He was once coerced by Xie Rumo, she had never had such a humiliating time, because what Xie Rumo wanted to do was to blackmail the princes of the Son of Heaven, and what Zhu Tongjing wanted to do was to abolish the Son of Heaven and set up a new monarch. Xie Rumo is simply for power, and Zhu Tongjing not only wants to get power, but also to take revenge for the humiliation she inflicted back then.

Zhu Tongjing didn't speak, just walked to the seat, which was already very worn, and only a yellow cushion was laid on it. After Zhu Tongjing sat down, he had a very familiar feeling, because this was the chair he had sat on when he had studied diligently in this corner of the palace, and he didn't expect Shan Lin to keep it for him, as if to remind him that no matter how high he became now, he also came out of this chair.

"Lord Wang, there are still some military books here, I wonder if Lord Wang still remembers?"

Shan Lin is a person who likes to miss the old, because he has made great achievements in political investment, and he has cultivated several capable people, these people have been officials in the court because of the relationship between the Empress Dowager He, but now only Zhu Tongjing is the most capable, and he can even hide him. As an old eunuch with no heirs, all he can do is to train young people, watch them grow up, or when he is buried one day, someone will lead him with a banner.

Zhu Tongjing's military books on the table are already very worn. He was also a gifted man, and learned a lot from books, but the stratagems and strategies were obtained by studying the books of war and studying them himself. The affairs of the world cannot be completely descripted. He knows the importance of talent and hard work, and he knows how to apply what he has learned.

"Don't look at that." Zhu Tongjing said in a deep voice, "I'm too tired, find some programs to help you play." ”

Shan Lin smiled, he quickly stepped aside, and whispered a few words in front of the Empress Dowager He, in fact, it was also to remind the Empress Dowager He that it was time for her to sing and dance for Zhu Tongjing, and Shan Lin wanted to "entertain" Zhu Tongjing well today. He also made a lot of preparations in advance, and now his status in the imperial court is not unusual, and many old nobles in Jinling City also hope to get closer to Zhu Tongjing through the relationship between Shan Lin. Many of the people who danced with the Empress Dowager were dancers contributed by the official families in the city, and many of the dancers were prepared by these families to be dedicated to King Hui Xiao Ling, but almost overnight, King Hui became a thing of the past. The owner of the entire Jinling City was also replaced by Zhu Tongjing.

Vocal music, it is the little eunuch of some music workshops. What they have learned since childhood is vocal music, in order to entertain people at the palace banquet, but in the past few years, because the palace has often changed, these little eunuchs are basically in a state of nothing to do, and Shan Lin is preparing to receive Zhu Tongjing today. even found some people from outside the palace who could play and sing, and the time was too short to cleanse them, and after today's entertainment program was over, these people would be sent out of the palace, and Shan Lin felt that as long as they were cleaned up. Zhu Tongjing could not have known.

The music is very beautiful, Empress Dowager He stood up, she didn't even have to change her dance clothes, her own dress was very luxurious, but there was a lack of a dance costume, she twisted her body slightly and danced, the clothes on her body looked very heavy, plus Empress Dowager He was really old and decrepit, her body was less soft than it once was, even if she danced, she did not have the original beautiful appearance.

But when Empress Dowager He sang, her voice was still as beautiful as before, but with some more vicissitudes of life, and her voice was a little thicker than when she was young. Zhu Tongjing didn't listen carefully to what the Empress Dowager He was singing, because he couldn't understand it, the Empress Dowager He was singing in a local accent, and Zhu Tongjing didn't know where the dialect was.

With the song and dance performance of the Empress Dowager He, there are also dancing girls next to her, these women are extremely beautiful, they themselves have been exposed to dance since childhood, plus they are young and energetic, and they dance more beautifully than the Empress Dowager He.

Zhu Tongjing squinted at the scene in front of him, he seemed to have returned to more than two years ago, the last time he saw Xiao Zhan, it was an indelible shadow, and it was the biggest regret in his life.

Zhu Tongjing was born in the palace, which is something that many people in the court know, but few people know that he is the face of the Empress Dowager He, because this is a secret of the palace, few people know about it, and even Xiao Zhan doesn't know about it. Zhu Tongjing's identity in the palace is a "eunuch", which is a cover for his identity, so he has to shave his beard every day, and even the roots of his beard must be cleaned off, so as not to expose flaws.

