After a brief tidying up, Xia Luotong immediately entered the palace with her nanny.
Going straight to Cining Palace, Xia Luotong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Queen Mother sitting peacefully waiting for her arrival.
"Tong'er is here, come and sit next to Aijia. You are pregnant now, so don't be tired." The Queen Mother waved to Xia Luotong over.
"Royal Grandmother, we urgently summon Tong'er to the palace, but what's the important matter?" Xia Luotong followed the instructions and sat next to the Queen Mother, asking with confusion on her face.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother winked at the nanny first. After the nanny took notice and left with all the maids in the palace, she explained the reason to Xia Luotong.
"Tong'er, we need to think of something. The emperor may want to give Yan'er to the Northern Barbarian Crown Prince as his concubine."
"What?! Are you serious about this?" Xia Luotong was shocked and asked anxiously.
"Seriously, after the banquet was over yesterday, the Northern Man Crown Prince specifically mentioned this matter to the Emperor, but the Emperor did not respond immediately. He only said that he wanted to think about it." The look on the Queen Mother's face was not very good, "But Yi Ai I think the Emperor will most likely agree to this."
Not to mention the Queen Mother, even Xia Luotong felt that the Emperor would probably agree. According to the Emperor's temperament...
"Did the emperor discuss this matter with the emperor's grandmother?" Xia Luotong asked again.
"No, but if the emperor wanted to make this decision, I'm afraid he wouldn't have asked the Ai family in advance what they wanted. Perhaps he would have issued the decree directly. By then, even the Ai family would be unable to save it." The Queen Mother's face also showed emotion. Anxious look.
The imperial edict is hard to accept. If the emperor's edict comes out, there will be no room for redemption.
Obviously the Queen Mother was also very aware of the Emperor's behavior. Just like when she proposed the marriage to Prince An, she did not give the Queen Mother a chance to react. The Emperor directly issued the imperial edict. By the time the Queen Mother learned of the matter, it was already too late. .
In the final analysis, the emperor relied on the Queen Mother's love for him and would not really do anything to him, so he dared to do this. Otherwise, if the Queen Mother really wanted to do something, the Emperor might not be able to implement it smoothly when handling government affairs.
Xia Luotong obviously thought of this, and she also had a good understanding of the emperor's behavior.
No wonder the Queen Mother did not let Si Hanyan accompany her as usual when she summoned him today. She must have put away Si Hanyan on purpose.
Xia Luotong thought about the Northern Barbarian Sati and couldn't help but ask: "Is it because Prince Sati saw Han Yan at the reception banquet yesterday that he mentioned this to the emperor after the banquet?"
She thought of the way Prince Sati looked at Si Hanyan at the reception banquet yesterday. She felt something was wrong at that time, but now she finally understood.
"There should be part of this reason, but not all." The Queen Mother analyzed, "The northwest border guarded by the Si family is bordering the Northern Barbarians. They have not been favored by the Northern Barbarians in recent years, so they may want to take advantage of the relationship with the Northern Barbarians. The Si family's marriage has an ulterior motive."
Xia Luotong was stunned, obviously not expecting that the Queen Mother had always seen clearly, but then he thought that the person in front of him was the Queen Mother, so he no longer felt strange.
Although the Queen Mother did not say it clearly, Xia Luotong understood what she meant. It was nothing more than a few situations, either threatening the Si family, or encouraging the Si family to relax their suppression of the Northern Barbarians.
But no matter which one, it would be detrimental to Dazhou. The Queen Mother obviously knew this very well, so she opposed the marriage. However, there was naturally a reason why the Queen Mother felt sorry for Si Hanyan.
Since the Queen Mother was well aware of the stakes involved, she could naturally imagine the emperor's true intention behind the idea of letting Si Hanyan marry Prince Sati.
It's nothing more than secretly uniting with the Northern Barbarians to take action against the Si family...
It has to be said that the emperor has done everything possible to gain power, even doing things that harm the interests of Zhou Dynasty.
It's no wonder that the Queen Mother became more and more disappointed with the Emperor, as well as with the three princes who were exactly like the Emperor, and chose to support Wu Fengyan instead.
But let’s not mention these for now, the most important thing right now is how to prevent this from happening.
In fact, the way to solve this problem is also very simple, but precisely because of this method, it is not that simple...
Thinking of this, Xia Luotong felt helpless, but still asked: "How does the Queen Mother think this matter should be handled?"
The Queen Mother obviously had something in mind with Xia Luotong, so she said directly: "What is the situation of Lu'er and Yan'er now?"
The Queen Mother also knew about what happened between Si Hanyan and Yue Qinglu. She was originally happy to see it work out, but who knew that something like that would happen later. Looking at Si Hanyan's reaction during this period, she knew it would not be a good outcome. .
What's terrible is that now the Northern Barbarian Crown Prince has happened again...
The Queen Mother couldn't help but become anxious and asked Xia Luotong about the situation of these two people.
Speaking of this, Xia Luotong was also very helpless, but he could only tell the Queen Mother the detailed situation.
"Actually, I think senior brother was interested in smoking, but he never realized it."
The Queen Mother was helpless, but still said: "Now we can't wait for him to slowly come to his senses. No matter what the considerations are, Yan'er cannot marry the Northern Man Crown Prince, so the best way right now is to marry her immediately. Yan'er has decided to get married."
Xia Luotong also understood this. Seeing what the Empress Dowager said, he couldn't help but ask: "Grandma Huang, do you already have someone in mind?"
"That's right, the Ai family selected him last night, and I'm quite satisfied with it. He's the second son of a deputy general in the Northwest Army. He's currently serving in the Ministry of War. Although his official position is not high, I heard he has good character and good looks. They are all excellent, but they match Yan'er quite well."
The Queen Mother was actually satisfied with this candidate. If it weren't for the conflict between Si Hanyan and Yue Qinglu, the Queen Mother would have directly granted the marriage without any hesitation.
Xia Luotong felt good after hearing this, and considering how much the Queen Mother cared about Si Hanyan, she would definitely check it out and find out in advance.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but inquire more about the situation with the Queen Mother. The more she inquired, the more she felt that it was a good thing that the Queen Mother had found this marriage.
But when he thought about the situation of Si Hanyan and Yue Qinglu, Xia Luotong felt helpless.
She thought for a while and then said to the Queen Mother: "Royal Grandmother, why don't you let Tong'er test your senior brother one last time? If it still doesn't work, then the matter between the two of them will end here, and you will make the final decision for Hanyan. Marriage."
In fact, the Queen Mother called Xia Luotong with this idea in mind, so she agreed without any hesitation. She still hoped that Si Hanyan and Yue Qinglu could be happy. After all, one was her grandson and the other was her beloved niece. .
"Does Tong'er have any ideas?"
