However, not only does Concubine Shu have such thoughts, how many powerful ministers are staring at the position around Shen Zhe, if they can marry their daughters into the General's Mansion, even if they were former ministers of Zhao State, even if they have fought against the Jizhou army, with Shen Zhe's protection, with the protection of the Queen Mother, no matter what problems they encounter, they can sit back and relax.

Marriage has always been the softest and most powerful means of imperial court politics and even between countries.

For more than three years, countless people have tried to cross the gate of the Longevity Palace and seek the favor of the Queen Mother. All kinds of gifts were sent in, and the doors of the three palaces and six courtyards were not missing, and the atmosphere in the whole palace was weird, and it looked lively, but there were calculations everywhere and intrigue everywhere, irrelevant people were waiting to see a good show, and those who had intentions tried their best.

Only Shangyang Palace, I don't know if it is because it was built offshore, or Min'er's noble and special identity, the prime minister's mansion has already sent a daughter to be the queen, is there anything more reliable than this, naturally I will no longer worry about the position of the general's wife, but what is the relationship between father and daughter, such as drinking water.

It was lively for a few days, because the Zhongyuan Festival was imminent, the emperor wanted to pay tribute to Empress Jing'an on that day, and General Shen's choice of wife was set for July 20, when the ladies of the official eunuchs who were included in the roster would enter the palace to accept the selection like choosing a concubine, and these things, the queen mother would be handed over to the concubine to take care of.

On the day of the Midyear Festival, the emperor broke the ground and took people other than the Queen Mother to the Taimiao Temple for the first time.

The etiquette of the Taimiao sacrifice, before leaving, Min'er Haosheng learned from the etiquette officer, and also invited Zhou Huai to ask some emperors about their likes and dislikes. Min'er can not care about things on weekdays, but the dead are the greatest, although the existence of this Empress Jing'an has brought her a lot of trouble now, but the people are not there after all, and the person who really bothers her is the emperor himself.

Xiang Ye brought Min'er this time, which was different from being so awkward in Qinzhou, one was to officially tell Ruoyao what was on his mind, and the other was to let Min'er feel the weight she had in her heart now.

But he just forgot that Choo Min'er did not want to replace any woman, nor did she disdain to replace anyone, how could she be grateful to Dade for being allowed to pay tribute to her husband's ex-wife, or be elated, but just look at the deceased with solemnity and the most ordinary awe.

The queen lightly followed him out of the door, and then lightly followed him back to the palace, along the way the emperor did not ask her nor speak, even if she answered, it was a decent and uninteresting answer.

Xiang Ye felt that his intentions were being ignored, but he couldn't pick out everything angrily, after all, Min'er's words and deeds were impeccable, and he had no stage fright in front of the civil and military officials who walked with him in Taimiao. This eighteen-year-old girl, this little girl from the countryside of Yuanzhou, is really amazing.

This time the queen mother did not accompany her, after the emperor returned to the palace, she naturally wanted to say peace, the queen mother was happy, it can be seen that the two looked together, the emperor was full of displeasure, thinking that they had some contradictions, and asked his son after the Min'er was separated, and then he listened to him explain the reason.

Xiang Ye even said: "You protect her everywhere, everything is your son's, isn't it wrong for your son to try his best to please her." ”

The Queen Mother was stunned, and blamed her son for being confused: "You are going to pay tribute to Ruoyao, do you want her to laugh, is it so disrespectful, are you happy?" You don't pick anything else to please her, your mother says something you don't like, Ruoyao is the most precious person to you and to your mother, but to others, she is nothing. Ye'er, if you don't put Ruoyao down completely, who can follow you with all your heart, those concubines are waiting for you to like them, but are you happy? ”

Xiang Ye frowned, did he do something wrong again?

"Your Majesty." The queen mother called her son the emperor at the moment, it was something important, and said earnestly, "It is the important time to choose a wife for your brother, let's put these things aside, my mother is very hung in my heart, I am afraid that I will choose the wrong person for him, this matter is over, my mother will help you to make Min'er happy, she is your queen, and she can't run." ”

Only then did Xiang Ye sink his heart and ask his mother: "Do you have someone you like?" ”

In this compartment, Min'er returned to Shangyang Palace, and tossed up before dawn today to comb her hair and dress, and when the sun was shining a little, she followed the emperor out in a car. Along the way, she did not smile with respect for the old people, her face was tense, and she rarely wore a crown and a hairpin in the palace these days, and she was not used to it today, and her neck was also very sore at this time, and as soon as she entered the door, she ordered Qingya to take it off for her.

