The west, east and south sides of the copper pond are respectively inhabited by Dou Zhaoyi, Meng Jieyu and Li Jiao'e.

On this day, it rained heavily. The queen suddenly got up and invited all the concubines to go to the spoon table in the middle of the copper pool to enjoy the rain.

Copper Pond is a large lake. The spoon table is an island in the middle of the lake in the middle of the copper pond. The reason why it is called the spoon table is because there are many precious lotus flowers planted in the middle of the copper pond. The lotus leaf looks like a spoon, so it is similar to its shape, and the name is called the spoon table. A small high platform was built in the middle of the spoon platform, and a pavilion of considerable scale was built on the high platform, called the pavilion, the pavilion was wide on all sides, the field of vision was unobstructed, one was convenient for ventilation, and the other was convenient for living in the pavilion to enjoy the lotus.

There is no way to reach the spoon table, so you can only take a painting boat to get there.

The great long autumn willow passed down the will, and the palaces could rest for a while at noon, and the first moment of the Shen time was gathered, and the lotus was appreciated. The time is right, and the banquet is held on time in the pavilion. Queen Yu specially instructed once again that the concubines of each palace do not need to wear makeup, and everything should be simple and comfortable.

In the past few days, the concubines of the palace quietly watched the queen, and found that the queen had indeed changed her temperament, not only no longer insulting and blaming the concubines of the palace at will, but also giving some rewards from time to time. What's even more unexpected is that Queen Yu has also visited various palaces in the past few days, and every time she goes to the palace where the concubines live, she has to carefully inspect and inquire, and for some inconvenient disposals, she immediately ordered Liu Wu to rectify and improve. The concubines and concubines of each palace were a little flattered, and they didn't dare to believe that a person's temperament could be changed in an instant, so although the queen was very friendly, all the palaces were still cautious and cautious, lest they commit any taboos.

Before the time, Queen Yu took a sedan chair and braved the heavy rain to come to the Xiaodang Palace in the west of the copper pond, that is, Dou Zhaoyi's palace.

Entering the Xiaodang Palace, Queen Yu did not let the accompanying Liu Wei sing, but got off the sedan chair, and along the verandah of the Xiaodang Palace, she came to Dou Zhaoyi's dormitory by herself.

Dou Zhaoyi had already finished taking a nap and was in the main hall of the dormitory, embroidering with a few embroidery girls. Embroidery is Dou Zhaoyi's hobby, although she is already a noble woman, there is no need to embroider herself, but Dou Zhaoyi seems to practice, find some time to embroider every day, and embroider very seriously, but also very elegant. When Emperor Longwu was alive, the daily necessities of Emperor Longwu himself and Empress Chang, such as pillows, foreheads, etc., were embroidered by Dou Zhaoyi.

Dou Zhaoyi and a few embroidered girls were concentrating on embroidery, coupled with the heavy rain outside, when Queen Yu entered the main hall, Dou Zhaoyi and several embroidered girls didn't even notice it.

Empress Yu gently walked to Dou Zhaoyi's embroidery frame and said with a smile: "You are still such a skillful hand!" ”

Dou Zhaoyi raised his head and found that it was Queen Yu, his hand trembled, and the embroidery needle pierced his hand. Dou Zhaoyi didn't care about the pain in his hands, he came suddenly, and prepared to salute in a panic, and said busily: "The concubine has lost her manners." Please punish the mother. ”

Queen Yu grabbed Dou Zhaoyi, patted Dou Zhaoyi's hand with her hand, and said, "You, what I said a few days ago, you thought I was joking." As I said, between us sisters, don't do these big rules anymore. You are Zhaoyi, like a vice queen, if you always hold it like this, the little ones behind you will not be able to let go. ”

Dou Zhaoyi did not answer.

