No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 193 Dissatisfaction (Part [-])
Let Lan Yin Lanzhen take Qin Yao'er down to resettle, Ling Lan came out just now, looked at Qin Yao'er who was bouncing away behind Lan Yin Lanzhen, frowned and said: "Girl, why did you leave her? "

Luo Junyao asked: "Did Ling Lan see anything?"

Linglan said: "Linglan has heard of this girl."

"Oh?" Luo Junyao was a little surprised.

Ling Lan said: "We are both guarding the border. Although we are far away from the Zhen Guojun, occasionally the two armies will exchange news. This girl... I heard that the regent came out many years ago to chase a group of people who robbed the border people. She was brought back from the Qi people. No one knows where she came from, but according to the people who went out with the regent, half of the Qi people were poisoned to death when they chased her. Later... [-] Six years ago, when the regent returned to King Jingqin, there were also some restless people at the border who wanted to take the opportunity to control the power of the Zhen Guojun, those people..."

Luo Jun shook his head, "He was also poisoned to death?"

Ling Lan nodded, "I haven't heard anything about this girl since then. Many people thought she might be dead. Unexpectedly, the regent kept her by his side and sent her to the girl."

From Linglan's point of view, people like Qin Yao'er may be extremely capable, but they are also a big unstable factor.

Luo Jun shook his smile and said: "Don't worry, since Ah Yan sent her here, it proves that she has no problem. And... Linglan hasn't been in contact with her, I may not be able to tell, this girl... seems to be a little different psychologically."

Linglan frowned, "Young lady means..."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "It's not that she's stupid or anything else, it's just that...she's way of thinking is different from ordinary people. It doesn't matter, I'll ask Ah Yan later."

Linglan nodded, "Since the girl said so, Linglan will take good care of her, but do you want to tell the eldest and second son?"

Luo Junyao thought for a while, "Let's just say it, after all, there is one more person."

Linglan quickly went to inform Luo Jinyan, Luo Jinyan's reply was also very simple, Qin Yao'er was trustworthy and could stay.

Luo Junyao finally felt relieved, so Qin Yao'er officially stayed in Nuanxin Garden.

The Luo family and the Prince Regent's Palace continued to be busy with their upcoming marriage, and the inside and outside of the court seemed calm, but there were also faint turmoil.

It's just that Xie Yan and Luo Yun had just returned from pacifying the Qi clan, when their prestige was at its peak, even though those people had some thoughts in their hearts, they didn't dare to do anything publicly.

But another thing also attracted people's attention.

Taifu Su advises the regent that His Majesty will be seven years old, so he should choose the children of the rich and powerful in the court to enter the palace as his Majesty's companions.

The regent quickly adopted the Taifu's advice, and ordered all the officials of the third rank and above in the court and nobles to send their sons into the palace.

As soon as this edict came out, most of the people's attention to the marriage between the Prince Regent and the Luo family disappeared immediately.

The marriage between the Prince Regent and the Luo family is a certainty, and it is useless to oppose it.Besides, getting married or not getting married can really affect a few families after all.

But choosing a companion to read for His Majesty is different. To put it more utilitarianly, this matter is probably more important than choosing a concubine.

His Majesty is only seven years old now, and there are still at least eight or nine years before he takes power.If you can become His Majesty's accompanying reader, how can the feelings cultivated since childhood be comparable to ordinary monarchs and ministers.

As long as they can stay with His Majesty all the time, these children are almost destined to become His Majesty's most trusted team members and even lifelong confidantes after taking office.

Of course, the premise is that His Majesty can really take charge of the government smoothly.

Officialdom is like a casino, although there are risks, but as long as you can win, the profits will naturally be multiplied.

As a result, those who have qualified sons in their families are also busy, thinking about the pros and cons of sending their children to the emperor as companions.

At this time, Empress Dowager Zhu was still serving her mother-in-law in the Empress Dowager Palace.

The Empress Dowager took the new medicine formulated by Master Xue Yuwang with ginseng, and her condition stabilized a lot.Although he still fell asleep for half of the time every day, at least the situation did not deteriorate again.

Princess Changling almost wept with joy, but Empress Dowager Zhu was very annoyed.

