"They didn't agree, if the Empress Dowager Zhou agreed, wouldn't it be feasible? Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Zhou is your biological mother, and you should obey what the Empress Dowager Zhou said. ”

"That's right, but Empress Dowager Zhou may not agree to this matter." Zhu Jianshen said to Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er thought about it, and then said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, you are the biological son of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the Empress Dowager Zhou has always loved you the most in her heart." And Empress Dowager Zhou usually has soft ears, no matter what you say, she will always listen. If the emperor really wants to make Zhen'er the queen, then ask the emperor to explain this matter clearly to the Empress Dowager Zhou. If Empress Dowager Zhou doesn't agree with Zhen'er to be the queen, then Zhen'er has no idea. ”

Zhu Jianshen saw that Wan Zhen'er was crying and making trouble, kneeling and begging, and made trouble for a long time, so he had to let himself go to the Queen Mother Zhou to make it clear.

He thought about it and felt that he had no choice, and he couldn't beat Wan Zhen'er. Who makes himself like Wan Zhen'er?

Therefore, he finally decided to go to the Empress Dowager Zhou to explain this matter clearly.

However, he felt that the situation was not optimistic, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was indulged in everything by herself, and her ears were soft.

But after all, Wan Zhen'er is already an old person, how could Empress Dowager Zhou allow a person older than herself to become a country.

But Wan Zhen'er didn't believe in this evil, she thought that since she was a person from the side of the Empress Dowager Zhou. Then, the Empress Dowager Zhou will obey herself no matter what.

What's more, a few days ago, the Empress Dowager Zhou summoned herself, and she sent the Empress Dowager Zhou away in a few words.

It can be seen that the Empress Dowager Zhou did not have any ill will towards herself in her heart, so after Zhu Jian was deeply instigated by Wan Zhen'er, she went to mention this matter to the Empress Dowager Zhou.

He came to the palace of the Empress Dowager Zhou and met the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Empress Dowager Zhou hadn't seen Zhu Jianshen for several days, and she was very happy to hear that he was coming.

Hurriedly stepped forward and took his hand and said, "Emperor, you haven't come to greet the queen mother for a few days." ”

"The queen mother, it's the son-in-law who is not good, the son-in-law has been busy with state affairs recently, and he didn't come to ask the queen mother for peace, and the son-in-law really doesn't want to go."

"Hehe, are you busy with state affairs? is still because he loves Wan Zhen'er too much, and he only cares about messing with her. And don't have time to say hello to the mourners? Empress Dowager Zhou said to Zhu Jianshen mercilessly.

Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but blush, and he said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Queen Mother, in fact, Zhen'er is the person who came out of your side. The reason why Lian spoils Zhen'er is nothing more than because she is the person next to her mother. Fortunately, Wan Zhen'er is to respect your mother. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Zhu Jianshen, and saw that Zhu Jianshen's heart was a little hairy, and he couldn't help lowering his head.

Empress Dowager Zhou's mind was clear, and she said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, you don't have to come to say this to the mourning family, what do you think in your heart, why don't the mourning family know?" You said that you spoil Wan Zhen'er because Wan Zhen'er is the one who went out from the mourning family, so what about Concubine Wang Shu? Concubine Wang Shu is still the person personally selected for you by the mourning family, why do you ignore Concubine Wang Shufei in the emperor? That Concubine Wang Shu has an outstanding appearance, and she is young, similar to your age. Why don't you love her? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou's words made Zhu Jianshen speechless for a moment, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

Empress Dowager Zhou said to Zhu Jianshen in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, and you must not be rash. In this harem, you must make sure that the rain and dew are evenly wet, so that there will be successors to the royal family, and you don't want to look at the incense of our Ming Dynasty, and when it comes to your generation, it will be cut off. ”

Her implication was to blame the emperor for favoring Wan Zhen'er, an old woman, so that cigarettes were not abundant and there were no heirs.

Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, and hurriedly said: "What the queen mother said, the sons and daughters have all written down. ”

"Queen mother, Zhen'er is a little willful on weekdays, but it is rare to be single-minded to her son, if her son wants to make Zhen'er the queen wholeheartedly, I don't know what the queen mother wants?"

