Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, when it is night, the west wind is blowing, and it is already a little cold.

In the layers of palaces, people in front of the lonely lamp.

Although the palace lights in front of the eaves are still bright, this night, after all, is still heavy, swallowing up the golden tile and zhu wall, and the eaves are high, which makes people feel cold and dignified for no reason.

A palace maid in Tsing Yi, holding a glass lamp, walked through the long and gloomy corridor in a hurry, and when she arrived in front of the Kunren Palace, which was as bright as day, she sighed softly.

Empress Kong was in front of the makeup mirror, looking at the bronze mirror reflecting her youth, and her face was full of numb solemnity.

It's past the hour, but the queen is still neatly dressed, and she doesn't seem to have any intention of resting.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi walked in lightly, and then reported: "Niangniang, the saint is still in the imperial study, and the slave maid asked Gonggong Hu to inquire, saying that he did not edict anyone to sleep." ”

Queen Kong seemed to be deaf, and still looked at her phoenix crown and pink appearance in the mirror.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi didn't get a response, her heart was a little hanging, she hesitated for a while, and reminded softly: "Niangniang......"

After a sound, Empress Kong woke up like a dream, suddenly got up, took eager steps, and walked out without saying a word.

The palace maid in Tsing Yi hurriedly followed, naturally not talking much, only waving her hand to signal a few palace maids in front of the hall to walk with lights.

Qianming Palace and Kunren Palace are far away, generally brightly lit, but also generally lonely.

The Son of Heaven was still reading the recital, and when he heard the report from the inner servant that the queen was coming, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and a little tiredness and impatience appeared in his eyebrows, but he still allowed the queen to enter.

"I thought that the queen heard that I was busy with government affairs, and she was considerate, and personally sent ginseng soup and medicinal food, why did she be empty-handed?" Seeing Queen Kong's phoenix crown long robe, she entered all the way, but her face was full of solemnity, and the saint couldn't help but joke.

Queen Kong bent her knees, although the etiquette was thoughtful, but between her eyebrows, there was a layer of coldness from beginning to end, and she did not show her face slightly because of the sage's banter.

As soon as they saw this situation, the chamberlains all quietly retreated, and in the imperial study, only this couple who were the most respected in the world were left.

"Does the saint know that my aunt has rejected the Su family's eldest mother as the third princess in person?" The queen went straight to the point, straightened her waist, and stood in front of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven smiled coldly: "I don't know, without my permission, who is so bold as to dare to propose marriage for the prince?" ”

"Holy!" The queen seemed to try her best to suppress the anxiety in her heart, her chest rose and fell for a while, and only then did she soften her tone slightly: "The concubine knows that Haoxi is a little ridiculous this time, but in the end it is not a big mistake, my aunt is so calculating, it is really too much of a fuss." ”

"The queen hasn't answered what I said, who is so bold that she dares to hide from me to propose marriage for the prince?"

Empress Kong's face quickly turned pale, and her body seemed to be shaky: "Is the Holy Lord really going to indulge Shiro's weight and threaten ......?"

"Queen!" Before Kong finished speaking, the Son of Heaven threw the red pen in his hand and rubbed his brows annoyantly: "I have my own plans, the queen still puts more of her mind on San Lang, don't let him act arbitrarily." ”

"The concubine is the master of the harem, don't you even have the right to ask about the marriage of the emperor? Holy Lord, how can you treat your concubines like this? The corners of her eyes suddenly became wet, and the queen staggered a few steps, but she still straightened her shoulders and did not show weakness: "Holy Lord, the calculation in Chen's heart, you have always seen it in your eyes, do you really want to indulge her to do whatever she wants, so that the princes and sons kill each other?" ”

"Shut up!" A shout, followed by a crisp sound, it turned out that under the anger of the Son of Heaven, the dragon sleeves flicked and swept down a cover bell to the gold bricks.

There was a momentary silence.

Seeing that Queen Kong's tears were falling like rain and her face was full of sadness, the Son of Heaven still couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward with a slight sigh and gently wrapped up the queen: "Chen'er is my aunt's eldest granddaughter, and my aunt naturally has to consider Chen'er's life, and I also know what you are worried about, but I don't want to embarrass my aunt about this...... But don't worry, whether it's me or the queen mother, I will fight for Saburo. ”

"But aunt, if she has made up her mind......" Queen Kong was very anxious, she came today to persuade the Holy Lord to simply give marriage, if so, even if the eldest princess was unwilling, she would not dare to disobey the holy order.

