In April, the capital of Daning also gradually warmed up.

Gu Chen sent a letter, saying that it was entrusted by His Royal Highness King Yiyi and General Gu, and they failed to rescue Lu Yingquan and the eldest prince in the heavily guarded palace, so they had to secretly follow the men and horses of King Rui Shen Chi and follow Shen Chi into Beijing together.

In this way, Shen Che had no other way but to wait for Shen Chi to arrive in the capital before discussing.

After solving the affairs of the previous dynasty, it is the turn of the harem.

Xu Meiren of Qutai Pavilion served Shen Ze, and Shen Ze has now abdicated himself, and has made up his mind to leave only Mrs. Li as a confidant, so he is not so concerned about Xu Meiren.

Shen Ze meant to follow Shen Che's past practice in the Yiwang Palace, send Xu Meiren out of the palace, hide her identity and remarry. Unexpectedly, Xu Meiren was unwilling to go to the Taimiao Temple to pray for the blessings of the first emperor and the people of Daning after the war.

Even Yun Yao went to persuade her, but it had no effect, Xu Meiren was stubborn, and Shen Ze had to ask Shen Che to seal Xu Meiren the title of a Sanhe layman, and go to Taimiao to lead the practice.

When Xu Meiren left, she only brought Jianyue alone, after all, she was a girl who had been by her side for so long, and she was also very close to her. What's more, Xu Meiren knew that there was a friendship between Jianyue and Yun Yao, and with Jianyue there, the people in the Taimiao would never treat them badly.

Not long after Xu Meiren left, Xuanyang Marquis Rongyan entered the palace and asked Shen Che to release Rong Ya from the palace. After all, in this power struggle, Rong Ya is the most innocent one, she is obviously ignorant of the world, but she was dragged into this troubled water and couldn't break free.

Shen Che agreed without saying a word, after all, Rong Yan had made a lot of efforts in the process of attacking the capital. In addition, Rong Ya is indeed innocent, and when Lu Yingquan was in Ning Palace in the past, he was also blessed by Rong Ya a lot.

On the day Rong Ya left, Yun Yao didn't go to see her off in person, but stood next to the rockery and green bamboo, watching Xuanyang Hou take Rong Ya out of the side gate of the palace, the slender back was still immature, but her back was straight and straight, and she had a proud backbone.

Xuanyang Marquis Rongyan resigned and left the capital with Rong Ya, saying that he was returning to his hometown in Jinyang, and since then, Yun Yao has completely lost the news of Rong Ya.

The palace soon fell silent, Shen Che and Gu Qingming were busy, as if they were preparing for the arrival of King Rui, after all, Shen Chi also had some soldiers and horses in his hands, and there were hostages in his hands, so it was really difficult to deal with.

But before Shen Chi arrived in the capital, the Empress Dowager Qin of Jianzhang Palace went silently.

This woman who has been strong all her life, this woman who accompanied the first emperor in the southern and northern wars, and this woman who has strong ambitions for power and status, finally disappeared from this world in a nesting way.

When the death knell came, Yun Yao's heart trembled for no reason, she didn't know if the Empress Dowager Qin would regret her actions when she was dying, but she knew that the former involuntary and unavoidable body disappeared with the departure of the Empress Dowager Qin, she was no longer a two-faced and three-faced work, she could finally live a peaceful life.

The deceased is the greatest, and Shen Che is not the kind of ruthless person, in the end, it is Shen Ze's mother, so Shen Che still issued an order to bury the Empress Dowager Qin with the rites of the Empress Dowager, and she was called Jingduan.

Although the life of the Empress Dowager Qin has nothing to do with these two words, and using these two words as a nickname is almost no different from irony, Shen Ze knows that this is already Shen Che's greatest tolerance for the Empress Dowager Qin.

