Title Accidental Queen!I have just come to earth, but the old emperor has disappeared
I was named empress at birth, originally to add joy to the old emperor, but he passed away suddenly.
She glared at me: Do you know who my father is?I replied: Do you know who my son is?I was born to be a queen.
Only because of the edict of the first emperor, the posterior position of the Great Prayer Dynasty can only be held by the origin of the Yongan Zhai family.
However, the Zhai family has not given birth to a daughter for decades.
Therefore, the old emperor is already over forty years old and has not yet established a queen.
When I heard that my mother was pregnant, everyone was expecting and worrying about being a boy again.
Luckily, I was born as a daughter.
The moment I landed, the eunuch who was already waiting for the decree was smiling and read the decree through the curtain in front of the bed.
On the day I was born, I was made queen.
It is said that as soon as the decree was announced, news came from the palace that the old emperor had died.
So, I turned around and became the Queen Mother, the most honorable woman of the Great Prayer Dynasty, oh no, a baby girl.
After 100 days, I officially checked into the Cikang Palace.
Every day, the emperor and empress would come to greet me.
Their greetings consisted of taking turns holding me to soothe me, sometimes pulling out rattles or golden bells.
Naturally, I don't have any memory of these things, and they were all mentioned later when I heard the palace people in their spare time.
Empress Li Qingyao has a son who is one year older than me.
In the entire palace, everyone knows that the Queen Mother hates the crown prince Xiao Wu the most.
For as long as I can remember, this nasty kid used to come and play with me, and he liked to make me cry with a bad face.
Later, the emperor sent him to the prince's office, where he studied with his teacher in the morning and practiced archery in the afternoon.
I looked up and asked my aunt, "Do I want to be like Ah Wu too?"”
My aunt shook her head with a smile and said, "Ah Ying is the queen, so naturally she doesn't need these, but I will teach the queen well in Cikang Palace." ”
My aunt is beautiful and dignified, and she is the most unique woman I have ever seen in the palace.
She came to Cikang Palace when I was five years old, and I heard that my mother sent her.
Although my aunt was only teaching me and had been in the palace, she seemed to know everything in the world.
When I asked her anything, she knew that she knew a lot of the court and folk stories.
From that day on, she taught me to read and write, but not to teach me an embroiderer.
I heard the little palace maid below say that as a woman should learn these skills, I asked my aunt, and she asked me, "Then does Ah Ying like to read or embroider?"I thought for a moment, shook my head and said, "I don't like it, Ah Ying likes sugar gourds." ”
She laughed out loud and flicked my head with her jade finger.
I pursed my lips, last time it was rare for my aunt to go out of the palace to run errands, and brought me a string of sugar gourds back.
It was the first time I had seen the food, and as soon as I took a bite and put it in my mouth, I was snatched away by Xiao Wu who suddenly rushed in.
He must have just returned from school, and the little attendant behind him was still carrying a schoolbag.
Xiao Wu curiously snatched the sugar gourd, ate several in one go, licked the sugar from the corner of his mouth, and shook it at me proudly.
Hey, it's mine now, stupid Sakura. ”
Before I could swallow the sugar gourd in my mouth, I looked at him with wide eyes and disbelief, and when I opened my mouth, the sugar gourd fell to the ground.
I bit my lip, and the next moment I burst into tears, the cry echoing through the Cikang Palace.
The news spread that the prince boldly snatched the sugar gourd of the queen mother, and everyone in the palace knew about it.
When the emperor heard about it, he brought Xiao Wu to apologize to me at night.
I sat on a small stool and dangled my legs, wiped my nose with tears, and stared at Xiao Wu on the ground.
He was still restless on his knees, a pair of bright eyes staring at me resentfully, and he gritted his teeth and spoke under the coercion of the emperor.
The grandson knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely compensate the imperial grandmother ten times in the future. ”
The emperor also bent down and saluted me: "My son is not strict with discipline, please calm my anger." ”
Although I didn't know much about what "anger" was, I clapped my hands happily when I saw Xiao Wu's face of disappointment and frustration.
That year, I was five years old, and my tears were not yet clear, and my snot was still flowing, but I laughed happily.
The days in the Cikang Palace were happy and comfortable.
