The Empress Dowager's return to the palace is another major event for the harem.

Although the Empress Dowager of this term does not interfere in the affairs of the harem and rarely stays in the palace, he is the emperor's mother and has no less power than the empress. Some concubines have no way to go in front of the emperor and will find a sense of existence in front of the empress dowager.

If you can be loved by the Queen Mother, even if you don’t have the holy favor, you will be considered as a guarantee in this deep palace.

And although the Empress Dowager is not in charge of the matter, if there is a unsolved case that is really a tragic case that comes to her, she will still come forward to resolve it. The methods are very powerful and awesome.

But if you say that there are a few people in this palace who really like the Queen Mother, it may not be possible.

After all, she was the last palace champion and was not a kind person somewhere. She probably couldn't even remember how many lives and blood she had in her hands back then.

People in the royal family have endless wealth and power, but they can never enjoy the family affection and warmth that ordinary people have.

When the Empress Dowager worships Buddha in her later years, she is still old. When she recalls all the past, she begins to feel fear and guilt. Especially in Buddhism, she emphasizes cause and effect, and the Empress Dowager is always worried that she will go to hell after she dies.

When Emperor Lin ascended the throne, she actually wanted to stay in the harem to help. After all, she knew what kind of storms these women could produce. With her in charge, the concubines could always be more at ease.

But probably because the emperor ascended the throne and her greatest wish, she began to dream of those who died at her hands that could not sleep at night, which was panic.

Finally, after listening to the monk's advice, she made up her mind to move directly to Mount Wutai where the Buddha was stationed. I don't know if it was really useful or psychological reasons, but she did not have nightmares anymore, so she gradually settled down in Mount Wutai and devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha to offset her sins.

She was beautiful when she was young and had a very ostentatious beauty. Now that she is old, her skin is loose, her facial features look very prominent, especially her cheekbones, showing a bit of mean and sharp appearance, which makes people feel scared at first sight.

The Queen Mother remembered that she had scared her grandson to cry back then. She cried as soon as she hugged her, which made the concubines very frightened.

Later, the grandchildren gradually grew up. Although they stopped crying, they were respectful and awe in front of her, and they were not close to her at all.

It seems that this is also her life, and old age cannot enjoy the blessings of children and grandchildren.

However, for so many years, the Empress Dowager has been watching it out and has not taken it to heart. After a long journey, she finally returned to the palace where she had been away for a long time.

Emperor Lin naturally brought a group of concubines and princesses to greet him. When the empress dowager got off the carriage, she casually glanced and found that her little grandchildren had grown a lot taller.

But the little girl with her eyes stood beside the fourth and the prince. She was the shortest among all the children. She had two thorns on her head, and was secretly looking at her with a pair of smart eyes.

The other grandchildren all lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, looking respectful. Only she seemed to be afraid of nothing. When she met her own vision, she hid back like a frightened little animal, but there was no fear in her eyes, only curiosity.

The empress dowager thought to herself, is this the little five mentioned in the emperor's letter?

Before she could take a closer look, everyone bowed one by one. The empress dowager was old and liked to be quiet, and then traveled a long distance. After receiving the gift, she returned to Yiqing Palace with a sore waist and back, and issued an oral order that she would not pay any attention to the mercy of her, so as not to be upset.

She just returned to the palace today and was exhausted. Naturally, everyone didn't dare to offend her. She would wait until she had anything to say. After receiving it, they would go back.

Lin Jingyuan accompanied Lin Feilu back to Mingyue Palace, and then broke a branch of flowers and danced in his hands, saying, "Little Deer, how about it? Is the emperor's grandmother very scary?"

Lin Feilu said: "No."

Lin Jingyuan was dissatisfied: "How could there be no one! None of us juniors are afraid of her. If you don't believe me, please ask the eldest brother!" He called Lin Ting who was walking in front, "Brother of the eldest brother! Are you also afraid of the eldest grandmother?"

Lin Ting turned around and rebuked warmly: "Don't talk nonsense. The emperor's grandmother treats us very well. As a junior, he will only be in awe."

Lin Jingyuan spread his hands: "Listen, the eldest brother is the euphemism of fear."

Lin Ting smiled helplessly, but did not refute.

Lin Feilu reached out to brush over the flowers on the roadside, and said softly: "I'm not afraid anyway."

Lin Jingyuan looked at her lovingly, sighed and said quietly, "Those who do not know are fearless."

