The Son of Heaven came to the Hanxiang Hall on the occasion of lunch, of course, not simply to come to greet the province of An, but because of a system was rejected by the Menxia Province led by Mao Wei and Li Ziyuan, and several major ministers were difficult to decide because of political disputes for many days, both sides were not willing to give an inch, and the Son of Heaven was really helpless, knowing that the crux of the problem was in the Hanxiang Palace, so he could find the Queen Mother to discuss.

Because of the cold weather, although the Queen Mother's usual living place was moved to the West Hall Warm Pavilion, but it seemed hasty to discuss political affairs there, so as soon as she heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, she first moved to the side hall that was supposed to be a formal residence, but she did not go to sit in the right position under the huge landscape screen, and slowly turned to a cloud platform between the vermilion pillars and slightly separated by the brocade curtain.

Soon after sitting down, she saw the Son of Heaven approaching under the guidance of the eunuch, the Queen Mother frowned and looked at her son's face, and stared at Gu Huaien, the inner attendant, a little sternly: "I think the saint's complexion is even worse than a few days ago, have you ever served with all your heart?" ”

Gu Huaien was about to answer, but the Son of Heaven waved his hand and motioned for him to retreat.

"The mother doesn't need to worry, the son's body is fine, but because of the cold, it will inevitably cause cough disease, and the face is not good if he doesn't sleep well at night.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she inevitably brought up the old matter: "Although the government affairs are heavy, but the sage jade body can be important to the country, and it must not be ignored, and the sage has been on the throne for nearly ten years, but there is still no prince to succeed, how not to worry the subjects?" The sage regards the harem as a fictitious, and the only favored concubine is really a ......"

"Mother." The Son of Heaven still avoided talking about this topic, changed his past meekness and respect, and interrupted the Queen Mother's tirade: "My son came to see him today, and it is really for the sake of national politics. ”

"The heir of the emperor, when it comes to Guozuo, is it a private matter?" This matter is really the Queen Mother's concern, and she did not shut up because of the words of the Son of Heaven.

Although four years ago, under the persuasion of Yingyang Zhenren, the Son of Heaven finally accommodated Qin Sang who served closely with Pei Houruo, according to many reports in the Zichen Palace, Qin Sang was indeed favored, but what worried the Queen Mother was that after four years, the palace people did not have any "news", and the Queen Mother couldn't help but send people to see her, so that the doctor girl could not diagnose whether there was a hidden disease, and she knew that Qin Sang was still a virgin! Under questioning, Qin Sang finally admitted that although the Son of Heaven allowed her to be close, and there was usually no lack of comfort for her to play the piano, but he was not really pampered.

The Queen Mother worked hard in vain, furious but helpless, except to step up her persuasion to make the Son of Heaven rain and dew evenly, there was no other way.

The son doesn't want to spoil the concubine, can she, the mother, still be forced?

As for Qin Sang, the Queen Mother had no choice but to leave her in the Zichen Hall for the time being, still with that glimmer of expectation, in the end, because of this maid and Pei's appearance, the Son of Heaven has never refused for thousands of miles, and there is still no favor, Xu is heart still can't let go of the old man, but time has passed, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no time when it is difficult to help himself.

How could the Queen Mother have thought that the person suffering from a hidden disease was originally the Son of Heaven, after all, there was Ye who gave birth to Tong'an, and then Pei was pregnant and heir. However, because He Yan was ashamed to speak, and he was determined to pass on the storage position to his younger brother He Ye early on, there was no willingness to ask a doctor for treatment, and he didn't dare to ask the Son of Heaven if there was any obstacle in this regard, so the matter was concealed, and he became the only favorite of the concubine but could not have children.

The concubine was originally an old person in the palace, and the queen mother would never have thought that she had never really slept in bed, the concubine was placed there, and she was protected by the Son of Heaven, and it was impossible for the queen mother to directly see the concubine and ask her to be examined by a doctor like she did with Qin Sang and a palace person.

And every time the Queen Mother was entangled in this matter, of course, the Son of Heaven was secretly embarrassed, but after listening to the teachings, he still went his own way, and let the Queen Mother always misunderstand.

It's the same today, seeing that the Queen Mother refused to let go easily, He Yan had no choice but to sit silently and listen to the two moments of knowing the reason, moving with affection, and promised to come down like a reward, taking advantage of the Queen Mother's finally holding a drink to moisten her throat, decisively mentioning the right thing: "Wang Xiangguo suggested that disaster relief should be taken into account first, but Wei Xiangguo and Mao Xiangguo insisted on building a mausoleum, Xue Xiangguo also thought that the mausoleum was very wasteful, and now the north is restless and needs to have troops and food to prevent Pan Rebellion's department, and this winter in the south of the snow disaster, frost death and injuries are numerous, and the people are in urgent need of treatment is one thing." It is also necessary to prevent famine caused by the lack of harvest this year due to the snowstorm, and the construction of the mausoleum should be suspended, and the regulations should be reduced to prevent extravagance. ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was noncommittal, He Yan said again: "My son thinks that the construction of the mausoleum of my mother must not be stopped, but it seems that Uncle Yichuan has applied for the construction of the project...... It is indeed too luxurious, and it is suspected of exceeding the system, so as not to be criticized by my mother......"

