The carriage ran all the way out of the imperial city, the queen was calm and calm, Xiaowan didn't dare to make a sound, quietly looked out the window, her family was fair and calmly and generously talked to the accompanying guards, and when she looked up and saw her, she smiled slightly.

Xiaowan turned around and met the queen's gaze, she couldn't help but ask softly, "Niangniang, where are we going?" ”

"Go to Hirayama." The queen smiled, "I want to go there to relax, it's not far from the capital, and I'll be there soon." ”

Where is Hirayama? Xiaowan was stunned, and it took a long time to understand, and asked, "Niangniang wants to take me with you?" ”

Like smoke asked, "Don't you want to go?" ”

She couldn't answer, but she didn't dare not do what the queen wanted her to do. Moreover, the prime minister was able to retreat this time, and the intervention of the emperor and queen was naturally indispensable, and she didn't know how to thank the queen.

"Yes, it's just ......" Xiaowan said frankly, "After coming out for so many days, I was worried about Xianggong's affairs, so I didn't think much about the children, but now that Xianggong's affairs are over, I am full of thoughts about the children at home." ”

"I was also worried, and before I went out, I was thinking about whether to bring the little princess." "But this time, let me drop everything and go out for a walk." ”

"Is the mother bothered by those things?" Xiaowan asked.

The letter was written by herself, of course she knew the queen's troubles, a good thing became like this, no one could accept it, and now those who lost their daughters poured their resentment on the queen, if it weren't for her extra move, the daughters of each family would still be at home.

"After the emperor got the news, he immediately sent someone to investigate, and there were more than 20 lost girls in various places that could be identified." The queen's eyes were cold, and anger condensed between her eyebrows, but it soon relaxed and turned into a heavy loss.

"Xiaowan, it's my fault, right?" The queen asked.

"It's the fault of those officials, Niangniang, although our girls' school in Baisha County is almost unable to continue, it is just that each family brings the girls back." Xiaowan also said excitedly, "Because the county lord is in charge of it, because the county lord did not collude with the bad guys, the common people don't let the girls study, and the children are lost, which is fundamentally different things." ”

Looking at her in a daze, Xiaowan said angrily: "Niangniang, you should ask the emperor to arrest those corrupt officials who don't do serious things first, it is because they don't do serious things that the bad guys can attack the school." ”

Ruyan smiled: "The emperor is already doing it, it is not difficult to catch the bad guys and investigate the bad guys, but the tragedy caused by this incident is irreparable, even if you say that it is two different things, I am duty-bound after all." ”

Xiaowan remembered that Xianggong said that there would be ministers who would force the emperor to abolish the queen, and they would never allow a woman to override them and dictate to the government and state affairs.

Although Empress Taishang Qiu is also very strong, she has never interfered in the government affairs of the previous dynasty, and in the decades when Emperor Taishang was in power, those men have long been suffocated.

Now Empress Wei is fledgling, there is no prince under her knees, there are weaknesses everywhere, the only strong thing is that his brother has heavy troops, but if Wei Tengfei suppresses it with heavy troops, some people will say that he has the intention of rebellion, and the power of the army is the existence of contradictions in the past dynasties, and Wei Tengfei cannot act rashly.

Fortunately, at the moment, the emperor resisted the pressure and did not allow anyone to touch the mind of the Central Palace.

"Mother." Xiaowan thought about it again and said solemnly, "The emperor will definitely protect you." ”

Smoke smiled.

She asked Xiaowan if there were any female students in the school, and Xiaowan told her that there were still a few left, and her husband did not give up, and went door-to-door to persuade them, and seemed to persuade a few people to go back.

"This proves all the more that I failed to handle this matter well, and failed to properly consider the people's customs and the corruption of local officials." Yiyan was already calm at the moment, and said slowly, "If at the beginning, we first investigated the conditions in various places and then decided whether to open classes or not, even if there was inevitably a tragedy, it would not be so serious." ”

Xiaowan didn't know the profound truth, but she listened to the analysis of the family at home and wrote down a lot of words, she said: "Niangniang, my aunt said that it is easy for the imperial court to let the people have enough to eat, but to change the customs and customs of a place, it is by no means something that can be done in one or two days." It may take several years, or even decades, to say that you run a women's school, everyone is trying to be fresh at the beginning, but when you come back to your senses, you will find that it is better to let the girl go to school, it is better to let multiple people in the family work. ”

He sighed softly: "It's me who is too rash." ”

Xiaowan smiled and comforted her: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, Niangniang, if you make a mistake, you will know what to do in the future, at least if you meet anything in the future, you will have more ideas." ”

"Tell me, my heart is much brighter, no wonder the emperor asked me to take you with me to relax." Ruyan sighed, "But I really can't talk about this matter with the people in the royal family, everyone will just disagree, I don't know who to say." ”

"Will Empress Taishang blame you?" Xiaowan asked.

