The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 268 Mother and Son (One More)

"Your aunt? Is your aunt in the palace?" Qin Chuyu asked

Xiao Jingkong nodded: "Well! I just saw her! They said she lives in the palace!"

Qin Chuyu was at a loss.

Live in the palace? The only people who really live in the palace are the masters in the palace, such as the empress dowager, the concubines and their princes, etc. However, there are quite a lot of maids and nanny in the palace, maybe one of them is the aunt of the little friend?

"What's your aunt's name?" Qin Chuyu asked.

"My aunt's name... is..." Xiao Jingkong took a long time to remember that she didn't know her aunt's name, "I don't know!"

"This..." Qin Chuyu sighed, "If you don't know the name, it will be difficult to find. There are more people in the palace than there are students in the Imperial College."

Xiao Jingkong recalled carefully, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and said, "They call her the Queen Mother!"

"Cough!" Qin Chuyu choked, "Miss, the queen mother? Is your aunt the queen mother? Are you from the Zhuang family?"

Xiao Jingkong thought for a while, and said rigorously, "I was a peasant in the countryside, but now that we have moved to the capital, we are no longer farming, so we shouldn't be considered a peasant."

Qin Chuyu: What does this have to do with farming? Why is it not a Zhuang family who moved to the capital? Can this be changed at will?

The two children talked for a long time, but Qin Chuyu didn't fully understand whether Xiaojingkong was a Zhuang family.

He was only eight years old, he said he understood, he didn't understand, but he didn't understand, and he knew that his mother and Concubine Zhuang would not deal with it.

Qin Chuyu said sternly: "If you were the Zhuang family, I would not be able to play with you in the future."

Xiao Jingkong said with round eyes, "But I'm no longer a peasant! You can play with me!"

"Well, that's fine." He was also quite reluctant to let this little friend go, "but I can't take you into the palace today. My sister-in-law has been ill recently, and my brother is in a bad mood. If I bring my little friend to the palace, it will irritate him. I'm happy, in this way, you wait two more days, and I will definitely take you into the palace."

Small headroom: ... that's all it can do.

Empress Dowager Zhuang returned to Renshou Palace, which had been absent for more than a year.

Everything in Renshou Palace was the same as before, even the palace staff were the same as before she left the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhuang returned to the palace with a high profile and did not communicate with the emperor in advance, which really gave the emperor a big "surprise"!

Empress Dowager Zhuang sat on the phoenix chair above the steps of the main hall, wearing a black red embroidered golden phoenix robe, wearing a golden phoenix crown, graceful and luxurious, yet fierce and domineering.

The emperor stood on the white marble floor in front of her, with a respectful and filial face: "The mother and the phoenix are in good health,

What a blessing to the country. "

Empress Dowager Zhuang's gaze fell lightly on the emperor's face, and she said indifferently, "It's good that the emperor understands."

The emperor's eyes moved, and he said to Empress Zhuang with a smile: "The journey to the palace is long, and the queen mother is tired along the way. My son brought Yuyi Liang to ask for the safe pulse. Yuyi Liang!"

"My minister is here!" Liang Yuyi, who was over fifty years old, walked forward with a medicine box on his back, knelt down, and kowtowed to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered, stretched out her hand, and said casually: "The emperor is filial, and the Aijia will not care about the emperor's wishes."

The emperor gave Liang Yuyi a wink and motioned him to take a pulse for Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Royal Doctor Liang walked on his knees to Queen Mother Zhuang's feet, put the medicine box on the ground, opened it, took out a piece of clean silk cloth and put it on the Queen Mother's wrist, and then took the pulse of the Queen Mother through the silk cloth.

Empress Dowager Zhuang looked at him with a half-smile, "Liang Yuyi, how is Aijia's pulse?"

Royal Doctor Liang retracted his hand, put the silk cloth away, and cupped his hands: "The Queen Mother's pulse is stable, and she seems to be three points healthier than before."

The emperor frowned indifferently.

Empress Dowager Zhuang raised the corners of her lips lightly: "The emperor is disappointed?"

The emperor hurriedly said: "How can it be? The son has always been looking forward to the early recovery of the mother, safe and smooth, and a long life."

Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered: "According to the emperor's auspicious words, Ai's family will definitely live a hundred years, and Ai's family has to watch the Zhao Kingdom grow stronger day by day, the people will be well-fed and clothed, and the world will be a peaceful and prosperous world."

The emperor's hand buried under his wide sleeves clenched into fists.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said with a smile: "I know the emperor's filial piety and Aijia. If there is nothing for the emperor, go to work. If Aijia is not here, the emperor must be very busy."

