Empress dowager, the queen sighed

It snowed all day and night in Luoyang, the snow outside the city gate was already knee-deep, and today the city gate is under martial law.

Pei Min wanted to go out of the city to offer incense on behalf of his grandmother, but was stopped for no reason. The people at the city gate laughed when they heard that it was the second daughter of the Pei family, and their boss was Guo Shi.

Not long after, Guo Shice's horse came, stopped in front of the carriage, got off the horse, "Miss, are you going out of town?"

Pei Min responded: "Grandma is getting old, I will go to the temple to fulfill her vows for grandma."

"I'm afraid it won't work today, but the news came down last night that we can't leave the city, the girl might as well go another day." Guo Shi said frankly.

Across a car curtain, Pei Min asked: "May I ask a little more, "Why did you close the city gate. "

The other party was his fiancée, and Guo Shi didn't want to hide it, so he quietly told the truth: "There is an epidemic outside, and it will be contagious."

"This, that's how it is. Thank you Captain Guo. I'll go back to my residence first."

The voice in the car was soft and soft, and the corners of Guo Shi's mouth twitched and twitched.Couldn't be happier.He watched Pei's carriage turn around and slowly disappear from sight.

When he couldn't see anything, Guo Shi turned around slowly, looked at the majestic city gate, and ordered, "Everyone cheer up."

The soldiers all smiled, "Captain, you must treat us to a drink on the wedding day."

Guo Shi didn't answer, just smiled.

The carriage of Pei's mansion in that car returned to the mansion soon, Pei Min hurriedly got out of the car, and before he could stop, he carried his skirt and entered the mansion.

Pei Min was brought up by Mrs. Zhao herself. There are many rules in the daughter's house in the boudoir. She walks in a regular manner on weekdays. Today she lost her composure, and the servants in the house all guessed that something serious happened.

They saw the second girl running all the way into Mrs. An's Longevity Hall, and then they talked together.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, the second girl is in a panic, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

"The general went out yesterday and hasn't come back so far. Is it related to the general?"

The others fell silent. They didn't dare to say any more. They looked at each other and went about their own business with their heads shrunk.

The old lady in the room was holding her breath, and she almost fainted. It took a long time to catch her breath, and she cursed: "You shouldn't bother with her. The unknown person, after 17 years, will still hurt you." Our family, your father came back after narrowly escaped death, now it’s finally safe, that, what is that, it’s a deadly disease..."

Pei Min kept patting the old lady's back, comforting her: "Father should have other things to arrange, don't worry, my granddaughter has someone guarded at the gate of the city. We can't get out, we can only guard the city door, once father comes back, you will know immediately."

"It's still Min'er who is considerate. Do you think she is a disaster? Can't she stay in the palace well? She has to go out under such heavy snow, a disaster..." The old lady beat her chest and stamped her feet, regretting endlessly.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Mrs. Zhao opened the curtain and walked in, her eyes fell on the grandparents and grandson. Seeing that the old lady was crying, she began to panic, "What's the matter."

"Your good daughter harmed my son. There was a disease outside the city, and she ran away, and your husband was hurt..." The old lady gasped.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao's face suddenly turned pale.

****

Today the morning is still the same, many people are panicked, the Queen Mother suddenly closed the city, causing many people to feel uneasy.They also felt terrified, even the little emperor was worried. The queen left the palace last night and has not returned yet.

In the few days since she took the throne, the queen never left the palace, and she didn't come back after going out yesterday. She was worried that the queen had left.

Gone forever.

The queen is different from others, she has never served in bed, and her father is a general, if she wants to marry someone out of the palace and hide her name, no one will find out.

After waiting for a while, the queen mother came slowly, and the little emperor felt relieved.

As soon as she felt reassured, she saw the servant read out the decree, and all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down.

A decree demoted seven or eight courtiers, the little emperor was dumbfounded, the prime minister was also at a loss, and the few people who committed the crime were in charge of the affairs around Luoyang.

As soon as the decree came out, they all started to panic and kowtowed to plead for mercy.

The emperor looked at the queen mother, "Grandmother, I will intercede for them."

"Your Majesty's kindness is a good thing, but what they committed is serious. They concealed the epidemic and did not report it. If the disaster spreads to Luoyang, who can bear the responsibility?" The Queen Mother raised her eyes lightly, her tone was cold.

The emperor was stunned, "The epidemic?" After she understood it, she was not angry, "Neglect of duty, concealing the truth and not reporting it, and putting the people in the fire and water is really abominable."

