On the way back to the palace from the Protector's Mansion, the emperor pulled Yan Echo and said all the way.

After entering the palace gate, he said to Yan Huisheng: "Let's go and see your queen mother first!" ”

Yan echoed and nodded, "Erchen will go now." ”

He didn't go back to the East Palace to bathe and change clothes, so he went directly to see the queen.

The queen learned that her son returned to Beijing today, and knew that the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet her, but as the queen, she couldn't go, so she could only wait anxiously in the palace, and waited for most of the day before waiting for people to come back. Hurry up and come to see you? ”

Yan echoed the queen and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the injury has healed, and the son left Beijing to take the imperial doctor on a trip, have you forgotten?" ”

"I haven't forgotten, I just don't let the imperial doctor take your pulse, I'm always unsure." The queen consulted with him, "Let the head of the Tai Hospital come, he has the best medical skills." ”

After all, the imperial doctor who was brought out was like the chief physician of the hospital?

Yan echoed helplessly, "Okay, listen to the queen mother." ”

The mother and son talked for a while, and after the head of the Tai Hospital came, he took Yan Echo's pulse, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in good health, and his injuries were all healed, so the queen was completely relieved.

The queen knew that her son was tired, so she didn't let him go back to the East Palace, but arranged for someone to wait in her palace to bathe and change clothes, go to the side hall where he lived when he was a child to rest, and wait for the palace banquet.

Yan echo did not refute the queen's loving mother's love, and listened to the queen's arrangement with kindness.

It wasn't until the emperor waited for half an hour, didn't wait for Yan Huisheng to go to him again, and sent someone to ask, and heard that he was resting in the palace of the queen's mother, and the emperor gave up, thinking that this mother-son relationship was deeper than the father-son relationship between him and the prince.

He simply went directly to the queen's palace, even if the prince was resting, he could talk to the queen, he had to work hard to ease the relationship.

The queen didn't expect the emperor to chase after her, and now she went out of the city to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to welcome the prince and the old protector and the generals to triumph, he was also tired for most of the day, if it was before, he decided to rest, he would not come to her, but I didn't expect that now it seems that he is not tired, and he chased after him.

The queen sighed in her heart, this time is different from the past, the women in the harem are like this, the mother is expensive by her son, the son she gave birth to has the ability, can stand, and keeps the position of the prince, even she, the queen mother, has obviously benefited too much.

She still remembered that in those years, the emperor only came to her palace twice a month on the fifteenth day of the first month, and sometimes she sat and left, not only did the precious concubine of the sixth palace let her retreat, but even the virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine were more faceless than her, and they were arrogant in front of her.

Now it's good, these women are gone, the palace is finally clean, and she has a face, even if she dislikes it in her heart, His Majesty will come every now and then.

The emperor lay down on the couch, "I will come to rest with you, and I will go to the palace banquet with the prince in a while." ”

What else can the queen say? He could only nod, "Your Majesty, you just have to rest, and the concubines don't let people disturb you." ”

The emperor shook the empress's hand, "I'm really happy, I've thought about it, and Ming'er will discuss with the crown prince about my abdication." ”

The Empress immediately said: "Your Majesty, you are still ......"

"Don't tell me anything about the prime of life, hey, the prince has the ability, for me, it is the blessing of the ancestors, it is a good thing, I am getting more and more exhausted, I can retire early, and I can rest." The Emperor said.

The queen frowned, "The concubine sees that Your Majesty is in good health, and the concubine also believes that the prince is not in a hurry, and Your Majesty is not in a hurry in this matter, the prince has just returned to Beijing, you also let him have a good rest, don't bother him with this, is it done?" ”

This is the same as when I was young, not much cautious, but really like a husband and wife can only say.

The emperor's heart was touched, "Okay, I listen to you, what you say makes sense, then let him rest first." ”

Although both of them knew that Yan Echo couldn't stop, there were a lot of things and a lot of court affairs in Beijing waiting for him to return to Beijing to decide.

Yan Echo rested in the queen's palace for an hour, and when he woke up, he was stunned for a moment when he saw that the emperor was also there.

The emperor beckoned to him, "Let's go, I'll wait for you, the palace banquet is almost over." ”

Yan Echo nodded.

The celebration banquet is not a palace banquet, and if the ladies do not participate, the queen naturally does not need to go.

Seeing the father and son leaving together, the queen turned around and went back to the inner hall to rest, and the waiting grandmother whispered: "Niangniang, Your Majesty is really different from before now. You've finally made it through. ”

The queen said: "Your Majesty said that the abdication is not like a lie, I don't know if the prince agrees." She sighed, "With what I know about the prince, he may not agree." ”

Mama asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty abdicated early, and the crown prince sat in that position early, isn't it good?" Now the government and the opposition all respect His Royal Highness the Prince, and if His Royal Highness is on the throne, it is also the will of the people. ”

Da Liang defeated the Great Wei, the crown prince personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and the prestige of the people was unprecedented, and no one could shake the status of His Royal Highness the prince. Now that he has ascended the throne, it is difficult to guarantee that it will take a long time, and His Majesty will not go back on his word and think about any more checks and balances.

The queen said: "Naturally, it's good, but look at the prince!" Whatever decision she makes, this palace supports him. ”

Just like at the beginning, she learned that Yan Echo liked Su Rong, so she didn't interfere much, after all, there was Zhou Gu's marriage contract, she believed in her son, and then sure enough, even if he liked it, he didn't take a step closer sensibly, and maybe maybe Su Rong didn't know that he liked her.

When the emperor and the crown prince arrived at the palace banquet, the courtiers had already arrived, and the old protector pinched the point, one step ahead of the emperor and the prince.

After taking a seat, the emperor vigorously commended the merits of the prince and the old protector, and said some happy words before ordering the banquet to open.

The palace maids and eunuchs rushed in, put them on the table with delicacies from the mountains and seas, singing and dancing, and they were leveled.

The emperor raised his first glass of wine to respect the old man and protect the country, "Old man, I respect you, I really didn't expect that you fought a battle, and you are still fierce when you look at it. ”

The old prince hurriedly said: "It's all the credit of His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister is old, and he was sick during the period, and it all depends on His Royal Highness the Prince." Without waiting for the emperor to speak, he sighed again, "The old minister is no better than when he was young, when he was young, he fought for eight days when he was young, and he was not tired, but now he is really weak, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to charge into battle, the old minister might still be defeated in the hands of that Yuanzhao Xiaoer, in short, thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince." The old minister finally knows that it is not good for people to be dissatisfied with the old. ”

(End of chapter)