When the Empress Dowager heard this, she sighed: "Ah Xu, you go through the small door and leave, Yuguo, go and call her in!" ”

After a long time, the worried Concubine Xu walked in, knelt down as soon as she entered the door, and cried loudly: "Niangniang! Empress! What do you say about concubines?! The queen said to the concubine in person, the Wei family made up their minds to push the king of Shu to fight with His Royal Highness King Su - the king of Shu is the youngest son of the first emperor, including the concubine, no one expected him to have anything to do in the past, on the elder and young, on the virtuous and foolish, where is he worthy of being the emperor? ”

"How did he become the emperor?"

"Those people are simply trying to force the Shu Dynasty to die - how much blood did the first emperor have in the total, and the two kings of Suxiang are both succeeded, if the king of Shu also has three long and two short, who else is there in this royal family?!"

"For the sake of the love of the ancestors and grandchildren, please save the King of Shu!"

I couldn't cry anymore.

The Empress Dowager felt sorry and said, "Get up and speak!" As you said, the King of Shu is the grandson of the Mourning family, and he has always been well-behaved and sensible, how could the Mourning family not consider him? ”

Concubine Xu wiped away her tears, but refused to get up, and continued: "The meaning of the queen's words is that the princes of the court will definitely reject your previous decree - so that the king of Shu cannot be the heir of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Chen Guo, and he is still the identity of the prince, so it is convenient for them to continue to use the king of Shu as a disguise!" ”

"This is something that the Su family can't ask for, how can they easily dismiss it?" The Empress Dowager snorted and said, "Although the mourning family is just an old bone, it is still possible to protect the King of Shu, don't worry about it!" ”

After a pause, "How is the King of Shu in the past two days?" ”

Concubine Xu choked up: "This is what the concubine is most worried about now - in the past two days, the people on the queen's side have been in frequent contact with him, and the mother also knows that the king of Shu is young, and because he has never expected anything from him in the past, he has never been careful to instruct, so this child has never had a city government, and he is the most coaxing!" From the observations of the people beside him, the kid ...... This kid ......"

She said with great difficulty, "This kid ...... Ineffable...... If you can't say it, you will be tempted by them! ”

The temptation of the original position, even if he knew that he would be a puppet, how many people could resist the temptation in the name of "Son of Heaven"?

And the King of Shu is arrogant and naïve and ignorant, what is the difficulty for Empress Wei to fool him?

After all, the queen takes a fancy to him, not because of his sex. Looking at the end at a glance, is it easy to control and use?

"The mourners will call someone to bring him over." When the Empress Dowager heard this, her face was ugly for a moment, and then she said in a deep voice, "The mourning family will talk to you now, so as not to worry about it then: when he comes, the mourning family will find a reason to reprimand him, and try to send him to the imperial mausoleum to reflect - in short, let him come back when the turmoil in the DPRK and China subsides!" ”

Speaking of this, he sighed, "The situation on the Emperor's Tomb side must be worse than that in the Imperial City, and this kid will have to suffer a little grievance when he goes there......"

"It's okay!" Concubine Xu was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "As long as the King of Shu can avoid this trouble safely, it will be nothing for him to suffer a little!" Thank you for your love! ”

She kowtowed several times happily, and looked at the Queen Mother with a blank eye, "Niangniang, why don't you call him over now?" ”

The Empress Dowager felt very sorry for her when she saw her like this, and said softly: "The mourning family will let people pass the word, you should get up quickly!" Otherwise, when the child comes, he will see that you have a wound on his forehead, and he will definitely be worried, and he will have to worry about you when he goes to the emperor's tomb, and this day will be even more difficult! ”

Concubine Xu got up at this time, and went to the side hall to freshen up under the leadership of the palace maid.

It's just that she freshened up and returned to the Queen Mother, and talked to the Queen Mother - after a while, she still didn't see the figure of the King of Shu!

In this case, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Xu both felt that the situation was not good, the Empress Dowager played with the porcelain cup in her hand, and was about to call another palace person to inquire about the news, but at this time, the person who was sent to summon the King of Shu earlier could be regarded as coming back, but said: "When the slave maid went to Jiamu Palace, the people over there said that His Royal Highness the King of Shu was summoned by the Queen Mother first!" The slave maid went to Weiyang Palace, but the palace people over there said that a moment before the slave and maid passed, the queen took His Royal Highness the King of Shu to Xuanming Palace......"

