Chapter 288: A Glimmer of Hope

After a while, Empress Su found an excuse and called King Zhao to him alone: "Worm slave, you stay away from Ah Xuan next!" ”

- The insect slave is the milk name of King Zhao, and the dignified son takes the name of the insect pig, so naturally the queen is easy to get a child, but I am afraid that he will not be able to raise it. It's just that this name is not on the stage, and it is just that he called it when he was a child, King Zhao can discuss his relatives at this time, and he is still participating in the competition for the crown, even if no one dares to laugh when he shouts it in public, it will inevitably be unseemly.

It is because the queen only calls her son "King Zhao" when she is alone except for the mother and son.

When King Zhao heard this, he was slightly stunned: "Why is this?" ”

Although he still retains the innocence of a young man in his temperament because of his age and experience, he is not stupid, and when he asked, he suddenly said sensitively, "But what does the queen mother or the acting imperial aunt want to do to Jian Si's cousin, I'm afraid that I will know?" ”

"Although the outside world has not spread the news of your joy with Nie Wuying, our own family knows it." However, Queen Su is his mother-in-law, and she came prepared, how could she not coax her son?

After listening to his questioning, he unhurriedly took a sip of the tea in his hand, and said, "Especially when you act as the emperor's aunt - on this eyebone, the reason why your juniors are in Xuanming Palace is to serve illness, and when you didn't have your turn to serve your father in the dormitory, you were inseparable from Ah Xu, do you think your acting imperial aunt will let go of this opportunity?" ”

The queen said with a solemn expression, "When the time comes, she will go out and say that you have forgotten your filial piety, and you are not worried about your father's illness during the period when your father is sick, but instead pesters Ah Xuan all day long to inquire about Nie Wuying's recent situation, not only you, but even Nie Wuying will be affected!" Since you like that girl, whether you are fate or not, why bother her? ”

King Zhao didn't think much when he heard the princess of the acting country at first, but when he heard that it would affect Nie Wuying, his face changed: "What does the imperial aunt mean by this?!" Cousin Nie is going to call her aunt anyway! What are you doing with your cousin without any grievance?! ”

"The reason why you, the imperial aunt, are willing to join forces with us is to deal with the crown prince." Empress Su snorted coldly, "Once the crown prince falls, she will definitely not greet any of them, and she will attack us!" In the past two days, due to your father's illness, she has been in and out of Xuanming Palace all day long, how can you be careless when you are under her nose?! ”

Seeing that King Zhao calmly promised that he would avoid getting along with Jian Xubai next, the queen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to coax him a few words before sending him away, but heard King Zhao hesitate and asked, "Has the queen mother ever chosen a concubine for the child?" ”

"Are you still thinking about Nie Wuying?" Empress Su frowned when she heard this, "It's not that I don't want to fulfill you—but you know, first of all, your Imperial Aunt of the Jin Kingdom will not agree!" Even if you inherit the throne and the identity of the Jin Kingdom is left there, it is not good for us to force her to let go in such a matter. ”

He said with a complicated expression, "What's more, your father is lacking right now, and it's really inappropriate to say these things!" ”

"The queen mother taught me a lesson." King Zhao hurriedly got up and lowered his hand to lead the training, his face was ashamed, obviously he also felt that it was really unfilial to think about how to achieve his family with his sweetheart when his father was seriously ill.

The queen sighed in her heart, but she was not in the mood to say more to him, so she only waved her hand and said, "You go down—by the way, the reason for alienating Ah Xuan should be clear to him, lest the boy think that you are tired of him!" ”

It's just that although the queen hasn't forgotten to whitewash the peace at this moment, how could she not know after listening to King Zhao's euphemistic explanation?

