"Of course not." Wan Zhen'er shook her head and said to Zhu Jianshen: "The reason why Zhen'er congratulates the emperor is because she has now returned from outside the palace, and she has received the letter of the eldest princess. The eldest princess asked Zero to tell her concubines that she and the emperor were originally close relatives, and the reason why she was very strict with the emperor was that she didn't want the emperor to make a mistake, and hoped that the emperor could be a Ming monarch. Now that there are scattered people to help make peace, the eldest princess has already understood that the emperor is also involuntarily, and he was instigated by others, so he did this, and the eldest princess also decided to shake hands with the emperor and make peace. ”

"What you say is true? Zhen'er, you didn't lie to me? After Zhu Jianshen listened, he was immediately overjoyed.

Originally, because of Luo Kailing's temporary defection, Zhu Jianshen was very angry, if there was no Luo Kailing's troops, he would have no way to compete with Jian Huaizhen, but now Jian Huaizhen is willing to tolerate what he did before, which is definitely a great thing for him.

"Of course it's true, if it's not true, how dare Zhen'er come to the emperor and tell the emperor about this? Zhen'er is not afraid of being blamed by the emperor. Wan Zhen'er said with a smile.

Zhu was overjoyed and said, "The previous things were indeed wrong, and I shouldn't have forced Li Xian, a virtuous minister, to death for my own selfishness." Li Xiannai is the backbone of the country, he was forced to die by me, and the eldest princess was angry, I should have thought that the eldest princess would not abolish me for such a trivial matter, it was I who thought too much, so I did so many things. But now it's okay, the eldest princess is willing to forgive me, and I have nothing to worry about. ”

Wan Zhen'er said with a smile on the side: "Of course the emperor should be happy, the eldest princess has always been true to her word, and she will never regret what she has said." Since she promised to forgive the emperor, she will definitely forgive the emperor, but how should the emperor explain to the queen mother? ”

Wan Zhen'er said as she stroked her red and swollen face.

Zhu Jianshen saw that Wan Zhen'er's face was a little red and swollen, and felt very strange, so he asked, "Zhen'er, what's wrong with your face?" Why is it red and swollen? ”

Wan Zhen'er said to Zhu Jianshen word by word: "It was Zhen'er who accidentally bumped into it, the emperor, please don't ask any more, if you continue to ask, it will not be good for anyone." When she said this, her eyes turned red.

When Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he naturally knew that she definitely didn't hit herself, so he asked a little strangely, "What's going on?" When I heard you say that, I knew that it must not have been hit by myself, who beat you like this? ”

Hearing Zhu Jianshen ask, Wan Zhen'er's tears flowed down, she knelt down and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Zhen'er doesn't want to mention this matter anymore, please don't mention it anymore, okay?" ”

Zhu Jianshen shook his head decisively and said, "Of course it's not good, you are my concubine, you have been wronged, don't I care?" What's more, you have made a great contribution to me, if it weren't for your mediation, the matter would not have been so easy to solve, and when Luo Kailing turned against him, and the eldest princess had 100,000 Korean troops in hand, I would definitely not be able to sit on the throne. Whoever dares to treat you like this, I will never spare her. ”

Wan Zhen'er glanced at Zhu Jianshen at this time, and said to him with some grievances: "Your Majesty, in this harem, in addition to the emperor can beat Zhen'er, who else can beat Zhen'er?" ”

Hearing Wan Zhen'er's words, Zhu Jianshen suddenly understood what he meant, in fact, Wan Zhen'er's words were already obvious, in the harem, there are only two queen mothers who can beat Wan Zhen'er, and now the queen mother Qian has no power at all in the harem, everything but the Empress Dowager Zhou is in charge, so the only one who can beat Wan Zhen'er is the Empress Dowager Zhou.

"What? Did the Queen Mother beat you? Why did she hit you? Zhu Jianshen said angrily.