His mind turned quickly, and soon put the topic behind him and said excitedly: "Little Deer, your birthday is still two days away. Guess what gift I have prepared for you?"

Lin Feilu thought seriously: "Brush? Inkstone? Ancient books? Gilded ink?"

Lin Jingyuan: "...So these terrible things are gifts to you?"

He thought about the nine-layer flowing light lantern in his palace that had spent a lot of effort to get in from outside the palace, and felt that this gift might disappoint Xiaolu sister.

Lin Feilu knew what he was thinking when she saw his annoyed expression. She rubbed over and pulled his hand, bent her eyes and said sweetly: "I like everything Brother Jingyuan gives me!"

Lin Jingyuan straightened his back with satisfaction.

...

Although the empress dowager had an oral order, most people were not allowed to disturb her, the next morning, the queen and two concubines still took their children to pay their respects.

Concubine Xi still looked deserted. Although she had no children and had no desire to favor her, the Xi family was full of generals and the empress dowager was still very generous to her.

Lin Ting and Lin Qing are the queen mother's favorite grandsons. One is gentle and the other is elegant. They are both polite and studious, and they are both good at etiquette and studious, and they can be regarded as benchmarks for the royal family.

The two bowed down and stood aside with their heads down. Even when the empress dowager called the person to come and looked at him, they looked cautious with their eyes down. The empress dowager didn't care, and told them to leave after a few instructions.

He also asked the queen and the two concubines if there was any major event in the harem in the past year.

If you want to talk about major events, then only Concubine Mei was demoted.

The queen briefly said it.

The Empress Dowager knew how much the emperor favored Concubine Mei. She actually didn't like women like Concubine Mei very much. She used to be in the harem, and she didn't know how many such weak white flowers had killed her, so when she looked at Concubine Mei, she would think of the bad things in the past.

But she couldn't resist her son's liking, and she didn't want to be annoying, so she didn't say much.

Now that I heard that Concubine Mei was actually out of favor, she was surprised. She understood her son's urinary nature. After hearing the queen talk about the incident, she quickly grasped the key point - her appearance was ruined.

Well, I understand.

In the afternoon, the three concubines also brought their children over.

The former four concubines became three concubines, and the empress dowager felt much more pleasing to the eye. Lin Jiwen and Lin Jingyuan were usually arrogant and domineering, but when they came to the emperor's grandmother, they were as rules as kittens, and they didn't dare to speak loudly.

After greeting the two emperor grandsons, the empress dowager smiled at Lin Nianzhi next to her: "I haven't seen each other for more than a year, Nianzhi is much quieter than before. But her face doesn't look very good, isn't she very good?"

Lin Nianzhi looked up at the emperor's grandmother, then quickly lowered his head: "Thank you for the emperor's grandmother's care, my granddaughter just hasn't had a good rest recently, so it's okay."

The Empress Dowager said in a calm mind: "It's not a trivial matter to rest well. Concubine Hui, you, a mother-in-law, should have more snacks. You will return to the palace and ask the imperial physician to take a look and prescribe some medicine to calm the mind and help sleep."

Concubine Hui should be respectfully so.

Among the four concubines in the past, the Empress Dowager liked Concubine Hui the most. First, she was the first to give birth to the emperor. Although she was a princess, she was also very likable. Second, the Empress Dowager admired Concubine Hui's calm and low-key personality very much. If there were more concubines like her in the harem, she would be much more peaceful.

After Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu left, the Empress Dowager kept Concubine Hui for a while as usual.

As soon as Huifei sat down, her eyes became red and she said in a warm voice: "You should come back to the palace more often. Wutai Mountain is too deserted, and there is not even a person to talk to you."

The Empress Dowager sat cross-legged on the soft couch, covered her legs with a blanket, held Buddhist beads in her hand, and said with a smile: "When people get old, they love quietness. When they live in this palace, they feel noisy."

After the two said a few words, the empress dowager asked, "The emperor still doesn't go to your palace often?"

Concubine Hui lowered her eyes and smiled: "Your Majesty is busy with political affairs, and she has not been to the harem many times this year. But if you have Nianzhi, Your Majesty will come once a month."

The Empress Dowager said, "It's not bad. Although Nianzhi is a princess, it is said that his daughter is caring, which is many times better than the noisy guy in the fourth child. You entered the Eastern Palace early and you are a little older than the emperor's side. You must also help me well in the future."

