Qin Shun paused slightly, the emperor hadn't said anything yet, but he vaguely saw a hint of resistance from Mother Zhong's expression.

Qin Shun shook his head: "This is just what I thought in private, and the emperor didn't say so." ”

"Then what did the emperor say?" Ling Er tilted his head to look at Qin Shun.

Qin Shun raised his eyebrows and fell silent.

With a squeak, he heard the door of the imperial study divide left and right, and several courtiers came out of the room. Qin Shun, Zhong Ma Ling'er and the others hurriedly retreated to the side to get out of the way, and after a few courtiers left, they heard Rong Zhan in the study call Qin Shun.

Qin Shun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the last general." ”

"Who's out there. ”

Qin Shun glanced at Ling'er and said in a low voice: "If you go back to the emperor, is it ...... Mother Zhong and Ling'er. ”

There was a steady sound of footsteps in the imperial study, and Rong Zhan stepped out of the study and glanced at Mother Zhong: "Since you are here, let's go with me." ”

The three of them were stunned, but they hurriedly followed.

Ling'er was anxious, so she stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

"Don't you want to have a baby?" Rong Zhan glanced at her.

Ling'er froze, and then stopped. When Zhong's mother pulled her, she hurriedly rushed up.

The wives of the North Palace have dispersed, and in the flower hall of the vestibule, only a dozen palace maids shuttle back and forth to clean the courtyard. Seeing Rong Zhan bring Mother Zhong and Ling'er in, the palace maids knelt on the ground one after another: "Slaves and maids welcome the emperor." ”

"Where is the Queen Mother?" asked Rong Zhan with his head down.

"The queen mother is in ......" The little palace maids are used to looking at people's faces, and when they saw that the emperor was a little anxious, they didn't dare to prevaricate: "Back to the emperor, the queen mother coaxes the little palace to sleep in the dormitory." The little palace maid said, glanced at Ling'er, and buried her head low.

Rong Zhan didn't pay attention to her anymore and walked through the flower hall. Eight zhang away, you can hear the laughter of the queen mother in the palace coaxing the prince. When the palace maids saw the emperor coming in, they hurriedly shouted: "Slaves and maids ask the emperor for peace." ”

The voice of the palace maid was very loud, and the queen mother had already heard it in the dormitory, and her face couldn't help but change, and she put the child on the bed. The child was accustomed to being held, and as soon as Leng Buding was put down, he began to cry. The queen mother had no choice but to ask the nurse to hug her and go out to see the emperor by herself.

As soon as the Queen Mother raised her eyes, she saw that the emperor's face was not quite right, and she knew why he came.

Then he smiled and said, "Isn't the emperor discussing with the courtiers, why did you come to this North Palace?"

Rong Zhan stared at the Queen Mother and said: "After returning to my mother, there will always be a time when state affairs are finished, and family affairs cannot be neglected." The queen mother wants to leave Yu'er in the North Palace to raise her personally, and I think this matter is inappropriate. The queen mother is unwell, so it is better for me to carry Yu'er back to Zichen Palace and hand it over to the queen to raise. ”

Rong Zhan glanced at Ling'er: "Ask the nurse to take Yu'er out." ”

Ling'er was just about to move, but was stopped by the Queen Mother: "Yu'er just fell asleep, now take it away, don't you wake Yu'er up?"

Rong Zhan lowered his eyes slightly: "Queen Mother, what about waking up?" When I carry Yu'er back to Zichen Palace, there is time for him to sleep." ”

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Emperor, you are still a father, and you are so indifferent to the prince." The child is so young, the most important thing is to eat and sleep, and you can't wake him up after falling asleep, otherwise it will affect the child's physique. The Queen Mother sank her face, snorted, and said: "The mourning family knows that you young people don't know how to take care of the prince, and that's true." ”

Rong Zhan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his eyes lingered on the queen mother's face for a while before he said: "The queen mother said so much, it is nothing more than that she doesn't want to return Yu'er to Zichen Palace." But has the queen mother thought about it? The prince had just been born, and it was when she couldn't do without her biological mother, how did the queen mother criticize the queen mother back then? Comparing hearts to hearts, the queen mother should also return the prince to the queen. Rong Zhan said, glancing at Ling'er: "Go and take the prince out." ”

"Who dares to move?!" The Queen Mother stretched out her hand to stop her, with some fierce color: "This is the North Palace, the dormitory of the mourning family, how can you be a lowly slave and maid?"

Rong Zhan let out a heavy sigh and said, "Then I will go and hug it myself." ”

"No, you can't take the child away. The Queen Mother hugged Rong Zhan and pointed to the command angrily: "It was the queen who asked you to hold the child, didn't it?

Rong Zhan slowly lowered his head and grabbed the Queen Mother's hand: "No, it's what I mean." ”

"Isn't it?" The Queen Mother sneered: "Just now, the queen sent someone to urge her a few times, and the mourning family saw that the prince was sleeping, so they were not allowed to take them away." It was these two slaves and maids, who were so bold that they openly broke into the mourning family's dormitory and wanted to secretly take the prince away. Hmph, acting so childishly, where are they like the slaves and maids of the queen of the main palace? These two are still powerful, and the other palace maids are not even more ignorant? When the time comes, these people will raise the grandsons of the mourning family, and they will not teach the grandsons of the mourning family badly?"

