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Hearing his father's words, Ji Jin seemed to be saying his last words, and his heart ached immediately, and the tears in his eyes couldn't help but flow out.But she also thought that her father was still ill, and it would be unlucky to cry in front of him, so she quickly took out the brocade handkerchief in her sleeve and wiped away her tears, sobbing, "Daddy, baby...baby..."

She originally wanted to follow the emperor's words, that is, the father would definitely wait until that day.But after thinking about it again, she felt that she couldn't say it, because she fell in love with Wei Yu, who appeared to be the highest-ranking eunuch in the palace, but was actually a gentle and beautiful woman.Either way, it is impossible for her and Wei Yu to give birth to a white and fat dumpling for the emperor to hug.In other words, she couldn't even do verbal filial piety.This made her feel helpless and ashamed.

The empress dowager was afraid that Ji Jin couldn't help crying for a while, which would only add to the sadness of the emperor, which would not be conducive to the improvement of his condition.In addition, she knew that the emperor had just taken the medicine and had already said a lot and needed to rest, so she said, "Jin'er, your father just took the medicine and talked a lot, let's go out first and let He rests for a while, come see him again later."

The emperor was indeed weak and tired. After taking the medicine, if he hadn't met Ji Jin and the empress dowager, he would have ignored anyone and just wanted to lie down and rest with his eyes closed.

"Go, let me rest for a while." The emperor patted Ji Jin's hand and said in a low voice.

Ji Jin nodded, hummed, and then said: "Daddy, I will come to see you at night. I won't leave for a few days, but I will stay in Xiyuan, and come to serve my father at any time until my father recovers from illness."

The emperor smiled and said hello.Only then did Ji Jin stand up and follow the empress dowager out of the emperor's bedroom. The empress dowager asked her to go back and tell the other concubines, the prince and the princess who were waiting in the front hall. The emperor woke up and was being healed by the imperial physician. The eunuch in charge here arranged to live in several palaces near the Longevity Palace in Xiyuan, waiting for the emperor to pass the decree for them to have an audience.

After Ji Jin agreed to leave, the empress dowager turned around and went to the emperor's study in Xicijian, and saw the empress and eldest princess Ji Zheng who were waiting here.

"Zheng'er, go to the front hall and join Jin'er and the others. I asked the eunuch in charge of Xiyuan to arrange accommodation for you. The emperor is ill these few days, and you live in Xiyuan. It’s still the emperor’s decree for you to go in and meet him, it’s more convenient to live nearer. Also, just now your father is much better after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, you go and tell them to let them stay calm.”

"Yes, grandma, my granddaughter is going now." Ji Zheng hurriedly replied, in fact, she didn't know the meaning of the last words of the emperor's grandmother. The emperor's father's condition is dangerous, and everyone who has seen it may be very upset. It's wonderful, but the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize people's hearts. Naturally, they can't tell everyone about the real condition of the father.

When Ji Zheng went out, the queen helped the empress dowager to sit down on the kang near the wall in the north, and then let the maid who served the empress dowager come in, brought the warm medicine in the small tea room, and personally held it for the empress dowager to drink .

The empress dowager took the medicine and drank it, and the maid stuffed a big bright yellow pillow with dragon and phoenix patterns behind her, and another maid came forward and beat her legs and feet with beauty fists.

In the past half a day, the empress dowager has been dealing with various matters here. She is in her early sixties, and she is not recovering from her illness. After dealing with these matters, she is tired after taking the medicine after sitting down.Leaning on the big welcoming pillow for a while, I closed my eyes and began to fall asleep.The empress sat beside her on an armchair covered with brocade cushions and spoke softly to the empress dowager. After saying a few words, seeing that the empress dowager closed her eyes, she stopped talking and just sat quietly waiting The empress dowager wakes up.

About half an hour later, the queen rubbed her eyebrows with her hands, thought about many things, and made some decisions.Over the years, the relationship between her and the emperor has long existed in name only. The emperor only came to sit with her on the first and fifteenth day of each month. The two of them sat with each other except to talk about their children. .In the afternoon, after the emperor had dinner, he drove back to the Qianqing Palace. This is the ancestor's rule, and the emperor would not spend the night in the concubine's palace.Except for staying in Kunning Palace for three consecutive nights when he was married to the empress, the emperor never lived in Kunning Palace again.

The queen couldn't do anything about it, especially after the emperor later had concubine Zhao, there was no empress Xuan who went to bed.For this reason, the empress resented the emperor and concubine Zhao Gui.But as time went on, she faded away.Because she has sons and daughters, the emperor also respects her on the surface. She is already the richest and most respected woman in the whole world. Wouldn't it be too greedy to want the emperor's favor?In those few years when she was unhappy, the mother-in-law in front of her, the emperor's mother-in-law tried to persuade her quite a bit.

So in the future, she raised her eyebrows to the emperor.I thought her feelings for the emperor were as weak as water, or even weaker than the emperor's feelings for her.But now that the emperor suddenly fell ill, she was still worried and sad. No matter how bad the emperor was, he was still kind to her in the first three years. No matter what, he was the first and only man in his life. They have a son and a daughter together, and some feelings have been deeply rooted in their blood.Originally thought to be indifferent, who would have guessed that it was still lurking deep in the blood.

