Yesterday the sky was still a little drowsy, but today it is a sunny day, the temperature has also risen slightly, the sky is high and the clouds are light, but it is a rare good weather.

At this time, in the warm pavilion of Cining Palace, Empress Wu and Concubine Shu were talking with Empress Dowager Jiang, and the two princesses Yongfu and Yongchun were also present, but the former was obviously a little absent-minded, and his eyes drifted out of the window from time to time.

Since listening to Zhang Xuan's suggestion and taking the initiative to let the emperor take He Zhi'er as a concubine, Empress Wu's reputation among the people has risen greatly, and she has also won the praise of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and has been named the Empress Virtuous, and the Empress Dowager Jiang is obviously more satisfied with this daughter-in-law, and began to gradually transfer the power to manage the harem to Empress Wu, such as the daily expenses of each palace, as well as the monthly money of the palace maids and eunuchs are managed and distributed by Empress Wu.

As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are the mother, and the rich is the uncle, so that whether it is a concubine, a palace maid, or a eunuch, you have to look at Queen Wu's face.

However, as soon as this person is proud, he will begin to get carried away, and Empress Wu is like this, at this time, she only heard her say to the Empress Dowager Jiang: "Queen Mother, the child has been embarrassed recently, I don't know if to talk about it?" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang knocked on the melon seeds and smiled: "It's all a family, what can't be said directly." ”

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Shu, who was knocking on the melon seeds, subconsciously slowed down her movements, and even the absent-minded Princess Yongfu looked at Queen Wu.

Empress Wu squeezed out an embarrassed smile and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the family returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors on the Qingming Festival this year, and when he saw that the ancestral tomb had fallen into disrepair, he asked the housekeeper to find someone to re-repair it, and as a result, the people who did the work were confused, and they occupied a corner of the local villagers, so there was a little conflict......

Empress Dowager Jiang's movement of knocking melon seeds was sluggish, and she sighed quietly: "What about later?" ”

"Later, when the family man learned about this, he wanted to return the land to the family, but he was worried that it would damage the feng shui of the ancestral tomb, so he planned to buy the land with some silver.

Empress Dowager Jiang frowned and said, "It's not right to beat someone, is the other party seriously injured?" ”

"It shouldn't be very heavy, the housekeeper paid double the cost of the soup and medicine at that time, it is said that the person is now well, but it is estimated that he can't swallow this breath, a complaint was filed to the government, and the magistrate reported the case to the criminal department, and the criminal department Shangshu Hu sent someone to take the housekeeper lock in the house, and now he is still in the prison of the criminal department, Jia Weng...... felt that Mr. Hu was making a big fuss, so I asked Mr. Hu to reason a few words, but who knew that Mr. Hu couldn't rub sand in his eyes, not only reprimanded the family, but even said that he would write a book to impeach the family. ”

Princess Yongfu frowned lightly and glanced at Empress Wu, although she lived in the palace, Lan Xinhui heard that Emperor Wu was lying, at least covering up the facts, deliberately avoiding the important and trivializing, and trying to make things as small as possible.

As the so-called people don't fight with officials, if they just occupy a corner of land and take the initiative to accompany the silver, how can the other party, a small people who are promoted to fight, dare to entangle with the dignified country? The magistrate will not refer the case directly to the criminal department.

Hu Shining, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is indeed vicious and hateful, but if the matter is not big, it should not give Wu Guozhang half of the face, so the matter must be a big trouble, and if it is not good, it will still be a life lawsuit.

Empress Dowager Jiang is naturally not an ordinary confused woman, and vaguely guessed that Empress Wu was a little evasive, but after all, it was a family, and Empress Wu's recent performance made her very satisfied, so she naturally could help, so she nodded and said: "Since there is no death, then it is easy to do, pay more silver, and then pay a piece of land to others, and the mourning family will send someone to say hello to Lord Hu in this matter, so there is no need to trouble the emperor." ”

Princess Yongfu opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything, obviously not wanting to offend Empress Wu in person.

Queen Wu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "The child thanked the Queen Mother!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang looked whole and said: "As the queen of the world, it represents the face of the royal family, the queen must warn and restrain her family in the future, and do not do anything illegal and undisciplined. ”

Empress Wu's face was red, her back was sweating, and she hurriedly said: "The child remembers the Queen Mother's teachings, and he must restrain his family in the future." ”

"Well, that's good!" Empress Dowager Jiang obviously didn't want to reprimand Empress Wu too much in front of everyone, so as not to blow her newly established prestige in the harem, after all, after a hundred years, the power of the harem would still be handed over to her, so she beat her lightly and lightly.

Just when Empress Wu was embarrassed, a palace man came in and reported: "Empress Dowager, King Beijing is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

The Queen Mother secretly glanced at her daughter Yongfu with a happy face, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and smiled: "Please invite King Beijing to come in and speak." ”

The palace man said yes and withdrew.

Empress Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although this Xu Jin is super annoying, but this time it came in time, and inadvertently relieved the siege of the palace, hum, and let that old thing be rejuvenated for a few more years, and when she stretches her feet, the harem is the palace.

After a while, Xu Jin was led in by the palace people, only to see that he was wearing a python robe and jade belt, wearing a gauze crown on his head, his figure was straight, his gestures were calm, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and the jade tree was in the wind.

Xu Jin didn't squint, bowed down and said: "Xu Jin greets the Queen Mother, I've seen the queen mother, the lady concubine, and the two princesses!" ”

Yongfu and Yongchun, as well as Concubine Shu, hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, while Emperor Wu nodded and sat still.

Empress Dowager Jiang looked at the handsome and dashing Xu Jin in front of her, a smile appeared on her face, and she nodded and said, "Brother Jin doesn't have to be polite, come here, show the prince of Beijing!" ”

Xu Jin thanked him and sat down, opposite Princess Yongfu, the two looked at each other, Xu Jin smiled and signaled, Princess Yongfu smiled in return, and her cheeks were covered with a layer of lightness.

This scene was seen in the eyes of Queen Wu, and this woman couldn't help but look suspicious.

"Brother Jin entered the palace today to see the mourning family, not just to say goodbye to the mourning family, right?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked knowingly.

Xu Jin said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is wise, because the Yongfu Temple has been completed recently, and it happens that the ministers are idle and idle, so the emperor ordered the ministers to take His Royal Highness Yongfu to have a look today, to see what else needs to be added, and the emperor will also go after the court, so that the ministers will take the first step in receiving His Royal Highness Yongfu." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and said: "The emperor did mention this matter to the mourning family, well, this will take Yongfu over, and the hour is not early, so as not to delay." ”

Xu Jin stood up and bowed and said, "The minister will leave, His Royal Highness Yongfu, please!" ”

"There is Prince Lao Beijing!" Princess Yongfu nodded and stood up, Yongchun was already tired of this little lantern, how could she be missing her share if she could go out of the palace and walk, so she immediately bounced up and said, "Sister Yongfu, I'll accompany you!" ”

Empress Wu's heart moved, and she said with a smile: "Queen Mother, the child also wants to visit the place where Yongfu will practice in the future." ”

In fact, Empress Dowager Jiang herself also wanted to go and see, after all, her daughter was about to live in, so she naturally cared about whether her daughter lived well, so she nodded and said: "Okay, then let's go together, it just so happens that the weather is good today, it's not bad to go out of the palace, the mourning family hasn't been out of the palace for a long time." ”

Princess Yongfu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, Xu Jin didn't care, it was just that there were a little more people in trouble, and she had to prepare a few more carriages.