After ordering people to send Qian Yi away, Zhao Xu accompanied Queen Xiang and had lunch.
Feng Jing personally went to the imperial kitchen to prepare the meals.
It is a vegetarian dish made according to Zhao Xu's request.
Of course, vegetarian dishes are vegetarian dishes, but they contain a lot of protein.
There are plenty of eggs and milk, and many vegetables are prepared.
Although the taste is not as rich as what Zhao Xu ate at the New Century restaurant, the texture is far superior.
However, Zhao Xu's mind was not on eating.
He focused his energy on getting closer to the queen.
Children, in this aspect, have a natural advantage.
Empress Xiang was already overflowing with motherly love, and with Zhao Xu's deliberate closeness, even her body and bones became lighter after a meal.
I just wish I could stay at Qingning Palace, but now the official family is seriously ill and people are in panic. It is impossible not to keep an eye on the Queen at Funing Palace.
Especially now, looking at the well-behaved, sensible and filial prince.
Queen Xiang knew that she would not only do it for herself, but also for this child.
Otherwise, the yesterday of Queen Xiaozhang and King Yan Yi is the tomorrow of their mother and son.
Therefore, even if he was reluctant to leave, after having lunch with Zhao Xu with the Queen, he had to say goodbye to Zhao Xu reluctantly. Of course, before leaving, Queen Xiang ordered someone to carefully bind the Buddhist scriptures copied by Zhao Xu.
Okay, take it away.
Zhao Xu sent Queen Xiang to the entrance of Qingning Palace, watched Queen Xiang disappear from sight under the guards, and then turned back to the palace.
Returning to the dormitory of Qingning Palace, Zhao Xu called Feng Jing and ordered: "I only copied one volume of "Eliminate Disasters" in the morning, and there is still "Extension of Life" that has not been written. Please prepare a study room for me!"
Then he continued his great work of copying Buddhist scriptures in Qingning Palace.
This is the only thing he can do now.
It is also Zhao Xu’s best amulet.
A word of filial piety is enough to make him invincible.
Let the traitor's plot to rebel against the party be in vain!
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From Qingning Palace to Funing Palace, there are many official houses and palaces along the way.
There is also an endless stream of officials and followers patrolling and guarding.
The Queen's ceremonial guards responded all the way.
All the officials who came and went avoided the road one after another and bowed to ask questions.
But Empress Xiang's thoughts on the chariot remained entirely in Qingning Palace.
She recalled the appearance of her sixth brother, the way he looked sensible in front of her, and recalled over and over again the clear and childish but sincere calls of "mother queen" from the sixth brother.
As a result, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
When the chariot stopped in front of Funing Palace, Queen Xiang was still immersed in the memory of Qingning Palace.
It wasn't until the chariot was put down that Yan Shouqin's voice called her back to reality: "Sage, Funing Palace has arrived!"
"Oh!" Queen Xiang took a deep breath, abandoned the distracting thoughts in her heart, and got off the chariot with the support of Zhang, the Minister of Kunning Palace.
He then ordered the ceremonial guards to stay outside the Funing Hall, and the Queen led only Yan Shouqin and Shangshu Zhang into the emperor's bedroom from the Zhaoqing Gate on the left side of the Funing Hall.
When they met, they saw Liang Congzheng, the minister serving the emperor's decoction in the Funing Hall.
"How is the official family going?" asked the queen.
"Half an hour ago, Chen Yijian checked everyone's pulse..." Liang Congzheng replied.
"What did Chen Yijian say?"
Liang Zongzheng carefully chose his words: "Sage: Chen Yi, in a nutshell, everyone's dragon body is still the same..."
He sighed to the queen, not knowing what to say.
Liang became a political official, so he could only find some good words to comfort him: "In order to let the saint know, the governors went to Zhazi at noon and said that it was a great victory at Xihe. Li Douzhi commanded his Tibetan generals to go deep into the territory of the Western bandits and set up an ambush for the bandit generals. Chen Daichu has gained a lot, so he should also praise the generals..."
