Li Jiushi, who suddenly heard the rumors, didn't care that he was still pretending to be sick these days, so he hurriedly got up and was about to enter the palace.

No one in this world would suddenly doubt the emperor's bloodline.And he had only heard from the Queen Mother about this not long ago.

Those who spread this rumor, except the Queen Mother, don't think about him.

Confused ah confused!He clearly warned the Empress Dowager not to act rashly, but the Empress Dowager still did not listen to his advice.

Li Jiu's hurried appearance aroused suspicion in the old country's abbot.The old abbot stopped Li Jiushi who was eager to go out, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Father, I'll go into the palace to see my mother."

"Why are you in such a hurry to see your mother?" The old man was even more skeptical, not to mention he had heard the gossip, "Have you heard about that incident?"

Li Jiushi didn't want the old country head who had been at home to take care of the world and not care about the world to participate in the laborious work, so he pretended to be confused and said, "I don't know."

"really do not know?"

"I really don't know. Dad, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first." Li Jiu ran out the door in a hurry, and the old man couldn't stop him.

Li Jiushi arrived at the Empress Dowager's bedroom immediately. After seeing the Empress Dowager, he immediately turned away the idlers, and said with a gloomy face, "Your Majesty, are you the one who released the rumors outside the palace?"

The Queen Mother didn't seem to understand what Li Jiushi was talking about.

"What rumors, Ai's family doesn't know about it. Ai's family stays in the palace every day, how can they know what happened outside the palace. Don't frame Ai's family." The Queen Mother denied it, "Instead, you rushed to Ai's house Why did you come here to scold Ai's family face to face?"

Li Jiushi couldn't see the authenticity of the Empress Dowager's expression, and only told the Empress Dowager the rumors outside the palace.

"If it wasn't for the news from the empress, who else would do such a thing?" Li Jiushi naturally didn't believe it.

The queen mother said angrily: "Why is it Aijia. Aijia just said no. Besides, why is this a rumor, it is clearly true..."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she looked at Li Jiushi instead and said, "Jiu Shi, are you really willing?"

Li Jiushi knew what the queen mother meant, was she willing to hand over the military talisman?All the soldiers in southern Xinjiang are only under the command of Li Jiushi, and even the emperor can't make them move, so how can the emperor not be suspicious.

This time I came to Beijing to report on my work, so I didn't mean to try it out.

Li Jiushi said bitterly: "It is a rule in the army that the same person cannot serve as a general in the same army for more than five years. Because of special circumstances, I have been in southern Xinjiang for nearly ten years, which has already exceeded the stipulated time."

This is the rule set by the founding emperor.Because the former dynasty had generals who supported their own self-respect and rebelled and then perished, the founding emperor learned a lesson and did not allow the same person to serve as a general in the same army for more than five years.

If the time is too long, it is easy for the whole army to know only the general but not the emperor.If things go on like this, raising tigers will become a problem.

Rotate every five years to prevent the chief general from raising his own soldiers.

The queen mother only asked: "If you want to give up your military power, are you willing?"

Li Jiushi was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Of course...of course I don't want to." He brought out the soldiers, and he didn't want to give up.

The queen mother smiled knowingly.

"The Ai family knows that you don't want to. Are you really willing to sacrifice your life for a scoundrel whose blood is not pure, and even hand over the military power that you took so hard?"

"But..." Li Jiushi retorted.

"No, but. You have an indifferent relationship with the emperor, and he doesn't treat you with the respect of an elder. And Yi'er has the best relationship with you. If Yi'er becomes the throne, he must be close to your uncle and trust you completely. At that time, Nanjiang will still follow your command, don't you think it's so good?"

Li Jiushi was unusually silent.

The Empress Dowager continued: "Aijia asks you, when the first emperor died, who did you like the most among the several princes?"

Li Jiushi replied, "Of course it's Yi'er."

Pei Si was never within the scope of their Li family's choice.The relationship between Pei Si and the Li family is not very close, and he has no sense of belonging. If he ascends the throne, he will definitely not favor the Li family.

Sure enough, after Pei Si ascended the throne, the Li family was suppressed a lot.And Yi'er is close to his uncle and grandfather. If he ascends the throne as the emperor, the Li family will continue to be honored and favored, not like they are half dead now.

The queen mother saw that Li Jiushi's heart was shaken and she was satisfied, so she stopped dissuading him for the time being.It's too late for her to know, the next thing is to let Li Jiushi figure it out by himself.

Li Jiushi walked out of the Empress Dowager's bedroom with a heavy expression, still thinking about this matter after going out.Because he was so focused that he didn't even hear someone calling him on the road.

It wasn't until Pei Yi had already walked in front of Li Jiushi that Li Jiushi suddenly woke up.

"Uncle, what are you thinking? I called you many times, but you ignored me."

Li Jiushi forced a smile and said, "I didn't think about anything. How are you these days?"

"It's very good." Pei Yi took out a bag of things from his arms and stuffed it for Li Jiu, "This is the snow ginseng I bought from someone at a high price. Uncle's body is too weak, so make up more."

Li Jiushi opened it and saw that it was indeed a bundle of snow-white ginseng.Snow ginseng is no different than other ginseng. It grows on the snow-capped mountains. Only the most experienced herbal pickers can go up to pick snow ginseng.They are rare and expensive.

I don't know where Pei Yi got the bundle.

