As soon as Emperor Yongning said these words, Queen Xue's face turned pale, and tears kept rolling because her eyes suddenly widened.
She opened her mouth as if she wanted to defend something, but in the end she just said: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's position is stable. You care about him from the bottom of your heart. Why do you want me to let him ascend the throne?"
She smiled bitterly, tears rolling down her eyes.
"Your Majesty, I said back then that I only wanted to be your queen. I have never thought about being a queen mother!"
She raised her chin slightly, stiffened her neck and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to call myself "Aijia". If the Emperor is really doing well, then I will definitely follow the Emperor!" If you violate these words, I, my concubine..."
She stretched out three fingers, raised them to the top of her head, and said calmly: "If you violate these words, the son of my concubine will never be able to ascend the throne and become the emperor!"
This time, it was Emperor Yongning's turn to be shocked.
He knew how much Empress Xue cared about the prince, and also knew that Empress Xue sincerely believed in Buddhism and destiny. She was swearing by what she cared about most. This...
If Empress Xue swore on her own behalf, he would not believe her words even if she was struck by lightning.
But when it came to the prince, he couldn't disbelieve it.
No matter what Empress Xue has in mind, if the prince cannot ascend the throne and become an enemy in the future, all her plans will be in vain.
Queen Xue may not really have this intention, but there is indeed something strange happening in Jingzhao. What is going on?
If Zhou Meiren and the scholars who had close contacts with the Zhou family hadn't leaked the news from Queen Xue, how could this be explained?
He thought of Shen Jingzong's desperate spying, Cui Xie's nervous report, and the things Jiang Guifei said, and his mind seemed to be entangled with many threads.
His mind has not been messed up since he came to the throne.
Even though he is now in a position of power, he has not yet clarified the source of these threads, because they are aimed at his power!
When it came to his throne, he lost his cool.
He knew he had to step away and see these things outside of the situation, but... he couldn't do it!
When he thought about who was deliberately targeting his throne behind his back, a blazing fire seemed to light up in his heart.
Suspicion grew in his heart, and he looked suspicious to everyone he saw...
At this time, Queen Xue's tears gradually dried up. She looked at Emperor Yongning and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, I am thinking of someone..."
She hesitated to speak, and after much deliberation she still did not say who this person was.
"Tell me, at this time, why are you so secretive?" Emperor Yongning said calmly.
After hearing this, Empress Xue finally said: "Your Majesty, I am thinking of the Taifu. There are so many changes in Jingzhao because you let his youngest son enter the Prince Zhan Shifu. Could it be..."
"Won't!"
Before Queen Xue finished speaking, she was interrupted by Emperor Yongning.
Emperor Yongning looked at her with dark eyes, shook his head and said, "No, Du Tong will not do such a thing. If he really doesn't want his youngest son to enter Prince Zhanshi's mansion, he will speak to me directly."
Du Tong was the one who taught him, and he was too familiar with it.
Du Tong was indeed unwilling to assist the prince, and he was indeed dissatisfied with him for forcing his youngest son - these were all things that Emperor Yongning could foresee.
He has also been secretly waiting to see when Du Tong would enter the palace to ask for an audience.
He had even thought about how to deal with Du Tong's words.
In his conjecture, Du Tong would do many things to prevent his youngest son from entering the palace, but the prerequisite for doing these things was that he would never affect the court!
"Nowadays, there are rumors in Beijing that I am seriously ill, and some people are saying that I will die soon. Queen, do you know what this means?"
Queen Xue had not yet recovered from the shock of being interrupted by Emperor Yongning, and subconsciously asked: "Your Majesty, what does it mean?"
"It means that the people's hearts are in turmoil and the court is unstable. Du Tong is the Taifu.
The prince was working hard for the dynasty, but he refused to help the prince because he felt that the prince was not a suitable prince and would cause instability to the future of the dynasty. "
Emperor Yongning's tone was both cold and helpless: "Do you think that such a person who cares about the court will spread my great deeds everywhere?"
Therefore, even if Du Tong has not entered the palace yet, even if these changes in Jingzhao force him to retract his previous oral instructions, he never thinks that it is Du Tong's doing.
Queen Xue was silent for a moment, as if thinking about Du Tong's character, and then said: "What the emperor said is that Mr. Du really doesn't know how to do these things, so I was hesitant before. If it wasn't Mr. Du, then, would he not……"
She stopped talking again and her eyes fell on Emperor Yongning. qδ
Emperor Yongning frowned and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. There is no need to do this. Does the Queen want to say Changding?"
Empress Xue bit her lip and nodded: "Since the Emperor has thought of it, I might as well say it directly. Chang Ding... she wouldn't want Taifu Du's youngest son to enter the Prince Zhan Shifu, would he?"
"Why don't Chang Ding want to?" Emperor Yongning looked at her and asked.
"..." Queen Xue couldn't tell for a moment whether Emperor Yongning was being sarcastic or confused, and she didn't know how to answer.
The prince has been secretly dealing with Princess Changding's mansion. The emperor knows all these things!
Isn’t it true that the emperor is old and delirious? Isn’t it interesting to say these words of pretending to be deaf and dumb?
Or does the emperor want to quietly erase everything underneath?
Thinking of this possibility, Queen Xue's always steady heart suddenly lifted.
She can handle everything else, but if the emperor's mind changes... that would be extremely bad!
Fortunately, what reassured her was that Emperor Yongning nodded and said, "Chang Ding must have noticed something. I know this. But do you think Chang Ding and the Jiang family are that capable? "
In just half a day, the news spread throughout Beijing. How many manpower was needed?
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that it has been hidden from Jingzhao Mansion for a long time, and it has also hidden the sight of Fengchen Guard!
Especially the last point, if you want to do it, you need to have extraordinary abilities!
The manpower of Princess Changding Mansion comes from him. Does he not know how capable Zhang Jian and Shi Dingfang are?
There is also the Jiang family. The Jiang family's Huitongtang is indeed powerful, but that is also the power of money. Although money can be used to control the gods, when it comes to the throne and the prince, money has no effect.
Is Chang Ding so capable? If she was really that capable, then he wouldn't have chosen this stone!
"Then...who does the Emperor think it could be?"
That's not it, that's not it. Could it be that there are really ghosts and gods helping Du Tong's youngest son?
The source of this matter clearly lies with Du Tong's youngest son!
