The king of Zhuzi Country arrived at the Ci'an Palace at noon, and was about to enter the palace, but was stopped by the grand maid: "Empress Jin, I'm sorry, the empress dowager is tired in the afternoon and has already rested. Please wait a momentAfter a while, wait for the Empress Dowager to wake up before going in to say hello."

The king of Zhuzi Country didn't expect this, and was immediately dumbfounded: "Then... when will the queen mother wake up?"

The lady of the palace spoke vaguely: "It's hard to say. Sometimes the Empress Dowager wakes up after a moment of sleep, and sometimes she needs to sleep for an hour before she wakes up. Forgive me, the Empress Dowager Jin, but the maidservant can't say for sure."

The king of Zhuzi Country is full of filial piety to the Queen Mother. Since he promised to come and chat with her yesterday, he didn't think about leaving, and said: "It's okay, I will wait outside for the Queen Mother to wake up, and I guarantee that the Queen Mother will be able to see me when she wakes up."Palace." As he spoke, he was about to enter the palace.

However, the grand lady still stopped him.

The king of Zhuzi Country was angry: "What do you mean? You don't let me in, do you want me to stand outside the palace and wait for the queen to wake up?"

However, to King Zhuzi Country's surprise, the grand lady nodded.

What?Really let him stand outside the hall and wait?Can't even go into the hall and sit and wait?Don't you see the sun is very big now?The eaves outside the hall are not long enough. Even though the sun is not exposed to the sun, it is still very hot.

"Please forgive me, Empress Jinsheng," said the maid, "The empress dowager's bedroom is at the back of the hall, and the empress dowager sleeps lightly. If you enter the hall, if the empress dowager can't sleep well and blames you, that would be bad.gone."

The king of Zhuzi Country took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll just stand here and wait." He gave the big lady a hard look.What kind of reason is this?Sitting in the hall will cause noise to sleep?Is the mother's hearing more sensitive than a dog's?This must be the meaning of this lowly servant who pretends to be the mother-in-law, deliberately embarrassing him!

This waited for an hour and a quarter of an hour.The sun has moved a lot to the west, and the weather is no longer so hot.

King Zhuzi Country's face was tanned pink, his whole body was covered with a thin layer of sweat, his head was dizzy, and he almost didn't know what day and night it was, when the big palace lady finally came to report: "Golden Holy Empress, Empress Dowager has woken up!"Alright, let you go in."

King Zhuzi Country hurried into the hall.

As soon as he entered, he felt a very comfortable coolness, and then heard the empress dowager's benevolent voice: "Gold Saint Palace, you have come early, why didn't you let the people below inform Aijia, and didn't enter the hall to wait, but stoodOutside the hall? The sun is so strong outside, so it’s not afraid of being too hot.”

"Sit down quickly, the Ai family has already prepared an ice basin that is three times larger than the usual amount in the hall, so that you can cool off well. You guys, why are you still staring? Why don't you hurry up and give it to Jin ShengPalace fan!"

King Zhuzi Country quickly thanked: "Thank you, Queen Mother." He sat down and enjoyed the cool breeze brought by the ice basin, which was extremely comfortable.

The empress dowager scolded the palace lady again sharply: "Is there anyone who is so short-sighted like you? Hurry up and go out to receive the punishment, let's hit five sticks to make a memory. If there is a next time, I will directly drive out of the palace and go to trouble!"

The palace maid knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. This servant is also thinking not to disturb your afternoon nap. You have been sleeping lightly lately, and you have suffered from insomnia half the night, and you rarely take a nap during the day. You finally slept soundly today. This servant reallyI can't bear to let anyone disturb you, so I did this."

The queen mother continued to scold: "The Ai family is so old, what does it matter if you sleep less? How can you let the Gold Saint Palace stand outside and let others see it? I don't know how to spread the news that the Ai family is harsh on the concubine."Well. You lowly maidservant, why are you so inflexible in doing things!"

The king of Zhuzi Country hurriedly said: "Don't worry, queen mother, my son is standing in the corner, and no one will notice. She is also for your mother to have a good rest, so don't blame her too much." He stood in the corner, too.I don't want to be seen, how embarrassing.

