life in a hurry

The matter has been done, and the Queen Mother has no choice but to help with the aftermath.

But before the end came, Xuanying went to Beijing and said something like that in the morning court.

The queen mother knew Xuanying well, he did look like a madman, but he was not really mad, and the Marquis An Guo behind him would never be mad.

It seems that An Guohou has indeed held all the evidence of counterattack in his hands. The reason for the delay may be as Xuanying said, for the stability of the court, but it may also be that he does not want to take advantage of King Ning and wants to keep his followers. Do your own business.

The queen mother thought about it over and over again, and the emperor came to her palace and talked about the early court affairs.

The queen mother asked the emperor calmly: "Why does the emperor want to talk about this matter alone? Is it true that he is also suspicious of Aijia?"

The emperor looked at her silently for a long time, then slowly got up and knelt down in front of her again.

The queen mother could hardly sit still, and hurriedly pulled him up: "What is the emperor doing!"

The emperor still knelt in front of her and said, "I don't want to lose my mother."

The Empress Dowager was startled, and after a while she said: "Why is this so?"

The emperor said: "I believe that those things will never be done by my mother, because everything my mother has always done is for me. Maybe she is a little confused and conniving in Yao's affairs occasionally, but she will never collude with foreign countries to harm me. country."

The Empress Dowager didn't expect him to say this, she couldn't help but her eyes were sore, she said: "How could the Ai family do something that would endanger the emperor's country. That Xuanying was just eager to save An Guohou, and she used the Ai family to scare the emperor."

The emperor said: "Does the empress really think so?"

The queen mother looked at him and didn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, the emperor said: "It is said that mother and child are united. I know that the queen mother wants to protect the Yao family, but you have protected them for a long time. This time, it is not what An Guohou did, but the Yao family wants to kill An Guohou. , I really don't have the face to beg him to spare the Yao family."

The queen mother sighed: "This may be a misunderstanding. The emperor also knows that the Yao family has always ignored those things. They are both An Guohou and Ning Wang, and they are fighting each other."

The emperor said: "These words, if I believe my mother, I must also believe in An Guohou."

The queen mother stopped talking.

She knew very well that this was all a scene, the emperor would not believe it, and it was even more impossible for An Guohou to believe it.

The emperor said again: "If Xuanying just exposed Yao's family, I can still put it down lightly. It's nothing more than dismissing a few small corners. But he refers to the current empress dowager. How can I use small corners to prevaricate him and her husband?" Long talk?"

The Empress Dowager smiled bitterly and said, "He really dares to say it. No, it is the Marquis of An Guo, and he is still the Marquis of An Guo. In fact, it has not changed for so many years. It is his way of doing things."

The emperor said: "It's my uncle who went too far. I let King Ning, Qin Zhengwen and Chen Feiqing handle the Jiangnan disaster relief case. My uncle must have criticized me, thinking that I want to be selfless and kill relatives righteously. How could he not want to?" Thinking about it, would I really slap my mother in the face like this? The case of disaster relief food can no longer be covered up, the people starved to death, and the victims have reported to the capital. Yes, can I ignore it? King Ning and his mother are close, Qin Zhengwen is talented, well-known, but not sophisticated, and even pedantic to a little stupid. Do as he does, he will trust whoever gets closer to him, there is no one who can deceive you more than him. Such three people are sent to handle the case, but uncle thinks that I am for An Guohou?"

The Queen Mother was speechless.

The emperor looked very heartbroken: "It's like this, Yao Yi can still make this matter so big, I want to know who you are looking for, Queen Mother."

The queen mother felt a little aggrieved.Leaving aside what the emperor's plan was, she did not expect that people from the Yao family would do those things without telling her.

At the end, the emperor said: "At this point, no matter what your mother thinks, I only have one sentence. The Yao family is a foreign relative, separated from me by one floor. Among the Yao family and my mother, I will only choose my own. Mother."

The queen mother was silent for a while, and said: "The Yao family is also the emperor's relatives after all."

The emperor said: "Because they are my relatives, I must help them survive. Who is An Guohou, the empress mother must know better than me. Why did he have enmity with King Ning back then, and why he forced King Ning to be like that? These old things, my mother knows better than me. He will take revenge and he will pay back ten times. What does my mother think will happen if this matter continues?"

Therefore, the queen mother invited An Guohou and Chen Feiqing to have this "family banquet".

She was trying her best to show her goodwill to An Guohou, but the emperor suddenly grabbed Chen Feiqing by the collar and said such a sentence.

The queen mother only felt that besides implying that she didn't need to show too much favor to An Guohou, there was something weird about it.

After the emperor finished speaking, he let go heavily, got up and walked out.

The queen mother hurriedly called him: "Your Majesty!"

The emperor paused for a while, and said: "I feel a little uncomfortable, my mother and An Guohou forgive me."

