After a long time, the clenched hand relaxed slightly.

Ci'an said softly, "You get up, it's been like this...... It's also strange to be tired. ”

The courtier is kneeling at the "bottom", and the one at the "top" says something like "you are tired", our sister Ci'an, I don't know if it is the first one since the beginning of the world? What's more, this courtier only knelt down on one knee? Besides, I didn't kneel for long. What's more, in the hands of this courtier, he still holds a pair of tender and smooth softness from the queen mother? In hand, what is really tiring?

However, although Guan Zhuofan is thick-skinned, it is not easy to say, "I'm not tired, I'm not tired, I'll just 'keep doing this'", what he said was: "The queen mother is considerate." Then, stand up.

In this way, the hands of the two people holding together, naturally, were released.

A touch of red clouds flew up Ci'an's face, she reached out and grabbed her slightly scattered sideburns, her mood calmed down slightly, hesitated, and said, "What about ...... 'her'?" What to do...... Okay? ”

Guan Zhuofan was silent.

Ci'an said softly: "I know that you are uncomfortable, and it is really difficult to do......"

After a pause, he looked at Guan Zhuofan's expression, and said tentatively: "Otherwise...... Let's just act as if nothing happened, business as usual? ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I can't pretend to be stupid." The Emperor's illness, on the table and in writing, can certainly be attributed to 'smallpox' - and it must be; However, under the table, what is this 'evil poison' and where does it come from. No matter how vague it is, even if the word 'bayberry' is not mentioned. I also have to give an explanation to my relatives and nobles. This. It's about impossible to fool. ”

He sighed: "Blindly pushing, I'm afraid that everyone will be more suspicious, and people's hearts will be more turbulent because of this, which is really not the blessing of the imperial court." ”

"This ......"

"Besides," Guan Zhuofan said, "even if we don't talk about it, the pulse case is there, and the symptoms are there." Wang Shouzheng and Wei Jien can see that others may not be able to see it. ”

“…… Also. ”

"Also," Guan Zhuofan said, "there are some things that can be guessed." For example, the imperial physician and the grandmother of the Internal Affairs Office were ordered to 'check their bodies' for the palace people of Changchun Palace and Taiji Palace, even if they were in charge, they were tight-lipped. But at most, it can only be kept, what exactly is the 'test'? As for the 'check-up' itself. I can't hide it—"

"Ah......h

"The results of the 'physical examination' are actually impossible to conceal -- the palace people who have been 'examined' are all put back in their original places after the 'physical examination' -- what is the original difference, and what is the difference after the 'physical examination', this proves that there is no problem with these palace people."

"Ah...... yes......"

"People will think," Guan Zhuofan said, "in the palace, why do you make a big deal about the 'body check-up' at this time?" Needless to say, it is naturally related to the emperor's illness! Since the palace people are innocent, then, that is to say, the 'evil poison' in the emperor's body is not 'excessive' from outsiders, and if this is the case, it can only be-"

Speaking of which, stopped.

Ci'an said in horror: "Then it can only be ...... 'pass' of one's own parents - either the first emperor, or 'her'!" ”

"Yes," Guan Zhuofan said, "Next, what the minister can imagine, other people can probably think of - the rest of the concubines of the first emperor are all safe and normal, then the first emperor naturally has not been 'evil'." The emperor's 'evil poison' is not 'excessive' since the first emperor, so it can only—"

In fact, "what the minister can imagine" and "other people" may not necessarily be able to imagine. Guan Zhuofan's series of "reasoning" is not without flaws. However, Ci'an's train of thought has been completely controlled by Guan Zhuofan, these words, listening to her ears, are seamless, impeccable, she can't help but believe that everything will indeed happen and develop according to what Guan Zhuofan said.

"That'...... But what can I do? ”

Ci'an's voice was full of real anxiety - this time, not for herself, but for Cixi.

Guan Zhuofan was silent for a moment and said, "Minister, my heart is like numbness. ”

"Okay, okay," Ci'an hurriedly said, "I won't force you, you think slowly, think slowly." ”

After a long while, Guan Zhuofan still didn't speak, Ci'an couldn't help it, and tentatively asked a question that was entangled in his heart: "You say, 'she'...... Uh, how could it be...... Uh, what about such a problem? ”

As soon as the words came out, Ci'an regretted it, and was thinking about saying something "chaotic", only to hear Guan Zhuofan say: "It's been a long time, and it's hard to investigate." ”

"Yes, yes!" Ci'an hurriedly said, "It's all the old emperor's calendar, don't go through it!" ”

"However," Guan Zhuofan smiled bitterly, "if we don't turn it over, someone will definitely turn it over." ”

"That'...... How is it good? Ci'an said in a panic, "This problem, maybe, maybe, uh, maybe she can't be blamed...... Perhaps, she is too...... 'Passed' from my parents. ”

Yes?

