Talking to a smart person is to save effort, Zhiying let out a long breath, no longer detouring with her, but said bluntly: "I want to go to Liangzhou, I don't know when I can come back, I don't even know if I can come back, I want you to stand up as the queen mother, listen to the government for me, take care of my son and daughter for me, if I and Ying Rong can come back, you can sit firmly in the position of the queen mother for the rest of your life, not to mention holding power, but we will not be like the first emperor who is scheming to cross the river and tear down the bridge, we will respect you as the queen mother." ”

"If we can't come back, then ...... As the crown prince, Hao'er should ascend the throne and be the emperor, and you are the justifiable queen mother. ”

Rong looked at her coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill all your children?" ”

Zhiying raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Then you can't be the queen mother in your life." ”

Rong was silent for a long time, and then asked: "I don't understand why you chose to cooperate with me, although I am under house arrest in Yanshou Palace, but I am not ignorant of external affairs, Cui Yi in order to protect the safety of your mother and son, left the concubine and the Marquis of Jiangzhou in the capital, you can completely entrust your son to them, the Marquis of Jiangzhou is the brother of the Empress Xiaopiao, Cui Yi's uncle, and he is the regent, is not more real than me, the queen mother of the empty shelf?" Do you have any other requirements? ”

"Yes," Zhi Ying immediately said, "There are three things I want you to do, the first is to come out to preside over the overall situation and stabilize the court, and the second is that during the time I go to Liangzhou, you have to lie for me, just say that I am sick and bedridden, and the prince will be taken care of by you, and I will hand it over to the eldest princess to take care of." ”

Rong showed that smile again.

"Third, I want you to stand up and tell the world that Cui Jie has long been dead, and the one who is now in Humeng Nursery is just a puppet cultivated by Guo Ziyan, and a pawn he is trying to provoke discord between Great Chu and the countries of the Western Regions."

After Zhiying finished speaking, he looked at her fixedly, waiting for her reply.

Rong didn't get angry, surprised, or laugh at herself for being naïve, as she had expected, and then refuse. Rong only frowned slightly, and then gave the answer: "Okay." ”

Zhiying was a little surprised, and thought that she needed to talk to her with a little lip service, but she never thought that the Rong family would agree directly.

Rong's expression was so calm that it didn't seem like he was discussing with someone what to do with his son, but as calm as hearing the phrase "eat cabbage tonight".

She asked, "When are you leaving?" ”

Zhiying calmed down and replied: "There are still some things to arrange, I won't leave immediately, but I can't delay too long, since I want to pretend to be sick, I have to pretend to be like, otherwise after I leave, some people will suspect that you have done something to me, and it will not end well at that time." ”

Rong smiled: "You will think about it for me, but it's a pity...... We don't have the fate of being mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Cui Yi can marry you, it is his blessing, and it is also the blessing of Queen Xiaopiao. ”

You have also had such blessings, but you didn't cherish them, and said silently in your heart.

"I'll come back to discuss the details with you later," After she was done, a big stone in Zhiying's heart fell, and then she had to make arrangements for her own side, "It doesn't matter what is missing in this longevity palace, how can there be no good charcoal, Xiaoqiu, go and ask the Internal Affairs Office to send two cages of silver silk charcoal." ”

Xiaoqiu promised to go out, but Rong didn't thank or be grateful, and still said lightly: "You go back first, I also want to think about what the ministers have to say." ”

Zhiying got up: "It's okay, I'll go first." The Rong family didn't move themselves, and asked the palace maid to send them out.

It is said that a child is a piece of meat that falls from a mother's body, throughout the ages, how many mothers can be so ruthless and help outsiders to calculate their own sons? Is the position of glory and wealth and queen mother really so important to a woman? Rong's mind is uncertain, maybe from the moment Cui Jie left her and ran away alone, or earlier, when she realized that Cui Jie wanted to kill her, their mother-son relationship came to an end.

Zhiying thought of her mother, most of the world's selfish mothers will eventually break with their children, if the Fan family can be a lady in peace, and the Rong family can be a queen mother in peace, the current tragedy will not happen.

However, it is precisely because of Rong's love for power that Zhiying has the opportunity to cooperate with her.

"This is absolutely not possible!"

When Zhong Yuanshan was told of her decision, he showed more shock and anger than Zhiying had expected at first, and he couldn't even wait for Zhiying to finish his sentence before he eagerly interrupted the conversation.

"Do you want to give the emperor to the Rong family? Then why did you encourage him to rebel in the first place? Just let the first emperor and the Rong family fight by themselves, won't it be over if you live to the death? Do you really think that the Rong family will treat your son well, will support him to ascend the throne, and will be at ease to be a queen mother who will leave the court sooner or later? Zhong Yuanshan was almost furious, and roared in front of Cheng Fengyi, Yang Qiong, and Nian Jiaojiao.