"The Empress Dowager has ordered the prime ministers to perform the petition, and ordered them to reward all the generals as soon as possible. She also ordered the generals to report their merits and prepare them. When everyone wakes up, she will read them to everyone. Maybe everyone can cheer up after hearing the victory report. !”
Queen Xiang listened and nodded: "I hope so!"
She knows her husband.
Officials like martial arts, have lofty ambitions, and have strategies in mind. When he was still King Ying, he had the ambition to be the Queen of the Mountain and the strategy to destroy Xia.
In the 19 years since he has been in office, he has been keeping in mind that he will rejuvenate the country and unify the country.
However, God does not follow human wishes.
In military affairs, he suffered repeated setbacks and constant blows.
Especially the defeat of Yongle City hit him hard and felt deeply humiliated.
Nowadays, the illness is serious, and most of it is caused by the blow caused by the defeat of Yongle City.
If the officials heard the good news from the front, they might be cheered up.
At least, you can have more waking hours every day.
Then he asked Liang Congzheng: "Who is serving the officials in bed now?"
Liang Congzheng replied: "I am reporting to the sage: the medical officers currently serving in the ban are several national doctors headed by Sun Sanchao, the daily caretakers are Mrs. Si Yiliang, Mrs. Wang, etc., and the decoctions and medicines are given by the minister and several other imperial medicines. The rules of coordination and shift change are Zhang Duzhi..."
She nodded to the queen, indicating that she understood. If it had been in the past, she would have ordered Liang Congzheng to bring her in to visit the official family.
However, today I asked the Queen about another matter: "Where is Shi Deyi now?"
Liang Congzheng hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and replied: "Sage Zhizhi: Shi Douzhi will have a rest today and stay at the Xuanpingfang residence!"
"You're not going to take a bath today?" He smiled at the queen, but she certainly wouldn't believe it.
Shi Deyi was one of the most trusted and trusted figures in the officialdom.
They are always inseparable and never leave each other.
But since February, Guan Jia's illness has worsened, and he has lost the ability to move his hands freely, and has even lost the ability to direct state affairs through writing.
The big mink crotch disappeared inside.
By rough calculation, it should be ten days!
Hugh?
I'm afraid he's under house arrest!
Otherwise, if the official is seriously ill and Shi Deyi is loyal to the official, at this moment, it should be Shi Deyi and not Zhang Maoze who is guarding the emperor all night long!
In the past, Queen Xiang really didn't want to care about it, and she was too lazy to care about these nasty things.
Just out of sight and out of mind.
But now, Queen Xiang's maternal instinct has been awakened.
In my heart, the calls of 'Mother Queen' from the sixth brother of Qingning Palace came back.
The feelings Sixth Brother felt when he held her are still before his eyes.
The maternal cub-protecting genes are fully awakened.
So, Empress Xiang took a deep look at Liang Congzheng, who had been married to an official for 20 years, and was married to an official for 19 years. Although Empress Xiang has always been hidden in the palace and did not interfere with internal and external affairs, it does not mean that she does not understand anything. ,do not know anything.
"On the day when the king came to rule, he used the yin and yang of the law to spread the customs, and punished the country by his own family. The royal couple followed the moral ethics of the emperor, and the crown of the six palaces was the eternal autumn!" She read in her heart the content of the edict after the official family registration: "I have been honored by the official family. I believe in love, I have established myself as the middle palace, and I am close to my sixth brother. I can’t just sit back and watch, the thieves who disrupt the family bring trouble to my family!"
He just turned around and said to Liang Congzheng: "Liang Diantou, please lead the way!"
Then he reached out to Yan Shouqin. The latter immediately and respectfully handed over the Buddhist scriptures handwritten by the Prince of Yan'an County that he had taken from Qingning Palace.
The text on the paper must be fair, clear, and equal in size.
Opening it up to the queen, she looked at the words, especially the last few lines.
"May my mother live a long life, my queen may live forever, and my concubine may be happy forever!" Each word danced in front of my eyes.
"Good boy!"
"My mother will never let you down!"
She is the fourth grandson of Xiang Wenjian, the empress of the current official family, the married wife, Changqiu in the middle palace, and the aunt of all the princes!
