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Chapter 7 Means to the Queen
After ordering someone to send Qian Yi away, Zhao Xu accompanied Queen Xiang for lunch.

Feng Jing personally went to the imperial kitchen to cook the meal with others.

It was a vegetarian dish according to Zhao Xu's request.

Of course, vegetarian dishes belong to vegetarian dishes, but there is no shortage of protein.

There are plenty of eggs and milk, and several vegetables are also prepared.

Although the taste is not as rich as what Zhao Xu ate in the restaurant in New Century, the taste is far superior.

However, Zhao Xu's mind was not on eating.

He focused on getting closer and getting closer to the queen.

Children, in this respect, the advantage is born.

Empress Xiang was already overflowing with maternal love, but under Zhao Xu's deliberate closeness, even the bones of her body became a little lighter after a meal.

I just wish I could stay in Qingning Palace, but now that the official family is seriously ill and people are panicking, it is impossible not to stare at the Queen at Funing Hall.

Especially now, looking at the well-behaved, sensible and filial prince.

Queen Xiang knew that she would no longer be just for herself, but for this child as well.

Otherwise, the yesterday of Queen Xiaozhang and King Yanyi is the tomorrow of their mother and child.

So, no matter how reluctant he was, Queen Xiang had to reluctantly bid farewell to Zhao Xu after having lunch with Zhao Xu. Of course, before leaving, Queen Xiang ordered someone to carefully bind the Buddhist scriptures copied by Zhao Xu and take them away.

Zhao Xu sent Empress Xiang to the gate of Qingning Palace, saw that Empress Xiang disappeared from sight under the escort of Yiwei, and then turned back to the palace.

Back in the Qingning Palace bedroom, Zhao Xu called Feng Jing and said, "I only copied one volume of "Disaster Disaster" in the morning, and "Prolonging Life" is still unfinished, and prepare my study room!"

So in the Qingning Palace, he continued to copy Buddhist scriptures.

This is the only thing he can do now.

It is also Zhao Xu's best amulet.

A word of filial piety is enough to make him invincible.

Let that treacherous minister's conspiracy to rebel against the party come to nothing!

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From Qingning Palace to Funing Palace, along the way there are many official houses and palaces.

There was also an endless stream of officials who came and went, and those who patrolled and guarded.

Queen Yiwei echoed all the way.

All the bureaucrats who came and went avoided the road one after another, bowed down and asked respectfully.

But Xiang Huang's mind on the chariot was completely in Qingning Palace.

She recalled the appearance of the sixth brother, and thought of the sensible appearance of the sixth brother in front of her, and recalled over and over again, the clear and tender but sincere call of the "mother queen" by the sixth brother.

So, even the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

When the chariot stopped in front of Funing Hall, Queen Xiang was still immersed in the memory of Qingning Palace.

Until the chariot was put down, Yan Shouqin's voice called her back to reality: "Saint, the Palace of Funing is here!"

"Oh!" Empress Xiang took a deep breath, discarding distracting thoughts in her mind, and got off the chariot with the support of Zhang, the Minister of Kunning Palace.

He ordered Yiwei to stay outside the Funing Hall, and only led Yan Shouqin and Shangshu Zhang to the queen, and entered the bedroom where the emperor lived from Zhaoqing Gate on the left side of Funing Hall.

Facing him, he saw the courtier Liang Congzheng who served the emperor's decoction in the Palace of Funing.

"How is the official family?" asked the queen.

"Half an hour ago, Chen Yijian gave everyone a pulse..." Liang Congzheng replied.

"What did Chen Yijian say?"

Liang Congzheng carefully chose his words: "Zuzhi sage: Chen Yi Jianyan, everyone's dragon body is still the same..."

Sighed to the queen, not knowing what to say.

Liang got into politics, so he could only find some good words to comfort him: "So that the sages will know, the chief executives went to Zhazi at noon, saying that it was a great victory for Xihe, and Li Duzhi commanded the generals under his command to go deep into the territory of the western bandits, and set up the bandit general Sechen Daichu.

