I am the youngest empress dowager since the founding of the Northern Dynasty, and now I am being forced to hold in my arms by the emperor's puppy.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." I looked at the first rays of light outside the temple.

Yuan Ming snorted and hugged me tighter.

"Your Majesty, the chamberlains are coming. A few days ago, Fu Xiang played the princes' army expansion, and today I am afraid that there are some eyebrows. Your Majesty must not be lazy or late. ”

Yuan Ming gradually woke up, he propped up half of his body, his long hair hanging down, sweeping the corners of my eyes.

I turned my head away from him, but he lowered his head and fell asleep on my neck for a while.

"Does the concubine listen to politics?" His voice was a little hoarse.

I sneered: "Didn't Your Majesty tell the courtiers that the mourning family is sick?" What kind of dynasty does the mourning family go to? ”

Yuan Ming saw that my expression was not slight, and he lowered his head and rubbed against me, and said coquettishly: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, your son is also good for you." Those men have bad intentions, and they look crooked and cracked, so they are really not worthy of their mothers. And they don't know that they feel sorry for you, and their sons have told the public that you are not feeling well, and they are still trying to get to you. That kind of man is going to ......"

I pushed him away and said with a smile: "Okay, then you go find it for me, what kind of man is worth it?" You go and find it. ”

Yuan Ming's face sank instantly, and he said coldly: "Did the concubine do it on purpose?" ”

yes, I did it on purpose, look at what you're doing now!

I just wanted to speak, but he took the lead: "Mother, my father has died for only half a year, and you are so anxious to find a new love, do you want to learn from the Empress Dowager Qin Xuan?" ”

What a high-sounding reason, the wicked sue first!

I sneered: "Yes, your father has only been dead for half a year, look at what you are doing?" ”

Yuan Ming didn't speak, just lowered his eyelashes and didn't look at me, and only after a while did he slowly raise his head, stare at me and say, "Does the concubine remember what you once said to me?" Back then, you and your uncle had an affair in the harem, and I reprimanded you, and you said, 'The husband dies before the son', how old am I, how can I take care of you. But now my father is dead, my mother, my father is dead......"

I yelled in a deep voice, "Shut up! What do you mean by me having an affair with your uncle? Not to mention that I was your uncle's concubine before I became your father's imperial concubine, and you don't want to think about who I have been flattering for so many years? Isn't it you? The first emperor hated your mother and son so much, if I hadn't begged the emperor to succeed you to me after the queen died, do you think you can sit on the throne of the crown prince? Can you have it today? ”

Yuan Ming looked at me, as if he was a little defeated, he was slightly aggrieved and puzzled: "Yes, you used to do everything for me, why can't you do it now?" You used to be used to me, why can't you now? ”

I looked at his face, which was seven or eight points similar to the former queen, and suddenly I couldn't give up, sighed, slowly approached, and persuaded him: "Bao'er, although we are not related by blood and have little difference in age, I can only be your mother in this life, do you understand?" ”

Yuan Ming put away his pitiful appearance, stared at me for a while, got out of bed without saying a word, got dressed roughly, and messed up the bed outside, as if he had just gotten up, and called the palace maid who was waiting outside.

"The queen mother's phoenix body has not healed, you should be careful, I will personally come to serve the decoction when I go down. You must be cautious, it is windy today, so don't let the Queen Mother go outside, do you hear clearly? ”

The next people have said yes.

The day before, I was still scolding Fang Xuan in the court, and today I was put under house arrest, and I couldn't even get out.

It is said that the nephew is like an uncle, and Yuan Ming does not seem to have been born by his father - the first emperor Yuan Yi only loves two things in his life, beauty and food.

When Yuan Yi was at his most extravagant, he ordered someone to stuff the ship with ice and transport fresh food from the coastal land into the palace, and ordered that it must be delivered before my birthday. You must know that it was the height of summer at that time, the ice was the whole ship, the whole ship was melting, the center of gravity was unstable, the ship capsized on the river, the fresh food was gone, and the people were gone.

As soon as the ministers learned about this, they repeatedly asked Yuan Yi to abolish my demon concubine. I practiced and complained in my heart, I was not born in a coastal area, and I was not fond of seafood. At that time, Yuan Yi was pampering me to disgust the queen, and I was going to make this gesture to stimulate her. I also advised him not to be angry with the queen, but he didn't listen at all, and he had to say anything about holding a fresh feast at my twentieth birthday banquet.

Well, I didn't eat the fish, and I carried a lot of infamy.

