After Lin Rihui was severely punished by the emperor, the Lin family lost face, and the Xiao family thought that if they took this opportunity to prepare for the establishment of Ziling, ^, Xiao Wanzhong first asked the Ministry of Rites to give the emperor a fold, and proposed that the harem should not be left without an owner, and it was advisable to choose a virtuous concubine as soon as possible, so as to find out the emperor's meaning.

Unexpectedly, Meng Hongyu's biggest headache is the matter of the future! His queen is his "wife", and he just wants to agree with his loved ones and grow old together. He is interested in Xiao Ziling, however, he once made a heavy oath in front of the Queen Mother that he will never make Xiao Ziling the queen in his lifetime. The Queen Mother wanted Lin Yueyao to be the queen again, however, in Meng Hongyu's heart, Lin Yueyao was just a sister, and he didn't want to marry Lin Yueyao as his wife.

Between love and family affection, he is in a dilemma, and he is tormented in his heart for the future. So, he simply put aside the matter of the establishment of the posterity, and decided to let the posterior position continue to be vacant like this. Who knows, this group of ill-intentioned ministers just didn't let him live in peace!

Xiao Wanzhong saw that the emperor looked like nothing had happened, and he couldn't find out what Meng Hongyu really thought in his heart, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to continue to observe words and look at the opportunity to act.

Meng Hongyu went to Cining Palace every day to greet the Queen Mother, and played chess with the Queen Mother as before, and never mentioned the matter of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu asking for the posterity. In fact, the Queen Mother already knew about this, and she also knew that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was from Xiao Wanzhong's side, she was just waiting for the emperor to mention this matter to herself, but who knew that he didn't seem to want to discuss it with her! On this day, the Queen Mother finally couldn't hold her breath and asked him first.

"After the mourning family heard that the Ministry of Rites recently asked for a legislation, I don't know what the emperor thinks?" Gently dropping a white child, the Queen Mother asked seemingly casually. In fact, she was secretly looking forward to the minister's proposal to plan for Lin Yueyao.

"Erchen doesn't have any ideas." Pinching the chess pieces in his hand, Meng Hongyu frowned slightly, as if he was seriously thinking about how to make a move. %&*";

"Does the emperor remember the oath he made in front of the mourning family?" The Queen Mother was still worried that Meng Hongyu would make Xiao Ziling the queen, after all, as a mother, she could see that her son really liked this "ugly concubine".

"Sons keep it in mind." Meng Hongyu replied lightly, but he sulked inexplicably in his heart - why did the queen mother always mention his oath? ! Why do you always force him to face the cruel reality that he can't choose freely?!

"Emperor, the queen mother has a proposal...... "The queen mother was about to say that Lin Yueyao was named a concubine first.

"If the queen mother wants to say that Lilin Yueyao is the queen, then don't mention it!" Without waiting for the Queen Mother to finish speaking, Meng Hongyu interrupted the Queen Mother's words stiffly.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, I don't know where the emperor's anger came from, why he was suddenly so rude.

Meng Hongyu realized that he was rude, and hurriedly slowed down his tone: "Erchen wants to say, didn't the queen mother discuss with Erchen before, if Yao'er gives birth to a prince, will she be the queen again?" ”

The Queen Mother knew that he was faintly displeased, and it was inconvenient to say anything, only that she was tired today and wanted to take advantage of the lunch to rest and rest, so Meng Hongyu had to retire first.

After Meng Hongyu left, the Queen Mother ordered Lin Yueyao, who had been hiding behind the screen, to come out.

Lin Yueyao pouted her pink cherry mouth and walked to the Queen Mother's side to be coquettish: "Auntie, Yao'er didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation with the emperor. Yao'er saw that you and the emperor were playing chess seriously, Yao'er didn't want to disturb and hid aside, and accidentally heard ......"

The Queen Mother took the teacup and lowered her head to drink tea, not looking at her, but asked lightly: "Did you hear what the emperor said just now?!" Do you know what to do next? ”

Lin Yueyao looked aggrieved, lowered her head and whispered: "What else can I do, I hope to give birth to a prince for the emperor." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head gently, half angry and half pity, and said, "You! When will I grow up, if I can be as smart as Concubine Xiao, the mourning family will be much more worried. ”

Even if the emperor likes Xiao Ziling, why does even my aunt praise her like this in front of me? What the hell is that saltless girl better than me? - Lin Yueyao was angry in her heart, lowered her head and did not speak.

The Queen Mother pretended not to see her little temper, and told her directly: "From today on, I ordered your people to try to spread the news in the palace that the emperor swore never to make Xiao Ziling the queen in his lifetime, and the mourning family will send a message to your father and let him spread the news outside the palace." ”

"Why do you do that?" Lin Yueyao asked the Queen Mother suspiciously.

"The mourning family is still worried after all...... If everyone in the world knows that 'the king has an oath', the emperor will not dare to make Concubine Xiao Guifei the queen when he is under pressure. The Queen Mother told Lin Yueyao the plan in her heart, which can be regarded as teaching her how to "behave and do things".

I see!

In other words, Meng Hongyu came out of Cining Palace, feeling upset, thinking of going to Yongle Palace to see Ziling and Su Zirong, and when he arrived at Yongle Palace, he saw Su Zirong and Bai Rushuang playing chess in the courtyard.

Seeing Meng Hongyu coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted, Meng Hongyu nodded and signaled them to flatten, then sat down at the table, studied their chess game, and asked, "Why don't you see Ling'er?" ”

Ling'er? What an intimate call! Bai Rushuang listened to it in his ears, and he only felt sad, remembering that he was favored at the beginning, and he also took advantage of the awkward time between the emperor and Xiao Ziling, since Xiao Ziling was favored again, the emperor never cared about her, only regarded her as a passerby!

"My sister has been sleeping for the past few days, and she took a nap after lunch." Su Zirong stood behind him and replied in a flat tone.

"Oh, then you can continue to play chess, and I'll go see her." He got up and went to Ziling's bedroom.

When he left, Bai Rushuang raised his head, stared blankly at his dashing and handsome back, slowly walked up the steps, walked down the corridor with his hands behind his back, and then disappeared around the corner......

Su Zirong saw the sadness and loneliness on Bai Rushuang's face, she seemed to be talking to herself, and seemed to mean to say it to Bai Rushuang: "Sometimes, being favored is not necessarily a good thing, like me, it may be a blessing to spend a year as plain as water and as stable as a mountain." ”

However, Bai Rushuang was still looking at the direction of Meng Hongyu's departure intently, and didn't seem to hear Su Zirong's words......

Meng Hongyu's back disappeared into the sight of white frost, he entered Ziling's bedroom, only to see that in the tulle tent embroidered with faint plum blossoms, Ziling was covered with a thin silk quilt embroidered with a hundred child pictures, and was sleeping quietly.

As if afraid of disturbing her, Meng Hongyu tiptoed to the side of the bed, gently lifted the tent and sat down on the edge of the bed. Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, her nose gently opened one by one, her breathing was even, and she slept peacefully.

Looking at her ordinary face, his heart was full of love and pity, and he couldn't help but gently drop a kiss on her forehead - at this moment, how he wished she was not Xiao Wanzhong's daughter! If she was just the daughter of an ordinary official, then he could make her his queen without any worries!