"Knowing that my subordinates are diligent and diligent, they have the ambition to advance in the virtuous world, but they have no desire to pay private visits. I think about them day and night, and I feel worried about their diligence." Preface to the poem Zhou Nanjuan
Every afternoon, there is always the sound of silk and bamboo playing music from the Pixiang Hall northwest of Jiao Fang. Even good ones can make you impatient.
What's more, the owner of the pepper room has a bad temper.
"Where have you been making noise all day?" Empress Dong was stroking a golden antler and gesticulating the position on her temple hair, and said, "I really think Your Majesty will like this tune?"
"It is said that Emperor Xiaoling is highly regarded today for both his literary talent and calligraphy." A royal minister next to him bowed and said, "Emperor Xiaoling is also very fond of music. Maybe he will really like him."
The imperial chief is the head of the female officials under the queen, and has the same status as the attendants around the emperor. She is the queen's confidant.
Empress Dong paused, then slowly inserted Jin Buyao into her hair: "That's right, His Majesty has always doted on Song Du. If she really does like him this time, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."
"Then, please tell me, slave?" The imperial chief is the natal family brought into the palace by Empress Dong, so naturally he has plans for Empress Dong.
Empress Dong looked in the mirror and seemed dissatisfied. She took off the golden walking stick again, put it in the palm of her hand, and looked at it quietly.
Her father, Dong Cheng, had recently been fooled by the scholars and beaten by the emperor, and was at a low point in power. No matter how jealous Empress Dong was of the Song Dynasty, it was not a wise move to go to him to stir up trouble at this time. Anyway, She is already a queen, at least she should be more generous on the surface. What would it be like to argue with a nobleman?
"No, just let her go." Empress Dong seemed to treasure this golden walking stick very much, holding it in her hand, her eyes soft: "The little daughter's thoughts are like this, she wants this now, and she wants that now. , I can’t last more than a few days.”
"Jin Nuo." The imperial commander agreed, but deliberately looked like he was hesitant to speak.
This is a common tactic of hers. She has something to say when she feels inconvenient, but she has to be asked, so that her poor answer can alleviate her fault.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"These days, I will either stay alone in the announcer's room, or I will stay with the Song nobles and Fu nobles." The royal chief said carefully: "This slave is aggrieved for the queen."
Empress Dong suddenly remembered the night of her wedding to the emperor, and suddenly laughed, very disapproving: "So what, your Majesty is the one anyway"
After saying this, she stopped talking. The emperor was young and could not perform the courtesy of Zhou Gong for the time being. Although people generally knew this in their hearts, it was not good to say it so hastily.
Empress Dong abruptly changed the subject and said, "How is the situation at home?"
In addition to accompanying the queen and helping with matters such as Ye Ting, the imperial chief also shouldered the responsibility of communicating with China and foreign countries: "When General Chaoqiu returned that day, he lost his temper and called the lieutenant and Yang Feng to his house. He was caught on the spot and sent to Tingwei Prison, saying that he had colluded with moth thieves and had evil intentions."
"Then what?" Empress Dong looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "Didn't you let me speak for him in front of His Majesty?"
The imperial commander looked at Empress Dong and nodded hesitantly.
"Your Majesty is very assertive and has stated several times that the harem is not allowed to interfere in political affairs. Mr. Song is so coquettish and naive, but he has never done anything, let alone me?" Empress Dong turned around and faced the imperial chief and said: "You are looking for someone. The opportunity tells Aweng that there are some people who should not be close to him, no matter how much he flatters him, he should not get close to him. As long as he is more peaceful these days, Your Majesty will think of him sooner or later."
The imperial commander agreed one by one, but couldn't help but said: "General Chariot and Cavalry is also your Majesty's uncle after all, and Empress Dowager Dong has been kind to your Majesty. Logically speaking, your Majesty is not so unkind and the Queen does not need to
There are so many concerns.”
"I originally thought the same way, and wanted to compete with the capital of Song Dynasty. But then I thought, since I became a queen, I must have the demeanor of a mother. How can I rely on my family background to achieve my own power?" Empress Dong said slowly.