My aunt taught me to read, play the piano, and play chess, and the little palace ladies liked to play around me.
One sunny day, my aunt was performing a sword dance for everyone in the yard.
She was dressed in red, wielding her sword in the sun, her hair fluttering in her ears, free and flamboyant, as if this small space could not accommodate her.
I jumped up and clapped my hands in excitement, and almost fell down the stairs, and everyone was so frightened that I froze.
Unexpectedly, my aunt jumped and came to me in an instant, took me into her arms and landed steadily.
I never thought that my aunt's martial arts were so strong, and she never showed it.
If it weren't for saving me, I'm afraid she would have been hiding forever.
I heard the old lady in the palace say that there was a female official named Lu Yiye in the previous dynasty, who was strong in martial arts and talented, but as a woman, she could not legally hold an official position.
In all dynasties, the imperial palace had shadow guards, which belonged to the direct jurisdiction of the royal family and were highly valued by the emperor.
This Lu Yiye is the leader of the shadow guard, or the only female leader, the Queen Mother, few people in the palace know, can you say it outside.
It sounds so powerful, I think if a woman can be an official, then my aunt must be the most powerful female official.
Grandma carefully admonished me, I nodded solemnly, patted my chest, and then turned my head and went to ask my aunt.
Auntie, what is Shadow Guard, and who is Lu Yiye?My aunt frowned rarely, she didn't ask me who said that, and she didn't answer my questions.
It's just that the next day, the old grandmother disappeared, I asked privately, and the palace maids all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at me, and said in a unified voice that the grandmother was out of the palace to retire.
I'm not stupid, and my aunt doesn't want me to ask about these things.
She is the closest person to me except the emperor and empress, the father and mother of the Zhai family, I have only met a few times at the banquet, and I am not very familiar with her, they are very excited to call me the queen mother, with a proud face.
That father had a scruffy beard, dressed in gold, and told me: Zhai Ying, you have to sit firmly on the throne of the queen mother and maintain the century-old glory of the Zhai family, it depends on you.
I don't understand, every time I do this, I just yawn and get sleepy.
I only know that in this world, the emperor and queen are good to me, and my aunt is also my favorite person.
She didn't say anything about the shadow guard, but it was also for my good.
I was a kid, and within a few days, I forgot about it.
Recently, there was a cook in the imperial dining room, who came from the Western Regions, and the shortbread he made was super delicious, and the prince and I quarreled for a long time, and I quarreled so much that he had to give in and send the cook to the Cikang Palace.
Recently, my aunt has been very busy, and she always disappears, and the emperor and empress seem to be very busy, I heard that it is because there was a king in the previous dynasty, which always makes the emperor angry, and I am also angry.
In order to please the emperor, I specially gave him his beloved rag doll, which was given to me by Qing Yao on my eighth birthday.
I slept with that doll in my arms and always slept very soundly.
In addition to comforting the emperor, the little palace maids taught me to play rope flipping, sitting under the corridor, and the rain outside sometimes fell on my face, chilling.
Except for Xiao Wu, who always secretly teases me, the days in the palace are very happy every day.
Xiao Wu is always neither big nor small, calling my name, most of the time calling me: Ah Ying, and when he is angry, he calls me: Zhai Ying!He bullied me, and I learned to deal with him, and when he tugged at my braids again, I ran to the Queen's Palace, grabbed her legs, and cried and complained.
Qing Yao, your son bullied me!The room was filled with soft laughter, and the queen picked me up helplessly, and ordered the palace maid to wipe away my snot and tears, before touching my face and laughing.
The Queen Mother, don't cry.
When autumn came, I pestered my aunt to teach me martial arts.
I remember she told me before that she had an apprentice who was very good at martial arts and was considered a genius, and I asked her where she went, but my aunt didn't say.
I also want to be my aunt's apprentice, and I want to be more powerful than that person.
She asked me why I wanted to learn martial arts, and I gritted my teeth and said, "I'm going to beat Xiao Wu so that I can't find my teeth."
My aunt nodded my forehead and said with a smile: "Ah Ying, you don't understand, the purpose of learning martial arts is to protect yourself and the people around you, and to maintain the righteous path in your heart, not to bully others.
