Yanjing, Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager Bumu Butai was resting on the bed for a lunch break, while the personal maid Su Malagu was sitting in front of the bed doing needlework.

At the kang table under the south window, the little emperor Xuan Ye, who had just ascended the throne for three years, was concentrating on reading.

watched "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period".

The two golden wire smokers in the house were burning vigorously, and the ambergris incense quietly spread around.

The dormitory is very quiet, only the "ticking" sound of the Western clock can be heard, and the sound of the little emperor occasionally turning the pages of the book.

At this time, a pair of little feet suddenly walked into the threshold of the dormitory, and then a pair of chubby little hands opened the door curtain, revealing the round little face of the second elder brother Fuquan.

Su Malagu looked up and saw that it was the second elder brother, so she couldn't help waving her hand at him, signaling Fuquan not to wake up his imperial grandmother.

Seeing his brother, who was one year older than him, the little emperor Xuan Ye was very happy, and he gestured and blinked.

Fuquan grimaced at his brother, and both children pursed their lips and smiled.

Seeing that his younger brother was reading a book and the imperial grandmother was resting again, Fuquan stepped forward to pick up his brother's pen and knelt at the kang table to post it with his brother's paper and ink.

Unaware of the slightest, his younger brother was now his monarch and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Every item used by the younger brother is a royal thing, and if Fuquan, a courtier, uses it, it is "arrogance", which is a big disrespect.

After all, he was still a child, and Xuan Ye, as the emperor, didn't realize that his brother's actions were disrespectful to him, but knew that his brother's Han characters were always badly written, so he was very enthusiastic to write two Chinese characters there to demonstrate to his brother.

Seeing this, Aunt Su Mala put down her needle and thread, looked at the brothers with a smile, and did not step forward to stop Fuquan's "disrespect".

Bumu Butai on the kang heard the movement of the two children, turned over, opened his eyes and said to Su Ma: "Didn't Suzhou Cao Eryu send some Jiangnan snacks to the palace, you ask someone to get some." ”

"Grandma Huang!"

Hearing the voice of the emperor's grandmother, Fuquan put down his pen and jumped off the kang and went straight over and said, "Grandma Huang, you found a daughter-in-law for the emperor's younger brother, and I want a little daughter-in-law too!" ”

Although Fuquan is the second elder brother, the eldest elder brother Niu Niu died early, so in Bumu Butai's heart, Fuquan is his eldest grandson.

It's just because Fuquan hasn't had a pox that he didn't get on the throne.

In this regard, Bu Mu Butai has always felt guilty in his heart, and when he heard that Fuquan also wanted a daughter-in-law, he couldn't help but say: "Okay, well, when your emperor's younger brother becomes a marriage next year, the emperor's grandmother will ask you for a beautiful daughter-in-law." ”

"Grandma Huang's words have to count."

Fuquan couldn't help but jerk his little head, and he looked happy.

He is only twelve years old this year, and he is afraid that he doesn't even know what his daughter-in-law is asking for back.

Xuan Ye on the side couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw his brother asking his grandmother for a daughter-in-law.

Although he is one year younger than Fuquan, Xuan Ye has been taught by famous teachers since he ascended the throne, and he is very precocious, so he knows a lot of things than Fuquan, and his temperament is much more stable than this brother who is one year older than him.

Chen Tingjing, a bachelor who taught Xuan Ye to read, said to his colleagues more than once that in the future, Emperor Kangxi would be a rare Ming monarch in the ages.

"Count, count, when does your imperial grandma speak doesn't count."

Bumu Butai got up with a smile, and after Su Malagu arranged for someone to fetch snacks, she stepped forward to comb her master's hair, and said softly: "Several edicts drafted by the auxiliary ministers have been issued, and they were issued with the emperor's holy edicts. ”

Bumu Butai was silent when he heard this.

Now that the affairs in the court are all decided by Aobai, what can she, the queen mother, do if she disagrees.

Moreover, Ao Bai still has the ability to govern the country, and the country is also thriving under its governance.

The edicts drafted in the name of the emperor were also to the point.

