After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

The Queen Mother came back early.

I don't know if it was intentional or not.

When Ruan Jiu hurried to the city gate, the Queen Mother's car had already arrived.

Zhuang Xian pulled him to his side and said in a low voice, "I just asked someone to tell you, what are you doing here?"

Ruan Jiu replied softly: "I'll come and see, why did the Queen Mother come back early?"

"I don't know." Zhuang Xian told him, "Don't act rashly, everything will be discussed after the King returns."

Ruan Jiu nodded: "I know."

At this time, the queen mother, escorted by the king regent, stopped in front of the city gate.

The people in the carriage lifted the curtain, and with Liu Xuan's support, they stepped on the footstool and got out of the carriage.

The Empress Dowager seemed to be the same as when she left last year, she was still well-maintained and graceful.

But Ruan Jiu stood in front of her and looked at her, as if it had been a long time.

He still remembered that when he first came to Jiwu, he didn't know the conflict between He Lianzhu and the queen mother, and he thought they were an ordinary pair of mother and son.At that time, He Liancheng invaded Shangjing and the Empress Dowager surrounded Miyagi. He climbed into the Wan'an Palace from the chimney alone to see the scene of the Empress Dowager.

At that time, the queen mother was still very gentle, and took him to the apse to prevent him from watching the tragic court struggle.

Later, he rejected the queen mother's offer to send him home, and ran to Xiyuan alone. The queen mother didn't seem angry, so she let him go, and asked Zhou Gonggong to give him something.

When she came back from Xiyuan, it seemed that the queen mother had treated him and He Lianzhu tenderly for a long time.

That is, after that extremely short half a day, the queen mother found out that she was pregnant with a child.

Ruan Jiu didn't know about this until a long time later.

He knew clearly in his heart that this child was completely different from Helian Zhu, and from ordinary brothers, and was basically a life-and-death confrontation.

Ruan Jiu didn't know how things turned out like this.

But the conflict between He Lianzhu and the queen mother has indeed existed for a long time.From the very beginning, the Queen Mother had been on guard against Helian Zhu, and personally determined that ridiculous fate for Helian Zhu.

Slowly until now, there is no way out at all.

While Ruan Jiu was still in a daze, the Queen Mother had already walked in front of him and held his hand.

"Didn't you hear your mother calling you?"

Ruan Jiu came back to his senses: "I..."

"Silly?"

The queen mother looked at him, and couldn't help laughing when she thought of the wrinkled child she gave birth to.

It would be great if I could be like Ruan Jiu.

Of course, the child could not be brought back, but was sent to another place by the regent, and was raised by a nanny and a dozen maids.

The queen mother shook his hand: "Yes, he is a big boy."

Ruan Jiu nodded: "Well, is mother's health well?"

"All right."

But Ruan Jiu felt that the hand that the Queen Mother held was cold.Obviously the weather is not cold anymore.

"Let's go, go back to the palace." The Empress Dowager pulled him to leave, and then remembered, "Where's the king?"

Ruan Jiu didn't hesitate: "Your Majesty has gone hunting, and he will come back after a while."

"Okay." The Queen Mother nodded.

That's right.

The queen mother did not inform in advance when she returned to Beijing, and the Wan'an Palace has not been cleaned up yet.

After tidying up the side hall first, the Queen Mother dragged Ruan Jiu to talk for a while in the side hall before letting him go.

The Queen Mother asked Liu Xuan to send him out, and Ruan Jiu met those three ministers again in front of the Wan'an Palace.

The civil servant Hu Zhehan, the military general Suiding, and the great witch.

Ruan Jiu didn't talk to them much, but they separated after meeting Li.

Back at Dade Palace, Ruan Jiucai felt a little nervous.

Ulan gave him a cup of hot milk tea, and he drank a couple of sips before he regained his composure.

He Lianzhu certainly didn't expect that the Queen Mother would come back early, and it would be so early.

The Empress Dowager was only conceived at the palace banquet during the New Year's Eve. Originally, her pregnancy was unstable, she even fainted, and traveled a long distance to the palace to recuperate.Although it is a rest, but the way is enough to toss.

It's good now, the queen mother came back as if desperate.

