After Xiao Xi was supported by the eldest aunt of the Shangyi Bureau, she settled down and solemnly looked at the gown.

She soon discovered that not only was the gown not cut according to the size of the little emperor, but what was even more peculiar was the embroidered crest on the gown, surrounded by the sun, moon and stars, not a dragon, but a phoenix!

Embroidered phoenix gown......

Hui Feng and Chang, Xiao Xisheng was shocked into a cold sweat!

The eldest aunt was calm, she supported Xiao Xi steadily, and asked softly, "What do you think?" ”

The eldest aunt's tone was very ordinary, as if she was asking Xiao Xi not how the gown was, but how a certain palace dress and a certain silk was.

Xiao Xi subconsciously felt that she had reached a fork in the road again.

Just like when she was a girl, her grandmother asked her if she would like to go to the palace to accompany her aunt; It's like after the candle night in the cave room, the little inner official asked her if she wanted to wait for the emperor; Just like when the Empress Dowager sat on the dragon chair in the Golden Palace with the little emperor in her arms on the first day, the ministers asked her if she would like to listen to the government......

Every choice was made by her.

As if she had a choice......

This time, should you choose the Empress Dowager or the Little Emperor?

If she chooses the little emperor, can the little emperor fight with the king of Shu and the courtiers of the imperial party against the empress dowager who has controlled the government for several years and the deep-rooted Xiao henchmen? Even if the little emperor won against all odds, what would he think of her, the so-called mother who betrayed her mother's family? How will the descendants of the Shaw family view her?

Therefore, the answer is self-evident: she should not and cannot choose the little emperor.

Xiao Xi couldn't help but feel a little sad.

She has raised the little emperor for ten years, and watched him grow from a small group with big eyes blinking at a loss and speaking official with a Shu accent to a calm young man who can't say a word or say a wrong word.

When she raised the little emperor, she didn't have a lot of thoughts, a child who had been separated from her parents since she was a child, the situation was complicated, and the schoolwork was heavy, she naturally wanted to be good to him.

As for the Empress Dowager, her grandmother asked her to come to the palace to accompany her aunt that year, and in the years that followed, she also sincerely regarded the Empress Dowager as her aunt.

However, the things she values and the sincerity she pays are probably nothing in the eyes of the Empress Dowager and the Little Emperor.

Xiao Xi stared at the phoenix on the robe for a long time before he said to his aunt in the Shangyi Bureau, "Auntie shouldn't ask me how I ......."

"And let me ask how the man who wears it feels......

My aunt was stunned, and Xiao Xi had already turned around and left.

Xiao Xi went to the imperial study.

The Empress Dowager's hair has turned white, but she is still deaf and clear, and Zhu Pi's handwriting has the air of cutting iron and breaking gold.

Xiao Xi was serious for a while before he spoke: "Fortunately, with Niangniang, my great-grandfather's calligraphy will not be broken." ”

The Empress Dowager replied casually: "The Xiao family's sons and nephews are general, how can they ......?"

When the Empress Dowager said this, she suddenly paused.

Calligraphy inheritance in the shape of the gods, Mobao reflects the style of the writer, Xiao's nephews are general, maybe someone can copy the handwriting of the old lady Xiao, but it is difficult to have his bearing.

Although the Xiao family's children have a high reputation in recent years, the Empress Dowager knows better than anyone else that they are not of great use.

Xiao Xi looked at the Empress Dowager, knelt down and said: "Niangniang, although it is not easy, the Xiao family may have another first assistant like great-grandfather in the future, but after thousands of years, the Xiao family will never have a second mother like you......"

The Empress Dowager gently put down her pen and looked at Xiao Xi without speaking.

Xiao Xi knelt on the ground, and she couldn't see the empress dowager's expression, perhaps because of this, she had the courage to continue: "Niangniang, I once heard the Taifu say to the saint that you have the talent of Lu Wu......"

"My niece was stupid, and I knew what Lu Wuzhicai meant when I flipped through the historical books, but the historical books did not write it...... What happened to their mothers? ”

"Niangniang, what happened to Empress Lu and Emperor Wu's maternal family, do you know?"

The Empress Dowager stared at Xiao Xi for a long time with an uncertain expression, but did not answer Xiao Xi's question when she spoke, but said: "Among the girls selected by the clan back then, you were not the most outstanding...... But do you know why I chose you in the end? ”

When Xiao Xi spoke to the Empress Dowager before, she was ready to die, and her mind was also very calm at that time, but when she heard the Empress Dowager's words, her heart involuntarily tightened.

Why did the Empress Dowager choose her?!

She had thought about this question many times over the years.

Studied but cannot comprehend.

The Empress Dowager continued: "When I associate with people, I value the time and how they will ...... more than what they are when they are."

"Fifteen-year-old you are not the most outstanding young lady of the Xiao family, but I know that you can grow into the most suitable queen!"

Xiao Xi looked at the Empress Dowager in a daze.

She had imagined many answers, but never thought the answer would be this.

I have never met and few words, how did the Empress Dowager know that she could become a suitable queen?

However, this may be the reason why the Empress Dowager can become the Empress Dowager.

Looking back on the past, when Emperor Zhao was only the king of Duan;

When Princess Duan's Rong family was infinitely beautiful, and the first emperor was only the son of Concubine Jian;

At a time when the Marquis of Guannai was just a nobody who wanted to break the thousand-year-old barrier in the army with his own strength;

When the concubine Yue was unattended......

The Empress Dowager chose them under such circumstances.

The amount of charcoal in the snow and the icing on the cake cannot be compared.

Xiao Xi wanted to ask the Empress Dowager if she still thinks she is a suitable queen, but when she opened her mouth, she asked: "Niangniang, what kind of emperor do you think today's son will be when he grows up?" ”

When the son grows up today......

That year, the Empress Dowager wore a phoenix gown to worship the temple.

This kind of shocking behavior inevitably makes people think about it a lot, and even some of the accompanying courtiers are ready to die.

However, the Empress Dowager read out an edict in front of the altar, and then returned to the emperor and restricted the three generations of the Xiao clan from entering the office.

Later generations talk about the legendary empress dowager of the Zhou Dynasty, and often marvel at her life trajectory that she never made a wrong step, especially the last sacrifice to the temple and the return of the guilty to the government, which can be called a stroke of genius to protect her and the Xiao family.

These descendants commented that Xiao Xi didn't know, and her feeling was that she didn't seem to encounter any more difficult things later.

When things are smooth, time flies.

One day, when the maid combed her hair and her hands were shaking, Xiao Xi realized that she already had gray hair.

Probably because of her age, she felt that the winter in Kyoto was exceptionally cold this year.

When it was snowing, she sent Concubine Yue away.

Concubine Yue said that she wanted to eat red oil hot pot, and the princess told the people in the imperial dining room to support the pot with tears in her eyes, but the pot had not been set up, so Concubine Yue went.

When it snowed heavily, she sent the Empress Dowager away.

After the grand funeral, after the spring of the next year, it was warm and cold, and she contracted the wind cold.

Dizzy, Xiao Xi felt as if she had slept for a long time, but when she opened her eyes, she saw the emperor sitting on the edge of the couch, and asked her with red eyes: "Queen Mother, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

Xiao Xi understood that this was about a return to the light.

Unfulfilled wishes?

Xiao Xi shook his head: "No." ”

She seemed to be answering the emperor, and seemed to be convincing herself: "The Empress Dowager is walking peacefully, my family is very good, you are a good emperor......"

"I don't have a wish......"

She slowly closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.