Prince Regent's Concubine

Jianing Palace

The Empress Dowager leaned on the couch with her eyes closed and dozed off. The nanny who was waiting beside her had changed. The other maids and eunuchs who were serving in the hall were standing hidden in every corner, not daring to make the slightest movement, let alone make a sound. , the whole hall was so silent that a needle could be heard falling.

It has been like this ever since they came back from the Prince Regent's Mansion. The maids and eunuchs on duty every day are all trembling, for fear of making a mistake, which would be a matter of losing their heads.

Suddenly, a person came in from outside and walked up to the Empress Dowager with small steps, "Empress Dowager, the Emperor is here."

Hearing the sound, the Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes, and handed her hand to the eunuch who came to report, "Help Ai get up."

The eunuch carefully helped the queen mother to sit up, and the queen mother asked, "Do you know why the emperor came here?"

The emperor is busy. Not long after he took over the government affairs, there are still some people in the court who are not cooperative. It takes a lot of time to critique papers every day. Fortunately, there are no concubines in the harem who need the emperor to visit. There is only one empress dowager who needs him every few days Come and say hello.

The Empress Dowager forgot when she came last time, since she came back from the Prince Regent's Mansion, the Empress Dowager has never been out of the Jianing Palace or seen the Emperor, today, she can guess the Emperor's purpose even without asking.

The eunuch did not dare to return, and only served tea to the queen mother, and just as she served it, there was a shout from outside that the emperor was coming.

The emperor quickly stepped into the hall, and greeted the queen mother, "My son and minister have met the queen mother, and the queen mother is safe."

The queen mother hurriedly raised her hand, "You don't need to be polite, come to Ai's family and let Ai's family take a look. I haven't seen you for a long time. The emperor has lost weight again. Is it because he is too busy with political affairs or he didn't eat well? What's wrong with the people around you?" Served."

The latter sentence was a little displeased, and the people who followed the emperor knelt down immediately, not daring to plead for himself.

The emperor walked up to the queen mother and sat down, then waved his hands, "Okay, it's none of your business, step back, I will talk to the queen mother today."

Not only the people brought by the emperor withdrew, but most of the empress dowager's people also retreated. The emperor talked about the family routine with the empress dowager and greeted them a few times before talking about the purpose of today's visit.

The emperor handed the copy of the scholar's joint name to the queen mother, "Mother, the son is young, and now there is a lot of rumors outside, every day I can receive many such notes, and the ministers in the court are also saying, please invite the mother Tell me, how should I deal with this matter?"

The emperor directly threw the matter to the empress dowager, and let her make up her mind. The empress dowager knew what was written on it without reading the book. It's just a statement.

The Empress Dowager put the booklet aside and asked the emperor, "Doesn't the emperor believe in the Ai family, and think that the Ai family intends to support the prime minister and want to rob you of this great Chu country?"

The emperor said: "What is the mother talking about? The mother has worked so hard for the son and minister for so many years, and helped the son to govern the government. The son knows that the mother has no such intentions, but now things have happened. If you don't do something, how can you?" Convince the people of the world."

The emperor sighed, "I know that these ordinary people who talk about the mother and the prime minister should be punished with death, but with so many people, I can't arrest and kill them all, can I?"

"Why not," the queen mother answered as soon as the emperor finished speaking, "it's just a bunch of foolish people, so what if you kill them, there are plenty of people in this world, there is no shortage of this."

The emperor frowned when he heard this, and expressed his displeasure directly on his face, "Mother!"

He called out to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager slowly turned her eyes to him, and smiled, "The Emperor is reluctant to kill the people, so you want Aijia to compensate those foolish people?"

"The queen mother misunderstood, and the son and minister didn't mean it. Although it was spread by the queen mother who forced people to death in the regent's palace, after all, the queen mother was for the prime minister. The people are dissatisfied. These days, my son has received a lot of papers to impeach the prime minister. Nine out of ten concubines in his mansion were robbed. Forget it. Some of them who failed to rob the door all died on the way , if I don’t give the people an explanation, how can I convince the people of the world?”

"If you can't be convinced, why should I still be the emperor!"

The emperor became angry as he talked, no matter how many pushers there are outside, but now the people are dissatisfied, the courtiers can't wait to get the prime minister out of power, everyone is working hard, he is the emperor who can't do anything .

The queen mother glanced at the emperor and understood that she must either step forward in this matter, or directly give up the position of the prime minister.

After fighting with Xiao Chuyi for so many years, she gave up the positions of several other ministers before pushing Ling He up.

The head of a hundred officials always has a lot of conveniences, otherwise she would not have spent so much thought, and it is naturally impossible to give up now.

Then only she will come forward. The empress dowager's apology to a group of ignorant and lowly fools is ridiculous when you think about it. She doesn't know how many years she will be ridiculed for doing this.

The queen mother waved her hand, "I'm tired of mourning, my majesty, go back."

"Mother!" The emperor saw that she closed her eyes, feeling a little reconciled that her goal had not been achieved, "The mother has not heard from my son how to deal with this matter?" Like a child who didn't want candy.

The queen mother did not speak again, and the emperor had no choice but to leave unhappy.

As soon as he left, the Jianing Palace seemed to be a little colder, and it was even more terrifyingly quiet.

When leaving, the emperor walked very quickly, except for a personal eunuch who was closer to him, the others were separated by a long distance, the emperor could only talk to the eunuch, "Xiao Qizi, I can sleep well tonight. "

Xiao Qizi, whose full name is Zhou Qi, except for the emperor who can call him Xiao Qizi, everyone else has to address him as "Eunuch Zhou".

"Your Majesty, do you mean that the Empress Dowager agreed?"

The emperor laughed, "It's okay if she doesn't agree, unless she has the ability to turn against me now."

Zhou Qi was surprised, "This... the empress dowager wouldn't dare?"

"Heh, whoever dares to do it depends on whether it will be done or not. The turmoil is on the cusp. How can there be any people's hearts if they are turned against at the moment? To rule the world, apart from those ministers, the most important thing is the people. Whoever wants the people's will is the real destiny." Son of Heaven."

Zhou Qi quickly said, "It must be you, the emperor. You are a descendant of the Xiao family, and you are a serious descendant. You are dedicated to the people, and the people all know it. Otherwise, the queen mother will give an explanation this time, that's all right." It's to protect you."

The corners of the emperor's mouth curled up slightly, "As long as you can speak, I have taken advantage of the descendants of the Xiao family. Some people like to talk about orthodoxy, and there are people behind this to help, otherwise, how could they all help me?" Speaker."

The emperor knows best how things turned out like this, he has to say, the emperor's uncle is really smart, he married a very good male princess and came back.