"This development trend is very good," the Queen Mother took over the Tongxin Knot and looked at it. Although the workmanship was a bit rough, it was better because it meant good affection and true love. She did not let down the affection of her precious grandson in vain. She returned the Tongxin Knot.
Ask him, "When can we bring her back to the palace?"
Xiao Feng carefully put the Tongxin Knot in his arms and put it away: "Wait a little longer, I don't want to scare her."
As a mature woman who has gone through many twists and turns, the Queen Mother is easily sensitive to emotional matters. As soon as she heard these words, she immediately keenly captured the key points. Her expression became a little subtle: "What did you do to her?"
What?"
"I didn't do anything to her," Xiao Feng didn't want to say this at first, but it had been pressing in his heart. He couldn't find a way to solve it, and he was so depressed that he almost exploded. Looking at his royal grandmother's seemingly sincere words
He couldn't help but waver in his gaze. Anyway, he couldn't think of a solution no matter how much he continued to hold it in. It would be better to tell it to the imperial grandmother. She was well-informed and might be able to help come up with a solution.
Seeing his hesitant expression, the Empress Dowager realized that he might have something to say about his treasured secret, and immediately expressed her position with utmost sincerity: "The Ai family is your biological grandmother. If you have anything to do with the Ai family, just tell the Ai family."
The Aijia family said that as long as it can help you, the Aijia family will do its best. Even if it really can’t help, at least it will make you feel much better if you say it.”
Xiao Feng glanced at her again, was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "I went to see her after changing my appearance, so she didn't know that the person who was with her during this period was me."
"In other words, you lied to her?"
Xiao Feng didn't speak, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Are you worried that she will be angry when she knows the truth?"
Xiao Feng continued to acquiesce.
The Empress Dowager looked at him sympathetically: "Ai Jia suggests that you don't tell her the truth for the time being, lest she be scared away by you again, and wait until you find a way to make her truly fall in love with you and become completely inseparable from you.
After that, it will be better if you tell her the truth bit by bit."
Xiao Feng nodded in agreement, what he said made sense.
The Queen Mother expressed that she was very proud of her high emotional intelligence.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Feng seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked: "She doesn't know who I really am now. In her eyes, the man with her is not me but another strange man. If she
If she falls in love with me in the future, will she fall in love with me? Or will she fall in love with the strange man I played?"
This kind of specious logical question caused her old man's brain cells to die instantly. The Queen Mother rubbed her forehead: "No matter who she falls in love with, this person is you anyway."
Xiao Feng did not listen to her words. He was completely lost in his own confusion and doubt: "Did she give the previous Tongxinknot to me? Or to Li Changfeng? No, she didn't
I didn’t know that Li Changfeng was me, and she was the one who gave the concentric knot to Li Changfeng. How could she do this? She actually gave something to a strange man whom she had just met for a few days?!"
He started to get jealous, and more importantly, he was jealous of himself!
The Empress Dowager looked at him with a strange expression, "This snake is definitely not my grandson" and refused to communicate with this snake again.
Before Xiao Feng left, the Empress Dowager suddenly said with emotion: "A Shen is also a good boy like you. Among your many brothers, he is the only one who is sincere to you. If he does
What's wrong? I hope you can see the brotherhood we have had for so many years and try to be more tolerant to him."
Once the focus of the topic left Qu Le, Xiao Feng instantly switched from snake essence mode to chu emperor mode. He said with a paralyzed face: "Don't worry, I understand what you mean."
The Empress Dowager nodded and smiled happily: "With your words, the Ai family will feel relieved."
"I won't disturb your rest. Grandson, I'll take my leave."
That night, Xiao Feng lay on the bed and tossed and turned. He stared at the concentric knot in his hand, his thick eyebrows knitted together, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became!
I am so good to you. I will give you whatever you want. Even if you want the moon in the sky, I will find a way to get it for you. Not only do you not appreciate it and leave me alone to run away, you actually dare to follow me.
A strange man whom you just met for a few days hooked up with her? Don't try to quibble, this concentric knot is the evidence! As a woman, you really don't love yourself! Do you know the identity of this strange man? Do you know why he wants to get close to him?
You? You don’t know anything and you still dare to be with him? Do you have any brains? What if he is a bad person and has bad intentions towards you?! I have never seen a woman as stupid as you!
Hum, when I see you later, I will teach you a lesson! I'll let you lie in bed for three days and three nights without being able to get out of bed. Do you still dare to hook up with a man?!
The little eunuch on night duty who was standing under the footrest did not dare to doze off. He cautiously raised his head and glanced at the figure turning around on the bed, thinking that His Majesty must have forgotten to take medicine again, so why give up the treatment!
Suddenly news came from the palace that His Majesty's condition had improved and his body was recovering.
All the civil and military officials were doubtful about this. Previously, the Wang family spread the news that His Majesty had actually secretly left the palace and his whereabouts were unknown. This matter made a big fuss. Now, although the Wang family has fallen, this matter has remained in the hearts of the officials.
