An Shi woke up at noon on the fourth day of the new year, and Mrs. Zheng Yejun, who had recovered her spirits, had bright eyes, and first listened to Pei's report on various affairs during this time, especially about the matter of An Jiamurong's cousin, and then looked at Pei's lower abdomen and told her to go back to rest.

"There is no urgency to settle down." Seeing that Su Ruhui was about to talk about An Murong, An immediately shook his head and said, "I see that you seem to have something else to tell me?" ”

"Yesterday, I went to Wei's house with my third brother." Su Ruhui explained the matter roughly, "I can't figure this out a little, so I'm here to ask my mother." ”

An Shi looked at her deeply: "Even you can't remember what color clothes you were wearing at that time, why does the son of the Wei family remember?" ”

Su Ruhui was stunned, and An sighed: "That's the first time you've seen him, right?" ”

"Yes......," Su Ruhui muttered, "but I can't remember what clothes he was wearing or what color." ”

"So do you remember what you went to Weiyang Palace for that day? Is there something else that distracts you from paying attention to him? "An's hates that iron can't become a steel road," and what about Wei Yuqing? The Wei family has no hope of a concubine because of the eight years of Longhe, will they be interested in the future princess or even the queen? And you are still the daughter of the Su family! ”

Su Ruhui was woken up by a word, and suddenly said, "Not bad! ”

An Shi, who broke through the matter, pointed at the corner of her forehead: "Do you know now why he can still remember a purse on your body after seven years?" And you? Why didn't you remember him that day? ”

"It's Song Caisu!" Su Ruhui shouted, "That day I sent white jade gold ginseng to Zhou Qi's illness, came out of the queen, on the way Song Caisu stopped me for the matter of Xiuli Junjun, we sent everyone away, quarreled, she wanted to do it, but I pushed it and hit the pillar, fainted for a while, I don't know if she is true or false, so I opened the window and stuffed the snow into her clothes, I didn't expect the prince to take Wei Yuqing and Duanmu Jin to read, just came to the queen to ask for peace, saw this scene, when Duanmu Jin provoked, and I was blocked back by my words...... At that time, it seemed that Wei Yuqing came forward to play a round! ”

An Shi sneered: "Very good, so to speak, the people who were interested in your outfit that day should be Duanmu Jin, Wei Yuqing, and Song Caisu." ”

"Why isn't there a prince?" Su Ruhua was not convinced.

"You stupid boy, if it weren't for the alliance this time, would the position of the prince be so easily shaken?" An sneered, "Do you know who is the most trusted and relied on among the prince's companions? It's Wei Yuqing! The daughters of the Wei family are not allowed to enter the court again, and even the princes who have the blood of the Wei family have been cut off by the first emperor, if the Wei family wants to be rich for a long time, they naturally have to grasp the prince more tightly than our people! You see, the Liu family can also use the merits of the Northern Expedition to produce a Liu Xiuyi, and the Empress Dowager Yi is there, at least for these two generations, the Wei family has no hope! On the other hand, the prince is also the most trustworthy to Wei Yuqing! After all, such as the Su family, your third brother has a father and brother above, and you are a quasi-royal daughter-in-law below, even if he behaves a little worse in front of the prince, the prince will not snub him too much! The Wei family can only count on the perfunctory emperor of the previous dynasty now! ”

"The prince wouldn't do such a stupid thing, at that time, he was in a stable position, and Wei Yuqing was his most powerful and trusted arm, even if he was beaten, he would not give such a heavy hand!" An Shi affirmed, "What's more, if this plan is successful, not only Wei Yuqing, but also you...... You are the future concubine, you can also be regarded as his person, like the queen mother, it is okay to suppress you in other ways, private meetings with foreign ministers, involving honor, how can you still marry him? You are the only daughter of our Su family's second room, if the prince is not crazy, how can he give up on you? ”

Su Ruhui listened, her face gradually turned pale, An Shi looked at her like this, her eyes showed a trace of unbearability, but she still hardened her heart: "This matter is not just to frame you and the Wei family's sister-in-law...... In fact, if you succeed, the biggest loss is the prince! Think about who it would be! ”

“…… Huo Guifei. Su Ruhui opened her mouth, and under the gaze of her mother, she finally spit out the answer with difficulty, "Gan Ran told me that the concubine is the person who hates the queen the most in the palace." ”

An Shi caressed her face and said distressedly: "My son ......"

"On that day, Queen Zhou, Zhou Qizhi and others all paid attention to the white jade ginseng, but they didn't notice my outfit." Su Ruhui said softly, "And the queen and the crown prince will not calculate me and Wei Yuqing together, what impressed me that day was probably Duanmu Jin who was reprimanded by me, Song Caisu who suffered a loss in my hands, and Wei Yuqing, who has been paying attention to the future concubine since then...... Duanmu Jin is the nephew of Queen Ning, Queen Ning, who has always been friendly with the concubine, but Song Caisu has also been friendly with the county lord of Huaizhen. ”

She bit her lip, "So, the new lotus who has served Zhou Yi'er for seven years is actually ...... The people of the concubine? ”

"Huh?" Ahn looked at her in surprise.

