At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Weiqing Dou Ji sent people into the palace to tell Dou Zhaoyi that it was their mother, Mrs. Dou, who had contracted a wind chill because of the sudden cold and heat in the Holy Capital in the past few days, and had a high fever that did not go away for several days, and she was almost unconscious. Mrs. Dou was very fond of her daughter, and kept chanting Dou Zhaoyi's milk name "Linglong" in a coma, and Dou Ji hoped that Dou Zhaoyi would find a time to go back to Dou Mansion to visit her mother.

Dou Zhaoyi is a well-known filial daughter, and when she was a good woman in Prince Yongcheng's mansion, she had to go back to Dou Mansion every other day to serve Mrs. Dou for living and eating. Since Tuyou succeeded to the throne and entered the palace with Queen Yu to become Zhaoyi, firstly, because of the strict palace rules, he was not as comfortable as when he was in the palace, and secondly, because the first emperor was mourned, and the new monarch and concubine all had to guard the palace all day long, so Dou Zhaoyi had not returned to Dou Mansion to serve his mother for more than a month.

Smelling that her mother was infected with the cold, Dou Zhaoyi hurriedly rushed to the Changqiu Palace to meet the queen, hoping that the queen would allow her to return to the Dou Mansion for half a day to visit and serve her mother. She treats Queen Luo very diligently and thoughtfully on weekdays, and Queen Luo treats her differently from other concubines. Sure enough, as soon as she finished the ceremony, Queen Yu immediately granted her request, and specially allowed her to spend the night in Dou Mansion to serve her mother in order to fulfill her filial piety, and also sent the imperial physician to personally go to Dou Mansion for diagnosis and treatment. Dou Zhaoyi was very grateful, resigned from Changqiu Palace, and rushed back to Dou Mansion in tears all the way.

When she arrived at Dou Mansion, the imperial physician had already diagnosed the pulse, and checked the pulse case and prescription in the previous few days, and replied: "Niangniang, Mrs. Tai's illness is not in the way, but the illness is too urgent. However, after all, it is not a serious illness and does not require any special treatment. The minister prescribed two doses of decoction to Mrs. Tai, and ate it without interruption, and it was guaranteed that she would be safe within ten days. ”

Dou Zhaoyi's hanging heart finally came down, sent away the imperial doctor's order, and hurried in to visit her mother. When the time was taking a nap in the afternoon, Mrs. Dou was lying on the couch facing inward, covered with a large mink quilt. Dou Zhaoyi gently walked to her mother's bed, gently put her hand on the back of her mother's neck, and tested her mother's body temperature. Mrs. Dou turned around.

Dou Zhaoyi stared at her mother's face carefully, her face was still rosy, it could be seen that there was nothing serious, but after all, she had suffered for several days, Dou Zhaoyi still shed tears and said, "Grandma has suffered." Linglong is not filial and does not serve his mother. ”

Before Mrs. Dou could speak, Dou Ji walked in from outside and asked as she walked, "Is Niangniang back?" ”

One of the maids said, "I'm back, and I'm accompanying Mrs. Tai inside." ”

Dou Zhaoyi stood up, and when Dou Ji was about to approach, he said angrily: "Brother, you are too dedicated, why did you get such a group of doctors who are not good at treating your mother, and you almost made a big mistake." If it weren't for ......"

Dou Ji approached Dou Zhaoyi and said with a smile: "It's okay to do it." ”

Dou Zhaoyi was surprised and scolded: "Why do you talk like that? My mother is sick, how dare you be so careless?! ”

Mrs. Dou smiled and said, "Linglong, come here, don't blame your brother." I wasn't sick either. ”

Dou Zhaoyi was even more puzzled, looked at her mother, and then looked at Dou Ji with a relaxed face.

Dou Ji said: "Don't worry, Niangniang. I have something important to discuss with you, but I can't go directly to the palace to meet you during the funeral, so I came up with such a plan. ”

"But what about those veins and recipes?!" Dou Zhaoyi asked.

"It's all written by someone so that they don't be seen." Dou Ji said.