So the people of this palace rushed to Xuanming Palace - and then witnessed a fierce confrontation around whether the king of Shu should succeed to the eldest princess of Chen Guo!

When the Empress Dowager and Concubine Xu heard this, they were both angry and anxious, and asked in unison: "What about the result?" Who won? Or is it evenly matched and still inconclusive? ”

The palace people smiled bitterly: "Originally, those who approved of His Royal Highness the King of Shu's succession were evenly matched with those who did not approve of His Royal Highness the King of Shu's succession, but then Wei Shangshu proposed to ask His Royal Highness the King of Shu what he meant......"

Concubine Xu's face suddenly changed!

Sure enough, the palace man sighed, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu said that he is willing to choose one of his male heirs to succeed His Royal Highness the eldest princess of Chen Guo in the future, but His Royal Highness himself still hopes to continue to be filial to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the biological mother of the Empress Dowager!" After all, it is difficult to give up the blood relatives. Moreover, the concubine Niangniang is only the son of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and His Royal Highness can't bear the emptiness and loneliness under the Niangniang's knees! ”

"As long as he is not dragged into the water, I would rather go to the palace and wait for death!" This result can be imagined as a blow to Concubine Xu!

At this moment, she even forgot that she was in front of the Queen Mother, and even used "I" to refer to herself.

Seeing her dejected appearance, the Empress Dowager also felt very uncomfortable, and paused before asking the palace people: "So, in the end, the person who supported him not to succeed won?" ”

“…… When the slave and maid came back to restore their lives, they listened to the justice discussing how to go to your cousin. The palace people didn't dare to raise their heads when they said this.

Now the ministers want to give the Empress Dowager a table, and they must be against the list of succeeding the King of Shu - if the King of Shu himself did not express his position, Concubine Xu, the biological mother, nodded, and the Empress Dowager Su, the mother-in-law, must also be happy to see it, and the Empress Dowager, the grandmother-in-law, personally promoted it, even if the ministers objected, it was impossible to easily overturn the decree.

And King Su, who got He Wenqiong's release of water, will soon appear in the court, and then they will still have the energy and energy to argue with the Empress Dowager whether the King of Shu should succeed?

The problem is that the King of Shu himself has expressed his position, and under the banner of being reluctant to be a biological mother, and Emperor Xianjia's bloodline is indeed not rich, it is a matter of course that he is unwilling to succeed, and he can't be coveted for royal wealth and disobey the orders of his elders - it is conceivable that after the Wei family gets this handle, how can they not take advantage of the victory to pursue?!

"Let's go to the table!" The Empress Dowager was so angry that her face turned blue, she endured it, endured it again, and then gritted her teeth and said, "Just say to the outside world, the mourning family is lacking, let the king of Shu come over to serve the mourning family for a few days!" ”

Speaking of this, he comforted Concubine Xu warmly, "Don't worry! The situation has been very complicated in the past two days, and I wonder what will change. Let the King of Shu stay here for a few days, the Mourning family will not let him go, it is inconvenient for the Wei family to use him as a cover, and he will have to be replaced when he turns back - for example, Lu Hehao, that person is not kind-hearted, and the Wei family will be in the same stream, and the left and right can't bring the child of the King of Shu to them! ”

Although the Empress Dowager is very unhappy now, she is not very worried in her heart - mainly because Jian Xubai has just told her that King Su will appear in the court soon.

Therefore, as long as the King of Shu is dragged and stumbling here, he will not be used by the Wei family, or he will not be used too easily by the Wei family, how can he change people when he comes to the Wei family!

After all, when the time comes, the court will fight, and the candidates supported by the Wei family will be absent for three days and two ends, how can this battle for the throne be contested?

But this news is too confidential, and of course the Empress Dowager will not tell Concubine Xu.

was comforted, and sent Concubine Xu back.

Of course, Concubine Xu will not be as successful as the Empress Dowager, and after she returned to the side hall where she lived, she cried out at that time: "The Wei family is powerful, although the Empress Dowager has a respected status, but because she has not interfered in the government since the previous dynasty, how can the power above the court be compared with the Wei family?" Now the Wei family is determined to use my son as a pretext to fight with the Su family, and my son is young and ignorant and believes them - what will I do in the future?! ”

Her henchman palace maid naturally wanted to persuade: "Niangniang, calm down!" It's not the worst yet, you're so sad now, what if you cry and hurt yourself? Don't you think the Empress Dowager said it? Next, His Royal Highness the King of Shu will be kept in the Qingxi Palace, so that the Wei family will never see His Royal Highness the King of Shu, how can the Wei family continue to fight His Royal Highness's idea at that time? ”

