"Everything we do is for the three princes to be able to ascend the throne smoothly, please relax and wait for the opportunity."

The queen rubbed her forehead, waved her hand at Su Jin, and motioned for Su Jin to leave.

A look of disgust flashed in Su Jin's eyes, but it was replaced by a deeper smile. She bowed her body with a sigh of relief, and then turned and walked away.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Su Wan rushed back from the Imperial Dragon Pavilion early in the morning, and personally cooked the medicine for the old emperor like a diligent cook.

Last night, when Su Wan rushed back to the Imperial Dragon Pavilion, Xiao Mochen had already fallen asleep on the bookcase. Su Wan took pity on him for a hard day's work, so he didn't wake him up, but brought him a quilt and prepared to let him fall asleep next to the bookcase.

Who knows, as soon as Su Wan raised his arm to cover the quilt for him, Xiao Mochen quickly took her into his arms and refused to let go of anything. Su Wan was angry and funny for a while, and he didn't look like he was pretending to be asleep and making trouble, so he had to lie obediently in his arms and sleep with him in a strange position all night.

When she woke up after dawn, Su Wan felt that she was sore all over, and took advantage of Xiao Mochen's opportunity to turn over, so she ran over as if she were running over, avoiding the moment when the two of them looked at each other again after he woke up.

Su Wan was fanning the Chinese medicine diligently, when she suddenly heard a cool voice behind her, as if she was muttering to herself.

"If you secretly poisoned me, you really don't know what to do."

Su Wan was startled, the fan almost fell off, and he quickly got up and turned around, just in time to see the old emperor with a playful smile on his face, looking at himself with his hands on his hips.

"Father, you have to be careful of these words, other people's heads will not be able to do a word!" Su Wan glared at the old emperor, fanned himself with a fan, and wiped the sweat on his head: "You see me working so hard, there is no merit and hard work, can you stop entertaining me?" ”

The old emperor snorted coldly, glanced at Su Wan, shook his head and said, "I am already in the last years of the wind and candle, you can take any medicine you want." ”

Su Wan was so angry that he chased after him with a fan, and said a little indifferently: "Yours? Then I'll pack up my baggage and go back to King Chen's Mansion right now, anyway, you don't know my treatment. ”

"Wherever you like, listen to you." The old emperor rolled his eyes elegantly, spread his hands, shook his head and walked forward, and said, "But I won't return King Chen to you, he still has to deal with government affairs for me!" ”

"Where are you going? I haven't drunk the medicine yet! Su Wan saw that the old emperor seemed to be about to slip away, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"I'm going to the early court." The old emperor paused, glanced at Su Wan, and then lifted the hem of his clothes and walked forward.

Su Wan stayed where she was crying and laughing, watching the old emperor arguing with her like a child, and couldn't help but say: "I can't imagine that my father has such a character behind him, it's really shocking!" ”

"Princess Chen, you believe in the miscellaneous family, Your Majesty is only this kind of character in front of you." The father-in-law of the housekeeper rushed out of it holding the old emperor's dragon robe and pearl jade, and when he heard Su Wan's complaint, he hurriedly added a sentence, and then ran away and chased after him.

Su Wan sighed helplessly, walked slowly back to the medicine stove, and still squatted on the mazar to fan the stove on fire.

"Oh, princess, this is unacceptable, how can you do such rough work yourself!" The housekeeper rushed over with a shout, snatched the fan from Su Wan's hand, fanned her and said, "You just need to prescribe medicine, and leave the rest of the things to the next person to do." ”

"It's okay, I'm just on a whim, and it's not a chore for me." Su Wan smiled, stared at the medicine stove for a while, and then suddenly asked, "Mama, I have a question that I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "You, the slave must know everything, and the words are endless." ”

"Your Majesty uses medicine on weekdays, what is the procedure for testing poison?" Su Wan turned his head, looked at the housekeeper with clear eyes and asked, "At present, His Majesty needs to take more than twenty kinds of decoctions every day, is there a special person to test them in advance?" ”

When the housekeeper heard that this was the problem, she immediately smiled firmly, nodded and said: "Your Majesty's three meals a day, diet and medicine, all have special people to test the poison, and there will be no mistakes, although the princess can rest assured." ”

"What about the post-poison test?" Su Wan frowned, and continued to ask, "Can you ensure that the decoction sent to my father is still the bowl that has been tested for poison?" ”

