"Father, he has always been in good health, how could he suddenly become seriously ill?"

Ye Ningxiang lowered her voice, looking at the Tai Doctor's eyes with strong anger, as if no matter how the Tai Doctor answered, she would mercilessly take their lives.

"National ...... The lord of the country is in a hurry, causing a blockage in the heart...... will suddenly die. ”

The director of the Tai Hospital kowtowed his head and said to Ye Ningxiang in a trembling voice.

It turned out that her father died because of a hurry, and this anger should also be caused by the exile of his two dearest relatives to the Northwest Desert. In the final analysis, it was she Ye Ningxiang who indirectly killed her father.

Ye Ningxiang didn't spend much time with her father, but her father was a very good person, honest all his life, and never did anything unpleasant. Now that he died of grief because of his wife and children, Ye Ningxiang's heart was very sour, and she held Daddy Ye's body all night before putting Daddy Ye in the coffin.

On the second day, Ye Ningxiang changed into filial piety clothes and knelt in front of Daddy Ye's mourning hall, although she did not cry, her expression was serious and her face was haggard. A series of sounds of objects rubbing against each other came into Ye Ningxiang's ears, and Ye Ningxiang slowly raised her head and looked towards the place where the sound came from.

Xiao Qingyu was driving towards Ye Ningxiang in a wheelchair, and the sound was the sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground.

"Did the emperor come to see my jokes? Let's see how embarrassed I am now when my biological father is angry to death. ”

Xiao Qingyu let out a long sigh, staring at Ye Ningxiang with both eyes, and there was a little perseverance in his warm eyes.

"The deceased is gone, and I hope that Ningxiang can mourn and change. Now that the situation is turbulent, if Ning Xiang doesn't want to be defeated by me or Feng Jingzhi's counterattack, she should regain her strength and plan closely now. ”

"You...... Why are you talking about me like that?"

Ye Ningxiang raised her head, her eyes were facing Xiao Qingyu's eyes, there was no resentment in her eyes, and there was no false affection in her eyes, she just looked at Xiao Qingyu very sincerely, hoping that Xiao Qingyu could give her a sincere answer.

"If I am defeated one day, I hope that it will be under your hands, not under Feng Jingzhi or other powerful ministers. ”

Then, Xiao Qingyu showed a calm, but direct smile that could hit the heart, making Ye Ningxiang's heart as sour and stinging as an electric shock. She turned her face away, and no longer had the courage to look at Xiao Qingyu. And Xiao Qingyu didn't say anything anymore, just sat quietly by Ye Ningxiang's side until late at night.

Xiao Qingyu played a great role in Ye Ningxiang's removal, because from that day on, Ye Ningxiang became deeper, calmer, and more decisive. This day is the first seven days of Daddy Ye, Ye Ningxiang has just left the palace to worship Daddy Ye, so he went to the forbidden army camp in the capital for a moment to find Wei Xun, the Duke of Rongguo.

They were going to go to a place together, the residence of Zhou Yin, the Taiwei Mansion. Although Prime Minister Feng Jingzhi's power is hot, and he can be said to be calling for wind and rain in the court, he is a civilian official after all, and the military power is not directly controlled by him.

And this usually much more low-key lieutenant Zhou Yin is different, although Zhou Yin is not as high-profile as Feng Jingzhi, but he is really in charge of most of the military power of the Swiss country, after Xiao Qingyu is seriously ill, all the military affairs of the Swiss country are handled by Zhou Yin. Therefore, this Zhou Yin is the person who must be won over on the road to power by Ye Ningxiang.

When Ye Ningxiang and Wei Xun entered the Taiwei Mansion, Zhou Yin was handling military affairs in the Mansion. Probably because he has been in a high position for a long time, seeing Ye Ningxiang and Wei Xun, two people with high status, suddenly visit, Zhou Yin was not much surprised and respected.

Zhou Yin introduced Ye Ningxiang and Wei Xun into the living room very casually, instructed his subordinates to make a very ordinary pot of tea, and then went straight to the point: "Queen Ye and Rong Guogong came to visit together, but they took a fancy to the power in the hands of Weichen?"

