Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 79
When Queen Wang heard the words, the blush on her face instantly turned pale. Emperor Ming also realized that he had slipped his words, and just about to change the subject, he heard the person in his arms suppress the trembling and said calmly, "Your Majesty, I have been thinking for a long time. My concubine was injured in the early years, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to conceive, so in order to protect the successors of the country, I also ask Your Majesty to open up the harem and open up branches and leaves."

Emperor Ming was enthroned as emperor, but he was able to leave the harem vacant for the sake of the queen for so many years. She understood her husband's deep friendship for her, and was also touched by the fact that he still remembered the oath he made to her back then.

It's just that their identities are not ordinary people in the mountains and fields. They can live their lives carefree. There is no child in the middle palace, and there is no child born in the harem. The excerpts are probably piled up like a mountain.

These people, how high they could praise her in the past, can degrade her now.

After thinking about it, she doesn't feel that she is a jealous person. If there are empresses and concubines with good conduct who can give birth to imperial heirs, she will treat these children as if they were her own.

Emperor Ming reached out to pull his wife into his arms again, and said angrily, "Did you hear some rumors again?"

Empress Wang shook her head, expressing her sincerity, while Emperor Ming tightened the strength on his arm and said, "I am not an ungrateful person, why can't you have children, do you think I have forgotten?!"

At that time, in order to encircle and suppress Xiao Ce who defected to the sea, they took risks alone and lured the enemy into deep, but they didn't expect Xiao Ce to stay behind. The queen got into the boat.

Queen Wang didn't want to be held hostage by her husband, so she took the opportunity to jump into the sea. Just when she thought she was about to die, she was caught by the waves and landed on the shore of a small island. She was found by Emperor Ming who came to search three days later. , It's a pity that the two-month-old fetus in her womb was not saved, and she was also injured by the long-term soaking in sea water, and it was difficult to conceive afterwards.

Queen Wang has been sad for a long time and she is slowly letting go. Maybe it is because she is destined to have a poor relationship with her heirs, or maybe it is the curse of Xiao Celin's madness before committing suicide. to the end.

"His Majesty!"

Queen Wang said in a deep voice, "The concubine is not doubting your majesty, nor is she being petty. You are now the Lord of Nanjing. If you have no heir for a long time, those who are already restless may feel disobedient. , the restructuring has just begun, so we can't lose the big because of small things!"

Seeing his wife's serious expression and not seeming to be joking with him, Emperor Ming couldn't help but said seriously, "A Si, I understand what you mean, but you also need to know that people who are not ministers will not fear me just because I have a son. Now that I have a son, I have a weakness, so those who make a fuss about being childless are either stupid or bad!"

"Can!"

Seeing that his wife was still arguing with him, Emperor Ming patted his wife on the back reassuringly, "Si, if there is a child in this life, it must be your child and mine. If there is no child, I will admit it. Back then you could Marrying me, I am already satisfied, I have nothing else to ask for in this life, I only wish to be able to hold the white head with you, live with you, and die with the same acupoint."

Empress Wang moved, "Ayu, then... what about after a hundred years? Who will leave the world you and I have created together?"

"When the system reform is over, you and I will pick a child with good conduct and eye-catching eyes from the clan to adopt. If you teach him yourself, how is it different from your own? I remember that the emperor of Beiliang and the queen mother were very different. Biological mother and child, right?"

Queen Wang hesitated and said, "Is the biological relationship related by blood..."

"So what if there is a blood relationship? Xiao Ce and Xiao Yu are related by blood, so why not kill his brother? What if there is no blood relationship? A few days ago, I reported that the Empress Dowager of Beiliang and the emperor are very close, although they are not biological. It's better than your own life!"

Emperor Ming knew what was wrong with his wife. Their only child could not be kept. Whenever Wang Xin and him thought about it, their hearts ached. If they had been more careful back then...

Emperor Ming sighed deeply, and said to Wang Xin, "A Si, we will never mention this matter again. If we have a relationship with the child, he will naturally come to us."

Empress Wang nodded, and buried her head in Emperor Ming's arms, a few tears flowed down her cheeks into Emperor Ming's dragon robe, and disappeared in an instant.

Sheng Shaoqing, who had been cue several times by this couple, was sleeping soundly at this moment. She would never waste this chance to sleep in.

Cui Yun has now mastered the Queen Mother's temper, dismissed everyone in the hall, dimmed the candles, and quietly retreated out.

"Miss Cui!"

As soon as Cui Yun closed the door of the palace, Lian Qiao poked her head out from the corner of the side wall and beckoned Cui Yun to go over.