"The empress dowager has promised to perform the invitation, and ordered to reward the generals as soon as possible, and also ordered the general to report the merits and prepare it. When everyone wakes up, read it to everyone. Maybe everyone will cheer up after hearing the good news!"

Listening to the queen, she nodded and said, "I hope so!"

She knows her husband.

Officials are fond of martial arts, have great ambitions, and have strategic strategies in their chests. When they were still King Ying, they had the ambition to map the mountains and destroy Xia.

In the past 19 years since he was in power, he has been thinking about it, and he will rejuvenate the country and unify the universe.

However, the sky does not follow people's wishes.

In military matters, he has suffered repeated setbacks and blows.

Especially the defeat of Yongle City, he was hit hard and deeply ashamed.

Now that the illness is serious, most of it is caused by the blow of Yongle City's defeat.

If the officials hear the good news from the front line, they may be able to cheer up.

At least, you can spend more time awake every day.

Then he asked Liang Congzheng: "Who is serving the officials in the bedroom now?"

Liang Congzheng replied: "Qizuo sage: the servants who are forbidden to serve at present, the medical officers are several national doctors headed by Sun Sanchao, the daily care is Mrs. Si Yiliang, Mrs. Wang, etc., and the decoction is provided by ministers and other imperial medicines. They coordinate in the middle and change the rules by Zhang Duzhi..."

Nodding to the queen, she understood that if it was in the past, she would have ordered Liang Congzheng to lead her in at this moment to visit the official's house.

But today, I asked the queen another question: "Where is Shi Deyi now?"

Liang Congzheng hesitated for a moment, but still lowered his head and replied, "Zouzhi sage: Shi Duzhi is resting today, and he should be in the Xuanpingfang house!"

"Shut up today?" Xiang Huang smiled, but he would not believe it.

Shi Deyi is one of the officials' most trusted and most trusted big mink crotches.

Usually inseparable, unable to leave an inch.

However, since February, the official's illness has worsened, and his hands have lost the ability to move freely, and even the ability to direct state affairs through writing has also been lost.

That big sable crotch disappeared in Da Nei.

Roughly speaking, it should be ten days!
Hugh?

I'm afraid he's under house arrest!

Otherwise, the official family is seriously ill, and Shi Deyi is the one who is loyal to the official family, and it is Shi Deyi, not Zhang Maoze, who is standing in front of the imperial court all night long!

As in the past, Empress Xiang really didn't want to take care of it, and didn't bother to take care of these dirty things.

Out of sight and pure in mind.

But now, the maternal instinct towards the Queen has been awakened.

In my heart, the voices of the six elder brothers of Qingning Palace called "mother queen" turned around.

The feeling when the sixth brother hugged her is still in front of his eyes.

The cub-protecting gene in motherhood is fully awakened.

So, Empress Xiang took a deep look at Liang Congzheng, married to an official family for 20 years, and for the last 19 years, although Empress Xiang has always been hidden in the deep palace and does not care about internal and external affairs, it does not mean that she does not know anything.

"On the day when the king ruled, the law of yin and yang governed the country, and his family punished the country. The husband and wife respected the relationship between the people, but the sixth palace was the crown of Changqiu!" She read in her heart the content of the imperial edict at the end of the official family book: "I have been trusted and loved by the official family, and I have been established as the Changqiu of the middle palace, and I have been close to my sixth brother. I can't sit idly by. The thief of the family will bring trouble to my family!"

He just turned around and said to Liang Congzheng, "Liang Diantou, lead the way!"

He stretched out his hand to Yan Shouqin again.The latter immediately handed over the Buddhist scriptures handwritten by the Prince of Yan'an, which he had taken from Qingning Palace, respectfully.

The text on the paper is fair and correct, with clear handwriting and equal size.

Spread it out to the queen to look at each text, especially the last few lines.

"And may the mother live forever, the queen mother will live forever, and the concubine mother will be happy!" Each word danced in front of my eyes.

"Good boy!"

"The queen mother will never let you down!"