Ye Ningxiang picked up the teacup, first smelled the overflowing tea fragrance unhurriedly, and then took a sip of tea before responding: "Not bad." This palace is here today for the military power in the hands of Lord Zhou. ”

Zhou Yin sneered, looking at Ye Ningxiang's eyes full of disdain, as if he was very contemptuous of this young woman.

"The rules of Da Rui Kingdom, harem women are not allowed to interfere in politics, and Queen Ye is out of bounds. What's more, this kind of struggle for power has always been a man's business, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with Queen Ye!"

Wei Xun, who has not spoken, finally opened his mouth, I don't know if it is because of his age or being a colt in a high position, Wei Xun's temperament has changed a lot in the past two years, although the appearance is still gentle and elegant, and the book is full of anger, but from his bones all the time exudes a noble atmosphere, which makes people dare not disobey.

Mr. Xun felt that Mr. Zhou was an enlightened person, but he didn't think that Mr. Zhou's idea of male superiority and inferiority was also deep-rooted. ”

Wei Xun sighed, shook his head again, and continued: "Now that the emperor is seriously ill and the situation is unstable, as long as there are people who are talented in governing the country and securing the country, shouldn't we ministers support and help each other?

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yin simply got up, and his face turned cold, which meant that he was determined to fight Ye Ningxiang to the end.

"Queen Ye's request, the lower officials forgive their orders, and the lower officials still have official business to deal with, so they can't continue to accompany Niangniang, and they hope that Niangniang will forgive their sins. ”

It stands to reason that Zhou Yin rejected Ye Ningxiang so bluntly, Ye Ningxiang should be very annoyed, but when Zhou Yin was about to walk out of the house, Ye Ningxiang suddenly laughed wildly. After the laughter stopped, Ye Ningxiang's voice was low, her eyes were as sharp as knives, and she said slowly word by word: "Lord Zhou, if this palace is not mistaken, in addition to having a son, you also have a seventeen or eighteen-year-old daughter!"

When Zhou Yin heard this, his originally arrogant face changed significantly, and his eyes showed a strong look of worry.

"How do you know about my daughter?"

It turned out that Zhou Yin married a woman who grew up with his childhood sweetheart before joining the army when he was young, and later Zhou Yin joined the army and made many military exploits, which was appreciated by the superior generals, and was favored by the daughter of the former captain.

In order to make his career progress, he concealed the fact of marriage from the daughter of the Taiwei, left his wife and daughter who were waiting for his return in his hometown, and married the daughter of the Taiwei. In order to conceal this fact, Zhou Yin no longer contacted his wife and daughter who were far away from his hometown. His original wife died of illness many years ago, and his child barely survived on the silver he secretly received.

Zhou Yin is the most fanciful about reputation, and for many years he has been hiding this secret that no one will know except for himself, and he can't imagine that his buried secret, which he almost himself will forget, will be mentioned by Ye Ningxiang today without warning.

"You...... How do you know this?"

Zhou Yin turned around, his face full of astonishment and overwhelmed.

Ye Ningxiang knew that she had grasped Zhou Yin's biggest weakness, and her words were calm but her words revealed a threat.

"How about it, Lord Zhou, are you willing to cooperate with me now? If you are willing, the matter of your abandonment of your wife and daughter will rot in your stomach and will never be mentioned to outsiders. Otherwise, I am afraid that Lord Zhou will be responsible for the mistakes you made many years ago. ”

Zhou Yin smiled bitterly, and did not respond to Ye Ningxiang's words for a long time, but his heart was sour. has been an official for decades, although it is only by relying on the power of his father-in-law's predecessor that he has achieved the official position of Tai Lieutenant step by step. But over the years, Zhou Yin has worked hard all the time, and he has never done anything bad to endanger the dynasty.

He didn't expect that in his later years, all his fame in this life would be controlled by a woman, he was resentful, he was unconvinced, but even if he was unwilling in his heart, he didn't have the courage to let Ye Ningxiang reveal his secret that was enough to ruin his reputation.