It is precisely because of this that even when Xiao Zhan regarded him as a friend, he only thought that he was once a eunuch, and Xiao Zhan would never ask about his private affairs, and Zhu Tongjing did not expect that he would be treated like a friend by Xiao Zhan, an eldest princess. Zhu Tongjing has hatred for Empress Dowager He, full of hostility towards the entire court, he only has himself in his mind, but he cannot deny that Xiao Zhan is like a fairy high above him in his heart, which makes him untouchable. Even when he had to eradicate people in the royal family like Xiao Zhan to clear the way for politics, he also sent Xiao Zhan's closest people to assassinate him, because Zhu Tongjing knew that that person could not kill Xiao Zhan, but would make Xiao Zhan vigilant and would not return to the Southern Dynasty for the rest of his life.

Zhu Tongjing thought that by doing so, he could let Xiao Zhan stay in the Northern Dynasty for the rest of his life, but he did not expect that King Hui, who was assisted by Sima Yi, would suddenly launch a coup d'état when the Southern Dynasty was at war with the Northern Dynasty. Even when Zhu Tongjing went down the river to attack Jinling City, he also thought that he would assist Xiao Zhan as the emperor by himself, he asked himself that what he could do would be much stronger than Xiao Ling, he could help Xiao Zhan become a generation of Ming Jun, and he didn't want to repay anything, but he knew that now that the Northern Dynasty soldiers and horses were pressing, Xiao Zhan should not stay in Jinling City.

Xiao Ling was rescued from the city by the guards of King Hui's Mansion, and Xiao Zhan's ability to leave Jinling City and go south largely came from Zhu Tongjing's acquiescence. Zhu Tongjing didn't want his rebellious army. There will be any harm to Xiao Zhan.

At the end of the song, Empress Dowager He stopped her unsightly dance, and finally stopped, standing there respectfully, as if waiting for Zhu Tongjing's "verdict", and the dancers beside Empress Dowager He. They all knelt on the ground, and their attitude towards Zhu Tongjing was even more reverent.

These dancing girls, no matter who they are, the will they get is to enter the palace respectfully, as for whether they can leave the palace in the future, it depends on their creation, or they can become the emperor's concubines, or they can become Zhu Tongjing's partial concubines. It's their fate anyway. The worst result is that there will be another war disaster in Jinling City, and even the palace will be re-ransacked, and then they will either be exiled to the people, or taken captive by the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty, and move from the palace in Jinling City to the palace in Luoyang City, and if they are more tragic, they may die in the massacre of the rebels. This is also their fate.

And today. What they have to do is very simple, that is, to use women's capital to attract Zhu Tongjing. As long as Zhu Tongjing appreciates them, they can get glory and wealth for the time being, and they can live a comfortable life in the court.

"Lord, look, this song and dance...... Satisfied? After the dance music ended for a long time, Zhu Tongjing was silent. As if thinking about something, Shan Lin couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm." Zhu Tongjing nodded slightly, his spirit didn't seem to be in the dance itself, just when Shan Lin was a little overwhelmed, Zhu Tongjing suddenly said. "Loose clothes."

"Huh?"

Shan Lin didn't hear what Zhu Tongjing said at first, but he analyzed it a little from the pronunciation and immediately understood what it meant.

Shan Lin didn't know whether Zhu Tongjing wanted someone to serve him in a wide coat or let the woman in front of him be in a wide coat, but with his knowledge, he felt that Zhu Tongjing should let the Empress Dowager He be wide-dressed.

"The prince has orders, wide clothes."

Shan Lin said in a loud voice, which made the people in front of him a little inexplicable.

Zhu Tongjing didn't have a more specific order, but just gave this ambiguous will, there were many people present, not only the little palace maids, but also the little eunuchs, and even the accompanying musicians, and even those people who came from outside the palace to disguise the eunuchs of Yuefu, plus the dancing girls sent from outside the palace, and a Queen Mother He, so many people, if they are all loose-clothed, it is really "unorthodox".

When Shan Lin gave this order himself, he also felt a little ridiculous, he hurriedly stepped forward, waved his hand and said, "Unrelated people go out and wait, you don't need to wait here." ”

This sentence let the people of Yuefu go out, and also exempt the fake eunuchs from being discovered, as for the little eunuchs, they were also driven out of the palace by Shan Lin, except for those palace maids who had been selected by Shan Lin and felt that they were all good-looking, from their teens to their thirties, and they were left behind by Shan Lin if they wanted to go out.