The queen looked at the embroidery girls around her and asked, "What are you embroidering here?" Doesn't stop in heavy rain? ”

Dou Zhaoyi said: "The concubine took them and embroidered some clothes and schoolbags for Qian'er, so that he could go to Taixue." ”

Queen Yu smiled and said, "Not only do you embroider for Your Majesty and me, but you also have to embroider the clothes and schoolbags that you go to school?" You are now a Zhaoyi, these small embroideries, isn't it more convenient to let Shangyi make a few pieces? Are they not very obedient, you say to me, and I will configure the child. It's raining heavily, it's so dark in the temple, be careful of hurting your eyes. ”

Dou Zhaoyi's eyes moistened with emotion, and said, "Thank you for Niangniang's grace." The clothes of Shangyi are made of luxurious materials, and they are full of embroidery. She doesn't like those embroidered clothes, and likes to wear plain clothes with only embroidered corners, saying that it is more comfortable to wear these plain clothes. Therefore, most of the clothes of the concubines were embroidered by the concubines and the embroidery girls themselves. Let the mother see it and smile. ”

Queen Yu nodded and said, "Li'er is a child with great ambitions, unlike some princes, who know how to play tricks. In the past few years, I have missed you, and you have embroidered clothes for Li'er yourself, and I don't even know it. ”

Dou Zhaoyi hurriedly said: "Niangniang's words are serious. It's all a trivial matter, how can you bother the mother. ”

"We're all getting old. Behold, from now on, thou shalt not embroider even my articles. You can talk to me with me, how light. ”

Dou Zhaoyi's eyes moistened again, and said, "The concubine's craftsmanship has regressed, is it disgusting to the mother?" ”

Queen Yu smiled: "Look at you." I love you. ”

"The concubine knows that the mother loves me. But the concubine has been with Niangniang since she was fourteen years old, and she is used to embroidering Niangniang's embroidery supplies. The mother is also used to embroidering with the embroidery of the concubine. Let others embroider, the concubine is really not at ease. Niangniang is an atmospheric person who does not pay attention to daily use, wearing other people's embroidered clothes, using other people's embroidery, it is uncomfortable, and the concubine will never say it. The mother will only wronged herself. The concubine looked distressed. I beg the mother not to be disgusted with the vulgar craftsmanship of the concubine, or use the embroidery of the concubine. ”

"Good, good. I'll just use it. But you also promised me that you will not be allowed to embroider again in such a dark day in the future. Good no good? ”

"Yes. Thank you for your grace. ”

"We have to take care of our own body bones." The queen looked around and said to the other palace maids, "You all go out." I'll talk to Zhaoyi. Do not leave anyone around the main hall. You are not allowed to enter without my will. ”

"Whoa." Liu Wu and other chamberlains, palace maids, and embroidery girls all went out.

Dou Zhaoyi thought for a while and said, "Niangniang, a yard of crape myrtles has been planted in the backyard of Xiaodang Palace, and it is in full bloom." Niangniang likes the sound of rain hitting the leaves the most, why don't the concubines serve Niangniang and go to the backyard to enjoy crape myrtle and listen to the sound of rain? ”

Queen Yu said happily: "It's rare that you are so careful, my affairs, no matter how big or small, remember so refreshingly." Let's go, go and see your crape myrtle. ”

Dou Zhaoyi turned around and took a plate of melons and fruits, and then bowed down and took Queen Yu to the small garden in the backyard.

Xiaodang Palace is the second only palace in Jianzhang Palace, and the small garden behind it is quite exquisite. In addition to the crape myrtles in full bloom, the small garden is also planted with other flowers and trees. In particular, there is a large greenhouse in the middle of the small garden with a hundred years of vine branches, which is very magnificent, although it has passed the full flowering period at this time, there are still a lot of flowers blooming between the green leaves, the fat green and thin purple ground is matched, and the swaying crape myrtle and the summer flowers everywhere echo each other, so that the whole small garden is full of aura.

Dou Zhaoyi led the queen to a small circular eaves protruding from the verandah in the backyard of the palace, put the melon and fruit plate on the dining table, took out a handkerchief and wiped the stone bench a few times and spread it on the stone bench, and said while helping the queen to sit down: "Niangniang, please sit." The mother's body is afraid of the cold, and the stone bench is still a little cold in the rain. Don't dislike it, just sit on the concubine's veil for the time being. Then he sat down on the stone bench beside him.

The queen sat on the stone bench, turned her face to look at the rich green of the garden, listened to the crisp and pleasant sound of raindrops hitting the leaves and petals, and was stunned for a while. It wasn't until a flash of lightning flashed, followed by a thunderbolt close to the ground, that the queen woke up. Queen Ru curled the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly, looked at Dou Zhaoyi with soft eyes, and said: "Your courtyard is really good, it reminds me of the garden when I was in Rufu, and I am distracted when I think about it." Oh, let's talk. I thought, these days, you must be wondering, don't you understand, why my temperament has changed so much, do you? ”

Dou Zhaoyi knows the personality of Queen Ru very well. If you know everything with the Queen of the Emperor, even if you say it wrong, the Queen will not blame you; If you are at odds with the Queen of the Emperor, and if you are false and wronged, even if what you say is reasonable, the Queen of the Queen will be very disgusted in her heart. Dou Zhaoyi understands that what Queen Yu likes in her heart is a "real caring person", not a "slave who only promises".

