Xu Jin and Jiajing walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall while chatting and came to the palace road outside the Qianqing Palace. Although the sun is shining brightly, the heavy snow on the eve has not completely melted, the north wind is cold, the cold is still strong, several early plums on both sides of the road have quietly bloomed, the palace pink pear is white, and the fragrance is coming to the nose.

Just as the two monarchs and ministers were discussing the current politics and national policies, they were walking around, and they saw a group of palace ladies surrounded by three costumed beauties walking towards this side. The woman in the center is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and she is particularly eye-catching, not because of how she looks but because of her dazzling dress.

I saw that this woman was wearing a dragon and phoenix pearl crown, wearing a gold embroidered dragon pattern and a red red large-sleeved shirt, a red Luo long skirt on the lower body, a gold ribbon around her waist, and a head full of pearls and emeralds shook gently when she walked, and the ring was clanging, which had a sense of majesty and forceful extravagance.

Xu Jin couldn't help but move in his heart, this must be Queen Wu!

Although Xu Jin is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he is deeply favored by Jiajing, and entering the palace is like a commonplace, but the number of times he has seen Empress Wu is only a handful, and the most impressive one is the first big court meeting after Jiajing's wedding.

I heard that this Empress Wu's daily life is also straightforward, so she is not treated by Emperor Jiajing, who will not be lucky enough to visit Kunning Palace several times a year.

Now it seems that it is true, this Queen Wu usually dresses so formally in the palace, always and everywhere to talk about the rules, put on a show, it can be seen how boring it is to get along with it, and it is estimated that there is no boudoir fun at all, no wonder Zhu Hou does not like this kid, but has a soft spot for He Zhier, a "craftsman girl".

At this time, the other two girls standing beside Empress Wu were Princess Yongfu and Princess Yongchun, these two were also dressed in costumes, but they were far less cumbersome and extravagant than Empress Wu, which naturally gave rise to a sense of alienation.

At this time, the group had already come to the front, and a group of palace ladies took the lead in kneeling down and saluting, and Queen Wu curtsied and said: "The concubines see the emperor!" ”

"Yongfu (Yongchun), see the imperial brother!" Princess Yongfu and Princess Yongchun also bowed slightly.

Zhu Hou said lightly: "The queen is exempt, and Yongfu Yongchun is exempt." ”

Only then did Xu Jin step forward and salute: "Weichen Xu Jin sees the queen and the two princesses. ”

"Lord Xu doesn't have to be polite." Princess Yongfu said softly, and when her watery gaze touched Xu Jin, a faint light glow suddenly flew on her pretty face, and she quickly moved her gaze away as if she had been electrocuted.

Princess Yongfu's shy and timid beauty made Xu Jin feel in a trance, and at the same time felt a little uneasy, in fact, when Princess Yongfu pounced on herself like a life last night, Xu Jin realized that something was wrong.

Although it is a beautiful thing that men crave to be favored by beauties, but this is a princess, not something that ordinary men can afford, although Xu Jin is not an ordinary man, but he is a married man, and there are two of them who are free-range. Xu Jin felt that if he coveted Princess Yongfu a little, Zhu Hou, this kid, might pick up a kitchen knife and chase him for eighteen streets.

Thinking that there might be a big head and a small head landing together, Governor Xu couldn't help but be agitated, and didn't dare to look at the beautiful Princess Yongfu in front of him anymore, and turned to look at Empress Wu next to him, only to meet the latter's slightly hostile gaze.

That's right, hostility!

Xu Jin frowned slightly, he hadn't seen this Empress Wu a few times, where did her hostility come from? Is it because of Zhi'er?

Wu can be selected as the queen, the appearance is naturally high-grade, when she was twelve or thirteen years old, she was a beautiful embryo, and now she has grown and her complexion is better, but unfortunately she always pretends to be majestic with that face, and she does not have Xue Bingxin's natural cold and glamorous temperament, which is really a lot of points.

"Is there something wrong with the queen?" Zhu Hou asked lukewarmly.

Empress Wu hurriedly said: "The weather has been cold recently, and the concubines have stewed ginseng soup for the emperor to replenish their bodies......

Zhu Hou's face was slightly gloomy when he heard this, and he waved his hand to interrupt without waiting for Empress Wu to finish speaking: "I am about to go out of the palace to do business, you can keep the ginseng soup and drink it yourself, stay in the Kunning Palace when the weather is cold, and go out less to walk around and blow the wind." ”

Empress Wu's face changed instantly, and she lowered her head gloomily, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Xu Jin couldn't help but glance at Zhu Hou strangely, this kid ate gunpowder? Even if you don't like Queen Wu, people are kind enough to send you ginseng soup, so you don't have to talk so much, right?

Princess Yongfu hurriedly said: "The ginseng soup stewed by the queen is very delicious, and I also gave a cup to the queen mother just now, and the queen mother is full of praise after drinking it, the emperor might as well drink it while it is hot, but don't let down the queen's heart." ”

Zhu Hou's expression was slightly relieved when he heard this, and he probably realized that his attitude just now was a little too much, so he nodded and said, "Yes, then give me a taste!" ”

Empress Wu hurriedly took out a cup of ginseng soup from the food box carried by the palace maid, it was still hot, and the smell of ginseng was extremely strong. Zhu Hou took it and drank it directly, but at the end he didn't say a word, and handed over the soup vessel to the palace maid, which disappointed Queen Wu, who was full of expectations!

