King's favor is hard to do

"Ah? Dog? Who are you talking about, Your Majesty?"

Hearing His Majesty talking to himself, Xiao Xizi leaned over, but was pushed away.

"Go away! I have something important to do, don't get in the way!"

Xiao Xizi nodded and bowed while cursing——

When is it important to be in a daze?

Speaking of which, why is His Majesty so dazed?If it wasn't for knowing that His Majesty doesn't even have a concubine by his side, it would really be misleading. Is he deeply in love and unable to extricate himself?

Soon, the imperial chariot arrived at Fengqi Palace.

"The son has seen the mother!"

"The emperor is here! Come and sit next to Bengong."

Today's Empress Dowager looks extraordinarily amiable.Li Guangning was slightly taken aback, a little strange.Although he couldn't figure it out, he had never been loved by his mother in the past, and now his heart warmed up, and he immediately became happy.

"Mother, how is your health these past few days? My son has a lot of affairs in the court, and he couldn't come to pay his respects to the mother. It is really my son's fault."

"My palace is always fine. The emperor doesn't have to worry."

The Queen Mother smiled brightly,

"Since the emperor is so busy, he should take good care of his own food and daily life. The emperor is the master of the Great Yan. If he is exhausted, the people of Sheji will have nothing to rely on!"

"My son remembers. Please don't worry about the queen mother, my son will pay attention."

"The person I picked for you before, I thought you were not very happy. Later, I thought, if you deal with such a clumsy person, let's deal with it. Tomorrow, I will pick a few more good ones to serve you. how?"

Li Guangning was startled, the previous joy was gone.

"No need. Mother, son is now busy with taxation in Jiangnan and integration of Wujiang clans, but has no time to pay attention to the affairs of the harem. It will take a while."

"Why do you have to worry about it yourself? The queen mother will choose candidates for you. You just need to deal with government affairs wholeheartedly."

"My son said no."

Li Guangning's expression turned ugly, and the Empress Dowager's expression also became gloomy.But she didn't have a seizure, instead she squeezed out a smile,

"If you can't take good care of the emperor's son, how worried should I be as a mother?"

"I'm afraid, what the queen mother is worried about is not whether she can take good care of me."

Li Guangning felt a chill in his heart, and said coldly,

"The queen mother really guards against her son like this, must she put eyes and ears around her son? Queen mother! Xiao Qi and I asked the mother's birth, why is the mother queen so kind? Xiao Qi wants to take his son's life, but in the end the mother still refuses to let the son punish him. He! Even for the serious crime of treason, the minister pardoned him according to the wishes of the mother, but even so...the mother still wants to be so worried about her son? There is Xu Yanqiu in the front, and who is behind? "

Li Guangning finished speaking in one breath, his chest heaving violently.

Damn Xiaoqi... the queen mother favors him, and those powerful generals support him!How can I be inferior to him?

Even Du Yuzhang, an evil... who has been by his side for seven years and gained so much trust and favor from me... unexpectedly chose him!She even wanted her own life for him!

Li Guangning was so excited that even the Empress Dowager's face became stiff.

The queen mother is an extremely domineering person, and her attitude towards Li Guangning is even colder.In the past, if Li Guangning dared to bump into her, she would turn on her face and scold her on the spot.

But today is really strange.Her expression changed several times, but she finally swallowed the questioning and said with a smile on her face,

"How could it be? Xiaoqi is just young, and the younger son will always be spoiled. It is also possible to be spoiled. But you are different, Huang'er—after all, Huang'er is the heir of the former emperor, and he is the son of this palace. Love the blood left behind. You are going to be the emperor, so the empress mother is naturally stricter. Why, the emperor wants to blame the empress mother?"

Seeing her carrying out the late emperor and being surprisingly gentle, Li Guangning managed to suppress his anger and did not walk away.The Empress Dowager was extraordinarily verbose today, she dragged him on for a long time to talk about Chen Zhima and rotten millet, without any point and endlessly.When she was finally willing to let Li Guangning go, it was already two hours later.

"Look at this palace, I haven't seen the emperor for a few days, I miss you so much, and it took me so long." The queen mother smiled, "The emperor has also been tired all day, go back and have a good rest."

"The son will leave first."

The Empress Dowager watched the back of Li Guangning's departure, her eyes really looked extremely loving.But just after Li Guangning walked out of Fengqi Palace, her expression suddenly changed, it was gloomy and cold.

"This unfilial thing! You actually want to contradict me! Even if I want to have a few people around you, so what? Could it be that you still want to be unfavorable to me, Xiaoqi, so you dare not let me know! It really is the kind of old thing! —as repulsive as that old thing!"

"Come on!"

"The slave is here!"

Xiaoxizi rushed over.Empress Dowager Shi Shiran sat down,

"You go and send a letter to the Seventh Prince. Just say that he asked Bengong to hold the emperor for you, and Bengong did it. Tell him not to worry."

"Yes!"

"and also……"

A trace of warmth suddenly appeared on the Queen Mother's face,

"The weather is getting warmer and colder, so I told him to take care of himself. In a few days, I will ask someone to cook some body-replenishing soup and send it to him. He has worked so hard, so don't get tired and sick. Wait until his big event is done." ...We, mother and son, can be reunited again."