Su Wan's question was very tricky, but the housekeeper only paused slightly, and then said with a smile: "Naturally, it can be guaranteed, the poison test will be carried out in front of me and the housekeeper's father-in-law, and after that, I will personally bring it into the palace and present it to His Majesty, and no one will be allowed to accept it during the period." ”

"Oh......" Su Wan dragged out her tone, looked at the housekeeper and shook her head slightly, and said meaningfully: "That grandma's status is really important." ”

The housekeeper's face changed, and she said very seriously: "The slave is Your Majesty's nurse, and she has served Your Majesty all her life, so she naturally does her best in everything, and there will never be any mistakes." ”

"That's natural, the ability of the housekeeper and father-in-law to do things is obvious to all in the imperial city." Su Wan hurriedly nodded and agreed.

The henchmen around the old emperor changed like a marquee, only these two old men were as solid as a rock, and they were by his side from beginning to end.

Thinking of this, Su Wan also put her heart at ease, and she couldn't understand why she suddenly had this dangerous thought. The old emperor is a daughter, and there are so many people who give up their lives to protect him, so naturally nothing will happen.

At this time, Su Wan didn't know that if she could stay vigilant until the last moment, maybe such a disaster would not have happened.

In the early dynasty, the old emperor announced in public that he wanted to canonize Su Jin as the imperial concubine, and held a simple canonization ceremony for Su Jin with the empress. Su Jin, dressed in a big red auspicious suit, appeared in the hall full of white lanterns, and there was an incongruous alternative beauty

Although the civil and military officials had doubts, they didn't dare to question the old emperor's choice. Since it is the queen mother's last wish, and the queen's will to protect it, everyone tacitly recognized the first imperial concubine since the founding of the old emperor.

Xiao Mochen stood among the ministers, looking at this with a calm face, he was not the slightest interested in the disturbances of these harems, in his opinion, whether it was a king or a peddler's pawn, as long as there was a person who really loved each other for a long time, it was enough.

However, after witnessing all this, Xiao Mochen missed Su Wan very much. As soon as he got off the early court, he found a reason to go back to the Heart Cultivation Hall with the old emperor, in order to take a look at Su Wan.

Su Wan was watching the fire by the medicine stove, and when he saw that the old emperor was back, he hurriedly took three steps and two steps, rushed up and handed over a bowl of medicinal soup, and waited for him to say, "Father, your medicine has not been drunk yet." ”

When the old emperor saw Su Wan's posture, he couldn't help laughing, turned his head to Xiao Mochen and said, "Look, I asked you to marry a beautiful girl, but you took a Hedong lion, how is this good?" ”

Xiao Mochen couldn't help but smile, took the soup bowl from Su Wan's hand, looked at her dotingly, and said, "Wouldn't it be good to let the next person come?" Isn't it hot when you hold it? ”

"It's not hot, you have to drink it hot to have an effect!" Su Wan was not hot, but his hands kept rubbing a few times.

The old emperor glanced at Su Wan, and then beckoned: "Come and test the poison!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Su Wan's face immediately fell, but Xiao Mochen held back a smile and handed the bowl to the father-in-law and the drug test commissioner who rushed to hear the news, and asked them to test the poison first.

After some troublesome operation, the father-in-law of the steward came up with a sad face and said, "Your Majesty, there is no problem with this medicine, you can drink it with confidence." ”

The old emperor looked at the medicine, then at Su Wan and said, "Since it is a medicine made by Princess Chen herself, of course, it will take twice as much time to test the poison as usual in order to show the importance of her." ”

"Father! If you do this again, the medicine will be cold, and then it will be very bitter. Su Wan shouted angrily, a pair of apricot eyes firmly locked on the old emperor, and said undoubtedly: "If you don't drink now, don't think about passing from me!" ”

The old emperor pretended to look at Su Wan in surprise, and then smiled at Xiao Mochen and said, "I was still a child, and I heard someone dare to say such things to me, you, what crime should I punish your princess?" ”

Xiao Mochen smiled faintly, pulled Su Wan behind him and protected him, looked at the old emperor and said, "Since Wan'er has caused such trouble to my father, it is better for me to take her back to the Imperial Dragon Pavilion to discipline her for a day, so as not to collide with my father's prestige again." ”

"Hey, no, my father can't do without me now!" Su Wan was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly came out to refute.

"I'm ready, take her away immediately!" The old emperor waved his hand and turned around with a smile.