Rong Zhan frowned and glanced at Ling'er. Ling'er knew that her behavior just now was a little reckless, so she hurriedly lowered her head.

"What's the matter, can't speak, the emperor?" The queen mother shook off Rong Zhan's hand: "The mourning family is also for your good, for the good of the prince." The emperor and queen are still young, and there will be more princes and princesses in the future. After the emperor canonizes the empress, a general election will be held in accordance with the rules, and the concubines of each palace will give birth to more princes to the emperor. The mourning family is just doing things according to the rules of the ancestors. The emperor disobeys the mourning family, and the mourning family may be able to back down, but the emperor is now going to disobey the rules and regulations of the ancestors, so don't blame the mourning family!"

Rong Zhan lost his voice for a while, and looked at the Queen Mother in surprise.

"How did the Queen Mother become what she is today?"

The queen mother's body trembled: "Has the mourning family changed? Where has the mourning family changed? According to the mourning family, the emperor has changed, right? The prince has always had no rules for being raised by his biological mother, and the emperor loves the queen, and he can't even take care of the rules of his ancestors?"

"There are no such rules?" Rong Zhan raised his eyebrows: "If I remember correctly, I grew up under my mother's knees since I was a child. Could it be that the queen mother can break the rules, and when she comes to her son, she can't do it?"

"You!" The Queen Mother was stunned: "Your Majesty, the mourning family is also doing this for your own good." If the prince stays with the queen, the queen will definitely be distracted by the prince, how can she serve the emperor wholeheartedly when the time comes? The mourning family helps her take care of the prince, and it is also for the sake of the queen, how can the emperor not understand the hard work of the mourning family?"

Rong Zhan looked at the Queen Mother for a long time: "Didn't the Queen Mother understand the Queen Mother's 'hard work'?"

"You?!" The Queen Mother felt weak for a while, and involuntarily staggered back a few steps: "You unfilial rebel, the Queen Mother wants to kill you, you actually compare the Mourning family with that demon woman? Could it be that the Mourning family will kill the emperor's dragon?"

Rong Zhan slowly held the queen mother's hand and said calmly: "I know that the queen mother will not do anything to hurt the prince, and I also know the queen mother's kindness. It's just that Yu'er is my eldest son, and I want to leave him in Zichen Palace to raise him personally. Therefore, Yu'er's affairs don't bother the queen mother. If the queen mother wants Yu'er, she can come to Zichen Palace, or pass on the edict to ask the queen to bring Yu'er over to accompany you. Otherwise, the queen mother does not have to force it. ”

"Your Majesty, you can't take Yu'er away, you can't take him away!" said the Queen Mother, like a female finch protecting a chick, spreading her wings and blocking the nurse behind her.

"Queen Mother, what are you doing? I just carried the prince back to Zichen Palace, and the queen mother has not been seen since then. Why does the queen mother have to do this?" Rong Zhan stretched out his hand, crossed the queen mother, and hugged the prince into his arms.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" the Queen Mother knelt down in despair: "The mourning family begs you, don't take Yu'er away." ”

Mother Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to help the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother was like a red-crowned crane with broken legs, unable to stand up at all.

Rong Zhan sighed heavily: "Queen Mother, what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, you just look at the fact that you have loved you and spoiled you since you were a child, and you are for the sake of protecting you everywhere in the mourning family, you promised the queen mother, don't take Yu'er away, the queen mother begs you. The Queen Mother was crying profusely, as if the mother who had taken her child away was herself.

This stunned Rong Zhan.

Rong Zhan shoved the child into Ling'er's hand, and leaned down to help the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, what are you doing here? ”

The queen mother's body was like stuck in a mud pond, and she couldn't help herself.

"Your Majesty, don't take Yu'er away, don't. The Queen Mother grabbed Rong Zhan's sleeve, and she didn't know where the strength came from, so that Rong Zhan's body leaned forward.

Rong Zhan looked at the teary-eyed Queen Mother, and he was also a little moved. When the Empress Dowager tried to take herself away from the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager must have cried like this once.

He may be able to understand the heart of the Queen Mother, in the heart of the Queen Mother, except for herself, no one can take better care of the child, but now is not the period of the first emperor after all. There is no one in the harem like the Empress Dowager. The prince doesn't need the protection of the queen mother, what Yu'er needs is just a mother with a peaceful temperament and tenacity.

Rong Zhan wiped his eyes for the Queen Mother with a handkerchief, and choked up: "Queen Mother, it is difficult for the emperor to obey his fate." The Empress is gentle and frugal, and is the most suitable person to take care of Yu'er, and I believe that the prince raised by the Empress herself will definitely become a pillar of the country in the future. I believe in the queen and respect the queen, this is my attitude. ”

As soon as he let go of his hand, the Queen Mother fell to the ground with a fit.

"Your Majesty, don't take Yu'er away, don't! You give Yu'er back to me, give it back to me!"

Rong Zhan resolutely turned around, and his back gradually disappeared at the door of the North Palace. Ling'er hugged the prince and couldn't help but glance back at the Queen Mother. She'd never seen a person cry like this, and it felt like a knife cutting a piece of flesh off you.

The little prince in her arms is very well-behaved at this time, lying in her arms like a kitten, and she seems to trust Ling'er very much.

"Let's go, little prince, let's go back to Zichen Palace. ”