It is suspected to be in the territory of Nan'an near the Ulan country.

"So the emperor wants to tell the concubine that you and Song Zhaoyi are here to discuss the matter of the mountains and rivers?"

Seeing Duan Jingyan's face, Jiang Yao asked tentatively, but with three points of truth and seven points of falsehood.

Hearing Jiang Yao's nervous and trembling voice, Duan Jingyan hugged Jiang Yao tighter.

"Concubine Ai, do you know that if I send someone to Nan'anguo, I will need another person besides the military general General Liang?"

Jiang Yao pouted: "The emperor should just say it, the concubine is just a concubine, where else do you need here, even the ministers and concubines above the court don't know a few." ”

Seeing her so real, Duan Jingyan laughed slightly.

"That person is Zhao Wenguang's disciple, and Zhao Wenguang, needless to say, the concubine also knows, is the father of the queen of the dynasty."

"If he is really needed, then he is likely to let me use the conditions of the queen's ban in exchange, and the most suitable person who can contain Zhao Wenguang is the Song family, except for Su Lie."

Hearing this, Jiang Yao still didn't understand that Song Zhaoyi's affection was completely related to the Song family.

pampered Song Zhaoyi to show his favor, the purpose is to make the Song family die for him?

I have to say that at this time, Jiang Yao realized what it means to be an emperor's mind.

The art of checks and balances, mutual checks and balances between courtiers, mutual checks and balances between palace concubines, and even mutual checks and balances between courtiers and palace concubines.

And the greatest beneficiary is always the emperor who watches from afar.

Jiang Yao admitted that from the imperial level, Duan Jingyan was a very good emperor.

But if he looks at it as a husband, he can't give Jiang Yao the sense of security she wants.

Fortunately, Jiang Yao gradually got along with him, gradually making him recognize his thoughts and behaviors, making him feel that he was an infatuated woman who was the only one in his eyes.

At the same time, he also has some of his own careful thoughts and cleverness, so that Duan Jingyan is constantly full of novelty and desire to explore while getting her.

In this way, he can rest assured that he will hand over the power of the harem to her, and he will carry her out to become a check and balance among the palace concubines.

"The concubine understands, the emperor can rest assured, the concubine will definitely help the emperor deal with the chores of the harem, and don't let these messy things hinder the emperor's affairs."

"I know that Concubine Ai has always understood me best."

Halfway apart from Duan Jingyan, Jiang Yao walked on the way back to the palace, carefully calculating today's matter, which seemed to be a very simple solution, almost an oolong, but Jiang Yao always faintly felt that there was something different.

And what is that mountain and river map, it is worth Duan Jingyan to make such a sacrifice and snatch it.

lamented, although it seems that Song Zhaoyi is the biggest beneficiary today, she has also gained two enemies.

Jiang Yao would not be narcissistic to think that Duan Jingyan was raising Song Zhaoyi to share the hatred value for her, but Liu Chongyi was not stupid, how could she be designed so easily?

That's the second-class palace maid next to her, I'm afraid the general conditions can't impress her, right?

And those who can do this, I'm afraid that either they have roots in the palace, or they are strong outsiders.

But the strongest outsider is not the queen of the dynasty, but she is still confined in the Zhaoren Palace, how can she go to such great lengths for a mere Song Zhaoyi?

Then there is the Song family, but Song Zhaoyi doesn't need to design herself, if such a big sacrifice is only a few rewards, it will be too worthless.

Jiang Yao's eyes flashed with deep thought, and then his face became stiff, thinking carefully about this detail, is this really the case?

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Jiang Yao's face was wrong, Yun Sleeve hurriedly asked.

Shaking her head slightly, with a smile hooked at the corner of her mouth, Jiang Yao gave her a reassuring look.

When she returned to Sui'an Palace, Jiang Yao fiddled with the vegetation on the windowsill, but she sighed in her heart.

Duan Jingyan, you have a really good time.

From this point of view, the people who have been calculated have always been concubines, and they thought they already knew something about you, but now it seems that they are less than one-ten-thousandth of you.

It turns out that what you fought was never a plan to kill two birds with one stone, really, ten thousand arrows at once!

