When Xiao Yuming returned home, the queen's people also arrived at the Dingguo Mansion. Xiao Yuming simply took her to see Tang Shuyi.

Tang Shuyi was reading the account book with Xiao Yuzhu, and when she heard that the queen asked her to enter the palace, she agreed after pondering for a while. She was indeed a little worried about Xiao Huai. Although the entire Shangjing City is now under Xiao Huai's control, after all, it is a fight for the throne, and there will definitely be people who will do anything for the throne.

After a simple tidying up, she took Xiao Yuzhu into the palace together. After arriving, Xiao Yuming took them to the imperial study first, and Li Jingyi's eyes lit up immediately when he saw Xiao Yuzhu. Xiao Yuzhu also looked at him and smiled.

Seeing this, Tang Shuyi asked the two to go to the side to play. The two went to the side hall behind the imperial study together and sat side by side.

"How were you here last night?" Xiao Yuzhu asked.

Li Jingyi nodded, "I rested on the couch in the imperial study for a while." ”

Xiao Yuzhu had some distress on her face, "When will you and my father go home?" ”

"I don't know, it depends on the situation in the palace." Li Jingyi looked at her and smiled: "I'm fine here." ”

Xiao Yuzhu sighed, "I know you're comforting me, you must feel a heavy burden on your shoulders right now." ”

"Not really." Li Jingyi lowered his head and looked at his toes for a while, then turned his face to look at Xiao Yuzhu and said, "Yuzhu, you... Would you like to stay with me forever? ”

Finally said this sentence, Li Jingyi looked at the girl in front of her with burning eyes, her face was very red at the moment, but she didn't answer his words.

Li Jingyi panicked, got up and squatted in front of Xiao Yuzhu, looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I... I swear, you are alone in my heart in this life, and I will be good to you for the rest of my life. ”

Xiao Yuzhu's heart was about to hurt, but she still said: "You may become an emperor in the future, there is almost no emperor from ancient times to the present, and there are not many beauties in the harem." One is because the emperor has the ability and power to have so many concubines. Second, the harem is a tool to balance the court. ”

With that, she looked down at her fingers to hide the uncertainty in her eyes. Then he raised his eyes and looked at Li Jingyi and said, "I can be trapped in this palace for most of my life for the love between us." But I can't ...... with others."

"No," Li Jingyi hurriedly interrupted her, "If I had to choose between the throne and you, I would choose you." ”

He said too seriously, and looking at himself with pleading in his eyes, Xiao Yuzhu's heart softened. But she still told herself in her heart that she couldn't be swayed by love.

Taking a deep breath silently, she said, "I believe in you, but the most important thing right now is the throne, and I... I'm still young, so we're still early. ”

Although he did not refuse this, he did not agree to him. Li Jingyi only felt that a heart was hanging in the air, and it would fall to the ground at any time and be shattered.

"Yuzhu..."Li Jingyi held Xiao Yuzhu's hand, and there were a thousand words for a while, but he didn't know how to say it.

He did this, which made Xiao Yuzhu's nose a little sour, and she also held his hand and said, "I am willing to face all difficulties with you, but I am also afraid." ”

Li Jingyi understood, no matter how much he said now, it was empty words. Now he can't give Yuzhu confidence that everything he said is true.

He raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "It's... It's not good for me to mention this to you at this time. Don't think about it so much, it's still as good as before, right? ”

Xiao Yuzhu nodded, she just wanted time to test some things.

"During the Shangyuan Festival, I bought you a lot of fun things, and I will give them back to you." Li Jingyi sat back next to Xiao Yuzhu, turned his head to look at her and smiled.

Xiao Yuzhu also smiled, "What's there?" ”

"There are lanterns, masks, and a little person like you......"

……

Tang Shuyi was talking in the queen's palace at the moment, and the queen's attitude was really gentle.

"This palace never thought that Concubine Yuan's mother and son would do something to force the palace, and Concubine Yuan and the princess returned..."

The queen looked faceless, and then said: "Thanks to the Duke of Dingguo, otherwise they would have succeeded." Dingguo Gong is the first hero of our great cadres. ”

Tang Shuyi knew what the queen meant as soon as she heard it, she just wanted to win over Xiao Huai. Also, now the emperor's nominal son is only the third prince. If Xiao Huai supports him, the third prince may be able to succeed to the throne immediately.

As for the emperor, it is not easy to let him die now.

"As a courtier of the Great Cadre, this is what my grandfather should do." She said: "Grandpa Guo often said that if he is good, he is good, and if he is not good, he is not good. ”

The queen was moved, "Dingguo Gong has made great contributions to our cadres, and the people will remember him." ”

Tang Shuyi nodded very seriously, the queen pouted in her heart, she could see that the husband and wife of Dingguo were thick-skinned.

"Alas!" The queen sighed heavily, "The emperor can't afford to be sick, and he doesn't know when he will wake up, so he has to work hard to settle the country." ”

Tang Shuyi: "As a courtier, this is what he should do." ”

"When Madame came, she came with Ling Ai, right?" The queen asked.

"I should have brought her to ask you for peace with the queen mother, but when something like that happened before, Grandpa Guo was very concerned about her, and he kept her by his side and didn't let her go." Tang Shuyi said.

The queen waved her hand absently, "I've heard for a long time that the Duke of Dingguo treats his daughter like a palm bead." ”

Tang Shuyi smiled, the queen's fingers clasped together slightly, and said, "I called Mrs. today to say a few thoughtful words to Mrs. ”

"You say." Tang Shuyi said.

"In the current situation of the emperor, someone must preside over the government. The third prince is the most justifiable, but he is young after all, and he still needs someone to support him in some things. Dingguo Gong is superior in wisdom and resourcefulness, and has made great contributions to the cadres, and his status is transcendent. It is most appropriate to let Dingguo Gong support the three princes. ”

Tang Shuyi picked up the cup and drank tea, looking like she was listening.

The queen continued: "The third princess has been in poor health all these years, and I am afraid that she will not be able to be a good helper. Bengong has always liked that girl in your family very much, she is smart and clever, and you have taught her so well, she will definitely be extraordinary in the future. ”

The expression on Tang Shuyi's face slowly turned cold, and the queen frowned. After thinking about it, she said again: "Duchess Dingguo, this palace will tell you directly." If the Duke of Dingguo supports the three princes, the palace will let the three princes marry your daughter as a concubine, and she will be the queen in the future. What do you think? ”

In the current situation, if Xiao Huai does not agree to support the three princes, then they must be enemies. So, the queen said it directly.

"Have you ever heard of a word from the Queen Mother?" Tang Shuyi looked at the queen and said, "The toad wants to eat swan meat, it's delusional!" ”

"You're bold!" The queen didn't expect Tang Shuyi to be so arrogant, and now Dingguo Gong has to salute when he sees her.

But where would Tang Shuyi be afraid of her, "I'm bold, what can the queen do?" ”

Queen: "......."

She can't do it, and she doesn't dare to do it. Because the entire palace is under Xiao Huai's control.

Tang Shuyi looked at the queen coldly for a moment, and then turned to leave. If the queen hadn't made that disgusting request, Tang Shuyi would have spoken politely to her because of her current identity.

But the queen is embarrassed, so there is no need for her to be polite.