After time travel, my best friend and I exchanged supplies and became a rich woman

The Empress Dowager is old, so she rarely sleeps.

So at the end of the Yin hour, the old lady got up.

The first thing the Empress Dowager did when she got up was to ask about the Emperor's health. "How is it? Is the Emperor still alive?"

There was still no expression on Min Shanggong's face.

She only replied respectfully: "In reply to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor is still alive, and I heard that he just had half a bowl of bird's nest porridge."

"Why eat bird's nest porridge?" The Empress Dowager frowned. "Wouldn't it be the same to have some Tremella fuciformis? Prince Kang's palace is so poor. This one wants to eat bird's nest, that one wants to eat bird's nest. How can Prince Kang afford it?"

Min Shang Gong lowered her head and whispered, "Then I will have someone replace the maid tomorrow."

The Empress Dowager hummed in agreement.

"There is one more thing," Min Shang Gong helped the Queen Mother out of the bedroom and reported in a low voice: "Last night Geng Hui captured the Prince of Qi and is now imprisoned in the other courtyard.

King Wen means that how to deal with the Prince of Qi is up to you~~~~"

The Empress Dowager, who was already a little grumpy when she woke up, felt a little complaining when she heard that Ji Chongning was looking for trouble for her.

But she opened her mouth and said nothing in the end. She just asked Min Shanggong to take her to have a look first.

.....................

When the Empress Dowager arrived at the dark room where the Prince of Qi was imprisoned, the Prince of Qi was cursing at Shuangxi.

Then he was heard yelling, "You eunuch! You are a hermaphrodite! You are the one who speaks sweetly! You will have no descendants, and even if you die, no one will burn paper for you!!!"

But even though he was scolded like this, Shuangxi didn't get angry.

He just stood calmly at the door, and replied incoherently: "Yes~ what the prince said is right~~ Yes, the prince was right to scold~~~ Indeed, my whole family is dead."

until.......

"The Empress Dowager, your greeting~~~~~~"

The eunuch's sharp shout was interrupted by the Empress Dowager, "Stop shouting! It's already this late, why are you still shouting?"

The young eunuch who was walking in front and leading the way could only swallow the last word "Tao" into his stomach.

At this time, Shuangxi had already seen the Empress Dowager, so he hurriedly stepped out of the dark room and greeted her, "Your servant respectfully welcomes the Empress Dowager."

"Yes." The Empress Dowager nodded slightly to Shuangxi, then raised her chin towards the dark room and said, "Did you torture the Prince of Qi?"

"I dare not," Shuangxi replied quickly, "The prince has specifically ordered that before the Empress Dowager makes the decision, the prince of Qi cannot be touched. The prince cannot be allowed to hurt himself, so... I specially asked someone to pack the prince's bag."

"Well, he is the prince after all. It is against the rules to torture him privately without the emperor's order."

After saying this, the Empress Dowager raised her foot and prepared to step into the dark room to take a look.

The Prince of Qi, who had already heard the Empress Dowager's voice, was now twisting his body like a worm, trying to turn around so that the Empress Dowager could see the face of his great-great-grandson.

But Shuangxi stood in front of the Empress Dowager.

Then he whispered, "Grand Empress Dowager, the dark room is very filthy and smells terrible. I'm afraid it will offend you.

Otherwise, I will bring a chair for you, and you can ask questions outside, you see......"

"How dare you!" The Empress Dowager shouted angrily, "Do you really need me to tell you what to do?"

Shuangxi was startled, and immediately fell to his knees, kowtowed repeatedly, "I dare not, I dare not."

The Queen Mother then placed one hand on Min Shang Gong's hand, leaned on the dragon-headed crutch with the other hand, and stepped into the dark room.

In fact, the so-called dark room is not completely dark.

It was just because it was usually used to interrogate criminals or slaves, so the windows around it were nailed shut with wooden boards.

Even the door was just a small wooden door.

So it looks a bit dark inside.

But once you've been inside for a while and your eyes have adjusted to the brightness, you can actually still see things clearly.

So when the Empress Dowager walked into the dark room, the Prince of Qi, who had just adjusted his head inside, felt like he had seen a life-saving straw.