The queen mother patted his hand: "Good boy, I have wronged you, please be so considerate for the sake of Aijia."

Then he said to the grand lady: "Since the Gold Saint Palace has pleaded for you like this, then let's forget it this time, let's not make an example."

The palace lady kowtowed to the king of Zhuzi Country again and again: "Thank you, Empress Jinsheng, everyone in the palace has passed on your bodhisattva heart.

King Zhuzi Country: "..." She just left?He just said politely, don't blame her too much, did she get away with it like this?That's not what he meant! Hey!

Of course he was not reconciled, and was about to say something, but the Queen Mother said to him with a smile: "Gold Saint Palace, how is it, are you still hot? Do you want to ask someone to add a few more ice basins?"

In just one sentence, the grand maid had already left the gate of the palace, and she was nowhere to be seen.It was inconvenient for the King of Zhuzi Country to suggest dragging people back, so he had to temporarily press the matter, and declined the Queen Mother's proposal to add another ice basin with a smile: "No need, thank you Queen Mother, this is already very good."

The queen mother smiled and said: "Okay. If you need anything else, just tell Aijia."

The Queen Mother chatted with the King of Zhuzi Country in this way, and after the atmosphere in the palace relaxed a lot, the topic changed and turned to Concubine Li.

As soon as Concubine Li was mentioned, King Zhuzi Country's expression turned dark.

The queen mother comforted him with a kind smile: "Gold Saint Palace, you are still too young, and you feel uncomfortable with such a small matter?

You are Gold Saint Palace, she is just a little concubine, no matter how favored she is, can she surpass you?Can you still not understand how the emperor treats you?"

"When you were not in the palace for the past three years, it was said that Concubine Li and Concubine Zhen were the two most beloved concubines of the emperor. But Aijia will tell you the truth today, that is not the case."

The king of Zhuzi Country hurriedly asked: "Why is that? My son begs the queen mother to clarify."

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "It's just because the experienced nuns have seen that both Concubine Li and Concubine Zhen are suitable for childbearing, and the Ai family sees that the two of them are quite safe, so Ai's family is sometimes there.Say good things about them in front of the emperor, and let the emperor visit their palace more often. No, now they have a little princess under their knees, so it can be seen that what the nuns said is true."

"But don't worry, a concubine is a concubine. No matter how many children they have, they are just helping you to give birth to children. You are the serious mother of the children. You must always keep your identity in mind. You are the Gold Saint Palace.Be broad, don't learn the pettiness of those small women from small families outside."

It turns out that Concubine Li and Concubine Zhen were favored only for this reason?It's not the reason why he doesn't know how to know that Li Concubine's skin is as white as snow, soft as if boneless, and Zhen Concubine's voice is like the sound of nature and her dance is graceful?

After hearing what the queen mother said, the king of Zhuzi Country immediately felt a lot better: "So your Majesty went to Concubine Li's place not because he likes her, but because he thinks she is very fertile and wants her to have a little prince or princess?"

The Queen Mother patted his hand: "Yes, you finally understand."

The king of Zhuzi Country still felt a little sore in his heart, and couldn't help but whispered: "Then... a son can also give birth."

An unknown light flashed in the queen mother's eyes, and she said with a smile: "Of course, the emperor loves you more than you. When you give birth to a little prince or princess for the emperor one day, that will be the first-class honor."

The king of Zhuzi Country nodded a little shyly: "Well, I borrowed a good word from my mother."

The queen mother also laughed: "The queen mother is also looking forward to that day, hoping that your stomach will have good news soon!"

In the main hall of Ci'an Palace, the royal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were enjoying themselves happily.

It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west that the weather turned cooler, and the queen mother reluctantly let King Zhuzi Country go back: "Gold Saint Palace, at noon tomorrow, you still come to Ai's house to chat with Ai's family to relieve boredom."

The king of Zhuzi Country nodded vigorously: "Good queen mother, sons and servants will definitely come." He said goodbye to the queen mother in a very happy mood.

What he didn't know was that as soon as he left Ci'an Palace, the queen mother tightened the thick clothes on her body, and the grand lady eagerly ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Move faster and remove the ice."Basin, prepare hot water! Be careful to let the empress get cold, and catch the wind and cold!"

