"What about the eldest prince? Where are the people now? As soon as the queen returned to her palace, she angrily smashed the teacup sent by the maid to the ground, and immediately fell apart, "Go and call the eldest prince to me." ”

"Yes, the slave is going to let people call the prince." The maid in the palace turned pale from the queen's anger and stammered in reply.

"Wait a minute." The queen thought for a while, waiting for others to inform Xuanyuan Che, and then let him come to the palace will definitely delay a lot of time, and now the anger in the queen's heart makes her can't wait so long, she must see Xuanyuan Che immediately now, so she eased her emotions and said: "Let people prepare a sedan chair, this palace is going to the palace of the eldest prince." ”

"Yes!" Seeing the queen's fierce face, the maid nodded and hurriedly ran out.

"Don't you have to go into the palace today to greet your father and mother?" Qi Fangfei heard that Xuanyuan Che was in the mansion from the next person, and felt a little strange in her heart, so she asked the maid next to her to leave first, and walked into his study alone, and saw that he seemed to be writing something in front of the desk, so she knocked on the door a few times before entering.

Xuanyuan Che looked up and saw that it was Qi Fangfei, immediately put down the pen and took out a book from the side to cover what he had just written, got up and walked out from behind the desk and said, "You don't have to enter the palace today." ”

Qi Fangfei nodded slightly, the atmosphere cooled down suddenly, and she didn't know what to say for a while, and then said casually: "I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago, and my father said that he had already helped you contact a few ministers, and I want to ask when you have time to have a meal with them?" ”

Xuanyuan Che thought for a while, and said lukewarmly: "I will personally tell the prime minister about this matter, you don't have to ask anymore, if you are okay in the mansion, go and walk around with the wives and concubines of some ministers in the court." ”

Qi Fangfei nodded, and said with a hypocritical smile: "I know what to do?" But I heard that there are many ministers in the court who are on the side of the three princes, are you really sure that you can win the three princes? ”

Xuanyuan Che was already unhappy because of this incident, and he was taught a lesson by the queen before, but he didn't expect that even Qi Fangfei doubted himself now, and his face suddenly became gloomy, and he glared at her sharply and said: "These are all men's things, you know that it's okay to do what I let you do, don't meddle in things." ”

was rushed by Xuanyuan Che again, this time Qi Fangfei did not show her displeasure on her face, but looked at Xuanyuan Che with a fake smile and said: "Yes, the concubine knows, the concubine understands what to do." ”

Xuanyuan Che looked at Qi Fangfei in some surprise, she treated her so badly, she didn't get angry at all, but obediently admitted her mistakes, which made Xuanyuan Che feel that something was wrong, but it didn't give Xuanyuan Che too much time to think, and the people in the house immediately ran in a panic.

"The Great Prince, the Emperor, the Empress is here. It's already at the door. The subordinate was slightly surprised when he saw Qi Fangfei in the study, but he still stammered nervously to say it.

"What? You said the queen came to my house? Right at the door? Xuanyuan Che asked in shock, and Qi Fangfei glanced at each other, both of them were startled, and they didn't dare to have a trace of delay and immediately hurriedly walked out, and before they reached the gate, they saw that the queen had already walked into the garden in the mansion.

"The queen mother is auspicious!" Xuanyuan Che and Qi Fangfei immediately knelt down and respectfully greeted the queen, seeing the queen's serious face, they knew in their hearts that the queen was definitely not idle to walk around the house, there must be something important.

"Get up." After the queen let the two of them get up, she glanced at Qi Fangfei beside Xuanyuan Che, the queen had also seen Qi Fangfei before, but at that time, the queen's impression of her was only a daughter of the minister of the court, and now she looks at her with scrutiny.

Qi Fangfei was a little uncomfortable by the queen's gaze, so she smiled and took the initiative to speak: "It's rare for the queen mother to come to the house, please come in quickly, I'll go and let someone prepare tea." ”

"No need." The queen coldly refused, looked at Xuanyuan Che and said, "When the palace came this time, I had something to discuss with the eldest prince, so the eldest princess didn't have to be busy." ”

was poured a basin of cold water by the queen, Qi Fangfei stood there a little embarrassed, very unhappy in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it, she just lowered her head and didn't speak.

"Queen Mother, please come here." The atmosphere became a little awkward, Xuanyuan Che said in time, led the queen to the study, and then explained to the people behind him with a serious face, "The queen and I have something to discuss, and no one is allowed to approach the study." ”

"Yes!" Qi Fangfei responded unhappily, watching the queen and Xuanyuan Che walk into the study, the door was closed heavily, Qi Fangfei looked at the closed study door, guessing that the queen could come to the Great Prince's Mansion to discuss things with Xuanyuan Che in person, then this matter must be extraordinary, hesitated, pretended to be casual and sent all the minions in the mansion away, and then quietly approached a corner of the study that was not easy to find and eavesdropped.

