On the eve of Xiaoxue, Empress Dowager Liu, who had lived in the palace for almost five months, finally returned to the capital.
The short period of five months is just a snap of the fingers, but for Empress Dowager Liu, it was the longest, most difficult, and most humiliating five months in her life.
When she left the capital, she was still the empress dowager with power over the government and the public. She took the emperor to give orders to the ministers, and the ministers dared not obey. "This identity.
Empress Dowager Liu never dreamed that one day she would lose to a brat, a puppet she raised with her own hands, a useless waste she once thought was incompetent!
She spent most of her life trying to find ways to get rid of the obstacles that stood in front of her son, but who would have thought that in the end, she would end up making wedding clothes for others, which is ridiculous and pathetic.
Empress Dowager Liu's Fengjia entered the city at dusk. It was a gloomy day, and it looked like it was about to snow. There were not many pedestrians on the street, and it was deserted everywhere. The posture is even more embarrassing.
There were no ministers to greet her, and no officials to kneel down to receive her. The carriage of the Empress Dowager Liu just walked dully all the way from the city gate to the palace gate, and returned to the Shouan Palace after a long absence.
Guo Jiuchen personally helped Empress Dowager Liu out of the carriage, and comforted her in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, you have to be careful, the ministers are now afraid of the emperor, so they dare not get close to you, but there are still some ministers in the court who are looking for you in their hearts. It doesn't matter what the current situation is, the most important thing is to hide our strength and bide our time, the emperor is now fledgling, and we may not have a chance to make a comeback."
Empress Dowager Liu has never been treated so coldly since she entered the palace as a concubine. Naturally, she will feel disappointed, but she also understands that it is useless to complain about herself now. joke.
Empress Dowager Liu supported Guo Jiuchen's arm, walked on the palace road with her head held high, and said with a sneer, "How can the Ai family not know the principle that one dynasty is one emperor and one courtier is? Empress Xu was so famous back then, and she married Emperor Gaozong for more than 20 years. , in the end it was not given poisoned wine. Now it is just the turn of feng shui, and it is the turn of the Ai family to fall, but if you think that the Ai family will accept their fate, it is a big mistake. The Ai family has fought with others for most of their lives, and the rest In the days to come, as long as he doesn't close his eyes for a day, he will fight with others for a day! Did Shen Ying think that he won by doing this? Hmph, he just took advantage of Du Qianren's old dog, and when he fought with Aijia, he Be tender!"
Guo Jiuchen, after hearing what Empress Dowager Liu said, understood that Empress Dowager Liu's fighting spirit had not faded, so he said in a deep voice, "The empress dowager is wise, this old slave will swear to follow her master to the death!"
Arriving at the gate of Shouan Palace, Empress Dowager Liu raised her foot and was about to step into the threshold when she suddenly remembered something, turned around and waved to Princess Changping who was standing behind, "Changping, you are tired after the journey, so you don't need to stay here." Serving Ai's family, go back to your own palace to tidy up."
Princess Changping walked over obediently, "Yes, Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Liu took Princess Changping's hand and patted it, looked at her and said happily: "Thanks to having you accompanying Aijia in the palace these days, you are a caring and good child. You are like your own daughter. The marriage between you and Lin Che is also approaching, these days you can prepare for your marriage in peace in the palace, and the Ai family will definitely make your marriage a success!"
Princess Changping thanked Fushen, "Changping thank you Queen Mother."
After Empress Dowager Liu asked Princess Changping to go back, she and Guo Jiuchen entered the Shouan Palace. The Shouan Palace was also deserted and desolate. It was already dark, but the palace was still dark, and there were no lights on. Two crows were standing on a tree that had lost all its leaves, croaking on the branches. The originally bustling Shou'an Palace now looked like a cold palace.
After entering the palace, he ordered people to light fires everywhere in the house, and the palace was lit up, not as gloomy as it looked from the outside just now.
When Empress Dowager Liu went to the palace, she didn't take away all the servants in Shou'an Palace. When Empress Dowager Liu sat down, those palace people who had stayed in Shou'an Palace came to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Liu.
Empress Dowager Liu squinted her eyes and counted the heads, and found that many old people were missing, and there were a few new faces she had never seen before, so she asked, "Where are the others? Why are you the only ones? These faces are unfamiliar. Where did it come from?"
Before the maid in charge could answer, she suddenly heard a loud voice from outside, "The emperor is here!"
Empress Dowager Liu was startled, but soon calmed down, straightened her back and straightened her clothes, sat still on the chair, staring sharply at the gate of the palace and waiting for the emperor to come in.
Shen Ying walked into the Shou'an Palace with ease, walked up to Empress Dowager Liu to salute, and said with a smile: "I respectfully invite the Empress Dowager's phoenix body to be in peace. I was supposed to go out of the city to greet the Empress Dowager when she returned to the palace, but because of busy political affairs, I left I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me if I don’t leave, but the Queen Mother has been exhausted all the way, right? You have to rest well these few days, and don’t get tired.”
Empress Dowager Liu looked displeased, and snorted coldly: "What? Ai's family has just returned to the palace, and the emperor came here so impatiently to show off his might? Do you think Ai's family has not had enough rest in the palace?"
Shen Ying pursed her lips and said with a smile: "What is the Queen Mother saying? I let you rest well for the sake of your health. It's not because I don't want to take you back. You know the thing about the palace being burned before. Even I let you rest. It's also not long since I moved back from the palace, so the Queen Mother is wrong to blame Erchen for saying that."