"So much? Why don't you send it to the queen mother. I can't eat so much." Li Jiushi said, he was just pretending to be sick, and he was in good health.

Pei Yi smiled and said, "I left it for my mother. These belong to you. Oh, and grandpa..."

Li Jiu cheered up and said, he is really a filial child.No wonder he loved this little nephew even more when he was young.As for Pei Si...

Li Jiushi recalled whether he had such a time when he was a child, but found that he didn't.Pei Si has not been close to them since he was a child.

"Uncle, are you going to the Imperial Study?" Pei Yi saw that Li Jiushi was going to the Imperial Study.

Li Jiu nodded and said: "As a subject, it's rare for me to enter the palace, so how can I not meet the saint?"

"Okay, uncle, you can go alone. I won't be with you. I'll go to pay my respects to the queen mother." Pei Yi made peace every morning and evening, and never escaped.He is really a filial child.

As for the emperor...it seems to be rarely the case.Now that the new empress has entered the palace, even the new empress has allowed him to not have to make peace every morning and evening.

It's really bad manners.

Sure enough, it's not my own child, it's just different.Li Jiushi has now believed that the queen mother said that the emperor was brought here.

"Wait, Yi'er."

Pei Yi stopped as he was leaving, and looked at Li Jiushi suspiciously.

"uncle?"

"Do you know the recent rumors outside the palace?"

Pei Yi shook his head.Li Jiushi felt that it should be the same.If Pei Yi knew about this rumor, how could he be so calm and unwavering, he must have no knowledge of it at all.

"Then if..."

"what?"

"Forget it. You can go." Li Jiu waved his hands and swallowed back the question in his heart.This question no longer makes sense.

Li Jiushi went to the imperial study to meet the emperor, and stared blankly at the emperor for a long time.Looking at it this way, the emperor is somewhat similar to the former emperor, and he is not sure whether the queen mother is telling the truth.

Could it be that the queen mother is crazy?

It's just a coincidence that the adopted child is somewhat similar to the former emperor.Of course, he has also met many people who have nothing to do with each other but look similar.

There are no wonders in the world, and it is possible that people are similar.

It's just a coincidence.

Pei Si frowned and looked at Li Jiushi, "What are you staring at me for?"

Li Jiu hurriedly lowered his head to plead guilty: "It's a humble minister who has overstepped and offended Tian Yan! I beseech the emperor to punish me!"

"Okay. I'm afraid you've been ill for the past few days, so I won't punish you for the time being. Get up."

After thanking Li Jiushi, he stood up.Remembering that I was still sick, I coughed a few times.

"Uncle must take good care of his body, otherwise, how can he reassure the folks in southern Xinjiang."

Li Jiushi didn't understand why Nanjiang was suddenly mentioned.As if knowing his confusion, Pei Si casually threw him a book of ten thousand names.

"The people of Southern Xinjiang jointly wrote a letter, still wanting you to go to Southern Xinjiang. Uncle governs the army strictly, loves the people like a son, and the people love him so much." Pei Si couldn't hear the tone of his words, but Li Jiushi broke out in cold sweat behind his back...

Pei Si walked up to Li Jiushi and looked at Li Jiushi abruptly.Li Jiushi didn't smell like medicine.This guy pretended to be sick and dared to pretend to be in front of him.

Li Jiushi felt even colder because he was actually afraid that the emperor would ask about the rumors outside.But when Li Jiushi waited until he resigned, Pei Si didn't mention it.

He was not sure if the emperor had heard the rumor.

After he left, Pei Si gently pinched Xiaotuanzi and smiled inexplicably.

Xiaotuanzi didn't know why Pei Si laughed.Clinging to Pei Si's clothes and biting.

Pei Si gently squeezed the little boy's mouth and said, "Baby, don't bite, you have already bitten three pieces today."

The little boy is obedient.After understanding what Pei Si said, he only licked it twice.

"Do you know where your father is?" Pei Sizhong rubbed the little boy's head.

The little cub was touched on the head bit by bit, apparently not knowing.

Pei Si pinched his little ears and said, "Poor thing. Daddy doesn't take the baby with him when he goes out."

The little boy can't understand.Pei Si smiled and said, "I didn't take me either."

Wang Fu answered, "The empress has gone outside the palace, and the slaves can't stop her."

"Understood. He has a lively temper, and the palace is boring, so I can't keep him alone. Let him go out to play for a while. It's boring to stay in the palace all the time." He wanted to go out of the palace to play with him, but Being an emperor is not so free.

Pei Si changed the subject and asked, "Who do you think will spread the rumor?"

Hearing such a question suddenly, Wang Fu's heart trembled.Not many people know about it, and even fewer can reveal it.

Wang Fu believed in his heart that the Queen Mother had passed it on.But he dare not say...

This is the palace secret.Before entering the palace, Wang Fu had been warned by his predecessors.To survive in this palace, you have to treat yourself as deaf and blind, unable to hear or see.

People who are too sharp usually die shortly.

He was afraid of chopping off his head.

What's more, there is a secret hidden in it that only he knows.He has kept this secret for so many years, even if he tells it now, no one will believe it.

Wang Fu didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, Pei Si seemed to be just asking, and didn't really want him to say that he was ugly.

"Clean up, I want to leave the palace too."

Wang Fu turned pale with shock.The queen slipped out of the palace quietly, but he didn't stop her.Why does the emperor want to leave the palace secretly.

Wang Gong knelt down and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, your dragon body is important, you must not do it!"

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