After Chen Ting left, the bright moon was already hanging high outside the hall. Ma Jin stretched his waist and paced out of the Heart Cultivation Palace. This heart hall is located in the most central position of Taiji Palace, Ma Jin raised his eyes to see a forest of armor soldiers in the corridor hall, countless eunuchs and palace maids frequently in and out, it seems that last night's purge did not affect anything, everything is so orderly.

The construction of the imperial city of the Great Zhou Dynasty is centered on the Taiji Palace where the Yangxin Palace is located, the Shangyang Palace on the left, the Yeting Palace and the East Palace on the right, and the Daming Palace and the Hunting Garden behind the Taiji Palace.

Taiji Palace is located on the high slope of the northwest shore of Xuanwu Lake in the Shendu, and the grand scale of the building is more than twice that of other palaces, and it is second only to the existence of Daming Palace. Because it is located in the forbidden middle, it is also called the middle palace. Overlooking the Bianshui River in the south and the Zhufang of the Imperial City, there are royal gardens and gardens in the palace, although the scenery of the four seasons is different, but they are all beautiful.

The Palace of Nourishing Heart is the place where the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty deals with state affairs on a daily basis, because it is also an excellent beauty because of the scenery of the imperial garden on its side. After standing outside the hall for a while, Ma Jin returned to the hall and ordered the palace maid to light the palace lamp and lie on the warm couch.

I don't know how long later, a soft call came from Ma Jin's side: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother invites you to Cining Palace" But it was Wang Chengen's voice, it turned out that Ma Jin fell asleep unconsciously.

"Huh? Did the Queen Mother say what was the matter? Ma Jin turned over and did it, looked at Wang Chengen and said.

"Back to Your Majesty, it was a letter from Manager Lin next to the Queen Mother, and he didn't say anything." Wang Chengen hurriedly replied.

Ma Jin nodded, and walked out of the hall, since it was the Queen Mother who summoned Ma Jin, she naturally couldn't help but go, the Queen Mother was still very good to the little emperor Ma Jin.

The night was hazy, the cloister palace road between the halls where the wind was blowing whistling, cold as a knife, Ma Jin walked slowly between the corridors of the palace, and there were nine little eunuchs in front of him who carefully carried the palace lamp to lead the way, and Wang Chengen accompanied him on the side, followed by a team of Qianniu guards with helmets and armor.

The palace maids and eunuchs who walked all the way knelt on the ground, their heads touched the ground and they didn't dare to peep at Tianyan, waiting for the young emperor to pass through the corridor of the palace and disappear into the distance, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and got up.

On the way, Wang Chengen took out a incense pill from the sachet and handed it to Ma Jin, Ma Jin took it and put it directly in his mouth, Ma Jin knew that this thing, called the incense pill, had the same function as the chewing gum in his previous life, it was a kind of thing to refresh his mind and clean his mouth.

Since the draft, Ma Jin has not gone to ask the Empress Dowager Xiao for several days, and last night Ma Jin went on a killing spree in the palace, and the Empress Dowager Xiao did not come out to stop it, and she didn't even send someone to ask, as if she had faded out of everyone's field of vision and fell silent, ignoring Ma Jin's actions, in fact, Empress Dowager Xiao's ignorance itself was the greatest support for Ma Jin.

A queen mother who does not interfere in the affairs of the court, Ma Jin thinks that this is a great thing for him, after all, the Empress Dowager Xiao is the empress dowager who was ordered by the first emperor to supervise the country, and before Ma Jin is in power, she can theoretically act as the emperor.

If the Queen Mother really insists on supervising the country, it will be more difficult for Ma Jin than killing Li Shifang and his party, after all, whether it is the Great Zhou Dynasty in another world or the previous life, modern and ancient, they all attach great importance to filial piety, and there is a saying of "governing the country with filial piety".

In the Great Zhou, filial piety is the first criterion to test officials, how do you let Ma Jin seize power in this atmosphere? Ordinary people have violated filial piety and are despised by others, let alone the emperor, who dares to risk the disapproval of the world?

And he can't get over that hurdle in his heart, although he is not the little emperor himself, but he has inherited the memory of the little emperor and empathizes, Empress Dowager Xiao is good to him, just like to him, how can he not feel it?

Ma Jin pondered and walked to the outside of Cining Palace, Ma Jin took a special look at the copper bucket pot standing in front of the palace, it was already time, only to see that the inside and outside of the Cining Palace had already been hung with colorful lights, and the lights were bright.

"Slave, Lin Wan'er, see Your Majesty"

Outside the hall, a gorgeous palace maid who had been waiting for a long time saw Ma Jin coming slowly, and hurriedly came forward and knelt down to salute.