She must fight for Sixth Brother's things, and she has to fight for them!
This is not only for Brother Six, but also for herself.
The story of Empress Xiaozhang and King Yan Yi, as the fourth generation grandson of Xiang Wenjian, Empress Xiang had been told to pieces and torn to pieces by her family before she even married into an official family, and had been told countless times.
After marrying into an official family, Queen Xiang saw firsthand how the official family was filial and kind.
The relationship between ancestors and grandchildren among the people is far inferior to the relationship between the official family and the Cisheng.
That's a family relationship that even my aunt would be jealous of!
Cisheng can do it, and Queen Xiang believes that she can do it too.
If you don’t have a biological son, if you adopt one, you will still be raised, still filial, and still close to you!
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After passing through the heavy curtains of the forbidden area, the queen walked to the emperor's royal couch.
Zhang Mao, who had been serving in front of the emperor, quickly brought a horse and waited on the queen to sit down.
Empress Xiang looked at her husband who was lying on the imperial couch with a pale face and raised cheekbones. She shed a few tears and asked Zhang Maoze: "Zhang Duzhi, how many times have the officials woke up today?"
Zhang Mao stooped down and lowered his head and replied: "I told the sage: Today, everyone has woken up three times..."
He wiped away his tears to the queen and asked, "Has the official issued any command?"
Zhang Mao hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head: "It has been several days since we have given down our command..."
He sighed to the queen and pretended not to see Zhang Maoze's hesitation.
The hand holding the Buddhist scriptures quietly used some strength.
Queen Xiang knew that the internal minister in front of her, who was respectful and seemingly loyal, was not an easy person!
As early as the early years of Xining and the beginning of the reform, Zhang Maoze was already a banner of the old party among the ministers!
In the sixth year of Xining's reign, the leader of the uproarous incident of Prime Minister Wendemen's dismissal was this veteran of three dynasties who was deeply entrenched in the palace.
At that time, the matter was very popular.
The authority of Prime Minister Wang Anshi was greatly affected by this.
The old party cheered loudly, even in this large internal ban, privately no one knew how many ministers were secretly cheering.
Although Empress Xiang was deep in the palace, she saw these things clearly.
Just like the current situation.
Although it is difficult for the queen in the deep palace to know the specific details, she can still feel the changes in the wind direction and the atmosphere in the palace.
The official family was seriously ill, and the sixth brother was young.
Not to mention the imperial court, among the ministers and ministers of the outer court, there may have been duckweeds and slight waves.
There are people in the outer court who want to imitate Zhao Pu, and there are also those in the imperial court who want to imitate Wang Jien.
With this thought in mind, Xiang Queen's hand holding the Buddhist scriptures inevitably used some force, but her expression remained unchanged, and even her voice remained calm.
"Among the ministers, is there anyone who has written a letter wishing to be imprisoned and on guard duty for the officials?" he asked the queen.
Zhang Mao then bowed his head and replied: "I am reporting to the sage, but there is no letter from the prime minister about this matter. As far as I know, the prime ministers of the two governments gathered for discussion. I ordered the right minister, the right minister, and the Qing minister to live in the minister's province to wait for your majesty's edict. Life!"
"That's it..." Xiang Empress sighed and couldn't help but think of what happened when the late emperor was seriously ill.
At the beginning, the late emperor was seriously ill.
Prime Minister Han Qi led the ministers above the imperial level to the imperial palace, stayed overnight in the palace, and guarded the emperor. Afterwards, he decided on the strategy of appointing a prince, supported the official family, and announced the emperor's edict. Han Qi did it all by himself, and was known as loyal both at home and abroad.
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Queen Xiang has personally experienced these things.
Now, the same situation appears again.
There is no important official in the court who can make the final decision like Han Qi.
Those who have the qualifications, prestige, and ability to do this are all outside the capital.
Thinking of this, Queen Xiang couldn't help but sigh a few times.
"Zhang Douzhi..." Queen Xiang looked at Zhang Maoze's old face, which was already covered with wrinkles and had patches of gray marks, and asked: "Today, the second and fourth kings will come to visit the saint."
bow?"