Yuan Yi has done more than one such absurd thing. But Yuan Ming didn't, because the emperor and queen didn't agree, he was also born by his uncle Fu Guang who forced Yuan Yi to be born to the queen, and he was not treated by his father since he was a child. When I first met him, he was only ten years old, and he was such a small person, who could memorize the Analects, recite poems and scriptures, and write well.

I came from a bad background, and when I saw such a child, I would simply praise him as a prodigy and lift him up to the high altar.

But at that time, Yuan Ming was sensitive and inferior, and he would pull the queen's sleeve and ask his father why he didn't come to see him. The queen's face was ugly, but she could only smile bitterly and reply to him: Tomorrow, tomorrow will come.

When he grew up, he didn't look forward to Yuan Yi's arrival and praise, because he knew that the better he was, the more his father would hate him.

But he was still diligent, and he studied diligently, and in the years when our relationship was less or less relaxed, I asked him why you were so diligent, knowing that your father would hate you.

Yuan Ming was full of contempt and disdain for me: "You are a slave girl from the countryside, how can you know the benefits of reading?" I'm just for myself, not for others. ”

When I said this, I was so angry that I beat him up.

He is very much like his uncle, forbearance and intelligence, decisive in killing, and will not stop until he achieves his goal.

I was glad that he was such a good child, and I could protect him so well, watching him put on his gown, put on his crown, take him by the hand and carry him to the dragon chair, and I sat behind the curtain and saved the country with him.

I feel worthy of the Empress Anterior's deathbed request to me.

But I never imagined that this child, whom I had beaten, scolded, held, hugged, and kissed, would one day climb into my bed.

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Fu Guang's daughter Fu Yuan entered the palace, fifteen years old, just a good age. The little girl was dressed in a red wide-sleeved robe, covered with a cloud veil like smoke and fog, with golden sideburns and silkworm eyebrows and phoenix eyes.

When she heard that I was sick, she followed my mother and brought some supplements to see me. She smiled when she spoke, and the indescribable green onions were beautiful.

I suddenly envied her, I had been taught everything by Fu Guang at her age, and I had become a gentle knife destined to be sent to the palace. She had a father and a mother, and I was a little slave girl who was almost sold by my father to a butcher as a "two-legged sheep" before I was picked up by Fu Guang.

A good-looking girl like her, at such a good age, is the best match for Yuanming and the most deserving marriage.

"The Queen Mother must take care of the phoenix body. If the lady is bored in the palace, the courtiers are willing to enter the palace from time to time to accompany the mother. She smiled brightly and cried like a warbler.

I looked at her hibiscus face, and there was a little sadness in my heart, but I smiled and agreed.

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Yuan Ming moved all the folds to my dormitory, I didn't want to take care of him, and I didn't prepare a meal for him, so I left him alone.

I don't know when, he sent all the people in the palace back and came to me: "Mother, I'm hungry." ”

I flipped through a page: "Your Majesty, go back to your own bedchamber and ask someone to bring something to eat." ”

Yuan Ming put his arms around my waist and leaned on my arms to play a scoundrel: "I'm hungry and faint, I can't walk." ”

I have always been soft-hearted to him, and I sighed helplessly, so I had to call some of his favorite things to eat with him.

The candlelight flickered, and the food was steaming. What came up were some ordinary wild vegetables and white meat, and the treasury was squandered by Yuan Yi to the point that there was not much left, and the palace wanted to make a living, and Yuan Ming was unwilling to increase taxes, so he could only reduce the amount of money.

While eating, he chatted with me about today's court, saying that he didn't know that his distant uncle King Pingnan, who had been separated by several generations, had already recruited a group of mountain bandits, and was wantonly building weapons and plotting rebellion, which was clearly revealed.

"Are there any people in the Asai who are suitable to be sent out?"

Yuan Ming said with a smile: "Uncle recommended his eldest son-in-law. ”

I sneered and wiped my mouth: "He wants to be beautiful, on the one hand, he wants to marry his youngest daughter to you, and on the other hand, he wants his eldest son-in-law to lead the military power to go into battle to kill the enemy, and it is their family who dares to love the world." ”

"What is the opinion of the concubine?" He poured me a cup of tea and moved it to me.

