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Chapter 336: An agreement is reached, the queen wishes

Empress Liu cried for a while, only to feel exhausted, and choked up with her tear-stained face: "It's strange that the concubine failed to teach Chun'er well, so he embarked on this crooked path." ”

"You don't have to say that, you didn't do anything wrong. Seeing her so sad, Emperor Shou couldn't bear it, stretched out his hand to support her shoulder, Queen Liu opened a pair of eyes, hoping that he could take herself into his arms, but Emperor Shou just held her shoulder, and there was nothing closer: "It's just his own choice." ”

Empress Liu was lost for a while, raised her eyes and looked at Emperor Shou a little helplessly, and suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, threw herself into his arms and cried again: "Your Majesty, will the concubines never see Chun'er again in their lives?"

"He committed the crime of rebellion, and I did not behead him according to the law, but I have already given him a way to live. After he was sentenced to exile, he was not allowed to serve hard labor, if he was smarter, he would be a common man quietly in Qianzhou, and he could get a good death, so you don't have to worry about him anymore. Emperor Shou patted her on the shoulder, couldn't bear to push her away, just said word by word: "You still have Chenyang and Wei Hao by your side, although they are both married, but they also come to visit you in the palace from time to time, if you are always sick, let the two daughters worry about it." Even if it's for the sake of your children, you have to work hard to take care of your body. Besides, I have recently felt that the end is approaching, if you are always sick in bed, how can I rest assured!"

"Your Majesty!" Queen Liu was crying, but when she heard his last sentence, she stopped crying in fright, and covered her mouth with her hand in a panic: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Emperor Shou pulled down her hand and looked at each other, and Queen Liu suddenly withdrew her hand in surprise and covered her mouth.

The light in the hall was dim, and Emperor Shou was standing in the backlight, and she didn't see Emperor Shou's appearance clearly. At this moment, Emperor Shou sat on the edge of her bed, and her appearance was very clear, and she felt that she didn't know the man in front of her.

He...... But I haven't seen you for two months, how did you become so haggard?

Empress Liu looked at Emperor Shou's already gray hair in a daze, looking at the obvious loose wrinkles on his face, her heart seemed to be pinched by something, and it hurt so much that she even stinged her breathing.

She covered her heart, lay on the side of the bed and coughed violently, her throat was fishy, she knew that she was coughing up blood again, so she hurriedly took the handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped it quietly, not letting Emperor Shou see the slightest.

Standing up, her tears rolled down again: "Your Majesty, how can this be?"

"Destiny is like this, and you don't have to be sad. The smile on Emperor Shou's face was faint: "I can't force it." I don't think there's any need to force it now, but there are still some things that I can't rest assured, and I can only entrust it to you!"

These words made Queen Liu's eyes stagnate, and then her heart was filled with bitterness.

She knew why His Majesty didn't feel the need to force it!

Your Majesty loves Concubine Hui the most in her life, Sister Concubine Hui has been underground for so long, it is inevitable that she feels lonely and lonely, Your Majesty can't wait to go down to accompany Sister Huifei!

Just, what about her?

She held Emperor Shou's hand and listened to Emperor Shou's words, but she couldn't say anything about her refusal, her mouth opened and closed several times, and finally she only spit out one sentence: "What Your Majesty wants your concubine to do, just tell me." ”

"The rumors in the northwest of Beijing, although you ignore the palace affairs, but the Zhonghe Palace is not a cold palace with closed news after all, you should have heard the rumors of those news, right?" asked Emperor Shou.

There is nothing to hide, Queen Liu nodded, and said cryptically: "The concubine knows a little." ”

"Which of my princes do you think is suitable for climbing that dragon chair?" Emperor Shou didn't care, and quickly asked.

This question really made Queen Liu stunned!

Why do you ask her?

She kept looking at Emperor Shou's expression, trying to find a little bit of true thoughts from this man. She didn't dare to speak easily, because she couldn't tell whether Emperor Shou was testing or really wanted to ask her opinion, could such a big matter be decided with just a few words from her?

Emperor Shou also knew what she was worried about, and patted her hand: "Don't be afraid, just tell the truth." Since I have spoken to you, I have no doubt about your intentions. ”

Only then did Empress Liu feel relieved.

She was idle in her illness, and occasionally heard a lot of rumors from Bao'er and Dong'er, so she lay on the bed and pondered the current situation with her active brain. The situation in Beijing seems to be full of flowers and shadows, and it is difficult to sort out, but because she thinks too much and sees less, she understands more than anything else.

Which of these princes is more suitable to sit on the throne?

A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Your Majesty, if you say that you are flexible and changeable, of course Mingyuan is the best; if you say that you are full of economy, no one can compare to Mingyu; if you say that you are bold and firm, judging from the performance of the past two years, Mingxi is undoubtedly the best; Shu Zheng is not in the capital, he has been in the fief for the past two years, although he is a prince, but Shu Zheng has a casual and free temperament, which is really not suitable for being an emperor. Mingfu, it's too small......"

These words fell on Emperor Shou's heart, and he nodded: "Then what do you mean?"

