On the day of the dinner.

Su Manxue was dressed up by the maids early in the morning, and she was familiar with the rules of the palace in advance.

She is already quite familiar with the palace, after all, she has been there many times, but she rarely sees the emperor, and she knows very little about the concubines in the harem.

The emperor's health has become weaker and weaker in recent days, and the imperial doctors have continued one after another, and even many prominent doctors outside the palace have been invited into the palace, but the emperor's situation is still getting worse and worse.

Several princes are even more fierce in open and secret battles, and the affairs of the court are not something that Su Manxue can interfere in, but now that the situation is grim, the courtiers have begun to stand in line, but the Ji family has not expressed their position for a long time.

Su Manxue couldn't help but sigh when she thought of this, in the court, most of the courtiers chose to stand behind the prince, as soon as the queen came out, and the queen was supported by the queen's mother's family, I am afraid that no one can shake the foundation of the prince.

Second, the crown prince has already attracted a lot of border soldiers, as well as the princess's brother-in-law, when the general of the dynasty is in charge, this throne is almost within reach.

However, the other faction thinks that the six princes can be of great use, the queen has always been in poor health, and she has been kept in the deep palace all the year round, and she hardly shows up, and most of the time the concubine is in charge of things in the palace.

The emperor even doted on the concubine to the point of absurdity, and even built a star-picking tower for the concubine, maybe the emperor handed over the throne to the six princes in order to rely on the concubine before his death.

These two factions are-for-tat and do not give in to each other, and the neutral faction of the Ji family is only a small part, and it has been increasingly excluded recently, and it has almost lost its right to speak in the DPRK.

If no decision is made, it is very likely to end up in a miserable end, after all, no matter which prince ascends the throne, it is impossible to let these neutral courtiers stay.

When Ji Jiuhua came in, he saw Su Manxue wandering, not knowing what to think, and there was a little displeasure on his delicate little face.

"What's wrong? Who provoked you and made you so upset early in the morning? Ji Jiuhua quietly appeared behind her and inserted a hairpin for her.

"Who else could it be? Isn't that exactly you? Su Manxue glanced at him, because of his appearance, the boredom in his heart quickly disappeared.

"The lady is really wronged as a husband, and the husband doesn't know when she annoyed the lady, why don't you mention the lady as a husband?" Ji Jiuhua's flamboyant words made Su Manxue's face slightly better.

"Have you ever thought about supporting that side?" Su Manxue asked softly, this question should not have been asked by her, but she was really worried, so she couldn't help but take the initiative to ask, wanting to ask a reassuring result.

"After thinking about it, my father still thinks that the six princes are worthy of a great responsibility, and my father has had a few days with the six princes, and he believes in the heart of the six princes."

Ji Jiuhua's voice is light, he actually doesn't approve of his father's support for the six princes, although the six princes are relatively decisive compared to the crown prince, but what the people need is Mingjun, and the six princes do not have this characteristic.

"Looks like you have another idea?" Su Manxue asked with a smile, she wanted to know what Ji Jiuhua thought in her heart.

Ji Jiuhua was stunned, a little surprised, Su Manxue seemed to be overly curious about this topic today, "I think the fourth prince is a good choice." ”

The fourth prince is the son of Concubine Xuan, gentle and elegant, with a steady temperament, Su Manxue still has a little impression of him, he does have the characteristics that a Ming monarch should have.

However, he is destined to miss the throne, Concubine Xuan's family is just a small squire, and there is no way to compete with the queen's family.

Moreover, there is no strong army behind the fourth prince, although he is suitable to be the emperor, he does not have enough support, and his personality is too gentle and he does not have enough courage at all.

Su Manxue suddenly remembered Zhao Jun, although he was also one of the princes, but no one associated the throne with him, as if he could not be the emperor in his life.

She suddenly wanted to tell Ji Jiuhua the true situation of Duanwang, maybe Ji Jiuhua would change his current mind, Su Manxue said to her lips, and she swallowed it again and went back.

There are some words that she can't say, and the walls have ears, and these words will inevitably be heard by others, and they are likely to lead to death at that time.

"Do you have any ideas?" Ji Jiuhua asked back, Su Manxue asked so many questions, but he didn't reveal what he thought in his heart, which made him a little curious, wondering who Su Manxue was more optimistic about, and finally sat on this throne.

"I have any ideas, but I am just suddenly a little curious, since my father has made a choice, we just need to act according to his choice, and other things are not for us to mix."

Su Manxue said this not only for Ji Jiuhua, but also for herself, so that she should stop thinking about those messy things.

Even if Duanwang is healthy, so what, after all, there is no support behind him, and even his biological mother died early, I am afraid that he can only save himself from ending up in exile by pretending to be sick.

"You, don't think about it so much, those things are not something we should worry about, after all, no matter who sits on this throne in the end, it will never be our turn to sit on it."

He soothed Su Manxue's emotions, he didn't know what happened to her, and he would always say something inexplicable during this time.

Ji Jiuhua wanted to know the truth, but he was afraid that he would disturb Su Manxue, she was already in a depressed mood, and he shouldn't have asked her some difficult questions.

Of course, Su Manxue could see that Ji Jiuhua's absent-mindedness was due to her own reasons, but she really didn't know how to open her mouth and tell him what she was thinking.

"I'll make it clear to you in a while, I can't say it now, and once I say something, it will bring irreparable disaster."

Su Manxue said in his ear, Ji Jiuhua nodded solemnly, she didn't expect this matter to make her so embarrassed, and she suddenly felt that her question was a little redundant.

"It's time to go."

He looked at the hour, it was almost noon, although there was still a period of time before the dinner, but the Ji Mansion was naturally incomparable to those dignitaries, so he could only arrive earlier, so as not to fall into the mouth.

"Okay."

Su Manxue got up slowly, and let Ji Jiuhua take her out of the house, the carriage was already waiting at the gate of the Ji Mansion, and when she saw Su Manxue and Ji Jiuhua coming out.

The groom hurriedly came down and prepared the footstool for Su Manxue, Ji Jiuhua helped Su Manxue into the carriage, and then followed him.

Su Manxue was a little nervous, not because she was nervous about entering the palace, but because she was afraid of meeting Zhao Jun in the palace, he was a person who would take revenge, maybe he would come up with some way to take revenge on himself, and he didn't even have room to resist in the palace, so he could only let him do whatever he wanted.

Ji Jiuhua sensed Su Manxue's nervousness and reached out to hold her cold hand.