After the matter was explained, Zhu Yijun sat quietly for a while before setting off to greet the two palaces.

I have been racking my brains and thinking non-stop for the past two days. Although my body can handle it, it is really draining my spirit.

There was still no handling of government affairs, and even the riding and shooting in the afternoon was skipped because of the filial piety period.

But even this made him a little tired.

It’s no wonder that there are many people who don’t want to go to court. Wanting to be a good man is not much easier than 996.

After a rare moment of leisure, Zhu Yijun refused the carriage and walked to Queen Chen's palace with only a few maids and eunuchs behind him.

Empress Chen was the late emperor's second wife, and she had no heirs. She was driven to live in a separate palace by the late emperor on the grounds that she was "childless and sickly." The remote location was almost a cold palace, which made it easier for Zhu Yijun to leave.

Fortunately, he was not stopped outside the palace today.

"Your Highness, the Queen, please come in." The palace maid lowered her eyebrows and led the way.

Zhu Yijun nodded and followed behind.

This Empress Chen is really a pitiful person. She was born in the royal palace, but she is not favored.

The heir is about to ascend the throne, and he is not his biological son.

The eunuchs and maids all went to Concubine Li to flatter her, and almost no one came to Empress Chen to burn the cold stove.

My predecessor didn't meet Queen Chen very often, and in my impression, she had a cold temperament.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment while the servant goes in to report." The palace maid stopped outside the door and said.

This is a villa, there are not many palaces and pavilions, and there are few decorations in the palace.

Zhu Yijun looked around and responded casually.

After a while, the palace maid came out again and invited him in.

As soon as Zhu Yijun entered, he saw Empress Chen wearing the queen's gown, leaning against the table by the window.

Empress Chen looked to be in her early thirties, with extremely beautiful appearance but not a good complexion. Her white ceremonial dress and gray collar made her face look pale.

The front and back of the dress are woven with black and gold cloud and dragon patterns, showing a touch of noble coolness.

Queen Chen saw Zhu Yijun coming in and looked over.

Zhu Yijun was the first to salute: "Son, do you wish to express your condolences to your mother?"

Empress Chen's voice sounded like a clear spring, and she said slowly: "With the departure of Emperor Daxing, I have really become the Ai family mentioned in the opera. No one has come to this palace for several days."

"I didn't sleep at the right time yesterday, so I neglected my son."

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but feel sympathy. He replied: "The coldness in the mother's palace is the child's fault. From now on, the child will come to greet the mother every day."

Empress Chen chuckled lightly: "You are very filial. No wonder, only a good filial son would think about Emperor Daxing in his dreams."

"I heard early in the morning that my sister went around praising you for changing your gender and becoming sensible overnight. Now it seems that you are indeed decent, not bad."

Although she is not the biological mother, the patriarchal clan is supreme and the binding force is very strong. Zhu Yijun does not dare to be vague.

After receiving praise, he naturally had to be humble: "The Queen Mother taught me that the child was indeed too careless in his work in the past. Please give me more lessons from the Queen Mother in the future."

Having said this, he simply hit the snake and followed it with the stick: "Mother, I have been studying "Shang Shu" recently. When my son was reviewing it, he found that there are still some doubts. Can you please explain it to me?"

Empress Chen is different from Li, she comes from a scholarly family.

His father was born in a general family and failed in the imperial examinations. His mother was the granddaughter of Prince Shaobao and Zhang Wenzhi, Minister of Rites.

Empress Chen has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child, so she naturally has a lot of understanding of classics.

Of course, for Zhu Yijun, it is not important what he is asking for advice, but what is important is asking for advice.

The people he helped may not necessarily feel grateful.

On the contrary, most of the people who have helped him will have a good impression of him.

This is the golden rule he summed up in his previous life.

And the so-called asking for advice has been proven time and time again, and always wins the favor of the leader - of course, the qualification to ask for advice is the most rare.

Now Zhu Yijun has learned a lot and used it on Empress Chen, and it is naturally very effective.

Empress Chen nodded and sat upright: "Well, at your age, the minister is indeed a bit obscure. You might as well talk about it and listen to it."

As he spoke, his eyebrows and eyes widened with smiles, obviously he was very much benefited from it.

