Pomegranate took the order and left, but Shu Shu saw her mother looking at the family for a long time, and coughed lightly: "Eniang, is Aunt Pomegranate bad?" ”

Madame was thoughtful, and she didn't know how to say what she wanted to say for a while.

Since Mrs. Sonny is getting older and can no longer take care of housework, Shu Shu's mother has become the head of the house, and more people have gradually seen more and more things she has come into contact with, and she has better understood the difficulties of officialdom and the rules of survival of the Houmen family.

Although Mrs. will not help her brother-in-law embarrass her daughter like her mother-in-law, she wants to tell Shu Shu much more than before.

"E-Niang, I have too many things I can't say to you, it's my duty." Shu Shu said, "But Eniang has nothing to say to me." ”

"Yes." Madame answered, got up and looked at the door, confirmed that the pomegranate was gone, and there were no other palace maids there, so she returned to Shu Shu's side, and said softly and solemnly, "After all, she is a member of the Tong family, please pay more attention to Niangniang, Tong Guowei's shrewdness and cunning are better than Mingzhu, and he is also a character that your third uncle is afraid of." ”

"Eniang, don't worry, don't suspect that you don't need to use suspicious people." Shu Shu said, "I have a sense of proportion. ”

"It's natural." Mrs. said, "I'm afraid that the people of the Tong family will lose their sense of proportion sooner or later, and there will be a queen, don't you want to have a second one." ”

"Tilt string and I are very close, and her mother is also from my Hesheri family." Shu Shu said, "I have been prepared for a long time, now I am an aunt, and I will be a sister in the future, but the queen will always be the queen." ”

Madame pursed her lips and looked at her daughter intently.

Shu Shu said calmly: "E-niang doesn't have to worry about me, and don't listen to the third uncle's alarmism, he may be able to figure out the situation in the court, but the matter of the palace is still the daughter who knows best." ”

"Shu Shu, E-Niang knows that if you say it, you will be unhappy, and you will feel that E-Niang is becoming more and more like your grandmother." Mrs. said guiltily and helplessly, "But E-niang is in charge, and I know how difficult it is for your grandmother, which is not something that can be seen through by laying hands on the side." ”

Shu Shu smiled confidently: "So Concubine Zhao, who is in the hands, won't see through it, what do you say?" ”

"This ......," Madame also smiled, "E-niang is old, and her brain can't turn your brain." ”

Shu Shu said: "Eniang is in her prime, you must take good care of it, enjoy it, and don't let down yourself as the emperor's mother-in-law in this life." ”

Madame smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Now you Amma, when we wake up in the middle of the night, we will still stare at each other for a long time, like a dream, it is really like a dream, our son-in-law is actually the emperor." ”

On this day and night, Cining Palace held a family banquet for the New Year, and only a few old Fujin who had close contacts with the Empress Dowager were invited, and all the people in the palace were naturally present, and then there was only Shu Shu's Eniang, an outsider.

Xuan Ye was very courteous to her mother-in-law and was very kind, and the Queen Mother even invited her mother-in-law to sit with her.

Although tonight is a small family banquet, the dishes are also very delicate and proper, and they are presented one by one, which makes people's appetite move.

The queen said to Ling Zhao in public: "You have worked hard, this busy, you will be busy until the first month, everyone is happy, but I am afraid that Concubine Zhao will not be able to eat a solid meal by yourself." ”

Yu'er said at the top: "What the queen said is that the end of the year and the first month are the busiest, Lingzhao, don't move tonight, everyone is happy to have a meal." ”

Ling Zhao was flattered, got up and saluted the Empress Dowager, only to see the emperor smile at her: "I heard Da Li Zi say, you personally went to the imperial dining room to order dishes?" Tonight's dish is very delicious, you can sit down and taste it. ”

Ling Zhao bowed his body and thanked him, sat down and picked up the chopsticks, but just as he was about to pick up the vegetables and deliver them to his mouth, the big plum came in a hurry, saying that it was eight hundred miles from Yunnan and it was urgent.

The atmosphere of the family banquet suddenly became heavy, Xuan Ye left the table and went to the Qianqing Palace, and soon after, Su Mala whispered in Yu'er's ear: "Wu Sangui's excerpt is to provoke Miao Man, borrow things to use troops, and ask the emperor to expand military salaries. ”

Yu'er was not shocked on her face, and she didn't want the people present to see any clues, but her heart was already overturned.

After most of the anti-Qing forces were eliminated and quelled, for many years, Yu'er paid great attention to recovering and restricting Wu Sangui's power in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and did not make drastic moves, but gradually withdrew his military power and administrative power year by year.

In the summer of this year, Wu Sangui resigned from the governorship of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and the imperial court took the opportunity to order that the governors of the two provinces would obey the orders of Gyeonggi from then on, weakening Wu Sangui's power in Yunnan and Guizhou little by little.