Empress Dowager Liu looked at Shen Ying with resentment, "Okay, don't say such high-sounding words, you are in power now, but don't forget how you got this throne, you should rule the country with filial piety , Aijia is Emperor Gaozong's imperial concubine and Emperor Jingzong's biological mother, even if you are the emperor now, you have to listen to Aijia's words, unless the emperor wants to be charged with disobedience and unfilial piety."
Shen Ying pretended to be respectful and said: "What the queen mother said is that I will never forget that it was the queen mother who helped me to the throne. Such a great kindness will be unforgettable forever. Don't worry, I will definitely serve the queen mother well and let you Take care of yourselves in peace.”
Empress Dowager Liu didn't like Shen Ying, so no matter how respectful Shen Ying was to her, she still found it annoying, so she simply turned away from looking at Shen Ying, and asked coldly, "I'll ask you, Shou'an Palace. Where have all the palace servants who served Ai's family gone?"
Shen Ying raised her hands and said in a leisurely tone: "Queen Mother, it's like this. Earlier, the Du party conspired to burn, kill, loot, build roads, city walls, and palaces, and everything needed money. Letting out a group of people from the palace will save a lot of expenses, not only in the Empress Dowager's Shou'an Palace, but also in Zhen's Yongle Palace."
Empress Dowager Liu found out when she ordered people just now that the few palace people who were missing were all her confidantes. They had stayed in the palace for decades and knew many secrets in the palace. Shen Ying said that they had let them out of the palace. , but who knows if someone was arrested behind the scenes and tortured to extract a confession.
Empress Dowager Liu patted the armrest, "Now the harem is really the emperor's decision. People in Aijia's palace can be dealt with without saying hello to Aijia. Even if the emperor wants to reduce the palace staff, can't he wait until Aijia comes back? In the eyes of the emperor, does the Ai family still have this aunt?"
Shen Ying put her palms together and rubbed her palms twice, and said with a smile: "Quiet the Queen Mother, I care about the Queen Mother, so I sent away the old people in Shou'an Palace for the Queen Mother first. Later, it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate places, so I have allocated these young and strong, quick hands and feet to serve you here."
Empress Dowager Liu sneered again and again, "It's nice to say, don't think that Ai's family doesn't know, are you asking them to serve Ai's family, or monitor Ai's family?"
Shen Ying opened her eyes pretending to be surprised, "Where did the queen mother say that?" After a pause, she shook her head and sighed, "Since the queen mother doesn't like them, I'll transfer them to serve in other palaces. That's right, that's fine, if there are fewer people in Shou'an Palace, there will be less disturbances, and when the Empress Dowager cleans up, she will be able to calm down more."
Empress Dowager Liu was taken aback, frowned suspiciously and asked, "What Qingxiu?"
Shen Ying looked at Empress Dowager Liu and said with a smile: "Didn't the Empress Dowager tell me that she has been feeling tired lately and often feels powerless, so after returning to the palace, she should devote herself to practicing Buddhism, stop interfering with court affairs, and focus on praying for the soul of the emperor Kao and the emperor's brother?" Shen Ying walked to the small Buddhist hall where Empress Dowager Liu usually worshiped Buddha in Shou'an Palace, pointed to the Buddhist altar where the Buddha statue was placed, and said, "The Empress Dowager doesn't know, before Concubine Feng smashed up your Shou'an Palace to pieces. The enshrined Buddha statue was also smashed by her, but I have already ordered someone to repair it, and I also brought back a statue of Guanyin from Guoqing Temple. After that, the Empress Dowager will worship Buddha in Shouan Palace with peace of mind. I will never let those mundane affairs It influenced the Empress Dowager to pray for the two late emperors."
Empress Dowager Liu slapped the chair and stood up, pointing at Shen Ying and said in surprise and anger: "Okay, you, how dare you, how dare you imprison Aijia! When did Aijia tell you such a thing! You are so disrespectful!" Elder, aren't you afraid of retribution! The Ai family must let the elders of the Shen family make judgments!"
"The elders and relatives of the Shen family already know that the queen mother is going to pray for the two late emperors, and they all praise the queen mother for her kindness, kindness and deep affection." Shen Ying stood in the Buddhist hall with her hands behind her back, wearing a scarlet dragon robe , As if rising to the mid-heaven, the radiance is dazzling and dazzling. Looking at Empress Dowager Liu from afar, she calmly said, "Empress Dowager, since you have returned to the palace, you must cherish the opportunity to return to the palace. The world has changed. The world is over, the general situation is settled, it's time to accept fate. If you keep yourself safe, then we can still play the role of motherly kindness and filial piety. If the Queen Mother insists on making trouble, then don't blame me for not thinking about mother and child."
Empress Dowager Liu grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it on the ground, pointing at Shen Ying and said furiously: "How dare you talk to Aijia like that! You are a rebellious and unfilial thing! If it weren't for Aijia, you think you can sit in the seat today." This dragon chair? Now you want to imprison Aijia instead! Why do you? How dare you? Aijia must let everyone in the world know what kind of ungrateful, ungrateful, white-eyed wolf the Emperor of Daying is!"
Guo Jiuchen, who had been silent for a long time, hurried forward to support the furious queen mother, and said to Shen Ying: "Your Majesty, when Jingzong died, it was the queen mother who made you emperor against all opinions, and then worked hard to help you with state affairs. I knew in the palace You were assassinated and died, the queen mother almost fainted from crying, and later sent veterans to attack Du Qianren to avenge you, the queen mother did not feel sorry for you at all, how could you treat her like this?"
