In the Tai Chi Palace.

Zhao Jie failed to handle political affairs well today, and it was not until he went to the Empress Dowager Zhou's place for dinner in the evening that Zhao Jie skimmed off the distracting thoughts that were hovering in his heart.

Empress Dowager Zhou sandwiched the dish to Zhao Jie and said: "Jie'er, this is what you like to eat, eat more, I heard that the regent found you more than a dozen portraits of girls, and asked you to choose the queen from them, do you have a choice?" ”

Zhao Jie said: "The child has already refused. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and said: "Good refusal, the regent is uneasy and kind at first glance, you need to choose this queen candidate!" can't listen to the arrangements of the Lu Qi family, maybe they want to support a person from the Qi family as a queen, so that they can set up a puppet in the future.

I heard your second cousin-in-law say that there is a niece in her brother-in-law's family who is very good-looking, and the most important thing is her noble status, she is the eldest lady of the Chu family, who is exactly fourteen this year, and she happens to be the queen's ......."

Zhao Jie frowned slightly and said, "Mother, the child refused because the child was still young, not because he felt that his cousin was uneasy and kind." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "Why don't you understand this kid? Do you think Lu Ze would be so kind to let you be pro-government? He has been in power for nearly ten years, will he let go easily? He's just trying to take advantage of your harem.

I heard that Chu Chi, the new costume in the harem, is the maid from King Qi's mansion, don't you understand? They want to even manage your future harem! ”

Zhao Jie only frowned and said, "Queen Mother, you are too worried." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou sighed, "Alas, you, let's have more snacks." ”

On the way back to the Taiji Palace, Zhao Jie happened to meet Chu Chi who came to deliver incense sachets to Chu Qing, the wind was still cold on the second night of February, and he saw that Chu Chi was still wearing a thin robe that was wandering in the daytime.

Zhao Jie took off the big coat on his body and stepped forward to drape Chu Chi.

Chu Chi was taken aback, she looked back and raised her eyes to see Zhao Jie, who was obviously several years younger than her, Zhao Jie was already more than half a head taller than her.

"Your Majesty."

Zhao Jie said: "It's cold, you be careful of catching a cold." ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the slave and maid retired first."

After Chu Chi returned the big piece on his body to Zhao Jie, he faded off again and again.

Zhao Jie entered the Taiji Palace, smelling the faint fragrance of peonies on the big cloud, and in his dream at night, he entered a peony flower in a trance, and the peony in the middle transformed into the appearance of Chu Chi.

Zhao Jie instinctively went over and lowered his head to inhale the fragrance of peony flowers......

Under the blue sky, a bush of peonies was pressed, fragrant, and Chu Chi's eyebrows and eyes gradually became blurred among the peony flowers......

After Zhao Jie woke up in the morning, he frowned.

The palace maid who came to make the bed for Zhao Jie saw the marks on the bed, but happily went to report to the Empress Dowager Zhou.

When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, she said: "This child also said that he is young, since this is the case, it is time to find a queen to get married, and he can also be in power as soon as possible." ”

……

The end of February was Lu Ze's thirtieth birthday, and Lu Ze took a three-day break to give himself a good holiday.

took Qi Yuning to Shengjing Zhuangzi, did not bring two children, but had the most satisfactory birthday.

On a spring night, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze lay in the courtyard of Zhuangzi and watched the slanting sunset, with peach blossom trees in full bloom on one side.

Lu Ze touched Qi Yuning's hair and said, "It's been a long time since I've been so quiet, I really want Zhao Jie to marry a wife as soon as possible, and I can spend more time with you and your children." ”

Qi Yuning said: "Zhao Jie is only fourteen, and it is a little early to marry a wife now, but it is time to get married at sixteen or seventeen, but I don't know what kind of situation he will be like after he becomes a politician."

Now I see that the Zhou family is tied to the same boat with those families, the Shen family, the Ning family, the Yang family, and the Chu family have intermarried with each other, and they are already a line in the city, and I also heard that the eldest lady of the Chu family has a good reputation in the south of the Yangtze River, and the good names of the south of the Yangtze River have been spread to Shengjing City.

