The first snow fell, and Jiang Yao'an and Jiang Linsong arrived in Hanjing together.

When they arrived, it was already night, the moonlight was cold and biting, no one greeted her, and the palace gate was locked, Jiang Linsong took her to the city post station to settle down.

Jiang Yaoan was a little surprised and asked, "Why don't you go home?" ”

The home she said was Zhongyongbo's Mansion.

Jiang Linsong entered the house and lit the lamp, and said coldly in the swaying light and shadow: "After you leave, I will move out and live, that is not my home." ”

As soon as Uncle Zhong Yong and the Yin family left, almost all the people in the house were dismissed, Liu Ruxue has been living in the nunnery, and Jiang Yunhua rarely goes home, so Jiang Linsong bought a small courtyard outside to live.

Except in the court, the father and son almost broke off contact.

Jiang Yaoan probably guessed what was going on, and couldn't help but say, "The third uncle is old, and you are the only son......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiang Linsong: "You and Wei Jingluo haven't made it clear about it, and you still come to persuade me?" ”

Jiang Yao'an choked and lost her voice.

This person is not only the same as the third uncle's stubbornness, but also has a very poisonous mouth, so she is better to provoke less.

After resting for the night, early the next morning, Jiang Yaoan and Jiang Linsong entered the palace to face the saint.

When he was about to arrive at the imperial study, the Queen Mother sent someone to come, and Jiang Yaoan went to Fengqi Palace where the Queen Mother lived alone.

The Queen Mother is Li Xiangling's own sister, Jiang Yaoan has followed Li Xiangling several times before, and the Queen Mother in her memory is an extremely dignified and kind person.

"The courtier Jiang Yao'an visited the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

As soon as he entered the hall, Jiang Yaoan knelt down and saluted.

The floor of Fengqi Palace was wiped very brightly, reflecting the magnificence in the hall, and the queen mother's voice was much older than before: "Don't be polite, get up." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

Jiang Yao'an got up and looked at the Queen Mother's warm and loving eyes.

Even though she was carefully maintained, the Queen Mother's face still climbed with fine lines, and her sideburns also gave birth to silver threads, she looked at Jiang Yaoan with pity, and asked: "The mourning family heard that you went to Yuexi from Chenzhou, and rushed back to Hanjing from Yuexi, are you tired all the way?" ”

Rushing is naturally tiring, especially in winter, the wind blows on the face like a knife, Jiang Yao'an's earlobes and cheeks are frostbitten, standing in the warm hall at this time, frostbite is faintly itchy.

She didn't say that she was not tired, but bowed her head and said, "It is a blessing for a courtier to be able to serve Your Majesty." ”

The Queen Mother laughed lowly: "The mourning family remembers that when you entered the palace with your mother-in-law, you were still a blunt little girl, but now you have learned to flatter people." ”

The Queen Mother's tone was gentle, and she never hid a needle in her mouth, but she just sighed that Jiang Yaoan had also grown up, like an ordinary elder catching up with a junior.

Jiang Yao settled down for a while, looked up at the Queen Mother, and said softly: "The courtiers also want to be innocent all the time, but after experiencing a lot of things, it is inevitable that there will be some changes." ”

"Yes," the Queen Mother nodded, "When the Mourning family married into the East Palace as the crown princess, they also thought that they could be a good queen, but no one thought that later they would become the queen mother directly from the crown princess. ”

If these words came out of someone else's mouth, it would be enough to destroy the nine clans, but the queen mother is the emperor's mother-in-law.

It is a matter of course for a mother to discipline her son.

Jiang Yaoan didn't answer, the Queen Mother knew that she didn't dare to talk casually, so she didn't continue the topic, and only asked: "Is your grandfather and grandmother's body still tough?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, my grandfather has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he has fallen into a lot of injuries, and his health is not as good as before, and his uncle died young, and my grandmother has always been depressed, and she has become more and more confused in the past two years, and sometimes even my father and mother don't recognize it."

Many old ministers in the court have returned to their hometowns, all the courtiers in the court are young courtiers, and the people in the palace have changed one after another, and there are fewer and fewer familiar people around them.

She is destined to be trapped in this deep palace in her life, and Li Xiangling often entered the palace to accompany her to relieve her boredom, if the Wei family is gone, she will really become a lonely old man.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother's chest was sluggish.

Jiang Yaoan accompanied the Queen Mother for a long time, and near noon, the emperor came to Fengqi Palace.

"The Queen Mother."

The emperor glanced at Jiang Yao'an before saluting the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother asked the emperor to sit down and ordered someone to pass lunch.

"Yao'an used to go into the palace with your aunt to talk to the mourning family, and when she heard that she was back, the mourning family asked her to come to Fengqi Palace to catch up on the past, Your Majesty won't be angry, right?"

"If the queen mother likes it, it's fine."

The former crown prince was deposed, and it was the queen mother who made the emperor's eldest grandson the prince under many objections, and the queen mother paid a lot for the emperor, and now although she is full-fledged, the emperor is still respectful to the queen mother.

The Queen Mother hooked her lips and asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember who Yao'an's grandfather was?" ”

"Uncle Zhong Yong is his son's mentor, not only taught his son to ride and shoot, but also taught his son many ways to be a king, of course his son will not forget."

"Then Your Majesty, do you know how the loyal and brave man is doing? In order to help the court arrest the thief, Yao'an has not returned home for several months, and she is very worried about the situation at home. ”

The emperor was worried that the Jiang family and the Wei family were secretly in contact, and he sent many people to spy on them these days.

The Queen Mother has never interfered in court politics over the years, and what she said just now was like idle talk, but it made the emperor feel the pressure.

He pursed his lips and said, "My son has sent someone to protect his teacher's family, and everything is fine at home." ”

"Uncle Zhong Yong fell on the battlefield with an injury, and it must be very difficult to endure in winter, the mourning family remembers that the first emperor would order the imperial doctor to develop good wound medicine every year and send it, Your Majesty can order someone to send medicine?"

The emperor has to take care of everything, and he doesn't have time to care about such a trivial matter, besides, Uncle Zhongyong has already returned to his hometown, how could the emperor deliberately send medicine to him from Hanjing?

The emperor was asked, and the queen mother continued to ask: "Your Majesty, do you remember when you were made a prince, who led you to the altar to be worshiped by hundreds of officials?" ”

There are also outsiders, the queen mother obviously did not intend to save face for the emperor, the emperor frowned, and asked unhappily: "What does the queen mother want to say?" ”

The Son of Heaven was furious and full of coercion.

The Queen Mother's expression remained unchanged, and she continued: "In addition to the abolished prince, there are several princes under the knees of the first emperor, they are older than Your Majesty, and they are mature and steady, and they can shoulder the common people in the world without spending time teaching and cultivating. ”

In the whole world, except for the queen mother, no one dares to accuse the emperor of being ungrateful for these old things, and there has been no such adverse advice in the court for a long time.

The emperor's face was a little unbearable, and he was about to get angry, but he heard the queen mother say: "Your Majesty can now be on your own, and I don't like to listen to the nagging of the mourning family. ”

The emperor suddenly got up: "Queen Mother!" Are you trying to let the world poke your son's backbone? ”