Dou Zhaoyi didn't answer immediately, but first peeled a lychee seriously and handed it to Queen Luo with both hands, and then paused and said, "Niang Niang Shengming." Don't hide it from the mother, in the past few days, there are really a lot of concubines who come to the concubine to inquire about the news. They all planned to get out of me, and what they said was actually inquiring about their thoughts. I didn't have my mother's will, and I didn't dare to tell them anything. I'm not afraid of my mother's anger, the concubine has been with my mother for more than 20 years, and I think I know my mother's will, but these days, the concubine is really puzzled. Niangniang, after all these years, you have withstood such great pressure, pursued the way of prudence, and strongly governed the palace, and finally maintained the purity of Your Majesty's bloodline. Now, we have entered the palace, Your Majesty's temperament, Niangniang is well aware, and in the future, I don't know how many unclean foxes will be brought into the palace. According to the concubine's knowledge, I thought that Niangniang would definitely be more cautious and square in managing palace affairs, but I never thought that Niangniang not only did not step up the palace law, but also relaxed? Niangniang has never summoned the concubine, and the concubine has not dared to rashly go to meet Niangniang and ask Niangniang for forgiveness. ”

The queen ate the lychee while listening, and said with a smile: "It's so sweet." He pulled out his handkerchief, wiped his mouth gently, and continued, "You can say these words to me so frankly, which shows that the friendship between our sisters is really deep. I came to you today to tell you what is in my heart. There are some things I can only say to you. I talked to them a lot, and I was afraid that they would talk nonsense everywhere. It's hard to grasp the depth of the words. said it deeply, and I was afraid that they would be vain in their suspicions and have different hearts; It's a shallow word, and it's useless. I'd like to think about it, so I'll tell you first. On weekdays, they are afraid of me like a tiger, but they are closer to you. So, I'll make it clear to you first, you understand my mind first, and then I'll think about telling them, it's more appropriate. Anyway, this is Your Majesty's great cause, and we have to do it together. ”

Dou Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, and asked with a little surprise: "What is Niangniang going to say?" I have never seen a mother so solemn. ”

Queen Yu patted Dou Zhaoyi's hand and said, "You are a trouble-freer." That's why I've always treated you like a sister, and I really didn't say anything about how you treated me. You know this, and I know it even more. Over the years, I have suffered and suffered, don't know, you know everything. You know my sufferings and know my difficulties, but, sister, you may not know Your Majesty's sufferings and difficulties. ”

Dou Zhaoyi was confused. In Dou Zhaoyi's view, Tuyu is a wealthy man who is a wealthy man, but he inexplicably succeeded to the throne as the emperor. Even Dou Zhaoyi's brother, Dou Ji, often told Dou Zhaoyi in private that His Majesty was good at nothing, just relying on the throne that he had earned in exchange for his benevolence. In Dou Zhaoyi's view, in addition to sitting on the country and enjoying wealth and prosperity, what else will such an emperor do, and what hardships and difficulties can he have?

A gust of wind blew, and the rain became heavier. All the flowers and trees in the small garden were not visible, only a blur of deep green and sporadic colors. The queen turned her head, looked at the strange rain scene in the small garden, took a deep breath, and said, "Sister. Do you know that His Majesty did not appoint a crown prince when he ascended the throne this time? ”

Dou Zhaoyi nodded and said, "The concubine knows." However, the concubine thought that the position of the prince would be our Prince Jiarong sooner or later. Your Majesty is just because the king of Canaan is the eldest son of the first emperor and once served as the crown prince, so in order to get by on face, he has to make a show and block the eyes and ears of the world. Don't worry about that. ”

The queen smiled bitterly and said, "Sister." I knew you would think so. Even you think so, but you can imagine that other people probably think the same way. ”

"Niangniang, isn't Your Majesty thinking so?"