Lin Wan'er naturally recognized her, after all, this name reminded him of Shangguan Wan'er, a female celebrity in the ancient Tang Dynasty in his previous life

Ma Jin waved his hand to let Lin Wan'er get up, and walked straight into the hall, only to see that the hall was heavily screened, Ma Jin walked around for a while, and then arrived at the inner dormitory where the Queen Mother was.

When Ma Jin walked into the inner hall, he saw that the Empress Dowager Xiao was snuggling softly on the palace bed, and there were four treasure Boshan furnaces outside the curtains on both sides of the palace bed, and six palace maids were holding splendid fans and incense swaying slowly.

Empress Dowager Xiao's body was hidden in the drape, and it was vaguely visible through Luo Sha that she was wearing an ochre red phoenix robe, and when she heard the sound of approaching footsteps, she raised her head and smiled:

"The emperor is here" Empress Dowager Xiao's voice was gentle and slightly magnetic, which was very comfortable to listen to.

"Sons see the queen mother!" Ma Jin didn't see it, and bowed directly.

"Slave and maid! See Your Majesty" The palace maids who were waiting beside Empress Dowager Xiao also hurriedly knelt down to meet Ma Jin, Ma Jin asked the palace maids to get up with a smile on his face, and then sat on the palace chair next to him.

"Is the queen mother's phoenix body okay? Erchen has been busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty for a few days, and he will ask for peace in the future for many days, and hope that the queen mother will forgive her sins. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao listened to Ma Jin's intimate words, sat up straight, and motioned to the palace maid to lift the curtain, revealing a beautiful and bright face.

"It's good to mourn the family, you don't have to worry about it all the time!"

Rao is Ma Jin has seen the Empress Dowager Xiao in his memory, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but sigh, what a beautiful woman.

"I don't know the queen mother, can I have something to tell my son?" Ma Jin asked respectfully.

Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes flashed, and she asked, "Emperor, I heard that you arrested Li Shifang and his party today and put them in prison?" Is there such a thing? ”

Ma Jin replied calmly: "After returning to my mother, there is indeed such a thing. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao tried her best to hide the surprise in her heart and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because the retainers are now able to clean them up, a group of petty people dare to try to steal the imperial power. It's really damn good. Ma Jin looked at Empress Dowager Xiao and said with a calm face.

Even Empress Dowager Xiao, who was indifferent by nature, was shocked by Ma Jin's words, and looked at Ma Jin staring at her and asked:

"If someone commits a rebellion, what should the emperor do?"

"It's just wiped out, the emperor has already controlled the soldiers and horses of the Shendu and the Xishan battalion, and they can't make any big waves." Ma Jin didn't seem to notice the question in Empress Dowager Xiao's tone, and said lightly.

Empress Dowager Xiao's embroidered eyebrows frowned slightly, and then she breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly with a smile on her face: "My emperor has grown up and has his own opinions.

After this, the affairs of the imperial court will be handled by the emperor himself, I believe that my Great Zhou will become more and more powerful in the hands of the emperor, and after mourning the family, I will chant more scriptures in this Cining Palace, pray for the emperor and the Great Zhou, and bless our Great Zhou with smooth wind and rain without disasters and disasters. ”

Hearing Empress Dowager Xiao's words, Ma Jin knew that this was giving him power, and promised not to interfere in court affairs in the future.

Ma Jin opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything, but stood up, knelt down in front of Empress Dowager Xiao and said: "Please rest assured that the queen mother will be diligent in political affairs, take the glory of my Great Zhou as his own responsibility, and live up to the trust of the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao hurriedly got up and helped Ma Jin up, and took Ma Jin's hand and sat on the side seat.

"My emperor is older, and it should be the age of the draft, and there should be a phoenix lord to help the emperor assist in the harem" Empress Dowager Xiao patted Ma Jin's hand and said softly.

When Ma Jin heard this, he quickly nodded and said, "Everything is up to the queen mother!" ”

"Okay, the mourning family will make an order tomorrow, let the adults in the cabinet hurry up!" Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile.

As soon as I heard that Ma Jin was going to be drafted, I was really looking forward to it, you must know that the ancient draft was after thousands of people were selected from all over the country to enter Beijing, and hundreds of people were selected from them to fill the harem.

In his previous life, he watched too many palace fighting dramas and costume dramas, but he didn't worry about the old grandmothers and old eunuchs there, what if he missed the beauties he liked, he was the emperor, of course he had to choose by himself.

Ma Jin and Empress Dowager Xiao had a good conversation, and left after having dinner in Cining Palace.

After leaving Cining Palace, Ma Jin said to Wang Chengen, who was following closely by him: "Tomorrow, you will immediately send a decree to the cabinet, and crown Xiao Palm, the former envoy of the original palace, as the head of the household department, and receive the salt and iron transfer director!" ”

Today, Empress Dowager Xiao treated Ma Jin like this, how could Ma Jin not return the favor with gratitude, this salt and iron errand is the world's first-class fat, and it is not considered to have snubbed Xiao Brown.