Cining Palace.

Since the death of Emperor Jianwen, Empress Dowager Yu monopolized the power of the harem, Cining Palace gradually faded out of everyone's sight and was almost forgotten by everyone.

The Empress Dowager Li, who couldn't move or speak, lay on the bed all day long, with a strange temper and often incontinence. The palace maids were waiting, and they were also complaining and resentful.

These palace maids are all Empress Dowager Yu's people. Seeing that no one cared, the Empress Dowager Li couldn't move or speak, and she couldn't help but be negligent when she served. Sometimes he was struggling to change the clothes and bedding for the Empress Dowager Li, and the bedroom was always filled with the stench of coaxing.

There are two or three bitter and mean, and they deliberately say some harsh and ugly things when there are no outsiders in private.

Poor Empress Dowager Li, the oldest and most respectful position, but she lives like a captivity. If you were someone else, you couldn't stay up and closed your eyes.

However, Empress Dowager Yu gave a strict order and ordered the imperial doctors to take good care of Empress Dowager Li's body. Precious tonic medicine for the continuation of longevity was continuously sent to Cining Palace.

It can be called a can't survive, can't die.

However, in the past few days, the scene in Cining Palace has quietly changed.

On the first day of Xie Mingxi's arrival, he scolded several palace maids around Empress Dowager Li. He ordered the stinking Empress Dowager Li to be carried into a wooden barrel, bathed in hot water, and changed into clean clothes. The bedding on the bed was all changed, the windows and doors of the bedroom were left open for ventilation, and sandalwood was rekindled to remove the unpleasant smell in the room.

After that, Xie Mingxi called two more imperial doctors and asked the Empress Dowager Li about the prescription she was taking.

The two imperial doctors still had sloppy thoughts at first. Unexpectedly, the young Empress Xie was well versed in medical science, and as soon as she asked two sentences, cold sweat broke out on the backs of the two imperial doctors.

After Xie Mingxi knocked on the imperial doctors, he said lightly: "The imperial grandmother has been sick for a few years, and you have been serving carefully, and there is nothing wrong with it." However, the condition has not improved. ”

"If you can't cure the emperor's grandmother, go to the Ming Zhao Academy, and change to a skilled imperial doctor. Anyway, within a month, I will see my grandmother's condition improve. ”

On the same day, the envoy of the Zhao Yuan came to ask for the guilt in person, and two other imperial doctors were replaced, and the original prescription was adjusted.

Xie Mingxi looked at the prescription once, and didn't say much, only took a pen, crossed out one of the herbs, added another herb, and adjusted the amount of the other two herbs. Then he gave the prescription to the envoy of the Zhao Academy.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one.

When Zhao Yuan's envoy looked at the changed prescription, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead. Kneel down with the physicians and plead guilty.

Xie Mingxi pulled the corners of his lips, and there was no smile in his eyes: "Just grab the medicine and boil the medicine according to this prescription, if it doesn't work within a month, I will personally go to the Jiaofang Hall to ask the queen mother." ”

Where did Zhao Yuan dare to answer the question, kneeling in front of Xie Mingxi, cold sweat on his back.

With such a big movement in Cining Palace, how can it be hidden from Empress Dowager Yu?

Empress Dowager Yu was quite dissatisfied with Xie Mingxi's unauthorized change of prescription, and sent Zhilan over to question, but Xie Mingxi still said those two sentences: "Just boil medicine for the imperial grandmother according to the prescription I changed." If it doesn't work within a month, I will go to the queen mother to ask for sin, and let the queen mother fall. ”

Empress Dowager Yu was bent on trapping Xie Mingxi in Cining Palace, and she was a little sullen and unhappy, so she swallowed it. also had it in his heart for a month, and he took advantage of this incident to attack Xie Mingxi's heart.

Unexpectedly, only a few days later, the emperor and queen joined forces to make such a big move. Empress Dowager Yu completely fell into passivity and had to admit defeat.

Empress Dowager Yu is also a person who can stretch and bend, and seeing that the situation is unfavorable to her, she immediately changed her face. Send Zhilan to Cining Palace to "please" Xie Mingxi.

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"The slave maid was ordered by the Queen Mother to invite the mother to go to the Jiaofang Hall for lunch."

did not carry out the canonization ceremony for a day, and Xie Mingxi, the queen, was not rightly named. Zhilan only vaguely addressed Niangniang.

The Empress Dowager Li in the bedroom was supported by two strong and powerful palace maids to sit up, and two other palace maids rubbed the legs of the Empress Dowager Li.

In the past few days, whether Empress Dowager Li's illness has improved, Zhilan really can't see. However, the Cining Palace was completely new, and most of the lingering fishy stench was dispersed.

Xie Mingxi sat elegantly on the chair and took a shallow sip of the fragrant tea. Then he said slowly: "The emperor's grandmother is not far away, you go back to report to the queen mother on my behalf, and say that I have no time to go to the Jiaofang Palace." With the emperor and his sister-in-law accompanying the queen mother to dine, I was also very relieved. ”

Zhilan was shocked when she heard this.

Xie Shangshu's words of "uncle and widow" in the court are still in his ears, and at this time, Xie Mingxi is "the emperor's sister-in-law", which obviously means something!

Zhilan continued to laugh: "The Queen Mother has announced, it is better for the Niangniang to go to the Jiaofang Palace." ”

Xie Mingxi raised his eyebrows slightly, and quietly challenged: "The queen mother is called, and the imperial grandmother can't leave me." Could it be that in your eyes, serving the imperial grandmother is not as important as accompanying the queen mother to eat? ”

Where could Zhilan afford such sharp words, her knees weakened, and she knelt down to ask for sin: "The slave has no such intention, please forgive me!" ”

Empress Dowager Yu covered the sky with one hand in the harem and tossed Empress Dowager Li into a living dead.

But as long as the Empress Dowager Li is not dead, she is the mother-in-law of the Empress Dowager Yu, and she is also the only person in the harem who can suppress the Empress Dowager Yu in terms of identity.

In the past, no one dared to compete with Empress Dowager Yu, and no one mentioned Empress Dowager Li.

Now, Xie Mingxi has shouldered this big chess ......

Zhilan was dealing with the aggressive Queen Xie, and at the same time, she was secretly frightened for her master.

In the past, in her heart, Empress Dowager Yu was shrewd and ruthless, and omnipotent. But now, in front of Xie Mingxi, Empress Dowager Yu has made frequent moves.

Maybe it's no wonder that Empress Dowager Yu, but Xie Mingxi's means of dealing with it are higher.

The seemingly insoluble dilemma was turned into a peerless weapon by Xie Mingxi in just a few days.

Xie Mingxi said lightly: "You go back to your life, remember to learn what I said to the queen mother word for word." The queen mother attaches the most importance to filial piety, and I think I will be able to understand my care for the imperial grandmother, and I will not blame it easily. ”

Zhilan whispered yes and retreated tremblingly.

Xie Mingxi took another sip of tea before getting up and slowly went to the bedside.

Empress Dowager Li was driven by the palace maids, moved to the side of the bed little by little, and was helped to stand on the side of the bed for a while. Then he was helped back to the bed and lay down.

With just these few simple actions, the Empress Dowager Li was tossed and sweated all over, and her old face was flushed strangely. A pair of cloudy old eyes are a little brighter than usual.

Xie Mingxi smiled slightly, like a filial and considerate good granddaughter-in-law: "The imperial grandmother has been seriously ill for a long time, always lying on the bed, and it is very easy to get bedsores, so it is better to move from time to time." ”

Empress Dowager Li: "......"