Although she was well prepared, the Queen Mother still felt a little disappointed when she actually heard these words.
Establish a reserve.
If you don't stand up early, you won't stand up until later. You won't stand up until all the reserves are gone.
"Yes." She said slowly.
With this sound, the chamberlain called Hanlin, who was on duty, and conveyed the Queen Mother's decree.
Because the emperor was seriously ill, the court meeting was suspended. However, except for the courtiers who took turns staying in the palace at night, everyone else also strictly stayed in their official halls. The Queen Mother's summons made everyone's hearts beat wildly.
Is it the emperor's great success?
A crowd of people rushed over in a hurry, and they felt relieved when they saw that the place they were going to was not the emperor's palace, but the front hall.
The Queen Mother's Fengjia left the Queen Mother's Palace and headed towards the front hall. Prince Jin'an, who was approaching, stopped.
"Your Majesty is busy now, please come visit us after the baby is born." He said, turning around, "I'm going to see Prince Qing."
King Qing now lives in the Queen Mother's Palace, and the shouts of King Qing can be heard from a distance.
"This is not what you want again." Prince Jin'an said, quickening his pace.
"Your Highness."
A servant stepped out from the side and blocked the way with his head bowed.
The prince of Jin'an County was startled.
"Your Highness, Prince Qing is going to bed." The chamberlain said, "Your Highness, why don't you come and see us another day."
sleep?
"Prince Qing will not sleep at this time." Prince Jin'an said.
The waiter still lowered his head and showed respect.
"That was before. Now with the Queen Mother, His Highness Prince Qing should go to bed now." He said unhurriedly.
Prince Jin'an looked at the servant and smiled.
"That's it." He said and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
"Your Highness." An old chamberlain personally sent it out and whispered to the side, "Your Highness, don't worry, everything is fine with His Highness Prince Qing."
Prince Jin'an looked at him and smiled.
"Yes, of course he is good. I don't think anyone will treat him badly now." He said, looking back again, he could hear the faint shout of Prince Qing in the palace.
"Just follow him. He is not afraid of getting tired. If he likes to run, let him run. Don't restrain him."
The old waiter's voice was.
"Your Highness, please come back." He said, lowering his voice, "We have important matters to discuss up front."
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Qin Hu walked out of the door and walked slowly along the street. When he saw Zhou Hui sitting on the street, he finally showed a smile.
"You came here to enjoy the cool air?" he asked, lifting up his clothes and sitting down next to Zhou Hui.
Zhou Hui didn't look at him.
"You were right not to come to me." Qin Hu said, "I know as much as you know. There is no new news. Besides, if anyone can help with this matter, it is a very small matter. You
There’s no need to worry.”
Zhou Hao turned to look at him.
"That person is not me." Qin Hu shook his head and smiled, "It is the King of Jin'an County."
"He?" Zhou Hui frowned, "If something like this happened, the Queen Mother would definitely not agree to their marriage."
"A sincere heart leads to success." Qin Hu said, "As long as he asks for marriage and then asks for a fiefdom, I think the Queen Mother will agree."
"Please release it outside?" Zhou Hui said, "Why should we release it outside?"
"Okay?" Qin Hu also looked at him, "Okay, why isn't he released? Why does he, a member of the clan, have to stay in the capital? The emperor and the queen mother indulged him, and he just let the emperor and the queen mother suffer with peace of mind.
Scholarly criticism?"
It is indeed a bit too ostentatious to be a royal family member and become the king of Jin'an County. When I was young, I was criticized by the scholars for recruiting boys. Now that I am older, instead of retreating from the capital, I have made great achievements and become famous.
"What's more, now that the emperor is seriously ill, Prince Ping is in trouble, and Prince Qing is disabled, he still runs to the palace every day. What does he want to do?" Qin Hu said, with a sneer on his lips.