But it is clear that the date agreed by Dawu and her was in June.

She must have sensed something when she came back directly without hesitation.

Maybe she noticed He Lianzhu's actions in Shangjing, but even so, she would definitely write a letter to inform Dawu. After all, Dawu has always been in charge of contacting the palace this year.

But this time the queen mother came back and did not inform the big witch, which is very intriguing.

Does this mean that the Empress Dowager already knows that someone is deliberately hiding things about Shang Jing from her?

Does not write a letter to the great witch, does it mean that she has already determined that this person is the great witch?

Ruan Jiu couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. He put down the milk tea and got up: "Ulan, send a few people to Hu Zhehan and Suiding's mansion, and ask the people arranged by Helianzhu if they have received anything from the palace in the past few days. letter."

He paused: "After you go to ask, don't tell me first, go to the gate of Wan'an Palace and watch to see when Hu Zhehan and Suiding come out, and when the great witch comes out."

"Yes." Ulan hurriedly led the order out.

If the big witch and those two people didn't come out at the same time, it would be bad, and it meant that the Queen Mother had already confirmed that the big witch was on their side.Otherwise, based on Da Wu's indifferent temperament, the Queen Mother would never leave him alone.

The great witch has a high position and is a priest. The queen mother will definitely not touch him in the open, but if she does something secretly, it will be enough for the big witch to stumble.

What's more, at this time, He Lianzhu was not there yet.

He went to find old General Pale, even if he sent the fastest person to report, it would take at least half a month to go back and forth.

That's too late.

The Empress Dowager came back just in time, tomorrow is the fifteenth court meeting, and she wanted to wipe out all the changes Helian Zhu made to the court in the past year with lightning speed, overnight.

Ruan Jiu was alone in the Dade Palace, and Ulan came back in a hurry until the evening.

"Queen, Hu Zhehan and Suiding haven't received any letters from the palace in the past few days."

Ruan Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, which means that the Queen Mother still doesn't know who it is.

"But..." Ulan said in a low voice, "The queen mother summoned her in the palace, Hu Zhehan and Suiding came out soon, and the great witch... didn't leave until just now. When they came out, they were a little restless."

Ruan Jiu's heart suddenly rose again.

"Send a few people to the Great Witch Mansion to watch, be sure..."

"It's too late." Ulan said, "Today, the Queen Mother sent two or three attendants to the Dawu, saying that they were given to the Dawu when he was old, to serve him in his daily life."

Ruan Jiu's heart sank like that again, and before he had time to speak, Ulan reminded him softly: "Queen, Mr. Liu is here."

Ruan Jiu got up and looked back.

The sky was dim, and the sun was shining on the other side of the palace wall. Liu Xuan walked towards him and stood in front of him.

"Little boy."

Ruan Jiu sat down at his seat, asked Ulan to serve milk tea, and looked at Liu Xuan: "Are you okay?"

Liu Xuan smiled: "I have been away from the palace for a long time. When I return to the palace today, I will naturally come to pay my respects to the young master. It's just that there are too many things on the queen mother's side, which delays time."

Ruan Jiu pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, Ulan put the milk tea by Liu Xuan's hand, Liu Xuan glanced at it, and said: "Young master and Jiwu are getting closer and closer, and they are starting to drink these things."

Ruan Jiu said, "I raised a sheep."

It was Zhuang Xian's one, it was a young ewe, and when it grew up, it would have goat's milk, which was not easy to waste, so Ruan Jiu was drinking milk tea during this time.

Liu Xuan took a sip, didn't like the taste very much, so he put it down.

Until the milk tea became cold, replaced with a new one and became cold again, and repeated several times, Liu Xuan refused to leave, just pestered Ruan Jiu to talk.

It was getting late, Liu Xuan said: "It's getting late, I still have a lot to say to the young master, won't the young master let me stay for a night?"

Ruan Jiu was startled, not knowing why he did this all of a sudden.Although they slept together for a few nights before, that was a long time ago, before Liu Xuan fell to the Queen Mother.

He doesn't know why?Could it be that the queen mother let him pester her?

Ruan Jiu thought about it, and said to Ulan, "Go and clean up the side hall."

