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Chapter 40 Cultivation of a black-bellied first assistant (40)

The days passed day by day like this, and Shen Jinzhao would often visit the emperor to see Qi Yunting, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

This year the emperor's birthday banquet will be very grand, it is no longer a birthday banquet, it is a state banquet.

There is still a month to go, and everyone in the palace is already busy preparing for the state banquet.

This matter, because Concubine Xu has the highest status in the current harem, so it was handed over to Concubine Xu to handle it.

Concubine Xu has also settled down a lot in the past five years. I heard that she has built a small Buddhist hall in the palace. vegetarian.

The nickname is to pray for Shen Xingrong, hope that his legs will recover, and hope that the Buddha will bless him in everything.

Speaking of this, Shen Jinzhao had to sigh, but if the emperor is more feminine, Concubine Xu will not be the highest in the harem.

I don't know who Concubine Xu learned from, maybe the Queen Mother.

Her imperial grandmother, whom she had never met, had been eating fast and praying for the country in Mount Wutai, she heard.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, she has never been back to the palace except for major events.

Of course, the empress dowager who was the emperor's birthday had never come back before, but this time she did.

The emperor led a group of people to meet the queen mother at the gate of the palace.

The Empress Dowager was dressed plainly and held a string of Buddhist beads in her hands, perhaps because she had been chanting to Buddha for a long time, and she had a benevolent eyebrow.

"Mother." The emperor took the lead in saluting.

"Get up." The queen mother looked at Shen Jinzhao, and after looking at it, she smiled, "Is this Chaochao? Have you grown so big? I remember when you were born, Ai's family hugged you, a small ball .”

"It's the same as your concubine mother, she was born beautiful."

Shen Jinzhao didn't know whether it was a sincere or a fake compliment, but she could clearly feel that when the queen mother looked at herself, it was like looking at a piece of goods.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable.

This imperial grandmother, who has never met before, may not really care about the purity of the six sense organs in the world, and the bodhisattva has a compassionate heart.

Before Shen Jinchao could speak, the emperor had already spoken.

"Mother, the journey is tiring, so let's go back to the palace first." The emperor spoke in a dull tone.

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face faded, she glanced at the emperor, twirling the beads, "Okay."

A group of people accompanied the Queen Mother back to Shoukang Palace.

On the way, the Empress Dowager noticed Qi Yunting who was following the emperor, "This young man must be the leader this year, right? Yes, he is a good boy."

Qi Yunting had no choice but to say, "The Empress Dowager is absurd."

The Empress Dowager asked again, seemingly casually, "I heard that you were Chaochao's companion at first, but you were accepted as a student by Xie Sining later?"

"Yes."

The queen mother wanted to speak, but the emperor cut off her beard again, "Queen mother, Ah Ting is shy and stupid, so don't drag him to ask questions."

The tone turned out to be a little heavier.

The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened, but she was still smiling, "So, the Ai family can't even ask?"

"My son didn't say that."

After stepping into the Shoukang Palace, everyone sat down, and the emperor said again, "How long will the queen mother stay in the palace this time?"

Everyone couldn't help looking at each other. It has always been rumored that the empress dowager and the emperor's mother and son are harmonious, and the mother is kind and the son is filial. Why doesn't this seem to be the same thing?
Just came back and asked when to leave.

The Empress Dowager twirled the beads and said with a smile, "Ai's family has something important to do when they return to the palace this time. When the matter is finished, when will Ai's family leave for Mount Wutai."

While speaking, the queen mother glanced at Shen Jinzhao intentionally or unintentionally.

The emperor suddenly became angry, and left without saying anything.

Everyone went in without knowing it, and after looking at each other, they took their leave and left.

Shen Jinzhao also planned to leave, the emperor left, and Qi Yunting also left. She didn't know the people here well, and she didn't want to be polite.

The queen mother stopped her, "Chao Chao, you can have dinner in Shoukang Palace. The Ai family has not seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much."

"??" No, really no, they met once when she was born, and she doesn't remember it yet. Think about it, it sounds strangely familiar.

But there was no reason to refuse, so Shen Jinzhao agreed.

Moreover, what the Queen Mother said was not asking for her opinion at all, as if it didn't matter if she answered or not.

"The Ai family remembers your mother and concubine." The queen mother said, "She is very beautiful. You are somewhat similar to her, and you can recognize her at a glance. When the emperor saw her for the first time, he told the Ai family that he would not marry unless she was her." .”

Shen Jinchao responded, "The concubine mother is indeed beautiful."

So, keeping her here is to recall the past?Wouldn't it be good to go directly to Mrs. Jin?

The Queen Mother nodded, "Yes. But Aijia doesn't like her, do you know why?"

Oh, sure enough, the relationship between Mrs. Jin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law surfaced. It really wasn't very good, and there really was a story.

Shen Jinchao replied, "Because... a beauty is a disaster?"

"Because of flirtatiousness!" The queen mother stopped turning the prayer beads, "She already had a marriage contract back then, and her fiancé is now Khan Brodo of Geng Jin. Letting the emperor and the Brodo brothers fight each other almost caused war between the two countries!"

The queen mother held her hand and said with relief, "Fortunately, you didn't grow up under her knees, and your temperament should be different from hers."

This sentence is not kind at all, and even slightly threatening.

Shen Jinzhao concealed the doubts in his heart, and respectfully agreed.

When returning to Chuyun Palace from Shoukang Palace, Shen Jinzhao saw Nanny Tao waiting at the door at a glance.

Tao Nanny looked nervous, and seeing that Shen Jinzhao was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Princess, it's fine."

"What can I do?" Shen Jinzhao said casually.

Tao Nanny smiled, "After all, the Empress Dowager is not in the palace all year round, I don't know if she likes the princess or not, this old servant is worried."

Shen Jinzhao knew it wasn't the reason, but he didn't ask too much.

Right and left are nothing but conflicts between the Queen Mother and Mrs. Jin, Tao Nanny is afraid that the Queen Mother will be bad for her.

And the behavior of the queen mother seems to be sowing discord?

People who eat vegetarian food and recite the Buddha's name are not all people with pure six senses and no desires or desires. They will also have secular grievances and hatreds.

It seems that the contradiction is not small.

Since that day, the queen mother stayed in Shoukang Palace, closed the door, and didn't see anyone, and Shen Jinzhao didn't see her for a second time.

Shen Jinzhao still runs around the imperial study of Chuyun Palace, and doesn't go to other places much.

And slowly, envoys from various countries arrived in Kyoto one by one to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

Honglu Temple arranged for them to stay at the inn.

Geng Jin also came, the leader was the fifth prince Godot, Geng Jin General Puda was also in the mission, and there was another prince named Ashinapei among the important people, who was Brodo's cousin. younger brother.

Shen Jinzhao clicked his tongue twice, "This lineup is really luxurious."

There are officials from other countries, only Geng Jin, a prince, a prince, and a general. People who don't know it think why these people are here.

Tao Yuan said, "I heard that they came here to make peace with Da Zhou. They want to choose a daughter of a royal clan to marry Geng Jin's eldest prince and become Geng Jin's Ke Dun in the future."

After a pause, he said sympathetically, "It might just be the Yan family. I don't know who would be so unlucky. I heard that Geng Jin people are all vicious."

(End of this chapter)