Luoyang South Palace is the Qin Dynasty Xiangguo Lu Buwei on the basis of Chengzhou City, a large number of construction, expand the city, built the scenery of elegant, large-scale garden building. Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once held a grand celebration banquet here, rewarded the meritorious deeds and praised the three masters of the early Han Dynasty.

When Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty built a new north palace and corresponded to the south palace, he built a royal road to connect the two palaces, and since then the south and north palaces have become the palace of the emperor and the concubine.

But there is a very special building in the second palace, that is, Yuntai Pavilion.

Yuntai Pavilion was also built by Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, which enshrines the 28 meritorious generals under the command of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Guangwu Emperor, which is comparable to the heroic monument of later generations.

Therefore, since the completion of the Yuntai Pavilion, unless it is a special time, except for a few unfavored eunuchs cleaning the Yuntai Pavilion, there are almost no outsiders to see, and it is even colder than the cold palace of later generations.

But in the past year or so, Yuntai Pavilion has lived in a special person, that is, the Queen Mother Dou Miao.

Although Dou Miao's identity is the queen mother, she is actually only twenty years old this year. She was elected to the court at the age of fifteen, and in the same year she was named the third empress of Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty, but because she was a product of Liu Zhi's compromise clan after she was crowned, Liu Zhi was rarely favored.

Two years later, Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty died of illness, and Dou Miao was honored as the empress dowager. Because Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty had no children, he set up the young Marquis Liu Hong as the emperor.

Soon, his father's general Dou Wu's plot to kill the eunuchs was leaked, and he was killed by Wang Fu, a member of the Zhongchang servant, who falsely claimed to be Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and then Dou Miao was forced to move to Nangong Yuntai, and her family members were exiled to Bijing County.

After losing power, although Dou Miao was still nominally the queen mother, she was actually placed under house arrest, unable to see outsiders, and depressed all day long.

In the early morning of this day, Huangmen Ling Dong Meng came in with a food box, breaking the previous peace of Yuntai Pavilion.

"The emperor has a decree, saying: The queen mother has the virtue of a smart mother, although she lives in the South Palace, I am also grateful for the old kindness, and now there is Nanyang Taishou Chen Qiu to offer two portions of Taixu to eat, I and the queen mother share the food, do not forget the merit of aiding."

After passing the message, he reprimanded the two little eunuchs who stopped in front of the gate: "There is a certain order from Your Majesty, you don't hurry up to open the door." ”

The two little eunuchs naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened the door that had been closed for a long time.

Dong Meng walked in front with a food box, followed by a little palace maid.

The two came to a side hall of Yuntai Pavilion together, which was where Dou Miao lived every day.

The commotion outside the door had already alarmed the Queen Mother and the two palace maids who were waiting with her.

As soon as Dong Meng walked into the house, he was immediately grabbed by Dou Miao's arm, and asked in an eager tone: "Did the emperor ask you to welcome me back to Changle Palace?" ”

Dong Meng shook his head and comforted: "Queen Mother, now it is Wang Fu Hou Lan and others who are serving Your Majesty every day. ”

Dou Miao immediately shook off Dong Meng's hand, gritted her teeth and said, "I regret not listening to my father's words and killing the source of chaos; I hate, the eunuch will take revenge, and want to put me to death; I am sad, the people are in the end of the world, and there is nothing they can do; I mourn, the new emperor is indisputable, and the Han family is in danger. ”

Everyone looked at the crazy Dou Miao, and they were a little at a loss for a while.

At this time, the little palace maid who had been following Dong Meng suddenly burst out, hugged Dou Miao, and cried: "Auntie, don't be like this, aunt and cousin are still waiting for you to regain power and take them back." ”

Dou Miao's madness is stagnant, and now she is a powerless woman, and she is isolated and claustrophobic in this Qing Palace, so it can be said that there is almost no chance to turn over.

Seeing that she was no longer crazy, the little palace maid also stopped crying, and said softly: "Auntie, don't lose confidence, you have fulfilled the wishes of those people, you are not only the queen mother now, but also the pillar of the Han family, it is precisely because of you that those people will not be too arrogant." ”

"Is that true?" Dou Miao finally regained some consciousness and asked the little palace maid in front of her blankly.

"I don't dare to deceive my aunt, my name is Song Qing, my grandfather is Song Yan, the Marquis of Shengxiang, and my aunt is Princess Liu Kui, the king of Bohai. I often get messages from my father in the palace, and many loyal ministers in the court want the queen mother to administer justice because they can't get used to seeing Wang Fu Hou Lan and others flattering the emperor. ”

"The most important thing for my aunt now is patience, whether in the palace or outside the palace, there are many people who still support you."

At this time, Dong Meng also interjected: "Queen Mother, don't you know, since this Empress Xiaoren moved into Changle Palace, as long as there are valuable items in this palace, they have disappeared inexplicably. ”

Dou Miao looked at him with a stunned face and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Dong Meng glanced around, and whispered to Dou Miao's ear: "I heard that Empress Xiaoren moved these items to her mansion outside the palace and reported them to the palace steward that they were broken. ”

"It's really lawless, I really treat the palace as my home." Dou Miao's face was flushed with anger, she had never seen such a shameless person, in the future, this palace would not be her son, and now she even stole her son's things.

