The new emperor succeeded to the throne, and on the surface, it was said that it was under the name of the Empress Dowager Yang, but in fact, from beginning to end, he only saw her once on the day he ascended the throne and kowtowed to her.

Although even if she comes to greet her every day, she will not regard it as a parent and child, and she will not care much - after all, she is the new emperor appointed by the Empress Dowager.

But when she really has no filial piety like this, she is very uncomfortable.

There are still many years, even if you survive the Queen Mother, can you still survive the strong and healthy Zhao Zhu?

There is no mother-son relationship between the two, that is, there is no face, and they have not seen each other a few times, how should they live in the future?

Why didn't Your Majesty take Yourself away that day......

"The emperor ordered incense today?" Empress Dowager Yang asked.

The palace man at the back combed her hair and said, "Exactly, Your Majesty should go to the heavenly celebration platform to light incense, why don't you wear a pair of soft shoes?" ”

Empress Dowager Yang said coldly: "What does it have to do with me, he has his own Empress Dowager." ”

The people have already swept the tomb, but because of Zhao Rui's new funeral, this year is the first year to give him a sacrifice, Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day, it is today, according to the ceremony needs the new successor Zhao Zhu to go to the heavenly celebration platform to light incense for him.

In addition to sacrificing male ancestors, female ancestors are generally sacrificed. According to the previous custom, it was generally the queen who presided over the sacrifice to the ancestor, and Zhao Zhu did not have a queen, so it should be temporarily replaced by the Empress Dowager Yang.

However, this year, the new son of heaven will succeed to the throne, and it will be three points more grand than in previous years, with the temperament of the Empress Dowager, she personally took this matter to do, and it is not impossible for the Empress Dowager Yang not to interfere.

But Empress Dowager Yang didn't want to care about this matter.

She was a little disheartened.

Zhao Rui died, although when he was still alive, his life was not very satisfactory, but there was still hope in the end. Since he left, there is the widowed and fierce Empress Dowager, and there is Zhao Zhu who does not take himself seriously.

Empress Dowager Yang looked at the gray face in the bronze mirror, and then raised her eyes to look at the room that was not very bright, and there was a sense of despair in her heart.

She had been in despair for a long time, and it was foreseeable that she would never be able to get rid of it.

A few palace people didn't dare to say much, so they simply combed Empress Dowager Yang's hair, put good makeup on her, and waited until the finishing was done before following her out of the door.

Since Zhao Rui left, the Empress Dowager Yang has not come to her senses, and because she was detained by the Empress Dowager, she even went out of the Qinghua Palace only a handful of times, at this time through several palaces to Tianqing Guanxing, all the way to see the green trees and red flowers, the sky is clear and light, a group of spring, it is like a world away.

She was not at ease in her heart, she could see the scenery, but she could not see any good, but she felt that the leaves of the trees were green and black, the color of the sky was strangely blue, the shape of the clouds was inexplicable, and the flowers were eaten by insects a few times, and everything did not go well.

Tianqingguan is not close, and the Empress Dowager Yang first went around the Ciming Palace, greeted the Empress Dowager, and then set off together.

She waited in Ciming Palace for a while, looked left and right, but didn't see Zhao Zhu, couldn't help it for a while, and asked the Empress Dowager: "Why don't you see Your Majesty?" ”

The Empress Dowager said lightly: "Your Majesty has already passed first. ”

As he spoke, he lifted his legs and left.

Empress Dowager Yang closed her mouth and silently followed.

The two had arrived many hours in advance, but when they arrived, the civil and military officials below were already full.

According to the etiquette, you must first go to the Tianqing Platform to worship the sky, and then go back to the Tianqing Temple to worship the ancestors.

Empress Dowager Yang squinted her eyes and walked around, and it was easy to see the steps of the Son of Heaven in one place.

Only then did she realize that Cui Yongchen, who had always been by the side of the Empress Dowager, had already been standing by that step early at this time.

It's already this time, and the empress dowager has just arrived, so if the Son of Heaven doesn't come out to greet him, he is still sitting in the car?

She only felt a little strange, and then she sighed a little.

Sometimes, it really depends on how people get along with each other.

In the past, Zhao Rui treated the Empress Dowager with filial piety and respect, but what about the Empress Dowager to him?

Now Zhao Zhu is so lazy, but the Queen Mother doesn't care at all.

One is biological, the other is not related by blood, if it is said that it is not comparable to the third brother and the fourth brother, but now it is not even comparable to this one, the Queen Mother, what do you think?

Even though Zhao Ruiren has left, the dissatisfaction in Queen Yang's heart still can't be eliminated.

The Empress Dowager personally walked to the edge of the chariot.

Empress Dowager Yang hesitated, but still followed.

