In the early morning of the next day, in the Changxin Palace, it was as cool as autumn.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan got up very early, and under the service of the maidservant, she quickly washed and dressed up.

It has been a few months since Emperor Xiaozhao made a big trip, and she has gradually come out of the shadow of her widowhood.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan was not born a cold person, but she entered the palace at the age of six and became the queen, and it has been ten years now.

I have seen too many swords and swords in the palace, and I have gradually developed a heart of stone.

However, Emperor Xiaozhao's great trip still brought a huge blow to the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

In the past ten years, although she and Emperor Xiaozhao are not like glue, they are also respectful.

The two poor people stayed in this cold palace, and naturally they would get along with each other.

Although the Empress Dowager Shangguan did not give birth to an heir for Emperor Xiaozhao, I don't know how many nights, when the Empress Dowager Shangguan woke up from the bloody dream, it was the Emperor of Heaven who gently hugged her and coaxed her to sleep with the sleepies she had heard in her childhood.

In the heart of the Empress Dowager Shangguan, Emperor Xiaozhao is not like his husband, but more like her brother.

Therefore, in private, the Empress Dowager Shangguan always called him Brother Fuling.

For thousands of nights, Emperor Xiaozhao talked to her a lot, some of which she understood, some of which she could not understand, but never interrupted each other.

"One day, the great general will go with the first emperor, and then I will become the real emperor of the Han Dynasty."

This sentence is the sentence that Emperor Xiaozhao has said the most, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan couldn't understand it when she was a child, but gradually she understood it.

They all have a common "enemy", that is, Huo Guang in the court.

For a long time, the Empress Dowager Shangguan was convinced of what Emperor Xiaozhao said, and she firmly believed that one day she would be able to see Emperor Xiaozhao surpass Huo Guang and become the real Son of Heaven.

But I didn't expect Emperor Xiaozhao to leave so suddenly, and he walked so strangely.

Ten years, even if a cold stone is about to be hot, how can the Empress Dowager Shangguan not be hit.

What's more, from now on, there will be decades of long nights, even if the brick walls of Changle Palace are counted piece by piece, it will be difficult to survive.

How to spend this long night.

……

Under the double blow of pain and confusion, the Empress Dowager Shangguan fell ill, and on the sickbed, she once wanted to follow Emperor Xiaozhao and went like this.

However, a seemingly weak woman always has more resilience than she imagined.

After moving from the Yang Palace to this Changle Palace, the Empress Dowager Shangguan's illness actually improved little by little.

If you don't die, then live well.

Emperor Xiaozhao didn't see the general following Emperor Xiaowu, so he had to see that day for Emperor Xiaozhao.

After recovering from the lingering chronic illness, the Empress Dowager Shangguan stubbornly restarted her life as the Empress Dowager.

Every day, I played with flowers and plants, read the scriptures, and watched the maidservants of the same age play and make trouble...... And the days went on day by day.

It's a little boring, but it's not too sad.

And this boring day has changed a little.

These changes began on that day, when the new emperor sent Lang Guan to greet him.

For this nominal son, the Empress Dowager Shangguan has no bad feelings or good feelings.

But after all, he was the replacement of Emperor Xiaozhao and occupied the Weiyang Palace.

When the Empress Dowager Shangguan saw him sitting in the palace, she would think of Emperor Xiaozhao lying in the cold mausoleum.

Therefore, although she knew that the other party was a puppet under Huo Guang's control, the Empress Dowager Shangguan was still reluctant to see him, let alone a trace of sympathy.

However, the new emperor seems to be very indifferent, and he has never come to Changle Palace in person.

I'm afraid it's also difficult to face his mother, who is younger than him, right?

In this way, a lot of embarrassment and hypocrisy are also saved.

"Sending his Lang official to spread the word is probably the best way."

When the Empress Dowager Shangguan was a little lazy leaning on the couch, watching the palace maids kicking shuttlecocks in the courtyard, and falling into a reverie, an internal official hurriedly ran in.

"Queen Mother, the county official is here."

"Huh? Is that Lang official named Yu Wuwu here again? Empress Dowager Shangguan asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it was the county official who came in person, and the Weiyang Guard just sent someone to pass the word, and the Son of Heaven has already set off from the Yang Palace, and it will arrive in about half an hour."

The Empress Dowager Shangguan was a little flustered and a little bored, and she didn't know why the new monarch came.

A few days ago, he sent Lang Guan to greet him, and at the same time asked how the matter of the Holy Birthday Ceremony should be handled, and he asked that this year's Holy Birthday Ceremony be canceled on the grounds that Emperor Xiaozhao was a big trip and should not be extravagant.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan thought that this matter was over, why did it make waves again?