"Sage: The two kings have just served the Queen Mother and returned to Baoci Palace..." Zhang Maoze replied: "As for the four kings?" He said softly: "I didn't ask for your holy bow today..."
He nodded to the queen and said: "The four kings still abide by etiquette like this..."
Zhang Mao bowed his head deeply and did not dare to answer at all.
Queen Xiang stopped talking. She just held a Buddhist scripture and sat in front of her husband's bed, looking at her unconscious husband quietly.
After a long time, Queen Xiang stood up, walked to the emperor's royal couch, took the Buddhist scriptures she had brought from Qingning Palace, and whispered: "The official family... the official family..."
"Sixth Brother is also concerned about the health of His Majesty's Holy Body in Qingning Palace, so he specially took pens, inks, paper and inkstones from Zishan Hall to copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for His Majesty!"
"I also ask the officials to cheer up and get well soon..."
While talking, Queen Xiang burst into tears.
Behind Empress Xiang, Zhang Maoze, Yan Shouqin and other ministers, female officials and even the medical officer standing outside the curtain had all knelt down.
But no one dared to speak out.
Everyone just lowered their heads and prostrated.
But Queen Xiang's goal has been achieved.
The inner imperial city has always been a sieve.
At first, Renmiao was playing a game of one dragon and two phoenixes with the concubine in the palace, but the news spread the next day. The crows in Taiwan immediately had something to do and forced Renmiao to send the two beauties to the Taoist temple.
At the Yingmiao, the news of the discord between the two palaces was known to the entire city of Tokyo.
The storytellers in Wazili and the details written in street tabloids even knew more than many of the ministers in Ouchi.
When the current official came to the throne, the news that he went to see Cisheng wearing golden armor had already been published in tabloids that night before dawn the next day, and spread in various night markets and tiles.
There is no way, the Ouchi Imperial City is only so big.
But the ministers and female officials at high and low levels did not necessarily stay overnight in the imperial city.
Especially high-ranking ministers and high-ranking female officials.
They all have families and families.
Not to mention Zhang Maoze, the chief minister.
Even a middle-ranking minister like Liang Congzheng, as far as Queen Xiang knew, also married his wife and adopted a stepson outside the palace.
Outside the palace, there were more than a dozen concubines and hundreds of servants, and the ministers of the Qing Dynasty were never alone.
As soon as these people returned home, the news in the palace spread all over the place.
Throughout the ages, we have thought of ways to avoid the leakage of banned news.
However, foreign ministers, especially Taiwanese admonishers, resolutely opposed all things and policies that tried to hinder the spread of news from the palace.
Under the banner of "eliminating isolation between China and foreign countries," they stand on the high ground of political correctness and stare at everyone who tries to block banned news.
Emperor, there may be nothing they can do.
But they are good at forcing the emperor to deal with those ministers, ministers and remonstrators who dare to do these things.
Therefore, Empress Xiang is convinced that by the time the palace gates are locked tomorrow at the latest, the news of "The Prince of Yan'an County is copying Buddhist scriptures for the officials" should appear in the big and small tiles in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and in the street newspapers.
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Note: Empress Xiaozhang is the Empress of Song Dynasty. After Zhao Kuangyin died, she was tortured very miserably by Zhao Guangyi!
King Yan Yi was Zhao Dezhao. After Zhao Guangyi's donkey cart drifted, he was supported by others for a time and then committed suicide.
Note 2: Most of the ministers in the Song Dynasty usually married wives and adopted stepsons after transferring to official positions. Regarding stepsons, the legal system allowed the adoption of a stepson who could enter the palace as a minister. Well, yes, ministers in the Song Dynasty could be passed down from father to son!
However, generally there can only be one, and the emperor can have two if he is kind! But there is no restriction for normal stepsons.
Note 3: Tabloid is a newspaper in the Song Dynasty. It developed from Chaobao, also known as Dibao. It initially reported on "things that were not reported in Chaobao", but soon "people are happy and curious" and became
A gossip magazine.
This chapter has been completed!