"Needless to say." Seeing that He Yan was embarrassed, he just listened to Xue Qian and others, thinking that the construction of his mausoleum was overdue, but the queen mother was still silent: "The meaning of the sage, does he want to suspend the construction of the emperor's mausoleum and take care of his mother first?" This is a big mistake, the saint is the honor of the Ninety-Five, the mausoleum and the national fortune, how can it be delayed! However, the construction of my mausoleum was originally a bit violated, but it was because of the saint's filial piety, and his insistence was not to be disappointed, so I reluctantly endured it. ”

But not to mention the matter of austerity, the queen mother said after expressing this generosity: "However, the lack of the inner treasury can not be neglected, the root of the knot is nothing more than insufficient taxes, and there are too many people in various places to flee to avoid taxes, so that the grandeur is overstretched, not to shrink the degree can cure the root cause, yes, the sage should order strict inspection of the evasion, in order to make up for the tax." ”

He Yan sighed slightly: "Feng Qing also thinks so, so his son wants to make him take charge of supervising this matter." ”

Feng Bozhang? He is treacherous, and it is profitable to see through the search of fugitives! Although the Queen Mother couldn't help but raise her eyebrows lightly, she did not refute it, but smiled meaningfully: "If a saint has a decision, it is good." ”

This matter was successfully resolved, and the Son of Heaven mentioned another case: "Moreover, Xue Qing asked for advice before, Pan Shunchang is really a hidden danger according to Liaobei, and now the commander of Youzhou is incapable of confronting it, losing many battles, and being overwhelmed. ”

However, this matter caused the province to refute it several times, and in today's Chang Dynasty, several ministers of the political hall quarreled over this, causing the Son of Heaven to be dizzy and tinnitus, so he simply came to discuss with the Queen Mother.

But this time the Queen Mother was not so generous.

The Qin clan has guarded Youzhou for many years, especially Wu Weibo, who is quite important to the first emperor, not that the queen mother can easily obey, and because of Pan Shun's self-styled base, Youzhou has become an important place to resist Pan Wei's front line, and the authorization of additional troops has become inevitable, but how can the queen mother feel at ease if a person who is not a confidant holds such power? She finally took advantage of the unfavorable opportunity to suppress Pan Shun, and sat on Wu Weibo's crime of delaying the fighter plane, regardless of the improper command of Yao Qian, who she had entrusted with the important task at that time, and only demoted Qin Buyun to Dingrong, and justifiably reduced his military power, and the Queen Mother could feel at ease for the time being.

How can Wu Weibo be revived now?!

When the foreign enemy grows stronger, the queen mother is still concerned about her own power, and everything else has to be thrown down.

Therefore, her serious voice this time had no room for change: "Wu Weibo delayed the battle letter at the beginning, if it wasn't for his self-righteousness, how could Pan Yi become a trend?" Keeping his title is just a demotion has been forgiven, and it is not absurd to be entrusted with a heavy trust! The defense of Youzhou is related to the safety of the Great Zhou, how can it be handed over to the guilty person? This matter is obviously Xue Qian's vain words and paranoia, and the saint needs to think twice! ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, it was really too much of Qin Buyun's resistance, and even Feng Bozhang and many officials who had been promoted to important positions in the past four years obviously had reservations.

The Queen Mother almost immediately caught the hesitation of the Son of Heaven, and asserted more and more firmly: "This proposal should be refuted, even if the Youzhou Guards should be strengthened, the capable should also be considered, for many years, Yao Potential Town Xinju, the border pass is not disturbed, according to what I see, it is possible to adjust its troops to support Youzhou, and then strengthen the shock of Northern Liao, and at the same time accumulate national strength, and wait for the armament to be appropriate, why not be afraid of not being able to calm Pan Rebellion?" ”

The Son of Heaven knew that if Pei Zheng was wronged, Yao Qian must be the key person, how could he be reused for him, but before he could refute it, the Queen Mother had already said coldly: "Pan is not peaceful, the Great Zhou is incomprehensible, the saint should also focus on the overall situation, if he is bewitched and regenerates civil strife, it is like a self-chaotic position, and it will lead to restless disputes in the world. ”

As soon as he heard this, He Yan almost wanted to scatter, and immediately prostrate and bowed.

And just like that, the dust settled.