On March 29, the second year of the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of the first day, Xu Ping and the Song army left the Shenglong Mansion on the same day, the seriously ill Empress Dowager Liu collapsed in the Baoci Palace, and soon moved to the Huangyi Palace.

On the second day, the last day of March, the emperor saw his ministers in the imperial palace, announced the empress dowager's edict, and the world mourned.

Empress Dowager Liu came from a humble background, and when she was a teenager, she shook a small rattle and followed her husband into Beijing, and soon became known to Emperor Zhenzong, who was still the king of Xiang, and entered the palace of King Xiang. King Taizong was obsessed with women, and ordered him to be expelled from the palace, and after fifteen years, he was hidden in the house of his close minister Zhang Qi, and he was only allowed to enter the palace after the age of thirty.

In her life, she fully explains how an ordinary woman ascended to the pinnacle of imperial power from the lowest level, and held this power firmly in her hands until her death.

Emperor Zhenzong intervened in the government in the later period, and the Empress Dowager Liu was in power for more than ten years. Her biggest mistake is that she did not return to power in time when the emperor became an adult, and her biggest credit is to raise and assist the emperor to adulthood, if you don't count Xu Ping's actions in Yongzhou, these ten years are mediocre, that's all.

However, because of Empress Dowager Liu's drape, the empire underwent profound changes in politics, bidding farewell to the early stage of the dynasty and entering the middle period. This change is so important that it has never been reversed.

Because she was in the deep palace, she could not be in the main hall and could not participate in the Chang Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Liu was extremely dependent on the ministers of the foreign dynasty to deal with the affairs of the court, and the power of the minister was extended. In contrast, the Queen Mother's dependence on eunuchs and servants in the late period was a trivial matter to let them collude with the inside and outside, and their power was monstrous.

Taizu and Taizong are diligent in government affairs, no matter the holidays, rain or snow, almost no day does not go to court. Handle government affairs from morning to night. No matter how big or small the world is. The decision is firmly in your own hands. The so-called Minister of Execution. but by the decree of God.

Zhenzong is relatively mediocre, but he is still diligent in handling political affairs, continuing the tradition of the Taizu Taizong Dynasty. Although there is the absurdity of the East and the West, it also puts the imperial system on the right track, and the ancestral family law begins to take shape.

Until Zhenzong's later years, political affairs were transferred to the hands of Empress Dowager Liu, and the status of the foreign dynasty rose sharply, and the power of the ruler, especially the prime minister, increased day by day. This trend has become more and more pronounced after the curtain has been lowered to listen to the government. So when the Empress Dowager Liu died, Prime Minister Lu Yijian almost single-handedly covered the sky, and his grade and grace may not be conspicuous among the previous rulers, but the power is not comparable to the previous rulers. If there is any other ruler who has ever reached this height, it is only the Ding Wei who is even feared by the emperor because of his scheming and intelligence.

According to the Empress Dowager's edict, the funeral was simple, and the emperor's clothes were counted in days and months, that is, one day is equivalent to one month. The Minister of Chinese Wu in Beijing served for 13 days, and the prefectures and counties of Waizhou served for 3 days, and the state capitals along the border did not mourn. The military and the common people are not vegetarian. After her death, Empress Dowager Liu finally restrained her ambition to keep up with the emperor.

The living room of the Xu family in Bianliang City. Lin Suniang was dressed in white, holding her head and looking at the spring in the courtyard in a daze. Xu Zheng is also a Beijing official, although he has never held any ministry, and the official he bought is also an official, and he honestly follows others to wear mourning clothes. Xu Ping's unsmooth career is all due to the blessing of the Queen Mother, where can Xu Zheng swallow this breath, and he got up and went back to Zhongmu Manor in the countryside with Zhang Sanniang, not looking for awkwardness in the capital.

Lin Suniang couldn't leave, she was still concerned about Xu Ping's future.

According to the day, the official who replaced Xu Ping should be about to leave Jinghu Road, and the removal of Xu Ping's ministry has become a foregone conclusion, and it cannot be reversed.

Now that the Queen Mother is gone, Lin Suniang doesn't know what Xu Ping's future will be. It is said that the Queen Mother is the biggest obstacle to Xu Ping's career, and there should not be so many grievances in the future without her, but there is another saying that the emperor will not change the Queen Mother's policy easily in order to show filial piety.

It's just that the emperor doesn't care about this, and the will for Xu Ping will not come down for a while.

The funeral of the queen mother is extremely cumbersome, and for a period of time, every move of the emperor and the ministers of the court will be constrained by etiquette, and it is impossible to handle political affairs normally.

Think about it, don't say it's royal, it's just the common people, and there are a lot of rules when they keep filial piety, and they can do whatever they want.

Alas, when is it a head?

Lin Suniang looked at the bright spring light in the courtyard and sighed deeply.

Yesterday was already summer, and spring had slipped away, but Lin Suniang hadn't felt the breath of spring yet.

Before I knew it, the sky was dark, the sun crept up to the western sky, and the light in the hall dimmed.

There was a knock on the door outside, which woke Lin Suniang from her contemplation.

The little maids in the family all went out, one went to buy vegetables, the other went to do some chores, Panpan returned to the countryside with Xu Pingzheng and his wife, Lin Suniang remembered that she was the only one at home.

When I opened the door, I saw Su'er standing at the door, with a little girl ring, looking panicked.

