For two years in a row, the winter of Chang'an came abnormally early, after the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, it was still followed by the rain, the winter clothes festival and a whole month, the jacket charcoal basin is about to start to prepare, many chrysanthemums in the dragon head were not in full bloom, it was destroyed by the wind and rain, the autumn scenery of this year is afraid that it can not be brilliant, the palace building is in danger, looking out of the world is a bleak and gray, so the queen mother will approve the place of the chapter again set in the Linglong platform, she even plans to feast in the Huaqing Palace, The hot spring water there may be able to soothe the depression caused by this long winter.

The delicate stage is fragrant and wonderful, but at this moment it can't get rid of the boredom in the heart of the Queen Mother, she read the letter that is not trivial several times before she turned back on the case, her body leaned and fell crookedly, and she locked her eyebrows and closed her eyes.

This year, there is no Xie Ying often laughing by her side, and there is no occasional greeting from Princess Tong'an, although Concubine Yuanxian is here, the Queen Mother and her are not speculative, there is a queen in the palace, Lan Jieyu is no longer in charge of palace affairs, although the Queen Mother likes her to be docile and meticulous over the years, but Lan Jieyu is unable to give advice on military and political matters, so she does not serve in Linglongtai from time to time, as for Chang Guifei, she is not really liked by the Queen Mother, her sister Concubine Li is clever, but she is the thorn in the Queen Mother's eyes, there are more people in the harem, but the Queen Mother feels lonely.

Nowadays, only Gao Yuxiang and other eunuchs can still amuse a few words from time to time, but when they saw that the queen mother was worried, most of them didn't have the courage to speak, and only looked at the chief manager Gao Yuxiang to see if he had any plans.

At this time, two more eunuchs came in with a tray, Gao Yuxiang saw that one side turned out to be a secret letter, and the imprint turned out to be from Xie Ying, so he ignored it first, and only took out a spoonful of goat's milk soaked lychee on the other side and tasted it, replaced it with a clean silver spoon, and used a five-inch rectangular red sandalwood plate to hold it, and then presented it to the Queen Mother, and laughed in a low voice: "I simmered it over a low fire in the morning, and it was already delicious, and the Queen Mother took advantage of the hot product." ”

Lychee is made of preserved fruit, the color has lost its fresh white, but at this time, it will not be so cold, and the goat milk is also dotted with fragrant honey, which spreads with the heating steaming, and it is the sweet and warm taste that the queen mother is very happy about, of course, Gao Yuxiang is also because he is depressed when he sees the queen mother, but he is not angry, otherwise he would not dare to be courteous at this time, although this bowl of dessert tastes good, it is not so wonderful to splash on the face.

The Queen Mother really didn't lose her temper, opened her eyes slightly, Gao Yuxiang hurriedly motioned to her godson to come over and eat spoonful, he vacated his hand, moved it over, and gently knocked his calf for the Queen Mother, seeing that the Queen Mother used two or three spoonfuls, he frowned slightly, and hurriedly motioned to his godson to take the dessert and walk away, and said with a smile: "The slave guessed that it must be the princess of Jin who interceded for the father and son of the King of Jin, and the unknown guess is accurate?" ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "Did Xiao Gao peek at Eleven Niang's secret letter?" ”

"The slave and maid don't have more heads, how dare they do such an arrogant thing, it's just that Ah Lu and Yuan Yu reported it, and the princess seems to be suspicious, so she guesses like this."

"You guessed it right, but Eleven Niang is already suspicious, which is not conducive to my plan, aren't you arrogant when you smile so happily?"

