In the garden of Zizhuyuan, there are many pavilions and pavilions, especially all kinds of small pavilions, small pavilions, and various arch bridges on the river and waterway, which are different in style and size, but they all have their own characteristics, and the spring color of this garden complements each other.

Xiao Rui led Xie Mulin to a plum bridge. Here is not far from Chengbi Mountain House, Meiqiao connects the shore and Zhongshan Island, under the bridge is a large piece of verdant lotus pond, there are willows and green on both sides of the bridge, the breeze comes slowly, it is a good place to enjoy the scenery, you can take half of the garden into the eyes. Except for the feeling of being a little cold when you stand on the bridge, there is nothing bad about it.

The green banana remained in the shade of the willow trees under the bridge, which is very eye-catching. On the bridge, Xiao Rui didn't go any further, and he didn't seem to have the intention of going to the island. Xie Mulin looked back and forth, understood, and said with a smile: "This is really a good place to talk, you can see if anyone is approaching from a long distance, and you are not afraid of being overheard." ”

Xiao Rui smiled and took off the cloak on his body, and put it on for his fiancée with his own hands: "The wind here is a little strong, you can also save the cold by wearing this." ”

Xie Mulin tidied up the cloak, only to feel that his whole body was warm, and he could still smell Xiao Rui's body odor in his nose, as if he was gently holding him in his arms, he couldn't help blushing, and quickly turned his head and looked at the lotus leaf under the bridge: "So what?" What did you call me out to tell me? ”

Xiao Rui leaned on the bridge pier with a smile and stood diagonally next to the railing: "I don't have anything special to say, it's just that what you asked me before, I couldn't answer it on the boat, so I specially called you out to explain it." He paused and glanced at Xie Mulin, "What's more, I also have something to do with the princess, except for the lunch break, I really don't know when I will be able to see you." I might be able to squeeze out some time in the evening, but I'm afraid you'll be inconvenient there......"

Xie Mulin's face turned even redder, and he lowered his head and whispered, "Oh...... Then tell me. This is obviously a good summer garden, and the princess rarely comes on weekdays, how could she suddenly remember to come to worship the Buddha for no reason? ”

Xiao Rui stood two steps closer to her, as if he had specially leaned in to say something secret: "This is also a matter of no choice." A letter suddenly came from Jingli, didn't the eldest princess of Yongning plan to take her family to Beiping this spring and summer to play? Originally, my father had thought about where to place their family, but the eldest princess wrote to say that she planned to invite the queen mother to accompany her. The father and the princess were caught off guard, but they still had to find a way to find a place to entertain the queen mother! ”

Xie Mulin was stunned and looked at him in surprise: "Why did the Queen Mother suddenly say that she wanted to come?" This...... Isn't it only Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who plans to come to Beiping?! "They still came to see each other for their daughter, and they said it last year, why did they suddenly ...... Added an extra queen mother?

The identity of the Queen Mother is not ordinary. If she comes to Beiping and the Yanwang Mansion wants to entertain, she must not be treated according to the specifications that originally entertained the eldest princess of Yongning, and there will be more things to prepare!

Xie Mulin thought of the relationship between the Queen Mother and Ma Yurong, and then thought of his eldest brother Xie Xianzhi, so he couldn't help but sweat for him. Originally, he only needed to please the eldest princess of Yongning and the horse, and he was sure that he would be able to hold the beauty, but now he suddenly added a big boss, and when he opened his mouth, he would veto all his efforts, how could people not sweat for him?

Xiao Rui told Xie Mulin: "The Queen Mother is actually improvised. In the past few months, her old man has really disturbed many things that happened in the palace and Beijing, and even her body has become a little unwell. ”

The Empress Dowager is a very typical deep palace woman, she doesn't like to take care of things, and she doesn't care much about government affairs, everything obeys the will of the emperor's eldest son, and occasionally accepts some suggestions from her youngest son, King Yan, and her adopted daughter, Princess Yongning. But in general, she is a rich idler, who has never intended to meddle in the government, and only loves to enjoy the rich and leisurely life of the queen mother. In this life, she has never made any political-related decisions except for promoting her youngest son to succeed Princess Yan and earning some support for her and her eldest son in the palace. She doesn't care which son the emperor wants to set up as the prince, anyway, they are all her own grandsons, who else can disrespect her? Queen Cao wants to take over the palace power, and she can let the other party go, and she can still enjoy leisure!

However, Queen Cao died suddenly, Lin Zhaoyi and Xiao Guifei were successively involved in the assassination case, and they were all called house arrest, Qiao Meiren was already sick, and she had no ability to meddle in palace affairs, and the new concubines who entered the palace were not enough to serve the public regardless of their origin, position or qualifications, and the palace affairs fell into the hands of the Queen Mother for the first time, and she had no choice but to worry about it. Because apart from her, there is no second person in this palace who is qualified to take care of this matter. The crown princess is qualified, but she is still semi-grounded in the East Palace with the prince! Besides, she can't even deal with the affairs of the East Palace, who expects her to handle the affairs of the entire harem?

Originally, the Queen Mother also felt that there were many capable chamberlains and palace people, and the people in the Internal Affairs Office were not dry meals, so she should be able to cope with it. But it was the queen's funeral, and many clan nobles and officials were ordered to enter the palace to cry. The truth of Empress Cao's assassination has not yet been clarified, and the crown prince has had a big trouble with the second and third princes, and the crown princess and the prince's concubine Wang Meiru in the East Palace have made some trouble for three days. The Queen Mother is also a person with spring and autumn periods, and it didn't take long for her to start feeling unbearable, and her body slowly became ill.

At this time, the three princes still had to run to the queen mother from time to time to cry, crying that the emperor was unfair to them and crying about their mother's grievances. The crown prince doesn't want to be deposed anyway, the second prince still has the last glimmer of hope, he doesn't want to be deposed as a concubine, and the third prince wants to cry out for his mother Xiao Guifei, and on the other hand, he also wants to completely defeat the two elder brothers. All three of them had their own reasons, and they all went attentively. The Queen Mother never thought of interfering in the battle for the storage position, and immediately wanted to avoid it.

Moreover, although Empress Cao asked the emperor to abolish the prince before her death, to retreat as advance, and to seek a rich and stable way for the prince and the Cao family to live, it is really not so easy for a prince to be abolished. The emperor's own thoughts are one thing, but the family law of the ancestors and the opinions of the courtiers are another.

Empress Cao's death was more sudden than everyone expected, and the emperor had not had time to depose her. Therefore, as soon as she died, the queen's position was preserved forever. Even if the emperor finds a reason to behead the Cao family in the future, Empress Cao is still the queen, and there is no reason to abolish the throne of the dead for the sake of the living. But she is the queen one day, and the crown prince is the eldest son of the emperor one day. Even if the crown prince has many unreliable points, it does not look like a Ming monarch, but unless he makes a big mistake, it is impossible for the courtiers to agree to the emperor to abolish the elder and establish the younger, and replace it with a prince born to a favorite concubine.

That's the source of chaos.