Seeing Lin Suniang, Su'er looked left and right, and when she saw that there was no one around, she calmed down a little and saw the courtesy.

Lin Suniang looked at Su Er strangely and said, "What are you panicking about, something happened at home?" ”

"Something is wrong, lady." Su Er said as she looked around weakly, "Alas, I don't know what to say." ”

Lin Suniang was confused, and hurriedly asked Su'er: "Come in and talk." ”

After entering the door and sitting down in the living room, Su'er's little girl went to prepare tea. Su'er turned out to be Lin Suniang's personal little girl, and later recognized her godsister, and now she is married, and returning to the Xu family is like going back to her own home. Xiao Yahuan is used to being here, and she doesn't think she is an outsider.

After taking a sip of tea, Lin Suniang said softly to Su'er: "What is the matter?" You drink your saliva and speak slowly. Both of us are not what they used to be, and there is a way to solve no matter how big things are. ”

Su Er took a sip of tea and waved her hand at Lin Suniang: "No, no, the lady misunderstood, this time it's not a bad thing, but my heart is panicked!" ”

Hearing that it was not a bad thing, Lin Suniang put her mind at ease, looked at Su Er and said, "You are also a mother who has given birth to a child, why are you still so breathless?" If there's anything to say, just say it. ”

Su Er looked outside the door again, calmed down, leaned over to Lin Suniang and said, "Didn't the Queen Mother ascend to heaven two days ago, and then early this morning, an attendant came to our house and asked the father-in-law and Da Lang to enter the palace immediately." Originally, I didn't care, but now that the father-in-law has done a big job, there may be something-"

Seeing that Su'er didn't say anything again, Lin Suniang said, "You deliberately scolded me, didn't you?" If you don't finish talking about anything, you can hide half and hide half of it! ”

"No, I'm panicking too." Su'er really looked frightened, "When the two of them are gone, I will go out and take a walk." The Queen Mother's ascension to heaven is such a big event, and there is always a bustle outside, and I can't look down on-"

Speaking of this, Su Er hurriedly knocked his mouth twice: "Phew, bah, it's me talking nonsense again!" ”

Lin Suniang didn't say anything, just looked at Su'er quietly.

Now she is the wife of an official eunuch, and if you have something, you can't talk nonsense. The state funeral of the Queen Mother, one of your female relatives said that it is not a proper system to go out and see the excitement, and the whole country mourns, at least you have to make an appearance.

After this mistake, Su'er calmed down a lot, and said to Lin Suniang: "As a result, I was about to go out, but I was stopped by Daddy Duan and asked me not to go out today." I felt strange in my heart, and asked Daddy Duan, Weng Weng, I am a female dependent, and I have nothing to do, why can't I go out for a walk? Daddy Duan said something and came out, ah, I am still panicking when I hear it! ”

Lin Suniang was about to die of Su Er's words, and couldn't help but smile and scolded: "You panic, if you don't have a word like this, I'm going to die in a hurry!" ”

Su Er stepped forward again and said mysteriously: "Lady, guess what Daddy Duan told me?" ”

Lin Suniang couldn't hold back any longer, glared at Su Er and said, "If you don't say it again, I'll tear your mouth!" ”

Su Er was not annoyed, she was still immersed in her own mind, leaned back, touched her heart and said: "Daddy Duan said, it turns out that the current emperor is not born by the Queen Mother!" ”

"What did you say?" Lin Suniang's heart shook suddenly, "How can you talk nonsense like this!" ”

"Why else would I be in a panic? I'm so distraught all day, I'm going crazy! Seeing that it is almost dark and there will be no more people in the palace, I came to talk to the lady, and if I don't say it, I will be suffocated! ”

Lin Suniang was stunned: "Why did someone come to the palace to look for you?" ”

"The emperor is not born to the Queen Mother, you said that he knew the news and didn't want to see us?"

Looking at Su'er as she should be, Lin Suniang only felt that her brain was not enough, looked at her and said, "It's not the Queen Mother's own child, why do you want to see you?" ”

"Because the emperor was born to Da Lang's aunt! Their dearest cousin just doesn't look at me, is it possible that he doesn't want to see the black tiger? He's such a nephew! ”

When Lin Suniang heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to react, and said to Su'er: "You say, the emperor's biological mother is Concubine Chen?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's what Daddy Duan said, otherwise how could he summon his father-in-law and Da Lang to the palace at this time? This is to recognize relatives! ”

Lin Suniang only felt that her brain was cloudy, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

The world is changing so fast that it's dizzying all at once. Just now I was thinking about whether the fate of her husband would change when the Queen Mother went, and suddenly became the emperor's biological mother's old relative.

If it is an ordinary family, it is not so easy to recognize the biological mother, of course, the mother in the ritual law is the mother-in-law, and the biological mother can only be called the biological mother, and the status cannot exceed the mother-in-law.

The royal family is different, the emperor is naturally above all etiquette, and the etiquette cannot be constrained by the emperor, at least this kind of thing is not bound by ordinary etiquette. Whether it is the queen or not, as long as the emperor ascends the throne, his mother is naturally the queen mother, and even if she is the queen, she must be polite.

The Li family climbed into this relative, so what is it?

Lin Suniang only felt her heart pounding, just now she was still worried about Xu Ping's future, this time she doesn't have to worry anymore, and even in the future, she will never have to go to a hellish place like Lingnan again. (To be continued.) )