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The whole summer of Huicheng's third year was spent in sorrow, and the empress's funeral was held in a grand manner. Fu Yi made Mo's Empress Yide and was buried in the imperial mausoleum.

According to Empress Yide's last wish, the eldest prince Fu Jue was sent to Guangyang Palace to be raised by Concubine Zheng.

When the first maple leaf fell in the Imperial Garden, the grief of Empress Yide's death gradually dissipated in people's hearts.In the past few months, Shen Zhiqiu has been busy presiding over Empress Yide's funeral and following the imperial decree to guard the spirit of Empress Yide. He is so busy that he hardly touches the ground, and he can only sleep for more than two hours a day. I lost a lot of weight.Fu Yi was very distressed when he saw it before, and deliberately avoided his wake, but Shen Zhiqiu still went every day, and now he can finally rest.He sat on the soft couch with his eyes closed and meditated. The room was smelling very thick of benzoin. When he relaxed, he felt drowsy. In the dimness, he seemed to smell the smell of ambergris on Fu Yu's body, and slowly opened his eyes. Opening his eyes, he saw Fu Yi sitting opposite him, silently flipping through the book he had put there.Shen Zhiqiu sat up, pressed the center of his eyebrows, and lazily said: "Why don't you make a sound when you're here."

"Seeing that you were asleep, I didn't bother you." Fu Yi put down the book, reached out to massage his temples, and said distressedly, "Yunyu, you have worked hard these days."

Shen Zhiqiu smiled faintly, "It's not hard work, it's also my job, did you send Zhennan King away today?"

After receiving the news of his daughter's death, King Zhennan hurried back to Beijing and stayed in Beijing until Queen Yide's funeral was over.

Fu Yi nodded, "King Zhennan is old, and Yanjun is his most beloved little daughter. He is very sad."

"The king of Zhennan has been loyal and good for generations, the emperor must comfort him well." Shen Zhiqiu said.

"This is natural. In the future, the king of Zhennan will be ruled by his eldest son, and I will make an exception for his second son as Yongyi Hou, and allow them administrative ownership of southern Yunnan. It can be said that they are now considered to be in southern Yunnan. The emperor of the earth."

Shen Zhiqiu raised his eyebrows, "Is the emperor not afraid?"

Fu Yi lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Why not be afraid? It's just that their power will not be checked and balanced for a while, and they have been loyal and good for generations. I can trust Zhennan King as a man. As for his sons in the future, There will naturally be checks and balances.”

Shen Zhiqiu glanced at Fu Yi, and said after consideration: "Your Majesty, I feel that Prince Rui is worth using."

Fu Yi took a sip of tea, and said, "Prince Rui is indeed worth using, but he is not enough. I am going to hand over the military power in Duke Ning's hands to him. In the south of Yunnan, there is still a lot to be done. Consider new candidates."

"Next year's imperial examination, there will be new talents coming in, and it won't be too late for the emperor to choose those who can be used. Now there is an urgent matter." Shen Zhiqiu said.

Fu Yi looked up at him, "You mean Lihou?"

Shen Zhiqiu nodded, "Empress Yide's funeral has passed. Before the New Year's Eve this year, there will definitely be a voice in the imperial court. I think that Empress Zhaoyi's voice will be very loud."

Fu Yi snorted coldly, "I'm afraid the queen mother can't wait a long time ago. I have a countermeasure for this matter. You have been tired for so many days. Don't think about these things in the past few days. Take a good rest for a few days. Your face is not thin. meat."

As Fu Yi said, he stretched out his hand to pinch Shen Zhiqiu's face, the feel was indeed not as good as before, Shen Zhiqiu frowned and slapped his hand off, and leaned lazily on the soft couch again, intending to continue squinting for a while, but Fu Yan came over and threw him across He picked him up and led him into the inner room. They hadn't been close for several months, so naturally they took a lingering nap.

In Guangyang Palace, Concubine Zheng played with Yongshu and Fu Jue for a while. Seeing that the two children were sleepy, she asked the wet nurse to take them down to take a nap. As soon as the two children left, she went back to the Nuan Pavilion with a gloomy face. Sitting down, he said to Kikyo, "Bring her in."

Kikyo turned around and went out, and soon brought in a disheveled, disheveled woman. The woman was thrown in. When she saw Zheng Guifei, who was high above her, she hurriedly lay down on the ground, begging for mercy as always, her sallow face appeared from behind her hair. Caiwei who disappeared from the clothing bureau.

Concubine Zheng fiddled with her inch-long nails, and asked lazily, "Have you thought it through after being locked up for so long?"

"I really don't know what I have committed, I beg the imperial concubine to clarify!" Caiwei kowtowed again, she never thought that it was the imperial concubine who seldom showed up in the palace before who brought her out of the clothing bureau.

Concubine Zheng seemed to have run out of patience, and she winked at Kikyo, Kikyo clapped her hands, and several eunuchs came in with a man in eunuch uniform, greeted Concubine Zheng and quickly left.The eunuch who was brought in was about 20 years old. He seemed to be a newcomer and was not familiar with the rules here. His face was pale with fright, and he knelt straight on the ground and didn't know what to do.

"Please greet the imperial concubine!" Kikyo shouted.

The new eunuch hurriedly slammed his head on the ground, and mumbled something vaguely, "My servant greets the imperial concubine."

Caiwei who was at the side became excited when she heard this voice, she straightened up hastily, and looking back, it happened that the eunuch also straightened up, and the moment her eyes met, Caiwei shouted hoarsely: "Brother!"