The Empress Dowager Zhou also praised this Zhou girl a few days ago, but it won't be so simple as just to make a name for herself, I see that she is heading towards the queen's position. ”

Lu Ze squeezed Qi Yuning's hand and said, "It's rare to relax for two days, don't talk about business." ”

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "It's not all business, Jie'er is also the child we watched grow up with." ”

Lu Ze said: "Let's take one step at a time, let's have a clear conscience." ”

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "By the way, you really don't want to be greedy for a few more years of power to dominate the world?" ”

Lu Ze chuckled: "Who doesn't like the taste of this power in their hands, but this power is also a hot potato." ”

Qi Yuning said: "I don't know who Your Majesty will choose to be the queen, if you really choose the one of the Chu family to be the queen, alas." ”

After Qi Yuning and Lu Ze left their two children behind and returned to the princess's mansion again, Lingling was angry for several days.

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning also coaxed her for several days before coaxing her, but Xiao Zhixiu was not angry at all, and didn't seem to care if his father and mother were by his side at all.

Qi Yuning is on her son's side, but she has never experienced the feeling of stickiness, she misses the spirit when she was three years old, sticking to her every day and shouting for her mother, much cuter than her son.

In March, it was the first birthday banquet of Qi Yuning's little niece, and the Qi family added a daughter after 27 years, which was a great joy, and the grandeur of the Zhou banquet was no less than Lingling.

Qi Yuning went to King Qi's mansion next door early in the morning to help hug her little niece.

Qi Yuning liked her little niece very much, looking at her little niece's soft and cute appearance, Qi Yuning also had the idea of not giving Lingling a sister anymore, but she just thought about it and did it.

Although the child is cute, she is really no longer young, if she had given birth earlier, she would have to marry her daughter in a few years at her age.

It wasn't until the auspicious time was about to catch Zhou that Qi Yuning put the little niece down, and the little niece grabbed a sword, which made Qi Yu'an extremely happy.

The Qi family hopes that there will be a successor to the Qi family's army.

Ling Ling asked Qi Yuning on the side: "Mother, what did I catch Zhou when I was a child?" ”

Qi Yuning remembered when Lingling grabbed Zhou, and smiled: "If you don't mention it, you won't want to know." ”

"What did I catch?"

Qi Zhiyuan covered his eyes and said with a smile: "You grabbed the steamed buns that other people's families have eaten, and they are the kind that you snatched." ”

"Huh?" Ling Ling blushed suddenly, "That must be when I was young and ignorant. ”

Qi Yuning smiled lightly: "You are also a child now. ”

Ling Ling waved his hand and said: "I'm almost eight years old, but I'm not a child, I'll be in time for another seven years, and these seven years of kung fu are just a flick of my fingers, very fast." ”

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's height to her waist, and it was indeed just an instant to think that she would grow up, after all, Zhao Jie was now about to catch up with Lu Ze's height.

Thinking about it this way, Qi Yuning hoped that Lingling could grow a little slower.

Spring went to autumn, there was a major incident in the court, the right minister died of a sudden illness, Lu Ze still wanted to make a choice from Lin Jiang and Qian Yun, but Zhao Jie proposed to Lu Ze to accept Gu Wei as the right minister, this Gu Wei is the governor of Jiangnan after the old man of the Zhou family, who has been in office for three years and also has merits.

Lu Ze did not refuse, but after Gu Wei came to Beijing, Qi Yuning found out the origin of this Gu Wei.

"This Gu Wei was picked up by Chu Yan, but he is actually a member of the Chu family, Xiao Zhao Jie doesn't really want to take revenge, right? Or do you want to use the power of the Chu family to suppress us? Balancing the court-court relationship? ”

After hearing Gu Wei's origin, Lu Ze said: "The Chu family is really hard work, this Chu Yan really can't be underestimated, Chu Yan is not the son of the Chu family, among the families that look at the long house, he is the fifth oldest to become the head of the Chu family. ”

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze worriedly and said, "You have to be more careful with him." ”

Lu Ze said: "Okay." ”