When the peasant women got off the boat, Zhou Liangzi would warn them one by one, Li Zhong's affairs should not be leaked, the peasant women are all face-bearing people in the countryside, and they naturally understand what to say and what not to say, and Li Zhong's complaint against the emperor has not been leaked out at all.

Evening • Queen Mother's Bedroom

The Queen Mother drank the sobering soup, twisted the Buddha beads in her hands and closed her eyes to recuperate, Gui Chun's grandmother was on the side, Liyue made the bed for the Queen Mother, and what was more interesting was that on the chaise longue in the cabin, Xing'er slept sweetly. There was peace in the cabin.

"The Queen Mother." Zhou Liang's low voice came from outside the cabin, "The servant replied." ”

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly and pointed to the hatch, Gui Chun's grandmother immediately went to open the door, and Zhou Liang bowed down to enter.

"Queen Mother, the minions will go back with you, Lin Qing's group of women and minions have arranged for someone to send them away, the rewards that should be rewarded, and the minions who should be explained have also been explained, and the afternoon will never leak the slightest rumor." Zhou Liang bowed back.

"Well done. It's not early, and you're tired from a day, so go and rest. The Queen Mother's eyes were closed, "Liyue." ”

"The minions are here."

"You two haven't had a good conversation for a long time, so let's both go down."

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." Liyue bowed slightly, thanked him and retreated with Zhou Liang. Retreating to the door and seeing Xing'er sleeping sweetly, she turned around again, "Lafayette, Xing'er, she ......"

"Let's go down. There is Gui Chun here. ”

Liyue was already clear, and didn't say anything more, but exited the cabin directly, and closed the hatch by the way.

The Queen Mother Lafayette sat cross-legged on the Zen bench and did not move to participate in meditation and chanting, about a stick of incense, the Queen Mother opened her eyes, handed the rosary in her hand to Gui Chun, got up from the Zen bench, paced to the collapse of Xing'er, touched Xing'er's pink little face, and pulled the quilt for her.

"Queen Mother, this child?"

"Go along with their wishes, find an opportunity to reward her for entering the palace with the mourning family." The Queen Mother tucked the horns of Xing'er. "Have you checked the details?"

"At today's banquet, I received a message from the flying pigeon, saying that this child is innocent, he picked it up on the road, and has no other background." Gui Chun replied low.

"Okay, it seems...... They also fancy the child's innocent background. The Queen Mother was touching Xing'er's pink little face, "Everything depends on this child's creation." ”

"Yes." Gui Chun helped the Empress Dowager to get up.

"What about Yan Ben?"

"I've been waiting outside the hall, see?"

"Call him in, and be silent." Saying that, the Queen Mother sat back on the Zen stool, Gui Chun offered soothing tea, and then retreated.

After a while, Yan Ben pushed the door and entered the queen mother's bedroom. As soon as he saw the Queen Mother, he immediately knelt down.

"The minister knocked to see Mrs. Niangniang."

"Get up and talk back."

Yan Ben got up, bowed his head slightly, and hung his hands at his sides, waiting for the Queen Mother to speak.

"That Li Zhong, you take him back to Beijing, don't treat him badly. After arriving in Beijing, don't hand him over to the Criminal Department, directly take the mourning family phoenix talisman and lead him to see the emperor, this is a chess piece that the emperor can't ask for, Lin Qing County officialdom has been criticized for a long time, the first emperor has been in the time of several times, but it has no result, now since there is Li Zhong, the *** sent to the door, whether the bottom of the black pot in Lin Qing County can be taken off in one fell swoop, it depends on how well this chess piece is used...... "The Queen Mother took another sip of soothing tea.

Yan Ben nodded.

"Also, don't let the news of this matter go. Those women, Zhou Liang has already sent them, and when they see today's battle, they probably won't talk nonsense even if they go back. Tell the emperor to move quickly! These borers must not be given a chance to react. ”

Yan Ben nodded again.

"The mourning family sees that this Li Zhong's kung fu is good, you can test and test it on the way back to Beijing, if you can use it, let him stay in front of the Qiangang Palace to serve, after this catastrophe, he must be loyal to the royal family, there are too many idlers around the emperor."

Yan Ben nodded again.

"Gui Chun comes in."

After a while, Mama Gui Chun pushed the door and came in, nodding at the Queen Mother, obviously Mama Gui Chun was standing outside the cabin to make the conversation between the Queen Mother and Yan Ben. Nodding now, it should be calm in front of and behind the cabin.

