Today, the Queen Mother confessed that she had been secretly protecting Wu Fengyan for many years. In private, the Queen Mother had really done a lot to protect Wu Fengyan from growing up safely. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for Wu Fengyan to survive until he grew up. It was not until today that Wu Fengyan was able to survive. Know.
It's just that what the Queen Mother did was very covert, and she always acted secretly, without letting those people notice it, otherwise she might bring more danger to Wu Fengyan.
When the Yan family was still alive, the Queen Mother was very fond of Li Bin. This was obvious to all in the palace. Coupled with the Queen Mother's identity, if the Queen Mother publicly protected Wu Fengyan, it would probably attract the attention of several other princes and those behind her. Because of the hatred of the powerful forces, the Queen Mother had to act in such a secretive manner.
"Has the Queen Mother given up on the Crown Prince?" Xia Luotong raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise.
Since the Queen Mother is considering Wu Fengyan, it means that the Prince has disappointed the Queen Mother and is even considering other candidates.
"Actually, a few years ago, the Queen Mother was dissatisfied with the Queen, the Prince, and the Fengguo Palace behind them. However, the Emperor insisted on reusing the Fengguo Palace, so it was difficult for the Queen Mother to openly oppose the Emperor." Wu Zechen explained.
The Queen Mother was not completely unaware of the evil things the Prince had done, not to mention that she also had some understanding of the Prince's temperament.
With the Queen Mother's eyes, how could she not see the Prince's disguise in front of others? If it weren't for her direct grandson, I'm afraid the Queen Mother would have given up on the Prince long ago.
Nowadays, the prince's behavior is becoming more and more outrageous, and he is even more cruel to his brothers. Although the queen mother cannot bear to do anything to her grandchildren, she cannot sit back and let the prince ascend to that position. Otherwise, I am afraid there will not be many grandchildren left. One who can survive.
Moreover, looking at what the prince has done over the years, there is nothing outstanding in his political achievements. The queen mother has to consider, what will be the consequences if the kingdom of Zhou is handed over to such a descendant?
Although the Queen Mother has not explicitly expressed her support for Wu Fengyan, she has revealed that she will obviously consider Wu Fengyan. It seems that the King of Jin and the King of Qin do not have the Queen Mother's heart, otherwise it will not be the turn of Wu Fengyan who has just emerged.
You must know that the King of Jin and the King of Qin are nearly ten years older than Wu Fengyan, and they entered the court several years earlier than Wu Fengyan. However, they have not been able to make the Queen Mother treat them differently for so many years, which shows that they have not done their job well. Not so much.
"Have you discussed it with Ah Yan today?" Xia Luotong pondered for a moment and then asked.
"Yes." Wu Zechen knew what she meant, and she was asking about whether he and Wu Fengyan had discussed the matter of joining forces.
After receiving Wu Zechen's confirmation, Xia Luotong nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She knew that Wu Zechen and Wu Fengyan had their own plans. If they needed to tell her, they would naturally tell her. As for the rest, she didn't need to dig into everything.
Seeing that Xia Luotong didn't mention anything else, Wu Zechen thought for a moment and took the initiative to speak out. He didn't want Xia Luotong to misunderstand, and he didn't want to see it even if he just felt a little uncomfortable.
"What the two women said today to lure you over is indeed true, but the real situation is not what they said."
Xia Luotong raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment before realizing what Wu Zechen was talking about: "Are you talking about the matter about the head of Ruirong County? I thought they were talking nonsense."
She really didn't take this matter to heart, let alone what happened to the prince later. She always thought that the two women she met in the clean room were sent by the prince to talk nonsense, just to lure her there.
"When I left the banquet hall to go find King Qi, I was stopped by the Lord of Ruirong County, which delayed me for a while, otherwise I could have found you earlier." Wu Zechen frowned, showing a strong look of displeasure. He was very angry that the head of Ruirong County had stopped him.
"She's stalking her?" Looking at Wu Zechen's annoyed look, Xia Luotong couldn't help but chuckle.
Wu Zechen frowned, obviously not knowing how to describe it, so he could only nod his head and said: "Well, I can't drive her away, and later I had to say something derogatory about you, so I asked Lian Ye to drag her aside. , and then got away."
Xia Luotong couldn't help but widen his eyes. He didn't expect that the trouble would reach this point. It seemed that Lei Manhe was impatient. He was really stalking Wu Zechen to make him say "I can't even drive him away." .
Xia Luotong can be considered a "experienced person", and he knows very well that if Wu Zechen is bored with someone, his attitude will be very bad. Wasn't this the case when he and Wu Zechen first got along?
But even so, Wu Zechen couldn't drive away Lei Manhe until Lian Ye pulled him away.
Seeing that such arrogant Lei Manhe could achieve such an extent, even Xia Luotong had to admire her, but she still said with some doubts: "There was a wedding banquet in the East Palace at that time, and there were so many guests, she couldn't be With other intentions, you deliberately want to make things worse and force you to submit, right?"
"I was also worried about this, otherwise I wouldn't have been delayed by her for so long." Looking back at this moment, Wu Zechen's face was filled with disgust.
"It's just the matter between you and the head of Ruirong County. It's hard to say whether others saw it, but the prince must have seen it, otherwise he wouldn't have let those two women use this matter to lure me into taking the bait." Xia Luotong frowned. , a little more uneasy.
The prince is extremely insidious and can do any destructive things. Now that he knows that Lei Manhe is interested in Wu Zechen, there is no guarantee that he will not do anything.
Xia Luotong continued: "Before, they always wanted to sneak concubines into the mansion in order to arrange for people to come in and inquire about the situation. Now the Lord of Ruirong County is obviously in love with you, and he may be taken advantage of by the prince. After all, you have two sides. The position of concubine is still vacant."
"I will pay attention to this matter." Wu Zechen nodded, obviously thinking of this, but still said to comfort, "Don't worry, they won't succeed."
Even considering Xia Luotong's emotions, Wu Zechen could not allow any force to force people into the palace, even if they were kept in a small courtyard.
Seeing that Wu Zechen knew what was going on, Xia Luotong stopped talking about the matter and instead talked about the prince.
"After we left, was there any movement from the prince's side?"
"It was too late for him to cover up what he did, and he didn't dare to publicize it everywhere, so he didn't take any action afterwards." Wu Zechen paused and continued, "He lit the incense at that time, and was tricked by his subordinates who arrived later. After waking up, I captured a maid from the Eastern Palace..."
Wu Zechen hadn't finished speaking, but Xia Luotong had already understood what he meant, and couldn't help but frown, his eyes full of disgust.
