The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly retreated, and after they retreated, Zhu Jianshen looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou with tears in his eyes, and he suddenly knelt down for the Empress Dowager Zhou, and his reaction caught the Empress Dowager Zhou off guard.

Empress Dowager Zhou hurriedly picked him up and said, "What happened to the emperor, why did you make such a big gift to the mourning family?" ”

Since Zhu Jianshen became the emperor, he had never bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhou, so today's actions made the Empress Dowager Zhou feel very surprised.

Zhu Jianshen said slowly: "The son knelt down to his mother, it was originally a natural thing, but it was not good for the son, he didn't take what the queen mother said to heart before, so that he made such a big mistake today, and was scolded by the eldest princess." ”

When he said this, the expression on his face suddenly became very sad and angry, and he said with tears in his eyes: "The sons and daughters have grown to such a big age, even the first emperor was not willing to beat the sons, but now he has been beaten by the eldest princess, and this matter has really become a laughing stock of the world." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was also touched when she heard Zhu Jianshen say this, and she also felt that Jian Huaizhen was really a little unreasonable to beat him like this, after all, he was already a son of heaven now.

But the Empress Dowager Zhou endured the sorrow in her heart and comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, don't think about this matter anymore, as long as you work hard and show sincerity in the future, I believe the eldest princess will see it." ”

"It's not like this at all, the queen mother, you don't know that the eldest princess doesn't regard me as the emperor at all in her heart, the eldest princess is single-mindedly biased towards the crown, do you know why the eldest princess is not allowed to enter the palace as a concubine, the shock and the son itself are in love, but the princess is partial to the crown, because Yu Mian is Yu Qian's son, so because of the eldest princess, she was forced to be with Yu Mian, which makes the son of the son of a country, and he can't even get the woman he likes, How can Erchen not be sad in his heart. ”

He spoke eloquently, as if every word he said was true.

In fact, Zhu Jianshen didn't expect that he had unconsciously become a person full of conspiracy, but he didn't feel this change in himself, he felt that what he did was right, it was the people of the world who failed him, and he, Zhu Jianshen, did nothing wrong at all.

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard him say this, she didn't know what to say for a while, and she held him with her trembling hand for a while and asked, "Emperor, are you telling the truth?" ”

"Mother, how dare your son talk to you? The son is the king of a country, it is a word, if you don't believe that you can ask others to be, before the eldest princess in order to break up her son and shock, she actually said to her son that she was dead, in fact, not only did she not die, the eldest princess also arranged for her to be with Yu Mian, you said that this is how the son is not cold, she is the elder of the son, but the result is much better to others than to the son. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou has always been an emotional person, she has always been the most instigated, and when she heard Zhu Jianshen say this, she suddenly became a little indignant.

said: "You are right, she is your elder, why is it good for the crown there, although the mourning family does not approve of the Tang Dynasty entering the palace, after all, she is a woman who dances knives and guns on the rivers and lakes, if she enters the palace, I am afraid it will endanger the safety of the emperor, but I absolutely disapprove of the princess treating you like this, she treats you like this, doesn't it make it clear that there is no emperor in your eyes?" In the final analysis, this matter is all her fault, but now it is going to be pushed on you, and the mourning family feels that it is difficult to contain anger when they think about it. ”

"Queen mother, do you say that the eldest princess will use the golden jade staff in her hand to beat her son in the future, and the son has no way, although the son is the king of a country, but after all, she has a golden jade staff in her hand, and the golden jade staff was given to her by Emperor Chengzu.

"What? What did you say? When Empress Dowager Zhou heard him say this, she was stunned for a while, and after a while, she came back to her senses and said: "Yes, you are right, your life is now in the hands of the eldest princess, although she is only the eldest princess, but she holds my son's life in her hands!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was confused for a while when Zhu Jianshen said this, but she only remembered one thing in her heart, that is, Jian Huaizhen held the power of life and death over Zhu Jianshen, as long as Jian Huaizhen was unhappy one day, she could kill Zhu Jianshen at any time, and no one in the world had anything to say, which made her shudder when she thought about it.

