Tianhuang nobleman

Chapter 104

After sending all the royal relatives away safely, Empress Feng kept Qi Hua behind, and after tidying up, Empress Feng retreated from the crowd, pulled her son to sit down, sighed and said: "Did you see, your father fell on his feet , Qi Xiao came up on the back foot, these people... most of them are watching the fire from the other side, it is easy to add icing on the cake on weekdays, but when something really happens, it is difficult for them to send charcoal in a timely manner."

Qi Hua didn't enjoy the meal, and said angrily, "It's a big deal that Qi Xiao let the King of Lingnan go without permission! My aunt just beat him a few times. It was as if someone had dug up the ancestral grave and rushed into the palace to intercede. What about now? The youngest Nasha followed his mother and pretended to fight against me, humiliating us to this point, why no one came out to uphold justice? How could they be watching the fire from the other side, they are obviously watching people order dishes, queen mother! What good is Qi Xiao's insidious things? Why do these people always turn to him intentionally or unintentionally?"

Empress Feng was exhausted and sighed in a low voice: "You think they are doing it for Qi Xiao? Don't be stupid, what they look up to is Qi Xiao's identity and bloodline."

Although not reconciled, Empress Feng also understood very well in her heart, gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "How did your father treat them these years? Isn't it generous enough?! But these old things have not forgotten the benefits of Emperor Wu in the past, and those days Damn, secretly comparing me with Empress Xiaoxian, they, they..."

Qi Hua shook his head and said irritably, "That's all, Empress Mother doesn't need to mention these things."

Empress Feng took a deep breath, shook her head and stopped thinking, took Qi Hua's hand and said earnestly: "Did you see your grandfather today when you left the palace? What did he say?"

Qi Hua's face froze, and he was speechless for a while, Empress Feng said anxiously: "Why did you ask you to leave the palace? You said it!"

Qi Hua gritted her teeth, turned her head and said, "Grandfather said... let the empress serve the emperor with peace of mind, it would be best if she can be rescued, if, if..."

Empress Feng was so anxious that she shook Qi Hua's hand and said, "What if it doesn't work?!"

Qi Hua said indignantly: "If you are really powerless, then you should try your best to arrange the father's funeral, and then... take care of the crown prince's succession!"

Empress Feng's face instantly turned pale when she heard the words, she was stunned for a while and suddenly said sharply: "What are you talking about?! Let Qi Xiao succeed? What about you? What about me?! When he succeeds, will there be a way for us to survive?"

Qi Hua couldn't figure this out either, so he thumped on the Kang table and said, "I said the same thing! It's not that Qi Xiao didn't know about the previous things, when he succeeds, let's not say whether he will turn over the matter or not." , It’s just that these things in the past few years are enough for him to kill me several times! It’s okay if you don’t stop him, and let us help him pave the way, isn’t this digging his own grave?!”

Empress Feng couldn't figure it out, she pondered for a moment and hurriedly called the palace servants who followed Qi Hua out of the palace today, and said anxiously: "What did the old master say, you tell me exactly, Just one word away, I will expose you too!"

The palace man knelt down in panic, trying his best to think about the situation in the past hundred days, and stammered: "The great master said... say, oh yes, the great master said, let the empress take good care of the emperor, and the great master is also looking for a famous doctor outside. , how to save the emperor..."

Empress Feng is extremely impatient, the doctor outside?The world is so big, to support one person, is there anyone better than the doctor in the palace?The emperor's body was obviously failing. How could he be rescued? Empress Feng waved her hands and said irritably, "What about the next one, what if it's not good? What does the lord say?"

The palace man looked a little weird, he hesitated and said: "Grandpa said, if it's not good...then the empress must act magnanimously, don't make people think that the empress is more interested in the second prince, and wait...to the mountain mausoleum After the collapse, you can handle it as you want, and you must do it beautifully in front of people, and don't allow people to catch any mistakes."

Empress Feng was dumbfounded: "Father... Father, what happened to him..."

