In the afternoon of the same day, Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

The Empress Dowager Dou sat on the imperial couch, and together with the pavilion master Liu Concubine beside her, she scattered her concerned eyes to the Tianzi Qi beside her.

At this time, Tianzi Qi was obviously still a little angry, only lowered his head with a gloomy face, and kept rubbing his fingers on the corners of his forehead.

In addition to the three mothers and sons, Wei Qihou Douying, who had just stepped down from the post of general and was reappointed as the crown prince, also sat on the side with thoughts on his face.

From time to time, a trace of entanglement flashed in his eyes, as well as a little hesitation······

"A few years ago, there was an old stubborn cow Shen Tujia, and I was angry that my life span was several years shorter."

"Now there is another Zhou Yafu, who has not yet become the prime minister, so he will start to be angry with me······"

"I think I've lived too long······"

"I think I'm dying too long!!"

After three or two sentences, the anger that Tianzi Qi finally suppressed was only 'poof' and surged above his head!

A low roar full of annoyance also provoked the Empress Dowager Dou beside her to sigh and sigh, groping and patting the back of Tianziqi's hand.

"This week, Yafu, ah······"

"Alas······"

"This is such a personality, and now, there is a Kuangshi martial artist who quelled the rebellion;"

"It's normal to be crazy and arrogant."

"After all, it's a foreign surname, and it's not as good as our own family······"

"—the same goes for your own family!"

Before Empress Dowager Dou's words fell, she saw Tianzi Qi roaring coldly again, holding her forehead with her left hand angrily, and pointing her right hand towards Dou Ying on the side.

"The queen mother asks herself!"

"Ask this Dou Wangsun - what has this family done!"

"Ask the queen mother's nephew, the general of my Han family, Wei Qihou, how he treats the queen mother's grandson!"

"——Ask this prince and princess, how did he treat the prince of my Han family!!"

Without warning, there was another deep sigh, which caused the Empress Dowager Dou to be angry only subconsciously, and also caused Dou Ying to hurriedly lower her head in fright.

When the Empress Dowager Dou came back to her senses, she turned her head thoughtfully, and looked at Dou Ying who had lowered her head with a gloomy face.

"Dou Baby~"

Yin Qi called softly, only to provoke Dou Ying to hurriedly raise his head.

I wanted to change my words, but I finally lowered my head and didn't say a word.

couldn't wait for Dou Ying's reply, and the Empress Dowager Dou turned sideways again, only to see Tianzi Qi beside her, who was already angry and didn't turn her head.

Finally, he looked at Liu Concubine who was standing beside him, and when Liu Concubine shook her head in confusion, the expression on Empress Dowager Dou's face finally went completely dark······

"What the hell is going on?!"

"—I don't want to tell me anything because I'm blind!"

"My grandson, what the hell is wrong!!

The extremely majestic, and inexplicably palpitating cry, only caused the palace people in the palace to bow their heads one after another.

After a long while, it was finally Tianzi Qi who turned sideways irritably and waved his hand to Chun Tuo beside him.

Then, Chun Tuo cautiously turned to the side, bypassed the imperial couch, and walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Dou.

While walking forward, Chun Tuo did not forget to glance at Dou Ying;

On the side of the Empress Dowager Dou, after the position given by the owner of the pavilion, Liu Yan, Chuntuo bowed over, lowered his voice, carefully considered the words, and made a general report to the Empress Dowager Dou about what happened outside the city.

"Today, when the Marquis of Wei Qi and the Marquis of Tiao returned to the court, His Majesty made Gongzi Sheng the main envoy and Gongzi Peng Zu as the deputy envoy to greet His Majesty outside the city."

With a soft voice, Chun Tuo couldn't help but turn his head slightly and glanced at Dou Ying from the corner of his eye.

Seeing that Dou Ying was still bowing his head, Chun Tuo continued: "When I saw Gongzi outside the city, Wei Qihou seemed to be a little ······."

"Uh······"

"Somewhat ·······"

"Some raw points?"

Chun Tuo carefully and carefully thought about the sentence 'some raw points', but he still couldn't stop the Empress Dowager Dou, and instantly understood the truth of the matter.

looked at Dou Ying with a gloomy expression, and was about to speak, but he heard the Tianzi Qi beside him roar in a low voice: "And that bastard, what did he say and what kind of reaction!" ”

"Tell the Queen Mother too!"

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Chun Tuo's face only became more and more cautious.

glanced at Dou Ying carefully, and then hurriedly bowed down his upper body a little more.

"Gongzi said that the Marquis of Tiao and the Marquis of Wei Qi have made great contributions to the society and should receive enough glory."

