The hall of Liangyi was full of smoke, and the giant candle in front of the first emperor's spirit had never been extinguished, but the palace maids and eunuchs who were crying were exhausted, kneeling numbly, and crying hoarsely, but they could no longer shed tears.

The queen mother sat in the side hall, and copied the Buddhist scriptures with a solemn expression, and she couldn't read the small words page by page, so she asked the palace maid to read it sentence by sentence, but the small seal under her hand was not scribbled at all, and she was very respectful.

Xu Siyan came in with a green drink, and when he saw the Queen Mother like this, he couldn't help but whisper: "Niangniang, let's take a rest, I can't stand it when I copy the scriptures in the morning." ”

The Queen Mother was silent, and it was not until she finished writing the last pen that she put down the pen, rubbed her shoulders and took the green drink, and took a sip: "Everything in the palace has been handed over to Concubine Shu?" ”

Xu Siyan nodded in response: "The county lord has already asked the Shanggong Bureau to go to Shujing Palace, and he has already asked Concubine Shuniang to make a decision." ”

Since the Queen Mother issued an edict to seal the concubine, and also gave the Shujing Palace to the concubine as a dormitory, the concubine is even more respectful to the Queen Mother, and she does not dare to be good at everything, but she is extremely respectful.

It's just that the queen mother didn't want to ask about the affairs in the palace, and asked Gu Mingzhu to hand over all the affairs of the inner palace to Concubine Shu, and she just went to the Liangyi Hall every day to copy the scriptures in front of the first emperor's spirit, or to worship the Buddha in the Jiashou Palace, with an attitude of recuperation without distractions.

The crown princess has never been here again, she has not been canonized, and she does not have the title of queen, so naturally she can't live in the Manna Palace, and she is not a saint's concubine, so she can only stay in the East Palace and wait.

News came from the East Palace, saying that the crown princess had fallen ill in anger and urgency since receiving the edict that day, and she had not been able to get off the bed for several days.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she sneered: "I'm afraid she's sick of heart, she is sick at this time, but she can still come to me and talk nonsense." Saying that, he sighed again: "I thought she was the lady of the Lu Guo Mansion, how could she have some thoughts, I don't expect her to have much ability to assist the sage Kuang Fu Sheji, but she can't be so confused!" How did the old Lu Guogong raise him! ”

She sighed and never mentioned the matter of the crown princess again.

Xu Siyan sighed secretly, the crown princess is really too confused, now that the queen mother has taken refuge in the Jiashou Palace, if she still has some brains, she should personally come to ask the queen mother to move to the Cikang Palace, so that those who have speculations about her will be disappointed, this is the posture of the mother in the world.

But she first came to the queen mother in a daze to ask for the power of the inner palace, leaving the queen mother greedy for power and refused to hand over the handle to outsiders, and after hearing that the queen mother sealed the edict of the concubine to take care of the inner palace temporarily, she was angry and said that she was sick, and refused to pay attention to these things, making the situation more passive, without any intention and vision, no wonder the queen mother was angry.

When Gu Mingzhu came back, the Queen Mother was taking a break with her eyes closed on the couch, she walked into the hall gently, and the Linlang Peiyu on her body did not make a sound, but the Queen Mother still opened her eyes and looked at her a little tiredly: "But it's all arranged?" ”

Gu Mingzhu sat down on the couch next to the Queen Mother: "Yes, the enthronement ceremony is ready, and tomorrow the Emperor's Zigong will be sent to Feng'an Palace for temporary peace." ”

The first emperor died very suddenly, and the emperor's tomb has not been completely repaired, so he can only temporarily worship the spirit in the palace, but it can no longer be placed in the Liangyi Palace, because the palace is going to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement, and no one will care about the coffin of the first emperor.

The Queen Mother looked sadly, looked at the thick stack of scriptures she had copied, and said in a low voice: "Yes, it's all ready." ”

Everyone was ready to welcome the new emperor to the throne, only she couldn't help but recall the heroic posture of the first emperor when he ascended the throne, as if it was just yesterday.

Gu Mingzhu could see the sadness in the Queen Mother's eyes, so she could only be silent.

After a long time, she said: "Concubine Niangniang asked her to prepare a phoenix for Niangniang, and the enthronement ceremony should be presided over by Niangniang herself." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, got rid of that gloomy look, and said lightly: "No need, since the first emperor is temporarily serving Feng'an Palace, I, the surviving person, naturally have to go to Feng'an Palace every day to chant and accompany me, and I will not go to the enthronement ceremony." ”

Gu Mingzhu's eyes flashed slightly, but she was suspicious in her heart, what did the Queen Mother mean, she single-handedly helped the prince to the position of a saint, although she was inevitably sad when the first emperor died, but she would never stop asking about the affairs of the court because of this, this is really not like the queen mother's temperament.

Unless...... She did it on purpose, in order to make people feel that she would not control the government and completely let it go to the new emperor.

But for whom?

Gu Mingzhu speculated in her heart, agreed in a low voice, and went out to order someone to send a message to Concubine Shu.

The East Palace was in a mess, not only because the palace maids and servants wanted to move the objects used by the saints to the Taiji Palace, but also because of this banquet in the East Palace Hall.

The orchid in a light Hu skirt danced the Hu Xuan dance, dancing into a cluster of flower shadows, revealing snow-white arms and necks for the guests to see straight, the saint sat on the upper seat, holding a blonde orchid in his hand, drunk and hazy and talking to the ministers of the East Palace below: "I am now the son of the Tang Dynasty, you and others have assisted me for meritorious service, and you should be rewarded!" ”

Most of those ministers of the East Palace were carefully selected by the first emperor and the queen mother, and they were all calm and worried at the saint at this time, after all, the first emperor's Zigong had not yet been enshrined, and the period of national mourning had not yet been made, but the saint had already feasted guests in the East Palace, and he even said that he would reward the ministers.

After all, there are still some sycophants, who have long been overjoyed when they hear this sentence, and even praise them.

One of them, a young Changshi, even got up and shook it to the end, and said in a loud voice: "The saint is wise, and the ministers are grateful, and they must serve loyally and faithfully, and I wish the emperor all peace." ”

The sage laughed and said continuously: "Zheng Changshi is really loyal, young and talented, I should reward you, what kind of job is it good to reward you......

As he spoke, Orchid fed him a glass of wine, and he didn't care about it, so he reached out and pinched Orchid's soft waist and laughed.

That Zheng Changshi was not disappointed at all, but returned to his seat proudly, looking honored.

The eyes of the old ministers of the East Palace who looked at Zheng Changshi were full of disdain and disgust, but they couldn't help but be patient, just because although this one was also a dignified young man, he was the most flattering, and he was deeply liked by the saints, and he was also very powerful in the East Palace, and they didn't want to offend the villain.

The hustle and bustle in the hall spread far away to the back of the dormitory, and the princess lying on the couch couldn't help but burst into tears, holding the hand of the grandmother beside her: "Where does he still remember me, I just have no children, and the queen mother looks down on me, but he doesn't even give the edict after the seal, just thinking about the daily feast and fun, what else do I have to hope for." ”

Her heart was like a knife, and she couldn't stop crying.