Qingya has been with her for a long time, and she speaks more easily, while cleaning up for Min'er, she said with a smile: "Although it is hard, but today on the fifteenth, when I go out, Niangniang is exempt from meeting the concubines of the sixth palace." ”

Min'er smiled faintly: "It's better to go out and take a walk." ”

Qingya was surprised: "It turns out that Niangniang likes to go out? ”

Min'er shook her head and said: "It's not that I like to go out, it's just that I have almost never been out of Yuanzhou in the past, and my memories of those years in the capital have faded, so I am a little curious about the outside world." ”

Remove the phoenix crown and hairpin ring, take off the necklace and take off the ring, take off the heavy dress, wear a light brocade dress, the breast-length skirt is soft and obedient, and the whole body is relaxed. Min'er walked straight to the beautiful water pavilion and sat on the railing on the soft and clean carpet, and the koi in the Taiye Pond seemed to recognize this lady and rushed towards her.

Min'er turned around and smiled happily: "Give me fish food." ”

But coldly, the emperor was standing there, he was still wearing the clothes he had returned from going out and had not changed, compared to Min'er's homely clothes, he couldn't see the holy drive.

When she first entered the palace, Qingya asked the queen to change several sets of clothes every day, that is, in order to see the emperor anytime and anywhere, she could be glamorous and decent, but Min'er changed the first rule after returning from Qinzhou, which was to avoid these troubles, if she didn't go to the Longevity Palace to see the Queen Mother, she would be so light and simple to wear in the Shangyang Palace.

Xiang Ye walked towards her, and Min'er saw that the shoes on his feet were about to step on a clean carpet, and subconsciously stopped: "Your Majesty, please take off your shoes." ”

The emperor frowned, and immediately a chamberlain stepped forward to take off his shoes for him, Min'er had already stood aside, and the palace maids also brought fish food.

Xiang Ye took it, walked to the railing and sprinkled it into the pool, causing the fish to scramble, stirring up the turbidity and rippling water in the pool.

Min'er wanted to stop the emperor, but she felt that it was too much, so she moved a little and stopped.

It was this small action that was seen by the emperor who turned around, and Xiang Ye asked her, "Do you want to feed it?" ”

Min'er shook her head and lowered her eyes.

"Why do you always see me, and immediately put on a straight face, aren't you quite happy just now, and I have disappointed you again?" Xiang Ye couldn't help it, sprinkled all the fish food into the liquid pool, walked up to Min'er and said, "What do I have to do to please you?" After all, you're still disgusted with me, aren't you? ”

The emperor is so tall, and the voice of the voice is also floating down from the top of his head, Min'er always feels that he is going to pinch his chin next, she is not disgusted, but she will be afraid, she knows that the emperor is constantly being kind to herself, no matter what his purpose is, she accepts what she can accept, only forced a smile...... She just couldn't do it.

"Why are you so awkward, you would resist before, and you would talk back, but now you simply don't even say anything, are you very good at coaxing her to be happy with your mother? Wasn't it okay to be in our gazebo that day? Xiang Ye wanted Min'er to look up at him, wanted to see her face, and unconsciously put his hand in front of her chin, and when he saw the emperor's hand stretched out to him, Min'er also trembled unconsciously.

And this trembling made the emperor's heart soften, and the hand hanging in the air was taken back, and he stood with his hands in his hands, wanting Min'er to relax.

"What do you want me to do?" The emperor asked in a deep tone, "Do you plan to face me like this for the rest of your life, Qiu Min'er, didn't you say that you are my wife and the empress of Daqi, do you plan to do this and become the empress?" ”

Min'er raised her head slowly, and she really couldn't think of anything: "Your Majesty, the concubine wrote a letter to her grandmother again, can you arrange for someone to send the concubine to Yuanzhou?" ”

Xiang Ye couldn't hide the disappointment in her eyes, but in the end she spoke, the emperor nodded, unwilling to leave any more embarrassment, and when he was about to leave, he said: "Since you don't like to go to Taimiao to pay tribute to Empress Jing'an, I will not force you in the future, Taimiao or Qinzhou Imperial Mausoleum, if you don't want to go, you don't have to go." ”

Min'er said: "The concubine is willing to go with the emperor, that is the duty of the concubine." ”

Duty, the first time they met, this woman said to herself duty, she has to untie her clothes is her duty, and it is also her duty to be a mother in the world, where does she come from so many duties?

"You ......" Xiang Ye has great expectations today, wanting Min'er to realize that he attaches importance to her, but he used the wrong method, so naturally he couldn't get the response he wanted, and this gap in his heart made him miss more and more in the pavilion that day, Min'er smiled from the heart.

The emperor was excited and said: "You like to listen to history, I will order Song Yuan to enter the palace from time to time to tell you history, how about it?" ”

Min'er liked this, and thanked him easily and naturally, and the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, the only thing he was not happy about was that he didn't want other men to approach Min'er.

And this opportunity, two days later, Song Yuan was ordered to enter the palace to tell the queen about history, Min'er knew the significance of Shangyang Hall to the emperor, that is, she consciously did not let Song Yuan enter Shangyang Hall at the beginning, and today is the same, set up a screen in the pavilion by the Taiye Pool, to listen to the story.

It's just that Song Yuan has another purpose today, saying that after the incident that happened in the third year of Jianguang, he fell to the ground and said to Min'er: "Queen Mother, Weichen has a reluctant request, and he also asks Niang Niang to fulfill it." ”