The palace man bit the bullet and continued: "The old man said, the Feng family...has been unable to fight His Royal Highness for a long time, and now they are unable to recover. Instead of fighting to the death, it is better to stop immediately and be as honest as the Xue family. To be honest, in terms of status, the empress is the prince's aunt after all, and she didn't make any major mistakes. The prince just wanted to, but it was not good when he first ascended the throne. The real power of the prince has left you, the empress dowager, as an empty shelf, and that's it, even though you have lost since then, you can still save your life."

The palace man's voice became smaller and smaller, and he said: "As long as the empress is willing to be magnanimous in front of her, she will take care of the matter of succession without causing obstacles, and the benevolence of the empress will be seen by everyone, and the prince will not be able to do anything."

Empress Feng was furious: "This is nothing?! Besides, who said that my Feng family is powerless to fight Qi Xiao?! The real power of my father and eldest brother is gone, but my palace is still there! As long as the emperor has not died , Ben Gong is the justifiable Empress Daxiang! What I want to do, can’t I do it?! Besides, what’s the matter of having no father or mother? Haha... Don’t make Ben Gong laugh, but there is Dun Su's clan supports him, but there are a few old officials who are still thinking about Emperor Wu, so what? Can he mobilize troops or make orders?! Who will win and who will lose is not sure. What does father do? So frustrated?!"

The palace man was complaining incessantly, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, based on what this servant has learned recently, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's power is more than that. In recent years, the Crown Prince has placed his own people in the three provinces and six departments, and there are quite a few of them on the surface. , not to mention the private ones, and the emperor has suppressed the government frequently in the past two years, we have long been unable to figure out many things, and... the emperor was in a coma too soon, he just punished the second and third princes, The fourth prince was promoted again. Now everyone in the capital has no idea. Everyone is cautious in their words and deeds, for fear that people will mistakenly think that they are in the same team. At this time... I am afraid that those old friends from the past will not help us. It's over!"

Empress Feng seemed to have heard the big joke, and she laughed twice and said: "So what? I should accept my fate? Cheerfully helping Qi Xiao to board the dragon chair? Haha... The Feng family has since disappeared, and this palace's status From then on, the empress dowager looked up to her and looked at his face to get by. Hua'er of this palace... probably will make a prince, and then quietly send him to some barren land to be the fief king, haha, haha Ha ha……"

The palace servant kowtowed again and again: "My lord, forgive me, these are the old master's original words, the slave didn't dare to say a word more."

Empress Feng couldn't help laughing, she restrained her expression for a while, waved her hands and said with a sullen face: "Go... Keep your mouth shut."

The palace man was sweating coldly, kowtowed again and bowed back.

Empress Feng turned to look at the pale-faced Qi Hua, calmed down, smiled and drooped her eyes and said slowly: "Good boy, your grandfather is already confused, you don't need to pay attention to what he said..."

Qi Hua looked panic-stricken, and whispered: "Mother...what's going to happen?"

A sneer appeared from the corner of Empress Feng's mouth, and she said in a low voice for a long while: "Don't listen to those words that uplift others' morale and destroy your own prestige. As long as the emperor does not die, as long as the new emperor does not ascend the throne, it is not sure who will die. Don't worry... Mother She is more afraid than you of the days when he will make a living under his hands, mother... will definitely not let him succeed!"

In the middle of the night, the two people in the prince's mansion lazily leaned together to eat supper. Qi Xiao also brought his steamed sugar cheese to Bai Ren, and said with a petting smile: "The cook still remembers your preferences. There are fruit pulp in it."

Bai Ren smiled, and the food that he took was sweet and delicious. Qi Xiao was not very hungry, but just accompanied Bai Ren. Didn't Lingnan tell you when he delivered the letter, don't come back in a hurry."

Bai Ren blinked: "Didn't I miss you?"

Qi Xiao smiled lightly: "I believe this, but I'm afraid there are other reasons for it. The King of Lingnan has quite a few spies in Beijing now."

Bai Ren put down his chopsticks after a meal, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief and said in a low voice, "Your Highness...you can't make me blind." Ren's expression was not very good and he quickly smiled: "I made a slip of the tongue... Bai Ren, you understand in your heart that I am not blaming you for placing people in Beijing, I am not willing..."

"You don't want me to come and wade through the muddy water, do you?" Bai Ren interrupted Qi Xiao and looked at him fixedly, "But I'm here. Does His Royal Highness want to punish this king?"