, his expression gradually turned cold: "Besides, what I say may not count. Aren't there two people living to the north of Weiyang Palace? Their words are much more effective than my words."
On the second day after his establishment, the emperor worshiped the Wannian Princess Liu Jiang as the Wannian Princess. Don't underestimate this long character. Those without this character are all county princesses, and their ceremonial uniforms are the same as those of marquises. But with this character,
The status is respected, and the attire is like that of the princes and kings.
After Liu Jiang was worshiped as the Ten Thousand Years Princess, not only did her status rise and Tang Muyi increase, but because she had not yet left the cabinet and still lived in the palace, she still had a certain say in palace affairs. Just like Egai back then.
Like the eldest princess, to a certain extent, Liu Jiang took away Dong Qi's power to rule Ye Ting as the queen.
In addition, the emperor's brother Xiaohuai, the widow of the emperor, and the noble Tang family in Huaiyuan also lived with Liu Jiang. One was his sister-in-law, and the other was his eldest sister-in-law. No matter who they were, they would overwhelm Dong Qi, which made Dong Qi.
Although Qi is a queen, she is constrained by what she really wants to do.
However, she is not discouraged. Dong Qi believes that with her intelligence and beauty, she will never be just a showgirl in name only.
In the palace of General Chariot and Cavalry, Dong Cheng walked around for a few steps and said to the imperial chief: "Besides these, does the queen have anything else to say?"
The imperial chief shook his head and said again: "I just said that she can't make the decision on some things in the palace."
Hu Miao noticed Dong Cheng's puzzled expression and took the initiative to explain: "This should be because of the Princess Wanwan. In addition, I heard that the Miao Si of Dachangqiu was once a scholar and was close to the Guandong group in the imperial court."
The emperor tacitly allowed Liu Jiang to intervene in the affairs of Yeting from time to time, and asked Miao Si, who was close to the scholars in Yeting, to be transferred to Changqiu. Obviously, he did not want the Dong family to dominate the power in Yeting.
This made Dong Cheng very dissatisfied. What he wanted to do most were two things, one was to have further power, and the other was to hope that his daughter could give birth to an heir as soon as possible. Unfortunately, his power was thwarted, and now even if he wanted to do something
, we have no choice but to stay calm and low-key for a period of time, as Dong Qi said.
Hu Miao suddenly thought of a valid reason and said: "After the Chinese New Year, the eldest princess will be seventeen. Ordinary people have already married long ago, and it is always inappropriate for them to stay in the palace now."
Dong Cheng looked thoughtful and said: "You are right, and it is not good for the noble Huaiyuan to live in Weiyang Palace all the time. No matter what, he should be placed somewhere else."
He said to the imperial chief: "Go back to the palace first, tell the queen this, and let her act according to her own needs."
"I promise, my slave."
After the imperial chief left, Dong Cheng said to Hu Miao: "How are Fan Chou, Wang Fang and the others doing these days? Did they say anything in private?"
Dong Cheng was indiscriminate and suddenly turned against him. He arrested and imprisoned Yang Feng, who was dependent on him, and searched the small and medium-sized officers in the army who were related to the Yellow Turbans. This caused people to panic. In order to appease people, Dong Cheng did not hesitate to spend money and gave him several generous rewards and banquets.
After saying all the good things, they stopped complaining.
"Yang Feng colluded with the moth thieves and deserved to be imprisoned. It was justifiable for Dong Gong to take him down. They were just panicked at first, but they naturally understood afterwards that it was not meant to target all of them." Hu Miao finished.
, glanced at Dong Cheng hesitantly, and said: "It's just that Fan Chou said that he wanted to stay abroad like Zhang Ji and didn't want to stay in Chang'an."
Dong Chengli immediately said dissatisfied: "He is still afraid that the imperial court and I will turn over old scores against him one day. If they all have this intention, they will all be stationed in other places, leaving me alone in Chang'an. Who can I rely on in the future?"
Where is the military strength going?"
"Dong Gong doesn't have to worry about this." Hu Miao said with relief: "Even if they want to seek other towns, they have to see what His Majesty wants."