As an aunt, she didn't like her children much, nor was she mean to her children. Mrs. Hua Ping said softly, "Aunt Chen is really becoming more and more unruly. Since Wang's marriage, I, a mother, have never treated her badly." After my mother-in-law's passing, Aunt Chen is the one who has surpassed me. I don't blame her for being arrogant. Her son is highly motivated and has achieved fame at a young age. He entered Kong Jijiu's private school and got a noble wife. , she is the only one in Beijing, if she doesn’t show off, who will?”

"It's just that my daughter-in-law is still pregnant, so it's too much to torment her. How come she doesn't think about how the in-laws will deal with the Wang family being wronged."

Mother Yun said, "Madam, do you want to take care of Aunt Chen?"

Mrs. Hua Ping folded her hands and said, "How can you do it without controlling Aunt Chen? Send my Buddhist scripture to Aunt Chen and ask her to copy it a hundred times. If there is not enough paper in the house, just buy some and tell her Aunt Chen, she doesn't need to go to Wang's courtyard. You can go to Third Brother's children's courtyard and tell Wang that she only needs to take care of herself and don't care about anything else."

After receiving the order, Mama Yun went to do the work. In Mama Yun's eyes, her wife was a hard-spoken and soft-hearted person.

In the palace.

The Empress Dowager went to the Xiangning Hall. After getting the news, she entered the palace and saw Her Majesty and Lu Tianyun playing chess together. The palace attendant saluted greatly, glanced at Lu Tianyun without leaving any trace, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother I said I have something to discuss with you, so please come over."

Zhao Zixu asked the palace attendant, "What does the Queen Mother want to discuss with me?"

The palace servant replied: "I don't know."

Zhao Zixu said: "Go back and tell the Queen Mother first, and then go to the Cining Palace after I finish this chess game."

The palace servant knelt down, bowed his head and said in fear: "Your Majesty, spare your life, I dare not reply. The Queen Mother said that no matter what you are doing, you need to go to Cining Hall first."

Zhao Zixu knew the Queen Mother's temperament and had no intention of embarrassing the palace people, "I will be there in a moment."

The palace people felt like they were being pardoned. After thanking him, they stood up and stood aside with a bow.

Lu Tianyun glanced at Zhao Zixu and said warmly, "Your Majesty, please go to the Queen Mother first. I will wait for you to come back and finish the game of chess."

Zhao Zixu heard that Lu Tianyun was good at chess, so he called her over to play a game after finishing the court affairs. After playing with her for only half a game, Zhao Zixu knew that Lu Tianyun's chess skills were not bad. Although he was not as good as Ye Yushi, he was still a rare master. .

Speaking of Ye Yushi, he hadn't played chess with Ye Yushi for a long time.

Zhao Zixu nodded and was about to go to the Queen Mother's Palace. Lu Tianyun stood up and said, "I respectfully see off your Majesty."

Zhao Zixu went to the Queen Mother's Palace, and Chamberlain Luo followed him with several minor chamberlains.

When he arrived at the Cining Hall, Zhao Zixu first saluted and said hello, and then sat on a soft cushion opposite the Queen Mother.

The affairs of the harem have always been under the management of the queen, and the queen mother hardly interferes in the affairs of the harem. In her free time, the queen mother arranges flowers and drinks tea, writes poems and reads books to pass the time. Now the queen mother is drinking tea.

The Queen Mother stirred the tea soup quickly with a tea whisk, and white foam floated on the surface of the soup. Seeing Zhao Zixu sit down, she smiled lovingly and said, "Try the tea made by mother later."

Not long after, the Queen Mother's tea was ready, and Zhao Zixu greatly appreciated it after tasting it.

The mother and son had not talked about daily life for a long time, ranging from ordinary trivial matters to the virtues of the concubines in the harem, and the influence of the virtues of the concubines on the emperor.