Wan Zhen'er said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the slave maid originally wanted to hide this matter, and she didn't want the emperor to know about it anyway, if she let the emperor know, I am afraid it will cause discord between the emperor and the queen mother." In fact, the queen mother wants to beat the slave maid, which is also a slave maid is not good, the slave maid should not go to rescue the scatter, let alone let her go outside the palace to find the princess. In short, if all this is to blame, it is also Zhen'er's fault, please don't ask the emperor anymore. ”

When Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he immediately understood what was going on, it turned out that all this was because Empress Dowager Zhou was angry that Wan Zhen'er sent Scattered to see Jian Huaizhen, so she made such a scene.

Zhu Jianshen immediately said with some indignation: "Empress Dowager Zhou, she is my biological mother, but what she did made me really chilling. I just had a small mistake with the eldest princess, and she actually did everything possible to instigate me to meet the eldest princess. So that's it, so far, I finally managed to make things take a turn, and she was fine, and she even went to beat you, I was so angry. Zhu Jianshen said as he stood up and walked out angrily.

Seeing this, Wan Zhen'er felt that she was almost good at acting, if it continued like this, Zhu Jianshen would really go to the Empress Dowager Zhou, and maybe she would be persuaded by the Empress Dowager Zhou's words, so she hurriedly knelt down, pulled Zhu Jianshen, and said to him repeatedly: "Your Majesty, where are you going?" ”

Zhu Jianshen glanced down at her and said, "Of course I want to help you out of this breath, doesn't the queen mother have to beat you?" I'm just going to spoil you, protect you, and see what she can do. The queen mother is too much. The more Zhu Jianshen spoke, the more angry he became.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is also doing this for the sake of the Emperor, maybe the Queen Mother's method is wrong, but she is still the emperor's biological mother, if the emperor goes to find the Queen Mother, then Zhen'er is really guilty. Zhen'er would rather the emperor punish Zhen'er than the emperor to go to the Empress Dowager Zhou. After finishing speaking, Wan Zhen'er pretended to wipe away her tears.

Seeing Wan Zhen'er like this, Zhu Jianshen felt for a while that she was really a very good woman and was willing to do so many things for him.

Zhu Jianshen gently helped her up and said to her: "Zhen'er, get up, don't worry, I won't let anyone bully you in the future, I will definitely protect you well." I remember everything you did for me, and I will never forget it. ”

Hearing Zhu Jianshen say this, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Wan Zhen'er's mouth.

Of course, when she smiled proudly, she was not seen by Zhu Jianshen, Wan Zhen'er still knew Zhu Jianshen as a person.

Zhu Jianshen is not a bad person, but he is easy to be manipulated by others, and his thoughts are sometimes too easy to be self-conscious, and he is not very thoughtful about doing anything, in this way, he will easily be suspicious of others, otherwise he would not be suspicious of Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen and him can be said to have a deep love for their ancestors and grandchildren, but there is such a thing, let alone a little Wan Zhen'er?

Wan Zhen'er peeked at Zhu Jianshen, and saw that Zhu Jianshen was really very emotional, obviously he was very grateful to Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er smiled slightly, and said to him: "Your Majesty, no matter what, as long as the emperor can do well, for Zhen'er, this is the best thing." Zhen'er will definitely do her best to do what Zhen'er can do for the emperor. Your Majesty, since things have come to this point, I don't know what your plans are next? Since the eldest princess is willing to shake hands with the emperor and make peace, how does the emperor plan to calm the anger in the eldest princess's heart? ”

"That anger in the heart of the eldest princess?" When Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he hesitated.

Wan Zhen'er said to him slowly and earnestly: "Yes, the eldest princess must be full of anger in her heart now, after all, it is the emperor who wants to oppose the eldest princess, and she has done so many things, no one will inevitably be angry, and it is reasonable for the eldest princess to be angry." Your Majesty, what should you do now? ”

Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard Wan Zhen'er say this, he glanced at Wan Zhen'er with worry, and said, "You just told me that the eldest princess will blame me for this matter, so will the eldest princess take advantage of this to deal with me?" Did she just pretend to reconcile with me? ”

Wan Zhen'er couldn't help frowning when she saw Zhu Jianshen hesitating for a while.