"Is there something important about the Queen Mother coming to me suddenly?" Xuanyuan Che saw that the queen had always had a gloomy face, and knew in his heart that the matter must be very serious, and his face couldn't help but become solemn.

"I saw your father today." The queen looked at Xuanyuan Che and said slowly, seeing Xuanyuan Che's face change, she said unhappily: "Your father doesn't seem to have any intention of making you the crown prince!" ”

"Could it be that my father wants to make the third prince the crown prince?" Xuanyuan Che asked the queen with an angry face, it seemed that if the queen answered in the affirmative, he must have rushed to the emperor very unconvinced.

"Not really." The queen shook her head and said, "The emperor has not answered me positively, although the emperor has been immersed in the news of Xuanyuan Hao's death, but I think the emperor is not confused, he should have a candidate for the crown prince in his heart." ”

"In that case, why did the queen mother say that my father did not have the idea of making me the crown prince? Looking at the entire government and the opposition, except for Xuanyuan Mo, who else has the ability to compete with me. Xuanyuan Che said disdainfully.

"Having said that, but the emperor has not set up a prince for a day, and any possible changes will happen, how do you know that the emperor will definitely make you the crown prince? Don't forget that there are more people in the court who support the third prince than you now, and even if he doesn't have the support of the general's palace, he won't necessarily lose to you. The queen's few words extinguished Xuanyuan's full confidence.

When the queen said this, Xuanyuan Che's face became even more ugly, knowing that what the queen said was the truth, and since the matter of the second prince, the emperor's attitude towards him has become even more cold, even if he works hard to please the emperor, his ability is stronger than Xuanyuan Mo's ability, and he can't be sure that the crown prince's position is his own.

"Queen Mother, what should we do now?" Xuanyuan Che lost his mind for a while, if the emperor really didn't make himself the crown prince, he couldn't do anything.

The queen pursed her lips and thought, and after a long time, she looked at Xuanyuan Che with a heavy face, and her eyes were full of murderous intent and said: "Since the emperor has no intention of making you the crown prince, he is unkind, and we don't need to talk to him, so we will take the throne first." ”

"Take the throne? Does the queen mother want to usurp the throne? Although Xuanyuan Che was ambitious, he never thought of usurping the throne, and now when he heard the queen say this, he was still a little frightened.

"Why, you don't dare?" Seeing the hesitation on Xuanyuan Che's face, the queen asked with some displeasure: "I don't really want you to seek to usurp the throne, I just let the emperor pass the throne to you." As long as the emperor decrees that you will be crowned the crown prince. ”

"Erchen doesn't understand what the queen mother means?" Xuanyuan Che looked at the queen a little confused, "Since my father is unwilling to make me the crown prince, how can he be willing to make me the crown prince by edict?" ”

"The emperor will not make you the crown prince when he is sober, and he will not pass on the throne to you, but what if the emperor is confused and delirious?" The queen said meaningfully.

Xuanyuan Che was just stunned for a moment and immediately understood the meaning of the queen's words, and said in surprise: "The queen mother meant to drug his father, and then force him to cover the jade seal on the edict while he was delirious. ”

Seeing that Xuanyuan Che finally understood his thoughts, the queen nodded with satisfaction and said: "This matter is not difficult to do, the emperor has been in a bad mood recently, and his health is not good, so he has been staying in the palace and not going out. ”

"Wouldn't this be bad for my father?" Although Xuanyuan Che knew that this was a good way, he had never thought of hurting the emperor, and now when he heard the queen's suggestion to give the emperor medicine, he was still a little hesitant in his heart, and he was also worried that if the plan failed, he would definitely die.

"Do you still care about him at this time?" The queen sneered, and had some endless hatred for the emperor in her heart, and asked Xuanyuan Che, "If you still think about the relationship between you and the emperor's father and son, then the throne you have been thinking about for a long time can also be given to others, whether it is family affection or the throne, you can think about it yourself." ”

The atmosphere quieted down suddenly, and both of them stayed in the study with their own thoughts, and they never noticed that their conversation was heard word by word by Qi Fangfei. Qi Fangfei covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming out when she heard something surprised. The queen's words to Xuanyuan Che just now almost made her cry out in shock. Although Qi Fangfei was also a little ruthless, she didn't expect the queen to be so ruthless, and even the emperor dared to do it. Qi Fangfei heard some movement in the room, and didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear of being discovered, besides, the important conversation had already been heard, and it didn't matter if the others were not important, so she quietly left the study while she had not been discovered.