Chapter 22: Harvest!

By the Jade Lotus Golden Pond, in the stone pavilion, time flies.

After talking with the queen for about half an hour, Li Yiqi found an opportunity to ask the question he wanted to know most.

"The queen mother, forgive Weichen for his courage, in Weichen's opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not seem to be enthusiastic about inheriting the unification. ”

Li Yiqi looked at the queen cautiously, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued to ask: "Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said...... You said that he is destined to be the future Emperor Xia, I wonder if this is true or false?"

Now that he has completely defected to the side of the East Palace, some issues must still be clarified, including the prince's naïve personality and indifferent attitude towards power, as well as his inexplicable self-confidence, if these things are not clarified, they may become fatal injuries in the battle for succession in the future.

Some small problems often lead to some big problems, and in Li Yiqi's eyes, these problems on the prince are not small at all...... In the battles between princes in previous dynasties, every new prince ascending the throne was always accompanied by the collapse of many great families and families. Once the crown prince fails, the Li family will not escape after all.

Therefore, Li Yiqi had to be cautious.

Hearing Li Yiqi's question, the queen was slightly stunned for a moment, and then, a hazy look suddenly appeared between her sharp eyebrows. After a long time, Fang Cai said in a deep voice: "You don't have to ask more about this matter, do your duty and assist the prince well!"

The queen's voice was very cold and hard, her phoenix eyes were fierce, her eyes were thin and cold like a blade, staring into the void, as if she was staring at someone.

Hearing the queen's answer, the expression on Li Yiqi's face was also stunned.

"What the is this? Kidding me?"

"The crown prince's position is already unstable, and he won't tell me anything, so how can I make plans for the future?"

Li Yiqi's brows furrowed deeply, and the corners of his lips opened just about to speak.

However, the next moment, he immediately felt the suffocating coercion on the queen's body, his face was slightly stiff, and he quickly closed his mouth, not daring to ask again.

In the battle for the throne, only one person wins, and everyone else is a victim, the difference is only when the sacrifice is when. Even if it is time to give up, some ruthless monarchs will not show the slightest relent. Li Yiqi believes that the queen mother in front of him is a person with this character, and for now, it is better not to cause the other party's displeasure as much as possible.

"You can't delve into this matter in the future, and you can't interfere with the prince, just let her ...... Enjoy your life now. The queen's eyes showed a hint of gloom, but she quickly recovered as before, and her expression was cold: "You have to remember that this palace is not joking, if you let this palace know what you are investigating privately with the crown prince behind your back, you must be the only one who asks!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yiqi's face turned pale, the queen meant that she was not allowed to interfere too much in the prince's life, and on the premise of not changing the prince's character, she would ensure that the prince could ascend the throne......

"It's too strong to be strong......"

Li Yiqi's heart sank, grinned, and just wanted to ask clearly, but as if he had thought of something, he didn't dare to ask more, so he could only nod his head and say with difficulty: "Slightly ...... Wechen remembered. ”

"Just remember. ”

The queen nodded with satisfaction, staring at Li Yiqi's delicate cheeks, her eyes jumping slightly.

"It's like ......"

I don't know if it was emotion or some other reason, a complicated color suddenly flashed in the queen's phoenix eyes, and she laughed softly like a sigh: "I didn't expect that Yuehan gave birth to a good son." ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Li Yiqi was suddenly shocked.

Not for anything else, just because the name "Yuehan" is his mother's maiden name.

Li Yiqi's eyelids jumped twice, and his mother had been sick and died for many years. If other people mention their mother, they will inevitably call her "Mrs. Qingxue" instead of "Yuehan", because her mother was named Mrs. Erpin, and her title was "Mrs. Qingxue". As for the mother's real name of the word "Yuehan", few people will know it except for the Li family. Moreover, listening to the queen's tone, it seemed that there was a ...... between the two back then

"Could it be that the queen and my mother were close friends back then?"

Li Yiqi's eyes flickered, his face changed suddenly, he raised his head suddenly, looked at the queen, and couldn't help blurting out and asked: "Queen Mother, you and my mother ......?"

As soon as the words came out, Li Yiqi regretted it a little, and hurriedly lowered his head again, and the light in his dark eyes flickered.

Unless they are close, who would call their mother by her first name? But at this critical juncture......

"It's too careless, how can you show the mentally lost side in front of the queen, damn it!" Li Yiqi secretly hated in his heart.

In front of the queen, he must not lose his temper, this will only make the queen look down on him, if he does not get the queen's support, he wants to take power in the East Palace, it will be even more difficult.

"Hehe, this palace and Yuehan were ...... back then"

The complicated look in the queen's eyes became more and more intense, and as she spoke, her voice suddenly stopped, and she glanced at Li Yiqi with deep meaning, and her sharp gaze softened a lot, as if she recalled some of the past, and said softly: "Forget it, it's nothing, it's all some old things......

Hearing this, Li Yiqi was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart.

In the Li family, Li Yiqi has heard a lot of stories about his mother. But those are all the comments of his own family, and they are already known to him. But now that I suddenly have the opportunity to learn about my mother's old things from others, I am inevitably a little excited, but unfortunately, the queen has no intention of saying it......

"Queen Mother, just now Weichen lost his temper, and asked the Queen Mother to forgive her sins. Li Yiqi lowered his head and forcibly made his expression look calmer.

