"Who is so bold as to dare to attack Hu Qingyan in the palace?" After all, she still cared about the safety of her emperor and grandson, and the queen mother no longer mentioned letting Lin Suyin enter the palace, but asked with a majestic eyebrow.

Mo Bai shook his head and said: "It's hard to say who did it, on the surface, it seems that the three marshals of the Lin family, Hu, Liu and Zhang, including the hostile forces of the country and the DPRK such as Qiman, may be behind the scenes." ”

"Hmph, these rebellious ministers and thieves, when the first emperor was there, how dare they be so presumptuous." The queen was angry, but there was more sadness in her eyes.

Mo Bai actually didn't agree with this.

The dynasty has long been in decline, and when the first emperor was there, it was not that no one dared to offend the emperor's authority.

Back then, when Shangqing Mountain was at the wedding banquet of King Ming, two mage disciples dared to be ruthless to the prince of a country, wouldn't it be more embarrassing for the royal family than today's events?

Of course, Mo Bai naturally won't say this, the Queen Mother thinks of the first emperor, and now that the person has gone, why does Mo Bai bother to refute it, making her sad?

The old palace maid on the side heard that there seemed to be something in Mo Bai's words, and couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, you just said that it seems to be like this on the surface, could it be that Your Highness has other opinions on this matter in his heart?" ”

It can be seen that she is more concerned about this, Hu Qingyan had an accident in the palace, and she was also afraid that the safety of the Queen Mother would be threatened.

Mo Bai's eyes flashed slightly, but he shook his head and said: "The incident happened suddenly, I can't say for sure, I just think this thing is a little weird." ”

"Weird?" The Queen Mother also looked sideways at Mo Bai.

Mo Bai nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Although the poison in it comes from the southwest region and targets the warlord, Ke Erchen always feels that this matter may not be the hand of the warlord, and in the current situation, they should not attack Hu Qingyan, which is unreasonable." ”

"Where is it unreasonable, now that the first emperor has died, the new monarch is young, Hu Qingyan is the head of the court, and the burden of stabilizing the dynasty is on Hu Qingyan's shoulders. When the Queen Mother heard this, she pondered.

Mo Bai hesitated, and said slowly: "What the queen mother said is reasonable, the warlords naturally hope that the country will be chaotic, but even if they kill Hu Qingyan, what can they do?" ”

"What do you mean?" The Queen Mother was puzzled and frowned.

Mo Bai said: "Kill Hu Qingyan, there will indeed be chaos in the court, but it is just chaos, the first emperor Yu Wei is still there, and the hearts of the people of the country are still there, even if the court will be chaotic for a while, it will not reach the point where it will collapse immediately." At least, the warlords are powerless to shake the rule of the dynasty for now. Not to mention killing Hu Qingyan, even if they killed the four auxiliary ministers, even along with Lao Jiu, it would be impossible for the dynasty to fall immediately. ”

"Be careful!" As soon as these words came out, the Queen Mother's face immediately changed greatly, and she hurriedly looked left and right, and shouted in a low voice.

"Don't worry, no one can do things with walls and ears in front of her sons!" Mo Bai hurriedly reassured.

"Even if you are an outsider, as a royal prince, how can you say such words?" The Queen Mother was a little relieved when she thought that Mo Bai was now cultivating to a high level, but she still didn't forget to teach her a lesson.

"The queen mother's lesson is that the sons must pay attention." Mo Bai naturally doesn't talk back.

The Queen Mother couldn't really punish him, but she just taught him a few harsh lessons.

After the Queen Mother's anger subsided, Mo Bai continued to pick up the topic and said: "In short, the dynasty is still angry now, and the warlord forces can't overthrow the dynasty for a while. Of course, even if they can't overthrow the dynasty for the time being, they will definitely take this opportunity to bite off a piece of meat on the dynasty. ”

Hearing Mo Bai say this, the faces of the Queen Mother and the old palace maid were not good-looking, after all, they had lived in the dynasty all their lives, and after all, they still took the dynasty as their home.

Mo Bai said in a calm voice and looked at the Queen Mother: "In the eyes of the sons, no matter how much trouble they make, they must have a purpose, deal a heavy blow to the imperial authority, continue to consume the vitality of the country, and enhance their own strength." Everything they do will revolve around these three points. ”

The Queen Mother thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, it should be so." ”

Mo Bai nodded and continued: "Since this is the case, then you can't kill Hu Qingyan, or is there no need to kill Hu Qingyan?" ”

"Huh? Why can't you kill Hu Qingyan? The Queen Mother didn't react.

Mo Bai stretched out his hand, took four teacups from the table, put three of them side by side, and said, "Queen Mother, please see, these three teacups represent King De, Qu Guochang, and Zhang Bangli respectively. ”

After that, he took another one and put it aside: "This is Hu Qingyan." ”

The queen mother and the old palace maid glanced at each other, not knowing what Mo Bai meant.

The Queen Mother said: "In front of the palace, do you still want to sell Guanzi?" ”

"Don't worry! Erchen is the stupidest, so he just wants the queen mother to see it more clearly. Mo Bai smiled bitterly before he continued: "Queen Mother, these four are the auxiliary ministers selected by the first emperor for the new monarch. King De, Qu Guochang, and Zhang Bangli, although the three of them have their own positions, they have one thing in common, they are all dependent on the monarchy to be prominent. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, and her eyes turned to the cup representing Hu Qingyan.