After saying that, he left.

An Guohou glanced at Chen Feiqing, and Chen Feiqing hurriedly said: "I didn't say anything or do anything."

The Empress Dowager suddenly felt blessed, smiled and said, "You child, follow up quickly."

Chen Feiqing said blankly: "But——"

The queen mother urged him: "You know the emperor's temperament best, and I won't be really angry with you. Go quickly."

Chen Feiqing had no choice but to get up and hurriedly followed.

The queen mother watched him walk away, then looked at An Guohou again, and said: "The emperor and Feiqing are not here, so Aijia can talk to Lord Hou about what's on his mind."

An Guohou's expression became a little more relaxed, he raised his wine glass and said to the Queen Mother: "Your servant should do it first."

Chen Feiqing chased the emperor all the way to the lake. After finally catching up, the emperor interrupted him when he was about to speak: "Stand ten steps away."

Chen Feiqing took ten steps back.

The emperor asked the eunuch beside him to send an apple to Chen Feiqing, and said: "The emperor asked the young master to hold the apple in front of his chest, he wants to shoot an arrow."

Chen Feiqing was a little confused, because the emperor had never done such a thing.

But he still took the apple, held it in front of his chest, and innocently watched the emperor draw a bow and try an arrow ten steps away.

The emperor practiced his hands, raised an arrow and drew his bow towards Chen Feiqing, and narrowed one eye.

Chen Feiqing still stood there straight, not nervous at all.

After a while, the emperor put down the arrow and said: "I have only lost to you in one subject, and that is archery."

Chen Feiqing said with a smile: "It's only a few times. The emperor never admits defeat. After practicing day and night, he can shoot more accurately than me."

The emperor was very strong since he was a child, and he took the lead of his companions as a matter of course. If there was something that he couldn't lead, he would practice hard. Chen Feiqing knew him very well, and therefore admired him even more.

The emperor asked: "Is this why you are not afraid that I will shoot you through with an arrow?"

Chen Feiqing said calmly: "If the emperor is sure, this arrow will not shoot through me. If the emperor is not sure, this arrow will not shoot out. I have nothing to be afraid of."

The emperor looked at him for a while, finally laughed, handed the bow and arrow to the eunuch, and said to Chen Feiqing: "Come here."

Chen Feiqing walked towards him, was pulled into his arms by him, and rubbed his head vigorously: "You! Sometimes I want to beat you!"

Chen Feiqing wondered: "How could you think of beating me up?"

The emperor smiled and said: "Because I don't know what to do with you. Do you really trust me so much?"

Chen Feiqing said: "Brothers and friends for 20 years, if you are still not trustworthy, I don't have many trustworthy people."

The emperor stared at him for a while, and said: "I see that you believe whoever you catch, and it's also Lord Hou who took care of you too well."

Seeing that Chen Feiqing was still a little dazed, the emperor said: "Take a look by the collar yourself, you are such an adult, can you grow a snack?"

Chen Feiqing didn't dare to pull the collar to look for himself because he was in front of the Queen Mother and his father. Now that he was reminded, he turned around and looked at the collar, and said in surprise: "Huh?"

At this moment, the emperor's look of disdain for him was exactly the same as that of Imperial Doctor Bai.

The two walked slowly along the lake, Chen Feiqing couldn't help asking: "What happened before?"

The emperor said: "That's what happened."

Chen Feiqing said: "I probably figured it out, but I just don't understand why you didn't tell me. It really shocked me."

The emperor still had a lot of details that he didn't want to tell him at this time, so he changed the topic, only smiled and said: "It's not all fake, I really think our little duke is a good-looking talent, personable, and I appreciate it very much."

Chen Feiqing looked at him sideways, and laughed for a while: "Here it is again. I wouldn't believe it."

The emperor still smiled and said: "I said you wouldn't believe it, but Fu Nansheng said, how can you believe it?"

Chen Feiqing was startled, her smile faded away, she stopped for a while, and said: "Since we have mentioned this matter, I should also tell you about it."

The emperor also stopped and looked back at him.

Chen Feiqing said: "Me and——"

"Do you know Fu Nansheng?" The emperor asked suddenly.

Chen Feiqing was startled, and then said: "People can get to know each other slowly."

The emperor laughed again: "But I know him better than you, do you believe it?"

Chen Feiqing remembered that the emperor seemed to be very interested in Fu Nansheng in the past, and couldn't help but said: "Understanding and affection are sometimes not the same thing."

The emperor looked at him for a while, with a complicated look on his face.

Taking advantage of this moment, Chen Feiqing wanted to say again: "Fu and I—"

"Don't you want to know why I am confident that I know him better than you?" The emperor interrupted him again as if on purpose.

Chen Feiqing was not annoyed, and asked along the way: "Why?"

The emperor said: "Because, he is my great hero."

"What?" Chen Feiqing was startled.