Xiao Xirou didn't dare to refute anything when she heard the Queen Mother's words, but she didn't let this matter go unattended, and wanted to take advantage of the emperor's current indifference to this matter. But the Queen Mother saw her thoughts, so she said, "The recent situation is not good for you, so you should be careful, so as not to be found out and cause trouble to others."

Especially for her, she was forced to stand on the same rope as them, naturally because she was afraid that she would be misunderstood by the emperor.

"Don't worry, the concubines will definitely arrange for another batch of show girls according to Your Majesty's will." Xiao Xirou had no choice but to give up for the time being to find a good wife for Ji Qirui from the Xiao family, and deal with the emperor first.

But the Queen Mother said at this time: "On the roster, Zhai Niyun's name should be left first, and it will be ranked later." Because Zhai Niyun is the daughter of the queen mother's nephew, she will not let Xiao Xirou remove her name, otherwise she will waste such a lot of strength, how can she give up halfway?

Although she was a little dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's blatant approach, she couldn't control it, but Xiao Xirou still had to come down, so as not to provoke the Queen Mother and give herself the name of unfilial piety.

Three days later, Xiao Xirou held the draft as scheduled.

After learning about this, the emperor was a little dissatisfied with her being in such a hurry, so he excused himself that Ji Qirui didn't have time to come here now, how could they get involved in this matter to influence the prince's thoughts. But in fact, it was the emperor who didn't tell the prince about this at all, but sent him to do something else, after all, Xiao Xirou also made a lot of moves to the list sent by him later, and since he saw it, he couldn't let her succeed.

Xiao Xirou was also wondering why Ji Qirui hadn't come yet, so the emperor told her, "The prince said that he couldn't come for the time being because he was entangled in important matters, otherwise let's choose a few for him first, and then he will decide by himself?" Now she can only be so perfunctory with Xiao Xirou.

Although she was a little reluctant and worried about the truth of this matter, Xiao Xirou still agreed: "Yes."

But after the draft began, the emperor was dissatisfied with several of them, even if Xiao Xirou was very satisfied.

Finally, Zhai Niyun, who was recommended by the Queen Mother, and others came, and it was really as slim as the Queen Mother said, with an outstanding temperament and different from those rouge fans, Xiao Xirou saw that her family was not bad, and she still had a relationship with the Queen Mother 4, if she could marry Ji Qirui as the crown princess, they would definitely assist Ji Qirui in the future, so she was very satisfied and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what do you think of this Miss Zhai? The concubine admired her and the prince very much, so why don't you stay?"

Listening to Xiao Xirou's words, Zhai Niyun was faintly proud in her heart, but she was not surprised that she would be taken care of, because she was promised by the Queen Mother that she would definitely enter the Prince's Mansion and become the Crown Princess before she came here, so she raised her head confidently.

The emperor looked Zhai Niyun up and down a few times, although he was also very satisfied with her in his heart, but when he thought of her identity, he shook his head and made an excuse to say, "It's really good, and I admire the prince very much. But if such a woman has her own deeds, she will definitely go down in history. Therefore, I will make you the county lord of Ning'an, and give the county lord's mansion and ten family members and a hundred taels of gold?" Before Xiao Xirou and Zhai Niyun could speak, the emperor hurriedly said, lest they have a chance.

If Zhai Niyun becomes the county lord, there is no reason to participate in the draft of the crown princess again, so that the emperor does not have to worry that the queen mother's power will spread to the future prince and thus control him.

Zhai Niyun knelt down in shock when she heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, the courtier...... she was obviously told that she could become the crown princess, and the queen above ten thousand people in the future, how could she end up with a county lord? This made him unacceptable for a while, after all, his friends who were young ladies of the family knew that she came to participate in the draft, and she still had to be recommended by the Queen Mother herself, and she was beautiful for a while, but now she has fallen into such a situation, and she will definitely lose face if she spreads it.

"Your Majesty, you have to think twice before you act. Miss Zhai, she's ......."

Xiao Xirou didn't expect the emperor to make this decision, and wanted to open her mouth to fight for Zhai Niyun, but was stopped by the emperor: "That's it, you don't have to say it anymore. I have already decided, come and invite the Lord of Ning'an to come down, and hold a ceremony the next day." The most important thing now is not to delay, otherwise the Queen Mother will not be able to implement her plan if she finds out, but no matter what, she will always be removed

A stumbling block and gave Zhai Niyun enough dignity and the face of the Queen Mother, so the emperor's mood was much better.

On the other hand, Xiao Xirou has a sad face, firstly, she should be truly pleased with Zhai Niyun, and secondly, this Zhai Niyun is the person recommended by the Queen Mother, if she doesn't even survive the first round of the draft, where is the face of the Queen Mother? What should I do if I blame myself when the time comes?

So in the next draft, Xiao Xirou looked absent-minded, and the emperor took the opportunity to say, "The queen looks a little tired, why don't you stop here today, you go back and rest first." It's too late to do this when you have the energy." It just so happened that he could also find a reason to leave here, so before Xiao Xirou could say anything, the emperor got up and left here, not giving her a chance to stop him at all.