"What he wants to do has nothing to do with me." Zhou Hui interrupted him and said, "I just want to know what will happen to my sister in the future. As you said, will she leave the capital with Prince Jin'an?"
"It's okay not to leave, but she won't marry me." Qin Hu said.
Zhou Sheng glared at him.
"Actually, I've always been a bit unclear." He said.
Qin Hu looked at him and stretched out his hand to signal.
"Is she at fault?" Zhou Hui said.
Qin Hu was stunned.
"Has she ever?" Zhou Hui asked again, then stood up.
Qin Hu also looked at him.
"I'm leaving now. I've had enough rest." Zhou Hui looked at him and smiled, cupping his hands and saying, "Thank you for coming to me."
Qin Hu watched him get on his horse and gallop away.
She didn't do anything. It was others who provoked her first, speculated on her, hated her, plotted against her...
Nothing wrong, nothing wrong, why do we have to let her avoid and retreat...
Is it just because it’s Tianjia?
However, what should we do if we cannot avoid or retreat?
"Master!"
A voice interrupted him. Qin Hu looked up and saw his father's entourage walking towards him quickly.
My father is in the palace. Could it be that in the palace...
Qin Hu quickly stood up.
"It's time to establish the throne." The attendant approached and said in a low voice.
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The atmosphere in Qinzheng Hall was a bit depressing.
"Hasn't the Ai family made it clear yet?"
The Queen Mother finally couldn't bear the silence.
"Why don't you talk?"
Didn't we already say that he was the crown prince? Why did these ministers come in, first ask about the emperor's condition, and then talk about the burial of Prince Ping. They rambled on until now, but no one talked about the main topic.
No wonder King Ping didn't want to go to court at first. It was really boring.
I don't have the time to waste this time with them here.
The Queen Mother had to say it again.
"Who does the empress belong to?" Chen Shao asked.
The Queen Mother looked at him with a strange expression.
Isn’t this nonsense? Who else could.
"Of course it's Prince Qing," the Queen Mother said.
As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent again.
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"The courtiers must not know what to say."
The queen said, wiping the emperor's face carefully.
"No, it's not that they don't know, it's that they can't tell." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
The queen looked back at her and smiled.
"Yes, no one wants to be known as supporting a stupid person to ascend to power." She said, "This is a joke, but it makes people laugh."
The queen stood up and glanced at the peaceful sleeping emperor,
"Especially this palace, there is nothing to laugh about."
A palace maid hurried in outside the door.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is not well. Concubine An committed suicide," she said.
The queen's expression changed slightly.
"Can't be saved?" she asked anxiously.
"It's saved, it's saved." The palace maid whispered, "I just won't eat and I won't take any more medicine."
The queen sighed and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.
"Concubine An has a deep love for His Majesty. She almost collapsed after hearing the news. Perhaps, I should learn from Concubine An and go with him when His Majesty returns home." She said.
"Yes, this way the queen can be buried with honor, have a beautiful body, and avoid suffering in the future." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
As soon as these words came out, the queen looked stunned.
"Ms. Cheng, I still underestimate your courage," she said.
"Folk women just don't like telling lies." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"Then your truth is too exaggerated." The queen shook her head, "I am the queen, even if the emperor is gone, I am still the queen."
"The empress knows very well that if she establishes King Qing as the crown prince and then meditates internally, the empress dowager will inevitably listen to politics behind the curtain." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"Then I am the Empress Dowager." The Queen said.
"That's not necessarily the case. Empress Dowager Yang can also be demoted to a commoner and freeze to death and starve to death." Cheng Jiaoniang said. [Note 1]
The queen's expression changed slightly.
"But I don't have Jian Nanfeng." She raised her eyebrows and said.
"But there will be Emperor Hui in our dynasty." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "There was Emperor Hui first, and then there was Jia Nanfeng."