The queen mother was very close to the emperor, she got up slightly, leaned against the emperor, and said softly: "The queen can't come back because of the epidemic."

The emperor's face was pale, and he looked at the offenders, "The empress dowager is merciful, and I will not forgive her. I will escort you to Dali Temple and wait for the queen to send her off."

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor with a more interesting expression, she thought it was a soft persimmon, but unexpectedly she still had a bit of backbone.

The emperor spoke, but the people below didn't move. The queen mother looked down at everyone: "Don't do it yet, let the Ai family come in person?"

Several courtiers rushed to beg His Majesty for mercy, but were dragged out by the servants.

The emperor was so angry that he reprimanded him a few times with a cold face, but the queen mother frowned. The little emperor seemed to be too capable.

The courtiers below were silent, and the Empress Dowager continued to order: "The imperial physician has rushed to the epidemic area last night, and then sent five thousand imperial guards out of the city to send them to the doctor in the city. In addition, please reassure the people so as not to cause panic."

"The minister leads the decree." The courtiers responded with salutes.

The queen mother said again: "If there is anything else, please continue to report."

The emperor was impatient, turned around and looked at the queen mother: "Have you sent someone to find the queen?"

"The emperor is too impatient." The empress dowager closed her eyes slowly, feeling a little puzzled by the emperor's impatience, too busy to take care of herself, and still had time to worry about others.

The little emperor was impatient, but helpless. She was a puppet emperor, and she had no control over what to do. Even the courtiers who had just punished the offender were not obeyed.

Power is in the hands of the Queen Mother.

The little emperor stayed until the court was over, and before the courtiers left, he got up and walked towards the queen mother, "I'm fine, I can go and fetch the queen mother back."

"The emperor is really filial. Forget it, you go." The queen mother stood up, took a deep look at the emperor, stopped when she came to her, and kindly reminded: "You are weak. If you are infected, the big man can die." It's dangerous."

The emperor was fearless, raised his head and held his chest high, and replied seriously: "I will act carefully, and I will bring medicinal herbs to resist the disease before I go, so as not to distract you."

"Then go, Your Majesty, Ai's family is waiting for you to come back." The Queen Mother calmly ordered, and she left the Xuanshi Hall with Ruoyun's hand after she finished speaking.

The little emperor was stunned for a moment, did the queen mother ignore her or the queen?

She couldn't believe it, but she didn't have much time to think, and anxiously went back to the dormitory to change into her regular clothes.

On the contrary, it was the emperor's wet nurse, who felt uneasy, and advised the emperor when she was changing clothes: "The queen mother doesn't care, why do you need to go this far, she is just your aunt. Besides, your majesty still has to think about yourself Mother, when you are in charge, you will posthumously make her the empress dowager."

"You are just too kind. There are so many people below you. You are the Son of Heaven, so you shouldn't put yourself in danger."

The emperor straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and said in high spirits, "I'm going to take a breather. I couldn't get out of the palace before, and I was locked in the palace every day after entering the palace. It's a rare opportunity. I'm going to see the people in Handu." Scenery."

"Be careful, I have someone prepare a herbal sachet for you, remember to wear it." The nurse ordered Gong'e to get it.

Before the emperor left, the emperor tied it around his waist, held the sword, and led the imperial army, and went out of the palace majestically.

As soon as the emperor left, only the empress dowager and a group of concubines of the former emperor remained in the palace.

The concubines had already moved to the west palace. Because there were too many people, the courtyards they were assigned were small, and the humble ones even had only one room.

After it snows in winter, charcoal is not enough, so those who are brave enough come to Changle Hall to ask Ruoyun for it.

Ruoyun is the person in front of the Empress Dowager, and she is more confident than Li Taifei and others. The palace servants of Shen Taifei who came first, their dowagers are still pregnant with their children, crowded in the cold palace, shivering from the cold.

Ruoyun didn't dare to agree, nor did she dare to refuse, so she went to ask the queen mother herself.

The Empress Dowager was sitting in the hall watching the memorial, and she didn't stop after hearing the words, she just said: "Concubine Shen has a child, so there can be more cases, other people don't need to agree when they come."

The princes and princesses all have specific residences, and they don't live with their mothers, except for Shen Zhaohua.

Ruoyun retreated back to deliver the message, the queen mother was sitting alone in the hall, her mind suddenly became confused, and she couldn't bear to read the memorabilia, so she simply went to the window to watch the snow scene.

