"Now that the situation is getting more and more tense, I advised the prince to make plans early, but the prince refused to listen. He is willing to listen to the girl's words, why don't you advise me? Li Qidao.

"Persuade what? What do you want your father to do? Huan Ci looked at him suspiciously.

I don't blame her for being so careful, it's really this person who doesn't look good.

Li Qiwei laughed: "The girl doesn't have to doubt me so much, after these few months, I have figured out when it is time to retrigue, it is better to think about the way to retreat." Now that the royal people are fighting hotly, is it a good time for us to sneak attack? ”

"Which one to sneak up on?" Huan Ci frowned.

"Naturally, it's Yingdu. Now is a critical juncture, and Zong Zhengche has suffered a great setback. Zong Zhenglu must take advantage of the victory to pursue, and if he is taken by surprise at this time, I don't believe that he is willing to give up the fat of Zong Zhengche. But if he is willing, the other party has a chance to survive, which is a good thing for us. It's better to stand on three legs than to torture them in two. ”

Huan Ci and his father glanced at each other, and they were inevitably a little shaken. Li Qi is reasonable, but his father made a move at this time, which was to clearly reject the conditions of Zongzheng Law, but if he couldn't beat it, he would be sent to death. If my father doesn't surrender, sooner or later I will have to fight with the court.

Huan Ci only felt a headache, and his heart was in a mess. My father always cared about the people, so he didn't want to fight, and she didn't want to fight in her heart, after all, no one likes war, and she didn't want to stand opposite him.

But why should you let your father blindly back down? If it weren't for the court's compulsion, my father would not have come to this point.

"Daddy, my daughter doesn't understand this matter, you just make your own decision." She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled at Huan Yuan, "I'll go back first." ”

"Come on, send the county lord back to the house." Huan Yuan knocked lightly on the tea table, glanced at Huan Ci lightly, and instructed his subordinates, "If you let her run away again, I will ask you." ”

"No." The maid looked at Huan Ci timidly.

No one in the Manchu Mansion can control her, and the prince has given her this important task, which is really a headache for her.

However, Huan Ci was so sad that he had already forgotten what he was going to do. By mistake, she suddenly felt that she had come back at the right time, if it was a few days late, Zong Zhengche was completely defeated, I am afraid that she would be hindered if she wanted to come back.

"Daddy, don't worry, I won't drag you down." Huan Ci raised the corners of his mouth towards his father.

Staring at his daughter's distant back, Huan Yuan suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness. What has he given his daughter all these years? He only has one relative in this world, his daughter, so he naturally wants to give her the best. But now in this situation, if he loses, how can he protect his daughter?

"Li Qi, you let me think about it again." He stroked his beard and looked down in contemplation, so he couldn't see the disgust that flashed in Li Qi's eyes.

After coming out of her father's courtyard, Huan Ci followed her by the little maid inch by inch, thinking carefully about her father's words. When I walked behind a rockery, I suddenly heard two people talking above, mentioning Li Qi in their words.

Huan Ci hurriedly signaled the little maid not to make a sound, and she herself stood in place and eavesdropped on the people on the rockery.

"Is it possible? One is the queen mother, the other is a eunuch, will there be such a thing? ”

"How not? The deep palace was lonely, and the group of eunuchs looked for more suitable food. Li Qi has been in the palace for so many years, is he just a pure-hearted person with few desires? ”

"But even if he wants to find it, how can the Queen Mother take a fancy to him?"

"I think he is ambitious, and he is not bad-looking, so it is his blessing to be regarded by the Queen Mother."

"Will it? The Queen Mother is at least ten years older than him, and he is willing to do such a thing? ”

"You fool, for the sake of the future, what is ten years older? I deliver meals to the Queen Mother every day, although I haven't seen it, I can also feel the cattiness between the two. I really can't believe that there will be such a thing. You said that Gonggong Li ran out with the Queen Mother, and she threatened the prince, but now it is not good to eat and drink for her. ”

"It's really strange that you say this, will it be calculated from the beginning? The Queen Mother was tired of the days in the palace, so she begged Gonggong Li to take her out. ”

"Will it? Who would let the days of glory and wealth pass and run away as a hostage? But I can't say it well. ”

"Sister, could it be that you want to fork in? If that's the case, don't you see the prince in charge? ”

"Where does the prince know about them? That is, I serve the Queen Mother every day, so I can see it. Alas! I don't know when this day will be the beginning, and I will serve such a master, what will I do in the future? ”

The Queen Mother and Li Qi? Could there be such a thing?

Huan Ci looked at the little maid behind him suspiciously, seeing that she was only eleven or twelve years old, and was blinking at her with big eyes at this time, he knew that she might not fully understand.

The little maid was mistaken, and was about to go around to the rockery to scold the two, when she suddenly heard someone speak before her.

"Little hooves, what are you hiding here, the work is done?"

"I don't have any work today, and my mother didn't say let's rest for a while."