At night, in the side hall, Wu Lan blew out the candles and got on the couch, separating Ruan Jiu from Liu Xuan, and blocking Ruan Jiu who was sleeping inside.

The bed in the side hall was simply big enough, and Ruan Jiu couldn't figure out what Liu Xuan was going to do, so he pulled Ulan over to sleep with him.

They are all "concubines" anyway.

Ruan Jiu faced the wall, closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.

As long as it lasts for half a month, it will be fine when He Lianzhu comes back.

Ulan helped him cover the quilt, patted his arm lightly, and coaxed him to sleep like a child.

Liu Xuan who was outside suddenly asked: "Young Master, you still don't want to go back to Daliang?"

Ruan Jiu closed his eyes tightly, pretending to be asleep.Ulan said lightly: "Young Master Liu, the queen is asleep."

"it is good."

There was no more sound.

Early the next morning, the Empress Dowager was going to court as before a year ago.

Originally, she wanted to see how the court had been transformed by He Lianzhu before making other plans, but she didn't want to suffer a big fall at the very beginning.

The courtiers asked for orders together, saying that since the king has been in power, he has done very well this year, so please ask the queen mother to delegate power, and wait for the king to come back and go to court in person.When the king left, he had already given Master Zhuang Xianzhuang instructions on what to do next. The court was running smoothly, so there was no need for the Queen Mother to bother.

In the Long Live Palace, the hanging curtains and phoenix chairs have already been removed.

The Empress Dowager stood on the imperial steps and looked back at the courtiers below. The leader was Zhuang Xian.

She had met Zhuang Xian, the Zhuang Xian who proposed a marriage proposal to Daliang and took her over more than ten years ago.

She hated Zhuang Xian very much, but before she took power, Zhuang Xian was dismissed by the former king, and she could only applaud him.

A year ago, when she found out that He Lianzhu was going to visit Zhuang Xian, she felt that her heart was filled with anger, but at that time she was still raising a baby, and was rushing to the palace, so there was no time to argue with him.

It's all right now, and now Zhuang Xian has appeared in front of her eyes again.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager became very angry in the Long Live Palace, until the Regent led people to move her position and the curtain back.

All the ministers were terrified and did not dare to say much, but could only obey orders.

But even so, the queen mother also found that after she left, many things were out of her control.

All the courtiers down there were punishing Helian, and they never left the king.

She was unwilling, but she couldn't fully express it.

The court meeting broke up unhappy, and finally the queen mother said: "Great witch, stay here for a while."

The big witch who was originally standing with Zhuang Xian paused, and turned around to answer: "Yes."

Zhuang Xian tugged on his sleeve, but was brushed away by the big witch.

"fine."

With Liu Xuan pestering Ruan Jiu in the Dade Palace, the news that the great witch in the Long Live Palace was left behind by the Queen Mother never reached Ruan Jiu's ears.

Perhaps this is the Queen Mother's purpose.

Both the queen mother and Liu Xuan knew in their hearts how cruel court battles are, and unscrupulous means are the norm. It should be a consensus between them not to let Ruan Jiu know about these things.

That's why Liu Xuan insisted on asking him why he didn't want to go back to Daliang, and he wouldn't have to go through these things when he went back.

He Lianzhu never avoided Ruan Jiu, and told him that he could ask anything he wanted, and asked him to learn from Zhuang Xian and Da Wu, and he could learn anything.

Coming out of the Long Live Palace and walking down the steps, the big witch's figure was still shaking a little.

He had long thought that such a day would come to him, this year, he almost spared no effort to delay the Queen Mother and buy time for Helian Zhu.

As long as the Queen Mother came back to her senses, she would be able to notice that something was wrong with him.

Just now in the hall, the queen mother said to him: "I never thought that you would fall to Helian Zhu. Why?"

The big witch didn't answer, the reason for this was too complicated, he felt that the Queen Mother might not understand.

The Queen Mother raised her voice again and asked him again: "Why?!"

The big witch was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I just hope it's okay."

The queen mother smiled: "He Lianzhu and Zhuang Xian once again impress you with the blueprint of restructuring? You don't remember the last restructuring, what happened to you?"

