Emperor Qianhui has been on the throne for eleven years, and he can be regarded as a diligent and conscientious monarch.

Since the first year of Kaiping, in addition to the occasional natural disasters, the Dazhen Dynasty has risen to peace in the sea, the four directions have come to the dynasty, the business and travel traffic has become more and more prosperous, its national strength is strong, and the talents have come out in large numbers, and there is already the atmosphere at the beginning of the prosperous era.

Walking within the profound and majestic palace walls again, Fang Xuan couldn't help but feel uneasy.

She didn't look up, looked ahead, and followed the little eunuch who led the way step by step, stepping into this glorious palace city.

Emperor Qianhui was not only diligent, but also very frugal, during his reign never used the treasury to repair the imperial city, Empress Wenshu also ordered the six palaces not to be extravagant and wasteful.

Although the imperial city is large, it is not very magnificent, especially some palaces that are rarely inhabited, but a lock, the door is tightly covered, and the courtyard is deep from then on, and the beautiful woman is not laughed again.

What Fang Xuan was going to was the most lively place in the harem of the imperial city-Jianzhang Palace.

Jianzhang Palace was originally the place where the Son of Heaven accepted the government, after Emperor Qianhui took the throne, in order to highlight the respect of the Empress Dowager of Yuzhuang, the Son of Heaven was filial piety, migrated to the Chongde Palace, and changed the Jianzhang Palace to the residence of the Empress Dowager.

When he was still the Son of Heaven, because the status of his mother was not obvious, he was not loved by the first emperor, and then he was taught and raised by the Empress Dowager Yuzhuang, and gradually received the attention of the first emperor, and finally inherited the unification.

Therefore, Emperor Qianhui was very respectful of the Empress Dowager.

After succeeding to the throne, the people of the Hou clan were sealed one after another, no matter how busy the court was, they had to go to Jianzhang Palace every three days to visit the Queen Mother.

The Son of Heaven is like this, will the Six Palaces not come?

So, from Queen Wenshu down, the harem concubines would go to Jianzhang Palace every day to ask for peace.

When Fang Xuan arrived, the morning light was just dawning, and he could hear the laughter of a woman in the Yongshou Hall of the main hall of Jianzhang Palace from a distance.

The palace maid outside the hall announced, "Queen Mother, the county lord of Duanning is here." ”

There was a moment of silence in the voice.

However, between breaths, Fang Xuan raised his feet, and the silence was covered up by the coquettish words of the woman in the hall.

"The courtier Duanning visited the Queen Mother and wished the Queen Mother a long life and good health."

As soon as I entered the hall, I was greeted by a strong sandalwood fragrance mixed with fat powder, thick and stagnant, but there was a strange tranquility.

Fang Xuan lowered his head and eyes, bypassed a twelve-high rosewood five-bat holding a longevity screen, and knelt down.

Out of the corner of his eye, he swept to the left and right, and there were three people sitting on the lower side.

"Good, good." The Empress Dowager Yuzhuang's voice was hoarse or two, "Hurry up and let the mourning family take a look." ”

On the twenty-second day of the first month of the second year of Kaiping, due to the negligence of the palace maid with charcoal, the Jianzhang Palace went to the water, when the queen mother was in the Yongshou Palace, although there was no major problem, but the throat was choked by the smoke, the imperial doctor has been recuperating with medicine over the years, but it has not healed.

"Yes." Fang Xuan slowly raised his head, his face was the most dignified and decent.

I saw that the Empress Dowager Yuzhuang's skin was like condensed fat, with thin eyebrows and red lips, and her green silk hair was pulled up high, although she was dressed calmly, she was not half old at all, and at first glance she was as old as a sister with Queen Wenshu.

It is said that before the queen mother married into the royal family, she was known as the first beauty of Dazhen, and her gestures would cause women in the world to compete to imitate, and her talent was even more outstanding.

But that's all old things.

Fang Xuan thanked him, "Thank you Empress Dowager." ”

"Yo-what a signer!" A soft-voiced woman whispered.

