[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The old sage also completely retreated after failing to fight for power.Ever since he knew that the emperor was a lover, his three views were turned upside down again, and he was very wise as long as he didn't meet the empress, and the world was peaceful, and he completely ignored the government.

However, this time, King Yijun, the emperor's uncle, came to him twice.The emperor wanted to disband the harem, including his granddaughter Shen Man. In the past, the king of Yijun had an opinion, but the emperor just evaded it, saying that his father was not good at controlling his son's private affairs.

Disbanding the harem is a great violation of the ancestral system. The empress is so jealous and intolerant, how can she respect the world.

Although the successive chaos of Prince Yizhong and the chaos of the Three Kings reduced the number of clans by less than half, the one with some power in the court today is the "Three Auspicious Treasures", the younger brother of Tu Yuanyi.The king of Keyi County made a fuss over the matter, and the princes and concubines of the clan rebelled against the queen, and even the old saint would have a headache.

Xin Xiuyan invited Ann, and stood cautiously below.

Seeing her nondescript attire, the old sage said, "I'm going back to the palace anyway, so I have to be a bit more modest. I know the empress dowagers of the two palaces don't dare to teach you a lesson, so it's a bit outrageous to come to me like this."

Xin Xiuyan returned to the palace for a few days, and had two family banquets. I also heard from Tu Yuanyi that the emperor rarely interfered with their husband and wife's affairs, and that she was the one who loved her the most among the many daughters-in-law.

"The courtier's daughter-in-law deserves to die, but it only increases the annoyance of the father and emperor."

The old sage said: "I also heard that the emperor's nonsense, disbanding the harem, he can't remember this, it must be your idea again."

Xin Xiuyan also admitted: "Father is wise, it is indeed my daughter-in-law's idea."

The old sage said: "The emperor thinks about you in everything, why do you have to make trouble with a few decorations?"

Xin Xiuyan cupped her hands and said: "Father and Emperor have learned from it, it's not that the minister and daughter-in-law want to make trouble with them, but that they are doing something beneficial to all parties."

The old sage snorted and said, "It's good for you."

"No and no," Xin Xiuyan said, and only Xin Xiuyan was the one who directly denied the words of the old sage, "Since my father said it was just a few decorations, it can be seen that it is not a matter of jealousy and concubine, because the concubine will only Jealous of the woman who won the emperor's heart. The emperor doesn't know about it, the new army has joined, Sichuan Dading, but it is true... there is a lack of women, and none of the high-level officials have married wives. As time goes by, people's hearts will be unstable, and it will be of no benefit to the country. "

The old sage said: "Then let them get married in Kyoto by themselves."

Xin Xiuyan said: "The court exempted the taxes that Sichuan has paid for many years, not only for the sake of the people's stability as soon as possible, but also to support these 10,000+ elite soldiers. Now that they have not used troops abroad, is it possible that the new army will be intertwined with the court? Then When the emperor wants to use the army again, how can he use his arms and fingers? With the grace of the emperor and his courtiers' wives, few people choose to cling to other dignitaries in the capital. Moreover, the so-called harem system, once they are heirs, the courtiers' wives can have children. The emperor has no shortage of heirs; the second is to adjust, but the emperor and his courtiers and daughters-in-law are of the same mind, and there is no need for this adjustment. It is useless to raise these people in the palace, but it is a waste of the emperor's money. Let these palace people who the emperor does not need Marrying a subordinate is tantamount to using the money needed to support the concubine to win over and reward the new army. The household department does not need to pay another tael of silver. Everyone in the new army will be grateful for the emperor's grace. It’s a copper coin. Is this the reason?”

The old sage couldn't help being angry and amused, and said, "You just think they're in your way, don't you know I don't know? You can't use your tongue to make some high-sounding excuses."

Xin Xiuyan said: "The foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty lies in the common people, the bone of the Great Zhou Dynasty lies in the support of scholars, the civil and military forces beat the arches, and most of the families who drilled into the harem are families who have no nationals in their families."

The old sage smiled and said, "You are talking about your Xing family, right?"