I picked it up and took a sip: "Do you remember the person who was poisoned on your thirteenth birthday and captured the poisoned eunuch for us?" ”

Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows: "It happened six years ago, and the concubine remembers it so clearly?" ”

"Then I saw that the man was not ordinary. Our side has only just figured out who poisoned him, and he has already caught the person, and he has not even let go of the accomplices. I've been keeping an eye on him for you all the past few years. ”

When Yuan Ming heard this, as soon as his hand stopped drinking tea, he put down the cup, moved to my side, rubbed my shoulder with his cheek, half angry and half coquettish: "Is the mother concubine for me, or herself?" ”

I knew that he was thinking about the male pet again, and quickly replied, "For us." ”

Yuan Ming was very satisfied with this answer, and he looked up at me, his eyelashes were not too far away from mine. I could almost feel his warm snort on my cheeks.

I nudged him gently: "His name is Ji Qing, and now he has become a guard captain, commanding the guards inside and outside the palace." You can check him out and see if he's a good fit. Although Fu Xiang has supported you all the way to the throne, Fu Xiang is a relative after all, and he has always been eager for power by unscrupulous means, His Majesty still has to be careful and cultivate more of his own people. ”

I glanced at him, and saw Yuan Ming looking at me intently, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, listen to the concubine." ”

I lowered my eyes: "The dinner is also ready, and the excerpts are finished, Your Majesty should go back." ”

Yuan Ming began to make children lose their temper again: "Where are you going?" It's strange and deserted in my palace, if I don't go, it's still lively here for my mother. ”

I took a deep breath and was a little angry: "Emperor, you have to know the proportions. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Ming's face instantly collapsed. He is handsome, but he doesn't like to smile in front of people, he is used to a cold and harsh expression, his eyes are half-drooping, and his eyelashes reflect a faint shadow, which is quite gloomy and majestic.

It's rare for me to see him look like that, and for the first time today. I knew he was upset, but I said, "You should go back." ”

"How long will the mother deceive herself?"

I raised my eyes in amazement.

"Don't you know why I want to stay?" Yuan Ming stared at me, as if he wanted to see me through, "It's funny, you're only seven years older than me, and you're not my biological mother, so why should I follow the rules and call you your mother concubine behind people, isn't it, Fu Yan?" ”

I stood up suddenly, took a few steps back, and my heart was beating wildly: "Yuan Bao'er, don't be so ridiculous. ”

Bao'er is Yuanming's name, when the queen is still there, I often hear her call him like this, as long as the queen calls him, he will be obedient. But that's only for his mother, and I'm not his real mother.

Yuan Ming was obviously even more angry, he got up and walked towards me, step by step: "Fu Yan, you must know that from the day of my birth at the age of thirteen, when you gave me the antidote, you and I are no longer the relationship between my mother and sister-in-law." ”

I had no way to retreat, and Yuan Ming forced me into a corner and imprisoned me in his arms. How did such a small child grow into the tall and burly body he has now?

"What are you messing about?" Yuan Ming asked, "I think you're angry." ”

"Can I not be angry when you do this?"

"It's not because of this." Yuan Ming was determined, "Today, you only saw the people of the Fu family, are you not happy to see Fu Yuan?" ”

I didn't answer him.

He seemed to affirm this answer, his mood improved a little, and his tone softened: "I won't marry Fu Yuan, don't worry." ”

I looked at him and smiled, "I really shouldn't marry now." You have so many new and old grudges with your uncle, and if you marry someone else's daughter, you are ruining other people's girls. The daughter of the Fu family will not be subservient to others, she must be the queen, if the emperor and ......queen do not get along, "there will be another cause and effect like Yuan Ming."

I didn't say any more, and Yuan Ming was silent.

He let go of me: "You want me to marry someone else?" ”

"At your age, shouldn't you get married? I'm your age...... Your father likes me. I squeezed his face lovingly.

Yuan Ming grabbed my hand, his eyes stared at me for a moment, and he didn't say a word. After a while, he shook off my hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the princess, the sons will follow the teachings of the mother, and never marry a woman they don't like, otherwise, ...... It's just a bad girl, it's a bad fate. ”

I watched his gloomy face brush away, and a wave of tiredness and weakness welled up in my heart.

I really shouldn't be used to him, but I never forget the queen's eyes full of nostalgia and reluctance when she looked at me before she died.

"If I leave and leave Yuanming alone in the palace, what should I do? You are also going to be alone, the deep palace is lonely, you can't sleep for a long night, will you be lonely? ”

"Savage...... Brutal ......"

"You and Bao'er should be good, hand in hand, forever, and watch him grow up for me, okay?"

I was crying and trembling and nodding.

I said, "Okay." ”