"Even with Jia Nanfeng, my father's family is not a minister who has power." The queen shook her hand and said, "Ms. Cheng, you think too much. I am just a woman. I have no control over the affairs of the court and I don't understand. The previous dynasty has
Ministers are responsible for the matter. If the country is prosperous and the country is defeated, I can only pray for God's protection and mercy in the palace."
Cheng Jiaoniang smiled.
"Your Majesty, although your father does not have the right to anger others, you yourself have already angered others." She said, "With the madness of the imperial concubine and the death of Prince Ping, your Majesty wouldn't think that the Queen Mother only suspects and hates the daughter of the people, right?"
?”
The queen's complexion changed slightly again.
"The queen knows very well in her heart, why let the people's daughter speak out." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "The people's daughter is guilty of conspiracy at most, Taibai Jingtian's concealment, Concubine An's pregnancy and loss of her son, Prince Ping's death by lightning, the emperor
Qi diseases are probably all blamed on the daughter of the people. The Queen Mother will not let go of the women of the people, and naturally she will not let go of the person who is the mastermind. If the Queen Mother can find trouble and kill the daughter of the people, naturally she can also find trouble and kill the person who is the mastermind.
Maybe the Queen Mother is worried about not touching the mastermind now, but as the Queen Mother comes to power day by day, she will make the decision in the palace and the court. When the palace gate is closed, who will know that there is a Queen Mother, and who will care about the Queen Mother.
Life or death?"
"Bold!" the queen shouted sharply.
Cheng Jiaoniang stopped talking, but the queen was still angry and pacing back and forth.
"You woman, at this time, instead of trying your best to treat His Majesty's illness and relieve his worries, you have come to alienate the inner palace. You really deserve death!" She said, stopping and asked, "Is this the fatal disease of this palace that you said?
?What nonsense.”
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't say anything. She took a step forward and suddenly reached out to pick up a pot of impatiens placed by the window.
"What are you going to do?" the queen shouted.
Cheng Jiaoniang grabbed the impatiens flower and threw it to the ground.
The queen screamed in fright.
"The folk girl is really wise. It turns out that the impatiens flowers in the palace are grown with tonics." Cheng Jiaoniang said, her eyes falling on the ground.
The flower pot was broken and the soil was scattered, and it was actually filled with the residue of the decoction.
"I heard that the Queen Mother was grateful for the hard work of the empress, and specially gave her the tonic soup." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "I don't know how it tastes. Why doesn't the empress dare to try it?"
"Who told you? Jin An, did he say that?" the queen asked, her expression no longer as indifferent as before, and she clenched the silk brocade handkerchief in her hand.
"Your Majesty, although the people's daughter can't cure the emperor's wind disease, she does know some medical medicine. The medicine used by His Majesty in the palace has a different smell from these tonics. I can't hide it from others, but I can't hide it from the people's daughter." Cheng Jiao.
Mother said.
The queen's expression changed.
"Why don't you drink these decoctions and wait for the emperor to leave and the queen will go with him? It's really sad and admirable to be a married couple." Cheng Jiaoniang continued.
The queen looked dejected.
"Yes, what Madam said is that I do have a fatal disease." She said, "But what should I do?"
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There was a snapping sound.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
The Queen Mother said angrily.
"Don't you just think that Prince Qing is a fool and are afraid of a bad reputation? Then what else can you do? Your Majesty only has this bloodline. Don't the Ai family want a good reputation?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
The courtiers hurriedly saluted and said.
"Stop talking about such nonsense!" the Queen Mother yelled angrily, "The Ai family is not in the mood to argue with you, so the Ai family will tell you that now the Ai family only has one grandson, Prince Qing. It is up to you to decide what to do!"
This is a strong statement.
Who among these ministers dares to decide on the throne?
As expected, the woman's mood was unreasonable. The courtiers looked at each other, secretly exchanged glances, and shook their heads.
When King Qing ascends the throne, the Queen Mother must listen behind the curtain.
For such a moody and unreasonable woman, imagine what the court would be like.