Zhu Jianshen was originally a person who couldn't make up his mind, so he was always at the mercy of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Wan Zhen'er hurriedly laughed and said to him: "The emperor is too worried, the emperor is not facing the emperor alone, she also has to face the people of the world." If she can't do what she promised the emperor, won't she be laughed at by the world when she says it? So the emperor has nothing to worry about this. ”

Hearing Wan Zhen'er's words, Zhu Jianshen nodded slowly, he thought carefully for a while, and said: "I don't know what to do to calm the anger in the heart of the eldest princess, if you are the eldest princess, what do you want me to do?" ”

Wan Zhen'er smiled bitterly and said, "How can a concubine be the eldest princess?" Of course, the concubines didn't know what the eldest princess was thinking, let alone what the emperor should do to calm the anger in her heart. After all, the emperor is her grandson, and the emperor should know more about her than the concubines. ”

Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard her say this, he thought carefully for a long time before he said to Wan Zhen'er: "Zhen'er, you help me think about it, I really can't think of it." If I can think of it, I don't need your help. As he spoke, he begged Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er lowered her head and thought carefully for a while before saying to the emperor: "The rest of Zhen'er don't know what the emperor should do, everything can only be done at the right time." But there is one thing, that is indispensable, the eldest princess was locked up by the emperor, so she was rescued from the palace, and the emperor must personally welcome the eldest princess back, so that I believe things will become simple. The eldest princess felt the sincerity of the emperor, so naturally she would not blame the emperor, did the emperor think what Zhen'er said was right? ”

"Yes, you have a point, so let's do it." Zhu Jianshen smiled and nodded, and said to Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er looked at Zhu Jianshen very approvingly, and said to him: "Your Majesty, if you can welcome back the eldest princess, things will be much easier." In the future, the eldest princess will assist the emperor, re-take care of the country, and take charge of the mountains and rivers, and the emperor no longer has to be suspicious of the eldest princess, so that whether it is the court or the harem, you can have a good life, and I believe that the emperor does not have to work so hard. Zhen'er congratulates the emperor. After finishing speaking, Wan Zhen'er saluted Zhu Jianshen and congratulated him.

When Zhu Jianshen heard Wan Zhen'er say this, he immediately laughed, the resentment in his heart couldn't help but be swept away, he looked at Wan Zhen'er, and said a little anxiously: "Zhen'er, you should help me think about it, what kind of pomp and circumstance are I going to use to welcome the eldest princess back?" The eldest princess must be angry with me now, if I can welcome her back, then things will be much easier, don't you say? ”

Wan Zhen'er nodded and said, "That's right." In this case, let Zhen'er help the emperor think about it, and congratulate the emperor on welcoming the eldest princess back. ”

"It's all your credit." Zhu Jianshen said as he helped Wan Zhen'er, who bowed down to Yingying.

At this time, someone said coldly: "You are not allowed to go to meet the eldest princess." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jianshen looked up, it turned out that he didn't know when it started, the Empress Dowager Zhou was already standing on the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, she was looking at Wan Zhen'er and Zhu Jianshen in a corner, I don't know how much I heard their words.

Wan Zhen'er suddenly saw Empress Dowager Zhou coming, and couldn't help but be startled.

And Zhu Jianshen obviously looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou with palpitations, obviously not wanting the Empress Dowager Zhou to come over and get involved.

Empress Dowager Zhou took two steps forward, pointed at Wan Zhen'er, and said to her: "Wan Guifei, are you guilty or not?" ”

Wan Zhen'er was stunned when she heard Empress Dowager Zhou say this, she shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know the crime, the slave doesn't know what to do wrong, which makes the Empress Dowager Zhou so angry." ”

"If you don't know the sin, let the mourner tell you slowly. The emperor is now regaining his own power, but you have come to confuse the public and make the emperor listen to you, not only do you not want the emperor to be independent of the government and the court, but you also want to pull the emperor back in every possible way, and even let the emperor and the eldest princess sue for peace. What sin do you think you deserve? ”

After Zhu Jianshen heard what the Empress Dowager Zhou said, he was also stunned, but he didn't know how to talk to the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Wan Zhen'er quietly glanced up at Zhu Jianshen, and found that he was a little stunned for a while, not at all like what he said just now, no matter what happened, he would protect Wan Zhen's childhood.

