Since Empress Du ascended the throne again, Lin Dan's business has become bigger and bigger. He has recruited many embroidery girls and weaver girls, and they are all the top talents in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He has also built a large-scale weaving workshop. In addition to the technology of brocade embroidery, he gradually figured out the weaving technology of Shu brocade, silk, silk, silk and other cloths.

Meng Zhong lived a very miserable life under her relentless pursuit. Her embroidered girl and weaver girl were frequently poached, and the business in the store became increasingly bleak.

At the same time, the emperor's body became weaker and he often couldn't get up for two or three months. This led to his suspicion becoming more and more serious. He rarely got along with concubines, princesses in the harem. Once he fell ill, he would not let anyone get close to him, and even a confidant eunuch. Only Empress Du could stay by his bed and accompany him, and all the accumulated government affairs were handed over to her to deal with. At first, the court officials felt that this was incompatible with the court, and he advised and even impeached Empress Du several times. After Empress Du really let go, the chaos in the court forced them to accept such arrangements.

When the emperor was seriously ill, Empress Du accompanied him and governed the government. After the emperor recovered from his illness, she immediately locked herself in the Taoist temple and ignored the world. Over time, the emperor had obeyed her and believed her deeply. The court officials were used to her sitting behind the bead curtain to listen to government affairs. After she was appointed as the queen, she never pulled the Du family, nor did she take revenge on those who had trampled on her, but quietly, bit by bit, infiltrated her own power into the imperial power.

Unlike Empress Du who sat firmly on Diaoyutai, the concubines who gave birth to children were moved by the emperor's deadline, and they fought openly and secretly. The princes had their own fans and rushed to stand out in the court. Watching them fight back and forth like a black-eyed chicken, the emperor's fatherly heart for them was also eroding.

One day, the eldest prince was assassinated during the march and blinded his eyes. The arrested assassin confessed that the envoy behind the scenes was the third prince. The third prince was dissatisfied and went to the imperial study to present his grievances. He took advantage of the situation to expose the scandal of the second prince, the fourth prince and other brothers selling official positions and ranks and forming cliques for personal gain. Several princes immediately stood up to fight back, and the various intrigues and conspiracies hidden under the undercurrent broke out in an instant.

The court was in chaos, which made the emperor exhausted and fell ill again. The disease lasted for four or five months. Queen Du had to leave the Taoist temple and go to the imperial study to help deal with the government affairs. At first, she still hung a bead curtain to isolate herself from the court officials. When she arrived at the back, the bead curtain was getting more and more intrusive. She simply removed it and met the court officials openly. The Manzhushahua on her eyebrows was already so beautiful that she was so beautiful that she made the court officials feel oppressed when they saw it, and she didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Her majestic and indifferent, wise and powerful image gradually became established in the hearts of all civil and military officials.

A few months later, a large-scale typhoid fever broke out in Kyoto. In addition to the eldest prince who stayed in the door, four adult princes were infected with this disease. The queen isolated the patient with thunder and sent imperial doctors to study the prescription for curing typhoid fever overnight, keeping the catastrophe to the smallest range.

She did not interfere with the treatment of the four princes, but sent their mother out of the palace and took care of them personally. In order to protect the emperor, she also sealed the Palace of Heart-Healing. After all, the emperor's body was getting weaker and weaker, and a little cold could kill him, let alone typhoid fever?

Unfortunately, the four princes could not survive. The concubines were moved and were hurt. They ran to the Yangxin Palace to see the emperor. After being stopped by the queen, they cried and made a fuss, and directly accused the other party of intending to rebel. The emperor not only did not think that the queen's actions were inappropriate, but also felt very at ease. If it were not for the queen's protection, he would have been seriously ill. Not only did these women not understand him and care about him, but they also came to disturb him in resting. It was simply a pity!

Thinking of this, the emperor immediately sent guards to drive away all the idle people, allowing the queen to enter and exit the Yangxin Hall, and also handed over the command of the imperial guards to the queen.

A few months later, the epidemic was gradually under control, and the emperor's health gradually improved. The queen immediately handed over the government affairs to him, and returned to the Taoist temple to practice. A few days later, the emperor relaxed his vigilance and summoned the seventh prince who was kneeling outside the Yangxin Hall to see him in and talk. Shortly after the father and son said goodbye, the emperor fell ill again. After the imperial physician finished his pulse, he knelt down tremblingly, but kowtowed and did not dare to speak.

Half a month later, the emperor who was infected with typhoid fever was so thin that he had lost his body. No medicine was effective. He held the queen's hand and cried silently, regretting and ashamed, and hated the seventh prince to the core. Since then, the eldest prince blinded his eyes, and the third prince and the eighth prince were demoted to common people. The second prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince all died of illness. The seventh prince was rejected. At the end, only the five-year-old ninth prince was left among the princes to inherit the throne.

