Prime Minister, he just refuses to usurp the throne

Not long after Lian Yuan left, Xie Anshuang also almost ate the cakes sent by Xing Wenshu, and after a break, he was ready to continue reviewing the memorial, and he seemed in a good mood.

Xing Wenshu was packing up his things at the side, and after thinking about it, he reminded: "Your Majesty, your Majesty should pay more attention to the things that the little princess of Fandong Kingdom sends in the future."

"Ok?"

Xie Anshuang glanced in his direction in confusion: "Does Xing Aiqing suspect that she wants to harm Gu?"

Xing Wenshu put the pastry plate into the food box, lowered his eyes slightly to cover some thoughts, and said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that you asked why the little princess insisted on sending pastries?"

Xie Anshuang nodded, and heard him continue to say: "I just speculated before, and there is no evidence, so I didn't tell your Majesty clearly. But I ordered someone to pay attention to the little princess during the time of preparing the cakes. In addition to the pastries, there is also another tea."

Just saying this, Xie Anshuang understood what he meant.

There must be standing tea in the imperial study, so why does the little princess have to prepare something else?

Naturally, because if he really hated pastries, his aversion to pastries would reduce his vigilance against other things—such as tea.

Xie Anshuang thought about this, raised her eyebrows and asked: "She has a good plan, but how can she be sure that Gu, who hates pastries, will eat her pastries?"

Xing Wenshu hid his injured fingertip behind the food box, and smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't need to know about this for now. I believe that Your Majesty will not be easily deceived, right?"

Seeing Xing Wenshu's faint smile, Xie Anshuang always felt that there would be some strange consequences if he gave other answers, so that he ignored Xing Wenshu's intentional concealment from him, coughed lightly and then turned to answer: "That's natural, Gu is not such a mindless person."

After finishing speaking, he changed the subject again: "But why did Dongguo want to attack Gu? If he misses this, it will not be a trivial matter."

"But if they succeed, this will be the best time for them to enter the Central Plains."

Xing Wenshu filled the teacup with tea, and pushed it to Xie An's hands: "Fan Dongguo has always been a brave country that dares to fight to the death. What they bet is that you don't want to cause foreign troubles, and there is a huge temptation behind it."

Xie Anshuang picked up the teacup and took a sip, and couldn't help muttering, "Is power really that important?"

Xing Wenshu smiled, did not respond to his words, and said: "In short, your Majesty should be more careful recently and try not to have any contact with that little princess. This is also for your majesty's benefit."

"Understood." Xie Anshuang waved his hands, and said casually, "Anyway, Gu is not afraid of her being poisoned, so I just gave Gu a reason to send her back."

Seeing his indifferent appearance, Xing Wenshu sighed softly in his heart, and decided to continue to take care of him by himself, packed up his things and handed them over to the palace servants, and then began to review the memorials with him.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Lian Yuan returned to the palace where she was temporarily staying with a sullen face. A maid dressed as a court lady hurried forward to take the food box in her hand, and asked, "Did the little emperor reject the princess again?"

"Hmph, don't mention it." Lian Yuan slapped the nearest tabletop angrily, "I let the princess in, but he had already asked the guard next to him to make pastries, and how dare he put the princess in?" Let it hang aside."

The maid hurriedly poured a cup of tea to comfort her and said, "Princess, don't be angry. If you get angry, you won't be worth it."

Lian Yuan snatched the teacup and took a sip, but couldn't calm down much at all.

She is a majestic little princess of the Fandong Kingdom. When will she not be a day full of stars in their Fandong Kingdom?Even his father was not willing to say anything serious to her. The little emperor of the Northern Dynasty gave her power and made things difficult for her for so many days.

If she didn't avenge her revenge, what face would she have to return home?

The more Lian Yuan thought about it, the angrier she became, and she inadvertently saw the white bandage wrapped around her knuckles, and was so angry that her knuckles tore off the bandage completely.

Today, she originally wanted to win the sympathy of the little emperor by cutting her hand while making pastry. Who would have thought that the guard would also hurt her hand while making pastry. Later, the little emperor hinted that there was no need to use a knife to make pastry. .

And seeing how happily the little emperor ate, it wasn't that he hated pastries at all, he was just looking for an excuse to prevaricate her.

The well-planned scheme turned out to be a joke in the end.

Lian Yuan poured herself another glass of water, and managed to calm down after a sip.

Seeing this, the maid at the side tentatively asked, "Then, Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Lian Yuan turned the teacup in her hand, and asked suddenly after a while, "Is the token from the Queen Mother still there?"

The maid nodded quickly: "Yes. Your Highness wants to discuss cooperation with the Queen Mother again?"

"We have stayed in this palace for so many days without any progress. At this moment, it seems the best way."

Lian Yuan's eyes darkened: "The little emperor said that the marriage depends on my performance, most likely just to tease me, and then find a reason to drive me back to Fandong Kingdom after a while. During this period, As long as I don't have any major incidents, my father and elder brother can't find a reason to send troops, so I can only swallow this breath myself."

