Chapter 172: Cat and Mouse

"Ying'er, the queen mother seems to like you very much."

A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hua Ying naturally fulfilled her promise, these days always stay in the imperial study to polish ink for the emperor, this Japan to have a good atmosphere, the emperor suddenly said such a sentence for some reason, Hua Ying suddenly felt bad, this is the emperor suspecting that there is a relationship between himself and the queen mother that he does not know, by the emperor's side, several years of getting along with Hua Ying is very sensitive to the emperor's emotional changes.

"The Queen Mother is kind and kind, and she is also very good to the concubines, and she also gave the concubines a fox fur last winter, Chen Ye thanked the Queen Mother, and also copied the Buddhist scriptures for the Queen Mother as soon as she was free, or made prayer flags, and the concubines were familiar with the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother sometimes spoke and was close to the concubines."

Hearing Hua Ying say this, the emperor nodded and expressed his understanding: "No wonder the queen mother likes you, it turns out that you often accompany her, he is old, likes to be lively, and misses his daughter, so he will naturally be closer to you." ”

"The concubines also saw it, especially the Shun nobles, when they were in Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was often in a happy mood and asked the Shun nobles to stay for a while, and it would be good if the Queen Mother could see her daughter, that is, the eldest princess of Duanjing." Hua Ying didn't mention that the Queen Mother only liked her, but attributed these reasons to the fact that the Queen Mother missed her daughter, and the emperor was naturally diverted, and it was reasonable to think that the Queen Mother just regarded her and Shun Guiren and others as a substitute for a daughter.

"I also know what the queen mother is thinking about, it's just to see the royal sister, but this is precisely the most difficult thing, thousands of miles away, how can I meet each other?" Although the emperor was afraid that the queen mother would collude with the court inside and outside the palace and the harem to disrupt the government, in the end, he was a filial person, and at the same time he was a person who knew the queen mother, so he did not continue to investigate.

Hua Ying felt that she could help the emperor come up with an idea, and she could better honor the queen mother, so she thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, when the concubines were not out of the cabinet, I heard that when the first emperor was in the autumn, the princes of the Mongolian clan would also come to hunt, which showed that the national strength of the Daqi country was strong and rich, and once they each brought their own relatives and daughters?"

"There is indeed such a thing, but at that time, Mongolia had just changed its new leader, so my father and emperor would let other relatives and daughters also come to participate in the activities of our royal family, in order to show that the royal family of Daqi is kind and courteous, and at the same time to understand the intertwined internal relations of various Mongolian ministries, but now, Mongolia is peaceful, and there is no turmoil, why let them all come to the royal banquet?" In fact, what Hua Ying said was a good idea, but it lacked a motive.

"What's so hard about that? The emperor is the son of heaven, and he wants to let his Mongolian subordinates bring their relatives to see him, which is a good thing, and the emperor will notify him before the autumn, although this year's time has passed, but next year or in the future, the queen mother can also let her daughter see her side, the queen mother will be very happy, even if it is an exception, the queen mother can also be happy for several years. ”

In fact, with the emperor's mind, how could he not think of this? It's just that he is afraid that the Queen Mother will have too much contact with Mongolia, which will affect her own country, so Hua Ying said it now, which also gave the emperor a step down and proved his filial piety: "Then do what Ying'er says, or Ying'er is smart." ”

Hua Ying and the emperor are both understanding people, she still smiled and said: "The emperor has won the award, and it is also the luck of the concubines to be able to share the worries of the emperor, the emperor and the queen mother have a deep love for the mother and son, and the concubines are also happy to see it." ”

"Ying'er, come here." Now the emperor began to feel a little guilty for his initial suspicions, his suspicions were almost engraved in his bones, and he couldn't change it: "I used to suspect you before, it was my fault, it was difficult for Ying'er, and I still made ideas for me like this." ”

In fact, the emperor dared to be generous, and frankly admitted that he was suspicious of Hua Ying, she was already another woman, and she couldn't ask for it, Hua Ying not only was not angry about this matter, but in the bottom of her heart, she could feel the emperor's difference to herself: "Your Majesty, the concubines have said it many times, the concubines don't ask the emperor for every word, every sentence is the truth, just ask the emperor not to hide things that are extremely important to the concubines or children, and other concubines can understand the emperor." ”

"I also promised you that I will not let you down again." Although Hua Ying got the emperor's promise, but in her heart, she didn't expect him to be able to do it 100%, but she only hoped that one day, the emperor would still remember his promise.

