Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

Wan Zhen'er, the personal maid of the Empress Dowager Sun, held a bowl of rice porridge and a few side dishes, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Empress Dowager, just take a bite!" ”

Since learning that the emperor went deep into the grassland alone, the Empress Dowager Sun didn't think about tea every day, didn't want to eat, just sat in a daze, sighing.

In just a few days, the person has lost a lot of weight, and if he continues like this, I am afraid that he will fall ill.

"Let's put it down!" Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand and suddenly asked, "Zhen'er, how long have you been in the palace?" ”

Wan Zhen'er somehow replied truthfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, the slave maid entered the palace at the age of four, and it has been fifteen years!" ”

"Fifteen years is not short, you are most familiar with the situation in the palace, now that the emperor has not returned from the Northern Expedition, there have been many voices in the court, what do you think about this?"

Wan Zhen'er knelt down and said cautiously: "The slave doesn't dare to say anything!" ”

Empress Dowager Sun forcibly squeezed out a smile on her gloomy face, and said: "There are no outsiders here, if you have any ideas, just say it, the mourning family will not blame you." ”

"Slave, slave......"

"The mourning family needs someone to speak, what do you think, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Wan Zhen'er knows that the current situation of the Empress Dowager Sun is not optimistic, and over the years, she has observed her words and expressions in the harem, and she knows the Empress Dowager Sun's thoughts best.

Sometimes, there are some things that need to be said by others when it is inconvenient for the master to speak.

"The slave maid thinks that if you want to stabilize the situation, you must make a decision immediately, and issue an edict to establish the current prince as the crown prince and take the position of the prince!"

Hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed in Empress Dowager Sun's eyes, and she immediately became dim again.

"However, the edict sent back by the emperor is very clear, it is King Yu who succeeded to the throne."

"The emperor only said that King Yu would succeed to the throne, but he didn't say who the prince was going to appoint!" Wan Zhen'er froze and continued, "What's more, in the emperor's edict, it says Ruo...... If ......"

In the second half of the sentence, Rao is she has a great relationship with the Empress Dowager Sun, but she doesn't dare to say it.

Empress Dowager Sun was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Yu Qian, the left attendant of the Xuanbing Department, has entered the palace!" ”

The six yamen are located on both sides of the thousand-step corridor outside the Daming gate, and the outside of the east wall is the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Zongren Mansion, the Qintianjian and other civilian official offices, and the outside of the west wall is the military yamen of the five armies, the military department, the criminal department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, etc.

Yu Qian was on duty at the Yamen of the Ministry of War at this time, and when he received a summons, he immediately hurried into the palace.

"Subordinate Yuqian pays a visit to the Queen Mother, and wishes the Niangniang a thousand years of life and a long life!"

"Longevity without borders?" Empress Dowager Sun smiled bitterly and said, "Yu Qian, when did you learn to say these flattering words?" ”

Yu Qian glanced up, although Empress Dowager Sun looked unfazed, she couldn't hide the haggard on her face.

Since the orthodox emperor's personal conquest, Empress Dowager Sun has been frightened in the harem every day, and her soul is not guarded.

Knowing that the emperor was trapped in the civil fort, he washed his face with tears every day, and even secretly packed all the gold and silver in the harem in case of emergency.

Finally, good news came from the front, and the emperor personally led the army to break through the siege and fight all the way back to Badaling.

Just when everyone was rejoicing, news came from the front again, the emperor led 3,000 cavalry into the desert, and there has been no news so far.

It's hard to imagine what kind of life the Empress Dowager Sun has been these days, he is the Queen Mother, but also a mother, her son's life and death are uncertain, and the empty dragon chair has already been coveted by others.

If the emperor encounters an accident and succeeds to the throne according to the edict sent back from the front, then everything about the orthodox emperor will be erased and drowned in the long river of history.

The mother of Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, is Concubine Wu Xian, and when the time comes, the queen mother will be in name only.

Thinking of this, Yu Qian secretly sighed in his heart and said, "It's not that the minister is deliberately flattering, it's just that the current situation is ...... I also hope that the Queen Mother will take care of the phoenix! ”

Empress Dowager Sun said: "Yu Qian, the first emperor treated you well, but now the emperor is alone in the desert, life and death are uncertain, you are in charge of the military department, why don't you send troops to respond?" ”

"Panic!" Yu Qian said truthfully, "The emperor personally conquered Wara and took away all the main forces of the Beijing camp, if he sent more troops, he could only mobilize people from Shandong, Nanjing and other places, and the army would not be able to move the army overnight, and such a large-scale transfer of troops would require the cabinet and the ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss before making a decision, and the ministers did not dare to make a rash decision!" ”

"Don't you dare?" Empress Dowager Sun sneered, "When the emperor decided to go on a personal expedition, how dare you accuse the emperor in front of the Manchu civil and military forces?" In this world, are there still things you Yu Qian dare not do? ”

Yu Qian immediately leaned down and knelt on the ground and said: "The minister is the society of the country, and he is dead!" ”

"Get up!" Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand and said, "The mourning family summoned you here, not for you to die, now that the emperor is alone in the desert, life and death are unknown, what are your plans?" ”

Yu Qian got up and said, "The minister has no plan!" ”

"Then the mourning family asked a different question!" Empress Dowager Sun looked at him and said coldly: "Someone in the court proposes to set up a new monarch, isn't it you?" ”

Poof!

Yu Qian knelt down again, bowed his head and said: "Please let the Queen Mother know clearly, the minister has no second heart for the emperor!" ”

"Really?"

"Absolutely not!"

"The emperor's holy decree makes it clear, if you die on the battlefield and order King Yu to succeed to the throne, don't you plan to make some preparations in advance, this is from the dragon's work!"

"If the queen mother doesn't trust the minister, the minister is willing to die to prove her innocence!"

Empress Dowager Sun's tone softened a little, and said: "The mourning family said, I didn't call you here this time to let you die, don't you want to prove your innocence?" Well, now that the storage position is empty, the mourning family wants to make the prince the prince and take the position of the prince, what do you think? ”

"Minister, minister......"

Yu Qian suddenly reacted and did it for a long time, just for this?

Do you want to set up a prince and say it earlier, as for doing this?

"The minister thinks that it is a wise move to establish a prince at this time to help stabilize the morale of the army!"

"Oh?"

Empress Dowager Sun was a little surprised, when the orthodox emperor drove the expedition in person, Yu Qian's opposition was the loudest, and now that the emperor has not returned, rumors are flowing in the court, and I thought that this guy was secretly making trouble, but I didn't expect that he agreed so simply.

On second thought, it can't be fooling yourself, right?

On the surface, he promised to set up a prince, and behind his back, he supported the king of Yu, and when the new monarch ascended the throne one day, the title of this prince is not abolished!

"You're not against it?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence stunned Yu Qianwen.

"Minister...... Why opposition? ”

Empress Dowager Sun said again: "The mourning family asks you, who are the people in the court who spread rumors, do you know?" ”

"What the Queen Mother said is ......" Yu Qian thought for a while and said, "What about His Royal Highness King Yu?" ”

Empress Dowager Sun nodded with a straight face and did not speak.

Yu Qian calmed down and said, "The Queen Mother can rest assured, these rumors will disappear in a few days." ”