Gao Yuxiang was not only frightened by this reprimand, but laughed more and more "hee" twice: "Although this change was sudden, Princess Jin did not hide her doubts from the Queen Mother, but told her truthfully, doesn't it show that the Queen Mother is wise and knowledgeable, and Princess Jin is really kind-hearted and loyal to the Queen Mother." ”

"I expected it a long time ago, now that Eleven Niang has a congratulatory letter, she will be more and more unable to give up on He Ye, so she will waste so much effort to hide her, but I didn't expect it!" The Queen Mother's brows were already raised, and she suppressed her anger again, and waved her hand heavily: "Let's not mention this first, let's talk about whether Eleven Niang is loyal or not, she has already revealed clues in front of Wei Yan, of course she knows that she can't hide it from me, so she has this letter, but her letter is a few days later than Wei Yan and others." ”

"The Jin Palace's palace gave birth to such a big change, and it involves the queen mother, of course the princess will hesitate for a few days, how can it be compared to Wei Niangzi and others just to report the incident, so the response is not so fast, but reasonable, and according to the princess's wit, if you really have the intention to hide your doubts, it will never be shown in front of Wei Niangzi, just insist that Ren is dirty, and secretly beware of similar incidents in the future, but in this way, the princess is only afraid that she has already had a relationship with the queen mother, but instead expresses her doubts directly, and begs for tolerance, indicating that the princess still trusts the queen mother and will not kill them all. The princess has always attached great importance to love and righteousness, when the slave and maid were framed, everyone was busy falling into the well to avoid self-preservation, only the princess dared to intercede for the slave and maid, not to mention the husband and wife of the king of Jin, living together for eight years day and night, and now there is the flesh and blood of the king of Jin, if the princess ignores the life and death of the king of Jin, so ruthless, how can she talk about benevolence and righteousness, isn't it that the queen mother looked away and mistrusted the princess? However, compared with King Jin, the Queen Mother has a deep love for the princess, and she doesn't know how many wins, and the princess still has her heart for the Queen Mother after all. ”

These words seem to excuse Eleven Niang, but in fact, Gao Yuxiang is measuring the Queen Mother's expression, knowing that he no longer trusts Princess Jin, he just said what the Queen Mother thought in her heart, and shook her wit in front of the Queen Mother.

"You, after so many years by my side, in the end you still sharpened it, you are not wrong with what you say, I am not bothered by Eleven Niang's heart to He Ye, I also understand that she will not change her filial piety to me, but after this accident, in a short period of time, I can no longer do anything to He Ye! Besides, it has been three years since the Son of Heaven got married, and he is now sixteen, although the previous confrontation, because of Du Wanhong, the Son of Heaven damaged some people's hearts, but there are still those stubborn orthodox, still deliberately forcing me to hand over the government and delegate power, the Son of Heaven has He Shen outside, and Concubine Li inside, can you have the slightest filial piety to me? He also wished that I didn't care about state affairs at all, so he could do whatever he wanted! But look at the Son of Heaven, who are the people of Thaxin? He Shen and Concubine Li's brother are brothers, which of these people can be entrusted with important tasks, and now they are suffering from internal and external troubles, if it weren't for me to manage it, the society would have handed over to him the hands of a stinky child, and there was a group of ill-intentioned traitors and thieves bewitched, how could the world be peaceful? ”

When the Queen Mother said this, there was anger on her face: "But how to eradicate He Shen, but Wei Xiang, Xie Xiang, and Yuan Xiang can't come up with a safe way, who else can I rely on?" After eight years, Eleven Niang has been completely trained, if she is willing to help me, I also have many arms, but it is ...... Eleven Niang is good everywhere, but she lacks a little ambition. ”

Gao Yuxiang also put away his smile at this time and sighed: "Why doesn't the King of Shu know that Princess Jin is his enemy?" Otherwise, these officials from Taiyuan would not have been impeached repeatedly, but they were all resisted by the princess of Jin one by one, and because the queen mother intended to promote, these officials were not deposed, but gradually had real power, if the princess of Jin could be of the same heart with the queen mother, I was not afraid of not finding the mistakes of the king of Shu. ”

"What I'm worried about right now is how to appease Eleven Niang, no matter what, I must also dispel the doubts in her heart, and there must be someone else who murders He Ye."

