Queen Xiang stayed in Qingning Palace until the last hour, and then reluctantly left.
Before leaving, Queen Xiang took away the "Life Extension Sutra" copied by Zhao Xu yesterday.
After returning to Kunning Hall, Queen Xiang took the Buddhist scriptures she brought back and read them.
I can still see the sentence at the end: I, Prince Yong of Yan'an County, have been taking medicine for a long time for my father, the emperor, and respectfully wrote the "Shou Sutra" to pray for recovery. May my mother-in-law live a long life, my queen may live forever, and my concubine may be happy forever!
Queen Xiang looked at this line of neat handwriting and couldn't help but smile as she thought about her contact with Brother Six in the past two days.
"saint……"
Yan Shouqin's voice came from outside the curtain.
Raising his head to the queen, he saw Yan Shouqin walking up to her with a cheerful face, bowing his head and saying: "My congratulations to the saint!"
He asked the queen: "Where does happiness come from?"
"The minister is returning from Taipingfang!" Yan Shoaqin's words made Empress Xiang beam with joy.
Even after entering the palace, Queen Xiang always stayed in the palace and rarely left the palace.
But she still knew that Taipingfang was the place with the most foreign relatives in Bianjing City.
As expected, Concubine Zhu De's relatives should also live in Taipingfang.
As expected, Yan Shouqin happily reported: "So that the saint will know that I have gained true trust from the three families of Zhu, Ren and Cui..."
Queen Xiang's heart suddenly jumped, her palms couldn't help but shed a little sweat, and she asked nervously: "What happened to the three families?"
Yan Shouqin bent down and worshiped respectfully: "I know the saint: Zhu, Ren, and Cui all said: The saint's mother is honored by the world, with the nobleness of Xuanlong, the beauty of Zhai Zhai, and the emperor's internal help, his virtuous reputation spread far and wide. , benefiting the Sixth Palace, if the prince can be protected and supported by a saint, it would be the best!"
Of course Queen Xiang knew that what those three families said was definitely not as nice as what Yan Shouqin said.
But, they agreed!
This is the key!
"Well done!" Xiang Queen praised without hesitation.
She looked at Yan Shouqin and asked, "Yan Diantou, it has been more than ten years since you entered the palace, right?"
Yan Shouqin lowered his head and replied: "I am the one who repaired the Huangmen Gate on Tongtian Festival in the second year of Xining. I received the favor of everyone!"
In the Song Dynasty, if you wanted to become a minister in the palace, you could not just cut off your lower body and enter the palace.
There is a set of strict procedures and assessments need to be passed.
In addition, there is only one opportunity for ministers to enter the palace every year - the Emperor's Holy Day.
Of course Queen Xiang knew this. She did the math in her mind and said, "So, it must have been seventeen years since Yan Diantou entered the palace!"
"It's indeed time to go out on business!"
When Yan Shouqin heard this, he immediately knelt down and said, "I owe it all to the grace of the saint!"
He rubbed the Buddhist scriptures in his hand to the Queen, and then said to Yan Shouqin: "When you go out on a mission to teach, it is up to the Ministry of Personnel to select and comment on it. It is inconvenient for me to interfere in it. This is the ancestral system..."
"So..." Queen Xiang looked at Yan Shouqin: "I will ask the officials to give you the title of 'bringing imperial equipment', how about you?"
"Thank you, the saint, for your kindness!" Yan Shouqin was ecstatic.
To the ministers, the additional title of "bringing imperial equipment" is like the post of a civil servant.
There is a huge difference between yes and no!
Especially when going out, if you have an additional title that carries royal equipment, you can use 'lift' instead of 'guan hook' or 'activate' for many tasks.
What's more important is that for an additional title such as carrying a royal weapon, the reason must be written in the petition when entering the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This means that when Yan Shouqin's petitioner was sent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for selection, Yousi knew as soon as he saw the petitioner that Yan Shouqin was the royal guard appointed by the Queen.
