Chapter 553: No Whereabouts
For the queen mother and the sweet soup, the emperor was full of praise: "The queen's craftsmanship, of course, is not much different from that year, and the sweet soup I have drunk in the past few decades seems to have never been as good as the queen's craftsmanship." ”
For the emperor's praise, the queen only smiled, and did not take it to heart.
Of course, the queen mother also knows that the emperor is mostly thinking about the year.
After all, her craftsmanship is not very good, at least she has lived in the palace for so many years, and she has also seen a lot of imperial chefs who come and go.
And she didn't deliberately learn it at the beginning, so she also knew that her skills could not be compared to the imperial chef in the palace.
So when the queen mother heard such a compliment from the emperor, although she was smiling on her face, she was not very obviously touched in her heart.
After all, she was in this position, and she thought and did much more than when she first came in.
Even after her prestige gradually increased, she didn't need to compete with other concubines in the palace for the emperor's attention like she did when she first came in, so that she could get the emperor's favor.
But now, even if he doesn't fight for something, there is still a lot to do.
And the queen understands very well that since an identity like him is here, it is absolutely impossible to get the emperor's weak water of 3,000 and only take a scoop of favor.
So when the queen mother understood this, she didn't think about these things anymore, plus she became the queen, and then she needed to rule the six palaces.
In addition, there are all kinds of other complicated things in this palace, so that she has no mind to focus on the love and love that she was entangled in when she was still young.
The more time goes on, the more she doesn't care about these sincere things, at least in her opinion, as long as she does the things in the palace well.
And then suppress it, those ambitious concubines can let them know that the queen's position is not just anyone who can sit up, and they don't have that kind of qualifications, it's enough.
As for the other things that are detouring, no matter how much the concubines behind them fight, and how they try to win the emperor's attention and favor, they don't really care.
After all, in these things, it was not what she wanted at the beginning, nor what she planned at the beginning.
Since the matter has come to this point, there is no need to force it in the future, so no matter what else, at least in this matter, the queen mother sees it very clearly.
Most of the reason is also because of this reason, so that the queen mother, in the past ten years, has not deliberately competed for favor.
Now seeing that she brought such a bowl of sweet porridge, she was able to make the emperor say such words, although she knew that the emperor may not be really praised like this, but she had a little nostalgia for the past, but it was also true.
After all, the two of them were still very young at the beginning, especially the emperor, when they were really high-spirited, it was very different from the old age now.
Especially when he was poisoned by the prince who was promoted and favored by himself, he almost lost his life completely, and was used by the other party to seize the throne by such despicable means.
Although it is not possible to mention anything else, at least on this matter, the queen mother still sees it very clearly.
And he didn't plan to say anything else, but instead saw the queen mother here, nodded with a smile, and then walked over and rubbed the emperor's shoulders lightly.
"It's naturally good that Your Majesty can like it, but if Your Majesty wants to drink sweet soup in the future, you can directly find someone to tell your concubine, and the concubine will prepare it for Your Majesty."
Originally, there was not much sweet soup prepared by the queen's mother, but she just wanted the emperor to be able to eat something and rest for a while in the tired hours of dealing with political affairs.
So in just half a quarter of an hour, the emperor had already drunk the sweet porridge, and it was precisely when she saw that the emperor had almost finished drinking the sweet soup, that the queen said such a thing.
I saw that the emperor pushed the sweet soup that had bottomed out to the side, and then raised his hand and patted it gently, and the queen mother put it on his shoulder, on the back of his gentle hand.
"Even after so many years, I still have to say that only you, the queen, are the ones who know me best."
The queen mother, who was gently kneading the emperor's shoulder, suddenly heard the words spoken by the emperor, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
After all, there are some things that can not be said, but compared to those, the queen mother is not only real, but simply came to send sweet soup.
The emperor still said such words, but for a while, she didn't know whether to say what she was going to say.
Under this momentary silence, with the hesitation of the queen mother here, she finally decided sincerely to say this persuasive words.
Others can be put aside for the time being, but at least in this matter, she must remind the emperor that if Zhao Mocheng did not give half of the credit in the matter of the three princes this time, maybe the emperor could directly and decisively refuse Zhao Mocheng.
But this time Zhao Mocheng made a great contribution, and Yun Xiaoshuang fell off the cliff because he was held hostage by the third prince, and now his life and death are unknown.
In any case, the emperor should also let Zhao Mocheng go out of the capital to find traces of Yun Xiaoshuang, because of such a reason.
In it, it is often impossible for other ministers to be so ignorant.
On the contrary, if the emperor has been so stubborn and unwilling to listen to other people's words, it is even more because he is worried that he may collude with Zhao Mocheng and the eighth prince, and then rebel.
That is under his approach, which is equivalent to really forcing Zhao Mocheng into this situation.
It was because the queen thought so in her heart, so when she realized this, she did not hesitate at all, let alone beat around the bush.
Instead, he planned to say such a thing directly in front of the emperor and persuade him.
Before, the queen's face and tone were very obvious exhortations, and they were very gentle.
"Presumably Your Majesty can also guess that the concubine came this time, but in fact, she heard the news that Your Majesty rejected Lord Zhao and went out of the capital to find Mrs. Zhao."
Although the emperor also knew that the queen came over this time, there must be other things.
But because he didn't expect that after the previous events, the queen mother would still come over to persuade Zhao Mocheng and Yun Xiaoshuang for the sake of the matter.
On top of the face that was still a little gentle, it suddenly went straight cold, and it was very serious.
Because after all, in her opinion, although Yun Xiaoshuang did help the queen mother in this incident and sent the letter out, but really speaking.
Yun Xiaoshuang's actions are not extremely obvious kindness, and it is enough for the queen mother to also give some rewards, so as not to come to him on purpose to intercede for Yun Xiaoshuang and Zhao Mocheng.
It is precisely because of this that the emperor, after hearing the words of the queen mother, his expression is obviously a little ugly, and his tone is also a little dissatisfied.
"The queen should know that in the past few days, she has already issued an order in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, no matter who you are, you will never be able to leave the capital, and you will not be able to reopen the gate of the capital until I have solved all the remnants of the rebellion of the third faction."
How could the emperor not know about this matter?
It's just that he also knows how worried Zhao Mocheng is about Yun Xiaoshuang now, and he also got the news, how could Zhao Mocheng suddenly come back without finding Yun Xiaoshuang.
It is precisely because of this that after thinking about it, he still took the risk and the emperor was not allowed to come to persuade him.
But when the queen mother here persuaded the emperor to take care of Zhao Mocheng's merits and Yun Xiaoshuang's merits, the emperor was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope.
No matter how much the queen mother here persuaded him, she never responded positively, and she understood that the emperor was determined not to let Zhao Mocheng leave the capital.
Even if he was for Zhao Mocheng in his heart, most of the time he went out this time was indeed for Yun Xiaoshuang's business.
But since he had given the order, and had given it in the presence of all the ministers, it was absolutely impossible for him to contradict his own order at such a time.
Then let Zhao Mocheng out of the capital, if he opened such an opening, then in the future, maybe someone would use such an excuse to do something that annoyed him.
So instead of the possibility of this happening, he should choose to suppress all possibilities, and never tolerate the slightest.
It is precisely because of this that the emperor, when he saw the queen mother in front of him and had been persuading him, frowned lightly and denied it decisively.
"The queen didn't want to say it again, let alone defend me for the sake of Zhao Aiqing and Mrs. Zhao, I am no longer willing."
The emperor, who said this, then stood up directly from his chair, and even subconsciously isolated the queen behind him.
The meaning is also very clear, and it is nothing more than informing the queen in front of her.