It seems that the Queen Mother only let the two senior female officials go free, and she carelessly spread the old things of the Dezong Dynasty one by one, which caused heated discussions at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Xiangguo. Naturally, they are all flattering and admiring, and there are no discordant voices - there are not many people who have taken the initiative to invite the Xie family on this day, except for the old in-laws, there are only Mao, Xue and other colleagues in the political hall, and the Xue family has no female dependents present, so naturally it does not play any role, but because most of the guests who are not invited are Xie Mao's henchmen or eager to become his henchmen, the women naturally understand when they see the attitude of the Mao family's daughters.

When the feast was over, the women, of course, told their husbands about it, and the men were more sensitive to the political situation, and although they were shocked, they were more aware of it.

So in just a few days, the Empress Dowager Dezong's permission to once criticize the state affairs of the concert was widely spread, not to mention the major aristocratic eunuchs, even the cloth clothes and ordinary small merchants and hawkers have heard of it.

Under the influence of a large number of well-intentioned people, between the markets, most of the people did not expect that there would be a change one after another, and they discussed it secretly, basically admiring and admiring - when the Empress Dowager Lu was alive, she praised the talent of the Queen Mother, and it is no wonder that the first emperor in addition to the Empress Duanjing, the only favored person is the Queen Mother, and it must be rare in the world to cherish the talent of the Empress Dowager. Maybe the current Queen Mother also has the talent of Empress Wen, isn't it the luck of the Great Zhou?

This kind of voice is too loud, and the nobles of the clan who originally figured out that there must be a reason behind it after hearing the news added a little more subtlety to their hearts.

What does the Queen Mother want?

This is a heavy question that lingers in the hearts of many people.

Even if he is a dull person, to this extent, he is aware that the turmoil is about to rise, but the helpless thing is that in the past three years, the Son of Heaven has been living in seclusion from above, and none of the officials below have had close contact with him, so he is not sure what the attitude of this Ninth Five-Year Emperor is, let alone how much chance of winning is, so it is very difficult to weigh the key matters of gaining and losing interests and deciding to take sides.

As a result, the major families moved more frequently, and the nobles all seemed cautious and secretly excited.

Except for a few families that had long been expected, such as King Jingzhao, Lingnuma Gong suddenly contracted a slight illness and took leave to recuperate, so the descendants all served in front of the bed, and the Wang family closed the door to refuse guests.

As for the Liu family, because she accidentally learned of another secret matter of the deep palace, Mrs. Wei was even more hesitant about the next response.

The day after Mrs. Xiangguo's birthday banquet, Jiang Yuan, the servant of King Jin, came to Liufu to give a generous gift, expressing his gratitude to King Jin for disturbing half a moon not long ago, and "inadvertently" revealed that the concubine has been fine recently, although because of the theft of the Penglai Palace, it was found that the murderer who poisoned Pei Hou had a fish that slipped through the net, and he was busy, but the saint was greatly relieved, and he was more generous to the concubine.

It was not detailed, but it was enough, and Mrs. Wei naturally understood that the concubine had already done something in the palace.

"You can't see Ah Mei in danger and do nothing." Genpei almost didn't hesitate.

"The Queen Mother will spread the word about her participation in national politics, it can be seen that her determination has been made, and it is bound to be to openly listen to the government, Ah Mei used the case of Empress Pei to stimulate the saint at this time, it is nothing more than to provoke the saint to confront the Queen Mother, our Liu family, it is also time to choose." Although Liu Shizhi was calmer, he obviously agreed with his brother's opinion.

"On the contrary, I don't think it's time to make a desperate bet." Liu Shaoqing, who usually hangs his son, has different ideas, and as soon as his words came out, Shi Niang's eyes lit up, which was quite impressive.

However, under Mrs. Wei's inquiry, Liu Shaoqing couldn't explain carefully, and only emphasized over and over again: "If you can't stop the Queen Mother from listening to the government, won't the brothers' forbearance and conspiracy for so many years become useless?" What's more, it will lead to the disaster of the clan. ”

Naturally, this reason could not convince the Yuyi brothers.

