I looked at Xuanyuan Yuze with a puzzled expression and explained: "Presumably, the prince should know that no matter what happened to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager in the previous dynasty or the reign of Emperor Taizu, the only person who can get them out of the madhouse now is the current Saint Xuanyuan Yi." ”

Seeing that he was silent, I naturally assumed that he wanted to continue listening.

I walked in the room and circled the table: "Xuanyuan Yi was brought up by Concubine Wu, and he is like a mother and son, but as soon as Empress Dowager Xiao comes out, she will definitely threaten Concubine Wu's status, even if she does not have the real power of the Empress Dowager, it will make Concubine Wu jealous." ”

"Do you want to let the king's queen mother and grandmother stay in the madman's garden forever?" Xuanyuan Yuze was anxious.

I looked at his tangled appearance, and finally understood why he would give up the throne and be willing to be used by the two of us women.

Li Wang is self-aware, he knows that his character is not calm enough, he is easy to be impulsive, he can't save his mother and grandmother by himself, and he is afraid that this matter will be self-defeating and harm his relatives, so he put down everything and wants to use me and Fu Jinyue to help him, on the condition that he is willing to become our pawns.

"King Li, don't worry."

I walked to his side and poured him a glass of water, and continued: "As I just said, if you want to save the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager, the entry point lies in Concubine Wu, and the Empress Dowager is okay to say, after all, she is old and has entered a state of madness, she is also the emperor's own grandmother, and Xuanyuan Yi is still willing to tolerate her, but once Empress Dowager Xiao comes out, you, as the concubine of the former emperor, will inevitably be affected in the turbulent period of the court." ”

Xuanyuan Yi has an indifferent temperament, is vigorous and resolute, there must be different voices in the court, King Li is generous, and has the name of the virtuous king, presumably there were many people who depended on him back then, but because of his humility and neglect of rights, the faction of King Li did not have the backbone and failed.

Once Empress Dowager Xiao comes out, she will definitely arouse the rebellion of some old ministers, which is what Xuanyuan Yi and Concubine Wu are most worried about.

How can we untie the knot in the hearts of Concubine Wu and Xuanyuan Yi?

The answer lies in Empress Dowager Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao lived in the Crazy Man's Garden, and she didn't know why she wanted to go in by herself, but she couldn't help herself if she wanted to come out.

In fact, if it is said that Empress Dowager Xiao has given up everything and is willing to become the empress dowager of the cold palace, it is impossible.

If this is the case, she would have entered voluntarily, for the sake of the Empress Dowager or the King of Li, she could have given up her identity as the Empress Dowager and Xuanyuan Yi to leave the palace frankly, which is definitely sure to be done.

In this way, there will be no more punishment for the imperial concubine, at least it is good news for the imperial concubine.

But Empress Dowager Xiao refused to leave the palace for a long time, which shows that she is still unwilling, she is waiting for an opportunity to return to the harem, but I haven't known what she is going to do back to the harem.

But if you think about it carefully, since ancient times, women in the harem have stayed in the harem for no more than two reasons, one is a man and the other is power.

The first emperor is dead, Xuanyuan Yi should not be the man that the queen mother cares about, and now that King Li has not obtained the throne, the only reason why the queen mother can stay in the palace is that she wants to regain power.

If you think about it deeply, if the Queen Mother wants to return to the harem to regain power, there must be two reasons, one is to seek power for the king, and the other is that the Queen Mother herself needs the help of the Queen Mother's position.

However, judging from all indications, it seems that the Queen Mother does not intend to let King Li sit on the throne, because she did nothing in the Crazy Garden when King Li needed her the most.

Then the only possibility is that the Queen Mother may have to rehabilitate the Xiao family.

Back then, the Xiao family was said to have assassinated Emperor Taizu, so it affected the imperial concubine and the queen mother, but I think, if the emperor thought that the Xiao family was hateful, how could he let the daughter of a criminal minister stay by his side? Still bent on making her a queen?

From the side, the former emperor should not have done this just for the sake of his feelings for the queen, Emperor Taizu could let the former emperor retain the position of the crown princess of the Empress Dowager Xiao, which is enough to show that the Xiao family's affairs back then had another hidden meaning.

And since ancient times, emperors are not mediocre people, from the first emperor's trade-offs in governing the government, it can be seen that the first emperor is a strategic, rational person, so the queen who retains the Empress Dowager Xiao, one is to suppress the martial arts that became stronger and stronger back then, the second is the hidden feelings, and the third is the feelings for the Empress Dowager Xiao.

Of course, these are all my speculations, in fact, the thing I want to help King Li now is to let the Queen Mother retain her status and get out of the cold palace.

I continued to walk in a circle in front of Xuanyuan Yuze with my cheeks, thinking about the rescue strategy, and thinking about how to retain the power of the Empress Dowager Xiao, so as not to harm King Li.

"Three days later, it is Concubine Wu's fifty-eighth birthday, my sister and I have arranged some things, so as to get Concubine Wu's favor, that day, the emperor should also come, I want King Li to do is to find a way to let the Empress Dowager walk out of the madman garden in the evening of three days, and then let her do something."