She is the fourth grandson of Xiang Wenjian, the empress of the current official family, the married wife, Zhonggong Changqiu, and the aunt of the princes!
She had to fight for Six Brother's things, and she had to fight!
This is not only for Liu Geer, but also for herself.

The story of Empress Xiaozhang and King Yanyi, as the fourth grandson of Xiang Wenjian, was crushed and torn by the family members before Empress Xiang married into the official family, and has been told countless times.

After marrying an official family, Queen Xiang witnessed with her own eyes how filial and holy the official family is.

The relationship between relatives, grandparents and grandchildren among the people is far inferior to the relationship between officials and saints.

That was a family relationship that even my aunt was jealous of!
Cisheng can do it, and the Queen believes that he can do it too.

If you don't have a biological son, if you adopt one, you will still be raised, filial, and close!

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Passing through the heavy curtains in the forbidden area, Xiang Huang walked to the emperor's imperial couch.

Zhang Mao, who had been serving in front of the imperial court, hurriedly brought a Mazha and waited for the queen to sit down.

Looking at the pale husband with protruding cheekbones lying on the imperial couch, Empress Xiang shed a few tears, and asked Zhang Maoze: "Everyone knows, how many times have the officials woke up today?"

Zhang Mao bent down and lowered his head to answer: "Zuzhi sage: Today, everyone, wake up three times..."

Wiping away tears to the queen, he asked, "Have the officials lowered their command?"

Zhang Mao hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head: "It's been several days, and we haven't given orders..."

Sighed to the queen, pretending not to see Zhang Maoze's hesitation.

Holding the hand of the Buddhist scriptures, he quietly used some strength.

Empress Xiang knew that the respectful and obedient inner figure in front of her was not easy!
As early as the early years of Xining, at the beginning of the reform, Zhang Mao was already a banner of the old party among the big ministers!
In the sixth year of Xining, the leader of the uproar of Wendemen prime minister's dismounting incident was this deep-rooted veteran of the three dynasties in Da Nei.

At that time, the matter was rampant.

The authority of Prime Minister Wang Anshi was greatly affected by this.

The old party cheered, even in this big internal ban, there are not many internal officials who secretly cheered.

Although Queen Xiang was in the deep palace, she saw these things clearly.

Just like the current situation.

Although it is difficult for the queen in the deep palace to know the details, she can still feel the changes in the wind direction and the atmosphere in the palace.

The official family is seriously ill, and the sixth brother is young.

Not to mention the big inside, among the courtiers outside the court, there may have been duckweed and slight waves.

Some people in the outer dynasty wanted to learn from Zhao Pu, so it was inevitable that someone in the court wanted to learn from Wang Ji'en.

With this thought in mind, it was inevitable that he had to use some more strength to hold the hand of the Buddhist scriptures to the queen, but his expression remained the same, and even his voice remained steady.

"Among the ministers, can someone write a letter, wishing to stay in the prison and be on duty for the officials?" asked the queen.

Zhang Mao then bowed his head and replied: "There is no minister who wrote a letter to the sage. As far as I know, the ministers of the two governments gathered to discuss this matter. They ordered the Minister, the right minister, Qingchen, to stay in the Minister's office and wait for your Majesty's order!"

"Is that so..." Xiang Empress sighed, and couldn't help but think of what happened when the late emperor was seriously ill.

At first, the first emperor was seriously ill.

The prime minister, Han Qi, led the ministers above the rank of servants, and went straight into the forbidden area, stayed in the palace overnight, and was on duty to guard the emperor.

These things, the queen is a witness.

Now, the same situation reappeared.

Above the court, there is no longer any important minister who can make a final decision like Han Qi.

Those who have the qualifications, prestige and ability to do this are all outside the capital.

Thinking of this, Queen Xiang couldn't help but sigh a few times.

"Zhang Duzhi..." Empress Xiang looked at Zhang Maoze's old face that was already covered with wrinkles and gray spots, and asked, "Today, the second king and the fourth king have come to visit Sheng Gong?"

