Shangqing Baoying Palace.

Empress Dowager Li's palace in the palace.

The official family is benevolent and filial, although Empress Dowager Li is not the biological mother of the official family, but the mother-in-law of the official family.

But the official family took care of the Empress Dowager Li meticulously.

Knowing that the Empress Dowager Li believed in Buddhism, behind the Empress Dowager's dormitory, someone built such a Shangqing Baoying Palace.

The main hall of Shangqing Baoying Palace, enshrined with three Buddha statues, namely the West Heaven Shakya Amitabha, as well as the Bodhisattva of Fuxian, Manjushri Bodhisattva, the side hall is dedicated to a statue of Guanyin with a thousand eyes and a thousand hands.

Empress Dowager Li is dressed in a dark blue plain dress, there is no beads on her hair, although her face is old, but she looks kind, holding a string of one hundred and eight characters of golden silk Nanmu Buddha beads, kneeling on the lotus futon in front of the Buddha, worshipping the Buddha with incense.

Aunt Fu pushed open the door of the temple and walked in.

"The Queen Mother, just now Miao Niang sent a palace person over in the womb and told the slave maid something."

Aunt Fu said, walking to the side of the Empress Dowager Li.

"It is said that Sheng Guifei may be a fake pregnancy to compete for favor, and she wants the Queen Mother to cooperate in secret, and cooperate with Miao Niangzi and Yu Niangzi to investigate, and even the Queen Mother is also involved."

"Is Sheng Guifei a fake pregnancy to compete for favor?"

Empress Dowager Li still closed her eyes tightly and asked Aunt Fu, who was waiting beside her.

Aunt Fu herself can't figure out her mind, is what Miao Niangzi said true?

"The old slave doesn't know much, but in the hospital, there are always people who are placed by the Queen Mother to serve, or the slave maid will invite the Imperial Doctor Qi to come and ask."

Because of these years, Concubine Sheng has been favored and favored in the six palaces.

Empress Dowager Li was a little worried that Concubine Sheng's family was dominant, so she placed her own people in the Tai Hospital. That person is the Imperial Doctor of Tai Hospital.

"No need, you don't have to expose the identity of Imperial Doctor Qi for such a trivial matter. Concubine Sheng is now in her prime, and we can't expose our own people for a sentence or two. ”

As she spoke, Empress Dowager Li suddenly opened her eyes and raised her head to look at Aunt Fu who was holding a tea cup beside her.

Aunt Fu paused, but still told the Empress Dowager Li in front of her what she knew.

"The Queen Mother, a few days ago, Concubine Sheng Guifei's fetus was not moving, and she invited all the doctors on duty in the entire Tai Hospital. After staying in the Qingning Hall for more than half an hour, the imperial doctors came out and asked Sheng Guifei to explain what happened to those imperial doctors. ”

Aunt Fu didn't dare to speculate, but she still told the Empress Dowager Li in front of her what she was worried about.

"Sheng Guifei is now in full bloom, and the Sheng Guo Mansion behind her also relies on Sheng Guifei's favor, and her power is like the sky. Now I'm afraid it's not the time to move Sheng Guifei and Sheng Guo's mansion. ”

Empress Dowager Li was afraid that Aunt Fu would listen to the words of others, so she deliberately mentioned a few words about Aunt Fu.

"It's that the queen is not angry, obviously gave birth to two princes, but the eldest prince is obsessed with martial arts and doesn't like to read, our dynasty has always valued people who read the most, the eldest prince doesn't like to read, and the official family naturally doesn't like him."

"I thought that the eldest prince would not be angry, and the queen could still rely on the second prince, but I didn't think about it, the second prince is also a person who only knows how to recruit cats and dogs all day long, and the official family has personally scolded him, but he still doesn't want to make progress at all."

Empress Dowager Li said, and Aunt Fu personally carried it and stood up from the lotus futon.

"The two princes are still young, and the old slave looks at it, the three princes from Yu Niangzi are very competitive, and several masters in the study have personally mentioned the three princes."

Aunt Fu said cautiously, her eyes fell on the face of the Empress Dowager Li, and she looked at the Empress Dowager Li beside her.

