Yikun Palace.
When the heavy door curtain was opened, a smell of decay hit me in the face.
Even if the palace servants burned incense every day and ventilated the room from time to time, they could not eliminate the smell that emanated from the palace owner at all times.
The palace servants in the hall were probably already accustomed to the smell, and they stood there without changing their expressions.
Although Aunt Qiu was younger than Liu, she also passed away last year.
The person serving Liu closely now is Nanny Deng, whom she later promoted.
When Nanny Deng saw Xiao Che, she was delighted and hurriedly opened the curtain herself: "Your Majesty, please come in."
The fifteen-year-old boy now has a tall and straight figure.
With a height of nearly six feet (note: converted according to modern units here), he already has a strong sense of oppression.
He had a handsome face and was dressed solemnly in a dark dragon robe, which made his slightly childish face look more majestic.
When the other palace servants in the hall saw him, they all knelt down and saluted.
When the young emperor waved his hand, they all retreated.
There is a charcoal basin with burning silver charcoal next to the bed in the fifth hall.
The Empress Dowager Liu was lying on the bed, looking haggard and exuding the aura of death.
Perhaps she heard some noise, she opened her droopy eyes, squinted, and tried hard to look.
After a long while, she finally gave up wasting her energy and simply turned her head to look at the curtains above the bed:
"Is it the Emperor?"
"Great-grandmother, it's my grandson." Xiao Che looked down at the woman who had been making things happen in Daliang for nearly forty years.
His eyes were calm and his emotions seemed to remain unchanged.
"I heard that you granted marriages to many of the ministers' descendants at court this morning?"
She was breathing heavily as she spoke.
Something was blocking her throat, causing her to hum with every breath.
"yes."
Xiao Che's answer was still concise.
It seemed as if he didn't intend to say anything more as long as the other party didn't ask.
Liu gasped for a while again, and perhaps she was angry at Xiao Che's answer, but she didn't say a word for a long time.
After a long time, the grunting sound finally died down, and then her slightly hoarse voice was heard:
"I want to know why. As far as I know, those noble ladies should be the candidates for empress that I asked your mother to see, right?"
Even if there were a few of them she put in there randomly to confuse people.
But most of them were carefully selected by her.
If these people cannot become empresses, they can still occupy a place in the palace, which will help the emperor stabilize his government.
"Yeah. Great-grandmother has a good memory. These people are indeed the ones chosen by Great-grandmother."
He answered very frankly.
Liu choked and said, "What does the emperor have to say about me?"
"Great-grandmother, what are you saying? I've always done what you said since I was little! I respect you so much, how could I be dissatisfied with you? Or do you think you've done something wrong to me?"
Xiao Che looked puzzled and even kicked the question back directly.
Liu: ...
She suddenly sighed heavily, "I have been shrewd all my life, and I have been on guard against your mother all my life, but I didn't expect that I would still be fooled by her!"
Those words just now were not something that the stupid kid in her mind could say!
Xiao Che was stunned for a moment after being exposed suddenly, but he didn't care too much:
"Great-grandmother has always been a master strategist. How could Mother dare to fool you? If Great-grandmother has any dissatisfaction with her grandson, she can just teach him a lesson. Mother has worked hard all her life; she doesn't deserve these groundless suspicions."
"Haha! I was in charge of the overall situation, but I didn't notice the little tricks you were doing right under my nose. The Emperor doesn't need to be so cautious. I'm already dying, and I won't do anything to you, the Emperor."
She sighed deeply, with a hint of relief in her voice.
"I know you've all hated me these years. But I don't care. Now that you have your own ideas and can stand on your own, you must be careful and wary of those around you. Imperial power is a very attractive thing. Don't let the imperial power of Daliang fall into the hands of others again."
This sentence sounded like it was written with Xiao Che in mind, but it also carried the suspicion of sowing discord.
Xiao Che sneered, "Don't worry, Great-grandmother. My mother is not like me, who is obsessed with power! Besides, even if my mother wanted this power, I would definitely give it to her with both hands!"
Unfortunately, his mother was a very lazy person.
She doesn't care at all about the things that others care about and want to fight for.
Sometimes, he even thought that if it weren't for him, with his mother's temper, she would have found a way to escape long ago.
The world is vast, and freedom and ease are what the Queen Mother longs for most.
Liu couldn't see the expression on Xiao Che's face, but she didn't believe what he said.
Once people have tasted power, no one will be willing to let it go.
She is, Shen is, her daughter Changle is, so her granddaughter will definitely not be an exception!
She sneered, her cloudy eyes flashing with calculation.
She didn't expect that she had underestimated her granddaughter before.
I thought she was just a little girl who was easy to control, but I didn't expect her to be so patient.
"The emperor is willing to believe her, and I don't want to be the bad guy and say anything more. Since those noble ladies have already been granted marriage, let it be! My family still has some women of the right age..."
"Great-grandmother, you're not feeling well. You'd better rest up! My mother will take care of my grandson's marriage, so please don't bother me!"
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