Xin Xiuyan hehe, said: "That's right, the minister's daughter-in-law's family relies on the minister's daughter-in-law to make a fortune, and the younger brother is only seven years old, so he can't support the family."

The old sage said: "But your ability to catch people is second to none."

Xin Xiuyan said: "If the minister and daughter-in-law try again, they will not be able to escape from the Wuzhi Mountain of the father; the husband is the guide for the wife, and the minister and daughter-in-law will always follow the emperor's lead; no matter how much they catch, it will be left to the father's grandson in the end."

The old sage said: "Okay, I don't want to hear that you are poor. But the past is over, the granddaughter of King Yijun, you can't trip her up again. I heard that it is not easy for that child to be in the palace all these years."

Xin Xiuyan smiled and said: "Father, my daughter-in-law didn't care about her before, so why bother now?"

The old sage hehe said, "You really don't know anything? I just don't have time to take care of you, and I also watch the emperor and you keep fighting."

Shen Man's survival in the past few years may be due to the fact that the queen left the palace. The harem implemented a strict budget system and inspector system, and was not treated too harshly in terms of rules.

Xin Xiuyan said: "Okay, my daughter-in-law swears it's okay. When the day comes, the Marquis of Shunping will take her out and marry her. When the time comes, my daughter-in-law will use her status to give her face, okay?"

I heard that there was a very unpleasant quarrel, and I never thought that she should be the Virgin Mary to avenge the grievances because of her relatives.

But the old sage said: "I heard that there is a Confucian general in the new army who is quite capable. He is your right-hand man. You leave him to the Shen family. Yijun Wang's Mansion and Shunping Hou's Mansion see that Shen has a good home. They should won't bother me anymore."

Isn't this the same dark/curtain scene as the "XX Good Voice" champion?As the chief producer, she met the biggest title sponsor and asked her to open the back door, otherwise she would be in danger of screwing up the show.

Xin Xiuyan said: "Father, this matter is a matter of fate, mutual love, and the beauty of adults. Is it a grace, or is it a feud?"

The old sage glared, and said, "The Shen family isn't that bad, is it? You can pull the strings behind this matter, it's all right."

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Xin Xiuyan was so suppressed by the old sage, she didn't dare to resist in person, after all, she didn't want the last word of the old sage to make her work impossible, and she didn't want the old princes of the clan to shoot her to death.

But after all, she didn't want to make her confidant marry her "enemy". After all, she didn't want to facilitate this matter. After she heard what the girls said about the past, she was afraid that there was something wrong with her character.It is said that the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change, she dare not gamble.

Xin Xiuyan can't do anything along the way, she will think in reverse, but she thinks she has to give the emperor face, but if Shen Shi herself is not happy about this matter, who can blame her.

With a ghost idea in my heart, I buried myself in preparations at night.

When autumn was busy, Tu Yuanyi came back from dealing with government affairs for a day, and saw her concentrating on writing and drawing in the inner study.

The two are old husband and wife, she didn't get up to salute, and he didn't care, so he went over to take a look.But seeing that it was a portrait of Duan Zhi, he was painted very vividly, probably also using the "beauty face" technique.

Tu Yuanyi felt uncomfortable when he saw it. She had never painted a small portrait of him, but she just drew Duan Zhi out of thin air.

After Ling retreated around, he objected. Xin Xiuyan rolled her eyes before telling Tu Yuanyi the old saint's request and her own plan.

Tu Yuanyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "You are really bad!"

Xin Xiuyan put down her pen, beckoned to him, he walked closer, she imitated the way he flirted with her, hugged him and sat on her lap, hooked his chin, and raised her eyebrows: "Women are not bad, Men don't love it."

Tu Yuanyi hurriedly got out, then regained the man's arrogance, hugged the queen and walked to the bedroom.The two of them were taking off their clothes and rolling into the bed. The two of them had sex, and they felt that a wonderful world had opened up.

Suddenly heard the voice of three buns from outside.But recently they didn't live in Cheng'en Gong's mansion, and Tu Yuanyi invited Zhang Taifu and others to teach the Four Books temporarily.Now the steamed stuffed buns come to settle down after school, and they want to have dinner with them.

