Glory to the ancestors

The emperor said he was ill, and he hadn't attended the early court for five days.

This is a holiday for everyone.

Seeing that the situation had not stabilized yet, Yang Jin wanted to pretend for two days, but who knew that the empress dowager sent home an edict of dismissal, and his servant of the Ministry of Punishment had also come to an end.

"I'm really not destined to be an official." Yang Jin leaned on the reclining chair and turned sideways to get the small teacup on the stone table. Rong Yu was lying on his stomach and was sleeping soundly, because of his movements.

Rong Zhen was helpless, "Let you pretend to be at home for two days anyway, to avoid suspicion, what do you want people who stick to the emperor's faction to think of you?"

"I don't care what they think," Yang Jin took a sip of the tea, "Osmanthus osmanthus, don't worry about it, I will refill the tea myself."

Osmanthus osmanthus hugged Rong Jue with one arm, and poured tea for Yang Jin with one free hand. Hearing this, she smiled and said it was okay.

"Has Prince Pingnan replied to you?" Rong Zhen asked again.

"Well," Yang Jin nodded, "It is said that the queen is almost at the southern border, and she is pregnant, so she dare not be too bumpy, so she walks a bit slower."

"It can be regarded as a great gift for him." Rong Zhen sighed.

"It's like a women's and children's adoption base. Anyone in the capital who wants to escape can be sent there." Yang Jin smiled and mocked while touching Rongyu's back.

Rong Zhen glanced at him, and said casually, "If the queen mother wants to chase you down, are you planning to go to the southern border?"

Yang Jin didn't answer, her eyes froze, for a while, "Don't mention what's there and what's not."

While they were talking, three gongs were heard in the palace city—only when the emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne would the giant gong on the tower be struck.

Both Rong Zhen and Yang Jin stood up, and they both let out a long sigh, the sky in the palace completely changed.

Chen Zhan trotted into the Rongzhen Courtyard, "Grandpa, Gongye, the Queen Mother's people invite you to enter the palace."

Rong Zhen raised his eyebrows, and patted Yang Jin's shoulder with one hand, "Don't gloat so much," he replied to Chen Zhan, "I'll go right away."

He turned around, and Osmanthus immediately handed Rong Jue to Yang Jin, and followed into Rong Zhen's room.

Yang Jin held a doll in each arm, and he lowered his head and touched the forehead of one of them with the tip of his nose, "Okay, we just need to watch the show."

Osmanthus osmanthus had already prepared all Rong Zhen's needs. Although she was wearing ordinary clothes, she was dressed in plain clothes, so that she would neither appear to have known the news in advance nor be conspicuous.

Rong Zhen gently shook Osmanthus's hand while he was tying the belt for himself.

Osmanthus osmanthus raised her head to look at him, it turned out that Rong Zhen would also be so nervous.

He spread his arms and hugged Rong Zhen's shoulders.

Rong Zhen buried his face on the osmanthus' shoulder, took a deep breath, and imprinted the smell of osmanthus in his heart completely.

"It's almost over." Rong Zhen said this to Mu Xi, and also to himself.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw a group of white-haired veterans kneeling outside.

"The queen mother can't do it..." One of them was holding his last breath, patting the threshold of the palace gate with his withered palm.

Rong Zhen silently lowered his head and walked in from the other side.

He could only speed up his pace, the eyes behind him really made him panic.

He didn't think that what he did was absolutely wrong, but in front of those who were truly honest in heart, he was like a humble maggot.

Rong Zhen hurried into the Queen Mother's bedroom and knelt in front of the Queen Mother.

"The gang of old men haven't left yet?" The queen mother snorted when she saw the guilty conscience on Rong Zhen's face.

"Yes," Rong Zhen replied.

"My palace has explained to them that the emperor died of a sudden illness, but they just don't believe it." The queen mother's face was not sad, and even had an unnatural blush, "I was still thinking about opening the coffin for an autopsy. !?"

"Adults may just want to remember the voice and appearance of the late emperor."

The queen mother's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Then wait for them to read some of them in the past few days."

The Empress Dowager recalled the real purpose of calling Rong Zhen over, "I have already asked the Ministry of Rites to handle the late emperor's funeral. Do you know what you are going to do?"

"I don't know."

"You have a list, don't you? Now that there is no restraint, how should I teach you?"

"I understand." Rong Zhen nodded.

"That servant of yours," the queen mother glanced at, "I heard that he has gone back."

"Yes."

"Does he know where the queen went that night?"

"He was in the Rongguo Mansion that day and didn't know anything, but from a few eyeliners, it seems that the first emperor arranged a way out for the empress in advance."

"Where can he retreat her?" This matter was a thorn in the Empress Dowager's heart, and she was most afraid that cutting the grass would not get rid of the root.

"Also, I also heard that that boy Yang Jin ran into your house again, he doesn't care about his father anymore?"

Rong Zhen sighed, "Yang Jin and Chen..."

"Okay, I know what you mean." The queen mother interrupted Rongzhen, "You don't need to tell me if you can handle it yourself. I am afraid that the southern border will take the opportunity..."

"Queen Mother!" A waiter stumbled in with a memorial in his hand, "an urgent report from the Ministry of War!"

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, took a deep breath, "present it."

The above is exactly what the Queen Mother thought.

With a "snap", she threw the memorial in front of Rong Zhen, "Whatever you say!"

Rong Zhen lowered his head, "Since the Empress Dowager has anticipated this, she must have a way to resist it."

"It's just that I didn't expect that Yun'er really felt relieved to hand over his wife and children to Li Xiao. Now he is a famous teacher, but I don't," the queen mother sighed.

"The empress dowager has been listening to the government behind the curtain for a long time. The whole world knows that there is an empress dowager but not an emperor. Don't underestimate your own prestige." Rong Zhen felt that he was now like the courtier written in the scriptures.

"What you said makes sense." The Empress Dowager has long been dazzled by the power she has acquired, so she has no time to consider Rongzhen's intentions, "Come here, pass the Minister of War to me."

"Queen Mother, it is inconvenient for me to participate in the military, so I will resign first."

"Well," the queen mother raised her hand, she was quite satisfied with the few things Rong Zhen had done recently.

Rong Zhen exited the Empress Dowager's palace and passed by Su Tang who was about to enter, and the two nodded politely to each other, as if they were familiar and distant.