At the court meeting, the ministers began to have strong opinions on releasing the concubines. However, after repeated insistence from Shen Huan, the regent and others, and when they revealed that Xichen also had this plan during his lifetime, the ministers reluctantly agreed.
Shen Wen was a little helpless about having to argue endlessly on this matter. After all, banishing concubines can be said to be a harem matter, and she could just make the decision. However, the ministers like to treat it as a state matter. If she makes the decision without authorization, I'm afraid that Those censors want to impeach themselves again
As soon as the decree came out, the concubines seemed to be stunned. They probably thought that they could only spend the rest of their lives in this stagnant harem, but they never expected that they would be able to leave the palace in their lifetime and they were still so young. If you can leave the palace, you can definitely find a good home, so they all came to Chen Palace to thank Shen Huan.
Shen Huan looked at them. The oldest among them was only seventeen years old. It would be too cruel to let them live alone in the palace like this. However, she could only release those who had never slept with them, and those who had slept with them, It is no longer a perfect jade, so naturally it cannot be released from the palace.
After they thanked her, they went back. Shen Huan went to Mingde Palace to find Mrs. Mingde. Mrs. Mingde was playing with Fang'er. Her face was filled with the glory of motherhood. Shen Huan walked to her and saw Fang'er under her care. Next, she looks white, fat, and very cute
"You treat Fang'er very well," Shen Huan said with a smile.
Mrs. Mingde raised her head and saw that it was her. She also smiled and said, "Children are very interesting."
Shen Wen smiled and nodded, and then asked: "Actually, I know that the late emperor has never slept with you. I wonder if you want to go home?"
Mrs. Mingde was stunned: "Go home?"
Shen Huan said: "Yes, go home, go back to Haidong"
Mrs. Mingde thought for a while, looked at Fang'er and asked, "If I go back to Haidong, can I take the child with me?"
Shen Huan laughed and said: "Of course not, Fang'er is the second prince of the late emperor. When he grows up, he will be the prince. How can I let you take him away?"
"Then, I won't go home." Mrs. Mingde's eyes were firm and she shook her head and said, "Fang'er is here, and this is my home. I will never have a child of my own again, so Fang'er is mine." child"
Shen Huan looked at her blankly, but she no longer looked at Shen Huan, but looked at Fang Er intently, with the warmest smile on her face.
Shen Huan left quietly. In a few hours, it will be the New Year. This year, there is no New Year atmosphere at all. This is the second year she has spent in the palace. She did not expect that it would be so miserable.
………………I am the dividing line after six years…………
In the early spring of March, the grass grows and orioles fly, and the spring is full. Chen Palace, bathed in the spring sunshine, also looks dazzling. In a room in the inner hall of Chen Palace, Shen Huan and Xi Chao are sitting opposite each other. Shen Huan is twisting her hands. Holding a chess piece, Xi Chao looked at her quietly while thinking about which seat to take. She was wearing a light gray robe, her hair was combed into a pony bun, and she was only decorated with a white jade hairpin. She did not apply makeup on her face. His eyebrows were slightly frowned, with a hint of sadness.
She is the Queen Mother, so she cannot dress too flashy. Over the years, she has never worn any other colors except black, white, gray and brown because she wants to show her dignity as the Queen Mother.
But she is still so young. She likes light pink, apricot yellow, willow green, and...but these colors are no longer relevant to her.
Xichao let out a long sigh in her heart. Watching her drop the chess pieces, she also dropped a chess piece at random. Ah Huan has been working too hard these years.
"Do those people sent out always have no news?"
Xichao knew that she was asking about those who went to Huitou Cliff, so he said: "I couldn't get down to the lowest point at first, but then I went down, but couldn't find anything."
"Not even the bones?" Shen Huan didn't even raise his head and dropped another child.
Xi Chao said: "Ah Huan, don't think about it any more."
Shen Huan was unmoved and said softly: "Is it possible that Xichen is not dead?"
Xichao was stunned there. This might be unavoidable... "Ah Huan, I think you are a little tired today, why not play chess another day! Zhao'er will be back from school later, and you have to supervise him to do his homework. !He won’t listen to anyone but you now.”
Shen Wen then smiled and said: "At a young age, I have the emperor's style. I don't know who I learned it from."
Xi Chao smiled and said: "Maybe he was born to be an emperor!"
Shen Wen put the chess pieces back and said: "Okay, if you can't play any more, you'd better go back first and wait until Zhao'er comes and sees you here, and he has to pester you to take him out of the palace to ride horses!" After that, he said something scolding again. : "You always dote on him so much!"
Xichao smiled, stood up and left, and seemed to hear Shen Huan whispering in a trance: "Why do I always feel that he is not dead yet?" He was shocked, did not dare to stay any longer, and walked out quickly.
In Ah Hu's heart, Xi Chao still had him. He raised his head and looked at the sky above the palace. He felt sad and wanted to cry. He still remembered that year in front of all the ministers, he said: "I will never marry again in this life." Marry, I swear to be loyal to the emperor to the death!" As long as he never marries a woman or has children in his life, then he can guarantee that his subordinates will always be as loyal to the emperor as he is!
The clear spring sky was exceptionally clean. A few catkins floated in front of him under the influence of the wind. He stretched out his hand to catch it, but the catkins slipped away from his fingertips.
"As long as there is wind, you will not stay?" He murmured to himself. They stayed together for six years just like the real queen mother and regent. There was nothing overly polite and the feeling was visible but intangible. ...He can swallow all the bitterness, as long as she lives well and no rumors bother her.
At the court meeting on the second day, the matter of the Western Kingdom's leader dismissing their general was suddenly mentioned. Because their general was Shen Lan, Shen Huan seemed particularly concerned and asked to send someone to the Western Kingdom immediately to retrieve Shen Lan.
"Queen Mother, Shen Lan was once a traitor to our Dabei. If we retrieve him, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble," a minister said.
Shen Wen unexpectedly said angrily: "What do you know! Shen Lan has the talent of a general! How much effort the Ai family spent to... Humph! In short, only by retrieving Shen Lan can we, Dabei, be able to break through Huiyan Pass and attack Go to the Western Kingdom!"
The loyal ministers were talking about it for a while, and the regent frowned slightly and said: "Since the Queen Mother's decree is like this, then I will send someone to the Western Kingdom!" Ye Cangqiong once insulted Ah Huan, no wonder Ah Huan was so anxious to get rid of this serious problem. !
(ps: Xichao is reserved for the landlady herself. Hehe, I will never marry for the rest of my life. Then I met the landlady me...so the landlady became the regent princess, oh hahaha~~)