Zhi Wei went to Zhao Jiufu for answers, but the latter didn't know much more about the "insider" than her.

However, Zhao Jiufu "inadvertently" revealed a little about the current situation in the inner palace, and Zhi Wei knew that since she left the palace for a month, the power in the palace had fallen into the hands of the queen mother, and it was likely that most of it was divided by Princess An.

Zhi Wei saw the widowed but unwilling to be lonely Princess An in Cining Palace, and also said a book for her and the Queen Mother, she did not forget the important information she inquired about in the mouth of Begonia Flower after finishing the book that day, and she would not forget the anger of His Majesty the Emperor when he found out.

Zhiwei thinks that she is not a very smart person, and she is not familiar with reading books by women such as queens and concubines, and the little ink in her stomach is limited to the foundation she learned before entering the palace and the few books she read bits and pieces after entering the palace.

But she can not boast that she has been in the palace for more than eight years, which is much longer than the current batch of concubines who have been in the palace.

From the mouth of the old lord Concubine Kang, Zhi Wei knew that the queen mother was not the kind of woman who was willing to retire in the harem, but the kind of woman who could lie dormant for more than ten years for a set goal and had a strong heart.

What will happen if the emperor's biological mother and the most noble woman in Daqi are not of the same mind as her son?

It is difficult for Zhiwei to understand why someone has climbed to the pinnacle of power, but still has to draw camps, just to retrace the road up the mountain. If it's not idle, there may be something wrong with the brain.

If ordinary people encounter this kind of thing, at most, they will scold their mother for being biased behind their backs, and if the other party does too much, they can still go to court to reason.

But how can the royal affairs be reasonable, winning or losing is between life and death, and only the winner has the right to "know" and "tell" the truth.

If Zhiwei guessed correctly, the Queen Mother should want King Xiao'an to be the emperor's prince.

However, the emperor already has two princesses, a prince, and two big-bellied pregnant women in the palace, so it is obvious that fertility is in the normal category. If you are born at this rate, you should not have to worry about the heir within twenty years.

So, will the Queen Mother give up?

Judging by the current movement in the harem, it is obvious that it will not.

Although the eldest son of the emperor has it, because of his weak body due to premature birth, it is not certain whether he can live to the age of ten, let alone succeed to the throne, no sober-minded emperor will choose such a sick son as the successor.

"So, is this the reason why Your Majesty hid in Zhuangzi?" This thought popped up in Zhiwei's mind.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was reasonable, it was likely that Her Majesty had seen through the layout of the Queen Mother, and was cold to the separation of mother and son, unwilling to face the reality, or in other words, unwilling to kill mother and son, so she hid far away and begged for a clean life.

Zhi Wei frowned, and said to herself worriedly: "However, escaping can't solve the problem, in case it ......"

"What if?" Zhao Jiufu asked inexplicably.

She was startled and hurriedly passed by.

When serving in the study in the afternoon, Zhi Wei saved this little bit of concern, and she was inevitably a little absent-minded.

It's rare that the emperor didn't bring an excerpt today, but he just read the book for a long time, and opened a few secret letters sent in from outside, and after reading it, his face turned weird, and he peeked back and forth at Zhiwei several times.

Zhi Wei never found out, and was always thinking about how to remind His Majesty tactfully.

Of course, she doesn't think that she is smarter than the emperor, and she wants to get things that the emperor can't think of, but she firmly believes in the truth that "the authorities are obsessed with bystanders", and she doesn't want the palace to be really chaotic one day.

"Your Majesty, the slave suspects that the Queen Mother wants to kill you and replace King Xiao'an on the throne" This statement is absolutely impossible to be adopted, and maybe she will be pulled out and beheaded, and the crime is to criticize the royal family.

Zhi Wei could only hesitate to mention something: "Your Majesty, do you remember the Luo Zhang who was sent by you to the northwest to fill the army?" ”

The Emperor snorted, his tone and the tail of his eyes rising at the same time, obviously in a gesture of inquiry.

"Ahem, a slave maid heard that he seems to have made some merits, from a military slave to an officer, and now he is also a fierce general."

The emperor hummed again, his gaze fell back to the page, and said nonchalantly: "So what? ”

Zhi Wei stubbornly said: "The slave maid is short-sighted, but I just heard someone say this, and I think it is really easy to be promoted by military merit, so I just sighed with emotion." ”

The Emperor looked up again and looked deeply at her.

"Are you suggesting that I should give your brother a promotion?"

Zhi Wei hurriedly defended that she didn't mean this, so under the emperor's judgmental eyes, she stubbornly and tactfully talked about her worries, and also gave a standard kneeling salute.

"The slave didn't want to speculate on others with malice, let alone talk about the nobles, but because of His Majesty's previous orders, she inevitably knew something that she shouldn't know...... If the slave or maid doesn't listen to anything, please punish your majesty...... However, the slave's answer is still the same as last time......"

