III Jiangshan

Empress Dowager Wei's sad words made Yuan Youqi's heart ache.

She stood up, knelt straight on the footboard in front of the Empress Dowager Wei's bed, and said sadly: "The mother's words will scare the child! The child has been raised by the mother since childhood, so that he has the opportunity to grow up. How dare you feel resentful?"

Empress Dowager Wei felt even more sad, and hurriedly called Madam Xu: "Ah Xu, hurry up and help the emperor up! He is still sick, how can he kneel there!"

Said, the body is also enough to Yuan Youqi.

Yuan Youqi was afraid of affecting Empress Dowager Wei's illness, so she stood up with the support of Madam Xu, and was pulled to sit beside her by Empress Wei.

"The past is irretrievable, don't think about it anymore, mother. The days to come are still long!" Yuan Youqi comforted.

Empress Dowager Wei looked at her quietly, and said slowly: "Yes! The days to come are still long!"

Baoxiang still has decades to live, should he be allowed to go on like this?

I don't know how many times he sighed, Empress Wei was stunned for a while, then said: "Duke Wei is ill."

Use an affirmative tone.

Yuan Youqi hesitated, this is exactly what she wanted to discuss with Queen Mother Wei.

"The emperor already knows." Empress Dowager Wei confirmed again.

"Yes," Yuan Youqi nodded, and added, "There is no report from the Duke of Wei."

Empress Dowager Wei's face turned pale, and she said tiredly: "I will not hide it from you, Duke Wei is very...very ill."

The emperor has already been in charge of the government and has his own news channels. This is not a shameful thing, otherwise what would Luan Tingsi do?

Empress Dowager Wei had no objection to this.On the contrary, she told Yuan Youqi what she knew, and expressed her sincerity in the reconciliation of mother and daughter.

Yuan Youqi was also unwilling to live up to this sincerity, and said bluntly: "My boy got the news yesterday, so he waited for the report from the Duke of Wei's mansion. Until this morning, he didn't seem to respond when he signaled the Duke of Wei's son several times."

The son of Duke Wei is Wei Zhouyang.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Wei's heart sank a bit: "This matter, Duke Wei's government did not do it properly, it is extremely wrong!"

Yuan Youqi didn't make a sound, and the atmosphere between the mother and daughter suddenly became embarrassingly quiet.

Madam Xu, who was standing by the side, couldn't help being anxious, anxious for the Queen Mother——

The Wei family, the Duke of Wei, is a special existence in the Great Wei court.Wei Xun, the Duke of Wei, was one of the four important ministers of the first emperor Gu Mingtuogu. The daughter of the Duke of Wei was the emperor's mother and the queen mother, and the granddaughter of the Duke of Wei was the emperor's concubine. The Wei family is a family of military generals. In charge of military power, it was the guarantee of the emperor's succession in the past.

It is such a family, but now there are some unusual signs. It seems that many things have undergone strange changes in these short few years.

Speaking of which, although the Wei family is powerful, in the final analysis it is only Wei Xun who they rely on.Once Wei Xun is gone, the status of the Wei family may be shaken.

Although the truth is the same, but deliberately concealing Wei Xun's serious illness, not letting the emperor know, and even just reporting it to the queen mother, what kind of intention is there?Doesn't this make it clear that the empress dowager and the emperor's mother and child will have children?

The queen mother's surname is Wei, and the blood of the Wei family is flowing in her body. No matter how much she loves the Wei family, once she is separated from the emperor, she can only rely on the Wei family to check and balance with the emperor.

Such thoughts!really...

Nanny Xu shook her head secretly. Although she was also born in the Wei family and was the dowry of the Empress Dowager in the past, the behavior of the Wei family really made her unable to bear a footnote in her heart: her heart is to be punished.

The embarrassing thing about the Wei family's fight with the emperor was the empress dowager caught in the middle?

The awkward atmosphere was finally broken by Yuan Youqi.

"The queen mother cares about the child's wishes, and the child understands." She looked at the Queen Mother Wei and said.

Tell yourself frankly the news from the Wei family, which has already shown that the queen mother is on your side.The Wei family is the Wei family, and the mother's queen is the mother's queen, Yuan Youqi can figure it out.

Empress Dowager Wei finally got her words, and she was relieved.She was really afraid that the child she raised with her own hands, the only child, would really be separated from her.After all, there was the matter of Gu Heng, and then the matter of the Wei family.Whenever Yuan Youqi's filial piety wavered a little bit, he would doubt his position and intentions.

Empress Dowager Wei was greatly moved for a moment, and her painstaking efforts were finally seen by God.

"Baoxiang!" Probably because she was getting older, she couldn't help crying because of mixed emotions in her heart.

Yuan Youqi understood what she was thinking, and while feeling sorry for her, he felt sad for her, heard her call his name, and went forward, hugged her in his arms, patted her back, and comforted her softly , just like when she was very young, she comforted her frightened self.

After many years, the mother and daughter are finally able to get so close to each other.And the sick and weak body in her arms made Yuan Youqi feel sad that her mother is really old.

She is old, she has been honest with herself, so what else can be forced on her?

Back then, when she was still a young girl's mother, she was sent to a strange and cold environment by her father to become a concubine of a strange man, was she also as helpless as she is now?

"There is a child here, don't be afraid of the Queen Mother..." Yuan Youqi murmured to comfort the Empress Dowager Wei in her arms, allowing her to soak the cloth on her shoulders with tears from her eyes.

Seeing their mother and daughter embracing each other, Mother Xu finally let go of her previous suspicions, and couldn't help but moisten her eyes.

Although Empress Dowager Wei lost her composure and cried bitterly for a while, the good upbringing and self-respect of the daughter of the aristocratic family prevented her from continuing to let her go after she regained her sanity.She then gently pushed Yuan Youqi away, with her head down, a little embarrassed on her face.