"For today, what happened outside the city, Childe doesn't mind ······"

"-Gongzi also said that as long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely make a message to His Majesty, asking His Majesty not to be angry with the Marquis of Tiao and Wei Qi because of today's incident."

"Childe said: A person who has made such a contribution to the temple and the society must not be neglected;"

"It is also a ······ that must not be hated because of such a trivial matter"

Syllable!

As soon as Chuntuo's words fell, he saw Tianzi Qi, who was also sitting on the royal couch, only clapped his hands inexplicably!

When Mrs. Dou turned around uncertainly, Tianziqi spread his hands again.

"Now."

"The queen mother will see what she does."

"This General Dou, the child can't take care of it."

"Hey!"

"——The child's 'medie' body of the Son of Heaven, how dare he manage Dou ~ big ~ general ~ military ???"

"What if something happens again, it is not in line with General Dou's wishes, I am afraid that even the child will be killed by General Dou······

With a very sarcastic tone, but he pretended to make a posture of 'I really don't dare to mess with Dou Ying', the Son of Heaven still didn't turn around in the end, and only left an angry back for his mother Dou next to him.

And beside Tianziqi, listening to Tianziqi's sentence of 'General Dou', the already gloomy face of the Empress Dowager Dou became more and more cold······

"Get on your knees!"

"Bastard !!"

Leng Ran scolded lightly, only to provoke Dou Ying to subconsciously kneel to the ground;

reacted, only to realize that he was kneeling on the ground······

got up from the seat with a complicated face, walked to the Empress Dowager Dou, knelt down in a proper manner, and Dou Ying lowered his head again.

At this moment, Dou Ying could no longer see the majesty of his identities such as 'General', 'Marquis of Wei Qi', 'Prince and Taifu'.

Yes, it is just a nephew of a later generation who respectfully kneels and bows his head, waiting for the elders to admonish and reprimand······

"How?"

"My grandson Sheng, is he not worthy of being a student of 'General Dou'?"

"It's still me, a blind old woman, and I can't get into Wei Qihou's eyes???"

"--It's the empress dowager and emperor of my Han family, can't they control the highly meritorious general and the hard-working Marquis of Wei Qi?!"

asked a few questions in a cold voice, but the Empress Dowager Dou still had a calm face, and the sarcasm in her tone was no better than that of the talented Son of Heaven.

And after the Empress Dowager Dou's more heart-wrenching questions, Dou Ying finally made a bitter face, raised his head, and roughly expressed his inner thoughts.

"Minister, ······ guilty"

"It's just that in the past, the minister always thought that the Queen Mother and His Majesty would appoint the eldest son of the emperor as the prince."

"I thought that I would become the teacher of the emperor's eldest son."

"For this reason, the eldest son and I of the emperor have already had a teacher-student relationship earlier, but we have not formally apprenticed."

"Now, such a change has happened, ······"

"The minister really doesn't know how to face Gongzi Sheng;"

"If you are the prince of the prince, I really don't know how to face the eldest son of the emperor in the future, which is now the king of Linjiang······"

Full of calmness and sorrow, Dou Ying did not forget to give a little pause to the Empress Dowager Dou and the Son of Heaven in front of him.

"The minister is not rude to the son because he is proud of his merits, but he really has another trouble."

"Doing such a ridiculous thing really betrays the trust of the Queen Mother and Her Majesty."

"I implore the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to punish me, a vain minister who does not know the dignity of kings and ministers, and there is a difference between the upper and lower levels······"

The accusation with an extremely correct attitude also made Empress Dowager Dou's cold face visibly warm up to the naked eye;

As for Tianzi Qi on the side, although he still turned away, he let out a cold snort, but he was obviously discouraged.

- Even if it is not dissipated, it is no longer because of Dou Ying.

sighed a little embarrassed, turned sideways again, and saw that Tianzi Qi had lost his anger - at least he had lost his anger towards Dou Ying, and the Empress Dowager Dou finally shook her head and sighed, looking at Dou Ying kneeling at her feet.

"This matter, Wang Sun is confused."

"Even if the sky is broken, Wang Sun will definitely not take advantage of it."

"Regardless of the relationship between the prince and the eldest son of the emperor before, and whether they have formal apprenticeship;

"Just one point, Wang Sun, is very wrong······"

"——In the past, Wang Sun was not the crown prince and the prince, the eldest son of the emperor, nor the crown prince."

"Am I right?"

In a relatively peaceful tone, and there is no lack of preaching, she said such a qualitative sentence for this matter, and the Empress Dowager Dou stopped talking.

With a tense face, he leaned over and looked at Dou Ying indifferently.