Wan Zhen'er had no choice but to sigh and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Empress Dowager, when it comes to this matter, Niangniang should not blame the concubines. After all, the eldest princess is also the bloodline of the Zhu family, and the emperor is the grandchild of the eldest princess, of course, the eldest princess and the emperor should be in harmony, which can show that the members of the royal family, and the grandchildren are all harmonious. Zhen'er did this, I felt that there was nothing wrong with it, if Empress Dowager Zhou had to say that Zhen'er did something wrong, then Zhen'er had no choice. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou pointed at her and said hatefully: "Wan Zhen'er, your mouth is getting more and more tricky now, you don't have to say these words to the mourning family here, have you forgotten the slaps you received just now?" Now you're still talking nonsense here, and the mourners see that you're impatient. As she spoke, she pointed at Wan Zhen'er, obviously looking extremely angry.

Wan Zhen'er smiled slightly, as if she didn't care at all.

Seeing Wan Zhen'er's expression, she was angry, pointed at her and said hatefully: "Wan Zhen'er, don't go too far, the mourning family is still the queen mother, and the affairs in the harem are all decided by the mourning family sooner or later." ”

Hearing the Empress Dowager Zhou's deceptive words, Wan Zhen'er suddenly pretended to be pitiful and said to her: "Queen Mother, Zhen'er is really for the good of the emperor, Zhen'er is really for the good of the emperor." Empress Dowager Zhou, you should know very well, now there are 100,000 troops in North Korea gathered outside the capital, and it is led by the Korean general Li Chengyu, and the most angry thing is that even Luo Kailing has surrendered to the imperial princess. In this way, the emperor's side is empty, and he has no strength to fight against the eldest princess, so the emperor will make this decision in desperation, and the emperor does this for a reason. Please also ask the Empress Dowager Zhou to think carefully and forgive the emperor. As she spoke, she looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou and said slowly.

After Empress Dowager Zhou heard Wan Zhen'er's words, she pointed at her and said, "What do you mean by this?" Are you saying that the mourning family is going to force the emperor to come up against the eldest princess? What are the benefits of the eldest princess stepping down for the mourning family? The mourning family is just a female streamer, not to mention a person with a foreign surname, who is not qualified to be an emperor at all, and all the mourning family thinks about is to keep my son's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Who knew that my son didn't accept my affection, how could there be such a thing? ”

When she said later, there were already tears in the corners of her eyes, so she took out her juanzi and wiped it while looking at Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen hurriedly stepped forward and said to her: "Queen Mother, I know that you are for my own good, but in this situation, there is no other way than to make peace with the eldest princess. Moreover, the eldest princess is still my ancestor and grandchild, and what she does will definitely not be harmful to me, in this case, you should be merciful and compassionate, don't worry about these things with me anymore, let me do it myself. I already have a strategy in mind. ”

"No, I can't. Your Majesty, how could you say that, you have now been cornered, and you have no choice but to die. Do you think you can easily leave this place? Leaving this palace? Do you think that no one can control you? ”

Wan Zhen'er just lowered her eyebrows and kept silent, letting the Empress Dowager Zhou talk there non-stop.

Empress Dowager Zhou continued to say coldly: "In short, everything in this matter must be done according to what the mourning family said, otherwise, the mourning family will definitely not give up so well." ”

Zhu Jianshen has been watching coldly from the side, listening to the quarrel between the Empress Dowager Zhou and Wan Zhen'er, he has been holding back and not speaking, but now after hearing the Empress Dowager Zhou say such words, he raised his head, looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou sternly, and said to her: "Queen Mother, I don't want to oppose you at all, really." But now, what you said really can't convince me, I am here to welcome the eldest princess back to Beijing, it is imperative, no matter how others stop me, I will not be at the mercy of others anymore. Speaking of this, he looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou coldly.

Empress Dowager Zhou didn't expect that even Zhu Jianshen would rebel against her, she was indeed very angry in her heart, so she pointed at Zhu Jianshen and said to him: "Why did you do that? Why? Why? ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou spoke, she was already hoarse, obviously very angry, and the whole thing made her depressed to the point of no return, which is why she behaved so hysterically.