Zhu Yijun quickly asked someone to fetch a book of ministers.

While turning the pages of the book, he looked puzzled and asked questions repeatedly.

Most people like to teach others, and Empress Chen is no exception. What's more, it's rare to have someone to talk to, so she naturally doesn't hesitate to give advice.

Empress Chen gave some advice, and Zhu Yijun immediately realized what he was doing, and then drew inferences from one example.

With Zhu Yijun's intention to support her, every time she scratched Empress Chen's itchy spot, she would indulge in it unconsciously.

An hour passed like this.

After Zhu Yijun left, Queen Chen, who was thirsty and tongue-tied, still had some aftertaste.

While she was drinking tea to soothe her throat, the eunuch walked in in small steps and said, "My Lady, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to Concubine Li."

Queen Chen finally came back to her senses and nodded.

She looked at the empty palace again, her face a little sad, and said: "Chen Suan, tell me, why don't I have a son?"

Eunuch Chen comforted him and said, "Mother, your Royal Highness is your son."

Empress Chen laughed at herself: "Yes, he is a good son. He is so good that I don't even know how my 'good' sister was born."

After saying that, she raised her head again and looked out the window.

He seemed to be whispering and said: "Let Chen Hong restrain himself. He helped Zhang Siwei to deliver the memorial privately behind my back. Only when he was stopped by Feng Bao did he ask me for help? Meng Chong just died yesterday. I can't bear the thought of you old people leaving one by one."

Earlier than me."

These two eunuchs named Chen were originally slaves of the Chen family. They followed her into Prince Yu's Mansion, and their names were given by her mother.

Chen Shuan buried his head very low: "I will go and tell him now."

Queen Chen nodded, looked at the sun outside the window, and said no more.

…

When Zhu Yijun arrived outside Concubine Li's palace, he happened to see Feng Bao coming out from a distance.

As soon as she entered the palace, she saw that Concubine Li's face was ashen.

He was puzzled, but he still followed the etiquette: "I say hello to my mother and concubine."

After the ceremony, he didn't hear Concubine Li's reply. He moved closer to Mrs. Li and said carefully, "Who made my mother angry? Mother told me that I will go to trouble him right away."

Concubine Li angrily threw out a memorandum and threw it on the table: "Take a look!"

Zhu Yijun was confused but kept his expression.

He gently picked up the memorial and flipped through it.

It turned out to be a high-arching memorial to impeach Feng Bao. It listed Feng Bao's crimes of using official weapons for personal use, corruption and perversion of the law, murdering colleagues, isolating internal and external affairs, etc. It was very conclusive.

Feng Bao was so honest that he presented it to Concubine Li like this? So he was angry with Feng Bao? Shouldn't he?

Zhu Yijun tried and said: "Mother, some trivial matters are not worthy of my anger."

Concubine Li suddenly lost her composure: "A small matter!? Then what else is a big matter?"

"What on earth is this high arch for?"

"Do you still think that he is just a civil servant who always disagrees with Feng Dajuan?"

"Do you know what he said!?"

Concubine Li almost squeezed out a few words through her teeth, and her tone was cold: "He said, how can a ten-year-old emperor rule the world?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Concubine Li who was losing her composure and silently closed the memorial.

This is Feng Bao's dirty trick.

The meaning of "How to rule the world" and "How to rule the world" are completely different.

It went directly from how to govern a country at the age of ten to how to be an emperor at the age of ten.

This has touched the Li family's backbone. As soon as these words came out, anything Gao Gong said to Concubine Li would become nonsense.

People who are held grudges will not be viewed objectively.

As Feng Bao was one of Concubine Li's own, Gao Gong's petition for impeachment immediately turned into a provocation to the inner court and the Li family.

The method is simple, but it works repeatedly.

However, Zhu Yijun had nothing to do. After all, Gao Gongzhen said similar things.

He took a deep breath and showed a look of hatred on his face: "How dare you bully my orphans and widowed mother like this!?"

"Mother, when I ascend the throne in a few days, I will drive him out of the court!"

Concubine Li's expression calmed down a bit, but she still felt upset and tore up Gao Gong's memorial: "For such a treasonous person, Feng Daxuan still said that these words alone cannot cure his crime! How unreasonable!"
To be continued...