It wasn't until Dou Ying lowered her head with shame on her face and said softly, 'The Queen Mother taught her a lesson', that the Empress Dowager Dou straightened up, and her face finally warmed up.

Only in the tone, there is still a serious tone that only appears when the elders admonish the juniors.

"In the past, the emperor and I did say through the tone that we wanted to make Wang Sun the crown prince and concubine."

"Just according to the rule of having a grandson and not having a grandson, the prince who becomes the prince should indeed be the eldest son of the emperor."

"—But neither I nor the Emperor issued an edict on either of these things;"

"Since there is no edict, then this is a matter that has not yet been decided."

"The emperor and I haven't decided yet, and Wang Sun has already called himself the 'prince and princess', and he went to talk to the eldest son of the emperor who has not yet been canonized as the prince and prince, and ······ as a teacher and student."

"This, is it appropriate?"

"Wang Sun, are you forcing the two of us?"

"Are you forcing my mother and son to appoint Wang Sun as the crown prince and the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince and prince?"

···

"Now, Wang Sun has also become the crown prince and concubine as I promised the emperor before;"

"It's just that the crown prince, the eldest son of the emperor who has been recognized as the 'best choice' both inside and outside the government and the opposition, has become today's Xiaojiu."

"But is this something that Wang Sun can interfere in?"

"-The identity of a relative, to insert the matter of the prince in the book?"

"Wang Sun, what do you want to do?"

"To be the second Lu Chan and Lu Lu?"

"Or is it the second Bo Zhao?"

···

"The promise of letting Wang Sun be the crown prince and concubine, I and the emperor have kept it."

"But the emperor and I have never promised anyone that the eldest son of the emperor will be canonized as the crown prince."

"Changing Xiao Jiu to be the prince is not the emperor's arbitrary action, but the final decision was made by me and the emperor after repeated discussions."

"—Wang Sun, what should I do?"

"Is it to keep your duty, cherish the glory you have gained, and as the crown prince and princess, you will teach Xiao Jiu and the future prince of Fu to teach well?"

"Or as a 'former general', I forced the queen mother and emperor of my Han family to canonize the prince according to the wishes of Wang Sun and his subordinates and relatives?"

There is no lack of seriousness in peace, there is no lack of gentleness in strength, and it is even more reasonable and well-founded words, and the Empress Dowager Dou lowered her head again.

looked at Dou Ying's eyes, and he clearly wanted to get a satisfactory answer from Dou Ying's mouth.

It is rare for the queen mother to be willing to be reasonable, not to protect her shortcomings in a simple sense, as a younger generation of Dou Ying, she is not a person who can't listen to the admonitions of her elders.

After listening to the admonition of the Empress Dowager Dou seriously, she thought about it carefully, and finally knelt down sincerely and gave another head to the Empress Dowager Dou.

"The Queen Mother's teachings really made the ministers wake up like a dream, and they didn't realize their mistakes earlier."

"Please rest assured, Queen Mother, Your Majesty;"

"When Changle is out, the minister will expose his upper body, carry the thorns, and go to ask Gongzi Sheng for his guilt······"

made another confession with great deference, but it did not make the Empress Dowager Dou nod her head for the first time;

Instead, he turned sideways slightly, looked at the side with a slight tentativeness, and still had Tianzi Qi sulking behind his back.

"What does the Emperor think?"

After this experience, Dou Ying was also disciplined, apologized, and made it clear that he was willing to ask Liu Shengcheng for his guilt';

In addition, the Empress Dowager Dou made peace from it, and the Son of Heaven was angry again, and there was no reason to continue to speak ill of each other.

It's just that when he thinks of the picture he imagined in his mind, and the stubbornness he saw from Zhou Yafu's face in Weiyang Palace just now, Tianziqi is still a little difficult to dissipate.

Seeing that Tianzi Qi was silent for a moment, he took a deep breath, and then turned his body back in anger and glared at Dou Ying viciously.

"Please, a sin of!"

"-How can anyone be a teacher and plead guilty to his own students?!"

"If it is spread outside the palace, the whole Chang'an will say: The prince who I canonized is a person who doesn't even know how to respect the teacher!"

Another scolding made the Empress Dowager Dou on the side smile slightly, but saw the Son of Heaven get up from the couch suddenly, walk to Dou Ying's side, raise the arch of his foot, and kick Dou Ying's ass hard!

"Still thinking about my son!"

With the kick of the Son of Heaven and the last scolding, the gloomy atmosphere in the Changxin Hall finally returned to normal.

When Dou Ying knelt straight again and confessed to the Son of Heaven, the last remaining trace of anger on the face of the Son of Heaven was finally brought back to his heart.