According to the rules, when the queen mother dies, she needs to stay in the palace for 27 days, and then carry it to the imperial mausoleum for burial. But the current situation is a bit complicated, because Shen Ze has abdicated and Shen Che has succeeded him, so the Qin family is not the biological mother of the emperor, so there is no need to abide by the tradition of twenty-seven days.

So, under Shen Che's orders and Shen Ze's acquiescence, Empress Dowager Qin's coffin only stopped in the palace for seven days. Although the time was short, the wife of the clan in the court still cried in front of the coffin of the Empress Dowager Qin in accordance with the rules. Shen Ze personally guarded the spirit for seven days as a filial son, and then accompanied the coffin into the imperial tomb.

Aunt Jinxiu, who has always been loyal to the Empress Dowager Qin, also committed suicide with a glass of poisoned wine after the Empress Dowager Qin was buried, and died in the Jianzhang Palace where the Empress Dowager Qin lived all her life.

Naturally, no one cares about a little mother-in-law, and the people in the palace are also human spirits, so they directly asked someone to carry the corpse out and dispose of it, so as not to let such a lowly person pollute the emperor's ears.

The Empress Dowager Qin died, and Shen Ze naturally had no reason to stay in the capital, his greatest wish was to be free and free with Mrs. Li.

So Shen Che didn't keep him, and named Shen Ze as the king of Xiaoyao, and Mrs. Li became the princess of Xiaoyao, the two simply cleaned up the softness, and left the capital, nowhere to be found.

Those who should go are gone, those who should go are gone, and the huge Ning Palace suddenly became empty.

Yun Yao's identity in Ning Palace has become sensitive and special, she can come and go anywhere freely, and she has won everyone's respect, even the emperor is very polite to her.

There are many people in the palace who are active, and they feel that the new emperor has a special attitude towards Yun Yao, so they think that Yun Yao will be accepted by Shen Che as the master of the harem sooner or later, so they want to slap her in a different way, thinking that they can get some benefits in the future.

For this situation, Yun Yao only felt ridiculous, she had no intention of explaining anything, but she no longer saw the palace maid and eunuch casually.

"Miss Yuyun, Aunt Su Xin from the Yeting Palace has arrived. Zhuzhi walked in from the outside and said to Yun Yao.

Yun Yao still lived in the former room of the Hehuan Palace, and she didn't move the place after Rong Ya left, and the bamboo branch stayed by her side to serve. Now that I'm free, I think of the sisters I made in the palace in the past, and it seems that Su Xin is the only one left, so I want to see Su Xin.

With Su Xin is Hong Xiao, Hong Xiao is now the most powerful person around Su Xin, and Su Xin also intends to train Hong Xiao to become the next aunt in charge of the Yeting Palace, so she takes her with her wherever she goes.

"The slave maid Suxin and Hongxiao have seen Miss Yun, and they say hello to Miss Yun. As soon as Su Xin and Hong Xiao came in, they saluted Yun Yao.

Yun Yao hurriedly helped the two of them up, and said helplessly: "I'm not a serious master, why are you giving me such a big gift? What kind of identity am I, doesn't Sister Su Xin know yet?"

"Even if you are not the master now, you can't guarantee that you will not be in the future. It's always right for us to stammer in advance. Su Xin smiled, "Didn't you listen to how the people in the palace spread it now? said that you are very embarrassed in front of the emperor, and you will definitely enter the harem in the future." ”

"Sister Su Xin, don't talk nonsense, I am the maid of the queen's mother, although the queen's mother has not been officially canonized as the queen's mother, but this thing always can't run. Yun Yao explained, "When the queen arrives, you will understand." ”

"The queen mother you are talking about, but Yingquan?" asked Su Xin.

"Exactly. Yun Yao nodded, "Yingquan gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor for His Majesty, and when she is canonized as the queen, that child will be the eldest son." It's a pity that Yingquan has a bad fate, and now it is still in the hands of King Rui, and I don't know when I will be able to enter Beijing. ”

Su Xin listened to Yun Yao's words, and saw Yun Yao mention that Yingquan had given birth to a child, and couldn't help but feel moved, and asked, "Yun Yao, you have been in Yiguo for many years, have you ever known Jiang Yi?"

