Although the Queen Mother has repeatedly admonished, as the day of moving the palace approaches, her heart is still up and down, and it is rare to be at peace.

She asked Zhang Weizhao, "Do you know Feng Shui?" How is the prince moving the palace this autumn? ”

Zhang Weizhao replied truthfully: "I don't know feng shui. But I understand people's hearts, whether there is a golden concubine or not, the prince is older, and it is imperative to move the palace. It is impossible for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to remain under the wing of the Queen Mother. Instead of being timid, it is better to move forward boldly. If you are blindly afraid and hesitant, you can only make the other party think that you are weak and can be bullied. "Relationships are like this, what kind of state you are will attract what kind of attitude you have in others.

The Queen Mother nodded slowly.

When Zhang Weizhao first entered the palace, he only felt that the queen mother and the prince were high and very majestic. Of course, this is not because they have the protection of the gods, but the social structure of the monarchy, which puts them at the top of the pyramid, and there are countless people worshipping under the spire, and from a distance, the people on the spire have a kind of divine aura.

But in fact they are still human beings, and they have all the needs and limitations of the human body. To put it bluntly, you have to eat when you are hungry, you have to go to the toilet in an emergency, and if you are hurt, you will be in pain, and you will die of old age. It doesn't mean that because there are so many ritualized scenes in their lives, these needs and limitations don't exist.

Although the Queen Mother is the most noble woman in this empire, she still has a lot of real troubles and pains. She is not a woman who is good at power, although she also feels very excited to hear Zhang Weizhao tell the story of England and the Queen of Spain, but she has never had the ambition to take charge of national affairs. She holds the most simple vision of a woman's life in this era, which is to hope that husband and wife will be harmonious, children will be healthy, and family will be harmonious.

Because of this, in the face of Jin Ling'er's arrogance, she would only defend tightly and never take the initiative. Her greatest wish is that her son and grandson are alive and well, and that she herself can be buried next to her husband when he dies.

But in the Forbidden City, this simple wish is not easy to fulfill.

Just because she has always been reluctant to let the crown prince leave her side and unwilling to give up her desire to be buried next to the first emperor, the courtiers have been talking about her endlessly, thinking that she is domineering, disregarding the overall situation, and is not a model of a virtuous woman.

Although Zhang Weizhao has no research on politics, and has no ambition to engage in politics in either his previous life or this life, even she can see the passivity of the Queen Mother's actions. She sometimes imagines what she would do if she was replaced by Wu Zetian or Cixi, in the position of the queen mother?

The first is to develop the power of the Liu family, and at the same time win over the courtiers, so that someone in the court can help her speak.

Secondly, support the favored concubine and separate the emperor and Jin Ling'er, even if she can't completely let Jin Ling'er fall out of favor, she must reduce her influence on the emperor.

Even, if the queen mother is hard enough and strong enough, she might as well cut off Jin Ling'er ruthlessly, anyway, Jin Ling'er has a lot of pigtails, poisoning the emperor's heir, poisoning the concubine, and so on. If the emperor is really uneasy about state affairs because of Jin Ling'er's disposal, or even dies of sadness, then support the crown prince to ascend the throne and assist the government in the name of the empress dowager.

However, none of the above-mentioned queen mothers can do it, or they have no intention of doing it. She only went too far when Jin Ling'er did too much, that is, when she poisoned Concubine Ji Shu, she was furious, reprimanded Jin Ling'er, and cut off her wings. Other times, all she does is try to make up for it and be thoughtful. I want to compensate for the grievances suffered by my son when he was young, and I want to compensate for the regret of my grandson's loss of mother when he was young.

She has always tried to be a good mother, not a smart politician.

This is also the reason why she relies so much on Zhang Weizhao, Zhang Weizhao has some temperament that she lacks but appreciates very much. If the psychological positioning of the Queen Mother is a mother, Zhang Weizhao's positioning for herself is that of a professional woman. Although Zhang Weizhao has no political experience, she has the ability and calmness of a professional woman. Other palace maids took what the Queen Mother said as a guideline and never dared to question it, but Zhang Weizhao was able to exchange views with the Queen Mother, often expressed his opinions, and his mentality was super stable, so the Queen Mother did not shy away from her what she wanted and did now.

The queen mother also thought about whether to send Zhang Weizhao to serve the prince, but the prince had just moved to the palace and got a female Taoist priest to put in the palace, and she wanted to provoke the criticism of the former dynasty, so Zhang Weizhao stayed in Changle Palace for the time being.

Zhang Weizhao also thinks that as a psychiatrist, it is better for her not to get too entangled with the counselor in her daily life, and of course she agrees with this arrangement.

However, she suggested that the prince's "Qing Xiu" still need to continue after he has settled in his new home, so as to help the prince maintain his sanity and make wise decisions in the upcoming harsher political struggle.

Empress Dowager Liu and Chen Youcong both felt that what she said made sense.

Autumn has passed in a hurry, and winter has crept in.

Entering the winter moon (November is commonly known as the winter moon), the prince is even busier.