She only hated the Luo family and Doctor Xue for being troublesome. They were obviously dying, so why dragged her to continue to suffer?

Not only the patients suffer, but also the living people like them suffer.

But she can't show these things, she still has to be the virtuous and generous queen mother, not only can't show her dislike for serving the empress dowager, but she has to be more attentive and careful than Princess Changling, and she wants to let the empress dowager live.

After all, Princess Changling is a married daughter, but she is the eldest daughter-in-law who should serve her elders for the rest of her life.

Empress Dowager Zhu could only suppress her irritability and stay in the Empress Dowager's palace, so that when she heard that Xie Yan was choosing a companion for her son to read, she froze on the spot.

"Sister-in-law?" Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhu's expression was not right, Princess Changling called softly.

Only then did Empress Dowager Zhu come back to her senses, her eyes fixed on Xie Yan who was sitting in the main seat of the hall.

Xie Yan's expression was flat, apparently he had no intention of explaining to her.

Princess Changling hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, His Majesty should have accompanied him to study at this age. Zhifei must have been worried that the Queen's wife has been taking care of the mother these days and that the Empress will not be free, and that His Majesty will be alone with no company, so she was a little anxious. "

Empress Dowager Zhu secretly hated: I was worried that Ah Cheng would have no one to accompany me, so you let me go out!
Princess Changling even gave Xie Yan a few winks, and Xie Yan just said: "Don't worry about the queen mother, all the companions are personally selected by Su Taifu and this king, and the four auxiliary ministers and General Luo are re-elected together. Yes. After the candidates are determined, they will first enter the palace to meet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager."

In other words, Empress Dowager Zhu can veto companions who she finds inappropriate, but she does not have the right to choose companions for her son.

Empress Dowager Zhu was naturally unwilling, frowned and said: "I know, Ah Cheng is still young..."

"It's not too young." Xie Yan said: "Although Ah Cheng is the first young emperor in Dasheng, the queen mother should remember that the prince born after Gaozu ascended the throne had a companion at the age of five. The empress dowager also followed Ben The king mentioned that His Majesty has officially started to listen to the lectures given by Mr. Hanlin Academy, and it doesn’t look like he is always surrounded by servants.”

Foreign ministers and internal servants are different. The royal family rules that the princess can always grow up with the internal servants and maids, but when the prince reaches the age, he must choose the direct son of the foreign minister's family as his companion.

Not only to provide them with a team of people in the future, but also to let them know more about people and things outside the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhu didn't know this truth, but she always wanted to let her natal children act as companions for her son.But Ah Cheng still doesn't like his cousin.

Ah Cheng has always been obedient, but he showed a rare rebellion in this matter, and he refused to answer when asked why.Empress Dowager Zhu even wondered for a while whether the Empress Dowager said something to Ah Cheng in private that caused Ah Cheng to reject his cousin so much.

The empress dowager also kept suppressing her disapproval, so it dragged on.

Now Xie Yan didn't even say a word to her, and just dealt with the matter.

It is conceivable that there may not be a few of my nephews among the candidates for reading companions.

Empress Dowager Zhu's complexion was slightly gloomy, and it was rare to see a bit of displeasure on her face, "After all, I am Ah Cheng's mother, and the choice of a companion is very important, so why don't you even tell me in advance?"

Princess Changling heard that this was wrong, and gave Xie Yan a worried look.

"Sister-in-law, Zhifei..."

"Don't talk!" Empress Dowager Zhu said coldly.

"..." There was silence in the hall, Xie Yan looked at the Empress Dowager Zhu indifferently, "Sister-in-law Huang is dissatisfied with this king?"

The Empress Dowager Zhu was swept away by the indifferent eyes, and her mind instantly became clear.

She clutched the veil in her hand, lowered her eyes and said sadly: "Of course I won't have any dissatisfaction with the regent. I, a woman, can't take charge of important matters related to your majesty. It's just... the regent didn't even talk to me in advance. Can't say a word?"

Xie Yan said: "Last year, the empress dowager told the emperor's sister-in-law in advance, but she was not selected as a companion. If it happened again, would all the officials in the court think that the royal family used them as monkeys? Don't you have a temper?"

