Chapter 781 Starting From the Empress Dowager

When the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, she lived in Xiwei Palace.

She has her own palace, which has been given to her all these years, cleaned every day, and kept exactly the same as when she left.

She lived in the East Pavilion of Xiwei Palace, and the emperor lived in the West Pavilion. After returning to the palace, she did not order to meet anyone.

The emperor went there twice, but she didn't see her. She only said that she hadn't settled down yet and asked the emperor to go back and have a good rest.

The emperor has been looking forward to her return, and now that she is back, she lives in Xiwei Palace, but she doesn't want to see him.

The emperor said sadly to Lu Gonggong: "The old ancestor must be very angry with me. I forced her to come back, but she didn't want to see me."

Eunuch Lu injured his lower abdomen that day. Although the injury was not serious, the imperial doctor also said that he had to stay in bed. However, the emperor could not leave old people like him. Eunuch Bao was gone, so he had to be by his side.

The emperor also sympathized with him, and placed a couch for him in the palace, let him lie down, and accompany him.

The emperor's health was already very poor, and he began to eat five stone powder to maintain his spirit.

Although the court judge didn't recommend it, he had nothing to do with it.

After taking Wushi powder, he needed to sweat, but for the weak emperor, being able to move was the best way to sweat.

He didn't allow anyone to accompany him, walked out by himself, and knelt in front of the palace of the Empress Dowager.

The emperor kneels, can the people in Xiwei Palace not kneel? It's just that the emperor ordered them not to approach, so they knelt far away, and even Eunuch Lu came out and knelt down.

For a whole hour, the Empress Dowager didn't let anyone come out.

The emperor took Wushi powder and was barely able to hold on, but Eunuch Lu couldn't hold on and passed out. The palace servants hurriedly carried him back to rest.

As for the concubines in the palace, when they heard that the Empress Dowager was returning to the palace, they all came to pay their respects. Seeing the emperor kneeling, although they didn't know the reason, they had no choice but to kneel.

Concubine Mei knelt all the way forward, knelt beside the emperor, supported him with half of her body, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, how are you?"

The emperor was very moved by Concubine Mei's thoughtfulness but did not hurt his self-esteem. He really couldn't hold it anymore. Concubine Mei leaned over like this, and his crumbling body had a point of support.

"I'm fine!"

"The concubine is kneeling with you!" Concubine Mei said softly.

Although the emperor ordered her to be concubine, but the canonization ceremony has not yet been performed, so everyone still calls her Concubine Mei.

The emperor did not make a sound, that is, he acquiesced.

In Yanxi Palace, the Empress Dowager also knew that the Empress Dowager was back.

She frowned and said to Rurong beside her: "When she comes back, this harem might not be peaceful."

Rurong said: "Please don't worry, empress dowager, this empress dowager is also a reasonable person, and, now that you are empress dowager, she can't treat you coldly like before."

"The Ai family is not worried about this. The so-called people leave the tea to cool down. In the past, she was indeed the pillar of Da Zhou, but now that she has been away for so long, it has changed when she comes back. This harem is now the head of the Ai family, and the Ai family is happy. Give her a meal, don't worry about it if you are unhappy, and she can't do anything about Aijia, could it be that she thought that after she came back, the people in the palace would still listen to her?"

"In that case, what are you worried about?" Ru Rong asked.

The empress dowager sighed, "She is a person who is good at tossing around, Aijia is just worried that the emperor will be confused by her."

"That's not to worry about. You, the empress dowager, was helped up by the emperor himself. I can't help the empress dowager to fight against you later."

The empress dowager thinks about it too, but there is a problem that she hasn't figured out until now, that is why the emperor helped her to be the empress dowager.

I thought the emperor would ask for something, but up to now, the emperor has not asked her for anything, or asked her to do anything as empress dowager, except for embarrassing Xia Zian.

Forget it, maybe he really wanted to use her to contain the concubines, for fear that they would collude with their relatives.

Xuezhan walked in quickly from the outside and said, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, please go over."

"Let's just say that Ai's family is tired and rested." The Empress Dowager said lightly.

Whether it was before or now, she never sells the old woman's account.

Especially now that her status is different, she is the empress dowager, if she says please, will she go?

Xuezhan was stunned for a moment, "Then, well, the servant girl will go out and answer."

Ru Rong said, "Don't be busy yet."

Then, she softly said to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, I feel that you should go. After all, she is higher in seniority than you, and she has just returned to the palace. You will follow filial piety when you go to see her, so as not to be manipulated by others in the future. Tell the emperor later, you are not a good man, are you?"

"Where does she live?" The Empress Dowager asked Xuezhan, which made sense after thinking about it.

Xuezhan said: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, she lives in Xiwei Palace. Moreover, she doesn't see the Emperor now. The Emperor knelt in the East Pavilion for more than an hour, but she didn't see her. All the empresses also went to kneel together."

"There is such a thing?" The empress dowager was furious, "What kind of posture did she put on just after she came back? The emperor kneeled down on her for so long while sick, did he really treat himself as an ancestor?"

She stood up and said arrogantly: "Come on, since she invited me, Aijia will go there in person."

Xuezhan was terrified in her heart, because it was the old woman who came to deliver the message, and the original message was to ask the old woman in Yanxi Palace to go and pay her respects.

The woman was very imposing, and her eyes, like poisonous snakes, made people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts just by looking at them.

When the Empress Dowager arrived at Xiwei Palace, she saw the emperor and all the concubines kneeling outside. She was furious, and she stepped forward and said to the emperor: "You are not well, stop kneeling, get up."

The emperor didn't raise his head, but adjusted his kneeling position slightly, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I'm fine."

"Get up!" The empress dowager stretched out her hand to pull him, and said angrily: "She really treats herself as a thing? How dare you make you kneel for so long while sick?"

The emperor raised his eyes in disgust, and before he could speak, he saw Aunt A Snake coming out, glanced coldly, and said to the empress dowager, "Come in? Come in, the empress dowager wants to see you."

The emperor suddenly looked up at Aunt A She, "Auntie, can the ancestor say he has seen me?"

"Kneel down. When you want to see her, I will see you naturally." Aunt A Snake said indifferently.

"You are so courageous!" The empress dowager was furious, she stepped forward and pointed at Aunt A She's nose and snapped, "What kind of status are you? How dare you speak to the emperor like that?"

Aunt A Snake glanced over coldly, "Are you going in or not? If you don't go in, you can also kneel here."

After speaking, walk in with a flick of your sleeves.

The empress dowager was furious, and immediately followed in. She wanted to ask the old woman how she restrained her servants.

When the empress dowager was still the concubine, no, or when she was still the prince Liangyuan, she already had this kind of temper, and it hasn't changed for many years.

In fact, being able to keep her temper unchanged is also a kind of happiness, which proves that she has never suffered a big loss related to life and death.

After entering the palace for many years, although she has never been favored, she can still live in arrogance. Since she has a temperament that others generally don't provoke, and relying on the power of her natal family, she can be domineering when she lives in a corner.

The empress dowager is the only one who has never pretended to her. In fact, the number of times is not many, but she can be remembered for a lifetime once.

Therefore, she became ruthless this time, trying to save some face.