If Shen Ying hadn't ordered Princess Changping to watch Empress Dowager Liu's every move in the palace, after knowing what Empress Dowager Liu was up to after he faked his death, she would have believed Guo Jiuchen's nonsense and was moved by Empress Dowager Liu.
fainted from crying?Obviously not a single tear was shed.
Revenge?It's just that Du Qianren is not reconciled to taking her power away, so he is trying one last fight.
But just because it was Du Qianren who was seeking to usurp the throne this time, not her Queen Mother Liu, so there is a reason to condemn him from the moral high ground, which is really just and stern.
Shen Ying walked out of the Buddhist hall with her hands behind her back, stared at Guo Jiuchen, and said with a smile, "Oh, so Guo Daban is back too? You didn't make a sound, I didn't notice you for a while."
Guo Jiuchen felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Shen Ying's eyes with unknown meaning, lowered his head to avoid Shen Ying's gaze, and saluted: "The old minister pays his respects to the emperor."
"Zhen'an." Shen Ying walked up to Guo Jiuchen, raised her dragon robe and sat down grandly, "Guo Daban, you just happened to be here, and I just have something to ask you."
Guo Jiuchen had a bad premonition in his heart, and said awkwardly, "Excuse me, Your Majesty."
Shen Ying put her hands on her knees, raised her chin to look at Guo Jiuchen with a smile and asked, "According to Jin Yiwei's report, more than 200 million taels of gold and 5000 million taels of silver were confiscated in the private treasury of your mansion. There are countless other real estate title deeds and precious treasures, how do you explain this?"
Guo Jiuchen swallowed his saliva, and let out a loud "grunt" sound, obviously guilty of being a thief to the extreme.
After hearing the number reported by Shen Ying, Queen Mother Liu also glanced at Guo Jiuchen beside her in surprise. She just knew that Guo Jiuchen was a bit greedy, but she didn't expect him to be greedy for so much money. The income is only more than 2000 million taels of silver, and the money Guo Jiuchen is greedy for is almost worth the income of the court for three years!
Guo Jiuchen's back was covered with cold sweat, he knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty's lesson! None of these gold and silver belong to the veteran! Someone must be deliberately framing the veteran! The veteran is wronged!"
"Intentionally frame you? Who would use so much money to frame you?" Shen Ying sneered, "You just talk about it."
Guo Jiuchen fell on the ground, rolled his eyes quickly, and said loudly: "Go back to the emperor! It must be Du Qianren! It is he who put the money in the old minister's house, and the purpose is to frame the minister as a corrupt official, so that they can fight Attacking the minister under the banner of the righteous teacher! The minister has never done anything wrong to the court or the emperor, please the emperor to check it out!"
Shen Ying made a "tsk", which made Guo Jiuchen tremble in fright, and then only heard Shen Ying take a big picture.Leg, smiled heartily: "What Guo Daban said makes sense, why didn't I think of it? So it was Du Qianren who used money to frame you and beat you into a generation of treacherous eunuchs, so that he became a loyal minister who eliminated traitors Yes, it makes sense."
Guo Jiuchen raised his head slightly, glanced at Shen Ying guiltily, saw that he was smiling all over his face, heaved a sigh of relief, and said in a hollow voice, "The emperor is wise."
Shen Ying bent down, looked at the top of Guo Jiuchen's head, and asked slowly, "Are you sure that none of the money belongs to you?"
So much gold and silver, the family wealth he has accumulated all his life, now he is going to say it is gone, Guo Jiuchen's heart is bleeding, and the muscles on his face are trembling with heartache, "Return, return to the emperor, old minister... Sure, sure."
Shen Ying nodded in satisfaction, clapped her hands and said, "That's great! Du Qianren's conspiracy to rebel is abominable and hateful, but he didn't expect that his death would be regarded as a human thing, and he actually sent so much money to me. With this money, how can you worry about not being able to deal with the war, water control and disaster relief? Guo Daban, you have really done me a great favor!"
"Old minister... yes, what should be done..." Guo Jiuchen swayed on the ground, tilted to the side, rolled his eyes upwards, as if he was about to faint from anger.
Empress Dowager Liu also gritted her teeth with hatred, and her anger was hard to calm down. If I had known that Guo Jiuchen had so much money in hand, who could not bribe them?What can't be done?Still need to go back to the palace, being ridden on the head by Shen Ying, this little bastard?
But it's too late to say anything now, so much money has already entered Shen Ying's wallet, when Empress Dowager Liu thought of this, it was as if the money had been taken out of her pocket, her chest felt cramping with anger, her eyes After turning it over, he passed out before Guo Jiuchen!
The Empress Dowager fainted, and there was a sudden commotion in the Shou'an Palace. Shen Ying stood up calmly, put her hands into her sleeves, as if she was watching the fun, and said leisurely: "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor, I must It's because the queen mother was tired on the way back, if that's the case, then the queen mother should have a good rest, I'll come back another day to greet the queen mother."
After finishing speaking, he led the people out of Shou'an Palace swaggeringly.
As soon as he left the gate of Shouan Palace, two hands suddenly stretched out from behind Shen Ying and put a cloak on him. Shen Ying suddenly felt his back warm, turned his head to look back, his eyebrows and eyes were bent, and he stopped Ask: "When did you come?"
That person was of course Gu Min. Gu Min helped Shen Ying fasten the cloak, and the white fox fur around the neckline made Shen Ying's starry eyes brighter, with red lips and white teeth, like a character walking out of a painting.
Gu Min took advantage of the situation and rubbed Shen Ying's face, and said with a smile, "He came early in the morning."
Shen Ying pulled Gu Min's hand off and led him forward together, "Then why didn't you come in to find me just now?"
