Across an embroidered screen of Luan Feng Xiangyun, the sandalwood in the carved copper tripod is overflowing, people have been sitting in front of him for a long time, and gradually a little drowsy, the palace maid Alu was once again awakened by the weightlessness of his confused and hanging head, and subconsciously returned to a correct posture, but suddenly there was a smiling face in front of him, and the sleepiness completely dissipated, but there was not much fear, but replied: "When will Eleven Niang come here?" ”

"It's only been more than ten breaths to sit down, I met Sister Wei Qi earlier, and I heard her say that the Queen Mother was sleeping in the palace, I felt surprised, even if it is ordinary, the Queen Mother rarely takes a nap, not to mention today's grand event, so I am worried that the Queen Mother is not in harmony with the phoenix, so I came to ask." Eleven Niang deliberately lowered her voice, her smile disappeared, and she looked worried.

"The Queen Mother didn't say anything unwell, she just said she was tired." Ah Lu paused slightly, remembering the words he vaguely heard in the pavilion earlier, and thinking of the advice he got in the old years, if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Hanxiang Palace, he had to form a good relationship with this little lady Liu, so he mentioned again: "Eleven Niang is not too worried, the Queen Mother is not like a phoenix body to disobey the harmony, only talked to Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Fu earlier, and her mood was a little low, and she tossed and turned for a long time, and she really slept for less than two moments. ”

Eleven Niang sighed: "That's good, just keep an eye on the time, and think that in about half an hour, the flower envoys should return to their lives." ”

Earlier, because of her suspicion of Wei Yan's sudden heightened mood, she directly joked with the topic of choosing a son-in-law, although Wei Yi understood that she was not "unintentional" and caused a lot of resentment, but in the end, it was from Wei Yan's mouth that the words came out, and she showed her ambition and ideals in a high-spirited manner, and made no secret of the Queen Mother's appreciation for her, and she no longer had to worry about her parents' orders to marry ordinary people in the future, and she was trapped in the back house and was tied up by oil, salt, firewood and rice every day.

Only Eleven Niang heard Wei Yi say that the Queen Mother was tired and claimed that she was sleepy, but she was really surprised, you need to know that Wei Haichi has always been energetic, and the ordinary review and reading is almost all night, and the next day the court is still full of energy, and occasionally has an idle eye, but it is still as keen on drinking and feasting as when Taoguang is in obscurity, although he is nearly half a hundred years old, his spirit is much better than He Yan, a young man who has not yet arrived, and today's apricot garden banquet, why is he tired of shouting?

Could it be that you're in a bad mood?

Sure enough, when I came to investigate, I got confirmation from Ah Lu's mouth.

It's just that there is no reason against the Queen Mother's wishes today, except for Wei Yan's "refusal to marry".

But Eleven Niang still feels suspicious, according to her observation over the past year, the Queen Mother's concern and love for Wei Yan's niece and granddaughter does come from the heart, it stands to reason that the Queen Mother should be "comforted by the old man" after learning that Wei Yan also has the pride and ambition of not letting the eyebrows go, how can she be secretly dissatisfied?

Could it be that Wei Haichi's idea of self-supremacy has swelled to the point where no one is allowed to disobey it slightly?

Eleven Niang can't accurately grasp the mentality of the Queen Mother at the moment, but through this reason, she is more vigilant.

In front of the Queen Mother, we must thoroughly implement the principle of being well-behaved and obedient, and resolutely not be a little willful and disobedient.

Sitting quietly by the Xiangding for a while, Ah Lu watched the leakage gradually rising, but the Queen Mother showed no signs of waking up, and couldn't help but start to get anxious, if you rashly call, disturbing the Queen Mother's rest may be punished, but if you ignore it, delay the reception of the flower explorer, I am afraid that I will also be blamed, Ah Lu at this time first gained trust, and it is far less than the past spring warbler and elixir as handy, at this time there is some dilemma hesitation.

Eleven Niang saw it in her eyes, and simply took the blame for herself: "It's not early, I'll call the Queen Mother to dress up." ”

Ah Lu was naturally relieved, seeing that although the Queen Mother was disturbed by Shi Niang, she was still kind and pleasant after hearing that it was too late, Ah Lu secretly reminded herself - it seems that the Queen Mother cares about the overall situation, will serve in the future, and should put this first.

He also said that the Empress Dowager Wei, today is indeed the grandniece who has always been loved, and the "so ambitious" rebellion made impetuous, and fell asleep with depression, and almost delayed the hour, this was awakened, and the mood was naturally not happy, but according to the queen mother's city, of course, it will not anger the eleven mother, and today the eleven mother actually personally wrote for the queen mother to draw a pair of particularly beautiful eyebrows from the distant mountain, which attracted a lot of flattery from the palace people headed by Alu, and the queen mother gradually dissipated the depression, and asked the eleven mother casually.

"Who does Yi want to be the leader today?"

Naturally, the question is who the three tanhua will win.