"What the emperor said made the concubines extremely moved." She meekly leaned into the emperor's arms, as if she was moved, but in her eyes, there was still a calm and self-contained light, she couldn't be as before because of the emperor's every move and distracted, and even because the emperor didn't come to Jingyang Palace for a few days, she felt as if a piece was missing, which would make Hua Ying less and less like herself, Hua Ying would never allow herself to continue, even if she was tempted by the emperor, she must be the one who was tempted later, and she had to be the one who was moved and could find herself. Don't have too much hope for the person in front of you, just because the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and it's good to rely on yourself alone.

And the emperor is different, men seem to be born to resist their inner heartbeat for the sake of power, even if now he actually likes Hua Ying more in his heart, compared to Hua Ying likes the emperor, the emperor likes Hua Ying to a higher degree, and it is enough for outsiders to see, but when it comes to his country and his country, Hua Ying is the real outsider, so Hua Ying sometimes thinks, what should this emperor do so that he can still consider himself when facing his own country?

On the side of the emperor's chest, listening to his powerful heartbeat, Hua Ying still wanted to win in this love game, but the emperor she thought was unsympathetic suddenly said: "Ying'er, I want to have another child with you, okay?" ”

It has been more than a year since Hua Ying last slipped a tire, and the emperor sometimes looks at the fifth elder brother and thinks, if he can successfully give birth to that child with Hua Ying, what will become of Jingyang Palace? Doesn't it feel more like home? Every time I think about it, the emperor's feelings of wanting to have another child with her become more and more intense, and I have always been afraid that Hua Ying's psychology is still unstable, but now that more than a year has passed since this matter, the emperor still didn't hold back after all, and took the first step to mention it.

Hua Ying didn't have the heart to think about those things all of a sudden, just nestled next to the emperor's chest, raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor's cautious eyes, the child he failed to give birth to was indeed a hurdle in his heart, a thorn, in fact, Hua Ying has slept a lot this year, just listen to what Doctor Jia said, it is still not appropriate to get pregnant again within a year, otherwise it will damage the body at the same time, and the fetus may be unstable, so he has been taking the no-child soup that does not hurt the body, and at the same time uses the Chinese medicine carefully prepared by Doctor Jia to regulate the body, Now Hua Ying's body has no problem, but she has not asked Imperial Doctor Jia to stop the medicine, the emperor also knows about it, it is Hua Ying herself who is afraid of what will go wrong, so she keeps sending it, and the emperor also understands that now she says such a thing, it means that she doesn't want to let herself take medicine anymore.

"If you still don't want to, then forget it, with Yinze with you, I can rest assured, just wait for you to cross the cut in your heart." The emperor said warmly, he sometimes confuses Hua Ying, because he is too much like an elegant literati, and he is extremely gentle with the concubines in the harem when he is in a good mood, at most he speaks coldly, even when he beats the Fucha clan into the cold palace, it looks so calm, the Son of Heaven is angry, and the corpse is thousands of miles, this is true, but the emperor always puts others to death with such a peaceful face, which really makes Hua Ying doubt whether the emperor will dispose of himself in the next second.

This is also a habit that the emperor has cultivated since childhood, and it can't be easily guessed that the emperor's mood is like or angry, or it's extremely indifferent, or it seems to be generous and gentle, obviously, our emperor chose the last one, of course, he didn't completely pretend to be like this, for the kind of mediocre and ruthless emperor, he is indeed better to get along with people.

"The emperor can tolerate the concubines taking the decoction for so long, it is already a grace to the concubines, and the queen mother also once said that the emperor's heirs should help the emperor to help the emperor spread the branches, and the concubines should do their best for the emperor now, but that day Imperial Doctor Jia said that the concubines are on the safe side, so it is better to wait a little longer." Although it is impossible to conceive a child after withdrawing the medicine, Hua Ying does not want to lose the child again because of a single event.

"Then listen to what the Imperial Doctor says, I am not a Imperial Doctor, I don't understand this, if you hurt your body because of this, it will be too late for me to regret it." The emperor didn't blame Hua Ying, but hugged Hua Ying tighter: "It's because I'm not good, I didn't protect you and the child at the beginning, so I ended up like this." ”

"Your Majesty, why are you mentioning these old things again?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I still remember it by chance." Although the emperor said that he only remembered it by chance, he had secretly asked Qiu Shi to investigate again, and now there was no news at all, he thought, maybe the queen, or the way he was in his heart, that night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he stayed in Kunning Palace, and did not touch the queen, just because the queen has been hinting at herself, saying that the queen mother does not like herself, but likes Concubine Yun more, not that there is a deep relationship between the two, the queen's careful thinking, the emperor does not know, but still tested Hua Ying.