Cui Yongchen greeted him, saluted, and said, "Your Majesty is a little uncomfortable, please wait for a while, two highnesses." ”

The Empress Dowager said "um".

She didn't move, and Empress Dowager Yang naturally didn't step forward and stood aside.

Through the thick carriage and the curtain, there was a faint movement inside. The shape of the Son of Heaven is not the same as that of ordinary carriages, its body is very heavy and thick, and it is very stable to sit on, and even the sound is not very transparent.

The two waited for a long time, and saw that Zhao Zhu had not come out of it yet, and without the instructions of the Empress Dowager, Cui Yongchen had already returned to the chariot, and after a while, he finally got out of the car with the well-dressed Son of Heaven.

There were also two yellow doors who got out of the car together, one holding one of Zhao Zhu's hands.

Empress Dowager Yang stood in place, waiting for the Son of Heaven to come forward to salute.

Zhao Zhu was carried in front of the Empress Dowager.

The palace people on the side whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to greet the Empress Dowager." ”

Zhao Zhu didn't move.

The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty is not feeling well, so you don't have to salute today." ”

Empress Dowager Yang sneered in her heart.

The Empress Dowager said that she was exempt, what else can she, the Empress Dowager, say?

She stood up straight, and was about to follow towards Qin Tiantai, when she inadvertently swept Zhao Zhu's face, but a few doubts rose in her heart.

The dress on the Son of Heaven was neatly dressed, and his face was clean, but his eyes were bloodshot inside, and his head was bulging under his eyelids.

She couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Empress Dowager Yang is also a woman herself, and she has to dress up every day, how can she not recognize that the Son of Heaven has rubbed a thick layer of powder on his face?

However, the face can be covered by fat powder, but the red eyes and the swollen eye area can't be covered.

What's going on?

It has always been rumored that the new emperor has a good temperament, is very obedient, and is in good health, and never makes trouble?

In a moment's doubt, Zhao Zhu, who had only been dragged for a few steps, kicked at Cui Yongchen's feet and shouted, "I want A-Niang!" ”

Cui Yongchen didn't dodge, but bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, when the ceremony is over, I will ask you to go to see A-Niang." ”

Several palace people on the side also coaxed each other.

Empress Dowager Yang didn't stand too close and couldn't hear clearly, but she felt more and more strange.

The Son of Heaven's voice was a little hoarse, and his tone was fierce and fierce, as if he had a grudge against Cui Yongchen.

Where is the slightest appearance of a good temperament?

Why does the Queen Mother like such a temperament?

How could she bear it?

Empress Dowager Yang was simply an eye-opener.

I don't know if it was coaxed or for other reasons, Zhao Zhu was quiet for a while.

The group quickly walked to the front of Tianqing Platform.

The ceremonial officer was already waiting aside, and according to the process, he invited the Son of Heaven to come to the stage.

Bow down to the hundred officials.

Zhao Zhu was helped up to the high platform by several palace people.

The Empress Dowager was one step behind, and followed one after the other with the Empress Dowager Yang.

There are 7749 steps in Tianqingtai in Tianqing Temple, although each step is not high, but the Empress Dowager Yang has not been active for many days, she climbed up in one breath, and she is still out of breath, it is the Empress Dowager on the side, and her face is also flushed, obviously the blood is surging, and she climbs very hard.

On both sides of the stairs stood ceremonial officials and guards.

Zhao Zhu was half-lifted and half-framed on the stage.

According to the ancient rites, the ceremonial officials sang and ordered everyone to get up and kneel.

The officials at the lower levels also acted according to the orders of the ceremonial officials.

A set of processes went through more than half an hour.

Today's weather is very good, the red sun is hanging, although it is still spring, but under the sun, she got up and knelt, and the Empress Dowager Yang still quickly sweated.

Her head was a little dizzy, and strange patterns floated in front of her eyes for a while, some were in a clump, some were like floaters, she knew that she had been kneeling for a long time, and she was also old and lacked energy, so she had to fight her spirits, squinted her eyes and shook her head.

When she was a little better, she raised her eyes and saw that the movements of the Empress Dowager in front of her were also two beats slower than the ceremonial official's singing.

Zhao Zhu was struggling, but he pressed the palace people on the side, and he didn't know what was said in his ear, and after a while, he was temporarily quiet and barely saluted according to etiquette.

Halfway through the salute, the civil and military officials shouted long live.

The ceremonial officer lit the incense and stepped forward to hand it to Zhao Zhu.

Zhao Zhu held the incense in his hand and did not move.

The Empress Dowager knelt aside, and after a few breaths, she came to her senses, and when she saw such a scene, she raised her voice: "Your Majesty, it should be for incense!" ”

Zhao Zhu's chest rose and fell twice, turned his head, glared at her fiercely, and then stepped forward and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Empress Dowager Yang fell to the ground and did not see this scene, only heard the voice of the Empress Dowager.

