Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

Hearing that the Queen Mother summoned him, Xue Shu was slightly surprised. What can the Queen Mother do with him?

But the female officer who delivered the message had a serious face, and she must have nothing to ask, so he didn't waste his time, and after explaining the matter in hand, he walked to Renshou Palace.

It was noon when I went, and the Empress Dowager was resting at Lezhizhai.

Xue Shu was led to the outer room by the female officer, but was not announced to enter the room. The female officer only politely said: "Please wait for the supervisor next time, I will go in first to communicate."

After a while, he came out, and said apologetically, "The Empress Dowager has not yet woken up, please wait here for a while."

After finishing speaking, he bypassed the screen and went inside, and all the servants around the palace were also sent out, only Xue Shu was left waiting alone in the hall.

The female officer's words were obviously an excuse, and it was obvious that the Queen Mother was dissatisfied with him and wanted to show him off.

It's just that I don't know where the empress dowager's dissatisfaction comes from?

Xue Shu stood in the hall with his sleeves folded, ruled out all possible reasons, and there was only one last possibility left - the Empress Dowager already knew about his relationship with His Majesty.

Since Yin Chengyu ascended the throne and moved into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he frequently went in and out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and often stayed overnight.Although the palace people in the Palace of Mental Cultivation are tight-lipped and dare not talk nonsense, if the Empress Dowager wants to inquire, she can still find out a thing or two.

I'm afraid the Queen Mother already had some guesses in her heart, so she suddenly summoned him.

Xue Shu glanced across the outside room, and his eyes inadvertently fell on the nine landscape screens not far away.

The screen is wide enough to separate the inside and the outside.The thin fabric can even reveal a faint figure in the sunlight.

Xue Shu had an idea in his mind, so he lowered his eyes and waited peacefully for the summons.

Empress Dowager Yu was indeed observing him behind the screen.

She already knew about Xue Shu, the emperor's confidant, and rescued him several times, and during the two palace changes not long ago, he even made great efforts to put down the chaos.

This is a useful person, loyal to the emperor, and the emperor also relies on him.In the inner court, apart from the Supervisor of Rituals, who was later in charge of Zheng Duobao, Xue Shu was in charge of the Eastern and Western Factories and Jinyiwei, so the power was not insignificant.

If it weren't for the eunuch's status, he could be called a powerful minister.

Such an important person needs to be wooed and guarded against. No matter how you think about it, the emperor should not be intimate with him and mess up the boundaries.

This is the truth that even she understands.

Empress Dowager Yu couldn't help but sighed again, and she didn't deliberately leave him alone, and said, "Is Xue Shu here? Come in."

When Xue Shu heard this, he walked around the screen and entered.

He didn't look at it too much, always lowered his eyebrows and looked respectful: "I don't know what orders the Empress Dowager has summoned the ministers?"

Empress Dowager Yu sat on Luohan's bed, waved to him, and said, "Come forward, raise your head."

Xue Shu stepped forward according to his words and raised his head.

Empress Dowager Yu narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him.

Now Xue Shu is a close servant of the emperor, wearing a golden crimson python robe and a crown inlaid with six beads and three mountains.The appearance is naturally handsome, but the eyebrows and eyes are too fierce, and there is a compelling hostility in the look.Just by looking at his face, he is a person who is not easy to control.

It is completely different from the little eunuchs who serve people in Israel in memory.

Ever since he was called to Lezhizhai, he has always looked calm, every move is calm and unhurried, and his temperament is not bad.

Such a person would not be a short-sighted person who lures his master in order to climb up.

But this is even more puzzling for Empress Dowager Yu, if Xue Shu didn't intend to seduce, then the emperor could only like it.

She scanned Xue Shu up and down, Xue Shu seemed to be half a head taller than the emperor, the emperor really liked this?

The more Empress Dowager Yu thought about it, the more she felt a headache, her heart became a mess, and she continued to cut and reason.

It happened to be a matter in the son's room, and as a mother, she couldn't ask too bluntly, so she could only wave Xue Shu away in a bad way.

If Xue Shu deliberately seduces her, he can still send her off, but the emperor likes it, so it is meaningless for her to send Xue Shu off.

From the time Xue Shu was called to Lezhizhai and then sent away inexplicably, it didn't take more than two quarters of an hour.

Empress Dowager Yu didn't seem to be angry as expected.

This was much better than what Xue Shu had imagined. His stretched body relaxed slightly, and his steps became easier.

If the Empress Dowager Yu made an attack today, he still didn't know how to deal with it.After all, Empress Dowager Yu is no better than others, he is beaten standing up, if Empress Dowager Yu gets angry in the end, I am afraid he will have to eat the bitter fruit.

After leaving Lezhizhai, he paused slightly, but he didn't look for Yin Chengyu after all.

It was three days later when Yin Chengyu learned that the queen mother summoned Xue Shu privately.

——The Empress Dowager Yu suddenly fell ill. Yin Chengyu heard the news and went to visit her. Only then did she find out from the maid serving her. After the Empress Dowager summoned Xue Shu, she sighed day by day, thinking too much so that evil spirits entered her body, and then she fell ill. .