"You're so confused." Dou Zhaoyi sighed: "Fang is the imperial doctor's order, he must be able to see the strangeness in it." The Queen was very suspicious. It took me so many years of hard work and patience day by day to gain her trust and grace. If she knew, I don't know how she would feel?! ”

Dou Ji said: "I was negligent. But the stakes are high. I was so anxious that I didn't think it through. ”

Mrs. Dou got down from the couch. Dou Zhaoyi carefully examined it and confirmed that her mother was indeed not sick, so she turned around and asked, "What are you looking for me?" As for being so impatient, so undisciplined? ”

Dou Ji said: "It's inconvenient to talk about this here, let's go to Huaxi, right?" ”

The flower creek mentioned by Dou Ji, the full name is called "Linglong Huaxi", which is a water pavilion built for Dou Zhaoyi. This is related to a past story of the miraculous development of the Dou clan. At the beginning, Dou Linglong's father was just an ordinary craftsman, and his family was poor, when Dou Linglong was born, a Taoist from Xianyou happened to pass by, and he made a divination for the newborn baby girl, and was shocked: "This woman has the life of Luan Feng." The Dou family will make a career in the future because of this woman. But this girl is wooden, soft-hearted but not clever enough, should be named 'Linglong' to make up for its shortcomings; Dou Zhaoyi's father was shy and couldn't afford to build a water pavilion, but it happened that the Dou family's humble house was built on the side of a stream, so Dou Zhaoyi's father took matters into his own hands and built a simple small pavilion to make a water pavilion. Since then, the Dou family has gradually developed. Dou Linglong's father was appreciated by Tuli for building a mansion for Tuli, and the family gradually improved, and Linglong also went to Tuli's mansion to be the lady-in-waiting of Mrs. Chang, the lord of Xiangting County. One day, Tuyu met Linglong by chance, and loved Linglong's beautiful and dignified, demure and few words, so he pleaded with his brother and sister-in-law, and married Linglong into the house as a side room. Dou Linglong is quite favored by Tulong because he is quite knowledgeable and jealous, and even the jealous Zheng Tuyu is also very fond of Linglong and courteous. After that, Tu Tu Li established the country as the king, Xiao Tu Yu became Prince Yongcheng, and Linglong became the second only to the princess Yu Yuanwei. At the same time as Linglong's favor, her family was also taken care of by the two brothers, Tuli and Tuyou. It's just that Dou Linglong's father is not blessed enough and has a short lifespan, but Dou Linglong's brother Dou Ji has gone all the way from Nangong Guards to Nangong Guards Order, Nangong Guards Cheng, and so on to the fifth year after Tuli became the emperor, under the strong recommendation of Xiao Tuyu, he became one of the Nine Qings Wei Weiqing. The Dou family also soared and officially became an upstart. Mrs. Dou and Dou Ji never forgot what the man said when Dou Linglong was born, so after Dou Ji became Wei Weiqing and built the magnificent Dou Mansion, they specially introduced living water in the back garden, built a large pond, and built a water pavilion in the north of the pond, named "Linglong Flower Creek". Although Linglong Huaxi is known as a water pavilion, after years of continuous expansion and repair, it is no longer an ordinary water pavilion, but a high-regulated mansion. For the Dou family, Linglong Huaxi is not just a mansion, but it is tantamount to a shrine that blesses the wealth of the whole clan, a sacred and quiet place that is always sprinkled and cleaned, repaired every year, and never used by anyone except Dou Zhaoyi himself.

Therefore, when Dou Ji said that he was going to Linglong Huaxi, Dou Zhaoyi knew that what Dou Ji was going to say must be extremely confidential and must not be known by outsiders.

Dou Zhaoyi said goodbye to her mother and followed Dou Ji to Linglong Huaxi. Dou Jiping retired everyone and took Dou Zhaoyi to Linglong Huaxi alone. When Dou Zhaoyi followed Dou Ji to the main hall of Linglong Huaxi, Dou Zhaoyi found that the stove had been lit in the main hall, and the hall was as warm as spring. It can be seen that Dou Ji has been prepared for a long time.