Zhiying sat peacefully on the throne, quietly listened to him roar, and then said: "I never said that I would give the country that the emperor laid down to the Rong family or anyone else, why did General Zhong arbitrarily take the words of this palace out of context?" ”

Zhong Yuanshan asked angrily: "The emperor's whereabouts are unknown now, as the imperial concubine, you should sit in the court and stabilize the country when there is no queen in the palace, but you want to leave the prince alone in the capital and go to Liangzhou to find the emperor by yourself!" The emperor and queen are not in the palace, how can you protect yourself if you want a young prince? The women of the Rong family are all ruthless, and even their own relatives can do it, not to mention that you are her enemies, will she let your son go? ”

Zhiying looked at him with a cold face and did not speak.

Nian Jiaojiao said in a panic: "Niangniang...... I don't think there's anything left to say......"

Zhong Yuanshan also blushed, standing in place panting.

"This palace made such a decision, it is by no means the result of impulse," Zhiying's tone was calm and almost cold, "I won't hide it from you, long before the emperor set out on the expedition, this palace already had a premonition that there would be many ups and downs, the emperor is only missing now, not necessarily dead, as long as the emperor is alive, there is no palace to hand over the country to others." ”

Her gaze swept over everyone present one by one, and among them, she stayed on Zhong Yuanshan's face for the longest time.

"Asking the Rong family to come back is a retreat that the palace has thought of early on, although the emperor has arranged for you - Yang Zhengzhi, and you, General Zhong, to serve as the backing of our mother and son in the capital, but in the final analysis, you are all foreign ministers, there is a big and small matter in the palace, which of you can call the shots? If I am not there, which of you can take care of the prince for me, send him to the court every day, and let him take a nap? None of you can do it! Only Rong's can! ”

Zhong Yuanshan said again: "If you want to find someone to take care of the prince, why don't you let Mrs. Fan enter the palace, she is the prince's grandmother, will she still harm the prince?" ”

Zhiying had long known that he would ask such a question, and he replied very smoothly: "Bengong's mother and Bengong's father are both repeat offenders in this dynasty, regardless of this, in what capacity did the Fan family enter the palace?" Rong is the empress dowager of the former dynasty, the queen of Emperor Jingzong, since ancient times, it is commonplace for the queen mother to listen to the government, but who has heard the concubine's mother's family supervise? ”

Zhong Yuanshan was still a little angry, and said again: "This palace doesn't know why General Zhong is so angry, General Zhong is naturally much closer to the emperor than the Rong family, could it be because the palace gave power to the Rong family, not your Zhong family, and is jealous?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Fengyi and Yang Qiong changed their faces and looked at Zhong Yuanshan together. Zhong Yuanshan's face turned pale with anger: "If the minister has this heart, he would rather be hit by five thunders from the sky, and he will never be able to live forever!" ”

Zhiying listened to his oath, but smiled mockingly: "This palace never believes in heavenly punishment, the oath is just casually talked, how many people have really retribution?" ”

Zhong Yuanshan widened his eyes and looked at her in disbelief, he was completely confused by this scoundrel-like speech, but the means of suicide and apology could not be used anymore, otherwise it would be even more suspicious.

"The palace was originally intended to hand over the affairs of the inner palace to the Rong family, and the affairs of the previous dynasty were handled by the six departments to assist the Zhongshu Province, and the two generals held the military power, and they were deeply trusted by the emperor, and they could supervise on their behalf, if the Rong family or the ministers had different intentions, they would all be killed if they held the holy decree left by the emperor and the edict of the palace......

At this, Zhiying deliberately stopped and smiled contemptuously at him.

The anger on Zhong Yuanshan's face had long since disappeared, the corners of his mouth moved, and he lowered his head.

“…… If General Zhong insists on refusing to accept the arrangement of the palace, then the palace is not reluctant, but the matter decided by the palace will never be changed. ”

Yang Qiong stepped forward and knelt down: "But it's up to the mother's dispatch." ”

Zhiying nodded, let him calm down, and then looked at Zhong Yuanshan again: "General Zhong, this palace will ask you one last time, are you willing to work with Yang Zhengzhi to keep an eye on the Rong family for this palace, protect the prince, and guard the rivers and mountains of Great Chu?" ”

Speaking of which, it had already given Zhong Yuanshan a great deal of face, and the latter couldn't say anything more, so he had to kneel down and accept the order with sincerity: "The minister is willing to do his best for the emperor and Niangniang, and then die." ”

Zhiying smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, that's the best, you are all old people who made a fortune with the prince, along the way, suffering and suffering, this palace has no words to thank, just tell you here - this is the last battle, but also the most critical battle, victory, each of us can sit back and relax from now on, and if we lose, everything in the past will no longer exist, the waves of history will sweep us away, and those who sacrificed for us will die in vain." ”

The hearts of the four people in the hall were shocked, and they all said in unison: "The minister/sister/concubine must follow the teachings of the mother!" ”