After a while, Dou Miao sat down on the collapse like a deflated ball, and muttered to herself: "The mourning family is also difficult to protect itself now, what can I do." Forget it, she can do whatever she likes. ”

The show girl Song Qing came to Dou Miao, squatted down, leaned on Dou Miao's legs, and comforted softly: "Aunt should not be presumptuous. After all, you are the titular grandmother of today's son, as long as you are in the day, this palace is still up to you. ”

"Let's just say that today's food is too empty, and the emperor originally wanted to give it to Changle Palace, but in the end, under the persuasion of Taifu Hu Guang, His Majesty changed his will. It can be seen that the Queen Mother still has a certain weight in the hearts of the adults in the court. ”

After listening to this, Dou Miao felt more comfortable in her heart, looked up at the few people in the room, and couldn't help crying when she thought of her desolate situation.

"The mourning family has been claustrophobic here for more than a year, and only the two of you have come to visit the mourning family. It is said that people go to tea and cool, but that's it. Thinking about how glorious the mourning family was back then, all the princes in the court had to ask for the will of the mourning family, that is, who dared to disobey the mourning family in this palace, and now they can't even step out of the courtyard gate of this Yuntai Pavilion. ”

Everyone didn't know how to comfort them for a while, so Dong Meng picked up the food box and put the bun on the low table.

"The Queen Mother tasted this Taixu delicacy first, and I heard that someone was fuguing too empty, and according to the practice in Taixu, she researched and produced it. After the emperor ate it, he was amazed. ”

At this time, the two palace maids who were waiting by Dou Miao's side also persuaded: "Yes, Queen Mother, just eat a little, you haven't eaten anything in the past few days, and if you continue like this, your body will not be able to hold it." ”

Dong Meng was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

One of the palace maids replied: "Some time ago, the Queen Mother wanted to eat fish, so we wanted to go and talk to the imperial dining room, but the eunuch guarding the door didn't open the door and let us out." ”

Dong Meng frowned and thought for a while, and said: "In the future, I will come over every day, if the Queen Mother needs anything, you will spread it to me, and I will deal with it." You must take care of the Queen Mother in the future. ”

The two palace maids put their hearts at ease, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's kindness to them before, they wouldn't have lived this kind of cold life, and now that there is Huangmen Ling Dong Meng taking the lead, the future life will be relatively better.

The two glanced at each other and said in unison: "Don't worry, my lord, the two slaves and maids should serve the Queen Mother wholeheartedly." ”

At this time, Song Qing also persuaded: "Auntie, you should eat some, if you fall, this big man really has no hope." ”

Dou Miao said in a weak tone: "The mourning family is not hungry, you can eat." ”

Dong Meng and the two palace maids had no choice but to wait. Song Qing is still clever, his eyes rolled, and he thought about it.

I saw her pick up a bun, carefully break off a piece, put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and broke off three small pieces at the same time, and stuffed them into the mouths of Dong Meng and the two palace maids respectively, and said in an exaggerated tone: "It's so delicious, the three of you come to taste it, it's the first time I eat such delicious food, it's really too empty to eat, no wonder even the emperor can only eat one mention, and the remaining mention must be given to the queen mother, which ordinary people really can't eat if they want to." ”

After all, Dou Miao was not very old, and she was hungry, and when she smelled the aroma of food, her stomach naturally reacted and began to growl.

Song Qing deliberately pretended not to hear, picked up a bun, stuffed it into Dou Miao's hand, and said excitedly: "Auntie, you taste it quickly, it's really delicious, and you want to eat the second one after you eat it." ”

Dou Miao took the bun, a little at a loss, and swallowed saliva unconsciously in her mouth, but finally plucked up her courage, smiled awkwardly, and said: "It's rare that you have filial piety, just eat one for the mourning family." ”

When she really took a bite, she suddenly felt that there was nothing more delicious in this world than this, those delicacies of the mountains and seas that she had eaten before, compared with this bun, not only the taste was much worse, but the taste was also inferior, it was really worthy of being too empty to eat, I don't know if this person would make other novel food, if it was the head of the mourning family, he would definitely send a guard to bring this person to the palace, and then he would make food for the mourning family.

Thinking about it, Dou Miao unconsciously ate a whole bun, and when she reacted, she suddenly blushed and didn't know what to say.

Song Qing still has the eyesight to see it, and said with a smile: "Auntie has eaten this too empty food this time, but I want to open it, not for anything else in the future, just to be able to eat this too empty food every day, and I should also take care of my body, fight with them, fight." ”

"The three of you go out first, the mourning family has some private things to say to your niece." Dou Miao waved his hand and motioned for Dong Meng and the two palace maids to step back.

When the three of them closed the door, Dou Miao took Song Qing's hand and said: "You are so filial, and the mourning family also knows everything to you, in the past, the Dou family and the Song family fought for the position of queen, and they fought for your life and death, but now the Dou family has been wiped out, and the female dependents have been exiled to Lingnan, which is completely out."

Although the mourning family is claustrophobic, as long as the mourning family is alive, the queen's position will be decided by the mourning family. You go back and send a message to your grandfather, the mourning family can promise you the position of queen, but your Song family will promise to help me eradicate the disaster. At the same time, you also have to promise me that if you are the queen in the future, you will stay away from the eunuchs and admonish the emperor. ”

Song Qing's face was a little blushing, but he still nodded and agreed: "Auntie, don't worry, if I am the queen in the future, I will definitely guide the emperor away from the eunuchs." ”