- The Son of Heaven is not angry;

It's just that after calming down, no matter how unreasonable Tianziqi is, he at least knows that the anger in his heart is not caused by Dou Ying.

At the very least, Dou Ying is not the main reason······

"Okay, okay~"

"—this scolded and scolded, kicked and kicked;"

"Emperor, don't be angry anymore."

"After all, no matter what you say, what you really trust is still your own family after all."

"In the future, no matter how important it is, it will always be useful to go to my family's place······

was persuaded by the Empress Dowager Dou for the last time, and then lowered his head and looked at Dou Ying kneeling in front of him, Tianzi Qi finally took a deep breath.

Still with a stiff face, he strode back to the royal couch and sat down, and finally said hardly: "The queen mother has an order, child, naturally I don't dare to disrespect." ”

"-I just don't know if General Dou can listen to the teachings of the queen mother like his son?"

Hearing that Tianzi Qi had already lost his anger, but he still couldn't shake his face, the Empress Dowager Dou also shook her head with a chuckle, and turned sideways with a feigned anger and glared at Dou Ying.

"How dare he?!"

Half joking, and with a slight warning, Dou Ying hurriedly nodded again: "Don't dare, don't dare to ······"

"-Humph!"

With the last cold snort of Tianzi Qi, Dou Ying's matter was finally turned over.

Liu Yan, who was waiting on the side, also said a few witticisms such as 'Brother, don't worry, I'm watching', and Tianziqi's face finally returned to normal.

Seeing that Tianzi Qi was no longer angry, Empress Dowager Dou thought about it for a while, and then she also mentioned it in her heart, and she always wanted to say it, but she really didn't find a chance before.

"Speaking of this guilt~"

"The third child, I also want to come to Chang'an and ask the emperor for guilt······"

The slightly tentative words only caused the brows of the Son of Heaven to frown again.

saw Empress Dowager Dou stretching out her hand with a wry smile, groping for her hand to pull Tianzi Qi's hand, and bowing her head with shame.

"The third child's car has arrived at Hangu Pass······"

"I have also sent someone to Hangu to pick up the third child."

"—after all, he is also the sibling of the emperor's mother."

"Even if it's for my sake, emperor, don't blame the third child anymore······"

"Just this once;"

"In the future, if there is any irregularity in the third child, the emperor will not do it."

"I'll teach him a lesson myself······"

cautious, with a faint pleading, only made Tianzi Qi feel a burst of fire inexplicably.

After taking several deep breaths in a row, he finally calmed down, but he heard the Son of Heaven answer the question: "The matter of the establishment of the prince has been delayed for a long time. ”

"First of all, we must abolish Queen Bo, and then we will canonize Jia Ji as the queen, and finally, we will canonize that bastard as the prince of the prince."

"——This pile, one by one, is all related to the temple, the community, the need to worship the ancestors to the temple, and these things, there will be a long time apart······"

The words with a little deep meaning also made the Empress Dowager Dou suddenly understand, and she nodded slowly without thinking.

"I understand what the emperor means······"

"The edict of the abolished queen has been prepared."

"Just wait for the emperor to see it, and then you can send it to the queen."

"—I thought, after all, it's not a glorious thing, so don't make a big fuss."

"Quietly send the edict, and then let the queen move to the north palace where Empress Xiaohui Zhang once lived."

"It can be regarded as leaving a little more dignity for the queen and the empress dowager first······"

got the vague promise of the Empress Dowager Dou, and the Son of Heaven finally nodded.

From beginning to end, neither mother nor son mentioned a single word of 'no longer establishing King Liang as the prince';

But between the vague words, they have already reached a compromise.

- The assassination of the courtiers by Liu Wu, the king of Liang, is no longer pursued by the Son of Heaven;

In exchange, the Empress Dowager Dou no longer mentioned the matter of 'the prince's brother'.

A big stone fell to the ground in his heart, and the Son of Heaven Qizong was still haunted by the previous and Zhou Yafu's attitude towards himself, and he also felt a little happy for a while.

But before Tianziqi could speak, he said the sentence 'Then let the third child come to Chang'an', a news without warning once again disrupted Tianziqi's plan.

"Queen Mother~~~~"

"Queen Mother ······"

"Queen Mother!"

A voice from far to near, from low to high, came from outside the hall, which only caused the Empress Dowager Dou, Tianzi Qi, Dou Ying, and Liu Concubine in the hall to frown together.

When the initiator of the voice walked into the hall breathlessly, the faces of the Empress Dowager Dou and Liu Xuan's mother and daughter changed again······

"You!"

"How did you come back by yourself?!"

"-Where's King Liang!!"

"What about my son Liu Wu!!!!!"

(End of chapter)