"Hmph, she is wholeheartedly devoted to you, the women in this harem, which one is not single-minded to the emperor, which one is not looking forward to it day and night, waiting for the emperor to come and pamper her, is she the only one Wan Zhen'er who is single-minded to you? Your Majesty, don't listen too much to other people's rumors, and casually seal the queen's position into the hands of others, what kind of person is this Wan Zhen'er, the mourning family knows in her heart, although she went out from the mourning family, the mourning family will definitely not protect her shortcomings. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was obviously very dissatisfied with Zhu Jianshen's insistence, she said so much to Zhu Jianshen, but Zhu Jianshen ignored her words, and still insisted on sealing Wan Zhen'er as the queen, and it was inevitable that she had some resentment in her heart.

Zhu Jianshen saw that his words caused the dissatisfaction of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and he knew that he could not talk to Zhu Jianshen today anyway, but as soon as he thought of it, he returned to Yonghe Palace to face Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er felt unbearable to himself crying and making trouble, and he thought about it and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou:

"Queen Mother, although the matter of establishing the queen is to ask the queen mother's opinion, but in the end, it is the matter of the sons, and in the end, it is the sons and daughters who have the final say."

Zhu Jianshen's words caused the Empress Dowager Zhou to be very dissatisfied, and the most unangry thing about the Empress Dowager Zhou on weekdays was that the emperor was disrespectful when he spoke to herself, but now Zhu Jianshen was very respectful to her at the beginning, but in the end, the two people who made it almost turned against each other for Wan Zhen'er's affairs, not to mention how depressed the Empress Dowager Zhou was, she said to Zhu Jianshen:

"The matter of establishing the queen is indeed your own business, so according to what you say, I don't have to stay in the palace as a mother, I still go to the White Horse Nunnery outside the capital for a lunch break." After speaking, the Empress Dowager Zhou waved her hand and said to the palace maid beside her:

"You hurry up and prepare your clothes, the mourning family is going to live in the White Horse Nunnery for a while."

Seeing this, the palace maids around her didn't know what to do, and they didn't know whether to persuade or agree, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

Zhu Jianshen had no intention of colliding with the Empress Dowager Zhou, after all, the Empress Dowager Zhou was his biological mother and a person he respected very much, no matter what kind of wrong things the Empress Dowager Zhou had done before, he could tolerate it, and he had never spoken out against her, but now he had a conflict with her for Wan Zhen'er's affairs.

Zhu Jianshen also felt guilty, so he hurriedly hugged the Empress Dowager Zhou and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Queen Mother, I don't mean that, you know that I am very filial to you in my heart, but this Zhen'er is also the person I like, I think about it and always feel that except for Zhen'er, there is no one suitable to be the queen in this harem, Queen Mother, when I beg you, you will let me make Zhen'er the queen, okay?" ”

When Zhu Jianshen spoke, he spoke earnestly, and there were tears in his eyes, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was very shocked.

Since he was a child, Zhu Jianshen has never begged himself, and he actually begged himself for a person who is older than his mother, how unbelievable it is to say this, which makes Empress Dowager Zhou feel too shocked.

She felt that Wan Zhen'er was really not an ordinary person, Wan Zhen'er was able to fascinate Zhu Jianshen like this in a short period of time, making him fascinated, and even did not hesitate to bump into her mother for her, and pleaded with her mother for her, it can be seen that this Wan Zhen'er must know what demon law.

The more Empress Dowager Zhou thought about it, the more angry she became, she shook off Zhu Jianshen's sleeves and said to him:

"Your Majesty, you said that the establishment of the queen is not about the mourning family, why do you come to plead with the mourning family."

"Don't say that, queen mother, I was just angry just now, how can a mother and son not talk about it? I came to ask you what you mean, and it can be seen that my son has a lot of respect for you."

Empress Dowager Zhou heard Zhu Jianshen comfort herself with such words, and felt that it was the same, after all, there was still the eldest princess in the harem, and the Empress Dowager Qian could have the final say, but he came to ask for his opinion alone, which shows that he still puts his biological mother in the first place.

