Xu Lao's face immediately changed, and he looked at Rong Qianhan in surprise, "You ......"

Rong Qianhan was very satisfied with his reaction, "It seems that Xu Lao seems to be interested in this story, do you want to hear it again?" ”

Xu Lao moved his lips, but he didn't say a word.

"Time has passed, the young men and women of the year are no longer the same as they were back then, and now they all have their own Lu Yao, Xu Lao should be able to understand this truth, right?" Rong Qianhan asked.

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

Rong Qianhan smiled at him, "Since Xu Lao asked this king directly, then this king simply said it directly, Xu Lao should know the queen mother's mind very well and understand what the queen mother wants to do, right?" ”

"I ......"

Xu Lao moved his lips, but he didn't say a complete sentence.

"Elder Xu has never taken the initiative to make friends with courtiers in private, but recently he has frequently taken the initiative to meet with courtiers in private, which should have been instructed by the Queen Mother, right?"

"You ......" Xu Lao took a deep breath helplessly, and said quietly, "You are worthy of being a regent with hands and eyes to the sky, and there is really nothing to hide from your eyes." ”

"If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do."

Old Xu was silent.

"Xu Lao is a veteran of the two dynasties, and he is also an important minister of the dynasty, and the good reputation he has accumulated in half his life is planned to be ruined now?" Ah Yao couldn't help but ask.

Xu Lao raised his eyes to look at the two, with a look of hesitation and embarrassment in his eyes.

Ah Yao frowned slightly, and asked tentatively, "Do you have any troubles?" Or did something fall into the hands of the Queen Mother? ”

"Don't guess what you don't have."

"Then you ......"

Xu Lao turned his back to the two of them impatiently, and said coldly: "The old man hasn't done anything to be sorry for the emperor and Dongli, if the two of you have nothing to do, please leave!" ”

"Xu Lao ......"

"Sending off!" Xu Lao interrupted Ah Yao.

Ah Yao originally wanted to say something more, but she listened to Rong Qianhan.

"I'm bothering today, let's go first, but I still ask Xu Lao to think seriously about what we just said."

Ah Yao followed Rong Qianhan out of the Xu Mansion, couldn't help but glance back at the Xu Mansion again, and sighed helplessly.

"I didn't expect this old Xu to be quite stubborn, and he didn't want to listen to us at all, as if we would really hurt him."

Rong Qianhan frowned slightly, "This king is thinking now, how did the Queen Mother let someone like Xu Lao stand on her side." ”

"Is it a friendship from the past? After all, they used to be a pair of childhood sweethearts? ”

Rong Qianhan turned to look at her, and said with a serious face: "As an important minister in the court, Old Xu is not a person who will betray the emperor for a little personal affection. ”

"That is, there is a handle in the hands of the Queen Mother, and he has to listen to the Queen Mother." A-Yao said again.

Rong Qianhan thought about it carefully, shook his head and said: "Old Xu is an upright person, an honest official, and he is also busy with official business on weekdays, so he has no chance to fall into the trap at all." ”

"Could it be that you think of Xu Lao too well?"

Rong Qianhan took a deep breath and said with a firm gaze: "There must be other reasons." ”

"What could be the reason for that?"

"Let's go! Let's go back first. ”

"Hmm."

Ah Yao and Rong Qianhan left for a long time, and Xu Lao sat down tremblingly, his palms were already sweaty, if they hadn't left a long time ago, I was afraid that they would have to watch jokes.

At this time, Mrs. Xu came.

"Sir."

Xu Lao raised his eyes to look at her, "You're here." ”

"I heard the Lord Regent is here."

Mrs. Xu looked around, didn't see Rong Qianhan's figure, and asked, "What about them?" ”

"It's gone."

"Gone? Then they came to the house......"

Old Xu glanced at her, lowered his head weakly, and didn't say anything more.

Mrs. Xu didn't ask much, just walked up to him and poured him a cup of hot tea.

"Sir, drink saliva!"

Taking the teacup, Xu Lao suddenly asked, "Madam, if I do something wrong and it affects our family, will you blame me?" ”

"My lord has been cautious all his life, and he has never missed half a step, how can he do something wrong?"

"I ......"

Xu Lao moved his lips, but what came to mind was the scene of talking to the Queen Mother.

He and the Queen Mother hadn't seen each other for many years, and he never thought they would meet in that situation.

The Queen Mother glanced at him, raised her hand and pointed to the chair beside her, and said faintly: "Sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Do you have to be so polite to the mourners?"

Xu Lao's eyes drooped, and he never looked at the Queen Mother head-on.

"You are the queen mother, and Weichen is a courtier, and the etiquette that should be there can't be messed up." Xu Lao is serious.

The Queen Mother chuckled, "Count, we haven't seen each other for many years, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Do you remember the last time we met?"

"Yes......"

Memories of the past immediately surfaced in Xu Lao's mind.

It was the second year that the Queen Mother had just entered the palace, and they met at a dinner in the palace.

At this time, he was the emperor's favorite minister, and she was already the emperor's favorite concubine.

When the two meet, countless memories of the past quickly attack the two, and both of them are inevitably a little sentimental.

