The night was too long, especially for the secluded deep palace of the Forbidden City, and it was even more darkness that the sun could not shine through.

Even if it was dawn, the sunlight could not shine into some eyes in the deep palace that could no longer be opened.

Prince Zhao Xi, last night, finally stayed up until the fire in Golden Lion Lane, and then stayed up until the bell rang in the middle of the night in the small building of the deep palace, before he fell asleep with peace of mind, but he didn't expect to sleep for long, and when the sun was just rising, he was woken up again.

Then the old eunuch told him that at the end of the night last night, the East Palace once again killed several palace maids, it was a hand that moved overnight, and it was dealt with before dawn, and then a new group of people went in.

The palace maid who died this time was the person next to Concubine Jing, and she was also an old man who had followed Concubine Jing into the palace for many years, as for the reason used to kill the staff, the old eunuch didn't even mention it, he knew that the prince would definitely not ask the reason, because the harem is now in charge of the queen's mother.

The queen's mother is the prince's biological mother, and the queen's mother wants a cane, and it doesn't matter for any reason, at least not for the prince.

Because he slept too late last night and was woken up early, Zhao Xi's brain was a little drowsy, and he felt impetuous, and the old eunuch came with bad news again, and Zhao Xi was even more stuffy and out of breath.

Last time, the palace maid next to Concubine Wu was killed, and the queen mother spent a little effort to set up a set, find a high-sounding reason, and then move again.

Tonight, in the middle of the night, there was no discussion or foreshadowing.

Then there must be no suitable excuse to force the hand, it seems that the queen mother can no longer hold it.

"Let's go to the Middle Palace and say good morning. Zhao Xi waved his hand annoyingly, and asked the old eunuch to arrange to see the queen mother, the current harem is so chaotic, he can no longer let the queen mother mess around, he must persuade him.

In the Forbidden Palace, even if the prince visits his mother, he still needs to go through a set of cumbersome processes, so cumbersome that the prince, who is in a bad mood, actually has the urge to not even want to sit on the dragon chair anymore.

Finally able to see mother and son, after the queen mother withdrew from everyone, her gentle and dignified face immediately turned cold.

"Xi'er, what's the matter with you, you need to come to the palace early in the morning?"

Zhao Xi pursed his lips and hesitated slightly.

"Sure enough, you still came here for those few sluts, Zhao Xi, are you born in this palace?" The queen's face was even colder: "The official wanted to see you before, but he couldn't see your shadow for a whole month, and now the maid of this palace teaches an outsider, you rushed over early, did you want to ask the palace for guilt?"

Although he knew that the subordinates in the palace had been cleared, Zhao Xi still looked around to confirm that there was no one.

Zhao Xi didn't want his subordinates to hear the queen's words, and he didn't want to answer the queen's words himself, he was surrounded by smart people, and he was not used to this kind of verbal argument.

The queen's argument, which is obviously emotional, is meaningless and does not help anything, so what is the use of arguing?

However, women are unreasonable, especially the current queen mother, who has been suppressed for too long, and finally got a chance to breathe out her anger, of course, she doesn't like her own son to come over early to ask the public.

Therefore, the queen's tone was full of darkness, and Zhao Xi couldn't find a suitable excuse to divert for a while.

Zhao Xi's cautious appearance of looking around for people fell in the eyes of the queen, which aroused her disappointment and hatred for a while: "Look at you, you will always be this cautious and cautious, where does you have the power to ascend to the emperor?"

"With the way you are now, how can you make the ministers willing to obey?"

"It seems that you have been brought into contact with that group of feminine eunuchs all day long, you have to learn from your father, kill decisively, and decide what you believe to be swift and decisive. ”

Zhao Xi turned his head and listened to the queen's words expressionlessly, and his heart had already flown outside.

Finally, when the queen's anger calmed down, Zhao Xi said softly: "Erchen doesn't have any intention of reproaching, I just want to come here to discuss with the queen mother, and then can the queen mother's queen be quiet for a while and cooperate with Erchen's actions." ”

"Erchen's layout is almost complete, now is the time to close the net, if the queen mother's side moves too violently, provoking a strong reaction from the Qi family on Concubine Jing and Concubine Wu's side, Erchen's next step will not be so smooth. ”

When the queen heard this, her eyes widened, and she looked at Zhao Xi with a look of disbelief: "Are you still afraid of their Qi family's resistance?"

"Could it be that until now, you still thought that they would not resist, and would sit down obediently and let you complete the layout, and obediently let you cut off the things that belonged to them with a knife?"

"Have you squatted in Donggong for too long and squatted like a fool?"

"Do you think that if you sit in the East Palace in a python robe and command a group of unfamiliar eunuchs, you can bring the world into your sleeve pocket?"

"Do you think that your father was also squatting in the deep palace back then, looking at the sky in a daze, casually laying out a few bureaus, casually issuing a few instructions, and getting the throne?"

"The old lady has raised you for so many years, why did she teach you to be such a fool?" the queen began to get excited again, and her voice became louder and louder.

"Queen Mother, whisper ......" Zhao Xi reluctantly persuaded him.

"There's no need to whisper, this palace is not your East Palace, it's leaking everywhere. On the ground of the East and West Zodiac Houses, no one dares to betray this house. The queen slanted at Zhao Xi with disdain, feeling more and more that it was a huge mistake to let Zhao Xi grow up by herself.

"Erchen is not afraid of the resistance of the Qi family, Erchen just hopes that the whole plan can be implemented more perfectly, reduce some accidents, the father has also said that those who achieve great things must be restrained, and those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, the closer to the success, the more careful they should be. ”

"This simple truth, do you still need to teach it?" The queen saw Zhao Xi mention the Qing Emperor, and her mood eased a little, but she still did not agree with Zhao Xi's approach: "You only saw your father's cautious and meticulous side, but you didn't learn your father's decisiveness in the power of thunder, your father will never leave the opportunity overnight." ”

"If he were here, he would have scolded you for being too local, too much for perfection, too slow for your movements, and that speed is always more important than perfection. ”

The queen didn't know that the evaluation she made casually at this moment happened to be consistent with the evaluation of the Blue Emperor who was far away in Beilin Road.

Zhao Xi listened to the queen mother's admonition in silence, he knew that it was pointless to argue with the queen mother about this issue.

There is no need or possibility to reveal all his layout to the queen mother, so he can't convince the queen mother to let the queen mother obey his arrangement.

The last thing he needs now is for the queen mother to do anything for him, and if you do more, you will be wrong.

The queen reasoned for a while, and saw that Zhao Xi was still silent, and her tone began to increase again: "Don't think that you are holding a lot of things in your hands now, these are all imaginary, these are like your father's shadow that can be seen and touched." ”

"Now your father is messing around with you, because he also wants to see what the prince he has set up has grown into and what level of ability he has reached, so he will give you the opportunity to sway. ”

"If you continue to grind and chirp like this, waste such a good opportunity, and you can't even solve the pampered dick, then he will never give you a chance to step out of the East Palace again. ”

When the queen said this, she seemed to think of some of the habits of the Qing Emperor, recalled some sad pasts, and looked worried: "Your father is ambitious, and he wants to expand the territory and dominate the world, not only his father asks him so, but he will also ask for the successor with the same conditions, so he will never allow his successor to be a fool." ”

"If you let him down too much, once the matter fails, let alone be able to return to the East Palace, I'm afraid that you won't even have a chance to return to the Imperial Tomb. ”