Therefore, her complexion softened a little, and she said to Zhu Jianshen: "Okay, Huang'er, in short, it is absolutely impossible for me to allow you to make Wan Zhen'er the queen, or let's go together to ask the opinions of the Empress Dowager Qian and the eldest princess?" If both of them agreed, then the mourning family would have nothing to say. ”

Zhu Jianshen had already tested Jian Huaizhen's tone before, he felt that Jian Huaizhen would not be able to agree no matter what, and as for the Empress Dowager Qian, the Empress Dowager Qian has not cared about the affairs in the palace for a long time, but it may be possible, so he said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Mother, we might as well ask the Empress Dowager Qian's opinion, the eldest princess has been working hard recently, let's not bother her as an elder?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded slowly and said, "It's okay, in that case, let's go find Empress Dowager Qian." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Qian have always been at odds, but she knows about this matter, Jian Huaizhen has already greeted herself and Empress Dowager Qian in advance, compared to Empress Dowager Qian, she will never agree to make Wan Zhen'er the queen, so she has no worries in her heart, so the emperor and Empress Dowager Zhou came to Yanxi Palace together, and when they arrived in Yanxi Palace, Empress Dowager Qian was sitting there, reciting the Buddha, and seeing that Emperor Dao and Empress Dowager Zhou were busy getting up, they invited them to sit.

Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Empress Dowager Qian, and felt very uncomfortable, she said to Empress Dowager Qian a little arrogantly: "Empress Dowager Qian, you are also the empress dowager of this harem, and the mourning family came with the emperor today because I want to ask for your opinion, so as not to let the world say that our mother and son do not take you in their eyes."

Empress Dowager Qian listened to Empress Dowager Zhou's lukewarm words, and felt very dissatisfied in her heart, but despite this, she was very generous, but she didn't show it, so she asked Empress Dowager Zhou: "What is the matter with Empress Dowager Zhou, although it is said to be." ”

In fact, Empress Dowager Qian has already guessed that now Empress Dowager Zhou and the emperor are coming together with great fanfare, presumably for the sake of whether Wan Zhen'er will be the queen or not.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Zhou opened her mouth and said: "The emperor told me a few days ago that the back seat is vacant, and he wants to canonize the queen, I don't know if the Empress Dowager Qian has a favorite candidate in her heart?" ”

Empress Dowager Qian lowered her head and pondered for a long time before she raised her head and said slowly: "Speaking of this candidate for the posterior, there is a person in the mourning family's mind who can take on the heavy responsibility."

"Who is it?" Zhu Jianshen couldn't wait to ask, and Empress Dowager Zhou also asked, "I don't know who the Empress Dowager Qian's favorite candidate is?" You might as well say it and listen to it, and it will also be used as a reference for our mother and son. ”

Empress Dowager Qian said: "I think Wang Shufei is a good person, although I strongly recommended Queen Wu to be the queen, that is because of Queen Wu's virtuous and virtuous virtue, and now these days, after a long time of getting along, let the mourning family feel that Wang Shufei is very filial and very virtuous, although she was born beautiful but not arrogant, so I think she can also be a candidate for the queen, except for Wang Shufei, the others in the palace are basically new show girls, they are absolutely not qualified to take on the queen's responsibility." ”

Empress Dowager Qian's tone of voice was the same as Jian Huaizhen's, obviously she didn't mention Wan Zhen'er's name, which made Zhu Jianshen feel a little unhappy in his heart, but despite this, he also suppressed the anger in his heart and did not come out.

Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Zhu Jianshen and said to him, "Your Majesty, have you heard?" This is the same as the Queen Mother, it is not only the mourning family who opposes you to make Wan Zhen'er the queen. ”

"What, the emperor wants to make ten thousand nobles the queen?"

Empress Dowager Qian pretended to be a picture of what she had heard for the first time and said. The reason why she is like this is because she doesn't want Zhu Jianshen to feel that Jian Huaizhen, Empress Dowager Zhou and herself are colluding, so that the emperor feels excluded and suppressed.

Zhu Jianshen thought that Empress Dowager Qian really didn't know, so she said slowly: "Indeed, I want to make Zhen'er the queen wholeheartedly, although this Zhen'er is older, but she is beautiful and very gentle and polite, which is enough to be worthy of the queen's heavy responsibility. ”

"Hmph, Your Majesty, what did you say about the Queen Mother of our two palaces?" Empress Dowager Zhou said with some resentment.

