The coquettish and ridiculous words dissipated the slightly heavy atmosphere before.

Qi Yu laughed and said, "Don't worry, if I make a mistake again, I will eat it all myself, and I will not rely on your poor craftsmanship!" ”

Huang Yi'an stretched out the little finger of his right hand seriously, endured the discomfort, and pretended to smile innocently: "Then let's just say it, pull the hook!" ”

Seeing this, Qi Yu smiled more and more happily, and the previous melancholy caused by "General Huo Guang" also swept away the slap, stretched out his little finger, hooked up with Huang Yi'an, and pretended to be right: "The hook will not change for a hundred years!" ”

Huang Yi'an smiled and bent his eyebrows, but thought in his heart, what is eternal and unchanging in this world?

……

However, what the two didn't expect was that Empress Dowager Li actually left them for dinner in Cining Palace today, so Qi Yu's crucian carp tofu soup naturally couldn't be drunk.

However, the two were more concerned about the intention of Empress Dowager Li's move than about the fish soup.

After a quiet dinner, after gossiping, Empress Dowager Li pointed out the topic.

"You've heard about the selection of concubines, right?" Empress Dowager Li said calmly, "The mourning family just mentioned it casually before, but who knew that those people were all in their hearts, and now they have heard that there are school-age women in the capital who have quietly prepared." What do you guys think? ”

Huang Yi'an bowed his head respectfully and was silent.

Although the matter of choosing a concubine is related to the vital interests of her, the queen of the middle palace, the fact is that there is no room for her beak at all. The reason why Empress Dowager Li asked Qi Yu in front of her was just to express her importance to her as a queen.

has the experience of her previous life, she never made a mistake in front of the Empress Dowager Li, so although the Empress Dowager Li did not take care of her as well as in her previous life, she was generally satisfied.

Qi Yu was silent for a moment, and asked without answering: "Didn't the queen mother promise before that she would wait for the queen and the queen to choose a concubine?" ”

The implication is that I don't agree.

Empress Dowager Li had expected this, so she blocked it back unhurriedly: "What the mourning family has said, it is naturally counted. Now I just want to discuss with you so that I can prepare in advance, and I don't want to choose a concubine immediately. ”

Although she didn't understand why Qi Yu obviously liked Zheng Yuyan, why she didn't take the opportunity of taking the opportunity of accepting a concubine to choose her by her side, but seeing that Qi Yu had such a affection for the queen she personally selected, Empress Dowager Li was still very satisfied.

Qi Yu thought for a while and said, "The child has no idea. ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but add: "These things have always been handled by the queen mother, and the child only needs to do it." ”

Listening to Qi Yu's seemingly deferential but really complaining words, Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly, and her expression was quite displeased.

Huang Yi'an relieved the siege in a timely manner and said: "The sons and daughters, like His Majesty, are all subject to the arrangement of the queen mother. ”

His expression was deferential, his words were sincere, and he didn't seem to be half dissatisfied with the choice of concubines.

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, her expression was slightly gloomy.

For a long time, Huang Yi'an has been working hard to establish a relationship between her and Qi Yu's mother and son, and Empress Dowager Li has seen it, so this time she thought it was the same.

Qi Yu saw Empress Dowager Li's brows suddenly raised, and knew that he couldn't hold back again, he was too impulsive. Fortunately, with Huang Yi'an's relief, Empress Dowager Li did not reprimand him for this.

Qi Yu took a deep breath, calmed his churning mood slightly, and the anger in his eyes gradually disappeared.

Huang Yi'an saw that the mother and son were temporarily pressed down, and his mood gradually relaxed.

In the final analysis, Qi Yu still couldn't help but be attached to the Empress Dowager Li in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't be uncontrollable for a while, and complained like a wronged child.

It's a pity that compared to a son who is attached to her, can be wronged, and complains, Empress Dowager Li probably wants an emperor who is obedient and rational and in charge of the country.

"Since you all listen to the mourning family, the mourning family will work hard and handle this matter with your own hands." Empress Dowager Li took the opportunity to finalize the selection of concubines.

In fact, with Qi Yu and Huang Yi'an's current situation, if Empress Dowager Li really made up her mind, they would have no room for opposition.

Therefore, the most important thing for them at the moment is to take power into their own hands.

"There's a queen mother." Qi Yu responded respectfully, changed his words, and said, "It's just that Yuanfu will soon return to Beijing and personally implement the innovation in the army, but I am afraid that when the time comes, the DPRK and China will be boiling, the border will be uneasy, and the child will lack skills, so he really has no heart to accept a concubine." ”

Empress Dowager Li looked at Qi Yu in amazement and blurted out, "When did you know?" How do you know? ”

Huang Yi'an was also stunned.

Although she had long known that Qi Yu had learned from Yu Ke that Zhang Gui was about to be promoted in the army, she did not expect that Qi Yu would have a showdown with Empress Dowager Li without warning.

Qi Yu sneered at the bottom of his eyes, and sighed meaninglessly: "Oh, in this way, the queen mother already knew about it." ”

Empress Dowager Li looked puzzled and didn't answer, but the hand holding the rosary couldn't help but tighten, and her fingertips were white.

When Huang Yi'an saw it, he secretly thought: Just as Qi Yu is more "pampered" in front of Empress Dowager Li than in front of others, why didn't Empress Dowager Li treat Qi Yu without precautions against outsiders? Otherwise, there would be no one who blurted out a question.

is such a pair of mother and son who value each other very much, but in their previous lives, they ended up being strangers.

This is probably the tragedy of being born in the royal family.

Huang Yi'an's hands tightened in his sleeves, determined to work hard to resolve the tragedy of his previous life, even if it was to repay Empress Dowager Li's kindness and protection in her previous life.

Anyway, Empress Dowager Li and Qi Yu's mother and son are harmonious, and it can be easier for her to be in the middle, isn't it?

Empress Dowager Li pursed her lips and was silent.

Qi Yu was also silent.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became heavy and stagnant under the silent confrontation between the mother and son.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Li said in a deep voice: "What does Your Majesty mean that you can only choose one of the two to implement the new policy and choose a concubine in the army?" ”

Qi Yu immediately replied: "It's not the child's meaning, it's really the child's lack of energy and lack of skills, and it is difficult to do the two things at the same time." ”

After a pause, Qi Yu lowered his head slightly, and his voice was vague: "Or does the queen mother think that with Yuanfu here, the child does not need to pay attention to political affairs, just pamper the concubines and the heirs of the emperor with peace of mind, so as to ensure that there are successors to the great Qi country?" ”

Of course not!

Empress Dowager Li stopped drinking, but her face was covered with a layer of frost, and she snorted coldly.

Qi Yu insinuated that she and Zhang Gui had a leg last time, and she still remembered it! Now that Qi Yu asked like this, the old suspicions immediately surged up again.

Huang Yi'an gently tugged at Qi Yu's sleeve.

It's not easy to whitewash the past, why doesn't Qi Yu want to open which pot to mention?

Ironizing that her mother has a personal relationship with outsiders, if the courtiers know about it, not only will Empress Dowager Li be disgraced, but even Qi Yu will have to be drowned out by the impeachment of the ministers.