I really dare not mess with the Queen Mother

On the way back to Prince Qi's mansion, Qin Suduan ordered Qin Zhao to tell what happened in the palace.

As soon as Qin Zhao said the words, Qin Suduan pondered for a while, and said: "You are right to say that. Nowadays, His Majesty's temper is becoming more and more unpredictable, and he often loses his temper in the court. He ordered me to take you from Danzhou earlier. When I picked it up, I even wondered if he was plotting something, and now you only talk to him about the relationship between father and son, it's better..."

Qin Zhao smiled: "What is father worried about?"

Qin Suduan shook his head, and said: "No matter what His Majesty is planning on you, but you have a special status now, and it is the right thing to be wise and protect yourself."

Qin Zhao nodded, and said sternly, "I understand what my father said. I can't go back to the capital and throw my life into it."

"It's good for you to think like this. Besides..." Qin Suduan paused for a moment, then looked at her and said, "The relationship between father and son of the Tian family is naturally unreliable, after all, Tian's power is unpredictable."

Before Qin Zhao could continue to open his mouth, Qin Suduan simply said: "The court has become more and more uneasy these days. At the time when Daliao frequently harassed the northern border, the court forced him to install a crown prince. I just heard that Today morning, there was another quarrel over the establishment of the crown prince."

Qin Zhao pulled the corners of his lips and asked with a smile, "Which prince are the ministers looking forward to?"

"Eldest Prince Qin Chengxuan, that is, His Royal Highness King Jin." Qin Suduan squinted his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "There is also... Ninth Prince Qin Jingyan."

Qin Zhao was startled: "Ninth Prince Qin Jingyan?"

"Of course there are a few other princes, but...those princes have never even entered the court, and have never done errands, so they can't make any splashes after all."

Qin Zhao coughed lightly: "But the Ninth Prince, Qin Jingyan, is he ten years old this year?"

Qin Suduan smiled when he heard the words, and asked her: "You also think this matter is a bit absurd, don't you?"

Qin Zhao was silent.

She can understand Jin Wang Qin Chengxuan. After all, according to the original plot, Qin Chengxuan, as the male protagonist and the third prince's rival in the fight for the throne, naturally occupies a much larger plot than her cannon fodder, but what the hell is the ninth prince Qin Jingyan?

Not to mention that Qin Jingyan is just a child now, if she remembers correctly, she remembers that it was clearly stated in the original text that the mother of the Ninth Prince was a woman from the Southern Dynasty...

The Southern Dynasties, which is now the Great Wei in the south, was separated from the Great Wei by the Weihai Sea.

Back then, the Southern Qi was not as peaceful and prosperous as it is today. At that time, there were constant civil strife in the Southern Qi, the emperor was fatuous and lawless, and the separatist forces from all over the country raised their troops to rebel, and the world was in chaos.

All of a sudden, refugees from the Southern Qi flocked to the Great Wei Dynasty to escape. One of the refugee women met Qin Yuan, Emperor Yuanqi who was still a prince in the fiefdom, and Emperor Yuanqi took her into the mansion. Yuan ascended the throne, and that refugee woman became the concubine Li who is now aloof, and later gave birth to Emperor Yuan Qi's youngest son, the Ninth Prince Qin Jingyan.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhao couldn't help asking curiously: "Isn't that right? Father, since Concubine Li is from the Southern Qi, the Ninth Prince she gave birth to has the blood of the Southern Qi after all, so it's impossible for her to inherit the great line, right? What do the adults in the court think? Are they crazy or do they think His Majesty is crazy?"

"They are not crazy, and His Majesty is not crazy either." Qin Suduan looked at her with a half-smile, and asked, "What do you think is going on?"

Qin Zhao lowered his head and thought for a while, then he suddenly understood, and said with a smile, "Father, I understand. What you mean is that someone is using the Ninth Prince to divert their attention, that is, playing sloppy eyes, right?"

Qin Suduan squinted his eyes, and when he looked at Qin Zhao again, there was a satisfied smile in his eyes: "You can think of this, so it shows that you are not too stupid."

Qin Zhao smiled and scratched his head: "I'm just telling you nonsense, after all, how much can I guess about the affairs of the court?"

"It's not bad to think of it here." Qin Suduan continued: "But even things that you can think of, do you think others can't think of them?"

Qin Zhao was stunned: "You mean, the person who stirred up the muddy water behind his back knew that everyone would guess it, but he still did it?"

Qin Suduan sneered: "The few princes in the court today are the Jin Wang Qin Chengxuan and the third prince Qin Shou who are most valued, but the ones who are most popular in the court are the Jin Wang and the Ninth Prince. Does he really think everyone is a fool?"

Qin Zhao stroked his chin and gave a dry laugh, "The third prince ordered people to do this, obviously to push King Jin to the forefront and implicate an innocent ninth prince, and the reason why he dared to be so confident is not It's probably based on the fact that even if he does this, His Majesty will acquiesce."

Qin Suduan saw that she had finally got the point, nodded approvingly, and said in a deep voice, "I'm telling you this today just to make you be more careful in the future. The third prince's mother concubine, concubine Chen, is it early? For those who have followed His Majesty for several years, His Majesty's affection for their mother and child is naturally different from others."

Qin Zhao nodded: "Yes, I see."

"Even if His Majesty still has some affection for your mother, the fact that your mother poisoned Concubine Chen before she was cast into the cold palace made Concubine Chen unable to have children."

Qin Su paused for a moment, then said:

"Let's not say that Concubine Chen will always hate you because of this matter. Now, His Majesty is picking you up when he is arguing endlessly about the crown prince. I can't tell what he is thinking. If he brings you back, it is for Which prince paves the way..."

Qin Zhao listened quietly, but Qin Suduan stopped talking.

