After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

After a long time, Xie Shu spoke again, trying to persuade his daughter.

"We are the only ones who know the identity of the Fourth Prince. If you are so inconsistent, won't it arouse suspicion?"

Seeing that Empress Xie was about to speak, he quickly added: "Aren't you afraid that Yuan An will be in danger?"

Empress Xie snorted indifferently: "What danger is there? The grandson of Prince Ruyang is in our hands, and he is the one who should be worried."

This statement is true.

Prince Ruyang had laid such a deep plan. If the true identity of the Fourth Prince had not been revealed, with his careful planning, he would have been able to strike back and have the last laugh.

But right now, that’s not the case.

No matter how many secret agents he planted in the capital, it was impossible for him to take the Fourth Prince away.

In fact, how important could a mere legitimate grandson be to Prince Ruyang?

What is important is his identity as the legitimate son of Queen Xie.

"Besides, as long as you don't mention it, even if King Ruyang knows about this, he can't do anything to us. How could he guess that Yuan An is still alive?"

At that time, Shuang Ye was King Ruyang's man, and the mission he received was not to "exchange the child", but to kill Yan Yuanan on the spot to prevent future troubles.

As Empress Xie spoke, she looked straight at Xie Shu.

Even she couldn't guess what her father was thinking.

"you……"

Xie Shu was furious, and it took him a while to catch his breath: "How could you think of your father like this?"

Empress Xie said indifferently: "I am afraid that my father will think that the Fourth Prince has been trained for many years, so it is better to make the best of a bad situation and take the opportunity to force Prince Ruyang to submit."

The air stagnated again.

It was obvious that Xie Shu's thoughts were guessed by her.

He always believed that his daughter was strong-willed and competitive, and could be a role model for a daughter from a noble family.

The only thing was that he was not a very wise man. She often couldn't figure out many things and had to ask him for advice.

However, she became so sharp in this matter.

Xie Shu's silence undoubtedly confirmed Queen Xie's guess. She closed her eyes with a sad expression.

When she opened her eyes again, Empress Xie's ordinary face showed a resolute look: "Father, don't even think about it. I have asked Mr. Xueyi to go to the Princess's mansion to accept disciples and teach. Yuan An will only be more promising than the Fourth Prince."

Xie Shu cried out in shock: "You, how can you make the decision on your own? You simply don't know your place!"

He beat his chest and stamped his feet: "You know exactly who Gongsun Cang is, how could you..."

"I know."

Empress Xie interrupted him: "Isn't this the trump card you have been hiding, father?"

"You know, you would do something like this!"

If Xie Shu was still thinking about persuading his daughter before, he was really angry now.

Faced with her father's anger, Empress Xie remained calm and fearless.

She was raised as a queen and had strict family education. She was both respectful and fearful of her father.

But now, she is not afraid anymore.

"The so-called strategists are nothing more than strategists who switch sides," Empress Xie said with a disdainful smile, "Teaching my son is his greatest opportunity, so how could he be wasting his talent?"

"Have you told him?" Xie Shu asked anxiously.

Empress Xie knew what he meant and shook her head, "Not really. I'm not a young girl who has just come of age and can't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant."

At present, the fewer people who know Yan Yuanan’s true life experience, the better.

Only then did Xie Shu breathe a long sigh of relief.

In this case, given Gongsun Cang's vision, he may not necessarily accept Yan Yuanan as his disciple.

He said earnestly, "Queen, it's not that I want to prevent you and your son from meeting each other. This matter should be handled slowly and carefully."

Empress Xie sneered, "He is already thirteen years old. How long do I have to wait? I can't wait."

She turned to look at Xie Shu and asked, "Do you know the way he looks at me?"

She definitely didn't want to experience that kind of look and polite distance from strangers again.

The sorrow in her voice was so deep that it blocked all the words Xie Shu wanted to say back in his throat, and he couldn't even make a sound.

He loves his daughter.

Although he never said it, he actually always acted like the patriarch, protecting everyone in the Xie family under his wings, not to mention his daughter who was placed with great hopes?

In addition, Empress Xie had done many things without his consent.

If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for giving her too much authority.

Now that the matter has been settled, it is better to fulfill my daughter's wish.

but……

Xie Shu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you really think highly of Yuan An?"

Compared with Yan Yuanan, who had a wandering life and grew up in the Princess's Mansion, he prefers the Fourth Prince, whom he raised.

We don’t know what the future will be like, but the Fourth Prince has a good character and knows everything about the prince.

Speaking of Yan Yuanan, Empress Xie finally smiled for the first time, looked at Xie Shu and said, "Father, he looks a lot like you."

Hearing this, Xie Shu was startled, and said with a long sigh: "Forget it."

Empress Xie was delighted: "Father is willing to help me?"

She did so much just to push things to the point of no return and gain her father's support so that she could feel at ease.

The Fourth Prince was plotted to appear in Lu's Mansion, which ruined his father's plans, but helped her from the side.

Xie Shu nodded slowly: "You are my daughter after all. If I don't help you, who else can?"

Walking out of Fengyang Palace, Xie Shu rubbed his eyebrows, trying to relax his frown.

I originally thought that after the Xue and Cui families, the power in the court would be reshuffled and things would be stable for a while.

Who knew that it would also connect to the matter of the Fourth Prince and the Lu family.

My daughter is so stubborn.

Every single thing has a ripple effect on the entire body and is not easy to handle.

Some people even wanted to use the Lu family scandal to suppress the aristocratic families and defend the imperial power.

The power of the aristocratic families is not limited to this dynasty, but has been passed down for hundreds of years, with relatives via marriage and the same blood, so they can help each other.

In other words, when one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer.

If the Lu family's affairs are not handled properly, and with the Cui family's affairs in the past, all the aristocratic families will be affected, even the now prosperous Xie family.

Even with Xie Shu's ability, he still felt overwhelmed.

There are so many things to do, but he always has to do it.

With his action, news soon spread in the palace that Empress Xie was seriously ill in bed and was frightened every night.

At first, no one took it seriously until the emperor went to visit Fengyang Palace and was asked to leave. Only then did people inside and outside the palace realize that this matter was unusual.

Everyone in the harem has a plan for this.

The Empress Dowager stayed indoors and specifically sent word that she wanted to meditate in seclusion for a period of time, which meant she would stand by and not be disturbed.

Concubine Jing took Concubine Su to visit Fengyang Palace, and then continued to live behind closed doors. Concubine Zheng sent food to Wende Hall for several days in a row.

On the contrary, it was the most favored Concubine Yue who went to Fengyang Palace every day to take care of the patient.

The imperial physician went in and out of Fengyang Palace. The smell of medicine filled the palace all day long, and everyone had a worried look on their face.

Seeing that medicine was ineffective, Xie Shu asked the emperor for an imperial decree and went to the Great Prajna Temple to invite the abbot to pray for Queen Xie.

After hearing all these reports, Qin Yaoguang sighed and said to himself: "Who can cure a person who pretends to be sick?"