Zhu Jianshen lowered his head and stopped talking to the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager Zhou became more and more splashed, she stepped forward, pointed at Zhu Jianshen, and said to him: "Your Majesty, you are my biological son, so I will say these words to you." You are the emperor, you should understand that some things can be done and some things cannot be done, you think, how can the Ming Dynasty fall into the hands of a woman? Do you think the eldest princess really helped you? If so, why does she keep blaming you for forcing Li Xian to death, if she really helps you, even if you force Li Xian to death, she will help you settle this matter, but what about her? Instead of helping you settle the matter, she asked the courtiers to put pressure on you, do you think she's really thinking about you? ”

After Zhu Jianshen heard what the Empress Dowager Zhou said, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and Wan Zhen'er said loudly on the side: "The Empress Dowager, what you said is not right. The so-called Son of Heaven committed the same crime as the common people, the emperor did something wrong and forced the minister to death, the courtiers have already seen this matter, and they absolutely can't hide it. If the eldest princess didn't make a gesture to show the courtiers, the courtiers would definitely be in danger, and maybe they would collectively rise up against the emperor, and the situation would be much more serious at that time. It is precisely because the eldest princess gave the emperor a little color and punished the emperor that the anger in the hearts of the courtiers will slowly subside, and they will feel that the emperor is a person who knows his mistakes and can change them, and they will feel that the emperor is the emperor in their minds. Zhen'er was originally a woman and should not interfere in court politics, but Zhen'er felt that this was the case, so she dared to say what was in her heart. ”

"Wan Zhen'er, you also said that you are just a woman, and you dare to interfere in the government affairs, aren't you afraid that the mourning family will punish you?"

"If the Queen Mother wants to punish the concubines, please punish yourself first. Because the Queen Mother, you also intervened in the government affairs, not only interfering in the government affairs, but also united with Luo Kailing, the minister of the court, and wanted to fight to the death with the eldest princess, you said that this is not interfering in the government affairs, what is it? ”

"You, you're getting more and more lawless." Empress Dowager Zhou pointed at her and said hatefully: "Qingsha, drag her down for me and beat her to death." Empress Dowager Zhou was really angry, so she sprinkled all her anger on Wan Zhen'er.

After Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he pointed to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said: "Enough, queen mother, my son respects you as his son's biological mother, so he has tolerated you again and again, but these things you have done are too disappointing to your son, do you think that your son doesn't understand the purpose of the queen mother doing this?" The queen mother did this, although she kept saying that it was for me, but she had a very heavy selfishness in private. For a long time, when the queen mother was a concubine, there was a queen of money in the harem, and then when the father was killed, and the son also became the emperor, the queen mother became the queen mother. At this time, the Empress Dowager Qian no longer looks at your eyes, but the harem is in charge of the affairs of the harem by the eldest princess, of course you are not convinced, so you are now instigating your son to oppose the eldest princess, nothing more than hoping to help yourself regain the rights and interests of the six palaces. If the son is wrong, the queen mother must refute the son, but if the son really guesses the mother's mind, please don't make mistakes again and again. ”

Zhu Jianshen's words were in the ears of the Empress Dowager Zhou, no less than big stones pressing on her heart, she never dreamed that Zhu Jianshen would talk to her with this attitude, and the content of talking to her turned out to be these, her whole person suddenly became a little anxious, more nervous and uncomfortable.

No matter what, this incident happened to this point, there was no way to turn back, and the Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to say something, but as soon as she saw Zhu Jianshen's cold eyes, she knew that even if she said anything, Zhu Jianshen might not listen to herself, but if she hid something in her heart and didn't say it, she always felt uncomfortable in her heart.

She glanced at Zhu Jianshen and thought for a long, long time before she said slowly: "Emperor, there are some things that the mourning family originally wanted to endure if they could bear it, but the so-called small ones are chaotic and big, if I don't say it now, it will not be good for anyone." ”

The crowd didn't say a word.

Zhu Jianshen glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhou, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, and said to her: "Queen Mother, in short, what I have already decided, I have to decide like this." I know that the queen mother also cares about me, but no matter what, the affairs of this court will be handled by my son, okay? ”