"Do you believe what the Empress Dowager coaxed me?" Concubine Xu shouted, "The Empress Dowager Fang Cai also said that she would send the King of Shu to the Emperor's Mausoleum - but did you see that?" Until I retired, the King of Shu did not appear in the Qingxi Palace! In this way, how can you expect the Empress Dowager to detain the King of Shu! ”

The palace maid was speechless, thought about it, looked at no one in the hall, and then leaned into Concubine Xu's ear and whispered, "Why don't you ...... Why don't you go to the main hall and have a look? ”

"Can't go!" When Concubine Xu heard this, she was immediately alert, "If you dare to secretly go to the Queen Mother without telling me, I will break your legs!! I'm so worried because I'm afraid that the King of Shu will be involved in the turmoil of seizing the prince, since I rejected the queen, how can I get close to the queen mother?! ”

"Actually, according to the slave maid, it is precisely because you rejected the queen that you should be close to the queen mother?" The palace maid pursed her lips and whispered, "The Wei family is powerful, and with us, plus the protection of the Empress Dowager, it will be difficult to resist!" At the moment, without the help of the Su family, how can you protect the safety of His Royal Highness? ”

This palace maid didn't say this because she accepted the benefits from Empress Dowager Su's side, but she really thought so: If you don't choose either side, you will offend both sides!

"Then do you think King Su will be able to ascend the throne?!" Concubine Xu asked with tears in her eyes, "If it is not King Su who ascends the throne, have you thought about what will happen to my son at that time?!" Now I just don't want my son to be involved in these things, and whoever ascends the throne in the future will snub us at most, or even remove my son's title and drive us out of the imperial city—there is still a great hope of leaving us alive! But if I stand on the wrong side, I don't have a pity to die, my son is still young, he ......"

Concubine Xu was stunned when she said this, and suddenly lost the interest in continuing to speak, and waved her hand tiredly, "That's it, you go down!" I'm alone! ”

The palace maid knew that she was in a bad mood, so she didn't dare to say more, so she retreated.

About an hour later, when it was time for dinner, the palace maid came to knock on the door, but did not see Concubine Xu answer, only that she was still sad and did not think about tea and dinner, and held her hand in the air and thought for a while, but she didn't dare to go in directly - so in the evening, the king of Shu came, and the palace maid saw that he was relieved and a little complaining: "Your Highness, you are here!" Niangniang ran all day for your business today, and she was so sad that it was useless to have lunch, and she was still alone in the dormitory at this time! ”

The King of Shu is the only son of Concubine Xu, and the relationship between mother and son has always been very good, although his temperament is a little arrogant, and he has been bewitched by the Wei family in the past two days, he has become more and more arrogant, but he is still very concerned about his biological mother.

Hearing this, she was both worried and a little worried: "Is the concubine very angry?" Auntie go in with Lonely? ”

"What's the use of knowing now that you're afraid?" This palace maid has served Concubine Xu for more than ten years, she has watched the King of Shu grow up, and she is not in awe of him like ordinary palace people, and she is not angry at the moment, but she is also afraid that Concubine Xu will say too much in anger, which will lead to a gap in the relationship between mother and son, and the more Wei family can take advantage of it, sighed, and said, "That's it, the slave and the maid will knock on the door for you - the mother will not allow the slave and the maid to accompany you into the palace, and the slave and the maid will not know!" ”

While talking, they arrived at the door of the dormitory, and after the palace maid knocked on the door, no one answered, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang, it is His Royal Highness!" ”

Knock again, but still no one answered-at this time, only Concubine Xu was tired of crying and fell asleep-but the palace maid knocked hard for nearly a quarter of an hour, and there was no movement inside, and the fool also knew that something was wrong!

The palace maid suppressed her panic, didn't care about greeting the king of Shu, left quickly, and ran to the back window of the dormitory: she knew that Concubine Xu was worried about her son's situation in the past two days, and she was a little anxious, so although it was a cold winter moon, the back of the palace had been ajar with a window to breathe.

At this moment, with the last trace of hope, I climbed up to this window, and looked into it in horror, and suddenly the whole person was like falling into an ice cellar - in the wide and gorgeous hall, above an embroidered stool that was kicked over, three feet of white silk was like snow, and the concubine Xu in the gorgeous dress and skirt was hung high.

The north wind blew in through the open window, and Concubine Xu's body swayed with the wind, indescribably sad and desolate.