Mo Bai picked it up and held it in his hand: "Hu Qingyan is different from the three of them, now he is in power, and at this stage, it can be said that even Lao Jiu does not dare to offend him, and even has to be appeased and act according to his face." This is definitely unwilling for a king, it is foreseeable that as long as Lao Jiu can successfully ascend the throne, he will inevitably seize power from Hu Qingyan. Otherwise, if Hu Qingyan has the slightest intention of loving power, this powerful minister and young lord is afraid that he will inevitably have a vicious fight. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Bai put down the cup, opposite the spout of the teapot, and said in his mouth: "Taking the history books as a mirror, few powerful ministers can willingly let go of their rights and return the weak masters, even if they have, most of them are forced by the situation and have to stop fighting." Therefore, this Hu Qingyan is afraid that in the future, he will inevitably become the biggest obstacle to the new monarch's pro-government. ”

Mo Bai raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother: "If I am a warlord and want to fight the imperial power and consume the last remaining vitality of the dynasty, I will not kill Hu Qingyan, not only will I not kill him, but I will try my best to help him fight the three royalists of Qu Guochang, Zhang Bangli and King De, so that Hu Qingyan will dominate the court and have authority heavy enough to suppress the imperial power." If there really is such a day, when the ministers are in power, the imperial power is completely declined, and the warlords stand up and wave their arms again, playing the banner of the Qing monarch and destroying the power traitors, this 500 years of Great Xia can really be overthrown by them. ”

There was silence in the temple.

The old palace maid's face was full of horror, but the queen mother stared at the cup that represented Hu Qingyan, and the killing intent appeared in her eyes.

Mo Bai didn't say much anymore, but at this time, he really began to think about who he was dealing with Hu Qingyan this time.

At first, he had suspected Lao Jiu, but when he went to the imperial study, Lao Jiu looked at him with murderous intent, which made him deny this speculation.

At that time, Lao Jiu should have suspected that he did this in vain, which is why the killing intent was so strong.

Lao Jiu's expression didn't seem to be fake, and Mo Bai thought about it calmly, Lao Jiu should also know that now he must need Hu Qingyan's support to successfully ascend the throne, he no longer has a city government, and he will not attack Hu Qingyan when his ass is not stable at this time.

So who would do it?

Who has the ability to attack Hu Qingyan who is under one person and above ten thousand?

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Mo Bai personally took action, it would be impossible to kill Hu Qingyan.

"Huang'er, you know Hu Qingyan's harm, but you still saved Hu Qingyan, could it be that it is also out of some consideration?" Suddenly, Mo Bai's ears sounded the voice of the Queen Mother.

Mo Bai was slightly stunned, raised his eyes to look at the Queen Mother, and saw that the Queen Mother was staring at herself, motionless.

Mo Bai couldn't tell what it meant, but he knew that the queen mother had misunderstood, so he hurriedly smiled bitterly and said: "Don't misunderstand the queen mother, the son of the minister has no dissent to save Hu Qingyan, just from the perspective of the warlord, the warlord will hope that Hu Qingyan can become a traitor in the troubled times, but in terms of the dynasty, Hu Qingyan can also be said to be a good minister to save the world, especially at present, if there is no Hu Qingyan to suppress the court, the country will have a big mess, at that time, whether the new monarch can successfully ascend the throne is still two words." ”

"Hmph, Hugh wants to lie and deceive the palace, what you said just now is the truth, why do you change your words so easily now?" The Queen Mother was really annoyed this time: "What are you thinking, you still don't invite the palace from the truth." ”

Mo Bai was speechless: "How dare the sons and daughters bully the queen mother, Hu Qingyan is really important to the dynasty, otherwise, how could the first emperor choose him as the head of the auxiliary ministers?" ”

"Huh?" When the queen mother heard this, she immediately glanced at the old palace maid, turned her head to look at Mo Bai, and frowned: "Yes, since this Hu Qingyan will become a scourge in the future, hasn't the first emperor considered it?" ”

"The first thing the first emperor should consider is that the new monarch can successfully ascend the throne under the chaos, if this cannot be done, how can we talk about the future situation? Therefore, no matter what, the first emperor must elect a minister who has deep authority in the court and has enough ability to help the new monarch stabilize the court. Even if this person is threatened in the future, it will be used now. ”

"Of course, the first emperor elected three royalists, the purpose is also to prevent one family from dominating, so that they can check and balance each other, as for the future trend, it depends on the ability of the king, the first emperor can only do so much, I save Hu Qingyan, the same is true, just because the dynasty needs his existence now."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother stared at Mo Bai for a while, and saw that Mo Bai had a frank face, as if she didn't have the slightest idea of the throne.

In the end, the Queen Mother just sighed softly, and she didn't know whether she was disappointed or happy, maybe both.

Mo Bai lowered his head, picked up the teacup and drank water, pretending not to see the Queen Mother's expression.

In fact, not all of what he said was true, at least in the point that he saved Hu Qingyan, he was indeed selfish.