I fell into Xuanyuan Yuze's ear and said what I wanted the Empress Dowager to do, and I knew by his expression that he was not sure if he could do it.

But he must have thought that my plan was feasible, otherwise he would not have agreed to it, and his eyes would not have shown an expectant look.

If I want to make King Li work for me, I must first gain his full trust.

can rescue the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Xiao together, I am not so capable, so the impact is too great, it is not a wise move.

So I'm going to let King Liwang know that I have the ability to be strategic and in control of the situation, so I have to rescue one of them to make my stand and do it quickly.

In the next three days, King Li often broke into the cold palace at night to tell me and Fu Jinyue what he had done recently.

Fu Jinyue is in charge of using King Li and asking him to do some things in the court and the capital, while I am in charge of being used by King Li to tell him some things to do to rescue the Empress Dowager and make sure that the plan goes smoothly.

But there are too many eyeliners in the harem, and it is too risky for him to sneak into Jinhe Courtyard so frequently, but fortunately, Fu Jinyue said that Xuanyuan Yi knew that he would often break into the Crazy Man's Garden to see his biological mother, which can still provide some cover, and it also made me see that Xuanyuan Yi is not a hard-hearted person.

At least he still cares about this fifth brother, knowing that his behavior has crossed the line, he also turns a blind eye.

On the eighth day of the fourth month, it was Concubine Wu's birthday, and the quiet cold palace seemed a little angry.

Early in the morning, dozens of palace maids entered the Fuhua Courtyard with the platform, which should have been rewarded by Xuanyuan Yi to Concubine Wu.

Fu Jinyue went to congratulate Concubine Wu early, because of the previous reasons, although I entered the Fuhua Courtyard, I did not ask Concubine Wu to ask for peace in person, but asked Xiaohuan to send a gift registration, and then ate melon seeds in the courtyard with other concubines of the cold palace.

Because no one would take the initiative to chat with me, I also stood alone with Xiaohuan under the peach tree in Fuhuayuan to watch the scenery.

In the distance, there was the harmony of several concubines, they were all dressed up very carefully today, and the housekeeping skills that could be taken out were also displayed one by one.

Of course, the reason for this is because Xuanyuan Yi, the concubine in the cold palace, probably only today can meet the emperor.

If it is said that a grand banquet will be held for the Empress Dowager in the harem, although the scale of the celebration in this cold palace is small, it is unambiguous.

I heard a concubine playing a prisoner of war song, the score was from the folk, about a princess of a country who was invaded by another country, was taken captive and went to the court of another country to become a dancer.

The emperor of the dynasty fell in love with this dancer, and tried his best to change her name and surname to make her his concubine, but the East Window incident happened, and the courtiers learned about it and framed her, and the concubine finally did not want to let the emperor be in a dilemma, and committed suicide in the palace.

I don't know if the score touched my heartstrings, or if I remembered my situation and felt so emotional, I listened to the music and couldn't help but dance.

Although I was born in the General's Mansion, my father still found a lot of grandmothers and masters to teach me piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and dance skills, so my dancing was already good, and with empathy and emotion, my dance of prisoners of war was more vivid.

I could hear the concubines not far away praising me outside the peach blossom forest, and I could hear some people sneering at me and saying that I was fiddling in front of people, but the woman who played the piano didn't seem to have a bad impression of me.

Before I knew it, Fu Jinyue came to my side and danced the dance steps symbolizing the emperor, which complemented me.

Someone blew a flute in the crowd, perhaps climbing Queen Jinyue.

I flew hand in hand with Fu Jinyue, and took her to fly in the peach forest for a while.

She seemed very happy, and she was still lingering after a song.

In the crowd, there was a loud applause, and then there was applause, which should have appreciated us.

If Fu Jinyue would get so much applause for dancing here, but I, it would be a different matter.

I turned my eyes to look, and saw a man in bright yellow clothes walking towards me and Fu Jinyue surrounded by the concubines, he was Xuanyuan Yi, even in the midst of thousands of flowers, he couldn't stop his majesty at all.

Beside him, there was a man in ink-colored clothes, and I could see at a glance that it was Situ Jingyuan of Jiang Guo, and the current Zhonglang general Jiang Ren.

Jiang Ren didn't wear court clothes like Xuanyuanyi, obviously, he was able to enter Fuhua Courtyard today, and he was also brought by Xuanyuanyi.

It seems that Xuanyuan Yi trusts this Jiang Ren very much, and even the banquet in the harem will take him with him.

"Heh, I didn't expect Concubine Jiang to dance so vividly!"

Xuanyuan Yi deliberately avoided Fu Jinyue's eyes and focused his eyes on me, which not only brought me a lot of hatred, but also divided the feelings between me and Fu Jinyue.

Since the last time Fu Jinyue begged for mercy and threatened him for me, it was obvious that he had recorded it.

He didn't really praise my dancing skills, but confirmed how deep my relationship with Fu Jinyue was.