"Who asked San Lang to do such a foolish thing, if my aunt is unwilling, she has no choice but to do so."

These words immediately made the queen very impatient: "The saint is the king of a country, can't he ......?"

"But my aunt is the elder of me, the king of a country!" The Son of Heaven sighed: "Don't say it, no matter what, I will not force my aunt with a holy order." ”

"Then, let Chen'er be the prince's side concubine, and the concubine can promise her aunt that she will not let Chen'er suffer half of the grievances." The queen held the arm of the Son of Heaven, urgent, but also with a trace of despair.

The third prince just went to a brothel, and the eldest princess didn't want to let Yichen be wronged, let alone be a concubine.

The Son of Heaven was silent, watching the queen's gaze gradually become stern.

"Auntie, although she feels sorry for Chen'er, she is not an unreasonable person, if you want to come to my difficulties, my aunt will definitely be worried, this matter has not yet been settled, you don't have to act rashly. Also, don't say that I didn't remind you, my aunt's temperament is not too good, so this makes Chen'er a concubine, you just talk about it in front of me, if you go around again, it will only be self-defeating and ruin. ”

After speaking, he didn't want to say more to the queen, so he left with his hands down, leaving only one sentence: "Drive Yongning Palace." ”

actually went straight to the place of the concubine......

As the saint went away, the doors of several halls were open, the wind entered, the lamps and candles were warm, the brocade was flying, the phoenix clothes danced slightly, and the beads sounded softly, the queen looked at her lonely and slender shadow, stretched from the soles of her feet, and suddenly smiled, in the empty hall, echoing her voice born from the heart, it seemed to be sad - cool and thin, but cold and thin......

But after all, it can't be hysterical.

After sighing, the queen raised her face high, her steps were still steady, her posture was still dignified, and she left proudly, with the proper posture of the lord of the six palaces.

This night, she did not toss and turn, and even when the second day, the third prince was edicted, the queen no longer had any anxious emotions, she gently looked at this concubine who was not her own child, but had been raised under her knees for many years, the face that seduced all beings, overlapped with the face of a woman in her memory, so that the queen suddenly felt unfathomably happy.

I thought that woman had the unique favor of her husband, and she was jealous of this matter.

But after last night, the queen suddenly woke up to the fact that in that person's heart, the affection for that woman was nothing more than that, their son missed the Su family so much, but as the king of a country, he was unwilling to satisfy the woman's only bloodline left in the world, such a trivial wish.

Coolness may be the innate and indispensable posture of the Son of Heaven, and it is the same for anyone.

The queen's sudden compassionate gaze made a chill rise up the back of the third prince, and the two clear and beautiful brows like smoke willows couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Haoxi, the queen mother is powerless." The queen sighed: "Your father, I don't want to embarrass the elders for you, you still forget Chen'er." ”

seems to be really a loving mother, because she has failed her son's expectations, the queen is full of helpless sentimentality.

This "evil consumption" should not have been expected by the third prince, but when he heard it at this time, he was not as depressed as he imagined, but at this time, he should be depressed, and it is the attitude of losing a good fate that will make the queen love and not become an embarrassment of a one-man show.

The third prince lowered his eyes weakly, struggled hard, and when his eyes were moistened, he knelt on the ground and begged on his back: "Queen Mother, the son swears to marry the daughter of the Su family, and he will never give up, Queen Mother, please ......."

"Don't be willful." The queen picked up the third prince, seemed to hesitate slightly, and took him into her arms, she seemed to be moved by her kindness, and she didn't notice that the third prince's body suddenly stiffened.

Acting to this point, it is really not easy for both parties.