The emperor celebrates the winter solstice in mid-November to the Temple of Heaven. There are many things that need to be prepared before the festival. First of all, it is necessary to send people to repair the walls and ground of the Temple of Heaven, so that the bricks and tiles do not fall and the ground is potholed during the worship of heaven. Five days before the winter solstice, the animals to be slaughtered during the sacrifice are prepared. On the day before the winter solstice, the animals are slaughtered and sorted out and placed in the sacrificial plate for later use. In the evening of this day, the tablets, sacrificial vessels, and offerings should be placed in place, and the emperor will lead the people to enter tomorrow.

These matters were jointly undertaken by the Ministry of Rites and Taijoji Temple, and usually the imperial family would send a prince or other person of high moral standing to assist in the preparation and supervision.

The crown prince has now gradually begun to learn how to deal with government affairs. The emperor ordered the crown prince to prepare and supervise all kinds of matters related to the sacrifice to the heavens this year. As a newcomer, Chen Youcong has a lot to learn, so he works hard every day and does not dare to be lazy.

Fortunately, the sacrifice went smoothly, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple praised the prince's dedication and humility. The emperor also publicly rewarded the crown prince for this. This proves that the emperor is still basically satisfied with this son, and has tacitly acquiesced that he has gone from a simple learning stage to an internship while studying.

In late November, the crown prince began to move. By the time everything is settled, it's already time to enter the wax moon. When the crown prince had just moved out, the queen mother was restless day and night. Later, seeing that everything was fine with the prince in Changning Palace, and the expected danger did not happen immediately, the queen mother was a little relieved.

Another thing that made the Queen Mother happy was that the crown prince's reputation among the courtiers was getting better and better. The Queen Mother sighed with Zhang Weizhao in private, the prince has really grown up, and he can do things very calmly, and he has a bit of the demeanor of his imperial grandfather.

The prince was able to start taking over government affairs this winter, which was also facilitated by Jin Ling'er's pillow wind.

Jin Ling'er first encouraged the emperor, saying that the crown prince was too old to continue to live with the queen mother. The concubines had to go to the Queen Mother to ask for peace every now and then, and they always met the prince in the Queen Mother's palace, and both parties felt inconvenient. Chen Jianjun had this idea for a long time, so he made up his mind to let Chen Youcong move the palace.

Then, Jin Ling'er admonished the emperor again, saying that the prince should also share the emperor's worries, the new year is busy, the emperor does not have to bow to everything, and some things can be let go of the prince to do.

The reason why Jin Ling'er did this was for two purposes. First, the emperor will feel that Jin Ling'er is generous and really considers the emperor and the prince, and he will trust Jin Ling'er more in the prince's affairs in the future.

Second, Jin Ling'er felt that the prince had always lived under the wing of the queen mother, the queen mother was very pampered to the prince, and the prince was relatively shy. At this time, the emperor was encouraged to suddenly increase the burden of the crown prince, if the prince was overwhelmed and was punished by the emperor, Jin Ling'er would dissuade the emperor from being dismissed, and let Ye Tongying accompany and comfort the prince, and the prince would be grateful for Jin Guifei's help and get close to the people of the Jin family.

However, the implementation of Jin Guifei's plan did not go well. Although the prince encountered some resistance when preparing to worship the heavens and ancestors, in fact, someone secretly made a stumbling block, but it did not work. First, because the prince is diligent, he will bow down in person, and the hidden dangers will be eliminated in time. Second, the prince's concubine is Xie Qian, a prestigious scholar in the dynasty, and there are many disciples in the court, if the prince succeeds in ascending the throne in the future, these people will be reused, so they attach great importance to the prince and try their best to help the prince arrange everything. Therefore, the prince performed very well at the beginning of the internship period.

This situation made Jin Linger can't help but wonder if there is something wrong with her established strategy. She has few opponents in the harem over the years, and even the Queen Mother can't do anything with her, so she is a little arrogant. Now that the prince's development is not as she expected, she begins to realize that maybe the prince is not as easy to control as she thought.

Shouldn't you be trying to win him over from the beginning, but should you cut through the mess and get rid of him quickly? Jin Ling'er hesitated in her heart.

But if the crown prince is cut off and a young prince comes up, everything may not go well. There are two young princes in the palace, and their biological mothers are still alive, and they are no better controlled than the crown prince.

Moreover, the plan to collect the prince has been launched, and the prince has been getting along with Ye Tongying very well in recent days, so Jin Ling'er thought that she might as well take a look again.

From the beginning of the lunar month, it is necessary to prepare for all kinds of matters for the New Year, and Changle Palace is also busy. From the Empress Dowager to the palace maid, everyone's new clothes must be made before Chinese New Year's Eve. In addition, it is necessary to sprinkle the court and write couplets. From the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the cannon in the palace is constantly sounding. Because it is easy to cause fire when firing paper cannons, it is necessary to strengthen manual inspection and prevention. In short, no one is idle.

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it was customary for Zhang Weizhao to return to Xuanmiao to watch his master. However, the Empress Dowager did not want Zhang Weizhao to leave on Chinese New Year's Eve, so she released Zhang Weizhao back to Xuanmiaoguan two days in advance, so that she could reunite with her master and return to the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve.