marquis of jingan

Chapter 880 Fighting endlessly
After the Great Court Meeting, Haman, the servant of the Ministry of Rites of the Northern Qi Dynasty, stayed in the Deqing Palace and did not leave.

At noon, they ate in the Deqing Palace. In the afternoon, only the eunuchs from the harem came and brought Haman and other Northern Qi envoys to the Kunde Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

At this time, Ha Shilang no longer has the arrogance of those Qi people in Hongde's seven years.

In the seventh year of Hongde, an official of the Ministry of Rites in the Northern Qi Dynasty dared to look directly at Emperor Da Chen in the court hall and made offensive words.

At this time, Minister Ha should have been instructed by the Northern Qi court, and he behaved quite gentle, courteous and thrifty.

When he was brought to the Kunde Palace, it was already afternoon, the Empress Dowager just woke up from a nap, and His Majesty the Emperor was sitting beside her, chatting with the Empress Dowager.

At this moment, the mother is kind and the son is filial, quite harmonious.

Haman walked up to the empress dowager, knelt down on the ground respectfully, and said, "The foreign minister Haman, pay homage to the empress dowager."

At this time, Empress Dowager Sun will be about 40 years old. Because of proper maintenance and pampering, she still looks quite young at the moment, like a woman in her early 30s.

Since the empress dowager began to transfer power slowly, the relationship between mother and son has gradually improved. Now, His Majesty the Emperor has basically taken over the state affairs, so he has become extra filial.

After all, the Holy Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety.

As the emperor, he must lead by example.

Because of this reason, although the Empress Dowager Sun has basically delegated power, she still has a certain right to speak in the court, and... as the emperor's first mother, and the emperor's biological mother, she...

The status is extremely high.

Just now, the Empress Dowager Sun was telling the emperor an interesting story about the eldest prince Li Wang. She said that the eldest grandson fell in the imperial garden yesterday, and Concubine Hui would be responsible for the eunuchs and maids who led the eldest prince. The eldest son even opened his mouth to intercede for the eunuchs and maids, saying that he fell down.

This incident spread quickly in the palace, and everyone said that the eldest son of the emperor was kind.

The empress dowager was talking about this to the emperor. She pulled her son's sleeve and said with a smile: "People say that three years old is old, and the eldest grandson of the Ai family will not be broken when he grows up."

The emperor smiled.

"It's hard to say, it still depends on the sculpting of the day after tomorrow to become a rough jade."

The emperor knew in his heart that there were too many twists and turns in the harem.

It doesn't matter whether my eldest son is really benevolent or not, he really took the initiative to pardon the court lady and eunuch, or someone taught him, or this matter is simply fabricated...

None of this matters.

The important thing is that this is an innocuous little matter, and it should not have spread throughout the Forbidden Palace, let alone my mother's mother.

Now that it has been reported here, the matter itself is already quite weird.

However, the emperor favored Concubine Hui, and he also liked his eldest son very much. Even if he wanted to understand the key points, he would not mention it to his mother. The envoy came to court, and the Northern Qi envoy sent you a thousand-year-old Baishan ginseng on behalf of the Queen of Northern Qi, and I am waiting outside the Kunde Palace."

Empress Dowager Sun glanced at the emperor, nodded and smiled and said, "The emperor and empress of the Northern Qi Dynasty are of the same generation as the Ai family. Since they have sent something, it's not good to see him. The emperor asked him to come in."

Ever since, Haman was able to enter the Kunde Palace and knelt down to greet Queen Mother Sun.

Empress Dowager Sun looked at the Qi envoy who was kneeling on the ground, and raised her hand lightly: "Your envoy, get up."

Minister Ha stood up respectfully, and brought the gift box in his hand to his face: "Your Majesty, this is a gift from my Empress Daqi."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded slightly, looked at the eunuch serving her in the Kunde Palace, and said lightly: "Since it was sent by the noble envoy traveling thousands of miles away, it is not good for Ai's family not to accept it, Guo Tan, you accept this gift, and then go to mourn From the treasury of the family, take out the night pearl of the Ai family, and give it to the envoy of Qi, and let the envoy of Qi take it to Yandu, and present it to the queen of Northern Qi."

This Guo Tan was the eunuch in charge of Kunde Palace, he nodded immediately when he heard the words, first accepted Haman's gift, then went to the warehouse to take out a huge night pearl, and handed it to Haman.

At this moment, Ha Shilang has stood up.Bowing to the empress dowager, he said: "Thank you, empress dowager, for your generous gift. I told the empress dowager that the gift to the empress dowager is for the sake of friendship between the two countries. From now on, we will be brothers..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the emperor frowned, and said coldly: "Master Ha, this is my mother's bedroom, the government affairs of the court should not be discussed here!"

Haman was taken aback for a moment, gritted his teeth, and was about to finish speaking.

"Empress Dowager, the two countries have fought against each other for decades, so that the people of the two countries are trembling every day, conscripting their husbands and common people, and they are all involved in the war, so that people's livelihood is difficult..."

The emperor was angry.

He was about to stand up to speak when the Empress Dowager patted her son's sleeve lightly, signaling him not to be impulsive.

The emperor then took a deep breath, sat back in his seat, and closed his eyes in silence.

Ha Shilang breathed a sigh of relief, finally raised his head, and finished speaking.

"Niang Niang, now I wish to become a country of brothers with your country, and never violate each other..."

With a smile on her back, Mrs. Sun looked at the Minister of Rites of the Northern Qi Dynasty in front of her.

"Your envoy, if your emperor wants to marry his daughter again, you can come and ask the Ai family. The diplomatic relations between the two countries is a matter of court, and the Ai family has not asked for many years."

The Empress Dowager Sun glanced at her son, then looked at Haman, and said softly: "These court matters should be left to the emperor to decide. If your envoy has anything to do, just ask the emperor."

Haman looked up at Queen Mother Sun and blinked.

Empress Dowager Sun said softly: "Guo Tan, send your envoy on behalf of Ai's family."

Eunuch Guo didn't dare to neglect, got up and walked to Haman, and invited the Northern Qi envoy out of Kunde Palace.

After Ha Shilang left, Empress Dowager Sun turned to look at her son, and said with a soft smile, "My son was just worried that the Ai family would meddle in the state affairs and force you to make peace with Beiqi, right?"

The emperor sighed, and said bravely: "The queen mother is very aware of the details."

Empress Dowager Sun lowered her head, took a sip of tea, and then looked at the emperor quietly.

"You and I are one mother and child. There is nothing to hide. If my mother really intends to meddle in political affairs, you will not be 16 years old, and you will really be able to take charge of the government."

A word of filial piety can overwhelm too many things.

In another world, King Qin Zhaoxiang didn't really take power until he was 60 years old and his old mother died of illness.

Stronger than Emperor Xiaowu, he only came to power after the death of Empress Dowager Dou.

Of course, it is because the two old mothers have powerful political forces behind them, but the word filial piety still accounts for more than half of the factors.

It is true that Da Chen's filial piety is not as restrictive as the Qin and Han Dynasties in another world, but when the emperor was young and the Empress Dowager Sun was in power for a few years, as long as this woman is willing, she can establish her own political team in the court , to continue the conversation.

The emperor bowed his head respectfully and said: "What mother said is that the son has no other intentions, but just doesn't want mother to worry about court affairs."

Empress Dowager Sun took her son's hand and sighed slightly: "The queen mother doesn't go out very much in the harem, but she is not deaf or blind. You won the battle by the Huai River, and the queen mother knows all these things."

"However, if the mother decides later, the mother still hopes that you can sign this alliance."

Empress Dowager Sun looked calm, and she sighed softly: "The Ai family said this, it has nothing to do with court affairs, but as a mother, I don't want the emperor's life to be too tiring."

The emperor was silent for a while, but still bowed his head and said, "Mother, my son is not tired."

Empress Dowager Sun shook her head again, she let go of the emperor's hand, and said, "The Ai family is your mother, no matter what you do, the Ai family will support you, but what about the ministers in the court?"

"They don't necessarily think so."

"If you continue to fight in the Northern Expedition, let alone whether you can win or not. If you want to achieve results, at least it will be more than ten or twenty years later."

"And in these years, my son will fight endlessly with those ministers."

Empress Dowager Sun straightened the emperor's hair, and looked at her son with pity.

"Look at you, you've only been in power for a few years, and you're already tired."

"Mother really can't bear it, you have lived so tired all your life."

The emperor was silent for a while, but still raised his head and looked at his mother.

"Mother, many people have died on the front line."

"Even now, people are dying all the time."

The fist under the emperor's sleeve was slowly clenched.

"I, Chen Zimin, can die for the country, so what if my son is tired?"

(End of this chapter)