She didn't want the emperor to die, especially since her son, the crown prince Ji Wenbiao, had passed away. If the emperor died again, she felt that she would have nothing to rely on in this life.This kind of dependence is not only in life, but more importantly, psychological.

But she also understood that there was nothing she could do if she didn't want to. If something happened to the emperor, she had to make a choice and insist on safeguarding her own interests.She wanted to wait for the empress dowager to wake up, there were some things she had to mention...

When she was deep in thought, the empress dowager who was lying on the kang suddenly coughed violently, and then woke up.The queen hurriedly stood up and brought a cup of tea for the queen mother to drink.

The empress dowager sat upright with the support of the maid beside her, took two sips of the tea handed by the empress, then put the pink birthday peach tea cup on the kang table, glanced at the gilt bronze clock in the corner of the hall, and asked casually : "Queen, how long has Aijia been sleeping?"

The queen replied: "It will take about half an hour to return to the queen mother."

The empress dowager sighed: "Hey, I am old and useless. I just squinted my eyes and fell asleep. However, I feel better after sleeping for a while."

After a pause, she asked all the maids serving in front of her to go down.After everyone had left, she stroked a string of jasper beads on her wrist and said in a low voice, "Queen, which of the princes do you think is the best?"

The queen's heart trembled when she heard the words, she immediately understood that the empress dowager was asking her which prince was suitable to succeed the crown prince.Before that, the Confucian officials of the previous dynasty had different ideas from the emperor, not only she knew, but also the empress dowager knew.But the two never talked about it together, because it is a taboo.Women in the harem, even women with such a high status as the empress dowager, should not express any opinions on the reserve position.The two of them may have a suitable candidate to be the new prince in their hearts, but neither of them has said anything.Li Chu has always been a major issue involving the fundamentals of the country, and if one is not careful, it will cause trouble to the upper body, so they will basically avoid such topics automatically.

Before that, the emperor was in the prime of his life, and he made up his mind to make the third prince, Wen Kai, the new crown prince. The Confucian officials resolutely opposed it, and both sides refused to give in.The queen and empress dowager don't express their opinions, they always feel that the dust will settle in the end. They are women, so they don't have to speak out.

But now the emperor's illness is really frightening. If something happens to him, if the reserve position is not established, if there is chaos in the court, the outer court may also be in chaos.If there are people with ulterior motives coveting the throne, there may be chaos in the world.That's why the empress dowager had no choice but to intervene in this matter. She first asked the empress what she meant, and it was also because the empress was the lord of the six palaces. When the emperor fell ill, such matters should be discussed with her first.

The queen muttered: "Mother, I..."

"It's such a time, don't hide it, just say what you think." The Empress Dowager encouraged.

In fact, the queen wanted to ask the empress dowager what she thought, so she could second her, but after the empress dowager said words of encouragement, she felt that the empress dowager would not like it any more.

So she said slowly: "If you want to say that among the princes, the most capable one is Jin Wang Wenkai..."

The empress dowager nodded: "Well, the Ai family thinks so too, but..."

After the queen said Jin Wang Wenkai was the most capable, seeing the empress dowager nodded, she thought that she liked the third prince, so she hesitated to mention the second prince, but the empress dowager added a "but".So she was overjoyed, and then said: "But the second prince is the elder after all. According to the rules of the ancestors, there is a descendant who establishes a descendant, and no descendant establishes an elder. Therefore, King Wenquan of Lu should succeed as the prince. Persistence. There is no rule without rules. The Confucian officials are worried that the rules of the ancestors will be broken. After that, the subjects will follow suit. Then there will be no father, no brother, no seniority, and this will inevitably lead to chaos..."

"Do you prefer the second prince Wen Quan?" the empress dowager asked after listening.

"Although Wen Quan is not as capable as his third brother, but he does things according to the rules. It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Great Xia, and now the world is at peace. He does everything according to the rules of his ancestors, and he will not make mistakes. What's more, there are mothers and foreign courts. It is even more secure if the cabinet ministers help him."

The queen said it tactfully, and the empress dowager also felt reasonable after hearing it.In fact, she and the queen have the same idea, the third prince is the most capable, and if he inherits the throne, he is most likely to become a Youdao Mingjun.However, he happened to be the third child. If he was appointed as the heir apparent as the emperor insisted, it would be breaking the rules of the ancestors and the system of etiquette and law.In history, there have been many disasters caused by the abolition of the elders and the establishment of the young, and how many dynasties have changed their dynasties because of the chaos in the world.Those things of the previous generation remind future generations that the rules of the ancestors cannot be abolished, and the rules of ordering the young and old cannot be abolished.

The Great Xia Dynasty, which was in a peaceful and prosperous age, did not need to expand its territory and had no strong enemies around, so it only needed an emperor with mediocre abilities like the second prince to sit on the emperor's throne.As the queen said, seek stability.Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, this is what the sages said, it is also the way of governing the country, and it is the way of heaven.

"The way of heaven cannot be violated..." the empress dowager finally murmured.