Since Fengyi Zhu's birthday banquet appeared An Xiabai poisoning, Zhou Guifei has not slept well, not only worried about the emperor's anger day and night, but also racked her brains to find a way to help Fengyi Zhu avoid responsibility, but she waited anxiously for several days, but never waited for news.

After not resting well for several days, she ordered someone to invite the internal official who was responsible for taking care of the emperor's daily life: "During this time, has the queen ever seen the emperor?" ”

The internal official pretended to be confused and said: "The queen mother has been there, but she hasn't spoken, these days, the emperor has been sleeping with Zhang Guifei, do you have something to order?" ”

Concubine Zhou Guifei shook her head and ordered someone to stuff a lot of valuables into the hands of the internal officials: "These days, please help my father-in-law pay more attention to the emperor's movements, as well as the queen's." ”

At this time, the people in the palace who didn't know about An Xiabai's poisoning were estimated to be the emperor.

The internal official accepted the bribe gift, and reminded Zhou Guifei with a smile: "Why don't you listen to the slave's persuasion?" The emperor's temperament and temper, you should know in your heart, there are some things that are better to confess to yourself than to let him find out that something is wrong, or let others complain. ”

What he meant was that the best way to deal with it at the moment was to let Fengyi Zhu confess.

Why didn't Zhou Guifei want to, it was the thirteenth princess who didn't want to go.

She insisted that the poison in Shou Tao was not caused by herself, and said that those who are clear are self-purifying, but they refuse to go, no matter how much they are persuaded to go, Zhou Guifei has no choice.

"This palace understands what my father-in-law meant, thank you father-in-law for reminding me." Zhou Guifei smiled and thanked her, and asked someone to send one or two of the previous gadgets.

When the internal officials left the palace, she immediately ordered someone to invite Fengyi Zhu.

As one of the parties to the matter, she was under no less pressure than Zhou Guifei.

As soon as Fengyi Zhu entered the door, he said to Zhou Guifei: "Mother, I won't admit anything I haven't done, you better dispel the idea of letting me go to my father to confess my guilt, I'm not wrong." ”

For several days, she had this attitude, and she was unmoved despite Zhou Guifei's persuasion.

Zhou Guifei pressed the corner of her forehead lightly and felt an incomparably headache: "If you don't want to go, you have to go." ”

The queen has never reported the matter to the emperor, in her eyes, she refuses to believe that she is sympathetic to the emperor's fatigue, compared to the queen's understanding of the emperor, Zhou Guifei feels that she wants to operate secretly, so that she and Fengyi Zhu will fall hard.

In any case, it is never a bad thing to solve the problem early.

Feng Yi's eyes were red, and she was about to cry, she looked at Zhou Guifei pitifully, expecting her to be soft-hearted and relieved, but the other party was unmoved, and even asked her to cry hard.

Feng Yi Zhu was aggrieved to the extreme.

"Okay, stop crying." After she cried enough, Zhou Guifei relented, and took out a silk handkerchief to help wipe her tears: "It's not that I said you, the emperor usually favors you the most except for the prince, how many mistakes you have made before, he just scolded him immediately, and now he is just poisoned——"

"I didn't poison it!" Feng Yi Zhu cried and retorted.

"Okay, it's not your poison," Zhou Guifei smiled helplessly, "Since you didn't give the poison, what are you worried about, wouldn't it be better to go and explain to the emperor as soon as possible?" ”

Make it clear as soon as possible, and the queen will have no mistakes in handling it!

Feng Yi Zhu hesitated and said: "But my father favors General Lu so much, if he knows, won't he really be angry?" ”

"No matter how much you favor Lu Li, he is also an outsider, how can he compare to you?" Zhou Guifei comforted gently, "Don't be afraid, while your eyes are still red and swollen now, go and explain it to your father." ”

At the same time, the emperor was bewildered by the news coming from the border pass.

Obviously, a few days ago, the enemy country was still stubborn and refused to withdraw its troops, but now they suddenly relented, and even in order to show their sincerity, their army retreated several miles, obviously showing their unwillingness to ignite the flames of war?

What exactly they wanted to do, the emperor couldn't guess.

His doubts ended with a letter sent back by his envoy.

The prince of the enemy country has admired the thirteen princesses for a long time and wants to marry Fengyi Zhu as a concubine.

The other party's attitude is very firm, as long as the emperor relents and lets Fengyi Zhu marry, they will immediately withdraw their troops, and they will not easily send troops to invade the border in the future.

I have to say that the conditions they gave are really exciting, after all, the war has just been extinguished not long ago, and the people are tired, even if there are Lu Li and other soldiers who are willing to fight for the country, the treasury may not necessarily allow it, excessive war will only cost the people and money, and the emperor said that the best choice is and.

If the enemy country only wants Fengyi Zhu to marry the crown prince, the emperor feels that it can be considered.

Just when he was wondering whether Fengyi Zhu should marry or not, Fengyi Zhu's voice came from outside the door of the imperial study: "Is my father in the imperial study?" ”

The emperor's heart moved, and without waiting for the eunuch in charge to answer, he raised his voice to let her in.

"Why did Zhu Er have time to come over to see his father today?" The Emperor tried to make his voice as gentle and kind as possible.