The queen mother soaked in hot water for half an hour, and drank two big bowls of thick ginger soup to ensure that there was no trace of chill on her body, and then began to eat the lunch she had prepared earlier.

Let's talk about King Zhuzi Country.

As soon as he returned to Zhaoyang Palace, he faced An Xiu's concerned face: "How is it? Did the empress make things difficult for you this time? You have been away for a long time, and I am very worried."

The king of Zhuzi Country smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. The queen mother treats my concubines very well. She knows that my concubines are afraid of heat, so she specially put a few more ice basins in the hall."

An Xiu smiled and said: "It's so good. You and the queen mother are the most important people in this world to me. I can't be more pleased that you can get along well."

"Gold Saint Palace, my country is busy with affairs, and I can't spare much time to be with my queen. Since my mother likes you so much, then I will trouble you to be my filial piety in front of my mother."

The king of Zhuzi Country replied straight away: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is the duty of a concubine."

After An Xiu left, Yan Hong waved off the other court ladies and personally served King Zhuzi Country to wash up.

Yan Hong's eyes were full of smiles: "Look at your majesty's rosy complexion, and her complexion is very good. It can be seen that people are in good spirits on happy occasions. Congratulations, empress dowager. The empress dowager is finally moved by your sincerity, and will not make things difficult for you anymore."Well, I don’t think I’ll ever need this lap pad again.”

King Zhuzi Country smiled and nodded, feeling very happy.He hadn't thought about it at all, his face is pale and rosy now, it seems that his complexion is very good, because he was sweating from the heat first, and then he was greedy for cooling in the big ice basin to cool down, and the sweat was taken back, and he became slightly swollen under the alternation of heat and cold.Because of the wind and cold.

After a simple grooming, King Zhuzi Country felt a very strong drowsiness, so he didn't bother to take a good hot bath, dried his body casually, and fell asleep.

When he got up the next day, his throat felt slightly uncomfortable.But it wasn't serious, so he didn't take it to heart.

At noon, the concubine of the sixth palace came to pay her respects.

This time concubine Li came, but there was a concubine Zhen missing.

The king of Zhuzi Country frowned slightly, and asked Concubine Li who had a good relationship with Concubine Zhen: "Concubine Li, did Your Majesty stay with Concubine Zhen last night?"

concubine?"

Concubine Li seemed to be taken aback, and replied timidly: "Hui Jin Sheng Niang, it is true. It's just that there is a reason for this. It may be that the weather has been unpredictable recently, and children are weak and easy to get sick. Therefore, Concubine Zhen's little one yesterdayThe princess also suffers like a concubine's little princess, crying non-stop. Concubine Zhen is despondent, so I had to send someone to ask His Majesty to come and see."

"Your Majesty felt sorry for the little princess, so he went to visit them and stayed overnight. As for today... Concubine Zhen was probably busy taking care of the little princess, so she got up late and missed the time to say hello to the empress, but she definitely didn't do it on purpose., and please don’t blame her, Madam.”

King Zhu Ziguo smiled faintly.Why busy taking care of the little princess, so late?It's obvious that he got up late because he was tired from serving His Majesty!However, when he thought of what the Empress Dowager said yesterday that His Majesty doted on them only because they were healthy and healthy, he suppressed the sourness in his heart.He kept reminding himself to pay attention to his identity, there was no need to argue with them!When he has a child in the future, isn't he thousands of times more noble than their children!

So he smiled and called Concubine Li, and said: "Look at you scared, is this palace such an unreasonable person? Yesterday you failed to come to pay your respects, and this palace did not punish you; today concubine Zhen is late, even if she doesn't come, I won't do anything to her."

"In this harem, we all serve His Majesty in the same way, we are sisters, we should be close and harmonious."

Concubine Li thanked her, and sat back obediently.But she was thinking in her heart, great, Empress Jin Sheng seems to have returned to her previous appearance, as soft as dough, and her heart is wide enough to hold a boat!

After that, wouldn't it be okay for them to mess around?

Ha, the big bun comes first, if you don’t take a bite, you’ll be sorry for yourself.Not taking a big bite is already her greatest kindness!