I couldn't understand her, but after less than half a month of learning from my aunt, I cried and shouted to stop.
I trembled and stretched my bones, my aunt's teaching was strict, and every day I had to carry a basin of water in the yard to do horse walking exercises, often one of them was unsteady on my feet, fell to the ground, and the water in the basin was poured on my head.
After a few days, my leg was covered with a black bruise, and I don't know how it hurt.
My aunt seemed to have expected it, and while giving me medicine, she said, "Queen Mother, have you admitted defeat?"I lowered my head and sighed helplessly: "But I want to be as powerful as my aunt." ”
My aunt looked at me with a firm look in her eyes: "Ah Ying, you have to understand that it is not just the practice of martial arts that can be called powerful.
As long as you are serious and determined to do something you like, whether you do it well or badly, you are the most powerful person. ”
I nodded a little vaguely.
After the Chinese New Year, I will be 10 years old.
The emperor and Qing Yao did not impose too many restrictions on me, my aunt taught me some basic etiquette, she acted elegantly, had a cold and arrogant temperament, and always gestured freely when she saluted.
At this year's family banquet, I sat next to the emperor, trying to maintain a dignified image, but my legs couldn't reach the ground, so I shook casually.
A group of people sat below, taking turns greeting me and the emperor.
I heard some beautiful young girls talking, "Isn't that a child?"How to sit in that position. ”
Someone explained to her: "Miss Lin, that is the queen mother of the dynasty, please don't lose your sense of proportion." ”
The woman known as Miss Lin opened her mouth in curiosity, then immediately covered it and looked at me secretly.
My aunt is not by my side, and she will not come to the annual family banquet in the palace.
There was no one around me to take care of me, and I thought it was very interesting to see that Miss Lin looking at me, so I suddenly made a grimace at her, and her eyes rolled white, like a ghost in a picture album.
Miss Lin sneered, and before she could react, she was pinched hard by the lady next to her, and immediately lowered her head, not daring to make a sound.
I dangled my legs in boredom and stumbled upon a glimpse of a teenager on the other side staring at me silently.
That young man seems to be some kind of king, I heard that he has outstanding military achievements, he is very prestigious in the court, and from time to time he angers the emperor, and he is very arrogant.
It seems to be called King Zhao?The young man was handsome, and although he was not very old, his eyes were as deep as a pool of water, and his whole body exuded a gloomy and cold aura.
Somehow, I felt as if he was looking at me, and as if he wasn't looking at me.
It was very uncomfortable to be stared at, so I turned my head to pick up the roast mutton, it was absolutely amazing, I finished eating what was in front of me, and I wanted to clip it on the emperor's table.
The servant next to him was startled, and his throat almost coughed up smoke.
Putting down the chopsticks a little embarrassed, the emperor noticed the movement on my side, and said kindly: "Queen Mother, do you have any instructions?"I coughed lightly, my eyes rolled around, and finally fell on the crown prince Xiao Wu.
He was laughing with the sons of the family around him, discussing his last hunting experience.
As soon as I mentioned it, I was indignant, and when I first learned to ride a horse, he deliberately ran ahead of me, rode triumphantly, and carried in his hand the hare he had just shot, and laughed at me for being as slow as a turtle.
He inherited Qing Yao's beauty and had a good skin, but he always put on a posture of underbeating in front of me.
I was determined to overtake him, but I accidentally fell off and lay on the bed for more than ten days.
Xiao Wu specially roasted a hare, and then shook it around in front of my bed, and the room was filled with the smell of meat.
Hehe, it's so fragrant, Sakura, do you want to eat it?I sniffed my nose vigorously and said firmly, "No." ”
No matter what, he directly asked someone to bring a chair, sat on the edge of my bed, and did his filial piety, while holding the roast rabbit in his hand, and took a big bite.
I have always held grudges, and I will remember Xiao Wu's account for the rest of my life.
For this New Year's banquet, I must get the venue back.
So the emperor asked me, and I looked at Xiao Wu ** and smiled: "My lord, you see that the roast mutton on Xiao Wu's table seems to be delicious." ”
The atmosphere was very awkward for a while, Xiao Wu's smile froze on his face, and he couldn't say a word.