It has a profound impact. If there is no real and strong evidence, it will be difficult to change their suspicions.
What they didn't expect was that during today's morning court, the emperor, who had been recuperating in the palace for many days and had not been seen before, actually appeared in person!
Wearing a golden dragon robe, he walked calmly and calmly into the center of everyone's sight, surrounded by his attendants.
The officials were collectively stunned.
What about leaving the palace secretly as promised? What about the whereabouts that were promised are unknown? Aren’t His Majesty’s people here in good order?! Don’t the Wang family even need to draft a lie?!
Almost everyone agreed that they had been deceived by the rumors about the Wang family's walk again. They felt guilty inside and panicked on the outside.
Eunuch Xia shouted loudly: "Kneel down..."
All the officials immediately came to their senses, fell to their knees in unison, kowtowed and saluted: "Long live my emperor!"
After the ceremony, all the officials stood up again and stood with their heads bowed.
Eunuch Xia said: "If there is something to do, we will start to act, but if there is nothing to do, we will retreat."
The emperor did not appear in court these days, and most of the memorials were handed over to Zhongshu Sheng for processing. Only a small number of extremely important memorials that needed urgent processing were handed over by Eunuch Xia to the sick emperor. After the emperor had read them, they would be handed over to the sick emperor.
The emperor dictated the content of the memorial written by the imperial censor of the Song Dynasty. Previously, the Wang family used this as an excuse to slander the imperial censor of the Song Dynasty for deceiving the emperor and reviewing the memorials without authorization while His Majesty was not in the palace. This was a crime of great disrespect.
These words were spoken by the Wang family without any real evidence, but there were many officials affected by these rumors. They would rather believe it or not, for fear that the Song Yushi would be what the Wang family said.
They deceived the emperor and ignored the emperor, so they did not dare to hand over the coupons casually. After so many days, the backlog of coupons has piled up like a mountain. Today, it is not easy to see His Majesty personally attending court. How can the officials dare to waste it?
All the time, everyone is scrambling to report various matters.
Xiao Feng didn't speak for most of the time. He sat calmly on the dragon chair, listening to the officials spitting, and his expression remained calm.
After all the officials were talking till their mouths were dry, calm was restored in the court. Xiao Feng finally said: "The matters you reported will be handed over to your superiors first. If the superiors cannot solve them, they will be dealt with again."
Push it to the superior of the superior. If it still can't be solved, there will be the superior of the superior of the superior... By analogy, if the matter is not resolved and is finally pushed to me, then all the officials who have handled the matter will resign.
Go home and farm and sell sweet potatoes."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were stunned, and the court hall was completely silent.
Xiao Feng stood up and glanced at them coldly: "I spend so much salary to support you every year, but in the end you don't do any work, but instead push everything to me. Just tell me, I can do everything.
It’s over, why are we still raising idlers like you? Are you wasting the treasury’s food!”
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left without looking back. All the officials knelt down in an uproar and begged His Majesty to calm down. Unfortunately, Xiao Feng walked too fast. When they raised their heads again, they could no longer see His Majesty's face.
They could only go home with full of fear.
Without the shackles of his family, Xiao Feng could finally show off his talents without any scruples.
He first carried out a series of political reforms, releasing all the land resources in the hands of the noble families and redistributing them. At the same time, he abolished the rules of recommending officials, completely eliminating the nepotism of the noble families in order to cultivate power.
He also intensified efforts to rectify the imperial examination system and maximize the realization of fair and just examination principles. In addition, he also implemented preferential tax reduction and exemption policies for farmers who had no harvest due to floods this year, through the local government
Encourage them to plant more and produce more, and promote local production value...
These reform policies have almost eliminated all the privileges of the noble families. The noble families who have been suppressed by the emperor dare not speak out about this, while the officials who have been oppressed by the noble families are getting excited. They continue to
People on the ground praised His Majesty's wisdom and martial prowess, praising the Emperor as an unparalleled wise king who is rare to see in a thousand years.
When Xiao Feng was making drastic changes to the government, Eunuch Xia suddenly sent a message: "Your Majesty, the Queen is back."
Xiao Feng put down the book in his hand: "Where is she?"
"I was just sent to Chunning Palace."
"Bring her here to see me."
"Yes," Eunuch Xia turned and left. Not long after, he came back with Wang Shuhua.
After not seeing each other for many days, Wang Shuhua looked a lot more haggard. She was wearing the most ordinary clothes of a civilian woman, and her hair was wrapped in a piece of coarse cloth with a blue and white background. She was full of an aura of abjection, and there was no trace of the eldest lady of the Wang family in the past.
momentum.
As soon as she saw Xiao Feng, all kinds of feelings immediately rushed into her heart, including anger, discomfort, soreness, unbearableness, and hatred... (To be continued)