The Queen Mother has now decided to cultivate Xiaohu, and Xiaohu may really become the last hope of Wu Guo.

So then, the Queen Mother sent someone to call Xiaohu here, Xiaohu didn't know what was going on at first, thinking that it should be the Queen Mother who missed her again, and let her go after talking to her for a while, but after arriving at the imperial study, the Queen Mother asked her to sit on the side and didn't tell her anything. Qingdi sat opposite Xiaohu, recited the fold, after reading one, the queen mother said her own way of dealing with it, if Qingdi also agreed, she would write it directly, if Qingdi did not agree, she would say her own opinion, discuss it with the queen mother, and finally reach a method that both of them agreed on.

This kind of work, Qingdi did a lot when he was in Li Guo, and now he is familiar with it.

It's just that Xiaohu listened to it for a while, and then he became a little impatient, walked to the Queen Mother and sat down, took the Queen Mother's hand and asked, "Queen Mother, what are you calling me over?" Isn't it just for me to listen to you talk to your cousin about these things? ”

Qingdi heard Xiaohu speak, so he stopped chanting and waited for the Queen Mother to explain to Xiaohu. The Queen Mother said: "From today on, your cousin will not be your cousin, but your sister." Just now, I have already adopted her as a righteous daughter. ”

"Really? That's great! Xiaohu clapped his hands happily, looked back at Qingdi, and shouted happily: "Sister." ”

Qingdi also smiled at her, she really likes Xiaohu, she likes this kind of girl who is pure to the extreme.

"Let this go for a while, Xiaohu, I called you over today, I have something very important to tell you." Speaking of this, the Queen Mother let out a long sigh and said: "Your third brother's whereabouts are unknown, your second brother led the troops to the battle, they have no children, and the queen mother will die in the future, in this case, you will become the last hope of the Wu Kingdom......"

Before the Queen Mother finished speaking, Xiaohu reacted and said in surprise: "Queen Mother, what do you mean, do you want me to learn about the affairs of the court, and then let me be the emperor?" ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "Yes." ”

"I don't want it." Xiaohu wrinkled his brows, stood up suddenly, looked at the Queen Mother and said: "I don't understand anything, I'm not interested, I don't want to face a group of ministers every day, I'm annoyed to death, I just want to go out and play every day." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately became angry and said in a daze: "You don't want it? You are the royal bloodline, you should take this responsibility, you are not right, do you want to let the Wu country, let the century-old foundation of our Zhang family dynasty, be destroyed in your generation? ”

Xiaohu pouted and said, "Queen Mother, you are too strong, I don't have the slightest will, you have to let me be, when I become the emperor, I will harm Wu Guo!" ”

"You...... You! The Queen Mother angrily gave birth to her fingers and pointed at Xiaohu for a long time, but she couldn't say anything.

Xiaohu saw that the Queen Mother was angry, and she was a little panicked, she hurriedly went over and hugged the Queen Mother's arm, and comforted the Queen Mother softly: "Queen Mother, don't be angry, otherwise you look at it like this, you find me a husband, and when the time comes, let my husband inherit the throne...... The colt is also half a prince, how about it? ”

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother scolded coldly: "After a man takes power, will he still listen to you?" Will they still treat you like a princess? You can be an empress, you can marry a male queen, but you must not let any concubine succeed to the throne! ”

"Okay......" The Queen Mother became angry, Xiaohu was also very scared, she shrunk her neck, rolled her eyes twice, and said, "Queen Mother, isn't there another princess here?" How about having my sister succeed to the throne? My sister is also a relative of the emperor, and now she is the goddaughter of the queen mother, so it is reasonable to be the emperor. ”

"Of course not, she ......" The Queen Mother was about to blurt out the words, but she looked at the green flute and stopped.

Qingdi smiled faintly, she knew what the Queen Mother wanted to say just now, and she also knew very well that the Queen Mother accepted her as her goddaughter, and she didn't mean anything else, just to let her assist her daughter more faithfully. After all, she is not biological, goddaughter, what kind of daughter is it.

"You can just listen to it for me, now, I hope that the second and third children can come back safely, if you really can't come back, you have to take on the responsibility of the royal family." The Queen Mother said coldly, but she didn't want to say anything more, and let Qingdi continue to recite the folds.

Although Xiaohu was helpless, she didn't dare to make the Queen Mother angry, so she had to support her chin and pout, and listened, and she fell asleep. The Queen Mother looked at her sleeping face, and could only sigh helplessly.

Qingdi put down the fold, looked at Xiaohu, and then at the Queen Mother, and persuaded: "Niangniang, this matter needs to be done slowly, Xiaohu is well-behaved and sensible, and will understand your hard work." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head, waved her hand and said, "You go on." ”

Qingdi replied and began to continue.

After the matter was done, Qingdi returned to his residence, and it was already afternoon.

When she went back, she lay on the bed, Chu Yaocen saw this, walked to the side of the bed and pinched her shoulder, and asked, "Very tired?" ”

Qingdi nodded and said: "Yes, I am even more tired than when I was in Li Guo, Li Guo still has a big brother who can help me, although Yin Sheng is a child, he is also very assertive, I follow them, I have learned a lot." And here it is...... The Queen Mother can only be regarded as not mediocre, but she doesn't do much, so let me worry about everything......"

