Chapter 272: The Queen Mother's Conspiracy
Listening to He Yujin's question, Ji Changye replied, "It's nothing, it may be that I am a little tired from coming back from the imperial capital all the way. Is there anything going on with the two of you? Or did Song Niangzi encounter something?" Saying this, he looked worried, eagerly waiting for the answer of the two people, after all, he hadn't seen Song Qian today, and he didn't know where his whereabouts were, so he was very worried.
He Yujin shook his head and replied, "It's nothing. Song Niangzi is in the east of the city and the doctor is giving those people who have drunk medicine, and the people who are about the same as good are taking the pulse to see a doctor, and they are too busy for a while, so let us come back and tell you don't worry. This ninth brother is also really, he said not to come back in such a hurry, his illness has not yet healed, and it is not impossible to recuperate in the imperial capital for a while, but he didn't listen, so he had to take a carriage to come back." He sighed helplessly.
Ji Changye looked at him and didn't tell He Yujin what happened from here just now, because he had a good relationship with Ji Qimu since he was a child, if he knew that Ji Qimu was thinking like this, he would definitely be extremely disappointed, so he changed the topic and said, "In this case, let's rush to help Song Niangzi and them, otherwise they won't be able to keep themselves busy."
"Alright, let's go." After talking to Yujin, the three of them went.
Maybe it was because of Ji Changye's words, so during the time that Ji Qirui thought about it behind closed doors, Ji Qimu didn't take any action, but really realized his mistake.
This is also one thing that makes Ji Changye particularly pleased, after all, this is also invisibly picking up a life for Ji Qimu, after all, the prince and his party can exonerate Ji Qirui, and let people replace him seamlessly, it is easy to solve him in such a remote place, so at this time, Ji Qimu can avoid this catastrophe without swaggering through the market.
But Xiao Xirou, who was far away in the imperial capital, learned from the eyeliner next to them who was sent to Ji Changye that Ji Qimu had already looked for Ji Changye, and knew that the two of them must have discussed something about Ji Qirui.
Knowing that he couldn't sit still, so that Ji Qirui's position as the crown prince was not guaranteed, he had to do everything possible to get rid of Ji Qimu and Ji Changye, who were in the way, but he couldn't do it blatantly, so he wanted to go to the queen mother to blow the wind in his ears and secretly use some means.
So she came to the palace to visit the queen mother in shock,
Looking at the pretentious appearance, the Queen Mother waved her hand to drive everyone away, and asked straight to the point: "Anyway, what is the matter with coming to the mourning family?" You're a rare guest, and you've come suddenly to surprise the mourners." The implication was that she wouldn't come unless she had something to ask him for.
Hearing that this was a little blameful, Xiao Xirou hurriedly denied with a smile, "What is the queen mother talking about? The concubine, who is a daughter-in-law, should do her filial piety, but she stumbled on helping His Majesty draft a few days ago, so she didn't come to take care of you, don't misunderstand the concubine." As she spoke, she poured tea and fruit to the Queen Mother who sat down.
Xiao Xirou herself didn't know that as the only daughter of the Xiao family and the queen of the world, she was afraid that this unarmed old lady was already in the past, so every time she looked at him, she shocked herself. But now that he has something important to ask him, if he doesn't show closer, I'm afraid the queen mother will not agree.
The Queen Mother looked her up and down as she took the hot tea, and she didn't want to pretend to her, so she directly debunked: "Okay, don't you know your careful thoughts? If there is nothing to do, how can anyone come to see the mourning family? Anyway, isn't it the prince's business?" Although she lives in the harem, she knows everything that happened in the previous dynasty and the place of exile, and naturally she also knows about Ji Qirui and Ji Qimu.
Xiao Xirou saw that the Queen Mother had already gotten to the point, so she stopped beating around the bush and said bluntly: "Yes, please also ask the Queen Mother that you can help the prince, the prince was wronged, and this matter has nothing to do with him. The Nine Emperor Princes came to slander the prince in an unknown way, and their hearts are unpredictable." Anyway, the Queen Mother didn't know what was going on, so she reversed black and white and blamed all the fault on Ji Qimu, and said it for Ji Qirui.
The Queen Mother looked her up and down suspiciously, and said without disbelief: "Is it the Nine Emperor Princes who slandered the Crown Prince? Where do you know that? What is the evidence? Do you know how much of a sin it is for the people of the harem to interfere in politics? Even if Your Majesty doesn't say anything, aren't you afraid that he will dislike you in your heart? The mourning family knows that the prince is yours
Biological flesh and blood, which mother in this world does not feel sorry for her children? But everything pays attention to evidence, and this time it is indiscriminate, and there is no queen at all."
"The concubines know that they are so wrong, but what they have done is too excessive, and the concubines really can't bear the prince being bullied by the Nine Emperor Princes and the Prince Regent, so they have no choice but to come to you. I also hope that you can give the prince a clear name." After that, Xiao Xirou kowtowed heavily on the ground, and the palace people next to her refused to get up, as if she would not get up unless the Queen Mother promised her.
Hearing Xiao Xirou's words, the Queen Mother frowned and hurriedly asked, "Regent? What does this have to do with him?" She only knew that there was no news after Ji Changye fell ill, and when she arrived at the place where Ji Qimu was exiled, she didn't know anything about the rest, so she naturally wondered what the open and secret battle between Ji Qimu and Ji Qirui had to do with him.