"It's not. If Your Majesty thinks so, then Your Majesty is not Your Majesty, he is just Prince Yongcheng. ”

"Niangniang, please make it clear."

"I guess you all think that Your Majesty's kindness is made. But do you know that the reason why Your Majesty was able to succeed to the throne was because of the word 'benevolence'. If so, I guess Dou Ji must have told you too. Because of his 'benevolence', His Majesty was supported by the clan relatives and the county kings, so he was able to succeed to the throne smoothly. Otherwise, His Majesty will bypass the crown prince and unexpectedly succeed to the throne as the emperor's younger brother, which is greatly beyond the patriarchal law, and cannot be recognized by the clan relatives and county kings in any case. Even if it is recognized by the clan relatives and the county kings, it is impossible for the court to stabilize. The clan relatives and the county kings recognized His Majesty as a 'benevolent' king, so they wholeheartedly supported him to succeed to the throne. At best, the clan relatives and county kings think that Your Majesty is benevolent, to put it bluntly, don't they just think that Your Majesty is easy to control? ”

"Niangniang......" Dou Zhaoyi looked around vigilantly, signaling Queen Yu to speak cautiously.

Empress Yu took Dou Zhaoyi's hand, stared at Dou Zhaoyi, and said, "It's okay, there's no one here." They don't know my temperament, and if they eavesdrop, they will be killed immediately. You can rest assured. Sister, the word 'benevolence' allowed His Majesty to get the throne, but it also tied His Majesty. Regardless of whether Your Majesty's 'benevolence' is true or not, let's take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Your Majesty's benevolence is really contrived, then Your Majesty must continue to be pretentious. Otherwise, once the clan relatives and the county kings join forces, His Majesty's throne will be difficult to protect. ”

"Won't you, sis?! Isn't the mother too worried?! ”

"Worried?" Empress Yu shook her head, and then said: "Sister, Your Majesty's throne seems to be sitting firmly now, but in fact, it is full of dangers. The first is that those clan relatives are staring at Your Majesty, and if Your Majesty has anything that goes against them, they may join forces to counteract Your Majesty. That Beiling County King alone can turn the world upside down. I heard from Luo Yuan that the king of Beiling, the king of Ganzi, and the king of Xiangting were all quite dissatisfied with His Majesty, and the king of Beiling County hid behind to make waves, making His Majesty suffer everywhere, and His Majesty felt deeply bitter. Second, those who served as county guards in the time of the first emperor were all the henchmen of the first emperor, and they were loyal to the first emperor. Our Majesty, unlike Emperor Longwu's all-round ability to hang up on the military, our Majesty is an idle prince known for his drinking, dancing, dancing, drunkenness, and flowers. ”

Dou Zhaoyi nodded and said, "Don't tell the mother, Mu Er also told the concubine about these things. ”

Queen Yu picked up a lychee herself, Dou Zhaoyi rushed to peel it for her, Queen Yu waved her hand and said, "I'll do it myself." What did we Mu'er say? ”

"Mu Er said, Your Majesty has just succeeded to the throne, except for the prince and the county king who have been divided, the other county kings and county guards are actually not very reliable, and now it is the disaster of Your Majesty, and the disaster after Prince Jiarong succeeds to the throne in the future."

Queen Yu nodded lightly and said, "Mu'er knows things very well, and this insight is also profound, so it is really in vain that Your Majesty and our sisters love him." Therefore, Your Majesty has to be wary of those county kings, so he divided his son to go out to be the county king, in order to balance those original county kings? His Majesty also has to guard against and appease those county guards, so he still reserves the crops to be the crown prince. As long as the crown prince is kept for the harvest, those county guards who are loyal to the first emperor will not oppose it for the time being. ”

"Then why does Your Majesty still agree to the King of Canaan to resign as the crown prince and become the king of the county?"

"Sister, Xiao Jia has a prejudice against His Majesty, always feels that His Majesty has taken away his throne, and always feels that His Majesty wants to harm him. So he repeatedly played His Majesty, resigned as the crown prince, and finally forced him to die. In fact, how did he know that what His Majesty was most afraid of was that something would happen to this Jiajia, and if something happened to the Jiajia, those county guards would immediately raise the banner of supporting the succession of the emperor's heirs and rebel. ”

"Then does Your Majesty really want to pass the throne to the heirs of the first emperor?"

