After wearing the book, Ben Gong lay down all the way to win

Chapter 56 The Empress Dowager (5)

The next day, the emperor officially issued a decree to respect Xiaozong's wife and the late emperor's birth mother, Yushi, as the empress dowager, and then added the word "Duankang" to the original emblem "Ci Shou", which was the Empress Dowager Cishou Duankang, and respected the birth mother Anshi She is the imperial concubine, her emblem is 'Ronghui', she is Empress Ronghui, she respects the late emperor's wife Xia as the empress, and her emblem is 'Minghui', she is Empress Minghui.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, the Queen Mother and Ting Lan were very satisfied, but An Shi, who was conferred the title of Empress Dowager Ronghui, exploded in anger.

She immediately called the emperor over and questioned: "Mingxuan, didn't our mothers agree to be the empress dowager? Why did you only become the empress dowager? Do you still have this mother in your heart?"

The emperor said displeased: "Of course my son has you as his mother. Didn't I give you honor and dignity according to the previous agreement?"

The empress dowager was so angry that her old face turned blue: "A mere empress dowager, what kind of dignity is this? If you want to say honor and dignity, it should be the empress dowager."

The emperor took a deep breath: "There is no difference in the treatment of the imperial concubine and the empress dowager in life. How many things are sent to the empress dowager by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? You can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send you exactly the same. As long as the Empress Dowager has it, you can use it all, so you are no different from the Empress Dowager!"

The Empress Dowager was obviously dissatisfied with such a statement.

What is the same living treatment as the empress dowager?

The annual salary of the Empress Dowager is 2000 taels of silver and 20 taels of gold. It is said that the three-year Qing magistrate has 2000 snowflakes of silver. Is she short of these 20 taels of silver and [-] taels of gold?
What she wants is not the same living treatment as the empress dowager at all, but the power of the empress dowager to rule the harem and override the position of empress.

Which woman worked so hard to climb to the throne of the queen mother, only for the queen mother's 2000 taels of silver and 20 taels of gold a year, all for the queen mother's power.

Only with the power of the Empress Dowager can she establish prestige in the harem, and she can make all women except the Empress Dowager Cishou kneel down in front of her, suppress the Min family and others, and make her own niece An Suqiu Take the throne of queen.

But now, the emperor gave her the living treatment of the Empress Dowager, but did not give her the title and power. It was like wearing a jacket and no pants.

The emperor looked at his own mother's unwillingness, and still suppressed the last bit of patience to comfort him: "Mother, although the status of the emperor dowager is not as good as that of the empress dowager, the treatment in all aspects of life is not bad. The empress dowager has passed away. You, the empress dowager, still have a chance to be the empress dowager. Now that the empress dowager has the imperial edict of Emperor Xiaozong in her hand, the son has no choice but to wait for the opportunity. Anyway, the empress dowager is not young, as long as she If you die, your son is in control, and I will upgrade you to empress dowager immediately."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her face looked a little better.

Immediately, she asked again: "Are you serious?"

The emperor said: "Really, you are not joking, how could your son lie to you?"

The imperial concubine thought to herself, the queen mother is not young now, and her son has just died, and her body and mind have been hit hard, and she probably won't live for a few years. Now that she can't twist her elbows, she might as well bear it for a while, and wait. The old queen mother died, and she could survive.

(End of this chapter)