"The third child is indeed a competitive person, what do you say, she is also a girl from a scholarly family, and she personally teaches the third child, I am very satisfied. But I looked, the official family didn't seem to like the third child very much. ”

Empress Dowager Li was carried into the inner hall by Aunt Fu, who beckoned the palace people who were waiting to come in and served the freshly brewed tea.

"It doesn't matter if the official family likes the three princes or not, the most important thing is, who do you like the Queen Mother? These days, I watched the little prince of Yuan Wang enter the palace more and more diligently, and a few days ago I went to the Shangqing Palace outside the city to see the eldest princess of Wei who lived inside. ”

"The mother-in-law who was waiting beside the eldest princess came to talk to the slave maid, saying that the eldest princess is very fond of the little prince of Yuanwang."

There are many contacts between the eldest princess of Wei and the Empress Dowager Li.

It is normal for Aunt Fu and the mother-in-law who is serving beside the eldest princess of Wei to be familiar with each other.

Aunt Fu said this, and Empress Dowager Li smiled.

"Cang'er is indeed a good child, I like him too, but after all, he is only a member of the clan, and now there are three princes in the palace, and Sheng Guifei is now pregnant, maybe the official family will feel sorry for Sheng Guifei, and it is not necessary to set up her son as the imperial heir."

It is not without reason that Empress Dowager Li is so worried.

It's really that Sheng Guifei, too favored.

"No matter how favored Concubine Sheng is, as long as she doesn't provoke our Fuxuan Palace, her favor will still be there. If Concubine Sheng crossed the rules and etiquette and came to provoke our Fuxuan Palace, with what kind of favor she had, the Queen Mother would be able to easily clean her up. ”

Aunt Fu said this to Empress Dowager Li with a smile.

Empress Dowager Li didn't think so, and gently tapped the tip of Aunt Fu's nose with her hand, and then Aunt Fu was holding her and lying on the Luohan couch beside her.

"I'm old, and I'm not the biological mother of the official family, but the mother-in-law of the official family, and the official family can treat me like this, I am already satisfied. As for the official's own family affairs, the official family has his own considerations in his heart. The reason why Sheng Guifei is so favored is not completely without reason. ”

Empress Dowager Li said, unconsciously, and sighed secretly.

"The emperors of our two dynasties are all infatuated people. When the first emperor was alive, he first favored Lin Niangzi, Lin Niangzi was gone, and the first emperor took Lin Niangzi's own sister Xiaolin Niangzi into the palace, and Xiaolin Niangzi also won the favor of the official family. After the Xiaolin lady was gone, the official family was grief-stricken, and then they went on a big trip. ”

"Now our official family, isn't it the same, from Sheng Niangzi to the palace, to today, it has been seven or eight years, and the official family has also spoiled Sheng Niangzi, these seven or eight years, even the queen and Xinhe girl, can't surpass her by half a point."

The Xinhe girl in the mouth of Empress Dowager Li is Miao Niangzi in the palace, Concubine Miao Xian.

As Empress Dowager Li spoke, she sighed again.

"It's just that I pity Xinhe's girl, and I don't do it with a good county lord, but I want to marry an official family. What's so good about marrying into an official family?"

If Empress Dowager Li can choose again.

She would rather not enter the palace herself.

Won't fall in love with a man he shouldn't love.

should not have promised him before he died that he would be optimistic about this Dachen country for him.

She was tired of life in this palace.

Facing the boxy sky all day long, facing this endless calculation and struggle all day long, even if a good person stays here, he will be assimilated by those calculations and conspiracies!

The bitterness in the heart of the Queen Mother, Aunt Fu also knows.

Aunt Fu was a dowry brought from home before Empress Dowager Li entered the palace.

The Queen Mother has been in the palace for nearly forty years, and she knows how many ups and downs she has gone through, and how many conspiracies and calculations she has experienced.

When the first emperor was alive, although the queen mother was the queen of the middle palace, she only got the respect of the first emperor.

What a sad thing it is for a woman to be respected only by her husband.

The first emperor snubbed the queen mother, and favored the virtuous concubine Lin Niangzi at that time, Lin Niangzi moved the palace with a song in the moon, and the first emperor personally praised Lin Niangzi as a fairy in the moon.

