Xiayang Palace is in the southwest of the imperial city, and this piece of palace belongs to the concubines of the first emperor, including the only few remaining concubines of Emperor Guangzong.

When the emperor arrived, the queen mother was not in the palace, but watched a few little palace maids dancing in the small garden, and when she saw the emperor coming, the queen mother asked her to bring an embroidered pier and let the emperor sit down.

"How did the emperor see them dancing?" asked the queen mother with a smile as she looked at the palace maid who was dancing, and there was a palace maid playing the piano next to her.

The emperor didn't have much interest in singing and dancing, and after he ascended the throne, he never held a banquet, even if the Shangyuan Festival was only a casual banquet without singing and dancing in the palace.

"It's okay. The Emperor gave him a casual look and replied casually.

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly and looked at the emperor: "You, don't do things all day long, proper recuperation is also necessary, your father is like this, I remember that the Xianbei people fought so fiercely in Bingzhou, and your father still held a banquet on the Emperor's Day." ”

The emperor smiled reluctantly: "What the queen mother said is true. ”

The Queen Mother shook her head and said pityingly: "You, I have told you many times, the biggest thing in the royal family is the heir, you are thirty-two, there is no heir so far, you have been on the throne for three years, and you have not yet selected a show girl.

The emperor thought for a moment: "Queen Mother, the cost of the draft girl is huge, and now the battle outside the fortress is imminent, and the soldiers in front are fighting bloodily, but I am in this draft girl, and this will affect morale when it reaches the front." ”

"What are these words, the mourning family doesn't agree," the Queen Mother shook her head: "The things in this world are over, this year is the battle, I don't know what will happen next year, then there is an end, you are the lord of the world, even if there are many things, priorities, as long as there is an order, nothing will be delayed." The emperor had no intention of arguing with the Queen Mother, so after thinking about it, he nodded: "Then there will be a queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, and then glanced at the emperor: "As for me, I don't have any expectations in the palace, I just hope that you are all well, and you will come underground to see the first emperor and have an explanation." ”

The emperor's heart came to him, and he smiled reluctantly and said, "What did the queen mother say?" ”

Turning her head, she asked the old palace maid behind the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother has been eating well lately, what are today's lunch and dinner, and how fragrant are they?"

"Back to the emperor," the palace replied respectfully: "The queen mother used half a bowl of Youzhou fragrant rice for lunch, and drank half a bowl of soup for dinner." ”

"Why is it so much?" the emperor frowned and asked with concern, "Is the queen mother in good health?"

"The Queen Mother has been in a bad mood lately, so she uses it less. The maid replied.

"I'm not in good health, why didn't anyone report to me, but I passed on the imperial doctor?" the emperor turned his head in displeasure and stared at Gonggong Qi.

Gonggong Qi hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty is in charge of state affairs, and the Queen Mother is unwilling to disturb Your Majesty with these trivial matters and distract Your Majesty." ”

"Confused! The Queen Mother understands me, you can't do this, the Queen Mother is raised by the world, and her affairs are the top priority!"

"Yes, the old slave is wrong!" Father-in-law Qi hurriedly knelt down.

"It was ordered by the mourning family, get up," the queen mother explained steadily, and then said to the emperor: "Emperor, the mourning family knows that the state affairs are difficult, I heard that there has been a big incident recently, you dismissed Prime Minister Gan Tang, tell the mourning family, what's wrong?"

The emperor sighed in his heart, forced his impatience, smiled and said, "Don't worry about the queen mother, the son will take care of it." ”

The Queen Mother's expression changed slightly, and she said coldly: "Yes, the emperor is older, and there is no need for the old woman to worry about it, the old woman must be self-aware, and she should not know what she shouldn't know." ”

Several palace maids were so frightened that their faces turned white, and they all knelt down, and for a while, they knelt in the courtyard.

The emperor was very helpless, got up and saluted the queen mother, smiled reluctantly and said: "What the queen mother said, the outside affairs are more complicated, the son doesn't want to disturb the queen mother's Qingxiu, and the queen mother is angry, so the son asks the queen mother for forgiveness." ”

The Queen Mother said calmly: "You all go down." ”

All the palace maids and eunuchs retreated one after another, and in the blink of an eye, only the emperor and the queen mother were left in the garden.