"Of course not! But His Majesty needs time to plan. In this time of planning, there must be no accident in the crops, this is one of them. The second is that when these children of ours go out, they must make political achievements, not only to make political achievements, but also to deter and compare those county guards appointed by the previous emperor, and then gradually replace them with His Majesty's henchmen. Only in this way can Your Majesty's throne sit firmly, and after 10,000 years, Your Majesty's throne will be passed to our own children. ”

"Shengming has no mother. The concubine finally understood. But how could the concubine say these words to the other concubines? ”

"I said these words to you alone, so that you can understand the joints. Don't tell anyone else about it. What do you want to tell those concubines, just two points, one is that I see that Your Majesty has been working all night and extremely tired since he succeeded to the throne, and I really can't bear to worry about His Majesty's harem anymore, so I am determined to change and pursue a pure and gentle way of running the palace. Second, Your Majesty's new policy has just begun to be implemented, and we need our own children to take care of Your Majesty's home outside and fight for Your Majesty's face. ”

"The concubine understands, the concubine must have explained these two meanings to the palaces. The concubine also instructed Mu Er again, asking him to fight for his mother, and let Prince Jiarong become the crown prince as soon as possible. Rest assured. ”

"Sister, you're wrong. This crown prince's position, His Majesty will never pass it on to Zhi'er. ”

"Don't worry, this is a clear thing. The son is more precious than the mother, you are the biological mother of Prince Jiarong, the queen, and the prince is naturally Prince Jiarong's. Moreover, His Majesty deliberately made him the prince with the highest rank and stayed in the holy capital, instead of being the prince of the county, obviously to let him study political affairs by his side, and also deliberately put Prince Jiarong above other princes. Niangniang rest assured, the concubine and Mu'er are both wholeheartedly supportive of Niangniang and Prince Jiarong. ”

Tears suddenly appeared in the queen's eyes, and she said with sadness: "Why don't I want to let my son become the crown prince, but, hey, ......" The queen stopped talking, and she looked like she wanted to say something.

Dou Zhaoyi didn't dare to answer, but kept wiping the rain on the stone table with his hands.

The queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Sister." It's hard to say, but it's also a well-known thing. Zhi'er's mind is a little sluggish, which is different from ordinary people. Whether it's reading or doing things, it's always much slower. I'm not afraid of my sister's jokes, now Zhi'er is twenty-three years old, and he knows less than a thousand words, which is not as good as a child who has been enlightened for a year. Chi'er is mentally slow, this is known to everyone. But no one really knows how slow it will be. Even you, the person I trust the most, don't know, let alone anyone else. However, His Majesty is clear. ”

This is a secret or even a scandal that Dou Zhaoyi has never heard of, and it is a secret and scandal of Empress Yu and Prince Jiarong, Dou Zhaoyi was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say anything.

Empress Yu glanced at Dou Zhaoyi's solemn expression, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be afraid, since I told you, I naturally don't want to hide it from you." There is nothing to hide either. My sister thought, why doesn't Your Majesty pamper Zhi'er, and don't divide Zhi'er out to guard a county and implement a new policy? It's because His Majesty knows that Zhi'er's mind is incomplete and useless, and he can't be relieved to let him out to be the king of the county. The reason why he was named a prince is nothing more than because of his special status as the eldest son. This is also where His Majesty's 'benevolence' lies. If Zhi'er is the son of Emperor Longwu, he would have long been left out in the cold to become an idle clan. ”

"The mother is serious. Prince Jiarong is a man of great fortune, and he will be a generation of wise men in the future. ”

"You don't have to comfort me. What kind of character I am, you know best. I've been competitive all my life and never throw in the towel. But I can't grow up in two things. One is that he can't get the favor of his husband. This is because my appearance is not beautiful, and secondly, because of his temperament, so I won't talk about this. The second is to give birth to a son, who is mentally incomplete and not successful. Originally, Your Majesty was Prince Yongcheng, and I looked forward to Zhi'er being able to inherit the title of the prince and be a noble person who had no worries for a lifetime and was rich and old. But now it's different, Your Majesty has become the emperor, with the mind of Zhi'er, if he becomes the crown prince and succeeds to the throne, it will affect the fortunes of the country, and sooner or later he will be killed and overthrown by the courtiers. In the past hundreds of thousands of years, which dynasty and which generation have not been like this. I've seen this very thoroughly and thought about it for a long time. On that day, I watched the coffin of the first emperor lift from the temple and carry it to the mausoleum with a big carry, and suddenly I figured it out. Since Zhi'er should not be the king, if he is forced to be the king, it will be his misfortune and my misfortune. Why do you think I'm here? For the sake of Chichi'er, and for my own sake, I decided to let it go. Once you figure this out, you figure it out. Since the son born to him is not successful, there are always children who will be successful and succeeded. As the queen, what should I do best, isn't it clear all of a sudden? I'm going to be kind to you today, and I'm going to be kind to those children, and in the future, I'll have a better time with Chi'er. Otherwise, we may die without a place to bury. ”

