Empress Dowager Han had a loving face, and her tone was kind and a little hateful. Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang are naturally no longer children, but in the eyes of Empress Dowager Han, they seem to treat the two of them as children.

And the key to what Empress Dowager Han reminded them of was also very clear.

Qin Lin has already killed Ji Xiaolian's mother and son, and in the next step, in order to remove the obstacles to the fight for the throne, Qin Lin will attack Qin Xuan. Because there is no Qin Xuan, Qin Yu, the little son of Su Wangfu, is the only heir to the throne.

Empress Dowager Han took so much effort to tell them about it, it can be said that she had no good intentions. Moreover, she had spoken hints several times before. Emperor Longqing has no children, and she will never let this country fall into Qin Lin's hands. So obviously, the heir to the throne she likes is Xuan'er.

But although Empress Dowager Han hinted like this several times, she never said this sentence clearly.

This is also the shrewdness and sophistication of the Empress Dowager Han.

Cast enough bait, but give yourself enough leeway to advance and retreat freely.

Empress Dowager Han is so attentive, Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen can't be completely indifferent. The two of them comforted the Empress Dowager Han, and Qin Zhen also made it clear that he was loyal to the Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing, and that he did not have any intentions towards the throne.

King An's Mansion was on the side of Empress Dowager Han and Emperor Longqing.

At the same time, Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang both avoided the topic of Qin Lin as much as possible. This made Empress Dowager Han a little dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn't show it immediately.

After all, until now. She called Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang into the palace, and she achieved more than half of it. She firmly believes that Qin Lin will not watch Qin Xuan grow up safely. At the same time, she firmly believes. Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang are not without ideas about the throne.

With these two things, it is impossible for the Anwangfu and the Suwangfu to live in peace.

Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen were left to sit in Cining Palace for a while, and Empress Dowager Han's face showed a little tiredness.

Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen immediately saw it, so they said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Han, saying that they were asking the Empress Dowager Han to rest, and they had to go to Emperor Longqing to ask for peace.

Empress Dowager Han did not leave the two of them deeply, and specially told the two of them a few words. Let them go to the Qianqing Palace, and they must persuade Emperor Longqing well.

When Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen left from Cining Palace, the sad look on Empress Dowager Han's face disappeared without a trace in an instant. In its place, there was a grim one.

She sat down in her chair and coughed softly, and immediately a palace maid came in softly from outside and brought a cup of hot ginseng tea.

Empress Dowager Han took the ginseng tea. Slowly drinking with a gloomy face.

Lately, she has noticed that her physical strength is getting worse and worse. I woke up in my heart, not only did the imperial doctors come to diagnose the pulse and prescribe a prescription for recuperation, but the tea I usually drank was also changed to a medicinal tea that nourishes blood and qi.

Fang just talked to Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen in vain, which made her feel very tired. This kind of ginseng tea is exactly what she needs most at this moment.

After drinking all the ginseng tea, Empress Dowager Han gently placed the teacup on the table next to her elbow. The palace maid who came to deliver ginseng tea had been standing beside her, and at this time she stepped forward and took the tea cup to retreat.

"This tea. Did you cook it? Empress Dowager Han suddenly asked.

The palace maid was busy saluting and promised that the ginseng tea was made by her own hands.

"Good." Empress Dowager Han nodded. He glanced at the palace maid again.

"Literacy and hyphenation are different, much stronger than those who don't know how to read big words, and it's really satisfying." Empress Dowager Han called the name of the palace maid, "Pianpian, these days, there is a thank you to the mourning family." ”

It turned out that this palace maid who served by the side of the Empress Dowager Han was Yang Pianpian.

Yang Pianpian has already become one of the most decent palace maids around the Empress Dowager Han, and after Mama Fang's disappearance, Yang Pianpian was by the side of the Empress Dowager Han, almost never leaving.

Empress Dowager Han has already regarded Yang Pianpian as her confidant. She didn't let Yang Pianpian retreat, and Yang Pianpian took a step back and stood still beside Empress Dowager Han.

"They think they're not doing anything, so I don't know what they're thinking? Amusing! Empress Dowager Han had a gloomy sneer on her face, and she spoke almost to herself.

“…… I'm sick, how can I not get sick sooner rather than later, but I'm sick at this time. At a young age, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, what kind of symptoms can make him unable to get up and go out? Did you get the news in advance and know that the thief was going to deal with me? He pretended to be okay and wanted to stay out of it. ”

"Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, they want to reap the benefits of the fisherman, they want to be beautiful!"