After the dinner party was dispersed, the two happened to meet again in the harem, and the lovers who were forced to separate were out of control by talking a few more words by being drunk.

Something happened that shouldn't have happened.

Not long after, she became pregnant, and Xu Lao could only congratulate her in his heart.

"That night, the mourning family never regretted it."

Xu Lao got up suddenly, and straightened his back to the Queen Mother respectfully, "The Queen Mother ......"

"Linfeng is not the child of the first emperor, it is our child."

Xu Lao raised his eyes suddenly, and a thunderclap seemed to explode above his head, he couldn't accept this fact, so he could only look at the Queen Mother in a daze.

"The mourning family didn't lie to you, not long after that night, the mourning family became pregnant, and the mourning family knew that it was your child, but at that time, the mourning family had a special identity, and the mourning family had to give birth to that child."

The concubine carried the emperor behind her back and conceived the minister's child, and when such a thing spread, the royal family would lose face, and both of them would face the danger of being punished by the nine clans.

In order to protect the two, she chose not to mention this matter to anyone, and regarded this child as the emperor.

Elder Xu glanced at the Queen Mother and hurriedly lowered his head, "What does the Queen Mother mean by telling her ministers now?" ”

The first emperor is dead, and King's Landing is dead.

What's the point of talking about these old things now?

The Queen Mother hurriedly got up and walked towards him, "Mourning ......"

Xu Lao took a few steps back and distanced himself from the Queen Mother.

"You don't want to see the mourning family so much?" The Queen Mother asked rhetorically.

"The Queen Mother misunderstood, the minister didn't mean this."

"Then you ......"

Xu Lao couldn't help but interrupt the Queen Mother, "If the Queen Mother has anything to say, please say it directly, don't go around in circles with the ministers." ”

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said: "Linfeng is your and my child, although he is dead, his flesh and blood are still there, that is, our grandson is still there, the Mourning family wants you to stand on the side of the Mourning family and help our grandson ascend the throne." ”

"You ......"

Xu Lao looked at her in surprise, the queen mother in front of him was less and less like the childhood sweetheart lover in his heart.

"You owe these to the mourning family, you must help the mourning family." The Queen Mother suddenly became fierce.

"It's a great rebellion, and we can't do it."

How can they continue to be wrong if they have done such a reckless thing?

The Queen Mother approached him coldly, "Don't you want to avenge your son?" That's your blood! ”

"I ......"

Xu Lao took several steps back one after another, and he was so nervous that he was sweating finely.

"If you don't help the mourning family, the mourning family will shake out our affairs, and then you can only stand on the side of the mourning family."

Old Xu's eyebrows furrowed, "You ......"

"Go back and think about it! Once you think clearly, you will do what the mourning family says. ”

"Sir, sir—"

Old Xu quickly came back to his senses and raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Xu in front of him.

Mrs. Xu wiped the sweat on his forehead with a brocade handkerchief, and looked at him with a worried expression, "What happened?" Why were you sweating profusely? ”

"I ......"

Xu Lao moved his lips, and the words came to his mouth, but he swallowed them back.

He really didn't have the face to say such ugly things.

Mrs. Xu patted Xu Lao's shoulder, smiled and comforted: "I see that you have been going out all the time recently, is there too much official business in the DPRK and China, you look at you are a handful of old people, you can't compete with young people, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about me and the children!" ”

Mr. Xu has only one wife in his life, and the two do not say that they love each other after marriage, but they also respect each other like guests, and they have a son and a daughter under their knees.

It can be said that the family is happy and happy.

Old Xu suddenly held Mrs. Xu's hand and said, "You have worked hard to manage this family all these years, and it is really hard for you." ”

"What are you talking about? I'm your pawn, and I'm supposed to do this for you. ”

"Thank you."

Mrs. Xu smiled at him, "What's wrong with you today?" Talking a little strangely, did you encounter something? ”

"It's okay, don't think about it."

"Pay more attention to rest, I'll stew your favorite fish soup for you."

"Thank you, ma'am."

After Mrs. Xu left, the smile on Old Xu's face suddenly dissipated, and he fell into deep thought.

In the next few days, Rong Qianhan asked people to check the whereabouts of Su Yuyan's child, while secretly investigating the matter between the Queen Mother and Xu Lao.

On the second day, some progress was made.

Song Yi found out that the aunt in charge of the Queen Mother's side had to go out of the palace every day, and she was all alone, so she quietly followed the aunt in charge.

He followed him to a small house in the middle of the city, where he met a nurse and a baby.

He guessed that this child was most likely Su Yuyan's, and hurriedly returned to the house to report to Rong Qianhan.

After Rong Qianhan learned about this, he immediately found Ah Yao and explained the situation to Ah Yao.

"I see, I'll go take a look."

"Hmm."

Considering that the other party is a woman and a child, it is inconvenient for Rong Qianhan to come forward, so it is best to let Ayao come forward.

Ah Yao found the mansion according to the address given by Song Yi.

As soon as she appeared outside the door, the door opened.

The nurse looked at her suspiciously and vigilantly, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"I'm looking for you."

The nurse took a few steps back, "I don't know you, what are you doing with me?" ”

"It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk about it when we go inside."

The nurse stopped her, "I don't know you, you are not allowed to enter my house." ”