"Aren't people ready-made?" Gao Yuxiang said with a smile.

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows.

"King Shu." The eunuch said two words, and the smile deepened: "The reason why Ren dared to poison the King of Jin was because of the command of the King of Shu, the King of Shu represents the Son of Heaven, and only the Son of Heaven supports him, and the Ren family has the courage to fight hard, but he didn't want to know no one, but was betrayed by his henchmen and maidservants. ”

The Queen Mother thought for a while: "This statement is not bad, but I'm afraid that Eleven Niang will not be gullible." ”

"How could the princess not believe it? From the slave's point of view, as long as the queen mother denied and did not instruct the Ren family, the princess would trust, and the king of Shu repeatedly targeted the Jin palace, how could the princess not be aware of it? In addition, the Queen Mother can also instruct the Heshe people, with him lobbying from it, the princess will definitely help the Queen Mother to fight the King of Shu, after all, only the King of Shu and the Son of Heaven are weak, and the Jin Palace's Mansion is expected to be peaceful for a long time. ”

"Good strategy!" The Queen Mother was overjoyed: "This kind of thing could not have ironclad evidence, and plausibility is more convincing." ”

Gao Yuxiang saw that the Queen Mother turned from worry to joy, and said: "If you want to talk about this incident, but it was Ren who caused such a big mess, she designed to eradicate Hui Feng, and it was clever to buy Maolin, although there were also mistakes, but she was able to get out of the whole body, this time it was good, who did she use to assassinate the King of Jin for such a critical task?" The servant girl Qianxi is her old servant, but because of the glory and wealth, Ren did not notice the dissenting heart and gave it a heavy use, if she didn't get rid of Huifeng, why would this plan get out of control? Damn it! ”

"Of course she's damned!" The Queen Mother's anger finally couldn't be restrained, and she sneered: "If I order her to be escorted back to Chang'an, it will be like being a thief and wanting to kill people, so it is better to hand it over to He Ye to send it down, and now, Ren Danfan still has a little sense, and he should know how to make up for it to avoid being destroyed!" ”

Gao Yuxiang immediately said: "The Queen Mother Gao Jian! It is not appropriate to alarm Zongzheng Temple in this matter, otherwise wouldn't it make the Shu Wang Party have something to do? I believe that the princess will also agree, because once Ren escorts Chang'an, the King of Jin will not be able to hide the poisoning, the King of Shu is Zong Zhengqing, he is the presiding judge, Ren insisted that he was the queen mother's mastermind, and even changed his confession to prove that the princess was also an accomplice. The Queen Mother could have asked the princess to interrogate and hand over the decision-making power to the princess, how could the princess suspect that the queen mother was the master's servant? ”

"I just don't know how much I know about Qianxi."

"It doesn't matter how much Qianxi knows, because it can be tricked by Ren."

The Queen Mother bowed: "A maid in Qianxi District, and was once Ren's confidant, greedy for wealth and betrayal, Eleven Niang is not expected to believe her confession, and because Ren was arrested, unable to deliver the news in time, Ren knows why he does not notice the change, of course, it is impossible to take revenge on Qianxi's sister immediately, I received He Ye's letter, immediately summoned Qianxi's sister, sent her to Jinyang, and also to commend Qianxi's meritorious service, in addition, I can also give Qianxi as the king of Jin, which is enough to show that I am happy." ”

"Then ...... to Ren"

"Ren stabbed the basket, but it has nothing to do with him, as long as Ren can still make up for it, I have no intention of pursuing him." Although she said this, the Queen Mother looked cold: "If I kill him at this time, it will be like killing people and destroying his mouth, and he will keep it for a reason, and Eleven Niang is even more convinced that I am not the mastermind, so I can fight against me, and besides, now the situation in the court is not something I can control with one hand, and I can't do it autocraticly, I must cherish my wings, let me know why, he should understand that in the future, there is no choice but to be more loyal." ”