Raising Dogs as Eunuchs [Rebirth]

After the queen mother finished speaking, she raised her eyes to look at the emperor sitting beside her. At this moment, although the corner of her mouth was faintly smiling, there was no trace of a smile in her eyes.

This made the emperor sitting next to him feel awkward.

Our empress dowager was born in a general family, and she has been used to killing and making decisions in this palace all her life. Although she rarely sees her meddling in the affairs of the palace in her old age, she is still not like other old ladies who are willing to be with this group of children. They made a fuss together, so these children in the palace, apart from daily greetings, rarely had contact with her, let alone let her favor anyone.

Even Zhao Ning and Zhao Zhan, who were the most favored by the emperor's side, couldn't let people take a second look at them.

Among this group of juniors, Xie Yuan was the only one who was deeply favored by her elders, and would be summoned to the palace to meet him every now and then.

And as for this Zhao Minsheng... I've never heard of anything special about it.

The emperor's finger was groping back and forth on the silver wine glass. Why the queen mother, who had not asked about the affairs of the palace for a long time, interfered with his decision at this time, the emperor still couldn't figure it out. Xie Yuan, but no matter how favored Xie Yuan is, he is still an outsider.

Although the queen mother is not his biological mother, she has raised him for many years. According to her temperament, she will never refute his emperor's face at such a palace banquet for an outsider.

The emperor thought about it for a while, and finally fixed his eyes on Zhao Ning who was in the audience.

"Could it be that although the queen mother never revealed it on the surface, she has always been more optimistic about King Cheng, so she used the matter of Zhao Minsheng to suppress King Mausoleum at today's palace banquet?"

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart.

Then he thought of a Bu Yao that he saw in the palace recently, and that Bu Yao was rewarded by the Empress Dowager... The combination of these two things made him more sure of his conjecture at this time.

Although the Empress Dowager has no longer participated in the political affairs of the palace in recent years, her power scattered throughout the court still exists.Although Zhao Ning is also one of the candidates for the position of the crown prince in the emperor's heart, he does not want to finalize the matter prematurely at this time, so he has been intentionally maintaining this delicate relationship between the two of them. balance.

Now, once the queen mother is also involved, her existence will undoubtedly be a great help to everyone. If she really chooses Zhao Ning today, then he will have to consider in the future, to be in the balance of people. In the middle, some chips were taken away.

Although the queen mother is the emperor's mother and concubine, she is not born of a human being after all, so in such matters, one should be on guard against her.

"Then according to the Queen Mother's wishes, what should Zhan'er do?"

The emperor pursed his lips, glanced at Zhao Zhan who was kneeling below, then turned his head with some hesitation, and asked the queen mother this question.

The Empress Dowager also knew what her son meant. Now it was New Year's Eve. If the punishment was too heavy at this time, I was afraid that if there were rumors, it would cause turmoil in the palace. My child, if he really wants to beat someone up during the Chinese New Year here, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it.

Therefore, she chose a compromise method, which can not only teach people a lesson, but also prevent others from uttering rumors and nonsense that disturb the government.

"The King of Mausoleum made a mistake in front of the imperial court. I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the public just by punishing them. However, the Ai family also knows that it's the first month of the year. If they see blood, it may spoil the good omen of the year."

When the queen mother said this, she turned her head and glanced at the people, no matter whether it was the emperor on the stage, or the mausoleum king and queen kneeling below the stage, they all heaved a sigh of relief after hearing her words.

At such a close of the year, what they fear most is that Zhao Zhan will be punished because of this incident.

"Then let him go to the Buddhist hall, stop his feet and copy scriptures, fast for ten days, and chant scriptures to pray for blessings. This can not only change his irritable temper, but also teach him a little lesson."

Hearing this, the emperor turned his head involuntarily and glanced at Zhao Zhan.

The King of the Mausoleum knelt on the ground, and when he saw the emperor turning his head to look at him, he kept shaking his head at people. The Buddhist hall was remote, and no one lived around it. People who passed by on weekdays would almost avoid it, saying yes. What a clean place, free from disturbance from outsiders.

But in his eyes, it's a place that mice don't like to stay in, there's nothing greasy about it, and it looks gloomy.

Every time Zhao Zhan went there during the day, he felt chills down his spine, and now if he was to be left alone there for ten days, it would have to frighten him out of his wits.

The emperor looked at his submissive look, and couldn't help being a little angry. The child was always in danger from birth. When the empress gave birth to him, it was difficult to give birth. Both mother and child almost lost their lives. Later, when he was six years old At that time, he contracted a serious illness and almost died young. It is not easy to grow to such a big age.

It is precisely because of this that the emperor has always favored and indulged him, but what King Mausoleum has done now makes him feel that he is useless and that he hates iron.

"The queen mother is right, so let's do it!"

The emperor looked at King Ling's current appearance, patted the table impatiently, and settled the matter with just one sentence, causing Zhao Zhan to kneel down, and kept winking at the queen beside him.

The queen could see his fear, but she didn't see it at all. This is the best solution in the current situation. If she speaks again, Zhao Zhan will be punished even more severely, as long as the board doesn't hit him. , that is to copy the scriptures for a few days, so what.

The Empress Dowager sat on the seat, looked at the expressions of the three people, and after cleaning up Zhao Zhan, she saw that the old man changed the subject very freely, and then talked about Zhao Minsheng again in a blink of an eye.

"The emperor has finished cooking this, but don't forget that there are still two children standing under the stage."

As the queen mother said, she turned her head towards Zhao Minsheng and Xie Yuan, and raised her chin.

"Today's New Year's Eve, don't make these two children sad. Since the emperor punished the other side, let Ai's family take charge of this side."

The empress dowager's words had come to this point, the emperor couldn't say no to it anymore, so he had to answer respectfully, "Yes."

But in fact, the matter of King Cailing just now was not her old man's idea. Although it was indeed the emperor's decree, how much and how much to be punished was not entirely up to her old man's orders.

Thinking so in his heart, the emperor couldn't help picking up the wine glass and taking a sip.

"Duke Xie is a close minister of the emperor, and there will be nothing short of food and clothing on weekdays, so I will give you the Guqin that I just used."

Xie Yuan's empress dowager appreciated the piano because she knew that he had everything, so she rewarded him because of his outstanding piano skills, but Zhao Minsheng's lack here is not just a little bit, whether it is food, clothing or servants. Servant, everything he has seems to be a little short compared to other princes.

And the most urgent thing right now is money.

The emperor was at the banquet just now, and he had just granted a license to leave the palace and establish a mansion before accepting the concubine. Although this is good, lack of it also means spending a lot of money.

Leaving the palace to set up a mansion, the house servants, tables, chairs and benches all need money, and with Zhao Minsheng's money in Taoyun courtyard, it is indeed a bit difficult to afford this.

"The emperor just said that you are allowed to go out of the palace to build your own mansion, so the Ai family will give you another house. How about the Luli Xiaozhu in the south of the city?"

The small Luli building was originally the residence of Prince Jing of the former Dynasty. Since his death, although no one has lived there, but fortunately, it has been taken care of and has not been abandoned. If Zhao Minsheng uses it as his residence at this time, it will save money Not to mention a lot, it can save a lot of trouble in maintenance and repair.

And more importantly, its geographical location is only a long street away from Xie Yuan's Xie Mansion.