The emperor listened quietly, until he heard the last sentence, and then he was slightly moved, frowning and asking her, "What is the answer?" ”

Zhi Wei said sincerely: "The slave is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so, if you can, please don't cut off the head of the slave and maid, and leave the slave and maid to serve Your Majesty for another year and a half." ”

Then you can let the slave and maid out of the palace. She silently added this sentence in her heart.

After the silence, the Emperor turned his face away, cleared his throat as if unnaturally, and muttered.

"You're going to bargain! Sure enough, it's a family ......."

Zhiwei only heard a few words, a little strange: "Your Majesty, what did you just say?" The slave didn't hear clearly......"

Huo Yanzhi's gaze returned to the secret letter in the corner of the bookcase, his eyes flowed, and in the end he didn't say anything.

He turned to another topic: "Speaking of your brother, I have news for you. The army of the Southern Expedition is ready to return to Beijing, and it will start in the next few days, and by the middle of next month, you should be able to see your good brother. By the way, what kind of official do you want him to make? ”

The first half of the sentence is still a serious tone, but the second half of the sentence is a false and serious ridicule.

Zhi Wei knew that the emperor didn't mean to be angry with his "advice", but he didn't say anything, what did he mean? No matter what, she did her part, and the outcome has nothing to do with her.

She pressed her heart and got up from the ground with a blank face.

"Naturally, it is Your Majesty and the adults of the Ministry who have the final say. However, will the slave really be able to see her brother next month? ”

Huo Yanzhi thought for a moment and showed a very faint smile: "Guess? ”

Zhiwei: ......

After teasing the little palace people, watching the other party's back go out, the smile on the corner of Huo Yanzhi's mouth instantly collapsed.

He furrowed his brow and took out the letter, read it carefully again, and then threw it down, glaring at the paper as if it had a man-eating devil on it.

"How could it be so coincidental? This girl's mother is actually the person who Xiaojun Wang wants? ”

Huo Yanzhi shook his head incredulously.

When he learned about King Xiaojun's "affair" before, he also debated with Xiaogong people about "the character of women in the world", how could he have imagined that there was such a secret at that time. Seeing that Xiao Gong people repeatedly wanted to talk and stopped wanting to ask about the current situation of her relatives in her family, most of them didn't know about this matter.

Huo Yanzhi was a little curious, if she knew about this, knew that she could almost fly on the branch and become a phoenix, from a humble little palace maid to the daughter of the county king, I don't know if she would fight like that day and distinguish herself from being ugly?

"Well, that's not right. According to such a troublesome method in Tubo, I'm afraid it's not just the king of the county! The Tibetan people do not adhere to etiquette, and the status of women is quite high, so maybe they will really be happy to accept such a concubine......"

Huo Yanzhi thought for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

If the Su family became the concubine of Tubo, nominally his cousin, and came to ask him for a daughter who sold herself into the palace to be a palace maid, could he refuse?

Of course, it's hard to refuse.

There was a very small voice shouting in Huo Yanzhi's heart, as if he was unwilling to let people go.

But why not?

He doesn't have an answer yet.

Huo Yanzhi got up a little irritably, pacing back and forth in the room, thinking: Maybe it's because the other palace maids are not as interesting as her? Not as complicated as her?

Let's say that she is timid and afraid, it is quite handy at a critical time, and she is bolder than anyone else when she collects information that is unfavorable to the queen mother, queen, and concubines.

It can be said that she is bold and reckless, and she panics when she encounters something as big as a sesame mung bean, and she pleads more than anyone else.

Let's say she doesn't have the eyesight to see, she is also quite good at pretending to be quail when she should be dead, and her presence is outrageously low.

It can be said that she knows how to advance and retreat, and there is a city government, this girl actually came to remind him about Princess An today, and his worried eyes are very similar to an old hen, which is funny......

Huo Yanzhi imagined a scene in the image of this old hen, and he laughed in his heart for a while before his mood calmed down.

The sun was gradually setting in the west, shining through the screen window, and it was the warm late autumn sun, but it still gilded everything around it with a layer of golden soft light.

The young man reclined in front of the west window, his long legs loosely folded, his left hand loosely holding a book, his eyes falling on the pages, and the corners of his mouth smiling, as if he had seen something interesting in the book. The wrist of the right hand rests very leisurely behind the head as an extra cushion, and the slender fingers even move unconsciously to and fro, as if playing a piece of music that no one can understand behind the head.

When Zhiwei came in with freshly brewed tea, she saw such a leisurely and relaxed scene, which was extremely homely and unfamiliar.

She was stunned, and suddenly had a strange impulse to be close to home.

She is afraid that her arrival will destroy the beauty of this picture, and it will make the protagonist of the picture instantly nervous and become another person in seconds.

Majestic, and gloomy.

Even though the latter image was more familiar and controllable, for some reason, she vaguely didn't want to see him come back too soon.

Such a majesty looks very happy.