He is not the kind of person who is mentally fragile, and if it weren't for the other party mentioning the mother he has been missing, his face would not have changed drastically.

"It doesn't matter. The queen said lightly, as if she hadn't noticed Li Yiqi's gaffe.

Looking at Li Yiqi's fluctuating heart but still pretending to be calm, the queen's phoenix eyes flashed with a strange light, and she smiled suddenly, and then shook her head.

Soon, the queen's expression became indifferent again, her eyes were sharp, and she said lightly: "Your performance today is quite satisfactory to the palace, and if you are by the prince's side, the palace will rest assured." ”

"As for what you said before, you have the right to deal with the size of the East Palace...... The palace can promise that it will issue an edict to the prince later, and then the affairs of the East Palace will be handed over to you. ”

A cold light flashed in the queen's phoenix eyes, and she said slowly: "This palace hopes that you are a talent, you don't want to disappoint this palace." ”

"Thank you, Queen. ”

Li Yiqi's face was happy, and his heart was reassured, the purpose of his trip was to wait for the queen's words.

"Alright, it's nothing, you can step down. The queen waved her hand happily.

"Yes, Queen Mother, Weichen will leave first. Li Yiqi sighed secretly in his heart, but still got up and saluted respectfully and left.

Coming out of the inner courtyard of the palace, Li Yiqi looked up at the sky and found that it was still early at this time, and it was not yet time for lunch, so he got into the carriage driven by the harem and returned to the East Palace Prince's Mansion.

"I'm so tired—"

Li Yiqi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, he didn't have much rest last night, and then went to the East Palace early in the morning to see the prince, and then received a summons, and came to the palace to see the queen, and talked about some things that sent chills down his spine, plus his stomach was empty, and he was really haggard.

"However, this trip has gained a lot!" Li Yiqi's eyes flashed with a bright light.

By the time the queen's decree was issued to the East Palace, although he was still a companion on the surface, he was actually able to do a lot of things. Including helping the prince to gather his henchmen, accepting the intelligence system of the East Palace, and even mobilizing the personal soldiers of the prince's mansion, these were all vaguely proposed with the queen just now, and even he didn't expect that the queen would be so happy to agree. It seems that the queen herself is also not optimistic about the current situation of the crown prince.

On the carriage, Li Yiqi rubbed his sleepy and painful head, his brain was groggy, and he fell asleep in a daze, until the coachman walked into the carriage and shook it awake, and then walked into the door of the East Palace with tired steps.

"Companion Reader. ”

At the gate of the Wude Palace, the two god-like strong men saw Li Yiqi coming, their resolute and rigid faces showed a touch of respect, lowered their heads, and bowed.

"The two generals don't have to be formal. Li Yiqi smiled, waved his hand casually, and looked at the two of them with a touch of cordiality.

He had guessed before that these two people must have served in the Annan Protector Army back then, and they were even likely to be his grandfather's henchmen. Otherwise, with the identity of these two people as the generals of the Fifth Rank Palace, there was no reason for him to bow his head so solemnly as soon as he saw him, the companion of the East Palace, who had been reading from the Sixth Grade.

It can be seen that these two people are not worshipping him, but the identity of the Li family of Wu'an. The person who really respects him is not him, but Li Jiu.

"Where is the prince, is he still inside?" asked Li Yiqi aloud.

Hearing this, the black-faced strong man on the left had a slightly correct face, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said respectfully: "Lord Companion Reading, the prince is in the study, and Mr. Xun has just been here before." ”

"Mr. Xun......" Li Yiqi's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly searched the memories of the database in his mind, and immediately knew who Mr. Xun was in the mouths of the two.

After the third division of the prince was sick by the prince Xia Qingqi, he directly told the old man to return to his hometown, and the court did not select a new third division of the prince for a while, so he urgently invited a person from the Confucian family in the opposition in the capital to teach the prince a lesson. This person is surnamed Xun, quite famous, is a famous Confucian in the capital, there are many students under his name, he is very respected in the capital, and belongs to the kind of Confucian students who specialize in learning and do not love fame.

"Got it. ”

Li Yiqi nodded, looked at the two of them, his eyes moved slightly, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what the names of the two generals are?"

"Han Li. ”

"Dong Xiong. ”

The two of them returned respectfully, the tall man on the right, with a pale face, was named Han Li, and the darker man on the left was named Dong Xiong.

"What position did you two hold under your grandfather back then?" Li Yiqi couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Han Li and Dong Xiong looked ashamed, Dong Xiong clenched his fists and bowed his head, and said with a wry smile: "My Excellency, there are many talents in the Annan Metropolitan Protector Army, and the two of us were just two instructors in the reserve battalion of the First Army of the Annan Metropolitan Protector Army under Hou Ye. Later, it was the great grace of the Hou Ye who was transferred back to Beijing, and his position was also changed many times, which became the general of the East Palace. ”

"Oh. ”

Li Yiqi's face showed a sudden expression, it turned out that these two people were recruit instructors under his grandfather back then, and they had received the favor of his grandfather, no wonder they respected themselves so much.

Li Yiqi didn't continue to ask Han Li and Dong Xiong what mistakes they had made back then, but nodded at the two of them with a smile, and turned around and walked towards the study of the East Palace.