"Take the phoenix talisman of the mourning family."

"Yes!" Mama Gui Chun answered, and immediately took out a long small brocade box from the golden brocade box in the cabinet, and handed it to the Queen Mother with both hands.

The queen mother opened the small brocade box, inside is a golden phoenix, the golden phoenix is not the appearance of the dynasty, but the ancient shape, the whole body is made of pure gold, handsome very, the golden phoenix head is crowned with a phoenix, the eyes are embedded with blue emeralds, there is a bulging phoenix gall on the back, the tail opens three feathers, the queen mother looked at it for a while, took out the phoenix charm, handed it to Yan Ben.

"Look underneath the talisman."

Yan Ben took it with both hands, carefully flipped the phoenix talisman, the phoenix talisman was engraved with the word "phoenix" in the ancient seal body below, Yan Ben looked at it, bowed his head and arched his hands to offer, the queen mother took it, and put the phoenix talisman into the brocade box. Then hand it over to Gui Chun to seal it, and then hand it over to Yan Ben.

"The queen mother handed over to you is the phoenix talisman, the emperor will see it will be redeemed with the phoenix talisman, you must remember the words under these two talismans, it will be of great use in the future." Gui Chun instructed the Queen Mother.

"I remember." Yan Benben bowed down to take the phoenix talisman, and then put the phoenix talisman into his underwear. "Please forgive the Queen Mother, dare to ask what is the word on the phoenix talisman in the emperor's hand?"

"It's the word 'Luanhuang', you must see these two words clearly, don't admit mistakes, when you will be used in the future, you are the only one who knows the clue." As she spoke, the Queen Mother took out a note from her sleeve and stuffed it into Yan Ben's hand.

Yan Ben opened the note, looked up in surprise and quickly glanced at the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother closed her eyes, Yan Ben quickly stuffed the note into her mouth and swallowed it directly. Yan Ben got down on one knee again.

"Queen Mother, please rest assured, what you handed over, Yan Ben will definitely do."

"Okay, you are a person who both the mourning family and the emperor trust, and some things must be you, so that the mourning family and the emperor can rest assured. You go, don't wait for tomorrow morning, the mourning family has arranged for a fast boat to send you away in the middle of the night, and when you go to Dehua County, you can go ashore directly and transfer the fast horse, Lin Qing's matter should be sooner rather than later. Let's go."

"The minister commanded. Retire! After saying that, Yan Ben bowed, got up and left.

"Gui Chun, has the clipper ordered?"

"The banquet was ready to stop, and last night I had already ordered someone to go to Dehua County quickly, and I had just returned to my life, and Yicheng had prepared a fast horse to wait for Lord Yan."

"Good, good!" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes, "The will of the first emperor is about to be promoted." But this time, I don't know which prince I'm going to hurt again. ”

"Queen Mother, why do you have to do such a desperate job?" Mama Gui Chun helped the Queen Mother to get up.

"Let's go outside and breathe."

The master and servant walked out of the cabin, although it was night, but because of the relationship between the imperial ships, the phoenix boat was bright throughout, and torches could be seen on both sides of the canal, which were officers and soldiers sent by the local government to protect them.

The Queen Mother walked along the deck, and the feather forests along the way bowed their heads one after another to show their awe. The master and servant walked to the bow of the boat, and Mama Gui Chun laid a thick fur for the Queen Mother and asked the Queen Mother to sit down.

"You sit too."

"The minions don't dare."

"Oops! Have a seat! "The Queen Mother pulls her." The two of you, who have experienced together over the years, can be as sincere as relatives, and at this time, no one is still a master or a servant? ! ”

When Mama Gui Chun heard the Queen Mother say this, she sat down. It's just that Gui Chun's grandmother only sat halfway, and she didn't dare to sit down. The Queen Mother looked at her and smiled.

"You're always so cautious. At the beginning, when you followed the mourning family, you only thought you were submissive, but I didn't expect that when the big event came, you were both resolute and decisive, which really impressed the mourning family. ”

"You are Gui Chun's master and the benefactor of Gui Chun's family, and Gui Chun's service to you is Gui Chun's blessing." Mama Gui Chun tightened her cloak for the Queen Mother. "It's harder here, let's sit back and go back."

"It's okay, you really can't afford to be too old to support your mourning family?" The Queen Mother smiled playfully, the Queen Mother at this moment actually has a girlish feeling, I'm afraid, this side of the Queen Mother can only be seen by people close to Gui Chun, usually majestic and kind.