Cui Yun put her index finger on her lips to signal her to keep her voice down, and Lian Qiao also understood that the Queen Mother must be resting.

"Are you looking for me?"

Cui Yun made sure that the gate of the palace was closed, arranged for the female secretary who was on duty at night, and walked to Lianqiao.

Forsythia nodded, the red cloud on her face just now dissipated a lot, but the tip of her nose was red from the cold again, she thought she had been waiting here for a while.

"waited for so long?"

Lian Qiao nodded again, and asked, "Miss Cui, I heard that there is Mr. Wang Dalang in the Nanjing Mission?"

Cui Yun immediately became vigilant when he heard the words, "Where did you hear that?"

Lian Qiao was taken aback by Cui Yun's tone, "It's... spread in the palace, and I... just came to ask..."

The members of the mission were secrets before they arrived, so how could it spread? !
"You're talking about Empress Ning Zhen's elder brother, Wang Mi Wang Dalang?" Cui Yun wanted to confirm his guess.

Forsythia nodded, and two suspicious blushes appeared on her cheeks, coupled with the redness of the tip of her nose, her whole face almost turned into a monkey's butt.

If it was Wang Mi, it seemed reasonable. After all, everyone wanted to see the most beautiful man in Nanjing. On the way from Nanjing to Daliang, the courageous girls had already sent their invitations to the envoys. regiment.

"Tell me first, where did you hear it from?"

Lian Qiao shrank and replied, "I heard from Xiao He from the imperial dining room. He travels outside the palace and has always been well-informed."

Cui Yun nodded her forehead again, "You!"

Lianqiao just rubbed the place where Cui Yun touched, and muttered, "Your maidservant is just curious!"

Cui Yun wanted to poke Lianqiao's forehead again, but withdrew her outstretched hand halfway, "I told you last time, but you didn't remember a single word!"

Lian Qiao said aggrievedly, "Everyone is spreading the word! I should have known this..."

Forsythia muttered the last half of the sentence and dared not say it out loud, but Cui Yun knew what the little girl wanted to say with a guess, and then said, "If you knew this, you wouldn't have come to ask me, would you?! "

Lianqiao was so wronged that she was about to shed tears, but her mouth was still stiff, "No, the servant girl didn't say anything!"

"You! You have the toughest mouth all over your body. Even if they are all spreading the word, you, as a person next to the Queen Mother, can also gossip along with them?!"

"If it wasn't me today, and someone else came, I would have sued the Queen Mother long ago to punish you for the crime of spying on the important affairs of the court. Then we will see if your mouth is still tough?!"

Lianqiao became anxious now, "Miss Cui! Sister Cui! Good sister! How dare I?! I'm just... just..."

"What is it? You won't take advantage of the Queen Mother's chance to kiss Uncle Nanjing with the idea of ​​climbing the dragon and becoming a phoenix, right?!"

Cui Yun said this in a narrow way, she knew that Lianqiao had no bad intentions, but the old habit of inquiring and asking random questions could never be changed, so this time, she deliberately gave her a break to see if she still has a long memory.

"No way! No way!" Lianqiao waved her hands quickly, she was already extremely wronged by Cui Yun, but now she was wronged for being unfaithful to the Queen Mother, so anxious that she couldn't say anything else except these two words not come out.

"No? Then what are you inquiring about? What does the Nanjing envoy have to do with you?"

Lian Qiao calmed down and said aggrievedly, "The servant girl just wants to see what the most beautiful man in Nanjing looks like. In a few days, Mr. Rilou will come to Beijing to meet the Queen Mother, so I can make a comparison!"

She and Xiao He bet on which of the two beauties, Nanjing and Great Liang, is the most beautiful!

Now Cui Yun is in a daze, Mr. Lou, Lou Yujing?

He is coming to the capital? !
"Mr. Lou... what is he... why did he come to the capital?!"

Lianqiao didn't notice Cui Yun's abnormality, and talked about her grievances, "A few days ago, the queen mother ordered me to meet this famous talent, so I asked Aning and I to arrange it. When Mr. Lou entered the capital, the servant girl remembered that you were not in the hall when you went to convey the handwriting of the queen mother, and the servant girl forgot to tell you later, so you may not know."

"That's why, the servant girl thinks about our Daliang, a beautiful place. Mr. Lou is unparalleled, and he is tall and handsome. He is naturally better-looking than the people in Nanjing, but Xiao He doesn't believe it. He insists on saying that Mr. Wang Dalang is the No. [-] in Nanjing." A handsome man, there is no other handsome man in the world, even Mr. Lou can't compare with him, so how can I bear this tone..."

The more Lian Qiao spoke, the lower her voice became, until finally, she couldn't even hear her own voice clearly.