The emperor immediately asked the palace people to bring me the meat, just now he only paid attention to talking, the roast mutton had just been served, it didn't move at all, and the plate was full.
I put my hands together with satisfaction and raised my eyebrows at Xiao Wu, with a smug look in my eyes.
Xiao Wu is really a good grandson who is filial. ”
He almost choked on the tea, glared at me fiercely, gritted his teeth, but was helpless.
On my fourth birthday, my aunt combed my hair.
She's been busy lately and I haven't seen her in days.
The personal palace maid Honglian helped me choose jewelry while saying with a smile: "Maybe you have been together for a long time, and the eyebrows and eyes of the Queen Mother are a bit like aunts." ”
I immediately leaned in front of the mirror and took a closer look, in the mirror I had a pair of sparkling almond eyes, I hadn't noticed it before, maybe I grew up and found that I really looked a little like my aunt.
But my aunt has a cold temperament and has always been cold, while I love to laugh and my eyes are always crooked.
It's a bit like that!I excitedly turned my head to look at my aunt, who reluctantly straightened my head and combed my hair seriously.
After combing, she shut everyone out of the door and then crouched down and looked at me seriously.
Ah Ying, you are so naughty, not like me at all, you have grown up, you can no longer be like a child in the future, the palace seems to be peaceful, but the human heart is complicated. ”
Ah Ying, my aunt can't protect you all your life, you have to understand for yourself, remember my words, protect yourself, you are innocent and pure, don't always be stupid to believe in other people's ......"My aunt has been saying a lot of strange things lately.
This time she hugged me into her arms and said a lot of things, I always felt as if she was explaining things, and her eyes were full of helplessness and reluctance.
I felt nothing wrong, and when I woke up the next day, my aunt was gone, and she only left a note for me.
Ah Ying, remember, only you are the most precious in the world, take care of yourself. ”
She has said before that she wants to be happy the rivers and lakes, calm the injustices in the world, and live a free and easy life.
I felt heartache and felt that people like my aunt shouldn't be trapped in this small palace, so I cried for a few days and gradually calmed down.
Xiao Wu knew that my aunt was gone, and I was sad, so she kindly sent me a parrot, saying that it was a tribute from the state, and she could talk.
He showed me the bird, but I didn't expect the parrot to really talk.
Sakura, stupid, Sakura, stupid. ”
My face was full of black lines, but Xiao Wu couldn't stop laughing, maybe he was cramping from laughing.
Xiao Wu!A fury rang out from the hall, and the voice echoed in the Cikang Palace.
After my aunt left, time passed quickly, and I was finally about to die.
According to Honglian, the woman's ceremony is very grand, not to mention that I am the Queen Mother of the Dynasty.
I've been looking forward to what kind of gift I will receive.
The palace wants to hold **, and Mama insists that I want to prepare for the ceremony and cannot participate.
I didn't like this grandmother, and after my aunt left, she always criticized me, and kept mentioning women's exemplars and etiquette regulations, and I was tired of listening to them.
I took the opportunity to sneak out, but I didn't expect to bump into a show girl.
As soon as I wanted to apologize, the woman pushed me away and said with a straight face, "Who are you?"So ignorant of the rules, do you know who my father is?I also got angry and snorted: "Do you know who my son is?".She was stunned for a moment, then looked me up and down, and saw that I was not big, wearing a palace maid's costume, and almost laughed, and then rolled her eyes and said to me: "Where did you come from,, I dare to go crazy here after hitting me, now kneel down and kowtow to me, maybe I will spare your life." ”
When the other show girls heard the movement, they gathered around.
This is the first time I have seen so many people outside the palace in my growth, and I am a little excited.
I raised my eyebrows and smiled at the woman, and when I saw Xiao Wu and the emperor not far away, I walked over with my head held high, ignoring her at all.
You're looking for death!There was a curse behind him, and someone in the crowd was already kneeling down and shouting: "Long live the emperor, long live the crown prince." ”
I walked straight to the emperor from the kneeling crowd.
All the show girls saw a shocking scene, the young emperor who was over thirty years old and the young man behind him actually saluted me, a little girl.