"At the beginning of the year, Xiuwan was sick, and the blue finch and the red luan...... Before Cui Yu's wife entered the palace, she also lived with Zhou Yi'er in Lumingtai, living next to each other, and for this reason, Zhou Yi'er called Xinhe from time to time...... In the twenty-sixth year of Changtai, after Huo Qinglian and Zhang Yi fell into the lake, the handmaiden Xiuying who was originally transferred with Xiuwan around Zhou Yier was implicated, and the new lotus she received later came over to help serve and take care of Xiuwan. Su Ruhui said in a deep voice, "Once I went back from the Detai Hall in advance and saw her coming out of my inner room, but I didn't find anything abnormal at that time, and she said that Xiuwan asked her to get medicine, and I didn't want to rashly refute Zhou Yi'er's face, so I didn't say anything!" ”

An Shi frowned: "If the purse is really yours, it is possible that Xinhe stole it at that time, and the time is right." But according to you, even if Xinhe's helper has infiltrated your inner room since the first day, how much clothes do you have with you? She is not Xiuwan, how can she get a specific purse in such a short period of time and not let you notice the abnormality? But Xiuwan is the queen mother's person! ”

Su Ruhui sneered: "Actually, it's easy to guess, my virtuous sister of the Zhou family didn't have to show grace before, she went directly into my inner room, and the courtyard where she lived was next door to me, and the pattern on both sides was the same, the residence was arranged by the Queen Mother called Qi Yun's grandmother, the two of them had the same utensils, that is, they were placed, and there were palace rules in the palace, and the mother also knew that the cages we brought into the palace were different, but the number of them, in order not to be in the limelight and not to be underestimated, they were also prepared by asking each other at the beginning, Over the years, my mother has brought me things from visiting the palace, and I will not cross the Yingzhong Marquis Mansion! Zhou Yi'er has been to my inner room many times, I sometimes open the box and don't avoid her, the inner room is so big, which box contains what, how can she not count it? Even I knew about her inner room at that time. ”

An Shi groaned, but heard Su Ruhui already crying: "Mother, if it is really the concubine's doing, do you say that Gan Ran knows it?" ”

"It doesn't matter if he knows it or not." An Shi said calmly, "It's like for Huo Guifei now, whether she wanted to be the queen back then, because the master of Weiyang Palace is already the son of Zhou!" ”

Su Ruhui was immediately silenced.

An Shi said leisurely: "My son, how much sincerity the King of Chu has for you, it is not too useful, because there are too many lovers in this world who love each other but cannot stay together, the key is, does he have the opportunity and ability to marry you, and you, has he been unable to abandon your ability?" ”

"What's the difference between that and marrying the prince as a side concubine?" Su Ruhui choked up and said, "What's so good about calculating each other's precautions like this?" ”

"Not to mention husband and wife, it is as intimate as a mother and son to use some small means, and it is not impossible to have some calculations." An Shi didn't even move his eyebrows, and said lightly, "Your sister-in-law just mentioned one thing, is it that your second brother has not been very happy in the past two days?" ”

Su Ruhui was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Second brother or I haven't seen Miss Liu Jiajiu, and I feel a little bottomless?" ”

"Hmph, you just said that the days of calculating with each other are not good, and you are perfunctory in front of your mother?" An Shi glared at her, "You dare to say that you can't see that the reason why he is unhappy is because he has been adopted?" ”

"My father has always been cold to the second brother, but now although it is for the good of the second brother, but he is just passing him out, the second brother is not very comfortable in his heart." Su Ruhui said, "But now that the Taifu has passed away, my father and uncle are worried about the family all day long, and I can't bear to remind my father." ”

An shook his head: "My son, you are young and naïve, you look at people and things in the palace, most of the time you are quite smart, when you get home, you think about everything, but you don't know that there is intrigue in the palace, people like us, is it just a clear water pond?" ”

Su Ruhui opened her mouth, and then heard An Shi mention: "First of all, the main purpose of your second brother's succession is actually to marry the Liu family, and this daughter of the Liu family is not only a concubine, but I heard that people are also very good, although it is a marriage, but I am not willing to give you the uncle's family those few things that are not successful and all of them are concubines." Your third uncle is not married, and your eldest brother has already married a wife, so they can only choose among your second brother and third brother...... Succeeded your second brother, inherited the heir, and married the daughter of the Liu family, such a good thing, I gave it to the concubine, what do you think? ”

"The mother is virtuous and generous, and treats her concubine as if she were her own child, and she is praised by everyone in the imperial capital." Su Ruhua said.

An Shi smiled: "There will be no outsiders here, you are my biological daughter, don't prevaricate!" ”

"The person who the Liu family fancies should be the second brother, first, although the second brother is a concubine, but his military merits are not completely borne by his father's shadow, before joining the army, he also won the martial arts competition in front of the palace, and the woven cloud silk that he wore in the palace that year was won by the second brother, and the third brother can be made to read with the prince, and it is also the second brother's meritorious service, the second brother has real skills, which is obviously particularly important to the Liu family, who has been dealing with Beirong for many years; Second, the third brother is not only a son-in-law, but also a young son, although there is a me below, but I have been in the palace for many years, since ancient times, the youngest son is the most favored, the father and mother of the third brother is also clearly compared to the eldest brother, the second brother connived, the third brother's personality is good to say is flying and jumping, in fact, it can also be said to be arrogant and domineering, but as far as I have seen Miss Liu Jiu, it is also a proud person, the third brother and her get along well, if there is a disagreement, I am afraid that both of them will not give in, but not beautiful. Su Ruhui groaned, "In addition, the second brother is not born to his mother, after the succession, although the third uncle is related to the title of the marquis, but he likes to travel, almost not in the imperial capital, and has almost no connections among the powerful, except for the title, he can't give the second brother more help, so the second brother will also rely more on his wife." ”

The meaning of more reliance can also be understood as...... Better control.