"How could it be that you didn't live? The county lord has just come back today, and everyone is busy tidying up the yard and preparing dinner, and you two little hooves are idle here. Let people see it, and they should say that I don't care about you. ”

"Who told you to always be with them, and as a result, I was assigned such an errand."

The three of them talked as they walked, and gradually the voices became farther and farther away.

After not hearing their movements at all, Huan Ci looked back at the little maid: "Do you know where the Queen Mother is?" ”

"It's in the Orchid Garden in the northeast corner."

"What about Grandpa Li? Do you still live here? ”

"Stay there. It's still in the courtyard next to the Orchid Garden. ”

Is that so? Huan Ci frowned slightly, and he already had a plan in his heart.

In her small courtyard, Ah Yao was leading everyone to clean up, and greeted Huan Ci as soon as she saw her come in.

This time, Zhao Qing also followed her back to Daizhou, and now he is standing at the door staring at her and smiling. After Huan Ci sent the little maid away, he hurriedly led the two into the back room.

"Let's eat quickly, and you can follow me out after eating."

"Girl, you don't want to run again, do you? I heard that the prince has arranged guards at the second gate and the back door, and I'm afraid it won't be so easy to go this time. ”

"You girl, am I that kind of person?" Huan Ci muttered depressedly. She looked at the closed door, beckoned the two of them to stretch out their ears, and whispered, "Let's go see the Queen Mother later." ”

"See what she's doing?" Ah Yao was really puzzled.

Huan Ci sighed lightly: "I think something is very strange, so I want to investigate." The two of you will accompany me for a while, especially Zhao Qing, you know more about men and women than Ah Yao, and you will definitely observe her expression carefully later to see if there are any clues. ”

"Don't worry!" Zhao Qing nodded confidently.

"What about me?" Yao asked.

Huan Ci smiled and pinched her face: "You can get along with anyone." Later, you will pull the maid next to the Queen Mother to talk, one is not to make her suspicious, and the other is not to be able to say something. ”

"I can do this." A-Yao grinned and smirked.

Huan Ci was amused by her and shook his head helplessly.

After the tea and dinner were full, the three of them went to Orchid Garden together. The guards standing at the door saw Huan Qi coming over and looked at each other, hesitated for a moment and then opened the door for her.

The place where they live now is the palace of Emperor Wu here back then, which is no worse than their father's mansion in Bingzhou, but it is worse than the palace. But when he entered the Orchid Garden, Huan Ci was stunned by the situation in front of him.

All the utensils here are the best, the charcoal in the house is more than the one in her room, and even the tea she drinks is of the highest quality, which shows that the Queen Mother is indeed not wronged here.

"Who am I, it turns out to be my good granddaughter-in-law." Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the east.

Huan Ci smiled and looked back at the woman, it was the Queen Mother who had not been seen for a long time. The woman's complexion looked more ruddy than in the palace, but the few strands of white hair on her temples were more obvious than before.

"The Queen Mother is fine." She greeted the Queen Mother with a smile.

The Queen Mother snorted lightly: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, I don't know why you came to the mourning family today?" ”

"Not for any reason, just to see you." Huan Ci chuckled.

She didn't have any feelings for the Queen Mother, and Huan Ci felt that she should not have known Zong Zhengche's plan at that time, otherwise she would not be in a hurry to tear her face with Zong Zhengyuan.

"When I was in the palace, I bothered to take care of the Queen Mother, but I just returned the favor of the old man." She raised her chin slightly and motioned for Zhao Qing to put the supplements she brought on the table, with a bright smile on her face, "Besides, you and I almost became a family, which shows that we still have some fate." ”

Catching a glimpse of the Queen Mother's indifferent expression, she continued: "What's more, you are Tang'er's mother, and I can be regarded as sharing hardships with her, I was arrested by the Yong people in Puzhou at that time, she saved me once, and I am very grateful to her in my heart." ”

Huan Ci was a little moved as he spoke. In fact, she likes Zong Zhengtang from the bottom of her heart, if it weren't for these bad things, she really wanted to make this friend.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Queen Mother would also have red eyes because of these words. She wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "In the life of the mourning family, the most sorry thing is Tang'er." She's my daughter, but I'm—"

Halfway through speaking, the Queen Mother suddenly stopped talking and glanced at her lightly: "In the past three years, she has been devoted to Fu Shen, and she doesn't follow how much I tell her." Don't think I don't know what you and Fu Shen did, I guess Tang'er knows it too. Otherwise, why did she refuse to marry all the time, but after returning from Puzhou, she was willing? ”

Huan Ci squinted at her and silently pondered this. Indeed, after returning from Puzhou, she felt that she was not as close to Zong Zhengtang as before, but at that time she thought that it was because the marriage between the two was approaching and she was so busy that she didn't have time to deal with each other.

"I really didn't expect there to be someone like her in Miyagi. I thought they were all like you, either betraying their wives or their masters. ”

The Queen Mother looked at her deeply, and her face was full of vigilance.

Huan Ci chuckled: "A person like Li Qi can be so ruthless to you after following you for more than ten years, it is hard to guarantee that he will not betray others." ”