Empress Dowager Han did not name names, but the disgust and hatred in her tone were almost overflowing.

Yang Pianpian stood beside Empress Dowager Han, with almost no expression on her face, but when she heard this, she nodded again and again.

"The Queen Mother is wise!"

That's a fitting statement.

Empress Dowager Han snorted lightly, and did not look at Yang Pianpian, but continued, this time with a hint of pride in her tone.

The thief was so good that nothing escaped his eyes. He was so bold that he wanted to fiddle with me once~ tricked me. That's me, change to another person, I'm afraid it won't work out this time. If I hadn't made a decision......"

If it weren't for her decisiveness and ruthlessness, she killed Ji Xiaolian's mother and son first, then now she is afraid that she will no longer be able to sit in Cining Palace generously, but will be beaten into the cold palace, or even ...... The body was already in the coffin.

Qin Lin has been operating secretly for many years, but he is not his opponent after all.

Don't say it's Qin Lin, it's Qin Lin's......

Thinking of this, a heavy haze flashed on Empress Dowager Han's face.

Back then, if she hadn't been decisive and ruthless, and she was the first to strike like this time, then now the saplings next to the tombs of her and Emperor Longqing would have covered the sky and the sun. How could she have a good life in power for so many years.

However, Qin Lin's move this time still disrupted her plan. A good little prince, just gone. If you wait for the concubines in the harem to get pregnant ~ again, I don't know when I will have to wait.

And the matter of false pregnancy is under Qin Lin's eye. It's become completely impossible. And Emperor Longqing ......

As she said to Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang,...... It is no longer possible for the harem to have any more heirs.

Before, she had refused to accept this. I don't want to admit it. However, this time it made her think about it. Emperor Longqing has no heirs, which does not mean that she has to give up the authority in her hands.

On the contrary, if she does it properly, she will not only get a good heir to the throne, but also get rid of two henchmen at the same time.

Sandpiper and clam compete for fishermen's profits, Qin Zhen fought with such an idea. But. Now the play is still the same, and the people are still those people, but the roles of each person in the play have changed.

She is the eternal fisherman. Forever beneficiary.

admitting to Qin Zhen and Ji Xiaotang that it is impossible for Emperor Longqing to have any more children, it is impossible for these two not to be moved.

Between Qin Xuan and Qin Yu, that is, between Qin Zhen and Qin Lin. She wanted to see, for the sake of the throne. This is between two brothers who have been fighting since childhood. What kind of cannibalism will it be!

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Han couldn't help but giggle.

She is already an old person, and if a girl makes such a laugh, it is naturally crisp and cute, but this laughter comes out of her mouth, which is a little rough and cold.

Yang Pianpian trembled almost invisibly, and then stabilized his body, still without any expression on his face.

……

And at the moment. Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen had already met Emperor Longqing and were coming out of the Qianqing Palace.

It's a little different from what the two expected. This time, the wind ~ wave does not seem to have a very obvious impact on Emperor Longqing. Except that his body was worse and his spirit was more sluggish, Emperor Longqing was almost no different from the previous days.

The two were a little surprised at first, but soon understood.

This wind ~ wave is a heavy blow to the Empress Dowager Han, but not to Emperor Longqing. Perhaps, Emperor Longqing secretly had some luck. After all, if that child survives, he will be his father, and even make him the crown prince himself.

Now that Ji Xiaolian and that child have returned to dust, and the earth has returned to the earth, Emperor Longqing can at least breathe a sigh of relief. It's not that I washed away the shame of the green on my head, but I don't need to face such a shame every day in the future, and I have to pretend to be happy.

However, although the two understood this, the attitude and words of Emperor Longqing still surprised and confused them.

Even so, the two did not show it, and after Emperor Zailongqing hinted that the two left, the two quickly withdrew.

Out of the Qianqing Palace, Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen exchanged glances. Both of them had a lot to discuss, but the palace was not the place to talk.

The two did not stay in the palace any longer, so they went back to King An's Mansion directly.

Back at Xuchun Hall, Mama Cheng led people to serve.