Dou Ji invited Dou Zhaoyi to sit down, poured hot tea for Dou Zhaoyi by himself, and then said, "Linglong, Your Majesty has succeeded to the throne, what do you think?" ”

Dou Zhaoyi frowned and said, "What can I think?" I'm Zhaoyi now, and you're Wei Weiqing now. What other extravagant hopes does our Dou clan want? Brother, I told you a long time ago that contentment is always happy, and contentment is always happy. Don't think anything wrong, or you're going to get into trouble. ”

"You're right. I'm not asking you and me, I'm asking you what you think of Mu'er. ”

"Mu'er? He is His Majesty's own son, can His Majesty still treat him badly? His Majesty and the Empress often said that Mu Er was the most blessed and the best educated of all His Majesty's children. Mu Er is already the most precious prince of the Heavenly Family, with the love of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, what else can I think? ”

"Sister. You've always been so kind to others! Empress? Still caring? If you don't be careful, it will be this queen who will kill Mu'er in the future. ”

"Nonsense! You're getting more and more talkative. How has the queen treated us all these years, don't you have a little heart for yourself?! I don't allow you to be so disrespectful to the Queen. In the future, you don't want to be so nonsense! ”

"You don't believe it, do you?"

"The Queen Mother has cared for me since I entered the mansion. Although she was a little mean to other concubines, she looked at me differently and loved Mu'er very much. You coaxed me back to the house for no reason, and told me these rebellious words, if the queen knew about it, we would die without a place to bury. Don't tell me that anymore. You will never be allowed to talk like this nonsense in the future. I'm going back to the palace. ”

Dou Zhaoyi stood up and took a step to leave.

Dou Ji hurriedly said, "You wait a moment and listen to me." ”

Dou Zhaoyi stopped, did not turn his head to look at Dou Ji, but looked outside the door to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, and then said: "If you say crazy things again, I will never see you again!" Moreover, I will ask Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to remove you from all your duties and go home to retire!" ”

"Good, good! But you want me to finish my sentence. Let me ask you one thing first, do you know who Your Majesty is going to appoint as the crown prince? ”

"Naturally, it's a rank. He was the eldest son. What does this do, you ask? What does this have to do with us? ”

"It's a big deal! Your Majesty has told me privately today that he does not intend to make him crown prince. ”

"Huh? Why? Does the Queen Mother know about this? ”

"I don't know. Even Yu Yuan didn't know about it. His Majesty said that Yu Yuanji and the queen mother thought about making him the crown prince every day, and he was very annoyed. ”

"It's a big deal, don't get involved."

"It's not that I'm going to get involved, it's Your Majesty who mentioned it to me. You would never have imagined that His Majesty told me who he wanted to make the crown prince. ”

Dou Zhaoyi was shocked. If Your Majesty does not appoint the eldest son as the crown prince, then the first priority is his son Xiao Mu, does His Majesty want to make Lu Mu the crown prince? Thinking of this, Dou Zhaoyi's heart was not the slightest bit happy, but full of worry. She frowned tightly, and said in a little panic: "Don't speculate about such a thing, and don't talk nonsense." If something goes wrong, no one can protect you. When the time comes, don't say it's you, even Mu'er and I will eat and hang. ”

Dou Ji smiled and said, "Oops." You don't have to panic. His Majesty did not intend to establish Mu'er. ”

Dou Zhaoyi's heart relaxed. But faintly, she felt a little lost. Her brows furrowed, and she said, "Then which prince does he plan to appoint?" ”

"No prince will stand."

"Huh?! Look at you, you're going to talk crazy again, aren't you? How can anyone not make a prince?! ”

"Your Majesty is not not a prince, but intends to retain the position of the crown prince."

"Hi. It turned out to be this. This has long been said in the decree of His Majesty's succession. Don't say it's me, who in the world doesn't know? But the discerning people also know in their hearts that this is just an expedient measure on the part of His Majesty. Sooner or later, His Majesty will pass on the throne of the crown prince to the one who ranks. There is no doubt about it. ”

"That's what I thought. But I never imagined that His Majesty told me today that he really wanted to retain the position of the crown prince. ”

"Why? Passing the throne to someone else's son is a bit unbelievable. ”

"Your Majesty has his own ideas. His Majesty said that he felt that he did not have the appearance of a king, and that he was a person of incomplete mind, so he was really unworthy of being a king. If he is made the crown prince, the country may not last long. ”

"Your Majesty told you personally?"

