Empress Dowager Li felt that Qi Yu was suddenly different from the past recently, of course he was very protective of Huang Yi'an in the past, but it was far from being as strong as it is now, but whenever it comes to the interests of Huang Yi'an's mother and son, Qi Yu will never leave any room for maneuver and protect their mother and daughter tightly.

Empress Dowager Li suspected that Huang Yi'an had poured some ecstasy soup into her, so she carefully investigated the people left in Kunning Palace.

However, the result disappointed her - everything in Kunning Palace was as usual.

Empress Dowager Li couldn't find the reason, so she had to blame the birth of the crown prince for Qi Yu suddenly having the responsibility of being a father, and when she mentioned the matter of choosing a concubine, she had to think carefully.

"You see, the first assistant is powerful, and you have to expand your power to be equal, and choosing a concubine is undoubtedly a shortcut. The queen's mother's family is low, and she can't help you......" Empress Dowager Li put her heart into her heart.

"The queen mother was very worried. However, you see, how many people are really loyal to the children and powerful in this Manchu Dynasty? The British duke is counted as one, but his only daughter has long been married to a wife. As for the people under the command of Shoufu, even if they have the heart to send their daughters to take refuge, the children don't dare to use it!

"Besides, the tyranny of relatives has always been the cause of trouble. Look at Na Huo Guang, who controlled the government, persecuted the queen and the prince, and forced the emperor to make his daughter his queen...... Children don't dare to gamble. ”

Empress Dowager Li spoke sincerely and politely, and Qi Yu replied tactfully and decently.

But Empress Dowager Li understands the persistence behind this tactfulness.

"It doesn't have to be Huo Guang, but it can also be twisted into a rope by the concubines' fathers and brothers!" Empress Dowager Li found the loophole in Qi Yu's words.

Qi Yu smiled slightly, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Then does the queen mother think that the Li family and the Chen family can be twisted into a rope?" ”

Empress Dowager Li's face suddenly froze.

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Zhang Gui was also keenly aware of Qi Yu's tough defense of Huang Yi'an's mother and son, but unlike Empress Dowager Li's motherly feelings and persuasion, he felt that this was a good opportunity to take advantage of Qi Yu.

Once a person has a weakness, it is easy to deal with.

As a result, more and more people wrote to ask for concubines, and the twists and turns criticizing Huang Yi'an's flattery for the country also flew to the imperial case like snowflakes.

Qi Yu severely punished several people, but it was ineffective, but the opposition of the ministers became more and more intense. Even those courtiers who loyally supported Qi Yu gradually became dissatisfied under the deliberate provocation of Zhang Gui's faction.

Zhang Gui sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, waiting for Qi Yu to beg him if he couldn't resist the sarcasm of the ministers.

However, what he didn't expect was that it was not Qi Yu who was the first to give in and ask for help, but Huang Yi'an.

After receiving Huang Yi'an's handwritten letter, Zhang Gui felt both surprised and reasonable-one Qi Yu alone can't protect their mother and son, and Huang Yi'an can't ask for help to rely on him for this lesson!

It just so happened that since Feng Yongting was exiled, he has not found a capable replacement in the inner palace, if he can take this opportunity to openly show favor to Qi Yu and secretly accept Huang Yi'an for his own use - this is the plan that he and Feng Yongting set out to implement but quickly failed, then they can be fully controlled from the inner palace of the outer court.

Zhang Gui was confident that he could even use a shrewd and capable person like Empress Dowager Li for his own use, let alone a woman like Huang Yi'an, who was from a humble background and was unknown.

Years of monopoly of power have made Jang Gyu's vigilance no longer what it used to be.

However, in line with the principle of being cautious, Zhang Gui still decided to test it first.