"If I go in hastily, won't it disturb the emperor's prestige in front of the Queen Mother and Guo Jiuchen?" Gu Min sighed with some regret, "I originally came here to help the emperor maintain the situation, but it seems that I was too worried. Now, the emperor doesn't need helpers at all, one-on-two can be done without losing the slightest bit, and the queen mother was stunned, so if the minister goes in again, won't it appear that we are invincible?"
Shen Ying looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "Did you hear that? Haha! Didn't you see the faces of the Queen Mother and Guo Jiuchen inside, so much money just went into my pocket, and I watched their faces turn from pale to red , from red to black, and finally from black to white, it's really wonderful! Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought I would have one too. When I get rich overnight, this feeling is really wonderful!"
Gu Min couldn't help laughing along with him, "I congratulate the emperor for making a fortune."
"Guo Jiuchen, a dead eunuch, it's unreasonable for an eunuch to have more money than the emperor!" Shen Ying said angrily again, "But his dog's life is still useful, let him play around for a few more days."
The two of them were about to walk outside the gate of Yongle Palace. Unexpectedly, they ran into Lin Che who came to return to Shen Ying. Lin Che had been in charge of guarding the safety of the palace for the past few months. This time, he was guarding the Queen Mother. Came back together.
Shen Ying's wedding date for Princess Changping and Lin Che was set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month in the coming year, and there are less than three months left before the wedding date. Originally, Shen Ying wanted to rely on this marriage to force the Lin family to be loyal to He, now that his goal has been achieved, if Lin Che still has no interest in Princess Changping, then he doesn't want to mess up the mandarin couple, lest because of his selfishness, there will be another pair of resentful couples in the world.
After Lin Che finished reporting his business affairs, Shen Ying waved to him, signaling Lin Che to go aside and talk alone with him.
"Lin Che, tell me the truth, what do you think about the eldest princess of Changping? If you have no intentions for the eldest princess, then I will not force you to marry the eldest princess. Anyway, I haven't issued the marriage edict yet, so I know There are not many people involved in this matter, and it is not a big deal to cancel the marriage." Shen Ying patted Lin Che on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Don't feel pressured, just tell the truth, you are not the only good man in the world, you are welcome The eldest princess is not worried about not getting married."
"No, Your Majesty!" Lin Che seemed to be in a hurry, blushing and hurriedly said, "I, I didn't say that I don't want to marry the princess!"
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Then... are you willing to marry Princess Changping?"
Lin Che lowered her head and said shyly, "The eldest princess is gentle, intelligent, beautiful and dignified. If she can get a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"
Shen Ying looked at Lin Che thoughtfully. It seems that during the time when he was not in the palace, many things happened beyond his expectation.
"Okay, I already know, you go down first." Shen Ying waved her hand and ordered Lin Che to back down. After Lin Che left, Shen Ying went to Gu Min to gossip with him, "I didn't expect that, I didn't expect that, At first, I thought Lin Che was against his marriage with Changping, but how long has it been since he fell in love with Changping? Isn't this love coming too fast?"
Gu Min seemed to have thought of something, and pursed his lower lip calmly, "Their couple are not the only ones who are tempted in the palace."
Shen Ying looked at him sideways, frowned and asked, "What did you say? Who else?"
Gu Min coughed, and pulled Shen Ying into the Yongle Palace, "I mean, the emperor and the minister are the ones who fall in love with each other in the palace."
"That's not true! Don't talk nonsense!" Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min and said eloquently, "I haven't forgotten that you used a broken mirror to play with me in the palace. You played with me first, but in the end you played with me." If you want me to coax you first, I will be angry at you at that time, how could I be tempted by you? Stop putting gold on your face."
Guilty and helpless, Gu Min turned his face to the side and rubbed his forehead. It was also the first time he was tempted by someone. Who could tell him what to do when he met a lover who doesn't understand the style and likes to turn over old scores?
After entering the Yongle Palace, Shen Ying saw that Gu Min was silent all the way, thinking that he had been left speechless by her own questions, she couldn't help being a little proud.
"Why don't you talk anymore?" Shen Ying asked the little eunuch to take off her cloak, waited for the palace servants to bring the tea, then asked all the waiters in the room to retreat, and took a hand stove in her arms and climbed onto the Arhat bed to lie down halfway. Next, he raised his leg and pointed at Gu Min who was facing him, and said mockingly, "Did you also feel that you were very naive and unreasonable at that time?"
Gu Min took a deep breath and reminded himself to restrain himself, "Can you keep silent?"
"Shut up? Are you telling me to shut up?" Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min in surprise and complained, "Okay, Gu Junshu, why don't you reflect on your unreasonable behavior at that time, and dare to contradict me? Are you sleepy today? underground?"
Unbearable, Gu Min threw up the hem of his clothes and jumped onto the Arhat bed, threw Shen Ying under him, and pinched his nose punitively, angrily and amusedly, "So what if I contradict you? Anyway, it's not the first time I contradict you." gone."
Shen Ying: "..." Damn, it felt like a wheel had run over his face.
"My dear majesty, do you know what it means to be full of energy and then to be exhausted?" Gu Min tore off Shen Ying's collar, lowered his head and bit the delicately shaped collarbone, "Why do you always give up?" Do you want to spoil the scenery when I want to tell you the truth? Think about it carefully, when you were in the palace, did you really have no feelings for me at all?"
Shen Ying recalled it carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up, she held Gu Min's face with both hands, looked at it sincerely, and said, "It seems that there is, when you fell on the wrestling ring, I admit, I seemed to be moved at that time." After a while..."
