Feng Si had already prepared the carriage and waited at the back gate of the palace, Rong Yunxi and the emperor got into the carriage, and the carriage galloped all the way to the north gate of Weiyang Palace. Inevitably, there was chaos, and Xiao Fuzi was already waiting at the gate of the North Palace.

The emperor followed Xiaofuzi to Qianqing Palace, and Rong Yunxi went all the way back to Yilan Palace. As soon as I entered the house, I saw Chuxia and Zhiqiu lying on her bed, without taking off their clothes or covering the quilt, so they fell asleep indiscriminately.

Rong Yunxi patted the two girls lightly and said with a smile: "Why do you look like this?" Get up quickly, go back to your house and sleep well!" ”

Early summer and Zhiqiu heard Rong Yunxi's voice and got busy. Before he opened his eyes, he asked anxiously, "Miss, where are you going?" Why are you only coming back now! But I'm in a hurry to die slaves! ”

Rong Yunxi smiled: "I went out with Your Majesty, what are you worried about!" Can Your Majesty still sell me? His family has a big business, does he still lack this little bit of money earned as a human trafficker? ”

"Hey, the slaves are naturally not worried that Your Majesty will be unfavorable to Miss! It's not that we're in a hurry, but the Queen Mother wants to see Miss! "Early summer rush.

"The Empress Dowager wants to see me? When? As soon as he heard the news, Rong Yunxi didn't have the intention of joking, and asked seriously.

"Just yesterday afternoon, the Empress Dowager sent Aunt Jing Min over, saying that she wanted to ask the young lady to come to the palace to talk. Miss is not at home, and His Majesty took Miss out in disguise, obviously not wanting others to know, so the slave and maid naturally didn't dare to invite it truthfully. It was only said that the young lady was uncomfortable eating at lunch, and she was upset and vomited and diarrhea for a while, so it was inconvenient to go to Cining Palace. said that when the young lady was well, he would definitely go to Cining Palace as soon as possible to make amends. "Early summer returns.

"What did Jing Min say?" Rong Yunxi asked.

Chu Xia said: "Aunt Jingmin said that Miss was good to have, and she didn't say what was going on with the Queen Mother." ”

Rong Yunxi nodded and ordered: "While it's still early, let's hurry up and pack up, and go to Cining Palace to ask for guilt." ”

Although she couldn't guess what the Queen Mother had done when she asked her to go over, Rong Yunxi always felt that the Queen Mother had no malice in calling her over this time. Because of her status as the queen mother, she can't manage the affairs of the harem very much. It is true that the Empress Dowager is dissatisfied with her, but with the Empress Dowager's thoughts, there is no need to specifically call her over and pick out this dissatisfaction. If it is really unbearable, it is better to instruct the Queen Mother and let the Queen Mother talk to her.

So since it's not malicious, it's naturally well-intentioned. But what kind of intentions, Rong Yunxi naturally couldn't guess.

After a simple cleanup, I hurriedly had breakfast, and then took Zhiqiu to Cining Palace. Where does Rong Yunxi go on weekdays, or take it more with early summer. But going to Cining Palace is inconvenient. Because of King Jing's affairs, the Empress Dowager was very dissatisfied with the early summer. Now that she lives in a palace, it is better not to let her notice the early summer.

When I arrived at Cining Palace, I heard Jingmin say that the Empress Dowager was having breakfast. I didn't dare to bother, and waited quietly outside.

After waiting for half an hour, I saw that the palace daughters in the imperial dining room had already retreated, and I could hear the bell of the next dynasty, but I didn't wait for the summons of the queen mother.

Rong Yunxi didn't dare to urge, so she could only stand outside and blow the cold wind.

The wind is very hard in the first month, especially in Yongxiang. Just blowing for half an hour, Rong Yunxi felt that his cheeks were red, and he couldn't stand the cold. Yesterday, he and the emperor were only wearing the cotton jacket of a little eunuch and wandering around Kyoto City, but their bodies were very hot, as if they had endless energy. For a moment, but I felt that I just wanted to have a bed, and then I slipped comfortably into the bed.

"Hello to the queen mother......" When he was thinking nonsense, Jing Min hurriedly walked out of the palace gate, hurriedly asked for peace, and said, "The queen mother invited the queen mother to come in and talk." ”

Rong Yunxi smiled gently, nodded, and took Zhiqiu into the house.

Because Zhiqiu was also freezing outside, Rong Yunxi couldn't bear to let her wait outside, so he also brought her into the main hall.

The Empress Dowager was sitting reclining on the wide rosewood chairs of the main room with a golden hand stove in her hand. The early spring breeze is cold outside, but the inside of Cining Palace is as warm as spring.

Rong Yunxi couldn't take off the big hat on his body, so he hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty, saying: "The son is guilty, and I hope that the emperor's grandmother will forgive ......."

"Oh? What is the sin? The Empress Dowager smiled.

"Erchen ate the wrong thing yesterday, broke his stomach, and tossed in the palace for most of the day. When it was a little better, he saw that it was getting late, and he didn't dare to disturb the emperor's grandmother, so he delayed it until early this morning. Rong Yunxi said.

The Empress Dowager put down the tea stove in her hand, took the warm tea from Mama Bo's hand, drank a few sips slowly, put down the tea cup, and said with concern: "Why are you in such a hurry to come?" Are you better? ”

"Thank you for the care of the imperial grandmother, but my stomach is a little more comfortable, but my body is still a little weak. But don't worry, I want to come and sleep again tonight. Rong Yunxi said in a proper manner.