"Zuzhi sage: The second king just served the empress dowager and returned to Baoci Palace..." Zhang Mao replied: "As for the four kings?"

Nodding to the queen, he said, "The Four Great Kings still abide by the etiquette..."

Zhang Mao bowed his head deeply, not daring to answer at all.

Queen Xiang didn't speak anymore, she just sat in front of her husband's sick bed with a Buddhist scripture, quietly looking at her unconscious husband.

After a long time, Empress Xiang stood up, walked to the emperor's couch, took the Buddhist scriptures she brought from Qingning Palace, and said in a low voice: "Officials... Officials..."

"Sixth brother is in the Qingning Palace, also remembering your Majesty's health and well-being, specially took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from Zishan Hall, and copied Buddhist scriptures to pray for His Majesty!"

"I also invite the officials to cheer up and recover soon..."

As he spoke, Xiang Empress burst into tears.

Behind Queen Xiang, Zhang Maoze, Yan Shouqin and other ministers, female officials, and even the medical officers standing outside the curtain all knelt down.

But no one dared to speak out.

Everyone just bowed their heads and crawled.

But the purpose of Xiang Queen has been achieved.

The Great Inner Imperial City has always been a sieve.

At the beginning, Renmiao played a game of one dragon and two phoenixes with his concubine in the palace, and it was widely spread the next day. The crows who remonstrated in Taiwan immediately had something to do and forced Renmiao to send the two beauties to the Taoist temple.

During the Yingmiao period, the news of the feud between the two palaces was known to the entire Tokyo city.

The storyteller in Wazi and the details written in the street tabloids even knew more than many of the courtiers in the palace.

At the beginning of the current official's ascension to the throne, the news that he wore a golden armor to see Cisheng was published in the tabloids that night before dawn the next day, and spread in various night markets and tiles.

There is no way, the Imperial City of Ouchi is only so big.

However, the ministers and female officials who went up and down did not necessarily stay overnight in the imperial city.

Especially the high-grade ministers and high-grade female officials.

They all have families.

Don't say that Zhang Maoze is the head of the courtiers.

Even a mid-level minister like Liang Congzheng, as far as Queen Xiang knew, was also outside the palace, married his wife, and adopted a stepson.

Outside the palace, it was never an isolated case that there were more than a dozen concubines, hundreds of servants, and courtiers who were clean.

As soon as these people returned home, the news in the palace spread all over the sky.

Throughout the ages, it is not that they have thought of ways to avoid the leakage of banned news.

However, the ministers of foreign courts, especially the Taiwan admonishers, resolutely opposed all things and policies that tried to hinder the news from the palace.

Under the banner of "eliminating and isolating China and foreign countries", they stood on the high ground of political correctness and stared at everyone who tried to block news from China.

Emperor, they may have nothing to do.

But forcing the emperor to deal with those ministers and ministers who dared to do these things, the admonishers are good at it.

Therefore, I am sure to the Queen that by the time the palace gates are locked tomorrow at the latest, the news that 'the king of Yan'an County copied Buddhist scriptures for the officials' should appear in the big and small tiles in Bianliang City, Tokyo and the tabloids on the streets.

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Note: Empress Xiaozhang is the empress of Song Dynasty. After Zhao Kuangyin died, she was treated very miserable by Zhao Guangyi!

The king of Yanyi is Zhao Dezhao. After Zhao Guangyi's donkey cart drifted away, he was once supported by others and then committed suicide.

Note 2: Inner ministers in the Song Dynasty generally married wives and adopted step-sons after being transferred to official positions. In terms of step-children, the legal system allowed the adoption of a step-son who could enter the palace as an inner court official. Well, yes, the inner court officials in the Song Dynasty could be passed on from father to son!However, generally there can only be one, and only with the emperor's grace can there be two!But normal stepson, not restricted.

Note 3: Tabloids are a kind of newspaper in the Song Dynasty. They developed from Chaobao, also known as Dibao. At first, they reported "things that the Chaobao did not report", but soon became a kind of gossip miscellaneous magazines.

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