Concubine Li thought so, and the people present at Silver Holy Palace, Yusheng Palace and others thought so even more.

In particular, Silver Holy Palace, who is gentle and harmless on the surface but extremely scheming, has had countless turns in his mind.

She felt that it was time to take back the Phoenix Seal and the Zhonggong Note that she had held for three years.She doesn't care that she is only the Silver Holy Palace, the past three years were only taken because of the absence of the Gold Saint Palace, she only knows one thing, as long as she once owned it, it must be hers forever, and she will never allow it to beOthers get involved!

After two cups of tea, Concubine Zhen arrived late.

The king of Zhuzi Country was sour in his heart, and condoled her with a smile on his face. Not only did he not blame her for being late, but he also praised her for serving His Majesty well, and encouraged her to make persistent efforts and strive to do more for His Majesty.

Concubine Zhen replied shyly: "Yes, Your Majesty. The concubine will bear in mind your Majesty's teachings, and strive to add another little prince to His Majesty as soon as possible."

As soon as the words fell, Yusheng Palace looked at Concubine Zhen with extreme displeasure.Now Yushenggong is the only one who has a little prince under her knee, so her little prince is the only honorable one.It would be different if Concubine Zhen also gave birth to the little prince.You must know that Concubine Zhen's favor is still higher than that of Yusheng Palace, so Yusheng Palace is extremely guarded against Concubine Zhen.

The Silver Holy Palace pretended not to see all this, but secretly laughed inwardly, scolded this group of stupid women, and then began to figure out how to set up a situation to benefit the fisherman.

The king of Zhuzi Country couldn't see the aggressiveness between them at all. He thought that everyone was as harmonious as the sisters on the surface, and he was very satisfied. He ordered a hundred for himself, the excellent master of the harem.Thumbs up.

The women in the harem chatted for a long time before they dispersed.

After the concubines left, the king of Zhuzi Country began to look up the harem account book, and he felt a little headache when he looked at it: "Why is it so complicated? These numbers make my head big."

Yan Hong suggested: "Then why don't you choose a trustworthy person from the harem to help you?"

King Zhuzi Country nodded: "That should be the case. Otherwise, these boring and cumbersome things will take all of my energy, how can I have time and energy to accompany Your Majesty, and how can I have my own life?"

Yan Hong thought for a while, and said cautiously: "If you had known this earlier, why did you rush to get the Phoenix Seal and the Zhonggong Jianbiao back from the Yinsheng Empress? Just let her continue to do things for you.?”

"Where is the phoenix seal, where is the middle palace note, it doesn't prevent you, the real harem master, those are just dead things. The Yinsheng empress takes care of the harem for you.To put it bluntly, wouldn’t it be the same as the housekeeper in a private mansion? No matter how well the housekeeper manages, the mansion has the final say, isn’t it the master?”

The king of Zhuzi Country felt that what she said made sense, so he became more and more confused: "Hey, why did I have to bring back the Phoenix Seal and the Zhonggong Note at that time? Why can't I remember clearly. Yan Hong,Do you remember this?"

Yan Hong smiled and said: "I remember it. There is no special reason, it's just that the Silver Saint Empress

We accidentally said a few words that were not very nice, you misunderstood, and in a moment of anger, you asked the silver saint to send the things back."He laughed secretly in his heart, of course he didn't remember, it wasn't him who made such a big deal at that time, but her real master, Empress Jin Sheng.

The king of Zhuzi Country nodded: "So that's the case, but I'm impatient. It's just that the current situation, I just took it back, and it's not good to let the Silver Holy Palace take over the palace affairs again after only a few days?It's too embarrassing, I'm afraid she won't."

Yanhong smiled and said: "Are you willing or not, how can the silver saint empress speak? You are the golden saint empress, the supreme existence in this harem, who would dare not listen to your order?"

"Furthermore, there are two advantages to having Empress Yinsheng assist Liugong. If she does a good job, all the credit will be yours. You are the one who is known as the 'virtuous queen' because she is doing things for you; andIf she doesn't do well and makes a mistake, it's all her fault, so what's your business? It's her who did the wrong thing, you can at most take the responsibility of a small mistake of improper employment, at worst, just change someone and continue to work for you..”

