Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

After Zhu Beifeng fed Jiang Yuan the medicine, he got up and picked up the prescription to read carefully, and then told the servants in the palace to remind Jiang Yuan to drink the medicine on time.

The emperor looked at Shuangxi without looking for signs, and Shuangxi had an idea, bent over and came in, reminding: "Your Majesty, the four ministers protecting the country are asking to see the Emperor."

Zhu Beifeng was full of guilt, and there seemed to be reluctance in his eyes.

"Jiang Zhaoyi, rest more, I still have things to do."

Jiang Yuan stood up and sent them off: "National affairs are the most important thing, and my concubines respectfully send you off to the emperor."

Zhu Beifeng walked out of Jiang Yuan's bedroom and walked along the palace wall alone.

Before Jiang Yuan entered the palace, she had never heard of any illnesses. Why did she suffer from hysteria as soon as she entered the palace? She was also very cooperative when feeding her medicine just now. Could it be that she is really sick?
Zhu Beifeng thought for a while, then walked in the opposite direction of the imperial study.

Jiang Yuan had a sweet face and a soft voice like spring water in a lake, but Zhu Beifeng didn't want to stay with her any longer, so he deliberately asked Shuangxi to find an excuse to run out.

Zhu Beifeng stood with his hands behind his back, and the night wind blew his long hair.

Shuangxi led the five eunuchs to follow unhurriedly. Zhu Beifeng made a detour and came to a dilapidated palace. He stopped and looked up. There was a plaque hanging above his head. The word umbrella can be vaguely seen.

"Cangzhu Hall." Zhu Beifeng murmured softly.

"Back to the emperor, the Cangzhu Palace was built when the late emperor was alive, and all the beautiful women selected from the Xifeng Pavilion lived here."

"It turned out to be an old palace from the previous dynasty, and it was so dilapidated that it couldn't be changed."

There are piles of fallen leaves in front of the gate of Cangzhu Hall, and the location is remote, few people pass by, and no one maintains it.

Zhu Beifeng stood at the door and looked at it for a while, then continued to walk forward.

Mei Qingqing felt that the bedroom was too stuffy, so she went out for a walk, accidentally ran into the emperor.

Mei Qingqing hurriedly saluted, said a few more auspicious words, and invited the emperor to come and sit in her bedroom.

Originally, she was just a symbolic invitation, but Zhu Beifeng agreed without thinking.

"I'm a bit thirsty, Concubine Mei will make me a pot of tea."

Mei Qingqing's body was stiff, and she bravely made a pot of hot tea for the emperor.

The emperor took two sips and began to observe the layout of Concubine Mei's palace.

Concubine Mei is proficient in Taiji swordsmanship, and likes to study Go on weekdays. At this time, there is an endgame on the chessboard.

Zhu Beifeng's eyes fell on the chessboard, thinking seriously about the way to break the game, Mei Qingqing suggested: "Your Majesty, do you want my concubine to accompany you in the next game?"

Zhu Beifeng picked up a sunspot and added a pawn to the endgame.

Mei Qingqing picked up the white chess and played a new move. The black and white chess were like two giant dragons, fighting non-stop.

Zhu Beifeng dropped five chess pieces in a row, and Mei Qingqing's eyes suddenly lit up.

Black's previous disadvantage has been completely reversed, and Mei Qingqing's expression gradually became tense.

Shuangxi tilted her head to look, with a smile on her face. The emperor's chess skills mainly focused on one attack. Concubine Mei was on guard against the emperor's counterattack. In fact, the emperor deliberately attracted her attention. The real way to break the game was just beginning.

Mei Qingqing's chess skills are exquisite, but Zhu Beifeng is slightly better.

After the game was over, Mei Qingqing was still not satisfied.

Zhu Beifeng suggested: "One more dish."

"Row."

The emperor played chess with Concubine Mei, and Shuangxi went out to check the sky. It was completely dark at this time. It seemed that the emperor would stay in Concubine Mei's bedroom tonight.

"Go and prepare, the emperor will rest here today."

All the maids and eunuchs in Concubine Mei's Palace were smiling and went down to prepare the emperor's washing.

After playing a game of chess, the sky was completely dark, a full moon hung in the night sky, and a few stars were scattered around the moon.

