The eighth day of the third month of the twelfth year of the Great Zhou Longqing

Cining Palace

The towering city walls, layer by layer, make the whole palace solemn.

Empress Dowager Han was dressed in a white plain dress, and she was sitting at the table with her eyes down and embroidering the blue robe in her hand.

At this time, Mama An, who was waiting for her, came over, reached out and poured a cup of tea in front of the Empress Dowager Han, and said softly: "Empress Dowager, you have embroidered for a while, it's time to rest, the general has not returned to the court." The general in her mouth is the fourth emperor brother of the first emperor, the only son of the current King Zhan and Han Jinxiang, the sister of the Empress Dowager Han, and the famous young general Zhou Chengyi.

Raising her head, Empress Dowager Han glanced at her lightly, "Who said that this robe was embroidered for the general?" Then he ignored Mama An, his eyes fell on the post that Mama An had just placed on the table, and when he opened it, he found that this was the boudoir woman of the right age in the capital that she had instructed Mama An to find a few days ago. Well, the selection is good, there are several girls on the post who have met a few times at the palace banquet, and the impression is very good.

Mama An was silent, standing quietly behind the Empress Dowager Han, looking at her and looking at the girl of the appropriate age in the boudoir she was looking for, before the Empress Dowager Han told her that the emperor and the general were born on the same day and month in the same year, and they were both of the age of marriage, and it was time to prepare for their marriage in advance. This will be seen from Mama An's point of view, and the Empress Dowager Han watched it with relish, just when she thought that the Empress Dowager Han would not answer her.

I only heard the Empress Dowager Han say softly: "This is embroidered for the first emperor, and a few days will be the death day of the first emperor, and the mourning family will burn it to the first emperor with their own hands." As she spoke, she had slowly closed the post in her hand and placed it in front of the table, with a trace of loneliness in her eyes.

The first emperor, Mama An sighed in her heart, the first emperor died for nearly twelve years, and the Empress Dowager Han actually remembered to burn his clothes, suppressed the speculation in her heart, and said: "The slave maid thought that you were embroidered for the general, but it turned out that it was embroidered for the first emperor, and it was the slave maid who guessed in vain, please punish the queen mother." He knelt on the ground with a thud and waited for Empress Dowager Han's punishment.

Empress Dowager Han glanced at Mama An lightly, "Get up, you have been with the mourning family for many years, how can the mourning family punish you." The general still has a lot of time to return triumphantly, and his sleeve robe is not in a hurry to embroider. But the robes embroidered by the mourning family for the emperor and King Zhan a few days ago were sent over? ”

Standing up slowly, Mama An bowed: "Back to the Queen Mother, I was sent to the Imperial Study and King Zhan's Mansion yesterday." ”

Hearing this, a light smile appeared at the corner of Empress Dowager Han's mouth, she took a sip of the teacup at hand, and then fell all her eyes on the blue robe embroidered for the first emperor, and reached out to touch it.

Suddenly, a green-clothed palace maid walked in and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, Princess Zhan asks to see." ”

Princess Zhan came, and Empress Dowager Han looked at Mama An quickly: "Put away this blue robe." ”

Obviously unwilling to let Princess Zhan see it, Mama An understood what Empress Dowager Han meant, turned around and sent the blue robe handed by Empress Dowager Han in.

At the same time, Princess Zhan was dressed in red, dressed in full costume and appeared in the sight of the Empress Dowager Han, only to see her greet the Empress Dowager Han like a cloud, her husband is the fourth brother of the first emperor, and the uncle of King Zhan holds the power of the dynasty, and the next son Zhou Chengyi is the young general of the Great Zhou, the eldest sister is the Empress Dowager of Han, and the aunt and nephew are Jinshang, Princess Zhan can be called a winner in life.

Empress Dowager Han stretched out her hand to her: "Hurry up and sit down beside the mourning family." "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Princess Zhan for a long time, and I miss her very much, her parents are dead, and their sisters have to take care of each other.

Mama An took away the blue robe, but did not take away the post on the table, Princess Zhan glanced at it, and said with a slight smile: "The concubine came today to have good news to tell you." ”

Good news, while Empress Dowager Han was thinking in her heart, she had already asked: "What good news?" ”

Then Princess Zhan's eyes flashed slightly, and the smile in her eyes did not reach the bottom of her eyes: "Today, the concubine saw a battle report from the front line in the prince's study, which said that Yi'er was killed in front of the battle by the enemy generals. ”

"Jin Xiang, what nonsense are you talking about?" Empress Dowager Han frowned and called out Princess Zhan's maiden name, where is this good news? Moreover, Yi'er is the son of Princess Zhan, why is she still laughing, she is obviously just deceiving the Empress Dowager Han. Empress Dowager Han didn't take this matter seriously.

Princess Zhan restrained the smile in her eyes, and said word by word with a straight face: "Queen Mother, do you think it is necessary for the concubine to lie to you?" This battle report just arrived in the prince's study in advance, and it will not be long before it will reach the capital, and everyone will know about it by then. Yi'er, he's dead, Queen Mother, how do you feel? ”

Empress Dowager Han snorted lightly: "Jinxiang, aren't you crazy, Yi'er is your son-in-law's son, how can you say such nonsense!" When she stood up, she reached out and touched Princess Zhan's head, she was not burned and confused, full of nonsense, and cursed her own son.

"The son of my in-laws, the Queen Mother, I'm afraid you don't know, he is not the son of me and the prince at all! Now that he's dead, it couldn't be better. Princess Zhan smiled like a flower, her eyes seemed to be quenched with poison, and she took a few steps back to avoid the touch of the Empress Dowager Han.

Today's Princess Zhan is really crazy, full of nonsense, how could Zhou Chengyi not be the son of her and Prince Zhan's concubine, Empress Dowager Han, who didn't care, quickly walked behind her and patted her on the back, comforting: "Okay, you better go back to the house today to rest." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Princess Zhan's body shrink back, and she quickly stood up, away from the Empress Dowager Han, unwilling to get too close to her.

This move made Empress Dowager Han more and more suspicious, what happened to Princess Zhan today? Regarding the fact that Empress Dowager Han said that Zhou Chengyi was beheaded by the enemy general in front of the battle, she naturally didn't believe it.

Princess Zhan leaned forward slightly with her hands behind her back, and said coldly: "Queen Mother, it's all this time, I don't need to hide it from you, the prince and I have long known that Yi'er is not our son." Shhh, Queen Mother, listen to me after I finish speaking. Yi'er is not our son, our son is now alive and well, enjoying supreme power. It's you, Queen Mother, I really feel sorry for you, you have been kept in the dark for more than ten years, and you don't know, hahahahaha. ”

There was too much information in her words, and for a while, Empress Dowager Han didn't come to her senses, her outstretched hands slowly curled up, and asked, "Han Jinxiang, do you know what you're talking about?" Her heart was trembling, Zhou Chengyi was such a good child, he was actually calculated by them, and there was no humanity, Empress Dowager Han prayed in her heart, Princess Zhan would talk nonsense when she was crazy, this is not true.

Princess Zhan, who looked up and laughed, came back to her senses and said mockingly: "You don't need to be reminded by the Queen Mother about this, the concubine knows." But the Queen Mother, aren't you curious at all, why did the prince and I often take Yi'er into the palace for more than ten years, what is the purpose, is it as simple as just visiting you and Your Majesty? "It's all at this time, the Empress Dowager Han is still stupid and doesn't know it, it really makes Princess Zhan's heart happy, she has waited for more than ten years for this day, and finally let her wait to give the Empress Dowager Han a fatal blow in this way.