Her eyes flickered, she looked at Zhu Jianshen and said: "Emperor, you must think of a way to change this situation, you are the son of heaven in the current dynasty, only the fate of others is in your hands, how can you let your emperor's life be in the hands of others!" ”

"There is only one way for Erchen to think about it, and that is to find a way to snatch the golden jade staff from the hands of the eldest princess, or break the golden jade staff of the eldest princess, she has no golden jade staff in her hand, and there will be no way to deal with Erchen in the future."

"Okay, you're right, in that case, leave this matter to the mourning family, the mourning family must find a way to take the golden jade scepter over, and it is absolutely impossible to put their son's life in the hands of others." Empress Dowager Zhou said fiercely.

Zhu Jianshen saw that the Empress Dowager Zhou was willing to help him, so he returned satisfied.

After Zhu Jianshen left, Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it and only felt quite frightened all night, she slept very badly at night, and in her sleep, she saw Jian Huaizhen holding a golden jade staff, looking at her with a somewhat hideous face and saying: "Your son's life is in my hands, this palace wants him to live, he wants to live, this palace wants him to die, he wants to die, hahahahaha"

Empress Dowager Zhou was suddenly awakened, and after waking up, she only felt that her pillow was full of tears, so she sat there and didn't fall asleep all night.

She thought about it and felt that she must find a way to snatch the golden jade staff from Jian Huaizhen's hand, otherwise, if Jian Huaizhen wanted Zhu Jianshen's life one day, then Zhu Jianshen had a life.

Therefore, early in the morning of the second day, she instructed the palace maid Qingsha to go to Wan'an Palace.

So, the group came to Wan'an Palace, Jian Huaizhen had just woken up, and was combing her hair, and suddenly heard that the Empress Dowager Zhou came early in the morning, Jian Huaizhen casually picked up a colorful glass-inlaid jade hairpin and inserted it on her head, she said slowly while inserting: "The so-called comers are not good, and the good ones are not coming." ”

"What do you mean by the princess?"

Scattered hands trembled slightly and asked, "You said that the Empress Dowager Zhou came today, did she come to Xingshi to ask about the guilt?" ”

"It's not enough for Xingshi to ask for guilt, it's just that the Empress Dowager Zhou came to our Wan'an Palace so early in the morning, and she must have been unable to hold it back."

Jian Huaizhen said to Ling Luo as he spoke: "Hurry up and help the palace freshen up, the palace is going out to see the Empress Dowager Zhou." ”

Ling Luo pouted and said, "The eldest princess, since you obviously know that Mrs. Zhou is not good, then why do you still want to see her, don't you want to see her?" ”

The eldest princess shook her head and said: "I can't hide from what I should have come, and I can't hide from this palace no matter how much I want to, so why don't you face it calmly?" ”

As she spoke, she said to Ling Luo: "You are faster, this palace will go out to see the Empress Dowager Zhou now." ”

"Yes." Zero agreed while washing Jian Huaizhen, and after a short time, she finished washing Jian Huaizhen.

After washing, Jian Huaizhen went to the main hall to see the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager Zhou originally thought that it was so early, Jian Huaizhen might not be willing to see herself, but she didn't expect her to leave, so she stepped forward to greet Jian Huaizhen with each other, and then the two of them sat down separately, Jian Huaizhen sat on the main seat, and the Empress Dowager Zhou sat aside.

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly, with a shrewdness that was not easy to be noticed, and she said: "Empress Dowager Zhou, you came to the palace early in the morning, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou thought for a while before saying to Jian Huaizhen: "Princess, there is nothing special about coming to this palace, but I remembered that I hadn't seen the eldest princess for some days, so I came to ask the eldest princess for peace." ”

Jian Huaizhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "Empress Dowager Zhou's words are out of sight, didn't we just meet in the Qianqing Palace a few days ago?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou heard Jian Huaizhen mention the things in the Qianqing Palace, her face was a little stunned for a while, and she didn't know what to say for a while, Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly when she saw this and said: "Since Empress Dowager Zhou, since you are here, you might as well get straight to the point, and say whatever you want, right?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou saw that Jian Huaizhen was so single-handed, so she nodded and said: "Okay, since the eldest princess asked, the mourning family will not dodge, the reason why the mourning family came to see the eldest princess is really because they dreamed of the former emperor in their sleep in the past two days." ”

"Yo, you met the emperor, what did the emperor say to you?" Jian Huaizhen asked with a subtle smile.