"Absolutely."

"But anyone else heard?"

"Nope. At that time, it was just me and Your Majesty. Even Chuntuo is not there. ”

"But why is Your Majesty telling you this?"

"Huh?"

"I want to ask, why did Your Majesty want to tell you about such a confidential matter?"

"I didn't figure it out either, so I called you here and discussed it."

"What else did Your Majesty say to you?"

"Everything else is a matter of government affairs. Your Majesty said that I would be a lieutenant and take charge of the world's soldiers and horses for him. He also plans to make Yu Yuan the prime minister. But His Majesty also said that he was worried that the Ru Yuan family would be too strong, so he asked me to share more worries for him. ”

Dou Zhaoyi frowned, lowered his head and pondered, without saying a word.

In this Dou Mansion, although Dou Ji is the head of the family, everyone knows that the real backbone is Dou Zhaoyi. Since Dou Linglong was eight or nine years old and gradually knew things, she showed an unusual composure and thoughtfulness, and she was far beyond this older Dou Ji. After Dou Linglong entered the mansion and became Mrs. Chang's maid, her vision, rules, scheming, and means gradually increased day by day. After she married Xiao Tuyou and became a concubine, and then became a Liangdi, she became a god-like figure in the Dou Mansion.

Dou Zhaoyi lowered his head and thought deeply, and Dou Ji didn't dare to speak to disturb him.

After a long time, Dou Zhaoyi stared at Dou Ji and asked, "Did Your Majesty mention Mu'er and me?" ”

"Mentioned Mu'er."

"How to say it."

He said that Mu'er was the best educated of all the princes. It's just that I don't have some experience. ”

"Your Majesty has mentioned other princes?"

"I also mentioned the Yakoke."

"How?"

"Your Majesty said that the department is also a material that can be made, and its character and talent are good. In fact, His Majesty not only talked about the three princes, but His Majesty also commented on several other princes in one breath, saying that these princes have their own strengths. But all princes have a shortcoming, that is, lack of experience. ”

"What else did he say?"

"Not the rest."

Dou Zhaoyi stopped talking again. She stood up and paced slowly around the ground, shaking her head and frowning. After a while, she walked up to Dou Ji and asked, "What did you say then?" ”

"I don't think it's too important to say anything. So not a word was said. ”

Dou Zhaoyi nodded and said, "Very good." That's it. Today, Your Majesty is testing you. ”

"What tempted me?"

"Test you to see if you are ambitious. Is it like Luo Yuan's bent on making Mu Er the prince, and trying to make Mu Er the prince. If you answer the call today and speak for Mu'er, Your Majesty will no longer trust you. My and Mu'er's favor has come to an end. ”

"Why? We all know the thoughts of the Majesty, and Your Majesty knows it, but doesn't Your Majesty still trust the Majesty? ”

"That's different. He is the eldest son of the queen, and it is his duty to be the prince. It's not a bad idea to think so. But you are different, I am just Zhaoyi, Mu'er is a concubine, not a concubine, if you want to push him to be the prince, it is ambition, thinking about right and wrong, and countless disasters will be born. ”

"Then I didn't answer today, which seems to be appropriate, doesn't it?"

"That's fine. Your Majesty has always regarded you as an honest and trustworthy person, which is diametrically opposed to his opinion of the Abyss. And that's the biggest reason why you're favored. You did a good job of not answering today. ”

It is difficult for Dou Ji to be appreciated here by Dou Zhaoyi, and today he was said to be proper and very good by Dou Zhaoyi several times in a row, and Dou Ji was very happy in his heart.

Dou Zhaoyi said again: "Brother, if Your Majesty tells you these things again in the future, what are you going to say?" ”

"I still shouldn't answer."