Crying bitterly in front of her own child, and being hugged and coaxed by her own child, how could it not be embarrassing?

Yuan Youqi handed over a silk handkerchief at the right time, and said in his mouth, "Mom, wipe it."

Of course it was tears.But she didn't say the word "tears", for fear that Empress Dowager Wei would be even more embarrassed.

Queen Mother Wei didn't even think about it, subconsciously took it, just about to wipe the tears from her cheeks, when she suddenly thought of something, she threw the silk handkerchief back into Yuan Youqi's arms.

Yuan Youqi: "?"

"Aijia doesn't use other people's things!" Empress Dowager Wei had obvious disgust on her face.

Yuan Youqi: "..."

She was stunned for a while, and immediately understood what Empress Dowager Wei was referring to, and her face immediately turned red.She wanted to say that this silk handkerchief was her own, not Gu Heng's at all.And...and she was also reluctant to give Gu Heng's things to others.

Of course, you can't say this kind of thing to your queen mother.

The sad atmosphere gradually dissipated because of a silk handkerchief.Madam Xu thoughtfully brought clean water and helped Empress Dowager Wei cleanse her face again.

Yuan Youqi was obediently by his side, and when he found a dozen or so scattered silver threads on Empress Dowager Wei's head, she felt uncomfortable.

"The Duke of Wei is seriously ill, if the queen mother wants to go back to Duke Wei's mansion..."

She just wanted to express that she didn't mind. After all, the relationship between father and daughter is inseparable, but Queen Mother Wei shook her head and refused: "No need! Once you enter the family of heaven, you will be a wife of heaven!"

Yuan Youqi was stopped.

She understood the Queen Mother's intentions: as the Queen Mother, go back to visit her relatives, not to mention whether there is a precedent, the cumbersome and troublesome procedures are enough to make people sick.And what would it mean if the queen mother went back to Duke Wei's mansion to visit her relatives?That means that the imperial court and the Queen Mother care about and value Duke Wei's mansion, and that undoubtedly falls into Duke Wei's trap.

It must be Wei Xun's idea to come up with the idea of ​​being seriously ill and telling the emperor to only tell the queen mother.Maybe Wei Xun has already arranged the affairs behind him, how to deal with the court, how to win over the queen mother, and how to confront the emperor to keep the undefeated power of the Wei family.

A person who was able to calmly think of the best way to deal with the death of his parents and children back then, is his chances worse now?

From his point of view, he was not fighting the emperor, but protecting the Wei family in the game.I'm afraid it's very righteous!

It's not that Yuan Youqi is not angry that Wei Xun thinks he is smart and deceives himself to be young, but Wei Xun is the biological father of the Empress Dowager Wei after all. If he can't see it for the last time, he will become a knot in the empress mother's heart forever, right?Yuan Youqi thought.

She still wanted to try her best to persuade the queen mother again, but the queen mother Wei's attitude was very firm.Yuan Youqi had no choice but to give up persuasion.

Although the queen mother never mentioned it, there are still traces of the past.That is, the queen mother actually has a little hatred for her father.

Forget it, the world is not perfect, so why force it?As long as the mother can think about it, it's fine.

Yuan Youqi also thought about it.

However, what the Empress Dowager Wei said next caught Yuan Youqi by surprise: "Ai's family can't go back to serve the sick, it's not allowed by the state ceremony. But Concubine An can, and we will arrange for her to return to the Duke of Wei's mansion to serve relatives from tomorrow Come on!"

Yuan Youqi opened his mouth slightly in shock.

She blinked, and suddenly understood the meaning of Empress Dowager Wei: Is the empress mother going to... send Wei Zhen away?Has the queen mother seen through Wei Zhen?

Does that mean that the queen mother has more or less accepted...

Yuan Youqi didn't dare to think deeply, rolled his throat, and said cautiously: "The empress mother is the mother of the emperor, and it is against the etiquette to serve the sick. Concubine An is the concubine of the emperor. Zong also followed the rules... But in that case, will Duke Wei's government feel that they don't pay enough attention?"

"Even if Concubine An is the granddaughter of the Wei family, she is still the concubine of the emperor. If she personally serves a courtier, what else can I find fault with?" Empress Dowager Wei snorted coldly.

Yuan Youqi picked up the Meimei Peak, her heart was very good, her mother has regained her old style and prestige.

"Since my mother said so, I naturally have no objection." Yuan Youqi nodded.

The mother and daughter looked at each other and exchanged a look, and they both saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes——

It can be said that Wei Zhen kills two birds with one stone by visiting relatives and serving the sick.One point shows that the emperor is not a fool, so the Wei family's tricks should not be played out; and don't try to trick the queen mother, who is on the side of the emperor.If the Wei family is so wise, they should know how to restrain their edge and stop being self-righteous.

The second thing is that Yuan Youqi's idea was carefully thought out: it is impossible for the queen mother to admit her mistake, let alone express that she was blind when she valued Wei Zhen.Since Wei Zhen is no longer a good looker, does it mean that he has a good look at the other one?

Yuan Youqi nervously tried to search for the answer he wanted in Empress Dowager Wei's gaze, only to see Empress Dowager Wei on the ground continuing to drink tea.

Yuan Youqi pursed his lips unnaturally, and the empress stopped crying, it's really not cute.

However, what Empress Dowager Wei said after putting down the teacup made her not know whether to describe it as cute or scary——

"The womb is not peaceful these days. When Aijia's illness is cured, I will go to Yunxu Temple to pray and fulfill my wish. Baoxiang, would you like to go with Aijia?"

The author has something to say: The Queen Mother finally chose to side with Xiao Yuan