The emperor's heart moved, took the queen's hand, and sighed with emotion: "Empress! I've been too busy lately, and I rarely go to the harem, and it's hard for you to be in such a big harem! ”

As he spoke, the emperor put a piece of steamed fish in the queen's bowl, and he shaved the fish bones in his own bowl, and then put it in the queen's bowl.

"You can also taste it, you have worked hard all these years, this huge harem wants you to be alone." The emperor touched the queen's hand on the table to show distress and care.

"Where did the emperor say this, managing the harem was originally the responsibility of the concubines, and as the queen, this is the responsibility I still bear. And I am taking care of the harem, so that the emperor has no worries, and can handle official affairs wholeheartedly, make the country richer and stronger, and make the people happier. "The queen is sincere.

Seeing the emperor's relieved look, the queen's heart also softened.

"The emperor is about to celebrate the New Year, has there been a lot of official business recently?" The queen asked with concern, "Pay more attention to your body, don't be too tired, you, you are too serious about your work." ”

"That's what the queen said...... So recently I wanted to take a break and leave things to the young people. ”

Hearing this, the queen's heart moved, and she heard some eyebrows, does the emperor want to observe the princes under the excuse that he wants to rest because of too much official business?

The queen smiled and said in her heart: It should be like this......

"Come, Your Majesty, eat vegetables!"

The queen changed hands to add vegetables to the emperor, and the two respected each other like guests, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they were a little more warm.

After eating, chatting, talking about the past, talking about the present, and soon being able to fall asleep, until the next morning, the queen waited for the emperor to wear morning court clothes, washed up, and went to the morning court.

As soon as the emperor left, the queen immediately turned around and ordered Hongyu behind her, "Go and call the third prince over, immediately." ”

"Slave, go at once." Hongyu hurriedly ran to the Chengde Palace.

As soon as she saw Guard Li, Hongyu couldn't take a breath, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and tell the third prince, just say that the queen mother has something very important to find him, and she is very anxious, so hurry up and spread the word." ”

"I'm going to pass the word out, you rest and take a breath.

"Girl, wait a minute, I'll go!" After that, he turned around and entered the house, and said as he walked, "Tell the third prince, outside the door, Hongyu said that the queen mother has something urgent to find you, so let you hurry over." ”

"Urgent?" Mu Qingfeng was shocked, what an emergency, the queen mother will not be fine! Frightened, Mu Qingfeng threw down the brush he was painting in his hand, and ran out quickly, he was scared to death all the way, nothing will happen to the queen mother, don't scare me!

rushed all the way to the queen's palace, Mu Qingfeng rushed straight inside, and the palace maids next to him were all frightened by him.

"The Queen Mother! Queen mother! Mu Qingfeng saw that the queen was sitting on the phoenix chair drinking tea. stepped forward and hugged the queen. "Mother, they said that you had an urgent matter to look for me, and I thought something had happened to you, so I was so frightened that I hurried over. I'm relieved to see you're okay. ”

When the queen mother heard this, she smiled with relief, "The queen mother is fine, don't worry about it." ”

The queen took Mu Qingfeng's hand and sat on the chair, "But Feng, you told me before that you wanted to fight hard for that position, yes or no?" ”

Mu Qingfeng's eyes were firm: "Yes, Queen Mother, I want greater rights so that I can confidently protect the people I love." ”

Seeing Mu Qingfeng's determined eyes, the queen was in a trance for a while, as if she saw the original emperor again.

"The eyes that don't give up are exactly the same as when the emperor was young." The queen murmured in a low voice.

"What are you talking about, Queen Mother?" Mu Qingfeng didn't hear it clearly for a while, and was a little puzzled.

The queen shook her head, "It's nothing, your father had dinner with me last night, and during the chat, I probably heard a little hint, he said that he wanted to be lazy, rest, and give young people a chance." I guess he's going to take this opportunity to observe you princes. Although Mu Lingxuan is already the crown prince, his background is not as high as yours, and the emperor gave him this position for the sake of watching her dead mother, and you still have a great chance. Recently, you have to behave well, put away your love heart, and put more on official business. The queen said bitterly to her own son that she understood that her son was a smart person, but he was not ruthless enough!

The queen paused for a moment, and then said: "Feng'er, you have been running to your father more recently when you have time, and if there is any task, whether it sounds good or bad, you should be active." ”

"Yes, follow the teachings of the Queen Mother."

And Mu Lingxuan on the other side also got the news.

"Prince Qiyu, the servant heard it with his own ears, and the emperor said that he wanted to take this opportunity to rest for a while and leave more opportunities for young people."

If you look closely, it turns out that this person is a servant cleaning by the emperor's side.

After that, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It seems that he also said that he would pick out a few excellent princes to help deal with official business." ”

Mu Lingxuan, who was listening, suddenly changed his face, "What did you say?!" ”

His Royal Highness's servant said tremblingly: "The emperor said that he would select a few outstanding princes to help deal with official business. ”

Mu Lingxuan's face had changed drastically, and he held back his anger and said to the person who came to report the news: "My father-in-law has done a very good job," and as he spoke, he took out a silver ticket from his arms and handed it to him. "Is your mother's illness better? Take this money to find a doctor for your mother and buy some good things to make up for it. ”

"Thank you, Prince, thank you, Prince." The messenger was overjoyed.

As soon as the person left, Mu Lingxuan, who was angry, completely ignored his identity and status, and couldn't help but smash the things on the table.

Mu Lingxuan was almost a little crazy, "Why?" Why! I'm already the crown prince and the future prince, why do you want to choose other excellent princes? I usually live a rigorous life, for fear of doing a small thing wrong. Because I don't have a noble mother, I don't have a family to support, I rely on everything on my own! Why is it so unfair to me, I just don't have a mother, I will not give up, the throne must be mine, it must be mine! ”

It seems that because of a small decision of the emperor, the princes have fallen into the competition between open and secret battles. Intrigue and brotherhood.

On this morning, the emperor summoned all the princes to discuss state affairs together, and the princes walked into the hall one after another, most of them did not know the situation, and they were a little confused.

As the only two insiders on the scene, Mu Qingfeng and Mu Lingxuan both looked calm, and the two of them sat calmly on the chairs and drank tea, calm and calm. No words.