……

Soon, the queen mother's oral order was sent to the seventh prince who was under house arrest in the Forbidden Garden.

"If you go back to my mother for me—the son knows, please don't worry about my mother. And...that day won't be too far away."

The Seventh Prince smiled slightly, unfolded a folded letter in his hand, and read it again.

— Your Highness:

Chen has successfully met with Du Yuzhang.The Empress Dowager acted according to His Royal Highness's strategy, which had a great influence on him.When I went, he was already dazed and helpless.The minister showed his kindness to him with old friendship, and seemed to be touched by him.

Du Yuzhang acted against the sky back then, nothing more than having an affair with Li Guangning.Now that the rift between the two has long been established, the minister will try his best to take advantage of the emptiness and seduce him with his body to make him change his mind and return to His Highness's command.At that time, both the generals and the Du family's old department will be available to His Highness.Then make use of the Westman peace talks to cause shocks in the government and the public, so you don't have to worry about your Highness's eventual failure! "

After reading it carefully, the Seventh Prince casually handed the letter to the lit candle.The tongue of fire licked the letterhead, turning it into fly ash.In less than a moment, all traces of this conspiracy were gone.

The Seventh Prince pushed open the door and walked out.He walked all the way to the center of the courtyard and looked up at the sky.

In the sky, a bird spread its wings and flew by, and disappeared freely into the sky.

Around the courtyard, there were many heavily armed soldiers.They stared nervously at the seventh prince - although under the empress dowager's coercion, no one dared to show any disrespect to the prince who failed to rebel.But His Majesty also has a strict order that the Seventh Prince will never be allowed to step out of this courtyard.

"One day, I will break free from the cage of the Forbidden Garden and fly to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord. At that time, you, Li Guangning... and that Du Yuzhang... will definitely die without a place to die!"

The Seventh Prince still had a smile on his face.Only he himself knows that the hatred in his heart is boundless, and only by tearing up the culprit who caused him to be imprisoned for three years can it be appeased!

……

Coming out of Fengqi Palace, Li Guangning's face was ashen, and he stepped onto the imperial chariot.

Wang Li was waiting outside the gate of Fengqi Palace, and reported that,

"Your Majesty, General Xu just happened to ask for an audience..."

"I don't want to see him now! Tell him to go back!"

Li Guangning let out a low growl, interrupting Wang Li.General Xu was the leader of the military generals who secretly supported the Seventh Prince back then, but he held the military power in his hands, his tail was too big to lose, and he was sitting in an important town on the border of Ximan, so there was no way to punish him.

Originally, Li Guangning was extremely dissatisfied with the Xu family because of the old incident three years ago.At this moment, I was holding my breath here again with the Queen Mother, how could I have the heart to see him?

"Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion! Except for Du Yuzhang, a monster, I don't see anyone today!"

"No, Your Majesty!" Wang Li had no choice but to persuade him, "General Xu is here for the mission of the Western Manchurians! I heard that those Western Manners waited at the border for half a month and clashed with General Xu's subordinates. Constantly. This time, someone died..."

"Western barbarians... If the Xu family is allowed to decide this time, they will probably stir up border wars again."

Li Guangning sneered, "As long as the status of these aristocratic families is consolidated, how can they care about the people of the country? Du Yuzhang is right - if the border is not smooth, Dayan will not have real prosperity and development. One day, I will get rid of them one by one." Let them go, don't let them be arrogant again!"

"Since this is the case, why don't your majesty take advantage of the opportunity of the peace talks with Prime Minister Du to eliminate the hidden dangers at the border?"

"What do you know!"

Li Guangning's complexion suddenly turned ugly.

"Lao Qi didn't give up at all, those powerful generals are ready to make a move! As long as the border peace talks are not careful, it will arouse treachery, and the resistance will be huge! If that time comes..."

——If that time comes, we can only temporarily calm the public anger by throwing a scapegoat out!

——But in this posture, what Li Guangning can throw out... besides that person, who else could it be?

"Forget it, you pass on my oral order. Let the Ximan mission come in, don't conflict with them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! General Xu..."

"I don't see you!" Li Guangning's eyes were deep, "I said it - today, I don't see anyone except Du Yuzhang!"

"Du Xiang, a decree has been delivered from the palace that His Majesty is coming!"

Du Yuzhang barely opened his eyes, and saw the housekeeper beside his sick bed with an anxious expression on his face.

"Du Xiang, in your current body...you can't get out of bed at all, let alone kneel down to welcome the holy driver! Go and report to His Majesty so that you won't be honored by the holy man!"

"no!"

Du Yuzhang stood up and grabbed the housekeeper.The movement affected the wound, and the heel of the leg seemed to be torn alive. The pain made him whimper, and his body went limp.

"You must never tell Your Majesty that I was injured." Du Yuzhang's face was pale, and he laughed bitterly, "Housekeeper, pour me a bowl of the anesthesia medicine. I'll drink it until Your Majesty leaves, that's all--but absolutely Don’t let His Majesty know about this! Otherwise, I have no way out except death!”