This is a bit meaningful, what is the emperor busy with? Whether he is busy dealing with the affairs of the state, or cutting off the Queen Mother's henchmen, is unknown.

The emperor said: "The son is leaving first, the mother will take care of the phoenix, and the son will come to visit the mother another day."

"No need." Queen Mother Zhuang said.

The emperor was slightly taken aback.

The next second, I heard Empress Dowager Zhuang say, "I'll see you in the morning tomorrow, why do you need to run again?"

This is what it means to be under the curtain again.

The emperor did not know what mood he was in when he walked out of Renshou Palace.

He asked Duke Wei to step back and asked Liang Yuyi, "Is the Queen Mother's pulse really okay?"

Liang Yuyi said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's pulse is indeed better than before leaving the palace, and her body is much tougher."

The emperor asked suspiciously: "How can she still be tough after living in the people for so long? What about her leprosy?"

Doctor Liang shook his head: "There is no leprosy."

The emperor frowned: "Not having leprosy means that she has recovered, or has she never had it at all?"

"This..." Liang Yuyi didn't know how to judge. He was the one who diagnosed leprosy for Empress Dowager Zhuang at the beginning. He was sure that he had not made a mistake in the diagnosis, but leprosy was an incurable disease, but the Empress Dowager recovered to be no different from normal people. two-

Did God heal the Queen Mother's leprosy?

No, leprosy can only be cured by the State of Yan.

Forget it, it's useless to delve into this now, Empress Dowager Zhuang has come back safe and sound.

The situation was even worse than the emperor expected. I thought that in the more than a year since Empress Dowager Zhuang was away, the emperor had secretly cut off or subdued many of Empress Dowager Zhuang's henchmen, but she only returned to the palace this morning, and the situation in the imperial city was rewashed in the afternoon. card.

The emperor urgently summoned several elders, but half of them said that they could not come back, and most of those who came were sloppy at him.

They had sworn their allegiance to him the day before!

Emperor Longyan was furious, but he couldn't really kill them, so Empress Dowager Zhuang would definitely come forward to rescue them, and they would be more loyal to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

The emperor was so angry that his heart ached, he summoned the old sacrificial wine overnight.

Lao Jijiu left a servant in the shabby room he rented. The emperor sent someone to summon him, and his servant would come to Bishui Hutong to inform him.

In fact, the emperor had summoned him several times earlier. When the emperor was in power, he did not come. When the emperor was on the decline, he came.

The emperor was naturally moved, walked out from behind the desk, and held his hand: "I know that Aiqing is the person I can really trust!"

Lao Jijiu's mood is very complicated. He understands that the time he has been waiting for has finally come. At this time, when he returns to the DPRK, he will definitely gain the absolute trust and respect of His Majesty, but he is not happy.

Not only for himself, but also for Rokuro.

When Rokuro entered the court as an official, it meant that he had to be the enemy of the entire banker, and he could not let Rokuro leave it alone.

But can he still regard Zhuang Jinse as the former Empress Dowager Zhuang?

The emperor said excitedly: "I canonize you as a sacrificial wine for Guozijian today, and the imperial decree will be announced to the world tomorrow!"

The old sacrificial wine knelt down and saluted solemnly: "Chen... Thank you Lord Long En!"

Eunuch Wei sent the old sacrificial wine out of the palace.

When passing by the Royal Garden, I met Empress Dowager Zhuang's Luan Jia.

Empress Dowager Zhuang's appetite is not very good, and her mood is also a little irritable. It is obviously still the same palace, but for some reason, Empress Dowager Zhuang feels lonely.

It's not that I've never been lonely in the deep palace, but this time I brought a little loneliness.

"Niangniang, would you like some more snacks? You ate too little for dinner." said a little palace maid holding a plate of delicate and delicious rose cakes.

Empress Dowager Zhuang has no appetite.

Lao Jijiu stood behind the flowers and looked at her fixedly.

Empress Dowager Zhuang, who wore a phoenix robe, had a fierce aura, her eyes were like swords, and even if she didn't speak, she was like a sword unsheathed, and no one dared to plunder her edge.

Eunuch Wei stopped beside the old sacrificial wine, looked at the old sacrificial wine, then looked at the queen mother, and whispered: "Master Huo is going to see the queen mother?"

The old sacrificial wine shook his head.

How about seeing you? She doesn't remember.

She will no longer hold a knife around his neck to rob him of his private money, nor will she force him to go to the kitchen to make her brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, nor will she hide half of the candied fruit she stole in his house, much less When I go to play the leaf card, I will bring him to the side to pour tea and water.

"Let's go." Lao Jijiu said sadly.

Eunuch Wei looked at the back of the old sacrificial wine, why did he feel that both Mr. Huo and the queen mother were a little depressed?