Feng Yi Zhu lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice: "I'll confess." ”

Her voice was hoarse, it sounded as if she had just cried, the emperor had a little guilt for her, but now it sounded even more distressed, so she walked in front of her and asked with concern: "Why are your eyes red, is someone bullying my little princess?" Zhu Er said to me, what's the matter, and what kind of confession did you say, what are your crimes? ”

Fengyi Zhu has been noisy since she was a child, and she has done a lot of wayward things with the emperor's favor, so the emperor can treat her mistakes with a normal heart.

"I'm not doing well, some time ago at the birthday banquet, I accidentally let people with bad intentions take advantage of the opportunity to poison Shou Tao, causing Mrs. Lu to be poisoned." She said apprehensively.

The emperor breathed heavily.

This is really a big deal, after all, Lu Li is now one of the few generals in the imperial court, and maybe there will be soldiers to lead troops to the battlefield in the future.

"Mrs. Lu is fine, how is she in health now?" The Emperor hurriedly asked.

Sure enough, he is still very concerned about Lu Li's affairs.

Feng Yi Zhu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the news he had inquired about: "The poison in Mrs. Lu is very slight, but it will only cause temporary abdominal pain, and now after going home to recuperate for a period of time, her body has recovered." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and it was good that his life was still there: "Since Mrs. Lu's body has recovered, you don't have to blame yourself, and the person who poisoned it is not you." ”

Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't blame himself, Fengyi Zhu was happy and panicked: "But my daughter hasn't found out who the poisoner is, and the longevity peach that Mrs. Lu ate at the beginning was personally sent to her by her daughter," she reddened her eyes and said pitifully, "Because of this, people outside keep saying that I gave the poison." ”

"The mouth grows on other people, whatever they want to say, whatever they want." The emperor said disapprerovingly, "You know it in your own heart." ”

I didn't expect the emperor's reaction to be so bland, he didn't seem to care about An Xiabai's poisoning at all!

If she knew this, she should have listened to her mother's words and confessed earlier, so that she didn't have to live in fear at all!

"My father really loves me, and when he heard me, he chose to trust me!" Fengyi Zhu was moved to hold the emperor's hand.

Looking at the undisguised joy on her face, the emperor couldn't sit still.

He didn't know how to explain the reason for the change in attitude to Feng Yi Zhu, after all, marrying into an enemy country and relatives is not something that ordinary girls can bear, and his daughter, who has been pampered for more than ten years, should also be unwilling, right?

But they really couldn't do better.

The emperor frowned, and the melancholy expression on his face was seen by Fengyi Zhu, and he was anxious in his heart: "Father, have you been worried about something recently, do you want to say it and let your daughter help you share your worries?" ”

The emperor shook his head embarrassedly, he didn't want to talk to Fengyi Zhu Ming about it for the time being.

But Fengyi Zhu raised his eyebrows and asked, obviously he didn't give up without asking the reason, he could only say helplessly: "You were busy with political affairs on your birthday, and I didn't have time to go to the banquet, so I'm a little ashamed, while it's not too long now, I will make up a happy birthday to you, I don't know what gifts I want for my little princess, and compensation?" ”

Feng Yi Zhu's eyes lit up, and he asked expectantly, "Can you do whatever you want?" ”

The emperor didn't know what she was thinking about, so he nodded with a smile and said, "Anything." ”

Feng Yi Zhu wiped his tears, clutched the emperor's sleeve and said: "In the past, my father gave me enough birthday gifts, and I usually gave a lot of rewards, so this year I won't ask my father for anything, I want to ask for a marriage." ”

She told the emperor that she had liked Lu Li for a long time, and hoped that the emperor would see her affection and decree that Lu Li should marry her, and that she would not have to send Anxia Bai to her hometown, just a flat wife.

For the sake of the child and Lu Li, Fengyi Zhu can endure An Xiabai being on an equal footing with himself.

But the emperor was unwilling.

He lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "I can't promise you about this." ”

"Why?" Feng Yi Zhu said in surprise, "Father, didn't you say that I can do whatever I want, why can't I just ask for a will." ”

It seems that the plan he concealed cannot be continued.

The emperor sighed and said: "I have already helped you choose a good husband candidate, he is the crown prince of a neighboring country, and now the two countries are negotiating peace matters, even if Lu Li does not marry a wife and have children, you will not have a chance to marry him." ”

Feng Yi Zhu's face was as white as paper, and he was stunned for a long time before he realized what was going to happen.

"I'm not married!" She objected in a trembling voice, "I'd rather die than marry!" ”

Rather than marrying the prince of a neighboring country and staying in a foreign country and never coming back, she would rather never marry for the rest of her life.

It's a pity that the emperor has already made a decision, and let her cry against it, but she didn't let go: "Except for marriage, whatever you want, I can help you ask for it." ”

His composure made Feng Yi Zhu's heart flustered to the extreme: "Is there really no room for negotiation?" ”

The appearance of crying pear blossoms and rain made the emperor feel distressed, but distress and unbearable are never a reason to change his mind: "Don't think about General Lu anymore, let's prepare for peace as soon as possible, and later, I will tell your mother about this in person." ”