Xiao Xi was originally a little sad.

Lord Lin had an eldest son, and she was very happy. She was just a little sad for Miss Xiao Jiaqi.

However, she is no longer Miss Xiao Qi, but Queen Xiao.

Just like the elder brother of the Lin family, he is now Lord Lin.

Xiao Xi listened to the Queen Mother's words to persuade her, so she couldn't care about her own joys and sorrows, and instead worried about the Queen Mother.

Miss Xiao Qi didn't wait for the Lin family's elder brother......

Empress Dowager Xiao probably can't pick up the stars in the sky......

The emperor is older, and the Great Zhou doesn't need the queen mother who listens to the government.

That's why the Queen Mother has lived in Shoukang Palace in recent years.

Xiao Xi didn't know how to persuade the Queen Mother, so he arranged the Queen Mother's diet and daily life in great detail.

In the turn of the year, the emperor took a group of Taoist priests to the summer resort as in previous years, called the summer resort, which was actually a place for alchemy.

The queen mother, as in previous years, played cards with the concubines in the Shoukang Palace, with ice in the corner of the hall, and the little palace maids played fans gently and softly, and the days passed day by day, neither stuffy nor hot.

Xiao Xi did not sit next to the Queen Mother to read the cards for her as usual, but commanded her subordinates to stew mutton in the small kitchen.

The palace pays attention to "not eating from time to time", and the season for eating mutton in Kyoto City is the mutton shabu pot in autumn and winter, and there is never a family that eats mutton on dog days......

However, the queen confessed herself, and the grandmothers and palace maids in the small kitchen stewed mutton in clear soup in a regular manner.

When it was time to eat, the queen mother and the concubines threw cards, moved to the side hall, and were surprised to see the stewed mutton on the dining table.

Xiao Xi personally placed the ivory chopsticks for the Queen Mother, and introduced that Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the custom of eating sheep, which is intended to remove the dampness and cold in the body by taking advantage of the external heat of Futian and the warmth of mutton.

A concubine from Jiangnan echoed, and said that the summer ice in the palace was used a lot, and it was time to get rid of the dampness and cold.

When everyone heard this, they all felt that there was some truth, and the mutton was indeed stewed in fresh soup and tender, which was not the same as the flavor of mutton shabu in winter. For a while, the banquet was lively, and everyone was sweating after the meal, hearty and comfortable.

The queen mother rarely used half a bowl of soup, and after the meal, she took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and gave it to Xiao Xi on the spot, and the concubines also followed with generosity, this jade pendant, and that hairpin.

Especially Concubine Yue, her maiden family is a huge rich man in Shu, and she is generous and hearty, and she directly stuffed the purse containing the golden bun into Xiao Xi's hand, and said: "The queen doesn't want to think my things are vulgar, they all laughed at me for being a rich man, I simply don't learn from them to make jewelry, buy calligraphy and paintings, I only like gold, and only gold!" ”

The queen mother and the concubines laughed again, and the concubines gradually got up and retired, and each returned to the palace.

After Concubine Yue stepped out of the main hall door of Shoukang Palace with a smile, she stopped her steps again, turned back to Xiao Xi and said, "I don't know if the queen has heard of the red oil hot pot in Sichuan and Chongqing?" I think it can get rid of dampness and cold better than the sheep in the south of the Yangtze River, if Niang Niang can do it once, I will send all the gold in my palace into the middle palace! ”

The Queen Mother laughed out loud, Xiao Xi was also angry, she personally sent Concubine Yue out of Shoukang Palace, and after returning to the palace, she served the Queen Mother to change her clothes, and said: "It's a pity that you and the ladies next to you don't like spicy, I'm afraid that Concubine Yue can only eat by herself in this red oil hot pot!" ”

The Queen Mother said: "Eating hot pot is to be lively, what's the point of eating alone......"

She thought for a while and then said: "There seems to be a mandarin duck pot in Sichuan and Chongqing, you send someone to ask, what is going on with this mandarin duck pot?" ”

Xiao Xi responded respectfully, and was a little puzzled in his heart: Concubine Yue and the Queen Mother are very different in terms of origin and temperament, so the two are not close, and I can't imagine that the Queen Mother is willing to spend time for Concubine Yue.

Wondering and summarizing, the Queen Mother's orders, Xiao Xi followed them meticulously.

The red oil, mushroom and mandarin duck hot pot everyone also ate very happily, and even the Queen Mother, who didn't like spicy food, couldn't help but persuade Concubine Yue again and again, and tasted a piece of red oil hairy belly.

In the laughter, when the autumn wind rose, the emperor routinely asked the queen mother for peace after returning to the palace, perhaps because the queen mother was in a good mood, she took the initiative to ask about the emperor's thirtieth birthday.

This is the first time in eight years that the Queen Mother has spoken to the emperor since King Wu was killed with a rod!

The front and harem were deeply shocked and discussed.

Xiao Xi locked the extraordinarily frequent letters from his mother's family into the box, and at the same time prepared a birthday banquet under the instructions of the Queen Mother.

Maybe it's because she has served by the Queen Mother's side for so many years, so there are many people who want to get news from her, and Xiao Xi ignores them.

Xiao Xi didn't have any thoughts about this rare thing.

It is possible that the Queen Mother thought of it herself.

Possibly, it's the people out there who think too much.

However, it soon turned out that it was not people who thought too much.

The emperor's thirtieth birthday banquet was held in Wanshou Mountain, the autumn scenery of Kunming Lake was very beautiful, the queen mother and the emperor rarely appeared together in harmony, the foreign countries, the vassal kings and guards or thousands of miles to celebrate the birthday, or prepared a congratulatory ceremony, singing and dancing to ascend to the flat room is also vaguely the scene of the prosperous era, and the clan and the ministers of the banquet watched, the heart was excited and emotional.

If the emperor did not vomit blood when the birthday banquet came, then the birthday banquet could be said to be perfect.

However, the emperor vomited blood, in fact, it was not a big deal......

Although the emperor was in the prime of life, he cultivated all the year round, drank talisman water, and took Jindan, vomiting blood and falling unconscious.

Although everyone was very calm in their hearts, they all showed panic on their faces, and even cried bitterly......

The queen mother told the emperor to stay in Wanshou Mountain to raise her, and also ordered the eunuch in charge around her to accompany Xiao Xi to stay in Wanshou Mountain to take care of the emperor, and led the clan ministers back to the city.

That night, the emperor died.

The funeral report was not sent until three days later.

The emperor left no heirs.

The clan and hundreds of officials rushed into the palace in a thousand ways, but saw that the palace was in order, and the queen mother had already sat on the dragon chair in the Xuanzheng Hall with a child in a dragon robe, and personally taught the child to read word by word:

Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity.

Who is this kid who popped out of nowhere?!

While some people were still pondering this important issue, some people were already busy lifting their robes and kneeling.

At this time, you must not be indecisive and confused!

What's more, important ministers like Xia Shoufu and Guan Neihou simply knelt neatly.

Soon, the whole hall knelt and the mountain shouted long live.

When Xiao Xi was invited to the Xuanzheng Hall by the internal officials around the Queen Mother, what he saw was not this scene, but the ministers were enthusiastically arguing whether the Queen Mother should listen to the government or she should listen to the government.

To be precise, what they dispute is whether the Empress Dowager should listen to the government or the Empress Dowager should listen to the government.

The child in the arms of the Empress Dowager was originally the youngest son of the King of Shu, and now he is the only heir of the first emperor and Xiao Xi.

Xiao Xi looked up at the Empress Dowager on the dragon chair across the courtiers in the hall.

Is this the star that the Empress Dowager wants to pick?