The king of Zhuzi Country was very moved by her brainwashing and said: "That's right. Let me think about it again. For the time being, I can barely handle it."

"It's getting late, let me dress up, I have to go to Ci'an Palace to accompany the queen mother." King Zhuzi Country ordered.

Yan Hong complied.While grooming King Zhuzi Country swiftly, recalling what she said just now, she was very satisfied.She recited all the words An Xiu taught her, without missing a single word.Looking at the performance of King Zhuzi Country, it is obvious that the effect is really really good.

At noon, the king of Zhuzi Country went straight to the Ci'an Palace in his shoulder car as soon as he finished his lunch, thinking that the relationship between him and his mother had improved after all, like spring after the ice and snow melted.up.

However, when King Zhuzi Country arrived at Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother had just started having lunch.

When the queen mother saw him, she immediately waved to him with a smile: "Gold Saint Palace, you came just in time, why don't you sit down and have dinner with Ai's family?"

Although the king of Zhuzi Country had already eaten, he didn't want to disobey the kindness of the queen mother, so he sat down after thanking him, and ate a lot of crabs, soft-shelled turtles, seaweed, scallops, and oysters that the queen mother asked the maid to put into the bowl for him.Such dishes are rare and precious seafood in this era.

In the end, King Zhuzi Country felt that although his stomach was a little full, his heart was indescribably comfortable. The queen mother treated him very well, and he was so happy and moved.

After the meal, the Empress Dowager was afraid that he would be hot, so she prepared several large ice basins to drive him away: "Gold Saint Palace, I see that you are sweating from eating, why don't you hurry up and cool off."

This time, the king of Zhuzi Country noticed that the queen mother was wrapped in a thick fur cloak, and he was surprised: "Mother, do you feel very cold? Then you should remove the ice basin. In fact, my son is not so..." The word "hot" stillBefore he could say anything, he was interrupted by the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager had kind eyes and kind eyes, and her tone was gentle: "It's okay, Gold Saint Palace, as long as you think the temperature is suitable. Ai's house is cold, at worst, put on a big cloak, it's very simple. But if the ice basin is removed, Ai's house will be comfortable, you can seeSeeing you sweating non-stop, how can you bear to feel sorry for your family?"

He said jokingly: "If the emperor finds out, he will deliberately torture you like a mourner, and he won't even give you a few pots of ice."

The king of Zhuzi Country waved his hands again and again: "The queen mother is joking, you have treated my son very well. Then I would like to thank the queen mother, it is better to obey your orders than to be respectful."

The queen mother smiled and nodded: "That's right."

On this day, when King Zhuzi Country left Ci'an Palace, he was still smiling, and his mood was more joyful than the previous day.

In the next half a month, it was almost the same.The atmosphere in the harem is extremely harmonious, and everyone is very happy on the surface, and it is a joyous atmosphere.

The Queen Mother is very satisfied.

It's great, Gold Saint Palace has returned to her obedience to her before, and can almost be a template for a filial daughter-in-law.Moreover, Gold Saint Palace may have been in the demon cave for a long time, and her mind is becoming more and more dull. Everything is under her control, and she can pinch her round and flatten her at will!The Queen Mother thought so.

Yusheng Palace and Silver Holy Palace are very satisfied.Concubine Li, Concubine Zhen and other concubines were also very satisfied.

It's great, Gold Saint Palace has finally returned to its previous gentle, respectful and thrifty appearance, but His Majesty no longer favors her exclusively. This day is really wonderful!Yusheng Palace, Silver Holy Palace, Concubine Li, Concubine Zhen and others thought so.

King Zhuzi Country is also satisfied.

Great, the relationship between him and the queen mother has been restored, and now the queen mother treats him very well.Great, he gets along well with the concubines, although His Majesty sometimes goes to the palaces of other concubines, but he knows that she will always value him the most.King Zhuzi Country thought so.

An Xiu was also very satisfied.

All these games are arranged by her, and the direction of all chess pieces is under her control!

And soon, one chess piece after another

Time to get out!

Half a month has passed.

The queen mother's "warm love like an ice basin" finally worked, and King Zhuzi Country lived up to her expectations. The slight wind chill gradually turned into a severe wind chill, and he fell ill.