Jiaofang Palace.

After the Shu Wang couple left, Zhilan and Yuqiao entered the inner room with trepidation.

Empress Dowager Yu's face was cold.

The two of them have served Empress Dowager Yu for many years, and they have never seen Empress Dowager Yu look so gloomy and cold. The two of them looked at each other, and their hearts jumped again, and they subconsciously lowered their heads.

Yu Qiao didn't dare to say anything, so Zhilan had to open her mouth: "It's getting late, and the Queen Mother should also be settled." ”

Boom!

Empress Dowager Yu dropped the tea bowl in her hand, the delicate tea bowl was shattered, and the warm tea splashed on the ground.

Zhilan Yuqiao was shocked, and knelt down to ask for guilt: "The slave is reckless, please condemn the mother!" ”

Being a slave and a maid is so helpless. As long as the master is unhappy, it is the slave's fault. It is also common to be punished for anger.

Zhilan Yuqiao is ready to be angry and beaten to the board. Fortunately, Empress Dowager Yu did not mean to be angry, or she may have been too angry, and she had not completely recovered her senses at this time: "All retreat." You are not allowed to come in without the command of the mourners. ”

The two of them responded together, and retreated again in disgrace.

This time they returned to the door, and the two of them didn't even have the courage to whisper.

After standing outside the door for a whole hour, Empress Dowager Yu re-ordered the two to enter.

After an hour, Empress Dowager Yu's exposed emotions were mostly restrained, and her face sank like water: "Zhilan, immediately go to Hanxiang Palace to 'visit' Concubine Mei." Concubine Mei was frail and seriously ill, and she recuperated in peace. Don't let people enter the Hanxiang Palace, lest you get sick, and don't disturb Concubine Mei's recuperation. ”

Zhilan was stunned and quickly responded.

As soon as the Shu King and his wife returned to the capital today, Concubine Mei "couldn't afford to get sick". This kind of thing is too obvious. is different from Empress Dowager Yu's usual style of acting.

It seems that Princess Shu has completely angered Empress Dowager Yu. Empress Dowager Yu didn't even care about face.

……

Zhilan was ordered to go to Hanxiang Palace, and after a cup of tea, she turned around and returned to her life.

Empress Dowager Yu's mood improved slightly, she bathed and changed her clothes, and fell asleep quickly.

It's just that this sleep is not peaceful.

In fact, since the death of Emperor Jianwen, Empress Dowager Yu has never slept peacefully. Often awakened by nightmares.

In every dream, it is either the appearance of the concubine who is dead, or the cry of Lianxiang's resentment. What's more, it is the affectionate appearance of Emperor Jianwen who keeps calling "Lianniang", and in a blink of an eye, it was replaced by a resentful and hideous face.

Emperor Jianwen died less than three years ago, and Empress Dowager Yu quickly grew old and decayed, as if she had been old for ten or twenty years.

Early the next morning, Empress Dowager Yu woke up with a frown, and her face was gloomy and she was waiting for someone to freshen up and change clothes. None of the brightly colored palace clothes could enter the eyes of the Empress Dowager Yu, so Zhilan deliberately picked a plain and elegant palace dress, and carefully applied makeup to the Empress Dowager Yu to cover up the haggard gloom that couldn't sleep all night.

Before breakfast, Empress Xiao and the others came to say goodbye.

The king of Shu and his wife also came together.

Xie Mingxi greeted him with a smile as if nothing had happened: "My daughter-in-law has seen the queen mother." Today, the queen mother's complexion seems to be better, and it seems that when Her Royal Highness returns, the queen mother's heart is much more steady. ”

The ridicule implied in it can only be experienced by Empress Dowager Yu and Sheng Hong.

After a night, the Empress Dowager Yu hung layers of masks on her face again, she was indistinguishable from joy and anger, and said lightly: "With the King of Shu here, the mourning family is indeed very down-to-earth." and you, Xiao Shun's clever daughter-in-law, comforted and relieved, and the mourning family was very relieved. ”

Xie Mingxi smiled slightly: "Thank you for the praise of the queen mother." The queen mother likes her daughter-in-law to accompany her, and the daughter-in-law stays in the Jiaofang Hall today to accompany the queen mother. ”

Empress Dowager Yu's eyebrows jumped, and she glanced at Xie Mingxi: "It's okay." ”

Xiao Yuhan and others had to say together that they would stay in the Jiaofang Palace to do their filial piety.

