Concubine Xian collapsed weakly on the ground, forgetting to even cry.

Several eunuchs came over and said in a low voice: "Concubine Xian, please!" Concubine Xian didn't move.

The Empress Dowager said angrily: "What else is there to be polite? Drag out the mourners! ”

Several eunuchs glanced at Li Sheng weakly, and had to drag it with their hands. Li Sheng closed his eyes, half-turned, and waved his hand weakly.

Concubine Xian's resentful eyes swept over everyone in the palace, and finally fell on Yao Hei'er. Yao Hei'er couldn't help but be shocked in her heart, and she was busy and hung her head again.

The Empress Dowager looked coldly at the virtuous concubine who was dragged away, and said sharply: "Among the palaces, this time has always been the most taboo. In the future, if the mourning family discovers similar things again, they will not be spared! Let's all go down! ”

Li Sheng bowed deeply helplessly and took his people away. The people kneeling on the ground also got up in fright, and quietly retreated one by one.

Yao Qiong glanced at her mother, and was about to say goodbye, when the Empress Dowager said, "Queen, you and your mother stay for a while, the mourning family still has something to say." ”

"Yes! Grand empress dowager! Yao Qiong hurriedly agreed, took the tea cup in the hand of the palace maid, presented it to the Empress Dowager, and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, take a break after eating tea." ”

"Hmm!" The Empress Dowager took the tea cup and said, "Qing'er, bring a pestle to the queen and Mrs. Yao Guo, the queen is pregnant and can't stand for a long time." ”

After the two of them sat down, the Empress Dowager changed her smile and said to Yao Hei'er: "In the morning, if you encounter such a thing, you don't have to be unlucky." Fortunately, this virtuous concubine has no way to deny it. There is a mourning family, and no one can help the queen. Don't mention such things. Mrs. Yao Guo, there was something I wanted to discuss with you yesterday, but I forgot about it. Your second girl has also married, it is better to catch up with the next year of this year, and the marriage between the king and your third girl will also be done, and this year's New Year, you can have a good time. ”

Yao Hei'er sat on the small pestle at the feet of the Empress Dowager, gently beat the Empress Dowager's legs, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is willing, who dares to disobey?" And this is another great happy event, but the courtiers marry two daughters a year, and the dowry is a little unavailable. But how is this good? ”

The Empress Dowager poked her finger at Yao Hei'er's head and said with a smile: "You ghost girl, you are making trouble with the mourning family again." Your family, the mourning family still doesn't know? Now that the iron ore farm in Yuanying Mansion is getting bigger and bigger, you are in charge of it, and you are still short of money? That's it! The mourning family doesn't want your dowry, how about it? ”

Yao Hei'er smiled: "That is the case, that is, the Queen Mother really feels sorry for me, and she really feels sorry for my three girls." ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "When your third girl comes, the mourning family will suffer as much as the queen." You just have to rest assured. I can only hate Yu Niang's child, who doesn't often come to the palace now, but makes the mourning family worry about it. ”

Yao Hei'er sighed: "Since the death of Emperor Zhaoliewu, the courtiers often follow Mrs. Kou to the East Palace to greet Empress Zhaoliewu. Empress Zhaoliewu is a person of great affection, although she doesn't say it, she is getting thinner and thinner, and she is often sick. Mrs. Kou was really distressed, and often made soup and water to send to Queen Wu in person. Fortunately, there is a prince with her. Now that the crown prince is two or three years old, he is becoming more and more intelligent and heroic, and His Majesty and the Empress often send people to send things to the East Palace, so the Empress Dowager does not need to worry too much. ”

These words only hooked the tears of the Queen Mother, because she wiped her tears and said: "Why not? The mourning family often wants to take their mother and son to the palace, but it is not cheap. I want to just pick up the child, but I'm afraid that Yu Niang will be worried. However, on the occasion of the New Year's Festival, they came into the palace to greet him. ”

Yao Hei'er smiled and said: "It's all the courtiers who said the wrong thing, which made the empress dowager sad." The courtiers had an idea at this time, since it was inconvenient to take their mother and son into the palace, why didn't the empress dowager go to the east palace? ”

The Empress Dowager thought for a while and said, "That's what you said, it's just that the mourning family is together, and a group of people follow at every turn, and there is no way to mobilize the people." ”

Yao Hei'er smiled: "Why not do it occasionally?" ”

Empress Dowager Yang also smiled: "Queen Mother, Mrs. Yao Guo said the same. Since the mother is worried about her great-grandson, who can say anything if she goes to see it for herself? Don't hide it from the queen mother, the daughter-in-law really misses the child. ”

The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Since you all said yes, then let's go for a walk?" I want to take Yu Niang's child off guard and see what she is doing in the East Palace. While hurriedly instructing to prepare for Luan.

Since Li Sheng ascended the throne, he posthumously crowned his deceased brother as Emperor Zhaoliewu and his sister-in-law Empress Zhaoliewu. As the widowed sister-in-law of the new emperor, Kou Yuniang lives in the East Palace of the Great Inner Palace, which is really inconvenient, and has asked to move out many times. Therefore, Li Sheng built a palace for his widowed sister-in-law and nephew next to the palace. And because Yu Niang's son has been named the crown prince, this palace has become the new East Palace.

Although the new East Palace is only one step away from the palace, Yu Niang abides by the etiquette of a widow, and Emperor Zhaoliewu has been in the world for more than two years, and the mother and son have not yet completed the filial piety period, so Yu Niang easily refused to go out of the East Palace for half a step, and only kept the festival for her husband in the palace.

At this time, Kou Yuniang, the queen of Zhaoliewu, who was dressed in plain clothes and did not apply fat powder, was teaching her son to read in the pavilion in the back garden of the palace. Kou Yuniang has a heart for a lesson, how can this child is still too young, he really doesn't have much interest in books, he has a match to follow his mother to read a sentence "At the beginning of man, nature is good", two black eyes, but have already flown to the butterfly dancing lightly in the flowers.

The grandmother next to her smiled and said: "Niangniang, the prince is still too young, the slave maid heard that he was only enlightened at the age of five, and it is not too late to let the prince study in two years." ”

Kou Yuniang smiled helplessly, originally, she didn't have to teach her son to read, but - these long years are too difficult! She looked at her son's innocent and delicate little face, threw down the book, patted Li Yan's little brain, and said, "That's it, let's play!" ”

Li Shu got up with a bone, walked on two calves, ran to the flowers in one breath, and shouted to the grandmother who followed closely: "Mom, Mom, this palace wants the biggest butterfly!" ”

Mama smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting, and the slave maid will take the net pocket." ”

At this moment, several palace maids hurriedly ran over and said with a light smile: "Niangniang, Niangniang, the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, the queen mother in the palace, are coming to our side, please take the car." ”

"Oh?" Kou Yuniang was stunned for a moment, the Empress Dowager is very old and rarely walks around the palace, why did she think of coming here today? But he had to hurriedly call Li Yu and said: "Tan'er, come with your mother, your grandmother and grandmother will come to see you, we are going to pick up the driver!" ”

Li was excitedly fluttering among the flowers, deaf to his mother's call. The grandmother next to her understood that she couldn't be lazy about this matter, so she hugged Li Yu by the waist and coaxed him with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Good Prince, the Imperial Grandmother has brought fun to Your Highness, you have to go quickly." ”

Li Yu kicked his calves in dissatisfaction, but to no avail, he had to be forced to change his dress by his grandmother and go out with his mother.