Looking at the bad situation in front of him, it was too late to regret no matter how much the emperor regretted it, so he could only arrange his affairs behind him in a hurry. He called the four cabinet ministers to the bed, issued an abdication edict, and ordered Empress Du to serve as the regent and promoted Concubine Li to the imperial concubine.

He did not trust his subordinates or his women, but he believed in Queen Du, because she had no mother clan to rely on and had no descendants of her own. She had no other way of living except to assist the ninth prince.

After arranging all this, the emperor closed his eyes unwillingly. The ninth prince, who was only five years old, ascended the throne and was pardoned by the world. Empress Du was respected as the Queen Mother of the East and ruled the country from behind the curtain, and Li Min was respected as the Queen Mother of the West, responsible for taking care of the little emperor's daily life, and did not have any real power.

Li Min was a very ambitious woman, so she was naturally dissatisfied with this. She frequently encouraged the censors to impeach Du Fange, and ordered the Li family to recruit court officials for their own use. Unfortunately, Du Fange's prestige had long been erected among all civil and military officials, and in order to prevent the autocracy of foreign relatives, the emperor had already excluded the Li family from the center of power. Their riots just made others see their ambitions and enough of their jokes, but they were useless.

After burying the late emperor into the imperial tomb, the throne ceremony was also under intense preparation. In order to embroider the dresses of the young emperor and the two empress dowagers, officials from the Internal Affairs Department began to select the top-notch embroiderers across the country and purchased silk and satin.

Suzhou and Hangzhou have been known as the "homeland of mulberry silkworms" since ancient times, and have been the first stop for selection. What's more, the Queen Mother of the West's brother is the governor of Zhejiang Province. He paid tribute to the embroiderer and fabrics, which was also a favor given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the day of the selection, the top embroiderer of Suzhou and Hangzhou gathered together and displayed their best works, which were judged by several officials.

Meng Si, who had not appeared in front of others for a long time, also came and was carefully placing an embroidered screen on the table. Li Xiudian stood by and looked at her, his eyes full of honor.

"The composition is exquisite, the needlework is superb, and it is very good." An official looked at Li Xiudian and nodded immediately to admire him.

"The needlework is indeed exquisite, but it is not the best. There are several similar works on this table. If you cannot excel, how can you be qualified to embroider the dragon robe and the phoenix robe?" Another official looked in Du Ruyan's direction and denied. The two empress dowagers from the east and west have not yet fought, and the officials below have already stood in line.

Meng Si smiled slightly, then walked forward openly and flipped the circular embroidered screen around.

Everyone in the venue suddenly made a sound of breathing. On the front of the embroidered painting was a lady wearing a mirror and dressing up her hair. Her beautiful facial features were vivid, and there was a bit of flesh under the gauze dress, as if she had body temperature. This was not a painting, it was clearly a window, allowing people to peek at the maid's every move through it.

Her vivid painting skills and exquisite needlework are already amazing. What's even better is that the back of this embroidered screen is the same scene and character, but the perspective is different. The maid who faces everyone turns her back to everyone, and can only vaguely see her beautiful face through the mirror in her hand.

An embroidery painting has two sides, and the patterns on both sides are different. This needle method is never seen in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

When everyone was stunned, an old embroidery girl exclaimed: "I remember that this is a long-lost double-sided embroidery, and it is the most difficult double-sided different-color painting embroidery! I have seen it in an ancient book. I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect that someone could do it! I have been studying this embroidery technique for my whole life, but Meng Xiuniang did it! How old is she this year? It's really amazing! Young people are so terrifying!"

The old embroidered lady walked back and forth around the table, looking extremely excited.

The official who supported the Queen Mother of the Cialis immediately said: "Mr. Qian, this is the legendary double-sided embroidery. If the embroidery skills are mentioned, which one of the people present can beat Meng Xiuniang? If she can't even win the election, I don't know who to choose."

Lord Qian stroked his beard and was speechless for a moment. Seeing that the situation was clear, the rest of the officials agreed: "Yes, Meng Xiuniang's embroidery skills are really good. Who else can she choose if she doesn't choose her? I think this matter is decided."

The other embroiderers looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them stood up to object. The embroiderer who had presented the work quietly retreated, while the embroiderer who had not yet presented the work hid the package behind her, which was already ashamed of herself.

Seeing this scene, Meng Si bit her lip secretly and was in a state of great excitement. After this incident, she would be able to regain the title of the No. 1 embroiderer of Zhejiang Province. When she embroidered the dragon robe and the phoenix robe in Japan, she would probably even be able to get the title of the No. 1 embroiderer of the Great Zhou Kingdom. After entering the palace, she would serve the Queen Mother of the Cixi to win the other party's favor, and then try to make her agree to her marriage with Mr. Li. By then, everything would be fine, and the Meng embroidery shop could dominate the weaving market in Zhejiang Province and even the entire Great Zhou Kingdom as before.

Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked at Lin Dan, and showed a rare, proud smile.
Chapter completed!