The big witch pursed the corners of his lips, he probably didn't want to hear this matter mentioned by others.

The queen mother continued: "Even if you don't remember, you should always remember, when He Lianzhu came to the throne, what kind of orders did you do? You want to break away from me and vote for them again. It wasn’t clean from the start.”

The big witch said in a low voice: "The king already knew about it."

The queen mother paused, then sneered: "He is quite generous."

"The king likes the queen I brought him very much."

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she raised her hand and pushed the seal on the king's table to the ground, and the seal was knocked on the ground, breaking a corner of it.

"Pass my order, close the city gate, no entry or exit is allowed. Let the regent lead his troops northward..."

"Strangle Helian Zhu!"

The big witch suddenly raised her head and saw the almost hysterical madness in her eyes.

She had already made such preparations.

From the earliest time, supporting He Lianzhu to the top position, from the time when he discovered that the situation in Shangjing City was not right.

If He Lianzhu threatened her, she would mercilessly remove He Lianzhu as well.

When she came back this time, she originally thought to go up and have a look.If the situation can still be controlled by her, she can tolerate Helian Zhu for a few more years.Now it can't work anymore, and now the ministers in the court no longer obey her orders, and even start to ask her to abdicate for the virtuous, and she is not even allowed to attend the court meeting.

This is absolutely impossible, she can't just give up the power she got so easily.

If Helian Zhu was attacking the idea of ​​oppression by the officials, she would never care about the opinions of the subordinates.

It is the best chance for He Lianzhu to leave the palace alone. As long as He Lianzhu dies, she can support anyone to take over.

The big witch obviously didn't expect that she would be so bold, and she made such a decision only one day after she came back.

"You will be exiled to hell by the god Asulu..."

The queen mother looked directly at the past: "Before the gods exile me to hell, I will send you one by one to see the gods. If you want to go to hell, only the gods can deal with me, and no one else, especially you."

"If you don't agree with me listening behind the scenes, you don't have to help me at the beginning. You are clearly aware of how much such orders have affected He Lianzhu. Even if he likes Ruan Jiu, you can't deny it. You did it from the beginning. Wrong thing."

"You yourself did the same thing as me, what position do you have now to curse me to hell?"

She clapped her hands, and Eunuch Zhou stepped forward with a tray.

The big witch seemed to know her for the first time, she was determined and vicious, and never relentless.

And such a queen mother was created by the former king, and also by Jiwu, and it was him who was the result of his silence in the court for decades.

What the queen mother said is indeed correct, he is the least qualified to criticize the queen mother.

Because of this bitter fruit, he has a share.

The queen mother picked up the small porcelain bottle on the tray, held it in her hand, and walked up to the big witch: "You lied to me for a year, and I hate others to lie to me the most."

She handed the thing to the big witch, but the big witch refused to accept it, so she stuffed the thing into the big witch's hand: "Tianxingsan, after taking it, you will die in three minutes."

The great witch opened the cork, and before he could move, the queen mother held down his hand: "You have no son, no apprentice, and there will be no great witch in the future."

The big witch looked up at her.

He had already prepared for it. This year, he was living according to his time.

"It's okay if you don't die, but you have to trade another person's life."

"Who?"

The Queen Mother helped him take back the medicine bottle, but did not answer directly: "You go back first, and you will make a decision at night."

The big witch held the porcelain bottle and wrapped it all up with his palm.

He stood on the steps in front of the palace, the sunlight poured on him, he raised his head, the sunlight shone into his eyes, making him a little dazed.

But soon, he raised his feet and walked down the steps. Although his steps were slow, they were rarely firm.

The queen mother hurried back to the court, she was caught off guard, and even lost her temper at the court meeting, everyone in the court was in danger.

Since the king was not around, everyone didn't dare to act rashly, they just wanted to get through this time quickly, and when the king came back, it would be fine.

No one noticed that the regent led a group of elite soldiers to leave Shangjing, and no one noticed that Master Zhuang Xianzhuang went to the Great Witch's Mansion.

In the past year, when they wanted to meet, they always met in the palace. In order to hide their eyes and ears, they never met in private.