But after all, the emperor is far away, Yunnan is so far away from Beijing, and the imperial power cannot really be issued and executed.

Xuan Ye came back halfway, and continued to talk and laugh, and the old Fujin who were present all saw it, and after the family banquet dispersed, tonight's scene naturally followed.

The good words are that the emperor is a young man who is serious and does not expose his emotions in front of others. If you can't listen to it, it will become the emperor's lack of heart, and at the moment of state affairs, he can still giggle and laugh, eat and sleep.

This night, Xuan Ye summoned Dong to agree, but in fact, Dong promised not to accept grace and did not serve the emperor, Xuan Ye told her to sleep first, saying that she would come over after reading a book.

Dong promised to be liked by the emperor on weekdays, and every time she came to the Qianqing Palace, she was treated gently, so naturally she didn't think much about it, and the emperor told her to sleep first, and she lay down first.

However, the cowardly man could not sleep until midnight, and did not see the emperor return.

Xuan Ye had already forgotten about her, and read it at night, flipping through the political and military records of the Yungui area over the years, but he didn't want people to know how much he cared about it, so he summoned the Dong family to be a cover.

Dong promised to fall asleep in a daze later, and when she woke up again, it was already the time for her to leave the Qianqing Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids came to serve carefully, Dong promised to sleep on the side when she saw the emperor, but she didn't remember when the emperor came back.

When the sky was bright, Xuan Ye went to the court for the last time this year, and after today, he would be sealed until New Year's Day.

Wu Sangui pinched the excerpt that was only sent last night, just to give the emperor one day to think about it, otherwise he would discuss this matter at the beginning of the year, even if it was old news from last year, then the efficiency of the imperial court would become a joke.

It happened suddenly, and Xuan Ye almost didn't have time to discuss with his grandmother, but sitting at his desk last night, looking at the dense records of Yungui's affairs, Xuan Ye made a decision himself.

"I'm right." Xuan Ye said, "According to what King Pingxi said, expand military salaries to suppress Miao Man." ”

Ao Bai did not agree, and when the court shouted, he openly accused Wu Sangui of being a rebel of the former Ming Dynasty, such a person is mercenary and ambitious, and if he is given the right and gives him money, he must be raising tigers.

Xuan Ye understands that Ao Bai is getting older and has long been unable to fight, he doesn't want Wu Sangui to swell, and he doesn't want military power changes in various places, which is also human nature.

But Ao worship is like this, after all, it is his own selfishness, but in Xuan Ye's heart, there is only the country. He didn't want to break with Wu Sangui yet, he had to move the mountain in front of him that pressed the imperial power first, even if Wu Sangui wanted to rebel, he couldn't hit the capital in one day.

I saw Mingzhu step forward, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, what Ao Shaobao said is very true, but the area of Yunnan and Guizhou is a military center of the Qing Dynasty. The minister thought that the emperor should be favored by the king of Pingxi to expand the salary of Yungui. ”

Ao Bai said coldly: "Mingzhu, you are a civil servant, do you know what military power is and what is war?" ”

Mingzhu said unhurriedly: "Weichen is young, he has never experienced war, and he doesn't dare to get an axe in front of Ao Shaobao." But Weichen has grown up with the Qing Dynasty and knows the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty, after all, ...... The current time of national prosperity is not a time of war. ”

Ao Bai frowned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Mingzhu calmly: "Wechen has made it clear, Ao Shaobao, do you want Wechen to say it again?" ”

Xuan Ye looked careless, and said impatiently: "I am sealed today, everything should not be delayed, if it is accurate, it will also be a good year for Yungui and Guizhou." ”

Ao Bai was furious and raised his arms to step forward, but before he could speak, Xuan Ye got up and left the dragon chair, put down his words and said, "Disperse the dynasty, you Aiqing, have a good New Year." ”

When the ministers saw this situation, the emperor seemed to be a troublesome one, and it was not just for worship, but it was the worst, the emperor was not like an emperor, thinking about playing and having fun all day long, how to get it.

"This little brute of the ruined family!" Ao Bai returned to the mansion, was furious, slapped the table and said angrily, "When Lao Tzu Jin Ge Iron Horse broke into the world, even his father was still breastfeeding, don't listen to me, don't listen to me, just wait to suffer." ”

I saw Bamburshan step forward and said gloomily: "Lord Ao, I have something to say to you alone. ”

Ao Bai glanced at the people beside him and said coldly: "Let's go, the emperor said, go back and have a good year." ”

When everyone dispersed, Bamburshan said softly: "My lord, the first emperor's knees, and other sons, the descendants of Taizu and Taizong, are still decent." ”

Ao Bai squinted at him: "What do you mean?" ”