Gonggong Cui understood the queen mother's intentions, nodded and said: "The queen mother is wise, Xi Concubine is good at using tricks, if the prince is handed over to her to raise, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." ”

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes coldly, and said unhappily: "Even you know the truth, can the emperor not know?" ”

Father-in-law Cui hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother also knows, the reason why Concubine Xi is favored by His Majesty is only because of ......", Father-in-law Cui didn't dare to say the latter words, and the Queen Mother understood when he mentioned half a sentence, so he had to stop and laugh.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Hmph! Relying on her own face and adding a dragon vein to the royal family, she will be able to turn over? ”

After saying this, the Queen Mother held the table and walked out, and Grandpa Cui followed behind her and said, "It's cold and slippery outside, or the slave will do it for you." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head and said: "This matter has passed through the hands of the emperor, if the mourning family does not come forward, you can be the master of a eunuch?" ”

Father-in-law Cui hurriedly crossed the Queen Mother, ran outside and ordered: "Prepare for the phoenix!" ”

The Queen Mother walked slowly, and when she came out and went down the forty-eight steps, Feng Yuan was already in front of her. The Queen Mother was old and tired, frowning and said: "This step is too long, every time I mourn my family and travel, I have to waste my legs and feet for a while." ”

Gonggong Cui helped the Queen Mother to walk forward carefully, and said: "The Queen Mother is the respect of Fengluan, and the place where she lives must be above ten thousand people, and even Your Majesty's residence has only thirty-six steps, so it can be seen that Your Majesty also respects the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother said coldly without appreciation: "When did the mourning family care about this superficial effort? This staircase is so long, whoever comes to see the mourning family will suffer a lot, and the mourning family will also suffer. ”

Seeing the Queen Mother walking in front of the phoenix, Gonggong Cui just smiled in agreement, and carefully helped the queen mother to sit on the phoenix.

Feng Yuan slowly walked towards Feng Zhu Palace and walked towards Jiang Ningyao's residence. Along the way, the Queen Mother, who was under the cold wind, had been thinking about Jiang Ningyao's affairs in her heart, and halfway through, the Queen Mother turned her head and said to Cui Gonggong, who was following closely behind her: "The mourning family thought, she was favored by Xi Concubine, how could she suddenly provoke Your Majesty to rehabilitate her?" ”

At this level, Gonggong Cui didn't expect it, so he thought about it carefully under Feng Yuan, and replied: "What does the Queen Mother mean is that there is a master behind Xi Concubine?" ”

The Queen Mother squinted her eyes shrewdly and said, "You don't have to go with the mourning family, take advantage of the fact that this matter has just come out and it is not yet cold, and quickly send someone to investigate." ”

Gonggong Cui didn't dare to slack off, so he turned around and walked quickly in the opposite direction.

When I arrived at the door of Jiang Ningyao's dormitory, the door that had been closed for a long time was now open, and now the door was open, and the Queen Mother stood outside the door and heard the sound of laughter inside.

Coincidentally, at this time, an elderly grandmother came over, and when she saw the Queen Mother, she was first shocked, and then knelt down and saluted: "Slave and maid see the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother turned her head to look, and her eyes fell on the nurse behind the grandmother, who was holding a baby in her arms, and the warm bear skin wrapped in her fragile body, for fear of freezing him.

The Queen Mother asked: "This child is the third prince born to Xi Concubine?" ”

The nurse responded, hugged the three princes and kowtowed again: "The slave and maid will see the queen mother on behalf of the three princes." ”

The Queen Mother slowly raised her hand, and the sharp-eyed palace maid on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, and the Queen Mother held the palace maid's hand and walked to the nurse, who tightened her body and showed nervousness.

The Queen Mother raised her hand, hid her armor for fear of hurting the delicate baby, and only used her thumb and forefinger to pick open the swaddling clothes and take a look. This is the first time the Queen Mother has seen the three princes, and after taking a closer look, she asked: "Remember the mourning family, Your Majesty gave the third prince the name Yuxuan?" ”

The nurse nodded and said, "The Queen Mother has a good memory, yes." ”

"The mourning family still remembers that the third prince has been raised under the queen's knee before, right?"

"Exactly."

The queen mother put down her swaddling clothes, her shrewdness shone in her eyes, and a wicked smile appeared on her lips: "The queen has a heart, and the three princes will be raised white and fat, so let's continue to be raised by the queen in the future." ”

As soon as these words came out, the nurse showed embarrassment, and the grandmother kneeling in front was also shocked, looked back at the third prince in the nurse's arms, and boldly lowered her head and replied: "Queen Mother, the slave maid is at the will of His Majesty, and the third prince will be sent back to Xi Concubine to raise." ”

The Queen Mother immediately looked displeased, glanced at the grandmother who spoke, and after looking at it, she said coldly: "The mourning family remembers you, you are from the queen's palace, right?" ”

Mama knelt on the cold stone brick floor and nodded, "Yes." ”

In an instant, the Queen Mother stood majestically, and said in a cold voice: "Then do you listen to Your Majesty, or do you listen to the mourning family?" ”

Don't look at the lightness of what she said, and the Queen Mother's tone is telling Mama, but she has to weigh it herself.

The people in the queen's palace still personally sent the three princes over, where is stupid? Mama's eyes rolled like that, and she immediately confessed: "** has always been the queen mother's master, and the slave and maid naturally listen to the queen mother, but the slave and maid really dare not disobey the holy order." ”

The Queen Mother immediately replied: "You don't have to worry about this, the mourning family will send someone to make it clear to the emperor, it can't implicate you, you still have the queen to protect you, and there is a mourning family to protect you from death, what are you afraid of?" ”

Mama was relieved and said, "Yes, the slave obeys." ”

Immediately, Mama summoned the nurse to get up, and wandered away with the third prince in her arms.

The queen mother is indeed shrewd, she concluded that the queen is also unwilling to send the three princes back, and holding an extra prince in her hand must be helpful to the queen, but the holy order is difficult to disobey, so Mama is also willing to take the three princes back to be continued by the queen.

And this is only the first layer, the second layer is the child of Xi Concubine pinched in the hands of the queen, no matter what Xi Concubine wants to do with this prince in the future, there will be the queen pressing on her head, and it must be restrained.

As for the queen and the crown prince, the queen mother has her own decision, and until the last moment, no one can say what the outcome will be.

The Queen Mother stepped over the threshold and walked in, and the laughter and laughter in the courtyard immediately stopped, and the people who knelt on the ground in an instant cheered.

When the Queen Mother saw it, the entire courtyard was full of things rewarded by the emperor, and there were a variety of large and small gold and precious objects. The Queen Mother looked at the people from the Internal Affairs Office who were kneeling on the ground, and knew the source of Fang Cai's lively laughter. His face sank, and he said coldly: "These are all rewards from His Majesty?" ”

The head of the Internal Affairs Office immediately knelt down and replied: "Exactly, Your Majesty said that Xi Concubine Niangniang was wronged before, and these rewards are to compensate Xi Concubine Niangniang." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the head of internal affairs with disdain, and said unhappily: "It's just to send some rewards, and I bother you to send it in person by the head of the internal affairs department, but I really know how to stammer." ”

In this way, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, who has been in the palace for decades, couldn't hear anything else, so he quickly found an excuse and said: "The objects rewarded by Your Majesty are all valuable, and the servants are also afraid that the people under their hands will lose them due to negligence, so the servants sent them personally." ”

"Humph!" , such an excuse, the Queen Mother did not believe it, but she did not reprimand anything.