The Queen Mother sighed softly and motioned for the emperor to come over, the emperor sat beside her, the Queen Mother took his hand and stroked it gently: "Emperor, the mourning family knows that the first emperor left behind this country is full of holes, for the military salary out of the fortress, you have worked hard, but, the sage said, governing a big country is like frying Xiaoxian, don't be in a hurry, slowly find a way, you can always find a way, the most important thing is to keep the court stable, as long as the court is stable, the rest is not a big deal." ”

The emperor was absent-minded, but he still smiled and nodded on the surface: " What the queen mother said is that the son remembered that this time Gantang was exempted because the imperial court had a big case of grain depots, and the queen mother may know that Taizu set up three major grain depots outside the city, and Wu Zong set up four smaller grain depots in the city, according to the regulations, the four small grain depots in the city should store 700,000 stone of grain, but recently it was discovered that in addition to one, the other grain depots only have a total of 80,000 stone of grain, and the stolen grain has a total of more than 300,000 stones。 ”

The emperor briefly recounted the case, and then said: "This case shocked the government and the opposition, many ministers impeached Gan Tang, believing that he was responsible for negligence, Prime Minister Gan had to submit his resignation, and his son had no more way but to let him retire." ”

"Oh, so that's the case, I can't complain that the emperor will deal with it like this. The Queen Mother said softly, as if muttering to herself, as Queen Taiding, although she has never dealt with court politics, but in this environment, she knows a little bit, such a big case, if you don't find a few scapegoats to come out, those Qingliu will never stop.

"In that case, who does the emperor plan to let take over as prime minister?"

"The son has made an order to let Pengzhu take over as prime minister. The Emperor replied calmly, knowing that the real thing had come, and resented Pan Lian.

"The emperor trusts Pengzhu very much?"

To the emperor's surprise, the Queen Mother did not object, he had prepared a stomach of words to justify, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to object.

"Yes, Queen Mother, Pengzhu has been in the relationship with his son for seven years, and he has not left him for seven years, and if his son can't even trust him, then his son really has no one to trust. ”

The Queen Mother nodded slightly: "In this regard, Pengzhu is still suitable, the only regret is that Pengzhu was promoted too quickly, you ascended the throne for three years, he was first ordered to Chen Guo to run an errand, and then he entered Shangshutai, it was only a little more than a year, and he took over as prime minister, too soon." ”

The emperor was silent, this time he did not refute, the queen mother said well, Peng Zhu was promoted too quickly, almost a year to promote one level, no, since he ascended the throne, Peng Zhu has been promoted from a five-rank official to a first-rank official, this time as the prime minister, it is equivalent to crossing two levels.

But who does not use the canopy pillar?

"Mother, I feel that Pengzhu can do it. ”

The Queen Mother shook her head and smiled gently: "The Mourning family didn't question Pengzhu's talent, they just felt that he was promoted too quickly, the Prime Minister's Mansion has six Cao, and hundreds of officials are in charge, these officials are all treacherous and cunning, don't think that you have suppressed them, these guys are cunning, this pengzhu, the mourning family is worried that this pengzhu can't suppress them." ”

The emperor was a little confused, and he didn't know what the Queen Mother meant by this, so he said tentatively: "It's okay, I am behind him to support him." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly: "Those so-called clear streams are ruthless, but they are not so easy to stop." ”

The emperor smiled confidently: "Don't worry, the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother knew where his confidence came from, and sighed softly: "Wei Dian is just a trivial matter, really, alas, do you remember what happened when Taiding was three years old?"

The emperor thought about it and remembered that in the third year of Taiding, the king of Zhaoyang County was in charge, intending to abolish the privileges of the scholars, but as a result, the Qingliu group protested, and the scholars were behind the scenes, and almost all the scholars of most of the imperial court and the imperial capital were involved, and the palace gate was full of people.