Yuanping County Duke said: "If we see the Queen Mother listening to the government, we are still servile and humble, what is the point of forbearance for so many years? ”

Liu Shiyi once again expressed his agreement: "Mother, since Ah Mei has made a desperate bet, we can't avoid it, and we can't see that Ah Mei is alone and risky and useless." ”

Eleven Niang couldn't help it anymore: "Eldest mother, my son has a question, why my aunt's behavior in the palace was leaked by the people of King Jin." ”

The prince of Yuanping County took the lead in explaining: "In order not to implicate the family, your aunt cut off contact with us a few years ago, and also to confuse the queen mother, thinking that your aunt and her relatives are also having trouble. ”

Liu Shiyi's eyes were slightly small, and he smiled at Shi Niang: "Are you really wondering if it is the intention of King Jin?" ”

Eleven Niang bowed: "As the father said, since the eldest mother has suspected that the King of Jin came to disturb the door to avoid trouble, then the Jiangnei servant should be the confidant of the King of Jin, otherwise it would never be taken by the King of Jin, so he has the intention to leak his aunt's behavior today, naturally under the order of the King of Jin, Yi'er's point of view, it seems to remind us that my aunt has taken action." ”

Eleven Niang continued. This time, without even Mrs. Tai's permission, Liu Shizhi was already convinced.

"I agree with Aya's words, and it is indeed not a desperate situation at this time." Eleven Niang said eloquently: "Although the eldest mother and the father predicted the queen mother's next behavior to eight/ninety, however, they can't predict how the saint will respond. First, the saint really had no intention of government affairs, and because of filial piety, he was unwilling to disobey the queen mother, and was willing to give up power; Second, the saint woke up because of his aunt's advice, and opposed the queen mother's obedience to the government and return to take charge of government affairs. ”

Seeing that everyone was bowing their heads, Eleven Niang continued to say: "If it is the former, even if we are desperate to face the Queen Mother head-on at this time, what is the point? Not only could he not protect his aunt, but he even provoked fire, wouldn't he live up to his aunt's kindness? If it's the latter...... We should maintain neutrality even more in order to become a bargaining chip for both the queen mother and the saint. The eldest mother and the father, if you want to keep your aunt safe, the Liu family must not be defeated. If the Queen Mother knows our true intentions...... In case the saint is willing to give up power, my aunt will inevitably become a thorn in the eye of the queen mother, and if we don't support my aunt, my aunt will be ignored by the queen mother, thinking that it doesn't matter, at least, to save her life. ”

In fact, Eleven Niang didn't believe that He Yan would completely break up with the Queen Mother because of her, even if the concubine got what she wanted this time, the Queen Mother was far from being defeated, it was nothing more than that she couldn't go further and continue to maintain the status quo, in short, He Yan was still the Son of Heaven for a day, so she couldn't let the Queen Mother pay for her blood debts, and wanted to avenge Pei Zheng's grievances, unless she let someone change on the dragon chair.

But these words, of course, it is impossible for Eleven Niang to export them directly, so she took such a roundabout way to persuade them.

Mrs. Tai sighed for a long time: "I am inevitably confused by the authorities, because I am worried about Yun'er and hesitate, this time thanks to the reminder of the father and daughter, fortunately, there is a Jiang Nei servant this time, so that we will not make a wrong decision, since the King of Jin has this instruction, I must have a grudge against the Queen Mother in my heart, at least we know now that Yun'er is not useless in the palace, at least the saint, at least the King of Jin will protect her." ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Tai smiled at Eleven Niang: "Eleven Niang's analysis is indeed good, as long as the Liu family is here, the Queen Mother will always have scruples, and Yun'er is safe and secure." ”

Liufu decided to stand still for the time being, and the Queen Mother showed no signs of stopping because of the instigation of the concubine, of course, she was also very concerned about the movements of Zichen Palace, and learned that the Son of Heaven had not made any further moves since Ji De died, and returned to drunken dreams and deaths, leaving only Qin Sang by her side, but the Queen Mother did not feel much relieved - the Son of Heaven did not pay attention to government affairs as she wished, but it was not a good thing to be sluggish and drunk, after all, the Son of Heaven was her only son, and he was still empty on his knees, how could the Queen Mother really feel at ease? What's more, although Qin Sang seems to be favored, but the concubine is still favored, don't say that the queen mother must tolerate the concubine in order to serve the Liu family, even considering the mood of the Son of Heaven, she can't put the concubine to death, poisoning Queen Pei is already a last resort, the Son of Heaven still has a mustard in his heart until now, if the concubine is good again, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will be even more heartbroken.

Throwing rats, these four words are undoubtedly the biggest threat to the Queen Mother.

Since the concubine can't be cut to the roots, for the sake of major affairs, the queen mother has no choice but to clear the hidden dangers, and she will inevitably be caught by the concubine again.

So on this day, Xie Raoping got the edict and went to the Hanxiang Hall to see him.

The difference is that this time the place where the Queen Mother saw Xie Xiangguo was not in the side hall, but a pavilion in the flower garden.

Even made a few dishes of refreshments by hand.

When Xie Raoping was led to the scene by the palace maid Chunying, the Queen Mother had just evenly divided the tea soup into a pair of white porcelain cups.