"I would like to invite Prince Qing to be crown prince." Chen Shao stood up and said.
When these words came out, everyone in the court was shocked.
Unexpectedly, it was Chen Shao who stepped forward to ask this idiot King Li Qing to be the crown prince.
The world is really deteriorating, and one generation is worse than the next. Nowadays, no one even dares to pretend to be drunk.
It seems that without the emperor, Chen Shao has no confidence.
The courtiers made eye contact.
Also surprised were Gao Lingbo's people and the Queen Mother.
According to Gao Lingbo's guess, the first person to object should be Chen Shao. As long as he objects from the beginning, he will be tough to the end. Otherwise, his reputation will be ruined, so in the end he will inevitably have a dispute with the Queen Mother. The only thing to do is
He resigned and left.
He should have left long ago!
I just didn’t expect that Chen Shao would be the first to agree!
What a trick!
Everyone present looked at each other in confusion. The Queen Mother was startled and then immediately became happy.
Although Gao Lingbo didn't like Chen Shao, the Queen Mother knew that this was someone the emperor valued, and she didn't want the emperor to force away a minister whom the emperor relied on just because of his illness. She could imagine how the Shilin People's Assembly outside would scold her.
So good, so good.
"It was like that at that time, it was like that at that time." The Queen Mother nodded and said before issuing the edict, Chen Shao bowed again.
"Your Majesty's Holy Body is uneasy and the Crown Prince's body is not in order. I would like to ask the Queen Mother to appoint ministers to assist the Crown Prince in governing the country." He said loudly.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Okay, okay, how can Wei Guan, who pretended to be drunk and made a suggestion but was exposed by the emperor as being confused, and dared not speak again, compare with Chen Shao?
Just know that things are not that simple!
There was a bang, and the Queen Mother, who was sitting on the four-legged stool behind the throne, stood up angrily and pointed at Chen Shao.
"How bold! Chen Shao! Who do you think the Ai family is!" she shouted angrily.
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"Xiangong Chen said that he did not dare to say anything about the Queen Mother, but..."
The chamberlain knelt in front of him and whispered, hesitating here.
"Just what?" the queen asked.
"It's just that Mr. Chen said it was to prevent Yang from following the king," the chamberlain said. [Note]
The queen laughed loudly.
"Ms. Chen is simply pointing his finger at the Queen Mother and scolding her," she said. "Who can afford such a reputation?"
"Yes, the Queen Mother kicked a few cases, tore down the curtains, and walked away." The chamberlain said in a low voice.
"It seems that it is not so easy for the Queen Mother to listen to politics behind the curtain." The Queen said, unable to help but smile in her eyes.
"Whether the Queen Mother hangs the curtain or not is just a matter for the court, and it is the same for the harem." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
The queen's expression became sluggish again.
"Then what can be done differently?" she asked.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at her.
"Adoption," she said.
Adoptive!
The queen was startled, then her expression changed drastically and she stood up.
"Ms. Cheng! How do you want me to behave?" she shouted.
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Note 1: Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, Empress Dowager Sima Zhong, Yang Zhi, and her father Yang Jun's monopoly on power aroused the jealousy of Queen Jia Nanfeng. Jia Nanfeng contacted Runan King Sima Liang, and Chu King Sima Wei launched a bloody coup, killed Yang Jun, and instigated ministers to write a petition
He accused Yang Zhi of treason and asked Emperor Hui to demote her to a commoner and take her to live in Jinyong City. Soon, Yang Zhi died of cold and hunger.
Note: Emperor Xuan of Zhou died of illness, and the 8-year-old Zi Wenchan (Emperor Zhou Jing) succeeded to the throne. Emperor Zhou Xuan's father-in-law Yang Jian "assisted the government" as the prime minister. In the first year of Dading of Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian deposed Emperor Jing of Zhou as Duke Jie and established himself as the Duke.
Emperor, changed the name of the country to Sui Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty fell. (To be continued)