"The first emperor didn't say anything to the mourning family, he just blamed the mourning family, saying that the mourning family was not strict with the emperor, so that the emperor did such a big rebellious thing, and the first emperor scolded the mourning family fiercely, and now the mourning family knows that it is wrong."

Jian Huaizhen smiled a little indifferently, and she said: "Empress Dowager Zhou doesn't have to blame herself too much, why the emperor has become what he is today, we are all responsible." ”

"Anyway, the eldest princess has a sentence that is very right, that is, mothers are more defeated, if it weren't for the fact that I was too pampered with the emperor before, the emperor would not have become what he is today, the emperor was in his sleep, and he also told the mourning family, how to make the emperor turn back into the original shrewd and capable emperor." Empress Dowager Zhou told the story.

Jian Huaizhen saw that the Empress Dowager Zhou finally got to the point, so she said calmly: "Well, what did the emperor say?" Empress Dowager Zhou, you might as well say it! ”

Empress Dowager Zhou owes her body and says very respectfully: "The first emperor said to the mourning family, let the mourning family must come to see the eldest princess in person, borrow the golden jade staff of the eldest princess from the eldest princess, put it on the incense case, burn incense and worship the Buddha, so that for a day and a night, the emperor's temperament can naturally be the same as before, and the reason why the emperor has become what he is today is because of the invasion of evil demons." ”

"Yo, demon invasion!" Jian Huaizhen sneered and said noncommittally.

"That's true." Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't wait to stand up, walked to Jian Huaizhen's side and said, "If the eldest princess doesn't believe it, you can go and read the classics, there are such examples in history!" ”

Jian Huaizhen was still noncommittal, she sat there for a long time without speaking, with a perceptive smile on the corner of her mouth.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhou was a little anxious, and she said to Jian Huaizhen: "Princess, are you willing to lend the golden jade staff to the mourning family?" If the eldest princess refuses to lend the golden jade scepter to the mourning family, then it is a failure to the emperor's entrustment, if the emperor can't change his life in the future and become a shrewd emperor, how should the mourning family explain to the emperor! ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said: "As long as the Empress Dowager Zhou has this heart, it has already been explained to the emperor, and as for the demon invasion and the like, it doesn't matter if you don't believe this kind of thing, the Empress Dowager Zhou's palace knows that you came today to ask the palace for the golden jade staff, but the palace can tell you very seriously that the golden jade staff of the palace will definitely not be borrowed." ”

"Princess, what do you mean?" Empress Dowager Zhou hurriedly covered up and said.

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said, "What do I mean, doesn't Empress Dowager Zhou think that what this palace said is not clear enough?" If the Empress Dowager Zhou feels that what the palace said is not clear enough, then the palace will clearly tell the Empress Dowager Zhou that the palace knows what kind of reason the Empress Dowager Zhou borrowed the golden jade scepter later, and the Empress Dowager Zhou feels that the golden jade scepter in the hands of the palace will endanger the emperor's life, and will feel that the emperor's life is always in the hands of the palace, is the palace right? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou didn't expect Jian Huaizhen to say that it would be so quick to speak to her heart, she said it was not good for a while, and it was not good to say that it was not, but she didn't know how to answer.

Jian Huaizhen smiled faintly and said: "Empress Dowager Zhou, don't worry, this palace is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, naturally knows how to do things, I told you before that the golden jade staff is gone, it is nothing more than not wanting to increase the psychological burden on the emperor, this time the emperor has gone too far, this palace has invited the golden jade scepter, this palace will definitely not punish the emperor for no reason, the queen mother or please go back!" ”

Seeing that Jian Huaizhen was so smart, Empress Dowager Zhou immediately understood what she was thinking.