The snow has stopped, and the outbreak of the epidemic at this time is the cruelest thing.

"Queen Mother, I have sent someone to investigate. Master Jing'an accidentally contracted the infection when she went to the foot of the mountain to save the souls of the dead. However, the coffin was not dug out after the person was buried. The servant is afraid that after digging out, there will be More people are infected. Therefore, I have come to ask you what you mean." Fulu entered the hall and spoke.

"Don't be in a hurry to dig, and find the doctor who diagnosed the deceased's pulse."

"The servant also wanted to go and look for it, but he went out for a doctor in the heavy snow last night, and he hasn't returned yet." Fulu explained.

Only then did the queen mother turn around, "You mean she disappeared?"

"The servant girl is not sure if she is missing, or she may be trapped by heavy snow."

Having said that, it is also possible that it is missing.The Queen Mother didn't delve into it too much, and said calmly: "Dig the grave."

"I'll do it now, servant girl." Fulu was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized.

Ordinary people may not dare to dig a grave, but in front of them is the queen mother, the most honorable woman in the world, there is nothing she dare not do.

The snow stopped, and the palace people were clearing the snow in the courtyard, slowly revealing its original appearance.

Pei Yao in the other hospital didn't sleep all night, she didn't dare to blink her eyelids, and the doctor didn't dare to approach her. She checked the pulse through the curtain through a veil, changed the prescription twice, and only said to try.

Not quite sure.

Pei Yao waited outside the curtain, looking inside from time to time, anxious.

Pei Sui left last night and rushed to the nunnery. The first place was the people at the bottom of the mountain. Near the end of the year, they all came back from other places. At this time, they couldn't tell whether they were so infected.The source of the epidemic was not in Luoyang, and other counties and counties concealed it and did not report it.

Pei Sui led the doctor all the way to investigate.

****

Jing'an's house became a place that the servants dared not approach, except for the doctor and Pei Yao, almost no one could be seen.

The Empress Dowager is used to being dignified, and she walked into the courtyard without seeing anyone for a long time, and the snow was up to her knees, so it was miserable.

Snow White creaked as she stepped on it, and every time she took a step, she was trembling from the snow falling off the leaves.The queen mother did not leave, but stopped, "Ruoyun, let someone clean it."

Ruoyun was in a dilemma: "I didn't see any living people when I came in, why don't you go in first, and my servant will sweep."

"That's all." The Empress Dowager didn't fight with herself, stepping on the snow step by step into the eaves.

It was also very cold in the room, and there was not enough charcoal fire. When the queen mother walked into the house, she saw the charcoal fire that was about to go out. She looked around, but found no charcoal.

This Pei Sui, what kind of errand is he doing?

There is a bead curtain in the inner room and the outer room, which seems to be a woman's boudoir. After the empress dowager complained, she opened the bead curtain, and she saw the little queen dozing off on the pedal.

Tsk, don't go back, stay here and suffer.

After complaining in her heart, the queen mother knelt down and knocked on the queen's head: "Pei Yao, the rabbit ate your meat."

"Rabbit, my meat..." Pei Yao woke up suddenly, and looked at the queen mother in confusion, "You ate my meat."

The queen mother sneered, "It's not a rabbit that eats what the rabbit eats."

"How do you know that the rabbit ate my meat?" Pei Yao was puzzled.She often goes down the mountain with her master, and occasionally buys some chicken or meat, and hides in the mountain alone to roast and eat.

When you enter the nunnery, you cannot eat meat, and you are mainly vegetarian every day.Therefore, when grilling meat, you have to beware of being discovered by the seniors and sisters. Once you were on guard against people, but a rabbit came.

The rabbit looked over and bit her chicken.

This has become the most worrying thing for Pei Yao, and she has been wary of rabbits ever since.

Pei Yao blinked her misty eyes, and after gradually waking up, her whole body trembled, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, please save my master."

The queen mother disliked it, "Aijia asked you to go back to the palace, why are you disobedient, now let Aijia come to rescue, Aijia is your servant, at your command?"

Pei Yao was embarrassed, "I want to go back to the palace, but I can't take Master back. Please save her, and I will never pester you again."

The Empress Dowager frowned even deeper, "I'm sorry for not saving my family."

After finishing speaking, she got up and left, leaving Pei Yao with a heartless back, she was so angry that Pei Yao gritted her teeth, and ran to do nothing to save someone.