The Empress Dowager said "um", which was considered to be known. didn't say any more polite words, and said to Rong Yunxi: "Get up and sit down, your body is weak, don't be tired." ”

Rong Yunxi heard that the Empress Dowager's attitude was indeed very friendly, so she was a little relieved. Zhiqiu helped him take off the big hat on his body, and sat on the second place on the left.

When the Empress Dowager saw that she didn't bring a hand stove, she blamed: "How did the slaves and maids in the palace serve for life?" Why are you so reckless? On such a cold day, I don't remember to bring a hand stove to my master. ”

"It's all Erchen's", Rong Yunxi said with a smile, "Early in the morning, they said that they would install a hand stove, but because Erchen was anxious to ask the imperial grandmother for peace, they asked them not to be verbose, just follow Erchen out quickly." ”

The Empress Dowager saw that the girl beside Rong Yunxi was not the early summer she had seen before, so she didn't say anything anymore. Just smiled: "You are used to being lenient and ......"

After speaking, he raised his face slightly and told Mama Bo to retreat.

Seeing this, Rong Yunxi knew that the Empress Dowager had something to say to her alone, so she also signaled Zhiqiu to retreat.

The slaves and maids retreated, and only the Empress Dowager and Rong Yunxi were left in the palace, and the Empress Dowager's smile slowly retracted, and asked, "Queen, do you know why the mourning family called you over?" ”

"I don't know." Rong Yunxi bowed his head and said respectfully.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said clearly: "The mourning family has a few words to say to you, I hope you can remember the mourning family's words today." ”

Rong Yunxi got up, knelt down and said, "Erchen respectfully listens to the teachings of the emperor's grandmother. ”

The Empress Dowager did not let Rong Yunxi get up, but after being quiet for a long time, she said with a smile: "I'm afraid you will have to kneel today." I guess your mother will also ask you to ask for questioning. After all, what happened last night was too unseemly. ”

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Rong Yunxi was not surprised, but just raised some vigilance. The Empress Dowager has been in the deep palace for most of her life, how can she not have some of her own eyeliner in the palace? It is not unusual to know that the emperor took her out to "fool around" and did not return until this morning.

"The son is guilty." Rong Yunxi can only sincerely admit his mistakes.

"You should be guilty, but not for last night's incident", the Empress Dowager said, "The mourning family is now the empress dowager, and the affairs in the concubine are no longer under the control of the mourning family, and the mourning family is happy to be idle." You don't have to worry about it, the mourning family told you about last night's incident, in fact, it is a good thing for you, because the mourning family called you over today, that is, our ancestors and grandchildren, regardless of anything, are all open skylights to say bright words. ”

Rong Yunxi heard it, and only responded in a low voice: "Yes." ”

"As for these foundations of the mourning family in the palace...... the empress dowager sighed and said, "The mourning family is old and just wants to live in peace, what is the use of these foundations?" It's just that this is a later story, and we'll talk about it later. What the mourning family wants to tell you now is the most important thing. ”

"Erchen listens to you." Rong Yunxi had nothing else to say except to be obedient.

When the Empress Dowager called her over, she naturally had her own plans, and all she had to do was to figure out the Empress Dowager's plans before she could make further responses.

"You have a seven-pronged heart, and you can see a lot of things, even if you don't have clear words. You must have seen that the mourning family and your mother-in-law were dissatisfied with you, right? The Queen Mother asked.

Rong Yunxi nodded and said, "Erchen doesn't know why, so he can only be more obedient and more careful. ”

"Doing your duty?" The Empress Dowager sneered and said, "As the queen, you should abide by the duty, you know it yourself." But as His Majesty's wife, do you know what duties you should abide by? ”

"The retainers are afraid of making a mistake, so I implore the imperial grandmother to make it clear." Rong Yunxi kowtowed to the ground heavily.

Now, even if you think about it with your toes, you can figure out what the Queen Mother's intention is to call her over. There are two points, one is to delegate power, which is the wisdom that a woman in the palace should have; It's for the emperor and King Ling, which is the love that a grandmother should have. And she is closely tied to these two reasons.

"Three from the four virtues, there is something out, this naturally does not need to be said. What the mourning family wants to say is what has been ignored by the world for a long time, but it is very important to the emperor - your heart. Rong girl, as a wife, the first thing you have to do is to give your own heart completely to your husband, instead of being by his side, but thinking about others in your heart. The mourning family said this, it couldn't be clearer, right? So, do you know where your sin is to confess? The Empress Dowager's eyes were already very majestic and sharp.

Rong Yunxi thought for a moment, and then said calmly: "The imperial grandmother reminded me that it was." Erchen does not deny that when he first married His Majesty, Erchen did still remember King Ling in his heart. But in the day and night with His Majesty...... Specifically, when King Ling returned to Beijing to marry Concubine Cai's sister-in-law, the heart of the sons and daughters belonged completely to His Majesty, and at this moment, it is still the same. ”

The Empress Dowager looked at her for a long time, suddenly smiled, and said, "Rong girl, you are a smart person, you know who is beneficial to you to choose, and you know when to say something." So whether your words are true or false, the mourning family doesn't mind. The mourning family called you over today, in fact, they only want to tell you one thing. ”

"Son, listen to me." Rong Yunxi didn't bother to explain anything to the Queen Mother. Because she knew that no matter how fanciful she said, the Queen Mother listened to it, and it was just a joke. True or false, the Queen Mother doesn't care, what she cares about is just what is presented in front of her and the world before, now, and in the future.

"The matter between you and King Ling in the frontier, the mourning family doesn't want to pursue it, and if you want to come to your mother-in-law, you won't pursue anything more. But do you know what the decision was made by the mourning family and your mother-in-law when this news first spread in Kyoto? ”

The Empress Dowager did not wait for Rong Yunxi's answer, and said directly: "We, we are going to take your life......"