Sheng Hong also stayed in the Jiaofang Hall for breakfast, and just put aside the dishes and chopsticks, Lu Ge Lao and others sent Father-in-law Lu to invite the King of Shu to discuss the affairs of the dynasty.

Empress Dowager Yu gently ordered: "In the past month, all the major affairs in the DPRK and China have been undertaken by Lu Ge Lao, Li Ge Lao and others. They are old, trembling, and they dare not slack off. Since you have returned, bear a little more. ”

Sheng Hong did not refuse, and responded with tolerance: "The son respectfully obeys the order of the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Yu glanced at Sheng Hong fixedly, and she was a little unsure of what Sheng Hong had in mind.

Xie Mingxi said that he would not tell Sheng Hong about last night's conversation, and Empress Dowager Yu would not believe such words. I wanted to test one or two today, but Sheng Hong behaved like nothing wrong, and he couldn't see anything wrong.

In the past, Sheng Hong has always restrained his edge and deliberately hid his clumsiness. Empress Dowager Yu couldn't help but underestimate this concubine a little. Only now did I realize that Sheng Hong was by no means a good stubble.

Empress Dowager Yu felt a rare trace of remorse in her heart.

Perhaps, as Xie Mingxi said, the most wrong decision she made was to recall the husband and wife to the capital together. The situation is complicated, and it is not entirely under her control. No matter how many of these two variables there are now, I don't know how far they will go......

These thoughts flashed by, and they were quickly suppressed by Empress Dowager Yu.

……

Move the temple.

In the past, there were more than 20 people who moved to the Qing Temple to discuss matters. Now most of them have gone to the deadly imperial mausoleum with Emperor Jian'an, and there are only eight or nine left.

Except for the two elders of Lu Pavilion and Li Ge, the six departments either only have Shangshu or only Shilang, which looks a little desolate.

Xie Jun is also lucky.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu is a confidant of Emperor Jian'an, and he also went to the imperial tomb this time. He, the chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites, was left in the court. At the time, he was quite annoyed and unhappy.

When Emperor Jian'an and his entourage were attacked and captured by traitors, Xie Jun couldn't wait to give the Buddha three pillars of high incense.

These days, all the affairs of the Ministry of Rites have also been pressed on Xie Jun's head. Xie Jun was so busy that he was anxious.

The King of Shu and his wife returned to Beijing together, Xie Jun was naturally happy, and an inhumane thought surged in his heart.

If Emperor Jian'an and all the vassal kings were killed by the traitors, only the king of Shu would remain......

The difference between being the father-in-law of a vassal king and being the father-in-law of the Son of Heaven is too great. The Yu family has been prominent for thirty years because of Empress Dowager Yu, and the Xiao family has not yet had time to shine, perhaps, it will soon be the turn of the Xie family to change the court......

Just thinking about it, His Royal Highness the King of Shu stepped into the Yiqing Palace.

Xie Jun hurriedly gathered his mind and bowed with the rest of the ministers: "Wechen has seen His Royal Highness the King of Shu!" ”

Sheng Hong was full of worries, his face was not revealed, and he smiled gently: "It's all free of courtesy!" ”

Remove the dragon chair in the hall, Sheng Hong will not sit on it. Father-in-law Lu had already ordered the chamberlain to move another spacious chair and set it up on the side of the dragon chair.

Sheng Hong sat down on the chair and ordered the attendants to bring the chairs, so that the elders of Lu Ge sat down to discuss the matter.

This careful and considerate act made everyone feel good in their hearts.

On weekdays, one stop is half a day, and I am quite tired. Emperor Jian'an never thought of letting the ministers sit and deliberate.

Lu Ge Lao frowned, opened his mouth and said, "What does Your Highness think of the traitor's request?" ”()

。 m.