After this incident of Song Zhaoyi, everyone in the harem seemed to have received new inspiration.

First Cui Yixue prayed in the garden, and then Qian Yingying pretended to fall down in the garden, and these women's methods were endless.

And the most calm among them are Wang Xunzhen and Zhao Guifei.

Since the queen was confined, Zhao Guifei began to ignore the affairs in the palace, and only served the emperor wholeheartedly.

turned out to be the second favored woman besides Jiang Yao.

At this time, in the Xiang'an Palace, the emperor was playing chess with the Queen Mother at this time, and the two of them came and went, but there was no softness.

"The affairs of the Zhao family, can the emperor handle it?"

The Queen Mother played a chess game and asked casually.

"The queen mother can rest assured that it has been handled safely."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly: "Well, but the girl in Yi'er is simple-hearted, and recently I saw that the emperor loved this girl a little more, and the mourning family was happy." ”

"Born in the Song family, it is her luck, but it is also her misfortune, the mourning family only hopes that the emperor will not embarrass her too much in the future, if Yi'er really makes a big mistake one day, the emperor will see the face of the mourning family and let her go."

Hearing what the Queen Mother said, Duan Jingyan also stopped putting the chess pieces and said with a straight face: "What is the queen mother talking nonsense, if you want to protect Song Zhaoyi, you will protect yourself, the emperor worries about so many things every day, how can he take care of everything." ”

Seeing Duan Jingyan say this, the Queen Mother sighed, but there was no disappointment in her eyes but there was relief.

She knew that her emperor wanted her to live a few more days with some concerns.

That's it, the left and right are fine now, so she won't mention these things.

"Speaking of which, this concubine is lucky, she was the first to give birth to a prince, and she can still be loved by you, so it seems that she has a bit of fate with you."

In the chess game, the Queen Mother's decline has been revealed, Duan Jingyan raised his eyebrows, he has always been indifferent and suspicious, but he is concerned about Jiang Yao's affairs.

"Mother, you lost."

Looking at the one-sided chessboard, the Queen Mother glanced at Duan Jingyan with some complaints: "Playing chess with you is the most boring." ”

Duan Jingyan silently cleaned up the chessboard and smiled slightly.

All say old children, I didn't expect this sentence to be true, today's queen mother is not like this, she likes to play chess, but she doesn't like others to deliberately lose to her.

And she lost herself but her face was ugly, and there were once concubines who wanted to please her by playing chess, but they were all disliked by the Queen Mother.

Now it seems that his biological son is also disliked.

"From the perspective of the mourning family, Concubine Shu is suitable to play chess with the mourning family, but unfortunately since she is in charge of palace affairs, she has very little time to play chess with the mourning family."

seemed to think of something, and the queen mother's eyes flashed with joy: "But the eldest prince is really a likable, and the mourning family looks much more lovely than when you were a child." ”

"If the queen mother likes it, let Aunt Wenqin bring the eldest prince tomorrow, and the child will like you too."

"I'm his own grandmother, so naturally I want to like me."

Looking at the queen mother's arrogant appearance, Duan Jingyan didn't refute anything, but asked with a smile: "Does the queen mother want another plate?" ”

The Queen Mother glared at him unhappily: "Don't play, this never lets the mourning family win, what's the point of playing." ”

Duan Jingyan didn't reply, just laughed with the Queen Mother, he knew in his heart that the Queen Mother was unhappy after losing.

But if he doesn't win, I'm afraid he will be even more unhappy in his heart, and I still remember that Liu Chongyi was reprimanded after playing with the Queen Mother once, but isn't it because she deliberately lost.

Seeing that the Queen Mother and Duan Jingyan were no longer playing chess, someone immediately cleaned their hands for the two.

Duan Jingyan's face was calm, and he seemed to speak casually: "Queen Mother, Imperial Brother, I'm coming back." ”

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, and looked at Duan Jingyan in some surprise, as if she didn't expect him to talk about it with her.

"Emperor, you ......"

Duan Jingyan looked up at the Queen Mother with a smile: "He is my imperial brother after all, he has protected me since he was a child, how can I guard against him?" ”