"No, no, no! If you still don't answer, Your Majesty will be suspicious of you. The first time I asked you, you didn't answer, because you were honest by nature and didn't think clearly. If you still don't answer when I ask you later, it means that you have an idea in your heart, and it is a different idea. What is common sense, common sense is to be a prince. What is different from common sense, that is, you want Mu'er to be the prince. If that were the case, Your Majesty would be alienated from you. ”

"But Your Majesty has already said that it is not appropriate for you to be the crown prince. If he chooses one of the princes to be the crown prince, Mu Er will definitely be the most suitable regardless of his age or talent. Linglong, don't you think that His Majesty usually prefers Mu'er? ”

"Usually is usual. At that time he was just a prince, but now that he is an emperor, his thoughts are different. In all dynasties and dynasties, how many disasters have been caused by the seizure of succession, Your Majesty can't help but be vigilant. If he is a person of sound mind, then it is easy to say. But that's what it looks like. Moreover, His Majesty still crossed the throne of the Harvest and the Brother to the Brother, which is a different place. Your Majesty can't help but take care of it. ”

"And what should I say?"

"Whatever Your Majesty says, you can say. Now didn't His Majesty say that he intends to retain the title of Prince of the Prince? Then you say the same. You say, 'As your majesty says, the minister will do as he does.'" Thou shalt not speak of appointing His Majesty's son as Crown Prince. ”

"I see. You can rest assured. ”

"And. From now on, you must be more respectful to Ru Yuan than you are usual, and you must not be arrogant to Yu Yuan just because you have become one of the three princes. You and I, both to the Queen and to the rank, should also be more respectful. Let them feel that we have already decided that Your Majesty will definitely pass on the throne to the Emperor in the future. We are heartily surrendered to the Emperor and the Empress. You are also sincerely convinced. ”

"I can do that, too. But I really don't like that Yu Yuanji, he dares to point fingers in front of His Majesty, it's really too arrogant. His sister, even more so the Queen of the Emperor, fortunately she is quite kind to her sister, otherwise, I would never let them go. ”

Dou Zhaoyi frowned and said, "Brother, I don't know how many times I told you. What are our origins? What is the origin of the queen and the queen? You and I should have a number in our hearts. What shall we compare ourselves to? We have nothing. Although you are Wei Weiqing now, you will be a Tai Lieutenant in the future, but there are all the outlines of Yu Yuan. Most of the Nangong guards in your guard are at the disposal of Yu Yuan, right? ”

"I know what you're saying. But what does that Yu Yuan know how to lead troops?! He didn't fight a single day. I followed Emperor Longwu and His Majesty in the southern and northern wars. When it comes to leading troops, he is far behind. ”

"Humph! Brother, Yu Yuan is not good at leading troops, but he is good at strategy. In the Holy Capital, it is not as effective as the one on the battlefield where you lead the troops to fight, but it is not as effective as the one that you have. Otherwise, why would His Majesty have to ask Yu Yuan as soon as he encounters political affairs? ”

Dou Ji twisted his face a little angrily. Dou Zhaoyi doesn't like Dou Ji's stubborn temperament the most, but what he said today is too important, Dou Zhaoyi must carefully explain the stakes in it, otherwise Dou Ji is likely to cause trouble.

Dou Zhaoyi said with a smile: "Brother, if you want to talk about the art of war, on military talents, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, which one can compare to you?" Mu'er and I were able to be favored in front of Your Majesty, wasn't it because my brother was outside to support Your Majesty? This is a seriously untrue compliment, Dou Ji's cowardice and incompetence are well known to the world, and the princes and ministers privately call Dou Ji "Dou Straw Bag". But Dou Ji listened to Dou Zhaoyi's praise, and he was still very happy, and his face was a little more beautiful. Dou Zhaoyi continued: "Mu Er and I know all this, and our hearts are like mirrors. But, brother, the situation is very different now. The words that His Majesty said to you are a temptation to you, but at the same time, they are also hinting at you. ”

"Hinting at me what?"

"Your Majesty has hinted to you that he will choose a prince among his sons, and not make him a prince according to the law. As for the immediate crops, there is no way to do it. It's just a delaying tactic, and it's a trick at present. Mu'er, Xiao Ke, and the other princes are treated equally. Whoever can come out on top and become a prince depends on the decision of His Majesty alone. ”

"Are you saying that Mu'er may also be the crown prince?"