Su Wan opened his mouth to speak, but felt a familiar cold temperature coming from his palm. Xiao Mochen quietly and gently held her hand, and a gentle smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"You are waiting carefully, and once Your Majesty has any problems, you must notify me as soon as possible." Su Wan was still a little uneasy, and turned to the housekeeper and said.

"Don't worry, we will naturally serve Your Majesty a thousand times more." The housekeeper smiled kindly, glanced at Su Wan and said, "If you really have a heart, it is a serious matter to add a big fat grandson to Your Majesty as soon as possible!" ”

Su Wan's face flushed, and she said, "Mama will make fun of me." Then, she was like a dodging butterfly, and the corners of her skirt flew far away.

At this moment, Su Wan didn't know that this was the last time she would see the old emperor.

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Xiao Mochen still did not let go of Su Wan's hand, but kept holding it firmly in his palm.

The sunlight was just right, covering the air like a light soft veil, and fell on Su Wan's body, giving her a light golden color.

Su Wan felt the warmth all around her, so she closed her eyes slightly, raised her head to meet the sun, and showed a sweet smile.

The queen mother died of illness, the old emperor was seriously ill, and the things in the front and back courts were together, Xiao Mochen hadn't shown such a relaxed expression for a long time.

"I dreamed that we had children." Xiao Mochen smiled deeper, and his hand holding Su Wan tightened slightly, and said lightly: "A son and a daughter, lively and cute, smart and clever." ”

Su Wan was stunned for a moment, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated a few beats, and she pursed her lips in embarrassment and couldn't speak. Between life and death, it is the most common way to arouse people's most ordinary wishes for happiness, presumably Xiao Mochen has also understood the importance of parent-child relationship more during his relationship with the old emperor during this time.

Xiao Mochen saw Su Wan's shy and lovely appearance, and his heart was even more happy. I thought to myself how nice it would be if time could stay in this moment.

In the evening, the dusk sunlight reflected on the white paper lanterns of Cining Palace, blurring a pale golden yellow, as if the wind would blow it through.

The queen is holding a Buddhist bead in her hand, kneeling in front of the queen mother's tablet, chanting and praying with her eyes closed. Her hands trembled slightly from nervousness, and her eyelashes fluttered slightly.

The sound of beating the watch suddenly came from outside the wall, which startled the queen and almost dropped the Buddhist beads in her hand to the ground. She clearly knew what was going to happen tonight, and in addition to being apprehensive in her heart, she actually had some inexplicable expectations.

"You all go down, I have something to say to the queen." Su Jin dressed in a gorgeous imperial concubine service, walked in from outside the door, glanced at the concubines and subordinates in the room, and calmly ordered.

"Yes." Everyone in the room didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly got up and walked out. Su Jin, as the new favorite of the old emperor, not only was she not excluded by the queen, but she was able to rise all the way to become the imperial concubine, who in the palace didn't know her power and means?

After everyone in the room left, the queen slowly stood up from the cushion and said lukewarmly: "Your pomp and circumstance are really big, you have to clear the scene everywhere you go, and you are not afraid to leave a tongue on people." ”

Su Jin smiled, stepped forward to hold the queen's arm, and said with a wave of eyes: "If anyone dares to gossip, I will pull out the rap tongue and let those who eavesdrop on the gossip cook and eat it." ”

With such cold and vicious words, Queen Rao Shi trembled when she heard it, and there was a trace of disgust in her eyes staring at Su Jin. The queen has always taken etiquette as the foundation of her life, and from the bottom of her heart, she will not really put Su Jin in her eyes.

Su Jin pretended to be unaware of the queen's strange eyes, and the hand holding her tightened suddenly, and changed her tone: "Sister, I have prepared the soup, and we should go to visit Your Majesty immediately." ”

The queen's shoulders trembled, she looked at Su Jin with a little pale face, and said slowly: "Can you ensure that this is a foolproof strategy and will not be noticed by others?" ”

Su Jin raised her eyebrows, her smile was even more meaningful, and she leaned closer to the queen's ear and said, "The poison is a tribute to me from the Western Regions given to me by the third prince, it is colorless and tasteless, and it is the most immediate." ”

"Smack", the queen's hand trembled, and she dropped the Buddha bead on the lin, making a crisp sound. She didn't bother to pick it up, but looked at Su Jin with a shocked face and asked, "The third prince is also involved in this matter?" ”