Eleven Niang said with a smile: "Yi'er's wish, I hope that one of the four brothers-in-law and Sixth Brother Xue will win, but when I heard all the eunuchs talk earlier, they were not optimistic about the fourth brother-in-law." ”

Seeing that Eleven Niang seemed to have some incomprehensible appearance, the Queen Mother smiled, don't say palace people, I'm afraid that those young people, eight times out of ten, nine times out of ten will pay attention to Xue Luli and Xu Xiuneng, for no other reason, Wang Ningzhi has already married a wife and had children, so naturally Xue and Xu Erlang, who are still single, are more concerned by women.

"Yi Yi can't figure out why Wang Qilang is not favored by the palace people?" The Queen Mother asked again.

Eleven Niang naturally looked ignorant: "The fourth brother-in-law has no academic style or demeanor, but they are all picky, even if they are slightly inferior to Sixth Brother Xue, at least they are on par with Xu Langjun, but they don't know that there is a huge difference in popularity, which really makes Er Er puzzled." ”

Seeing that the palace people waiting around were all shyly pursed their lips and smiled silently, the Queen Mother also found it interesting, and laughed twice: "Yiyi is still young at the moment, so naturally he is puzzled, and in another three or two years, he will understand the truth." ”

Eleven Niang nodded her head twice as if she didn't understand, and then praised Xu Xiuneng again with ulterior motives: "I heard Shao and Yin recount Xu Langjun's Wannian County trial in the past, although I feel excellent, today when I was drinking in Qushui, I saw Xu Langjun praise Fu on the spot, compared with a lot of poems praising the Queen Mother that circulated in the market earlier, the intention is more lofty, not an empty praise, it can be seen that the literary talent is really extraordinary, no wonder it can be shared with Xue Liuge and the fourth brother-in-law. ”

"Oh? Why is Xu Erlang's song not an empty praise? "The Queen Mother because of this time to correct the imperial examination, resulting in scholars have praised, Eleven Niang did not less than those flattering poems copied and submitted, in order to win the Queen Mother's heart, the Queen Mother is of course full of joy, but the mouth pointed out that many poems are intended to flattery, so Eleven Niang dared to put forward the fallacy of "empty praise" today.

"Xu Langjun's praise is not deliberately piled up, but it is a quote from Empress Wen's exceptional promotion of Su Yu and Du Rang's canon, and the appointment of talents is eclectic, and the Queen Mother's heavy punishment of Cao Gang this time, Su Zheng Imperial Examination is analogous to the selection of talents, which is to point out the excellence of virtue and politics." Eleven Niang said.

Su Yu and Du Rang are all in the reign of Empress Wen and Jinshi and the first, one was born in a poor family, the other is a prominent child, the two are quite old and both are outstanding in literature, Empress Wen personally presided over the test, praised Su and Du as the pillars of the material, breaking the old practice of Jinshi and the first three years of vacancy, immediately after the test was awarded the actual position, and later Su and Du were on the rise, and in the year of their establishment, Queen Wen was promoted to the political hall exceptionally, and it also caused many important ministers to be dissatisfied that year, but Queen Wen was arbitrary, As a result, the Great Zhou Dynasty produced two of the youngest ministers since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"Su Du and the two ministers assisted in the administration of the country, formulated the law of leveling and opening canals and other good governance, laying the foundation for the prosperous era, which also made Empress Wen insist on not following the old rules to promote the virtuous and won the praise of the subjects, but also let the old ministers who relied on their qualifications and the corpse of the vegetarian meal decadent and let the virtuous, Empress Wen eclectic appointment of virtuous, this is how many emperors do not have the courage." When Eleven Niang said this, she was simply full of admiration.

The Queen Mother also bowed slightly, and her mind flickered.

This time, the Suzheng Imperial Examination, not only cleaned up Cao Gang, but also attracted the respect of the scholars, so that the prestige increased again, which can be described as a complete victory.

The Queen Mother was originally a model for Queen Wen everywhere, but now she is only one step away from the dynasty, and she has even more ambitions to surpass the model.

Among today's scholars, there are not only Su and Du when Empress Wen was in power, not only the five sons of Chang'an, but also Xu Xiuneng and Chai Tori and other young talents. There is an example of the current science and technology scholars, who are not afraid that the children of the family and the scribes of the poor family will not follow the "new policy", as long as they have laid a meritorious deed, and they will have a better chance of winning if they propose to be pro-government in the future.

If the world is truly respectful and thinks that she has the virtue of Empress Wen, the questioning of women's interference in politics will no longer be a threat.

The Queen Mother was secretly thinking about this, of course, she wouldn't say it in front of a group of palace people and the little girl of Eleven Niang, but the slightly long groan had been seen by Eleven Niang, and she guessed that the Queen Mother was already moved, so she stopped and did not add firewood to help the fire, but she didn't want the Queen Mother to suddenly ask: "Yi Yi knows a lot about Empress Wen's merits and political deeds, but she also regards Empress Wen as a model?" Empress Wen used to appoint a lot of female ministers back then, did Yi Yi also think about one day becoming an official? ”