"The concubine is Duanning, the daughter of King Wenqing, with an excellent appearance and a blue heart, it is really excellent at a glance today, no wonder the queen mother likes it." Empress Wen Shu smiled.

"Duan Ning is stupid, I don't deserve to be so praised by the queen." Fang Xuan kowtowed his head to the ground again, "The courtiers see the queen mother." ”

"No courtesy."

Fang Xuan got up, and the Empress Dowager Yuzhuang took a closer look at her, her face was kind, and she beckoned: "Come here, come to the mourning family." ”

She stepped forward as she was told.

"What a good boy, tired all the way, right? How is your mother? ”

"The Empress Dowager Lao remembered that everything was fine with her mother, and she also told her courtiers to go to the capital and accompany the Queen Mother more often to accompany the Queen Mother to thank her for her love."

"You've got a heart." The Empress Dowager Yuzhuang patted the back of Fang Xuan's hand and pointed to her side, "Sit down and talk to the mourners." ”

"The courtiers are terrified." Fang Xuan excused himself, and finally sat in the second place on the right, adjacent to Concubine De.

The Empress Dowager Yuzhuang said, "A few days ago, your cousin entered the palace and presented a golden book, the Myoho-renge-kyo, which was written by the master of Jingkong with years of painstaking work, and said that you specially asked for it?" It's hard for you. ”

Gu Chen?

Fang Xuan didn't expect him to do such a thing, and couldn't guess what his intentions were for a while, so he only said: "The Queen Mother is benevolent and virtuous, and believes in Buddhism. ”

"The Buddha talks about cause and effect, and it is also your creation."

"yes." Empress Wen Shu smiled and said, "Master Jingkong is a high-ranking monk, and you are also destined. ”

Fang Xuan naturally didn't tell the truth, he lowered his head embarrassedly, and heard the Queen Mother ask: "I heard that the road is a little uneven, but you were frightened?" ”

This must be what Gu Chen said again.

However, even if he didn't mention it, once Fang Jin's excerpt of the bandits left Lingnan, it was not enough to enter the Chongde Palace, and the Queen Mother would know the reason.

She smiled, "Fortunately, Lord Xiao Chengxiao rescued him, and it was no big deal." ”

"yes, that's good. I heard that the gang was a stubborn bandit, and the people had always done a lot of evil, and the people complained that this time they even dared to fight the idea of the palace, which was really bold. You can rest assured, the emperor is preparing to send troops to suppress bandits, and there will be no such thing in the future. ”

"The courtiers thank the emperor." Fang Xuan was grateful to Dai De, "Lingnan and Zhongnan have been harassed by bandits for many years, if there is a heavenly army to protect the peace of the party, the people will definitely be deeply favored by the Son of Heaven, don't forget the rule of the Holy Lord." ”

"Who is boasting?"

As soon as the words fell, a person came in from outside, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, describing the majesty and the momentum was sharp, except for the Empress Dowager Yuzhuang, everyone got up and bowed down halfway, "The emperor is blessed." ”

Emperor Qianhui's gaze swept over everyone one by one, and finally landed on Fang Xuan, who was dressed in a jade-colored palace dress, only to see the woman's neck hanging low, revealing a piece of white jade-like skin, reflecting a green silk with black pressure, and a purple jade cloud pattern on her head, shaved shoulders and a thin waist, and her body was beautiful, not which of his concubines, so he withdrew his gaze, "Excuse yourself and flat." ”

Everyone didn't dare to sit, Fang Xuan only half raised his head, and saw a pair of dark dragon pattern boots walking in front of him, and a faint ambergris fragrance wrapped around the fragrance of women's fat powder.

It was hidden in a moment.

"The Queen Mother." Emperor Qianhui strode over and walked in front of the Queen Mother, "I heard someone boasting about me outside the door, can the Queen Mother know who it is?" ”

"The emperor has a lot of opportunities, and it's common for him not to remember." After Empress Wen Shu led several concubines to withdraw, the Empress Dowager Yuzhuang pointed to Fang Xuan, "King Qing was sick and couldn't enter Beijing, so he specially asked the child Duanning to accompany the mourning family, and the emperor gave this child a pair of wishes!" ”