"Do you think that the mourning family didn't know about the fact that you ran to the Heart Cultivation Temple the day before yesterday? It's late at night, since the emperor said that he would rest in the Heart Cultivation Palace, don't bother, you don't take the eldest prince well in Sui'an Palace, but instead go to trick the emperor into damaging the dragon body. ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao knew that this was something that would have to be experienced sooner or later, presumably the Queen Mother didn't know that the transaction between Song Zhaoyi and the emperor was related to the affairs of the country and the former dynasty, and Jiang Yao also chose to conceal it.

"The concubines don't dare, the concubines just miss the emperor a little."

"The emperor goes to your palace for lunch every day, what do you think? Although the mourning family cultivates Buddhism with a pure heart and does not ask about the world for many years, the mourning family is not a fool, and the careful thinking of the harem concubines cannot be hidden in the eyes of the mourning family. ”

Jiang Yao knelt on the stall at the feet of the Queen Mother, feeling sad in her heart, what kind of day is this, why are you frequently looking for trouble, she glanced at the Queen Mother with a cold face, and thought back to the past, it was for the sake of the eldest prince that she took care of her.

Now that Song Zhaoyi wants to win the favor and climb to a high place, the Queen Mother naturally wants to help, so she has the pot that damaged the emperor's dragon body on Jiang Yao's head today.

Jiang Yao has always understood that as long as Song Zhaoyi wants, there is nothing that cannot be obtained, and it is an irreversible fact that the upper position is already irreversible, and it is better to have one more opponent than one way out.

"Queen Mother, when the concubine first saw Sister Yi'er, she felt like a sister, I never had to fight with Yi'er for anything, but the concubines that Sister Yi'er wanted would do their best."

"I heard that Concubine Shu helped with a lot of clothes, and even Xi'an Palace begged the emperor to let Yi'er move in."

With Song Zhaoyi, she can't enjoy the sleeping palace with the word An, and the minimum requirement for Xi'an Palace must be a concubine. The Queen Mother heard the news at noon, and she was very happy, but she still had to be beaten.

Her niece, Song Yi'er, has been pampered since she was a child, and she has suffered a lot in the West Sixth Palace over the years, and she finally came out.

"The mourning family also wants to thank you," the queen mother glanced at Jiang Yao deeply, and gestured to Wenxian, who took a lacquered red wooden box, "This is the mourning family's reward for you." ”

Wen Xian gently pushed the box in front of Jiang Yao and said, "Niangniang, open it and take a look." ”

Jiang Yao immediately stood up, walked to the table, blessed, and said, "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's favor." ”

The precious lacquered red sandalwood box, Jiang Yao thought that it must be a priceless night pearl or something, the kind that can be embalmed in his mouth when he dies. Or a piece of precious mutton fat jade, if you have the opportunity to take advantage of the spring outing, you can take the money and escape with Ah Yao, and you don't have to worry about your livelihood for the rest of your life.

Jiang Yao's eyebrows and eyes were bent with a smile, and she gently opened the box, there was no shining light, but a dark green wrench with red silk. Wrench? And it doesn't seem to be much valuable.

Even if she doesn't have much life, doesn't have much money, and hasn't seen much treasure, but such a jade wrench is indeed a bit shabby to put it in the palace as a reward.

"Remember?"

The Queen Mother lowered her eyebrows, Jiang Yao held the box, and felt that the Queen Mother must have a deep meaning, and couldn't help but think about it carefully.

In my memory, there is such a wrench, in the ...... In Jiang Yao's grandfather's hand, it was the old man's wrench.

Although General Jiang is more than half a hundred years old, he is still majestic, and he often carries such a wrench in his hand, which is the favorite of General Jiang in addition to Jiang Yao.

"This is grandpa's favorite wrench during his lifetime, every time he practices martial arts, he will take it off carefully, and he will bring it back after practicing martial arts, and grandpa cherished it tightly before his death."

Jiang Yao couldn't help but pick it up with some nostalgia, but after thinking about it, the wrench should be buried with it. Jiang Yao turned the wrench and didn't see the small pothole that was knocked off by Jiang Yao's childhood playfulness, this is not the wrench.

"It's ......"

"That's right, it's a pair of jade and jade wrenches with General Jiang, there is one here in the mourning family, and there is one in your grandfather."

A token of love? Jiang Yao couldn't help but be a little excited when she thought of this, as if she had spied on the secret of the royal family, and the Queen Mother didn't want to say anything, and said: "Now that it is transferred to you, it can be regarded as returning the thing to its original owner, and the mourning family will continue to chant the scriptures." ”

Jiang Yao still wanted to ask something, but the Queen Mother had already gotten up and walked back, Jiang Yao walked back with the wooden box in her arms, no matter what happened, this was probably the only thing that grandpa left in the world.