Xiao Xirou saw that the Queen Mother didn't know about this, so she secretly made a decision in her heart, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "The Queen Mother doesn't know, since the Nine Emperor Princes were exiled to the Northern Frontier by His Majesty, the regent set off overnight without caring about his own body. And after the Queen Mother went, on the surface, she was helping the prince to deal with the local drought and plague, but in fact, she was helping the Nine Emperor Princes to deal with the prince together. This time, the Nine Emperor Princes have traveled thousands of miles back to the imperial capital to slander the crown prince to His Majesty, and nine times out of ten, there is also the Prince Regent behind him to support him."
The most important thing is that Ji Changye is not in line with the identity of the regent, after all, the current crown prince will be the future king, and his job is to assist the new emperor in ruling the dynasty, but the fact that he is helping Ji Qimu means that he respects Ji Qimu in his heart, and has a little intention of seeking power and usurping the throne for him.
The Queen Mother naturally thought of this, so she replied to Xiao Xirou and said, "If it is really as you said, the regent is really too unruly. The crown prince dares to overstep the matter, is it possible that he will still want to control the government in the future? At the beginning, His Majesty made him regent, but it was just for the sake of the face of his deceased parents, and he really wanted to use this right to interfere in the government affairs, or did the mourning family not see through his mind before and connived at him everywhere. It makes him more and more frivolous." As she spoke, she sighed to herself, as if Ji Changye had done something wrong now.
Xiao Xirou naturally agreed with her words, because when the Queen Mother raised Li Changye by her side and tried her best to cultivate, ignoring the prince and where the prince was, she expressed her dissatisfaction and the inappropriateness of the Queen Mother favoring an outsider like this.
At that time, the Queen Mother just wanted to use this way to make up for Ji Changye, and train him to be her puppet, even if she knew the truth in the future, she couldn't do anything, but he didn't expect that Ji Changye would have her own ideas, and now she and the Queen Mother are drifting apart.
So much so that now he can participate in the battle for the throne even as an outsider, and has a certain right to speak to help that person finally win the throne and become a winner.
"Queen Mother, don't say that, the regent has become what he is because of himself, what does it have to do with you? You cultivated him so dedicatedly, you didn't treat him badly, you never told him that he was going to become what he is now, he was to blame." Xiao Xirou seized the opportunity and comforted the Queen Mother according to what she wanted to hear.
When the Queen Mother heard this, the self-blame and remorse in her heart turned into hatred for Ji Changye, as well as anger. As everyone knows, her current appearance fell into Xiao Xirou's trap and was controlled by her.
"The Nine Emperor Princes want to fight with the crown prince? Did he fight? His mother's concubine is just surviving in the harem, and she is not favored by the emperor, so what if she is safe and sound? Without grace in this harem, it is difficult to move an inch. And he hasn't been sought after all these years, and the power of the previous dynasty is extremely small, even if he is talented? Doesn't the crown prince still have you, the queen mother, who is the queen, and me, the grandmother? With me, these Nine Emperor Princes won't be able to make any waves." The Queen Mother said viciously.
After all, she didn't like this child when Ji Qimu was born, because when Ji Qimu was born, it rained heavily for several days, and floods occurred in many places, and the magicians in the palace said that this was a bad omen, so at that time, the queen mother felt that Ji Qimu was a broom star like his mother, and felt that he would not have any success in this life, so she naturally alienated him.
It's just that I didn't expect that after so many years, Ji Qimu didn't be as he said at the beginning
is a bad omen, but he is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, riding and archery and chess, and is deeply liked by the emperor, so that when he was about to establish the crown prince, if it wasn't for Xiao Xirou and the Xiao family to manipulate behind his back, I'm afraid that this bargain would have fallen on Ji Qimu and his mother.
So after Ji Qimu and Ji Qirui had an accident, the Queen Mother resolutely chose to help the prince suppress Ji Qimu, and thought that as long as she was there, Ji Qimu would never turn over, and his mother also wanted to come out of the dark dormitory. The Queen Mother also comforted herself in her heart, saying that they were a bad omen, and that she was saving the people from disasters this time, and there was nothing wrong with them.
And after Xiao Xirou heard what the Queen Mother said, her heart immediately became happy, and she felt that Ji Qirui would be safe and sound if she had a backer, so she immediately knelt down and began to thank the Queen Mother.
But the Queen Mother didn't do it for Ji Qirui and her at all, she just wanted to use them as an excuse to attack the power of Ji Qimu and Ji Changye, and better conceal what her group had done, as for the rest, she didn't think about it at all.
So the Queen Mother came up with an idea with a turn of her eyes, and after letting the reluctant Xiao Xirou leave, she personally wrote a letter of greetings to Ji Qimu, and the Queen Mother cared about Ji Qimu very much, as if they were dependent on each other when they were in the imperial capital, but in fact, the Queen Mother did it for a purpose.
And Ji Qimu, who received the letter in northern Xinjiang, looked at the content of it and was a little stunned, although it was said that the queen mother did not feel sorry for him and treated him badly when she was in the imperial capital, but she did not write a letter to care about this, so Ji Qimu was a little flattered.
But he quickly relaxed his vigilance, because the Queen Mother made it clear that this letter was written together with Ji Qimu's mother, in order to let Ji Qimu know that they cared about him and let Ji Qimu know that his mother was still in the imperial capital.