Today, after the court came down, the Great Witch Mansion sent someone to invite Zhuang Xian to a banquet tonight. Although Zhuang Xian didn't understand, he still passed.

This was the first time in decades that Zhuang Xian entered the Great Wu Mansion through the main entrance.

"What's the matter with you? When it's so important now, you still..."

Zhuang Xian was led into the main hall by the attendants of the Great Witch's Mansion, and before he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not right.

The big witch sat in the middle, and behind him were two attendants whom Zhuang Xian had never seen before.

Zhuang Xian realized that something was wrong, and the Dawu must be guarded by the queen mother.

He thought that the big witch was going to take this opportunity to convey something important to him, so he stopped talking, stepped forward silently, and sat down in his seat.

The big witch sat motionless in his position, like an old monk in meditation.

After the meeting was over, Ruan Jiu found that there were obviously more guards guarding outside Dade Palace.

He was still entangled by Liu Xuan and couldn't escape.It's not good to be too anxious, so I had to read the script for a day.

In the evening, when Liu Xuan was not around, Ulan had time to say to Ruan Jiu: "Don't worry about the queen, there are Mr. Zhuang and the great witch in the court, it doesn't matter."

Ruan Jiu nodded, who knows, in fact, he was worried about Da Wu.

After a day like this, Ruan Jiu didn't read a single page of the script.

That night, Liu Xuan finally stopped pestering Ruan Jiu and wanted to sleep with him.

Ruan Jiu was alone in the dormitory, putting the changed clothes on the clothes rails, and Ulan brought hot water to wash him.

Ruan Jiu rolled up his sleeves, scooped up a handful of water with both hands, and patted his face.

Ulan stood aside holding a towel.

Ruan Jiu washed his face, raised his head, and looked out the window, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

It was clearly late at night, but there was half of the sky, but it seemed to be the sunrise, bright red and bright by the sun.

He was in a bad mood, so he didn't take Ulan's scarf, but just wiped his face with his sleeve, and then climbed out of the window.

The palace is not too high. When Ruan Jiu kicked the shuttlecock with the palace people in the palace, he accidentally kicked the shuttlecock onto the roof. Master Zhang climbed up to pick it up.

Ruan Jiu climbed to the roof and saw clearly the situation not far away.

It's on fire.After distinguishing which buildings were in that direction, he almost fell off the roof.

That's where the Great Witch's Mansion is located.

Ruan Jiu's heart sank all of a sudden, his legs were so weak that he almost fell off the roof.

Ulan supported him, but he pushed him away: "Go and prepare the horse."

"Queen, it's so late now..."

"Go prepare the horse!" Ruan Jiu almost cried.

"Good good."

Liu Xuan lived in the side hall next door, had heard the commotion a long time ago, and wanted to come out to persuade him at this time, but before he could speak, Ruan Jiu pushed him away.

Ulan hurriedly led the horse, and Ruan Jiu rushed forward, took the reins, and quickly turned on the horse.

He was riding on the horse, not knowing whether it was because of the bumps or because he was too nervous, he was wobbly, as if he might fall at any time.

He hated himself.

He is always hesitating, thinking that he doesn't want to care about the fierce government affairs, he doesn't want to listen, so he clearly knows that Liu Xuan is here to drag him on purpose, but he still thinks that Zhuangxian and Dawu will take care of those things, and he I can't help you much, just wait until He Lianzhu comes back.

This is just great.

The night wind was cold, Ruan Jiu didn't even put on his coat, and he didn't feel cold, but his face felt a little cold. He raised his hand and wiped his face, only to realize that he was crying.

In Dade Palace, Liu Xuan saw him running away, after thinking about it, he could only turn his head and report to the Queen Mother.

Ruan Jiu rushed out of the palace gate on horseback, and when he arrived at the Great Witch's Mansion, the Great Witch's Mansion was already in flames.

People who escaped from the mansion, firefighting officials, and onlookers all gathered in front of the burning Great Wu Mansion. Ruan Jiu got off his horse and looked for someone in the crowd with bare feet.

"Great witch? Great witch!"

He circled around in the chaotic crowd, not knowing how to find it, he just kept shouting and shouting.