When the eunuch saw him, his already pale face became even more bloodless. Tears welled up, and he was about to come over to hold Caiwei's hand tremblingly, "Caiwei...you...what's wrong with you?"

"Brother...Brother...why are you..." Caiwei cried and crawled over, just as she was about to touch her brother, another maid in the room rushed up to grab her and threw her aside.

Concubine Zheng Gui, who had seen enough of the reunion of siblings, lowered her head and smiled at Caiwei: "You can't remember it, so I had no choice but to ask your brother to help you think about it together. Seeing that your brother is pretty smart, I asked for it." He went to Guangyang Palace to work, if you still can't remember, your brother's life will be ruined in your hands."

Her elder brother is Caiwei's only family member. She has not married a wife yet and has become a eunuch. Caiwei cried so hard that her tears and snot flowed into a mess. She knelt and crawled over and grabbed Concubine Zheng's ankle, crying: " Empress! I beg you, I beg you, I beg you to bypass my elder brother, I am willing to die for my elder brother! I beg you to let my elder brother go."

Concubine Zheng laughed lightly, "What do I want your brother to do, what I want to know is what you know."

Caiwei was terrified. In fact, on the first day she was arrested in Guangyang Palace, Concubine Zheng sent someone to ask her about the Empress Empress giving birth and the eldest prince falling into the water. After suffering until today, she can only hope that it can be delayed day by day. Seeing Concubine Zheng eating fast and reciting Buddha, she thought she was a kind person. If she dragged on like this, she might really believe that she was innocent. The only family member came to threaten her, and now that her brother has become a useless person, Caiwei understood that Concubine Zheng is a vicious person, and she can't let herself and her brother lose their lives.

Caiwei kowtowed non-stop, the blood on her forehead was blurred, and she said in a hoarse voice: "This servant is guilty, but I beg your mother to forgive me..."

Kikyo was so discerning that the other palace people retreated, and Caiwei's brother was also gagged with cloth strips. There was only Caiwei's intermittent voice in the room, mixed with her sobbing, one after another. It sounds scary.

This questioning lasted for more than an hour. Caiwei cried and passed out, and was carried out together with her brother. In fact, Concubine Zheng did not castrate her brother, but just frightened her. Unexpectedly, She is so unintimidated.

Kikyo stepped forward to exchange a cup of hot tea for Concubine Zheng, and asked, "Caiwei has said so much, but we have no evidence, what is the master going to do?"

Concubine Zheng smiled coldly, "The evidence is for the emperor to see. Since I know these things, I don't need the emperor to come forward. Since I don't need the emperor to come forward, it doesn't matter if there is evidence or not."

"But what if Caiwei grabbed and bit Noble Liu at will?" Kikyo asked again.

Concubine Zheng shook her head, "It's not like, she has no reason to bite Noble Lady Liu, and although this Palace has ignored the affairs of the harem for a long time, I have watched coldly over the years that Mrs. Liu is not a law-abiding person. When she was in the palace, she There were some small actions, and I was too lazy to care about her, but I never thought that she would actually hurt Yanjun, no matter whether she had a part in Yanjun's premature birth or not, she must be involved in Jue'er's falling into the water."

Kikyo understood her master's thoughts, and thought of Caiwei and her brother again, and asked for instructions: "I don't know how to deal with Caiwei and her brother?"

"Caiwei gave wine, her brother was released from the palace, this matter has nothing to do with him."

Kikyo responded and stepped back to make arrangements. Concubine Zheng held the teacup, her bright eyes slowly turned sad. She took out a ring in her bosom, which was often worn by Empress Yide during her lifetime. Concubine Zheng gently Caressing it, murmured: "Yanjun, I will avenge you."

Within a few days, the voices of admonishing Fu Yili came from the court, most of which mentioned Zhou Zhaoyi. Fu Yi watched coldly, and only sighed that the Queen Mother was too impatient. Empress De, will not establish a new empress for three years. If anyone mentions the matter of establishing an empress in the future, they will be dispatched to the frontier. The officials who still want to continue to mention this matter are so scared that they dare not speak again.

The post can be vacant, but the harem cannot be left alone. Fu Yuyuan still wanted Shen Zhiqiu to continue to manage the affairs of the harem, but the Queen Mother Zhou disagreed. Fu Yu said before that Zhou Yixin had just entered the palace and was not familiar with the affairs, so Shen Zhiqiu was temporarily acting. , now that Zhou Yixin has been in the palace for a year, he is qualified to be a director.

After several arguments, Fu Yi finally compromised, "Wan'er has no extra energy to take care of the two children, and Yunyu is familiar with the affairs after acting as an agent for so long, so from now on, Yunyu will be in charge, with Zhou Zhaoyi and Concubine Zheng from the sidelines." Assistant Manager, it won't be too late to talk about it after Zhaoyi straightens up."

Although the Queen Mother didn't like it, Fu Yi had already made a step forward, and she didn't continue to force her anymore. She just wanted Zhou Yixin to give birth to a child sooner, so that she could ascend to the post as soon as possible.

In order to make things easier for Shen Zhiqiu, Fu Yi also mentioned his status, the title is still Young Master Yunyu, but the status and treatment have become equivalent to the rank of concubine.

Now in the harem, besides Concubine Zheng, Young Master Yunyu has the highest status.

When Shen Zhiqiu received the imperial decree, he didn't have any emotions in his heart. He never cared about these positions, but when he thought of Fu Yu's possible intentions, he still couldn't help panicking. If Fu Yu really wanted to push him to that position, what should he do? manage?