Concubine Hui nodded.

She always knew that the Queen Mother liked her and never acted beyond her behavior. When she spoke, she only chose what she liked.

The queen mother suddenly asked: "Have you ever met the fifth princess?"

Huifei was stunned and nodded: "I have seen it. The fifth princess has a good relationship with Nianzhi and often comes to my palace." Before the empress dowager asked again, she smiled and said, "The fifth princess always sends things to Yaohua Palace, such as hand cream and sachets. Nianzhi likes her sister's gifts, so she also gives her brocade and gold jade. The two children have a deep sisterly relationship."

She said this very well, but the Queen Mother heard another meaning.

The fifth princess gave them all worthless things.

But what Lin Nianzhi returned was precious.

It is inevitable that you will take advantage.

On the way back to the palace, she had already inquired from the palace servants who were taking care of her. It turned out that the fifth princess was the daughter of Concubine Lan, who gave birth to a foolish prince. She had never found out that this person had been investigated before, and it was obvious that the fifth princess was not satisfied in the palace in terms of status and life.

Then it would not be surprising that she would please Lin Nianzhi.

But he was young and had such a scheming. The empress dowager couldn't help but feel unhappy. She thought that in just one year, she could jump from an unknown princess to the favorite for the emperor to hold a state banquet for her, and her eyes became increasingly indifferent.

Concubine Hui didn't say much. She was always alert to her behavior. Seeing that the empress dowager's eyes were filled with displeasure, she had achieved her goal today. After a cup of tea, she left.

Today, when I met the concubine above the throne, I would no longer let anyone in the Yiqing Palace to avoid disturbing the Queen Mother's rest.

After dinner, the Queen Mother went out for a walk and digest food with the help of the palace servant.

The palace is full of flowers in late spring, and the scenery is very beautiful. I am used to the deserted scene in Wutai Mountain, and occasionally I see the wealth and honor of this world, which is very satisfying.

When I passed by the Begonia Garden, I heard a quarrel. The sound was scattered and it sounded a bit like a little girl's voice.

The Queen Mother walked over slowly and saw a small figure in the queen of the Begonia Flower, with two thorns on her head, which looked familiar.

But at this moment, the little figure was wiping her tears, and while burping, she said intermittently in her small breasts voice: "You have... you ignored me for ninety-eight days."

The Empress Dowager didn't know that there was someone in front of her, so she changed her position in surprise and saw that there was a person standing not far away. Looking at her back, she looked like Lin Nianzhi.

As I was looking at it, I heard Lin Nianzhi's muffled voice: "I didn't ignore you."

The little nipples sobbed and refuted her: "You have it! I waved to you and you ignored me! I called you and you ignored me! You even ran away when I saw me..."

The more she spoke, the more sad she felt. Finally, she sat on the ground, covered her face and started crying.

Lin Nianzhi stomped his feet twice and had to turn around and walk back. When he walked to the little girl, he squatted down and took out the handkerchief from his arms to wipe her tears: "Oh, don't cry! Don't cry... Lin Feilu! Don't cry anymore!"

The crying stopped suddenly.

The little girl pursed her lips aggrievedly and looked at her pitifully with her head raised.

Lin Nianzhi's face looked very complicated. He pinched the handkerchief and wiped the tears from her face clean, then pulled her up from the ground, patting the gray on her butt.

Lin Feilu pulled her cuffs and said, "Sister... aren't you angry with me?"

Lin Nianzhi said impatiently: "I am not angry with you, I am angry with myself!"

She seemed to be unable to understand and looked at her with her head tilted.

Lin Nianzhi looked at her angrily for a while, and finally held her hand in a discouragement: "Forget it, I'll take you back." Instead, he taught her a lesson: "You run so far with me, and you are not afraid of being arrested by bad people!"

The little girl happily held her hand, and her eyes were watery when she cried, but she didn't hide her happiness: "I'm not afraid with the elder sister here!"

Lin Nianzhi: "Hmph!"

Lin Feilu: "Hehe."

The two gradually walked away, and the queen mother stood in the shadow of the crabapple flower, and the corners of her lips were bent at some point.

She turned around and said to the palace servant who had served by her for many years: "These two children remind me of my sister Ying and I back then." Her tone turned to a low voice, "It's a pity that Sister Ying was killed by a traitor and left too early..."

She didn't want to say much, so she turned around and said, "Go back."
Chapter completed!