"Grandpa, why don't you explain the ins and outs of the matter to His Royal Highness King Zhao?" Ji Su said, "If His Royal Highness King Zhao knows that the queen mother has malicious intentions towards His Majesty, how can he not care about it? At that time, there is no need for the grandfather to speak, His Royal Highness King Zhao will also help you prevent the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the Acting Princess! ”

Jian Xubai shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Although this method can relieve the siege for me, it will definitely put King Zhao in a dilemma: according to him, he will definitely not let the imperial uncle and mother calculate the imperial uncle, but the royal uncle and mother are not alone in King Zhao's faction, how can the mother and son not quarrel at that time?" King Zhao is also my cousin, and he has always respected us and his wife, even if the camps are different, it is too unauthentic to pit him like this! ”

Ji Su hurriedly said: "Grandpa treats King Zhao as flesh and blood, but the queen mother obviously doesn't treat Grandpa as flesh and blood-you forgot that Madame is still in the house?" The little master will only land in February next year, if you have a three-long and two-short, what will you do after calling Mrs. and the little master?! ”

Thinking of the dispute between the husband and wife before entering the palace, Jian Xubai handed the tea to his lips and paused, and after sipping slightly, he still shook his head: "I have my own opinions on this matter, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

"But ......" Ji Su wanted to persuade again, but was silenced by Jian Xubai at a glance.

It's just that Jane is so white that he can still hold his breath, but the warm beauty is not so calm!

"Your Majesty has been dragging on for two days!" Qin Ye's hands trembled slightly when he poured tea for the warm beauty, and he said in a low voice, "The beauty will not make a decision again, once Your Majesty ...... What do you think will happen to you?! ”

Nuan Meiren took the tea bowl with the same trembling hand: "Qin Ye, you must know that the queen mother is now in charge of this Xuanming Palace-the little chamberlain named Cheng An, we haven't had much contact before, how do you know that his words are credible?" In case it is the queen's calculation, wouldn't we fall into the net? Actually, I said I should have dragged him to see the queen at that time! ”

"But the beauty also said earlier, what is the identity of the queen mother, if you want to deal with the beauty, why play any tricks?" Qin Ye said, "Besides, Cheng An doesn't want us to do anything, but just let us wait until it's late to go to Xifu Palace - Concubine Cui, the lord of Xifu Palace, has a higher position than you, and she wants to summon you, how can you refuse?" As for why you don't tell the queen mother, now everyone knows that the queen mother is doing her best for the health and well-being of Her Majesty, how can you bear to disturb her with such a trivial matter? ”

He said in a low voice, "Concubine Cui Niangniang will be sick, His Royal Highness King Liang was stopped by the Queen Mother because he went to visit, and he couldn't even enter the gate of Xuanming Palace!" If you go once, you can say that you are sick and afraid of Your Majesty, so we don't have to be detained here anymore! Beauty, you should understand: At present, this Xuanming Palace is nothing less than a tiger's den in Longtan, and it will be dangerous for us to stay here for one more day! ”

Speaking of this, seeing the warm beauty still looked hesitant, Qin Ye almost wanted to vomit blood, and said eagerly, "Beauty, what are you hesitating about?" You also said before that even if we want to vote for the prince, we don't have any bargaining chips, but now that Concubine Cui has summoned us personally, isn't this a good opportunity to send it to the door? Moreover, even if Concubine Cui's request is outrageous, let's just go to see it, and if we don't go, we will stay in Xifu Palace and not leave! It's a big deal to turn around, wait for you to get out, and then go and tell the queen mother - all in all, if we don't do anything, the next fate will definitely not be better! If you can seize this opportunity, maybe you can turn over?! Beauty, this is a lifetime thing! ”

She said something badly, and finally made the warm beauty purse her lips and nodded: "In that case, let's go to Xifu Palace according to Cheng An's instructions that night!" ”

That night, the warm beauty asked Qin Ye to lie in the tent instead of herself, changed into Qin Ye's dress, dressed as a palace maid, and according to the instructions of the little maid Cheng An, she arrived at the agreed corner gate, and said the code, the person guarding the door really didn't say anything, and opened the door - an old palace maid who had been waiting outside the door was already waiting for her eyes, and when she saw that the warm beauty only said "Please come with the slave maid", she led the way without saying a word.