After a pause, Ci'an continued: "Didn't you say that the 'bayberry' thing, sometimes, 'passes' to your parents, but you will never get sick for the rest of your life?" Yes, yes...... This 'evil poison' is hidden deeply, 'she' doesn't know about it, and when she entered the palace in the draft, she didn't find out? ”

Hey, Sister Ci'an's brain hole is really not small, and it is crooked, and it is quite consistent with the "recessive inheritance" and "intergenerational inheritance" of modern medicine.

"The key is 'no questioning'," Guan Zhuofan said, "Besides, even if you 'pass' your own parents, you can't say that you don't have responsibility." ”

"That's ......" Ci'an lost his move, frowning, "then, what should I do?" ”

Guan Zhuofan stopped talking again.

Ci'an's mind flashed with a "flash of inspiration" and said, "Otherwise...... Why don't you go to Tianjin and discuss it with her in person? ”

This proposal is really incredible, Guan Zhuofan couldn't help but smile bitterly, Ci'an was slightly stunned: Am I not right?

was puzzled, Guan Zhuofan lifted his robe and knelt down.

Ci'an was really "stunned": "Hey, what are you doing here?" Hurry up, hurry up! ”

Guan Zhuofan didn't get up, and said in a very bitter voice: "'She' is certainly wrong, but after all, she is the emperor's biological mother!" Although the Holy Bow is not unrelated to 'her', but there is no mother, how can there be a child? If there had not been 'she' birth, seven years ago, the emperor's heir would have been transferred to 'Xiaozong' -- 'she' was meritorious! ”

"That's nature, that's nature!"

"Also," Guan Zhuofan said, "the chaos and reorganization of the situation are all thanks to the hard work of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and now, the country is prosperous, and among them, there is also a credit to 'her'!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Ci'an was a little at a loss, "That's true! Indeed it is! ”

After a pause, he said: "You said, 'Thanks to the hard work of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces', in fact, the excerpt is seen by 'her', and the idea is that 'she' takes it, and 'her' has more credit than me!" ”

As he spoke, he wondered: Doesn't you mean "business as usual"? I don't have any problem with that, didn't I say, "Let's just act as if nothing happened, business as usual?" ”

However, "I'm afraid I can't pretend to be stupid" is what you said - what do you mean?

was wondering, only to hear Guan Zhuofan say in a very solemn tone: "The queen mother of the two palaces listens to politics side by side, regardless of each other, however, the queen mother and queen mother are in the middle palace, although they are humble and retreat, but the real big idea is still to be taken by the queen mother." ”

Hearing the words "Zhengzhi Middle Palace", Ci'an couldn't help but move in his heart.

"What if...... Haotian doesn't hang," Guan Zhuofan said, "Long Yu Shangbin, 'she' is inevitably to blame, natural people are unconvinced, and it is difficult to carry out the will, and then do the curtain thing-"

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan shook his head slightly: "It's impossible." ”

Ci An's head shook.

"When the time comes," Guan Zhuofan said, "I always ask the Queen Mother to be particularly merciful to 'her' in raising the present and managing state affairs, and not to add any other crimes, and allow her to retain the title of 'Queen Mother', retire to the garden, recuperate in peace, and travel for the rest of the year." ”

Ci'an's heart was pounding, and she opened her mouth, but her throat and eyes were too dry, and she didn't say anything.

Guan Zhuofan kowtowed, and his voice was a little choked: "The minister knows that he is in a suspicious place, but he can't help but be for 'her'...... Beggars for heavenly grace. ”

"Don't, don't," said Tzu An in a trembling voice, "don't be like this, I will promise you—in fact, I think so too......"

I think so too? Uh, first, I don't think so......

Oops, messed up, messed up......

Ci'an subconsciously pressed his temples gently, and his brain was slightly dizzy.

Guan Zhuofan, who was lying on the ground, let out a breath silently.

Well, so far, everything is in my calculations, in my grasp, and hopefully, in the future, too.

*(To be continued.) )