The author has something to say: Gu Shaojun: It seems that the contradicting is not hard enough :)
The short period of five months is just a snap of the fingers, but for Empress Dowager Liu, it was the longest, most difficult, and most humiliating five months in her life.
When she left the capital, she was still the empress dowager with power over the government and the public. She took the emperor to give orders to the ministers, and the ministers dared not obey. "This identity.
Empress Dowager Liu never dreamed that one day she would lose to a brat, a puppet she raised with her own hands, a useless waste she once thought was incompetent!
She spent most of her life trying to find ways to get rid of the obstacles that stood in front of her son, but who would have thought that in the end, she would end up making wedding clothes for others, which is ridiculous and pathetic.
Empress Dowager Liu's Fengjia entered the city at dusk. It was a gloomy day, and it looked like it was about to snow. There were not many pedestrians on the street, and it was deserted everywhere. The posture is even more embarrassing.
There were no ministers to greet her, and no officials to kneel down to receive her. The carriage of the Empress Dowager Liu just walked dully all the way from the city gate to the palace gate, and returned to the Shouan Palace after a long absence.
Guo Jiuchen personally helped Empress Dowager Liu out of the carriage, and comforted her in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, you have to be careful, the ministers are now afraid of the emperor, so they dare not get close to you, but there are still some ministers in the court who are looking for you in their hearts. It doesn't matter what the current situation is, the most important thing is to hide our strength and bide our time, the emperor is now fledgling, and we may not have a chance to make a comeback."
Empress Dowager Liu has never been treated so coldly since she entered the palace as a concubine. Naturally, she will feel disappointed, but she also understands that it is useless to complain about herself now. joke.
Empress Dowager Liu supported Guo Jiuchen's arm, walked on the palace road with her head held high, and said with a sneer, "How can the Ai family not know the principle that one dynasty is one emperor and one courtier is? Empress Xu was so famous back then, and she married Emperor Gaozong for more than 20 years. , in the end it was not given poisoned wine. Now it is just the turn of feng shui, and it is the turn of the Ai family to fall, but if you think that the Ai family will accept their fate, it is a big mistake. The Ai family has fought with others for most of their lives, and the rest In the days to come, as long as he doesn't close his eyes for a day, he will fight with others for a day! Did Shen Ying think that he won by doing this? Hmph, he just took advantage of Du Qianren's old dog, and when he fought with Aijia, he Be tender!"
Guo Jiuchen, after hearing what Empress Dowager Liu said, understood that Empress Dowager Liu's fighting spirit had not faded, so he said in a deep voice, "The empress dowager is wise, this old slave will swear to follow her master to the death!"
Arriving at the gate of Shouan Palace, Empress Dowager Liu raised her foot and was about to step into the threshold when she suddenly remembered something, turned around and waved to Princess Changping who was standing behind, "Changping, you are tired after the journey, so you don't need to stay here." Serving Ai's family, go back to your own palace to tidy up."
Princess Changping walked over obediently, "Yes, Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Liu took Princess Changping's hand and patted it, looked at her and said happily: "Thanks to having you accompanying Aijia in the palace these days, you are a caring and good child. You are like your own daughter. The marriage between you and Lin Che is also approaching, these days you can prepare for your marriage in peace in the palace, and the Ai family will definitely make your marriage a success!"
Princess Changping thanked Fushen, "Changping thank you Queen Mother."
After Empress Dowager Liu asked Princess Changping to go back, she and Guo Jiuchen entered the Shouan Palace. The Shouan Palace was also deserted and desolate. It was already dark, but the palace was still dark, and there were no lights on. Two crows were standing on a tree that had lost all its leaves, croaking on the branches. The originally bustling Shou'an Palace now looked like a cold palace.
After entering the palace, he ordered people to light fires everywhere in the house, and the palace was lit up, not as gloomy as it looked from the outside just now.
When Empress Dowager Liu went to the palace, she didn't take away all the servants in Shou'an Palace. When Empress Dowager Liu sat down, those palace people who had stayed in Shou'an Palace came to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Liu.
Empress Dowager Liu squinted her eyes and counted the heads, and found that many old people were missing, and there were a few new faces she had never seen before, so she asked, "Where are the others? Why are you the only ones? These faces are unfamiliar. Where did it come from?"
Before the maid in charge could answer, she suddenly heard a loud voice from outside, "The emperor is here!"
Empress Dowager Liu was startled, but soon calmed down, straightened her back and straightened her clothes, sat still on the chair, staring sharply at the gate of the palace and waiting for the emperor to come in.
Shen Ying walked into the Shou'an Palace with ease, walked up to Empress Dowager Liu to salute, and said with a smile: "I respectfully invite the Empress Dowager's phoenix body to be in peace. I was supposed to go out of the city to greet the Empress Dowager when she returned to the palace, but because of busy political affairs, I left I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me if I don’t leave, but the Queen Mother has been exhausted all the way, right? You have to rest well these few days, and don’t get tired.”
Empress Dowager Liu looked displeased, and snorted coldly: "What? Ai's family has just returned to the palace, and the emperor came here so impatiently to show off his might? Do you think Ai's family has not had enough rest in the palace?"
Shen Ying pursed her lips and said with a smile: "What is the Queen Mother saying? I let you rest well for the sake of your health. It's not because I don't want to take you back. You know the thing about the palace being burned before. Even I let you rest. It's also not long since I moved back from the palace, so the Queen Mother is wrong to blame Erchen for saying that."