In Shan Lin's thoughts, since Zhu Tongjing wanted to come over and find the feeling of being an emperor, he simply "absurd", and it also seemed that he knew how to figure out what he wanted.

The door was closed, and there were more than 30 people, along with the palace maids, dancers and Empress Dowager He who were left behind. Shan Lin's smile this time was very natural, and he pursed his lips like a big girl and smiled: "What are you waiting for, wide clothes." ”

The maids of the palace stood on the side, they were accustomed to obeying orders, and they did not dare to disobey this order, and began to reach out and untie their clothes.

And those dancers, because they were still kneeling on the ground, looked a little cramped, I don't know whether to stand up, after some dancers have already knelt on the ground and began to untie their clothes, other dancers also began to learn. Only the Empress Dowager He stood at the forefront, but she did not move.

Shan Lin is a eunuch in the end, even if the scene in front of him is beautiful, he doesn't have any interest in him, but he has some hatred, just like Zhu Tongjing's hatred. It's a pity that what he hates is not others, but himself, and he hates why he chose to enter the palace in the first place, just to live a good life, and lose what he wanted most.

When the dancers and palace maids not only took off their clothes, but also left their shoes and socks. Shan Lin sneered and walked up to the Empress Dowager He and reminded: "Noble He, don't toast and don't eat and drink." The prince is still watching, unless you ...... I don't want to go out of this temple. ”

Empress Dowager He's body trembled slightly, as if she was a little angry.

Even when she was the imperial concubine, she had never made such a fool of herself in public, in the face of such an impudent request from Zhu Tongjing and Shan Lin, although she wanted to explode, and even wanted to take out the hairpin on her head to fight with Zhu Tongjing, but Empress Dowager He knew that with her current strength, let alone killing Zhu Tongjing, it was difficult to even get close to Zhu Tongjing's body.

"Father-in-law Shan, the slave family danced before, and he was a little tired, so he bothered Father-in-law Shan to do it for him." Empress Dowager He said suddenly.

Shan Lin said with a smile: "What noble people are laughing, how can the old slave do this kind of thing?" In this way, come on, come and help He Guiren loosen his clothes. ”

With Shan Lin's order, several palace maids immediately walked over.

In the face of these palace maids, Empress Dowager He had no choice but to spread her arms, as if she was not a woman who did not resist anything. These palace maids helped her remove the clothes one by one, and finally the Empress Dowager He felt a chill in her body, and goosebumps all over her body.

She seemed to remember something, because she had also "insulted" Zhu Tongjing like this at the beginning, and now Zhu Tongjing is just humiliating her in the same way.

"What a nobleman, go, go over and toast the prince."

Waiting for the palace maid to retreat, Shan Lin raised his arm, which meant that Empress Dowager He could beat his arm and approach Zhu Tongjing.

Empress Dowager He hesitated, but slowly walked to Zhu Tongjing's side, she was also hesitating, whether to pull out the hairpin on her head and stab it directly on Zhu Tongjing's neck. But she also knew that Zhu Tongjing's skills were very good, once there was an assassin in the palace who wanted to kill her, and it was Zhu Tongjing who saved her once, and then she knew that the weak face around her also had a good martial arts. But after that, instead of thanking her, Empress Dowager He often asked Zhu Tongjing to "dance the sword" to her as a pastime.

When Empress Dowager He walked in front of Zhu Tongjing, the palace maid also brought the wine, and on the wooden tray, the wine pot emitted the mellow smell of wine.

Shan Lin smiled and said: "He Guiren, according to the number of etiquette, you should kneel down and toast the prince." ”

Empress Dowager He endured the anger in her heart, but she still knelt down very respectfully, picked up the wine jug, and poured a glass of wine, because her hands were trembling, and the wine was even overflowing. waited for the wine glass to be delivered to Zhu Tongjing, but Zhu Tongjing had no intention of taking it.

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?" Zhu Tongjing said suddenly.

In the slightly puzzled gaze of the Empress Dowager He, Zhu Tongjing brushed his sleeves and stood in front of the kneeling Empress Dowager He.

The same kneeling people who once met now stand there, worshipping those who once stood high. (To be continued.) )