In the Fengzao Palace, everything is the same.

The queen leaned on the phoenix chair in a daze. There were only two palace maids left in the room, standing quietly not far from her, waiting for the summons, not daring to make a sound.

Silence filled the deserted hall like air, making it almost impossible to feel the passage of time.

By the time the queen came to her senses, it was already dark. The hall was even more dark, and even the patterns on the phoenix chair close at hand couldn't be distinguished. But without the queen's orders, no one dared to hold the lamp.

The queen was obviously used to it, stood up, and lightly ordered: "Clean up, I'm going to rest." ”

Recently, the queen has made a new habit of skipping dinner. When the time comes, I take an early break and go to bed.

The palace maid who served the queen respectfully helped the queen out of the hall, as if she was dumb, without saying a word, and waited for the queen to slowly remove the heavy queen phoenix robe and a set of jewelry.

As the makeup on her face was washed off, the woman's aging face was clear in the bright silver mirror.

The queen looked at the face in the mirror as if she were looking at a stranger, but the green tendons on her head had already exposed her inner thoughts, and they appeared clearly one by one.

The big palace maid who was giving the queen a head was very scared.

These days, the queen's temper is getting more and more eccentric, which makes them very afraid. Although no one has been dragged out yet, following such a queen always makes them feel a sense of precariousness.

Everyone has different opinions about the change of the queen in private, and they have their own guesses, but there are about three main guesses.

One is that since returning to Beijing, the emperor not only does not care about the government of the previous dynasty, but also loses interest in the beauties of the harem, and refuses to even do face-saving efforts, and even the queen here has never set foot in half a step.

The second is that the prince is getting tougher and tougher, and many times, he will work against the queen. lost the control of her son, the queen mother was constrained everywhere, and her rights were almost completely set aside, and the scenery was not there, no wonder her temper was getting worse and worse.

The third reason for their guess is closely related to the second.

In the past, when the queen still had some rights, she would often meet with women from outside the palace. But now she is undoubtedly furnished, there are no outsiders in Fengzao Palace all day long, and the palace people are afraid of accidentally offending the gloomy queen, so they can't wait to make a sound of anything, and the huge Fengzao Palace is like a dead palace. In such an environment, no matter who you are, your personality will be affected.

If the queen doesn't say stop, the palace maid who gives the queen her hair can only go on all the time.

The queen's hair is maintained with the best hair oil in the world, washed every three days, and grows to the crook of her legs. But the years are ruthless, and gray hair gradually appears in her hair, and when she combs it, she will also encounter knots, boring, and so on.

When the palace maid was trying to fight against the queen's long hair, Bi Xiang came in lightly and reported: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." ”

"What is he going to do?" The queen was overjoyed, but immediately lowered her face again, and said solemnly: "Tell him to go, say I'm resting." ”

But the excitement and anticipation in her eyes can't deceive people.

Bixiang reluctantly went out to report, and came back after a while, saying, "Niangniang, Your Highness said that there is something important to tell you." ”

At this time, the queen had already instructed the palace maid to put her hair back on and change her clothes, and she was obviously ready to meet the prince.

The prince's expression was quiet, and when the queen came out, he made a big salute: "The son doesn't know that his mother has rested." But today's events are related to the Qiao family, and I have to talk to the queen mother. ”

The queen was stunned, she wanted to promote her mother's Qiao family before, but the prince tried his best to obstruct it, so the matter was delayed. Now the prince is talking about the Qiao family again, what does it mean?

"Queen mother, today's father wrote a book, saying that the treasury in the womb was struck by lightning a few days ago, which was due to the loss of selfish morality and God's warning, but he ignored it, still indulged in women, and even violated the etiquette to call the concubine of the Yuan side to save his relatives, and finally called the sword rebellion in Beijing, and the whole five streets, hundreds of families suffered from unwarranted disasters."

The Queen's complexion changed.

The fact that the treasury in the palace was struck by lightning somehow spread outside, and she didn't take it to heart. Because the houses in the palace have always been built taller than the houses outside, no matter which dynasty or generation, the weather with too much thunderstorm will inevitably be hit.

But she didn't expect anyone to associate the lightning strike with the turmoil in Beijing.

Forget it, the person who made the trouble was born by his own father, isn't this fighting in his own nest?

Seeing that the queen didn't speak, the prince said: "Queen Mother, at today's court meeting, many courtiers seconded their grandfather, listed five crimes of Concubine Yuan, and asked his son to go to the position of Concubine Yuan. Immediately draft the girl, establish the concubine, and stabilize the palace. ”

The Queen's hand trembled twice.

This kind of thing is really something that my father can do.

When she was elected as the successor, it was not so smooth sailing, secretly calculated, her father made great contributions, but many things cannot be said on the surface.