"Over the years, if Ruichun hadn't betrayed at the beginning, this year would have been full of children and grandchildren, I had promised her to leave the palace, but she wanted too much." The Queen Mother sighed.

"Ah Rui has never figured out her identity, she is a slave, the Queen Mother, you have helped her family get rid of her lowly status, she should not climb the dragon bed of the first emperor with delusions. She herself was too restless to be used by others, and finally lost her life. It's a pity that her old mother is blind from crying, and there are no other children and grandchildren to take care of her. Gui Chun looked pity and pity.

"Did you send someone to see it?"

"Over the years, the slave will send someone to send food and oil to her old mother every month, and some broken silver, but the slave does not dare to share the credit, and it is said that the old master of Ari is merciful and compassionate."

"You...... There's nothing wrong with that. The Queen Mother smiled again, "You just asked me why I did such a desperate job?" ……”

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment.

"Today's emperors are different from the previous emperors, only two or three high-ranking concubines are from big families. The emperor's concubines and mothers are too deep...... And there are seven or eight concubines who gave birth to the prince, and now fortunately the prince is early, although it is not from the main palace, but in the end the name is correct, although some people are ready to move, but how much convergence. ”

The Queen Mother looked up at the sky, looked at the stars in the sky, and said.

"Now that the crown prince and several princes are gradually coming of age, their respective minds are gradually revealed, but now the emperor is in the prime of life, and there are many princes, it is inevitable that there will be a rebellion to seize the heir, we are not afraid of everything, the most afraid is this, this is the foundation of the country."

"Then the Queen Mother's new letter Yan Ben?"

"Don't believe it!"

"Since you don't believe him, such an important matter as Feng Fu ......"

"Although the mourning family doesn't believe him, Yan Ben is a breezy person, he only has the emperor and the court in his eyes, and there is no second heart, although he doesn't believe it, but he is very reliable."

"I see, ......" Mama Gui Chun quickly understood what the Queen Mother meant. Instead of finding a person who is loyal to both the emperor and the queen mother, it is better to find a person who puts the court first, such a person, whose position is only the imperial power, the court and the overall situation, will never become a grass on the wall in the face of major rights and wrongs, and is also a person who wins at a critical moment.

The Queen Mother took Gui Chun's hand and looked up at the starry sky together, they hadn't been so close for many years. Gui Chun is not a slave maid brought into the palace by the Queen Mother from home. However, when the Queen Mother was still a concubine, Gui Chun was shocked by the wisdom of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was born in the Guo family of the Guanlong clan, but in order to suppress the power of the Guanlong clan in the court, the first emperor never gave the Queen Mother too high a position, and lived and died in the harem.

Once, the first emperor's concubine Rou poisoned herself and blamed the current queen mother, but it was self-defeating and showed her feet, Gui Chun was still a person in the palace of Roufei at that time, and Concubine Rou made Gui Chun a scapegoat instead of using a plan, and drank poisoned wine for Concubine Rou to show Concubine Rou's innocence, and it was the current Queen Mother and Ruichun who saved Gui Chun's life.

Since then, Gui Chun only recognizes the current Queen Mother, and no one else is in her eyes, and the current Queen Mother is also fortunate to get Gui Chun's help, all the way to the throne of the Queen Mother, standing above ten thousand people, looking down on the harem.

"Queen Mother, let's go back, it's late at night, the dew is falling, be careful not to catch a cold, we still have half a month to go." Gui Chun tightened the queen mother's cloak again.

"Okay, let's go back and rest."

Mama Gui Chun helped the Queen Mother walk back to the bedroom, and as soon as she entered the bedroom, she saw the little baby on the chaise longue, and the Queen Mother walked up to her and looked at Xing'er's sleeping little face, which was puffy and cute. Today, Xing'er drank fruit wine and slept very sweetly.

"I don't know what they're going to do with this little baby?" The Queen Mother said in a low voice.

"Why don't we find a shortcoming......

"It doesn't matter! This little girl, the mourning family also took a fancy to her, first took her back to the palace, and then went through the experience. If it's that material, let's keep it, if not...... It doesn't hurt to solve it again. ”

"Yes." Gui Chun waited for the Queen Mother to rest.

Xing'er's fate, just like this, unconsciously, is in the hands of several forces, on one side is the queen mother, on the other hand is the godfather she recognized, and it depends on Xing'er's own creation to predict what the future will be.