Unexpectedly, Tu Yuanyi monkey didn't care about the dinner time when he became anxious.Xin Xiuyan heard the children coming, and hurriedly pushed him to get up and leave her.

He pressed her down and said, "At this time, can I stop?"

"The child is hungry."

"You don't need to breastfeed, Zhao Gui and the others will arrange..."

The two were lingering and entangled together, the mandarin ducks were necking each other, the red waves were rolling, and it took a long time to take a rest.

"My girl is so beautiful, is she comfortable?" He held her soft and plump breasts and kissed her.

Xin Xiuyan put her hand into his hair, let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Your Majesty is brave and invincible."

Tu Yuanyi buried his head in her shoulders and smiled lowly, and said, "You are getting bolder."

Xin Xiuyan asked back: "Then I didn't feel anything?"

Tu Yuanyi was still waiting to come again, she said with a smile: "I have to eat, I have no energy."

Tu Yuanyi was naturally hungry too, but he was satisfied in his heart when she begged for mercy first. Now that he was in love, he warmly dressed her up and packed her up.

When they arrived at the hall where they were well-dressed and set up meals, the steamed stuffed buns hadn't left after eating here, and they all ran up when they saw their parents.

Da Zhu said: "Father, Queen Mother, don't you love us anymore, you hide in the room and play by yourself, why don't you bring us to play together?"

Tu Yuanyi: ...

Xin Xiuyan was sweating profusely, and said cheekily, "Father and Queen Mother are taking a lunch break."

Tie Zhu said, "But I heard a voice."

Xin Xiuyan almost staggered, Tu Yuanyi supported her, smiled and said to the pure buns: "That's because we were awake at the time, and we were discussing to add a younger brother to you."

Xin Xiuyan couldn't help kicking him, and went to the table by herself. Tu Yuanyi smiled and took care of the children.

The next day, Xin Xiuyan summoned Shen Man. She had come to greet Ann when she returned to the palace before, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Shen Man's appearance is above average, but her eyes do not have the brilliance of a young woman at all, and her skin is also dull. She is dressed in a water-red palace dress, which makes her feel weak.

When Shen Man saw that the queen summoned her alone, she felt very fearful in her heart, especially since the queen really smiled maliciously when she first saw her.

As soon as the queen talked about going out of the palace, she said that she should take special care of her.Although she will also go to the blind date meeting, she thinks that for the sake of Yijun Wangfu and Shunpinghoufu, she will make the best arrangements.

Then he gave her the prepared Duan Zhi's information, and said with a kind and gentle face, "If there are no mistakes, this is the future husband carefully selected by this palace. From now on, you should live a good life, Ben The palace looks forward to your future happiness!"

Shen Man only felt creepy, Xin Xiuyan giggled, and said: "You don't have to be shy, just because of your status, this palace treats you differently from others, doesn't it? Is it possible that you are the same as some of my close court ladies? That's okay. I'll humiliate you. Don't worry, the best is for you. Those of you who come from Beijing officials will come to pick you up first at home in the future. After you leave the palace, prepare well."

Shen Man had no choice but to bow her head in the palace, and now she dared not speak out against her again, but thought to herself: Sure enough, the Xing family will definitely not let her go!She was trying to make things worse for her going out of the palace to get married.What the best person, she must have dug a big fire pit for her to jump into.

After two days, he left the palace and suffered in the palace without returning home for several years. Naturally, his eyes were full of tears when his relatives were reunited.Afterwards, when Shen Man's mother, the head of County Xianning, mentioned that the husband-in-law chosen by the family was Duan Zhi, Shen Man hurriedly objected, saying: "Even if my daughter dies, I will never marry him! I don't want to marry anyone from Sichuan." !"

Shen Man completely let go of the grievances in the palace at home. She was afraid and guarded against Xing Xiuyan, and she was stubborn and refused to listen to persuasion. There was nothing her parents could do.But I wonder if the queen will really arrange for someone who looks promising on the surface, but actually has serious problems because of the suppression of the emperor.If this Man'er is married, it will be too late to break up.

Don't ask Duan Zhi and anyone from Sichuan who are as "smart" as Shen Man, who will he choose as his husband.