In the morning, Zhao Xu opened his eyes and saw Empress Dowager Xiang sitting in front of the couch, having stayed up all night.

"Queen mother..." Zhao Xu called softly: "Why are you still here?"

He smiled at the Queen Mother and said nothing.

Zhang Gong, who has been serving the Empress Dowager, whispered from the side: "The officials don't know something. Last night, the empress was worried that the officials would not sleep well, so she stayed at the Funing Palace all night!"

Zhao Xu immediately said: "No wonder I slept peacefully last night because my mother was beside me!"

After saying that, he got up from the couch, stepped on his wooden clogs, came to the Queen Mother Xiang, held the Queen Mother Xiang's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Queen Mother."

"But it makes the queen worried."

Empress Dowager Xiang gently touched Zhao Xu's hand and said, "Sixth brother slept well, and Empress Dowager is satisfied."

What worries her most is that the child has nightmares.

Fortunately, she stayed with him all night last night, and the child slept soundly.

This made her feel at ease.

but……

Empress Dowager Xiang recalled the promise made by the concubine of Qingshou Palace that she would be punished severely, and she also said that she would "show the officials how to control the ministers."

The results of it?

As soon as Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu entered the palace, they took the Queen's Holy Festival and envoys from the Northern Dynasty, Western Bandits, Jiaozhi and other countries were all going to the palace.

If a major case occurs at this time, it may damage the saintly virtue of the empress.

The concubine was shaken.

Then, several ladies came into the palace and persuaded him one by one.

The concubine's attitude softened again.

Finally, when Han and Lu entered the palace for the third time, the queen's position completely changed.

I started to want to protect the overall situation.

Although the Queen Mother has many lobbyists.

Even her biological mother, the old lady, sent people to the palace to bring messages.

Both inside and outside the words, the case of Zhao Shiju was mentioned.

However, Queen Mother Xiang has always stood her ground.

Because she knew very well the impact of this matter on Brother Six.

The emperor came to Kaifeng Mansion in person, but something like this happened.

This is the person below who doesn't take her child into consideration, let alone truly respect her child.

Her child is the emperor!

But someone wants to frame the emperor’s closest ministers!

This is an artifact of spying and stealing authority.

Empress Dowager Xiang has been studying since she was a child, and has also read history books.

She knew very well, when was the last time something like this happened?

Late Tang Dynasty!

The eunuchs of Beiya in the late Tang Dynasty frequently deposed and even humiliated the emperor with the help of their divine strategy.

But is civil servant a good thing?

No!

A lot of them are assholes too!

The civil servants in the late Tang Dynasty regarded the emperor as a bargaining chip. They encouraged the emperor every day and went against the eunuchs even though they knew it was impossible. How many of them did it?

These are all lessons learned in blood!

Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiang had an argument with her concubine in person over this matter in the Qingshou Palace.

It was just that he couldn't compete with his concubine, so he had to take a few steps back and give in for the sake of the inheritance left by the late emperor.

However, this is impossible if the Queen Mother has no anger in her heart.

However, she was unwilling to say these things in front of Zhao Xu.

She was also unwilling to tell others about the quarrel between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Qingshou Palace.

This is her temperament.

Just like the things she did when the late emperor was seriously ill, and the overt and covert disputes between her and her concubine.

She kept her mouth shut tightly, not talking to anyone or telling outsiders.

As long as the result is good!

"At least my concubine also loves Brother Six." Empress Dowager Xiang said silently in her heart.

But Queen Mother Xiang would not know.

What happened in the Qingshou Palace had long been told to Feng Jing through the mouth of Liu Weijian by Liang Congzheng, the big boss next to the Empress Dowager. Then Feng Jing used this best conspiracy between emperors and retainers since ancient times when Zhao Xu went to the toilet.

The opportunities were reported to Zhao Xu one by one.

As for Empress Dowager Xiang's choice, Zhao Xu had already guessed it.

Because this is what this aunt was like during the Shaosheng era in his previous life.

She is a person who cares about appearance.

Even the Xiang family was suppressed throughout the Yuanyou era.

Even though she and the empress dowager had a big conflict before and after Zhao Xu came to the throne.

However, when Zhao Xu wanted to depose the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xiang stood up and resolutely defended the posthumous reputation of the Empress Dowager.

This was the decisive factor why Zhao Xu did not abolish the Gao family who had been posthumously named Queen Xuanren Liesheng during the Shaosheng era.

In Zhao Xu's memory in her previous life, the Queen Mother's dignity was a word that stuck with her throughout her life.

When she was a queen, she was very decent.

Therefore, I would rather hide in Kunning Hall than come out.

Only when Zhao Xu's father was seriously ill and passed away, out of self-protection, she contacted the governors and generals to help Zhao Xu to the throne. She always behaved herself.

When she was the Queen Mother, she was also very dignified.

For more than ten years, Yuanyou, Shaosheng and Yuanfu, except for interfering with Zhao Xu's plan to depose the Empress Dowager, had been quietly eating fast and chanting Buddha's name in Baoci Palace.

After Zhao Xu died suddenly, she was still very decent.

In addition to fearing that Zhu's status would be improved and affecting her own vital interests, she intervened in the throne and chose Zhao Ji, that bastard.

Historical records record that during her regency and administration, she reconciled as much as possible and rehabilitated many old parties without damaging the face of the new party leaders.

Naturally, Zhao Xu never expected from the beginning that Empress Dowager Xiang would fall out with the Empress Dowager for him.

impossible.

Unless the Empress Dowager wants to depose him or do something seriously detrimental to him and the country.

For example, ceding land or giving new year coins to Western thieves.

The Empress Dowager may object fiercely.

Zhao Xu knelt down, put his head on the Queen Mother Xiang's knees, and said softly: "The Queen Mother must be very tired too."

"Why don't you sleep here for a while..."

Queen Mother Xiang smiled and shook her head: "No, Queen Mother should go back to Baoci Palace."

"Go back there with your mother."

"Last night my mother stayed with my son all night, and today my son will serve my mother all day."

Queen Mother Xiang suddenly smiled, her eyes filled with relief.

Although she also wanted to spend more time with Zhao Xu.

However, after thinking about it, she still shook her head: "Brother Six, you should still focus on studying."

Apart from age, the most intuitive criterion for a king's maturity is reading.

Traditional Confucian education, plus the teachings of our ancestors.

Basically, you can read history.

The history books here are not just official histories compiled over the ages.

There is also the story of the imperial dynasty.

The decisions made by our ancestors since Taizu.
To be continued...