What kind of fairy in the month, it is clearly the lady of the forest, and it has been calculated a long time ago.

It's just that he wants to win the favor and pity of the official family with a dance in the moon.

Fortunately, Lin Niangzi is not long-lived, and after a few years of pampering, after a heavy rain, Lin Niangzi was frightened and almost crazy, so she was gone.

Lin Niangzi is gone, and the official family is grief-stricken, and they are almost willing to give up the country and go down to accompany Lin Niangzi.

If it weren't for the persuasion of the Queen Mother, saying that Lin Niangzi also has a twin sister, Xiaolin Niangzi, who looks almost the same as Lin Niangzi, the Queen Mother personally connected the Xiaolin Niangzi into the palace and sent it to the official palace.

The mood of the official family gradually recovered.

Obviously, the Empress Dowager hated Nalin Niangzi so much, but she wanted to bring Nalin Niangzi's twin sister, Xiaolin Niangzi, into the palace to make her husband cheer up again.

What the Queen Mother has done is far beyond the scope of a wife.

Now that Sheng Guifei is favored, the Queen Mother seems to have seen the scene of the past and staged it again.

"If you don't want to mention the queen mother, now the queen has two sons under her knees, and Sheng Guifei has only one daughter under her knees, although the eldest princess is loved by the official family, but the princess is a daughter after all, and she can't be a prince no matter what. The Queen Mother is planning for the Queen Mother. ”

Aunt Fu saw that Empress Dowager Li was in deep thought, and she couldn't extricate herself for a long time, so she hurriedly reminded.

pulled back the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Li, who was in deep thought.

Hearing Aunt Fu say this, Empress Dowager Li was also thinking about it.

The empress was born in the Zhao State Mansion.

In the past, the Zhao Guogong Mansion was full of scenery, but now it has been snubbed in front of the door.

However, the queen is the middle palace in the end, and no matter how much the official family spoils the concubine Sheng, they have to pay a little respect to the queen.

"Let's think about these things later! You go out, go and invite Cang'er into the palace, I want to meet Cang'er and hear what he means. ”

Empress Dowager Li said, waved her hand at Aunt Fu, and motioned for Aunt Fu to go out.

Aunt Fu is also very discerning, and when she saw the Queen Mother beckoning to her, Aunt Fu also retreated.

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Kunning Palace.

Empress Zhao's sister-in-law, the current Duchess of Zhao, personally entered the palace to see Empress Zhao.

"Queen Mother, the Duchess of Zhao Guo has come to the palace to greet you, and now she is waiting outside the palace."

Xiao Han softly woke up Empress Zhao, who was sitting on the soft couch to rest, and then brought the Duchess of Zhao into the palace to see her, and gave her an offer.

"It's rare for my sister-in-law to enter the palace, go and invite her in!"

Empress Zhao has a headache these days thinking about the plans that Yu Niangzi and Miao Niangzi said.

Xiao Han personally led and took the Duchess of Zhao Guo into the inner hall of Kunning Palace.

Empress Zhao was lying on the couch, her face was a little pale, and the hairpin rings in her hair were all removed.

"Queen Mother, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you emaciated like this? Have you invited the Imperial Doctor to come and take a look?"

The Duchess of Zhao Guo sat beside Empress Zhao's bed, and her words were gentle and concerned about Empress Zhao, who was lying on the soft couch at the moment.

"It doesn't matter what my body is, I heard that you came to the palace today, so I asked Xiao Han to pick you up. But the eldest brother's health is not good again? Or is my father and mother not in good health?"

Empress Zhao asked the Duchess of Zhao a few words, and began to knock up.

"The queen doesn't need to worry, the husband and her parents-in-law are all in good health, and there is nothing serious. My father-in-law got the news that the queen was sick and personally instructed me to enter the palace to see the queen's mother. ”

The Duchess of Zhao Guo, Wen, is the brother and sister-in-law of Empress Zhao.

The Wen family was born in a scholarly family, the Wen family, and the father and brother in the family all served in the Yushitai, so they can be regarded as a girl from everyone's background.

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