Don't save people to seduce people?

Although she was anxious and helpless, she handed over the master to the doctor, and followed the Queen Mother's footsteps carefully.

There were many people sweeping snow outside the house. Ruoyun had been pampered by the queen mother for many years, and hadn't been a sweeper for a long time. After sweeping for a while, she felt tired and flustered. When she looked up, the two masters were looking at her, more intimidating than tired, She didn't dare to slack off anymore, and swung the broom quickly.

Pei Yao chased the queen mother to the eaves, considered her words for a while, and said slowly: "Queen mother, are you here to save someone?"

"Ai's family is passing by." The queen mother looked at the white snow on the ground leisurely, and she could clearly see the queen's anxiety. She didn't forget to remind: "Queen, it's best to worry about whether you will be infected."

"No, I'm destined to die." Pei Yao said disapprovingly, looking at the Queen Mother again, her face was calm, this time was her chance, she pleaded: "Queen Mother, can you help me save Master?"

"The blood of Ai's family is precious, we can't save it." The queen mother rejected the queen again, and she glanced at the queen's troubled appearance from the corner of her eye, she smiled, lifted her feet and left.

Pei Yao was in a hurry, "I'll go back to the palace with you, you save people, I will listen to you in everything from now on."

"I listen to the Ai family for everything?" The queen mother stopped her footsteps, savoring the resigned and helpless look on the queen's face, she shook her head and refused: "The Ai family doesn't like puppets, the queen goes back to the palace, how long will it take if things happen in the future?" brain."

Pei Yao's eyes lit up, "Are you willing to save people?"

"Go back to the palace." The queen mother was impatient, she didn't want to see the queen sad for others, it was too ugly.

Pei Yao was a little bit reluctant, but the queen mother promised that she would not go back on her word, and her staying here would only distract the queen mother, "I'll get out immediately."

The Empress Dowager glanced at her and walked into the room. The doctor was sitting on one side and flipping through medical books. She couldn't help mocking: "It's useless to hold Buddha's feet temporarily. I'll teach you."

The doctor is an old man, over fifty years old, he couldn't bear face being ridiculed by a Huaxin woman like this, but there was someone outside him, so he didn't refute it immediately, but watched how the woman treats her.

The disease can be big or small, and it was useless for him to check it all night, and the disease is easy to be infected, so he dare not even approach it.

And the woman in front of him hung up the brocade curtain on the patient's bed, and he immediately dissuaded him: "You will be infected in this way."

"You can't do everything, you can go home and farm." The queen mother not only opened the gold curtain, but also opened Jing'an's eyes and felt the pulse with her hands.

A series of actions made the old doctor admire, indeed, he did too little.

After a while, the Empress Dowager withdrew her hand, and the old lady immediately handed over a clean handkerchief soaked in water. The Empress Dowager took it and wiped her hands, saying: "More than 30 years ago, an epidemic broke out after the flood in Jinzhou, and finally tens of thousands of people died. , It was an old doctor who developed the prescription, if I remember correctly, it should be recorded in the book, you can go back and look it up."

"More than 30 years ago?" The old lady was stunned. He was only a teenager for more than 30 years. He had heard about it, but never cared about it. How did this girl know?

Could it be that she lied to herself?

The Empress Dowager didn't talk to him too much, she just mentioned a few features, the old lady frowned even deeper, he believed it, and said: "I'll go back and look for it right away."

The doctor left in a hurry, the queen mother turned around and looked at Jing An on the couch, the corners of her lips twitched.

Not only did Jing'an suffer from the disease, she was also hit by it.Poisoned, the pulse condition is ups and downs, and the old doctor dare not cut the pulse himself, so there will be negligence.

There are not many people who can target Jing'an.

Queen Mother pulls out.He lowered the step on his bun, and lightly stroked it with his fingertips, and bean-sized blood beads came out.She dripped blood into Jing'an's mouth, sneered twice, and said, "If you die, you won't be able to find the murderer behind it."

The queen mother rescued people, and Pei Yao, who was told to leave by her, boarded the carriage and left the other courtyard. After driving for half an hour, she was stopped by someone.

When the coachman saw a group of Royal Forest Army, he quickly handed over the badge of Jiaofangdian. After the other party glanced at it, he immediately turned his horse's head.

A moment later, a young man in a brocade robe came riding a horse and walked to the car, "But the queen?"

A white hand lifted the curtain of the car, revealing the little emperor's worried face, and the little emperor immediately jumped off the horse, "Empress empress."