Regarding the visit of the Son of Heaven, the Empress Dowager Shangguan was very displeased.

Not only do I not like a man older than myself to call him his mother, but I also don't like him to disrupt his life that has finally calmed down.

However, even if she didn't like it, the Empress Dowager Shangguan had no reason to refuse.

"Change my clothes and makeup, and wait for the Son of Heaven."

"No."

……

Half an hour later, Liu He came to Changle Palace.

The scale of Changle Palace, this Weiyang Palace, has to play a circle, and it was built on the Xingle Palace, the palace of the Qin Dynasty.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, this was originally the residence of Emperor Gao.

However, when Emperor Xiaohui was in power, Empress Lu moved the emperor to Weiyang Palace, and he himself became the master of Changle Palace.

So far, Changle Palace has become the residence of the Queen Mother.

From the shape of the palace, the Son of Heaven is faintly suppressed, and the role played by relatives in the court of the Han Empire can be seen.

……

In order to show respect, Liu He left most of the drivers and servants outside Changle Palace. Instead, he changed to eight people and entered the Changle Palace.

The only people who followed him were Yu Wuwu and four reliable Changyi Lang.

Compared with Weiyang Palace, Huo Guang's eyeliner in this Changle Palace is probably even less.

While walking towards the Changxin Hall at the core of Changle Palace, Yu Wuwu told Liu He the names of the surrounding palaces.

These palaces mostly take the words that represent auspiciousness as the name of the palace, which is really good, but the function is not as clear as that of Weiyang Palace.

Changle Palace is not only the queen mother's bedroom, but also the residence of the first emperor's concubines and uncrowned princes.

But Emperor Xiaozhao didn't have a few concubines, and he only had Liu He, an only son.

Therefore, the wide Changle Palace is particularly deserted and quiet.

Liu He noticed that many palaces were already a little dilapidated.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that this year's funeral of Emperor Xiaozhao and His Majesty's enthronement ceremony are very expensive, and there is another war, so the Holy Birthday Ceremony will not be held, and the money will be saved."

This is a bit of a surprise to Liu He, the Queen Mother is only fifteen years old, and there is still such a pattern?

But after thinking about it, being able to live in this deep palace is not an ordinary person.

Everyone has to come up with a faster growth rate than ordinary people - and naturally die earlier.

Just like the champion Hou, life is more and more brilliant, and it is more and more short.

"In the future, every five days, you will have to come to greet the Queen Mother on behalf of me, and see what the Queen Mother lacks, and Le Cheng may not be able to take care of it."

"The Queen Mother lives alone in this palace, I'm afraid she will feel lonely, go to Shiqu Pavilion to find some miscellaneous books, and then let Le Cheng go to the folk to find some musicians and dancers, in short, let the Queen Mother live happily."

"No." Yu Wuwu quickly agreed.

While speaking, Liu He came to the outside of the Changxin Palace, the dormitory where the Queen Mother lived.

The voices of the confessors went from near to far, and soon, from far to near.

After arranging his clothes again and making sure that there was nothing that did not conform to the etiquette, Liu He strode into the front yard of the Changxin Palace.

Standing in the courtyard, Liu He saw the small figure in the hall.

If you decide to do it, you have to do it cleanly.

As long as you're not embarrassed, it's someone else who is embarrassed.

Adhering to this idea, Liu He decisively walked into the main hall.

Nominally, the status of the Queen Mother is higher than that of the Son of Heaven, so the Son of Heaven must salute.

Before Liu He could stand firmly, he simply bowed down.

"No, Xiao Zihe, please ask the Queen Mother."

The moment he said this, Liu He became very relaxed, which is actually not difficult to do.

After a few breaths, the thin and fresh voice of the Empress Dowager Shangguan came from the front: "The emperor is flat, you and I see each other, mother and son, you don't need to be polite, just sit at will." ”

Liu He was stunned for a moment, thinking that this Empress Dowager Shangguan was really not an ordinary person, and she was even more calm than herself.

Smart people are good, at least they are easy to talk.

"Empress Dowager Xie."

Liu He stood up, walked forward, and sat down on the couch to the right of the Queen Mother.

Liu He and the Queen Mother entered today's theme after an unchanged greeting.

"Today, I came to visit the Queen Mother, one is to greet her, and the other is to obtain the consent of the Queen Mother on two important matters."

Today's four more 10,000 words, more finished!

(End of chapter)