"Tao Te Ching" has clouds: the sky has to be clear, and the earth has to be peaceful. Therefore, the place where the emperor lives is called Qianqing Palace, and the place where the queen lives is called Kunning Palace, in fact, there is a Jiaotai Palace between the two palaces, which takes the meaning of "heaven and earth are handed over, Kangtai is happy".

Jiaotai Hall is the place where the emperor and the queen live and live, to be precise, it should be the place where the emperor and the queen live, the ceremony of canonizing the queen, or the queen's birthday ceremony are held here, and it is also the place where the queen accepts other concubines in the harem on weekdays.

Jiajing rarely goes to Kunning Palace, occasionally fortunately Queen Wu will be in the warm pavilion of the Jiaotai Palace, and after the fact, he will return to the Qianqing Palace to sleep alone, never overnight, although this is the rule, but the main thing is that Jiajing feels that Queen Wu is boring, for example, Jiajing often spends the night when he pampered Concubine Xingshu.

Tonight, Empress Wu waited in the warm pavilion of the Jiaotai Hall early after the new bath, and specially dressed up carefully, waiting for the arrival of Jiajing. Today, I got a long pill during the day, and the Queen Mother also came forward to find the emperor in person, so Empress Wu felt that the emperor would definitely come tonight, and she had already taken a "Congenital Jade Powder Pill".

After taking this thing, it was warm, and she felt that her limbs and bones were very happy, and Queen Wu couldn't help but sigh secretly, Bingyi is really a master, and the elixir refined is also wonderful!

As a result, Empress Wu's confidence in her pregnancy with the dragon seed increased a little more, and everything was ready, so she owed the emperor to come forward to spread the clouds. But waiting left and right, and after not seeing the emperor arrive for a long time, Empress Wu began to feel anxious and asked, "Fu'an, what time is it?" ”

Fu'an, the great eunuch who was waiting for Empress Wu, replied with a hunched waist: "Back to the Empress, it will be three o'clock (about 8 o'clock in the evening)." ”

Empress Wu couldn't help but look slightly gloomy, and ordered: "Go to the Qianqing Palace to inquire." ”

The eunuch Fu'an agreed and hurriedly left the Jiaotai Palace, returning in about a quarter of an hour, his expression obviously a little unnatural. Empress Wu asked, "How?" Is the emperor still reviewing the transcript? ”

The eunuch Fu'an shook his head and said, "The emperor sent Lord Xu out of the palace, and when he came back, it was already four o'clock in the unitary hour, and then he went...... Gyeongin Palace. ”

Empress Wu's face changed suddenly, she smashed a teapot on the ground, and said angrily: "Jingren Palace, it's Concubine Shu again!" ”

The queen was angry, and the palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened that they fell to their knees and didn't even dare to breathe. Although the queen is not favored, and the power of the harem is now in the hands of the queen mother, the queen wants to punish and even kill the eunuchs and palace maids waiting around her, which is just a matter of one sentence. There was a palace maid who was beaten with a rod by the queen because she did something wrong, and she was almost not beaten to death, and finally she was sent to the Huanyi Bureau to do drudgery, and she died of illness not long after.

Empress Wu's face changed, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she hated everyone she could hate, including Xu Jin and He Zhi'er. Because the emperor usually listens to the Queen Mother's words, but today he disobeyed the Queen Mother's instructions, obviously because he asked Xu Jin not long ago, so he annoyed himself.

While......

Empress Wu smashed a teacup on the ground again, pointed at the eunuch Fu'an and shouted, "You say, what point in this palace is not as good as the slut of Concubine Shu?" ”

Father-in-law Fu was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, and he said honestly: "The queen's mother is beautiful and fragrant, knowledgeable and courteous, and beautiful and wise, how can she not compare to the concubine, the queen must not be presumptuous." ”

"Then why does the emperor favor her, but not the palace?" Emperor Wu said indignantly.

"This ...... Presumably the concubine knows how to please the emperor. "Fu Gonggong said.

Empress Wu was stunned for a moment, staring at the broken teacups and teapots on the ground in distraction, as if she was reviewing her performance in marrying the emperor over the years.

Seeing this, Gonggong Fu took the opportunity to persuade: "Queen Mother, although our family is not a man, we also know that men like gentle, considerate, informed and interesting women, and the queen is too tacit to abide by the rules when she gets along with the emperor on weekdays......"

Empress Wu's face suddenly sank, and Gonggong Fu was suddenly too frightened to say anything, and said again and again: "The slave has a lot of mouths, and the slave should die!" ”

Empress Wu didn't get angry, but said coldly: "What about He Zhi'er, a yellow-haired girl who is neither male nor female?" She only messes with firearms in the war all day long, and she is dirty, why does the emperor like it so much? ”

"This ...... The minions don't know either! Fu Gonggong prevaricated.

