I am the Empress Dowager!

Chapter 6 The Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty——Deng Sui ([-])
At Xinwei in December of the first year of Yuan Xing, in the snow-covered Zhangde Palace, Liu Zhao, the Great Han Mingjun, finally closed his eyes forever.

Before he died, he decided to make his youngest son Liu Long the emperor. Since Liu Long was too young, he asked the empress Deng Sui to be the emperor and assist the emperor.

At the same time, he selected famous officials in the court to assist the new emperor, and at the same time appointed Deng Sui's elder brother Huben Zhonglang, General Deng Zhi, as the general of chariots and riders, and the third division of Yitong to control the government and stabilize the court.

Since then, the Great Han has entered a new era, and the Queen of the Great Han, Deng Sui, has also officially become the Queen Mother of the Great Han.

And Deng Sui's first thing after succeeding as the queen mother was to find Liu Zhao's second son who remained among the people, and also the prince Liu Sheng who was the passive emperor.

Because this person has been suffering from chronic illness since he was a child, he is weak and sickly, so there is a reason why he cannot be established.

It's just that this chronic illness and being too young, it's not clear whether these two are familiar or not, but the people in the court did not feel sorry for Deng Sui on this matter.

This made Deng Sui breathe a sigh of relief first.

From empress to empress dowager, facing this change of identity, Deng Sui was still a little unable to change for a while, and he was also a little busy when facing affairs of the court and China.

Even if she diligently helps the new emperor handle government affairs every day, while stabilizing the situation in the court, on the other hand, she has to deal with the funeral of the late emperor with the grief in her heart.

In the end, I have to take care of the little emperor, thinking that the little emperor can live a better life and be able to put on a stronger body.

Don't die young like his brothers.

The big guy can't bear to continue to toss.

But even with such a toss around the clock, Deng Sui still didn't handle it very well.

Even with Liu Zhao's permission, he had already been exposed to many things before, but when she really did it by herself.

The complicated government affairs, the intricate relationships, and the extensive network of relationships in the court all made him at a loss, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

There were even a lot of jokes.

Facing the ridicule both openly and secretly, some courtiers even sneered at her in front of her face in the hall, as if they were certain that she couldn't understand.

Faced with this kind of thing, the only thing Deng Sui can do is to put a smile on his face, and then try to calm down his mood, not to show his emotions and loss to anyone.

It's just that every time she returns to her dormitory, she will let everyone go out, and then let herself take Sister Chen with her to do something in the dormitory.
This period of time may be the only time when she can relax.

No one knew what Deng Sui was doing in the bedroom, and no one dared to approach the bedroom at this time.

Even though those palace people have slowly begun to change their respect for the queen mother, Shang Fangling, Zhongchang servant Cai Lun, who has been by the queen mother's side, is almost inseparable.

But it is the nightmare in the hearts of all palace people
No one is willing to let themselves fall into the hands of Cai Lun. If they have to, then they also hope that when they fall into the hands of the other party, they are already a corpse
And at this time, the problems in the palace also broke out immediately.

"Empress Dowager, there is something that I think the Empress Dowager should know."

After walking out of his dormitory again, Cai Lun, the regular attendant, hurried to Deng Sui's side, and spoke softly to her neither humble nor overbearing.

From that tone, Deng Sui couldn't hear any emotional fluctuations in him.

"What's the matter?" Deng Sui looked at Cai Lun for a while, but couldn't see any change on his face, and finally he could only speak slightly to Cai Lun, "It's okay, just say it."

"It's nothing serious, it's just that there's been a big funeral in the palace recently, and the new emperor has succeeded, so there will inevitably be some chaos in the palace.

Today, when I was inspecting the palace, I found a box of jewels missing from Qingliang Palace.

Although it is said that I am not lacking in these things, as a person in the palace, if my hands and feet are not clean, then this is not acceptable. "

After Cai Lun finished speaking, he immediately closed his mouth. He didn't say anything about who did it and what should be done.

And Deng Sui knew that these were the things Cai Lun wanted to ask her, or in other words, this was the choice Cai Lun asked her to make.

"Is it in the palace?" Deng Sui couldn't help taking a deep breath at this time, "Gugu knows that now that Gugu is in this position for the first time, he holds great power but doesn't have enough prestige.

There must be some people who have dissatisfaction with Gu. It's just that I didn't expect that this first thing would appear by Gu's side.

Qingliang Hall is the Nangong Forbidden Garden Palace of my great man, and it is impossible for idlers to enter this place.

His Majesty was too young when he first ascended the throne, and now he has no concubines, and the late emperor's concubines have been sent to the cemetery to guard the mausoleum, and these people are not in the palace either.

Now that there are fewer people in this palace, there are naturally fewer eyes and ears.

It’s not surprising that such a thing happens.”

When Deng Sui said this, he couldn't help looking at Cai Lun beside him, as if he wanted to know how Cai Lun would answer.

But it's a pity that Cai Lun didn't say anything, and even the expression on his face was still so casual and indifferent, and he didn't intend to speak at all.

This time, Deng Sui was a little embarrassed.

In the end, she could only cough lightly, and then whispered to Cai Lun.

"I've heard for a long time that Shang Fangling was the confidant of the late emperor, and the late emperor said that Shang Fangling was very talented when he was still alive.

If it is Shang Fang's order, how should we deal with this matter? "

"If it's a minister?" Cai Lun didn't expect that the queen mother would actually throw this question to herself so easily, without any intention of asking Qiankun to be arbitrary, and she was a little stunned for a while.

Then he looked at Deng Sui in front of him, and finally a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"If the minister handles this matter, then it is actually quite simple."

"How easy?"

"Even if there are few people in this palace, there are still fixed people to do fixed things, and there are not too many people who can contact Qingliang Palace.

Therefore, there are naturally not too many people who can succeed.

Take down all the palace servants who are related to Qingliang Palace, and then torture them one by one, so that you don't have to worry about them not telling the truth.

At that time, who did this kind of thing at this time will naturally be known. "

When Cai Lun uttered these words, his face was relaxed and casual, as if he said the torture of the hundreds of people was as simple as his usual meal.

It's just that Deng Sui couldn't help but get a chill down his back, and immediately opened his mouth to refute the moment Cai Lun finished speaking.

"This is impossible!"

(End of this chapter)