When the Queen Mother learned about this, she was so angry that she almost fainted, and the old eunuch beside her came up with an idea and said, "Queen Mother, why don't you go and discuss this matter with the Prince Regent, didn't Your Majesty say that as long as the Prince Regent completes the marriage, you can handle the marriage of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" When the time comes, I will use some means to send Miss Zhai to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes it, His Majesty will definitely not stop it again." There is no way for him to stop it, after all, if the prince agrees to this kind of thing, the emperor has no way to control it.

The Queen Mother listened to his words and felt that what he said was very reasonable, so she immediately drafted a decree to let Ji Changye, who was far away in exile, return to the imperial capital.

After all, Jingxin has cultivated himself for so many years, so Ji Changye did not hesitate to return to the imperial capital quickly, and after coming to the queen mother's bedroom, he asked the queen mother what was the matter with her.

The Queen Mother first said with a cold question, "How are you and Song Niangzi in that place? Did you get into any trouble?"

Ji Changye couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in his gourd, so he replied vigilantly, "Back to the Queen Mother, everything is fine, and I haven't encountered any trouble, I'm worried about you."

Now he doesn't know what happened in the imperial capital, and he thought that the Queen Mother wanted to ask Ji Qirui and Ji Qimu about it, so when he was about to open his mouth to make a preemptive strike, the Queen Mother suddenly asked about herself: "Ye'er, your marriage with Song Niangzi has been delayed and postponed, aren't you in a hurry?"

Now that the Queen Mother saw that there was no problem with them, she thought that Ji Changye and Song Qian didn't want to hold a wedding, so she wanted to urge them by the side.

Ji Changye was a little surprised that she would ask about this matter, and even more surprised that the Queen Mother actually accepted Song Qian now, I still remember that at the beginning, the Queen Mother looked down on Song Qian and did not agree to the two of them being together, but I didn't expect that now she would take the initiative to care about the affairs of the two people, which made Ji Changye completely vigilant, and felt that the Queen Mother was really ill-intentioned.

The Queen Mother saw Ji Changye's defense of herself, so she hurriedly said comfortingly: "Don't worry, the Mourning family now knows that the two of you are really happy with each other, and the Mourning family is not the kind of unreasonable old stubbornness, how can it really break up your friendship? So the mourning family doesn't want to persuade you to ruin this marriage contract, but wants to say that the opportunity is not to be lost, and the loss will not come again, now that there is a chance to be together, don't hesitate anymore, otherwise it will be worth the loss if you regret it at that time. Therefore, I want to persuade the two of you to get married as soon as possible, so that the mourning family can see each of you happy in your lifetime."

The Queen Mother said very affectionately and seriously, as if she really cared about the matter between Ji Changye and Song Qian, but in fact, she didn't just want Ji Changye and Song Qian to get married as soon as possible, so that she could prepare for Ji Qirui's marriage.

Ji Changye listened to his words, but he didn't want to believe him, but he still maintained the last dignity, and replied to the Queen Mother: "Don't worry, when the matter here is settled, the minister and Song Niangzi will definitely get married as soon as possible."

The Queen Mother secretly gritted her teeth, thinking about how long she would have to wait, but on the surface, she still greeted her with a smile: "Ye'er really didn't disappoint the Mourning family, and it was not in vain that the Mourning family has cultivated you for so many years." She is still complacent and self-deceiving, thinking that Ji Changye's current noble identity and life are all because of herself, if she hadn't been moved by compassion at the beginning, Ji Changye would have died a long time ago.

Ji Changye listened to her words and smiled perfunctorily

Should.

After leaving the queen mother's bedroom, Ji Changye was called to the study by the emperor.

Looking at Ji Changye, the emperor pretended to be disgusted and said, "The first time I came back was to see the Queen Mother, but I didn't want to come and see me? It's really chilling."

Ji Changye listened to his joke and hurriedly replied, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? How could a minister snub His Majesty? It's just ......" He deliberately wanted to stop talking, so that the emperor would notice, in order to logically lead out the words of the queen mother for another purpose.

The Emperor really noticed and said, "I guess you have already learned from the Queen Mother about the great things that have happened in the Imperial Capital recently, right?" After that, he also spat out heavily, and it was precisely because he was in front of Ji Changye that he confided in his heart with peace of mind, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

When Ji Changye heard this, he knew that the ins and outs of the matter were not simple, so he told the emperor everything the Queen Mother said to him.

The emperor was not surprised when he heard this, but said helplessly: "The queen mother and the empress have to do what the princess's draft is going to do, and the list sent up is either a cronie or the daughter of a doorman who won the ambition at the beginning, is the mind in it lest I can't see it? I thought that I could be of some use to knock on the side, but I didn't think that they would be so unbearable, and I was so disappointed! I didn't expect that in order to help the prince, the queen mother didn't even let you go." Look at the book

Ji Changye hid his thoughts first, and instead asked the emperor, "Then what is Your Majesty's plan now? Do you want to stop the loss in time, or wait and see?" As he spoke, Ji Changye looked at the emperor's expression, ready to deal with the next answer.

"What can I do now? The crown prince was chosen by me at the beginning, and I have chosen to do all this for so many years, and I have never asked about it, but now I didn't expect it to cause such a disaster." With that, the emperor sighed heavily.