He didn't know how long he had been shouting, he was in a trance, with tears in his eyes, the fire became flickering.

Suddenly someone grabbed his hand and asked loudly, "What are you doing here?"

Ruan Jiu hadn't come back to his senses, he was crying so hard that he couldn't breathe, the man squeezed his shoulders, brought him back to his senses, and asked again: "What are you doing here?!"

"Oh... teacher... why are you here?" Ruan Jiu looked around him, "Where's the big witch?"

"He invited me to the banquet, and he didn't say anything. Halfway through, I went out to relieve myself, and he sent another person to let me go through the back door, and then..."

Ruan Jiu's eyes were red and widened immediately: "Teacher, why didn't you bring the big witch out together?"

Zhuang Xian obviously didn't think of this, and comforted him: "No, no, since he has made arrangements, he definitely won't stay inside by himself."

He originally thought so, but seeing Ruan Jiu's appearance, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Today's Dawu is indeed very unusual.

He thought that this sudden banquet was something he wanted to convey, but from the beginning to the end, the big witch didn't say a word.

This is not a good sign.

Zhuang Xian held Ruan Jiu who was too excited, and beckoned others to take care of him: "You wait here, I'll go over and see, he's not such a reckless person."

"Okay..." Ruan Jiu nodded, his eyes were red, he waited on the spot while pulling his sleeves, his eyes still searching the crowd.

Zhuang Xian just left, and the next moment, Ruan Jiu was held back by another person.

Liu Xuan held him down: "Young master, the queen mother asked me to take you back."

Ruan Jiu looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a carriage parked on the opposite side of the street. The guards separated the crowd from the carriage, and the carriage was very peaceful.I just couldn't see who was sitting in it.

But Ruan Jiu knew who the person was inside, and it was so late that the queen mother of labor came to pick him up in person, which was really unexpected to him.

Ruan Jiu shook off Liu Xuan's hand, and in the next second he saw a little attendant handing over the witch's hat with three feathers to Zhuang Xian.

Ruan Jiu said several times that he likes this hat very much.

But the big witch said that he was still alive and could not take off his hat. When he died, he could pass on the position of the big witch to Ruan Jiu.

At that time, Ruan Jiu said with a smile: "The great witch will definitely live a long life."

Now the big witch took off his hat.

Ruan Jiu was in a trance and stood there in a daze. The noisy voice was far away from him, and he couldn't hear anything. The only thing that echoed in his ears was the phrase "the great witch will live a long life".

He pushed Liu Xuan away and held his hand again, and wanted to walk over there, but was held back by someone else.

He tried to push the man's hand away, but the man's grip was too tight, and he couldn't break free. He only had eyes on the hat, and he was going to go there regardless.

The Queen Mother held his hand tightly and said sharply, "Come back with me."

After she spoke, Ruan Jiu turned around and realized that it was her.

Ruan Jiu cried and shook his head: "I won't go back..."

Seeing his appearance, the queen mother felt uncomfortable, and raised her hand to wipe his tears, only to find that Ruan Jiu was shaking violently.

She couldn't help but soften her tone: "Be good, be obedient, come back with me."

Ruan Jiu still shook his head and cried even harder: "I won't go back, I won't go back."

"Go back to Liang country."

"Do not……"

If it weren't for this person being Ruan Jiu.

The queen mother really didn't know who else she would spend so much energy on.

They were all asleep, but Liu Xuan came to report that Ruan Jiu had gone to the Great Witch's Mansion on horseback, and she hurried out again.

If it wasn't for really cherishing Ruan Jiu's rare sincerity and wanting to protect him, if it wasn't for this.

As a result, he is now like this...

The queen mother almost broke his hand bones: "Okay, if you don't go back to the Liang Kingdom, now there will be a fight, who do you want to choose? Who do you want to choose?!"

Ruan Jiu didn't hesitate, shook his head, and repeated over and over again: "I don't choose you, I don't choose you..."

In the raging fire, the Great Witch's Mansion collapsed. In the light of the fire, everyone seemed to see the shadow of the god sitting cross-legged. The plaque fell to the ground and white smoke rose, like a sigh.