In the seventeenth year of the reign of Emperor Xikang of Da Qi, it was the eighteenth day of the winter lunar month. The emperor died at the age of thirty-three. His posthumous title was "De" and his temple name was Chengzong.
After the emperor Yan Jia, the six-year-old prince naturally inherited the throne and became the new emperor. The following year, the reign name was changed to Chunping. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he respected his mother Li as the Queen Mother in accordance with the previous emperor's wishes. Two months later, Li moved into Chongqing Palace.
The new emperor had just ascended the throne at a young age, so how could he handle the affairs of the state? The previous emperor appointed four ministers who were responsible for the affairs of state, and also appointed his own brother, Prince Shen, as regent. Let Minister Gu Ming and the regent assist the new emperor together, and return to the court when the new emperor is sixteen years old.
"The Empress Dowager, I heard that today in the South Study Room, the regent took a test on the emperor's book. The emperor failed to answer and was slapped on the palm again." The speaker was Wan Su, the palace maid who had served Li for many years.
After hearing this, Mrs. Li frowned slightly and said, "No matter what, he is still an emperor, and this regent can do it."
"The ruler struck the palm of his hand with an inch-wide ruler. The emperor did not dare to cry. Tears welled up in his eyes. Even so, he was scolded by the regent for not being manly."
Empress Dowager Li snorted coldly when she heard this, and said disapprovingly: "He should be training his own son." However, the regent did not have a son to train him. It was said that he had deficiencies. Now he is twenty-four and has not gotten married. It's so bad. An eccentric person.
Empress Dowager Li was still taking a nap that day, and she seemed to hear something moving around her. She lazily opened her eyelids and caught a glimpse of a small bright yellow figure.
The little man sat in front of her couch, with his head buried and his shoulders slightly hunched, looking pitiful.
Queen Mother Li sat up and called out in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
When the new emperor saw that his mother had woken up, he hurriedly wiped the tears on his face with his sleeves. When he raised his face again, he had a bright smile on his face.
"Is the queen awake? The child came to greet the queen. Seeing that the queen is sleeping well, he did not dare to disturb the queen." The little emperor, who was only six years old, tried hard to look like an adult.
Queen Mother Li looked at the new emperor's face carefully, and saw that her eyes were covered with mist, but she forced a smile, thinking that this child was really strong and refused to cry in front of her.
"Your Majesty, why are you here at this time? Aren't you studying in the study?"
"The regent and the ministers were discussing political affairs, so they kicked out the ministers..."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li finally shivered uncontrollably and cursed in a low voice: "What do these things look like? Let's go, my mother will take you there..."
Empress Dowager Li summoned the palace attendants to help her dress and comb her hair. After tidying up, she was about to take the young emperor to the south study room. She had to be the emperor's backer, let those guys see who was the real master of Daqi, and let those bad guys who neglected the emperor be defeated.
Before Empress Dowager Li and the new emperor left the side hall, she heard a call from the palace maid: "The Empress Dowager, the regent wants to see you."
Empress Dowager Li secretly resented: "He came just in time!"
Empress Dowager Li took a seat in the main hall and waited uprightly for an audience with the Regent.
Suddenly, the sound of steady footsteps came. Empress Dowager Li raised her eyes and saw that the man had already crossed the high threshold in front of the palace. The regent Zhao Qian is only twenty-four years old this year. He is tall and tall, wearing a moon-white embroidered python robe, with a green-gold palace ribbon hanging around his waist, and a nine-dragon jade pendant on the ribbon. Because he suffered from a deficiency syndrome, he appeared to be extremely pale and frail. In terms of appearance, he has a good appearance, but it is unclear what kind of evil intentions are hidden under such appearance. Empress Dowager Li said angrily: "Have the regent and ministers finished discussing the government affairs?"
Zhao Qian glanced at the emperor sitting next to the Queen Mother, and then solemnly said: "Queen Mother, calm down!"
Calm down! Calm down! This arrogant guy has never taken their mother and son seriously. Queen Mother Li's heart was already in turmoil, but she had to suppress the anger in her heart and deal with this man for the sake of the emperor's future.
Because of different political views, this meeting ended up being unhappy.
Spring came late, and Queen Mother Li woke up from her afternoon nap. There was silence in the bedroom, and the faint agarwood drifted in through the curtains.
Queen Mother Li stretched out her arms lazily and pulled up the soft satin clothes on her body. She lifted up the curtain with plain white ink calligraphy and painting with one hand, but saw the shadow of the curtain shaking. Wan Su, who had served her for more than ten years, walked in. Wan Su held a sunflower-filled lacquer plate in his hand, and placed a A tea bowl with five blessings and longevity.
"Is the empress awake?" Wan Su came over and hung up the tent for her.
Queen Mother Li coughed slightly, Wan Su hurriedly went to hold the spit box, but Queen Mother Li waved her hand.
Wan Su called other palace maids to come in and help the Queen Mother dress.
After Empress Dowager Li had finished dressing up, Wan Su asked the other maids to leave. She held a tea bowl, knelt on the soft couch in front of the Empress Dowager, raised her hands above her head, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please have some tea. "
Queen Mother Li took the tea bowl and saw that it was ginseng tea. She frowned and said, "Why did you change it to this one?"
Wan Su hurriedly said: "The regent said that the empress needs to calm her nerves and replenish her energy. Now is the best time to take ginseng tea."
"Prince Regent? The Prince Regent ordered to send ginseng tea? Huh, he is really lenient now..."
"Your Majesty, please have some tea." Wan Su was trembling slightly.
But Queen Mother Li looked at the amber tea soup and frowned slightly, not noticing anything strange about Wan Su. After a while, she finally brought it to her lips and took a sip.
When Wan Su saw that the Queen Mother finally drank the tea, she looked frightened and whispered: "My Lady, this tea was sent by the Prince Regent himself."
"Regent… "
Queen Mother Li felt a dull pain in her chest, her head felt dizzy, but her vision became increasingly blurry, and some fishy-sweet hot liquid overflowed from the corners of her mouth.
"Wansu, you..."
Before Empress Dowager Li could finish her sentence, she rolled her eyes and fell down, no longer conscious.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was dead, Wan Su was so frightened that she cried loudly and kowtowed repeatedly: "Empress, there is an owner for every injustice, and the one who wants your life is the regent. I, my slave, have nothing to do..."
The regent wanted to poison her to usurp the throne! What a shame, why didn't she discover the regent's ambition earlier
Li Wei grabbed his hands and shouted, sweating profusely.
"Wei Wei, Wei Wei."
Li Wei opened his eyes and saw the face of an ordinary woman. The woman had a plain appearance and looked to be in her forties, maybe less than forty. However, her attire was quite strange. She had short ear-length hair, a dark blue jacket, and black pants. This is Mom, a little girl’s voice flashed in my mind.
Li Wei looked up and saw a thread hanging from the dark beam. Hanging on the thread was a small glass ball. There was a bright filament in the ball. The orange light emitted by the filament illuminated the filled the whole room.
What is this
"Weiwei, are you stupid? Talk." The woman's face was full of anxiety.
Li Wei entered the palace at the age of fourteen and was named the imperial concubine at the age of nineteen. Within two months, she was newly widowed and became the queen mother. This nickname has not been called by anyone for many years.
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