"It's not Mu'er, as long as it's His Majesty's bloodline, he may be the prince."

"Is it possible to rank?"

"Didn't Your Majesty already say that he can't be made the crown prince."

"Since it is impossible for him to become the crown prince, then why should we be so respectful to Luo Yuanji and Queen Luo? Isn't that a waste of time and a waste of sin? ”

"It is precisely because it is impossible for the rank to become the crown prince that we have to be more respectful to them. This is more important than anything else, it is not a question of whether we are doing well or not, it is a question of whether we can live or not. ”

"Linglong, what you said is too serious."

"Serious?! Listen to me first. Although His Majesty has made up his mind not to establish himself as the crown prince, but the Emperor and the Empress will never think so, and His Majesty will never tell them what he really thinks in order to entrap the Emperor and the Empress. In the eyes of the Emperor and the Empress, the position of the crown prince and the future throne are definitely ranked. If we are not respectful enough to them, or even arrogant, we will offend them immediately, one of them is Guangluqing, the future prime minister, and the other is the queen, we will suffer now, and this is not too important. What's more, if our attitude towards them is not respectful enough, it is very likely that our Majesty's true thoughts will be exposed, and we will cause chaos for Your Majesty and ourselves. This is one reason. There is another reason for the future, but it is the most urgent and the most terrible. One day, the fact that His Majesty will not be appointed as the crown prince will be exposed. At that time, we will face a very complicated situation, how can Yu Yuanji and Queen Luo give up, in order to regain the crown prince, it is very possible for them to kill on a large scale, and we can't be guilty of being the big culprit. The better and more loyal we are to Luo Yuanji and Queen Luo, the less risk we will have at that time, and the greater the possibility of Mu Er successfully becoming the crown prince. ”

Dou Ji finally understood. He nodded and said, "I see." For Mu'er's sake, I'm a little respectful to that puppeteer. When Mu'er succeeds to the throne, I will be the uncle of the country. Hahaha. This is Dou Ji's true temperament, and it is also his true words. Dou Zhaoyi knows that although Dou Ji is really stupid by nature, he is very kind and dear to his family, especially for himself and Xiao Mu. This is also the cuteness of Dou Ji.

Dou Zhaoyi continued: "It's good that you can understand. This is a matter of life and death, and you must attach great importance to it. ”

"You can rest assured."

"Judging from what Your Majesty said to you, Mu'er's biggest opponent is not Xiao Zhi, let alone that Xiao Jia, but Xiao Ke."

"Dark? He practices the set of things of the White Sect every day, and he is confused and confused, and I don't think he has the appearance of a king. ”

"That's a bad thing you say. Don't forget, his mother, Meng Jieyu, is a lotus vicar. In the hearts of the members of the Holy Capital White Sect, she, the Lotus Vicar, is even more noble and holy than the Holy Metropolitan Bishop. Moreover, the master of the branch is Bishop Shuyan. Bishop Shuyan is no ordinary person. He is the bishop of the Holy Capital, and he is the most sociable, you see that he is not very familiar with any of the princes and ministers in the Holy Capital. Moreover, Shu Yan also controls the stars of this canon, they can pretend to be celestial and astrological to persuade Your Majesty, which we can't compare. Not to mention those magical secret methods of the White Sect. Moreover, the child has outstanding features, is calm and kind-hearted, which Mu'er can't compare. ”

Dou Ji nodded while listening, and said, "Shu Yan is indeed not easy to deal with. Actually, do you know that when the Acting Pastor of Zhilian first married His Majesty, His Majesty was quite suspicious of the unusually deep friendship between her and Shu Yan, and sent someone to visit secretly all the time. I wish there was some adultery between them. If only they had the handle in my hands, that would be great. ”

"Those things don't matter. It is important not to allow the Lotus Vicar and the Lotus to be favored by His Majesty. Although the Lotus Pastor is already old, but the influence is too great, and the prestige is also high, in the hearts of those sect members, the prestige of the Lotus Pastor is much higher than that of the Queen, let alone me. However, dealing with them is slow work, we have to take our time, we can't rush. How to do it, let's discuss it slowly in the future. ”