"She's not in the palace." Like a flue.

Xiaowan didn't understand, and the queen explained: "Father, queen and queen mother are traveling all over the world, of course this matter is a secret, but it is not a secret, those cunning ministers will not believe that the second elder can stay in the deep palace without seeing anyone." ”

"I see." Little Evening Road.

"After his father's abdication, he no longer interfered in court affairs, and since the emperor ascended the throne, he has made decisions on large and small affairs. I think this time, even if they knew, they wouldn't have said anything. Ruyan asked with a smile, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask the queen mother?" ”

Xiaowan smiled: "Don't laugh at me, I mean, my mother-in-law always doesn't like her daughter-in-law when she looks at her, and now something like this has happened......"

Ruyan said: "You must be surprised that the little princess is so old and has never seen her grandparents." So, instead of saying that the queen mother doesn't blame me, she doesn't care about us at all. ”

Xiaowan was indeed surprised: "Niangniang, doesn't she miss her grandson?" ”

Yiyan thought about it for a while, and smiled helplessly: "I haven't seen it before, so I can't talk about missing it." ”

Xiao Wan sighed and admired: "The Emperor Taishang and the Queen Taishang are really amazing characters." ”

"Yes, but I don't know what the people will say about me in a few decades." ”

Xiao Wanwan said frankly: "It's better to do things in front of your eyes first." ”

This sounds like smoke is very useful.

The horse-drawn carriage runs all the way to Hirayama, a royal hot spring resort, and the autumn breeze is a good time to soak in the hot springs.

On the way into the palace, there is a whole lotus pond, which is now a dead lotus and a depression.

The queen retired from the palace, left Ling Chaofeng at the bottom of the mountain, and walked on the trail alone with Xiaowan, her eyes were full of gloom, and she sighed: "It's a pity that they bloom brilliantly in the summer, but no one comes to appreciate them." ”

Xiao Wan saw a wild chrysanthemum on the side of the road, she bent down to pick one for the queen, but the lotus hosta on her sideburns accidentally slipped and fell into the pond.

"My hairpin......" Xiaowan knelt on the shore, wanting to reach out and fish.

"Little Night!" Suddenly, the queen exclaimed, she raised her head, only to see the remnants of the pond full of vitality reappeared, the green lotus leaves floating on the water, and the elegant and beautiful lotus flowers also bloomed one after another.

"Mother?"

"Xiaowan, this ......"

The two of them stood on the shore in a daze, and a rich green lotus leaf was holding the hosta of Xiaowan.

Glancing at each other, Xiaowan reached out to take the hairpin, and the moment the hairpin left the lotus leaf, the lotus flower in the pond changed back to its original depressed color.

If you are alone, you must doubt that you are dazzled, but how can you fake the scene that both people have seen with their own eyes?

"Mother, is there something you want to hear?" Xiaowan's voice trembled, and she asked the queen first, "Niangniang, did you give me this hairpin from the palace, or did you have it originally." ”

Like a cigarette: "Among the many jewelry prepared by the palace maids, I picked this hairpin." ”

Xiaowan nodded, and told the queen about the Xu family's soul, she knew that the queen would not believe it, in fact, even she didn't believe it.

Only then did the queen remember that the Lizhou Mansion had handed over an excerpt, saying that the people of Baisha County died for no reason, which later turned out to be the work of demons. At that time, the emperor wanted to investigate it, but he persuaded him that it was just some alarmist and joyful things, and he didn't need to pay attention to it, so the matter was forgotten by them.

"Mother, it's true, I was about to be strangled to death at the time, I always felt that there was someone on my body, so I grabbed this hairpin and stabbed it, and then I gasped." Xiao Wan looked serious and said solemnly, "The Taoist elders said that the heavenly secrets should not be revealed, and they refused to tell me why. ”

As for the smoke, she remembered the events of the old summer, and she clearly saw a lotus flower floating in the air, but at that time she thought she was dazzled.

"So, we can all see strange things?" He smiled, but he was not afraid.