After thinking about it, the concubine felt that Mingxi was the most reliable. Empress Liu swallowed her saliva and said something in her heart: "Your Majesty, you also like Mingxi, don't you?"

"Xi'er, hey!" Emperor Shou sighed.

Empress Liu didn't say a word, only kept her eyes open to observe Emperor Shou's reaction, waiting for him to speak.

Emperor Shou was silent for a while before he said: "I won't tell you, Mingxi is indeed the most reliable candidate, his talent, ability, and temperament are all trustworthy, I do intend to make Mingxi the emperor, but if he sits in this position, he will re-follow my path, and I can't bear it." However, as you said, among my sons, the best two are ......" At the mention of the Fourth Highness and the Fifth Highness, his heart ached, and he couldn't speak, so he took a few deep breaths before continuing: "Except for Mingxi, I don't worry about entrusting the Jiangshan Sheji to one person. ”

When Queen Liu heard this, her heart fluttered in her stomach and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that since Emperor Shou already likes Wei Mingxi as the prince, why does he still have so many troubles?

Empress Liu lowered her eyebrows, thought for a moment, and understood why this was in her heart.

It turned out that Emperor Shou was worried about these: although Wei Mingxi had a noble status, Concubine Hui died early, and Concubine Hui did not leave any powerful relatives for Wei Mingxi when she was there. In the succession, without a strong relative as an arm, he is completely blind and busy, and may not be able to go to the last step, so Emperor Shou works so hard......

Thinking of this, the purpose of Emperor Shou coming to see himself today is also clear at a glance.

Empress Liu raised her head, shook Emperor Shou's hand back, and smiled with tears: "Since Your Majesty has chosen Ming Xi as the prince, of course the concubines will do their part for Your Majesty." ”

She propped herself up, knelt on the bed, and bowed deeply: "Please ask Your Majesty to give your concubine a chance, and once again let your concubine escort Your Majesty's country!"

"Yinyin, you always make me feel indebted to you. Seeing this, Emperor Shou felt a warm current in his heart, and he couldn't help but call out Queen Liu's nickname.

This sound made the two of them in a trance, and Queen Liu lowered her head, and the sweetness made her cheeks burn.

She whispered, "Since Your Majesty feels that you owe your concubine, please ask Your Majesty to give your concubine a favor." ”

"What do you want?" for many years, Empress Liu has never asked Emperor Shou what he wanted, and the last time she spoke, she begged Emperor Shou to pardon Wei Mingchun. Emperor Shou said softly: "I can do everything you want." "It's not about love, it's just gratitude.

Empress Liu raised her eyes happily and looked at Emperor Shou with waves: "Please ask Your Majesty for permission, when Your Majesty drives the crane west, you will take your concubines with you." ”

"You ......" Emperor Shou's eyes widened in shock.

After a long time, he finally reached out and hugged Queen Liu, stroked her hair and said, "Okay." I promise you. ”

In the Zhonghe Palace, Emperor Shou and Empress Liu opened their hearts, closed the door and spoke, and someone had already secretly gone to tell Shen Guifei. Shen Guifei didn't even bother to raise her eyebrows when she heard this: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, Your Majesty goes to comfort her, and there is nothing to worry about." A sick seedling, she can't turn the wind and waves left and right, let her go. She raised her eyebrows: "It's the Qi nobles, keep an eye on me, this palace is our territory, don't let people quietly put us together." ”

"Don't worry, the slave knows. The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and answered.

Shen Guifei raised her hand to get her up, and asked again, "Is there any movement on Concubine Duan's side?"

"There was no movement, still embroidering quietly in the house as in previous years. Oh, she got a white cat last year and walks around with her when she has time. The maidservant replied.

Shen Guifei snorted, finally stopped asking, closed her eyes and carefully recuperated.

On this day, it seemed very calm inside and out.

At dusk, the bell in the palace is struck so hard that it can be heard in every corner of the capital. This is the New Year's alarm bell, and when the alarm bell rings, it means that the provinces are going to the palace for the New Year's banquet, and the New Year's banquet for ordinary people can also be opened.

After the alarm bell rang, a stick of incense rang, and the streets and alleys in the capital also rang out with the sound of firecrackers.

The new year is coming!

In the Meiguo Mansion, Fu Rongyue had already prepared under the service of several maidservants, waiting for Wei Mingxi to come and take her into the palace to participate in the New Year's banquet. Today she is still wearing the banquet clothes prepared by Wei Mingxi, a pale yellow palace dress looks particularly refreshing, because there is no protective hairpin, there are more jewelry to choose from, pothos carefully selected, chose a set of smoke green headdress with double buns, wiped the forehead and hung down in the center of the eyebrows, it is really indescribably charming and dignified.

Fu Rongyue was very satisfied with this body, and praised Wei Mingxi again and again.

Out of the Transcription Pavilion, I met Mei Ruanyi coming back from the front hall, and when I asked, I found out that because Wei Mingxi was coming to pick her up, Mei Guogong took Mei Yanshan into the palace first.

There are not many seats this year, and Mei Ruanyi is not in the court, so she is not in the palace banquet.