Only then did Zhu Jianshen remember that the Empress Dowager Zhou was originally younger than Wan Zhen'er, and the reason why he said this was obviously very dissatisfied with the emperor's favoritism to help Wan Zhen'er. Seeing this situation, he knew that it was meaningless for him to persist any longer, since the queen mother of the two palaces did not agree to set up Wan Zhen'er as the queen, and Jian Huaizhen tried his best to oppose it, he reluctantly set up Wan Zhen'er as the queen, and Wan Zhen'er's position in this harem was definitely not stable.

Therefore, Zhu Jianshen took a step back and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress Dowager Qian: "Since the empress dowager of the two palaces mean this, then the ministers have nothing else to say, in this harem, the empress dowager and the eldest princess of the two palaces are in charge, so do everything according to your wishes!" It's just that Zhen'er has been in this harem for so long, and there is no merit and hard work, so how about I want to give Zhen'er a festival? ”

The queen mother of the two palaces glanced at each other, and they already knew that the matter of not letting the emperor canonize Wan Zhen'er as the queen had a huge impact on him, and it must have made the emperor dissatisfied.

"Okay, since the emperor thinks so, then do everything according to what the emperor said, the emperor respects the meaning of the queen mother of our two palaces, and of course we will not consider the emperor's opinion."

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager also nodded and said: "The emperor is my own son, how can the mother of the mourning family not feel sorry for her son?" What's more, Wan Zhen'er has always been the person who went out of the mourning family, since the emperor intends to canonize her, it is better to canonize her as a concubine, right? ”

Zhu Jianshen hurriedly waved his hand, and said with the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Since she can no longer be the queen, what does a mere concubine mean to her?" The queen mother, the sons hope to canonize Wan Zhen'er as a concubine, I don't know what the queen mother of the two palaces wants? ”

When Zhu Jianshen said this, his opinion was very resolute, obviously he had made up his mind in his heart, since Wan Zhen'er could not fight for the back position, then she must be a concubine, otherwise, she would not give up so easily.

Empress Dowager Qian was reluctant in her heart, because the death of Empress Wu gave him a new view of Wan Zhen'er, she felt that Wan Zhen'er was a person who was very scheming and ups and downs, if she became a concubine, then after Wang Shufei became the queen in the future, her life must be not good, so Empress Dowager Qian made a look at Empress Dowager Zhou, and Empress Dowager Zhou naturally understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Qian's eyes, although she and Empress Dowager Qian were very discordant, but her views were still the same as Empress Dowager Qian.

Before the death of Empress Wu, she thought about it later, and felt that this matter was not unrelated to Wan Zhen'er, Empress Wu inexplicably became the executioner who murdered Wan Zhen's son and child, and died inexplicably, no matter how you think about this matter, it makes people feel incredible.

She also thought that if Wang Shufei became the queen in the future, if Wan Zhen'er repeated the old tricks, then Wang Shufei's throne might not be able to be kept at that time, and letting Wan Zhen'er be a concubine was enough to make her rampant for a while, because she was deeply favored by the emperor, and this harem was already very glorious.

Empress Dowager Zhou hated someone to threaten her status the most in her life, so she immediately obeyed Empress Dowager Zhou's meaning and said:

"Your Majesty, the mourning family has thought about it, this matter is not feasible no matter what, Wan Zhen'er is just a noble person now, and she should be promoted to a concubine immediately, this is not reasonable to say, according to the opinion of the mourning family, it is better to promote her to a level first and promote her to a concubine, right?"

"Yes, the emperor, the mourning family also thinks so, although Wan Zhen'er is now a nobleman, but now she is used to the six palaces, she has become a concubine, and she is also the emperor's top person, if she becomes a concubine all of a sudden, I am afraid that she will attract a lot of enemies in the harem, and it is not good for him to make enemies in the harem." Empress Dowager Qian persuaded in a very kind tone on the side.

Zhu Jianshen's face was blue and white for a while, he felt that he was too fooled by the emperor, and he couldn't get a queen position for the woman he liked, so he took a step back and asked for another concubine for the woman he liked, but he was still obstructed by the queen of the two palaces, and the depression in his heart was almost uncontrollable, so he raised his head and said unceremoniously to the Empress Dowager Zhou:

"Mother, why do you speak so hurtfully? Didn't you go straight from a noble person to the queen mother? How many levels have you been promoted? ”

Empress Dowager Zhou was so angry with Zhu Jianshen that she was so angry that she sat on the throne and couldn't speak for a long time.