Empress Dowager Liu looked at Shen Ying with resentment, "Okay, don't say such high-sounding words, you are in power now, but don't forget how you got this throne, you should rule the country with filial piety , Aijia is Emperor Gaozong's imperial concubine and Emperor Jingzong's biological mother, even if you are the emperor now, you have to listen to Aijia's words, unless the emperor wants to be charged with disobedience and unfilial piety."
Shen Ying pretended to be respectful and said: "What the queen mother said is that I will never forget that it was the queen mother who helped me to the throne. Such a great kindness will be unforgettable forever. Don't worry, I will definitely serve the queen mother well and let you Take care of yourselves in peace.”
Empress Dowager Liu didn't like Shen Ying, so no matter how respectful Shen Ying was to her, she still found it annoying, so she simply turned away from looking at Shen Ying, and asked coldly, "I'll ask you, Shou'an Palace. Where have all the palace servants who served Ai's family gone?"
Shen Ying raised her hands and said in a leisurely tone: "Queen Mother, it's like this. Earlier, the Du party conspired to burn, kill, loot, build roads, city walls, and palaces, and everything needed money. Letting out a group of people from the palace will save a lot of expenses, not only in the Empress Dowager's Shou'an Palace, but also in Zhen's Yongle Palace."
Empress Dowager Liu found out when she ordered people just now that the few palace people who were missing were all her confidantes. They had stayed in the palace for decades and knew many secrets in the palace. Shen Ying said that they had let them out of the palace. , but who knows if someone was arrested behind the scenes and tortured to extract a confession.
Empress Dowager Liu patted the armrest, "Now the harem is really the emperor's decision. People in Aijia's palace can be dealt with without saying hello to Aijia. Even if the emperor wants to reduce the palace staff, can't he wait until Aijia comes back? In the eyes of the emperor, does the Ai family still have this aunt?"
Shen Ying put her palms together and rubbed her palms twice, and said with a smile: "Quiet the Queen Mother, I care about the Queen Mother, so I sent away the old people in Shou'an Palace for the Queen Mother first. Later, it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate places, so I have allocated these young and strong, quick hands and feet to serve you here."
Empress Dowager Liu sneered again and again, "It's nice to say, don't think that Ai's family doesn't know, are you asking them to serve Ai's family, or monitor Ai's family?"
Shen Ying opened her eyes pretending to be surprised, "Where did the queen mother say that?" After a pause, she shook her head and sighed, "Since the queen mother doesn't like them, I'll transfer them to serve in other palaces. That's right, that's fine, if there are fewer people in Shou'an Palace, there will be less disturbances, and when the Empress Dowager cleans up, she will be able to calm down more."
Empress Dowager Liu was taken aback, frowned suspiciously and asked, "What Qingxiu?"
Shen Ying looked at Empress Dowager Liu and said with a smile: "Didn't the Empress Dowager tell me that she has been feeling tired lately and often feels powerless, so after returning to the palace, she should devote herself to practicing Buddhism, stop interfering with court affairs, and focus on praying for the soul of the emperor Kao and the emperor's brother?" Shen Ying walked to the small Buddhist hall where Empress Dowager Liu usually worshiped Buddha in Shou'an Palace, pointed to the Buddhist altar where the Buddha statue was placed, and said, "The Empress Dowager doesn't know, before Concubine Feng smashed up your Shou'an Palace to pieces. The enshrined Buddha statue was also smashed by her, but I have already ordered someone to repair it, and I also brought back a statue of Guanyin from Guoqing Temple. After that, the Empress Dowager will worship Buddha in Shouan Palace with peace of mind. I will never let those mundane affairs It influenced the Empress Dowager to pray for the two late emperors."
Empress Dowager Liu slapped the chair and stood up, pointing at Shen Ying and said in surprise and anger: "Okay, you, how dare you, how dare you imprison Aijia! When did Aijia tell you such a thing! You are so disrespectful!" Elder, aren't you afraid of retribution! The Ai family must let the elders of the Shen family make judgments!"
"The elders and relatives of the Shen family already know that the queen mother is going to pray for the two late emperors, and they all praise the queen mother for her kindness, kindness and deep affection." Shen Ying stood in the Buddhist hall with her hands behind her back, wearing a scarlet dragon robe , As if rising to the mid-heaven, the radiance is dazzling and dazzling. Looking at Empress Dowager Liu from afar, she calmly said, "Empress Dowager, since you have returned to the palace, you must cherish the opportunity to return to the palace. The world has changed. The world is over, the general situation is settled, it's time to accept fate. If you keep yourself safe, then we can still play the role of motherly kindness and filial piety. If the Queen Mother insists on making trouble, then don't blame me for not thinking about mother and child."
Empress Dowager Liu grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it on the ground, pointing at Shen Ying and said furiously: "How dare you talk to Aijia like that! You are a rebellious and unfilial thing! If it weren't for Aijia, you think you can sit in the seat today." This dragon chair? Now you want to imprison Aijia instead! Why do you? How dare you? Aijia must let everyone in the world know what kind of ungrateful, ungrateful, white-eyed wolf the Emperor of Daying is!"
Guo Jiuchen, who had been silent for a long time, hurried forward to support the furious queen mother, and said to Shen Ying: "Your Majesty, when Jingzong died, it was the queen mother who made you emperor against all opinions, and then worked hard to help you with state affairs. I knew in the palace You were assassinated and died, the queen mother almost fainted from crying, and later sent veterans to attack Du Qianren to avenge you, the queen mother did not feel sorry for you at all, how could you treat her like this?"
If Shen Ying hadn't ordered Princess Changping to watch Empress Dowager Liu's every move in the palace, after knowing what Empress Dowager Liu was up to after he faked his death, she would have believed Guo Jiuchen's nonsense and was moved by Empress Dowager Liu.
fainted from crying?Obviously not a single tear was shed.
