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Chapter 208 March Three ([-])
While helping Li Zhu to untangle her hair, the maid massaged her scalp.

Li Zhu closed her eyes and asked, "Where did your majesty go?"

Li Zhu waited for a while after asking, only to find that the maid did not answer.She opened her eyes in an instant, sat up, stared at the maid and said viciously, "Could it be that your majesty went to that little bitch again?"

The maid shivered and shook her head, "That's not true, His Majesty has left the palace."

Li Zhu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that, Tuoba Tao often went out of the palace to the military camp stationed outside Pingcheng.As long as it's not to that goddamn maid, it's fine.

Li Zhu lay back in the armchair and closed her eyes, "Do you know where you went?"

"Bai, Baiyi Temple."

Almost furious, Li Zhu got up again, and angrily swept everything on the dressing table to the ground, "Zong Ai is right, she is a demon girl. If she doesn't enter the palace herself, she will stuff people into the palace! This is the plan Hook His Majesty's soul and let His Majesty care about her!"

Li Zhu stared fiercely at her own face in the bronze mirror, "March [-]rd, Shangsi Festival, Mid-Spring Moon, where men and women will meet. Your Majesty really knows how to choose a date!"

Li Zhu took a few breaths before she calmed down, "Help me dress up. I'm going to pay my respects to the queen mother."

When Li Zhu arrived at Shou'an Palace, the Empress Dowager was listening to her mother reciting Buddhist scriptures.Although the Empress Dowager is still energetic, she is absolutely unambiguous in handling political affairs, but her eyes can no longer see clearly, even if someone stands in front of her, she can only see a figure in a trance.

Li Zhu stepped forward to take the bamboo slips from Mammy's hand, word by word, and read them carefully for the Empress Dowager.

After chanting a passage, the queen mother stretched out her hand, and Nanny and Li Zhu stepped forward at the same time, helping the queen mother up from the futon.

The Queen Mother patted Li Zhu's hand, "It's been so many years, but listening to you read the scriptures is the most calming."

Li Zhu smiled and said, "Being able to recite the scriptures for the Queen Mother once is a blessing for the concubine. Since the concubine was rewarded by the Queen Mother to Your Majesty, there are very few opportunities to recite the scriptures for the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother also laughed, "It is important to serve His Majesty. Aijia heard that His Majesty loves you the most, so you should take care of him more."

Li Zhu replied sadly, "Here."

The queen mother wondered, "What's the matter, why are you so lethargic listening to the voice?"

Li Zhu said, "The concubines also want to contribute more to His Majesty, but now His Majesty only cares about Tan Yaoyu, and even a maidservant beside her is held by His Majesty in the palace. I heard that Liu Jie's ginseng The courtiers and concubines are really worried that the master and servant will become the Daji and Baosi who will bring disaster to the country and the people."

The queen mother was helped to sit down in the armchair, she closed her eyes and said "hmm", "Your Majesty is not young, it's time to establish a queen..."

Li Zhu was startled, what did the Queen Mother mean by this?Do you want to establish Tan Yaoyu, or do you plan to support a queen to crowd out Tan Yaoyu?
"The empress dowager already has a candidate for queen in her heart?" Li Zhu asked tentatively?

"Don't worry, don't worry, I have to look again..." The queen mother's voice was slow, and she seemed very tired.

Li Zhu knew that she should take the initiative to resign at this time, but she was really anxious about it.She knew in her heart that her identity had nothing to do with the queen's position.

But who the queen chooses determines whether she can continue to be the favorite concubine in the harem.

"The empress dowager, why don't you arrange a banquet, and let the noble ladies of the clan come to the palace to talk with you, so you can see each other." Li Zhu thought that instead of letting Tan invite Yu into the palace, it would be better to have a queen who is a clan girl .

The rule in the palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty is that the son and the mother die.When the Zhonggong gave birth to a son, he would definitely be forced to become the prince, and then the empress would have to die to preserve her son's status.And the prince will be handed over to a nanny or a concubine to be raised.This is the case with today's queen mother.

"Empress? Empress?" Li Zhu waited for a while but did not see the Empress, so she called softly.

The nurse standing by the side took a look and apologized to Li Zhu, "Mother, the Queen Mother is asleep. Recently, the Queen Mother is always lethargic. I'm afraid she's tired after reading the scriptures all morning. Why don't you go back to the palace first?" Come back later to greet the Queen Mother."

Li Zhu didn't expect the queen mother to sleep as soon as she said she would sleep, she sighed softly, "Okay, then I will go back first."

"My lady, go slowly."

After Li Zhu left with her maidservant, the mother walked over to the Queen Mother and said softly, "Queen Mother, you have already left."

The queen mother opened her increasingly dim eyes, and said with some regret, "She used to be a good child. Now she is playing tricks in order to win favor."

But the old mother said, "At the beginning, she didn't listen to the Queen Mother's suggestion, and couldn't bear her temper, so she climbed into the dragon bed privately. Afterwards, whether it was sweet or bitter, she had to bear it by herself. It's just that the sandalwood girl Li Zhu mentioned, The empress dowager really doesn't intend to ask?"

The queen mother shook her head, "How can I ask? Your Majesty has personally conscripted, and he has his own ideas. Even if Ai's family intervenes, will he really listen?"

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes again, her eyes ached from seeing too much recently, "Aijia heard His Majesty told about this sandalwood girl, she is capable. Now this girl would rather move to a nunnery than enter the harem, so He is proud and arrogant, and he is not the kind who only knows how to favor the king."

The old mother was still worried, "But this girl's father is the Great General Tan of the Southern Song Dynasty. If she enters the Central Palace, she may not really be able to devote herself wholeheartedly to His Majesty and Great Wei?"

The queen mother was really tired this time, "The position of queen is definitely not good. Even if the emperor likes this girl again, she can't afford this position. Maybe Li Zhu is right, that all the noble daughters of the clan should be called Entering the palace, talking with Ai's family..."

The old mother said distressedly, "You should rest for a while. Your Majesty has worked too hard for the past six months on his northern expedition to Rouran. Now that His Majesty is in the palace, you can enjoy your happiness."

The queen mother sighed, "The Ai family doesn't have much time left. The important affairs of the middle palace must be settled as soon as possible, otherwise the Ai family will have no face to face the ancestors."

The old mother hurriedly said, "The queen mother is a thousand years old. Don't talk nonsense, you have to teach your grandson."

The queen mother smiled, but said nothing.

——Boundary——

The Yaolou was taken over by Tuoba Tao today, but that doesn't mean that no one can enter the building except them.

On the other hand, the second floor was emptied of idlers, surrounded by Tuoba Tao's guards.

There are two tables full of noodles upstairs, and there are no repeated dishes.It is estimated that the chef of the restaurant has used all his housekeeping skills.

Compared with the upstairs, the downstairs is very lively.

Tuoba Tao probably really spent his time this time, and found a juggling troupe to perform outside the building.Sitting by the window can see clearly.In the lobby on the first floor, there are a few stalls, some for flower sticks, some for throwing pots, and one for lifting stone locks.

The door on the first floor was wide open, and there was a special person at the door to invite passers-by on the road to come in and play for a while, and rewards were given to those who won.

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　　Regarding the death of the son and mother in the Northern Wei Dynasty: the Northern Wei Dynasty established by the Xianbei people implemented the system of "the death of the son and the mother" for a long time, that is, once the prince is established as the crown prince, his biological mother must be given to death. The politics of the Northern Wei Dynasty had a profound impact.

　　
　
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