The old palace maid was very familiar with the path in the palace and the patrol route of the guards, and led her to the Xifu Palace very easily.

"Concubine Cui is the old man when His Majesty was still in the palace, and she is the biological mother of the prince, there is such a force in this palace!" The old palace maid suddenly disappeared not long after the warm beauty stepped into the Xifu Palace, but at this time, the warm beauty had already seen the lights in the side hall not far away.

As she walked towards the lights, she was secretly surprised in her heart, "Xuanming Palace is the residence of His Majesty, not only can she intervene, but she can also bring me here so easily when the queen ordered me not to leave without permission!" ”

But after thinking of this, the face of the warm beauty hidden in the night is difficult to see: the palace is not even allowed to spy on the emperor's traces, let alone insert eyeliner to the emperor's side?!

I know such a secret, even if I complete Concubine Cui's instructions later, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape the end of my mouth, right?!

At the time of the question, she was already on Concubine Cui's territory at the moment, and it was too late to regret it, so she could only force her complicated mood and cautiously walked into the side hall: "Concubine knock to see Concubine Cui!" May Concubine Cui be blessed! ”

"Get up!" Concubine Cui obviously hadn't fully recovered yet, so she coughed and excused her, pointing to an embroidered stool that had been placed a long time ago, "Sit!" ”

After the warm beauty sat down, Concubine Cui wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief before continuing, "I know that it is not easy for you to come out, and this palace will not be verbose with you: I just ask you, do you want to change your name and surname in the future and leave this palace?" ”

Seeing that Nuan Meiren suddenly looked up at herself, Concubine Cui smiled, "In terms of background, you are a prisoner of the country; In terms of position, you are not even a serious concubine - he will be the new monarch on the throne, who will care where you go or even live or die? At that time, Hongu said that you are gone, do you think someone will track it down? Letting go of the rest of your life is just a breeze for this palace! ”

"What does the mother want me to do?" The warm beauty took a deep breath, seemed to hold back her excitement, and asked.

…… After she left, an elderly palace maid came out from behind the curtain not far away, and she was about the same age as the old palace maid who brought the warm beauty here, wearing a half-old palace dress, judging from the costume, she was obviously not a proud person.

But she didn't mean to be restrained in the face of Concubine Cui, but reminded her with some displeasure: "Niangniang, this warm beauty suffered in your hands earlier, but you want to use her this time, aren't you afraid that she will turn her head and tell the queen mother?" ”

Concubine Cui took a moment to say: "This palace naturally understands-but what good is it for her to do this?" The palace has already pointed out the way to her: after Yan Guogong arrived at Xuanming Palace, the queen began to hold her, when she was still Princess Wuhuan, King Wuhuan wanted to give her to Yan Guogong, is no one in this palace knowing? The queen made it clear that she wanted to use her and the prince of Yanguo Gongpit, and there was no more suitable person than her to be the scapegoat at the moment, even if she went to inform, would the queen be soft-hearted and let her live?! If she doesn't want to go, listen to this palace, there is still a glimmer of hope, it's better than just waiting for death, isn't it?! ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at the elder palace maid, "It's you, can you really ensure that she can come and go today, and hide it from the queen's eyes and ears?" If something goes wrong here, the consequences don't need to be said by this palace, right? ”

"Don't worry, mother!" The old palace maid said calmly when she heard this, "Xuanming Palace now says that the queen is presiding, but it is not the original palace people who are waiting?" It's just that His Majesty is unconscious and can't look at things, and the queen is sitting as a wife, so of course she listens to the queen - but how can it be said that these people are as loyal to the queen as the people in Weiyang Palace? ! ”

He added, "Besides, even the slaves and maids are surprised that you will directly find a warm beauty to meet with each other, how could the queen mother expect it?" Unless the warm beauty happened to be summoned by the queen when she came here just now, it would be impossible to be exposed! ”

Concubine Cui frowned when she heard this: "Then what if the queen is just summoning her?" ”