"I still have to go out of the palace to do errands, and the queen likes to stay in the Qianqing Palace, otherwise she will go back to Kunning Palace!" After Zhu Hou finished speaking, he walked quickly.

Xu Jin hurriedly gave a salute: "Queen Mother, two princesses, Weichen retires!" ”

Empress Wu's face sank, and she asked with a cold look: "Xu Jin, where are you going with the emperor out of the palace?" ”

Xu Jin frowned secretly, but still replied politely: "Back to the queen's mother, Wang Shouren, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, led the kings of all walks of life to raid, and the emperor summoned all the soldiers to discuss military affairs!" ”

Empress Wu snorted coldly and warned: "Although the Tartars have retreated now, the emperor's safety cannot be ignored. ”

Xu Jin was unhappy in his heart, and dared to love this person who was angry with the emperor, and now it was all sprinkled on his head, and he arched his hand and said lightly: "The queen, please rest assured, if the emperor loses a hair, Xu Jin should bow down to the crime!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he turned around and left, at this time, Zhu Hou's kid had already thrown his big sleeves, and walked far away like the wind under his feet, which made people quite speechless!

Empress Wu watched Jiajing and Xu Jin Junchen walk away quickly, their faces were elongated, and they stomped their feet stupidly and said, "Go back to Kunning Palace!" ”

After Empress Wu finished speaking, she didn't say hello to Yongfu and Yongchun, and turned around and left with a group of palace ladies. Yongchun stuck out his tongue and whispered, "The queen seems to have a lot of opinions about Xu Jin. ”

Princess Yongfu sighed secretly, the emperor revolved around Xu Jin's "sister" He Zhi'er all day long, this is no secret, the queen probably heard the rumors, so she didn't wait to see Xu Jin.

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Xu Jin sped up his pace before he slowly caught up with Zhu Hou, and couldn't help but quip: "It seems that the queen's ginseng soup is really effective, the emperor immediately walked like a fly after drinking, and the ministers tried their best to catch up!" ”

Zhu Hou slowed down and asked with an unnatural expression, "What did the queen say to Xu Qing just now?" ”

Xu Jin said with a natural expression: "The queen told the ministers to pay attention to protecting the emperor's safety. ”

Zhu Hou sighed, continued to move forward, and after a while, he stopped and asked, "Xu Qing, Sister Ruyi and Sister Jixiang are about to give birth, right?" ”

Xu Jin really couldn't keep up with Zhu Hou's whimsical thinking, nodded and said, "Soon, it's either the winter moon or the wax moon!" ”

Zhu Hou couldn't help but show envy, and said with some entanglement: "Congratulations to Xu Qing on being a father again, alas, if Xu Qing is sent to leave Beijing to pursue Tartar at this time, it is really a bit unkind, it is estimated that Sister Ruyi and Sister Jixiang will also blame me, but if I don't send Xu Qing out, I don't worry!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Ruyi and auspiciousness know books and etiquette, understand the national righteousness, you need to know that only when there is a country can there be a home, and only when there is a country can there be a home, and only when there is peace in the country, they will understand." ”

Zhu Hou said movingly: "If the Manchu Dynasty is like Xu Qing, why worry about my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"The emperor is serious." Xu Jin hurriedly said modestly.

Zhu Hou smiled, turned around and continued to move forward. Xu Jin glanced at Zhu Hou thoughtfully, and saw that there seemed to be an unspeakable hidden between this kid's eyebrows, and he couldn't help but move in his heart, and he had vaguely guessed a rough idea.

It is said that Xu Jin was married on the same day as Jiajing, Jiajing married a queen and two concubines, and Xu Jin took the two sisters of the Fei family to pass the door, and it was three years in the blink of an eye.

Jiajing is at the age of blood and strength, and he has not been able to add a son and a half daughter for three years of marriage, is there a physical problem?

Well, the first queen and the second concubine are not pregnant, so it is obviously more likely that Jiajing himself has a problem!

Xu Jin suddenly understood a little why Queen Wu made ginseng soup to make up for Jiajing's body, and Jiajing's tone was so impulsive, after all, men love face, and this aspect is the most sensitive!

At this time, Xu Jin woke up to a record about Emperor Jiajing in the history books, called "The two dragons do not meet".

It is said that Jiajing did not give birth for more than ten years after getting married, and finally gave birth to his first son, but died in only three months.

Jiajing was convinced of this, so he couldn't help but look at his son in the future, and he didn't canonize the prince, the most famous is the crown prince Ming Muzong Zhu Zai, who has been the crown prince for seventeen years, but only has the title of prince, until the day before he inherited the throne, he was still a prince, and he never became a prince for a day.

This is ridiculous to say, let alone the royal family, even if it is an ordinary family, the son will not be able to see his father for the rest of his life, it is too cruel!

Xu Jin followed behind Zhu Hou, silently pondering how to talk to this kid, not only not to hurt his face, but also to let him open his heart knot to receive treatment, after all, this disease still has to be treated!