Revenge?It's just that Du Qianren is not reconciled to taking her power away, so he is trying one last fight.
But just because it was Du Qianren who was seeking to usurp the throne this time, not her Queen Mother Liu, so there is a reason to condemn him from the moral high ground, which is really just and stern.
Shen Ying walked out of the Buddhist hall with her hands behind her back, stared at Guo Jiuchen, and said with a smile, "Oh, so Guo Daban is back too? You didn't make a sound, I didn't notice you for a while."
Guo Jiuchen felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Shen Ying's eyes with unknown meaning, lowered his head to avoid Shen Ying's gaze, and saluted: "The old minister pays his respects to the emperor."
"Zhen'an." Shen Ying walked up to Guo Jiuchen, raised her dragon robe and sat down grandly, "Guo Daban, you just happened to be here, and I just have something to ask you."
Guo Jiuchen had a bad premonition in his heart, and said awkwardly, "Excuse me, Your Majesty."
Shen Ying put her hands on her knees, raised her chin to look at Guo Jiuchen with a smile and asked, "According to Jin Yiwei's report, more than 200 million taels of gold and 5000 million taels of silver were confiscated in the private treasury of your mansion. There are countless other real estate title deeds and precious treasures, how do you explain this?"
Guo Jiuchen swallowed his saliva, and let out a loud "grunt" sound, obviously guilty of being a thief to the extreme.
After hearing the number reported by Shen Ying, Queen Mother Liu also glanced at Guo Jiuchen beside her in surprise. She just knew that Guo Jiuchen was a bit greedy, but she didn't expect him to be greedy for so much money. The income is only more than 2000 million taels of silver, and the money Guo Jiuchen is greedy for is almost worth the income of the court for three years!
Guo Jiuchen's back was covered with cold sweat, he knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty's lesson! None of these gold and silver belong to the veteran! Someone must be deliberately framing the veteran! The veteran is wronged!"
"Intentionally frame you? Who would use so much money to frame you?" Shen Ying sneered, "You just talk about it."
Guo Jiuchen fell on the ground, rolled his eyes quickly, and said loudly: "Go back to the emperor! It must be Du Qianren! It is he who put the money in the old minister's house, and the purpose is to frame the minister as a corrupt official, so that they can fight Attacking the minister under the banner of the righteous teacher! The minister has never done anything wrong to the court or the emperor, please the emperor to check it out!"
Shen Ying made a "tsk", which made Guo Jiuchen tremble in fright, and then only heard Shen Ying take a big picture.Leg, smiled heartily: "What Guo Daban said makes sense, why didn't I think of it? So it was Du Qianren who used money to frame you and beat you into a generation of treacherous eunuchs, so that he became a loyal minister who eliminated traitors Yes, it makes sense."
Guo Jiuchen raised his head slightly, glanced at Shen Ying guiltily, saw that he was smiling all over his face, heaved a sigh of relief, and said in a hollow voice, "The emperor is wise."
Shen Ying bent down, looked at the top of Guo Jiuchen's head, and asked slowly, "Are you sure that none of the money belongs to you?"
So much gold and silver, the family wealth he has accumulated all his life, now he is going to say it is gone, Guo Jiuchen's heart is bleeding, and the muscles on his face are trembling with heartache, "Return, return to the emperor, old minister... Sure, sure."
Shen Ying nodded in satisfaction, clapped her hands and said, "That's great! Du Qianren's conspiracy to rebel is abominable and hateful, but he didn't expect that his death would be regarded as a human thing, and he actually sent so much money to me. With this money, how can you worry about not being able to deal with the war, water control and disaster relief? Guo Daban, you have really done me a great favor!"
"Old minister... yes, what should be done..." Guo Jiuchen swayed on the ground, tilted to the side, rolled his eyes upwards, as if he was about to faint from anger.
Empress Dowager Liu also gritted her teeth with hatred, and her anger was hard to calm down. If I had known that Guo Jiuchen had so much money in hand, who could not bribe them?What can't be done?Still need to go back to the palace, being ridden on the head by Shen Ying, this little bastard?
But it's too late to say anything now, so much money has already entered Shen Ying's wallet, when Empress Dowager Liu thought of this, it was as if the money had been taken out of her pocket, her chest felt cramping with anger, her eyes After turning it over, he passed out before Guo Jiuchen!
The Empress Dowager fainted, and there was a sudden commotion in the Shou'an Palace. Shen Ying stood up calmly, put her hands into her sleeves, as if she was watching the fun, and said leisurely: "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor, I must It's because the queen mother was tired on the way back, if that's the case, then the queen mother should have a good rest, I'll come back another day to greet the queen mother."
After finishing speaking, he led the people out of Shou'an Palace swaggeringly.
As soon as he left the gate of Shouan Palace, two hands suddenly stretched out from behind Shen Ying and put a cloak on him. Shen Ying suddenly felt his back warm, turned his head to look back, his eyebrows and eyes were bent, and he stopped Ask: "When did you come?"
That person was of course Gu Min. Gu Min helped Shen Ying fasten the cloak, and the white fox fur around the neckline made Shen Ying's starry eyes brighter, with red lips and white teeth, like a character walking out of a painting.
Gu Min took advantage of the situation and rubbed Shen Ying's face, and said with a smile, "He came early in the morning."
Shen Ying pulled Gu Min's hand off and led him forward together, "Then why didn't you come in to find me just now?"