I raised my hand casually and said with a smile, "No courtesy." ”
All the previously arrogant show girls were stunned at this time, their expressions froze on their faces, and they only muttered to themselves: "Queen Mother......."As soon as the emperor asked everyone to get up, she fell to the ground with a soft collapse.
I swaggered up to her, sighed, and said, "Now, you know who my son is, right?"By the way, you haven't said yet, who is your father?She turned pale with fright, and stammered speechless.
I lifted my chin and laughed happily, played with my hair, turned around and bounced away.
When Mama heard about it, she went back and preached again.
Queen Mother, it's time for you to be more stable now......"I went in my left ear and out in my right ear, and I only remembered the news that Honglian inquired about, and the arrogant show girl was sent back, and she cried very sadly.
The thought of this makes me laugh heartily.
In the past few years, Daqi has been at war with the Yongguo next door, and the other two countries are also in chaos and not very peaceful.
Honglian told me that Xiao Dingquan, the king of Zhao in the court, was in the limelight, and the ministers supported him, and His Majesty's prestige was suppressed without a trace.
I don't know if my aunt is now in **, will be affected by the war.
In such a tense situation, my salute finally came.
But for some reason, it's completely different from what I imagined.
At the grand banquet, many princes and nobles came inside and outside the palace, even my father of the Zhai family came, and my mother has been lingering on the sickbed for many years, but she did not come.
Xiao Dingquan, the king of Zhao, was also not present, I heard that he had been guarding the border pass, and I have never seen him again in the past few years.
There was also a guest at the banquet, who was the Seventh Prince of Yongguo.
He was about thirty years old, older than the emperor, with a long beard and a sharp gaze, staring at me all the time, a feeling that was even more uncomfortable than when King Zhao stared at me.
He respectfully said to the Queen Mother: "Praying for the Queen Mother is indeed extraordinary, and this king, on behalf of An Guo, wishes the Queen Mother a long life and a hundred years old, and continues the bloodline for the royal family." ”
I frowned, not understanding what he meant.
I was born as the queen mother, and my aunt also said that I have no husband in my life, where does the bloodline continue?Do you want me to have a baby?For some reason, the emperor and empress only smiled faintly and didn't say much.
My long-awaited gift seemed to have been forgotten by everyone at the same time, only Xiao Wu came to Cikang Palace after the banquet and gave me a box.
Inside is a golden hairpin, the hairpin head is a rabbit pendant, the handmade is delicate and cute, and the touch is cold.
There are many gorgeous jewelry in the palace, but almost all of them are noble styles such as phoenixes and auspicious clouds, and I have never seen a rabbit hanging on a hairpin.
I don't know if it's an illusion, the rabbit is a little ugly, and I don't know which craftsman carved it.
At dinner, Empress Li Qingyao came to Cikang Palace, she rarely went out of the palace recently, and rarely came to see me.
I thought she was here to congratulate me and Lu, but I didn't expect her eyes to be red and swollen, as if she had just cried.
Qingyao is my relative, and when she cried, I panicked, completely unaware of what was going on, and only thought about how to comfort her.
Li Qingyao held my hand, a tear slipped down her cheek, she was weak and beautiful: "Queen Mother, you also know that Yongguo and Daqi are at war, and now peace talks are underway, and the arrival of the seven princes of Yongguo is a good opportunity, but the peace mission cannot be accompanied by members of the royal family, it should have been Ah Wu, but His Majesty is now unable to control the court, if Ah Wu leaves, maybe .......""Maybe King Zhao will directly mutini and seek to seize the throne, Ah Ying. ”
Li Qingyao's tears dripped on my palms, and I felt a little at a loss, after all, this was the first time I had really heard about political affairs outside the harem.
There is only one prince in the Qi Dynasty, Xiao Wu, and King Zhao is powerful, Qing Yao is right, if Ah Wu goes to envoy Yongguo, the court may really be turbulent.
Qing Yao and the emperor have protected me since I was a child, and I, as the queen mother, have not done anything for Daqi.
My aunt also said that if you live alone, you must do something meaningful.
They are all my relatives, and I have to protect the people around me.
Looking at Li Qingyao's eyes full of tears, I suddenly spoke: "I'll go." ”