She suddenly felt that this idle prince in front of her, who seemed to have no real power, actually had so many considerations and calculations in his heart, and all his calculations were nothing more than for the original body.

But according to the original plot, the old prince will take the initiative to invite Ying to go to the battlefield after a while, and then come back with a broken leg.

She could only vaguely remember what was mentioned in the original text, it was winter when the old prince went to the battlefield, but now, it will soon be winter...

Will it be this winter?

The more Qin Zhao thought about it, the more upset she became. If it was this winter, she would find a way to stop it no matter what.

"What are you thinking?" Seeing her frowning tightly, Qin Suduan asked with a smile.

Qin Zhao smashed his mouth, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and said dissatisfiedly: "I think His Majesty is partial."

Qin Suduan laughed loudly when he heard the words, patted her on the shoulder again and said: "A while ago, what you did when you came to Beijing was wrong, but now there are so many eyes staring at you, you acted so absurdly Instead, it’s easy to get away with it.” Qin Su was stunned suddenly, then looked at Qin Zhao seriously and asked, “Is it possible that you did it on purpose?”

Qin Zhao twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and said, "Just think I did it on purpose."

Qin Su laughed: "I don't care if you were really stupid or not, after a while you enter the palace, find a chance to tell your majesty, if you can hang in a certain empress's palace..."

"Huh?" Qin Zhao heard the words, and immediately came out with a bitter face: "No? I really want to be someone's nominal son?"

"What's the matter?" Qin Suduan said coldly, "What's wrong with being someone's son? In this way, you will no longer be alone and helpless. If others want to touch you at that time, they must think about it first."

"Uh..." Qin Zhao suddenly remembered something again, and said, "I forgot to mention just now, when I saw His Majesty, he raised his mouth and said that he wanted me to recognize Gu Junran as my mother."

On the contrary, Qin Su was stunned now, and ignored her calling the empress by her name, and asked repeatedly: "Empress? Did your majesty really say that himself?"

Qin Zhao nodded, and hurriedly said: "But he changed his words immediately. In fact, I think the same as Your Majesty. If I recognize Gu Junran as my mother, then I will be a real prince. But when the time comes, those princes Don't you want to try every means to kill me?"

Qin Suduan lowered his head and pondered for a long while, "No, no, no...you don't make any noise, let me think...let me think carefully..."

Qin Zhao was startled: "Father?"

Qin Suduan thought for a while, then looked at her, and said firmly: "If you recognize her as your mother...it would be a good thing."

Qin Zhao was stunned: "Huh?"

Qin Suduan nodded: "Yes."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Just as Qin Zhao wanted to say something more, Qin Suduan said again: "It's just that the empress has always lived in seclusion. If you want to meet her, you have to spend more time."

Qin Zhao twitched his lips in embarrassment: "I don't think it's necessary. Do you still remember that Gu Junran is two years older than me?"

Qin Suduan ignored her, and said to himself: "But you don't have to worry about these things, I will find a way for my father, and I will let you meet each other in the end."

Qin Zhao: "..."

Well, it's useless to co-author her.

Qin Zhao sighed deeply. She really didn't understand where Qin Suduan's excitement came from, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. It was as if he had won a billion-dollar lottery prize, and his eyes began to shine. .

But isn't this a joke?

That's Gu Junran, the little empress of the dynasty. She can see her whenever she wants?

What's more, the original text clearly mentioned that Gu Junran owed favors to Concubine Chen when she was young, which allowed her to use her mysterious background to support the hero and the third prince all the way to the throne!

Could it be that if she casually called Gu Junran's mother a few times, he would turn around and be her thigh?

Ah... would Gu Junran be so kind to her "eldest son" who suddenly appeared?

Thinking of this, Qin Zhao sighed deeply again.

Not to mention that Gu Junran can be kind to her, she feels that as long as Gu Junran can treat her as a passerby, as long as Gu Junran can not persecute her for the sake of the third prince, and let her live in peace for a while, she will be thankful!

Qin Zhao let out a sigh, and heard a noise coming from outside the car again, and couldn't help but lifted the curtain of the car in frustration, and looked out of the car.

I saw that at this time, I had left the main road of Zhuque Street, turned into West Street, walked along West Street for about ten minutes, turned a corner and entered South Street, and then there was Prince Qi's Mansion.

It is not yet noon, and the West Street is already full of traffic. The shouts of vendors along the street and the shouts of jugglers constitute a bustling scene of the bustling Kyoto.

However, at this moment, the car passed by a mansion.

She looked over intently, and saw quite a few people gathered in front of the mansion, they were whispering to each other, pointing as if they were discussing something.

Under the mansion, the middle-aged man who was surrounded by the crowd looked very weak. He was being supported by two young women. He was coughing with a handkerchief while crying to the crowd. It seemed that he should be The owner of the mansion.

Qin Zhao was curious, and couldn't help shouting: "Stop."

As soon as she finished speaking, the coachman stopped the car.

Qin Zhao lifted the curtain, looked out inadvertently, and saw a long and tall young woman standing in the periphery of the crowd. Going to that stop is full of dignity and compelling.

Qin Zhao was taken aback, why is it her?

The woman's face was covered with a light veil, her hair was like ink, and she was wearing a thin light blue jacket. She was turning sideways, listening to what the maid behind her was talking to her with great interest.

With just a glimpse, Qin Zhao immediately recognized that person, if not the third princess, who else?

As soon as she was about to get out of the car, she heard a cry from the crowd: "The little prince Qi wants to occupy my wife and rob my mansion, please, please, please do something for me today!" witness……"

Qin Zhao's heart tightened suddenly.

I heard the man coughing and continuing to say: "Even if I die, I will definitely not let him succeed!"

The corner of Qin Zhao's mouth twitched, and he didn't want to get out of the car in an instant.