"Jiang Yi?" Yun Yao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Naturally, I know her, speaking of which, she was sent to Ning Palace as a hostage by His Majesty in the past, if she is fine, she should also be in this Ning Palace." ”

If it hadn't been for Su Xin to mention it, Yun Yao would have almost forgotten that there was such a person, after all, there were so many things in the past year that she had no time to take care of anything else. What's more, with a sensitive identity like Jiang Yi, Empress Dowager Qin is afraid that she will not be able to tolerate it for a long time.

But before Yun Yao could say anything, Su Xin's words made her stunned on the spot.

"This Madame Jiang should also be His Majesty's concubine, right? A few days ago, she gave birth to a child, who was also a boy. Su Xin said, "The child was conceived by Mrs. Jiang on the birthday of the Empress Dowager Jingduan in July last year, and now it is only more than eight months. ”

"What about Mrs. Jiang and the child?" Yun Yao asked.

Yun Yao had to be concerned about this matter, although Jiang Yi had never been happy with Shen Che, but after all, she was the niece of the Empress Dowager Jiang, and she gave birth to a son, and her status was already different.

Now that Yingquan has not escaped, and even the title of the queen has not been decided, if the Empress Dowager Jiang is a hindrance, and Shen Che has to make Jiang Yi the queen, then how should Yingquan deal with herself?

"Mrs. Jiang had a difficult birth, and after giving birth to the child, it was gone, and the palace people kept the body for a few days, and seeing that the emperor had no arrangement, she was afraid of touching the spirit of the Empress Dowager Jingduan, so she carried it out in private. Only pity the premature child, who was taken care of by a few grandmothers, and lived in the side hall of Jianzhang Palace. Su Xin said, "One of them, Mama Xiang, has been a friend of mine for many years, so she asked me to inquire about what His Majesty is going to do with this child?"

It stands to reason that the day the child was born was the time when the Empress Dowager Jingduan died, and it was already unpleasant in terms of birth time, and with Shen Che's dislike for the Empress Dowager Jingduan, I am afraid that he would not be able to give birth to any liking for this child. What's more, the child's mother is still Jiang Yi, a woman who was not favored by Shen Che in the first place.

However, Jiang Yi is dead, and the child is innocent, and he can't threaten the status of Lu Yingquan and the emperor's eldest son no matter what.

"Sister Su Xin, don't worry, wait for me to tell Your Majesty about this matter, presumably he has his own plans. Yun Yao said.

"Thank you very much. Su Xin said with a grateful face, "Yun Yao, the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and there are many things in the Yeting Palace, so Hong Xiao and I won't stay long, and we will come to see you when we are free in the future." ”

"I sent my sister out. Yun Yao didn't force her to stay, so she sent Su Xin and Hong Xiao out.

After separating from the two, Yun Yao went to Changming Palace and asked to see Shen Che.

Changming Palace is still the previous Changming Palace, but the owner inside has changed, from Shen Ze to Shen Che.

Shen Che listened to Yun Yao's explanation, and immediately issued an order, sent someone to find Jiang Yi's body, and buried it with the gift of your wife, exempting Empress Dowager Jiang from accountability in the future, and sent someone to bring the premature child to the Hehuan Hall and hand it over to Yun Yao to raise temporarily.

The people who went to the Hehuan Hall with the children, as well as Mama Xiang and Mama Qing, can be regarded as the old people in the palace, and they are very good at taking care of the children, and Yun Yao also relies on them.

It's just that what makes Yun Yao worried is that when Yingquan comes back and sees this child, she doesn't know what to do.

But in any case, this matter is not something she can interfere with, the only thing she can do is to follow the instructions of her master, and take good care of this child before his departure or stay is fruitful.