He yelled: "Grandmother! I am your great-great-grandson, please save me! These eunuchs made me..."

"Hmm~~~~"

The noise was made by the Empress Dowager.

Fortunately, the old lady got up early in the morning and had not had time to eat breakfast.

Otherwise, he would definitely vomit out his entire breakfast.

The Empress Dowager had no time to listen to what the Prince of Qi was saying at the moment. She was dizzy from the sudden sensory stimulation.

"Did you fall into a manure pit?! What's wrong with you? No, no, Min Shanggong, help me, go, go, go!!!"

After saying this, the Empress Dowager was too late to ask for help.

She clamped her crutch under her armpits, covered her mouth and nose with her hands, and walked out quickly.

Even Lady Sang-Gong Min can't catch up with her!!

What else can we help with?

The prince of Qi still cried out in despair: "Grand Empress Dowager, please don't leave, please save me..."

The Empress Dowager ran out of the dark room in one breath. After taking two deep breaths, she scolded Shuangxi who was waiting at the door, "What's wrong with you?! Why didn't you remind me that it was so stinky in there that only maggots could stay there?!"

Shuangxi opened his mouth to explain, but saw Min Shanggong shaking her head at him.

All right, whatever the Empress Dowager says goes.

Once again, Shuangxi knelt down without hesitation, "It was my fault for being careless. Please punish me, Grand Empress Dowager."

"Forget about the punishment. I am a vegetarian and a Buddhist." The Empress Dowager frowned, turned around and looked at the people who were wailing inside, and suddenly an idea came to her mind~~~

After thinking for a moment, she said to Shuangxi, "Well, you send the prince of Qi to the emperor and let him decide."

"Your Majesty is not..." Shuangxi was about to say something, but saw Min Shanggong slightly shaking her head at him, so Shuangxi immediately changed his words and replied, "Yes, your servant will obey the order of the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager didn't want to stay at the door of the dark room any longer.

So he took Min Shanggong's hand and was about to leave.

But before leaving, she also took special care of Shuangxi, "By the way, you... don't need to wash it when you send it over, just send it as it is."

"........I obey your command." Shuangxi replied with difficulty.

Although I don’t know why the Empress Dowager wanted to use the Prince of Qi to disgust the Emperor.

But... I don't dare to ask, I don't dare to say~~~~Forget it.

Anyway, the emperor is just a puppet now, and everything depends on the Empress Dowager.

So Shuangxi called four servants, got a stretcher, and carried the cursing Prince of Qi away.

Fortunately, the villa in the palace is relatively small. The distance from the dark room to the ward where the emperor is temporarily staying is only a cup of tea.

If they were still in the palace now...it would be terrible.

The main courtyard of the palace was two miles away from the miscellaneous courtyard where the servants were imprisoned.

Judging from the smell of the Prince of Qi now...at least half of the palace would stink.

Hey~ you know what, a small place does have its advantages.

Soon, the Prince of Qi, who had been sent away for who knows how many times, was carried to the door of the emperor's ward.

Shuangxi first went into the outer room of the ward and asked the eunuchs and palace maids serving inside whether the emperor had woken up.

After learning that the emperor was awake, Shuangxi walked a few steps inside.

He was standing beside the thick curtain that separated the inner and outer bedrooms, and he greeted them: "Your servant Shuangxi wishes you the best. The Empress Dowager has something to ask, and she asked me to consult the Emperor."

"Hmm~~~" The emperor's vague reply came from inside.

Shuangxi didn't quite understand what this "hmm" meant.

So he looked at the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch whispered, "The emperor wants you to speak up if you have something to say."

........The meaning of this 'hmm' is quite long.

But this is not the point. The point is that Shuangxi must report the matter to the emperor as soon as possible.

So he reported to the emperor in detail how the Prince of Qi came to be outside.

But there was no movement inside.

After a long time.

Shuangxi was wondering if the emperor didn’t hear what he just said.

He was just about to say it again to the emperor when he heard some noise coming from the inner room.

"Since he's outside, let him in."

"Yes~~~~" Shuangxi replied quickly and then left the bedroom.