The virtuous concubines had a great influence on the emperor. For example, Empress Changsun was virtuous, virtuous, generous and benevolent. The affairs of the harem were well organized, so that Tang Taizong had no worries. Tang Taizong single-handedly created the rule of Zhenguan. If the concubine was charming and seduced the emperor, she would be in trouble with the emperor. It is a great harm to the country.

The Queen Mother got hot water and made herself a cup of Longjing tea. She said, "Xi'er, yesterday my mother read the 'Zhou Benji' in Taishi Gongshu. The story of beacon fire playing on the princes touched my mother deeply. King You of Zhou smiled in praise of Si. , lit the beacon tower to tease the princes, Bao Si laughed after seeing it, King You of Zhou was very happy, so he lit the beacon many times to tease the princes, so that the monarch and his ministers were alienated, and King You of Zhou also ended up dead. "

She gave Zhao Zixu a meaningful look and said calmly: "Your Majesty, King Zhou You lit beacons to tease the princes many times just to smile in praise of Si, and finally lost his wealth and life. Do you think it was worth it for King You of Zhou?"

Zhao Zixu frowned slightly, thoughtfully. He had already guessed the meaning of the story about the beacon fire play on the princes. He knew that the empress wanted Lu Tianyun to become the concubine, but Zhao Zixu still decided to pretend to be confused. look like.

"I am not King You of Zhou, so how do I know if King You of Zhou is worth it? Maybe in the eyes of King You of Zhou, no matter what you do, it is worth it for your praise."

The Queen Mother knew that her son was playing a riddle with her. For the sake of her son and for the sake of the Song Dynasty, she simply made it clear, "Your Majesty, for the sake of that charming Lu Tianyun, do you also want to be King You of Zhou?"

Zhao Zixu looked at the Queen Mother and said extremely seriously: "Mother, I am not that King You of Zhou, let alone be King You of Zhou."

The emperor kept his word, and the queen mother knew her son better than herself.

Before Lu Tianyun could be conferred, Zhao Zixu called her in and out of Xiangning Palace several times. With such great favor, if Lu Tianyun gave birth to a prince, it would definitely shake Queen Lu Yinli's position in the middle palace.

She had promised Mrs. Hua Ping that the queen would always be the queen and would not do anything to shake the queen's status.

The Queen Mother stood up, looked down at Zhao Zixu, her voice fell like frost, "Your Majesty insists on accepting Lu Tianyun as your concubine, I will give Lu Tianyun death!"

"Mother, she is your niece!" Zhao Zixu really didn't expect that the empress would have the idea of ​​killing Lu Tianyun.

The Queen Mother said: "She is not the only niece my mother has!"

Zhao Zixu said angrily, "Queen Mother!"

"Qiuhe, send the poisonous wine to Fengyi Pavilion immediately." The Queen Mother called her personal maid and ordered her to send the prepared poisonous wine to Fengyi Pavilion, Lu Tianyun's residence.

Mammy came over with a maid. The maid was carrying a tray with a jug of wine and a small wine glass on it.

Mammy Fu Shen received the Queen Mother's instructions, "I will go to Fengyi Pavilion to see Lady Lu on her way."

Zhao Zixu said coldly, "Whoever dares to step out of Cining Palace will be killed by me!"

The mammy and the maidservants were timid of Zhao Zixu's majesty. They looked at the Queen Mother and then at His Majesty, but no one dared to take a step.

Zhao Zixu challenged Lu Tianyun and her mother, and the Queen Mother was both surprised and frightened. The Queen Mother immediately became heartbroken, strode over, took the poisonous wine from the hand of the palace maid, and said as if she was going to Fengyi Pavilion, "I dare, Your Majesty Are you going to kill me too?"

Zhao Zixu looked at the Queen Mother steadily, silent for a long time, his eyes gradually turned red, and he felt very uncomfortable. The Queen Mother was forcing him to make a choice between her and Lu Tianyun.

He said, "Mother, what are you going to do to let Lu Tianyun go?"

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