After the incense was completed at one time, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Yang also entered the incense together and toasted.

It took half a day of hard work for the festival here at Tianqingtai to end. Empress Dowager Yang was wearing a thick dress, and she was already so hot that she was sweating all over.

The Empress Dowager is also average, she is sweating on her head and face, but because she is in the middle of the ceremony, it is not good to wipe her sweat with a handkerchief.

The matter of Tianqingtai has come to an end for the time being, and the officials of their own ceremonies are cleaning up behind, but the group is going to go to Tianqingguan to worship the ancestors of the Zhao family.

Zhao Zhu was dragged down a few steps, and the Empress Dowager followed.

Empress Dowager Yang was covered in sweat and her head was dizzy, so she slowed down a little twice in place before she slowly caught up.

The yellow door on the side hurriedly gently held her up.

She was six or seven orders slower than the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager was two steps behind Zhao Zhu.

Zhao Zhu still walked on the left and right yellow doors, and when he walked on the stairs, because the distance between the stone steps and the stone steps was not very high, the two of them supported him left and right, and it was not easy to walk, so they protected him one after the other.

On both sides of the stone steps stood ceremonial officials, and below stood civil and military officials.

The important ministers of the two prefectures stood at the front, lined up in the back according to their ranks, all waiting to listen to the orders of the officials.

Zhao Zhu stopped and went.

He is not very old, he can't take a breath, and it is not a very impossible thing to take a break in the middle.

After walking more than half of the steps, Zhao Zhu suddenly stood again.

He fell to the ground with his chest, turned his head to the Huang Men on the same side and said, "Where is my aunt?" ”

Huang Men hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, wait a minute." ”

Zhao Zhu is not stupid, he has been perfunctory for a long time, seeing that the ceremony has ended, but he has never seen anyone, where can he still believe it.

He was tossed all morning, his whole body was wet, hot, annoying, irritable, and a fierce intent poured out of his heart.

Zhao Zhu knew that Huangmen was just listening to Cui Yongchen's orders, and Cui Yongchen was listening to the orders of the Empress Dowager, so he turned his head and shouted at the Empress Dowager: "I want A-Niang!" ”

He cried all morning, although his voice was hoarse compared to usual, but after all, he was a child, and as soon as he spoke, the voice was sharp and bright, and it sounded like a magic sound in the ears of the people around him.

The two small yellow doors surrounded couldn't help but take a step back.

Zhao Zhu screamed: "I want A-Niang!" I want a mother! ”

His voice was so loud that not only the people around him couldn't stand it, but even the officials standing below could hear it clearly.

Under the surprise of the hundred officials, many people looked up cautiously.

The important ministers of the two governments stood at the forefront, and naturally they could see it most clearly.

Fan Yaochen and Sun Bian stood in a row, and the two exchanged glances.

Huang Zhaoliang's face was ugly.

Among the two mansions, Tai Ban is at the hands of the Chongzheng Palace, and there are few who don't know the temperament of the Son of Heaven, but comfort themselves Zhao Zhu is young and grows up, maybe it will be better.

However, how can such a solemn festival be like this?

is so uncontrollable, how can you be an emperor?

Although no one spoke, they thought to themselves.

When the Empress Dowager saw Zhao Zhu acting like this at this time, she was so angry that her gums itched.

The Son of Heaven was making a lot of noise, his hands and feet were dancing wildly, and the yellow gate on the side hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Let him go!" ”

The Yellow Gates hesitated, but stopped.

The Empress Dowager's hand was originally holding Cui Yongchen on the side, but at this time, she shook off the other party's hand, went down three or four steps, stood under Zhao Zhu, and raised her voice: "Your Majesty, today is a sacrifice ceremony, and you are the Son of Heaven......

She was about to teach a lesson.

However, how could Zhao Zhu listen.

He panted heavily, his face flushed, his eyes were full of tears, he cried and made trouble, and cried out, "I don't want to be the son of heaven!" I want my mother! ”

The Empress Dowager shouted: "Your aunt is behind, Your Majesty don't mess around!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that all the officials were there, she would have ordered someone to escort Zhao Zhu away.

It's just that in front of the ministers, he can't do it so excessively, and he can't expose the temperament of the Son of Heaven so thoroughly.

She pointed her hand and pointed at the Empress Dowager Yang.

Zhao Zhu's heart was full of hope, and when he turned his head to look, he saw the face of the Empress Dowager Yang, and he was so angry that the flesh on his face trembled, and he shouted: "You lied to me, you return my aunt!" ”

He still remembered that it was the Empress Dowager's order yesterday, and at this time he saw the other party standing at the foot of the stairs, his eyes were cold, his mouth was pursed, and his very indifferent behavior was almost one with the scene of the lantern last night.