Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 929 Single Empress Dowager

   Liu Yi immediately brought his entourage into the palace.

   It is said to be a palace, but it is actually just a name. Its predecessor was the garden of a famous local family. After Liu Cong entered Lu County, he took this garden.

  Liu Cong killed several brothers, of course, including their wives and grandchildren, so now living in this palace are his wives and concubines, as well as the Empress Dowager Shan and some concubines.

Ever since she fled with the court and was separated from her son, the Empress Dowager Shan has been keeping a low profile and quiet. After the news of Liu Yuan's death, she became even quieter. Although she was worried about Liu Yi's whereabouts, she dared not reveal it, let alone cooperate with the courtiers to find someone .

She could only hide in a corner and quietly ask someone to go out to inquire. She would be happy if she could hear more about her son's whereabouts. If she couldn't inquire, she would not be able to sleep all night. nothing.

  Because of this quietness, the petty Liu He didn't think of troubles with her after he ascended the throne, although he hated Liu Yi and Queen Mother Shan to death when he was the prince, and felt that they might take his position at any time.

   But Liu Yi took the initiative to lure away the pursuers, and the remaining Queen Mother Shan was also obedient and did not cause trouble for him. In addition, he wanted to appease the courtiers, so he did not embarrass Queen Mother Shan, but respected her as Queen Mother according to the rules.

   Afterwards, leave people alone.

The Empress Dowager Shan's life is not good, but it's not bad either. It's just that every time she migrates, she needs to work hard not to fall behind. Occasionally, she falls down when she's hungry, or there are not enough carriages, so she can only squeeze an ox cart with the palace people. Class doesn't matter at all.

  The only thing she cares about most is Liu Yi's safety.

  After Liu He was killed by Liu Cong, the Empress Dowager Shan was taken out, because in theory she was the one who had the right to determine the next successor.

  Then Empress Dowager Shan was not happy with such attention at all. Her treatment improved, but she lived in fear every day. She was very afraid of Liu Cong, and felt that he might kill her for the throne at any time.

  When Liu Cong said in front of everyone that he wanted to find Liu Yi and make him emperor, she became even more afraid and terrified.

  She is not smart, but she has her own survival wisdom. If Liu Cong wanted his brother to be emperor, why would he kill Liu He and his son?

  So the Empress Dowager Shan has been waiting for herself to be killed in fear, she can't find her way out at all, she only hopes that Liu Yi can be safe.

   As a result, the news that Liu Yi was captured as a hostage spread throughout the Huns overnight. Before the Queen Mother Shan was happy or worried about finding Liu Yi's whereabouts, Liu Cong poisoned Emperor Jin and Zhao Zhongyu to death.

  Empress Shan's heart suddenly became cold.

  Liu Cong poisoned Emperor Jin and Zhao Zhongyu, so can her son live in the hands of the Jin people?

  For this matter, Queen Mother Shan cried for three days and three nights.

  Afterwards, she cried whenever she thought of her son, whose life or death was unknown. She didn't have time to think about her son until they left Boping County and fled northward.

This time, although Liu Yi came back, he could not live in the palace, and she could not go out. The mother and son met twice, and this was the third time. Dressed up carefully, she took out her best clothes and jewelry, compared them in front of the mirror, and smiled with the maid: "Just wear this set."

The servant girl responded with a smile, helped her change her clothes, and smiled while brushing her hair: "Your Majesty is so beautiful, Your Highness is relieved to see you like this. After His Highness confers an official position, I will ask His Majesty again, maybe you can do it." Take you out alone."

  The Empress Dowager Shan smiled slightly, with a slight worry on her brows. Although she didn't participate in political affairs, she still knew about the debates outside.

  Liu Yi wanted to serve Zhao Hanzhang, but the emperor refused.

  Empress Shan touched her heart, always feeling a little uneasy. Today, her heart seemed to be beating extraordinarily fast.

  She asked: "Has Xiao Qi entered the palace yet?"

  The maid smiled and said, "It's almost time."

   Queen Mother Shan's heart beat faster, she simply got up and walked out of the house, stood at the door and looked into the distance.

  The servant girl was a little at a loss with the hairpin to be inserted, and hurriedly followed, "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

   "It's a little stuffy, I'm here to get some air."

  The Empress Dowager Shan looked around and felt uncomfortable, so she asked the maidservant, "There are sounds of movement outside the door, who is outside?"

  Hearing this, the maid hurriedly put down her hairpin and went out to have a look. After a while, she came back and said, "It's a guard in the palace."

  The Empress Dowager Shan was puzzled, "Why did the guards come here?"

   "It is said that in order to protect the safety of the palace, additional manpower has been deployed everywhere," the maid said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let's continue to dress up."

  The Empress Dowager Shan turned pale. She had experienced a palace change, and she felt something was wrong right away.

  She ignored the maid, but turned around and went up to the second floor, then climbed up to the attic, opened the small window on the attic and looked into the distance.

  It was dusk at this time, but everything was still clear, and she had good eyesight, and soon found that there were guards in armor gathered under the high wall, much more than before.

  Empress Dowager Shan often goes to this attic. Before Liu Yi comes back, she likes to hide here and watch the ministers pass by the front yard, hoping to take the opportunity to inquire about some news.

   Today she saw more than a hundred times more guards than before.

   There is only one person who can deploy so many people in this garden, and Empress Dowager Shan's face turned pale. What is worth the emperor dispatching so many guards in the garden now?

   also hid behind the high wall.

  The Empress Dowager Shan tremblingly climbed down the attic, grabbed the maidservant who was also pale and said, "Did you see it?"

  The maid nodded tremblingly.

  The Empress Dowager Shan grabbed her tightly and said, "Go out through the gap in the back wall and report to the King of Beihai, or you may survive."

  The maid shook her body and shook her head, not daring to go.

  The Empress Dowager Shan said anxiously: "I am the mother of the King of the North Sea, I will definitely die tonight, and you will die if you follow me. Only by escaping and reporting to the King of the North Sea can you survive, you know?"

  The Empress Dowager Shan wept and said: "You tell him to leave Luxian quickly, his father and I dote on him too much, and Liu Cong is much older than him and has been battle-tested. How can he be his opponent?"

  The servant girl calmed down a bit when she heard that the only way to survive was to run away.

  The Empress Dowager Shan stuffed a sign into her hand, pulled her under a flower bush in the backyard, pushed the flower bush away, and saw a hole in the wall behind.

   This is a small hole that their master and servant found by chance. Later, they manually enlarged it and dug out several bricks.

   I can’t say why specifically, I just think that one day there will be another rebellion, or the Zhao family army will come in, they can hide here, or escape from here.

  The Empress Dowager Shan stuffed her out and told her in a low voice: "Hold the sign well, my son will believe you when he sees it, if someone intercepts you, you can use the sign to make an excuse to go out and help me buy things, you understand?"

  The maid nodded in panic.

Only then did Queen Mother Shan push her out, lay on the ground watching her climb out and run away, then wiped away tears and pushed back the flowers, patted the dirt on her body and went back tremblingly, she tried hard to calm herself down , but the hand holding the eyebrow pencil kept shaking.

  (end of this chapter)