It was also this knock on the palace that laid the foundation for the defeat of the king of Zhaoyang County, but the gate lord clan still refused to let him go and charged him with rebellion.

The emperor's face changed slightly, and the queen mother sighed softly as if she hadn't seen it: "That time you were ordered to inspect Youzhou, and you didn't see that scene, it was shocking." ”

The emperor thought about it for a long time, and after thinking about it, he felt that it should not be like this, so he smiled: "The queen mother is worried, I am for this world, the people of the world, I believe they will understand." ”

The Queen Mother stared at him, the emperor looked back calmly, and the mother and son watched quietly like this, and only after half a ring, the Queen Mother nodded: "This is the best." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and the queen mother added at this time: "The mourning family said that this is not what it means, but just to remind the emperor to pay attention to these and prepare in advance." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother. The emperor's mood relaxed, and the Queen Mother showed a smile: "The key to stabilizing the government is Shangshutai, Taishi Pan is my father, and only by controlling Shangshutai can people rest assured." ”

The emperor understood a little now, thought for a moment and said: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the Taishi is not involved in this case, and I will not damage the pillar stone." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly: "It stands to reason that you shouldn't say bad things about your elders, but the Mourning family has to say that my third uncle is an unsuccessful person, the first emperor used Pan Taishi, and the second uncle of the Mourning family, just don't use him, this is the first emperor's wisdom to know people, but you have to guard against it, someone used this matter to attack Taishi, and then forced Taishi to resign." ”

The emperor was shocked, his mind was racing, and he first felt that this was just an excuse for the Queen Mother to keep Pan Lian, but then he thought about it, it was not possible.

Seeing that the emperor was already moved, the Empress Dowager further said: "If Pan Lian is forced to give office, who does the emperor plan to use as Shang Shuling?

The emperor completely understood now, the queen mother went around in a big circle, turned around and pleaded for Pan Yan, thinking about this clearly, he pretended to suddenly realize and nodded: "The son understands, the queen mother can rest assured, the son knows what to do." ”

The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "In addition, the mourning family feels that this Shangshutai still needs a prestige to live. ”

"Prestigious?" the emperor was a little puzzled again, and looked at the queen mother in confusion.

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly: "This time Shangshutai went to Gantang, I heard that Qiuyun was seriously ill again, and the emperor let Xue Yu Yanping County King enter Shangshutai, these two people are also young, the emperor might as well mention another one with a high reputation in Shilin." ”

The emperor thought for a while, nodded and said, "My son understands, please rest assured." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, now that she was done with the matter, she said a few more gossips, and then saw Father-in-law Mu outside, and the Queen Mother looked at him and shook her head slightly.

"Xiao Muzi is waiting outside, I don't know what's going on, you can get busy. ”

The emperor got up to say goodbye, and after the emperor left, the palace maids and eunuchs came in, the sound of the piano sounded again, and the two palace maids continued to practice.

The Queen Mother was relieved. The old palace maid took advantage of pouring tea for the Queen Mother and said in a low voice.

The Queen Mother sighed softly: "Then rest assured, they are all uneasy, and my second uncle is okay, my father's ,..."

"The Taishi doesn't know about the third master, and the queen mother blames the Taishi. The old palace maid said that she was brought into the palace by the Queen Mother from her mother's house, and it has been more than 20 years with her.

"It's wrong!" The Queen Mother said lightly: "Forget it, let them toss, one day they won't be able to toss, and the mourning family can't do anything." ”

"Where did the Queen Mother say, isn't there still the old man and the second master, the Queen Mother, you should keep your heart steady. The old palace maid comforted.

The Queen Mother didn't say anything, but sighed softly in her heart, the Pan family has been soaring in recent years, the chicken dog has ascended to heaven, and has endured for so many years.

In addition to Pan Chain Pan Ji, there are also several descendants of the Pan family who serve in various Cao and the army, and the forbidden army has a large camp in Bishan, which has risen rapidly in recent years, and several people in their twenties have been promoted to Zhonglang generals.

The Queen Mother knew about these in her heart, and even she didn't believe it, and Pan Lian didn't know anything about Pan Yan's behavior.

(End of chapter)