She said to Jian Huaizhen: "Since the eldest princess said it straight to the point, then the mourning family will not tell lies, the eldest princess, you have a golden and jade staff in your hand, the emperor has always been restless, and now the emperor is still young, it is inevitable that he will do something wrong, not to mention that he has already made a mistake, why does the eldest princess refuse to give him a chance to change?" ”

"Hmph, if this palace doesn't give him a chance to change, the third cane will kill him at that time." Jian Huaizhen said coldly.

Empress Dowager Zhou shook her head and said: "Who doesn't make mistakes when he is young, the emperor is the king of a country, it is inevitable that he will be more willful than others, and sometimes it is inevitable to make mistakes, I just hope that the eldest princess has a lot of them, don't worry about him, and the golden and jade scepter, since the emperor has now admitted his mistake, why doesn't the eldest princess give the golden jade scepter to the mourning family?" In this way, one mourning family can discipline the emperor, and the other can also make up for the ancestral relationship between the eldest princess and the emperor. ”

Jian Huaizhen suddenly stood up and said: "This palace said, this is given to this palace by Emperor Chengzu, no one in this palace will give it, as long as the emperor is a Ming Jun, this palace will not give him a bit, if he is afraid, let the Empress Dowager Zhou come to the palace to ask for this golden jade scepter, then it is said that he has not completely changed, how can this palace believe him, how dare to give him this golden jade scepter, okay, this palace is all about this, scattered send-off!" ”

Jian Huaizhen said as he walked towards the inner palace.

Empress Dowager Zhou saw that she was already angry, and she still didn't dare to follow, after all, this golden jade staff beat the unconscious king, beat the traitorous ministers, and can also beat the concubines of the six palaces, if the Empress Dowager Zhou is aggressive to Jian Huaizhen again, Jian Huaizhen is angry and scolds her with the golden jade staff, then she has no way.

After talking with Jian Huaizhen, Empress Dowager Zhou was seriously ill and lay in bed for several days without going out.

Zhu Jianshen originally expected that the Empress Dowager Zhou could help him snatch the golden jade scepter, but he didn't expect that not only did the golden jade scepter not snatch it, but even the Empress Dowager Zhou was angry, the more he thought about it, the more resentful he felt, but he never knew what to do, he remembered Wan Zhen'er again, so he called Wan Zhen'er over and asked her if she had come up with a way.

Wan Zhen'er had already heard about the failure of Empress Dowager Zhou to ask Jian Huaizhen for a golden jade scepter, which scared her outright, she knew that if she gave Zhu Jianshen any more ideas, once it reached Jian Huaizhen's ears, then Jian Huaizhen might beat herself to death with a golden jade scepter at any time.

At that time, she called the heavens and the earth to be unlucky, and there was no way at all, so she excused herself and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the concubines don't want to help the emperor find a way, but they still want to go, but they have never come up with a good way, so it's better to put this matter aside for the time being, right?" ”

"What, you let me put this matter down, it's impossible, Wan Guifei, is your life in the hands of others, are you not as good as a frightened bird every day?"

Wan Zhen'er heard Zhu Jianshen say this, she suddenly became a little depressed, Zhu Jianshen said this has two meanings, the first is to say that his own life is in Jian Huaizhen's hands, if he doesn't do well one day, Jian Huaizhen may take his life at any time.

And his second meaning was to tell her that her Wan Zhen'er's life was also in Zhu Jianshen's hands, and if Zhu Jianshen felt that she could no longer help herself, he might take her life.

Therefore, her face suddenly became difficult to look at, and she said to Zhu Jianshen for a long time: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?" ”

Zhu Jianshen smiled slightly and said: "What do I mean, I guess you also understand it in your heart, Concubine Wan!" ”

How could Wan Zhen'er not understand, she let out a long sigh, and said for a long time: "Your Majesty, Zhen'er has a method, whether this method can be done, if it can't be successful, then Zhen'er has no other way." ”

"Tell me about it." Zhu Jianshen didn't really want to deal with Wan Zhen'er.

The reason why he threatened Wan Zhen'er was nothing more than that he hoped that Wan Zhen'er could help him come up with an idea, and sure enough, after he intimidated Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er said that there was a way, so he asked Wan Zhen'er what solution he came up with?