"It's Your Majesty." Pei Yao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was some blind person who stopped her.

The little emperor handed the horsewhip to the Imperial Forest Army, and got into the queen's carriage.

The coachman continued to flick his whip and rushed towards the city.

The little emperor seldom went out of the palace and was very curious about the outside world. Just now he walked all the way and felt the smell of fireworks in the world. Seeing that the queen was safe, he took the initiative to untie the sachet on his body and thoughtfully put it on for the queen.

"This is a medicinal herb to resist the disease. The people have been stable along the way. The queen has been with the sick for so long. Why don't you wear it first and then take a bath with the medicinal herb after returning to the palace."

The little emperor was talking about how to resist the disease, Pei Yao was tired and listened quietly along the way.

After entering the city, the Imperial Forest Army came to welcome them, and the little emperor motioned for them to follow. She escorted the queen all the way to the Jiaofang Hall, and then went back to the sleeping hall to bathe and cleanse herself.

The empress was exhausted, and she returned to the couch to sleep peacefully after soaking in herbs for a long time. The empress dowager was at ease, and fell asleep before she could dry her hair after bathing.

After sleeping until dusk, the little emperor waited for a long time in the outer hall.

Pei Yao stood up, her long hair fell on her shoulders, and the little emperor on the opposite side looked at her intently.

Ruoxiang offered the emperor a cup of tea, leaned over and retreated.

Knowing that the emperor is a woman, Pei Yao didn't have any scruples, she leaned lazily on the couch, her feet were exposed from the quilt, her toes moved comfortably, and said to the emperor: "Is there anything else you need to do?"

"I ordered the imperial physician to diagnose your pulse." The little emperor glanced at the empress, and his eyes fell on her round toes, which were stained with gorgeous flower juice.

The little emperor smiled slightly, the queen is so interesting.

"How about the disease outside?" Pei Yao rubbed her sore head, the disease is not a trivial matter, if it spreads, many people will die.

The little emperor was sitting upright, looking at the empress' laziness, "The empress dowager demoted a few courtiers, and ordered the entire imperial hospital to save people. The Imperial Forest Army has already gone. The empress dowager arranges carefully, and nothing serious will happen."

"You trust the Empress Dowager. By the way, why hasn't the edict of the Empress Dowager been released?" Pei Yao was curious. The little emperor had been enthroned for a month, but the edict of conferring the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager had not been announced.

"I wrote it a long time ago, and at the Empress Dowager's place, I don't know what she means." The little emperor confessed.

Pei Yao didn't care about it anymore, she clutched her growling stomach and asked the emperor: "I'm hungry, is Your Majesty hungry?"

"Then, then I'll stay here for dinner." The little emperor squinted and smiled. She didn't have anything to do, and today was very special, so she just treated the empress for dinner.

Pei Yao ordered to go on, and the maids came in one after another holding food boxes, and the food table was full of food.

The little emperor was dumbfounded, the queen's share was even better than the emperor.

Pei Yao ignored the stunned little emperor, walked to the food table and sat down, not forgetting to invite the little emperor.

The two sat down respectively, Ruoxiang waited on one side, and the little emperor drank half a bowl of fish soup first.The fish soup in winter is delicious, the juicy meat is smooth, delicious and delicious.

The emperor drank soup, Pei Yao ate fish, and both of them were silent.

After eating the fish, the emperor put down his chopsticks, but saw Ruoxiang peeling shrimp, she subconsciously said, "I'm here."

Ruoxiang was stunned, "The servant asked Qingzhu to peel the shrimp for you."

"I'm here to peel the prawns, you can step back." The little emperor wanted to find a job for himself. Before he came, he had just had a snack and was not hungry at all, so he might as well peel the prawns to pass the time.

Pei Yao didn't know what she meant, and refused: "Your Majesty is honorable, how can you do such a trivial thing."

"I'm also a human being, so I'll serve you." The little emperor didn't think it was disrespectful for her to serve the queen. She had served Empress Naruhito for dinner in the mansion before.

Pei Yao thought about it, she is now the emperor's aunt, and it is not surprising that the emperor is filial to her.

The author has something to say: Emperor: Peel the shrimp, the shrimp is delicious.

Empress Dowager: Ha ha, it’s not as delicious as cooking the queen in thick soup.

The next chapter is to cook the queen in thick soup.

感谢在2021-07-2918：11：37～2021-07-3016：40：42期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～