This Queen's closest minister!
How dare you neglect the doctor you chose?
If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, you will arrange a generous job with him no matter what.
Activities, maybe you can stay in Beijing.
Bianjing's various fields, the East-West Dyeing Institute, the Lingjin Institute, and the Shuimu Affairs Bureau have bureaus, and there has always been a tradition of promotion by ministers.
Watching Yan Shouqin leave with all his thanks, he slowly closed his eyes toward the queen.
It was only then that the woman who had been standing behind the curtain came behind Queen Xiang and gently massaged her temples.
It was Zhang, the Minister of Kunning Palace, who Queen Xiang brought into the palace from the Xiang family and took care of her since she was a child.
"Saint..." Mrs. Zhang said softly: "I met Mrs. Anren Blessing outside the Kunning Palace. The lady said that the four great kings asked her to bring a message to you..."
"Yes, the four kings said: There may be rumors in the palace recently, please don't worry, Queen! Such rumors cannot be believed!"
Listening to Queen Xiang, she naturally understood what the four kings were saying. She nodded slowly and praised: "The four great kings are indeed virtuous kings!"
However, Queen Xiang understood in her heart.
The four kings were not so much serving their brothers with loyalty, but being virtuous to the country.
Rather, he also saw dangerous seedlings and smelled the smoke.
This is self-protection!
At the beginning, after the sound of the ax and the shadow of the candle, Taizong ascended the throne, what would be the fate of King Fu Mou?
How were the descendants of King Fu Miao treated in the Taizong Dynasty?
People who have read the history of the country know clearly in their hearts.
What a coincidence, now there is also a pattern of one emperor and two kings, and what is even more unfortunate is that King Fu Miao is also ranked fourth!
Judging from history, if the four kings are not afraid, they will be called ghosts.
For the four kings, it is important to ensure that the sixth brother ascends the throne smoothly and grows up healthily.
It is equivalent to saving one's own life and the wealth of one's descendants.
He sighed softly to the Queen.
I remembered the conversation I had with Empress Dowager Gao this morning on the threshold of the banquet hall.
She also remembered that Empress Dowager Gao did not answer her words in Qingning Palace.
The inner uneasiness is spreading.
"For the sake of Sixth Brother, and for myself..." Queen Xiang thought to herself, "But we must prepare for a rainy day!"
Even the four kings specially asked the emperor's wet nurse, An Ren to protect his wife, to send a message to him privately through Zhang.
This meant that he must have known something or seen something.
Considering that Zhang Maoze said yesterday that the four kings have not visited Shenggong for two or three days.
This is how I avoided suspicion.
But the two kings were entering and leaving the palace as if there was no one there!
We have to guard against it!
You can’t help but be on guard!
What if, late one night, a piece of paper suddenly drops from the ban...
Queen Xiang couldn't help feeling cold all over!
Thinking of this, Queen Xiang made up her mind and said to Shangshu Zhang who had been serving her: "Zhang Shanggong, tomorrow I will leave the palace for me and go to Xuanpingfang to convey my decree and the stone." Got one..."
"Just say: If an official has an occasional illness, he will become slack even if he knows about it. Isn't this a loyal minister's behavior? Let him enter the palace quickly and serve in front of the emperor!"
Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "If I, my concubine, don't know if I can't see Shidu..."
Shi Deyi hadn't entered the palace for almost ten days.
How could Mrs. Zhang not know that there was a serious emotional evil involved?
When Queen Xiang heard this, her eyes narrowed and she looked at Mrs. Zhang: "Don't worry, no one will have the courage!"
"If there is such a person..." He clasped his hands to the queen and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, it is a sin sent down from heaven!"
Stealing authority by relying on your mighty spirit!
This is an evaluation of the Tang Dynasty's harem and eunuch temples' involvement in politics based on the history of Qing Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, no matter who violated this rule, it was equivalent to being guilty of the whole world.