Qi Xiao laughed, and hurriedly brought him over, lowered his head and kissed him on the head and coaxed softly: "That's all, that's all I asked, you should be serious and anxious, my words are inappropriate, please forgive me. .”

Bai Ren was still a little angry, turned his head and said coldly: "Don't dare."

"Why don't you dare? Whether it's the prince or the future emperor, I have to act according to your face?" Qi Xiao was like a different person at the previous family banquet, gentle and considerate, and coaxed with a smile, "If you don't To relieve my anger, just send two people by my side, staring at me all the time, I will never say anything, how about it?"

Seeing that Bai Ren's face was a little loose, Qi Xiao smiled and continued: "If you are still worried, don't go anywhere else in the future. You just guard me every day and night, and I can't hide anything from you. go, okay?"

Bai Ren couldn't hold back anymore, and complained in a low voice: "Speaking of business..."

"Isn't this a serious matter?" After the previous turmoil, Qi Xiao's temper towards Bai Ren has not only improved by one point or two, and he will never flirt with Bai Ren again. Xiao softened his heart, and seeing that he didn't like to mention this matter, Qi Xiao stopped talking. Anyway, the situation in Beijing is fine now, and it doesn't matter if Bai Ren is here first. good?"

Bai Ren nodded, and said in a low voice: "Mother likes the calligraphy and paintings of the former dynasty that you brought to me very much.

Qi Xiao frowned slightly, then suddenly laughed after a long while and said, "You come and go like this... Hasn't the concubine ever asked you what's going on?"

Bai Ren was taken aback when he heard the words, pursed his lower lips and said in a low voice: "Mother... Although she has a kind temper, she is like a mirror in everything. I am like this... I guess she knows something."

Qi Xiao chuckled: "What did the concubine tell you? Let you get married?"

Bai Ren shook his head: "My father and king have only been away for more than half a year. My mother never told me about this, but... But I always feel that my mother and concubine know something, that is, I and..." before, Bai Ren Zizi shut his mouth, a little embarrassed, Qi Xiao said coolly: "When you and Cen Chaoge get along."

Bai Ren was wronged in an instant, and continued with a smirk: "At that time... I also vaguely felt that my mother was aware of it. At that time, my mother didn't say anything, but I knew that she was a little worried."

Qi Xiao was silent in his heart, and said in a low voice, "I just hope that the concubine can figure it out in the future."

Bai Ren was a little distracted, Qi Xiao paused for a moment and suddenly asked: "If the concubine tries to stop our affairs in the future, what will you do?"

Bai Ren blurted out: "Of course I won't be separated from you."

Qi Xiao's face remained motionless, but a smile spread in his eyes, Bai Ren was a little ashamed, hesitated for a while and said slowly: "When that day really comes, I will talk to my mother and concubine, and you will do your best to choose Rou Jia. From the in-law’s family, it has been talking about how you shouldered the heavy responsibility in southern Xinjiang, disobeyed the imperial order and let me go, and told my mother one by one.”

Bai Ren raised his head to look at Qi Xiao, his eyes were clear: "In the end, I will kneel down and beg my mother, beg her... Don't let me marry a good woman like my father, but let her down for the rest of my life."

Bai Ren's eyes were red: "My concubine sees how I came here half a year ago, she...she won't have the heart to let me live that kind of life for the rest of my life."

Qi Xiao felt a severe pain in his heart, bowed his head and kissed Bai Ren's lips dotingly, took a long breath and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you be alone, you kneel and I will kneel, you beg me too , The concubine is a merciful person, she won't bear it."

Bai Ren nodded, rubbing against Qi Xiao's arms like a wronged beast, complaining in a low voice, "Why are you talking about that?"

Qi Xiao coaxed with a smile: "Stop talking... my dear, are you ready to eat? Go to bed soon, blame me for being inconsiderate and not letting you have a good rest." Bai Ren's face turned red, and suddenly said: "Also... what's going on now? The emperor... is he still awake?"

A trace of cruelty flashed across Qi Xiao's eyes: "I'm sure I'll wake up, but before that...I have to take care of those who are stumbling, those who are trying to kill...all of them."