Although it is true that the slave is noble, as long as the queen is favored, his status will also rise, but He Zhi'er is the righteous sister of the Marquis of Jinghai, this is a character who cannot afford to offend, and Gonggong Fu naturally does not dare to talk nonsense, nor does he dare to give the queen ideas, for fear that what he said will fall into Xu Jin's ears in the future.

You must know that Xu beheading is not in vain, how many powerful people who opposed him have fallen, there are relatives of the Zhang family brothers in the distance, and there are Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, Zhang Lun, the British Gong, Tang Shaozong, and the emperor's hair Xiao Lu Bing. Compared with the above, Father-in-law Fu feels that he is not as thick as one leg of others!

Empress Wu said coldly with a tense face: "Dog minion, don't you know, or don't you dare to say it?" ”

Father-in-law Fu said cautiously: "Back to the queen's mother, the slave doesn't know." ”

Empress Wu couldn't help sneering and said: "It seems that Jinghai Hou is really powerful, if his sister becomes a concubine again, wouldn't it be even more lawless!" ”

Father-in-law's face changed slightly, and he buried his head low and didn't dare to answer.

……

After dinner, Xu Jin came to the West Chamber, and the maids and daughters-in-law who were responsible for taking care of He Zhi'er hurriedly saluted respectfully. Xu Jin nodded kindly and walked into the room.

He Zhi'er was lying on the bed, and after drinking the medicine, she looked much more energetic, and she called sweetly: "Brother! ”

Xu Jin sat down on the edge of the bed, reached out and touched He Zhi'er's forehead, and found that there was no fever, so he couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and asked with a smile: "Zhi'er, do you feel uncomfortable?" ”

He Zhi'er shook her head and said, "No, Zhi'er is fine, brother don't worry!" ”

"It's okay, let's rest early, by the way, don't go to the war bureau in the future." Xu Jindao.

He Zhi'er timidly asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Jin said bluntly: "You and the four artillery guns tested firearms in the Taiye pool today, which made the Queen Mother unhappy, and the Queen Mother did not allow you to go back to the War Bureau." ”

He Zhi'er's pretty face turned white, and she said authentically: "Brother, Zhi'er has caused you trouble, I'm sorry, then Zhi'er will never go to the war bureau again." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It's okay, the Queen Mother just scolded a few words, my brother can still bear it, by the way, my brother knows that you like to mess with firearms, and you can't go to the War Bureau, so go to the weapons field of the Shenji Battalion, it's enough for you to toss." ”

He Zhi'er was overjoyed when she heard this, and cheered: "Thank you, brother, if you don't stay at home all day, Zhi'er will be bored to death." ”

Xu Jin's face turned pale and said: "But you have to pay attention to safety, don't happen to something like today, otherwise my brother will only lock you up at home in the future." ”

He Zhi'er hurriedly reassured: "Brother, don't worry, Zhi'er promises that there will be no danger in the future." ”

Xu Jin said: "The key to developing firearms is to put safety first and minimize the danger. ”

"Well, Zhi'er understands!" He Zhi'er said obediently: "Zhi'er heard from her sisters-in-law that my brother is going to take troops to sea again after the New Year?" ”

"It's not so fast, wait for the southwest monsoon to blow in March and April, but in early February, you have to go south to Yingtianfu." Xu Jindao.

He Zhi'er nodded and said, "Then Zhi'er will develop the mine a year ago, and then my brother will have one more firearm to deal with the enemy." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It's just a few anti-thieves, my brother can still deal with it, it doesn't matter if there are mines or not, but I still want to thank Zhi'er, well, go to bed early!" ”

Xu Jin tucked the quilt for He Zhi'er and stood up, and the latter said with a somewhat strange expression: "Brother, wait a minute!" ”

"What's the matter with Zhi'er?" Xu Jin smiled gently.

"Brother, is Brother Four Guns really the younger brother of Brother Three Guns?" He Zhi'er asked hesitantly.

Xu Jin chuckled in his heart, sat down on the edge of the bed again, and smiled: "Yes, why do you ask that?" ”

He Zhi'er pouted and said, "I have seen Xiaowan's sister-in-law's family, Brother Si Pao is not like them at all, and Brother Si Pao doesn't know martial arts." ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "That's the mother who hasn't seen Xiaowan's sister-in-law yet, the appearance of the four guns follows his mother, and the four guns have been weak since they were children, so they didn't practice martial arts like one sword, two swords and three guns!" ”

"Oh, but when I fell into the water today, I seemed to hear Huang Gonggong call Brother Si Pao the emperor!" He Zhi'er's eyes widened.

Xu Jin said without changing his face: "Maybe you heard it wrong, hurry up and go to sleep, don't think nonsense!" With that, he got up and left the room.

He Zhi'er puffed out her cheeks and muttered, "Did I hear it wrong?" Impossible, right...... Well, maybe I heard it wrong, how could such a stupid person as Brother Si Pao be the emperor. ”

Xu Jin heard the self-talk behind him, and couldn't help but sweat secretly, it's not a way to keep it hidden, and I don't know when Zhu Houxi plans to hide it, but it's okay, no matter what, it's all fate!

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