"What did a few elders say to you?" Ning Zhao sat in the carriage back to his home, and leaned on Jin Yuan's shoulder with his eyes closed a little sleepily.

Jin Yuan held Ning Zhao in one hand, and fiddled with the charcoal fire of the stove with the other, making it burn more vigorously, and then replied: "It's nothing more than those things that are reserved." ”

"The emperor didn't abandon Murong Cheng, and the elders of the pavilion didn't worry about the truth when they came to you to discuss this?" Ning Zhao smiled slightly and asked.

Jin Yuan put down the tongs in his hand, grabbed the big tong on Ning Zhao's body again, and said, "The emperor's health is not very good. ”

"What?"

Ning Zhao opened his eyes suddenly, looked at Jin Yuan in surprise, and recalled the old emperor he saw tonight, seeing that his face was ruddy, his breath was thick, and he didn't look bad at all.

"I see that the emperor's breath is stable, his face is ruddy, and he doesn't look like he is sick, where do you start with this?" Ning Zhao frowned and asked.

If the emperor is not in good health, it is understandable that the elders of the cabinet are in a hurry to stand in line.

The saint is not hesitant, and the prince is the inheritance of the national ancestor.

But Murong Cheng is still the rightful prince of the East Palace, if the old emperor really can't do it one day, the prince's dragon chair can be regarded as sitting firmly.

"The emperor is drowsy today, his appetite is lost, he can't sleep, and he has frequent nightmares."

Jin Yuan sighed silently and said, "These are only known to a few close ministers around the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor holding the dragon to attend the Yuanchun dinner today, the pavilion elder should not have come to me to say this." ”

"The Yuanchun Dinner is an important banquet for the imperial court, and the ministers and relatives outside will return to Beijing to participate in the feast, and the emperor will naturally not let people see that something is wrong." Jin Yuan said.

"Then do you need me to enter the palace to treat the emperor?" Ning Zhao asked.

Jin Yuan nodded, looked at Ning Zhao, and said, "Tonight, the elder of the pavilion is looking for me, except for the matter of establishing a prince, he just wants to ask his wife to treat the emperor, but he can't publicize it, he can only do it secretly." ”

"Of course." The old emperor was seriously ill, and if this matter spread, the court did not know what uproar it would cause.

Unless the old emperor is ill and unable to return to heaven, as long as there is still salvation, it is naturally best to hide this news.

"And when am I going?" Ning Zhao asked.

"Wait until these two days are over." Jin Yuan was silent for a while, and then said: "After that, there will be some matters on the official road that will be arranged for the prince and the king of Chu to deal with, and when both of them leave Kyoto, it will not be too late for the lady to enter the palace again." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Ning Zhao nodded in response.

There are so many imperial doctors in the palace, and there will definitely be no problems for the old emperor in a short period of time, the old emperor is old, and he has been overworked all the year round, and his body is already injured and injured, and the consequences should not be underestimated.

The elders of the pavilion will directly pick out the words and talk to Jin Yuan, and naturally they also know that the old emperor's illness is not good, only now that the status of the prince has been stabilized, if the old emperor goes west one day, the court will not be in chaos.

"The elder of the pavilion and the adults to discuss the matter of the prince, can the adults see who the elders of the pavilion want?" Ning Zhao was very curious, now that Murong Cheng and Murong were fighting openly and secretly for the position of the crown prince, these ministers were also fighting separately.

Jin Yuan and Ning Zhao categorically would not let Murong Cheng have the day when he became a great treasure, but Ning Zhao was still curious about how many people Murong Cheng had attracted to support him after running for so long.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

They also had to have a number in their hearts before they knew how to fight the next battle.

"The right minister intends to inherit orthodoxy, and the eldest son should be the prince."

Jin Yuan remembered the previous conversation with those elders, and said: "It's that the other two elders like His Royal Highness the King of Chu more, but because of the humble status of the biological mother of the King of Chu, it is difficult to speak openly, only saying that the King of Chu is benevolent and kind, diligent and loves the people, while the prince is gloomy and uncertain, and he is too killing in wartime." ”

"Both sides have their own opinions, and they have not been able to argue for a result." Jin Yuan smiled, and then said: "I'm just an observer, they want to listen to my tone, and I won't let go easily." ”

"But who do you want?" Ning Zhao looked at Jin Yuan, sometimes she couldn't see what Jin Yuan was thinking in his heart, just like the matter of the prince.

Murong Cheng categorically couldn't, but Jin Yuan never showed that he was optimistic about His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but now that the old emperor has only these two adult sons, it shouldn't be that Jin Yuan wants to support a young son to ascend the throne.

"It doesn't matter who I like." Jin Yuan tightened the big squeal on Ning Zhao's body, dropped a kiss on her forehead, and said with a smile: "In the end, it has nothing to do with me who belongs to the world, the main people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is what I like in my heart to be able to stay with my wife for a long time." ”

"I'm serious with you." Ning Zhao was very annoyed.

"I'm serious, too."

Jin Yuan replied: "After all, the world will not be surnamed Jin, although I am a courtier, but my inner ambition is only to want peace in the world, as long as I can do this, who is the emperor and what does it have to do with me?" ”

Ning Zhao looked at Jin Yuan for a long time and didn't speak, and after a while, she sighed softly and nodded: "What my lord said is that anyway, as long as Murong Cheng is not the emperor, it has nothing to do with me who else will be the emperor." ”

"That's right." Jin Yuan kissed Ning Zhao's forehead again, his chin pressed against the top of her head, but his gaze fell into the darkness through the gap in the curtains.

The darkness blurred, his pupils were blackened, and there was a calmness in the darkness that he had never felt before, and his voice was very light and ethereal, "It is my ambition to support orthodoxy and stabilize the country." ”

"What?" Ning Zhao was so close to him that he didn't hear what Jin Yuan said, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Jin Yuan smiled, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Madam is tired, there will be a while when you get home, Madame will sleep first, and I will call you when I arrive." ”

Ning Zhao was indeed very tired, and it was warm on the carriage, and she couldn't suppress her sleepiness, she yawned, found a comfortable position in Jin Yuan's arms, and closed her eyes.

Jin Yuan didn't wake her up in the end, and when Ning Zhao woke up again, it was already bright outside.

It was rare that Jin Yuan was still sleeping quietly beside him, Ning Zhao opened his eyes and looked at Jin Yuan's sleeping face, and laughed slowly.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first day of the New Year, they should have gone to the door to visit the New Year to give gifts, but Jin Yuan and Ning Zhao were unable to spend the Spring Festival with their families in the house, so they stayed in the house today, wanting to have a good New Year with Aunt Dou and Uncle Liu.

"The gift has been prepared for a long time." All the affairs of the Spring Festival were handled by Aunt Dou, and early in the morning, everyone went to the east courtyard where Aunt Dou lived, and a large family sat around to wrap dumplings.

After Ning Zhao and Jin Yuan got up, they also rushed over, Ning Zhao asked about the greetings and gifts, and Qing Cicada replied while wrapping the dumplings: "I sent someone to send them door to door early in the morning, so adults and young ladies can rest assured." ”

Jin Yuan paid a heavy salute, in the past, these things in the house were handled by Uncle Liu, but now there are a few more people who help, so naturally Jin Yuan doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

Ning Zhao was also relieved when he heard this, and sat down next to Aunt Dou, and also wanted to make dumplings.

As soon as his hand was stretched out, he was patted back by Aunt Dou, Ning Zhao was in pain, hugged his hand, looked at his mother in surprise, and said aggrievedly: "What did my mother do when she beat me?" ”