Empress Dowager Zhu's face flushed immediately and she was speechless.

Xie Yan is talking about the fact that the empress dowager wanted to choose a companion for her grandson, but the empress dowager vetoed it because of the candidate.

Although it was indeed her who did it, no one dared to speak out in front of her.Even the Empress Dowager just stared at her for a long time, and said lightly.

Empress Dowager Zhu's eyes were slightly red, she gritted her teeth and said, "As Ah Cheng's mother, I am not even qualified to choose a companion for my son?"

Xie Yan said: "Everything in the court will be shared by the ministers of the court. Since the queen mother is Ah Cheng's mother, she should pay more attention to his daily life. Your majesty is still young. Across the battlefield, we must also bear the burden of great prosperity. This king does not want him to be weak because of excessive consumption and poor diet when he was young."

Princess Changling, who was sitting next to her, was taken aback when she heard the words, and when she understood what Xie Yan was talking about, she couldn't help turning her head to look at Empress Dowager Zhu with surprise in her eyes.

Now there is only one child of His Majesty in the palace, and also the only child of the Queen Mother.The queen mother is not a queen, she doesn't need to fight for favor and doesn't have other bastards to worry about, so she can't take good care of her majesty?
Princess Changling felt a little uncomfortable when she thought of her nephew's well-behaved and thin appearance.

I secretly feel guilty for my late brother, and I still don't care much about my nephew in my daily life.

It was only then that Princess Changling understood why Zhifei didn't want Mrs. Zhu to serve her mother later, but why she suddenly regretted letting him in and not let him out.

This is dissatisfaction with Empress Dowager Zhu's care of His Majesty.

Empress Dowager Zhu's face was also a little pale, but Xie Yan didn't want to say anything more.

He stood up and took a look at Empress Dowager Zhu, and said calmly, "Sister-in-law, you only have one son, Ah Cheng."

Empress Dowager Zhu was shocked.

She has only one son, Ah Cheng, and she can become the Queen Mother now because she is Ah Cheng's biological mother.

Once something happens to Ah Cheng, the queen mother...

There is no need to exist.

Xie Yan ignored the Empress Dowager Zhu, turned around and went into the bedroom to see the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was still awake at this time, seeing Xie Yan coming in and sitting down, she asked, "The Empress Dowager... Are you dissatisfied with choosing a companion for Ah Cheng?"

Xie Yan said: "Auntie, don't worry, I know it will be done."

The Empress Dowager sighed softly, "Back then...she was a pretty good girl, and I don't know why...it's your brother who left too early, otherwise I wouldn't have..."

When the son passed away, the daughter-in-law was only in her 20s. The empress dowager was not ignorant of the difficult situation of a young queen mother, so she has always been very tolerant to her daughter-in-law.

Xie Yan remained silent, the Empress Dowager's words were true.

When the emperor's brother was still alive, whether it was true or not, the queen mother showed all the excellent qualities that a princess and a queen should have.

Before the emperor's brother passed away, although Xie Yan and the emperor's wife hadn't had much interaction, they still respected each other.

Unfortunately, this respect disappeared shortly after he returned to Queen Jingqin.He could understand her fear and bewilderment at the time, but he was not a saint, so it was impossible for him to understand her all the time.

Xie Yan patted the back of the Empress Dowager's hand lightly, pulled the quilt for her and said: "Don't worry, Auntie, Ah Cheng will be fine."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "I know, the matter of accompanying me... Let the Taifu handle it. You should put more effort into the marriage, don't wrong the girl of the Luo family. As for your sister-in-law... just let her stay here with me. "

"Okay." Xie Yan nodded.

When Xie Yan quit, the Empress Dowager still kept her eyes open and did not rest.

Eunuch Huang was a little worried, "Empress Dowager, the prince has to worry about things outside, you should rest more."

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "I'm also a woman, and I know what she's worried about. It's just... if she still can't figure it out, I'm afraid she will cause big trouble in the future."

Eunuch Huang comforted: "How could it be? After all, the Empress Dowager is His Majesty's own mother, and she lives in the harem. It's nothing to think about..."

The Empress Dowager shook her head, she had to think more carefully, and she couldn't let Zhifei and Ah Cheng be harmed.

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