At that time, her father was full of thought that if there was a queen in the family, he would be able to glorify his ancestors. Unexpectedly, the emperor only made the decision that hit the Qiao family because he was afraid of the Hou family of the Jing Palace. She was elected as the queen, and she didn't help the Qiao family at all.

This is because her father is dishonest again, and he feels that she has no role in the palace, and wants to send another woman into the palace.

All the queen thought of was two words: absurd.

"Qianqian's position cannot be withdrawn." The queen closed her eyes a little tiredly.

The girl of the Yuan family has long been determined to become one of the prince's side concubines, not because of how good the girls in Prince Zhao's Mansion are, but because the emperor cares about the brotherhood with Prince Zhao and wants to use this method to stabilize the status of Prince Zhao's Mansion after the prince succeeds to the throne.

"That's what the Queen Mother said. But what does the queen mother think of the draft girl? ”

The prince's question was simply aggressive, and he asked the queen to personally suppress the Qiao family.

"Let's call your grandmother into the palace tomorrow." The queen sighed.

She thought that she would be able to say some intimate words between mother and son with the prince, but she didn't expect that the prince would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and he would throw such a heavy burden on her.

Seeing that the light in the queen's eyes dimmed, she looked like her heart was like ashes. The prince suddenly spoke: "Yuan Jin...... He lived very well in the Yan family. ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered her eldest grandson.

Ever since Yuan Jin was injured, the queen has almost forgotten about him. Although she has the heart to hold the prince's child by her side, the child must be healthy, smart, and have a good family background, so that she can use the child to tie the prince and maintain the increasingly weak mother-son relationship between the two.

But at the moment, it seems that the prince has not completely given up on Yuan Jin.

Although the queen mother can rest assured, the Yan family is one of the three major families of poetry and books, although there have been unsuccessful children, but the family education is always stronger than others. Moreover, the concubine of the Yan family was also adopted as an adopted daughter by the queen mother, and she is not an outsider. The queen mother can rest assured. ”

Although the prince's tone was gentle and what he said was good, the queen's face seemed to be slapped hotly.

She was furious almost instantly.

She accepted Yan Qingge as her adopted daughter, just to better hold her in the palm of her hand, but not to let Yan Qingge be able to raise the prince and grandson justifiably!

Seeing the queen's back stiffen suddenly, a pair of withered hands instantly clenched the handle of the phoenix chair, the nails rubbed out with a sharp sound, and the green tendons on her forehead were unprecedentedly hideous, and the palace maid behind her was so frightened that she couldn't help but tremble.

But the queen didn't say anything in the end, just stared at the prince deeply, and leaned back for a long time before leaning back, pursing a pair of thin lips, and said softly: "The mourning family is old, and they can't care so much." ”

"Lone took his leave. Let the queen rest early. The prince said lightly, turned around and left the Fengzao Palace.

As the figure of the prince went out of the gate and completely disappeared into the darkness, the queen fell softly on the phoenix chair as if she had been pumped to the bone.

The solemn decoration of the room is almost all with phoenix patterns, but those phoenixes that she usually calls her how to look and how to love are now making the queen dizzy, and the little arrogant eyes of each phoenix are full of irony. They seemed to be telling her that she shouldn't be queen!

has no family background, no ability, and no favor that can crown the harem, even her son is separated from herself, and even her mother's family is pulling her hind legs. Even the daughter of a small courtier, she can't apply generously.

There has never been such a phoenix in the world.

Thinking of Yan Qingge's face, which was always quiet and seemed to be able to listen to anything, the queen was dizzy.

Just as she became more and more unable to see through the prince, she almost never saw Yan Qingge clearly. Inexplicably, the queen suddenly felt that maybe she shouldn't have pushed Yan Qingge's sister-in-law into the womb.

She couldn't help but think about it. If Yan Qingge entered Chuxiu Palace, would things be very different from now?

At least, let the prince get the woman he wants, and the relationship between their mother and son will be more lubricated, so that it will not be as stiff as it is in front of him.

At least, if Yan Qingge really enters Chuxiu Palace, she will be an undisputed concubine. The Qiao family will not have a chance to make trouble, so that she is so embarrassed and passive now.

Recalling the more than a year that Yan Qingge lived in Fengzao Palace, aside from her inexplicable dislike for Yan Qingge, it seems to be a good thing to have such a woman as her daughter-in-law.

Although she has read too many books, her eyes are not very good, and she is a little pedantic.

But after a long time, the queen also found that Yan Qingge has a very stable temperament, the wind can't blow, the rain doesn't fall, no matter what you do, it's just right, no more, no less.

Although she is always silent, but when it comes to means, Yan Qingge is not nothing, just looking at her being able to get the protection of Concubine Shui, you know that she is not an incompetent person.

The more she thought about it, the more the queen regretted it - why didn't she look down on Yan Qingge in the first place and didn't let her marry the prince?

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(Tianjin)