Dou Ji nodded, and then asked, "What about the other princes?" ”

Dou Zhaoyi said: "The qualifications of those princes are far inferior to Mu Er and Xiao Ke, and most of their concubines are from other counties, and they are all beauties from the kings and county guards of various counties at that time, and the family strength is limited, so it should be impossible to be a prince." However, it is always good to be careful, and after you become a captain, the embroidered messenger must be firmly in your hands. With embroidered messengers, you don't have to worry about not being able to find their handles. ”

Dou Ji agreed.

Dou Zhaoyi and Dou Ji came out of Linglong Huaxi, said goodbye to their mother, and went back to the palace.

The first thing Dou Zhaoyi did when she returned to the palace was to go to Changqiu Palace to see Queen Yu.

As soon as Dou Zhaoyi saw Queen Luo, she immediately fell to the ground, which made Queen Luo quite surprised, and hurriedly came up to help Dou Zhaoyi and asked, "Linglong, what's wrong with you?" Is it ......?"

Dou Zhaoyi looked ashamed, lowered her head and said, "Niangniang." The concubine asked the mother to put the concubine's brother for the crime of deception. ”

The queen asked, "How do you say that?" ”

Dou Zhaoyi said: "It's all the concubine's brother, who is too confused. Yu Niangniang, the concubine's mother is not seriously ill, and she feels a little cold, but it is not very serious. Since the concubine entered the palace with her mother, she has not returned to Dou Mansion to serve for more than a month, so the concubine's mother has talked about the concubine several times, saying that she misses the concubine. The concubine's brother was a dutiful person, and in order to get me back, he exaggerated the concubine's mother's illness. This is a great sin of deception. Please punish the mother. ”

Empress Yu helped Dou Zhaoyi to sit down and said, "What should I do?" Is it worth it for you to be so excited? Returning home to visit Mrs. Tai is filial piety. Your brother is also a filial piety. Don't wronged him. I know that you are a filial daughter, and you have to serve Mrs. Tai all the time. I've allowed you to spend the night in the house, why did you come back in a hurry? ”

"The concubine's brother deceived the mother. The concubine was uneasy, and she couldn't make any mistake and spend the night in the mansion no matter what. If that's the case, then the concubine really deliberately deceived the mother. The concubine came from a humble background, and it was all because of the mother's love all the way to see that she is today, and the concubine will never do anything to deceive the mother and lose the mother. ”

Empress Dou was very happy to hear Dou Zhaoyi's words, so her tone was full of love and said, "You, you are so cautious. Is there no other affection between me and you? Your grandmother is no different from mine. My mother passed away early, so every time I see you go back to your home to take care of Mrs. Tai, my heart is warm. Filial piety is the first of all virtues. If a person is not filial, then he is not loyal. Now that we've moved into the palace, you'll have to go back to the palace as before. This is my special permission, you can rest assured. ”

"Concubine thanks, Niangniang Longen."

"Go back to the palace and rest. This half of the day back and forth, it's also strangely tiring. We'll talk about that tomorrow. ”

"Whoa."

Dou Zhaoyi left. The eldest autumn willow helped the queen to get up from her seat. Queen Yu looked at Dou Zhaoyi who was far away, and said to Liu Wei: "Dou Zhaoyi is honest. I really didn't expect her to come and confess to me that her brother was cheating. ”

Liu Wu said: "Niangniang, forgive the slave and the maid for talking too much." The slave felt that Dou Zhaoyi's caution was a little too much. Abnormality is a demon. The mother still has to be more wary of her. Thanks to Niangniang for sending the imperial doctor to find out the truth on the grounds of seeing a doctor, otherwise we would have been deceived by Dou Ji. In addition, the Nangong guards sent out said that Dou Ji and Dou Zhaoyi had a secret conversation in Linglong Huaxi for a long time. If it's just Mrs. Tai who misses her, where is the need for them to go to Linglong Huaxi for a secret talk? ”

The queen did not speak, but nodded slightly.