It seemed that after thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Yin closed his eyes, sighed, and then opened his tired eyes and looked at Ye Ningxiang.

"Queen Ye, you won, I promise to cooperate with you and do things for you. ”

The corners of Ye Ningxiang's mouth rose, her eyebrows raised, revealing a smug and disobedient smile, and then she said goodbye to Zhou Yin with Wei Xun and left the Taiwei Mansion.

Although Mu Bai had a lot of complaints about Ye Ningxiang's murder of Xiao Chengyong, Mu Bai has always taken a firm stance on major issues of right and wrong, and the top-secret information he gave Ye Ningxiang about Taiwei Zhou Yin could not be true. In the final analysis, Ye Ningxiang was able to get Zhou Yin's support so smoothly, and Mu Bai contributed a lot.

Ye Ningxiang didn't know why, knowing that Mu Bai had always treated her sincerely and helped her, her heart was irrepressibly happy, as if she had subconsciously been looking forward to Mu Bai being able to stand on the same front with her all the time.

With Zhou Yin's support, Ye Ningxiang can be said to be like a tiger with wings, and then she can carry out the following matters without worries.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ye Ningxiang came to Longhua Palace with Xiao Chengyong, who could barely walk with a cane. Before Ye Ningxiang could speak, Xiao Qingyu understood Ye Ningxiang's intentions, looked at Ye Ningxiang with pity, and opened his mouth with a smile.

"Ning Xiang, help me change into court clothes, I want to go to the morning court today. ”

"You know my intention to bring Cheng Yong here, why don't you resist?"

"Cheng Yong is my son, it is only fitting to make him the crown prince at this moment, why should I resist. ”

Ye Ningxiang wanted to see Xiao Qingyu angry, and hoped to see Xiao Qingyu grief and pain because she lost power little by little, but no matter how she behaved, Xiao Qingyu consistently let her go, loved her as always, and even readily agreed to all her unreasonable requests.

Every time she saw Xiao Qingyu retreating step by step like this, Ye Ningxiang's originally rock-solid heart would become soft uncontrollably, and she would even be unable to bear to continue to take revenge on Xiao Qingyu like this.

However, Ye Ningxiang has taken the love pill after all, even if she knows that she has done too much, she should not treat Xiao Qingyu like this, she will still move forward in front of the overall situation, and will not let emotions blind her eyes.

On the Chongming Palace, Xiao Qingyu, who had not been to the court for several months, sat on the dragon chair in court clothes. Sitting next to him was Xiao Chengyong, who looked very timid, and standing next to Xiao Chengyong was Ye Ningxiang, who accompanied Xiao Qingyu all the way.

The edict to canonize the crown prince was prepared by Ye Ningxiang a long time ago, originally she just came to Longhua Palace to force Xiao Qingyu to stamp the jade seal, but she didn't expect Xiao Qingyu to appear in the court in person to prove the authenticity of this edict with his own real existence.

In the open, Xiao Qingyu just set up the crown prince in front of the hundreds of officials in the court, but in the dark, Xiao Qingyu also conveyed such a message to the world. No matter how many things Queen Ye has done, he, Xiao Qingyu, always believes in Queen Ye and supports Queen Ye.

After the canonization ceremony, such a message came from the palace. A few days ago, Ye Liu and Ye Ninglu, who were assigned to the Northwest Frontier, died one after another on the way to the distribution. Ye Ninglu died of septicemia due to an infection in the wound on her left arm, while Ye Liu committed suicide by throwing herself into a well while the guards were lax because of the blow of her daughter's death and the fear of facing the unknown future alone.

In other words, Ye Ningxiang's biggest enemy in the harem and Ye Ningxiang's relatives, under Ye Ningxiang's framing and pressing step by step, died with hatred. And she really became the culprit who killed the whole family.

However, for the sake of power, for status, and in order to avenge Cheng Xuan, Ye Ningxiang did not regret it.