Cui Yun thought that the Empress Dowager once asked herself if she wanted Lou Yujing to enter the capital, but she gave a negative answer... Every time she thinks about it later, she also feels that she is a little sorry for Lou Yujing, after all, she is the one who hinders others from being promoted. The road, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, and I never mentioned it to the Queen Mother.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager had already arranged for him to enter the capital, so it was good, and it could offset some of her regrets.

"Miss Cui? Mistress Cui?"

Seeing that Cui Yun was in a daze, Lian Qiao waved her hands in front of Cui Yun's eyes, and Cui Yun was pulled back from her thoughts, "When did the queen mother arrange for an audience?"

Lian Qiao thought for a while and said, "Yanzhou is far away, the decree has to be delivered again and again, it will be next month at the earliest."

Cui Yunmu nodded, turned around and was about to leave, Lianqiao noticed Cui Yun's strangeness, but she was also curious about what happened to Cui Mistress, she was so distracted when she heard Mr. Lou?

"Ms. Cui, which one do you think looks better, Mr. Lou or Mr. Wang Dalang?"

"Hey, hey, Miss Cui, you?"

Cui Yun didn't answer Lianqiao's question, and went back to the room on her own, leaving Lisanqiao who was bewildered to doubt her life.

Anyway, she just thinks that wild flowers are not as fragrant as home flowers, and Mr. Lou is the best!

When the queen mother meets these two people, she must ask the queen mother which one she thinks is better. On this point, she and the queen mother have a lot in common!
The next day, Sheng Shaoqing, who was not disturbed by memorials and other affairs, slept leisurely until noon before turning over and waking up. If her physical problems hadn't been resolved, she would have continued to sleep without even eating lunch.

"Empress Dowager, Honglu Temple has come to report that the Nanjing Mission has already moved in, and they want to enter the palace to meet the Empress Dowager this afternoon."

in such a hurry?
"Don't worry, let them rest for a while, and come to see them after the palace banquet tomorrow."

Cui Yun nodded, but saw that Lianqiao put down her work and looked at her expectantly, she couldn't help but nodded again, Lianqiao seemed to realize the meaning of this nod, Mr. Wang Dalang really?
In the next second, she heard Cui Yun's voice, "Empress Ning Zhen's elder brother, Wang Mi, is also in the mission. I don't know what plan Nanjing is planning?"

"Wang Mi?"

Nanjing's uncle Guo, Wang Mi who also serves as Nanjing's Minister of Rites?

Cui Yun nodded, but Sheng Shaoqing shook his head at the same time, what is he doing here?
The system also mentioned this person when talking about history. He was the one who accidentally saved Emperor Ming when he was at the end of Emperor Ming. , assisting Emperor Ming wholeheartedly, I heard that Wang Xin married Emperor Ming was also contributed by him, such a person can't stay in Nanjing well, what is he doing in Beiliang?
"Perhaps they want to win us over to deal with the Helian Ministry?"

Cui Yun thought about it all night last night, and only thought of this possibility.

The Helian Tribe has been lingering in the west of Daliang and Nanjing. This force is surreptitious, and the cavalry is very fierce, so they often burn, kill and loot at the border. If they get their hands in one place, they immediately change to another place. They live in the vast grassland all year round. Floating on the endless Gobi Desert is a headache.

Compared to Great Liang's gradually mature system of rules, those Helian people were like uncivilized savages, killing and robbing whenever they wanted.

However, Sheng Shaoqing shook his head and denied Cui Yun's idea. Nanjing Reform has made a lot of people's cakes. It's a time when there are undercurrents surging inside them, so why would they think about dealing with foreign enemies?
Cui Yun spread her hands to show that she didn't have any other ideas, Sheng Shaoqing also spread her hands like Cui Yun's, she gave up and quit.

"Don't think about it, we will know when we meet."

Cui Yun nodded in agreement, Sheng Shaoqing also nodded in agreement, Lianqiao looked at Sheng Shaoqing and Cui Yun in a daze and shook her head, forget it, she should concentrate on cutting her window grilles.

After lunch, Sheng Shaoqing suddenly wanted to pick out the phoenix crown to wear tomorrow, so she asked Cui Yun to go to the private treasury with her to have a look. Cui Yun tried to dissuade her several times, saying that Shang Gong would personally deliver it, but Sheng Shaoqing didn't listen to it. , Wholeheartedly took Cui Yun to the Shang Palace Bureau.

When they walked to the private warehouse with ease, opened the door and saw the neatly arranged treasures inside, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Sheng Shaoqing's face.

This balance is right!

(End of this chapter)