While Ji Xiaotang was freshening up and changing out~ the grade makeup on his body, he asked Mama Cheng: "What about Xuan'er?" ”

"Xiao Shizi is full, he slept for a while, he just woke up, the nurse took people to watch, the young master of Changsheng and the county lord are in that room." Mama Cheng hurriedly replied, and asked Ji Xiaotang again, "...... Do you want to bring Xiao Shizi here? ”

If it was usual, Ji Xiaotang would definitely immediately order Mama Cheng to bring Xuan'er over. But this time, she shook her head.

"I have nothing to do with the prince here, Mama will take care of Xuan'er." Ji Xiaotang commanded.

Mama Cheng immediately realized that this was a private~ secret matter for Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen to discuss. She hurriedly agreed, and retreated lightly with the people who served in the house.

When everyone went out, Ji Xiaotang and Qin Zhen sat down on the couch.

Qin Zhen frowned slightly.

"Xiaotang, you say, what does Your Majesty mean by him?"

Today, Emperor Longqing's attitude towards the two of them was very cold, and without saying a few words, he said that he was very tired and asked them to leave. Moreover, Emperor Longqing also implicitly hinted that it seemed that they should not always enter the palace to see him in the future.

Is Emperor Longqing disgusted with them?

But the change in attitude is too great.

Moreover, for the incident that just happened in the palace, Emperor Longqing not only did not mention his qualifications, but when Qin Zhen briefly mentioned it, Emperor Longqing also interrupted Qin Zhen's words, obviously not wanting to listen to it.

"I think Your Majesty is reminding us." Ji Xiaotang lowered his eyelids, pondered for a moment, and then raised his eyelids and said.

Ji Xiaotang's eyes were black and white, clear to the bottom, and Qin Zhen could almost clearly see his reflection in her eyes.

"I've been wondering all the way if His Majesty knows that I intend to stay out of the matter, so I have a knot in my heart. It was only later that I realized that His Majesty was not that kind of person. The outcome of this matter should also be what His Majesty wants to see. Those words are indeed a reminder of us. ”

"Your Majesty asked us to enter the palace less in the future, as if we didn't want to see him. But he didn't actually say that, did he? Ji Xiaotang recalled the words of Emperor Longqing at that time, and said, "Your Majesty does want us to enter the palace less in the future, but it is not that we are not allowed to see him." Your Majesty is reminding us to enter the palace less and approach the Queen Mother less! ”

"That's right!" Qin Zhen stroked his palm.

Emperor Longqing must have known that Empress Dowager Han was going to use them to deal with Qin Lin.

"The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and the queen mother's abacus is good, but she doesn't know one thing." Qin Zhen sneered.

And that one thing is that between Qin Zhen and Qin Lin, there has long been a tacit understanding that does not need to be spoken. No matter when, even if the two of them really want to be right, you will never let the Empress Dowager Han benefit from it.

There are many differences between the two men, but one thing is the same and will never change: Empress Dowager Han is their enemy.

"Lord Wang......" Ji Xiaotang felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Empress Dowager Han did calculate the concubine, but she did not kill the concubine, and the concubine died a righteous death. Empress Dowager Han used Qin Zhen, but she did not persecute Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen doesn't like the Empress Dowager Han, but he shouldn't be an enemy when he goes to the Empress Dowager Han.

"Xiaotang......, in the future, you will know." Qin Zhen didn't want to explain more.

Ji Xiaotang looked at Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen's gaze had a vague bitterness.

There must be something that made Qin Zhen very painful, but it was difficult to declare.

Ji Xiaotang thought about it, and chose not to ask again.

She should trust Qin Zhen, shouldn't she. When she needs to know, she will know.

No matter what, such a tacit understanding between Qin Zhen and Qin Lin still made Ji Xiaotang feel happy.

The two talked about the various abnormal performances of the Empress Dowager Han again.

"Today, the Empress Dowager can be regarded as having made a bloody investment......" Thinking of the scene in front of them in Cining Palace, the corners of Ji Xiaotang's mouth couldn't help but sneer.

She was also forced to be helpless. It's not that she was forced by the third brother to be anxious, there is really no way, and she will never say that it is difficult for His Majesty to have an heir. Qin Zhen also smiled.

Obviously, neither of them was confused by Empress Dowager Han's hard performance.

As for the heartbeat shown by the two of them, it was just to confuse the Empress Dowager Han in turn.

"She thought that when she mentioned Xuan'er, she implied that we just liked Xuan'er as the heir, and we would let her send her to fight to the death with King Su!" (To be continued.) )