"If I go in hastily, won't it disturb the emperor's prestige in front of the Queen Mother and Guo Jiuchen?" Gu Min sighed with some regret, "I originally came here to help the emperor maintain the situation, but it seems that I was too worried. Now, the emperor doesn't need helpers at all, one-on-two can be done without losing the slightest bit, and the queen mother was stunned, so if the minister goes in again, won't it appear that we are invincible?"
Shen Ying looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "Did you hear that? Haha! Didn't you see the faces of the Queen Mother and Guo Jiuchen inside, so much money just went into my pocket, and I watched their faces turn from pale to red , from red to black, and finally from black to white, it's really wonderful! Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought I would have one too. When I get rich overnight, this feeling is really wonderful!"
Gu Min couldn't help laughing along with him, "I congratulate the emperor for making a fortune."
"Guo Jiuchen, a dead eunuch, it's unreasonable for an eunuch to have more money than the emperor!" Shen Ying said angrily again, "But his dog's life is still useful, let him play around for a few more days."
The two of them were about to walk outside the gate of Yongle Palace. Unexpectedly, they ran into Lin Che who came to return to Shen Ying. Lin Che had been in charge of guarding the safety of the palace for the past few months. This time, he was guarding the Queen Mother. Came back together.
Shen Ying's wedding date for Princess Changping and Lin Che was set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month in the coming year, and there are less than three months left before the wedding date. Originally, Shen Ying wanted to rely on this marriage to force the Lin family to be loyal to He, now that his goal has been achieved, if Lin Che still has no interest in Princess Changping, then he doesn't want to mess up the mandarin couple, lest because of his selfishness, there will be another pair of resentful couples in the world.
After Lin Che finished reporting his business affairs, Shen Ying waved to him, signaling Lin Che to go aside and talk alone with him.
"Lin Che, tell me the truth, what do you think about the eldest princess of Changping? If you have no intentions for the eldest princess, then I will not force you to marry the eldest princess. Anyway, I haven't issued the marriage edict yet, so I know There are not many people involved in this matter, and it is not a big deal to cancel the marriage." Shen Ying patted Lin Che on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Don't feel pressured, just tell the truth, you are not the only good man in the world, you are welcome The eldest princess is not worried about not getting married."
"No, Your Majesty!" Lin Che seemed to be in a hurry, blushing and hurriedly said, "I, I didn't say that I don't want to marry the princess!"
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Then... are you willing to marry Princess Changping?"
Lin Che lowered her head and said shyly, "The eldest princess is gentle, intelligent, beautiful and dignified. If she can get a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"
Shen Ying looked at Lin Che thoughtfully. It seems that during the time when he was not in the palace, many things happened beyond his expectation.
"Okay, I already know, you go down first." Shen Ying waved her hand and ordered Lin Che to back down. After Lin Che left, Shen Ying went to Gu Min to gossip with him, "I didn't expect that, I didn't expect that, At first, I thought Lin Che was against his marriage with Changping, but how long has it been since he fell in love with Changping? Isn't this love coming too fast?"
Gu Min seemed to have thought of something, and pursed his lower lip calmly, "Their couple are not the only ones who are tempted in the palace."
Shen Ying looked at him sideways, frowned and asked, "What did you say? Who else?"
Gu Min coughed, and pulled Shen Ying into the Yongle Palace, "I mean, the emperor and the minister are the ones who fall in love with each other in the palace."
"That's not true! Don't talk nonsense!" Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min and said eloquently, "I haven't forgotten that you used a broken mirror to play with me in the palace. You played with me first, but in the end you played with me." If you want me to coax you first, I will be angry at you at that time, how could I be tempted by you? Stop putting gold on your face."
Guilty and helpless, Gu Min turned his face to the side and rubbed his forehead. It was also the first time he was tempted by someone. Who could tell him what to do when he met a lover who doesn't understand the style and likes to turn over old scores?
After entering the Yongle Palace, Shen Ying saw that Gu Min was silent all the way, thinking that he had been left speechless by her own questions, she couldn't help being a little proud.
"Why don't you talk anymore?" Shen Ying asked the little eunuch to take off her cloak, waited for the palace servants to bring the tea, then asked all the waiters in the room to retreat, and took a hand stove in her arms and climbed onto the Arhat bed to lie down halfway. Next, he raised his leg and pointed at Gu Min who was facing him, and said mockingly, "Did you also feel that you were very naive and unreasonable at that time?"
Gu Min took a deep breath and reminded himself to restrain himself, "Can you keep silent?"
"Shut up? Are you telling me to shut up?" Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min in surprise and complained, "Okay, Gu Junshu, why don't you reflect on your unreasonable behavior at that time, and dare to contradict me? Are you sleepy today? underground?"
Unbearable, Gu Min threw up the hem of his clothes and jumped onto the Arhat bed, threw Shen Ying under him, and pinched his nose punitively, angrily and amusedly, "So what if I contradict you? Anyway, it's not the first time I contradict you." gone."
Shen Ying: "..." Damn, it felt like a wheel had run over his face.
"My dear majesty, do you know what it means to be full of energy and then to be exhausted?" Gu Min tore off Shen Ying's collar, lowered his head and bit the delicately shaped collarbone, "Why do you always give up?" Do you want to spoil the scenery when I want to tell you the truth? Think about it carefully, when you were in the palace, did you really have no feelings for me at all?"
Shen Ying recalled it carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up, she held Gu Min's face with both hands, looked at it sincerely, and said, "It seems that there is, when you fell on the wrestling ring, I admit, I seemed to be moved at that time." After a while..."
The author has something to say: Gu Shaojun: It seems that the contradicting is not hard enough :)
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