Yun Sleeve helped Jiang Yao to walk on the promenade under the sunset, and in the distance were the palace maids and eunuchs lined up in the imperial dining room, sending food to each palace, and Yun Sleeve looked at Jiang Yao with a thoughtful expression.

"Niangniang, the Queen Mother is a little harsh on you because of Song Zhaoyi, it will be very difficult in the future."

"Hardship? The women in the harem are either boiling out or dominating the favor, otherwise no matter how high the position is, they are all sticky fish meat. ”

"Then Niangniang, why do you still want to help Song Zhaoyi, Song Zhaoyi is obviously hypocritical, Yun Sleeve can see it, why is Niangniang still confused in this matter, Sheng Niang has to give it to others and give it to others......"

"What belongs to you will always be yours, and what does not belong to you will not be forced."

Yun Sleeve understood that this was what it meant to go with the flow, Jiang Yao stopped and looked at the sunset outside the palace wall in the distance. The satin-like burning clouds soothed in the sky, reflecting the red of the earth.

"Let's go, I have to go back and continue to copy the palace rules and regulations."

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, a group of old ministers came out of it, their faces full of seriousness, and only after walking down the steps did they show a happy look, looking at each other and finally looking at Zhao Wenguang who was headed.

"The emperor wants to rectify the Zhao family, it's not a day or two, our Zhao family is a civil official, unless the emperor wants to use a military attaché, he is not afraid of being played by the officials, otherwise he has to come to ask Lord Zhao for help."

Everyone laughed happily, Zhao Wenguang snorted coldly, and said: "It's still too tender, I've only been on the throne for two years, and I'm thinking about cultivating my own power, and our veteran is not dead yet." ”

"Yes, we are all the founding heroes, and it is true that kings have been cold by nature since ancient times."

Duan Jingyan looked at the stack of folds in front of him, and immediately grabbed them and threw them to the ground, scolding angrily: "This is a threat to me!" Do you want to fool me like a three-year-old? Talking about building the Jiangnan embankment, it is not to take advantage of the approaching New Year to get oil and water from me. ”

This roar frightened Kant into a wit, cut off the prepared herbal tea from the side, put it in front of Duan Jingyan, and said, "Your Majesty, you drink a cup of herbal tea and go to get rid of the anger." ”

"The court opposes my new policy, the taxes cannot be collected, the treasury is empty, and at this time they have to ask me for 500,000 silver. The embankment costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, and it has never been repaired, and it has become a private pocket, which is really a good minister. ”

Duan Jingyan threw the herbal tea on the ground, rubbed his eyebrows on the chair with his eyes closed, and Kant stood aside with a dare, walked to the side and instructed the little eunuch: "Go and invite Concubine Niangniang." ”

The distance between the Yangxin Palace and the Sui'an Palace is very close, and at this time, Jiang Yao was already about to walk to the door of the Sui'an Palace, and was stopped by the panting little eunuch, the little eunuch bent over and said: "Shufei Niangniang, the emperor has lost his temper in the Yangxin Palace, Niangniang should go and persuade a few words." ”

When Jiang Yao heard this, he handed the wooden box to Yun Sleeve and said, "Put it away properly." ”

turned around and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace, sighing in his heart, it is really a lot of festivals. Not long after, Jiang Yao entered the Heart Cultivation Hall and looked at Duan Jingyan with a gloomy face and his head on the chair.

"The emperor loses his temper like this, but it will damage the dragon's body."

Kant cast a grateful look, Jiang Yao waved his hand to him, Kant bent down, and immediately commanded the little eunuchs standing in the hall to walk out together.

"A-Yao, it's here."

Duan Jingyan glanced up at Jiang Yao, and his heart was much soothed, but the stuffiness in his chest still had to be relieved.

"Is this another headache for the royal family? If the emperor has any worries to talk about, it is better than holding it in his heart. ”

Jiang Yao's slender and warm hand stroked Duan Jingyan's temples, gently rubbing them again and again, Duan Jingyan opened his eyes comfortably, grabbed Jiang Yao's hand, and pulled it into his arms.

"A-Yao, are you going to do political work?"

"The concubine is just that the emperor will get sick if he holds it in his heart for a long time, the concubine has no power, and the second has no power, and with the right to associate the six palaces, she still doesn't manage the harem."

"The concubines just care about the emperor, if the emperor is really afraid that the concubines will interfere in politics, then the emperor can hold it by himself."