Dou Zhaoyi's mind is exquisite, she knows that at this moment, she must not follow Queen Yu's words, even if Queen Luo is telling the truth, she must not recognize her words, otherwise, she will really "die without a place to be buried".

Dou Zhaoyi stood up with a solemn face, knelt down uprightly, kowtowed and said, "Niangniang." The concubine didn't dare to agree with what Niang Niang just said. The qualifications that Niangniang just mentioned are all ordinary qualifications. Those qualifications are used to evaluate courtiers, how can they be used to evaluate emperors. Virtue is matched with the sky, and you can be the king. This is the number of fate, and it is also related to the patriarchal law, which cannot be changed. The concubine asked Niangniang not to comment on Prince Jiarong like this again. Niangniang's evaluation of Prince Jiarong is probably going to make other concubines and princes covet the throne in vain. Think twice. ”

Empress Yu helped Dou Zhaoyi up and said, "It's good that you can think about this layer." I'm worried, too. But Zhi'er's qualifications, I, as a mother, know better than anyone else. My mind will never change, I will never fight for the position of the crown prince for Zhi'er, and I will never allow Zhi'er and my brother to fight for the position of the crown prince for him. I will make this clear to Zhi'er and persuade him not to think about it. Zhi'er, this kid, you don't know, he is very playful because of his incomplete mind, you just let him be the prince, if he knows that there are so many rules to restrain him, so many political affairs to disturb him, he will never want to be it. I'm going to talk to my brother and don't let him fight. This is for the good of Zhi'er, but also for the good of my brother and the Yu family. I believe that as long as my brother and I don't fight for Zhi'er, Zhi'er himself will never think of fighting for the position of the crown prince. ”

Dou Zhaoyi still didn't dare to speak.

The queen pointed to a lychee and said, "I blame you for being thirsty." Bother my sister to peel a lychee for my sister again. ”

"Whoa."

Empress Yu smiled and said, "If Zhi'er is not the crown prince, Your Majesty will definitely choose one of these sons who are now divided into feudal lords to inherit the throne." ”

Dou Zhaoyi's hand trembled, and the lychee that had just been peeled in half suddenly fell to the ground. Dou Zhaoyi said with a panicked expression: "Niangniang forgive your sins, the wind in this small garden is so strong, and the concubines who blow are a little panicked." After speaking, he took a lychee from the melon and fruit bowl again and peeled it again.

Queen Yu waved her hand and said, "Forget it, don't peel it, the hour is coming, let's go to the spoon table to enjoy the lotus." Don't keep them waiting. ”

"Whoa." Dou Zhaoyi's eyes were lowered, and as Queen Yu stood up, she helped Queen Luo to walk forward slowly.

Empress Yu tilted her head, looked at the rain scene in the small garden, and said: "From my heart, I am willing to Your Majesty choose Mu Er to be the crown prince, after all, we sisters know each other." Mu'er is also kind-hearted, if he becomes the crown prince and inherits the throne in the future, he will definitely be friendly to Zhi'er. As a mother, what worries me the most is how to live after I die. As long as Mu'er is the crown prince, I can be relieved. However, I can advise you, let's not fight for Mu'er for the time being. Let's let go and let him do his job as a county king with peace of mind, which is to help him. Now is not the time. His Majesty's selection of the crown prince among these county kings will be ten years later at the earliest. Don't fight for him, be careful of doing him a disservice. If he needs us to do something, we will help him, and if he doesn't say it himself, we don't want to do it on our own. Mu'er's mind is far above that of us women. Besides, the matter of the throne is not a joke. ”

"Whoa." Dou Zhaoyi replied sharply. This is the cleanest answer she gave in her alone confrontation with Queen Yu today.