As she said that, she smashed the teacup in her hand on the table again: "This princess just wants to let him know that the end of teasing this princess is not something he, a little emperor, can bear."

The maid heard what she meant, and said, "When does His Highness plan to go there?"

Lian Yuan thought for a moment, and said, "Let's do it now. We have delayed for too long, brother can't afford to wait too long."

"Okay, I'll go prepare now." The maid responded, and quickly found out the token given by the Empress Dowager Yuangui before, and went to Ningshou Palace where the Empress Dowager lived together with Lian Yuan.

And when she arrived, it happened that Ru Nian was also in Ningshou Palace.

Lian Yuan glanced at it, and then performed the Central Plains ceremony politely: "I have seen the empress dowager and the concubine Xian."

Yuan Gui sat on the main seat, and said calmly: "Well, let's be flat. Why is the little princess of the Eastern Kingdom free to come to Ai's house today?"

Lian Yuan glanced in Ru Nian's direction, and then smiled slightly: "The weather is very good today, so Lian Yuan thought of coming here to have a chat with the Empress Dowager."

"It's rare for the little princess to miss the Empress Dowager." Ru Nian at the side responded gently, got up and said, "It just so happens that the concubine is about to leave, so the concubine will leave first."

Empress Dowager Yuangui nodded, watched Ru Nian leave, and then pushed back most of the palace people in Ningshou Palace, and then said to Lian Yuan: "Tell me, what is it that the little princess came to see Ai's family?"

Without the other palace servants, Lian Yuan no longer concealed it, and said straight to the point: "Lian Yuan wants to discuss cooperation with the Empress Dowager again."

"Why, didn't the little princess look down on the conditions offered by the Ai family before?" The Empress Dowager Yuangui picked up the teacup in hand and took a sip of the tea.

Lian Yuan put on an apologetic smile and said, "The empress dowager is joking, it's not that Lian Yuan doesn't like the conditions of the empress dowager, it's just that Lian Yuan can't handle this matter by herself, she needs some time to discuss it with her father and elder brother."

"Then the discussion is over now?" The Empress Dowager Yuangui put back the teacup in her hand, her tone sounded unhurried, with a sense of oppression from a superior.

Lian Yuan pulled the corners of her lips and smiled: "Since the discussion is over, I came here specially to find the empress dowager. I just don't know the conditions that the empress dowager said before, can you still count?"

Empress Dowager Yuangui replied: "Naturally. As long as you can stay bedridden with Xie An, after the Ai family takes charge of the government, it doesn't hurt to give you a few cities."

"Then Lian Yuan is willing to cooperate with the Empress Dowager." Lian Yuan half lowered her head, hiding the flash of sneer in her eyes, "I just don't know how the Empress Dowager can help Lian Yuan? Lian Yuan has tried every means for the past ten days. You can't get close to the little emperor, let alone poison him when you're not prepared."

Empress Dowager Yuangui stood up, walked slowly to the incense burner on the side, and said unhurriedly: "If the little princess thinks that poisoning can make Xie Anshuang bedridden, then she is too naive."

Lian Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked, "What does the Empress Dowager mean by these words?"

Empress Dowager Yuangui chuckled: "Xie Anshuang is the proud work of the Ai family. He had already developed resistance to almost all poisons before he was seven years old. Poisoning can at most make him uncomfortable for a while, it is not good for him. Does it hurt?"

Lian Yuan was slightly surprised, and took advantage of the situation to continue asking: "Then what does the Empress Dowager need Lian Yuan to do?"

"Don't be impatient, wait for the Ai family to finish talking." The Empress Dowager Yuangui fiddled with the incense ash in the censer, "Ai family also said just now that he is only resistant to almost all poisons, and naturally there are poisons that he cannot resist." .”

While speaking, the Empress Dowager Yuangui took back the action of fiddling with the incense ash, took out a handkerchief and wiped her fingertips.

Then she took out a white porcelain bottle from the small drawer next to the incense burner, and said: "Xie Anshuang took too much poison before he was seven years old, and his body has already been damaged. His viscera. As for how to use this medicine, Aijia has already written it and put it in the bottle, so you just do it."

Lian Yuan took the porcelain vase from Empress Dowager Yuangui, covered the thoughts in her eyes, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, then Lian Yuan will leave first."

Empress Dowager Yuangui raised her chin slightly: "Go."

Lian Yuan left Ningshou Palace obediently. Not long after she left, the maid approached her. After walking away, she confirmed that there was no one around, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, how did the talk go this time?"

"It's done." Lian Yuan sneered, "The queen mother is really easy to deceive, do you really think that the princess only wants a few cities from her?"

The maid seemed to be a little worried: "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that the queen mother is also lying to you? The so-called tiger's poison does not eat its own child..."

She didn't continue talking, Lian Yuan already understood what she meant, and replied: "Don't be afraid, I listen to her attitude, the little emperor is probably not her own, but just a puppet she raised."

"And now that her puppet is out of control, we are just dealing with it for her."

Lian Yuan curled her lips into a smile, her eyes were cold.

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