Chu Yaocen chuckled: "This is all valuable experience that you can accumulate, and when I ascend the throne, you can become the most virtuous and talented queen in history, and you will definitely be praised by future generations." ”

Qingdi smiled disdainfully and said, "You are a rebellious minister and thief who seeks power and usurps the throne, and you still plan to let future generations sing praises of virtue?" ”

"Future generations will only praise powerful people, as long as I become the emperor and unify the Li Kingdom, why can't I be praised by future generations?" Chu Yaocen said with a smile, and then added: "If I can annex Wu and Bei Zhai, and open up more territory in Northern Xinjiang, it will not be difficult for me to become famous in the world in the future." ”

"You think so much." Qingdi chuckled, thought of something again, sat up from the bed, looked at Chu Yaocen, and asked, "By the way, Yaocen, I suddenly had an idea." ”

"What?"

"Now that the third prince is gone, the second prince is more auspicious...... Although the second prince has confidence in himself, we all know that his men and horses are really nothing, and it is likely that he will not even be able to reach the northern frontier, so he will be wiped out by Yin Lihui and them. Now the Queen Mother wants to let Xiaohu be cultivated, and if Wu Guo really falls to the point where all the princes are dead, let Xiaohu ascend the throne. And Xiaohu doesn't know anything about government affairs, and he's not very interested, so it's still up to me to ......" Qingdi said so much, and asked Chu Yaocen: "So, I mean, can we not nominate Zhang Xiuhe?" Your purpose is nothing more than to wait for Zhang Xiuhe to become the emperor and stabilize the situation, and then lend you troops. But now that I can control Wu Guo, Zhang Xiuhe is not so important to us, right? ”

Chu Yaocen thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's what you said." Besides, Zhang Xiuhe is not so credible, of course it is better for Wu Guo to be in your hands. It's just that I'm afraid that Zhang Xiuhe won't be so easy to give up at this time. ”

Qingdi frowned: "What will he do?" Isn't it scary? Can't we stop it? ”

"I don't know what he will do, his people have returned to Jianye from Shenjiang one after another, and now Jianye is very empty, he has the best chance to take advantage of the void, and he will not let go of this opportunity." Chu Yaocen said.

Qingdi really can't figure it out, what will Zhang Xiuhe do? He doesn't have troops in his hands, what kind of bloodless way does he have to use to grasp this God-given opportunity?

"Otherwise, you're going to go and investigate?" Qingdi said: "Isn't the third prince still locked up with him?" You privately ask the three princes if they know the situation, and show that our attitude is to stop Zhang Xiuhe, but we can't release the three princes either. ”

Chu Yaocen nodded: "Well, I also planned to go over and have a look." ”

After such a long time, it seems that the situation of the whole city searching for the three princes has stabilized, and more and more people have begun to enter and leave the bamboo residence. Whenever someone came, Zhang Xiuhe took the three princes to the underground wine cellar, and he could hear the noise coming and going on the ground, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

When Chu Yaocen came, he didn't see anyone else, and Zhang Xiuhe didn't guard him much, so he asked him: "You haven't been here for a long time, and you suddenly came here today, is there something wrong?" ”

Chu Yaocen said: "The emperor is personally driving, you know about this matter, right?" ”

Zhang Xiuhe nodded, and before he could say anything, the third prince grabbed the words and said, "What did you say?" The second brother is driving in person? What about the affairs of the DPRK and China? ”

"Leave it to the Queen Mother and Qingdi to take care of, you can rest assured that they are doing a good job." Chu Yaocen glanced at him and replied.

"That's not okay, although they are quite stable now, they must be in a hurry in their hearts." The third prince said anxiously to Zhang Xiuhe: "Cousin, you let me out, I want to go out!" ”

Zhang Xiuhe naturally couldn't let him go out, so he politely rejected him, and said: "Cousin, I'm also doing this for your good, your second brother is on the expedition, if you go back at this time, what will others think?" They must have thought that you had targeted this gap and deliberately went back to be the emperor. Isn't everything you've done before in vain? ”

"No, they need me now, and they won't doubt me." The third prince went over and grabbed Zhang Xiuhe's collar and said, "Cousin, I beg you, let me go quickly, I must return to the queen mother's side!" ”

Zhang Xiuhe opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and the sound and spacing of the knock indicated that this should be his person.

Chu Yaocen hurriedly pulled away Zhang Xiuhe and the third prince, and said, "Brother Zhang, you go over and open the door, and he will hand it over to me, I know how to do it." ”

Zhang Xiuhe still trusted Chu Yaocen, nodded, and went over to open the door, Chu Yaocen wanted to take the third prince to the back, the third prince suddenly opened his mouth and wanted to call for help, but Chu Yaocen covered his mouth in time and whispered in his ear: "I was entrusted by Qingdi to come and help you." ”

As soon as the third prince heard this, he quickly quieted down and honestly followed Chu Yaocen to the back.