"I've always known what you think about Chen'er, but there's really no way, your aunt and grandmother...... There is a difference between intimacy and alienation, in your aunt's grandmother's heart, or Chen'er's life, who let you make this child, one step wrong......" The queen half-hugged her concubine, knowing that he couldn't see her own expression, so she was kind, and her eyes were cold: "Huang's five mothers are the concubines of Jianning, with noble birth and talents, but they can be the princesses, and the queen mother is willing to ask for it for my son, and the saint should not refuse." ”

The queen's thinking was very clear, and seeing that the third prince and Yichen were hopeless, she began to take the next step - the attitude of the saint has been clear, but I am afraid that this time she can only let the Chen family's slut choose a cheap, but fortunately, she has two preparations, so she has to try her best to promote the marriage between the Zhen family and the Weiguo Mansion. Although Yichen has become the fourth princess, as long as Su Xun marries the daughter of the Zhen family, the prince can still fight for the help of the Weiguo Mansion, as for the third prince...... The queen didn't want him to marry the daughter of the powerful, but it was just because of the tug-of-war with the Chen family, and she had no choice but to fight for the Su daughter for him, but now it has become such a situation, but the queen is unwilling to let the three princes marry the daughter of the Jin family and the daughter of the Qin family as concubines.

The left and right phases are like fire and water, it is very unpredictable who loses and who wins, and the two are different from Wei Guogong, they are both ambitious people, if they let their daughter be the third princess, they may not be able to provoke the three princes to fight for the throne and become enemies with the prince.

Although Jianning Hou is a noble and a former dynasty family, but at the moment his power is not as good as before, he can only rely on the in-laws of the Weiguo Mansion, and even if the three princes get Jianning Houfu as a foreign family, they are not afraid.

More importantly, if the third prince marries the daughter of the Huang family, it can be regarded as having a relationship with the Weiguo Mansion, which is conducive to the prince's momentum.

The third prince listened to the queen's words, and his heart was cold: this is his familiar mother-in-law, no wonder he is so kind today, it turns out that he has a new plan.

But he was still silent for a while, and sighed sullenly: "I can't be a beautiful woman in my heart, and all the women in the world are average, but my son is the queen mother." ”

persuaded the third prince, the queen was a little happy, and patted the concubine on the shoulder with a "kiss": "Haoxi can be so reasonable, and it is not in vain that I have taught for many years." ”

Naturally, I didn't notice that in the slightly drooping eyelids of the third prince, a cold banter swept by.

After sending the three princes, the queen followed and sent another edict to the crown princess, of course, repeatedly emphasizing that she should be asked to plan carefully, and no matter what, she must promote the relationship between Zhen Mo and Su Xun. The crown princess was naturally very anxious, it turned out that she had already met Mrs. Zhen, and learned that the eldest princess had politely refused the marriage in person, and the implication was that she seemed to have reached an agreement with the Dong family, and was about to tell the queen about it, but she heard the queen say something from Su Yan.

"The maid of the East Palace, don't think that if I don't speak, I don't know what's going on."

The crown princess was awe-inspiring.

At this time, the queen did not have the kind eyes when facing the third prince at all, and only looked at the crown princess coldly: "The two side concubines in the East Palace have had miscarriages and injured their bodies, such a coincidence, what explanation do you have?" ”

Naturally, the crown princess couldn't say anything to explain.

"I know your difficulty, it's nothing more than that you don't want others to give birth to a concubine, for fear that you won't be able to gain a foothold in the East Palace...... But it's been the sixth year since you married the prince, but the prince still doesn't have half an heir under his knees, do you know that the East Palace has no queen, which will cause those who have ill intentions to make waves? ”

The crown princess lowered her eyes silently, her silver teeth gradually clenched, and a fishy sweetness filled her mouth.

"This time, the saint intends to give the prince another side concubine, as the second mother of the Zhuo family of Shangshu Mansion, I don't want to, after a year and a half, I heard about the miscarriage of the side concubine of the East Palace!"

The crown princess could no longer tell the eldest princess about her refusal to marry.

The queen's attitude is very obvious, her forbearance has come to an end, just in this year and a half, if she can't marry the Weiguo Mansion and can't get pregnant, she must accept to let other women give birth to blood for the prince.

She never wanted to compete with those women for favor, and spent her limited mind on those boring competitions, men's affection has always been like a spring flower, and she has wasted all her thoughts to grab it, but it is not worth three days and two nights, only the name is the foundation of the foothold, and this position is naturally inseparable from the heirs to consolidate.

Therefore, she doesn't need any mountain alliances, sweet words, gentle affection, all she wants is the eldest son who will inherit the country in the future!

How many beautiful concubines and maids he has, she can tolerate it, but she must not tolerate it, those women spread out before her, let the concubine grow!

Under the cold gaze of the queen, the crown princess gradually clenched her palms and was determined.

If the affairs of the heirs depend on the will of heaven, then she must be able to grasp the things firmly between her fingers.