Mei Qingqing got up to leave the chessboard, stretched her sore shoulders, Zhu Beifeng put his hands on her shoulders, and pressed down gently, Mei Qingqing let out a long breath.

"It's getting late, Your Majesty, don't leave today."

Zhu Beifeng embraced her, "I never thought of leaving."

The two talked, and then stood in front of the window to admire the moon together.

Shuangxi estimated the time and brought the maid in to wash up for the emperor.

Mei Qingqing's head rested on Zhu Beifeng's chest, like a kitten, firmly pressed against him.

"Concubines like to play chess with the emperor."

"I will come to see you often in the future."

After Zhu Beifeng made his promise, he fell into a deep sleep.

At five o'clock, Shuangxi reminded Zhu Beifeng to get up. Mei Qingqing watched Shuangxi's face. To Zhu Beifeng, Shuangxi was undoubtedly a human-shaped timepiece. Remind him to get up early.

The key point is that Shuangxi sleeps later than Zhu Beifeng, but wakes up earlier than him, and her eyes are radiant in the early morning.

Mei Qingqing almost felt that he was made of iron, so Shuangxi naturally noticed Mei Qingqing's probing eyes.

"Speaking of it, I'm not afraid of my mother's jokes. The slave's sleep time is periodical. When the master is busy, the slave will take a nap, so that he won't be sleepy at night."

Mei Qingqing rinsed her mouth with a willow branch soaked in salt, and the maid combed her hair with a comb.

Zhu Beifeng was already fully dressed and was about to leave. Before leaving, he said: "I will accompany you to drink tea and play chess in the evening."

Mei Qingqing looked extremely happy, and when she went to the Compassionate Ning Palace to pay her respects, her steps were brisk.

Jiang Yuan narrowed her eyes and stared at Mei Qingqing with hatred.

He always pretends to be aloof and arrogant in front of people, and pesters the emperor as soon as he sees him.

When the emperor came out of her bedroom yesterday, he was going to meet the four ministers protecting the country, but he was snatched away by her halfway.

Jiang Yuan had a prejudice against Mei Qingqing, looked at her from side to side, and found her not pleasing to the eye.

Mei Qingqing noticed the strange look in her eyes, and stared back at her: "Jiang Zhaoyi, why do you keep looking at Ben Gong?"

"Concubine Mei doesn't look at the concubine, how does she know that the concubine looks at you?"

Mei Qingqing silently clenched the handkerchief in her hand, Jiang Yuan's tone was not friendly, and what she said was a gun with a stick.

Mei Qingqing reached out to stop her, "Jiang Zhaoyi, kneel down."

Jiang Yuan raised her head and stared at Mei Qingqing with disbelief.

"Concubine Mei, don't think that because the emperor dotes on you, you are defiant."

"You are the one who is defiant. I ask you, did you greet me when you saw me just now?"

"Concubine..."

"The imperial palace values ​​respect and inferiority the most. You little Zhaoyi rushed to the front of this palace without greeting me first when you saw her. Jiang Zhaoyi, you should not kneel when you offend me."

Many people gathered in front of the Palace of Compassion and Ning to greet the Empress Dowager, Mei Qingqing punished Jiang Yuan in public, and the other concubines deliberately slowed down, waiting to watch the excitement.

Committing this crime is like a sack that can hold everything. Any low-rank concubine who makes mistakes will be bound by this sack.

Jiang Yuan felt unwilling, and the maid beside her squeezed her hand without any trace, and Jiang Yuan immediately bent down: "My concubine pays her respects to Concubine Mei."

Mei Qingqing stood straight, like a tall and straight pine tree.

"Get up, Jiang Zhaoyi, you have hysteria, so I won't pursue it with you."

"Thank you, Concubine Mei."

Some of the concubines kept pointing at her, and Jiang Yuan felt that she was ashamed and humiliated today.

So many pairs of eyes looked at her, so many people heard Concubine Mei say that she had hysteria, obviously she did not suffer from hysteria, but she had to admit it and bowed her head.

"Jiang Zhaoyi, follow up quickly, don't miss the time to greet the Queen Mother."

"It's Concubine Mei, the concubine will come."