Empress Dowager Yu was worried that Yin Chengyu and Xue Shu would be too close to each other, and would be criticized by others, sowing misfortune in the future; she also felt that the eldest son had been busy with state affairs for so many years, and he didn't even have a servant around him. Why do I need to get involved as a mother.

Thinking over and over like this, I couldn't sleep at night, and I was so tired that I fell ill.

After hearing this, Yin Chengyu felt a little guilty.

He asked Zheng Duobao to vent his words, originally to let the queen mother have a psychological preparation to pave the way for the future, but he didn't expect that after the queen mother knew about it, she was thinking of everything for him, and fell ill for no reason.

Looking at his sickly mother, Yin Chengyu sat down by the couch, wrapped the brocade quilt for her, and said apologetically, "I should have explained it to my mother long ago."

He glanced at the people serving in the room, screened the irrelevant people away, and when he glanced at Xue Shu, he said "Xue Shu stays here", and then wanted to look at the Queen Mother again: "If you want to ask the Queen Mother, just ask." .”

Empress Dowager Yu looked at Xue Shu and then at him, and sighed, "If you really like him, Queen Mother won't stop you. It's just that you are the emperor after all, so don't forget the responsibilities on your shoulders." She remembered Yin Chengyu's reluctance to be a queen Regarding the matter of accepting the concubine, he still persuaded: "If this matter is spread, it will be criticized after all. But if you have a harem with plenty of heirs, this matter will become a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning."

The emperor's heir is related to the country, and it is also one of the emperor's responsibilities to fill the harem and spread its branches and leaves.If there are heirs, the courtiers can't control who the emperor favors.

Empress Dowager Yu's words were spoken from the bottom of her heart after much thought.

She has no objection to Yin Chengyu's doting on Xue Shu, and even considered all possible disasters in the future, all for her son's sake.

From Yin Chengyu's standpoint, Xue Shu couldn't even find a single mistake.

He stood silently in the dark, the expression on his face did not change at all, but the hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists.It takes all the restraint of rationality to restrain the clamoring anger and unwillingness in the chest; to restrain the urge to step forward, to stay in place quietly, anxiously waiting for an answer that I dare not ask for extravagantly.

Yin Chengyu glanced at the person in the dark from the corner of his eyes, thought for a moment, held the hand of Queen Mother Yu, and said seriously: "The mother's worries are not unreasonable, but what I have done now has been carefully considered. I have seen it since I was young. The harem fights openly and secretly, and the mother is the queen of the middle palace, but because she is not favored by the father, she is always overwhelmed by the concubine Wen Gui, and she lives cautiously. Not to mention that several brothers fight each other for the throne. Since then, the minister has thought about it If I ascend the throne in the future, I will never stay in the harem, and only marry the queen of the middle palace."

Seeing that Empress Yu seemed to want to say something, he held the opponent's hand with more force, and continued: "But this is all a previous plan."

He glanced sideways at Xue Shu, and said slowly, "I have experienced a lot with Xue Shu, maybe my mother doesn't understand." He didn't use an honorific name, but a more intimate one, like the most common one in the world. Like a son, he told his mother about his feelings and asked for her understanding and support: "But Xue Shu saved me from danger several times regardless of his life, and treated me with one heart and one mind. There is no other such person in this world. For a person who treats me wholeheartedly, my contribution may not be as good as what he has done. What I am doing now is just not wanting to live up to such a sincere heart."

Mother and child are getting close, and as they grow older, it is rare for them to be open and honest like this.

Empress Dowager Yu knew about this son, but not that well. The child grew up too fast, and she was detained in the deep palace, unable to participate in many things.

The son in her impression looked gentle and amiable, but in reality he was a little deserted.He is a perfect prince and a perfect son.But a person who is too perfect always gives people a sense of unreality, as if they cannot touch his heart.

At least for so many years, she has never seen Yin Chengyu show such an expression for something or someone, and she has never begged her.

Xue Shu was not a whim to him, but a deliberate and sympathetic relationship.

Empress Dowager Yu said in a daze, "But this throne...someone has to inherit it."

"Aren't you still there?" Yin Chengyu said softly.

An option that she had never thought of was put before her, and Empress Dowager Yu was already in a state of confusion: "Yi'er is still so young, how can he afford it? If... If it doesn't work out in the future..."

"It will be a long time in the future." Yin Chengyu covered the back of her hand reassuringly, and said in an unhurried tone: "I didn't intend to bring up this matter so soon. I have already invited my grandfather to enlighten me, and I will wait for him When it is older and can convince the officials, it is not too late to mention it."

Even Teacher Kaimeng has already made arrangements, obviously he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Empress Dowager Yu couldn't say anything else, she just stared at him blankly, unable to recover.

"Before this, if a courtier begged to come to my mother, I would ask my mother to stand in for my son." He looked at Empress Dowager Yu, his tone mixed with weakness and pleading.

Empress Dowager Yu could not refuse.

This child used to protect her, but now she can't go with outsiders to pierce his heart.

Looking at her proud son, she sighed deeply, raised her hand to caress his side face, and finally chose to compromise: "The queen mother knows."