First, it is required that the local government and each household should earnestly present this chapter in the future, and it should not exceed 300 words; It also requires that all yamen should not take more than seven days to handle affairs after receiving the edict, thus greatly improving the efficiency of administrative management.

The second is to strictly investigate the illegal levy of strong factions in various localities, coerce the officials of post stations, send more horses to support them, bring their families to the post office to "eat food within the number of soldiers who have joined the army", and connive at traitors and villains to disrupt normal trade.

The third is to send two ministers to each province, and set up a special yamen next to the governor, so as to supervise and appease the governor.

No matter which one is an excellent measure for the rule of officials, in this way, Bu Mu Butai, as the empress dowager, has no reason to oppose it, not to mention that it is useless for her to oppose it.

The power of the Council of Ministers of the Parliamentary Princes is not something that she, the Queen Mother, can shake.

Seeing that the Queen Mother didn't speak, Su Malagu cautiously said again: "I just received the news that Ao Bai wanted to steal his family property for the crime of Tuhai's conspiracy and defeat, and his wife and daughter were sent to Ningguta to be handed over to the armored people as slaves. ”

"He dares!"

Bumu Butai stood up in shock, and immediately realized that his two grandchildren were nearby, so he slowly sat down again.

Seeing that the imperial grandmother was suddenly angry and a little frightened, Fuquan quietly slipped out of the house.

Xuan Ye was also about to go out, but for some reason his little eyes rolled, and he turned his head to pick up the Han book and read it again.

The little ears are upright.

"I don't know Tu Hai yet? He is loyal to the Qing Dynasty and our mother and son, how could he conspire to lead to the rout of the army, and how could he commit suicide in fear of crime? These are just a means of grafting for his brother's defeat, and he said that my old woman can't understand it, and she can't think about it clearly? It is said that beating a dog depends on the face of the owner, and he is now getting bolder and bolder, so I can't fight this old woman! ”

When the news of Tuhai's death came into the palace, Bumu Butai, who was the empress dowager, was really shocked and couldn't say a word for a long time.

And there is fear in my heart.

Fear that I never had before.

Let's ask, Ao Bai even dared to kill Tuhai, who dared to say that he would not bully the orphans and widows in the palace in the future?

I only hate Sony's shrunken turtle hiding in the house and not coming out, only asking Suke Saha to fight with Ao Bai alone, and Ji Bilong's wall grass and wearing a pair of pants with Ao Bai, otherwise why would the situation of the four auxiliary ministers jointly ruling become Ao Bai alone, not only controlling the six cabinet departments, but even the Council of Princes and Ministers of the Council of Ministers also asked him to hold it, making her, the queen mother, have nothing to do with it.

Anger is angry, but thinking of Aobai's current power, Bumu Butai can only sigh slightly and instruct Su Ma: "You let Bambur give a message to Aobai, Tuhai has made meritorious contributions to the country before, even if he has done it, don't implicate his family." ”

Su Ma was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and was about to go over to pass the word, when a eunuch's voice came from outside: "Ancestor, Mi Sihan is back." ”

Bumu Butai raised his eyebrows suddenly, and asked Mi Sihan to bring him in.

She really had a lot to ask about this coat collar.

After Mi Sihan came in and told him everything about Shaanxi, Bumu Butai and Su Malagu, the master and servant, couldn't help but be stunned, and even the little emperor Kangxi, who pretended to be studying, couldn't help but feel curious.

Curious about a Ming army general named Wang Yaowu.

Bumu Butai seemed to think of something, and asked Su Ma: "Zhang Changgeng, the former governor of Huguang, said that there is a Ming general surnamed Wang who is going to ask our Daqing to surrender, is this person?" ”

Su Ma hurriedly said: "This is the person." ”

Bumu Butai couldn't help but be surprised: "Didn't he descend, why did he still descend?" ”

This was for Mithhan.

Mi Sihan said softly: "Back to the words of the ancestors, this person is descending to the emperor rather than worshipping the emperor. ”

"What do you mean?"

It turned out that the little emperor Kangxi put down the Han books in his hand and came to Mi Sihan.

"Your Majesty, this Wang Yaowu defeated Mu Lima, and the Ao Bai brothers lost their face, except for the emperor, who else can tolerate him?"

Mi Sihan said respectfully.